New affiliate, need some advice on streaming at lower resolution.

First post here, new affiliate. First and foremost, I’ll start with my PC setup:

-AMD Athlon 5350.
-8GB Ram.
-EVGA GTX 970.
-MSI mini ITX.
-I’m running Windows 10.

My internet speed is ~170 Down / ~10 Up.

I’m an Xbox Streamer, I don’t have a capture card so I use Windows 10 Xbox app’s game streaming option to mirror my Xbox on my monitor and use a display capture source on OBS to capture.

Fortnite is my focus right now. My main issue is when I stream at 720p/30fps, my gameplay and party chat’s audio stops and cuts in/out. The gameplay doesn’t pixelate or stop, just the audio is affected. My first guess is that my PC isn’t strong enough to handle the multitasking of SLOBS, Chat Bot, stream labels and my Xbox capture. I noticed lowering resolution output did help stabilize my stream but while rewatching my broadcast I noticed it was still happening here and there.

To cut to the chase, I really enjoy streaming. As long as my gameplay sounds clear I’m okay with the resolution being meh for the time being. My alerts, overlays, chat events are smooth, but I just wanna know how low in resolution should I go based on my PC to have the gameplay at least watchable. Any specifics on resolution and bitrate would be appreciated!

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