CPU for streaming and gaming

[tevans2057]

Good afternoon! I hope you have the time to answer a quick question for me. I have tried using the forums but not had much luck. I am working on upgrading my rig, and I plan to stream and game at the same time on the same rig. I currently use a 4790k and a 1080ti. I bottleneck while streaming most games at 720x30 FPS ( i play everything at 2k and maxed out ). I am trying to decide between the 7700K and the 6850K (but am open to suggestions). I am worried the 7700k wont provide much increase over my current CPU and the 6850K is a bit pricey and would demand an even more expensive board on top of it. Any advice would be welcome. Thank you for your time and have a great day!

 

[rolli59]

Ryzen or LGA 2011 are the only options. 7700K would suffer the same fate as the 4790K

 

[tevans2057]

Ryzen or LGA 2011 are the only options. 7700K would suffer the same fate as the 4790K

Thanks for answering. Do you think then that the 6850k is a good choice for that socket? i have built my own rigs all my life but this is somewhat uncharted territory for me. I am unfamiliar with the boards chipsets and benefits. I also see that the single core performance suffers somewhat , would it be enough to hinder the gaming side of my rig?

Thanks again!

 

[Xttony]

Your current setup should not create a bottleneck atleast from theCPU part. What ram and storage do you have?

 

[tevans2057]

Your current setup should not create a bottleneck atleast from theCPU part. What ram and storage do you have?

cpu is maxing out at 99/100% quite quickly when i stream and game for most things. i have done benchmarks and its running fine and cool. 16gb ram ddr3 @ 2400HZ and i have a 500gb SSD for gaming and 2TB HDD For storage

 

[Xttony]

In that case here is what you can do
1. Get a 7700k. It is king when it comes to games. But a minor upgrade over your current setup. Also will give similar type of results.
2. Get a Ryzen 7/Intel 2011. They are much capable in Raw CPU power but give lower frame rates in games. But as your processor is getting maxed out this may be a better option for you.

I never tried gaming+streaming at the same time but, it maxing out the cpu is a bit odd to me.

 

[tevans2057]

In that case here is what you can do
1. Get a 7700k. It is king when it comes to games. But a minor upgrade over your current setup. Also will give similar type of results.
2. Get a Ryzen 7/Intel 2011. They are much capable in Raw CPU power but give lower frame rates in games. But as your processor is getting maxed out this may be a better option for you.

I never tried gaming+streaming at the same time but, it maxing out the cpu is a bit odd to me.

Yeah, i have read as much as i can and it seems most people have a similar issue, and then get forced in to using NVEC to push encoding to the GPU, but that lowers quality.

maybe i should try messing with bios and running an XMP profile? but i dont have much experience with all of that either.

 

[Xttony]

XMP will only show slight performance gain and that is if your memory is not already configured.

Can you confirm which process is loading the CPU? And the process is related to which program.

If it is the streaming program going with Ryzen or Intel 2011 will be a better choice

 

[tevans2057]

XMP will only show slight performance gain and that is if your memory is not already configured.

Can you confirm which process is loading the CPU? And the process is related to which program.

If it is the streaming program going with Ryzen or Intel 2011 will be a better choice

The streaming software does eat into my CPU enough to cap it when gaming. W/o streaming only a few games push my cpu to the limit. OBS(streaming software) will gobble up anywhere between 20 and 30 % of my CPU even at minimal settings for quality. I just want to make sure i wont lose any tangible gaming abilities by going for the 2011 or Ryzen over my current set up

 

[rolli59]

Increasing the thread capability will help at the expense of slight gaming deficit which pretty much gets reduced or disappears at res higher than 1080P. Here some examples http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/amd_ryzen_7_1800x_processor_review,16.html