Budget gaming build!

slifer · November 12, 2014

So I'm helping my buddy with a build and this is what hes going to do with the build:

1) Stream on twitch

2) game league of legends

3) game other games (csgo, maybe GTA5)

So heres our budget.. $700 canadian dollars

Shopping will be done at NCIX so for 700 we need

OS

CPU

MOBO

GPU

RAM (8gb or do we need more for streaming)

SSD (128gb for os and few games)

PSU

Case

CPU heatsink if needed

Basically everything that will go into the tower..

What are your guys thoughts on this? any recommendations?

Whirlpool · November 12, 2014

Here is a decent build...Although it is a bit over the budget, i feel this extra investment will pay off as a 700 dollar computer would be much worse than this one.

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/wDTN23

Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/wDTN23/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.98 @ DirectCanada)

Motherboard: ASRock H81M-DGS Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($53.79 @ NCIX)

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($77.98 @ DirectCanada)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($58.98 @ DirectCanada)

Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card ($239.99 @ NCIX)

Case: BitFenix Comrade ATX Mid Tower Case ($42.99 @ NCIX)

Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($84.97 @ DirectCanada)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($107.99 @ NCIX)

Total: $866.67

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-11-12 03:42 EST-0500

slifer · November 12, 2014

Thanks! build looks good, will see if theres any other builds!

Atmos · November 12, 2014

You won't be able to run a good 1080p 60fps streaming box with only 700$. You could stream LoL easy at that, but anything higher in graphics (90% of games) will struggle on that short of a budget while streaming.

I'd say the above build is fine, personally I find more cores on something like the 8350 gives more capacity to multitask, esp. when it comes to streaming, but that i5 is still a beast and can perform well enough.