Question / Help More cores or faster CPUs?

[Exerian]

Forgive me in advance as I don't know TOO much about this sort of stuff. I stream (obviously), and I'm wondering if one: getting a server based computer would be good for streaming? And two: if having more than one CPU (each quad core running at around 2.0GHZ-2.4GHZ ) would be good as a dedicated streaming computer. I will be getting a 1080P 60FPS capture card that is PCI-E based and I'm also wondering if that will work in such a computer, even with adapters.

Should I just invest in getting one beefier CPU and having an ALL IN ONE type system? (Streaming and gaming on one system) or should I go for the dedicated system with older xeon CPUS?

 

[Boildown]

People have reported trouble when using more than one physical CPU, where only the first CPU would get used. Not sure if that was resolved, a forum search might reveal it, but I don't think so. I'd just get as many cores as you can on one CPU instead.

If you have a dedicated streaming PC separate from your gaming PC, then many slow cores is fine. Otherwise, you want a fast clock speed to keep your games running well. I wouldn't sacrifice my gaming ability just to hit a better preset by going beyond a hexacore CPU unless you're not going to be playing any up to date games, and probably not even then, just in case.

 

[dping]

Forgive me in advance as I don't know TOO much about this sort of stuff. I stream (obviously), and I'm wondering if one: getting a server based computer would be good for streaming? And two: if having more than one CPU (each quad core running at around 2.0GHZ-2.4GHZ ) would be good as a dedicated streaming computer. I will be getting a 1080P 60FPS capture card that is PCI-E based and I'm also wondering if that will work in such a computer, even with adapters.

Should I just invest in getting one beefier CPU and having an ALL IN ONE type system? (Streaming and gaming on one system) or should I go for the dedicated system with older xeon CPUS?

If you are looking to buy a cheap streaming PC setup with plenty of cores, buy an older dell t 5500 with an x56XX cpu in it. some of them actually have room for a second socket but again, I have not heard of people having issues with utilizing both, but if you have two hexcores with hyperthreading, I doubt you'll be having much trouble.

EDIT: remember you'll need two identical cpus as well and the addon board.