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What i7 to buy?!

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Hey.

 

I’m looking to buy an i7 CPU, because my current one, (the i5 6500) can’t handle streaming. But i don’t know which i7 that’ll suit me best. I currently stream at 720p 60fps, but i want to do 1080p 60 fps. I don’t do any video editing or anything. Just Streaming and Gaming. 

 

- Any help is appreciated

 

My PC 

CPU - i5 6500 (got a good "Cooler Master" cooler for it)

GPU - GTX 1060 6gb MSI

RAM - HyperX 16gb DDR4

Motherboard - MSI Z170A GAMING M3 MOTHERBOARD 

Windows 10

 

Thanks in advance!

 

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Try and find a used 6700K or 7700K (requires BIOS update) on Ebay. 

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1 minute ago, LinusTechTipsFanFromDarlo said:

Try and find a used 6700K or 7700K (requires BIOS update) on Ebay. 

Ok. Thanks. ill check it out. ?

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Try NVENC with your 1060, if it works for you then the CPU won't be necessary. Since you have an overclocking motherboard a K-SKU i7 is also a great upgrade if you need it.

I WILL find your ITX build thread, and I WILL recommend the SIlverstone Sugo SG13B

 

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6 minutes ago, C-A-S-P-E-R said:

Hey.

 

I’m looking to buy an i7 CPU, because my current one, (the i5 6500) can’t handle streaming. But i don’t know which i7 that’ll suit me best. I currently stream at 720p 60fps, but i want to do 1080p 60 fps. I don’t do any video editing or anything. Just Streaming and Gaming. 

 

- Any help is appreciated

 

My PC 

CPU - i5 6500 (got a good "Cooler Master" cooler for it)

GPU - GTX 1060 6gb MSI

RAM - HyperX 16gb DDR4

Motherboard - MSI Z170A GAMING M3 MOTHERBOARD 

Windows 10

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Used 6700K or 7700K ( with a bios update of course) You should be good with that, I would suggest getting a water cooler if you wanting to overclock. 

CPU: Intel Core i9 9900K | Ram: 16GB Corsair LPX 3000 DDR4 | Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390 | GPU: EVGA RTX2080 XC | 960 EVO Samsung 500GB M.2 | 850 EVO Samsung 250GB M.2 | Samsung 1TB QVO SSD | 1TB HDD WD Blue 

Laptop: Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 9370 | I7 1065G7 | 32GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD |

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1 minute ago, Killstreak said:

Used 6700K or 7700K ( with a bios update of course) You should be good with that, I would suggest getting a water cooler if you wanting to overclock. 

Thanks man! probably not going to overclock anything tho. 

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Just now, C-A-S-P-E-R said:

Thanks man! probably not going to overclock anything tho. 

Alright, Your welcome :)

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Laptop: Dell XPS 13 2 in 1 9370 | I7 1065G7 | 32GB DDR4 | 1TB SSD |

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2 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

Try NVENC with your 1060, if it works for you then the CPU won't be necessary. Since you have an overclocking motherboard a K-SKU i7 is also a great upgrade if you need it.

I am on NVENC on OBS settings. But ever since i got a new 1080p webcam. it has suffered. 

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