Cheapest pc for running dayZ?

RJC · 6 Jan 2013 at 12:03

LukieBoy007 said:
Been wondering this for a while myself:
Can 2133MHz RAM work on a motherboard that doesn't say it 'supports' it in the specs ( itonly goes up to 1866MHz)? For example, in RJC's build the board says it doesn't support it yet he's put in 2133MHz RAM? Is it pot luck if it works or not with the board, because I've seen similar specs before and am curious to know the answer

The ram will default to the lower speed, you may get it to work at the higher rated speed by overclocking the system.

stulid · 6 Jan 2013 at 12:03

LukieBoy007 said:
Been wondering this for a while myself:
Can 2133MHz RAM work on a motherboard that doesn't say it 'supports' it in the specs ( itonly goes up to 1866MHz)? For example, in RJC's build the board says it doesn't support it yet he's put in 2133MHz RAM? Is it pot luck if it works or not with the board, because I've seen similar specs before and am curious to know the answer

http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4343#sp

That board says it also only supports 1866Mhz RAM.

Yet I have had my Kingston RAM running at 2133 and 2400Mhz without issue, the speed and timings are selectable via XMP or manually.

Xeon · 6 Jan 2013 at 12:32

Well i'm running hypex kingston 2400 but it's only 1T stable @2133 with my A10 5800K Gigabye F2A85XM-D3H set up, tbh wasn't expecting it to be as others have mentioned the CPU bu is spec @ 1866
Nevertheless the latest A85x chipsets seem to allow a better over-clock of the onboard gpu of 1066 to sync with 2133 memory speed giving a credible 3DMarko6 score of over 10,000! Not bad for apu chip that can be upgraded to hybid crossfire high performance later on by adding an amd $50 graphics card.
If the op is on a real tight budget he could save a bit by using an A8 5600k and still be good enough for a decent Dayz performance

LukieBoy007 · 6 Jan 2013 at 12:53

Ah ok thanks guys

Loxa · 6 Jan 2013 at 15:48

dazza1980 said:
I play dayz throhgh a palit 250 gts e green lol not Great but works. Cant wait to try my 7950 to see what the difference will be

The difference will be rather small i imagine

@kickmaas As the OP said (£300)

1GB XFX Radeon HD 7770
Intel Pentium G850, Socket 1155, Dual Core, 2.90GHz
LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±R
Fractal Design Core 1000
500W Storm Silent LPJ19-25
MSI H61M-P31 (G3) Motherboard
4GB Corsair Value DDR3 PC3-10600 (1333)
500GB Seagate ST500DM002 Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm
Windows 7 64BIT Professional

xpygmy · 6 Jan 2013 at 17:28

Thrust4Money said:
The difference will be rather small i imagine

@kickmaas As the OP said (£300)

1GB XFX Radeon HD 7770
Intel Pentium G850, Socket 1155, Dual Core, 2.90GHz
LiteOn IHAS124-04 24x DVD±R
Fractal Design Core 1000
500W Storm Silent LPJ19-25
MSI H61M-P31 (G3) Motherboard
4GB Corsair Value DDR3 PC3-10600 (1333)
500GB Seagate ST500DM002 Barracuda SATA 6Gb/s, 7200rpm
Windows 7 64BIT Professional

This is the best choice for the price jack frags did a video on this which is posted above, it played dayz on framerates that are around 30FPS.

LukieBoy007 · 6 Jan 2013 at 18:14

xpygmy said:
This is the best choice for the price jack frags did a video on this which is posted above, it played dayz on framerates that are around 30FPS.

The GPU is rather poor for the money, and a H61 motherboard doesn't offer many important features used nowadays.

honosuseri · 6 Jan 2013 at 19:27

There is no way that intel h61 build will come to £300. The Pro OS is over £100 and the gpu is around £100, never mind the other components...... it's simple maths.

Stulid kindly linked a video of the Trinity setup and it's basically identical to the spec I did. As you can see the IGP was more than capable. As I said he can add a dedicated GPU later for better gaming grunt.

The 7770 is very poor value which is why I suggested the 2nd hand GPUs to keep to a budget. Only GPU i really recommend buying new is the 2GB 7850, yes it's £50(ish) more than the 7770 but has double the performance and is bundled with games which helps justify paying the extra for the GPU

Loxa · 6 Jan 2013 at 19:43

honosuseri said:
There is no way that intel h61 build will come to £300. The Pro OS is over £100 and the gpu is around £100, never mind the other components...... it's simple maths.

Stulid kindly linked a video of the Trinity setup and it's basically identical to the spec I did. As you can see the IGP was more than capable. As I said he can add a dedicated GPU later for better gaming grunt.

The 7770 is very poor value which is why I suggested the 2nd hand GPUs to keep to a budget. Only GPU i really recommend buying new is the 2GB 7850, yes it's £50(ish) more than the 7770 but has double the performance and is bundled with games which helps justify paying the extra for the GPU

In the video i believe he said he already had a copy of Windows OS, i was merely posting the specs he had linked in his video. The components were purchased from a competitors which i cannot post here

On Holiday · 6 Jan 2013 at 19:46

IGP will not run DayZ at FPS worth playing!

Loxa · 6 Jan 2013 at 19:52

YarwoodUK said:
IGP will not run DayZ at FPS worth playing!

See for yourself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh455l3348s

On Holiday · 6 Jan 2013 at 22:06

Thrust4Money said:
See for yourself

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh455l3348s

"1GB XFX Radeon HD 7770" in description ?

kickmaass · 7 Jan 2013 at 00:50

wow the video link to build your own steam box was awesome,£300 and it will run games like that?
i thought newer games like dayz/bf3/cod would require a speedy quadcore,not a duel core clocked at 2.9ghz

after some reading games like dayz are cpu intensive,so would there be much difference in turning that duel core 2.9ghz into a quadcore (or tri-core as mentioned above) with a higher base clock speed?

honosuseri · 7 Jan 2013 at 01:39

If you could give us a budget that would really help fella. I realise you are probably just putting "feelers" out to see what is possible for what price but if we knew the MAX you were willing to pay for everything that would help us help you.

That "steam box" isn't as well spec'd as the Trinity setup some of us have spec'd you. The H61 mobo lacks sataIII support (this matters as you may well add a SSD later), it only has 2 DIMM slots for RAM, which they have filled with 4GB of slow RAM. Basically they have built the rig around the 7770 GPU which as I have already said is pretty poor value for the price tag, with cheap parts to get the job done.

Myself and the more experienced members on the forum will nudge you towards the FM2 socket if you want to keep the price low as you can leave out the GPU and add one later when you want more grunt. Stulids video link showed that the Trinity APU can play what you want with the Spec I gave you.

That video link for the "steam box" i've seen posted a number of times here and I think it's misleading in that the £300 doesn't cover the OS. It's an option but I wouldn't recommend it personally. I did point out you can use the windows 8 preview edition for free but at some point you will have to pay for the OS.

I look forward to seeing your budget and what we can swing for you