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Hey PC Part Picker's! Here's a little story about how I got to my build. I've been uploading video's to YouTube since 2011. Started with a 2009 MacBook Pro [2.53 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M 256 MB]. The machine was great, but limited in the streaming department.

I eventually grew my YouTube audience to 20k subscribers, but couldn't grow my Twitch audience due to the limited ability of the MacBook Pro. So in 2012, I upgraded the 2009 MacBook Pro to a 27-inch iMac [3.4GHz quad-core Intel Core i7, 32GB (two 16GB) of 1600MHz DDR3 memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX with 2GB of GDDR5 memory]. Before you start the PC vs. Mac debate, let me explain. I grew up with Final Cut. Really the only video editing software that I know. So having a Mac was necessary on the video editing side of the equation.

So like any logical guy, I Bootcamped that iMac. Sure it was powerful enough to stream from the PC side, but then something funny happened. Friends started showing me more PC games. I found myself on the PC side more than the Mac side. So this is when I started really researching a PC build. I wanted something that could run the most hardcore PC games smoothly while streaming at 60 fps with no sweat at a sub $1800 price point. This is the build I came up with.

Comments

  • 68 months ago
  • 1 point

Any reason you are using the molex adapters for your GPU?

Your PSU has the required pins to plug it in , so I would take those out it would clean up the cables and look better overall.

  • 60 months ago
  • 1 point

Honestly I'm still somewhat a noob when it comes to PC builds so I just used the supplied power adapter cables. What is the type of cable you would recommend?

  • 60 months ago
  • 1 point

The connectors on the adapters you used, are the same ones that should have come in your modular cable bag with the PSU , It should say PCI-E on them and there should be two of them for your given model of GPU and they should each have 8 pins.

  • 68 months ago
  • 1 point

What you should have done (since you like OS X) is built a Hackintosh. A Hackintosh is basically a pc with OS X installed. But you have to be very carful with the parts you choose for a hackintosh. I am not to sure if your build is compatible with OS X or not. Im not very advanced with Hackintoshing. But anyway nice build! +1