Please Help :(

[Kzoo 2Raw]

Is it worth upgrading my cpu from a ryzen 5 3600 to either a 5600x or 3700x and if so which would suit my RTX 3060 (NOT TI) for the best performance possible for gaming on call of duty games and streaming via twitch

[RONOTHAN##]

Probably not worth it. Unless you really need those other 2 cores (probably not if you're using NVENC) or if you are noticing a CPU bottleneck where the GPU doesn't go above 80% usage (probably not with a 3060), just stick with the 3600 and save for the next upgrade

[Mister Woof]

Depends how bored you are and if you just really want to spend money

[Kzoo 2Raw]

4 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Probably not worth it. Unless you really need those other 2 cores (probably not if you're using NVENC) or if you are noticing a CPU bottleneck where the GPU doesn't go above 80% usage (probably not with a 3060), just stick with the 3600 and save for the next upgrade

 

4 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Probably not worth it. Unless you really need those other 2 cores (probably not if you're using NVENC) or if you are noticing a CPU bottleneck where the GPU doesn't go above 80% usage (probably not with a 3060), just stick with the 3600 and save for the next upgrade

appreciate the response, helped out so much.. ill just stick with what I got if its not going to at least give me a 40-50% performance boost 

 

6 minutes ago, RONOTHAN## said:

Probably not worth it. Unless you really need those other 2 cores (probably not if you're using NVENC) or if you are noticing a CPU bottleneck where the GPU doesn't go above 80% usage (probably not with a 3060), just stick with the 3600 and save for the next upgrade

so you recommend streaming from NVENC instead (use obs normally) and sticking with what i got? I would love at least a 40% performance boost but if thats not possible, not worth wasting my money.. btw appreciate the response, so helpful! thank you 

[RONOTHAN##]

15 minutes ago, Kzoo 2Raw said:

 

appreciate the response, helped out so much.. ill just stick with what I got if its not going to at least give me a 40-50% performance boost 

 

so you recommend streaming from NVENC instead (use obs normally) and sticking with what i got? I would love at least a 40% performance boost but if thats not possible, not worth wasting my money.. btw appreciate the response, so helpful! thank you 

NVENC is just an encoder than OBS can use. It basically just redirects the encoding to the GPU with a very low encoder overhead. If you swapped over to a 3700x and did CPU encoding, you might see a 2-3% increase, but that's at best and I would not spend somewhere around $100 on an upgrade for 2-3% increases in performance only while streaming.