PC budget build for streaming and gaming

[JustWhy456]

Budget (including currency): $700

Country: US

Games, programs, or workloads that will be used for: Playing and streaming Sea of Thieves 

Other details: I am making this post for a friend who is looking into a PC because he wants to stream Sea of Thieves and is tired of streaming through his PlayStation. Any good recommendations for the parts that he would need to build a PC that could handle that? 

 

[strange13930]

31 minutes ago, JustWhy456 said:

Budget (including currency): $700

Country: US

Games, programs, or workloads that will be used for: Playing and streaming Sea of Thieves 

Other details: I am making this post for a friend who is looking into a PC because he wants to stream Sea of Thieves and is tired of streaming through his PlayStation. Any good recommendations for the parts that he would need to build a PC that could handle that? 

 

here's one.https://pcpartpicker.com/list/gTtNZc

[DJ_Jay125]

2 hours ago, JustWhy456 said:

Budget (including currency): $700

Country: US

Games, programs, or workloads that will be used for: Playing and streaming Sea of Thieves 

Other details: I am making this post for a friend who is looking into a PC because he wants to stream Sea of Thieves and is tired of streaming through his PlayStation. Any good recommendations for the parts that he would need to build a PC that could handle that? 

 

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

CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700 3.7 GHz 8-Core Processor  ($126.80 @ B&H)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory  ($43.97 @ Newegg Sellers)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($56.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Asus DUAL EVO OC GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB Video Card  ($339.99 @ ASUS)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A650BN 650 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($54.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $756.71

 

it is a bit over but the Ryzen 7 and the 4060 are a very good streaming pair. If you need more vram the 3060 is your best bet

[Conza]

I would go this route, AM4 at this price point definitely still

 

R5 5500 is basically a R5 3600. The motherboard choice, I had left over budget, so decided to not use the cheapest motherboard on there, and selected this, so that I'd consider revising based on that it's using a rebate from newegg, but technically within budget.

The SSD has a dram cache, the Acer GM7000 seems to be coming up a lot as, cheapest NVME w/ cache drive, priced per gigabyte, hopefully it's a good drive.

 

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

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5500 3.6 GHz 6-Core Processor  ($74.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550M DS3H AC Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($93.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: PNY XLR8 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3600 CL18 Memory  ($23.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Acer Predator GM7000 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  ($73.98 @ Amazon)
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G GeForce RTX 3060 12GB 12 GB Video Card  ($329.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($39.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2023) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $695.92
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