First Computer for Gaming/Recording/Streaming

[Pera98]

Hi guys i'm going to build my own computer and I hope I can run recent games at 1080p with some good frame rates and maybe (if its good enough) record for Youtube and stream on Twitch...

Here is the parts list:

Motherboard: MSI 970 GAMING
Processor: AMD FX 8320
RAM: Kingston HyperX Savage DDR3 1866MHz 8GB (maybe Gskill Ripjaws what you think?)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 1TB SATA III 64 MB
Case: Aerocool V3X Advance Evil Red edition
Keyboard/Mouse: CM Storm Devastator red edition
GPU: Asus R7 260x 2GB DDR5
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO
Headset: Plantronics GameCom 788
SSD: Kingston V300 60gb (This will be only for the OS so 60gb is enough)
PSU: Nox NX 750W (maybe 650W not sure if i really need so much power)

Price: 820€ (926$USD)

Guys i know that the new AMD R7/R9 300 series are out but i really wanted to keep the GPU price lower than 200€ (225$USD) so what GPU should i get? Remember it is for Gaming/Streaming/Recording

Thank You for the help

 

[turbopiki]

Budget and which store are you buying from

 

[RCFProd]

I would say right now the weaker components in that system are the case, GPU, SSD (Even if It's just for OS, there are better ones as the Kingston V300 series are not really reliable), also the power supply (not reliable either).


I would say if you can put the SSD money in a better graphics card right now.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (€139.90 @ Caseking)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€34.60 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (€83.68 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€69.40 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€53.22 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (€205.00)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (€44.60 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€66.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €697.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-20 10:36 CEST+0200

Excluding peripherials.

 

[turbopiki]

dont use PCpartpicker for Germany. Prices are often wrong. PSU you picked costs 80€ and not 67€

 

[Pera98]

Budget and which store are you buying from

Budget is 900€ max...
I'm probably going to buy on a portuguese store (PCDIGA) so the prices will be a bit higher than what you will say but that's not a problem im already taking that in the budget

 

[sizzling]

Your PSU is bad, its the most important component in a pc, make sure you get a good one. Tier 1 or 2 and yes a 650w would be fine http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html

 

[Pera98]

I would say right now the weaker components in that system are the case, GPU, SSD (Even if It's just for OS, there are better ones as the Kingston V300 series are not really reliable), also the power supply (not reliable either).


I would say if you can put the SSD money in a better graphics card right now.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320 3.5GHz 8-Core Processor (€139.90 @ Caseking)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (€34.60 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P ATX AM3+ Motherboard (€83.68 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (€69.40 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (€53.22 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (€205.00)
Case: Cooler Master N300 ATX Mid Tower Case (€44.60 @ Amazon Deutschland)
Power Supply: Antec High Current Gamer 520W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (€66.90 @ Caseking)
Total: €697.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-20 10:36 CEST+0200

Excluding peripherials.

Yes i can leave the SSD for later but I may be wrong but if i have a AMD CPU and a NVIDIA GPU i think i wont be able to get all of the performance has i would get by having CPU and GPU of the same brand...
Tho i think MSI Radeon R9 380 has only a little bit less performance than the gtx 960 (i may be wrong :/ )

 

[sizzling]

Brand of CPU makes no difference, both AMD and Nvidia GPU's will work just as well with AMD or Intel cpu's. However AMD cpu's are not as powerful as the latest Intels but that stays true whichever gpu you match with them

 

[turbopiki]

CPU: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/9195/AMD-FX-8320-3-5Ghz-BE-SkAM3-FD8320FRHKBOX
CPU Cooler: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/8403/Cooler-CPU-Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-EVO-RR-212E-16PK-R1
RAM: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/13587/Kingston-HyperX-Fury-DDR3-1600MHz-2x4GB-HX316C10FBK2-8
MoBo: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/16974/Motherboard-MSI-970A-SLI-Krait-Edition
GPU: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/17526/Grafica-MSI-R9-380-Armor-2GD5T-OC-R9-380-2GD5T-OC
SSD: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/9329/SSD-Kingston-SSDNow-V300-120GB-SV300S37A-120G
HDD: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/8788/Disco-Western-Digital-Blue-1TB-SATA-III-64MB-WD10EZEX
PSU: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/7848/Fonte-XFX-TS-550W-80PLUS-Bronze-P1-550S-XXB9
Case: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/11281/Caixa-Nox-Krom-K100-Preta-NXKROMK100

and btw if you have lets say AMD CPU and Nvidia GPU that wont affect performance you dont gain nothing with CPU and GPU from the same brand

 

[Pera98]

CPU: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/9195/AMD-FX-8320-3-5Ghz-BE-SkAM3-FD8320FRHKBOX
CPU Cooler: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/8403/Cooler-CPU-Cooler-Master-Hyper-212-EVO-RR-212E-16PK-R1
RAM: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/13587/Kingston-HyperX-Fury-DDR3-1600MHz-2x4GB-HX316C10FBK2-8
MoBo: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/16974/Motherboard-MSI-970A-SLI-Krait-Edition
GPU: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/17526/Grafica-MSI-R9-380-Armor-2GD5T-OC-R9-380-2GD5T-OC
SSD: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/9329/SSD-Kingston-SSDNow-V300-120GB-SV300S37A-120G
HDD: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/8788/Disco-Western-Digital-Blue-1TB-SATA-III-64MB-WD10EZEX
PSU: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/7848/Fonte-XFX-TS-550W-80PLUS-Bronze-P1-550S-XXB9
Case: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/11281/Caixa-Nox-Krom-K100-Preta-NXKROMK100

and btw if you have lets say AMD CPU and Nvidia GPU that wont affect performance you dont gain nothing with CPU and GPU from the same brand

Well maybe as RCFProd said i will leave the ssd for later and spend the money on other thing...
Do you think 550W is enough for a AMD based build? AMD components usually consume much energy...

 

[turbopiki]

Yes XFX 550w is enough, wattage is not the msot important thing to watch. you need to watch how many amps does PSU have on 12v rail.

if you dont buy SSD the only GPU you can get with extra money that is better then R9 390 is R9 280X is just a little bit better in my opinion not worth paying 40€ more (there will be only about 1-3 FPS difference)

 

[Pera98]

Thank You Everyone for the help

 

[RCFProd]

Isn't he overpaying for the graphics card? That is a rebranded R9 285.

Edit: I see the R9 285's are more expensive. Good buy then.

 

[Pera98]

Just looked better, between the MSI R7 370 and the MSI R9 380 i can't really tell what will be the difference in gaming...

MSI R7 370: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/17527/Grafica-MSI-R7-370-Gaming-4GB-R7-370-GAMING-4G
MSI R9 380: http://www.pcdiga.com/2/17526/Grafica-MSI-R9-380-Armor-2GD5T-OC-R9-380-2GD5T-OC

The MSI 370 has more memory (4GB to 2GB) has better gpu clock and memory clock, the same memory interface (256bits), the same opengl and directx version and finally the only thing that has lower is the units of processing, so which would be better?

 

[RCFProd]

The R9 380 is better.

The R9 370 is a rebranded R9 270 whilst the R9 380 is a rebranded R9 285.

Specificiations are far from decisive when cards with different architectures are compared to each other.

Whilst the R9 370 has 4GB VRAM, it arguably doesn't use more than 2.5-2.8GB VRAM effictively. The R9 270 or R9 370 is originally a 2GB graphics card.

The architecture of the R9 285 (R9 380) is different and performs quite a bunch better (up to 10-18 fps) compared to the R9 370.