I want to get into streaming, which CPU?

[Beastattack]

I want to get into streaming CSGO and other small, easy to run games after about 1.5 years of gaming on this PC. Right now I have an I5-4460 CPU, PC mate h97 MOBO, and 2x4 GB Corsair VENGENCE LP ram. Is it better to just upgrade to a LGA 1150 socket CPU and keep the motherboard or is it better to save up for a new mother board and get a different type of CPU? If so, which CPU respectively?

[Megah3rtz]

Budget? 

[Beastattack]

2 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

Budget? 

I'd say around $500-$700 USD

[Beastattack]

Just now, CUDA_Cores said:

location?

 

Currency?

 

New or used? (PS I like used)

USA, and I prefer new

[Megah3rtz]

1 minute ago, Beastattack said:

I'd say around $500-$700

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($299.44 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $538.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-11 02:06 EDT-0400 

 

assuming you keep your GTX 970, this. 

[Megah3rtz]

Or you could just buy an i7 4790k, that should also be sufficient for streaming. But you won't find them brand new anymore 

[Beastattack]

1 minute ago, CUDA_Cores said:

What are your systems specs? We may be able to buy new parts and reuse your old ones.

• CPU
  I5-4460
• Motherboard
  H97 PC Mate
• RAM
  Corsair vengeance 8gb (2x4)
• GPU
  Msi GTX 970
• Storage
  1tb wdb, 120gb 850 evo
• PSU
  Evga B2 750w
• Cooling
  Hyper 212 evo

[Droidbot]

1 minute ago, Megah3rtz said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor  ($299.44 @ OutletPC) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte - GA-AB350-GAMING 3 ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($108.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory  ($129.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $538.42
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-11 02:06 EDT-0400 

 

assuming you keep your GTX 970, this. 

or, y'know.. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 ROCK Video Card  ($474.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $714.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-11 02:08 EDT-0400

 

[Beastattack]

7 minutes ago, Megah3rtz said:

Or you could just buy an i7 4790k, that should also be sufficient for streaming. But you won't find them brand new anymore 

Would you say that could handle streaming CSGO at pretty good settings? Because if it can handle that, I really don't need to upgrade except I couldn't over clock.

[Megah3rtz]

11 hours ago, Droidbot said:

or, y'know.. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel - Xeon E3-1231 V3 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GTX 1080 8GB G1 ROCK Video Card  ($474.98 @ Newegg) 
Total: $714.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-06-11 02:08 EDT-0400

 

 

11 hours ago, Droidbot said:

assuming you keep your GTX 970 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Megah3rtz]

11 hours ago, Beastattack said:

Would you say that could handle streaming CSGO at pretty good settings? Because if it can handle that, I really don't need to upgrade except I couldn't over clock.

it would be fine for 720p@30fps. depends on how serious you want to get into streaming.