Sooo... Streaming Question.

[Dimmizer]

I'm building a new PC but I'm really trying to figure out... do I save money and get the i5 4690k or the i7 4790k?

ALL I'll be doing is gaming & streaming on twitch. Don't plan on video editing or photo editing or anything that really requires Hyper-Threading.. but couldn't I benefit from HT when I'm streaming/gaming or is HT not used when running a game / xsplit or other broadcast software??

Just lookin for some feed back.

Also.. feed back on

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132415

 

vs

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132125

I see GREAT reviews about that pro gamer board and then the ROG board has some good reviews but also a lot of bad an i'm really eh about buying something if it's just gonna break on me in a month or so an I'll have to RMA it an deal with the hassle.

Any suggestions on all this?

[KieranFretwell]

The i7 will be a lot better for streaming. 

[MrMerkaHolik]

The i7 is the way to go. But if you're short on money the i5 is basically just as good. If you're going to do video editing the i7 is extremely good

[Opeth747]

i7 would be your best bet.

[Atomicnerd64]

I'm building a new PC but I'm really trying to figure out... do I save money and get the i5 4690k or the i7 4790k?

ALL I'll be doing is gaming & streaming on twitch. Don't plan on video editing or photo editing or anything that really requires Hyper-Threading.. but couldn't I benefit from HT when I'm streaming/gaming or is HT not used when running a game / xsplit or other broadcast software??

Just lookin for some feed back.

Also.. feed back on

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132415

 

vs

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132125

I see GREAT reviews about that pro gamer board and then the ROG board has some good reviews but also a lot of bad an i'm really eh about buying something if it's just gonna break on me in a month or so an I'll have to RMA it an deal with the hassle.

Any suggestions on all this?

I say i7 and the H97 board. you might now be able to overclock that much but hey, 8 threads are amazing for streaming (I might be slightly biast because I have a 4770K in my machine happily streaming and playing games without a hitch)

[Sakkura]

The Core i7 is, at most, going to be about 30% faster. People have this notion that it suddenly becomes vastly superior to a Core i5 when you stream, but that's really not the case.

 

Also, if you use GPU acceleration for the streaming, then it adds very little CPU load.

[don_svetlio]

Xeon E3 1231 V3 - price of the 4690K but has Hyper-Threading. Perfect for your needs but it can't OC

[don_svetlio]

I say i7 and the H97 board. you might now be able to overclock that much but hey, 8 threads are amazing for streaming (I might be slightly biast because I have a 4770K in my machine happily streaming and playing games without a hitch)

4790K + H97 = fried board.

K chips go with Z boards

[NeatSquidYT]

4790K + H97 = fried board.

K chips go with Z boards

It won't be a fried board unless you increase voltage, especially if the board has some sort of VRM heatsink

[don_svetlio]

It won't be a fried board unless you increase voltage, especially if the board has some sort of VRM heatsink

Not all have though - mine has a tiny metal heatsink - the size of a sticky note.

[NeatSquidYT]

Not all have though - mine has a tiny metal heatsink - the size of a sticky note.

The implication was that not all boards have it.

[Atomicnerd64]

4790K + H97 = fried board.

K chips go with Z boards

I am running my 4770K on a H81 board and have being doing so reliably and 24/7 for the past 4 months. no frying has occurred yet. and it's actually slightly overclocked so...I think that H97 board will be good enough.