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I Need A New Pc


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Go custom built. It's more fun that way! I would recommend a quad core like the i7 (I own the first gen i7, and its great!). 2 GTX 660Ti's sli. Buy EVGA, I have had the best experience with them! 850w PSU (Corsair is really reliable). Pick up a watercool unit from Corsair as well, works great. For the mobo, look at the Z68, I've heard good things about it.

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I still need ideas UNDER $1000 That can run ArmA II really good.

 

Again custom build -- buy your case or make your own, buy from newegg or some other electronics store ONLINE, make sure its not all refurbished... though some parts can be with a warranty. Use a bit of street smarts on this as well as your nerd smarts.

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Well I get 50-60 fps in arma II with this build: EST $680 USD (HDD is diff. b/c my HDD was discontinued)

 

Case: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16811119233

 

PSU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16817139005 (was on sale for like $70 when I got it)

 

CPU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16819106010

 

RAM: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16820145345

 

CDROM: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16827135204

 

Wireless card: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16833320074 (Fucking amazing)

 

GPU: http://www.newegg.co...N82E16814102908 (Aww shit its disco'd as well :/) but ummmmmm

 

that works

 

~680

 

 

EDIT: THIS 4 HDD http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136798

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wOVf

 

Want a better GPU? Switch the 660Ti with the 670.

Want to overclock? Switch the Hyper 212 Evo with a Corsair H100.

Want faster boot times, game load times, etc? Grab a ~120GB+ SSD. I like the OCZ Vector, Samsung 840, or Intel's drives.

I'm wondering what res he is going to be playing at because if it is high, 1600+, he's gonna need an AMD GPU because they are a lot better at high res performance than nVidia.

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I'm wondering what res he is going to be playing at because if it is high, 1600+, he's gonna need an AMD GPU because they are a lot better at high res performance than nVidia.

lol 1000$ budget and getting a 2560x1600/2560x1440+ monitor... oh boy..

@AMD comment, that is highly contestable, AMD's radeons will pack the best punch on multimonitor setups however at larger resolutions, AMD doesn't always match up.

Contrast this game (Far Cry)

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/01/08/asus_geforce_gtx_670_directcu_ii_4gb_gpu_review/4

with Hitman

http://www.hardocp.com/article/2013/01/08/asus_geforce_gtx_670_directcu_ii_4gb_gpu_review/5

 

You'll notice in this review, AMD takes a win by being playable at 2560x1600 whereas in Hitman, nvidia takes the win by having a better peak framerate (which can be a good or bad thing)

 

The line between nvidia and amd performance based on the dollar itself is not as cut and dry (especially if you don't overclock as demosntrated by HOCP)

Pick the video card that you prefer lol

 

Anyways back to the build at hand,

the 670 is certainly a formidable card and many review sites like Tom's Hardware would say it's a fairly good card to work with (a bit pricey if you buy a heavily modified aftermarket card)

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/geforce-gtx-670-test-review,3217-11.html

 

It by no means will be better than its pricier competitior the 7970 GHz at higher resolutions but given that most people like ~1080p, the frame difference just wouldn't kill you even if it were +/- 2-3 fps.

 

I assume that you're not going to be benchmarking or whoring your specifications out so I'm sure that won't be an issue.

 

@ If you're going to go to closed loop cooling, consider getting the newer iteration of the H100 the H100i. It should be around the same price to start out with.

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Honestly to run arma 2 a 660ti will max it out and then some. Look toward the intel side of things as far as CPUs go, also antec cases are glorious. antec 902 i got about a month ago, literally love this case. Best mid tower ever.

 

a 670 would be overkill but if you have the money its always a good idea to get the next step up. (saves you from having to upgrade sooner)

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http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wOVf

 

Want a better GPU? Switch the 660Ti with the 670.

Want to overclock? Switch the Hyper 212 Evo with a Corsair H100.

Want faster boot times, game load times, etc? Grab a ~120GB+ SSD. I like the OCZ Vector, Samsung 840, or Intel's drives.

 

+1

pretty much the exact build i was going to put together and recommend. I'd go WD for the HDD though instead of Seagate

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