Question / Help upgrade : i7-8700k or ryzen 7 2700x? for gaming&streaming

[previsioN_]

hi guys,
this is my current pc:
i7-6700k
AMD Radeon RX 480
Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Motherboard
Corsair Venbeance LPX 16 GB

obs:
720p60fps
x264
5k upload
veryfast
keyframe 2
Profil main
lanczos

the 6700k is not bad but i want better Streaming Performance and i checked for the i7-8700k and the ryzen 7 2700x.
so My question guys.
should i take the Intel or the ryzen? i Need a new Motherboard in both ways so.
i like really checked a lot of Videos and Google stuff which one is better and i cant find any results with this graphic Card.
what do u think?

 

[koala]

Instead of a new PC, get a Nvidia GTX 1070 or GTX 1080 and use nvenc as encoder. Much cheaper and will you get you the same if not better result.

 

[previsioN_]

uh interesting idea.
but the next graphic Cards Generation is comming and should i not wait for them? the Price should drop right?

 

[previsioN_]

AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Prozessor
Gigabyte X470 Motherboard
= 450 €

Intel I7-8700k
Asus Prime Z370-A Gaming Mainboard Sockel 1151
= 650 €

GTX 1080
= 530 €

i just Need a new Motherboard + CPU

 

[koala]

The next nvidia graphics card is on the doorstep, yes. Reports and tests show that they are not really faster than the 1xxx generation but 50% more expensive than the already very expensive 1xxx generation. Currently, not worth buying. You will profit from the 2xxx generation most, if you buy one of the 1xxx generation whose price will drop because of the 2xxx generation.

For streamers, the best thing in the GTX cards is the nvenc hardware encoder. It's unrivaled. It relieves you from the huge cpu hog the x264 encoder is and enables you to have the command over your whole cpu and not only part of it.

If you buy new mainboard+cpu, then you have some old parts left over. Sell at ebay? At what price? The loss in value of the old parts counts towards the price of the new parts. Thus, the new parts are actually more expensive than your simple calculation.

My opinion only, of course.

 

[TryHD]

a 8700k is currently a waste of money, the prices have increased so much in the last months because of intels problems with 10 nm that you should avoid (if you can) buying intel stuff for the next months.
If you stream to twitch so you are bandwidth limited i would say go for the amd 2700 non x since you can overclock that model yourself too. If you stream to youtube use the hardware encoder of your amd card and increase the bitrate

 

[alpinlol]

The next Nvidia Gen graphics cards is already here. Since you posted your prices in Euro I simply assume you are from germany. In germany or probably even in general the prices for an i7 8700k sky rocketed which makes it obsolete every since the new architecture was showcased (i7 9700k/i9 9900k).

You can get used GTX 1080 for 350-420 Euro in the last couple of weeks and there have been plenty sales on a GTX 1080 for 450-500 aswell.

You will lose gaming performance when switching to Ryzen but you gain performance in multitasking like gaming + streaming which kinda compensates for the few % lower fps ingames. Then again buying a Ryzen 2700x is a waste of money I would recommend getting a Ryzen 2700 instead and just OC it since they are pretty much the same except for XFR.

Or obviously go with the hardware encoder option and get a e.g. GTX 1070.