Building my first gaming/recording PC

Harty94

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I am going to be building my first gaming PC in about 2-3 moths time but i will be recording audio and gameplay so i can make youtube gaming videos, MY budget is around £1000/$1600, I was wondering if someone could give me a list of parts that would give me the best PC i could have with this budget, I have no idea about parts etc so i thought id ask people who know about these kind of things.
P.S the budget is purely for the tower, Monitor, keyboard and other equipment will come later.

Thanks.
 

thepinkanator95

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Here is a very good Intel build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor (£243.59 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: Asus Z87-A ATX LGA1150 Motherboard (£111.52 @ Aria PC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£100.61 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.84 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card (£241.43 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£104.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£125.99 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-208DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£57.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.69 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1194.99
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-30 19:04 BST+0100)

The CPU has awesome per core performance and will last you a long time being the new Haswell architecture.

The CPU cooler is the best cooler on a performance/price ratio and should easily handle any temperature issues that happen with your CPU.

The Memory takes advantage of the dual channel on the motherboard and works with overclocking.

The SSD will give you fantastic performance on your operating system and has room for programs that require faster look-up speeds. The HDD will handle any bulk data you have including your games (you don't really need to put your games on the SSD as they will be loaded to RAM and run from there, but your recording suite would benefit from your SSD).

The GPU will be kicking ass for a long time. 4GB of dedicated RAM and a 1.08 clock speed, it will keep your computer powering through Crysis 3 and Battlefield 4.

The number one rule in gaming is COOLING, and the Full Tower ATX will allow for maximum airflow to keep your components cool.

The PSU gives you lots of upgrade options (such as SLI or Overclocking) and is a Tier 1 PSU.

The Blu-Ray isn't really NEEDED, but hey, you can get it and still be at the bottom end of your budget, so why not right?
 

Harty94

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Thanks man and as i get the money, If the the prices get cheeper i'll add to the build.
 

thepinkanator95

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Here is a comparable AMD build.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: AMD FX-8350 4.0GHz 8-Core Processor (£137.99 @ Aria PC)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler (£23.98 @ Scan.co.uk)
Motherboard: MSI 990FXA-GD80 ATX AM3+ Motherboard (£121.02 @ Dabs)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1866 Memory (£100.61 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Sandisk Ultra Plus 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk (£69.98 @ Amazon UK)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive (£47.84 @ CCL Computers)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 760 4GB Video Card (£241.43 @ Dabs)
Case: NZXT Phantom (Black) ATX Full Tower Case (£104.38 @ Scan.co.uk)
Power Supply: Corsair 760W 80 PLUS Platinum Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply (£125.99 @ Dabs)
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDR-208DBK Blu-Ray/DVD/CD Writer (£57.98 @ Amazon UK)
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 (OEM) (64-bit) (£67.19 @ Aria PC)
Total: £1098.39
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-09-30 22:19 BST+0100)

Everything is the same except for the CPU. There are pros and cons to this.

Pros: more cores which would greatly benefit your multitasking intentions and let you use more cores as games are better developed for threading, has a higher overclock rating, runs a bit hotter due to more power consumption

Cons: this processor has poorer per core performance and would be slower on tasks that don't take advantage of threading, more power consumption

None of the pros or cons should really push you one way or the other because they are fairly balanced and, in my honest opinion, I don't think you would notice a performance difference. Most of the performance will come from your GPU, which is kick ass.

If you have any questions ask away.
 

Harty94

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Thanks alot pal and will be good if the price drops in 2-3 months, i'll either just spend less of add more haha