Minimum specs for a streaming pc

[Symphony]

What would be the minimum required specs for a streaming pc, and most probably will be streaming mobile games

Budget is around 500 USD (40k rupees)

[5x5]

A quad core, eight thread cpu, eight gigs of ram and some basic gpu

[boey]

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 2400G 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Processor	₹11488.00 @ Amazon India
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	₹6475.00 @ Amazon India
Memory	Kingston Savage 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	₹7090.00 @ Amazon India
Storage	Western Digital Blue 500 GB M.2-2280 Solid State Drive	₹5999.00 @ Amazon India
Case	Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case	₹2875.00 @ Amazon India
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	₹3581.00 @ Amazon India
Case Fan	Corsair SP120 57.24 CFM 120 mm Fan	₹858.00 @ Amazon India
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	₹38366.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-11 19:50 IST+0530

This would actually be a decent gaming PC for 1080p esports titles too (CS:GO, DOTA 2, LOL etc), should be able to hit 60fps

 

extra fan there is not needed but considering you live in india it could help the CPU stay cool, original case only comes with one fan

You should configure it with one fan in front and one at the top/back

[GoldenLag]

PCPartPicker Part List

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1600 3.2 GHz 6-Core Processor  (₹11291.00 @ Amazon India) 
Motherboard: Gigabyte B450 AORUS M Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard  (₹9035.00 @ Amazon India) 
Memory: Kingston Savage 8 GB (2 x 4 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory  (₹7090.00 @ Amazon India) 
Storage: Western Digital Green  240 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (₹2399.00 @ Amazon India) 
Video Card: Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card  (₹11550.00 @ Amazon India) 
Case: Corsair SPEC-05 ATX Mid Tower Case  (₹3999.00 @ Amazon India) 
Power Supply: Corsair CX (2017) 550 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply  (₹4680.00 @ Amazon India) 
Total: ₹50044.00
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-11 19:55 IST+0530

 

overkill and also doubles as a gaming PC

[mariushm]

Here you go :

 

Add a 120-240 GB SSD when you have more money.

You have a 4 core / 8 threads cpu and you have a RX 570 card that's perfecty fine for 1080p gaming

 

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor	₹8499.00 @ Amazon India
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	₹4300.00 @ Amazon India
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	₹3800.00 @ Amazon India
Memory	Corsair Vengeance LPX 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-3000 Memory	₹3800.00 @ Amazon India
Storage	Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500 GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	₹1799.00 @ Amazon India
Video Card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card	₹11550.00 @ Amazon India
Case	Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case	₹2875.00 @ Amazon India
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	₹3581.00 @ Amazon India
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	₹40204.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-11 20:06 IST+0530

Alternative with B450 motherboard which will allow overclocking the cpu for a bit more performance:

If you buy a computer case locally at a much cheaper price (or maybe you already have one), go for the 3000 Mhz memory sticks in the first suggestion and maybe buy a 120 GB SSD.

PCPartPicker Part List

Type	Item	Price
CPU	AMD Ryzen 5 1400 3.2 GHz Quad-Core Processor	₹8499.00 @ Amazon India
Motherboard	Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard	₹6475.00 @ Amazon India
Memory	Crucial 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	₹2697.00 @ Amazon India
Memory	Crucial 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory	₹2697.00 @ Amazon India
Storage	Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500 GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive	₹1799.00 @ Amazon India
Video Card	Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 4 GB Gaming 4G Video Card	₹11550.00 @ Amazon India
Case	Corsair 100R ATX Mid Tower Case	₹2875.00 @ Amazon India
Power Supply	Corsair CX (2017) 450 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply	₹3581.00 @ Amazon India
	Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts
	Total	₹40173.00
	Generated by PCPartPicker 2019-08-11 20:20 IST+0530

 

 

If it's just for streaming what you capture using a capture card from a console or phone, then you could go with a cheap video card and bump up to a ryzen 1600 and you could live with 2x4 GB sticks ... you'll use mostly the cpu to encode the video so going with 6 cores and 12 threads will help.

But even the 4core/8 threads 1400 is perfectly fine and with a rx 570 you can use the hardware encoder in it to encode videos you stream.

[GoldenLag]

23 minutes ago, mariushm said:

Storage Seagate Momentus 7200.4 500 GB 2.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ₹1799.00 @ Amazon India

harddrive? in 2019?

23 minutes ago, mariushm said:

Motherboard Gigabyte B450M DS3H Micro ATX AM4 Motherboard ₹6475.00 @ Amazon India

not good B450 board?

24 minutes ago, mariushm said:

Memory Crucial 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ₹2697.00 @ Amazon India Memory Crucial 8 GB (1 x 8 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory ₹2697.00 @ Amazon India

2400mhz Ram for Ryzen with no recommendations for how to manual OC?

[mariushm]

33 minutes ago, GoldenLag said:

harddrive? in 2019?

not good B450 board?

2400mhz Ram for Ryzen with no recommendations for how to manual OC?

You have to compromise somewhere, if we're to fit everything in the 40.000 INR budget. Your recommended build is 25% above budget ( 50K instead of 40K) and is worse in the memory department (not to mention you're paying 7090 INR for 2x4GB 3000 Mhz when I suggested 2x8 GB 3000 Mhz for 7600 INR - in what world it doesn't make sense to pay 6$ more for 2x the memory size? 5300 INR for 2400 Mhz is also quite good)  .

 

Yes, you could go with 3000 Mhz memory but then you'd have to downgrade to A320 motherboard, which will probably lock your memory to 2666 Mhz anyway... so it's pointless.

 

Or, the extra performance bought by choosing 1400 with 4 cores and 8 threads instead of a 2200g is worth the tradeoff of losing a few % of performance by going with 2400 Mhz ram...

 

Again... it's India ... I had to go with parts available for purchase in India... for example, I couldn't find a good deal on 16 GB 2666 Mhz on pc part picker for India. Had to go with 2400 Mhz sticks, as best price for the quantity and performance in his budget.

 

As for hard drive in 2019? He can always add a SSD later.

In 1800 INR, you can only get a 120 GB SSD ... that's 60-80 GB for OS and you have barely anything left for a game or two, not to mention he says he wants to stream ... he may want to have a local copy of what he streams, to edit and upload to Youtube later for example... 1h of capture at 5-10 mbps will take 5-10 GB of space... 120 GB of SSD will fill up fast.

With 16 GB of memory, once the OS is loaded, the lack of SSD will be less critical and the only issue will be game levels will load slower.

You could trade 8 GB of memory for a 120-240 GB SSD with TLC and shitty endurance (like 50-70TB of lifetime writes) and then be surprised when the OS is swapping 50-100 GB of data each day eating the SSD.

 

Again, I had to go with what's available on PC Part Picker India ... for example, in that budget I'd NEVER spend almost 3000 INR for a case, when he can probably buy some crappy case for half the amount locally in India.

He can take the savings from that and put them on a SSD or boost the RAM.