1950X Game Streaming PC

[Streetguru]

For @Metapod14 Going to build it himself now, instead of going from origin or Cyberpower

Anything major missing?

G-sync displays are $599 for the same type of display, 4k was like $799 last I checked, so Vega could be an option, though it's of course slower

Display options are 2 1440p 144hz IPS displays, or 1 of those and a 4k 60hz IPS display, I think having one 4k would be useful since a secondary 144hz display is kind of a waste, plus it gives you a different option for gaming, either high refresh or super high detail.

Budget isn't too much of an issue

Think I just need to add some case fans

 

anyone have a full X399 build video with detail?
 

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kVbswV
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/kVbswV/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Threadripper 1950X 3.4GHz 16-Core Processor  ($879.61 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Noctua - NH-U14S TR4-SP3 140.2 CFM CPU Cooler  ($79.90 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Asus - ROG ZENITH EXTREME EATX TR4 Motherboard  ($517.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill - Trident Z 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($389.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 500GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  ($149.88 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - BLACK SERIES 4TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($174.00 @ Amazon)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB FTW3 GAMING iCX Video Card  ($799.99 @ Amazon)
Case: Thermaltake - Core X9 ATX Desktop Case  ($143.83 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - PRIME Platinum 1000W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($192.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Monitor: LG - 27UD68-W 27.0" 3840x2160 60Hz Monitor  ($498.00 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Nixeus - NX-EDG27 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($479.99 @ Amazon)
Monitor: Nixeus - NX-EDG27 27.0" 2560x1440 144Hz Monitor  ($479.99 @ Amazon)
Total: $4786.16
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-10-30 01:49 EDT-0400

[WereCat]

144Hz G-Sync/Free-Sync in Borderless/Windowed mode with secondary 60Hz is a no go... have that in mind.

[JaegerB]

Not sure about that WD Black. Correct me if I'm wrong, but couldn't he just get a 1/2/4TB WD Blue and an ssd (850, 960, something along those lines) and call it quits? iirc WD blacks aren't an amazing improvement over the Blue. Then again, I might just be mixed up with something else.

[sazrocks]

2 minutes ago, WereCat said:

144Hz G-Sync/Free-Sync in Borderless/Windowed mode with secondary 60Hz is a no go... have that in mind.

Why? It works for me.

[Enderman]

You can spend half as much and still stream perfectly fine.

Why waste so much money on unnecessary hardware?

[WereCat]

8 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Why? It works for me.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI-1K0TxosHWWQzMFU3UC1NVUE/view?usp=drivesdk

[Streetguru]

Just now, Enderman said:

You can spend half as much and still stream perfectly fine.

Why waste so much money on unnecessary hardware?

He wanted a 1950X and doesn't have any real issue with the budget. Hell I want a 1950X and don't really need it.
 

 

11 minutes ago, JaegerB said:

 

Blacks are surely worth it over blue drives, I've got an old 500GB one I've dropped a ton of times and it still works just fine. Also have an even older 2.5" WD black that's also fine. Besides, at that budget why not?
 

[JaegerB]

Just now, Streetguru said:

Blacks are surely worth it over blue drives, I've got an old 500GB one I've dropped a ton of times and it still works just fine. Also have an even older 2.5" WD black that's also fine. Besides, at that budget why not?

Ok, thanks for clarifying . I was just a bit confused about the choice of ssd, considering that the WD isn't the fastest on the market, and that m.2 doesn't really offer any benefits over a sata ssd when used to boot and play games. It just struck me as odd, since getting a cheaper HDD would free up enough budget to swap the ssd for an 850 of the same capacity, or something similar.

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

He wanted a 1950X and doesn't have any real issue with the budget. Hell I want a 1950X and don't really need it.

But it will suck for streaming...

The single core performance is even WORSE than ryzen.

[sazrocks]

5 minutes ago, WereCat said:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByI-1K0TxosHWWQzMFU3UC1NVUE/view?usp=drivesdk

Huh. It does happen for me. I guess you're right. I never have youtube videos playing while playing games in borderless so I never encountered this.

[WereCat]

3 minutes ago, sazrocks said:

Huh. It does happen for me. I guess you're right. I never have youtube videos playing while playing games in borderless so I never encountered this.

it's not just YT, any animation/video.

Try OBS, Battle.net client,etc...

[Streetguru]

8 minutes ago, Enderman said:

But it will suck for streaming...

The single core performance is even WORSE than ryzen.

Doesn't it boost to 4.2ghz normally? For streaming it lets you give 8 cores/16 threads to the game and 8c/16th to OBS, basically some of the best quality and most flexible streaming you can get in a single system.

 

9 minutes ago, JaegerB said:

Ok, thanks for clarifying . I was just a bit confused about the choice of ssd, considering that the WD isn't the fastest on the market, and that m.2 doesn't really offer any benefits over a sata ssd when used to boot and play games. It just struck me as odd, since getting a cheaper HDD would free up enough budget to swap the ssd for an 850 of the same capacity, or something similar.

M.2 is just easier/cleaner you pop it in the slot and you're done, no cables to deal with, was the cheapest M.2 drive 500GB next to a crucial MX300, speed difference doesn't matter for sata SSDs from the major brands anyways I don't think, going to NVME likely isn't worth it either. at that point it's fast enough.

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

Doesn't it boost to 4.2ghz normally? For streaming it lets you give 8 cores/16 threads to the game and 8c/16th to OBS, basically some of the best quality and most flexible streaming you can get in a single system.

Oh yeah, I bet those 3 viewers on the stream will be super concerned about the slight pixels of difference between CPU encoding and NVENC or quicksync.

[Streetguru]

5 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Oh yeah, I bet those 3 viewers on the stream will be super concerned about the slight pixels of difference between CPU encoding and NVENC or quicksync.

That's the fun of buying a thousand dollar CPU. He could also spend like $1500 and get a pretty good set up on the PC side of things with like a 1700X and Vega 56

Dunno if he does anything else that may warrant a 1950X, but dropping to the 1920X at that point doesn't make much sense.

[Enderman]

2 minutes ago, Streetguru said:

That's the fun of buying a thousand dollar CPU. He could also spend like $1500 and get a pretty good set up on the PC side of things with like a 1700X and Vega 56

A $1000 CPU which is going to be outdated in a couple years or even months when cheaper and better performing options are available.

Instead of spending all the money at once, it makes far more sense to spend half now and half a few years later.

Computer hardware progresses extremely quickly.

[Streetguru]

5 minutes ago, Enderman said:

 

I'm not sure he cares about money with his budget, but he'll be back tomorrow,

that was supposed to be pretty good on the CPU side of things for streaming.