Live Streaming Dual PC Setup

[JustGamingJohnny]

Hey everyone,

 

Here are my system specs.

Gaming PC:

AMD FX-8370 w/ AMD Wraith Heatsink
Gigabyte 970A-D3P Motherboard

G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1600Mhz 4x4GB
AMD Radeon XFX RX 470 4GB x2
EVGA 850BQ 80+ Bronze Fully Modular PSU

 

Blue Yeti Silver
Logitech C920
 

Streaming PC:

AMD FX-8370 w/NZXT Kraken X62
Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 Motherboard
G.Skill Sniper DDR3 1600Mhz 2x8GB
EVGA GTX 1060 SSC ACX 3.0 6GB
Thermaltake Toughpower 850 80+ Gold Fully Modular PSU

Elgato HD60 Pro
Blue Yeti Blackout
Logitech C922X

StreamLabs OBS

 

I have a couple of things that I am wondering.

1: Should I switch my 1060 over to my gaming PC?
2: Would my gaming PC be better off with just 2 Dimms?

3: Would my streaming PC benefit more from the single GPU or dual GPU setup?
4: Which video encoder would you recommend?

[Techla]

I would highly recommend putting your gtx 1060 in your gaming pc.

No, streaming is mainly cpu heavy.

You have a pretty sweet set up.

[JustGamingJohnny]

Thanks. Also I remember in OBS being able to select the second GPU. Can I not do that anyone in SLOBS?

[Streetguru]

16 minutes ago, JustGamingJohnny said:

 

You aren't using nvenc to stream on the secondary PC?

But you can probably just eliminate one of the PCs when AM4 16 Core CPUs come out at some point.

[JustGamingJohnny]

No I am not using NVENC on the secondary. In fact I just switched the secondary to both RX 470s.