Building my first gaming pc! Need help!

I need help building a gaming pc that can run Battlefield 3 on ultra and Arma 2/Dayz/ Arma 3 on high settings..

Budget is 500-800$

Any help would be appreciated..

 

If you have a skype I'd be more than happy to mock up a build for you/discuss it in-depth. Mines darkestdreamsythe

If you just want someone to post a build then let me know and I can do that too =]

 

I actively play Arma, should you need someone to game with don't be afraid to hit me up.

I built my own pc, came out great. I can play most games on max; Skyrim, BF3, Fallout. I spent around 1000$ on it. I should point out, you won't find a computer for under 700-800$ that can run the games you like on High/Ultra. Arma is extremely CPU intensive and would require a powerful CPU & Motherboard. You'd also need a great graphics card to get the quality you'd like, and from there you'd be matching quality with all parts of the build. What I mean is: Don't spend all your budget in one place. You need a well balanced machine or you won't get a good performance. I had a friend who duked out for a great cpu and some amazing auxiliary features. Completely forgot the Graphics card and couldn't afford a good one.

I'd be willing to give you pointers or advice on builds if you'd like to discuss via pm or skype.

 

It won't be all that hard. Find a mobo for about $100 - $150. Get an i5 for $200 - $250 (check the benchmarks for them). Get 8GB ram for about $50. Find a HDD (this could be $70 - a lot depending on size... I suggest buying Western digital). Get a cheap case and find a cheap power supply (sign up for emails from newegg and wait for a sale... You can get a decent power supply for about $30). Then spend whatever you have left over on a graphics card. Even a $150 one will be decent, although not great. The graphics card will be the main expense if you really want to get amazing graphics.

 

^ Just make sure the GFX card has a good bit of dedicated video memory... 2GB+ is recommended, 1.5GB should be your minimum. Also, make sure the case has a decent amount of fans and good airflow.

 

Yea. Get 2GB and you will be much happier. Newer games love eating VRAM because they can.

 

there u go.

 

I've had three of those Seagate drives fail. I definitely wouldn't recommend it.

 

I talked to the OP on skype last night and he is pretty much hellbent on a pre-built since canadian components are so much more expensive/he cba with doing an actual build lol.

 

Well that's a lot less fun.