Need advice for upgrading

[caked1393]

Hi I'm currently running a R3 2200G + GTX 970 and I was wondering which component I should upgrade first?
I usually play Valorant but I'm interested in streaming. Current budget is around 200 USD. 

Thank you very much!

 

[LienusLateTips]

That budget isn't really enough for a decent upgrade right now.

 

Streaming will be fine on that build with Valorant. Set the encoder in OBS or whatever you use to NVENC, that way it doesn't use your CPU horsepower.

 

Maybe get an extra HDD to store more clips if you're out.

If the temps are bad maybe get a fan or two. But otherwise save up more.

[caked1393]

6 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

That budget isn't really enough for a decent upgrade right now.

 

Streaming will be fine on that build with Valorant. Set the encoder in OBS or whatever you use to NVENC, that way it doesn't use your CPU horsepower.

 

Maybe get an extra HDD to store more clips if you're out.

If the temps are bad maybe get a fan or two. But otherwise save up more.

I've been having trouble streaming Valorant on Facebook, it ends up very very choppy with maxed out CPU usage so I was thinking that perhaps it was a CPU issue or maybe my settings are off... 

[boggy77]

what RAM configuration do you have?

[You_found_dom]

How much ram, and try overclocking the cpu if your mobo is good what’s your mobo

[caked1393]

So I tried logging my current setup while playing valorant + streaming (720p/NVENC)

I'm not entirely sure but doesn't this look like a CPU bottleneck? I was having quite a number of frame drops despite my GPU usage sitting around 40%

As for RAM I have 4x4 GB 2400mhz Kingston Hyperx

 

Edit: Kinda weird I noticed my frame rates were ~40 fps lower while streaming even on NVENC - GPU usage wasn't maxed out or throttling either. CPU was pretty steady at 3.9 ghz too so no throttling however it was maxed out the whole time. Does OBS still consume CPU resources even when using NVENC encoder?