Looking for a $450-$600 PC to run and record Garrys Mod,Battle Field One, GTA 5.

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ImVrix

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Now, to get down to it I would like one, that can run those games and record them with 40-60 fps with medium-high settings. I love gmod, and try to play it on my current pc, but the most fps I get on dark rp is 11 and my avarage is 5. I would like this build to have everything and for it all to fit inside a NZXT S340 white case. I highly appricate anyone to comment and help me. Thanks for your time and effort.
 
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elbert
Its a bit over budget but should meet your needs. The PSU should handle a second 470 if you upgrade to crossfire down the road.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($191.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified...
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elbert

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Its a bit over budget but should meet your needs. The PSU should handle a second 470 if you upgrade to crossfire down the road.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i5-6500 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($191.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Gaming Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($62.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($79.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.78 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: MSI Radeon RX 470 4GB ARMOR OC Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($69.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $624.62
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-04 19:35 EST-0500
 
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Except for that motherboard not supporting crossfire.

Also for recording you need a 2nd dedicated hard drive for the recordings to go to otherwise they'll be choppy. (HDDs can't handle running a game and recording large video files to themselves at the same time)
 
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lakimens

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There's not much I can improve on this build.
The following are not increments in build quality, but they might make a better recording machine:
Get only 1x8GB of memory.
-I know you don't like it, because it's slower and it's just 8GB, but with this you save $30 and still have a free slot of RAM, if you want to upgrade to 2x8GB, if you want you can get 2x4GB and that's fine, but if you upgrade you'll have to get 2x8GB and it will be $30 more expensive.
- I know the drill with RAM, two different sticks might not work, but if you bring it to a shop, they can test which one works and give you that.
Get a lower quality PSU
-Seasonic S12II is still a Tier 2 PSU and it's very good, you won't notice any difference, it's a bit cheaper($49 for 620W right now)
If you do these things, you save about $50 which can get you another HDD, or you could just save the $50.
You could get the 6600k and a better H170 motherboard.(Which I recommend).
If you get a H170 motherboard, get the 2x4GB RAM, because H170 has 4 RAM slots.
BEWARE: Lowest price of H170 motherboards is about $70.

And don't do Crossfire, some games don't even support two GPUs, It's better to just buy a better single GPU.
Dual-GPU scaling is not perfect, even if it works, you might not get a huge performance increase.
 
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