Question / Help 4770k VS 4930k

[Videophile]

For dedicated streaming PC.

Since the 49xx has 6 cores and 12 threads, it should be a big improvement right? especially when oc'ed to 4.0Ghz?

Shrimp

 

[paibox]

You already have a thread about the exact same thing, please use that one instead. I also deleted your double post.

Edit: According to other forum members, you can apparently not use your old topic to ask for this, because people would somehow not understand if you posted a new message in that thread and asked about the 4930k instead of the Xeon, so I'm unlocking this thread. Woohoo.

 

[Krazy]

For a dedicated stream box, the 4770k would be plenty of horsepower. Obviously, if money is no object then the 4930k is better.

 

[Boildown]

4930k would be quite a bit better for streaming, probably "unlocking" slow preset at 1080p30 if you so desired. Medium for sure. "Big Improvement" though? Doubtful. The difference between Medium and Slow are hardly noticeable. I guess it depends on how you define the phrase "big improvement". The difference between the two, if you're not doing anything else but encoding, is well into the diminishing returns range.

 

[FerretBomb]

I'd say that the 4930k would allow at least a bit of 'futureproofing'; if/when Twitch moves to HTML5 and the limitations imposed by the Flash player are lifted (somewhat) it'd be able to run 1080p@60fps more capably than the 4770. Of course by that point, new CPUs will be out, offering even more performance.

Personally, I'd spring for the 4930, but then I don't tend to go middle-of-the-road on a piece of hardware I plan to use for years to come (even repurposing it as a house server or other utility function). Cheaping out $30-60 on a motherboard to get a 'bargain' makes no sense if you have to spend another $200 down the road if it turns out to be problematic (bad drivers, poor build quality, poor engineering design, critical design flaws, etc), for example.

 

[Sapiens]

Just to clarify from your last thread, you already have a 2PC setup with an encoding box capable of handling 720p60 on the medium preset, yes? If so, building a new encoding PC at this point would net you minimal gains in image quality for the sizable amount of money you'd be investing.

 

[Videophile]

Just to clarify from your last thread, you already have a 2PC setup with an encoding box capable of handling 720p60 on the medium preset, yes? If so, building a new encoding PC at this point would net you minimal gains in image quality for the sizable amount of money you'd be investing.

No, I can get 720p60 medium, but when playing games like COD and twitching a lot like I do, I get "Too slow encoding" or whatever the message is, and I can't run any other programs really at the same time. Idk, I'm a perfectionist when It comes to stream quality n stuff. Just check out my past broadcasts, they are VERY high quality and on par or better than many twitch streamers now.

 

[Boildown]

Just checked out your stream, it looks more than fine right now. Actually that was the first time I've seen Battlefield 4, so maybe I was just impressed by the graphics, haha, the waves in the water were amazing. Anyways the stream quality was great, I'm afraid you might spend a lot of money for a minimal improvement. If you have the money to spend, go for it, and if you're CPU bound right now it'll take some of the load off, but I wouldn't expect a massive increase in image quality over what you've got now.

I would watch more but Purdue is about to face Boston College in the B1G-ACC Challenge... so changing the channel, as it were.