[SOLVED] Is Xeon X5680 good enough for streaming?

[Insane Potatoz]

Title pretty much explains for itself. Would pair with 12-16gb ram. Games to be streamed would be easy to run like Minecraft.

 

[julienruc]

I'm not sure what's happening here. Are you planing on building a second streaming PC?

 

[Insane Potatoz]

I'm not sure what's happening here. Are you planing on building a second streaming PC?

Oh sorry for the confusion.
Someone wants me to build them a PC for gaming and streaming at the the same time.
They said the games they play and want to stream are games like Minecraft, roblox, Gmod, all not very demanding games.
Their budget is very limited, so I’m trying to find them a prebuilt and then I’m gonna throw in a graphics card like a 750 TI or 1050 or RX 460 etc.
I came across a prebuilt that has a Xeon x5680 and I know that hasn’t 6 cores and 12 threads so I’m wondering if it would be powerful enough to game and livestream at the same time.

I know it probably isn’t but I wanted to make sure.

Did that clear things up? Thanks for telling me it was confusing

 

[SamirD]

While the x5680 has a lot of cores, it doesn't have very good single thread performance by modern standards, and even an older i5-680 is faster in a single thread and a 3770k is much quicker, and it's old too:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Xeon-X5680-vs-Intel-i5-680-vs-Intel-i7-3770K/1312vs771vs2

 

[Insane Potatoz]

While the x5680 has a lot of cores, it doesn't have very good single thread performance by modern standards, and even an older i5-680 is faster in a single thread and a 3770k is much quicker, and it's old too:
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-Xeon-X5680-vs-Intel-i5-680-vs-Intel-i7-3770K/1312vs771vs2

So you’re saying it won’t work.
That’s pretty much what I thought.

Sorry, but do you have any recommendations for a good budget streaming CPU?
I was looking at 4770 prebuilts, but they’re expensive.

 

[SamirD]

So you’re saying it won’t work.
That’s pretty much what I thought.

Sorry, but do you have any recommendations for a good budget streaming CPU?
I was looking at 4770 prebuilts, but they’re expensive.

Yeah, that's the problem essentially--you need modern hardware to do what you want.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Yeah, that's the problem essentially--you need modern hardware to do what you want.

Dang. Even an i7-4770 won’t work?
What’s the minimum modern spec you’d say could stream?

 

[SamirD]

Dang. Even an i7-4770 won’t work?
What’s the minimum modern spec you’d say could stream?

Not saying that wouldn't work, but streaming is a modern task and needs modern hardware.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Not saying that wouldn't work, but streaming is a modern task and needs modern hardware.

Alright. I know the minimum is a 3rd gen i5 or something.
I’ll tell him he needs to raise his budget.
Thanks for your help.

 

[julienruc]

Do you know what the budget is?

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Do you know what the budget is?

He said he can go up to $500 now.
Gonna build him something with a Ryzen 6 core and maybe a few used parts.

Basically got it figured out.

 

[julienruc]

He said he can go up to $500 now.
Gonna build him something with a Ryzen 6 core and maybe a few used parts.

Basically got it figured out.

Well, for what it's worth, here's what I would build:
PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($64.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($20.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 8 GB GAMING Video Card ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12III 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ B&H)
Total: $394.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-04 00:12 EDT-0400

That leaves enough money for the CPU, which I would recommend the Ryzen 5 1600 AF. Goes for about 90$ on Amazon.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Well, for what it's worth, here's what I would build:
PCPartPicker Part List

Motherboard: ASRock B450M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: ADATA XPG Z1 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($64.98 @ Amazon)
Storage: Western Digital Blue 250 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($20.92 @ Amazon)
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 8 GB GAMING Video Card ($129.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Versa H17 MicroATX Mini Tower Case ($44.99 @ Best Buy)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12III 500 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($64.99 @ B&H)
Total: $394.85
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-05-04 00:12 EDT-0400

That leaves enough money for the CPU, which I would recommend the Ryzen 5 1600 AF. Goes for about 90$ on Amazon.

I know about the 1600 AF... it's in my build. Also it's on PCPP you know. https://pcpartpicker.com/product/8HqBD3/amd-ryzen-5-1600-12nm-32-ghz-6-core-processor-yd1600bbafbox

Also, he needs more storage and personally I think the 8gb RX 570 isn't worth it... it is really cheap because of that promo though...

 

[julienruc]

Also, a little side note. Give streaming a try in private mode with your current rig and you'll have a pretty good idea of where you stand.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Also, a little side note. Give streaming a try in private mode with your current rig and you'll have a pretty good idea of where you stand.

What do you mean where I stand?

 

[julienruc]

What do you mean where I stand?

Sorry, I confused this with another thread. You don't actually have that XEON processor on-hand. My bad.

 

[Insane Potatoz]

Sorry, I confused this with another thread. You don't actually have that XEON processor on-hand. My bad.

Yeah