Steam Streaming Box

[bfar]

Advice needed!

I'm hoping to build a cheap low power unit to stream steam games from my bedroom/office to our living room TV. This would be used purely for steam streaming and web browsing. Anything else would be bonus. I've a powerline setup that runs at 160 - 190 mbps. The host PC is relatively high end.

I have the following spare parts knocking around:
Corsair TX PSU
8GB DDR3
128GB Intel SSD
GTX580
Keyboard & Mouse
Spare Windows 7 licence

With a cheap CPU/APU, mobo and a small case, I figure could build a sweet little budget box for £200 or less. Preferably mini itx, I need something that won't annoy the wife. This would be a pretty capable box, but.. so much for low power!

On the other hand, would something like a Gigabyte Brix GB-BXBT-2807 Ultra Compact Mini-PC Celeron N2807 (£85 + memory module) be sufficient?

Any suggestions or ideas welcome!

 

[wildman_33]

My AM1 athlon 5350 copes with steam streaming over powerline fine. The motherboards and processors are cheap enough. It also handles HTPC stuff fine too. The CPU aspect of the APU isn't too slow, paired with that GTX 580 I reckon it could run a lot of games reasonable well by itself.

It would also come in well under budget, using the component you have already I reckon you could have a system that would do for your needs for around £100.

YOUR BASKET
1 x AMD Athlon 5350 2.05GHz Quad Core Processor - Retail (Socket AM1) £43.99
1 x Raijintek Metis*- Black Mini ITX Case £35.99
1 x Asus AM1I-A AMD AM1 (Socket FS1b) DDR3 Mini ITX Motherboard £26.99
Total : £116.57 (includes shipping : £8.00).



Something like this although the motherboard is out of stock and the case might not fit your gpu if you planned on using it (not really needed).

 

[Telecaster]

What are the requirements for steam streaming?