Question / Help Dedicated Streaming PC vs Main PC

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So work gave me a PC to use at home for some testing and just for a standard home pc.

I dont have the exact spec of the processor but it is about a 2-3 year old Intel Xeon processor. It has 12 gb of ram, and a 256 SSD, and a super basic GPU (testing VMware stuff, doesn't require a ton of GPU power).

My main PC, has a i5-4670k, 8 gb ram, 660 TI, 128 GB SSD. I can run most games at max settings, but as soon as i throw the streaming in on it, the PC takes a dump (to be expected).

Now my question is, if I were to set up a dedicated streaming PC that doesn't have the greatest of PC gaming specs, would I notice a major dip in performance? Or would I see an increase in performance?

When setting up the dedicated streaming pc, is it usually easier to just run a remote desktop from your main PC (to adjust settings, etc) or just put it on the second monitor?

I have a Hauppauge HD PVR 2 Gaming edition cap card. Would the PVR2 recognize the pc as an input, or do i have to do the same way i stream my Xbox one (full screen the Hauppauge software, sub-region capture)?

I know I would have to get an HDMI switcher, which I may do anyways. Any help/advice would be great!
 
A 4670K should be more than capable of streaming in a single PC setup, I would suspect that you've misconfigured OBS if everything really "takes a dump." You also have the option of using the iGPU to handle encoding via Quick Sync.

Using a 2PC setup will not incur a performance penalty on the gaming PC. Typically you'd just clone your monitor to a second output on your GPU and run that to the capture device.

The HDPVR2 is not supported by OBS, where the source content comes from doesn't matter.
 
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A 4670K should be more than capable of streaming in a single PC setup, I would suspect that you've misconfigured OBS if everything really "takes a dump." You also have the option of using the iGPU to handle encoding via Quick Sync.

Using a 2PC setup will not incur a performance penalty on the gaming PC. Typically you'd just clone your monitor to a second output on your GPU and run that to the capture device.

The HDPVR2 is not supported by OBS, where the source content comes from doesn't matter.
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The quick sync option only seems to work in windows 8+ if I remember right, may not work then either. I have windows 7 and the QSVHelper.exe crash makes quick sync not a option really. For the 10 mins or so it does work are amazing for performance but it crashes too often to stream with. I have seen multiple threads on this and tried every setting imaginable to fix it. nothing works and every thread in the same here "just upgrade to windows 8" or "its a windows problem nothing we can do" and then the thread dies

quick sync works fine in every app i use other than obs so i doubt its a windows issue but whatever i gave up on it. Just pointing that out to save this guy some headache
 
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