Ghetto streamer and video rendering build (including monitor and KB/M) ($900)

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  scrimshaw on 11/09/2017 - 00:52

  +2

  For $900 and also including peripherals and LCD, you might be looking at a second hand rig for your core system.

  If you insist on having New stuff, this is what I'd try:

  Ryzen 5 Hexa core CPU, 8GB RAM and the most basic motherboard you can find- $450 minimum.

  That leaves you just $450 for the following

  SSD $120
  GPU.. lets say GTX 1050 Ti $220
  Case, lets say Deepcool Tesseract $50
  PSU, lets say Antec VP 500W $50
  Cheap GAMDIAS KB and mouse from MSY, maybe $50.
  dirt cheap 22 inch LCD $130

  $620 for the rest (budget exceeded)

  So for the price of the CPU and RAM alone, you could probably buy a second-hand core i5 Ivy bridge system and begin from there, giving you more wiggle room for peripherals and LCD display. The main issue is the form factor of your PC case — most desktops you'll find tend to be SFF form factor desktops which won't take normal ATX power supplies.

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    User228035 on 11/09/2017 - 03:44

    Thanks for your input Scrim you've made things a lot clearer and I appreciate that!

    I'm in the process of putting up my Xbox one on Ebay and considering the funds I will need, may very well need to sell the PS4 Pro.

    Hoping to get at least $150+ for the Xbox and $400+ for the PS4 Pro taking into account the No insertion/final value fee's so about $1400-1500 which is a much more realistic.

    Sorry if I have wasted your time, now to sell all my worldly possessions on Ebay!

    If you have any advice with regards to selling on Ebay I'd also appreciate that, only ever bought things off Ebay and have heard a lot of horror stories about selling consoles through them.

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      Kangal on 11/09/2017 - 09:47

      Not sure you'd get much for the consoles.
      Luckily with building Gaming PC's there is a definite point of diminishing results.
      And for a good stream, you need a good connection above all else.

      So I say you should get an old used system, butcher it, and use it with some new components.
      ie/ Pick up an Old Gaming PC from Gumtree:
      - that comes with a case, psu, monitor, keyboard, mouse, headset
      - that is visibly old and crap, but still functional
      - that has a cheap Motherboard and lowly Intel Dualcore and only 8GB slow ram
      - that comes with a decent GPU (AMD R9 290/390, RX470, GTX 970, GTX 1060-3GB)
      - ….doubt it but it could come with a better GPU (R9 290X/390X, RX570, RX480/580, FuryX, GTX 980, GTX 980Ti, GTX 1060-6GB, GTX 1070, GTX 1080, GTX 1080Ti, Titan X, Titan Xp)

      Now go see it in person, and bargain with the guy.
      Tell him how its old, dusty, big, and undesirable. Say how the lack of RGB lighting reduces the framerates, and the bottleneck from the CPU is a major cutting point. Or how the old GPU is hot and power hungry and how the PSU isn't efficient. And how the lack of SSD shows how sluggish the performance is. Not to mention lack of the latest Windows 10 OS is bad, or how Windows 7 is the best, vice versa.

      You might be able to get a complete system like that on the cheap.
      Much cheaper than Scrim's post (which was a build with really low part prices btw).
      So after you pick that completed system for cheap (eg <$600). That's big, and old, and dusty home.
      First thing you do is get rid of all the dust, and clean it thoroughly. And clean the room as well, and make it relatively dust free.
      Then you want to take apart everything. Then you want to insert a cheap B350 motherboard ($160) into that case.
      Apply some good value gluup and put in a Ryzen 5-1600 ($290), which comes with (Wraith) a really decent rebadged Coolmaster cooler.
      Also put in some ($90) cheap/used DDR4 RAM, 16GB's is enough, and 2400MHz is enough and could be OC'd.
      Now install a cheap 240GB WD Blue SSD ($130) and install Windows 10 Pro without the MS Spyware.
      Probably open up the Graphics Card, to remove the cooler from the GPU and re-apply the new thermal gluup there.
      Plug in the old but cleaned GPU (eg R9 290), install the latest drivers, and tweak some overclocking action.
      Now you're ready to go.
      Perhaps if you have the funds go grab a new HDD (don't reuse second-hand ones because they're most likely to die, and possibly has non-condom Trojans). Something like a Samsung/Seagate 2TB 5400rpm should be cheap ($90) and store lots of game/video files. Try to maybe sell the old Intel motherboard, cpu, cooler together on gumtree for scraps/parts to recoup some of the costs.

      As extra advice, I say try to keep your door/windows/curtains closed to isolate outside noise as much as possible.
      Put the old/hot PC away from wall sides, so its well ventilated. And run a cheap, big fan on-slow spin to push the hot air away from the PC Box.
      And instead of using Wifi signal, try to setup the modem close to the machine and run an RJ45 Ethernet cable to it.
      Good Luck.

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        User228035 on 11/09/2017 - 21:24

        Love you.