Ryzen 7 is superior for streaming/recording, as it has twice the cores, and twice the threads. In strictly gaming, Intel still wins out, but not by a huge margin. Actually at 1440p, you probably wouldn't even be able to tell the two apart. Ryzen 7 is a very capable CPU. The most exciting lineup, from AMD, in years. Even the 1600x is pretty solid performer, for recording, but your budget is high enough to justify going with the better multitasking 1700x.