[SOLVED] Upgrade from Pentium G4560 and 1050ti to a budget Fortnite streaming PC.

Dec 23, 2018
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So my rig at the moment is as follows:

CPU - Intel(R) Pentium G4560 @ 3.50GHz
RAM - Corsair 8GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4 Vengeance LPX 2400Mhz
PSU - Corsair VS450 450-Watt Power Supply
Motherboard - Gigabyte GA-H110M-S2 Socket LGA 1151
GPU - Zotac 1050ti 4GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 1TB

I've read a lot of threads stating that Ryzen 5 1600 is one of the good CPU's for streaming.
So, the upgrade in my mind is
Ryzen 5 1600
GTX 1060 3GB
B350 AM4 Socket motherboard

My questions are:
1. If I was to upgarde my PC to above, would I be able to stream Fortnite without any stuttering or lag?
2. What would be the FPS in Fortnite(LOW settings) while streaming at 720p60fps.
3. What are your guy's opinion about the build?
4. Is there any change in the above stated upgrade at the same price range which would result in more convenient streaming performance?
That's it.

Everyone, thanks in advance.
Cheers
SpilTrez


 
Solution
Your system is fine for streaming just the way it is,you just have to use the GPU to do the streaming but even with a 1600 you would be forced to use the lowest quality streaming settings to keep up 60FPS so that would give you "bad" (not perfect) quality anyway.
Try it with the setup you have now and if you don't like how it goes you can still think about upgrades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMb8nrAfJvU
streaming on 8GB is just wasting time, you need at least 16GB of ram. and an SSD for OS and OBS/Stream Software to run smoothly.

you be better off to get Ryzen 5 2600 for the 16 more dollars, matching board, ram and new 500GB SSD
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 2600 3.4 GHz 6-Core Processor ($164.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte - B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ($69.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance RGB Pro 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($149.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 860 Evo 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive ($94.73 @ Amazon)
Total: $479.70
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-23 07:41 EST-0500
 
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant
CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor ($150.00 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: ASRock - AB350 Pro4 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($65.02 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Team - Vulcan 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Crucial - MX500 500 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($67.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX - Radeon RX 570 8 GB Video Card ($169.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $552.99
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-12-23 10:50 EST-0500
 
Your system is fine for streaming just the way it is,you just have to use the GPU to do the streaming but even with a 1600 you would be forced to use the lowest quality streaming settings to keep up 60FPS so that would give you "bad" (not perfect) quality anyway.
Try it with the setup you have now and if you don't like how it goes you can still think about upgrades.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMb8nrAfJvU
 
Solution
looks I dont want to argue with TerryLze but to game and stream on a dual processor is simply silly. and the G4560 Is only a dual Processor.

Fortnite requirements (minimum) for a Processor Core: i3 2.4 Ghz
OBS requirements are: Intel i5 2000-series processor or higher DirectX 10 capable graphics card

So according to my eyes inspecting requirements, your below the requirements for OBS why I suggested an upgrade.

Here are my OBS setting to stream either to mixer.com or Twichtv.com (i74790k/32GBRam/SSD)

OUTPUT:
advanced
audio track 1
encoder : Nvenc h.264
rate control : CBR
Bitrate: 2500
key : 0
preset : low latency high quality
gpu: 0
b-frame:0

VIDEO:
Base : 1920x1080
output: 1920x720
downscale Bicubic
FPS value 30