Every thought is thought out in full before you pick it apart in thought . So there ' s that . <| sep |> How serious are you about streaming ? The most important thing for streaming is your CPU . I ' d pass on an i 3 for streaming altogether . The i 5 is probably fine , but I ' d encourage you to step it up to an i 7 if you are looking to stream in high quality , especially if you foresee going to higherend games in the future . If this makes the cost prohibitive , I ' d stick with the i 5 especially if it means you can get an SSD ! Additionally , adding an SSD is easily the most cost effective upgrade to this list . I ' d strongly consider throwing at least a small SSD in this rig . For games like LoL and Hearthstone I wouldn ' t put a lot of weight on either higher refresh rate monitors OR adaptive sync . These are generally used for more fastpaced things like shooters and the like . LoL would benefit a little , but it ' d be really minimal and not worth the cost . Even if you ' re looking at these types of games for future play , both of these features are very much a ' luxury ' thing and should generally be glossed over if you ' re trying to save money .