New build help to run arma 3 and dayz etc...

Bowie78

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Hoping someone can point me in the right direction. I'm getting a friend to build me a mid range gaming pc. I've got some knowledge of gaming pc components so I do have a few requirements but I'm looking for other people's views or alternatives on these components. My budget is around £900-£1000 mark and I am not nterested in overclocking.

I5 cpu. 6500, 6600, 7500, 7600. Which one hits the sweet spot?

Nvidia 1060, 1070 or amd card? I will be playing games through my 42" 720p/1080i tv for now. Will be upgrading to new tv or monitor in a year or so.

Mother board??? I have no idea on this or the type or amount of fans/coolers I will need.

Ram? 8gb or 16mb?

I will get 1tb hard drive but do I need a ssd? And how big?

Think that is it for now. It is a build for these specific games but will probably use other games in the future. This build is an Xbox one replacement. I won't be including keyboard or mouse in this and i wont need wifi. Thank you in advance.
 
Thanks for the reply. Is it difficult to overclock my system? And will I have to add/change my fans/cooling system. Remember I have a budget. Also, if I am to overclock it will the I6600k be fine or should I be looking at the I7600k. Not sure on the price difference.
 
Thanks for the replies and info. Think you've pointed me in the right direction. Looking like I can get an i5 6600k overclocked with a gtx 1070 gpu. May have to compromise on ram but can always add at a later date. Will defiantly invest in ssd. Waiting for a friend to advise on cooling but think I'm leaning towards some kind of water cooler system because of the overclocking? What's everyone's thoughts on this?
 
So having taking note of all your excellent advice my friend and I have come up with this build. (Mainly my friend). I'm interested to know what you all think about it and will it be enough to run most games well, but specifically arma 3 and dayz.
I5 7600k (going to overclock to around 4.4GHz)
Asus prime Z270-K motherboard.
16GB corsair vengeance DDR4 2133MHz.
6GB evga gtx 1060 SC ACX 2.0.
250GB Samsung 750 evo SSD
1TB WD blue WD10 7200rpm
Artic Cooling freezer 11i.

May well upgrade the gpu to a 1070 in a year or two if this build will support it? Also not 100% on the fan. Will it be enough for the overclocked cpu? The build is going to be around £1100. Defiantly don't want to go any higher than that.
 
Thank you for reply. And I understand the 1060 v 1070 performance gap but for now I will be playing these games through an 11 year old 1080i tv. Think the 1070 maybe overkill. As I am trying to keep the cost down to my budget, I can always upgrade when I get a new tv/monitor. Not sure I'm going for the overclock but like the idea of it, I'm not a massive gamer, maybe only playing 10 hours over the week so don't know how much it will affect my pc?
 
I appreciate that the difference between the 1060 and 1070 is considerable for not a lot more but that price really is at the very limits of my budget. For now, as long as the 1060 will comfortably run arma and dayz etc... then that will keep me busy for a year or so. In the future I will upgrade my tv/monitor along with the gpu as long as it's just a case of replacing the 1060 with a 1070. We are about to buy a house so my loving other half has only allowed me this purchase if I can fund it myself away from other commitments!!!! Hence, I'm selling consoles, golf clubs etc... what I really want to know is if the cpu is adequate enough not to bottleneck a 1070 or even a 1080?
 
Also looks like I should be overclocking. Just a little worried on the impact this will have on my system? I believe we have a copy of windows 10. I appreciate that arma3 is a bad example of running a game with good fps but I'm just after a system that will give me the best chance to achieve good fps results without breaking the bank. I would hope that a 1060 gpu would've good enough to run most other games at a good standard. Another game I will looking at on release will be star citizen so will probably need to upgrade to get the best out of that.
 
Thank you for all your replies. Great info and I understand the aurgunent from the 1060 and 1070 camps. If I was to build this in 6 months I could probably go all out and really spec it up but for now I will looking at Harry's build as it will be the most cost effective and probably very easy to upgrade later if I decide to. You have all offered very sound and understandable advice and gave greatly helped a guy who wasn't quite sure on how to put all the components together. And looks like I will be having a tinker with overclocking.
 
Ha ha..... ladies ladies...... after all your views and ideas there has been a pre built pc put up on the site. Titan jigsaw which, as another poster has already commented on, looks almost to good to be true. Now I am sure you will both have an opinion on this pre built pc but for the same price as I could build it for, I could get this pre built and overclocked with a decent warranty alongside. Will try to put a link on here but it's in the sale section of the overclockers website I really do want to build it my self (with help from a friend) as it would feel like 'MY' pc but at that price??????
 
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