Need help picking a new cpu

Charles Cowen

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Jun 20, 2013
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need a upgrade from a 5800k that is meaningfull and will be able to handle streaming video games, editing movies, and gaming as well ive narrowed it down to 3 choices also i want some longevity and for it to be able to handle crossfire if i so choose my limit is 225$

AMD FX 6300 Black Edition 3.5GHz Six-Core Socket with a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 Socket AM3+ 990FX ATX mobo for $222.54 Idk if the six cores will be able to handle the streaming as well

AMD FX 8320 Black Edition 3.5GHz AM3+ with a MSI 970A-G43 Socket AM3+ 970 ATX AMD Motherboard for 192.58

intel Core i5 3570k with a ASRock H77M Socket 1155 H77 mATX Intel Motherboard for 203$

I play and hope to stream these games
Gw2, Call of duty ghosts, elder scrolls online, borderlands 2, skyrim, LoL, Battlefield 4, Far cry 3, Crysis 3, Metro 2033+last light, assassins creed 4, and hitman absolution.
the streaming program i use is Open source broadcaster if that helps.

the rest of My pc specs are
gpu 7870 ghz editon
ssd 250gb Samsung evo
psu 500w silver stone strider
xion 560 case (i have a spare atx case as well)
8gb of crucial tactical tracer ram at 1866
 
Solution
Well, the 6300 and the 3570k should be about the same then. I wasnt sure if that was a microcenter deal or not, it looked like one.

misclik

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for one, IF you get the intel combo, either up the motherboard to a Z77 mobo (not H77) or get a non-K processor. you can not overclock on an H series motherboard.

secondly, why are you pairing the better motherboard with the lower processor...?

overall, your cheapest option would be the 6300 with the MSI motherboard. There aren't really any games that use more than 4 cores, so the other two should be capable of encoding the video for you.

with that said, all of the processors you listed will be capable of gaming and streaming.
 

Charles Cowen

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i paired it with the lower cpu cuz i have a 225$ limit and i like the 990fx features and the microcenter thats next to me had limited deals and if i got the z77 motherboard deal it would put me over that limit also i the i5 3570k is only 149 at microcenter right now so that makes it the cheapest one they got
 

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