Hello fellow tom'sHARDWARE folks. I am a new guy here and I hope to make effective communication with you all
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Before you read ahead, I would like to apologize for not reading any reviews of the currently well debated and reviewed components and their benchmark results, I simply do not have the leisure to do so at the moment because I am busy working.
First of all, I would like to say that I am not an overclock fan, nor do I plan to do any overclocking activities in the future (unless I can use the quick, easy and safe way to do it rather than tweaking with voltage and multiplier settings in the bios settings because I honestly am scared to play with these settings).
I am about to build my third computer system and I would like to have some assistance on the most efficient components I will need to achieve my target, which is gaming and livestreaming on Twitch.tv using Xsplit and with a gameplay resolution of 1920 x 1080 with my hdtv (please see below).
I have previously built two system before, one which I built for my father (who uses it for personal computing; general everyday tasks) and one which I am currently using now as my gaming computer.
We have just opted to upgrade our broadband to a fibre unlimited, a 80/20 downstream and upstream package with Sky, which is set to be installed on the 20th of this month.So, there will be no issues with the bandwidth whatsoever, seeing as how they do not utilize traffic management.
Now, on to the issue. Here is my current build:
PSU: Corsair CMPSU-750TXUK TX Series, 750 Watt, ATX, UK Version
RAM: Geil 6GB DDR3 1333 CL9 T/C RAM - Black Dragon
Storage: Western Digital Caviar 1TB SATAII 64MB Cache 3.5-inch Green Internal Hard Drive OEM
GPU: XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 Quad 955
MB: ASUS M4A785TD-V EVO
Monitor: 17" 1440 x 900 max resolution < I'm not happy with this
Alternative monitor: 32" HDTV via HDMI cable.
I chucked in a 2GB stick of Corsair TW3X4G1333C9A XMS3 to make it 8 GB in capacity, and now I feel rather concerned whether I've done the right thing or not with changing the tripple channel RAM.
Okay so here's the main thing:-
I want to be able to play and livestream Battlefield 4 (I currently play BF3) and some heavy MMORPG like GW2 with my new system that will at least reach up to 30fps during gameplay. I will be streaming at 720p to allow for more viewers with slow connection, but I will eventually step up to 1080p.
Mouse and keyboard or high quality sound card (I have my Sennheiser hd650 system for this one, wohoo
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) is not included in the budget since I can still cope with my current one. A new monitor that can support 1920 x 1080 resolution with a great response time would be awesome though, but this may probably not fit this budget so I might leave this for my upgrade to this new system by the end of December.
I am currently looking at these two possible CPU:
- i7 3770k
- i7 4770k
And the build to be based around this case: CM Storm Stryker Full Tower.
I would also like to work with only a single card, not SLI. Not like a have the fund to purchase an SLI anyway ;(
Please feel free to recommend me an alternative which you feel suitable for the budget range and efficiency that I am looking for. Could you guys also recommend components for efficient airflow based on the capacity of the chassis i.e fans
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If possible, I'd like to keep my PSU to minimize to overall costs. Or a new one will do if this does not supply the sufficient wattage for your recommendations. I will consider possible upgrade for anything such as SLI card or SSD by the end of December once I reach my wage. Replies will be greatly appreciated
Thank you.