New PC Build WIP

[Anarkhiya 50]

So I'm looking to get a new tower, since my laptop is becoming outdated, and I don't know too much about which parts are better than which. My friend made a build for around ~$1300 since I figured it's a pretty modest build price. Here's the link for it: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/JoshNaDell/saved/hqvqqs

 

If any of you guys could take a look at it, and tell me if it's good or which parts I should change out or replace. Any related feedback is appreciated

[Thomas 671]

Very solid build you will be very happy

[Knives27 9]

Seems solid to me. I would say if you can afford to upgrade to an i7 it might be worth it, but in most cases an i5 will cut it as far as modern gaming goes. Arma does lean heavily on your CPU and RAM though more so than your GPU so in terms of JUST playing Arma with it I think the extra money for the i7 would probably be worth it.

[Dustin87 864]

If you get a H97 board get a Non "k" CPU as you wont be able to OC and then you can just use the stock cooler if you want, i have a stock on my I7 4770k and my temps rarely go over 70c on load.

[Sqwallify 127]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/QhvNYJmy build

[Odin 1073]

This is pretty close to my current build, only differences being I have 32gb of RAM currently, an EVGA 550Ti (1.5gb) doing all the PhysX work and I put in a generic 2TB HDD for this build. Otherwise, this is pretty close to what I am at.

 

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/Ch7wpg

[Jaden Wilson 7]

Yo mate, looking like a good build. But if you play a lot of Arma 3, just my suggestion. Drop the GTX to a lower GTX product, and go for a higher up CPU (i6, i7) and that will guarantee 90+ frames. Unless you plan to play GPU games quite a bit also, keep your build!

 

-Jaden

[Anarkhiya 50]

Thanks guys, will probably dish out a little bit more for a higher processor. Love you all <3

 

...and I guess John.

[Odin 1073]

...and I guess John.

 

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[Soapy Smith 11]

Drop one of the SSD's and upgrade your proc to a 4790 and RAM to 16g. Might be able to get close to the same price.