PC recomended specs for a new build to run this game...?

[Coyote_One]

okay guys, i know that having even 2 SLI 1080s wont run this game @60+ fps so.... the cpu is whats running this game right? let alone using 3 screens like im trying now with my current hardware.... so that being said im making somewhat of a monster in the next 2 months.... regards to the CPU, Intel Core i7-5820K - Haswell-E? its got 6 cores @3.5ghz. on the other hand the Intel Core i7-6700K Skylake sits at 4.0ghz with 4 cores. i havent seen any benchmarks for Arma 3 apex or anything so this is why im coming here. Ill list off what im looking to build and then if anyone could be nice enough to lend me some knowledge thatd be great. im hoping this build can max everything out in Arma since im a long time player

New build specs:
CPU (mentioned either of two above)
GPU - MSI GTX 1080 (x2) SLI
CPU cooling - Either my current coolermaster V8 GTS or a corsair liquid cool system if ppl think i need one
Mobo - MSI Z170A GAMING M7
Ram - 32 GB Corsair platinum x2 16gb
Psu - undecided but probably an 850 of some kind corsair i think.

I DONT OVERCLOCK. I am not one who is comfortable enough to do it, unless i find that MSI has a software like dragon center where temps are displayed and i can monitor it all. but im not used to doing that ever.

All this being said please dont comment if youre just going to be a ♥♥♥♥ saying something sarcastic but my goal here is ill have enough power to last me a LONG time gaming on 3 screens. i play DCS combat sims too so this thing needs to be powerful. thanks in advance to anyone who gives me some advice!!!!

[Roy]

I'm no specs pro but i think you should be good with that.
In fact that looks OP

[Coyote_One]

Originally posted by Roy:

I'm no specs pro but i think you should be good with that.
In fact that looks OP

thats the goal bevause i dont want to do anything else for a long time. id rather go OP than undercut. thank you for your opinion

[Roy]

Originally posted by Skuzzlebutt:

Originally posted by Roy:

I'm no specs pro but i think you should be good with that.
In fact that looks OP

thats the goal bevause i dont want to do anything else for a long time. id rather go OP than undercut. thank you for your opinion

Yeah i feel ya, no use in spending a lot of money on upgrades if it turns out to be outdated or lacking anytime soon.

[Raigan]

That spec will easily run the game, however this is Arma, expect the game performance to go up and down more times than a yo-yo

[Roy]

Originally posted by Rob:

That spec will easily run the game, however this is Arma, expect the game performance to go up and down more times than a yo-yo

Let's just assume he wants a stable FPS, he seems to be aware arma is not a 60+ fps game, but stable framerates make gameplay so much better.

[IcyTorrent]

Listen. You can get 60 fps in this game in multiplayer. Its easily doable. You not overclocking will make things a little harder, but thats fine. Its still probably doable for you. I run triple monitors, it doesn't make a difference in FPS in Arma.

Don't get the 5820k. Arma will not use those extra two cores. Get a 7700k and just have turbo mode enabled since it has the highest boost clock and thus single thread performance. This should also help you with DCS.

Now with the extra money that you have left over from getting the 7700k versus the 5820k, get some of the highest speed RAM you can get. You don't need to overclock it yourself because they have a preset setting called XMP made so they'll run at their advertised speed. Arma really really cares about your RAM speed. I get a 12 fps increase in going from 2333MHz to 3200MHz. Make sure you get a motherboard capable of using that RAM at x speed as well.

Your PSU if fine. Either one of those coolers will work fine for you. SLI works fine in Arma, but you'll get the same FPS as you would with one card except in rare scenarios where your maxing your GPU (Happens to me infrequently at 1440p), so unless your playing 4k, just know it'll be largely wasted in Arma.

[Major.Pain]

Just some info for you about 6700k.
Running with all presets on Ultra ect 1 core will get upto maybe 40-75% utilization at most with the others anywhere between 5-20% so i doubt you would get any benifit running a 6/8/10 core CPU at all.
SLI 1080's, don't believe running 2 is going to get you any gains to be honest unless maybe 4K.

[meatchopper]

very strange how my 5820k at 4.7 is giving me over 70 fps in apex, using under 25% of the cpu with a mid range r9 390

[meatchopper]

seeing up to 90 fps, playing the game now.

[Fishercat]

Why waste money on rwo 1080's ? Why k model processor if no overclock? Why 32 gb ram for gaming? Overclocking is ridiculously easy and it is what helps this game run better. Also an ssd makes the game much smoother. Why liquid cooling if no oc?

[Fishercat]

I have an i5-3570k @4.3, 1070 and 8gb ram with Arma installed on ssd and holds 30 frames almost constantly. I cannot stress how much arma benefits from ssd. I installed on one after more than 1000 hours online.

[meatchopper]

total myth that ssd improves frame rates, the only thing a ssd will load the game a little faster. any google search will confirm this.

[Fishercat]

Originally posted by meatchopper:

total myth that ssd improves frame rates, the only thing a ssd will load the game a little faster. any google search will confirm this.

I didn't say it improves framerate but it makes the game waaaaay smoother. I am on 3 screens btw.

[Ibrahim]

The game's utilization of hardware is abysmal. They are currently working on the 64 bit executable which, hopefully, will alter the performance.

[Kevin]

As a point of reference, I'm still running Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit (SP2) on a ~7 year old Alienware machine, 12GB RAM, Intel core I7 940 @2.93 GHz, with (a single) nVidia GTX980.

And it runs just fine for me.

Just sayin...