Need help with streaming build

[bethp1819]

Hi, this is my build for streaming fortnite and rocket league. I'm not sure whether to drop down to the 2600x to save some money. I'm not interested overclocking and don't want to have to upgrade my CPU for a few years.

PCPartPicker part list: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Gk4WfH
Price breakdown by merchant: https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/Gk4WfH/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700X 3.7GHz 8-Core Processor (£273.99 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - X470 AORUS ULTRA GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard (£125.99 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot - Viper 4 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory (£151.39 @ More Computers)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive (£52.99 @ Aria PC)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£50.39 @ Aria PC)
Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 Ti 8GB SC GAMING ACX 3.0 Black Edition Video Card (£419.99 @ Novatech)
Case: Phanteks - ECLIPSE P400 ATX Mid Tower Case (£51.59 @ Aria PC)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - FOCUS Plus Gold 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply (£75.34 @ Amazon UK)
Monitor: AOC - G2460FQ 24.0" 1920x1080 144Hz Monitor (£179.99 @ Overclockers.co.uk)
Total: £1381.66
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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[shrapnel_indie]

That should work fine as-is, or even if you do drop down to the 2600X. You have more than enough GPU power for either of those games, depending on the resolution you're playing and streaming at. (Should do 1440p fine.) RAM is adequate for the task too.

The only thing I see depends on if you plan on overclocking: If you don't, you're golden. If you do, you may need another CPU cooler and a higher wattage PSU as you may be really close to its max output. (Then I'd look at 650-750W, and err towards the 750W)

[EDIT] Added recommendation on PSU power if overclocking, and updated proximity to max power if overclocking.

 

[smorizio]

the only thing i would change is go up in wattage on your power supply. go with the 650w unit. it give your power supply some head room when gaming. the other issue is the new 1170 are going to be dropping soon.

 

[shrapnel_indie]

the only thing i would change is go up in wattage on your power supply. go with the 650w unit. it give your power supply some head room when gaming. the other issue is the new 1170 are going to be dropping soon.

It wouldn't hurt to bump the PSU power, I agree, but i think it's okay as-is unless the OP overclocks. It has some headroom, although not a huge amount at roughly (pcpartpicker estimated power consumption) 73% capacity at full load.

You're right on the 1170, but that will be roughly a month or two. If the OP can wait that long, I'd say go ahead and wait, if not, the 1070 they picked won't disappoint anyhow,.

 

[smorizio]

if he can wait on the gpu then he get the card at a better price as there still dropping.

 

[seagate_surfer]

Thanks for considering Seagate! If you run into any questions on the HDD, please don't hesitate to reach out. Also here is the data sheet and manual of that drive. Happy Gaming!

 

[bethp1819]

I'm not really interested in overclocking. I can just go up to the FOCUS PLUS 650W 80 PLUS GOLD MODULAR POWER SUPPLY if it's more future proof. Do you think the 2600x will be able to handle higher intensity games in the future as I'm not interested in upgrading the CPU for a few years?

the only thing i would change is go up in wattage on your power supply. go with the 650w unit. it give your power supply some head room when gaming. the other issue is the new 1170 are going to be dropping soon.

It wouldn't hurt to bump the PSU power, I agree, but i think it's okay as-is unless the OP overclocks. It has some headroom, although not a huge amount at roughly (pcpartpicker estimated power consumption) 73% capacity at full load.

You're right on the 1170, but that will be roughly a month or two. If the OP can wait that long, I'd say go ahead and wait, if not, the 1070 they picked won't disappoint anyhow,.

 

[shrapnel_indie]

I'm not really interested in overclocking. I can just go up to the FOCUS PLUS 650W 80 PLUS GOLD MODULAR POWER SUPPLY if it's more future proof. Do you think the 2600x will be able to handle higher intensity games in the future as I'm not interested in upgrading the CPU for a few years?

the only thing i would change is go up in wattage on your power supply. go with the 650w unit. it give your power supply some head room when gaming. the other issue is the new 1170 are going to be dropping soon.

It wouldn't hurt to bump the PSU power, I agree, but i think it's okay as-is unless the OP overclocks. It has some headroom, although not a huge amount at roughly (pcpartpicker estimated power consumption) 73% capacity at full load.

You're right on the 1170, but that will be roughly a month or two. If the OP can wait that long, I'd say go ahead and wait, if not, the 1070 they picked won't disappoint anyhow,.

Games, for the most part are still primarily single threaded, with maybe a couple of helper threads. Unless multi-threaded engines of the complexity we like drastically increases, and increases how many threads... You're good. Most games don't use more than four threads, and a few, mainly in the VR/AR world, will use around six. Since the 2600X has six cores and is multi-threaded, it should be fine for a few years.

That Seasonic 650W PSU is a solid choice, and with the extra 100W available, it won't have to work so hard. Which in turn will help it last longer and probably into one or two more builds reusing it.