Arma 3 build?

TheRockinUU

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Hello all. I LOVE Arma, but have never actually played it! LOL, I know how silly that sounds.
So I need to build a PC that will run it as best as possible. I am not interested in running a 3 GPU setup, BUT money really isn't an issue, if it is expensive, I will just save up more.
Now I understand Arma 3 is a CPU eater, and although I am planning on using a GTX 980ti, I understand the real issue for this game will be the CPU.
Which brings me to my question! Has there been any real definitive decision as to which CPU delivers the best performance for Arma3? I would assume it would be the 5960x, but is it a NOTICEABLE difference to say... the 6700k? Playing on Sim servers is what I am looking at, so single player FPS isn't my concern as much as how the CPU will perform online with 50 players on the server. I have seen other guys playing on Youtube with the 6600, but it looks like their settings are turned down. Anyway, that is my question thanks for any help you can give me.
 


Thanks for the reply! And I was thinking maybe the same thing, that the 5960x might be an expensive mistake, especially if Arma isn't using multi cores to their full potential. I would love to play at 4k, but 1080 at the most FPS possible during online play is what is most important to me.