Help With Deciding Certain Parts

[Liam.mc]

So I am in the middle of buying parts for my new PC. Its main purpose would be for gaming streaming and light video editing. I eould be playing games like overwatch and PUBG and some others. I would be streaming to Twitch and Youtube. And for the light video editing I would just be capturing gameplay and splicing together clips. I plan to game at 4k 60hz or more if I can squeeze out the extra frames. I just need help deciding if 16gb of ram is enough or if I should bite the bullet and go to 32gb. The problem is I already bought the 16gb and then started to have second thoughts. I havent opened it yet so it is possible to return them. Another option I can see is buy another 16gb and run in quad channel but is that not recommended and can my cpu/motherboard handle it? (My system build is listed at the end).

I also need help deciding what hard drive to go with. I am pretty comfortable with the SSD, Ill probably only put windows 10 and overwatch on it since those are the things I will most often use, and maybe other games if I can fit them. I have two hard drive bays open on thecase and two SSD slots. I have more hard drive bays but the 1080ti and my cpu cooler take up that space as they are larger than the room for the bays. I was thinking of having one hard drive for game storage and miscellaneous files, and one hard drive for video storage (gameplays and such for youtube). I was thinking of 1TB for the game and misc and 2TB for the video storage. As you can see the WD blue is only like $10 cheaper than the Seagate Barracuda and a whole TB less. Is it worth getting two Barracudas or are they slower than the WD blues. Whats the best hard drives I can get for a reasonable price and good speeds at 7200rpm? I want a good amount of storage too, I only said those numbers because it was what I found with my research, so If I can get more than the numbers I said that would be great. And while we are at it can you just check my build? I am an amateur builder and it would be great for someone to edit my build to make it better or fix flaws. Money isnt a big limitation but it would still have to be a reasonable price, money doesnt grow on trees. My budget is looking at $2500. 

 

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240R RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.58 @ Amazon) 
Thermal Compound: Innovation Cooling - Diamond "7 Carat" 1.5g Thermal Paste  ($7.85 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.90 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card (Its out of stock now but its usually around $850)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.58 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1151.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

 

Thank you so much for reading this all!! 

 

-Liam

[PurplDrank]

19 minutes ago, Liam.mc said:

So I am in the middle of buying parts for my new PC. Its main purpose would be for gaming streaming and light video editing. I eould be playing games like overwatch and PUBG and some others. I would be streaming to Twitch and Youtube. And for the light video editing I would just be capturing gameplay and splicing together clips. I plan to game at 4k 60hz or more if I can squeeze out the extra frames. I just need help deciding if 16gb of ram is enough or if I should bite the bullet and go to 32gb. The problem is I already bought the 16gb and then started to have second thoughts. I havent opened it yet so it is possible to return them. Another option I can see is buy another 16gb and run in quad channel but is that not recommended and can my cpu/motherboard handle it? (My system build is listed at the end).

I also need help deciding what hard drive to go with. I am pretty comfortable with the SSD, Ill probably only put windows 10 and overwatch on it since those are the things I will most often use, and maybe other games if I can fit them. I have two hard drive bays open on thecase and two SSD slots. I have more hard drive bays but the 1080ti and my cpu cooler take up that space as they are larger than the room for the bays. I was thinking of having one hard drive for game storage and miscellaneous files, and one hard drive for video storage (gameplays and such for youtube). I was thinking of 1TB for the game and misc and 2TB for the video storage. As you can see the WD blue is only like $10 cheaper than the Seagate Barracuda and a whole TB less. Is it worth getting two Barracudas or are they slower than the WD blues. Whats the best hard drives I can get for a reasonable price and good speeds at 7200rpm? I want a good amount of storage too, I only said those numbers because it was what I found with my research, so If I can get more than the numbers I said that would be great. And while we are at it can you just check my build? I am an amateur builder and it would be great for someone to edit my build to make it better or fix flaws. Money isnt a big limitation but it would still have to be a reasonable price, money doesnt grow on trees. My budget is looking at $2500. 

 

 

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

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master - MasterLiquid ML240R RGB 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($119.58 @ Amazon) 
Thermal Compound: Innovation Cooling - Diamond "7 Carat" 1.5g Thermal Paste  ($7.85 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($159.99 @ Amazon) 
Storage: Western Digital - Blue 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Western Digital - Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($43.90 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: Asus - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB STRIX GAMING OC Video Card (Its out of stock now but its usually around $850)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400S TEMPERED GLASS ATX Mid Tower Case  ($84.99 @ Amazon) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 750W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($77.58 @ OutletPC) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $1151.54
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
 

 

Thank you so much for reading this all!! 

 

-Liam

If you are going to spend that kind of money. Spend $100 more or so and get the i7 8700k. Intel naturally runs games better than AMD. AMD is good for gaming, but AMD is far better at multitasking and streaming than intel. I see that you are trying to stream, but again i think the 8700k would be better especially since you seem open on your budget. I know the 2700x has 2 more cores than the 8700, but again the 8700k runs games better and those 2 more cores that 2700x are practically useless. 

 

Here you go:

 

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

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($347.79 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($27.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($166.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($180.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card  ($334.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1266.50
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-12 15:59 EDT-0400

[r2724r16]

17 minutes ago, Liam.mc said:

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RHHPzY

- Buy one 3T HDD instead of one 1T and one 2T HDD, preferably a Seagate Barracuda drive

- Buy a Samsung 850 EVO SSD instead

- Buy a EVGA G2 750W, don't buy a G3 PSU

- You don't need to buy an aftermarket CPU cooler, the 2700X comes with a decent one already

[r2724r16]

8 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

Here you go:

 

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

CPU: Intel - Core i7-8700K 3.7GHz 6-Core Processor  ($347.79 @ OutletPC) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($27.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Motherboard: Asus - Prime Z370-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard  ($166.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($180.98 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($57.89 @ OutletPC) 
Video Card: MSI - GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB GAMING X Video Card  ($334.98 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($79.99 @ B&H) 
Total: $1266.50

This is a terrible build compared to the one the OP already posted.

 

It has a underwhelming CPU cooler, an overkill and bad PSU, and it has a GTX 1060 instead of the 1080 Ti. Not to mention that it costs more and that's without the OS. 

[PurplDrank]

14 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

This is a terrible build compared to the one the OP already posted.

 

It has a underwhelming CPU cooler, an overkill and bad PSU, and it has a GTX 1060 instead of the 1080 Ti. Not to mention that it costs more and that's without the OS. 

The GPU I assumed he already had because it doesn't have a price in his list. I mainly gave this build as an example.

 

Secondly, you can get the OS for free.

 

I agree with you on the CPU cooler, i missed on that.

 

Disagree on the PSU, if you look at the OP parts list his estimated wattage usage is 504w, more than half of the 750w. To be safe an 850w is recommended. An 750w should be adequate for now, but again, if he is spending that much money why not future proof the damn thing. 

[r2724r16]

29 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

The GPU I assumed he already had because it doesn't have a price in his list. I mainly gave this build as an example.

 

Secondly, you can get the OS for free.

 

I agree with you on the CPU cooler, i missed on that.

 

Disagree on the PSU, if you look at the OP parts list his estimated wattage usage is 504w, more than half of the 750w. To be safe an 850w is recommended. An 750w should be adequate for now, but again, if he is spending that much money why not future proof the damn thing. 

My bad, I missed the fact that the GPU didn't have a price. 

 

I meant the PSU itself was garbage. EVGA G3 PSUs aren't the greatest power supplies if you do some research. 

[PurplDrank]

3 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

My bad, I missed the fact that the GPU didn't have a price. 

 

I meant the PSU itself was garbage. EVGA G3 PSUs aren't the greatest power supplies if you do some research. 

Anything is better than coming close to your PSU max. My general rule of thumb is your PC wattage should be about half of PSU wattage. Thats just to be safe and for future upgrades

[r2724r16]

7 minutes ago, PurplDrank said:

Anything is better than coming close to your PSU max. My general rule of thumb is your PC wattage should be about half of PSU wattage. Thats just to be safe and for future upgrades

 

[Sernefarian]

I made some adjustments to your build and kept you under $2500.00 increasing your performance, snagging that 32GB of ram you wanted with tighter timings and the same clock, increasing your cooling solutions capabilities, decreased GPU cost, acquiring a G-Sync Monitor for you that runs 1440P, changed the thermal paste choice to a higher performer at a minor price increase, increased overall storage and storage performance, switched cases, and though it isn't as pretty it will work and decreased overall cost.

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor  ($309.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
CPU Cooler: Deepcool - CAPTAIN 360EX WHITE RGB 229.6 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler  ($129.99 @ Amazon) 
Thermal Compound: Thermal Grizzly - Kryonaut 1g 1g Thermal Paste  ($11.45 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: ASRock - X470 Master SLI/AC ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws 4 32GB (4 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($324.99 @ Newegg) 
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  ($69.89 @ OutletPC) 
Storage: Seagate - Desktop HDD 4TB 3.5" 5900RPM Internal Hard Drive  ($89.99 @ Newegg Marketplace) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11GB OC BLACK Video Card  ($754.98 @ Newegg) 
Case: Azza - GT1 ATX Full Tower Case  ($59.39 @ Newegg) 
Power Supply: Thermaltake - Toughpower Grand RGB 850W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply  ($99.99 @ Newegg) 
Operating System: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit  ($89.89 @ OutletPC) 
Case Fan: Enermax - UCTB12P 71.2 CFM  120mm Fan  ($12.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Case Fan: Enermax - UCTB12P 71.2 CFM  120mm Fan  ($12.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Monitor: Dell - S2417DG 23.8" 2560x1440 165Hz Monitor  ($379.99 @ Amazon) 
Total: $2476.51
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-14 03:13 EDT-0400

 

If you don't use the rebates though it will cost you a little more than you $2500.00 budget tipping the scales pre-rebate at $2,545.53. I might be able to get it under that pre rebate with a little more time.