Gaming/Streaming CPU upgrade?

[EpicNewman]

I mainly play video games and stream and was thinking of upgrading my 4770K to something newer since I'll use old parts on my bro's computer. Any suggestions on keeping it powerful and not breaking the bank (500-600 CAD on mobo CPU and ram)

[Slottr]

R7 1700 is on sale on amazon right now, would definitely go that route

[Firewrath9]

i would get an intel for pure gaming and ryzen for streaming/workstation..

 

8600k+ddr4-3000+cheap z370 mobo should be good.

[seon123]

Assuming that you have a cooler and that you will overclock. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($162.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Memory: *G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($182.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $585.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-27 12:41 EDT-0400

The 1700 is another alternative. Costs $25 more, and has 2 more cores, at the cost of per core performance

[PlayStation 2]

I'd get a Ryzen 7 1700, those are dirt fucking cheap on Amazon right now.

[Mooshi]

I dunno man, upgrading from that for gaming seems like a waste. I'd rather get a new graphics card if you need more gaming performance.

[PlayStation 2]

1 minute ago, Mooshi said:

I dunno man, upgrading from that for gaming seems like a waste. I'd rather get a new graphics card if you need more gaming performance.

If his description's accurate, he has a 1070, so... I'm not really sure if a 1080 (Ti) would really be worth it by that point.

[EpicNewman]

 

1 hour ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

If his description's accurate, he has a 1070, so... I'm not really sure if a 1080 (Ti) would really be worth it by that point.

Yeah still rocking my 1070 FTW, so no need there, still does good @1440p 75Hz of my monitor, mainly for streaming, and also giving away old parts\

 

1 hour ago, seon123 said:

Assuming that you have a cooler and that you will overclock. 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4GHz 6-Core Processor  ($239.99 @ Memory Express) 
Motherboard: MSI - X470 GAMING PLUS ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($162.99 @ PC-Canada) 
Memory: *G.Skill - Aegis 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($182.99 @ Newegg Canada) 
Total: $585.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-07-27 12:41 EDT-0400

The 1700 is another alternative. Costs $25 more, and has 2 more cores, at the cost of per core performance

Yeah have my noctua beast to cool everything down nice

 

Thanks guys for the insight.

[JabroniBaloney]

4 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I'd get a Ryzen 7 1700, those are dirt fucking cheap on Amazon right now.

Why spend money on a side-grade?

[Princess Luna]

22 minutes ago, JabroniBaloney said:

Why spend money on a side-grade?

Meh people will say "streaming" makes it justified, personally speaking yeah it doesn't, you can stream fine with quicksync and igpu, and for video editing both premiere and vegas supporting igpu acceleration alongside dgpu the i7 edges out ryzen.

 

There will be nowhere near a sensitive change in performance that you couldn't have with the i7 4770K with the proper software adjustment by using the Ryzen 7 1700, in fact your lower fps when not streaming on high refresh rate games will be more noticeable.

 

But w/e this is an AMD forum anyways

[PlayStation 2]

43 minutes ago, JabroniBaloney said:

Why spend money on a side-grade?

Sidegrade in what account?

21 minutes ago, Princess Cadence said:

Meh people will say "streaming" makes it justified, personally speaking yeah it doesn't, you can stream fine with quicksync and igpu, and for video editing both premiere and vegas supporting igpu acceleration alongside dgpu the i7 edges out ryzen.

 

There will be nowhere near a sensitive change in performance that you couldn't have with the i7 4770K with the proper software adjustment by using the Ryzen 7 1700, in fact your lower fps when not streaming on high refresh rate games will be more noticeable.

 

But w/e this is an AMD forum anyways

Maybe I’m recommending the 1700 based on what I got my hands on. It’s a fairly good chip, especially if the OP plans on running background applications alongside a game. But ya know, this is a forum where soapboxing a way to a conclusion is customary so w/e

[O9B0666]

Oh God he streams let's shove ryzen down his throat! Which is all this site does and at a amateur level any this gem cpu is fine. 

 

My 8700k does game and stream just fine and tbh he should just get the best gpu he can afford and keep his setup now. 

[DarkSmith2]

500-600CAD hmm, not going to be fun. 

Wait for i9 9900k..will be 600CAD by itself... though