Church Streaming Desktop HW Advice

shaun.dekok

New Member
Hi All,

We urgently need to replace our existing dedicated streaming desktop.

It is currently a HP 8200 Elite:
  • i5 Gen 2
  • 8GB RAM
  • 500GB HDD
  • Integrated Graphics
The HW Encoder is being overwelled and we are dropping the connection and frames to YouTube / Facebook. We need to start the stream on a blank scene, then wait for it to settle before we start with content. We currently stream at 720p and 20 frames/s.

Due to budget constraints, I am looking for something that will allow some future proofing.

I received a quote for the following:

Lenovo V50t Desktop
  • Intel Ci5-1040010thGen
  • 16GB DDR4
  • 512GB SSD M.2 2242 NVMe
  • Integrated UHD Graphics 630
  • Item no.LENOVO V50t11EDS07P00
How well will this CPU/GPU handle the Video (Hardware) Encoding (720p, 1080p, 2K & 4K)?

Regards
Shaun
 

Lawrence_SoCal

Active Member
I doubt that system would handle future 4K livestreaming well. Maybe, others will have to comment.

Also, you don't mention if you are dual streaming direct from OBS, whether using same or different stream settings (ie higher resolution for YouTube) or using restream.io or similar? And for church setting, consolidated online comments for livestream builds community, so as much as I detest Facebook (and similar social media) for security reasons, I set up our church to use Facebook's Scheduled Live Video streams, so non-FB users can watch as well. But I do understand there are other use cases/scenarios where House of Worship dual streaming may make sense

See my prior posts on PC setup, and what I did for our church livestream system for my feedback, details, budget etc. I wanted a system with at least 4 years life, with next business day onsite support, and good phone tech support if I'm no longer around to support the system myself. I also wanted a system that would record our livestreams and then be able to edit those videos. So a 2nd HDD for archiving video is appropriate
So I consider a 6c/12t CPU to be a minimum... yes it is overkill today... but it won't be in a few years and I know this system won't get replaced in 3 years, so spending a little more know will save in the long run. I also avoid consumer systems for same reason. Assuming 720p/1080p stream resolution today, a decent system as you spec'ed would be fine. But longer term, adding a nVidia GTX 1650 Super (Turing) or higher/better will help with GPU encode offload. With current GPU prices, holding off on GPU purchase might make sense (as long as funds assured to still be available when GPU prices get back to reasonable).
And then realize that regardless of video, what is most important is the audio quality, so make sure you consider your house sound system to PC integration (is digital vs analog an option), and then the load to support that. Also, consider the number of incoming cameras video streams you have to decode. Adding cameras adds CPU load to process video stream
 

Al Floyd

New Member
I don't know what your budget is, but this seems to be a good price for a good computer (as long as the coupon works for you)
$1,099.99 plus tax



Processor 11th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-11700 processor(8-Core, 16M Cache, 2.5GHz to 4.9GHz)
Operating System Windows 10 Home English
Video Card NVIDIA® GeForce® RTX 2060 SUPER™ 8GB GDDR6
CD ROM/DVD ROM Tray load DVD Drive (Reads and Writes to DVD/CD)
Chassis Options 500W Mineral White Bezel Chassis including optical drive
Memory 16GB, 16Gx1, DDR4, 2933MHz
Hard Drive 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD +1TB SATA 7200 RPM HDD
Wireless Killer™ Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1
FGA Module No FGA Base XPS MT 8940KeyboardDell Multimedia Keyboard-KB216 White (English)Monitor If accessories are purchased, they may ship separately Driver Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i (2x2) and Bluetooth 5.1 Driver Mouse Wired Mouse, White MS116SoundOnboard, Realtek Codec Speakers No Speaker Cable US Power Cord
 
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