Noob Gaming/streaming PC build questions

[justyn.brindley]

Hi there! This is one of my first posts on here and I hope everybody is having a good Thanksgiving! Anyway, onto why I am here.


Currently I have a decent gaming PC (from what I believe) and I am wondering if I can make small upgrades to it to make it capable of consistent and quality streaming. I have always had a love for video games and I want to dabble in streaming because I believe it would be awesome to play games and get paid (however small) while doing it. I will be listing my specs below and I am just curious if I can spend a little bit of money to upgrade my PC to do just that (Stream and Game) or if I would just be better off building a entire PC just dedicated to streaming while still trying not to break the bank! Thanks for any responses in advance!!


Processor- AMD A8-7670K Radeon R7, 10 Compute Cores 4C+6G 3.60 GHz
Ram- 16GB
Graphics- Graphics Chipset
AMD Radeon (TM) RX 480
Memory Type- GDDR5
Core Clock- 1266 MHz

 

[simen.jorissen]

Upgrading to ssd from hdd will make a huge difference
Other than that I think your gpu will be the best option , but you can check
By using task manager or other third party diagnostic tools, you can see what is being used more, if your cpu has constant 80%+ use, that isn't good, same for gpu and ram

 

[simen.jorissen]

BTW, remember to mark answers so this thread gets listed as answered, helps other people out