Question / Help Is this PC good enough?

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Texecaster

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Hi everyone, first post here so please be gentle.

I'm currently streaming through my XboxOne to twitch and am becoming unsatisfied with the reliability of the stream (the app has issues). So, I thought about going out and buying a new PC for the house, one that would work well enough to stream in 720p using an ElGato Game Capture HD. The computer wouldn't be used to play any games, only to stream from an elgato to twitch via OBS. Here's a link to the computer I'm interested in, please give it a look. I'm on a tight budget (only can use what I got back for our tax return) so we're thinking right around $400. See link below and let me know what you think. Thanks guys!

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavi...gray/8448576.p?id=1219350960097&skuId=8448576
 
720@30fps then maybe, this is a really low powered quad core and IMO, isn't worth the 400 you are using for a 2 PC setup. especially since after that cost, you'll still have to buy the capture card.

that being said, I think your money could go a lot farther. Sorry, I have no suggestions for you, but if it was me, Lastly, your money will go further with a Pc based on AMD, you'd probably get a decent 6 core CPU-based Pc check newegg.com
 
Does your internet allow you to stream at 3500 max bitrate? Are you partnered with Twitch (if you're using Twitch)? If answer to both is NO, then you need a really powerful CPU to encode your stream for high quality footage.

With partner you can have a shittier CPU (in general) and compensate by streaming at higher bitrate.

Cheers.
 
720p30 should be fine, you might want to mess with both x264 encoding and also using Quicksync and see which you prefer
 
Texecaster said:
Thanks for the feedback guys. I ended up going with a different computer, they had a good deal on it at best buy and I can take it back if it doesn't stream well. Now I just need the ElGato which I should be picking up tomorrow. Here's the PC i chose, any insight? Again, no game playing from my computer just using it as a way to stream to Twitch.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/dell-inspiron-desktop-8gb-memory-1tb-hard-drive-black/5859005.p?id=1219165151225&skuId=5859005
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i think that pc is better even though its only a dual core.
much better single and multicore benchmarks. Still could have got a 6core amd for that price, just sayin'. But the dell should be fine and might even give you some room to do better than 720@30.
 
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