I'm done gaming on a Mac!: Help me with my Arma build

imhappythoughts · Dec 30, 2017

My first assembly! I'm hoping for a sweet kit that I can continue to play Arma 2, start Arma 3 and add some new titles like PUBG, Rainbow Six Siege.. Not planning on using this rig for much else.
Hoping to play on an ULTRAWIDE 1440 at min 100hz. Budget: Under $2500 for PC + 1 monitor. See bottom for some more notes /questions. Thanks!

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/FJZGvV

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($276.87 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: be quiet! - Dark Rock 3 67.8 CFM Fluid Dynamic Bearing CPU Cooler ($61.18 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($156.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Team - Night Hawk RGB 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($181.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 960 PRO 512GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($297.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card ($469.99 @ Amazon)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $1579.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-30 22:51 EST-0500

I'm a total noob at this so I have some questions/notes:

My current setup uses 272GB of space. Can I just run everything off a single SSD like the Samsung 512 Drive?

Would like to have USB-C header on motherboard.

Any recommendations for a good water CPU cooler in lieu of air-cooled?

I'm not tied to Intel but I'm not familiar with AMD.

Lastly: I heard Arma is single-core heavy::::

My current i7-4771 Haswell has single core benchmark of: 2251, the new i5-8600k at 2533 and new i7-8700k at 2730

Does it make more sense to "upgrade" to the i7-8700k?

vapour · Dec 30, 2017

Can you list your current rig? You may end up spending less if upgrading your current rig.

For gaming, regular ssd is good enough, don't waste on nvme ssd.

For gaming, Intel rules. Do you plan to streaming? If not, stick to Intel, if you do, you may consider coffee lake I7.

imhappythoughts · Dec 30, 2017

ha! Are you sure you want me to?? Its a 2013 iMac 27" i7-4771, GTX 775M 2048 MB. Decent playing Arma 2 but I bet I could do better. Not much i can upgrade there LOL since its all soldered on and glued shut :-/

Thanks for info on SSD. No streaming. i7 over i5?

vapour · Dec 30, 2017

Some edits:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($276.87 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($156.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($544.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Dell - S2716DG 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor ($435.00 @ Amazon)
Total: $1998.57
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-30 23:55 EST-0500

imhappythoughts · Dec 31, 2017

Thanks Vapour. Edit to my original post: I'm definitely going with an Ultrawide monitor at minimum of 1440 and 100hz

vapour · Dec 31, 2017

Here you go:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Core i5-8600K 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor ($276.87 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($29.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock - Z370 Extreme4 ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($156.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($189.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 500GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($139.99 @ Best Buy)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB Superclocked Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card ($544.98 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT - S340 Elite (White) ATX Mid Tower Case ($79.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Acer - Predator X34 34.0" 3440x1440 100Hz Monitor ($999.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $2563.56
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-12-31 11:11 EST-0500

vapour · Dec 31, 2017

if you need to cut cost, get I5-8400 and throw away the cooler. Stock cooler is enough for 8400.

imhappythoughts · Dec 31, 2017

I'll be porting windows 10 from my boot camp iMac so I won't need to buy another windows 10. That puts all this under my budget. That monitor is pretty sweet but released in Q1 2016. Surprised there is nothing better yet at the same price point.

I'll be cutting out the M.2 drives and only running an SSD now. Can add more storage as I need. I do kind of want a water cooler on this build. I think I can fit that in the budget. I'll be selling my iMac for (hopefully) around $1000 so that will help. I don't want to skimp too much on the cpu and find out there is not too much an improvement over the iMac.

vapour · Dec 31, 2017

Sounds good. Good luck

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