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Hi all, I have planned a build but i'm not sure if these components are all right for the purpose intended. I have done the best i can when planning, but this is the first time that i have chosen the parts (I have built before so no trouble there) and im a bit worried that i have gone wrong somewhere. 

 

This build is intended for Gameplay capture and Gaming

For capture i am aiming for at least a quad core processor and a HDD with a fast write speed

I was also not sure about how much power i would need, so help with the PSU would be appreciated.

 

NEW COMPONENTS LIST
 
Prossesor:
AMD A10 6800K Black Edition Socket FM2 CPU
£108.82
 
Motherboard:
Asus A88XM-A FM2+ Motherboard
£55.50
 
Ram:
Corsair Memory Vengeance Racing Red 8GB DDR3 2133 MHz CAS 11-11-11-27 Dual Channel Desktop
£80.16
 
Operating System
Windows 8.1 64Bit
£70.57
 
GPU:
Gigabyte NVIDIA GT 640 HD Series Graphics Card - 2GB
£69.17
 
HDD:
Seagate 1TB SATA 3
£46.78
 
Case:
Coolermaster Elite 344 Mini Tower Gloss Black with Blue Theme Case micro-ATX no PSU (Std ATX)
£30.41
 
PSU:
Corsair CP-9020047-UK Builder Series CX 500W Power Supply
£48.60
 
Disk Drive:
LiteOn IHDS118-04 DVD x18 SATA Black 5.25"
£10.86
 
Case Fan:
120mm fan included with the case
 
Total
 
108.82
+55.50
+80.16
+70.57
+69.17
+46.78
+30.41
+48.60
+10.86
 
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£520.87
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For the budget I am already at what i want to spend generally but i will go a bit more if needs be 
 
Mainly what im looking for is ways to improve this build and any feedback would be great

 

I have attached the list if it is needed

 

New componants list.txt

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What games will you be playing ?

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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I will be trying to play the big releases but im not too fussed about ultra graphics

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I will be trying to play the big releases but im not too fussed about ultra graphics

Yeah, with your GPU that won't be happening, but minecraft will be fine

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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CPU:  AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor  (£89.99 @ Aria PC) 

Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£58.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£54.17 @ CCL Computers) 



Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card  (£133.99 @ Aria PC) 

Case:  Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.98 @ Ebuyer) 

Power Supply:  OCZ ZS 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  (£45.89 @ Novatech) 

Optical Drive:  LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.74 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £529.50

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-31 19:25 GMT+0000)

 

Dont buy an APU when you're getting a dedicated GPU.

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I was also not sure about how much power i would need, so help with the PSU would be appreciated.

 

http://www.extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp

 

Have fun ^^

 

And btw: What exactly do you mean by Big releases? There is quite a limit to what a GT 640 can play... It is unfortunately technically not even meant for gaming...

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Corsair Obsidian 650D - Intel 4770K CPU - Gigabyte G1 Sniper 5 - ASUS GTX 780 Direct CU 2 - Kingston Beast Hyperx Beast 16 GB RAM -  Corsair AX 1200i PSU - Samsung EVO drive 750 GB - Corsair AF series 120mm fans - Corsair H100i - Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 edition - Razer Ouroboros - Razer Manticor - Windows 7 - Beyerdynamic MMX 300

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What GPU would you recommend?

Depends on your budget ?

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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CPU:  AMD FX-6350 3.9GHz 6-Core Processor  (£89.99 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard:  MSI 970A-G46 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£58.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 
Memory:  Patriot Viper 3 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£54.17 @ CCL Computers) 
Video Card:  XFX Radeon HD 7870 XT 2GB Video Card  (£133.99 @ Aria PC) 
Case:  Cooler Master K280 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£31.98 @ Ebuyer) 
Power Supply:  OCZ ZS 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V Power Supply  (£45.89 @ Novatech) 
Optical Drive:  LG GH24NS95 DVD/CD Writer  (£12.74 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £529.50
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-31 19:25 GMT+0000)
 
Dont buy an APU when you're getting a dedicated GPU.

 

 

 

What GPU would you recommend?

 

Try that list :)

 

It will be better option as your main issue here is that the GPY is a bit underpowered for gaming.

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Corsair Obsidian 650D - Intel 4770K CPU - Gigabyte G1 Sniper 5 - ASUS GTX 780 Direct CU 2 - Kingston Beast Hyperx Beast 16 GB RAM -  Corsair AX 1200i PSU - Samsung EVO drive 750 GB - Corsair AF series 120mm fans - Corsair H100i - Razer Blackwidow Ultimate 2013 edition - Razer Ouroboros - Razer Manticor - Windows 7 - Beyerdynamic MMX 300

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I would recomend a 7970

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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Please, if this is a low-budget build, don't go for a Nvidia Card. AMD will give you much better framerates for the money.

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http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1VCbv

This is a bit over budget, however this will run all modern games, just fine

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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750k + 7870 = winning

Available from 3pm to Midnight Eastern Time (GMT-5). (>'-')> <('-'<) ^(' - ')^ <('-'<) (>'-')> You can't stop the kirby dance. 

4770k | Gigabyte GTX 970 Mini | Lian Li PC-TU100B | MSI Z87I | 2x8GB G.Skill Sniper | Noctua NH-L9i | Silverstone Strider 450W SFX | Windows 10 | 2x 250GB 840 Evo Rad 0 1x 1TB WD 2.5" | 25% gaming, 25% CAD and rendering, and 50% web browsing.
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Surprised no one asked but what res are you playing at?

and what FPS do you want/can tolerate?

PC SYSTEM: Fractal Design Arc Midi R2 / i5 2500k @ 4.2ghz / CM Hyper 212 EVO / Gigabyte 670 OC SLI / MSI P67A-GD53 B3 / Kingston HyperX Blue 8Gb / 

WD 2tb Storage Drive / BenQ GW2750HM - ASUS VE248H - Panasonic TX-P42ST60B/ Corsair AX750 / Logitech K360 / Razer Naga / Plantronics Gamecom 380 /

Asus Xonar DGX / Samsung 830 256gb / MEDIA : eMachine ER1401 running OpenELEC XBMC with Seagate STBV3000200 3TB Hard Drive - Panasonic TX-P42ST60B

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I Will tolerate 20 fps at the lowest and resolution i will play at any. If i do any gaming i use my laptop and play at 800 x 800 and it doesn't bother me

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Surprised no one asked but what res are you playing at?

and what FPS do you want/can tolerate?

Considering his original build I would guess no more than 1080p. He's probably a norm, so 60fps for FPS games.

 

EDIT: He said 20fps, never mind

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For the 7870 what does it output? (eg HDMI)

 

 Also i doubt this changes things but i prefer to run a dual monitor set-up

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For the 7870 what does it output? (eg HDMI)

Yes it has HDMI

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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That's good then. 

One last question what Thermal compound is the best? 

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CPU:  AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor  (£112.21 @ Aria PC) 

CPU Cooler:  Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Motherboard:  Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  (£70.76 @ Scan.co.uk) 

Memory:  Mushkin Blackline 12GB (3 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  (£56.13 @ Amazon UK) 


Video Card:  Gigabyte GeForce GTX 660 2GB Video Card  (£132.98 @ CCL Computers) 

Case:  Cooler Master Elite 430 ATX Mid Tower Case  (£35.98 @ Ebuyer) 

Power Supply:  XFX 550W 80 PLUS Bronze Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply  (£48.99 @ Amazon UK) 

Total: £545.01

(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-10-31 19:48 GMT+0000)

 

8320 for recording/ rendering/streaming. included fan to oc it and keep it cool and quiet

660 for shadowplay

mobo is very good, 8+2 power phase, support 8320/8350

12 gigs for editing -> jump down to 8 if you dont need to or go to 16 if you need more

WD Black for recording.

power supply- > no brainer

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That's good then. 

One last question what Thermal compound is the best? 

Any of them, there is no difference, and your cooler will come with a tube of it

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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Thanks everyone you have been a massive help  :)

 

If I remember to I will post about how my build went

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Thanks everyone you have been a massive help  :)

 

If I remember to I will post about how my build went

Any time, hope you have a nice time on the forum

CPU - Intel 4670k  Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-Z87X-D3H  RAM - Kingston HyperX 8GB  GPU - EVGA 780  Case - Fractal Design Define R4    Storage - 2TB WD Black, Samsung 840 Evo 128GB     PSU - Corsair RM650  Display -  Benq XL2430T and Acer S235HL  Cooling - CM Hyper 212 Evo  Keyboard - Corsair K95  Mouse - Razer Deathadder  Sound - Sennheiser HD 558                                 Mic - Blue Snowball  Phone- OnePlus One  Tablet - Nvidia Shield

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the build is weak for your needs. 

don`t buy apu if you get a dedicated card.also the cpu found in the apu will struggle with gameplay recording and will be slow for editing the captured video.however go with nvidia shadowplay

http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/1VCEm

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