350$ Console Killer

[KristjanR]

Hi,

this is not a project but just wondering what pieces would be great for a 350$ console killer with a skylake cpu and that could run easily while for example streaming and keep up with the latest games with medium 60fps or high 60 if possible?

[Arty]

I would reccomend used parts, because then you could get a console destroyer 

new parts 

prob i3/i5 and 950 ish

 

[marciiii]

2 minutes ago, KristjanR said:

Hi,

this is not a project but just wondering what pieces would be great for a 350$ console killer with a skylake cpu and that could run easily while for example streaming and keep up with the latest games with medium 60fps or high 60 if possible?

I would go scrapyardwars style and pick up some older parts

[shadmed]

3 minutes ago, KristjanR said:

Hi,

this is not a project but just wondering what pieces would be great for a 350$ console killer with a skylake cpu and that could run easily while for example streaming and keep up with the latest games with medium 60fps or high 60 if possible?

Here you would need to make a choice: streaming, gaming, or budget?

Budget would only work when buying used. 

[KristjanR]

1 minute ago, Arty said:

I would reccomend used parts, because then you could get a console destroyer 

new parts 

prob i3/i5 and 950 ish

 

But using new parts what would be the best?

[KristjanR]

1 minute ago, shadmed said:

Here you would need to make a choice: streaming, gaming, or budget?

And would only work when buying used. 

Well budget gaming. Since its a console price its a budget but for gaming. And if it can run AAA titles good settings it can do video editing.

[SImoHayha]

1 minute ago, KristjanR said:

But using new parts what would be the best?

 

 

Just now, KristjanR said:

Well budget gaming. Since its a console price its a budget but for gaming. And if it can run AAA titles good settings it can do video editing.

 

It doesn't work like that.

 

350$ for a console killer is more of using used parts. Sure new parts would be nice, but you need a motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSU, Case and etc. No way in hell you're getting that by using only 350$.

[KristjanR]

2 minutes ago, Ramamataz said:

 

 

 

It doesn't work like that.

 

350$ for a console killer is more of using used parts. Sure new parts would be nice, but you need a motherboard, CPU, RAM, PSU, Case and etc. No way in hell you're getting that by using only 350$.

Ok then maxing the budget to 400$.

[marciiii]

So here is the cheapest gaming pc i could get:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($121.69 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Avexir Budget Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 360 2GB NITRO Video Card  ($88.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $405.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-05 19:02 EST-0500

[shadmed]

3 minutes ago, KristjanR said:

And if it can run AAA titles good settings it can do video editing.

Not tru, video editing is more cpu-intensive while gaming is obviously gpu-intensive. I would recommend an i7 to efficiently edit videos (cheapest is $350 for a 4790k, and it's not even skylake), and I would recommend a R9 380 or 960 for 60fps on mediums settings (that's about $220).

You could obviously do video editing with an i5, but encoding time would take forever (it took me about 30-40 mins to transcode a 10 min video with my i5-3570k), and I can only reliably stream on 480p/60fps with what I have. Trying to go 720p makes me drop a lot of frames.

[KristjanR]

Just now, marciiii said:

So here is the cheapest gaming pc i could get:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($121.69 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Avexir Budget Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Sapphire Radeon R7 360 2GB NITRO Video Card  ($88.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $405.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-05 19:02 EST-0500

This allows also upgradability?(ex i7 6700 and a gtx 970) And what would be equivalent to this gpu but on nvidia side?

[marciiii]

Just now, KristjanR said:

This allows also upgradability?(ex i7 6700 and a gtx 970) And what would be equivalent to this gpu but on nvidia side?

Yea , you can upgrade whenever you want

[marciiii]

Just now, marciiii said:

Yea , you can upgrade whenever you want

at the green side i think its the gtx 750

[KristjanR]

1 minute ago, shadmed said:

Not tru, video editing is more cpu-intensive while gaming is obviously gpu-intensive. I would recommend an i7 to efficiently edit videos (cheapest is $350 for a 4790k, and it's not even skylake), and I would recommend a R9 380 or 960 for 60fps on mediums settings (that's about $220).

You could obviously do video editing with an i5, but encoding time would take forever (it took me about 30-40 mins to transcode a 10 min video with my i5-3570k), and I can only reliably stream on 480p/60fps with what I have. Trying to go 720p makes me drop a lot of frames.

Ok. I actually have right now a macbook pro i5 and video editing is really fast and rendering.

[marciiii]

Here one from the nvidia side:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($121.69 @ NCIX US) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($49.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Avexir Budget Series 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($46.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Superclocked Video Card  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($29.99 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX 500W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($37.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $416.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-05 19:07 EST-0500

[KristjanR]

1 minute ago, marciiii said:

Yea , you can upgrade whenever you want

 

Just now, marciiii said:

at the green side i think its the gtx 750

So if for ex I upgrade to an i7 and a gtx idk 980ti or titan >)  there wouldn't be any bottlenecks? and whats the difference between 170 and 110 mobo?

[marciiii]

11 minutes ago, KristjanR said:

 

So if for ex I upgrade to an i7 and a gtx idk 980ti or titan >)  there wouldn't be any bottlenecks? and whats the difference between 170 and 110 mobo?

Only some features like fan headers or some fancy uefi

[KristjanR]

1 minute ago, marciiii said:

Only some features like fan headers or some fancy uefi

Ok. Just to ask I found an amazing deal for asus stix 4gb 970 for 220Euros like 240$. Its used. Would that be risky buying or no?

[marciiii]

6 minutes ago, KristjanR said:

Ok. Just to ask I found an amazing deal for asus stix 4gb 970 for 220Euros like 240$. Its used. Would that be risky buying or no?

I don´t like to buy used parts but if i like there´s no problem

[KristjanR]

Just now, marciiii said:

I don´t like to buy used parts but if i like there´s no problem

You wanna see? http://www.vibbo.com/las-palmas/gtx-970/a83608396/?ca=35_s&st=a&c=3 (Spanish)

[marciiii]

2 minutes ago, KristjanR said:

You wanna see? http://www.vibbo.com/las-palmas/gtx-970/a83608396/?ca=35_s&st=a&c=3 (Spanish)

Don´t know this site but seems like a good deal

[KristjanR]

Just now, marciiii said:

Don´t know this site but seems like a good deal

Ye cause in Europe prices are higher and for new in Spain it goes around 370Euros.