DayZ gaming rig.
What will you be doing with this PC? Be as specific as possible, and include specific games or programs you will be using.
Playing DayZ
What is your maximum budget before rebates/shipping/taxes?
$1000 Canadian
When do you plan on building/buying the PC? Note: beyond a week or two from today means any build you receive will be out of date when you want to buy.
In next 2 weeks hopefully
What, exactly, do you need included in the budget? (Tower/OS/monitor/keyboard/mouse/etc)
Tower
Which country (and state/province) will you be purchasing the parts in? If you're in US, do you have access to a Microcenter location?
Canada, Nova Scotia
If reusing any parts (including monitor(s)/keyboard/mouse/etc), what parts will you be reusing? Brands and models are appreciated.
I have Acer Rg241y monitor Cosair keyboard and mouse
Will you be overclocking? If yes, are you interested in overclocking right away, or down the line? CPU and/or GPU?
Down the line. But not overly important.
Are there any specific features or items you want/need in the build? (ex: SSD, large amount of storage or a RAID setup, CUDA or OpenCL support, etc)
No
What type of network connectivity do you need? (Wired and/or WiFi) If WiFi is needed and you would like to find the fastest match for your wireless router, please list any specifics.
Wired preferred
Do you have any specific case preferences (Size like ITX/microATX/mid-tower/full-tower, styles, colors, window or not, LED lighting, etc), or a particular color theme preference for the components?
NO color theme preference
Do you need a copy of Windows included in the budget? If you do need one included, do you have a preference?
No
Extra info or particulars:
None
Posted Dec 3, 2022, 6:23 PM UTC
You need a strong Intel CPU for DayZ since it's not multithread optimized and lacks performance on AMD CPUs. A good Nvidia GPU is also advised but of secondary concern (the game lacks with AMD GPUs aswell). You also need a least 16GB of RAM and a PCIe-SSD for fast load times. This PC-Partpicker list should be exactly what you need:
PCPartPicker Part List
To add to this guys mention about the ssd.
if you plan on playing heavily modded servers, DO NOT install dayz on an hdd. The game loads slow enough as is, and while you are attempting to connect to servers you will get booted for timeout because your rig was still loading assets and mods. Then you get to sit at the back of the line in que to try again.
Can confirm. I even had that problem on an old SATA SSD. That's why I put in an inexpensive PCIe SSD.