Dedicated streaming PC

[ecko]

Budget:

I have a pretty small budget of around £200-300 if i'm able to use the parts I already have, if I need all new parts my budget would be £400-500

 

AIM:

Want to build a dedicated streaming pc to stream from my xbox (already have capture card) Would like to stream at 720p/60fps with animated alerts and such, but also while recording at 1080p while also running basic web browsing (youtube/twitch/emails etc) and stuff at the same time

 

Will be running 2 monitors, already have some spare parts laying around so if can use any of these parts would be helpful, but suggestions without these parts also very welcome.

 

ASUS PRIME Z270-P

Sapphire 11265-01-20G Radeon NITRO+ RX 580 8GB

[jerubedo]

4 hours ago, ecko said:

Budget:

I have a pretty small budget of around £200-300 if i'm able to use the parts I already have, if I need all new parts my budget would be £400-500

 

AIM:

Want to build a dedicated streaming pc to stream from my xbox (already have capture card) Would like to stream at 720p/60fps with animated alerts and such, but also while recording at 1080p while also running basic web browsing (youtube/twitch/emails etc) and stuff at the same time

 

Will be running 2 monitors, already have some spare parts laying around so if can use any of these parts would be helpful, but suggestions without these parts also very welcome.

 

ASUS PRIME Z270-P

Sapphire 11265-01-20G Radeon NITRO+ RX 580 8GB

At that price point I'd go with this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£107.79 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	Gigabyte - H310M S2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	£50.17 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	£42.49 @ Amazon UK
Storage	ADATA - ULTIMATE SU650 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£93.29 @ Ebuyer
Case	Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case	£47.89 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	£48.48 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£390.11
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-10 06:31 BST+0100

If you want to go a little cheaper you COULD go with a Ryzen 3 2200g, but note that the performance would also be proportionally worse as well. Or if you want to go a little more expensive you could go with the Ryzen 5 2600, and again, you'd get a relatively proportionate gain in performance for the extra cost. The same goes for the i5 9400F for a little extra over the Ryzen 5 2600.

[Manderis]

If you want to use your z270 you might want to get a used i5 7400 /7600 (if you can get one for 100 $). 

 

Or maybe if you are brave a i3 8100/8350 but they are not supported by Intel to run on a 200 series chipset. Some people got 8th Gen running on z270. 

 

[ecko]

7 hours ago, jerubedo said:

At that price point I'd go with this:

 

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	Intel - Core i3-8100 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	£107.79 @ Amazon UK
Motherboard	Gigabyte - H310M S2V Micro ATX LGA1151 Motherboard	£50.17 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Crucial - Ballistix Sport LT 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	£42.49 @ Amazon UK
Storage	ADATA - ULTIMATE SU650 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£93.29 @ Ebuyer
Case	Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case	£47.89 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	£48.48 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£390.11
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-10 06:31 BST+0100

If you want to go a little cheaper you COULD go with a Ryzen 3 2200g, but note that the performance would also be proportionally worse as well. Or if you want to go a little more expensive you could go with the Ryzen 5 2600, and again, you'd get a relatively proportionate gain in performance for the extra cost. The same goes for the i5 9400F for a little extra over the Ryzen 5 2600.

 

Upon looking I've been hedging towards one of the following CPU's could you give me your input on them please, ryzen 5 2600 or the ryzen 7 1700, I'm wondering which would be best if I also wanted to run fortnite and stream? how would they cope any ideas?

[Herman Mcpootis]

13 hours ago, ecko said:

ASUS PRIME Z270-P

if you're willing to go through the hassle, you can get this to support coffeelake CPUs. though you'll need a skylake/kabylake cpu first.

[Herman Mcpootis]

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£145.50 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£76.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£37.98 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - SM961 256 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£39.71 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Toshiba - 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.96 @ PC World Business) 
Case: Xigmatek - Frontliner (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£35.42 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £416.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-10 16:00 BST+0100

[jerubedo]

4 hours ago, ecko said:

 

Upon looking I've been hedging towards one of the following CPU's could you give me your input on them please, ryzen 5 2600 or the ryzen 7 1700, I'm wondering which would be best if I also wanted to run fortnite and stream? how would they cope any ideas?

Well if you're going to game on it while streaming, then it's no longer a dedicated streaming machine but rather a gaming/streaming build. In that case you'll want the beefiest CPU you can get within your budget, so I'd say the Ryzen 7.

 

Here's a good build:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor	£145.50 @ Aria PC
Motherboard	ASRock - B450M-HDV Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	£52.73 @ CCL Computers
Memory	Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	£48.78 @ Aria PC
Storage	ADATA - ULTIMATE SU650 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive	£93.29 @ Amazon UK
Case	Corsair - Carbide SPEC-04 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case	£47.89 @ Amazon UK
Power Supply	Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply	£48.48 @ Amazon UK
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	£436.67
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-10 19:19 BST+0100

 

[jerubedo]

10 hours ago, Herman Mcpootis said:

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700 3 GHz 8-Core Processor  (£145.50 @ Aria PC) 
Motherboard: Asus - PRIME X370-PRO ATX AM4 Motherboard  (£76.97 @ Ebuyer) 
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (£37.98 @ Aria PC) 
Storage: Samsung - SM961 256 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive  (£39.71 @ More Computers) 
Storage: Toshiba - 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive  (£31.96 @ PC World Business) 
Case: Xigmatek - Frontliner (Black) ATX Mid Tower Case  (£35.42 @ CCL Computers) 
Power Supply: Corsair - CXM (2015) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply  (£48.48 @ Amazon UK) 
Total: £416.02
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-04-10 16:00 BST+0100

Single channel RAM on Gen 1 Ryzen is going to be disastrous. 

 

See the huge differences here (in some cases the FPS is double on dual channel vs single channel) All for what? A savings of 10 euro on the RAM?:

 

 

And that's with an Intel processor! On Ryzen Gen 1 it's even worse!

 

@Herman Mcpootis Here's Ryzen Gen 1. Look at this video. Dips into the low 40s when dual channel maintains 60. Also dips into the high 30s on single channel where the dual channel keeps into the 50s. That's BAD: