Question / Help Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 for dj streaming?

[idreaminhd]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
8GB DDR2 (I could bump this up to 16gb but not cost effective at all)
GeForce GTX 560

Can that older computer run OBS streaming software for just dj streaming. Serato would be running on a much newer Intel 6 core laptop.

If so would it only be able to do 720P? This computer would not be used for any gaming.

I appreciate any feed back
Thanks

 

[carlmmii]

That computer is too ancient.

GPU - too old for encoding (missed it by 1 generation -- if it were a 600 series, it would have 1st gen Nvenc)
CPU - no quicksync, and I seriously doubt it can come anywhere close to 720p 30fps even on the ultrafast preset. Maybe 480p30, but that's as far as I'd set my hopes.

 

[FerretBomb]

You'd likely be far better-off running Serato on the old clunker there, and OBS on the modern system. Real-time video encoding is VERY demanding. Music production is going to be quite a bit lighter-weight.

(On a side note, a 600-series nVidia GPU would have the potential to have NVENC on it; not all did. Not even all 700-series had it available.)

 

[idreaminhd]

Thank you. I had a feeling that would be the answer. Time to retire that ancient pc.

I am thinking about building a new pc for OBS streaming. From just brief research last night I am thinking of a AMD RYZEN 5 3600X unless there are other suggestions. What happened to Intel lol?

Are there any GPU's that anyone would recommend for this build?

Thanks again

 

[FerretBomb]

Thank you. I had a feeling that would be the answer. Time to retire that ancient pc.

I am thinking about building a new pc for OBS streaming. From just brief research last night I am thinking of a AMD RYZEN 5 3600X unless there are other suggestions. What happened to Intel lol?

Are there any GPU's that anyone would recommend for this build?

Thanks again

Honestly, the most recent nVidia NVENC revision renders CPU software encoding almost moot in a livestreaming environment, outside of the high-end professional range (where spending $10K on an encoding machine is chump change).
Look for something with an nVidia RTX 2000-series, GTX 1660, or 1650 Super (not the non-Super or Ti! These use an older, worse-quality NVENC core). The encoding quality is on-par with x264 Medium, or even Slow in some cases.

The CPU will still support things like browser sources and any applications you're running on the machine, but the 'heavy lifting' part of streaming will be handled entirely by the GPU.

Do NOT get an AMD GPU. AMF is frankly awful, and AMD only care about it enough to say the words 'We care about AMF'.