Recent content by Jeremiah Fish

The 680 is tons better than the 750 ti, those are hardly competitors. 680 being the high end of the GTX 6xx series and the 750 being the low end of the 7xx series. Definitely go with the 680 if that's the option available to you on your budget.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor ($250.79 @ DirectCanada) CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($32.21 @ DirectCanada) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard...

OP stated he would be upgrading next year and an upgrade to an i5/i7 next year would be far better than any of AMD's offerings. An upgrade from the FX 6300 to the FX 8320 isn't very significant and AM3+ is also a dead socket, no use getting that. A H97 motherboard will allow OP to upgrade to...

OP is from Canada, is he not? PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i3-4150 3.5GHz Dual-Core Processor ($118.11 @ DirectCanada) Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($79.75 @ Vuugo) Memory: Kingston Black 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory...

The CPU is the greater factor in streaming and the 8GB of RAM should be more than sufficient for the needs you've stated. If you're gonna go with the Xeon I suggest getting a H97 motherboard, the Z97 ones are meant for overclocking (unless of course, you plan on overclocking with a different CPU...

Alright, the fan* on the cooler is quite a bit louder as compared to the fan* on the DH-14. Performance comparison

CM EVO 212 isn't as good as the DH-14 in terms of cooling performance, it is also quite a bit louder.

I'd suggest sticking with the RAM, HDD and the GPU for now, at least. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: Intel Core i5-4570 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($196.97 @ OutletPC) Motherboard: ASRock H97 PRO4 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($76.66 @ Newegg) Case: Fractal Design...

This looks like an excellent build, I personally would've grabbed the 120GB Samsung EVO and gotten the GTX 780 SCX instead, but that's more of a personal preference I suppose since you're not using a HDD (WD Caviar Blue recommended if you ever buy). Another choice for cooling might be the Dark...

Switched some parts around, this should serve you fairly well PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor (£70.20 @ Aria PC) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£49.52 @ Ebuyer) Memory: Crucial 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600...

Yes, it will work on your PC. Not the absolute highest settings, though. If you're at 1080p you will most have to turn the settings down to low to get a fps of 30+.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($119.95 @ Amazon) Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-D3P ATX AM3+/AM3 Motherboard ($79.99 @ Newegg) Memory: Kingston Fury Black Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($72.99 @ Amazon) Storage...