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Hey! My family just got a settlement for a car accident about a year ago, so it's time to upgrade my Dad's aging computer. Right now he has 4gb of RAM, a Core 2 Quad Q9650, and a 9600 GT. 

 

He wants to play DayZ among other games, and he said "I want it to handle everything I throw at it at 1080p/60fps around ultra"

This is the build I've made so far and I'm pretty settled on it. http://pcpartpicker.com/p/FpLCP6

But I'd also like to hear all of your opinions! I told him 550w would be more than enough, but he said he wanted the 750w just incase. He's never had a very good computer before. I initially suggested a 600w power supply, non-OC motherboard and CPU, and no aftermarket cooler because he said he didn't want to overclock. He said no just give me z97 :D maybe eventually he'll want to overclock if his CPU is no longer enough for future games. I chose the i5+980 over the i7+970 because the i7-4790k does not pose nearly any more performance over the 4690k in 9.5/10 games. Budget is $1200, I went a little over which is fine. $1300 max I'd say. RAM is nice because it's CL9 while still being 1.5v and above-average DDR3 speed

 

He was inspired to get the aftermarket cooler after seeing my FX-6300 OC temps with the 212 EVO

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DayZ is horribly optimised, so an i7 is highly recommended for it

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.98 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($131.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($48.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($67.98 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($314.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Directron)
Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $1135.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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GPU either SLI 970s or 980ti because the 980 is a stupid buy even more now with the 980ti.

The 980 fits into this budget pretty well. I doubt my dad would want to mess with SLI at all and it also costs a bit more

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Hey! My family just got a settlement for a car accident about a year ago, so it's time to upgrade my Dad's aging computer. Right now he has 4gb of RAM, a Core 2 Quad Q9650, and a 9600 GT. 

 

 

DayZ is horribly optimised, so an i7 is highly recommended for it

 

I'd just get H1Z1 to be honest man!

 

I have both and regret buying DayZ

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i would try to get a 980 ti. 980 ti and 970 are the best value cards right now but yea i guess at 1080 it should be fine 

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welp, this'll definitely be enough to ultra most stuff  :P

good build for what he intents to do with it! the possibility to overclock is always nice too, and the 980 will be enough for times to come!

tough is he going to put his old hard drives in here, or just the 850 evo SSD? because i think 120GB might be a little on the low side :P

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DayZ is horribly optimised, so an i7 is highly recommended for it

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-4790K 4.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($325.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($26.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($131.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($48.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($67.98 @ OutletPC)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($49.99 @ Amazon)

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB SSC ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($314.99 @ Newegg)

Case: Fractal Design Define R4 (Black Pearl) ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Directron)

Power Supply: SeaSonic G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($78.99 @ SuperBiiz)

Total: $1135.88

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

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i wouldn't base my build over 1 game so yea.... i5 and 980 would be better 

Main PC |CPU - i7-6700k|GPU - R9 290x tri-x 4gb|RAM - 16gb ddr4|MOBO - MSI z170 - A PRO|HDD - WD 1TB/240gb Sandisk |PSU - 700w Raidmax

Laptop |CPU - i7 4720hq|GPU - 960m 2gb|Ram - 8gb 2x4|Model - y50-70 Touch|SSD - 240gb Patriot drive|Display - 1920x1080 IPS touch

 

 

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DayZ is horribly optimised, so an i7 is highly recommended for it

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Even in ARMA 3 the 4690k doesn't perform any differently from the 4790k. Also my dad wouldn't want to turn of HT (Which is basically the only difference between the i5 and i7) every time he wants to play the game. 

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welp, this'll definitely be enough to ultra most stuff  :P

good build for what he intents to do with it! the possibility to overclock is always nice too, and the 980 will be enough for times to come!

tough is he going to put his old hard drives in here, or just the 850 evo SSD? because i think 120GB might be a little on the low side :P

Oh I forgot to say, yes right now he has a 1tb WD black which will be fine. i think he also has a few other hard drives for database stuff

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GPU either SLI 970s or 980ti because the 980 is a stupid buy even more now with the 980ti.

He's playing 1080p 60fps, I don't think either of those things would be worth it

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Sold build, except for the case. The R5 is newer and just like a phone it's just best to have the latest one.

CPU: Intel i5 4690k @ 4.3 GHz       GPU: MSI GTX 980                      Cooling: be quiet! Pure Rock                     OS: Windows 7            Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z

Motherboard: AsRock Z97 PRO4   PSU: Corsair 600W CX600M       Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Ultimate   SSD: Intel 120GB 520   Headset: HyperX Cloud II

RAM: 12GB Crucial Ballistix            Case: Corsair 750D                       Mouse: Logitech G502                         HDD: Seagate 1TB        Speakers: Audioengine A5+

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WD Black

*vomits*

He'll probably put DayZ on the SSD anyways :D haha. Is the WD Black really slow? Or just an awful value

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Sold build, except for the case. The R5 is newer and just like a phone it's just best to have the latest one.

Is there a large difference between the two? He won't be watercooling or anything. We're just looking for a quiet mid-tower, I've used this case/CPU cooler in an x99 build and it was very quiet

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Is there a large difference between the two? He won't be watercooling or anything. We're just looking for a quiet mid-tower, I've used this case/CPU cooler in an x99 build and it was very quiet

 

No, but it has minor fixes which you probably wouldnt notice unless they werent there. 

CPU: Intel i5 4690k @ 4.3 GHz       GPU: MSI GTX 980                      Cooling: be quiet! Pure Rock                     OS: Windows 7            Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z

Motherboard: AsRock Z97 PRO4   PSU: Corsair 600W CX600M       Keyboard: Razer BlackWidow Ultimate   SSD: Intel 120GB 520   Headset: HyperX Cloud II

RAM: 12GB Crucial Ballistix            Case: Corsair 750D                       Mouse: Logitech G502                         HDD: Seagate 1TB        Speakers: Audioengine A5+

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