Building a STREAMING PC!

[ColeFemo]

Hey, everyone! I am back again to get some help with a build. This time it is a PC I'm building JUST TO STREAM THE GAME RAINBOW SIX SIEGE!

 

I will be playing the game on my already beefy 1080ti/7700k system. This new build will just be doing all of the streaming work.

 

What I have already:

 

- Gigabit Internet (700 Down / 45 Up on Average)

- Wired Connection

- A liquid cooled 1080ti/7700k/16GB RAM system for running the game.

- All of the stream peripherals like webcam/mic.

 

BUDGET AND LOCATION:

 

USA.

Budget is flexible, but I would really appreciate a couple variants from low -> mid -> high.

 

AIM:

 

Like I said before, this system will be used for the streaming side of Rainbow Six Siege. The game itself is ridiculously CPU intensive and when I try to stream the game my 7700k idles at 100% usage. It's miserable. :( 

I have tried so many fixes to get streaming on my own system to work, but if you have any last minute tips to try I will take them...

 

MONITORS:

 

As this is the streaming PC, I will probs just hook it up to one of my spare monitors for managing the stream, but no real need for general usage.

 

PERIPHERALS:

 

Mostly irrelevant for this build. I will grab a cheapo $10 keyboard/mouse bundle from BestBuy. I will need a Win10 OS key, however.

 

WHY AM I UPGRADING:

 

I cannot stream Rainbow Six Siege from my gaming rig. I run Siege on LOW SETTINGS at 1080P and it constantly freezes and crashes. Every other game on the market can be streamed out at 720/60 while I play at 1440/165. Only SIEGE gives me an issue. God, why couldn't I go competitive in ANY OTHER GAME that I could stream. LOL

 

 

Thanks in advance for all of the help!

 

- Femo

[Jurrunio]

so you want to stream at 1080p 60?

[ColeFemo]

Just now, Jurrunio said:

so you want to stream at 1080p 60?

If I could, that would be amazing. Again, I have the PC for running the game, just need something to get it onto Twitch efficiently.

[Spotty]

5 minutes ago, ColeFemo said:

Like I said before, this system will be used for the streaming side of Rainbow Six Siege. The game itself is ridiculously CPU intensive and when I try to stream the game my 7700k idles at 100% usage. It's miserable.

Have you tried switching to hardware encoding (NVENC) instead of software (CPU)? The 1080Ti handles NVENC encoding pretty well.

[ColeFemo]

Just now, Spotty said:

Have you tried switching to hardware encoding (NVENC) instead of software (CPU)? The 1080Ti handles NVENC encoding pretty well.

Yeah, I have.  I have tried messing with settings, I have contacted people who run streamer OBS settings for their JOB and no one has been able to get Siege to stream.

[Spotty]

11 minutes ago, ColeFemo said:

Yeah, I have.  I have tried messing with settings, I have contacted people who run streamer OBS settings for their JOB and no one has been able to get Siege to stream.

Hardware NVENC didn't work at all?

[Nocte]

I would buy something like this:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor	$158.89 @ OutletPC
CPU Cooler	Cooler Master - Hyper 212 EVO 82.9 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler	$24.99 @ Newegg
Motherboard	ASRock - B450 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard	$89.89 @ OutletPC
Memory	GeIL - EVO SPEAR 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	$79.99 @ Newegg
Storage	Team - L5 LITE 120 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	$18.98 @ Newegg
Video Card	Zotac - GeForce GT 710 1 GB Video Card	$37.99 @ SuperBiiz
Case	RIOTORO - CR480 ATX Mid Tower Case	$49.99 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair - CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	$38.89 @ OutletPC
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total (before mail-in rebates)	$549.61
	Mail-in rebates	-$50.00
	Total	$499.61
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-03-22 00:48 EDT-0400

 

[Izuzo]

9 hours ago, ColeFemo said:

Yeah, I have.  I have tried messing with settings, I have contacted people who run streamer OBS settings for their JOB and no one has been able to get Siege to stream.

Does this include the newer NVENC that was implemented with version 23 for OBS? It was quite a bit smoother for me when using the newer NVENC than previous versions. Even intensive games like Division 1 and 2 were massively smoother for me. 

[ColeFemo]

14 hours ago, Spotty said:

Hardware NVENC didn't work at all?

It didn't make a single bit of difference. Still streamed out at 3 FPS and crashed constantly.

[ColeFemo]

4 hours ago, Izuzo said:

Does this include the newer NVENC that was implemented with version 23 for OBS? It was quite a bit smoother for me when using the newer NVENC than previous versions. Even intensive games like Division 1 and 2 were massively smoother for me. 

I've had my OBS and Streamlabs OBS both up to date at all times, and have attempted to stream with NVENC many times since v23. Still doesn't work. I don't know, maybe there's something wrong with my system that only shows its face when I am trying to stream?  

[Izuzo]

11 minutes ago, ColeFemo said:

I've had my OBS and Streamlabs OBS both up to date at all times, and have attempted to stream with NVENC many times since v23. Still doesn't work. I don't know, maybe there's something wrong with my system that only shows its face when I am trying to stream?  

Hmm. I do know that I had a problem with the new NVENC when I first tried it and did a Windows Reset worked pretty well. I don't know what the issue was, to be honest. Could have been drivers, could have been just about anything for my system lol.