Can I stream with this rig?

[goatmanxl]

I currently have a GTX 1070 with an i5, it was a pre-built that I bought about 2 1/2 years ago. I want to get into streaming, but I'm not sure if my PC can even handle it. I tried streaming on discord for my friend because we had a full lobby, but it felt like it was struggling. Should I buy a new processor and a power supply to match? Does anyone have any kind of guidance or tips? Be patient pls I just got into PC with this first rig and don't know much.

Specs below (copy & pasted)

Processor: Intel i5-7600K Processor(4x 3.50GHz/6MB L3 Cache) 

Motherboard: ASUS TUF Z270 MARK 2 -- USB 3.1 (1 Type-C, 4 Front, 5 Rear)

Memory: 16 GB [4 GB X4] DDR4-2400 Memory Module - Certified Major Brand Gaming Memory

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 GIGABYTE G1 Gaming 8GB

Power Supply: 350 Watt - Standard 80 PLUS Bronze - Free Upgrade to 600W Standard 80 PLUS Gold

Processor Cooling: DEEPCOOL Gammaxx 400 CPU Cooler - White - White

Primary Hard Drive: 1 TB Hard Drive -- 32MB Cache, 7200RPM, 6.0Gb/s - Dual 1TB Drives (2TB Capacity) - RAID 0 High Performance

External Optical Drive: LG 14x Blu-ray Rewriter, DVD Rewriter Combo Drive - Black

Sound Card: 3D Premium Surround Sound Onboard

Network Card: Onboard LAN Network (Gb or 10/100)

M.2/PCI-E SSD Card: 128 GB ADATA SX8000 Series M.2 PCIe NVME SSD -- Read: 1000MB/s; Write: 550MB/s

[Slottr]

You'll be able to, sure- just not as efficiently as you would on better hardware.

 

Swapping those parts out though sounds like a good plan. You might as well get a bigger SSD while you're at it.

[goatmanxl]

Can you suggest what I should do and what I could do? The goal is to be able to stream at a minimum of 1080p 60fps

[goatmanxl]

4 minutes ago, Slottr said:

You'll be able to, sure- just not as efficiently as you would on better hardware.

 

Swapping those parts out though sounds like a good plan. You might as well get a bigger SSD while you're at it.

 Sorry, should've quoted so I don't cloq the post, but could you suggest what parts would help me stream more efficiently? I want to be able to stream and also save audio/video so that I can use it later i.e. YouTube, Twitch Clips

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, goatmanxl said:

 Sorry, should've quoted so I don't cloq the post, but could you suggest what parts would help me stream more efficiently? I want to be able to stream and also save audio/video so that I can use it later i.e. YouTube, Twitch Clips

Depends what you want to spend 

[goatmanxl]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Depends what you want to spend 

Only thing I don't want to do is get a new GPU, just because they cost so much right now.

[Slottr]

3 minutes ago, goatmanxl said:

Only thing I don't want to do is get a new GPU, just because they cost so much right now.

Do you have a budget?

[goatmanxl]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

Do you have a budget?

Most I could spend is maybe $800

[Slottr]

7 minutes ago, goatmanxl said:

Most I could spend is maybe $800

Maybe something in this area then:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$309.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	HP EX920 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$129.94 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$724.89
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-05 23:13 EST-0500

 

[goatmanxl]

7 minutes ago, Slottr said:

Maybe something in this area then:

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor	$309.99 @ Amazon
Motherboard	MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX ATX AM4 Motherboard	$114.99 @ Amazon
Memory	G.Skill Aegis 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory	$69.99 @ Newegg
Storage	HP EX920 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive	$129.94 @ Amazon
Power Supply	Corsair RMx (2018) 550 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply	$99.98 @ Amazon
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	$724.89
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2020-02-05 23:13 EST-0500

 

So, stay with me here, what's the difference between AMD and Intel, because I've watched from the sidelines as people tear each other apart debating what's better, would I be changing anything about the layout of my PC? Because I've never jumped into that arena, I'm a little clueless about what goes where and how

[Slottr]

6 minutes ago, goatmanxl said:

So, stay with me here, what's the difference between AMD and Intel, because I've watched from the sidelines as people tear each other apart debating what's better, would I be changing anything about the layout of my PC? Because I've never jumped into that arena, I'm a little clueless about what goes where and how

They have different architectures and different platforms.

They both process the same information, just do it differently.

AMD is pretty much go to right now because of their price/performance and the added benefit of  an easily upgradable chip by staying on the same socket.

They are really great for multitasking.

 

Motherboard and everything has the same layout and size- there's standards.

[goatmanxl]

3 minutes ago, Slottr said:

They have different architectures and different platforms.

They both process the same information, just do it differently.

AMD is pretty much go to right now because of their price/performance and the added benefit of  an easily upgradable chip by staying on the same socket.

They are really great for multitasking.

 

Motherboard and everything has the same layout and size- there's standards.

Do you know of any guides for assembly? Or should I look for someone that knows what they're doing? I wanna learn so that in the future I can plug and play, especially when I finally cave and get a new GPU.

[Slottr]

1 minute ago, goatmanxl said:

Do you know of any guides for assembly? Or should I look for someone that knows what they're doing? I wanna learn so that in the future I can plug and play, especially when I finally cave and get a new GPU.

There's plenty of build guides on Youtube.

 

LTT has a bunch, Paul's hardware, JayzTwoCents, etc.

[goatmanxl]

1 minute ago, Slottr said:

There's plenty of build guides on Youtube.

 

LTT has a bunch, Paul's hardware, JayzTwoCents, etc.

Thanks, I appreciate your help! Hopefully I get everything squared away, and hey man, if it all works out, I'll make sure to thank you on my first stream haha