Question Ryzen 5 2600x and rtx 2070 or ryzen 7 2700x and rtx 2060 for gaming and streaming at about 2k and 144 fps?

[Krypton112]

I am building a new system and want to figure out what will be better for gaming at 2k and 144 fps as well as some streaming. My options are ryzen 5 2600x with rtx 2070 or ryzen 7 2700x with rtx 2060. Here is my build https://pcpartpicker.com/list/VQThzY
Thanks in advance.

 

[TechyInAZ]

Depends on how you want to stream:

If you want to stream with x264, go with the 2700X + RTX 2060 option.

If you want to stream with NVENC, go with the 2600X + 2070 option (I recommend this).

 

[Krypton112]

Depends on how you want to stream:

If you want to stream with x264, go with the 2700X + RTX 2060 option.

If you want to stream with NVENC, go with the 2600X + 2070 option (I recommend this).

What's x264 and NVECE?
(This is my first system.)

 

[TechyInAZ]

I'm assuming you mean Game Streaming to Twitch right?

If so, you really need to look up what those two codecs are.

Simply put:

x264 uses the CPU to compress your games frames and send them to your stream.
NVENC uses your GPU instead.

I recommend you start with NVENC, it has far less of a performance impact vs x264 and looks basically just as good.