Is i5 enough for gaming and recording gameplays?

[Thor159]

For playing games and recording gameplays like (GTA V, Assassin’s Creed, Witcher 3, Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, fallout 4, crysis 3, Battlefield 4, CS: GO) is i5 along with a good GPU is enough or I will have to go for i7.

 

[Thor159]

Is EVGA GTX 1050 Ti a perfect choice?

Hey Thor, depending on your budget, I would recommend the following:

1060 = 480 > 470 > 1050ti > 1050 > 460.

The sweetspots (for me in Canada) are 1060, 470, 1050. The other's prices aren't competitive enough for me to want to purchase them. This is based on prices in my country.

If I choose AMD GPUs like RX 480 or 470. Will I be able to record previous 1 or 2 minutes gameplays with AMD Raptr or ReLive like in shadowplay shadow time?

 

[Chiefcheefy]

I come to these forms to help people as well....It really get on my nerves when people say get the 1080....You do not need a 1080 to game nor any i7...Not everyone is born into money and have to work for it! I appreciate the people that beak down what to get on a budget instead of just saying i7 or 1080....because they are not needed. If you can afford them and it won't make you broke, then yes get the best stuff. If you are saying this just cause your mommy and daddy buy you everything...then get the (#$%#@) off these forms or actually help people!!!!

 

[InvalidError]

I appreciate the people that beak down what to get on a budget instead of just saying i7 or 1080....because they are not needed.

What is or isn't needed depends on what you want to achieve. The requirements for someone who is going to be happy with CS:GO at 50+fps 800p medium detail aren't the same as BF1 or Crysis 3 on a 240Hz 1080p display for someone who wants 150+fps Ultra while live-streaming to Twitch/Youtube at 60fps.

If you want to record using software-based video capture and encoding (the title doesn't specify how OP wants to record) without significantly reducing game performance, even an i7-7700k may not be enough and AMD's R5-1600 or R7-1700 may be better choices.