Need a rendering and light gaming Rig for £600

Gamerzone101 · Jun 14, 2015

Hi I need a good build on pcpartpickerUK for streaming on twitch, this will be my first custom build and ill be new to twitch so, if I can do so ill record in 720p, rarely 1080 if my rig +internet can handle it, and recording in 1080p and editing in sony vegas I will be streaming and recording only minecraft and wont be playing any other games, if so I wont be playing them high/ultra my budgets is £600 if there is any other way to get it below that I would be grateful, I have an OS, monitor, keyboard mouse etc
Many thanks

Mattz982 · Jun 15, 2015

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hyyxK8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hyyxK8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-P ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.70 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£42.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£159.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.49 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.40 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £609.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-15 11:45 BST+0100

This should do the job, plenty of RAM for editing, the 4 cores from the Intel i5 is probably enough for editing and things like that, don't be fooled by the 8 core AMD CPU's, yes they have the cores which can help in editing, but as you're playing minecraft which is a single threaded work load, you will get much more performance from the i5 which has far superior single threaded performance, compared to the AMD FX 8320, whcih is similarly priced, clocked at the same speed but with 8 cores -
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-AMD-FX-8320
Or the 9370, a bit more expensive, but newer and with a higher clock speed
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-AMD-FX-9370
Or the 8350 which is cheaper, yet clocked at 4GHz, again with 8 cores
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-AMD-FX-8350

The 960 will handle gaming no problem. If you can save a bit more money, get a 970. You could also get a 280x or a 290 but i dont know what pricing is like for them.
I left some money so you can either get 16GB of RAM instead of 8, or you could get an SSD, for about £60 you can get a 250GB one.

Any questions, just ask

sora · Jun 15, 2015

Mattz982 :

PCPartPicker part list: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hyyxK8
Price breakdown by merchant: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/p/hyyxK8/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£178.00 @ Amazon UK)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£24.97 @ Amazon UK)
Motherboard: Asus Z97-P ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£62.70 @ Amazon UK)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory (£42.63 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Western Digital RE3 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£29.99 @ Amazon UK)
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 960 2GB Video Card (£159.99 @ Amazon UK)
Case: Fractal Design Define S w/Window ATX Mid Tower Case (£64.49 @ More Computers)
Power Supply: XFX 550W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (£46.40 @ CCL Computers)
Total: £609.17
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-06-15 11:45 BST+0100

This should do the job, plenty of RAM for editing, the 4 cores from the Intel i5 is probably enough for editing and things like that, don't be fooled by the 8 core AMD CPU's, yes they have the cores which can help in editing, but as you're playing minecraft which is a single threaded work load, you will get much more performance from the i5 which has far superior single threaded performance, compared to the AMD FX 8320, whcih is similarly priced, clocked at the same speed but with 8 cores -
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-AMD-FX-8320
Or the 9370, a bit more expensive, but newer and with a higher clock speed
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-AMD-FX-9370
Or the 8350 which is cheaper, yet clocked at 4GHz, again with 8 cores
http://cpuboss.com/cpus/Intel-Core-i5-4690K-vs-AMD-FX-8350

The 960 will handle gaming no problem. If you can save a bit more money, get a 970. You could also get a 280x or a 290 but i dont know what pricing is like for them.
I left some money so you can either get 16GB of RAM instead of 8, or you could get an SSD, for about £60 you can get a 250GB one.

Any questions, just ask

+1; This is a solid 600 quid build that will handle everything today that you throw at it!

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