$700 Gaming and Streaming PC? (For my brother)

[JoshB2084]

My brother want to building his first PC, his budget is $700, and he want to gaming and streaming at least 1080p. I try to tweaking to close to $700 as his budget, but I only got about $30 more... Any suggest?

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - B450M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($63.98 @ Newegg Business)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: ADATA - Ultimate SU800 256 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($42.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6 GB Video Card  ($199.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.41 @ B&H)
Power Supply: EVGA - B3 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($58.10 @ Amazon)
Other: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC
Total: $728.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-22 05:28 EST-0500

 

 

[LukeLinusFanFic]

If you really have to save, I suppose you could go down to 8gigs of ram and add more later, but I wouldn't... All in all you got a very balanced build. I like it. 

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($168.88 @ OutletPC) extra cores will help for streaming.
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) older but better mobo.
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP - EX900 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($40.99 @ Newegg Business) much faster for the same price.
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) trades blows in games.
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.41 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) better quality.
Other: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 
Total: $673.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-22 06:26 EST-0500

[LukeSavenije]

18 minutes ago, CollisionCascade said:

The msi b450 boards have better vrms

SOME do have

 

some don't

[JoshB2084]

8 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($168.88 @ OutletPC) extra cores will help for streaming.
Motherboard: ASRock - X370 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($59.99 @ Newegg) older but better mobo.
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($94.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: HP - EX900 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($40.99 @ Newegg Business) much faster for the same price.
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Video Card: PowerColor - Radeon RX 580 8 GB Video Card  ($179.99 @ Newegg) trades blows in games.
Case: Cougar - MX330 ATX Mid Tower Case  ($43.41 @ B&H) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) better quality.
Other: Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 
Total: $673.23
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-02-22 06:26 EST-0500

 

I really like your PC config. But I am not sure about Ryzen 7 1700, that 1700 has less IPC speed than new 2600. Correct me if I'm wrong.  So very nice PC, I think my brother like this.

[ma075678]

1 hour ago, JoshB2084 said:

 

I really like your PC config. But I am not sure about Ryzen 7 1700, that 1700 has less IPC speed than new 2600. Correct me if I'm wrong.  So very nice PC, I think my brother like this.

The main difference here is that the Ryzen 7 has 8 cores and 16 threads. These days that's enough to game and stream from the same computer without having either suffer in quality. I could be wrong, but that's what I was able to abstract from my research. The 2600 is definitely faster, and will probably have better gaming performance, but the 1700 will have better streams without affecting the game as much.

[Herman Mcpootis]

1 hour ago, JoshB2084 said:

 

I really like your PC config. But I am not sure about Ryzen 7 1700, that 1700 has less IPC speed than new 2600. Correct me if I'm wrong.  So very nice PC, I think my brother like this.

the 1700 does abit worse in games but the extra cores will help with streaming.

[JoshB2084]

8 minutes ago, ma075678 said:

The main difference here is that the Ryzen 7 has 8 cores and 16 threads. These days that's enough to game and stream from the same computer without having either suffer in quality. I could be wrong, but that's what I was able to abstract from my research. The 2600 is definitely faster, and will probably have better gaming performance, but the 1700 will have better streams without affecting the game as much.

 

1 minute ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

the 1700 does abit worse in games but the extra cores will help with streaming.

 

Hmmm,  I should tell him wait for new Ryzen 5 3600(G?). Any suggest on 3600?

[ma075678]

3 hours ago, JoshB2084 said:

Hmmm,  I should tell him wait for new Ryzen 5 3600(G?). Any suggest on 3600?

The Ryzen 5 3600G should be released in July at $199 MSRP (Could be higher). That is with higher clock speeds and 18 threads so it could end up being a much better deal. 

Considering that July is only 4 months away, I'd say wait. Especially if you're goal is to stream and game with decent performance and viewer experience. 

I don't build PC's for a living or hobby though, so take that with a grain of salt or even follow someone else if they say otherwise.