Gaming PC for Youtube?

[CoolMarquis97]

I'm looking into making Gameplay videos on youtube. I would like to share PC gameplay but am wondering what parts I would need as this computer would need to be able to game with decent FPS while running a screen capture program at the same time.

 

I currently have a GTX 550ti, an i5-3570k, 8gb of ram, and a 750w PSU. I feel that out of all my parts i would need to upgrade the GPU as it is pretty dated. What GPU should i upgrade to.

 

(I'm not worried about HDD as I already have 500gb)

 

Thanks for the help!

[defunkt]

Whats your budget? 

[calebp123]

Well I would say 780 if you can afford it, if not then go 770 or even 7950. Really depends on your budget.

[Air tree]

if you can wait get 9970 or the whatever the next generation amd card is.

[Guerrero]

if you can wait get 9970 or the whatever the next generation amd card is.

You skipped 8xxx series what the poop

[xToFxREAPER]

depends on your budget as everyone else stated, i would get a 700 series card like a 780 or 770, the msi 770 lightning edition is a monster and only a few fps behind the 780's

[xToFxREAPER]

You skipped 8xxx series what the poop

amd is skipping over 8 actually.. their going to 9000

[Guerrero]

Go for a bigger HDD definitely

[CoolMarquis97]

Budget is $1,200

[mvitkun]

Budget is $1,200

buy an SSD for general use and recording until shadowplay comes out.

http://www.adorama.com/IDSEID240GB.html?utm_term=Other&utm_medium=Affiliate&utm_campaign=Other&utm_source=cj_3938566

buy a GTX 780,shadowplay should allow you to record gameplay.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CUIVSNS/?tag=pcpapi-20

 

then use the rest for anything

maybe buy a heatsink for the cpu and overclock it if you haven't.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835608018

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007ZZE63A/?tag=pcpapi-20

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835108183

http://www.superbiiz.com/detail.php?name=CA-CLW0217&c=CJ

 

maybe buy a 2TB HDD.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005T3GRN2/?tag=pcpapi-20

 

maybe buy a 3770K if you feel you need it.

http://www.outletpc.com/cu5223.html?utm_source=cu5223&utm_medium=shopping%2Bengine&utm_campaign=pcpartpicker&utm_content=Intel%2B-%2BCPUs%20%28Processors%29%20%3E%20Intel%20Core%20i7

[chipbreak]

try this http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

its amd based with 8gb but if you plan on doing alot of video editing i would get 16gb and spend a little more. it would be worth it

[habowh43]

buy an SSD for general use and recording until shadowplay comes out.

 

buy a GTX 780,shadowplay should allow you to record gameplay.

 

maybe buy a 2TB HDD.

 

maybe buy a 3770K if you feel you need it.

+1 on the advice from mvitkun

-GTX 780 is a great choice but it doesn't make a HUGE difference over the GTX 770, which costs 250$ less and still destroys pretty much every game out there. So choose carefully if you care about bang for the buck.

-An SSD is a must if you're going to be doing gameplay and montages. Your recorded videos and programs will load sooooo much faster you won't even be able to look back. 240+ GB SSD is what you want. anything under that and you'll run out of space in two seconds. (ok not literally but you know what I mean. :P)

-Secondary storage is also really important as you want a lot of space to keep those old clips, videos and edits. So go for a 1 or 2tb secondary drive to store all the stuff you don't regularly use.

-The 3770k is a bit of a waste imo, I mean, you're going to be throwing away a 250$ chip and buying a 330$ one to gain something like 10% in heavily threaded applications. So I wouldn't wholeheartedly recommend this upgrade.

Hope this helps!

-François

[CoolMarquis97]

+1 on the advice from mvitkun

-GTX 780 is a great choice but it doesn't make a HUGE difference over the GTX 770, which costs 250$ less and still destroys pretty much every game out there. So choose carefully if you care about bang for the buck.

-An SSD is a must if you're going to be doing gameplay and montages. Your recorded videos and programs will load sooooo much faster you won't even be able to look back. 240+ GB SSD is what you want. anything under that and you'll run out of space in two seconds. (ok not literally but you know what I mean. :P)

-Secondary storage is also really important as you want a lot of space to keep those old clips, videos and edits. So go for a 1 or 2tb secondary drive to store all the stuff you don't regularly use.

-The 3770k is a bit of a waste imo, I mean, you're going to be throwing away a 250$ chip and buying a 330$ one to gain something like 10% in heavily threaded applications. So I wouldn't wholeheartedly recommend this upgrade.

Hope this helps!

-François

 

Thanks for the advice mvitkun and habowh43! I think I'll follow the steps that you recommened habowh43

[WoodenMarker]

try this http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/parts/partlist/

its amd based with 8gb but if you plan on doing alot of video editing i would get 16gb and spend a little more. it would be worth it

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[WoodenMarker]

Budget is $1,200

Considering your budget...

Here you go: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/1e0Zl

 

Reading through what others have posted, the 780 is a bit out of your budget. It's also not as good as a value card as a 770.