Sufficient for Recording Games

[AllHopeLost]

My Bro Needs a new computer for gaming, recording, light video editing and rendering.

 

I do not believe that the proccessor in this build will be powerful enough for this

and if not what processor should I go with.

 

Budget: $800 

Trying to keep at low as possible. 

setting budget at $800 for some headroom on recommendations

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-C ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($53.10 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Intel 530 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.09 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($104.99 @ Micro Center) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.74 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: HP G9W86A6#ABA 60Hz 18.5" Monitor  ($77.45 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($27.87 @ Amazon) 

Total: $597.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 17:52 EDT-0400

 

[Atmos]

Honestly, no it's not. That is if hes doing games that require a good cpu. (AAA titles stuff) Swap the ssd for a hard drive, as gaming+ recording he'll fill that up in a matter of hours.

 

The cpu is super, super, just... Bad for multitasking, like recording or streaming gameplay, you'd be better off going with an amd cpu at that price point. But in all honesty, there's not much you can do with that budget. 

 

Try looking around at used parts in your area to get, buying new at that budget for that intent will not end really well...

[Sir Asvald]

 

My Bro Needs a new computer for gaming, recording, light video editing and rendering.

 

I do not believe that the proccessor in this build will be powerful enough for this

and if not what processor should I go with.

 

Budget: $800 

Trying to keep at low as possible. 

setting budget at $800 for some headroom on recommendations

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Pentium G3258 3.2GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Motherboard: Asus Z97-C ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($53.10 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Intel 530 Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.09 @ NCIX US) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R7 260X 2GB Video Card  ($104.99 @ Micro Center) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.74 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: HP G9W86A6#ABA 60Hz 18.5" Monitor  ($77.45 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($27.87 @ Amazon) 

Total: $597.20

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 17:52 EDT-0400

 

No way he will be able to do any video editing with that CPU. 

 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($226.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.98 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.99 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($64.99 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($65.00 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Asus Radeon R9 270X 2GB DirectCU II Video Card  ($165.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case  ($49.99 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: XFX XTR 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($61.98 @ Newegg) 

Total: $788.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 18:01 EDT-0400

[AllHopeLost]

Honestly, no it's not. That is if hes doing games that require a good cpu. (AAA titles stuff) Swap the ssd for a hard drive, as gaming+ recording he'll fill that up in a matter of hours.

 

The cpu is super, super, just... Bad for multitasking, like recording or streaming gameplay, you'd be better off going with an amd cpu at that price point. But in all honesty, there's not much you can do with that budget. 

 

Try looking around at used parts in your area to get, buying new at that budget for that intent will not end really well...

No AAA Titles. Mainly league, and other light games.

 

Forgot to put HDD.

 

But what about this build. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($98.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($43.29 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($53.10 @ Newegg) 

Storage: PNY CS1111 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.74 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: HP G9W86A6#ABA 60Hz 18.5" Monitor  ($77.45 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($27.87 @ Amazon) 

Total: $557.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 18:01 EDT-0400

[___]

Use the monitor you have right now and if you can the keyboard and mouse also, if not, ehh.. Also mine's a quite a bit more but will perform much better.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($178.89 @ SuperBiiz) 

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($28.98 @ NCIX US) Note: You don't need to get this.

Motherboard: Asus Z87-Pro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($104.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($51.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 970 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  ($316.98 @ Newegg) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ Newegg) Idk about this powersupply, would get a better one if I were you and just cough up some more money.

Other: Corsair SPEC-01 ($36.74)

Total: $796.54

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 18:06 EDT-0400

[SkywardKkalox]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4440 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($173.95 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI H81M-P33 Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($43.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($54.98 @ Amazon) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.99 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 280X 3GB Video Card  ($221.98 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.74 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ NCIX US) 

Monitor: Acer H226HQLbid 60Hz 21.5" Monitor  ($116.99 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($27.87 @ Amazon) 

Total: $751.48

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 18:27 EDT-0400

[Atmos]

 

No AAA Titles. Mainly league, and other light games.

 

Forgot to put HDD.

 

But what about this build. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor  ($98.98 @ OutletPC) 

Motherboard: MSI 760GM-P23 (FX) Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($43.29 @ Amazon) 

Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($53.10 @ Newegg) 

Storage: PNY CS1111 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($49.99 @ Micro Center) 

Storage: Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($59.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: MSI Radeon R7 250X 1GB Video Card  ($77.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Case: Corsair SPEC-01 RED ATX Mid Tower Case  ($36.74 @ Amazon) 

Power Supply: Corsair CX 430W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($32.98 @ Newegg) 

Monitor: HP G9W86A6#ABA 60Hz 18.5" Monitor  ($77.45 @ Amazon) 

Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($27.87 @ Amazon) 

Total: $557.39

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-04-11 18:01 EDT-0400

 

 

This is a fine build for that kind of gaming. The 250X is a little weak, but the 6300 is a very solid cpu for those who dont plan to upgrade for some years to come. If at all possible, i'd really suggest scrapping the ssd completetly to get a better gpu, then when the time comes and they've got 50$ they can go pickup a cheapo boot ssd.