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CPU cache and cores

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More than what? Doing more things will always need more resources. What's your current cpu? 

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Hi there. Do i need more cache size for gaming and streaming? Is it worth it? And do i need more cores for comfortable streaming?

intel and AMD sizes the cache for every CPU to be enough buffer for the CPU..so a stronger CPU with more cores will have more cache...gaming won't use the full CPU in most cases so the cache buffer is never overloaded anyway.

It depends what you mean by ''comfortable streaming'' it depends what software you use and quality of stream your output but if you're any serious about your streaming and want to stream modern games at 1080P i'd suggest a core i7 haswell.

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Linus recently did a video showing the impact of cores on gaming/streaming. And as all the CPUs in the video had varying cache sizes from 6MB (L3) to 20MB (L3) it'd be worth a watch.

 

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