Looking to upgrade for better gaming/streaming experience

[mikesteedle]

I'm looking into getting a better cpu for my build, such as an i7 or a better i5, but I don't know which one would be best for my pc. I want to be able to stream the games I play without any issues. From my research, I found that I will most likely need to upgrade my power supply and motherboard as well. I would like to keep the budget around $400-$500. I appreciate all the help.

Current PC
i5-4690K
CM Hyper 212 EVO CPU Cooler
ASRock LGA1150 Motherboard
GTX 1080
Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz RAM
Seagate 1TB Hard Drive
EVGA 500W Power Supply
Windows 10

 

[XxDarkMarioxX]

to upgrade to Intel 7 you also need DDR4 Ram. But I Will Get i5 Intel Again but more better and another Corsair Vengeance 8GB 1600Mhz RAM. But your i5 now should work because you can get 3.5-3.9 and thats enough to stream games. So only thinking you should upgrade the ram to 16GB

 

[King_V]

Yeah, if you want to play and stream, more threads are the way to go - I suppose you could get a Haswell era i7 cpu, so the hyperthreading would help.

Beyond that, going to a 6-core Intel or to a Ryzen, you're looking at new MB, new DDR4 RAM, possibly a PSU.