Is streaming CPU or GPU dependent? Or Both?

[Ja55ie]

Helping my friend building a pc and he's wondering where the best place to put his money is.

He mentioned that he would like to stream games at 1080p60 at high settings.

I was suggesting an RX 580/590 with an i5-9600k for his 1080p build. 

 

Would this be more of a strain on the CPU or GPU?

Should he ditch the RX 580/590 and go with something stronger or would this be enough for streaming?

 

How about if he went with the vanilla i5-8400 instead of the i5-9600k, would you still recommend this system for streaming?

 

Thanks! 

 

[Wolly9102]

1 minute ago, Ja55ie said:

Helping my friend building a pc and he's wondering where the best place to put his money is.

He mentioned that he would like to stream games at 1080p60 at high settings.

I was suggesting an RX 580/590 with an i5-9600k for his 1080p build. 

 

Would this be more of a strain on the CPU or GPU?

Should he ditch the RX 580/590 and go with something stronger or would this be enough for streaming?

 

How about if he went with the vanilla i5-8400 instead of the i5-9600k, would you still recommend this system for streaming?

 

Thanks! 

 

Streaming is CPU dependent. I would rather go for an I7 or Ryzen 5 for (better) streamingresults

[Bubbles_TPB]

I would go with the I5 science its still strong with 6C/6T and 4GHz then i would use the money for a 2060 if its beefer.

[sergeantsilent]

If you use the GPU to encode rather than the GPU he likely won't see any performance hit regardless. The RX 580 is more than capable for OBS encoding.

[Peskanova]

If you take a 8400 I would recommend a nvidia card for nvenc encoding 

[lmeneses]

Streaming is dominantly cpu dependent, so I would recommend the 9600k rather than a beefier gpu. With that said, the ryzen 2700 is only $230, which is cheaper than the 9600k, but offers better streaming capabilities. However, it does produce lesser gaming performance than the 9600k, but, if he is going to stream a lot, the 2700 should be looked at

[GoldenLag]

dont buy the 8400. get either Ryzen 2600 or 2700 if he wants to CPU encode. 

 

 

you can either CPU encode or GPU encode. GPU encoding is slightly worse visually, but you dont need a good CPU. CPU encoding is slightly better visually but you need a better CPU. 

 

any old modern graphics card can do GPU encoding.