Question / Help CPU Recomendations for 2 PC setup

[shad0w]

I want to build second energy efficient PC for video capturing and streaming.
So my question is... which minimal CPU will be enough to encode x264 1080p 60fps ~5000 kbs(may be more for local records)?
May be you have some energy efficient CPU suggestions?

 

[Videophile]

I would say any Intel i7 will work, without knowing your budget. I personally use a 2-PC setup, and my streaming PC has a 3 year old, 2600k, which can do 720p30 at medium preset, or 720p60 at fast.

 

[shad0w]

Yeah, I guess that i7 will be enough. But will there be enough power 4765T 4770T/S?
Or another question, what will consume less energy 4770S or undervolt 4770K?

 

[Videophile]

ANY i7 will work. if you are concerned about power usage, A: Newer ones are more efficient, B: Dont base your choice off of power usage.

 

[Jack0r]

Definitely not any i7, but the current generation for desktop should be capable. But it sounds like you want to stream at 1080p60fps with a bitrate of 5000kbit, is that correct?
On Twitch.tv you have to be partnered or they might even close your stream for that bitrate, also your viewers will barely be able to watch it. On other services, the bitrate might not be a problem, but still, viewers will have problems watching it.
For local recording in 1080p60fps you could simply use quicksync, in that case an i7 is not needed, a haswell i5 with quicksync should be able to do that just fine.

 

[shad0w]

But it sounds like you want to stream at 1080p60fps with a bitrate of 5000kbit, is that correct?

Ofc no. 1080 stream should be less than 5000kbs. Even if streaming service can handle that bitrate not so much viewers can recieve it.

As I know quick sync is hardware video codec. All hardware codecs gives lower quality results than software encoders.
I can write video without compression(CPU usage), but than I need huge RAID massive to record 5 hours for 1 session and processing later. That is why I interested in realtime compression x264/libavcodec/etc..