Need MOBO replacement/ second comp advice.

[Rhinopkc]

Budget (including currency): $2-3000 a bit more if really needed 

Country: USA

Games, programs or workloads that it will be used for: ARK, The Isle, Minecraft, two-pc streaming.

Other details (existing parts lists, whether any peripherals are needed, what you're upgrading from, when you're going to buy, what resolution and refresh rate you want to play at, etc): ABS TUF - Intel i7-8700 - GeForce GTX 1080 - 16GB DDR4 - 240GB SSD - 2TB HDD - Gaming Desktop PC prebuild from Newegg, (2j Elgato 4k60 pro(not installed), prebuild has been upgraded with Samsung 970 nvme ssd. I want to make this the streaming computer, then build a new gaming rig.
 

I obviously neglected to check my motherboard for proper pci slots to support the capture cards, so now I need a new motherboard with big enough slots for those! Do you think the processor I have will be fine encoding all of that video (DLSR and Game PC) if I yank the 1080 to put in a new gaming rig until the current GPU market cools down? I have a 360mm AIO coming for the CPU to help cool it down from the extra work it’s going to be asked to do. Any Motherboard suggestions that have the at least 2 PCIe x4 slots for the capture cards along with a slot to put the 1080 back into once the new machine gets it’s own card? I haven’t checked yet, but if I don’t have onboard graphics in this CPU, what is a good replacement?

 

[Anghammarad]

Well CPU Encoding encoding will be a lot slower than using the NVENC Codec with the 1080.

 

Look for an Asrock board as a hint. I have several different ones in use, never let me down. 

 

I currently stream 1080p without an additional capture pc to youtube with my old system (see signature) without a problem. But then I don't have a cam connected, only audio right now.

 

Cheers

Ang

[Rhinopkc]

Thanks. Any suggestions on motherboards that have at least two PCIe x4 (for the two capture cards) and on PCIe x16 for the 1080?

[Gamer4714]

4 minutes ago, Rhinopkc said:

Thanks. Any suggestions on motherboards that have at least two PCIe x4 (for the two capture cards) and on PCIe x16 for the 1080?

You can use the current motherboard and use a PCIe riser

[Rhinopkc]

8 minutes ago, Gamer4714 said:

You can use the current motherboard and use a PCIe riser

https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards-Components/Motherboards/All-series/TUF-B360M-PLUS-GAMING/ Is my current motherboard. I only have x1 slots, if I plug an x4 card in there on a riser, won’t it run too slow?

[Gamer4714]

Yes, you would need another motherboard. What would be your budget for the motherboard

[Gamer4714]

Try this one http://amazon.com/TUF-B360-Plus-Gaming-LGA1151-Motherboard/dp/B07BSFX3MC/

[Rhinopkc]

23 hours ago, Gamer4714 said:

Yes, you would need another motherboard. What would be your budget for the motherboard

$200-300

[Rhinopkc]

23 hours ago, Gamer4714 said:

Try this one http://amazon.com/TUF-B360-Plus-Gaming-LGA1151-Motherboard/dp/B07BSFX3MC/

That looks like it may work, and leaves more money for the second PC. I’ll check it out a little more.

[Rhinopkc]

Thanks for your answers. After shopping around, I think it makes more sense to buy a new socket 1200 motherboard and spend an extra couple hundred bucks on a new processor.