Question / Help Picking which PC to run my Youtube Radio Station with?

prodbydakota

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So I have 3 computers in my house and I'm looking to launch a streaming youtube radio station. My problem is I don't know which one to use. I would prefer to use one of my lower end PCs (Options #1 or #2) so I can use the more powerful PC for something else. But I will run it on the better PC (Option #3) if I need to. What this stream will require to have running is the following:

  • Running an VLC Video Player on loop (will shoot for 720 via window capture with focus on high bitrate audio)
  • Running OBS Studio
  • Playing Music From a long playlist that's roughly 24 hours long
  • I will be outsourcing all notifications and overlay animations/graphics through an overlay service (i.e. Player.Me)

Here are the specs on the PCs I have to choose from:

Option #1:
Processor Intel Core i3-4030U @ 1.90GHz
No. of Cores 2 Cores/4 Threads
CPU PassMark Score 2 699
RAM DDR3 4GB (non-ECC)
Hard Disk Drive 1x 500GB SATA 3
GPU/ Video Card nVidia GeForce 820M 2GB
Video Card PassMark Score 577
Bandwidth 100 Mbps port

Option #2:
Processor Intel Core i3-350M @ 2.27GHz
No. of Cores 2 Cores/4 Threads
CPU PassMark Score 1 908
RAM DDR3 4GB (non-ECC)
Hard Disk Drive 1x 320GB
GPU/ Video Card nVidia GeForce 230M 1GB
Video Card PassMark Score 339
Bandwidth 100 Mbps port

Option #3:
Processor Intel Core i7-5700HQ @ 2.70GHz
No. of Cores 4 Cores/8 Threads
CPU PassMark Score 8 613
RAM DDR3 12 GB 1600 MHz (non-ECC)
Hard Disk Drive 1x 1TB
GPU/ Video Card nVidia GeForce GTX 960M 2 GB GDDR5
Video Card PassMark Score 1 676
Bandwidth 100 Mbps port

Any and all advice is welcome! Thank you in advance for your help!

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