CPU for a specific streaming task

[TuLuSyA]

Hello folks.

We are running a kids internet-tv studio, basically a livestream.

We have several PC, but one of them is the main streaming machine...it does only 2 tasks:

1) Runs Wirecast to join all the web cameras into a single autoswtiching playlist

2) Runs xSplit to stream it all to the webs

 

This machine doen't have a GPU, only software encoding

Currently we have an intel 6700k there...and we are planning to upgrade.

 

So, the question is...fot a PC that does streaming only (no games) should we stick to a more Mhz CPU, like 7700k or try the new more cores Ryzen 1800x?

And, also, will we benefit from using a dedicated GPU? like 1070 or so?

 

Thank you in advance

[manikyath]

get a ryzen 1700 in there, and maybe something like an RX460 as a GPU, but even that is probably overkill.

 

that said, depending on the specific encoding job, a 4790k is still a pretty capable encoding workhorse.

[Arcanekitten]

I would keep it at software encoding with a CPU and more cores would benefit this task more than a 7700K.

For GPU it doens't really matter what you get as it has no impact.

[TuLuSyA]

I'm so sorry... i messed up the current CPU - it is 6700k

The 4790 is in another machine

[Bananasplit_00]

R7 1700 is probably what to go for, but i cant say that from my experience i have had any problems outside of internet speeds when streameing on my I5 4690K