Minimum cpu for obs 1080p 60fps?

[rocker0]

Hi what would the minimum cpu be, i am looking at an i5 2500 and maybe picking up a r9 270 for gpu, to make a dedicated streaming pc to aid my main one.
what would you recomend for .264 encoding?

[rocker0]

or with nvec what minimum gpu would be nessessary?

thanks 

[Electronics Wizardy]

Well you need a nvidia card for nvenc, you can use obs on your cpu or amf on the amd card, but amf is crap. You can probably get away with that chip, but your probably thinking veryfast or faster in x264.

[James the Broke Gamer]

2 hours ago, rocker0 said:

Hi what would the minimum cpu be, i am looking at an i5 2500 and maybe picking up a r9 270 for gpu, to make a dedicated streaming pc to aid my main one.
what would you recomend for .264 encoding?

bro if ur looking for low end gaming, gt a ryzen 3 2200g, look at user bench, its an AMAZINGLY fast cpu for the price

[James the Broke Gamer]

also dude, your gpu can be a gtx 970, or a 1050 (970 is nice and fast though)

[Connor_LindTV]

2 hours ago, rocker0 said:

Hi what would the minimum cpu be, i am looking at an i5 2500 and maybe picking up a r9 270 for gpu, to make a dedicated streaming pc to aid my main one.
what would you recomend for .264 encoding?

1080p60 means nothing if your preset isnt low enough... 

 

as far as CPU encoding what you want is to hit the medium preset on 1080p60 or 720p60 (or "slower") which will require a 8700K or Ryzen 7 2700X (at current generation, when Ryzen 3 comes out we will obvously have to see how it performs) BUT... right now X.264 (CPU encoding) is a better wuality at 720p60 and 1080p60 compared to NVENC... but at the same time NVENC is much less stress on the CPU.... so the choice is yours... 

 

10XX series GPU's from invidia all have the same NVENC on board encoder.... so i would suggest a 1060 if you want to stream with NVENC (the quality wont be as good as 1080p60 on Medium preset) 

 

If you need or want more information ill be live on my twitch in about 2-2.3 hours (4:30-5:00pm PST) if you have any other questions... 

[rocker0]

i did say minimum so i ment older hardware if possible. sorry i dont know the specs of the stream, i just want a good enough experience at most peoples minimum requirments .

the 1050 idea is a good one i could use nvec with a worse cpu and newer but cheap gpu. I am a student so money is always a premium cheaper is better but yeah thanks so far.

 

also the main rig i have that the dedicated would be taking the stream from is ryzen 3 1200 and rx 480  if that make any difference