Need abit of advice on a streaming build

[Lewis Oldale]

So I'm looking at doing abit of streaming and my current pc is definitely not up to the job.. I will be streaming my xbox. I have the capture card already but just need help with what I need to be looking for in a pc.. im looking for a pre built as I said mainly for streaming and maybe abit of 1080p gaming aswell would I be able to get somthing for somthing between £600 and £800?? Do I need to spend more?? Can I get away with spending less?? Any help and advice thanks

 

[Cooler running]

So I'm looking at doing abit of streaming and my current pc is definitely not up to the job.. I will be streaming my xbox. I have the capture card already but just need help with what I need to be looking for in a pc.. im looking for a pre built as I said mainly for streaming and maybe abit of 1080p gaming aswell would I be able to get somthing for somthing between £600 and £800?? Do I need to spend more?? Can I get away with spending less?? Any help and advice thanks

Honestly 600-800 won't get you much atm, but will have a look.

Maybe something like this?
I've included one with a better GPU and another with more RAM.

• 1 x OcUK Gaming Kinetic H1M - Micro ATX Intel H310 Configurable Coffee Lake Gaming PC = £809.95
  • CPU:*Build Promo* Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz (4.1GHz Boost) Coffee Lake Processor
  • Memory:*Build Stock* Team Group Vulcan T-Force 8GB (1x8GB) DDR4 PC4-24000C16 3000MHz - Grey
  • Primary Storage Drive:Seagate BarraCuda 1TB 7200RPM SATA 64MB Cache Hard Drive - *System Stock*
  • Secondary Storage Drive:Unwanted
  • Optical Drive:Unwanted
  • WIFI:Unwanted
  • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Home Advanced - Systems
  • Security Software:Unwanted
  • Case:Kolink Citadel Mesh Micro-ATX Case - Black
  • Graphics Card:*Build Stock* Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1660 SUPER OC 6144MB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Total: £824.05 (includes shipping: £14.10)
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• 1 x OcUK Gaming Kinetic H1M - Micro ATX Intel H310 Configurable Coffee Lake Gaming PC = £764.95
  • CPU:*Build Promo* Intel Core i5-9400F 2.9GHz (4.1GHz Boost) Coffee Lake Processor
  • Memory:Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-21300C16 2666MHz Dual Channel Kit - Black (CMK16GX4M2A26
  • Primary Storage Drive:Seagate 500GB SSD 2.5" Barracuda 120 SATA Solid State Drive (ZA500CM1A003)
  • Secondary Storage Drive:Unwanted
  • Optical Drive:Unwanted
  • WIFI:Unwanted
  • Operating System:Microsoft Windows 10 Home Advanced - Systems
  • Security Software:Unwanted
  • Case:Kolink Citadel Mesh Micro-ATX Case - Black
  • Graphics Cardalit GeForce GTX 1650 StormX D6 4GB GDDR6 Graphics Card

Total: £779.05 (includes shipping: £14.10)

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[Lewis Oldale]

Thanks for the help.. im guessing these won't be very good for streaming?? Should I hold off abit to get a bigger budget

 

[mickyflinn]

Thanks for the help.. im guessing these won't be very good for streaming?? Should I hold off abit to get a bigger budget

Best to increase your budget to get a more capable system especially if you get into 1080p pc games though the 1660 super it's a great gpu.

Do some reserch.

 

[Journey]

Thanks for the help.. im guessing these won't be very good for streaming?? Should I hold off abit to get a bigger budget

If you are streaming from an Xbox, you can get away with using a decent Intel i5, with the on-board GPU. The perfect candidate right now is the Intel i5 11400F as these have improved GPU's and part of that is video encoding for streaming.

I'll put a list together for you and all you have to do is call/e-mail OCUK and they will be able to build it for you for a small fee.


My basket at Overclockers UK:

• 1 x Intel Core i5-11400 2.60GHz (Rocket Lake) Socket LGA1200 Processor - Retail= £169.99
• 1 x Patriot Viper Steel 16GB (2x8GB) DDR4 PC4-25600C16 3200MHz Dual Channel Kit (PVS416G320C6K)= £74.99
• 1 x Corsair CV Series CV450 450W 80 Plus Bronze Power Supply (CP-9020209-UK)= £39.95
• 1 x WD Blue SN550 500GB SSD NVME M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 Solid State Drive (WDS500G2B0C)= £49.99
• 1 x be quiet! Pure Rock Slim CPU Cooler - 92mm= £22.99
• 1 x Aerocool Ore Saturn FRGB Midi Tower, Tempered Glass - Black= £44.95

Total: £414.56 (includes shipping: £11.70)
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For some reason there are no B560 motherboards listed on the site, so you'll need to ask then about that, that will add £80-100 to the cost, no need to spend any more. The case I chose is just Random with a few fans, feel free to change it.

You can drop in a proper GPU in the future as well, but the PSU would need upgrading a bit, add an extra £30 or so for that.