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Hellos guys I need people's opinions on which one of these 2 builds I should get. I will be mainly playing csgo but also other high demanding games and recording and possibly streaming. Thanks in advance. 

 

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CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£45.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£31.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.91 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£418.32 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£207.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£64.16 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: Keyboard (£27.99)
Other: Mouse and pad (£13.98)
Total: £1182.65
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CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£43.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£64.89 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£103.32 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£207.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£64.16 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: Keyboard (£27.99)
Other: Mouse and pad (£13.98)
Other: MSI Z170-A PC MATE  (£86.99)
Total: £1235.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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the second one

but switch the 970 for a 390

Snorlax: i7 5820k @4.5ghz, Asus X99 Pro, 32gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666, Cryorig R1 Ultimate, Samsung 850 evo 500gb, Asus GTX 1080 ROG Strix, Corsair RM850x, NZXT H440, Hue+

Smallsnor: Huawei Matebook X

 

Canon AE-1 w/ 50mm f/1.8 lens

Pentax KM w/ 55mm f/1.8 SMC lens

Zenit-E w/ 58mm f/2 Helios lens

Panasonic G7 with 14-42mm f/3.5 lens

Polaroid Spectra System

 

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1 minute ago, Aytex said:

Why.. a 980 will give more performance than a overclocked 6600k and a 970/390

I thought they both had 6600k's

in that case, build 1

 

Snorlax: i7 5820k @4.5ghz, Asus X99 Pro, 32gb Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666, Cryorig R1 Ultimate, Samsung 850 evo 500gb, Asus GTX 1080 ROG Strix, Corsair RM850x, NZXT H440, Hue+

Smallsnor: Huawei Matebook X

 

Canon AE-1 w/ 50mm f/1.8 lens

Pentax KM w/ 55mm f/1.8 SMC lens

Zenit-E w/ 58mm f/2 Helios lens

Panasonic G7 with 14-42mm f/3.5 lens

Polaroid Spectra System

 

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10 minutes ago, Felix381 said:

Hellos guys I need people's opinions on which one of these 2 builds I should get. I will be mainly playing csgo but also other high demanding games and recording and possibly streaming. Thanks in advance. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£169.92 @ Amazon UK) 
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  (£45.99 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Kingston FURY 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  (£31.99 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£49.93 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£40.91 @ Amazon UK) 
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 980 4GB Superclocked ACX 2.0 Video Card  (£418.32 @ Aria PC) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (£28.95 @ Amazon UK) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£207.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£64.16 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: Keyboard (£27.99)
Other: Mouse and pad (£13.98)
Total: £1182.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-03-08 22:39 GMT+0000

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6600K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor  (£199.99 @ Amazon UK) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£26.99 @ Novatech) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£43.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (£64.89 @ Amazon UK) 
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£37.98 @ Novatech) 
Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 970 4GB Twin Frozr V Video Card  (£274.98 @ Amazon UK) 
Case: NZXT Noctis 450 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£103.32 @ Aria PC) 
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA GS 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£82.55 @ Overclockers.co.uk) 
Monitor: BenQ XL2411Z 144Hz 24.0" Monitor  (£207.96 @ Amazon UK) 
Headphones: Kingston HyperX Cloud II 7.1 Channel Headset  (£64.16 @ Amazon UK) 
Other: Keyboard (£27.99)
Other: Mouse and pad (£13.98)
Other: MSI Z170-A PC MATE  (£86.99)
Total: £1235.76
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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If you're going to stream, you want to go with a Xeon E3 1231 v3 with 16GB of RAM. An R9 390X or R9 390 or GTX 970 should be fine for the GPU

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