Gaming and Streaming Rig

[Tjcarraway]

Hello,

I have two questions. So i'm sorry that it's going to be a bit long!

I currently purchased the following system below (no OC):

Mobo: ASUS Z170-A
CPU: i5 6600k
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series 16GB 2800
GPU: EVGA GTX 980
PSU: Corsair 750M

I was going to try and use this computer for gaming/streaming but I've noticed that the CPU is spiking to 100% and staying there when I play games. That's without streaming, just straight game play and no chat programs open. When I'm browsing the internet or something simple, the computer is fine. No CPU spikes at all... I know the i5 is nothing like an i7 but I was unable to get the i7, seeing as the i7 had a shortage in the US. Is there any reason my CPU just keeps spiking and staying at 100%? The system is liquid cooled by a Corsair H60. I've never had this issue with any computer I've built before.

I've tried the CPU on Win 7, 8.1 and 10. All with clean installs and updated drivers but the CPU still keeps going to 100%. I'm really not sure what to do at this point. Any ideas?

The second question: Since the i7's have come back on the market in the US, I'm going to build a new machine. Probably from somebody else like ibuypower, xidax, since I'm having so many issues with the new skylake CPU..

I was originally going to make the i7 the dedicated streaming PC with a capture card but would it be better to swap the machines? Make the i5 the dedicated streaming PC with the capture card, since it seems it can handle the small load, not high loads when it comes to gaming. Would the i5 with a capture card be good enough for streaming or should I try to get another i7 and place it in the i5 machines? Please let me know. Thank you guys in advance and sorry for the long post.

 

[Xibyth]

The better option is to use shadowplay, extremely low impact on performance using the 980's built in H.264 encoder. There are a few reasons this is happening, power and C-state configurations in the BIOS limiting the speed of the CPU to a lower grade or heat (improper mount of the liquid cooler, or a DOA pump), the game is actually using the entire CPU (not likely but it can happen), or an outdated BIOS with a known issue (I could not find any but then again, it is extremely unlikely this would be the case). Monitor you temps, your probably getting throttled.

You don't need an i7 at all. It's been a while since GPU's started handling streaming and they do a better job without much loss of performance, usually only having a 1-2% impact on Nvidia cards with Shadowplay.