Gaming PC for Recording Game Play

jessikuhh · Dec 19, 2016

I'm a YouTuber who is starting to grow a bit and my PC right now isn't cutting it anymore. I have a budget of $400 but it can go up a bit. I need it to have:
-1tb of storage (or more)
-can run and let me record minecraft in around 100fps.
-and a good ram so my videos render faster.

thanks!

ScrewySqrl · Dec 19, 2016

will be tight, but probably doable. this will record OK, but not livestream:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: ASRock H110M-HDS Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($46.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($43.50 @ Directron)
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Radeon RX 460 2GB Video Card ($97.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($22.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Antec EarthWatts Green 380W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($42.89 @ OutletPC)
Total: $409.34
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-19 09:50 EST-0500

JackNaylorPE · Dec 19, 2016

Video Recorded / Editing loves more threads, faster threads, more RAM, faster RAM, CUDA equipped GFX cards (nVidia) and faster storage. That would generally mean an i7, 16 GB of DDR4-3000, a fast storage subsystem (SSHD at least) and a 1060 if not better. Not knowing what you have now, can't really say what $400 will bring you as compared with what you have now. Is there anything that can be carried over from your old system ?

ScrewySqrl · Dec 19, 2016

Jack: the latest NVidia and Radeon drivers include recording software built in to the program. at $400 this is about as good as he will do, and it would record Minecraft without too much FPS loss.

JackNaylorPE · Dec 19, 2016

Yes, I'm aware of that, that gets you recorded, not edited and transcoded. But even there, nVidia's option is more mature and is the favored of the two. AMDs GVR is a cross platform solution and works on either platform but AMD now using pays.tv implementation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDKK0L5ewOs

This is from 2016

As you can see, there is a substantial performance difference between Raptr/AMD Gaming Evolved and nVidia Shadowplay has 56% better frame rates and AMD drops 510 % more dropped frames.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3040695/software/the-best-pc-game-video-capture-software-5-top-recording-tools-compared.html

The worst performer was Raptr, which lowered performance by more than 40 percent.

ScrewySqrl · Dec 19, 2016

Plays.tv comes with AMD now.

I know, because I have an AMD 380X

JackNaylorPE · Dec 19, 2016

Yet, again ....Yes I know. I think most everyone knows but what you apparently don't know is that the play.tv implementation that comes bundled is called Raptr after the company that developed play.tv and that "Raptr" is the play.tv client that comes bundled with Radeon drivers as AMD Gaming Evolved.

That play.tv implementation that is bundled with AMD drivers is what you see listed with the terrible performance numbers in the chart above as Raptr. Next time when responding to a post and claiming the data presented is inaccurate, you would be well served by reading the linked source material before posting.

Raptr, the company behindPlays.tv, has a desktop client of the same name that also records your gaming. Making it more confusing, Raptr is also bundled with Radeon drivers as AMD Gaming Evolved. ... The Raptr client used to have its own dedicated game recording software, but now has Plays.tv integration....The worst performer was Raptr, which lowered performance by more than 40 percent .

Shadowplay has been around for years... I expect that AMDs play.tv implementation will improve over time but this where we are in 2016. I have seen nothing to date published showing that RAptr Gaming Evolved has improved in any way since publication of that test.

ScrewySqrl · Dec 19, 2016

in that case, a 1050 is about $20 more

logainofhades · Dec 19, 2016

This would allow you to use shadowplay.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i3-6100 3.7GHz Dual-Core Processor ($109.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI H110M Pro-VD Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Kingston ValueRAM 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($43.50 @ Directron)
Storage: Hitachi 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($44.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Mini Video Card ($109.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Case: Rosewill FBM-01 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($22.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic 350W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($31.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $408.44
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-12-19 12:26 EST-0500

JackNaylorPE · Dec 19, 2016

Would love to know what might be kept from old system as recording wasn't my concern. It was the editing and encoding that generally ups the HW requirements

ScrewySqrl · Dec 19, 2016

gotta hear back from the OP first

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