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Hey there!

 

So I currently love playing Halo 5 on my Xbox One. I have gotten into the competitive scene a little, and it's something I want to continue to do. However, in order to stream, and capture gameplay, I need a better PC. I really want to also play games on it such as Overwatch and CS:GO.

 

I barely understand pc parts, since my knowledge only comes from the LinusTechTips YT channel xD..

Anyways, here is my pcpartpicker list..

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/33G3Fd

 

That build is $814... I'd like to lower the cost range from $350-550.. please let me know what I should change in order to make my budget..

 

Thank you!

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Also, upgrading an old PC could be an option? Idk you guys tell me...

My family's old pc is a 

"Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005"

-AMD Athlon 4200+ 64 x2 Dual Core CPU

-2GB of RAM

-300GB HD

-"integrated" ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Graphics

-Windows XP

 

Or my Grandma is gonna ditch her old pc... idk the exact specs, but atleast its windows 7 xD

 

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You're asking for some very drastic price cuts...

 

Get Windows 10 from the MicrosoftSoftwareSwap subreddit for cheaper and wait for the Radeon RX 480 from AMD:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($30.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Micro Center) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($35.00 @ /r/microsoftsoftwareswap) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: Radeon RX 480 ($200.00)
Total: $574.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 05:19 EDT-0400

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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11 minutes ago, Josiah_Kim said:

Hey there!

 

So I currently love playing Halo 5 on my Xbox One. I have gotten into the competitive scene a little, and it's something I want to continue to do. However, in order to stream, and capture gameplay, I need a better PC. I really want to also play games on it such as Overwatch and CS:GO.

 

I barely understand pc parts, since my knowledge only comes from the LinusTechTips YT channel xD..

Anyways, here is my pcpartpicker list..

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/33G3Fd

 

That build is $814... I'd like to lower the cost range from $350-550.. please let me know what I should change in order to make my budget..

 

Thank you!

You can try this build.
Much better suited to your needs, and much cheaper.
You can play around with the storage and the peripherals to suit yourself

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qGFf8K

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4 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

You're asking for some very drastic price cuts...

 

Get Windows 10 from the MicrosoftSoftwareSwap subreddit for cheaper and wait for the Radeon RX 480 from AMD:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor  ($110.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($45.99 @ Amazon) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory  ($30.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($47.49 @ OutletPC) 
Case: Fractal Design Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case  ($38.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Power Supply: Corsair CXM 450W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($44.99 @ Micro Center) 
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($35.00 @ /r/microsoftsoftwareswap) 
Keyboard: Cooler Master CM Storm Devastator Gaming Bundle Wired Gaming Keyboard w/Optical Mouse  ($19.99 @ Newegg) 
Other: Radeon RX 480 ($200.00)
Total: $574.33
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-06-23 05:19 EDT-0400

Okay cool, so you are saying just to buy all that, and wait for the gpu? Gotcha, 'ppreciate it... will the cpu be able to handle the gameplay capture? Or is that just an issue with my budget?

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6 minutes ago, Josiah_Kim said:

Okay cool, so you are saying just to buy all that, and wait for the gpu? Gotcha, 'ppreciate it... will the cpu be able to handle the gameplay capture? Or is that just an issue with my budget?

Admittedly, the pricing was the reason but the CPU should handle it fine anyhow. Use OBS to capture the gameplay.

 

You can build in advance and just use the iGPU until the RX 480 hits.

'Fanboyism is stupid' - someone on this forum.

Be nice to each other boys and girls. And don't cheap out on a power supply.

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CPU: Intel Core i7 4790K - 4.5 GHz | Motherboard: ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO | RAM: 32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 | SSD: Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB | GPU: MSI GTX 980 Ti Gaming 6GB | PSU: EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G2 | Case: NZXT Phantom 530 | Cooling: CRYORIG R1 Ultimate | Monitor: ASUS ROG Swift PG279Q | Peripherals: Corsair Vengeance K70 and Razer DeathAdder

 

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5 minutes ago, HKZeroFive said:

Admittedly, the pricing was the reason but the CPU should handle it fine anyhow. Use OBS to capture the gameplay.

 

You can build in advance and just use the iGPU until the RX 480 hits.

Would using an external capture device such as an Elgato put less stress on my PC than using OBS (when streaming through xb1)?

And thank you for the responses

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25 minutes ago, NowThatsDamp said:

All of LTT I see people recommending the 480... But it hasn't even been released yet. Doesn't anyone want to see benchmarks?

yes, but there are firestrike benchmarks suggesting that the 480 will be at r9 fury/gtx 980 performance, while being at the price of a gtx 960/r9 380/380x. even if it ends up underperforming, it'll still be a great value for the money.

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11 hours ago, Josiah_Kim said:

Thanks! I'll look into it!

The graphics card I put in there is a bit of a place-holder until such time as you can afford a better one or the RX 480 is released :) 
Or the RX 470
Or even the RX 460 :P

But it will definitely work well until then :D

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10 minutes ago, Sydlexic Deity said:

The graphics card I put in there is a bit of a place-holder until such time as you can afford a better one or the RX 480 is released :) 
Or the RX 470
Or even the RX 460 :P

But it will definitely work well until then :D

I appreciate the help.. 

So Ive kind of accepted the fact that with this price range, I need a microATX board. I've also decided its better to not get a optical drive since i can just put the OS on a usb or something..

So how's this look? 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qXLD8K

Or is your build still better? Im choosing AMD just cuz it seems to be the cheaper option 

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2 minutes ago, thom derksen said:

You could buy used pc parts to cut down your costs even more... I think I have a windows 10 education code laying around. Would you like to have it? Will you not overcloock it, dump the cpu cooler aswell... 

Sure man! I'd appreciate that a lot!

And ditch the cpu cooler? So just use the one that comes with the cpu?

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8 minutes ago, thom derksen said:

I would also recommend a r470. Cutting down your budget from over $800 to $300-350 is a hard mission...

A lot of ppl have been recommending the r480, r470.. are they the ones that come out June 29? I saw someone talking about it

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2 minutes ago, thom derksen said:

If you are on a really low budget, dump the cpu cooler. You can maybe run a small overclock, but not anything special. (with the stock heatsink)

Gotcha, thank you! 

Btw, whats your opinion on my choice of CPU vs the one Sydlexic Deity chose (his pcpartpicker is above)? Which is more cost efficient?

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1 hour ago, Josiah_Kim said:

I appreciate the help.. 

So Ive kind of accepted the fact that with this price range, I need a microATX board. I've also decided its better to not get a optical drive since i can just put the OS on a usb or something..

So how's this look? 

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/qXLD8K

Or is your build still better? Im choosing AMD just cuz it seems to be the cheaper option 

That looks fine, although the case you've chosen does not have usb 3.0, but your mobo does.
Also you probably wont need the cpu cooler, you can just use stock cooling.


It's up to you to go with the intel or amd.

The intel build i shows you gives you the latest socket so you can upgrade to kabylake when it comes out if you want to, and you also get ddr4 ram.
Basically higher spec for longer.

Obviously going with amd now is cheaper... but you might feel that you lost out with their new architecture just around the corner...   Oh wait just kidding. AMD isn't cheaper anymore

I've got the intel build down to lower than your AMD one

http://pcpartpicker.com/list/jkjccc

(Also, by getting the price cheaper - we haven't actually lost out on any performance. if anything it's gone up with the better video card. Only the manufacturers are different. Just letting you know so u don't have to worry about it :P )

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1 hour ago, Josiah_Kim said:

Gotcha, thank you! 

Btw, whats your opinion on my choice of CPU vs the one Sydlexic Deity chose (his pcpartpicker is above)? Which is more cost efficient?

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-6100-vs-AMD-Athlon-II-X4-860K/3511vs3265

http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-Core-i3-6100-vs-AMD-FX-4300/3511vs2879

Have a geeze at these and see what you think :)

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