Is my computer good enough for recording gameplay/streaming/editing video?

AshtrianGaming · Aug 2, 2016

Hello, I've had my computer for a while now and I feel that it might be outdated or just need some serious work on it. I'm going to try doing a system reboot and clean out when I learn how to but first I'd like to know if my computer is good enough for what I want it to do.

When I bought it, it was fairly good and ran very fast but then started to slow down considerably and slowed right down when I got windows 10 but I've only realised this because I've been trying to record and play more games on it whether as before I just used it for reports and work.

My computer specs are:

HP Pavilion Tower PC

OS Name: Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2600 CPU @ 3.40GHz, 3401 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
Installed memory: (RAM) 8GB Duel Chennal DDR3 @ 665MHz
System type: 64bit Operating System, x64- based processor
Motherboard: PEGATRON CORPORATION 2AB6 (CPU 1)
Graphics: HP 2510 (1920x1080@60Hz). 1023MB NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460
Storage: 1863GB Western Digital WDC WD20EARS-60MVWB0 (SATA)Optical Drives: hp BDDVDRW CH20L
Audio: IDT High Definition Audio CODEC

I'd like to know whether this is outdated, Which parts are and what I could do to upgrade my computer

It keeps lagging my recordings.

Also could I clean it out to improve the speed or is it just that it isn't good enough. I'm thinking of upgrading the graphics card anyway. It won't even run shadowplay.

Note: My computer also says it at 40°C. Is this overheating?

kaptainkuftic · Aug 2, 2016

40C is fine, you're good in that regard.

Your rig is definitely beginning to get outdated, and you're going to have trouble streaming and recording newer games at 1080p.

Honestly, I've never even heard of that motherboard, so I don't know if that desperately needs an upgrade or not. My guess is probably. Ignoring the mobo, though, your graphics card is pretty old. Consider looking into the 970 or 1060. You should also look at a new CPU, because I think the 970/1060 will be bottlenecked by the 2600 in any case. I would look at the i7 6700 since you're going to be doing video editing and streaming. That'll require a new mobo and ram though, so you might want to look at the i7 4770.

No matter how you cut it, with your current rig and your intentions, I think you're looking at an overhaul for the most part.

James Mason · Aug 2, 2016

His CPU should actually be fine, but his ram being slow, and having only 8GBs may be a problem, his GPU definitely is. Also you'll need a dedicated hard drive for recordings to go to.

ALSO the HDD he does have is one of the slower green versions, and isn't meant for running games or applications, so he actually needs a new OS drive as well.

Without having to replace everything:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 16GB (4 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($66.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Video Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 970 4GB Video Card ($229.99 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: SeaSonic S12II 430W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($68.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $505.94
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2016-08-02 14:08 EDT-0400

You'll want to reinstall Windows to the SSD, it will feel much faster. Replace all your old ram sticks with these new ones (mixing ram sets can cause problems) Install your games to the SSD and have your recording software send the recordings to the new HDD. A new GPU will let you max all the latest games pretty much, and your PSU that came your computer is also probably garbage and too weak, so this new one will make up for any shortcomings power wise. (Don't go looking for a cheaper lower quality PSU, it'll hurt you in the end.)

Viking2121 · Aug 3, 2016

His i7 2600 is fine, I run a i7 3770s at 3.1ghz which is slightly slower before I overclcoked it, run my 780ti's vary well.

But if you want to record gameplay, I recommend you get a GTX970 or GTX1060 or better. Use Shadowplay or the NVENC encoding with OBS or Xsplit, it uses the graphics card for recording and or streaming. I record BF4, GTA5 and many other games at 60FPS at 50,000 bit rate at 1080p while still getting well over 60FPS in games.

This video for example I recorded (don't mind the boringness of my channel): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N94l_GD7zEc

But don't mind I think this video was when I was on my FX8320 and a single GTX 760, that was when I first got the game. No issues at all, though I didn't keep an FPS counter on.

Also youtube butchers the quality to around 7,000 bit rate so. I also record to a Sata 2TB internal drive 5400rpm. I use to record to a USB 3 1TB drive.

My brother also records on a Phenom II x4 940 at 3.5ghz. He records many games, mostly black ops 3 on a his GTX670 at mostly over 60FPS 50,000 bit rate. You only lose about 10% of the performance of your graphics cards recording with shadow play, and some games is less than others. Though his CPU is pretty slow for many of today's games.

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