Best budget CPU for playing, recording and streaming games, and video editing?

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I am buiding a computer from second hand things off ebay... I will be using it to start a tech channel on YouTube, and also gaming.

I want to record my gameplay almost 100% of the time that I am gaming, be able to stream once or twice a week, and be able to have things like skype and audacity running in the background of my games...

I have found both a FX 8350 Black Edition and an i5 3570k, both for about the same price...
I dont care about a marginal 1-3 FPS and I also dont care if one will get rendering done a minute faster...

I want to be able to play my games and record them at a high average and high minimum framerate with DXtory or Fraps in the background, and be able to stream frequently...
I know that the i5 3570k is better for gaming, but what about with recording software and/or skype and OBS (for steaming) running in the background?

Will I be seeing an advantage going with the AMD processor with 8 cores?

I already have my graphics card, it is a HD 7950 Windforce... Neither processor will be bottlenecking it, and both the processors and the graphics card are overclockable editions.

(I will be taking advantage of this and overclocking as high as I can)
 

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I know that, but with fraps/dxtory, skype and obs (to stream) on at the same time as a game, will the FX processor be better or the i5?

I also will be making videos with animations etc.
 

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One more question, I have a HD7950 Windforce (so i will be overclocking it) and want to play games with 3 monitors in the future... If I get another card and crossfire it, will i be able to do so?
 

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Ok, thanks for the help, I have a 3gb vram HD7950 anyways but I will keep an eye out for a R9 280 (would a 280x be bottlenecked by the HD7950)
 

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I forgot... I can also get an i7 2600k, i7 3820, i5 4570, ...
I am deffinetly going to be overclocking, but the 3820 and 4570 can both overclock, just not as easily... Is one of these intel processors going to be better than the FX 8350? or will the AMD card still pull ahead... If not, which processor should i get?

Thanks for all the help btw!
 

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and what about the i7 3820?
I know it isn't unlocked, but if i overclock it, will it be better than the FX 8350?
and the i5 4570?
Same story, but i dont expect it to be any good, because it doesn't have HyperThreading...
 

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I have looked into Xeon, and my dad has an old workstation he bought a long time ago for 5000$ (and hes not even a power user wtf?!) It has the ability to house 2 cpus at the same time... and the highest grade cpu i can fit into it is the X5365, (3.0ghz, 4 cores & 4 threads)

I can purchase two of these (second hand) for the price of one (second hand) FX 8350 Black Edition

Will this work better for gaming? I dont think so with only 3ghz base and I cant find any overclocking guides...

If I do choose this, then I have more money left over because I already have a mobo and power supply...

I couldn't find any second hand xeon x5650's btw
 

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I am sorry for the misleading first post, but I live in the Netherlands... So ebay doesn't work for me, I simply said ebay because im buying from the shops:
http://www.tweakers.net
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http://www.marktplaats.nl

also, I want a cpu with atleast 3.00ghz and with the AMD 8350 I will be able to overclock it to 4.5-5.0 ghz, outperforming an overclocked x5650, right?
 

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1st score is single core performance and believe me you cant play games or do any rendering in 5.5 ghz since it will crash instantly this was probably with crazy cooling setup just to get highest score and it is not meant for every day use.
So 16k for multicore score FX 8350 and 30k for X5650 where do you see that FX outperformed??
 

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But why should I get the xeon? It is cheaper I must say, and it has 12 cores if you count hyperthreading... but the lower frequency and cache doesn't sound too good.

Thanks for the replies, and please explain why the xeon over the AMD

and what about the i7's i mentioned before? the i7 3820 also sounds good...