Question / Help Which CPU for capture rig?

[zicoz]

Hi, I am considering building a capture rig and I am wondering what CPU I should get. My current gaming rig has a i5-3470, can that CPU handle 1080p streaming? (If it does I could move it over to capture rig and buy new stuff for my gaming rig instead).

http://ark.intel.com/products/68316/Int ... o-3_60-GHz

 

[dodgepong]

I'm pretty sure it should be able to handle 1080p30 at veryfast, others can comment to confirm or unconfirm.

 

[alpinlol]

yes the ivy bridge i5 is capable of 1080@30 should do a good job as a streaming rig but actually should also be able to handle gaming and streaming at once.

the real questions is what game you are trying to stream at 1080p

 

[zicoz]

Thank you for the answers, does "veryfast" mean low or high quality?

It'll be a wide variety of games from old school RGPs to modern RTS and FPS. (SC2 and BF3/4 etc).

The reason why I want a dedicated rig is so that I can easily move it from the "office" to the living room if I want to stream some console games.

 

[FerretBomb]

I'd still stick with an i7 myself... I'd expect an i5 to struggle a bit with 1080@30, even without the load of gaming at the same time. The i5 is definitely up to the task of gaming alone, though, and should be able to manage a 720@30 stream on Veryfast at the same time.
If I were in your shoes, I'd keep the i5 as a gaming machine, and splash out on a new high-end CPU for the streaming rig instead. It's what I'm planning to do when I build my dedicated stream-box.

Veryfast is the default quality; the slower, the higher quality output. An i7 will struggle pretty heavily at Medium (and sometimes at Fast) on 1080@30.

 

[alpinlol]

my honest opinion ... 720p@60 is way better than 1080p@30 especially for high motion games and usually a 3k bitrate is enough for both but thats just my opinion

its a nice idea if you have to move the rig a lot but me myself and i prefer a single machine for the simple usage :P

 

[zicoz]

I might be able to get a good price on a i7-4770K (20% off), that should do the job without problems right?

 

[dodgepong]

The i7-4770k is a great processor and will do very well with encoding.

 

[alpinlol]

whereever you live ... if you live in the states http://www.microcenter.com/single_produ ... sku=583369 probably wont get it cheaper anywhere

 

[zicoz]

Thanks, unfortunately I'm in Norway where there is 25% vat on "everything", but the price on the deal I have is about the same as that one + vat.