Question / Help Streaming Laptop specs
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There really aren't minimum specs per say because you can always drop the quality. a rule of thumb is an i5 for medium 720@30 and an i7 for anything higher, 720@60 or 1080@30.
For local recording as long as you have quicksync, NVENC or VCE on your PC then it shouldn't matter even if you have an i3...
D2ultima
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mobile i5s are all dual cores with hyperthreading, so they're the equivalent of desktop i3 chips. See my mobile i7 CPU guide in my sig.
You should get:
i7 CPU with "Q" in the name, if getting mobile CPU. Preferably desktop CPU, especially if you wish to use a lot of compression (like you should be) as the mobile chips are TDP limited.
8GB of RAM is fine, but I suggest going dual channel no matter what you do. If you get 8GB, try to get 2 x 4GB.
This matters little, unless recording. If recording, I suggest spare HDD for recording to. Get small SSD or something for OS and regular HDD for recording and/or games.
I suggest at least a midrange nVidia GPU. AMD has been rebranding their entire line since 2011 and there is no new tech in it at all, so you're best off with a mobile Maxwell chip like an 850M or 950M; assuming you wish to play games.
That's up to you what you want. I have 5 USB ports on mine, but lots of others come with 3 only.
A good cooling system. Streaming likely will put FAR more load on a CPU than nay game running on a single GPU at 60fps on this planet (especially if you're using compression like I said) and you want to make sure that is cool enough. Thin/light laptops have bad cooling and are not meant for heavy loads like streaming; mind you.
If you are going "telling me to get a desktop CPU is worthless" then you can google the Clevo P750ZM and P770ZM machines.
Your budget however, I would recommend to be well over $1300 USD for a good streaming laptop (as this is where the well-cooled machines start). You're going to avoid Dell, HP, Fujitsu, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Samsung, Gigabyte, Aorus, etc. A laptop that'll do well for streaming exists in the Clevo line, or old Alienware lines prior to the current generation of AW17 R2, AW15 and AW13. Old alienwares however have issues with 900M GPUs, so getting it automatically means outdated tech.
No, I missed him saying laptops. I personally consider all intel laptops (even mobile i7s) equivilent to desktop i3s.
@awbix dis regard what I said about the i5/i7 but in your case, its all about having quicksync or NVENC.
D2ultima
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Mobile i7s are the same as desktop i7s when clocked to the same speeds (assuming they don't throttle). You really should read my guide.
Especially when you say stuff like this:
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D2ultima
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Well if you don't want to, don't spread bad info about the chips. Better you tag me and let me explain than give people the wrong idea about laptop hardware. There's *WAY* more than enough of that going around.
strangersin
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does anyone know if a Macbook Air 2012 is enough to use as a DEDICATED streaming PC? As in, I play games on my gaming PC then output that to an Extremecap U3 plugged into the MBA? It will also have my webcam and Mic plugged in.
it has a Intel i5 1.8Ghz (2.8Ghz Turbo) and 8GB of RAM.
it has a Intel i5 1.8Ghz (2.8Ghz Turbo) and 8GB of RAM.
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