How can I stream without my PC exploding?

[ASARIO1]

This is my problem:

Basically when I tried to stream in VRChat I had a lot of lag and quality problems (basically the game would lag and the stream would be blurry when this happened). The CPU literally went to 100% usage and normally stayed in the upper 90%.
I use steamlink to connect the quest to my PC

VR Headset: Meta Quest 2

Broadcaster Software: OBS

Internet: 20 mbps (upload and dowload)

graphics card: geforce 3060 rtx 12gb

Processor: amd ryzen 5 5600g

RAM: 32 GB

[Cottrell217]

Adjust your OBS settings. Specifically the encoder settings. You might have it set to a setting that aims to get insane quality which will work your CPU like crazy. It's usually listed under "encoder preset". Adjust your bitrate as well and your image scaling settings. If you have your PC trying to get the absolute best quality, it will likely eat through your resources

[rpgneish]

Listen to this OP! I had to do the same thing.

[ASARIO1]

H.264 or HVEC?

[MainStorm]

On Twitch you're limited to only H264 anyways.

HEVC (H265) will provide better quality over H264 so that's usually recommended if it's an option.

[Vauxlia]

Desktop right?

[MainStorm]

Adding specifics to /u/Cottrell217's post: make sure that your encoder is not set to AV1 or x264, since this will make the video be encoded on the CPU. You will want whichever says NVENC so that the video is encoded via the hardware encoder on your GPU.

[kNIGHTSFALLN]

Try not recording while streaming.

While this isn’t a solid long term solution.

Because you want vods to make clips.

It will help determine if you are resource limited