Building a system for gaming / streaming

uzairzaidi · 3 Mar 2013 at 23:32

Hi,

I've been reading a lot on the forums about various builds that you all have been kind enough to come up with for everyone. I wanted to build a system (without accessories just want the system) for around a £750 to £800. The system will exclusively be used for gaming (CS GO + World of Warcraft) and I plan on streaming my gameplay life on twitch.tv as well.

I know the verdict is that 3570k and 8GB ram is the combo of choice but does that change at all in case I plan on streaming since I know it puts a lot more load on your system

Would appreciate your builds / thoughts on this.

Regards,
Uzair

uzairzaidi · 3 Mar 2013 at 23:33

I also plan on playing the new Defiance MMOShooter that is about to be released in April.

Incrauze · 3 Mar 2013 at 23:48

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x **B Grade** Gigabyte ATI Radeon HD 7850 OC Windforce 2X 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card w/ Nexuiz, Sleeping Dogs & Dirt Showd (GX-100-GI) £129.95
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (ST1000DM003) HDD £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x GeIL EVO Leggera 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit (GEL38GB1600C9DC) £44.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £783.79 (includes shipping : £12.50).

honosuseri · 4 Mar 2013 at 01:27

YOUR BASKET
1 x Intel Core i5-3570K 3.40GHz (Ivybridge) Socket LGA1155 Processor (77W) - OEM £187.99
1 x MSI HD 7850 OC 2048MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Cards with Tomb Raider & Bioshock PC Games £164.99
1 x Plextor M5 Pro 128GB Extreme Series Solid State Drive - (PX-128M5P) £99.95
1 x Gigabyte Z77-D3H Intel Z77 (Socket 1155) DDR3 Motherboard £83.99
1 x Patriot Viper "Black Mamba" Generation 3 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel kit (PV316G160C9K) £59.99
1 x Corsair Builder Series CX 500w Modular '80 Plus Bronze' Power Supply (CP-9020059-UK) £54.98
1 x Zalman Z9 USB 3.0 Midi Tower Case - Black £54.98
1 x Western Digital Caviar Green 1TB SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache - OEM (WD10EZRX) **SINGLE PLATTER** HDD £53.99
1 x Cooler Master Hyper 612S CPU Cooler (Socket 775 / 1155 / 1156 / 1366 / 2011 / AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 / FM1 / FM2) £32.99
1 x LG GH24NS95 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM £18.98
Total : £827.83 (includes shipping : £12.50).

16GB of RAM at a great price. However it is out of stock so order wouldn't be dispatched till it's back in.

I'm over budget but you do get games with the GPU, you can sell them off if you don't want them.

uzairzaidi · 4 Mar 2013 at 11:44

So the i5 and 8 GB RAM should be enough for streaming 1080p gameplay as well?

stulid · 4 Mar 2013 at 12:52

uzairzaidi said:
So the i5 and 8 GB RAM should be enough for streaming 1080p gameplay as well?

If it cant then something else is wrong.

honosuseri · 4 Mar 2013 at 15:06

uzairzaidi said:
So the i5 and 8 GB RAM should be enough for streaming 1080p gameplay as well?

You'll probably find your internet connection is the biggest concern. What is your upload speed?

uzairzaidi · 5 Mar 2013 at 11:15

Shifting houses so will be getting the BT 76MBddownload + 19MB upload