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i have a price limit of 2k$ Australian, need peripherals and windows 8. want it to run arma 3 reasonably well at high settings

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pretty sure you cant at that budget

sli or crossfire is your only solution

 

but very high is doable on a 780GTX

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very high is doable 

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Best I could do, OS included, left out the peripherals for you to choose. The motherboard will look a bit funny in the case, so you might want to change it. I don't know if you care about aesthetics or how flexible your budget is.

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CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ CPL Online)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Motherboard: ASRock Z87M Pro4 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($122.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.00 @ CPL Online)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ PLE Computers)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($449.00 @ CPL Online)

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 290 4GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way CrossFire) ($449.00 @ CPL Online)

Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($165.00 @ CPL Online)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $2028.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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i have a price limit of 2k$ Australian, need peripherals and windows 8. want it to run arma 3 reasonably well at high settings

Unless you are willing to drop 700$ in GTX770 SLI, I doubt you will be able to ARMA3 at High settings on a 1080p Monitor. No single card can run that game at high settings in 1080P at 60FPS.

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Unless you are willing to drop 700$ in GTX770 SLI, I doubt you will be able to ARMA3 at High settings on a 1080p Monitor. No single card can run that game at high settings in 1080P at 60FPS.

 

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jake take a look at the part list i made for ya? its almost in budget and has 2 r9 290s in crossfire

i have i was wondering why have two video cards? wouldnt it be better to get 1 geforce gtx titan instead?

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i have i was wondering why have two video cards? wouldnt it be better to get 1 geforce gtx titan instead?

ok take that back i just had a look at the price tag

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i have i was wondering why have two video cards? wouldnt it be better to get 1 geforce gtx titan instead?

A titan is a beefed up 780 for professionals to use for video producing and things like that, nothing you need for gaming. It does however have more vram, which is better for higher resolutions, however you only plan to do 1080p.

A titan black is the same concept as I explained with the titan, only but it's a beefed up 780 ti.

They are wastes of money for gaming.

Crossfire r9 290s seem to be the best in your budget. They will get better performance than a titan or titan black.

If you have the extra money, get a sli capable motherboard and 2 Gtx 780s, they will give you more performance than the crossfire 290s, and worth the extra money.

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This is what you should get, if you cant afford it, buy one 780 now, then when you get the money get another 780.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($192.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($165.00 @ CPL Online)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $2358.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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If you are more inclined towards Nvidia you could go for a single GTX780 now and when you have save the extra couple of hundred buy another one. I think aiming for upgradability is always good. This is based off of @Anthony10's build but a couple of things changed.

 

 
CPU:  Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-Z87X-HD3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($159.00 @ CPL Online) 
Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Memory:  Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage:  Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk  ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Storage:  Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear) 
Case:  Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.00 @ Mwave Australia) 
Operating System:  Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($115.00 @ CPL Online) 
Total: $1740.00
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
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A titan is a beefed up 780 for professionals to use for video producing and things like that, nothing you need for gaming. It does however have more vram, which is better for higher resolutions, however you only plan to do 1080p.

A titan black is the same concept as I explained with the titan, only but it's a beefed up 780 ti.

They are wastes of money for gaming.

Crossfire r9 290s seem to be the best in your budget. They will get better performance than a titan or titan black.

If you have the extra money, get a sli capable motherboard and 2 Gtx 780s, they will give you more performance than the crossfire 290s, and worth the extra money.

my budget is max $2050 australian. so ill stick with what you picked i guess :) in my other build plan i have Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4GB  hows that?

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This is what you should get, if you cant afford it, buy one 780 now, then when you get the money get another 780.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($192.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($165.00 @ CPL Online)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $2358.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-03 20:29 EST+1000)

 

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This is what you should get, if you cant afford it, buy one 780 now, then when you get the money get another 780.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ PCCaseGear)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($192.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($89.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card (2-Way SLI) ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Power Supply: SeaSonic M12II 750W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($165.00 @ CPL Online)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $2358.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

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im strictly 2000$ at the moment maybe a few months after i build this ill upgrade but not for some time

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my budget is max $2050 australian. so ill stick with what you picked i guess :) in my other build plan i have Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4GB  hows that?

 

Do you have Windows or any hard drives etc from an old computer you could salvage? If you don't need any of those you could save $283 and based on my build @ $1740 - $283 = $1457 + another GTX780 @ $579 = $2036 :D

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my budget is max $2050 australian. so ill stick with what you picked i guess :) in my other build plan i have Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC 4GB hows that?

Ok, do this and buy another 780 when you get the money, thanks @Sardis for the revisions

I changed the ram to a cool looking one that was not much more by the way.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ CPL Online)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($192.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($209.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.00 @ CPL Online)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ PLE Computers)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 850W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.00 @ CPL Online)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $1804.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-03 20:35 EST+1000)

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Ok, do this and buy another 780 when you get the money, thanks @Sardis for the revisions

I changed the ram to a cool looking one that was not much more by the way.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($269.00 @ CPL Online)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($39.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G45 Gaming ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($192.00 @ CPL Online)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($209.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 120GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($99.00 @ CPL Online)

Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($69.00 @ PLE Computers)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 780 3GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($579.00 @ PCCaseGear)

Case: Antec One ATX Mid Tower Case ($74.00 @ Mwave Australia)

Power Supply: Silverstone Strider Plus 850W 80+ Silver Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($159.00 @ CPL Online)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($115.00 @ CPL Online)

Total: $1804.00

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-05-03 20:35 EST+1000)

looks good exept the case i might swap it for a nzxt 630 gun metal :P

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People. ARMA is a CPU bound game... 

 

That's what the cpu cooler is for. :) 4.2ghz+ should do Arma justice. Plus I'm sure he won't use it to play Arma exclusively for the rest of the machines life, he'll play other hardcore games like Barbie Island Adventure 3000: Xtreme Survival  :lol:

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looks good exept the case i might swap it for a nzxt 630 gun metal :P

yeah things like cases and peripherals come down to preference, so thats why I dont include peripherals and sometimes tell people to pick their own case.

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@jake657 also since you live in a major city you could have a look on Gumtree for things like cases, peripherals etc. When I was living in Sydney I got my Cosmos 2 for $220, perfect condition :D

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That's what the cpu cooler is for. :) 4.2ghz+ should do Arma justice. Plus I'm sure he won't use it to play Arma exclusively for the rest of the machines life, he'll play other hardcore games like Barbie Island Adventure 3000: Xtreme Survival  :lol:

Pretty much. I have to test my i5 @ 5.3Ghz when I get my new cooler.

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