Streaming PC Build Help

[Activatemyrem]

Alright so I want to build a streaming pc, and I know i've been going overboard with my builds and to be honest I don't want to spend more than I necessarily need to. I want it to be future proof, so I definitely want a 1080ti, 32gb of ram, an m.2 for os and games, 1440p monitor at 144hz, that stuff. But the main thing is the processor, and then of course the chipset that would fall into that. I've looked at all kinds, compared all of them and I see the numbers and they can impress me all the way to kingdom chicken nuggets, but I don't want to spend my life savings, and I don't want to spend something that won't get me what i'm looking for. I want to stream at my native resolution and 720p is fine until I hopefully get partnered and by then i'd like to do 1080p, both of them at 60fps (the stream and game). I know i'd like more than the normal four cores and hyperthreading, so i've looked at everything from ryzen 7 to the 8700k i7 to threadripper, to an i9 7980xe. I don't want to buy the last of that list because 2000 dollars for a processor makes me want to wet the bed. So here are all my wants, and I just want to know what cpu I should get:

 

• Last for 3-4 years (or more) before needing to upgrade
• Streaming at 1080p 60fps while maintaining 60fps in game
• Having open all things needed for stream

1. Chrome Tabs (dashboard, music, follow/sub/bits alerts, chat)
2. OBS or XSPLIT
3. Game that I'm playing (could possibly an emulator)
4. Steam, Uplay, Battlenet, etc.
5. Capture card for streaming consoles
6. And I guess just any other random small tasks similar to that with wiggle room (for future proof), I don't want to render, record, and stream at the same time. I guess at the very most I'd just want to stream and record at the same time.

So if you have any suggestions please offer them, i'll take whatever anyone's got to say.

[Phentos]

For 144hz gaming I'd go with the 8700K. The 8700K's streaming capability is roughly equivalent to the Ryzen 7 lineup. 

 

If you want high quality software codec-based streaming then I'd go with the 1920X/1950X or the i7 7820X/i9 7900X. Threadripper CPUs are approximately equivalent to X299 CPUs in gaming performance and slightly superior for streaming, by virtue of more cores for the money.

[Activatemyrem]

On 2/14/2018 at 6:01 PM, Phentos said:

For 144hz gaming I'd go with the 8700K. The 8700K's streaming capability is roughly equivalent to the Ryzen 7 lineup. 

 

If you want high quality software codec-based streaming then I'd go with the 1920X/1950X or the i7 7820X/i9 7900X. Threadripper CPUs are approximately equivalent to X299 CPUs in gaming performance and slightly superior for streaming, by virtue of more cores for the money.

I know this thread has aged a tiny bit but by high quality what do you mean? I just want to broadcast at 2500 at first and like 3500 max.