Question / Help [Question] Dual PC Setup

[benidino]

Hello, i'm an Portuguese blogger, and i am now starting on streaming some stuff. I aint an hardcore gamer so i usually don't play nothing to heavy. I bought on December an Live Gamer HD as it was on my see the best capture for me to capture ps3, xbox and console, and now i want to start streaming some gaming on my pc.

So let me give you first my gaming pc specs:

Cpu: Intel q6600
Ram: 8gb DDR3
GPU: AMD HD 6770

I usually play cs:go, wow and some stuff like that and it play just awesome but for streaming it's obvious that cant handle the both at the same time. So i'm in the process of building an second computer for it process the streaming.
It is:
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
Ram: 4gb ddr3

My question is, for streaming ps3 the q6600 handles well on 720p and that's the reso that i want to stream, and i don't know if the AMD Phenom II X4 955 can handle this specs. I don't have the cpu yet as it is beeing shipped from hong kong to here.
Hope you guys can help me. I know my specs aren't nothing from the other world, but for now i can't buy a new gaming pc, and as it is an hobby and an help for my blog i just want to hande this reso just fine. Help me please :D

 

[ZagatoMKR]

If you're going to use Twitch as a streaming service and you're not partnered (if they recently haven't changed their policy) you're capped at about 3500 bitrate (capable of 720p 60 fps) at which point your stream stutters a lot (so you're usually forced to go lower bitrate).

I myself use AMD Phenom II X4 965 which is OC'd to 3.9 GHz as a streaming PC and I am able to use "fast" CPU preset (when streaming 720p) and 2200 bitrate setting. As a non-parthner, I found my settings to work perfectly well and stream being clear and non-laggy.

For streaming PC, the CPU is the one part you should invest in as it will encode (pack) video/audio stream to send to chosen streaming service. The better and faster CPU, the lower bitrate needed and thus the more stable the stream. In the end the question is, whether you're partnered or not and if you are, does your internet (upload) allow high bitrate or not.

Cheers.