is this a good build to run most games but mainly arma 3 and Dayz

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Intel Core i5-6400 6 MB Skylake Quad-Core 2.7 GHz LGA 1151 65W BX80662I56400 Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics 530 (Model:BX80662I56400)

ASUS B150-PRO D3 LGA 1151 Intel B150 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard (Model:B150-PRO D3)

RAIDMAX Ninja II ATX-A06WBO Black/Orange Steel / Plastic ATX Tower Computer Case (Model:ATX-A06WBO)

EVGA GeForce GTX 950 DirectX 12 02G-P4-1950-KR 2GB 128-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support Video Card (Model:02G-P4-1950-KR)

ADATA Premier SP550 2.5" 240GB SATA III TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) ASP550SS3-240GM-C (Model:ASP550SS3-240GM-C)

G.SKILL Sniper Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866 (PC3 14900) Desktop Memory Model F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR (Model:F3-14900CL9D-8GBSR)

RAIDMAX Cobra RX-500AF-B 500W ATX 12V v2.3/EPS 12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Power Supply (Model:RX-500AF-B)


 
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This is the most you can get with your budget, if you want more storage and less speed, swap the SSD with an HDD.
If you get it right now, it's $700 with $40 discount.
If you're worried about the i3, watch this.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: Gigabyte Gigabyte GA-H170-GAMING 3 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($82.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($88.06 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($259.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT Source 210 Window ATX Mid Tower Case ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $710.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-29 14:10 EDT-0400

EDIT: Swapped the SSD.
 
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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6400 2.7GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock ASRock H110M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill NT Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($31.98 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital AV-GP 1TB 3.5" 5400RPM Internal Hard Drive ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 390 8GB Video Card ($299.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Core 2300 ATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 620W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($63.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $705.92
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-05-29 13:43 EDT-0400

Far better PC
 
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It is my understanding that DAYz and Arma 3 are largely single threaded and cpu dependent.
If so, you would be better off with a strong skylake I3 like the i3-6320 @3.9 which will cost less than a i5-6400 @2.7

And, I agree that Seasonic 450-550w would be a better psu.

On quality, I think I would spend a bit more for a 240gb Samsung evo.
 
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It's not worth paying $40 for 0.2Ghz.
The i3-6100 will perform the same as the i5-6400, because it's core is 1Ghz stronger.
About the boost clock, turbo boost can't be fully utilized if you're using more than one core.
About the SSD, I didn't see the 850 EVO on the PCPartPicker list, and I thought it's price jumped for some reason, it is definitely a better choice.
My build is better than Icaraeus's build, because:
H170 motherboard, meaning 2 more memory slots.
16GB of RAM
SSD is much faster than HDD, granted gives you less storage.
His GPU performs a little better in some games(10 FPS difference), but in the high frames - I'm talking over 100, which doesn't really matter.
 
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True enough, but boost only applies to a single thread when the others have little to do.
Yes, that is a likelihood for dayz and arma 3.
But for less $, you still get 4 threads and a 3.9 clock with a i3-6320.
 
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"Boost only applies to a single thread" Explain how my Intel i5 gets 4.3ghz on all cores when under load.
 
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Windows task manager will spread out the activity of a single threaded app over the available cores.
I imagine you are seeing 25% utilization across all 4 threads.

And, I would agree that a $125 i3-6100 is a very good choice on a limited budget.
only suggested a $150 i3-6320 as a similar priced alternative to a $180 6400.
 
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Because your chip is overclocked and unlocked.
 
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It's actually a locked CPU, but the motherboard allows limited BCLK modification functionality.
 
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Correction, base clock of 3.4ghz and boost clock of 3.8ghz. Read up on non-K BCLK overclocking for Z77 motherboards.
 
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corrected.
 
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