Fair PC for gaming/video editing/streaming

[57riX]

Hello there. I'd like to upgrade/rebuild my PC to work faster/better. I am a gamer who likes to make videos and do other demanding(ish) tasks. Now... my budget isn't anything great, only 600 EUR for the tower alone so... as I said in the title, I only want a "fair" build, not overkill, but it wouldn't hurt if it could stay good for the future too. My current rig is: CPU - Intel Q2800 2.4Ghz, RAM - Some 6 GB, randomly selected, GPU - GTX 650 2GB (Not Ti)... the rest doesn't matter I think. Any help is greatly appreciated.

[WoodenMarker]

What other demanding tasks did you have in mind?

Where are you shopping?

 

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[57riX]

What other demanding tasks did you have in mind?

Where are you shopping?

 

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Other demanding tasks would be programming or rendering videos/3d designs while playing games, or watching livestreams at twitch.tv or even streaming myself. And... I am shopping from E-shop. (Little note: I live in Greece.)

[Guest]

Budget? Use? More Info?

[57riX]

Budget? Use? More Info?

 

Everything is in my first post... but here's some extra info about my "gaming" part: I mostly play MMORPGs like Tera, Guild Wars 2 etc. so I need a good CPU.

[Johannes_Lazor]

This should suit you, It is based with Intel so you will have a high allround performance.
But it doesnt have a OS.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€160.82 @ Hardwareversand)
Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€83.65 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€80.49 @ Hardwareversand)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.90 @ Caseking)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (€109.90 @ Caseking)
Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.47 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€69.60 @ Hardwareversand)
Total: €596.83
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-31 13:26 CET+0100





But this build should fit a OS, If you can get one for 90 euro.  And it has AMD FX 6300, Streaming and multi-tasking is pretty solid in particular becouse of the 6 cores.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (€89.90 @ Caseking)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€71.60 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€80.49 @ Hardwareversand)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.90 @ Caseking)
Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (€109.90 @ Caseking)
Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.47 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€69.60 @ Hardwareversand)
Total: €513.86
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-31 13:38 CET+0100


Both of them will handle Much better than your current rig.

The upgrades you can do later on is first getting 16gb of RAM to help the streaming performance, And after that you could add another 260x to get almost twice the graphical performance.

And when the 6300 is not powerful enough anymore you can add a CM 212 evo(Or better) to overclock it.

[57riX]

This should suit you, It is based with Intel so you will have a high allround performance.

But it doesnt have a OS.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-4430 3.0GHz Quad-Core Processor  (€160.82 @ Hardwareversand)

Motherboard: MSI Z87-G41 PC Mate ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  (€83.65 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€80.49 @ Hardwareversand)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.90 @ Caseking)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (€109.90 @ Caseking)

Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.47 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€69.60 @ Hardwareversand)

Total: €596.83

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-31 13:26 CET+0100

But this build should fit a OS, If you can get one for 90 euro.  And it has AMD FX 6300, Streaming and multi-tasking is pretty solid in particular becouse of the 6 cores.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  (€89.90 @ Caseking)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (€71.60 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (€80.49 @ Hardwareversand)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (€52.90 @ Caseking)

Video Card: XFX Radeon R7 260X 2GB Core Edition Video Card  (€109.90 @ Caseking)

Case: Cooler Master Force 500 ATX Mid Tower Case  (€39.47 @ Amazon Deutschland)

Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (€69.60 @ Hardwareversand)

Total: €513.86

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-12-31 13:38 CET+0100

Both of them will handle Much better than your current rig.

The upgrades you can do later on is first getting 16gb of RAM to help the streaming performance, And after that you could add another 260x to get almost twice the graphical performance.

And when tha 6300 is not powerful enough anymore you can add a CM 212 evo(Or better) to overclock it.

 

Ah, thank you very much. To be honest, I'm more comfortable with Intel. Been using their stuff since forever. As about the OS... I already have it, so I don't need to buy that. What I "need" (or "want" I guess...) as an extra is a good monitor. I don't want 4k or anything, 1080p would be more than enough.

[WoodenMarker]

Other demanding tasks would be programming or rendering videos/3d designs while playing games, or watching livestreams at twitch.tv or even streaming myself. And... I am shopping from E-shop. (Little note: I live in Greece.)

Do you necessarily have to be rendering while gaming? Rendering optimally uses as many of the system's resources as possible and compensating for that would gimp other components.