best cpu for streaming/gaming/editing?

[FEAR_malik]

Budget (including currency):500-750 AUD

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any good suggestions? im currently thinking of a ryzen 7 3700x but im also gonna wait for the 5000 series !?!?!?

[SavageNeo]

21 minutes ago, FEAR_malik said:

Budget (including currency):500-750 AUD

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Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: 

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): 

any good suggestions? im currently thinking of a ryzen 7 3700x but im also gonna wait for the 5000 series !?!?!?

wait a month or two and get ryzen 7 4700x . 3700x is decent for streamign but i would get ryzen 7 4700x instead. they will hit the shops in a month or two

[mockedarche]

If you're willing to wait then i'd suggest the r7 4700 (or x if you aren't into OC). That being said I have a r7 1700 and its only at 3.7ghz and it streams no issue at all. That's with cpu encoding as well so if you get/got a 20xx or 30xx card and use hardware encoding I can't imagine even a r5 1600 (aka 6 core) would have an issue. The main reason streaming is hard is when the cpu has to encode so when that's mostly or completely removed most cpus can stream. Linus was using a i5 4 core with a 2080ti in his VR(and streaming) rig for a long time because of that reason.