Why is my stream lagging my games?

[DirtyKeyboard]

Just now, JoostinOnline said:

When you stream your computer is doing two resource intensive things at once. It's rendering the game, then it's encoding that video output into something that is streamable. That's why people usually have two computers for it. Your build has the resources to do ONE of those at moderate settings. At the very least you'll have to upgrade your CPU.

So what's more cost effective, 2 PCs? Or upgrading my own?

[JoostinOnline]

6 minutes ago, DirtyKeyboard said:

Here's what I'm thinking about upgrading to:

 

Intel Core i7-8700k

GTX 1070 8GB SC

And also add another 8 gig stick of ram to bump me up to 16gb.

Would this be enough to stream at 720p60?

Keep in mind that you'll have to get a new motherboard. For that reason I'd recommend a Ryzen 2700x instead. Two more cores and four more threads. But yes, you can probably stream most games at those settings with such a build.

2 minutes ago, DirtyKeyboard said:

So what's more cost effective, 2 PCs? Or upgrading my own?

If you sell your old parts, then upgrading is cheaper.

[DirtyKeyboard]

11 hours ago, JoostinOnline said:

Keep in mind that you'll have to get a new motherboard. For that reason I'd recommend a Ryzen 2700x instead. Two more cores and four more threads. But yes, you can probably stream most games at those settings with such a build.

If you sell your old parts, then upgrading is cheaper.

Why would I need a new motherboard, the i5-7600k and i7-8700k are the same socket, LGA1151, right?

[JoostinOnline]

2 hours ago, DirtyKeyboard said:

Why would I need a new motherboard, the i5-7600k and i7-8700k are the same socket, LGA1151, right?

They gave the same number of pins, but that doesn't mean it's compatible.

[DirtyKeyboard]

On 7/28/2018 at 7:48 PM, JoostinOnline said:

They gave the same number of pins, but that doesn't mean it's compatible.

What do you mean?

[JoostinOnline]

1 hour ago, DirtyKeyboard said:

What do you mean?

They have 1151 pins, but it's still different hardware.