Any ideas?

[Luke55]

Hi all, I'm looking to upgrade my CPU on my current motherboard, could you tell me whats the best one to go for from the list below please? I'm wanting to stream light games for youtube/twitch

 

Thanks

 

https://msi.com/Motherboard/support/FM2-A55M-E33.html#support-cpu

[Guest]

whats ur budget? and are you planning on gettin a new cooler, or what do you have right now?

[Luke55]

Didn't really set a budget, but maybe 150. I am looking to purchase a aftermarket cooler but I am on a stock one at the moment.

[Streetguru]

4 minutes ago, Luke55 said:

Didn't really set a budget, but maybe 150. I am looking to purchase a aftermarket cooler but I am on a stock one at the moment.

150 isn't really enough for a major upgrade to do streaming, cheapest thing you could get for near $200 is an 8300 + ASrock 970A/3.1 + Hyper 212 and OC it, and even then you'd only be able to stream like esports games

 

I stream dota with that combo just fine at 720p, I can do 1080p ish if I OC it to 4.5ghz, but I don't really want to run it that hard