Streaming and Gaming

Eobble · Jul 3, 2018

Hello forum, recently I decided to stream on twitch since I like to play games and I'm kinda good but when I was making this pc streaming wasn't my target at all..so my build looks like this:

CPU:I3 8100 @3,6GHz
GPU:GIGABYTE WINDFORCE OC 1060 3GB
PSU:be quiet! SYSTEM POWER 9 600W
RAM:1x8 DDR4 2400MHz(yeah I know single channel isn't great and I will definetly get 2x8 or 4x4)
MOBO:ASROCK B360M PRO4
I also have an adata sx6000 128GB SSD and a 1TB HDD.
I compared mine against most of Bulgarian streamers(I'm from there as well) and some of them used older i7/FX series cpus 6 and 8 cores respectively and I wondered if my 4 core i3 could handle streaming and games above 144 fps on medium to high settings(buying a 144hz monitor those months).
Thanks in advance for your answers.

jacobweaver800 · Jul 3, 2018

Eobble :

That I3 at 4 cores 4 threads @3.6 ghz will game at 144 FPS with a good GPU, however streaming will tax that CPU to max. I don't recommend you stream with it, try and upgrade the CPU to an i5 or i7 8th gen if you can before streaming as I can pretty much guarantee streaming on that CPU and aiming for high FPS to be hard unless your running a separate PC for encoding and streaming.

zyh1987 · Jul 3, 2018

unlikely to hold the fps.

If you are new to streaming, the most budget friendly option is ryzen 5 1600/2600 series.

since you already has a 8100, you can either drop the quality of the video, or upgrade your cpu to a 8400 or even a 8700.

Eobble · Jul 3, 2018

zyh1987 :

I can make compromises with both the graphics and video quality as long as I see those >144fps numbers
Also forgot to mention the cpu is cooled with bequiet! pure rock if this will make any difference.

jacobweaver800 · Jul 3, 2018

Eobble :

That doesn't make much of a difference as the bottleneck isn't temps or clock speed, rather a physical limit not having enough cores, which is why Ryzen is really nice for streaming at 6 and 8 cores respectively.

Eobble · Jul 4, 2018

jacobweaver800 :

Eobble :

That doesn't make much of a difference as the bottleneck isn't temps or clock speed, rather a physical limit not having enough cores, which is why Ryzen is really nice for streaming at 6 and 8 cores respectively.

I see ,well I'll try and check how my cpu handles everything but thanks for the information

jacobweaver800 · Jul 6, 2018

Eobble :

jacobweaver800 :

I see ,well I'll try and check how my cpu handles everything but thanks for the information

You can give streaming a shot but don't expect a lot out of it. You might be able to play at 1080p and get 60 FPS and stream at 720p (depending on your upload speed)

Eobble · Jul 7, 2018

jacobweaver800 :

Eobble :

You can give streaming a shot but don't expect a lot out of it. You might be able to play at 1080p and get 60 FPS and stream at 720p (depending on your upload speed)

I will definetly do.Upload speeds aren't a problem for me connection here is wonderful and so are my speeds.Did some research and shadowplay sounds like an idea since its gpu heavy instead of cpu which will give me a bit of space for starting out and upgrading in the future but I will try obs also to see how bad it can get then I will decide what I will be doing.Thanks again for the help and advice.

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