Question / Help Dedicated Streaming PC and New PC Questions

Cedzilla

Cedzilla

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I am going to buy a new computer and wanted to know if my current computer would be good enough to be a streaming PC that can handle 720p/60FPS at great quality while recording stream onto hard drive and maybe 1080p/60FPS further down the line.

Current PC(Soon to be Streaming PC)

MOBO: GA-EX58-UD4P (Might Upgrade to Z58 Sabertooth for Better OC'ing)

CPU: Xeon x5650 @ 3.3Ghz (Can OC to 4.4ish with new MOBO or I can re insert i7 920 @ 3.8Ghz)

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i

GPU: 560ti 1GB

RAM: 8GB 1333Mhz

OS: Windows 7 64bit

Capture Card: Live Gamer HD c985 ( will cough up more money for a internal 1080p/60FPS card when I want to make the jump in quality)

Also I would like opinions on what i plan to put in my new PC. I basic want to be able to play games 4-5 years down the road at med-high settings in 1080p @ 60 FPS while only having to upgrade a few to no parts at all.

New PC

MOBO: ASUS Maximus VII Impact

CPU: i7-4790k (Is this overkill? I want it to be Future proof but will I be fine with a 4770k or even a i5-4690k?

CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i (Will this fit in a Obsidian Series 350D Case?)

GPU: Evga GTX 970

Hard Drive 1: Crucial MX100 SSD 256GB (for OS and a few Games)

Hard Drive 2: 2TB HDD

RAM: 8GB 1600Mhz (I can always add more in the future if needed)

OS: Windows 7 64bit

PSU: Is 700w overkill?

Any Recommendations or Tips on my new PC is greatly appreciated. If you want to try and build a better one my budget is 1600-1800$ in Canadian Dollars. I haven't built a PC in 5ish years so I'm kind of out of the loop

If i screwed up or if you have any questions feel free to speak up!

Thank you for your time!
 
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alpinlol

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Twitch doesnt limit you you can stream whatever fps you want. the only real limit they set you, which is rather a recommendation, is to stream with not more than a 3500bitrate.

The case with your pc, well the Xeon x5650 is an server cpu so you cant just oc it to 4,4ghz since theres no free multi on the cpu (usually) maybe the 1st gen series was different but i doubt it. 1st gen over all tends to perform rather poor when it comes to encoding compared to any other cpu starting with 2nd gen (sandy bridge) and newer.

is an i7 4790k overkill? no it is not actually its your best dicision if you want to be future proof for the next 5-7years and be able to run every latest game + stream on the same machine this probably will change in the future.

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/ZFHQBm
this would be an system i would recommend using. psu leaves you room for future upgrades its probably overkill but over the years the performance will decrease anyway meaning if the psu actually outputs 700watts now after like 3 years its probably more like 670 its not huge and you wont even notice it except you would run some crazy crossfire or sli systems.
the ssd is a better allround card with its high write speeds and almost the same read speeds as the crucial.

regarding to the os i would go with win8.1 64bit because its is really really good when it comes to streaming and ingame performance but obviously if you simply prefer win7 and you want win7 go for it

and as a suggestion i also added an really good cpu cooler
and some nice corsair case which is obviously overpriced and not an real suggestion to buy but its really nice build quality and it looks really awesome
 
Boildown

Boildown

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You don't need to water-cool your un-overclockable Xeon CPU. Get a good quiet air cooler instead.

I agree with Alpinlol, the 4790k is NOT overkill, its your best chance to make a PC that will last 5 years. I would get it rather than a 4770k unless you got a steep discount, and rather than an i5 in at any price, because you want it to last for 5 years (the i7 might, the i5 probably won't).

I would get two sticks of 8GB of RAM instead of two sticks of 4GB.

Your GTX 970 is great now, but don't expect it to last 5 years on future games. There's really nothing that can be done about this, and the GTX 970 is still the best choice.

Get a Radeon R7 260X or Nvidia GTX 750 for your encoding PC instead of the 560Ti if you want to save a copy to disk at a higher res or framerate than your stream. You can use NVEnc or the AMD equivalent (when its ready) so that it won't burden your CPU even though you're doing a second encode. You can easily skip this part if you don't care about this, the 560Ti is otherwise fine.

I have no idea about that case or whether it will fit in your budget.
 
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