Cpu only for streaming

[rikkert12345]

A friend off my is build a stream pc (so it will only be used for streaming he's main pc will handle the gaming part for the best stream quality).

so the best CPU he can go for is the FX 8350 right ?? because off it 8 cores.

he does not have that much money to spend so will a FX 6300 be enough for a good steam?

[Pugs501]

What is the rest of his specs?

[arronleeds]

A friend off my is build a stream pc (so it will only be used for streaming he's main pc will handle the gaming part for the best stream quality).

so the best CPU he can go for is the FX 8350 right ?? because off it 8 cores.

he does not have that much money to spend so will a FX 6300 be enough for a good steam?

the fx 6300 is crap for streaming, i had one and even at 720p it would drop frames.

 

that said i was streaming from the same pc but an 8350 on just a streaming pc would be a better  choice.

[Sam Z Man]

A E3-1231 V3 is a great streaming cpu if he already has a 1150 board and wants to stream off his gaming PC.

[Darkman]

A E3-1231 V3 is a great streaming cpu if he already has a 1150 board and wants to stream off his gaming PC.

My 1230 is great, but my internet is too bad to do more than 480p, even then at the end of a hour and a half stream 100-1,000 frames have been lost.

 

If he has a new enough nvidia gpu, they have built in encoders and you only loose about 1-3FPS in games. But I'm going to assume he doesn't have a 900 series gpu and I think 700 series have it to, I don't remember.

[Nena Trinity]

FX-8370 may work fine also what motherboard? Oh GOD WE CANT STRESS THAT TO LITTLE HAVE A GOOD MOTHERBOARD!

 

My motherboard is MSI 970 Gaming and its great for a FX-8350/70 and has some room for a small OC!

[Sam Z Man]

FX-8370 may work fine also what motherboard? Oh GOD WE CANT STRESS THAT TO LITTLE HAVE A GOOD MOTHERBOARD!

 

My motherboard is MSI 970 Gaming and its great for a FX-8350/70 and has some room for a small OC!

 

why the hell would he need a 8 core streambox?

[rikkert12345]

the cpu is only for streaming so that he's main pc is not impacted by the stream at all so the best cpu only for streaming.

[rikkert12345]

if u look on youtube for streaming pc a lot of streamers are using 2 pc and all have a I7 in there build so i was wondering is it not better and cheaper to go with a fx 8350 or fx 6300 only for streaming 

[DEDRICK]

You can't really get any better quality than x264 @ Medium CPU Preset, which a 4790K can do while gaming on the same PC.  The only reason to get a 2nd computer is so you don't lose any FPS, quality will always look like balls on Twitch until they support more than 3500Kbps or H265 becomes widely available

[Nena Trinity]

why the hell would he need a 8 core streambox?

Someone else here tried with 6...

[Prysin]

why the hell would he need a 8 core streambox?

FX 8320e + any 970 board will work without downclocking... this way, good performance, and CHEAP... it will cost you around i3 price to set up but be better at streaming though...

 

For streaming you need to decode signal from the capture card, then encode it back when sending it out to whatever site you are streaming to.... More cores = better frame consistency

 

 

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PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD FX-8320E 3.2GHz 8-Core Processor  ($128.98 @ NCIX US)

CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler  ($25.98 @ OutletPC)

Motherboard: MSI 970A-G43 ATX AM3+ Motherboard  ($56.98 @ Newegg)

Memory: A-Data XPG V1.0 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory  ($42.99 @ Newegg)

Video Card: MSI GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card  ($89.99 @ Newegg)

Total: $344.92

Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available

Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-07-27 18:32 EDT-0400

 

This would work great. The 8320e is specifially designed ot be used with lower end 970 boards, so unlike its bigger 125w brothers, it wont throttle due to lack of power. According to AMD that is.