Best $700 Content Creation\Gaming Parts List?

[johnukguy]

Ditch that Intel CPU. You can get a Ryzen 1600 for around the same price and why are you paying $200 for Windows 10 when you can still get it legally for free? Also, never use Norton or McCrappy. Even the guy who owns McCrappy doesn't use it because he admits it's awful. In fact do not pay for anti virus. There are perfectly fine non paid versions that don't cause the problems that those two paid ones do and are very good at what they are meant for.

[Chase AC YT]

5 hours ago, DocSwag said:

You could always use NVENC for encoding and stuff instead.

You'd be better off with some free solutions than those...

 

TBH, AV shouldn't be something you really need anyways. Install a decent ad blocker like ublock origin and don't go on shady sites and you should be fine. In all my years of using pcs I've only ever gotten one piece of malware and that was because stupid me was trying to get free gems in clash of clans.

Yeah, but I'm gonna be getting Minecraft: Java Edition on it, which I keep telling him has a stable version of Java bundled, cause the seperate Java is famous for its zero-day exploits and whatnot

[Chase AC YT]

5 hours ago, johnukguy said:

Ditch that Intel CPU. You can get a Ryzen 1600 for around the same price and why are you paying $200 for Windows 10 when you can still get it legally for free? Also, never use Norton or McCrappy. Even the guy who owns McCrappy doesn't use it because he admits it's awful. In fact do not pay for anti virus. There are perfectly fine non paid versions that don't cause the problems that those two paid ones do and are very good at what they are meant for.

Like I said, it's not my desision, cause my roommate's helping me put it together, and the main concern is Java, even though JE has a stable version bundled with the new launcher. Plus, I was mainly using PPP as a part guide, not so much price

[Chase AC YT]

I would just like to thank everyone for your input and support so far, mostly cause I am a complete and utter noob when it comes to this stuff, cause the only gaming computer I ever used was an Alienware 15 R3 laptop

[LienusLateTips]

1 hour ago, Chase AC YT said:

and the main concern is Java, even though JE has a stable version bundled with the new launcher. 

we never said anything about that

[Droidbot]

5 hours ago, Chase AC YT said:

Yeah, but I'm gonna be getting Minecraft: Java Edition on it, which I keep telling him has a stable version of Java bundled, cause the seperate Java is famous for its zero-day exploits and whatnot

Java doesn't work on modern versions of Chrome and Firefox.

 

And that's good, because it's shit.

[Chase AC YT]

3 hours ago, Droidbot said:

Java doesn't work on modern versions of Chrome and Firefox.

 

And that's good, because it's shit.

I'm mostly using it for Minecraft, anyways

[Chase AC YT]

6 hours ago, JDE said:

we never said anything about that

I read it somewhere, PLUS I've had experience with the new launcher firsthand

[LienusLateTips]

On 11/13/2017 at 8:24 PM, Chase AC YT said:

I read it somewhere, PLUS I've had experience with the new launcher firsthand

I've play minecraft on Windows, use unofficial builds of OpenJDK and it's fine for me

[Chase AC YT]

16 hours ago, JDE said:

I've play minecraft on Windows, use unofficial builds of OpenJDK and it's fine for me

That's exactly what I read, but my roommate doesn't wanna get it through his thick fucking skull, and admit I'm right

[CGFrog]

Honestly I think this build would be better https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KKHLtJ only problem is 4gb of memory is hardly enough for content creation and minecraft likes ram so buy another 4gb stick when you get the cash. You need a lot of CPU horse power for streaming so I buffed the CPU to Ryzen 5 1500x. (Your MOBO doesn't exist anymore I think just FYI) MOBO doesn't support CPU oc but I doubt you should be over clocking on a build like this anyway but it has some good reviews. If you can squeeze out 30-50 dollars get a 1050 because it will give you better performance in games. Otherwise yours looks good.

[Chase AC YT]

1 hour ago, CGFrog said:

Honestly I think this build would be better https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KKHLtJ only problem is 4gb of memory is hardly enough for content creation and minecraft likes ram so buy another 4gb stick when you get the cash. You need a lot of CPU horse power for streaming so I buffed the CPU to Ryzen 5 1500x. (Your MOBO doesn't exist anymore I think just FYI) MOBO doesn't support CPU oc but I doubt you should be over clocking on a build like this anyway but it has some good reviews. If you can squeeze out 30-50 dollars get a 1050 because it will give you better performance in games. Otherwise yours looks good.

Like I said, streaming will be rare, and I have a USB flash drive AND a 1TB external hard drive I can use, so storage isn't an issue for me, TBH

[Tom Cat]

Save some more money up and increase your budget, you'll cut to many corners if you buy what you want with $700. 

[LienusLateTips]

7 hours ago, CGFrog said:

Honestly I think this build would be better https://pcpartpicker.com/list/KKHLtJ only problem is 4gb of memory is hardly enough for content creation and minecraft likes ram so buy another 4gb stick when you get the cash. You need a lot of CPU horse power for streaming so I buffed the CPU to Ryzen 5 1500x. (Your MOBO doesn't exist anymore I think just FYI) MOBO doesn't support CPU oc but I doubt you should be over clocking on a build like this anyway but it has some good reviews. If you can squeeze out 30-50 dollars get a 1050 because it will give you better performance in games. Otherwise yours looks good.

NO.

Why 1500X? Pretty much no difference from cheaper 1400 with OC. Also fire hazard power supply.

 

To OP: get a higher budget

[Chase AC YT]

34 minutes ago, JDE said:

NO.

Why 1500X? Pretty much no difference from cheaper 1400 with OC. Also fire hazard power supply.

 

To OP: get a higher budget

I've seen articles for PCs under $500 that are total beasts and do what I need, to boot

[LienusLateTips]

19 hours ago, Chase AC YT said:

I've seen articles for PCs under $500 that are total beasts and do what I need, to boot

You won't get 60 FPS while streaming or recording with a $500 system. That's just impossible. 

[Chase AC YT]

2 hours ago, JDE said:

You won't get 60 FPS while streaming or recording with a $500 system. That's just impossible. 

Like I said, I've seen them, and they're more powerful than any computer than I've ever owned, plus, yes they do get at least 60 FPS for gaming alone, but with a few tweaks here and there, they can vastly outperform any $1,000 plus rig

[Chase AC YT]

Ok, so I'm trading my xbox one for a desktop rig tomorrow (as of writing this) what parts could I get to upgrade it for sub-$500 or so? Keep in mind, I have ZERO CLUE what the specs are or anything, all I know is it's off Facebook Marketplace.