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AcidBees
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I want to start streaming, but, money is a problem. I'm on a budget of approx. 400$(300€) and have limited options. Is it better to get a gen 2 i7 or to get a higher generation i5 or i3? I'm from Bosnia and DIY resources are quite limited. Thanks.

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older i7 is better than newer lowerend. intel CPUs have changed very little on general compute since gen 2 so it's essentially the same all the way to kaby lake

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    Ryzen R6 5700X
  • Motherboard
    MSI B350M mortar arctic
  • RAM
    32GB Corsair RGB 3600MT/s CAS18
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    Zotac RTX 3070 OC
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    kind of a mess
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    WD black NVMe SSD 500GB & 1TB samsung Sata ssd & x 1TB WD blue & x 3TB Seagate
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    corsair RM750X white
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If you can snag an old i7 for a good price, you'd probably do ok.

Gaming PCs:
Intel i7 4790k, EVGA GTX 980ti, NZXT H440
Intel i5 7600k, Asus GTX 970 DC Mini, Silverstone SG13B
HTPC: AMD Phenom II X6 1045t, EVGA GTX 770 FTW, Fractal Node 604
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Okay, so the i7 is 2600, and the i5 I had my eye on is 3470. I also found an i7 4790K prebuilt with a gtx 970 and 16 gigs of ddr3 vengeance for 700$. Should I hold my horses and save up for that one or just go with this and spend the money elsewhere?

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11 minutes ago, AcidBees said:

Okay, so the i7 is 2600, and the i5 I had my eye on is 3470. I also found an i7 4790K prebuilt with a gtx 970 and 16 gigs of ddr3 vengeance for 700$. Should I hold my horses and save up for that one or just go with this and spend the money elsewhere?

That built with a 4790k is a pretty solid deal
If you can save up that much before someone buys it, definitely go with that one. 

Gaming PCs:
Intel i7 4790k, EVGA GTX 980ti, NZXT H440
Intel i5 7600k, Asus GTX 970 DC Mini, Silverstone SG13B
HTPC: AMD Phenom II X6 1045t, EVGA GTX 770 FTW, Fractal Node 604
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