Building A Gaming/Streaming Rig

[Caydin]

Budget (including currency): $1900 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Call of Duty Vanguard, Warzone, Fortnite, Forza Horizon 5, Spotify, Stream labs Obs, Red Dead Redemption 2, Halo Infinite, etc.

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): Starting From The Beginning 

Hi, I'm looking to build a gaming/streaming rig. I have no clue where to start when it comes to picking parts, if anyone can help me it would be much appreciated. 

[BiotechBen]

Balanced build for 1440p gaming

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/msqFwz

 

[Dr0idGh0sT]

7 hours ago, BiotechBen said:

Balanced build for 1440p gaming

https://pcpartpicker.com/list/msqFwz

 

I think something like this will be way better

And he won't have to deal with Amazon marketplace sellers. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($299.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Enermax ETS-T50 AXE ARGB 71.32 CFM CPU Cooler  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690M-PLUS D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($67.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB AORUS ELITE Video Card  ($1019.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($90.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1898.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-15 04:29 EST-0500

[BiotechBen]

4 hours ago, Dr0idGh0sT said:

I think something like this will be way better

And he won't have to deal with Amazon marketplace sellers. 

 

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($299.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Enermax ETS-T50 AXE ARGB 71.32 CFM CPU Cooler  ($54.99 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Asus PRIME Z690M-PLUS D4 Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($189.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Crucial Ballistix RGB 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($67.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($99.99 @ Amazon) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 6700 XT 12 GB AORUS ELITE Video Card  ($1019.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox MB311L ARGB MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($74.98 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: SeaSonic FOCUS Plus Gold 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($90.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $1898.90
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-15 04:29 EST-0500

I only steered away from the 12600K due to some growing pains that are still being resolved for the hybrid architecture (DRM, Scheduler in W10)

[Alder Lake]

13 hours ago, Caydin said:

Budget (including currency): $1900 USD

Country: United States

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: Call of Duty Vanguard, Warzone, Fortnite, Forza Horizon 5, Spotify, Stream labs Obs, Red Dead Redemption 2, Halo Infinite, etc.

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): Starting From The Beginning 

Hi, I'm looking to build a gaming/streaming rig. I have no clue where to start when it comes to picking parts, if anyone can help me it would be much appreciated. 

I personally have some PCs set up in PCpartpicker for all budgets, but here's how you'd choose parts

 

CPU: you kind of just need to remember this by keeping up-to-date with releases and benchmarks

Cooler: Noctua makes good air coolers, that's about all you really need to know

Motherboard: usually doesn't affect performance, but you just need to be sure that it supports everything you need it to

RAM: you will want a minimum of 8gb, and 16 is now considered ideal, and as for speed/timings, 2000*CL/Speed=true latency

Storage: once again, you kind of just need to keep up with benchmarks and releases, but currently sabrent rocket is the fastest

PSU: you should put all the parts in PCpartpicker, and it will tell you the estimated wattage, but I suggest going ~30% above the estimated wattage, as it gives headroom for sudden power surges

Case/Fans: these don't change much, and everyone has different opinions, but you just want a case with decent airflow and bequiet! makes good fans, so do Noctua and (less so) Arctic, but bequiet is a good cross between silence and performance

 

with that in mind, here's what you end up with

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: Intel Core i5-12600K 3.7 GHz 10-Core Processor  ($299.98 @ Newegg) 
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U12S 55 CFM CPU Cooler  ($69.95 @ Newegg) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4 ATX LGA1700 Motherboard  ($199.99 @ B&H) 
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL16 Memory  ($78.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive  ($159.99 @ B&H) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda Compute 2 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.99 @ Best Buy) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB XC GAMING Video Card  ($750.00) 
Case: Corsair 4000D Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case  ($79.99 @ Best Buy) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GA 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  ($109.99 @ EVGA) 
Total: $1795.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2021-12-15 09:53 EST-0500