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Hello all! 

 

I have been trusted to help my friend plan and build his new streaming/gaming PC and I need some help. I cannot decide what to pick for the build so I am leaving it up to the LTT community to decide what is best for him. 

 

Budget: 

He has a budget of roughly £1000 - £2000 and wants the "best bang for his buck". 

 

Location: 
United Kingdom

 

Aim:

The PC is going to be used for 1080p streaming of high quality games such as Modded GTA, F1 and other AAA titles. It is also going to need to be good as multitasking as he is going to have a lot of applications open for streaming. It is also going to need to be good at basic video editing (cuts, minor effects, etc.) as he wants to start getting into video editing and making highlight videos of his streams. He is going to be using 2-3 monitors for the computer as well. The monitors will all be running at 1920x1080 and maybe 4K in the future. 

 

Peripherals: 

He has main peripherals such as a keyboard, mouse, microphone and headphones. The part list also needs to account for a Windows 10 License. He also wants either a M.2 or a SSD in the computer as the main boot drive and a few terabytes of hard drive space for games and stream archives (around 8TB). He doesn't mind what case is used and RGB isn't necessary. He would prefer air cooling as he wants to easily be able to change parts and not have to mess around with water cooling. 

 

Any help is appreciated and I can't wait to see the recommendations!

PC: 

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Motherboard: MSI Z390-A PRO

CPU: Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz

Memory: 32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance 

Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Boot: Crucial P3 2TB M.2

SSD: Crucial BX500 1TB SSD

SSD: Crucial P2 500GB M.2

PSU: Gigabyte P750GM 750W

Case: IONZ KZ10

"Server": 

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Motherboard: X99 RSA mATX (eBay special)

CPU: Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 @ 2.4GHz

Memory: 64GB (2x32GB) Dataram ECC DDR4

Graphics Card: NVIDIA Quadro P2000

Boot: Kingston NV3 1TB M.2

PSU: Corsair CX550

Case: Fractal Design Core 1000

OS: Proxmox Virtual Environment

Other Gear:

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Phone: Google Pixel 6 (128GB)

Watch: Google Pixel Watch

 

Headphones: SteelSeries Arctis 3

Microphone: Blue Snowball Ice

Speakers: Creative T100

 

Car: 2010 Mazda 3 Takuya - 1.6L Petrol 103bhp

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New CPUs soon, they'll be great for streaming. I say wait a couple months if possible.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

Primary PC:

i7 8086k - EVGA Z370 Classified K - G.Skill Trident Z RGB - WD SN750 - Jedi Order Titan Xp - Hyper 212 Black (with RGB Riing flair) - EVGA G3 650W - dual booting Windows 11 and Fedora Linux - Black and green theme, Razer brainwashed me.

Draws 400 watts under max load, for reference.

 

PSU tier list

How many watts do I need?

PSU misconceptions, protections explained, group reg is bad

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33 minutes ago, Stentorian said:

 

It's only like $700 for a a 1080p gaming PC. With an 8 core CPU for streaming, hard to beat at that price point.

 

The neptwin might need some kind of adapter to fit on AM4, but it advertises support and is one of the cheapest twin tower coolers I think.
 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/vg4sD2

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£143.76 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Deepcool - NEPTWIN V2.0 53.65 CFM CPU Cooler  (£33.48 @ Ebuyer)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450 AORUS ELITE ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£89.84 @ CCL Computers)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£75.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£56.98 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: ASRock - Radeon RX 570 8 GB Phantom Gaming X Video Card  (£125.63 @ More Computers)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox MB511 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£37.38 @ Amazon UK)
Power Supply: Corsair - TXM Gold 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£63.28 @ Amazon UK)
Total: £626.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

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What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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A couple = two, at worst

 

There is an event at the end of this month wich might or might not reveal something.

After that the rumored release could be the 7th of July.

 

But it's best to wait and not buy something NOW just to regret it later when there is a possibility to get a 16 Core CPU for 500€ or less...

 

What would be possible is a gamble:
You bet that the upcoming part is good and worth it, get a system that is prepared for it so that you only need to flash the BIOS and drop in the new CPU once its released...

Disadvantages: you don't get PCIe 4.0.

"Hell is full of good meanings, but Heaven is full of good works"

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PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU Intel - Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor £470.39 @ Newegg UK
CPU Cooler be quiet! - Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler £67.25 @ CCL Computers
Motherboard MSI - MPG Z390M GAMING EDGE AC Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard £156.96 @ More Computers
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £87.18 @ Aria PC
Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £87.18 @ Aria PC
Storage Samsung - 970 Evo Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £104.51 @ Aria PC
Storage Samsung - 860 QVO 2 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive £216.90 @ Box Limited
Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card £453.48 @ Ebuyer
Case Fractal Design - Meshify C Mini Dark TG MicroATX Mini Tower Case £79.99 @ Box Limited
Power Supply EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £117.97 @ Laptops Direct
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1841.81
 

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Yes this is overkill, But It will last VERY long time.

 

 

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K | Ram: 32GB Corsair LPX 3200 DDR4 | Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390 | GPU: EVGA RTX2080 XC | 960 EVO Samsung 500GB M.2 | 850 EVO Samsung 250GB M.2 | Samsung 1TB QVO SSD | 1TB HDD WD Blue 

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This is the best build for the money right now. I've hit all your check boxes: 8TB total storage (1TB on M.2), Includes the Windows license, the best GPU you can get, and a CPU that handles streaming and basic video editing very well :

 

PCPartPicker Part List
Type Item Price
CPU AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor £273.50 @ Aria PC
CPU Cooler ARCTIC - Freezer 34 eSports DUO CPU Cooler £29.95 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard £76.46 @ Amazon UK
Memory Patriot - Viper 4 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory £78.97 @ CCL Computers
Storage Intel - 660p Series 1 TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive £102.94 @ Technextday
Storage Toshiba - P300 3 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £63.99 @ Amazon UK
Storage Toshiba - X300 4 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive £93.47 @ Amazon UK
Video Card Zotac - GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB Twin Video Card £946.19 @ CCL Computers
Case Corsair - SPEC-DELTA RGB ATX Mid Tower Case £57.55 @ Box Limited
Power Supply Corsair - RMx (2018) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply £79.21 @ Box Limited
Operating System Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit £83.99 @ Amazon UK
  Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts  
  Total £1886.22
  Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-05-05 00:19 BST+0100  

 

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22 minutes ago, jerubedo said:

 

A 2080ti for a 1080p display?

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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11 minutes ago, jerubedo said:

They said they'd be upgrading to 4K, but even right now they said they'd be using 3x monitors (could be a triple monitor gaming scenario) for a total resolution of 5760x1080.

Can't imagine anyone actually wanting to game across 3 monitors though.

 

Could easily use some of the budget for some kind of ultra wide display in that case.

I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Can't imagine anyone actually wanting to game across 3 monitors though.

 

Could easily use some of the budget for some kind of ultra wide display in that case.

I actually know quite a few who do use a 3x setup. I never really understood how they can tolerate the bezels in between the monitors, though. I'm with you in that I'd prefer a single ultrawide.

 

As for my choice, it was mostly because of the upgrade to 4K they are planning.

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