Question / Help Dedicated streaming pc?!

[LTKVeteran]

Hello, as title says I am looking to purchase a streaming pc, it will not do anything other than stream while I game on my main. For $550 how are these specs looking. All input is much appreciated. Looking to stream at 720p @60fps

Video Card: MSI Geforce GTX970 4GB
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
Processor: AMD FX-6350 6-Core Black (3.9/4.2GHZ) (Base/Overdrive)
RAM: 16GB DDR3 (G.SKILL Ares Series)

 

[alpinlol]

Hello, as title says I am looking to purchase a streaming pc, it will not do anything other than stream while I game on my main. For $550 how are these specs looking. All input is much appreciated. Looking to stream at 720p @60fps

Video Card: MSI Geforce GTX970 4GB
Motherboard: ASUS M5A97 R2.0 AM3+ AMD 970 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD
Processor: AMD FX-6350 6-Core Black (3.9/4.2GHZ) (Base/Overdrive)
RAM: 16GB DDR3 (G.SKILL Ares Series)

Completely wasted money. FX 6350 is outdated and way too underpowered.

Depending on what GPU your current gaming system has you are better of streaming using your GPU

 

[LTKVeteran]

My current build is i7 7700k 16gb ddr4 with evga 1070 ftw2. I can mostly stream 720 @30 but I do run into performance issues in game, not a big loss, but definitely noticeable. I have tried gpu as encoder and similar issues, i don't think 1070 is powerful enough, 1080ti will be the ultimate sweet spot, but for the price of that gpu I'm better off getting a dedicated pc, if I can locate one on Craigslist around 800 or less. What should I look for in a dedicated streaming pc?

 

[alpinlol]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($288.29 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($95.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Green 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.50 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Video Card: Gigabyte - GeForce GT 1030 2GB Low Profile Video Card ($74.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: EVGA - BT 450W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($35.98 @ Newegg)
Total: $606.63
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-15 03:58 EST-0500

Getting a used GPU or using an old one is probably best here same goes for a case.

Had more text but deleted it by accident. tldr. 7700k should be suitable for 720p60 in pretty much every game. NVENC does barely impact any ingame performance ever since GTX 770 which is also the first gen of NVENC capable GPUs.

And if looking into a dedicated streaming rig then a system with AMD Ryzen will offer best price to performance.

 

[LTKVeteran]

Thanks man. And yeah I already have a 1060 6gb and a 600w thermaltake psu

 

[alpinlol]

Thanks man. And yeah I already have a 1060 6gb and a 600w thermaltake psu

That saves you over $100 so you are below 550 and can still get a cheap case

updated the least below

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3.0GHz 8-Core Processor ($288.29 @ SuperBiiz)
Motherboard: MSI - B350M PRO-VD PLUS Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($56.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($95.89 @ OutletPC)
Storage: Western Digital - Green 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($54.50 @ Newegg Marketplace)
Video Card: Zotac - GeForce GTX 1060 3GB 3GB Mini Video Card (Purchased For $0.00)
Case: Fractal Design - Core 1000 USB 3.0 MicroATX Mid Tower Case ($39.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: Thermaltake - TR2 600W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply (Purchased For $0.00)
Total: $535.65
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-15 05:48 EST-0500