Question / Help Minimal Hardware for a seperate streaming PC

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Martin H

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Hello guys,

i am currently thinking about building a streaming PC in addition to my regular gaming PC, since the games I play eat up a lot of CPU ressources. And that combined with OBS CPU Usage leads to low FPS on games like Arma III and DayZ.

Gaming PC Hardware:

-i7 4790k
-Asrock Z87 extreme 6
-16GB G.Skill Ram
-Asus GTX760
-256GB Samsung Evo III SSD
-128GB Samsung Evo III SSD

( i think this covers the most important components )

I was wondering what would be that absolute minimal required hardware to build an streaming PC. I did some research on Youtube and google and these are the things i learned so far:

-My leftover i5 4670k would have enough performance
-Since it has an integrated Graphics chip, i don't need a gfx card
-I need a capture card to get the video feed from my gaming pc

Now my questions:

-Wich is the best capture card?
-Wich Mainboard should I use, how much RAM should i fit on it?
-I am using a Logitech G930 Wireless Headset while I am gaming, can i still get the Audio delivered to the streaming PC?
-Could I also record with DXTORY while I am streaming with OBS?


Since i won't be able to afford a whole computer all at once, might it be a good idea to buy the Capture card first to take some of the load off the CPU and have the capture card encode the stream?

Thanks a lot in advance you guys
 
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CritVV

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-I've heard the Elgato Game Capture HD works great, but it's a USB card. If you want a PCI-E card, I think the Avermedia Live Gamer HD would work best for you.
-For the motherboard, I've heard the Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 is a fine board.
-For RAM, anything between 4-8 GB should be fine. I've heard the Corsair Vengeance and Crucial Ballistix memory is of good quality.
-I'm not sure if you can get the audio delivered to your streaming pc, because it has a USB connection, I don't think so....someone else has to answer that.
-Yes, using DXTORY whilst streaming with OBS is absolutely possible. There are many guides on youtube how to stream using Dxtory + OBS.

"Since i won't be able to afford a whole computer all at once, might it be a good idea to buy the Capture card first to take some of the load off the CPU and have the capture card encode the stream?"
On a single pc setup, a capture card does not take any load off the processor, so you'd rather stream using software until you get your 2nd pc.
 
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Martin H

New Member
@CritVV

Thanks a lot, I did a lot of research after I posted this thread and also came to the same conclusions. Avermedia, a cheap Z87 or Z97 Mainbaord, 8GB RAM, external Audio Card. Thanks a lot for your help

@Harold jesus fucking christ *pardon my french* i never knew about this option. Just googled it and looked up some Youtube guides. Tomorrow I am going to make a first test stream using this option. Thanks a lot for your help!
 
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Harold

Active Member
It's actually pretty beast as far as overall performance goes. When enabled properly, it frees up basically all the main cpu time that would normally be spent on the encoder.

Quality is about even for streaming (from what I've seen, but ymmv) and given your budget, it may be a better option than buying a whole new rig to encode with.

I have a 4770k based rig that I play, stream and record on. It ends up being massively better using quicksync if I'm playing anything that gets cpu bound.
 
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