First Gaming and Editing Build

rlaxing

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Hey guys, ive done a lot of research and asked a lot of people about my first PC build. I'm really anxious about getting the right parts for what i want. I'm planning to order it tomorrow and want to make sure this final build ive composed is all compatible and right for what im looking for. With this build im planning to record games at high FPS and max settings or almost max; and edit the footage and post them on YouTube. Also, im looking to live stream games like League of Legends. I'm on a budget of around $850 including the monitor and a keyboard. This is what i came up with! Please tell me what you think considering this is my first build! Thanks!

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz 6-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS Micro ATX AM3+ Motherboard ($44.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: A-Data XPG V2 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7870 2GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Corsair 200R ATX Mid Tower Case ($57.99 @ Microcenter)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($55.99 @ NCIX US)
Optical Drive: Lite-On iHAS124-04 DVD/CD Writer ($19.98 @ OutletPC)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 - OEM (64-bit) ($99.98 @ OutletPC)
Monitor: Asus VE247H 23.6" Monitor ($119.99 @ Newegg)
Keyboard: Cobra E-3LUE CS/CF Wired Standard Keyboard ($34.46 @ Amazon)
Total: $843.33
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-02-15 21:08 EST-0500)
 

rlaxing

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Can i ask what exactly Shadowplay is? And also is Athlon X4 750k the gpu?
 
Shadowplay is the software that leverages the H.264 encoder built into all Kepler GPU's. Basically it offloads the processing required to encode video (which you want to do, otherwise you will end up with a recording of 30s being 30GB in size) to the hardware encoder rather than the CPU.

Otherwise I think your rig is fine, no reason to change it.
 

rlaxing

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Can you recommend me a gpu then thats better for that around the same price?
 

rlaxing

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Alright thanks! So everything is compatible and ready to build?
 

veladem

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That's why you use Shadowplay with Nvidia cards. Way less drag then normal recording.
 

rlaxing

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Ohhh! Shadowplay is a recording program for Nvidia cards? So i guess ill go with that.