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Nov 17 2016 01:27am
I want to build my own PC and want it to be capable of streaming with high quality, what type of budget am I looking at if I wait for deals on Black Friday / Cyber Monday?

I'm not sure which route is going to be the best deal so anyone with experience on this, advice would be really appreciated.

Also someone who could maybe give me a ball park of the cost for a setup that could stream games with high quality, that would be appreciated as well.

I could go up to $2,000 in spending, but if it is not a necessity I am perfectly fine with something that achieves the goal if it is a good deal
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Nov 17 2016 01:51am
$2000 is about right, especially if you need monitor(s) too.



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Budget:
More specific use (what games, what programs):
Planned time until purchase:
Do you need an Operating System?:
Do you have any specific preferred components?:
Do you need a sound or wireless card?:
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?:
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?:
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs):

This post was edited by Ghot on Nov 17 2016 01:52am
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Nov 17 2016 01:58am
1400$ for the pc.
400$ for two monitors.
100$ keyboard.
50$ mouse.

Could save some black fridag/cyber Monday.

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Nov 17 2016 12:31pm
Quote (Ghot @ Nov 17 2016 02:51am)
$2000 is about right, especially if you need monitor(s) too.



/e Fill this out...it will help a lot.


Budget: 2000
More specific use (what games, what programs): Hearthstone, Dota 2 but at very high quality for streaming
Planned time until purchase: After Thanksgiving for the best deals
Do you need an Operating System?: no - my university has very good deals on OS for students
Do you have any specific preferred components?: no not really
Do you need a sound or wireless card?: yes
Do you want stock cooling or do you plan on overclocking?: IDK what this means, whatever is better
Do you need a monitor? mouse? keyboard?: yes to all
Zip code/location? (Shipping costs):
53211 Wisconsin United States

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Nov 17 2016 12:38pm
I'd say the bare minimum to do this well is about 900 for the tower, 100 for a monitor and 30-40 for keyboard mouse.
This is if all at 1080p.
2k Will let you get a really great setup with lots of luxuries :)

The only thing I think you would actually save on bf/cm is on a fancy mouse/keyboard/monitor.
pc hardware, are usually never a thing for bf in most instances. Occasionally they sell old stock that most wouldn't want for a super sweet price (last year i picked up some gtx 750 ti's from msi for 45 each after rebate) or just other stuff you may not want.

Also given your updated post, i think my minimums are correct :)

but ultimately, you will save the most money by setting deal alerts on pc part picker, because bf/cyber monday just isnt too huge for components I find.
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Nov 17 2016 12:53pm
Streaming at 60 fps / 1080p is not easy at $900...
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Nov 17 2016 01:01pm
Quote (Incendiary @ Nov 17 2016 01:53pm)
Streaming at 60 fps / 1080p is not easy at $900...


well no worries 900 isn't the budget, 2000 is
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Nov 24 2016 04:20am
could really use help with this, please and thank you
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Nov 24 2016 08:11am
Quote (NoMNoK @ 24 Nov 2016 11:20)
could really use help with this, please and thank you


https://pcpartpicker.com/list/G7gmFd
850W so you can add another card in SLI if needed in the future. 89$ is quite a steal.
add an HDD if you need storage, or a large SSD for additional space.

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