Looking for advice for new gaming PC build for streaming.

[SurrealScotsman]

Hi all,

I'm new, but hoping people in the know can help me?

I am looking to buy a new gaming PC that will also be used for streaming & hoping you all can advise me whether this build is as good as I am told by the company offering it.

1x Bullguard Internet Security - Free 90 Day Licence
1x Fractal Design Define 7 Dark Tempered Glass Case - Black
1x Intel Core i9-10900K CPU 10 Cores / 20 Threads 3.7 - 5.3GHz
1x 250GB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
1x 1TB Samsung 870 QVO Solid State Drive
1x Seagate 2TB BarraCuda 7200RPM Hard Disk
1x Corsair RM650x 80 PLUS Gold 650W PSU
1x Windows 10 Home 64-bit
1x 5 Year Warranty 2 Years Collect and Return UK only*
1x 32GB DDR4 3200MHz Memory (2 x 16GB Sticks)
1x Corsair Hydro H115i RGB PLATINUM CPU Cooler
1x Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI) Motherboard
1x PRE-ORDER - NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X Graphics Card

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Giving a rating of 1-100 - how good is this computer/build suitable for what I am looking for?
Also, any advice or suggestions on possible upgrades would be most appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[mickyflinn]

Overall a top gaming pc but there are a couple of changes to make .

Are larger m2 drive 1tb.

My biggest concern is the power supply while a quality unit it's only 650w, not enough for this is system imo.

A 3080 consumes 320w/350w and a 10900k can use 250w to 300w overclocked. Then the rest of the system lets say 100w to be on the safe side.

I would really want a 750w to 850w psu.

@Sparx and @Plec may clarify this.

 

[MissChief]

Overall a top gaming pc but there are a couple of changes to make .

Are larger m2 drive 1tb.

My biggest concern is the power supply while a quality unit it's only 650w, not enough for this is system imo.

A 3080 consumes 320w/350w and a 10900k can use 250w to 300w overclocked. Then the rest of the system lets say 100w to be on the safe side.

I would really want a 750w to 850w psu.

@Sparx and @Plec may clarify this.

I'd agree with that, this will be a power hungry system. Minimum 750w quality, Gold/Titanium or a lower spec 850W unit.
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/silv...gold-semi-modular-power-supply-ca-44a-sv.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/cors...lar-power-supply-cp-9020130-uk-ca-236-cs.html
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/supe...old-modular-power-supply-black-ca-062-sf.html

 

[merlin6r]

Overall a top gaming pc but there are a couple of changes to make .

Are larger m2 drive 1tb.

My biggest concern is the power supply while a quality unit it's only 650w, not enough for this is system imo.

A 3080 consumes 320w/350w and a 10900k can use 250w to 300w overclocked. Then the rest of the system lets say 100w to be on the safe side.

I would really want a 750w to 850w psu.

@Sparx and @Plec may clarify this.

The 650 watt would probably be ok, but on a build like this I'd definitely be happier with a good quality 750 watt.

It's a good build, no doubt, but hard to grade it without knowing what they are charging for it....

 

[EsaT]

1x 250GB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS M.2 PCIe Solid State Drive
1x 1TB Samsung 870 QVO Solid State Drive

1x Corsair Hydro H115i RGB PLATINUM CPU Cooler
1x Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII HERO (WI-FI) Motherboard

Those drives are brand scams!
That tiny pipsqueek costs same as half TB drive.
And QVOs are pretty much semi analog QLC Flash drives and 870 QVO is overall even worser than 860 QVO.
Those should be cheaper than TLC Flash SATA drives.

Anyway with that budget and overprices, you should be aiming at 2TB NVMe drive.
Something like Adata SX8200 Pro, or Sabrent Rocket (non-Q) doesn't even cost that much.
Certainly 1TB NVMe is minimum even for PC under half the price.

Arctic Freezer II is only sense making watertupe cooler with actually beefy radiator for dissipating heat into air.
Those anorexic fashion radiators of most brands don't have especially much surface area.


And ludicrously expensive motherboard doesn't make PC any longer lasting.
Intel doesn't even have any update path.

While that PSU is substandard for the budget and parts:
You can basically double Intel's marketed TDP to get honest max power draw.
And Nvidia didn't improve power efficiency much any resulting very power hungry card.
Hence would consider 750W as sensible minimum for that PC.

And really by the time availability of Nvidia's new cards becomes better AMD might have Zen3 architecture CPUs arriving.
With Zen+ to Zen2 level IPC improvement and some more clocks they would beat Intel also in single core performance, while havingu pgrade path to 16 cores.

 

[Plec]

@Plec

Hence would consider 750W as sensible minimum for that PC.

Yep, INTEL's increasing hope of arc reactors becoming a reality coupled with Nvidia's 'premium' cards pulling power - 750W would be my minimum.