i5-8400 + RX 590 + 16GB RAM enough for streaming?

[Ja55ie]

Would this be enough for streaming AAA games at medium setting @ 1080p? 

How about in high settings? 

Would you upgrade the CPU (maybe i5-8600k/9600k or 8700?) or GPU (GTX 1070/RTX 2060) in this situation if it's not enough power to stream? 

 

Any other insight would help too, thanks ! 

[CharminUltraStrong]

As in, streaming to twitch or streaming to your TV/Steam link?

[Ja55ie]

3 minutes ago, CharminUltraStrong said:

As in, streaming to twitch or streaming to your TV/Steam link?

Twitch please ! 

[SupaKomputa]

It has 6 cores, i think its enough.

Say the game used 4 cores, and the streaming 2 cores.

Check the CPU usage in task manager.

[CharminUltraStrong]

1 minute ago, Ja55ie said:

Twitch please ! 

It should suffice, if you are concerned with lag free streams you can broadcast your stream to a cheapo secondary computer that talks to twitch and will cut down on lag. There's an article on it here, https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1988680-broadcasting-with-two-computers. As far as the 8600k vs. 9600k, they're both hexacore hexathreaded CPU's. I'm guessing you're looking at those CPU's instead of Ryzen because of your Z370 board so I won't suggest em. You should go with the 8600k as the 9600k isn't fully compatible with a Z370 board without flashing the BIOS. Save yourself some unnecessary headache and go for the cheaper, extremely similar 8600k. What is your overall budget here btw?

[Mister Woof]

Iirc Intel chips you can use quick sync with obs to offload to the igpu

[Ja55ie]

26 minutes ago, CharminUltraStrong said:

It should suffice, if you are concerned with lag free streams you can broadcast your stream to a cheapo secondary computer that talks to twitch and will cut down on lag. There's an article on it here, https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1988680-broadcasting-with-two-computers. As far as the 8600k vs. 9600k, they're both hexacore hexathreaded CPU's. I'm guessing you're looking at those CPU's instead of Ryzen because of your Z370 board so I won't suggest em. You should go with the 8600k as the 9600k isn't fully compatible with a Z370 board without flashing the BIOS. Save yourself some unnecessary headache and go for the cheaper, extremely similar 8600k. What is your overall budget here btw?

I was actually suggesting items for my friend who is building a new PC. He got a good deal on a Z370 mobo and he mentioned that he wanted to stream, he also plays in 1080p right now. I knew the 8700 was sorta overkill and wasn't sure if the 8400 would be enough. He found a good deal on a 9600k now so he's getting that. I am likely going to be the one helping him assembly it so I don't see flahsing an updated BIOS as a hassle. His budget is about $1200CAD after taxes (13%).

 

So far he's getting:

Asrock Z370 Pro4 for $99 after MIR ($129 before) +tax

the 9600k for $329 +tax

DDR4 3000 g.skill cheap ram, 2x8gb for $129 +tax

Aerocool case for $60 +tax

 

I was going to suggest the RX 590 (approx $350 + tax), as I think the 580/1060 may be a bit to outdated for the next couple years and the 6GB frame buffer on the 1060/2060 seems to be limiting in 2-3 years as well. 

 

 

[xg32]

2 minutes ago, Ja55ie said:

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you want something with more than 6 threads for streaming.