Question / Help Advice on Hardware Upgrade

Kent0shi

New Member
Hi fellow OBS users,

I am specifically having problems with dropped frames/lag in most of my games (Overwatch and Prey are among what I have been playing) while trying to record video.

I often experience lag while streaming on Twitch as well and have been advised by a friend that processing power is what I need in order to allow OBS to work properly.

I use an Alienware Alpha r2 console, which runs Windows 10, and is a very capable gaming machine, with (so far) limited streaming/recording capability, here are the specs:

Processor: Intel (R) Core(TM) i5-6400T CPU @ 2.20 GHz
RAM: 8 GB
64-bit OS
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon (TM) R9 M470X

Alienware support were toxic when I enquired as to whether or not I could replace any of this hardware.

Does anybody on here know whether or not I can actually perform hardware mods on my Alpha console? I have heard of other people doing it, and am inclined to believe Alienware support were full of it.

If I can mod it, what recommendations would you have for me to improve specifically the performance of OBS? Maybe an i7 processor?
Once again, my games run fine, but I can't seem to stream or record them without dropping frames/lagging.
 
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