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Hello everyone! I'm a new streamer and been having issues with my PC and I believe its my PC, I'm really looking to be able to stream at the best setting without issue. So I'm looking to get a new CPU and mother board. can someone suggest what CPU and Motherboard I could upgrade to. my budget for a new CPU and Motherboard is $400. Any help and suggestions would be awesome!

 

My Current PC specs:

Case: Corsair Carbide Series SPEC 02

Motherboard: MSI  MS-7994

CPU: i5-6500  3.20GHz

GPU: Radeon RX 480  8GB

Ram: 16 GB Corsair

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I think a Ryzen 2600x with an B350/X370 board would be best for you. Just need to make sure to find one that has the BIOS update to support the new Ryzen chips as natively they do not. 

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz 6-Core Processor  ($209.99 @ Amazon) 
CPU Cooler: CRYORIG - H7 49.0 CFM CPU Cooler  ($34.99 @ Amazon) 
Motherboard: Asus - STRIX B350-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($99.89 @ B&H) 
Total: $344.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-05-17 22:08 EDT-0400

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16 minutes ago, RickyLIVE said:

@Skiiwee29 Thanks for the reply! I prefer to go with intel but I will do some research thanks!

If you're set on Intel, your best option would probably be to shell out for an 8700K and Z370.

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8700k.  Anything is doing it half assed.

i9-9900k @ 5.1GHz || EVGA 3080 ti FTW3 EK Cooled || EVGA z390 Dark || G.Skill TridentZ 32gb 4000MHz C16

 970 Pro 1tb || 860 Evo 2tb || BeQuiet Dark Base Pro 900 || EVGA P2 1200w || AOC Agon AG352UCG

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