Question / Help Switch to FX-8350 from 3570K. Dumb decision?

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Lotek

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Let me start off with the backstory. Lately i have kinda gotten into streaming things were going well with streaming until i started streaming GTA V. When i was not streaming the game it would run fine. At times it would be choppy but for the most part it would run fine without streaming. However when i started streaming the game i notices the game would become laggy and also textures would not load fast enough(Like i could see the cars in from of me but there would be no road and buildings would be missing) After some investigating i noticed that when i ran GTA 5 w/o streaming my CPU usage would be at about 75-90% now once i added OBS into the mix my CPU usage would be well over 100%.

After some research I figured the FX8350 may be a better choice if i wanted to stream. I based my decision off of a few things.

1: The 8 Cores could help with CPU Usage
2: It was a cheaper option that could hold me over until the new intel skylake processors release next year
3: If it did work out better the the 3570K setup i could seel that CPU/Mobo and come close to breaking even on what i paid for the FX-8350/Mobo (230$)

I just wanted others opinions do you think i made the right move. or was it a stupid decision. Reason i ask this now is because the place where i bought the parts has a 15 day return policy.

my PC specs:
Current CPU:FX-8350 (Previous CPU 3570K)
Current Mobo: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 (Previous Mobo Z77 Extreme 4)
GPU: Sapphire HD7970
Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 500GB
Monitor: Auria 27" 2560x1440

Also i play game at 2560x1440 and stream at 720p30fps. My bitrate is set to 2500

Please help!!!
 
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Lotek said:
Let me start off with the backstory. Lately i have kinda gotten into streaming things were going well with streaming until i started streaming GTA V. When i was not streaming the game it would run fine. At times it would be choppy but for the most part it would run fine without streaming. However when i started streaming the game i notices the game would become laggy and also textures would not load fast enough(Like i could see the cars in from of me but there would be no road and buildings would be missing) After some investigating i noticed that when i ran GTA 5 w/o streaming my CPU usage would be at about 75-90% now once i added OBS into the mix my CPU usage would be well over 100%.

After some research I figured the FX8350 may be a better choice if i wanted to stream. I based my decision off of a few things.

1: The 8 Cores could help with CPU Usage
2: It was a cheaper option that could hold me over until the new intel skylake processors release next year
3: If it did work out better the the 3570K setup i could seel that CPU/Mobo and come close to breaking even on what i paid for the FX-8350/Mobo (230$)

I just wanted others opinions do you think i made the right move. or was it a stupid decision. Reason i ask this now is because the place where i bought the parts has a 15 day return policy.

my PC specs:
Current CPU:FX-8350 (Previous CPU 3570K)
Current Mobo: Gigabyte 990FXA-UD3 (Previous Mobo Z77 Extreme 4)
GPU: Sapphire HD7970
Storage: Samsung 850 Evo 500GB
Monitor: Auria 27" 2560x1440

Also i play game at 2560x1440 and stream at 720p30fps. My bitrate is set to 2500

Please help!!!
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both your GPU and your CPU you will really need to watch temps on. my r9 280x (pretty much the same GPu as you) will start throttling at 81c and that CPU will start throttleing back at 65c. If you have a really good cooling (water cooling) solution the 8350 is a decent when overclocked to 4.5-4.8. just watch those temps!!

IMO, you probably should have just upgraded to a 3770K...
 
if that was an option i would have in a heartbeat but the prices for the 3770k are ridiculous since they are discontinued. I might as well have went with the 4790k for that price.
 
in terms of streaming the fx8350 pretty much performs the same when it comes to streaming/encoding like the i5 if you really want to stream go with an i7 or an xeon e3 for the ivy bridge sockets.
 
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