Need help first PC build for ARK survival evolved

[JoJo]

Hello, im planning on building my first PC ever, i have owned a business laptop for the past 6 years and basically use it for LoL and WoW so i know very little on the topic of building computers but i need to know if this PC can handle this Graphics card and if yes will the processor and the graphics card be enough to run ARK in specific and games similar to it such as H1Z1 DayZ and ARMA III i plan on swapping out the graphics card in the pc with the one from CanadaComputers

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/dell-dell-xps-desktop-pc-intel-core-i5-4460-1tb-hdd-8gb-ram-nvidia-geforce-gt-720-graphics-windows-8-1-x8700-1571blk/10380493.aspx

http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=43_1200_557_559&item_id=077696

more info on the computer : http://www.dell.com/ca/business/p/xps-8700/pd

Thank you in advance for the help and knowledge on this subject.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Power supply on this office PC cant handle GTX 980, would need to swap this out too for 600W power supply.
And I'm not sure if Asus Strix would fit in this case, it's quite big card.
It also has cheap poor quality motherboard.

Better to just put one together yourself:

http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/4vJG4D

[JoJo]

Thank you very muchh !

[JoJo]

** Never built a computer before not sure i would be able to do it you know if this could work out for the games ?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-g10aj-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-4790-2tb-hdd-16gb-ram-nvidia-gtx980-graphics-windows-8-1-g10aj-ca011s/10364438.aspx?path=535a6ef287e1d7cea2cf0dcabc3d81b8en02

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by 4 Series Express family chipset:

** Never built a computer before not sure i would be able to do it you know if this could work out for the games ?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-g10aj-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-4790-2tb-hdd-16gb-ram-nvidia-gtx980-graphics-windows-8-1-g10aj-ca011s/10364438.aspx?path=535a6ef287e1d7cea2cf0dcabc3d81b8en02

Yeah this would work, good CPU and decent enough motherboard. Somewhat expensive but it would work. Not for overclocking but you would prob not overclock anyway.

[JoJo]

What exactly is Overclocking ?

[_I_]

running a component at a speed/freq higher than recomended

[JoJo]

I see i see, well thank you kind sir for your aid on this subject i appreciate it

[JoJo]

i was reading in a couple of different places that 16 gb ram might not be the best idea and neither is the 2 TB hard drive without an ssd of 256gb im planning on this pc for the games listed above as well i want to start streaming these games via twitch i was just wondering if you have any input of to why this would be important and if you think it would be something that i would need to be looking for considering the things i plan on doing with it or does it not really matter in the end game ? Basically really looking forward to ark more than anything and i just want to make sure i can get atleast high if not ultra graphics i know that the game is poorly optimized but i have been hearing around that its getting better, also the processor speed important? some people say i need 4.5Mhz is that true or will it be basically the same experince as the 3.6Mhz?

thanks again for your help thus far.

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

To run ARK at high settings you need at least GTX 970 and i5 CPU. 8 Gb RAM is currently fine for majority of games but some games are starting to utilize more, when thinking about future the 16 Gb is not that bad idea.

[JoJo]

I see, so in terms of gaming right now this PC is up to standards just should look into a bigger RAM for future games correct?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-g10aj-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-4790-2tb-hdd-16gb-ram-nvidia-gtx980-graphics-windows-8-1-g10aj-ca011s/10364438.aspx?path=535a6ef287e1d7cea2cf0dcabc3d81b8en02

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Originally posted by 4 Series Express Family Chipset:

I see, so in terms of gaming right now this PC is up to standards just should look into a bigger RAM for future games correct?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/asus-asus-g10aj-gaming-pc-intel-core-i7-4790-2tb-hdd-16gb-ram-nvidia-gtx980-graphics-windows-8-1-g10aj-ca011s/10364438.aspx?path=535a6ef287e1d7cea2cf0dcabc3d81b8en02

This rig can run anything out there no problems, including ARK and it already has 16 Gb RAM so wont need any more of it.

[JoJo]

Perfect, thanks again for your help i really apriciate it :)