Which CPU for single PC streaming?

[captnhashbrowns]

Hey everyone! I need some help. I have a friend who has a Ryzen set up and is looking to get a new CPU. I just recently got the Ryzen 5 2600 and I LOVE it. Especially for the price. Now, my friend wants to get either the Ryzen 5 2600X or the Ryzen 7 2700X. With a price difference of around $100, I was wondering if he would be able to stream games that are extremely demanding on the CPU like The Division 2. Would he be able to do that with the 6 core 2600X? Or would he need to go up to the 2700X? He has a B350 MB, GTX 1060 6gb, and ADATA 16 gb 3200 memory. Any thing will help! Thanks! 

[Fasauceome]

what's the quality target of the stream? If he's aiming for the best stream possible, the 2700x is a no brainer (or 2700 if you don't mind an OC). Although,

9 minutes ago, captnhashbrowns said:

He has a B350 MB

which one?

[MeatFeastMan]

He doesn't NEED to go up to the 8 core ryzen cpu's, but it would be helpful. AMD geared the ryzen 7 chips towards people who are doing heavy stuff like streaming. You can still stream with the 2600, but you have to keep the x264 settings to a reasonable level. With the 2700 you can push it a bit further, I'd imagine you could do a fast preset with the 8 core chips on the division 2, whereas the 2600 might struggle with that and only do the less demanding presets.

 

I'd pay more for the 2700. But make sure you take a look at the b350 board he has, because the vrm's might not be up to the task for the 8 core chips. Look at reviews for that board to make sure it can handle it. If it can't, then just get the 2600/x instead.

[Brent744]

I have the Ryzen 5 2600. I have not streamed but I have recorded my gameplay while playing Squad and Post Scriptum, both which are extremely cpu intensive titles. I did not experience any lag or dip in frames during my recording, and That was when I had a B350 board. I have since upgraded to an x470. Personally I think the Ryzen 5's are more than capable of handling streaming as well.

[Guest]

Well it depends… simple said, more cores equals more user satisfaction when multitasking. When i see a lot of naked girls streaming with a i5 5th or 6th generation i would say the ryzen 5 2600x is truly good enough, what really comes at play here is the gpu… If you can identify the values that eat systemresources ( high antialiasing for example ) but don't add many improvements to the graphic resolution you would be fine with a 1060 6 gb but if you want to go way up in yuor values your friend will benefit more from a higher tiered gpu then a higher tier cpu

 

[mariushm]

You need a cpu with lots of cores if you're going to actually use the processor along with a software encoder (like x264) to compress the captures video and stream it to some service (Twitch, Youtube etc)

If you use your video card's hardware encoder (nVidia's nvEnc, Intel Quicksync, AMD AMF) then the cpu will barely be used, mostly for encoding the audio part of your stream.

 

So either hardware encoder with slightly less visual quality and maybe higher bitrate to counteract the quality loss, or you use cpu cores to encode the video using software in which case you need strong cpu (recommended 6 cores or more, like 2600x or 2700 or something like that from AMD)

[captnhashbrowns]

4 hours ago, fasauceome said:

what's the quality target of the stream? If he's aiming for the best stream possible, the 2700x is a no brainer (or 2700 if you don't mind an OC). Although,

which one?

He has the B350M Bazooka. I think I read that the VRM isn’t good enough on that board, to run the 2700x. Is that correct? 

[Fasauceome]

8 minutes ago, captnhashbrowns said:

He has the B350M Bazooka. I think I read that the VRM isn’t good enough on that board, to run the 2700x. Is that correct? 

it's a weaker vrm so I'd pick the 2700x over a 2700 and an OC in that case. (and some voltage tuning to boot, reduce load as much as possible)

[captnhashbrowns]

50 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

it's a weaker vrm so I'd pick the 2700x over a 2700 and an OC in that case. (and some voltage tuning to boot, reduce load as much as possible)

Yeah, he doesn’t know anything aboutover clocking, and I don’t live close enough to him to help confidently. 

[Mick Naughty]

Depends on the quality of stream desired and the games played. Assuming it has a good card and gets good frames. As in not a 60 FPS gamer.