Question / Help Which CPU for a Streaming-PC ?

[atoMica]

Hi there!

After some years of streaming i`m now up to buy a second PC for only doing the streaming-work.

I stream at 720p, 30fps, 3000kbit Video, 128kbit Audio.
My games are like Fallout or The Crew - which means "Shooter and/or Racegames".
I plan to use a Avermedia-Capturecard.

Anybody can recommend me what CPU i should use?
I think about buying a 4x3Ghz-AMD!?

Thanks for answering.
Greetings, Michael.

 

[Harold]

Intel i5 4690k or higher.

Very few AMD chips are actually above the 4690k.

 

[Boildown]

If you can swing a desktop i7 it'll be worth the extra money. Another option would be something off ebay... someone's old i7 2600k or maybe a Xeon.

 

[alpinlol]

everything on the i5/i7 side starting at sandybridge and later is recommended for streaming works perfectly fine only the i5 2500k (sandy bridge) will probably be a little bit weak on the chest and probably has to work really hard to get something like 720p60 on medium preset done the others shouldnt really have the problem.


but imho its not even worth buying a streaming machine especially if you are not partnered the stream quality you gain is nothing to go crazy about though the ingame performance bump might be a reason, but investing in a decent desktop pc to stream+ply on is probably the beast idea

 

[Dasweb]

I just posted this guide over on /r/twitch

https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/47bzdc/budget_friendly_secondary_streaming_pc_guide/

 

[Boildown]

I just posted this guide over on /r/twitch

https://www.reddit.com/r/Twitch/comments/47bzdc/budget_friendly_secondary_streaming_pc_guide/

That's seriously bad-ass. I've been annoyed at my streaming PC's P67 motherboard for years. Assuming I jump on this, the question is whether to mess with the dual CPU option or not, at this price I'm not taking much of a hit even if it doesn't work.

Update: I was strongly thinking of going with a Broadwell-E when they come out in a few months for my streaming PC. Well, I just did this instead. I'm going to find out definitively if dual CPUs work with OBS or not, 'cause I now have all the parts on order to make my i7 2600k streaming PC into a dual Xeon E5-2760. He accepted an offer for two at $70 each. Just a killer deal that will remove any need for me to think about how my streaming PC could be better for the foreseeable future. Had to get a motherboard, memory, and HS&Fans, but the rest of it I can re-use.

If Intel had the guts they'd buy these up themselves to get them off the market.

 

[Cezar]

Will AMD FX 6300 be enough for slow/slower CPU preset? Or do I need something better like (?) ? Talking about streaming PC, not gaming + streaming.

 

[alpinlol]

Will AMD FX 6300 be enough for slow/slower CPU preset? Or do I need something better like (?) ? Talking about streaming PC, not gaming + streaming.

by far not
the i5 cant do it and i5 is comparable with the fx8320 when it comes to encoding probably even a tiny bit better (current gen obviously)

(streaming machine only)

 

[atoMica]

Thx for answering!
I contact my PC-Dealer and choose this hardware-parts:

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AMD FX-4300 AM3+ Box (4x3,8Ghz)

GIGABYTE 78LMT-USB3 Socket AM3+ DDR3
4xDDR3 max32GB Radeon HD 3000 USB3.0 micro-ATX

Corsair 16GB 1600Mhz

VGA TV PCX AverMedia Live Gamer HD 985

SanDisk Z400s - Solid-State-Disk - 128 GB

LC-POWER LC420H-12 420W Netzteil 12cm Lüfter retail
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I plan to use the onboard-grafic-card. I hope that works.

BTW: I read a post here about the CPU preset setting.
I stream with a "faster" setting and think it`s a good result and i will keep it.

I`m not realy sure about the CPU.
I think about invest a little bit more money to buy a 6-core-CPU like a FX6300 or so.

And finaly i`m unsure about getting the audio of game, my voice and teamspeak into the streaming-pc.


Greetings, Michael.

 

[Boildown]

You should get an Intel, but if you must use AMD, I wouldn't go with anything less than the 8x50 quad cores (or eight in AMD terms, but really they're quads). I don't expect you'll be able to stream and game at the same time with either CPU you've mentioned unless you severely limit your resolution and framerate. Faster is out of the question too, SuperFast or UltraFast more likely. The only way I see it working is if you play games with hardly any motion, like card games.

 

[atoMica]

I`m a AMD-User.
At this time i use a FX8150 (8x3,6Ghz) to play Fallout and stream with "faster"-CPU-setting.
I reached my limit - this means my CPU get 98% - 100% at high peak.

So the idea simply was to buy a second PC and let him do the streamingwork.
I`m not that great technical-guy or up to date with motherboards and CPU`s -
so i guessed a 4x3,8Ghz-CPU like the FX4300 will be able to work good.

 

[alpinlol]

Thx for answering!
I contact my PC-Dealer and choose this hardware-parts:

---
AMD FX-4300 AM3+ Box (4x3,8Ghz)

GIGABYTE 78LMT-USB3 Socket AM3+ DDR3
4xDDR3 max32GB Radeon HD 3000 USB3.0 micro-ATX

Corsair 16GB 1600Mhz

VGA TV PCX AverMedia Live Gamer HD 985

SanDisk Z400s - Solid-State-Disk - 128 GB

LC-POWER LC420H-12 420W Netzteil 12cm Lüfter retail
---

I plan to use the onboard-grafic-card. I hope that works.

BTW: I read a post here about the CPU preset setting.
I stream with a "faster" setting and think it`s a good result and i will keep it.

I`m not realy sure about the CPU.
I think about invest a little bit more money to buy a 6-core-CPU like a FX6300 or so.

And finaly i`m unsure about getting the audio of game, my voice and teamspeak into the streaming-pc.


Greetings, Michael.

100% you run into problems if you use this hardware as a streaming machine.

it will just die away you are better off streaming on your main machine

I`m a AMD-User.
At this time i use a FX8150 (8x3,6Ghz) to play Fallout and stream with "faster"-CPU-setting.
I reached my limit - this means my CPU get 98% - 100% at high peak.

So the idea simply was to buy a second PC and let him do the streamingwork.
I`m not that great technical-guy or up to date with motherboards and CPU`s -
so i guessed a 4x3,8Ghz-CPU like the FX4300 will be able to work good.

*if this is really your main system*

simply stream 720p30 with veryfast preset and it should work out just fine. (imho) if not post logs etc, maybe you have some settings going the wrong way

 

[atoMica]

I think i cancel the idea of an Streaming-PC and switch to something else.

I contact my pc-dealer and told him to get me a AMD FX-9590.
If it match onto my Motherboard - fine.
If not i get a new board and will use my upgradet Gaming-Pc to play AND stream.

Alpinlol: I`m already at 720p30 and the quality is fine.
I will never change back to "veryfast" because "faster" gives a better picture with less pixles.


Thanks you all for taking time to answere me.
See you.

twitch.tv/atomica73

 

[alpinlol]

fx 9590 is literally a 8320 overclocked to its limits.

the gain of veryfast to faster is withing a 50-100bitrate area its not even worth the cpu usage. except if you are running fast action games but then you would want 60fps anyway