Spec for streaming/ High def gaming

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Jay88lynch

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Hi, I'm looking for some advice regarding this spec I have put together. I'm switching from console to PC gaming so I know very little about PC's.

Ill add a list of games im interested in playing and if someone would be kind enough to take the time to check out the specs and see if its good enough or needs any components switching I would appreciate the help. I'm not overly fussed about 4k but I would like to run my games on the hugest possible settings that the hardware could handle safely. Thank you

Games

Cyberpunk
Star citizen
Dead space trilogy
The division 1 and 2
The witcher
Skyrim
Space engineers
ARMA
Swat

i assume and i maybe wrong but i think that cyberpunk is probably the most demanding game hardware wise so ive tried to build a spec to play the game in comfort. Also I do stream games and stuff so again just need to figure out if the specs can handle both and at the same time.

Case
PCS SPECTRUM RGB MID TOWER CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Six Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.6GHz/35MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
GIGABYTE GA-A320M-S2H: Micro-ATX, AM4, USB 3.1, 6GB/s
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 2666MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card
12GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
128GB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (1100 MB/R, 600 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 550W VS SERIES™ VS-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 200 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
Microsoft® 365 Family (12 Month Subscription - Digital Key)
Anti-Virus
Norton 360 Deluxe: 1 User, 5 Devices - 1 Year Subscription
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Monitor
MSI 27" Optix G271 - 1920 x 1080, 1MS, 144Hz
Monitor Cables
1 x 2 METRE HDMI (M) to DVI (M)
Keyboard & Mouse
Corsair Bundle - K60 RGB KB, SABRE RGB PRO Mouse, HS50 PRO HS, MM350 MM
Gaming Chair
GT Omega PRO Racing Office Chair - Black Leather
Speakers
LOGITECH Z200 2.0 SPEAKERS - 10W
Webcam
Logitech® HD Webcam C920 - 1080p recording & 720p video calling
Microphone
Elgato Wave:3 Condenser Microphone
Surge Protection
6 Socket 2m Surge Protector
Warranty
3 Year Platinum Warranty (3 Year Collect & Return, 3 Year Parts, 3 Year labour)
 
Martinr36

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What's the budget, and can you provide the configuration link, as these needs a load of work on it, case, motherboard, storage, memory, psu, cooling, wifi card, anti virus, to name a few
 
MrWilson

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Ah, looks like you're on the Office PC Configurator which is limiting in a lot of areas. I'll whip you something up on the AM4 confgurator, and I'll add the Intel option as well.
 
MrWilson

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AMD Spec

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Eight Core CPU (3.4GHz-4.6GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard
ASUS® STRIX B550-F GAMING (DDR4, USB 3.2, 6Gb/s) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2200 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster Hyper 212 (120mm) Fan CPU Cooler Black Edition
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
Wireless Network Card
WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 7 working days
Price: £1,833.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/amd-am4-gen3-pc/snHBwZar7F/

Intel equivalent:

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 10-Core Processor i5-12600K (3.7GHz) 20MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP, LHR
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
1TB PCS PCIe M.2 SSD (2200 MB/R, 1500 MB/W)
1st Storage Drive
2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power Supply
CORSAIR 850W RMx SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
CoolerMaster MasterLiquid Lite 240 High Performance Liquid Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 10/11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from Online Account
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 4 to 7 working days
Price: £1,871.00 including VAT and Delivery

Unique URL to re-configure: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/saved-configurations/intel-z690-pc/Rgg9hnsy0v/
 
MrWilson

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I would be aiming for 1440p with this sort of budget, hence the 3060ti. Sadly PCS seem to be out of the VG27AQ which was a solid 1440p option available on the configurator, so I would recommend sourcing an IPS display such as the Gigabyte M27Q or the Asus VG27AQ which can be had for £300.

We've got the 8 core 5700x or the 6+4 core 12600k as your CPU choices, which will both be useful for streaming over their base 6 core options the 5600x and 12400 respectively.
Upped the RAM to 3200mhz which is arguably the best price to performance RAM speed, especially with Ryzen CPUs.
Added a faster primary drive, and another m.2 drive for your games. With direct storage games will be starting to be better optimised to run off faster drives, so loading games off an m.2 is worth investing in now.

Cooling is appropriate to each CPU, Intel's CPUs are a little hotter so need slightly better cooling.
850W PSU is really the minimum these days, as to keep playing the newest titles down the line you'll need a GPU upgrade in a few years and future generations are forecast to be incredibly power hungry.

You've selected quite a large amount of peripherals which is less of my forte, but if you're happy with the build first and foremost we can look at peripherals afterwards.

Any questions you have please ask! :)
 
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Jay88lynch

Member
Thank you Mr Wilson for your spec guides. Greatly appreciated ill check them out properly first thing tomorrow as it's getting late for me now. Thanks again
 
J

Jay88lynch

Member
Back again with another "I haven't got a clue" spec list. So after a discussion with my better half we can comfortably for the time being afford a pc for around £60 per month on finance.

I've put together this list, if anyone could check it out and let me know any problems, anything you would change ect. I will be using the pc for streaming/ gaming. I will have a little room to improve in about 2 month where we can potentially put aside £90-£100 on. I am coming into pc gaming complete from scratch but will be using my TV till I can get a decent monitor which will be soon so I just need the ASUS bundle to start me off.

Case
LIAN LI LANCOOL 215 GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i7 12-Core Processor i7-12700 (2.1GHz) 25MB Cache
Motherboard
ASUS® TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 (LGA1700, USB 3.2, PCIe 5.0) - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)
32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (4 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
12GB AMD RADEON™ RX 6700 XT - HDMI, DP - DX® 12
1st M.2 SSD Drive
500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
1st M.2 SSD Drive
2TB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3300MB/W)
Power Supply
CORSAIR 750W TXm SERIES™ SEMI-MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable
1 x 1.5 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling
PCS FrostFlow 150 Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste
STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card
ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card
10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT
USB/Thunderbolt Options
MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System
Windows 11 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00003]
Operating System Language
United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media
Windows 11 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Supplied on USB Drive
Office Software
FREE 30 Day Trial of Microsoft 365® (Operating System Required)
Anti-Virus
NO ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE
Browser
Microsoft® Edge
Keyboard & Mouse
ASUS TUF Gaming K1 Keyboard, M3 Mouse & H3 Headset Bundle
Warranty
3 Year Silver Warranty (1 Year Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
 
Martinr36

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So what's the actual budget, basically what does the bottom line equate to at that monthly budget, also what's the speed of the tv and what monitor you thinking of getting down the line
 
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Jay88lynch

Member
Hey Martin. I'd say all in I am looking for something within the £2k-2.5k range that includes monitor ect. I have been keeping my eye on the Asus VG27AQ as recommended by MrWilson for my future monitor. Im unusre of the speed of my tv but will have a look once i get the kids to bed. I do have a little playing room of around £250-300 but if I can save some money and still have something that performs then I'd happy.
 
Martinr36

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@Jay88lynch , cheers, know the actual budget makes things easier, can you also provide the configuration link for the above spec, makes it far easier to tweak
 
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Jay88lynch

Member
OK so after annoying my partner by constantly messing round with builds ect we have looked into the bundles offered by PCS.

Has anyone had one of these previously? I know the pic shows monitor ect is included but when I go onto the models nothing is included so the price I am seeing is I assume just for the tower itself.

I hope that makes sense if anyone could help
 
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Jay88lynch said:
OK so after annoying my partner by constantly messing round with builds ect we have looked into the bundles offered by PCS.

Has anyone had one of these previously? I know the pic shows monitor ect is included but when I go onto the models nothing is included so the price I am seeing is I assume just for the tower itself.

I hope that makes sense if anyone could help
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Do you have a link to what you're referring to?
 
SpyderTracks

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Jay88lynch said:

PCSPECIALIST - Custom Computers and Laptops Built to Order

PCSpecialist is a manufacturer of high quality custom computers and laptops. Configure your ideal computer in just a few simple steps with a broad range available.
www.pcspecialist.co.uk www.pcspecialist.co.uk

So for example. I click on the first option. Its only pricing for the tower I assumed
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On any configurator it includes a section for keyboards and mice and monitors, so it's a normal part of the section.

But depending on your specs, we would normally not recommend a pre built as they tend to lack in important areas of the platform to save cost so aren't as upgradeable.

Also, the monitor selection PCS stock isn't that great as you move up resolutions, so we would normally recommend buying elsewhere.
 
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