How's this build sound? (Can I Run DayZ?)

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Alright! So, I am buying a new PC soon, and came across this. I was just wondering how the PC sounds, and how it would run DayZ Standalone, DayZ ARMA 2 Mod, Arma 2 and Arma 3? If you could give an estimate of how many FPS at ______ settings, that would be very much so appreciated! This most definitely wont be the only games I play, but they will most likely be the most intensive games. Thank you so much!

CPU: Intel® Core™ i5 4670K 3.4GHz/3.8GHz Turbo 6MB L3 Cache HD 4600

GPU: AMD® Radeon™ R9 280X 3GB GDDR5 Supporting Mantle™ API

PSU: 750W EVGA® SuperNOVA 80 Plus Certified PSU - GTX 780 SLI Ready

MotherBoard: MSI® Z87-G41 2x CrossFire

Processor Cooling: MainGear EPIC 120 Supercooler

Memory: 16GB Corsair® Vengeance™ DDR3-1600 1.5V (2x8GB)

Hard Drive: 1TB Seagate® Barracuda™ 7200rpm 64MB Cache SATA 6G

Optical Drive 1: 4X Dual Layer DVD RW Drive

 
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yeah i know the feeling man, was underbudget on mine by about £200 after a good 4 months of research and following price drops...enjoy your build !! :)
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good build ! and should see above 60+fps on high settings for all the listed games apart from dayZ at the moment but thats due to optimization of the game it will improve over time even at that i would only expect the odd frame drop
 
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yup :) and depends if your using fraps then i would expect 50-60fps mid to high settings...actually you should be able to record on high with about 60+ fps
 
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yeah i know the feeling man, was underbudget on mine by about £200 after a good 4 months of research and following price drops...enjoy your build !! :)
 
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No need for 16gb of ram. 8gb will be plenty for gaming and even streaming.

Are you overclocking? If so, you'll need an aftermarket cpu cooler. I would recommend the Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO. It's inexpensive and performs very well. Also, I would consider looking into a new motherboard. The G41 has horrible VRM heatsinks. The VRMs tend to overheat even if you don't overclock. Something like the Asus Z87-A would be a much better option.

You don't need 750w. 600-650w is plenty. The XFX 650w is a good choice.
 
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Alright, I'm keeping the PSU. So, how would this be? Swap the Mobo for Gigabyte GA-Z87-HD3 -- 2x PCIe 3.0 x16, 4x USB 3.0, 6x SATA-III 6Gb/s. And the RAM to Ripjaws 8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module. Would it keep the same performance?
 
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Well, thats what I am getting on IBuyPower. I'm taking this build onto the website to make sure I don't screw anything up, and it tells me that motherboard doesn't support 2 ram slots.
 
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I was about to get a maingear pc, which is what those specs were from. It was prebuilt, and was very nice, and cheaper then what I could get from using IBuyPower. But it doesn't have any alternative motherboards to chose from. Nor a watercooling system. :/
 
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Alrighty, so I fixed the build to the best of my ability! So, will this be pretty much the same performance as the original?

Case 1 x AZZA Armour Gaming Case - Blue
Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-4670K Processor (4x 3.40GHz/6MB L3 Cache)
Overclock: Up to 20% Overclocking
Processor Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H60 Liquid CPU Cooling System - Standard 120mm Fan
Memory: 8 GB [4 GB X2] DDR3-1600 Memory Module - G.Skill Ripjaws X
Video Card: AMD Radeon R9 280X 3GB - Single Card
Motherboard: ASUS Z87-A
Power Supply: 750 Watt - LEPA G750-MAS 80 PLUS Gold
Primary Hard Drive: 1 TB HARD DRIVE -- 32M Cache, 7200 RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Single Drive
Sound Card: 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard
Network Card: Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)
 
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Budget is trying to stay under $1700 with shipping and OS. I don't have time to build a PC and would rather just have the security of warranty ETC. I would be up for using other website, but I will haveto stay with ones with good reviews.
 
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Not everyone is going is able to build a PC. Yes it's known it's cheaper but some people pefer to pay the premium and get it built by other people also I would recommend the 16gbs of ram because by the sounds of it you want to record videos which requires a fair bit of ram
 
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The MSI Z87-G45 Gaming board is decent.
But that build is pretty bad.
-Horrible quality case.
-Un-necessary i7 for games.
-16gb of ram is overkill.
-That Maingear CLC will perform poorly. I suspect that it has a good chance of leaking.
-The R9-280X uses the shitty reference cooler.

It's definitely not worth $1,700, even for a pre-built.
 
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