Consider purchasing a Ryzen 2700 or 3600 for gaming and streaming.
Consider purchasing a Ryzen 2700 or 3600 for gaming and streaming.
only at Pro4 Aorus or Mortar level, available for under $100
I think you're teasing. That's way off—your setup isn't necessary for smooth streaming or gaming. A mid-range rig like an R5 2600 with 16GB RAM and an RX 580 can handle 1080p just fine.
What games are you enjoying? I’m setting up to stream PUBG with NVENC or X264 at 1080p and 60 FPS perfectly, even on a 2600 without any lag inside the game. My system has an RTX 2060 plus a Ryzen 2700x 4.2 OC, and I notice performance drops when using NVENC or X264 depending on the settings. OBS needs your GPU to have at least 20-30% headroom or it will crash. I realized you didn’t need a 3900x or a 2080ti for this setup. In fact, with a 2080ti or a capture card, 3900x isn’t necessary. I feel frustrated when streaming on a 2700x OC’d to 4.2 across all cores; I’d prefer having extra cores for smoother play.
I would choose the MSI B450M mortar with a 2600 overclock, paired with RAMs at 3200-3400 MHz (two 8GB dual channels). Even a 1600 MHz would work as a solid temporary fix. You can upgrade later to 3600-3700 once prices stabilize after launch. I think the starting prices will be higher than previous models, but they should drop noticeably in the coming months. If I were you...
But the quality will come later. There are only two solid standards for streaming that I’m aware of: NVENC and X264 encoding. If you stream with NVENC using OBS, you’ll need about 20-30% extra GPU power; otherwise, it could cause overload. That means you should limit your frame rates to prevent the GPU from slowing down OBS. With a 3900x chip, you get more cores to handle X264 encoding efficiently without sacrificing too much performance. Your GPU can focus on gaming and multitasking while the CPU manages streaming smoothly.
If you require it immediately, I’d opt for an R5 2600 then look for a favorable price on Zen 2 near the holidays (Black Friday).
I'm here to help with your setup. Spoiler: that claim isn't true. Nvenc works well for streaming and recording to YouTube, and it's ASIC-based using just the chip and a bit of bandwidth. Changing some encoding settings should fix any dropped frames. You could also try an R5 1600 with the fast preset—it's more than sufficient. Just keep in mind you're not sacrificing GPU power; the ASIC is built into the GPU. It does use some power and bandwidth, but benchmarks for the 3600 might show it's a solid option.
Alright so let me answer all of this. 1. It is not a lie. Relive is a streaming program not an encoder. Old Nvenc is Okay but quality is not even near x264. You need a high bitrate to have it close. 2. Streaming - Depends on the game. CS:GO on a RTX2060 and 3600 60 fps. NVENC yeah works fine. PUBG 3600 and RTX2060 you will have to cap your FPS due to OBS will overload. Trust me it is happening to me. Now lets turn it around and do it on X264. X264 on Fast CS:GO will look pixxelated and be bad quality. Pubg you will see a huge decrease in FPS and look pixxelated. Recording you can get away with because you can set the bitrate a lot higher than to twitch. 3. I dont know much background about what its based on but you are incorrect. On my RTX 2060 the OBS will say Encoder overload if i max out my FPS in PUBG(isnt the only game TD2 also does this) This is because your GPU is getting maxed out and doesnt have the headroom to actually process your stream. You need around 20-30% headroom on your GPU to not have encoding overloads at least on my RTX2060. The better the card the more room you have ofc. Encoding overload doesnt give you dropped frames it stops encoding entirely. 4. I'd like for you to stream The Division 2 720p 60 FPS x264 Fast preset. Either you have everything on low and play in 720p Yourself. Or you like having 30 fps ingame. For a good quality stream Medium preset is a must and you need more than 8 cores on the same PC your gaming on to have that without loosing performance. 5. I dont know why you quoted this twice but okay. NVENC takes GPU headroom. If you dont believe me then open up taskmanager set OBS to NVENC and look in your performance tab.