Need Help!

[Steve94]

Hey guys! i'm the happy owner of an i5 4690k, my first system ever built actually. i'm getting into streaming at the moment and i find myself really left behind with some fps on my stream, i cannot sustain a full 60 fps in overwatch(on the twitch stream), the game runs perfectly fine 90+ fps actually (GTX 970) but the stream is dipping and loosing frames and i hate that. 

The question is, should i buy a used 4790k, overclock it and hallelujah it will be better. Or should i just start saving up some money and go for that shiny new ryzen or wait until the 8th generation of i7's come out and change mobo, ram and cpu?? 

Please help me, i have no budget for a new system right now and i was wondering if i can cut some corners using that 4790k that i could get fairly cheap from a trusted source. any ideas?

[LienusLateTips]

4790K should be fine, if you have money to SPLURGE go for R7 1700.

[Teddy07]

I have a 4790k (not oc yet because not needed) and it actually only goes over 50% in cpu intensive games like city skylines. I believe I have never seen it over 60% cpu use in games (1080p)

[Steve94]

2 minutes ago, JDE said:

4790K should be fine, if you have money to SPLURGE go for R7 1700.

i don't really have the money right now for the Mobo, ram and cpu change, but will that provide a better price/performance in streaming than just buying the 4790k? i already have 16gb of ram and a asrock z97 anniversary board. i would come way cheaper that way, but any ideeas on how good the 4790k is for streaming? since i really want to put up some quality streams so that people watching won't just see boxes everywhere

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, Steve94 said:

i don't really have the money right now for the Mobo, ram and cpu change, but will that provide a better price/performance in streaming than just buying the 4790k? i already have 16gb of ram and a asrock z97 anniversary board. i would come way cheaper that way, but any ideeas on how good the 4790k is for streaming? since i really want to put up some quality streams so that people watching won't just see boxes everywhere

R7 1700 @ $329

=

i7 6900K @ $1000

But Skylake X came out so you might want to wait and see

[Steve94]

Just now, JDE said:

R7 1700 @ $329

=

i7 6900K @ $1000

But Skylake X came out so you might want to wait and see

That i know, and i would actually really love a CPU like the R7 1700, it would be perfect for me, it does ok in gaming and it does even better in workstation apps for a pretty nice price. But, should i buy a 4790k right now for 220$? or just hold my shit together and put some money aside for a Gigabyte Gaming K5, 16 gigs of DDR4 @ 2400mhz and the R7 1700?

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, Steve94 said:

That i know, and i would actually really love a CPU like the R7 1700, it would be perfect for me, it does ok in gaming and it does even better in workstation apps for a pretty nice price. But, should i buy a 4790k right now for 220$? or just hold my shit together and put some money aside for a Gigabyte Gaming K5, 16 gigs of DDR4 @ 2400mhz and the R7 1700?

I don't think thats a very good deal.

 

Ryzen likes REALLY fast RAM, like 3200 fast. Something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($299.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($106.75 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($129.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $536.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-03 18:51 EDT-0400

 

[Steve94]

2 minutes ago, JDE said:

I don't think thats a very good deal.

 

Ryzen likes REALLY fast RAM, like 3200 fast. Something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($299.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($106.75 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($129.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $536.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-03 18:51 EDT-0400

 

damn that actually looks really good, but the thing is that in Romania we don't have the same prices and apparently someone will trade me a 4790k for my 4690k + 60$ should i go for it?

[LienusLateTips]

3 minutes ago, Steve94 said:

damn that actually looks really good, but the thing is that in Romania we don't have the same prices and apparently someone will trade me a 4790k for my 4690k + 60$ should i go for it?

How much is a 4690K selling in your country right now?

 

But I would go for it.

[Steve94]

23 hours ago, JDE said:

I don't think thats a very good deal.

 

Ryzen likes REALLY fast RAM, like 3200 fast. Something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($299.89 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($106.75 @ OutletPC) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($129.88 @ OutletPC) 
Total: $536.52
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-03 18:51 EDT-0400

 

for example, the same parts in Romania:

MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard - 124,81$ 

Ryzen 7 1700 - 390,22$

G.Skill not available in Romania - Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB DDR4 2400MHz CL16 Dual Channel Kit - 148,93$

for a total of 756$

22 hours ago, JDE said:

How much is a 4690K selling in your country right now?

But I would go for it.

Right now a 4690k is about - 150$ used

 

I'm gonna wait and buy the R7 1700, until then i can't really do much things to my stream (like adding overlays and stuff) because my i5 will totally choke. Thanks alot for the help provided @JDE i apprreciate it!

[LienusLateTips]

18 hours ago, Steve94 said:

for example, the same parts in Romania:

MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard - 124,81$ 

Ryzen 7 1700 - 390,22$

G.Skill not available in Romania - Corsair Vengeance LPX Black 16GB DDR4 2400MHz CL16 Dual Channel Kit - 148,93$

for a total of 756$

 

 

Try to get 3200mhz RAM. Gets you much higher gaming performance.