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So I'm trying to help my friend build a PC, because I have a little experience (not much) building my own and he has none.

His wishlist:

-Ability to game as well as stream (would streaming just require more CPU cores?? not sure what I need for that)

-Under $1,000 US  (including monitor)

-Black and Yellow if possible (I was thinking make it basically all black then buy some cheap RGB light strips and put them in)

 

I spent a few minutes looking around before I knew he needed a monitor as well and I came up with this parts list for around $1,000. (With monitor and changes it's around $1,200)

Most updated parts listhttp://pcpartpicker.com/user/Connorfg/saved/jZbnTW

 

Please let me know all about the good and bad choices I made in this parts list, it would really help me learn about choosing PC parts. Also, and advice as to what parts to downgrade to fit the monitor in the budget would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much

 

EDIT: After advice about the parts list I made the changes and added in a decent (I think) monitor. Now all I need is to knock $200ish off the price. What would be the best way to do that?

CPU Intel i5-4690K, Motherboard ASRock Z97 Extreme3, Memory G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2x4), Storage WD Caviar Blue 1TB, GPU SAPPHIRE Vapor-X R9 280X, Case Corsair 300R Mid-Tower, PSU EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze, OS Windows 10 Home 64-bit, Keyboard Corsair K70 RGB, Mouse Logitech G502, Headphones Audio Technica ATH M50X, Microphone Antlion Modmic 2.0

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Change the ssd to a cheaper 240gb from a different company (crucial, pny, sandisk) and go for an evga 600b. Also, msi has a better motherboard on sale that is cheaper than the pc mate here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438060&cm_re=750w_psu_gq-_-17-438-060-_-Product

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How about getting a Samsung SSD for a boot drive instead? Also, getting a better power supply, otherwise looks good. 

CPU Cooler Tier List  || Motherboard VRMs Tier List || Motherboard Beep & POST Codes || Graphics Card Tier List || PSU Tier List 

 

Main System Specifications: 

 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X ||  CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 Air Cooler ||  RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4-3600 CL18  ||  Mobo: ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Dark Hero X570  ||  SSD: Samsung 970 EVO 1TB M.2-2280 Boot Drive/Some Games)  ||  HDD: 2X Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB(Game Drive)  ||  GPU: ASUS TUF Gaming RX 6900XT  ||  PSU: EVGA P2 1600W  ||  Case: Corsair 5000D Airflow  ||  Mouse: Logitech G502 Hero SE RGB  ||  Keyboard: Logitech G513 Carbon RGB with GX Blue Clicky Switches  ||  Mouse Pad: MAINGEAR ASSIST XL ||  Monitor: ASUS TUF Gaming VG34VQL1B 34" 

 

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2 hours ago, Trevor87 said:

Question what software is going to use to stream ?

What speed is his internet upload ?  

I'll probably recommend OBS to him because I've had good experiences with it and I'm not sure of the exact upload speed but it is definitely fast enough to stream.

CPU Intel i5-4690K, Motherboard ASRock Z97 Extreme3, Memory G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2x4), Storage WD Caviar Blue 1TB, GPU SAPPHIRE Vapor-X R9 280X, Case Corsair 300R Mid-Tower, PSU EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze, OS Windows 10 Home 64-bit, Keyboard Corsair K70 RGB, Mouse Logitech G502, Headphones Audio Technica ATH M50X, Microphone Antlion Modmic 2.0

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8 hours ago, ConnorGX said:

I'll probably recommend OBS to him because I've had good experiences with it and I'm not sure of the exact upload speed but it is definitely fast enough to stream.

That awesome OBS is one of the best free streaming software.

It in portent to know his upload speed because that will also determine how much brunt the pc will have to take.

Also forgot to add what resolution does he want to stream at ?     

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14 hours ago, JJVGaming said:

Change the ssd to a cheaper 240gb from a different company (crucial, pny, sandisk) and go for an evga 600b. Also, msi has a better motherboard on sale that is cheaper than the pc mate here

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438060&cm_re=750w_psu_gq-_-17-438-060-_-Product

That motherboard sounds great if it's better and cheaper but that is a link to an EVGA power supply

CPU Intel i5-4690K, Motherboard ASRock Z97 Extreme3, Memory G.SKILL Ares Series 8GB (2x4), Storage WD Caviar Blue 1TB, GPU SAPPHIRE Vapor-X R9 280X, Case Corsair 300R Mid-Tower, PSU EVGA 600B 600W 80+ Bronze, OS Windows 10 Home 64-bit, Keyboard Corsair K70 RGB, Mouse Logitech G502, Headphones Audio Technica ATH M50X, Microphone Antlion Modmic 2.0

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9 hours ago, ConnorGX said:

That motherboard sounds great if it's better and cheaper but that is a link to an EVGA power supply

damn here it is lol

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130900&cm_re=Z170_SLI_PC-_-13-130-900-_-Product

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