Steambox Recording

[iGetComputerized]

OK this is going to sound weird but I was wondering if it would be less stressful for my laptop( specs will be down below) to build a steambox(specs below) then buy a elgato HD capture card and make it think the steam box is like an Xbox. Now if my thought process is correct, which it usually is not, would it be easier on the pc??? I do not really know how a capture card works but if you have insight post down below I'm considering trying this as i need a better alternative...

 

Steam Box Specs (Subject To Change)                                                           

 

• Generic In-Win ITX Case
• MSI ITX Motherboard AMD A75 FM2
• AMD A8-6400k(???) 3.6 GHZ Quad-Core
• 8GB DDR3 1600mhz ram
• 250GB HDD 

Laptop Specs

 

• Intel Celeron 1.8 ghz Dual-Core
• 8GB DDR3 ram
• 320GB HDD
• Intel HD 4000

Also if you want to check out the quality I have now http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8501wqEl0HOQF1JFMvMvw

 

I'm recording on a desktop here but I'll be selling it pretty soon....

[Sarcasm]

Yes and no. But first thing's first, if you want anything worth recording, get a new laptop.

[niksuto]

Your laptop doesn't fit the minimum requirements for the Elgato capture card right?
 

 

 

System Requirements

• Mac: OS X 10.7 or later, 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU
• PC: Windows 7 or later, 2.0 GHz dual core CPU, sound card
• 4 GB RAM, built-in USB 2.0 port

[iGetComputerized]

Right I am in the process of puchasing a decently better laptop with a Core i5 8gb ram and intel 4000 graphics 

[epkoc]

Right I am in the process of puchasing a decently better laptop with a Core i5 8gb ram and intel 4000 graphics 

if you are not going to play games on the new laptop, then thats fine

[Blingy]

AMD GPUs on Linux aren't the best at the moment.

[needmorewood]

AMD GPUs on Linux aren't the best at the moment.

by the time steamOS rolls out amd will have official drivers