Streaming on budget cpus

[Some Tall Lad]

I'm planing of building my first pc and i'm on a budget. I want to know if you can stream on the new Pentium G4600.

[VirusStorm]

Well, you can stream on it, but it might not be ideal depending on what you will be streaming 

[Some Tall Lad]

Could it replace a console with the right gpu?

 

[minibois]

You maybe can, but don't want to. For streaming you want 4 threads at the very least, but rather would have 8 threads.

You could look into getting a Dell business/school PC. They sometimes have i7's in them and are listed pretty cheap. Keep in mind they don't always use standard stuff. Otherwise you should look into the Xeon E3-1231. Those run on LGA 1150 motherboards.

Or take a look at Linus' 8 cores gaming machine for cheap video.

[minibois]

Just now, Some Tall Lad said:

Could it replace a console with the right gpu?

 

As in play games better than a PS4/Xbox One? Yeah for sure, with a GTX 950 or better it can play games much better.

[MysteryMii]

Since you are using an Intel CPU, try enabling Quick Sync. It enables the intergraded GPU to encode the stream.  In fact, they (LinusTechTips) made a video about it 2 and a half years ago.

[Mr.Meerkat]

May I suggest something like a FX6300? It's cheap, has 6 cores/threads, less hassle than a used xeon ect. ect.  

[Some Tall Lad]

thanks for the help guys 

[minibois]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

May I suggest something like a FX6300? It's cheap, has 6 cores/threads, less hassle than a used xeon ect. ect.  

Not sure where OP is from (although I will guess the UK because of the name), but if he was from the US, Microcenter sometimes has bundle deals on FX 8320's with 970 motherboards.