Light gaming, streaming and editing build, some advice needed

Zaishens

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Hello everybody,

At the moment I have:
Intel Core 2 Duo, E8400 (stock)
4x2GB kingston DDR2-800 RAM
Sapphire Radeon HD4850 GPU
250 GB Samsung SSD
Seagate Barracuda 7200 rpm 320 GB HDD
Be Quiet Straight Power (E6) 550Watt PSU
Asus P5E MB
Sharkoon Rebel9 case

As you can see it is quite the old rig with an SSD strapped on it.
It served me well throughout the 8 years I have owned it.
But now I need a bit more performance because I would like to be able to stream and video edit the light games (world of tanks mostly) that I can play on it (on very low settings with barely 30 FPS).
Also some video editing, vlogging and making youtube videos from an action cam, everything at 1080p.
So I was thinking of giving this old rig an upgrade that I can use for a new build if the upgrade is not enough.

1. Thinking my CPU is my biggest bottleneck here, first step I wanted to try was adding some new thermal paste (must be dried up after 8 years) and overclock the E8400 on stock cooling as much as possible.

2. For the GPU I am a bit lost, maybe i can overclock it a litte after new thermal paste or buy another cheap used HD4850 and SLI them or some other cheap GPU thats a big upgrade or buying a Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card, I know the P5E MB only has PCI-e 2.0, i believe it is backward compatible and will bottleneck the GPU but I can use it in my new system if needed.

3. If this is not sufficient I will buy a new system and keep the old one functional:
http://pcpartpicker.com/list/wm2DxY

Any feedback is highly appreciated, I have about $900,- to spend on the new rig if it is really needed, but I think this should be able to do what I want to do with it.

One more wild question, would it be feasible to run 2 used Xeon 2670 with an T7600 WorkStation Intel Dual 2011 SKT R Motherboard 82WXTfor example, gives me 16 cores and 32 threads for good editing and light gaming.

Thanks in advance,
Cheers!
 
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For video editing I would suggest get an i7. Most video editing requires a good cpu. Adds up an extra 100 or so to your build which is still less than 900.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.38 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage:...
For video editing I would suggest get an i7. Most video editing requires a good cpu. Adds up an extra 100 or so to your build which is still less than 900.
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: Intel Core i7-6700 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($298.99 @ SuperBiiz)
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler ($24.38 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H110M-A Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard ($47.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ($67.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($47.49 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Deepcool TESSERACT SW ATX Mid Tower Case ($31.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: Corsair Builder 500W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($49.89 @ Newegg)
Total: $888.59
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-02 11:16 EDT-0400

See. It also gives you a nice 888 number in the price. 970 is really a good graphics card choice.
 
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