Question / Help Cheap Stream PC build

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Jackal Flapnasty

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I was thinking of picking up a refurbished Business PC with a quad core i3 or newer in it then slapping my old Nvidia 770 in there and using that as a streaming platform for video.

I've been using my personal gaming PC for our live streams for the past year or so, and I'm tired of hauling the thing around. We capture from a HD camera and professional microphone using an Elgato and plug in webcams for additional angles as needed. Aside from a few technical hiccups here and there, mostly due to shoddy Logitech webcams or Elgato software issues, my gaming/graphics PC with an i7 quad core and Nvidia 1080 handles streaming output swimmingly.

I don't expect that the set up will be smoother, but based on what I've read here it might pull off at least 720 video at 30 frames per second output. Which is the minimum output for what we run now. I just want to make sure I'm not overlooking anything before I drop money on this.

Alternatively I would be open to any streaming platform I could get for less than a couple hundred bucks that would handle video output only, no games, if anyone here knows anything.

This is mostly me just trying to take the literal weight off of having to haul my desktop from my apartment to the studio every week. So I'm definitely not looking the break the bank since we aren't making dedicated streaming laptop money yet.

Thanks,
 
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sam686

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CPU model?
Check the benchmarks.
http://cpu.userbenchmark.com/
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/ (ctrl+F to search might help)
With my intel i7-2600, I can just about do 1080p 30fps or 720p 60fps on x264. Switching x264 to SuperFast might help on limited CPU, at the cost of quality.

Nvidia GTX 770 might have NVENC if CPU is too limited, that is if they can fit inside the computer case. Some computers case is so small, it can only fit low profile cards (not full height).
 
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Jackal Flapnasty

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sam686 said:
CPU model?
Nvidia GTX 770 might have NVENC if CPU is too limited, that is if they can fit inside the computer case. Some computers case is so small, it can only fit low profile cards (not full height).
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I know pretty well these business boxes can be tiny, I'm writing this message at a work computer about the size of two 3dses. I can source a case for free or cheap if need be.

It does look like the 770 should support NVENC.

I found this one in particular on newegg. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=9SIAAJ24A19772


Limited memory won't be an issue, I can source additional hard drives and have external memory on hand. I might need to replace the ram though. Again this is min spec for min price.
 
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