Approximate Purchase Date: this week
Budget Range: around 3K-3.5K AUD (2.5K USD)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, streaming gameplay (e.g. to twitch) or uploading recorded gameplay (e.g. to YouTube), lower priority for surfing the web, documents/photos/movies
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: Complete new build
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, Nvidia video card
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Not at the moment
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 with high framerate support (purchasing new)
Additional Comments: Preferred quiet operation. A variety of games including first person shooters. Have looked at different approaches for game capture/streaming (capture cards, OBS/xSplit, video card) - am a bit concerned about the interoperability of Nvidia's G-sync with capture cards and capture software, so will be exploring this, however I'm guessing recording with Nvidia's shadow play to disk might prove the most reliable.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: The PC I built 8 years ago as a general home PC doesn't cut it for my teenage son's gaming/recording/streaming, so we're specing and building this together as a capable gaming platform for (hopefully) the next 5 years.
Here's our draft spec - note, prices will be in Australian dollars (unfortunately our exchange rate isn't as good as it was 5 years ago):
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($479.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($95.00 @ IJK)
Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($329.00 @ IJK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($179.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Intel 600p Series 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($449.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($132.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($669.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.00 @ Scorptec)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($125.00 @ Shopping Express)
Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F140SP_BBK 82.1 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F140SP_BBK 82.1 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG248Q 24.0" 1920x1080 180Hz Monitor ($649.00 @ PLE Computers)
Total: $3418.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-15 09:55 AEDT+1100
Budget Range: around 3K-3.5K AUD (2.5K USD)
System Usage from Most to Least Important: Gaming, streaming gameplay (e.g. to twitch) or uploading recorded gameplay (e.g. to YouTube), lower priority for surfing the web, documents/photos/movies
Are you buying a monitor: Yes
Parts to Upgrade: Complete new build
Do you need to buy OS: Yes
Preferred Website(s) for Parts: https://au.pcpartpicker.com/
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Parts Preferences: Intel CPU, Nvidia video card
Overclocking: Maybe
SLI or Crossfire: Not at the moment
Your Monitor Resolution: 1920x1080 with high framerate support (purchasing new)
Additional Comments: Preferred quiet operation. A variety of games including first person shooters. Have looked at different approaches for game capture/streaming (capture cards, OBS/xSplit, video card) - am a bit concerned about the interoperability of Nvidia's G-sync with capture cards and capture software, so will be exploring this, however I'm guessing recording with Nvidia's shadow play to disk might prove the most reliable.
And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: The PC I built 8 years ago as a general home PC doesn't cut it for my teenage son's gaming/recording/streaming, so we're specing and building this together as a capable gaming platform for (hopefully) the next 5 years.
Here's our draft spec - note, prices will be in Australian dollars (unfortunately our exchange rate isn't as good as it was 5 years ago):
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: Intel Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($479.00 @ Shopping Express)
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-U14S 55.0 CFM CPU Cooler ($95.00 @ IJK)
Motherboard: Asus STRIX Z270-E GAMING ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($329.00 @ IJK)
Memory: Kingston HyperX Fury Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2133 Memory ($179.00 @ IJK)
Storage: Intel 600p Series 1TB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($449.00 @ Shopping Express)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 3TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($132.00 @ Shopping Express)
Video Card: Asus GeForce GTX 1070 8GB Video Card ($669.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case: Phanteks Enthoo Pro ATX Full Tower Case ($139.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Power Supply: EVGA SuperNOVA NEX 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($129.00 @ Scorptec)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit ($125.00 @ Shopping Express)
Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F140SP_BBK 82.1 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Case Fan: Phanteks PH-F140SP_BBK 82.1 CFM 140mm Fan ($22.00 @ PCCaseGear)
Monitor: Asus ROG SWIFT PG248Q 24.0" 1920x1080 180Hz Monitor ($649.00 @ PLE Computers)
Total: $3418.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-02-15 09:55 AEDT+1100
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