CPU Suggestions

[Redliquid]

Greetings LTT!
I'm trying to decide between a Ryzen 5 3600X or saving up for a Ryzen 7 3700X.
3700X has 2 more cores, 4 more threads and a lower base clock but they both boost to the same 4.4 GHz.

I plan to stream together with a 2070 Super and use the gpu for encoding,
I mainly play fps games but i like to listen to music and would like to keep some firefox tabs/windows open at the same time, and ofc have OBS running...

I'm not sure if i would use all the 8 cores if i get a 3700X so would a 3600X be enough?
I do plan to slap on a better cooler for it at a later time to make it quieter and hopefully be able to have a more stable boost clock.

Thanks in forehand!

[ddennis002]

1 minute ago, Redliquid said:

Greetings LTT!
I'm trying to decide between a Ryzen 5 3600X or saving up for a Ryzen 7 3700X.
3700X has 2 more cores, 4 more threads and a lower base clock but they both boost to the same 4.4 GHz.

I plan to stream together with a 2070 Super and use the gpu for encoding,
I mainly play fps games but i like to listen to music and would like to keep some firefox tabs/windows open at the same time, and ofc have OBS running...

I'm not sure if i would use all the 8 cores if i get a 3700X so would a 3600X be enough?
I do plan to slap on a better cooler for it at a later time to make it quieter and hopefully be able to have a more stable boost clock.

Thanks in forehand!

I would go with the 3700x and encode on the cpu vs the GPU, you are going to take a FPS hit by encoding on the GPU and playing FPS games frames are key.

[Redliquid]

1 minute ago, ddennis002 said:

I would go with the 3700x and encode on the cpu vs the GPU, you are going to take a FPS hit by encoding on the GPU and playing FPS games frames are key.

I've heard it's incredibly ineficient to do this as the new gpu encoding tech nvidia has in their new cards is really good.
Do you have some more information about this?