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Alright, I caved in. I'm getting a streaming PC. I need recommendations for a couple for it. I plan on streaming at 1080p60 in the future, but for now, 720p30. I want to be able to stream at 20000kbps and really crank the encoding settings to make it look better. I don't need a ryzen recommendation, I know that they're there. I need an i7 recommendation because a lot of them are out cheap and secondhand (if I were buying brand new I'd probably go ryzen).

 

Eg. Place in Australia has a Dell PC thing with an i7 860 or something for like $250. That's a whole PC. Would a first gen i7 be any good for that? I assumed that there wouldn't be that much of a gap between that and a 4th gen i7 for streaming.

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Well, if you're going used a Haswell LGA1150 i7 like a 4790 is probably your best bet, since it's fairley modern and you can get inexpensive new motherboards for it.

Ryzen is nice if you're a tinkerer (which is why I love ryzen) but if not, I advise you stay away this generation.

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2 minutes ago, Oryzaki said:

4h to 7th gen is actually a pretty large gap but Luke streamed with a 2600k so i would go with that or higher

4th gen to 7th gen is a big gap. But I don't think it's a very big gap streaming wise. Like sure it has ipc gains (even though the 4790k is better than the 6700k...)

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Just now, ibabyslapper said:

Well, if you're going used a Haswell LGA1150 i7 like a 4790 is probably your best bet, since it's fairley modern and you can get inexpensive new motherboards for it.

Ryzen is nice if you're a tinkerer (which is why I love ryzen) but if not, I advise you stay away this generation.

I'm not buying current gen. Like I said in my post, I'm not buying ryzen and I'm not buying new. Ryzen doesn't have integrated graphics (the thing that I need) and I would get ryzen if I was getting brand new (which I don't see point in)

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Just now, jkeasley said:

I'm not buying current gen. Like I said in my post, I'm not buying ryzen and I'm not buying new. Ryzen doesn't have integrated graphics (the thing that I need) and I would get ryzen if I was getting brand new (which I don't see point in)

So a haswell i7 then

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Mic: iSK UPM-1 USB XLR interface with Neewer NW700, Audio: Sabaj A3 160W DAC/AMP + Wharfdale Diamond 220 + Mission MS6 Sub, Fiio K11 R2R DAC + Douk P5 (Toshiba Tubes), Sendy Peacock, Mouse: Glorious Model I, Keyboard: Glorious GMMK ISO with Mengmoda MMD Tactile (main) and Kailh Box Navy (Function keys), Tribosys 3203 brush lubed, Taihao Green forest caps.

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2 minutes ago, ibabyslapper said:

Well, if you're going used a Haswell LGA1150 i7 like a 4790 is probably your best bet, since it's fairley modern and you can get inexpensive new motherboards for it.

Ryzen is nice if you're a tinkerer (which is why I love ryzen) but if not, I advise you stay away this generation.

Thing is trying to find a 4xxx PC that people aren't trying to charge a fucking fortune for

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Just now, jkeasley said:

Thing is trying to find a 4xxx PC that people aren't trying to charge a fucking fortune for

I'd look for seperate parts, rather than looking for a PC.

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Mic: iSK UPM-1 USB XLR interface with Neewer NW700, Audio: Sabaj A3 160W DAC/AMP + Wharfdale Diamond 220 + Mission MS6 Sub, Fiio K11 R2R DAC + Douk P5 (Toshiba Tubes), Sendy Peacock, Mouse: Glorious Model I, Keyboard: Glorious GMMK ISO with Mengmoda MMD Tactile (main) and Kailh Box Navy (Function keys), Tribosys 3203 brush lubed, Taihao Green forest caps.

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5 minutes ago, jkeasley said:

Thing is trying to find a 4xxx PC that people aren't trying to charge a fucking fortune for

If you want to have a set that's both cheap and capable in streaming then it's the FX 8xxx/9xxx. More than enough cores for streaming, cheap to buy and a very capable heater as well, though is significantly worse in games.

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28 minutes ago, jkeasley said:

I want to be able to stream at 20000kbps

Which services are going to use? Twitch won't allow anything above 3500kbps,  20000kbps is way too much

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Thank you all for your suggestions!

I actually ended finding a Xeon E3 1230 V3 (4770 equivalent) with a motherboard, kraken x61 and 16gb of ram for $390. A fucking bargain

 

I know what you're gonna say though, there's no onboard graphics! Not to worry, my friend has a passive cooled gtx 950. Meaning that there will be no noise increase

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