Should i go for a New GTX 1070 GPU or I7-4790K CPU

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evyosh

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while im playing the game and streaming with my current setup CPU is in 100% HDD 40% RAM 40% and it feels laggy and i mainly play FPS shooter games (Rainbow Six, COD & Battlefield). The reason im asking because i want to play the game without any lag or FPS drops while streaming. this happens only when i use OBS but when i use shadowplay i dont feel any lags or FPS drops the only things is it keeps disconnecting time to time for no reason.

my current PC setup

core i5 4670K
8GB RAM
Asus GTX 680 DirectCU II


i cannot buy them both at the same time.. so one at a time.
 
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Sorry I missed the part about streaming. The i7 will work very well and is my new recommendation. If the 680 is playing your games fine already, the CPU will be a big win.

My 4790k at 4.5ghz does just fine streaming/recording at decent bit rates.
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Considering you are a gamer and most games (not all) will only use 4 cores (not taking advantage of i7 hyper threading), I would go with the 1070. Maybe invest in more RAM as well. I regularly use more than 8GB of ram now that I have 24GB installed. Its just how the OS does things, especially while gaming.

Is the i5 overclocked?
 
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fabiodrm

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if you are a heavy streamer and want to stream all the time, you will need a better CPU since OBS or other software will consume your CPU to do the job.

Shadowplay use less CPU then OBS that why you feel less/no lag when using it.



EDIT:

my suggestion is:
If you are a heavy streamer, get the CPU now and wait a price drop for 1070 for the next months.

If not, get that 1070.
 
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evyosh

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no i didnt overclock the CPU yet.. just the GPU.


Yes i am streaming almost all the games what i play now...
 
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if you upgrade the CPU you wont get those lags when streaming anymore.
 
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Sorry I missed the part about streaming. The i7 will work very well and is my new recommendation. If the 680 is playing your games fine already, the CPU will be a big win.

My 4790k at 4.5ghz does just fine streaming/recording at decent bit rates.
 
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