Question What should I upgrade?

Jun 19, 2019
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I’m trying to have obs open on one monitor and fortnite on the other. Except the second I plug in the 2nd monitor and I know it’s not from two applications it’s from just the second monitor, my frames on fortnite drop between 144 and 60. What should I upgrade to keep a solid 144? I have a gigabyte gtx 1060 6 gb and i5 6500 with a 550 watt psu. If more specs are needed lmk thanks.
 
You can't stream on a 4 core cpu - well, not that you CAN'T but quality drops drastically, because games using any number of cores + background processes + obs = your I5 can't realistically handle all that.
Do you have a set budget? The the best cpu for your motherboard that can also stream is the 7700k, BUT for the price of that cpu, you can get this:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $358.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-30 19:03 EDT-0400

...and it would perform even better! All for about the same price as a 7700k!
 
You can't stream on a 4 core cpu - well, not that you CAN'T but quality drops drastically, because games using any number of cores + background processes + obs = your I5 can't realistically handle all that.
Do you have a set budget? The the best cpu for your motherboard that can also stream is the 7700k, BUT for the price of that cpu, you can get this:
PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 2700 3.2 GHz 8-Core Processor ($209.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B450-A PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard ($79.89 @ OutletPC)
Memory: G.Skill - Ripjaws V Series 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 Memory ($68.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $358.87
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-06-30 19:03 EDT-0400

...and it would perform even better! All for about the same price as a 7700k!
Well so far this is an amazing help, although I didn’t mention I have a micro atx case