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miamifan113

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Hey i am just getting into building a computer. I want it to be for gaming and browsing the internet. I think the main game im going to play is ARMA 3. I just know from lookinh a round that the game works diffrent from most. I just dont know if my build will work. Also i dont plan on getting into over clocking since i am new i just dont think im ready for that. So if i need to change things let me know. I want to stick close to the price i have now. If it is less great.

Here is my build: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/R8LKVY
 
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Don't ever try to build a PC for an ArmA/Flashpoint game. They run terrible on everything; so it would be an impossible task. Only time you will get high FPS with ArmA 3 is staring at the sky or the ground. As soon as the AI physics and calculations come into play; stuff will be dropping to the 30s/20s/teens.

Looks like a good build; the 1070 is a solid card and the 6600K is a good CPU; the higher you can overclock it, the better for ArmA 3. Might want to look at a more powerful cooler if you plan on doing some massive overclocking. I have a similar build with an i7 6700 (non-K) and a GTX 1070FE with 16GB of 2133Mhz DDR4; it's a great pc and does extremely well in games.

But no need to spend dime on an i7 if you are talking ArmA; it...
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that build if yours will be solid enough for up to 1440p gaming, but since i5 only have 4 threads, on some games and apps (CPU intensive games for example) that require multiprocessing urs might be a bit lackluster against i7 performance / ryzen
that's the one thing u should know i guess, other than that u will be fine :D
 
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miamifan113

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So if i was going to put an i7 which should i choose? Keeping in mind i dont plan on over clocking as of right now. And would i have to switch other parts out?
 
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You'd need a b250 or h270/z270.

Non overclockable build (swapped the PSU aswell because the nex g1 is not great quality)


PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i7-7700 3.6GHz Quad-Core Processor ($294.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: ASRock - Fatal1ty B250 Gaming K4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($102.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($101.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($169.99 @ Dell Small Business)
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.44 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($404.40 @ B&H)
Case: NZXT - Phantom ATX Full Tower Case ($119.99 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G2 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($79.49 @ OutletPC)
Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS DVD/CD Writer ($18.69 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Wireless Network Adapter: Gigabyte - GC-WB867D-I PCI-Express x1 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi Adapter ($29.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: AOC - G2460PF 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor ($204.09 @ Amazon)
Keyboard: Cooler Master - Devastator II Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse ($28.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1693.93
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-05 01:21 EDT-0400
 
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constantine_99

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Madmatt30 is right on the CPU, 7700 offer better price performance (+ u get a stock cooler) over the 7700k at the cost of lower ghz
btw, for 7th gen CPU u need the 2-series (like b250,h270,z270) so upgrade ur mobo to z270 instead
for the power supply, get a tier 1 / 2 PSU 650w 80+ at least bronze quality
here's a tier list to help u: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html or u can buy just what Madmatt30 suggest
 
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Don't ever try to build a PC for an ArmA/Flashpoint game. They run terrible on everything; so it would be an impossible task. Only time you will get high FPS with ArmA 3 is staring at the sky or the ground. As soon as the AI physics and calculations come into play; stuff will be dropping to the 30s/20s/teens.

Looks like a good build; the 1070 is a solid card and the 6600K is a good CPU; the higher you can overclock it, the better for ArmA 3. Might want to look at a more powerful cooler if you plan on doing some massive overclocking. I have a similar build with an i7 6700 (non-K) and a GTX 1070FE with 16GB of 2133Mhz DDR4; it's a great pc and does extremely well in games.

But no need to spend dime on an i7 if you are talking ArmA; it makes practically no difference; maybe a couple FPS: http://www.techspot.com/review/712-arma-3-benchmarks/page5.html

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This is what it starts looking like when you stop paying attention to the placebo hardware hype and actually benchmark when ArmA 3 is running a moderately sized scenario with less than 5 platoons in single player:

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For reference; here's that same run @1080p Ultra on that same rig:
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