Help with building a Gaming PC to play DayZ (Arma 2 mod)

[brutaliityx]

Hello

Im a complete noob at building PCs so would like help from knowledgeable and experienced people.

Main reason why I want to build a gaming PC is to DayZ so any help will be very appreciated.

I have very small budget £300-£400 ($650) so will be using dated components something like GTS 450 or HD6670 or preferably HD 6850.

Will need:

CPU
Motherboard
RAM
GPU
PSU
CASE and if necessary a fan cooler.

 

[Brett928S2]

Hi

Add another £70 to £80 for an operating system...and a dvd/cd drive....

Not really enough money...as we say to our customers , who want a gaming machine...you NEED to spend 50% of your budget on the graphics card alone...


All the best Brett

 

[Mousemonkey]

This topic has been moved from the section CPU & Components to section Systems by Mousemonkey

 

[obsama1]

Do you have any salvaged parts? If you can salvage an HDD and DVD drive, you've saved $100/~£63.

If not, I'd suggest an i3/Phenom II x4 and 4GB of RAM. A 7750 or 6770 or even 7770 will be good.

 

[brutaliityx]

Do you have any salvaged parts? If you can salvage an HDD and DVD drive, you've saved $100/~£63.

If not, I'd suggest an i3/Phenom II x4 and 4GB of RAM. A 7750 or 6770 or even 7770 will be good.

yeap I can salvage a hard drive and dvd rom, what about mother board and cooler? Also i want to get at least 5.1 surround sound and wifi will I need to get separate cards or do they come with motherboard?

I was looking at these 2 cards Pentium G870 or Core i3-2120, really want to get quad core.

 

[obsama1]

Is it an prebuilt PC like HP, Dell, etc.?

If so, don't salvage the mobo and cooler.
For 5.1 and WiFi, yes, you'll need cards.
You can get a Phenom II x4 or i5 2400/i5 2500. Great cheap quad-cores.