Will upgrading RAM improve my stream?

[lewpod]

When streaming I have a lot of applications open such as discord, streamlabs, Spotify and the game I am playing. However during streams my games don't run very well and there are a lot of dropped frames. I am wondering what would be best to upgrade in my PC to help this issue.

Specs:
Gpu: Nvidia 1050ti
Cpu: Intel i7 7700k
Memory: 8gb ram

 

[PaulieVideos]

Yes it will definitely improve.

 

[Lutfij]

Yes it will. I'd suggest upgrading your ram with a ram kit, as opposed to upgrading with a single or a few sticks of ram. Mind sharing the make and model of your motherboard? I'm now curious about your build, since a GTX1050Ti is not the card you'd usually pair with an i7-7700K.

Mind sharing your build's specs like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Ram will help, but the problem is more about your GPU. It's not the best for streaming and gaming. When streaming you're effectively butchering the display FPS. Your need a stronger GPU. And as Lutfij pointed out, your GPU is not balanced well in that system.

 

[PaulieVideos]

Ram will help, but the problem is more about your GPU. It's not the best for streaming and gaming. When streaming you're effectively butchering the display FPS. Your need a stronger GPU. And as Lutfij pointed out, your GPU is not balanced well in that system.

The GPU would be good enough if the system would be used as secondary computer just to stream to platform like twitch.

 

[lewpod]

Full specs:

Cpu: Intel i7 7700k
Gpu: Nvidia GTX 1050ti
Memory: 8gb hyperx fury
Motherboard: gigabyte b250m
Storage: 500gb ssd & 1tb hdd
Psu: corsair cx750m
Os: Windows 10

I'm slowly upgrading my original build hence why some components are much better than others

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Ram will help, but the problem is more about your GPU. It's not the best for streaming and gaming. When streaming you're effectively butchering the display FPS. Your need a stronger GPU. And as Lutfij pointed out, your GPU is not balanced well in that system.

The GPU would be good enough if the system would be used as secondary computer just to stream to platform like twitch.

i'd agree with that. but not for both on the one machine.

the 1050ti can hardly keep up at 1080p 60hz/fps depending on the settings.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

To the OP, if you wanted to game/stream with high in game settings and 60fps at 1080p, along with a high quality video output with no dropper frames while streaming AND gaming, this is what I'd suggest.

16gb of ram (2 x 8gb 3000mhz)
A GTX1070 or above, or Vega 56 above.

The kabylake CPU's are OK at gaming streaming with high settings. To achieve absolute best results, an 8600/8700/k from intel (and a new mobo to go with it) or a R1600x or above to achieve seamless game-play and quality video output.

This is Tom's own article on Gaming/Streaming. Some useful tips in there: https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/game-streaming-encoding-coffee-lake-ryzen,5326-6.html

Good luck.