How does the CPU and the GPU affect Fraps?

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DerpyDonut

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So I want to get a new pc but I am on a budget. I would really only like to spend about $650 max. I created a build (http://pcpartpicker.com/user/DerpyDonut/saved/3srH) but it runs me about $730 - $750. My question is what should I be dropping in order to create the build more affordable? My main goal is to record with fraps and I noticed my CPU is about 1/3 the price of the entire build. Should I be dropping that or should I be considering a less powerful GPU? Any advice would be great, thanks for the help :)
 
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No of fence but there are a good amount of problems with that build. First off don't waste your money on that CPU cooler. It isn't any better than the stock cooler that comes with the CPU. Second that power supply won't work. I had a logisys 550w and it could barely do a 50w CPU and 7770. In fact the system wouldn't even stay power up and then the PSU just went out totally so the PSU won't power anything. Logisys is only good for blowing up when ur bored. You don't need two HDD you just don't. Also do you really need 2tb of storage? Some people do just you can save money if you don't need it. And I guess you plan to spend more later on a good cooler later to overclock? Because if not drop down to a 3470 or 3350p and save 40 bucks. The...
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Drop the 250 hdd, it is not an ssd. Get 2x4 ram as dual channel will make it have about 10% better performance. I am presuming you already have a mouse, keyboard, monitor and 1155 socket motherboard as they are not in your build
 
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You're going to have to spend wayyyy more than that on a PSU. That logisys unit has only 192W of power on the 12V rail which will only feed your GPU, motherboard, and hard drive, your CPU will be sitting there without power or your PSU will be sitting there in a cloud of magic smoke....

You aren't going to be able to go with a $230 CPU in a $730 budget, you are making too many compromises. You also arent going to find a good motherboard for only $60 :/

Drop the $16 fan and the $7 cooler which won't do you any good. Use that extra bit of money to put towards a PSU that isn't just a foil plated cherry bomb.
 
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No of fence but there are a good amount of problems with that build. First off don't waste your money on that CPU cooler. It isn't any better than the stock cooler that comes with the CPU. Second that power supply won't work. I had a logisys 550w and it could barely do a 50w CPU and 7770. In fact the system wouldn't even stay power up and then the PSU just went out totally so the PSU won't power anything. Logisys is only good for blowing up when ur bored. You don't need two HDD you just don't. Also do you really need 2tb of storage? Some people do just you can save money if you don't need it. And I guess you plan to spend more later on a good cooler later to overclock? Because if not drop down to a 3470 or 3350p and save 40 bucks. The GPU also isn't too good. Its alright but you won't be playing on high or even medium in some games. Like others said get 2 4gb sticks rather than one 8gb of ram since it truly does help. If you want to lower the price the only thing you can really do is get a cheaper cpu
 
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The reason for 2 hard drives is the 250 is for my os games ect. Fraps is known to have greater performance when the video is being written to another hard drive. I will take the ram advice and yes, I am not including the monitor ect. in the build. That is an expense I am preparing to pay for
 
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This is my first build, and I will get it checked by someone who knows more than me when I am ready to purchase. The reason for 2 tb hdd is for fraps, it can suck up about 250 gb/hour before compressing the files. As far as all the errors - power supply ect. Like i said, I will get help when it comes to getting it right. I will look for a less expensive quad core cpu but I have 1 question, If I remove the fans, what will I use to cool down the pc?
 
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DerpyDonut

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So should I invest in a 7200 rpm 250 gb hard drive, would that work?
 
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I did some research and the motherboard seems to be okay with builds like mine. I understand that I need to drop the CPU power but I am confused on the power supply, what do you reccomend would go good with this build? (again when I did research on the PSU it looked ok)
 
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But why can I only have 1 hdd? Wouldn't it be better to have 2 hdd's than one for everything? My question is what performance am I losing when I go with the 250? (i understand it is not the most storage for an os ect, but I can manage.)
 
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I am mainly planning on recording minecraft and the pc I have now ($500 in store with a few upgrades) works great.
 
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It is a family pc so I do not have full access to it and I am not admin so I can't install programs ect. I am looking to get my own pc.
 
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I am not finished yet but just a quick question, what is the difference between a 6gb/s and a 3gb/s motherboard SATA?
 
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