i7-12700K bottlenecking while gaming + streaming — what CPU should I upgrade to?

Posted by TrioXGaming@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 7 comments

Specs: i7-12700K | RTX 3070 Ti | 32GB DDR4 | LGA1700

Playing Battlefield 6 while streaming. Already on NVENC. CPU is clearly the bottleneck.

I only want to change the CPU, no other upgrades. What would you recommend?

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coldcathodes@reddit

I would go 13900k or 14900k. Has more cores for the small stuff than 14700k

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IndependenceTiny2931@reddit

Can you explain further, this is new to me, because i though with that many core it should be enough to handle your workload

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Sure! Running OBS with NVENC, streaming to YouTube, Kick and Twitch simultaneously. Also have an HDMI input capture running, StreamNinja for chat and StreamAlerts open at the same time. Playing Battlefield 6 at 1080p lowest settings. CPU sits at 95% constantly, sometimes drops to 90%. i7-12700K can't handle all of it together.

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IndependenceTiny2931@reddit

Thanks for the reply and detailed explanation bro 👍, Now i can understand it 👍, because many benchmarks are always towards gaming and 3D rendering, maybe these can help you

https://tech4gamers.com/best-cpu-for-streaming/

or go for i7 14700k, so you don't have to change the motherboard

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