need help with my first ever pc

[jsierra]

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/8Cr6gsthis is my first ever pc and wanted some opinions/advise keep in mind that im just gana use this for streaming and playing games like minecraft

[ADZ_123_!"£]

How much do you have to spend on your pc?

[jsierra]

Around 700$

[BrandedUpontheGrave]

Locked i5, possibly a cheaper case, otherwise nothing evidently strikes out at me.

 

I don't know what all you'll be playing (or how CPU dependent minecraft is) but you could save some large bits of money going with a PentK or Athlon 860K rig in terms of gaming, never streamed before so that's a unknown for me.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

Locked i5, possibly a cheaper case, otherwise nothing evidently strikes out at me.

 

I don't know what all you'll be playing (or how CPU dependent minecraft is) but you could save some large bits of money going with a PentK or Athlon 860K rig in terms of gaming, never streamed before so that's a unknown for me.

If he wants to do streaming then the FX8350 is a very good choice.

[jsierra]

Well with streaming u need a good cpu so with this i just need a good cpu and a desent gpu to play games everything else just what i thought would work

[BrandedUpontheGrave]

Here's what I'd go for on your budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock B85M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cougar MG100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Directron) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($12.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $645.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-24 03:20 EDT-0400

[Sam Z Man]

If you overclock the 8320 it becomes a 8350 for cheaper. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor ($125.99 @ SuperBiiz)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($31.50 @ SuperBiiz)

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($65.70 @ SuperBiiz)

Memory: Mushkin Stealth 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($47.99 @ Newegg)

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($48.60 @ SuperBiiz)

Video Card: MSI Radeon R9 270X 2GB HAWK Video Card ($168.98 @ Newegg)

Case: Corsair SPEC-03 Red ATX Mid Tower Case ($69.98 @ Newegg)

Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.30 @ SuperBiiz)

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit) ($87.88 @ NCIX US)

Total: $715.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-24 03:19 EDT-0400

[Fluxx]

I would get something like this instead, it's a little over budget but the 4690k has much better gaming performance then 8350 and also has the capability of being overclocked in the future for more performance if needed. Minecraft is badly optimized and won't use all 8 cores well, so even though the 4690k has less cores it will still give better performance.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($219.99 @ SuperBiiz) 

Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($79.10 @ SuperBiiz) 

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($59.98 @ OutletPC) 

Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($48.60 @ SuperBiiz) 

Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon R9 270 2GB WINDFORCE Video Card  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case  ($47.99 @ Micro Center) 

Power Supply: EVGA 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($38.70 @ SuperBiiz) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $711.33

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-24 03:15 EDT-0400

[jsierra]

any advise on everything else im going to keep the cpu,case and gpu so if theres any way that i can lower the price that be good

[Sam Z Man]

Here's what I'd go for on your budget.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

 

CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($179.99 @ NCIX US) 

Motherboard: ASRock B85M Micro ATX LGA1150 Motherboard  ($59.98 @ Newegg) 

Memory: Avexir Core Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($46.99 @ Newegg) 

Storage: Hitachi Ultrastar 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($44.00 @ Amazon) 

Video Card: XFX Radeon R9 280 3GB Black Edition Double Dissipation Video Card  ($149.99 @ Newegg) 

Case: Cougar MG100 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  ($34.99 @ Directron) 

Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 

Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer  ($12.99 @ Newegg) 

Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (OEM) (64-bit)  ($86.98 @ OutletPC) 

Total: $645.90

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-05-24 03:20 EDT-0400

Streaming games on 4 cores=dropped frames

[BrandedUpontheGrave]

If he wants to do streaming then the FX8350 is a very good choice.

I have heard AMDs 8cores do fairly well in that category, I've no experience with them beyond GPUs and their 860K however.

[jsierra]

Well this is mainly for streaming not hardcore gaming tripple a titles just some games i can find on steam or somthing

[Sam Z Man]

Minecraft is badly optimized and won't use all 8 cores well, so even though the 4690k has less cores it will still give better performance.

If you run the optifine mod it will use every core to it's full potential I ran it on a quad core and saw 200% increase in frame rate.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

Well this is mainly for streaming not hardcore gaming tripple a titles just some games i can find on steam or somthing

Do you want to be able to game and stream to twitch at the same time?

[BrandedUpontheGrave]

any advise on everything else im going to keep the cpu,case and gpu so if theres any way that i can lower the price that be good

I've got nothing beyond what I posted above, if you can I'd at least jump to that 280 (It's 10/20 more?) the Evexir RAM is basically the cheapest 8GB kit I could find, CPU should be fine for what you want (fortunate since you wont change it) not much else you can change that will meaningfully effect the price beyond those though.

[jsierra]

Yes

[jsierra]

Do you want to be able to game and stream to twitch at the same time?

Yes

[ADZ_123_!"£]

Yes

Get the FX8350 then.

[jsierra]

But im not gana stream pc games much im going to use this to stream xbox one

[gollum99]

Do you want to be able to game and stream to twitch at the same time?

All i say is Intel iGPU and OBS. 

[ADZ_123_!"£]

All i say is Intel iGPU and OBS. 

All I say is that multi tasking benefits from AMD over Intel.

[jsierra]

So this is a good first pc and streaming pc

[gollum99]

All I say is that multi tasking benefits from AMD over Intel.

Ok you must be right, everyone knows that AMD cpus are so amazing.

[ADZ_123_!"£]

Ok you must be right, everyone knows that AMD cpus are so amazing.

I know that AMD cpus generally suck but for a budget video editing/streaming machine you would have to buy a more expensive I7 to get similar performance in multi core programmes.