First PC build

Kai Alter · August 28, 2020

Budget (including currency): 1,000 USD

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Streaming on twitch, video editing

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): I'll plan on building a PC sometime soon to stream games to my Twitch channel. starting on a low budget but will upgrade parts as needed later

Edited August 28, 2020 by Kai Alter
changed budget

Cyracus · August 28, 2020

plan to buy a used ryzen 3000 series cpu, a used 16/20 series gpu and ask again the month before you plan to buy because no one knows how good hardware launching this year will be

Kai Alter · August 28, 2020

14 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

plan to buy a used ryzen 3000 series cpu, a used 16/20 series gpu and ask again the month before you plan to buy because no one knows how good hardware launching this year will be

i edited my post because i don't really know when i'll get the parts, just want to ballpark what parts would be needed for such a build at such a low cost starting out

Cyracus · August 28, 2020

16 minutes ago, Kai Alter said:

i edited my post because i don't really know when i'll get the parts, just want to ballpark what parts would be needed for such a build at such a low cost starting out

Is this a dedicated streaming machine, or a play on and stream build?

Buy a mobo, storage, and psu new. Get ram based on mobo qvl list (check vendor site once mobo chosen), check the side of the road for a case (mostly serious there) or you could do like Linus and Alex and make a case out of cardboard (ok, it'll probably turn out more like James and Jakes)

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