first build, looking for advice

veltoc

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Jun 8, 2017
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This will be my first build, I was hoping to get it between 600-800 but a bit over is fine, as its kinds necessary. My requirements are excellent airflow (my room has crap for ac and is very hot during the summer) and I would like to be able to run almost all current games at ultra 60fps while recording or streaming. I guess secondary to that is a good look, haven't thought much about color theming yet, so that's completely open. If you have any tips on what part would work better while still being around the same price, or where a fault could happen in the build, please let me know. If you have any experience with these parts over a long period of time, let me know thoughts please.
I currently have 2 options:
first being this one https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RQVMYr EDIT: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/LCwTTH
+ no issues I know of
+within budget
- no theme (not an issue atm)
- told the i5 could bottleneck the 1060, doubt it but seeking another opinon
- i5 isn't the best at handling streaming
the next is a ryzen version: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/vZm6Z8 EDIT: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/yGj3QV
+ good at gaming and streaming
+ RGB
+ kind of a red/black theme
+ within budget, kinda
- these are all recommended parts and I don't have all my research on them
- like the previous, don't know much about AMD because I ignored them after early research showed their chips run hot
 
for both options I am considering replacing the case with https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811854048&cm_re=phanteks_eclipse_p400-_-11-854-048-_-Product the phanteks eclipse P400 TG
Thanks in advance
 
I'd definitely go with the Ryzen version, because it has 16GB of RAM, which will be helpful for streaming. Also, I would just take out the SSD completely. I'm assuming you're using it as a boot drive. But is it worth the extra money just for 10 seconds less time when you're turning on your computer? That would put the build much closer to your budget, and eventually, you could go get an SSD.
 

wouldn't it be a bottleneck in the system not to have it?
 
no, SSD, to explain simply, are faster (and more expensive) hard drives.


Edit: I got bored so I'm just going to explain what I mean.

So HDDs (Hard disk drives) are called that because inside of them they have a physical disc that spins and a needle that reads it. Whereas SSDs (solid state drives) are completely digital, nothing moves inside of them, hence the name, solid state. Since nothing has to move to find data, they can transfer data much faster. Many people prefer these because when you're turning on your computer, it can take away as much as 30 seconds of time off of your boot. The speed of an SSD can be up to 4 times as fast as an HDD, but, so can the prices. You can get a 250GB HDD on Amazon for $20 or you could get a 250GB SSD for $80. Some people spend that money just for the faster speeds, but personally, I'd rather wait the extra time than spend the extra money. Another reason a lot of people prefer SSDs is that they essentially last forever. Obviously, they don't actually last forever, but they lost longer than anyone buying them. HDDs, on the other hand, depending on how heavily you use one, can last for as little as a couple years. The reason is that, since they have moving parts, and there's this pesky thing in our world called friction, the disc will wear out and end up being unusable. So, in other words, at least for the time being, HDDs won't bottleneck your system. Maybe in the next 10 years or so, they'll become obsolete, but I think you should just stick with an HDD.
 

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