Question / Help i5 to i7?

[Kahunapirate]

Currently I am set up with an i5-3570k. I mainly play/stream World of Warcraft. I turn down my graphics settings, but my CPU usage sits around 80-85%. And with Twitch's player, it nearly maxes out my CPU, to where I get the High Usage warning(meaning I can't even have my stream preview open on my dashboard). Would upgrading to an i7 help with that cpu load?

 

[FerretBomb]

It would. Though it's still not recommended to have your stream playing back on the same computer you're casting from; there's a variety of reasons that many 'serious' casters have a secondary laptop nearby, and this is one of them.

 

[Kahunapirate]

Yeah, I just dont even run my preview, i usually pull it up on my phone, but sometimes it's difficult to see any issues there.

As an edit to my original question, suggestions on i7?

 

[Harold]

Going I7 could help, but so could switching the encoding to the quicksync encoder (which may affect quality, given that you're on a 3570 and not a 4xxx series i5)

You could just set up a pi on a tv (or just plain) using xbmc/kodi (kodi is the new name for xbmc starting with the next release as of this post) for your preview and get the bonus of hardware accelerated decoding.

 

[Kahunapirate]

Yeah I looked into that but I could not get my quick sync to activate. Followed multiple step-by-step guides to get the settings in my bios, with no luck.

 

[Harold]

You may need to attach a virtual monitor to your internal gpu. Did you check to make sure your intel graphics ended up loaded in device manager?

 

[Osiris]

For a i5-3570k it's not needed to attach a virtual monitor, this is only for first gen i5 processors.
The integrated GPU does need to be enabled.

 

[Kahunapirate]

Sorry Im behind in getting to these replies. I do have the integrated enabled, however it does not show up in the device manager. And using Intel's driver update utility, it sad I have the up to date drivers. I currently have a 3 monitor set-up, would this cause any issues?