Streaming & Recording PC builds & advices

iLoveRAM

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My budget is around 900-1000$
I need a PC for streaming/recording(recording mainly,streaming rarely)
The strongest game ill be recording will be League of Legends but i would like to play normal next gen games on a decent fps/quality
Im personaly a fan of Intel/Nvidia combos but im looking for the best price to performance build so AMD/AMD combo can do.
I will be shopping in my local stores so i cant use the combos from online shops.
Any system builds or advices will do

I found this build
Used by a local streamer kindof outdated and im not sure about the actual quality outside the stream.
(copy pasted from the stream,the list isnt detailed but you can guess)

Processor: AMD FX-Series X8 8320 3.5GHz,16MB
Graphic Card: MSI R9 270X GAMING 4GB GDDR5 256bit
Motherboard: Asrock 990FX Extreme3 - AMD 990FX
Power Supply: Corsair VS Series, 650 Watt, ATX12V
RAM: DDR3 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair, 1600MHz
SSD: Samsung 120GB 840 EVO Basic, 120 GB, 2,5"
Monitor: LG 23MB35PM-B 23" Wide LED,1920x1080
 
Solution
what you have should stream quite well at 720p to twitch with something like OBS. while you play at home at 1080p.
720 is all you really need for a stream. but you will need a minimum 1MB upload at least to stream it smoothly.

the fx 8XXXX series cpus are good for streaming the higher actual single thread count means they often stream better than there intel counterparts at a similar price. theres a bit more of a performance hit on the Intel side.

the 270 while not the most powerfull card will run lol maxed out. the extra vram will help on the streaming side.

so yeah your good to go.
what you have should stream quite well at 720p to twitch with something like OBS. while you play at home at 1080p.
720 is all you really need for a stream. but you will need a minimum 1MB upload at least to stream it smoothly.

the fx 8XXXX series cpus are good for streaming the higher actual single thread count means they often stream better than there intel counterparts at a similar price. theres a bit more of a performance hit on the Intel side.

the 270 while not the most powerfull card will run lol maxed out. the extra vram will help on the streaming side.

so yeah your good to go.
 
Solution
I agree with Hexit, with a $900 to $1000 dollar budget you should be able to put together a nice little PC. I would look into the R9 280X, i believe you can pick one of those up for just over $200 now, you should be able to pick up one of the higher end AMD processors for your budget. Also if you plan on doing a lot of editing/rendering, don't let yourself get cheap on the processor.
 
Yes,
i am planing to do some editing on it.
As i said im a intel fanboy so i dont know much about amd cpus.
The best amd cpu i remember was 8350 but im sure its outdated by now.
Do you have any suggestions for the cpu?
 


Well it goes without saying an i7 processor would be ideal but since you will want a decent GPU as well getting something like an i5 4690k and giving it a safe and stable overclock would work much better in your budget. As far as AMD goes they are not the best for video rendering but perform well for gaming and as Hexit said their higher number of actual cores makes them good for streaming. An AMD FX 8350 or 8370 would fit your budget if thats the route you wanted to take.
 


I dont trust myself with overclocking so im not sure about an i5....
Ill try to stick with the 8370 for now and maybe try to get an i7(depending the total cost ill get from my local shops)
What about the motherboard will it do the job or do i need something stronger(i doubt ill be adding another card in crossfire (if it works the same way as SLI))