Aquinus
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System Name | Apollo |
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Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
You shouldn't even be having the CPU handle that, you should be using dedicating recording software between the GPU and the display if you *really* care about streaming your game play and not impacting your gaming experience. The simple fact is that encoding 1080p on the fly can be a bear along side a video game, not to mention hosting it live.Knowing the demands of CPU encoded streaming I'd still recommend X99 or X79... The quad cores don't cut it for 1080p... BUT, that is assuming the OP is going to be streaming at 1080p, and therefore has the bandwidth. Now, if he's going with 720p, I'd agree with @Aquinus and go with a 4790k.
If you're just recording, I would get a lot more disk space and I/O and just record raw video. It will result in the smoothest playback and then you can encode it on your own watch, granted that isn't live.
I'm questioning the purpose of doing this. Are you a "professional gamer"?