Bought New PC and having issues

penguin213

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Dec 25, 2013
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I just got a PC built and these are the specs
Intel Core i7-4770 Haswell 3.4GHz (3.9GHz turbo) Quad-Core 8000K
Intel Socket 1150/1155 CPU fan
MSI B85M-E33, Onboard Video, HD Audio, GB LAN, USB3.0, HDMI
16GB (2x8GB) PC14900 DDR3 1866 Dual Channel (high performance memory)
HD Onboard 3D graphics Dual head, HDMI (only if listed with board)
500.0 GB Hitachi 7200RPM SATA2, UDMA 300 8m cache
LG 22x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
Realtek HD digital audio (onboard)
Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
Apevia X-Dreamer-4 Black and Green, front USB 2.0 & 3.0, Temp. display, Hot swap HDD
Windows 8.1 (64 bit)

I got this PC to do gaming and music production and asked around and was told these specs would be good. Unfortunately, I am getting very bad frame-rate on the first game I bought, Day-Z (0-5 FPS) when I try to run it anywhere close to high settings. I have to play it on Very Low visuals to make gameplay "tolerable". Considering I bought a custom PC for 900 dollars I think it should be running better than this. The PC is 1 day old and I was wondering if there is something I can do to fix my problems such as issuing any of these specs aren't cutting it, if I have to update new drivers, ETC or if there is something I can do to break in my new computer. Any help would be appreciated. I am very frustrated.
 
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obviously the rig is powerfull but it lack a dedicated graphic card so unless you want to spend a little more on that part, it's pretty much all it can do, the integrated graphic is rather "shitty" comparing to even low-end 100$ graphic card...

i would change the 4770 to a 4670 (non-k unless you change the motehrboard too) to save 100$ and buy a dedicated GPU like a HD7750 or a 7770 in the AMD side or a 650ti boost on the Nvidia side... (7750 is the cheapest one and still a good performer at around 100$ when the 2 other are more like 150$)

Music isn't that intensive to justify a 4770 in my opinion, unless you're always just doing that (but you say you game too so it's not for professionnal and only music usage) and in games the 4670...
obviously the rig is powerfull but it lack a dedicated graphic card so unless you want to spend a little more on that part, it's pretty much all it can do, the integrated graphic is rather "shitty" comparing to even low-end 100$ graphic card...

i would change the 4770 to a 4670 (non-k unless you change the motehrboard too) to save 100$ and buy a dedicated GPU like a HD7750 or a 7770 in the AMD side or a 650ti boost on the Nvidia side... (7750 is the cheapest one and still a good performer at around 100$ when the 2 other are more like 150$)

Music isn't that intensive to justify a 4770 in my opinion, unless you're always just doing that (but you say you game too so it's not for professionnal and only music usage) and in games the 4670 and the 4770 are like older 3570 vs 3770, the I7 have hyperthreading but most games don't use it so i'te the same performance all around except for Battlefield 3 and 4 and maybe newer games (but you still got enough power to run multiple gpus with an I5)
 
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