Question / Help Using i7-5960x as Stream machine

[dOtKoM]

I am building an i9-9900k system want to get into streaming with my old computer (i7-5960x @ 4.2Ghz / 32GB DDR4 @ 2333) Download 978Mbps / Upload 50Mbps just curious if anyone knows what kind of Quality I should expect with OBS?

 

[carlmmii]

Test it? If you already have that rig available, just do a test recording for the settings you would want and see how far you can push the quality setting for x264 before you reach an encoding limit. There will be a little bit of overhead based on how complex your scene will be, but that will give you a rough idea.

Ballpark guess? Probably able to do 1080p60 fast/medium, 720p60 medium/slow. Pure guess though, haven't had a chance to play with that chip.