Gaming PC for DayZ

Antony101 · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:43

A friend has asked for a PC to be built and his budget was £500, this is for literally everything, I have said to him this can't really be done.

Can you guys spec a good PC that would manage running Arma 2 and DayZ for as cheap as possible.

Thanks, Antony

Martini1991 · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:48

Monitor/Keyboard/Mouse?
Can use Windows 8 for O/S.

Number_25 · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:54

Just a quick run at it.

Number_25 · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:55

You could probably change the RAM over for something else.

Antony101 · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:55

Speakers, Keyboard, OS, Mouse, Mat and a monitor. Wasn't joking when I said he needs the full setup. Haha

Number_25 · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:56

Antony101 said:
Speakers, Keyboard, OS, Mouse, Mat and a monitor. Wasn't joking when I said he needs the full setup. Haha

Woah!

Antony101 · 8 Jul 2012 at 23:59

Number_25 said:
Woah!

Yeah :/ I've told him he's best saving more and getting something better. If anyone can spec something with the full kit that would be good for DayZ so we can get an idea of cash would be great.

He's just said £700/800 max.

thingemajib · 9 Jul 2012 at 00:00

barely do-able, but with some major corner cutting:

edit: shall scurry away and see wha this new budget can do

Number_25 · 9 Jul 2012 at 00:01

thingemajib · 9 Jul 2012 at 00:08

Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail 173.99

Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-02050) £83.99

MSI HD 6850 "Dual Fan Edition" 1024MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £83.99

Gigabyte Z68AP-D3 Intel Z68 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard with FREE 16GB USB 2.0 PEN £74.98

Corsair Builder Series CX 600W V2 '80 Plus' Power Supply (CMPSU-600CXUKV2) £56.99

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB SATA 6Gb/s 16MB Cache - OEM (ST500DM002) £52.99

TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99

OcUK Tsunami Gaming Case - Black £19.99

Sony DDU1681S-0B 18x DVD-ROM (Black) - OEM £13.99

Blaze BL-M5005 1000 DPI Optical Mouse - Black £4.99

OcUK USB Keyboard - Black £4.99

Sub Total :£585.72

Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
DPD Next Day Parcel
(This can be changed during checkout)

Shipping : £13.75

VAT is being charged at 20.00%

VAT : £119.89

Total : £719.36

Number_25 · 9 Jul 2012 at 00:10

thingemajib said:
TeamGroup Elite 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C11 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (TED38192M1600HC11DC) £35.99

I wouldn't if I was you!

Antony101 · 9 Jul 2012 at 00:22

How did you copy the basket over, I'm using IE btw.

Antony101 · 9 Jul 2012 at 00:23

More info, up to £800 is okay, would it not be better getting a 2500k and a cheaper motherboard and spend the savings on a better GPU?

Number_25 · 9 Jul 2012 at 01:45

Will that suffice?

Antony101 · 9 Jul 2012 at 02:50

That looks good, have to change the windows out as it's an upgrade disk there.

Thanks for all the help guys.

Number_25 · 9 Jul 2012 at 03:07

Antony101 said:
That looks good, have to change the windows out as it's an upgrade disk there.

Thanks for all the help guys.

Keep changing it around until you find something which will smack that mark which you're looking for.

SouthEastBlue · 9 Jul 2012 at 09:12

By the way does this have to be a machine playing it on max settings, or just to be able to play it at a usable frame rate on high settings? Because it's entirely playable on an i3 if you don't mind some dips...Assume it would be fine on a Phenom II X4 overclocked or similar also.

Antony101 · 9 Jul 2012 at 14:21

He also wants the PC to last as long as possible, so getting an i5 would be the better idea in my mind as it's much more of a pain to upgrade a CPU than a GPU.

Bacon? · 9 Jul 2012 at 14:25

EDIT:

honosuseri · 9 Jul 2012 at 14:36

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - Retail £189.95
1 x Sapphire HD 6950 OC "Dual Fan Edition" 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card £149.99
1 x Samsung S22A200B 22" Widescreen LED Monitor - Glossy Black £95.99
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £79.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) £65.99
1 x Cooler Master Silent Pro Modular 600W '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply £65.99
1 x Zalman Z9 Plus Tower Case with Fan Controller - Black £49.99
1 x Corsair Vengeance Blue Low Profile 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (CML8GX3M2A1600C9B) £44.99
1 x Gelid Tranquillo CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/AM2+/AM3/LGA775/LGA1155/LGA1156/LGA1366) £24.12
1 x Logitech G400 3600DPI Gaming Mouse (910-002279) £21.98
1 x Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733) £10.98
Total : £799.96 (includes shipping : FREE).

Use the developers copy of windows 8 for now. He can buy the OS later in the year and choose between 7 and 8 depending on price/performance.