Need a little help with building my streaming/gaming PC

[brobika]

I am new to these forums so please don't be mad if i'm asking for help in the wrong place but my current PC is just not cutting it. I use my comp for streaming and gaming but when streaming games like fortnite or wow, I get a lot of pixelation and I use the most optimal settings in OBS that I can and game settings and everything you can think of, but I think I just need a better pc. Or at the least new / better components like a CPU and RAM and maybe a new video card, but if I'm being honest, I really don't know lol. Lucky enough, I'm in a position when I can spend about $2k but really no more than that unless I absolutely need too. My CPU when idle is at about 20% while using chrome. When streaming, I get around 90-100% I really only use what's necessary which isn't much so I don't know why this happens. I'm certain this is what causes extreme pixelation.

 

Internet: 36 ping 32.50 download 6.05 upload (This is as good as I can get with spectrum / TW)

 

This is what I currently have in my comp, I think most of it's decent but if you can recommend a better build / different parts, please let me know.

CPU: Intel - Core i7-6700K

CPU Cooler: Corsair - H115i 104.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

MOBO: Asus - Z170-A ATX LGA1151 Motherboard

RAM: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory

SSD: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive

HDD: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: EVGA - GeForce GTX 1070 8GB SC Gaming ACX 3.0 Video Card

Case: Corsair - 750D ATX Full Tower Case

PSU: Corsair - 750W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Optical Drive: Asus - DRW-24B3ST/BLK/G/AS DVD/CD Writer

OS: Microsoft - Windows 10 Home OEM 64-bit

 

Once again, my bad If this is the wrong thread to post in.

[jiyeon]

You're saying that comp is not cutting it? It seems ripe with potential for streaming.

 

If you don't mind getting a new motherboard and CPU, you could go with AMD Ryzen 7 since Ryzen's additional cores will make it great for streamers like you. Everything else there is completely fine.

[brobika]

12 minutes ago, MiNy said:

You're saying that comp is not cutting it? It seems ripe with potential for streaming.

Aside from extreme pixelation and high CPU usage on my stream, It's been great. And thank you for responding. What would you recommend in terms of a motherboard to go with an AMD Ryzen 7 that will be also be compatible with my other compenents?

[Herman Mcpootis]

I'd recommend a ryzen 2700 and X470 board for an upgrade.

[brobika]

2 minutes ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

I'd recommend a ryzen 2700 and X470 board for an upgrade.

Will that be compatible with my other components and help get rid of pixelation?

[LienusLateTips]

30 minutes ago, brobika said:

Will that be compatible with my other components and help get rid of pixelation?

Yes. It has nearly the same IPC, a slightly lower clock and double the cores and threads. You might have to reinstall Windows, but that should be about it.

[brobika]

25 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

Yes. It has nearly the same IPC, a slightly lower clock and double the cores and threads. You might have to reinstall Windows, but that should be about it.

Sorry I'm dumb lol. I googled x470 and found a couple, do you have a specific x470 in mind or just any one of them?

Edited July 1, 2018 by brobika

[LienusLateTips]

54 minutes ago, brobika said:

Sorry I'm dumb lol. I googled x470 and found a couple, do you have a specific x470 in mind or just any one of them?

X470 is a chipset?