Rate my streaming build

[JonA518]

1. Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
2. Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
3. MSI - Z270M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
4. G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
5. Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
6. Western Digital Firecude 1TB
7. Gigabyte - GeForce GT 1030 OC 2GB Video Card
8. Corsair - Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case
9. EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
10. Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro

Should I make any changes or is it good the way it is?

[dakwill]

you could maybe upgrade the graphics card down the line

[AskTJ]

Why a 1030? Z270 isn't that good of value - performance today. Take a look at Z370 or Ryzen.

[JonA518]

6 minutes ago, AskTJ said:

Why a 1030? Z270 isn't that good of value - performance today. Take a look at Z370 or Ryzen.

To take the stress off the CPU, I'm using an Elgato capture card 

[JonA518]

9 minutes ago, dakwill said:

you could maybe upgrade the graphics card down the line

I'm going to upgrade the GPU to a 1050ti in the future.

[ne0tic]

18 minutes ago, JonA518 said:

1. Intel - Core i7-7700K 4.2GHz Quad-Core Processor
2. Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler
3. MSI - Z270M MORTAR Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard
4. G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 Memory
5. Kingston - A400 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
6. Western Digital Firecude 1TB
7. Gigabyte - GeForce GT 1030 OC 2GB Video Card
8. Corsair - Air 240 MicroATX Mid Tower Case
9. EVGA - SuperNOVA G3 550W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply
10. Elgato Game Capture HD60 Pro

Should I make any changes or is it good the way it is?

You should definitely upgrade the GPU to a GTX 1070 or something!

[JonA518]

4 minutes ago, ne0tic said:

You should definitely upgrade the GPU to a GTX 1070 or something!

That does sound good but...... I'm not gaming on this PC. I'm only using this system to stream that's all. What benefits will I get if I use a GTX 1070?

[ne0tic]

14 minutes ago, JonA518 said:

That does sound good but...... I'm not gaming on this PC. I'm only using this system to stream that's all. What benefits will I get if I use a GTX 1070?

Okay, yeah if you don't game anything it's unnecessary.

[Tosa]

The way I see it, the only reason you would want a separate PC for streaming, is to dedicate more CPU time to software encode video without sacrificing game performance. If you intent to use the GPU for encoding, then I'd eliminate a potential point of failure by putting the GPU that's doing the encoding in the same machine you're gaming on. Or just using the GPU that's running the game for encoding.

A faster quad core CPU is the optimal for running games, but for encoding video, you'd benefit more from having more cores. But if you already have this PC, it should perform just fine.

[JonA518]

16 hours ago, Tosa said:

The way I see it, the only reason you would want a separate PC for streaming, is to dedicate more CPU time to software encode video without sacrificing game performance. If you intent to use the GPU for encoding, then I'd eliminate a potential point of failure by putting the GPU that's doing the encoding in the same machine you're gaming on. Or just using the GPU that's running the game for encoding.

A faster quad core CPU is the optimal for running games, but for encoding video, you'd benefit more from having more cores. But if you already have this PC, it should perform just fine.

Thank you, Tosa if I'm using an Elgato with 7700k chip I should be able to stream at 1080p @ 60fps

[Blebekblebek]

Elgato is still require power from CPU (or GPU) to encode your stream, so I don't see any point why you need one.

Also, don't get 1030 it doesn't have nvenc so you can't use it for stream.

 

GT series doesn't support NVENC, and NVENC is essential for streaming.

[JonA518]

12 minutes ago, Blebekblebek said:

Elgato is still require power from CPU (or GPU) to encode your stream, so I don't see any point why you need one.

Also, don't get 1030 it doesn't have nvenc so you can't use it for stream.

 

GT series doesn't support NVENC, and NVENC is essential for streaming.

The Elgato will get the power from the 7700k chip and, I'm using GT 1030 to take the stress off the CPU. 

[Blebekblebek]

But it can't, GT 1030 doesn't have that capability.

 

[JonA518]

3 minutes ago, Blebekblebek said:

But it can't, GT 1030 doesn't have that capability.

 

I'm using the GT 1030 for my graphics display that's all

[JonA518]

4 minutes ago, Blebekblebek said:

But it can't, GT 1030 doesn't have that capability.

 

I don't want to use my onboard graphics and put stress on the chip

[Blebekblebek]

2 minutes ago, JonA518 said:

I don't want to use my onboard graphics and put stress on the chip

But your onboard graphics actually capable doing it, and it's not on chipset, it's already build in inside the cpu

 

Intel GPU had quicksync, and it's powerful tool.

 

[JonA518]

6 minutes ago, Blebekblebek said:

But your onboard graphics actually capable doing it, and it's not on chipset, it's already build in inside the cpu

 

Intel GPU had quicksync, and it's powerful tool.

 

I'm using OBS streamlabs

[Blebekblebek]

10 minutes ago, JonA518 said:

I'm using OBS streamlabs

and? how is that going to make gt 1030 useful?

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/no-nvenc-option-with-gt-1030-card.68836/

[Tosa]

31 minutes ago, JonA518 said:

I'm using GT 1030 to take the stress off the CPU.

 

21 minutes ago, JonA518 said:

I don't want to use my onboard graphics and put stress on the chip

Oh, that's what you meant! I though you said you were going to use the GPU for encoding. No worries, the onboard graphics has dedicated hardware for display output (which takes up literally half the physical processor).

 

1 hour ago, JonA518 said:

Thank you, Tosa if I'm using an Elgato with 7700k chip I should be able to stream at 1080p @ 60fps

Should be fine. Though, if you're going to buy the parts new, I'd rather go for a Ryzen 7 if I were you, since it has twice as many cores and threads and can use a higher quality preset, so you'll get more image quality for the same bitrate. But if you already have a 7700k or can get one for cheap, go for it. It'll do great.

[JonA518]

1 minute ago, Tosa said:

 

Oh, that's what you meant! I though you said you were going to use the GPU for encoding. No worries, the onboard graphics has dedicated hardware for display output (which takes up literally half the physical processor).

 

Should be fine. Though, if you're going to buy the parts new, I'd rather go for a Ryzen 7 if I were you, since it has twice as many cores and threads and can use a higher quality preset, so you'll get more image quality for the same bitrate. But if you already have a 7700k or can get one for cheap, go for it. It'll do great.

I'm using the Elgato for the encoding lol. 

[JonA518]

49 minutes ago, Blebekblebek said:

But your onboard graphics actually capable doing it, and it's not on chipset, it's already build in inside the cpu

 

Intel GPU had quicksync, and it's powerful tool.

 

But I'm using the Elgato for the streaming and the 7700k to power it. So why would I need a GTX if not gaming on it and the Elgato is doing the encoding?

[AsP00n]

35 minutes ago, Tosa said:

 

Oh, that's what you meant! I though you said you were going to use the GPU for encoding. No worries, the onboard graphics has dedicated hardware for display output (which takes up literally half the physical processor).

 

Should be fine. Though, if you're going to buy the parts new, I'd rather go for a Ryzen 7 if I were you, since it has twice as many cores and threads and can use a higher quality preset, so you'll get more image quality for the same bitrate. But if you already have a 7700k or can get one for cheap, go for it. It'll do great.

I'm just going to leave this here. #gottastayinschoolandlayoffthedevilslettuce 

[Blebekblebek]

7 minutes ago, JonA518 said:

But I'm using the Elgato for the streaming and the 7700k to power it. So why would I need a GTX if not gaming on it and the Elgato is doing the encoding?

If you think elgato had build in hardware encoding... you are wrong

the software automatically use what API that available from your computer

if it's has nvenc then it will use it, if quicksync is enabled then it will use it, if it doesn't have both then your cpu is going to max out all the time

https://help.elgato.com/customer/portal/articles/1775133-elgato-game-capture-hd-and-hardware-accelerated-decoding-and-encoding?b_id=360

 

https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/elgato-hd-60-pro-100-cpu-usage.70062/

[Tosa]

5 minutes ago, JonA518 said:

But I'm using the Elgato for the streaming and the 7700k to power it. So why would I need a GTX if not gaming on it and the Elgato is doing the encoding?

And why would you need a high-end CPU if the Elgato is doing all the work? All the computer then needs to do is to send whatever output comes out of the Elgato over the network - and that's not hard. Just pick up a Pentium or something. No need for dedicated graphics.

[AsP00n]

14 minutes ago, Tosa said:

And why would you need a high-end CPU if the Elgato is doing all the work? All the computer then needs to do is to send whatever output comes out of the Elgato over the network - and that's not hard. Just pick up a Pentium or something. No need for dedicated graphics.

its what he had lying around from an old build before switching to ryzen. legit spent no money on it lol