Question / Help New CPU

[Ririnnie]

Hello. First of all, I'm sorry if this does not go here, I'm totally new.

A couple weeks ago I replaced my old i5 3470 for a Ryzen 5 3600X (this means I replaced mobo and RAM, now 16GB at 3200 MHz. I have a GTX 1070, so I think both my graphics card and my processor can handle streaming with no issue. I only have one computer, but I do not plan on streaming every day nor become a professional streamer.

When I first installed OBS it automatically set some stuff up, but I feel things like resolution or bitrate might be lower than my PC can actually handle for streaming. Again, I'm totally new to the program so I really don't know.

What settings should I go with? I feel like it runs alright both with x264 and NVENC encodings, although I don't know which bitrate should I use, or how many FPS or even if 1080p is going to be too much. I want to use it to record video instead of streaming from time to time, so... I guess that means I might need to have two presets, one for each.

Sorry for being so new and having so many questions. I hope you can help me to set things up.

Thank you!

 

[koala]

You want to stream? To choose the bitrate, consult and consider the best practice articles by Twitch and Youtube:

Twitch Streamers - Twitch Video Encoding/Bitrates/And Stuff

stream.twitch.tv

Choose live encoder settings, bitrates, and resolutions - YouTube Help

Choose a quality that will result in a reliable stream based on your internet connection. Read this article to learn how.

support.google.com

General guideline:
- set your canvas resolution to the native resolution of the thing you want to capture and stream. Usually, this is your native monitor resolution
- set your output resolution to 720p or 1080p, dependent on your upload bitrate with your internet provider. And it depends on if you have transcoding with the streaming provider you choose - Twitch offers this not for everyone, while Youtube does (as far as I know). Transcoding means, your viewers get not only the resolution offered you stream with, but lower resolutions as well. If you stream at 1080p and have no transcoding, people on mobile or on weak internet lines might not be able to watch your stream, because they get no downscaled resolutions offered.

Other than that, you may rely on the results of Tools->Auto Configuration wizard. Take these settings as baseline and modify them carefully until you get your desired result.

I assume the Auto Configuration Wizard chooses simple output mode and nvenc as encoder. This is the most reliable and efficient configuration with the least possibility of failure. For streaming, your only additional configuration item to change is the bitrate. For recording in simple mode, use "Indistinguishable Quality" and don't change any of the other defaults.