Will the i7-4790k still be good for streaming games after a year?

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arncoronado

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I have a 4790k non-oc'd that I bought off of a guy last month. Was wondering if this would serve me well in a year or two for my gaming needs.

I also stream games on Twitch like PUBG, League and Overwatch all of which to my understanding aren't really that CPU heavy. Was planning on going Ryzen 5 1600 but the money could also be spent on a better cooler for OC'ing and a better GPU (am currently looking at the GTX 1060).

Do you guys think this is the best way to spend my money? Any insight would be very much appreciated.
 
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Assuming a 'Z' motherboard I can't see any pressing reasons to replace the CPU; anyway, you'll need to swap the motherboard and RAM as well, making it a very expensive upgrade whichever way you go.
Spend your hard earned cash on a better CPU cooler (to OC later) and maybe a stronger GPU; Bear in mind the GTX1060 is a very capable 1080 card, so with those fairly undemanding games you might want to spend some money on a high refresh monitor to really see the maximum benefit.
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Husseo19

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the 4790k is still a beast, and will still be for atleast 2 to 3 years maybe. I have the skylake i7 6700k non-oc, which i run games like battlefield 1 and witcher 3 and so on. The 4790k can easily win over the 6700k in many games. so in 3 years an oc will even make the cpu last a little bit longer.
 
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Assuming a 'Z' motherboard I can't see any pressing reasons to replace the CPU; anyway, you'll need to swap the motherboard and RAM as well, making it a very expensive upgrade whichever way you go.
Spend your hard earned cash on a better CPU cooler (to OC later) and maybe a stronger GPU; Bear in mind the GTX1060 is a very capable 1080 card, so with those fairly undemanding games you might want to spend some money on a high refresh monitor to really see the maximum benefit.
 
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