upgrade for streaming

[DanteChen]

My PC :

ASUS MINI GTX 1060 3 GB

500 W white PSU

AMD X4 640 

4G x 2  Kingston RAM

1 SSD and 1 500GB HDD

 

So, I want to stream games like overwatch or LoL and Skyrim (or similar) -----> High detail and smooth

which CPU should I look up 

I got like, 500 USD as a budget

[Fungal]

Get a ryzen 1600 + mobo for $300 or ryzen 1700 + mobo for $400 with the current sales prices on amazon

Grab 16gb (8 can do but 16 is preferable for streaming) of ddr4 ram for about $120

[Simon771]

Ryzen 1600 + motherboard for 300$.

Then get yourself 2x8GB DDR4 for around 130$.

 

And use shadowplay from nvdia for your streams, since it will use minimum of your GPU resources, with minimal effect to your FPS.

[Jurrunio]

PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/B3PsCy
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/B3PsCy/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor  ($199.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  ($66.99 @ SuperBiiz) 
Memory: Team - T-Force / Night Hawk 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  ($102.99 @ Newegg) 
Total: $369.97
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2017-07-13 01:44 EDT-0400

 

Maybe use the remaining budget for a larger HDD? Up to you.

[tp95112]

12 minutes ago, Simon771 said:

Ryzen 1600 + motherboard for 300$.

Then get yourself 2x8GB DDR4 for around 130$.

 

And use shadowplay from nvdia for your streams, since it will use minimum of your GPU resources, with minimal effect to your FPS.

It looks terrible though. Unless somethings changed since the past 2 years Id highly advice against it

[Simon771]

18 minutes ago, tp95112 said:

It looks terrible though. Unless somethings changed since the past 2 years Id highly advice against it

Against what? Shadowplay?

I used it while playing Overwatch at 1440p ultra settings ... when I replayed that video and put it on ful screen ... it looked like I was just playing. Not sure about streaming since I never used that, but recording with shadowplay gives you great quality video output. At least that's my experience.

[tp95112]

Just now, Simon771 said:

Against what? Shadowplay?

I used it while playing Overwatch at 1440p ultra settings ... when I replayed that video and put it on ful screen ... it looked like I was just playing. Not sure about streaming since I never used that, but recording with shadowplay gives you great quality video output. At least that's my experience.

For streaming it doesnt look good but for recording its perfectly fine. Shadowplay for streaming gets very pixelated even with a bit rate of 50mb and 720p.

[Simon771]

1 minute ago, tp95112 said:

For streaming it doesnt look good but for recording its perfectly fine. Shadowplay for streaming gets very pixelated even with a bit rate of 50mb and 720p.

Didn't know that ... I always recorded at 1440p and same fps as game that I was playing, and it was just great. 

Don't stream 720p ... stream full quality  

[tp95112]

Just now, Simon771 said:

Didn't know that ... I always recorded at 1440p and same fps as game that I was playing, and it was just great. 

Don't stream 720p ... stream full quality  

1008p you want even higher bit rate which isnt support by shadowplay or h.264(not sure which)

[DanteChen]

So,....

Ryzen 1600 is capable of using obs to stream at a good quality ?

also, how about overwatch and shadow of mordor, or project cars ?

can it stream at a good quality ?

 

 

and... does the mobo affect the cpu performance while streaming ?

Like, A320 v.s B350 chip... Does it really make a difference ?

(I'm not going to overclock it...Since I dont really know how to do it)