i have the gtx 950 right now and its great but want DayZ to look and sound amazing basically.

looking for sugestions on both.

looking to keep under $600 total, as my friend is buying my old gou for $100.

thanks guys!

This post was edited by Butts on Jan 19 2017 03:08am

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/W6jv3F

Well, they didn't have a GTX 950 on the list, so I used the faster GTX 960 for the comparison...

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1744?vs=1731



BUT....



Get SPECCY here: http://www.piriform.com/speccy/download
...get the FREE version from the: Piriform Link
...Speccy is a really nice system hardware/temperature, information Utility.
...simply install it...and run the program...then post a screen shot of the main page of the program, when posting a problem/question on these forums.


/e It's a lot easier to make recommendations, when we know what you have now (the whole computer), and at least for the sound card, what your audio needs actually are.

This post was edited by Ghot on Jan 19 2017 03:34am

ill do the Speccy when im off work in 2 hours, thanks bud!

Some folks, that are very into audio prefer a DAC + an Amp, but these soundcards are all better than the onboard sound you have now...









/e As for the vid card... the GTX 1070 is a very good card. It MAY be overkill for your computer. But even if it is...it'll still be a nice vid card down the road when you possibly upgrade the rest of your computer.
Another consideration for vid cards, is the resolution you will be gaming at...Speccy will show us what CPU you have and what resolution you game at.

This post was edited by Ghot on Jan 19 2017 04:06am

I also Highly recommend GTX 1070 its a bit more money but Well Worth it! if you legit cant do it id do a gtx 1060: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127947&cm_re=gtx_1070-_-14-127-947-_-Product
If you don't like Msi i highly recommend going with a EVGA...at the very least don't go gigabyte they are awful!



Sound Blaster Z: https://www.amazon.com/Blaster-Performance-Headphone-Forming-Microphone/dp/B009ISU33E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1484824084&sr=8-1&keywords=sound+blaster

i was looking at gpu's at my local microcenter and was looking at the evga 1070 for $399.

I like EVGA.
though even if its a evga make sure its a model that has 2 fans none of that single fan shit.

but sometimes money on hand requires some sacrifice.

ofc that sound card might be a bit to much money this might be more affordable.
https://www.amazon.com/Creative-Blaster-Audigy-Performance-Headphone/dp/B00EO6X7PG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?tag=pcgamingbuilds02-20&ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M20EJMT4072TNJQ4NHNE&linkCode=sl1&linkId=0e380ea79266fca89f40ec47416260c2