New build for streaming and/or Fraps

[snivellus]

Well with the newest expansion and watching my once adequate machine become outdated I decided its time to start over again. My goal is to make a budget friendly machine that is capable of streaming and or frapsing for my guild. budget isn't set in stone yet but I have a feeling its going to be in the 600 dollar range give or take a little.
the only game I am truly concerned with is WOW at 1080 in 25m raids. however if it could play battlefield 3 at a middle of the road graphics that would be cool too. I currently have a case, thermaltake full tower, and a 450 watt power supply. If i could reuse those and save a few bucks thats great. I also have a WD caviar blue, and dvd drives covered. I am in the us and I have all peripherals and OS covered. And possibly thinking about putting my OS and wow only on a SSD. here is a link with spaces since I am a new poster to the pick a part I am playing around with. let me know what you guys think or if I can scale back at some point or need to go bigger or better. thanks pcpartpicker . com/p/k8oX

this is what Im thinking? let me know what you guys think, is it feasible?

[demonskies]

if your going to get a k series processor youd be much better off getting a z77 board, spend the 5 extra and get 1600mhz ram, and at this point getting a 7850 would probably be a better route to go then a 560 ti. newer tech, beats the 560 in almost every category, lower power consumption, lower temps and can be clocked to almost 7870 quality for the same price of that discounted 560 ti. Putting wow and os on an SSD and your fraps stuff on your secondary blue drive is a good idea. Also if you plan on overclocking youll want to get an aftermarket cooler.

560ti vs 7850

[snivellus]

sweet thanks for the info man, and no i dont plan on overclocking, would it be worth getting the K series or not?

[demonskies]

if you have no intentions on overclocking ever there really is no reason for a 3570k. A 3450 would be fine with an h77 board

[snivellus]

Sweet thanks and will this work for streaming and fraps?

[demonskies]

It will stream and do fraps fine but I would highly recommend having 2 drives for that, 1 for playing your game and os on and the other for streaming to, Recording to the same drive you play on will cause performance issues.

[glo]

I'd definitely skip over the 560 TI. It's oder, more expensive, more power hungry (important since your PSU is of somewhat flakey quality) and lesser performing compared to the 7850.

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant / Benchmarks

CPU: Intel Core i5-3570K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($179.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock H77 Pro4/MVP ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($87.55 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Value Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($33.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial M4 128GB 2.5" Solid State Disk ($79.99 @ Microcenter)
Video Card: XFX Radeon HD 7850 1GB Video Card ($159.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $541.51
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)

That includes your SSD.

[snivellus]

My PSU is XFX so i wouldnt say its flaky i bought it when i upgraded to an ati HD 6000 series. But I think the 7850 is def what i am going to go with for the price point. my plan is to have OS and wow on the SSD and record on to my HD.

[glo]

Ah, for some reason I thought I saw it was a Thermaltake model, sorry!

[snivellus]

no worries i just have an older thermaltake case thats all. as far as I know the psu is going along just fine