Planning out PC to build

[JoeOtterson]

Hello! Been getting into the world of PCs and decided to build my own. Currently, I have a Legion Y540 with an i7-9750, GTX 1650, and 16Gb of Ram. I've been playing for a couple months and now been trying to get into streaming. I've come up with this build that could hopefully handle 1080p gaming at high-ultra settings and be able to stream at 720p60f. Budget is about $1800USD, and for the video card the RX580 is a placeholder until the RTX 30XX series comes out. What are your suggestions or modifications?

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RM2Wb8

CPU: Intel Core i9-9900K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($471.99 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.95 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI HERO (WI-FI) ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($281.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($124.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 970 Evo 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($169.99 @ B&H)
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8 GB PULSE Video Card  ($174.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Walmart)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA P2 750 W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($159.99 @ Best Buy)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($98.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $1662.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-08 15:12 EST-0500

[RAM555789]

What kind of games are you trying to stream? That laptop doesn't look too bad, or is it just the fans are too loud for streaming?

[JoeOtterson]

Currently it's just Apex Legends, but would like to include Titanfall 2 and Battlefield 1 in the future. The laptop's fans do run pretty loud and for my display I have a 24 inch 144hz 1080p monitor, and I feel like the gpu isn't able to handle the high framerate for the game and the stream together.

[Epimetheus]

I'd say that you should remove the windows key obviously, why would you pay 100 for the limited version when you can get the pro version for like 10 dollars

[Zando_]

Is there all that much reason to wait for the 30xx series? They're likely still a bit out, Nvidia is still making Super cards (and I've seen rumors of a 2080 Ti Super?), doesn't seem like they'd bring out a new gen so soon after that. 

Also are you sold on Intel? 9900K is a killer chip, but if you don't need quicksync and can stand to lose 5% performance or so, you can get basically the same experience for much less with AMD:

 

PCPartPicker Part List: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/K226Rk

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($324.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 82.5 CFM CPU Cooler  ($89.95 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($164.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3600 Memory  ($169.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($147.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8 GB Video Card  ($699.99 @ Best Buy) 
Case: Fractal Design Meshify C ATX Mid Tower Case  ($89.99 @ Walmart) 
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 650 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $1787.88
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-11-08 15:23 EST-0500

 

That lets you fit a 2080 Super into the mix as well, which is the best biggboye card unless you have the obscene budget for a 2080 Ti. 

 

And like @Epimetheus said, you can grab Windows 10 Pro keys off eBay for $7-14 on average. 

[JoeOtterson]

Didn't know I could do that, I'll do that instead. Where do I find that?

[JoeOtterson]

I'm not absolutely set on the i9, I was originally planning on the r7-3800x, but I have friend that recommended intel since I'm getting interested in streaming. I also figured waiting for the RTX 30-series because from I what can tell it might be here around next spring or summer and supposedly be cheaper and outdo the 20-series. But the 2080S does seem pretty nice for what I'm wanting

[Zando_]

3 minutes ago, JoeOtterson said:

 

I'm not absolutely set on the i9, I was originally planning on the r7-3800x, but I have friend that recommended intel since I'm getting interested in streaming.

 

That's funky, people have usually recommended Ryzen - since it came out - for streaming, due to more cores for less money (or in this case the same amount of cores and aaaalmost the same single core perf for less money). 

4 minutes ago, JoeOtterson said:

I also figured waiting for the RTX 30-series because from I what can tell it might be here around next spring or summer and supposedly be cheaper and outdo the 20-series. But the 2080S does seem pretty nice for what I'm wanting

That's a fair bit out, a 580 will gimp you a lot harder when streaming than getting a 2080 Super now and risking something a bit faster coming out later (will be interesting to see if there's actually a good improvement next gen, the jump from Pascal to Turing perf/$ wise wasn't massive on the higher end). The 1660 Ti and higher also have the Turing NVENC encoder, which is excellent for streaming and frees up your CPU for any core hungry games you may wanna play. 

[JoeOtterson]

3 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

That's funky, people have usually recommended Ryzen - since it came out - for streaming, due to more cores for less money (or in this case the same amount of cores and aaaalmost the same single core perf for less money). 

That's a fair bit out, a 580 will gimp you a lot harder when streaming than getting a 2080 Super now and risking something a bit faster coming out later (will be interesting to see if there's actually a good improvement next gen, the jump from Pascal to Turing perf/$ wise wasn't massive on the higher end). The 1660 Ti and higher also have the Turing NVENC encoder, which is excellent for streaming and frees up your CPU for any core hungry games you may wanna play. 

That's fair, and from my own research it seemed to agree with you where you're able to get more core and threads out of Ryzen for your money. I'm also still trying to learn and understand how encoders, bitrates, and all the nitty gritty stuff of streaming work. I figured it would be a little complicated, but it's a little more than I expected. But yeah, I think Ryzen and a RTX super would be best