Arma 3 £700 build

[lukek756]

First off sorry as I expect these types of threads have been borderline spam online. Was hoping someone has a nice £700 tower build they could make me for ARMA 3 preferably with an i5 cpu as I've heard they work well with the game; feel free to note any other components that work nice with it.

Thanks

 

[KungKarlXVI]

here is a sub-£700 build with high quality, high durability and high performance:

MSI b85M-e33 mATX
1 tb WD blue 7200rpm 64mb
intel core i5 4670k
be Quiet Kraft 700W
kingston hyperX fury 1600mhz RED
MSI radeon r9 280 (same price as a gtx 760 but MUCH better performance)
fractal design ARC Mini r2 black
be quiet! shadow rock SLIM or cooler master hyper 212 EVO your choice

 

[byza]

You need a Z series motherboard if you are going to overclock and if you're not going to overclock then don't get a K CPU. For Arma i'd recommend overclocking as it's very CPU intensive.

 

[byza]

I would go for something like this PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£163.14 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 65.0 CFM CPU Cooler (£64.98 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£104.39 @ Aria PC)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory (£58.79 @ Ebuyer)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£37.97 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280X 3GB Double Dissipation Video Card (£188.74 @ Scan.co.uk)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case (£44.99 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.93 @ CCL Computers)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer (£11.05 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £720.98
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-08-04 03:01 BST+0100

But you could get a cheaper cooler like the CM Hyper 212 EVO if you're not going to overclock too much.

 

[lukek756]

What would you recommend I should overclock to with the 212 EVO? And also with the noctua?

 

[byza]

A lot of it comes down to if you get lucky with the CPU or not, as some overclock better than others so it's hard to say what you would get with either cooler. The EVO is good for moderate overclocking but if you really want to push it to it's limits the NH-D14 is going to keep the CPU cooler. Some people claim to get up to 0.2Ghz more with the Noctua as it can allow them to increase voltages and stay cooler.