Question / Help I need to buy a computer for stream
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Boildown
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First of all, Macs are garbage.
Do you want to game and stream on the same PC, or use a two-PC setup with a video capture card?
In any event, whatever you stream with would work best with a quad-core i7, but you can get away with a lesser CPU if you want to save money, depending on the game, possibly.
Do you want to game and stream on the same PC, or use a two-PC setup with a video capture card?
In any event, whatever you stream with would work best with a quad-core i7, but you can get away with a lesser CPU if you want to save money, depending on the game, possibly.
Boildown
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Assuming in your application what you're streaming isn't very CPU-intensive, you could sacrifice speed (GHz) if you get more cores. x264 encoding is very good at using cores. You wouldn't want to do the reverse and go for speed but less cores if you're not gaming (or doing other CPU intensive tasks), that would be counterproductive.
You should prefer a quad core I'd say. Hyperthreading you can count as one core. So a dual core < dual core with hyperthreading < quad core, for example.
As for a graphics card, I'd go for a GTX 1050. Newly released and inexpensive, you don't need something really good, just good enough, and the 1050 is perfect.
Btw, if it fits your pricepoint, this would be an outstanding way to go: https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/47bzdc/budget_friendly_secondary_streaming_pc_guide
You should prefer a quad core I'd say. Hyperthreading you can count as one core. So a dual core < dual core with hyperthreading < quad core, for example.
As for a graphics card, I'd go for a GTX 1050. Newly released and inexpensive, you don't need something really good, just good enough, and the 1050 is perfect.
Btw, if it fits your pricepoint, this would be an outstanding way to go: https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/47bzdc/budget_friendly_secondary_streaming_pc_guide