Question / Help The Cheapest Possible Dedicated Streaming PC

[themobaguy]

Okay, first of all, hello guys. My name is theMOBAguy. The whole purpose of this thread is to ask you guys for help. I want to get into streaming. Currently my platform for playing games is the PlayStation 4. I know that it has a built-in streaming app but I dont find that customizable enough. I want deeper customization options that only a dedicated streaming PC can offer. The problem is that I dont have a big budget ATM and I am not sure if I will even like streaming so I dont want to put a hell of a lot of money in a dedicated streaming PC just to find out that I dont get any satisfaction out of streaming. So lets go to the build itself. My current goal is smooth 720p 60fps. Since it is going to be a dedicated streaming PC I dont want to put any money whatsoever in a dedicated graphics card. I have an old GT 240 lying around that I might use just to have something in it. The other component that I wont need to buy is a PSU. The only things that I am going to need are a motherboard, cpu, ram and a capture. Which is better? Elgato or Avermedia for streaming ATM? I am looking for the best bang for the buck on everything and like I said the goal is 720p/60fps. Thank you in advance for the answers and happy streaming to everyone :)

 

[Boildown]

$107 - Capture Card: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Datapath-Limited-DGC150C-PCI-E-Video-Capture-Card-VisionRGB-E2-/111380795120 ~ (with Labor Day discount, see also this thread: https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/datapath-vision-capture.12503 ).

$140 - CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116945 (cheapest CPU with Intel HD Graphics 4600 for Quicksync encoding)

$70 - Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130699 (cheapest with necessary PCIe slots and Quicksync)

$73 - RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820313345 (not absolute cheapest, but it would be foolish to go with less ram or slower ram)

$5 - HDMI to DVI adapter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=-1&IsNodeId=1&Description=HDMI to DVI&bop=And&Order=PRICE&PageSize=100 (pick one, I assume PS4 has HDMI out, if it has HDCP problems, then you'll need Component to DVI adapter instead, if it has DisplayPort, you'll need that kind of adapter, which is a little more expensive).


Total: $395, each item had free shipping. I did not shop around to see if Newegg had the lowest price on each of those Newegg components however.

 

[themobaguy]

That is awesome man, thank you! :) But the question is "Does Newegg ship for free to Bulgaria also?" Because I dont want to get totally ripped off on shipping.

 

[Boildown]

Lol I don't know, probably not. They have a separate web site just for Canada, I don't know if they do international beyond that. Perhaps you could have mentioned Bulgaria in the OP.

 

[MolleTov]

Will this setup also work with Elgato Game Capture HD ??.

And also with WebCam with Green Screen

While Streaming and Recording at the same time.

 

[alpinlol]

gt240 is running on ddr3 ram which isnt really what you want for streaming.

make sure that you got an hdd ;) since you didnt mention it or i overread it :P

the igpu of an i3 should be enough as gpu in this case. but i would rather try to stream x264 instead of qsv hyperthreaded dualcore should do its job as a dedicated streaming machine but you literally have no headroom to play around with settings this said i would consider spending like 50 bucks more for an i5 just to get the option to maybe run 720p60 @ fast preset or actually be able to use this pc if you ever consider playing on it (would need a decent gpu then for around 100 bucks)


since boildown gave you all the links just go ahead and look around to find a pc store online or in your location (for bulgaria)

 

[Boildown]

Will this setup also work with Elgato Game Capture HD ??

All I see on these forums are people with serious problems with their Elgato devices. I recommend never getting one. Avermedia works better. It really comes down to USB 2.0. It isn't fast enough. Use USB 3.0 devices or PCIe devices.