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pipboy 3000

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Hi guys, I'm considering building a media centre PC that will primarily be used as a stream streaming client to play games in my living room. I have a few questions.

My main PC as follows:
i5 4690k
8GB RAM
GTX 970

This will be used as a stream streaming host PC.

I know the steam streaming box will be released shortly which is a cheap option but I would like the added capability of being able to use the system as a conventional PC too.

What is the cheapest build/components that I would need to comfortably stream at 1080p 60fps?

Please can you suggest the particular components that you think would work best for this?

PS I will be streaming via a wired network.

Thanks in advance
 
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plywrlw
This would be plenty for that task

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($81.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $310.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
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plywrlw

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This would be plenty for that task

PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD A8-7600 3.1GHz Quad-Core Processor ($81.89 @ OutletPC)
Motherboard: ASRock FM2A68M-DG3+ Micro ATX FM2+ Motherboard ($45.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-2133 Memory ($44.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Sandisk SSD PLUS 120GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($44.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Silverstone ML03B HTPC Case ($59.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Antec 450W ATX Power Supply ($32.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $310.74
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2015-09-25 08:21 EDT-0400

You will probably even be OK with a Pentium + H81 motherboard but the Steam guidance specifically states "quad core"

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/wKPTkL
 
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plywrlw

plywrlw

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The A8 has one built in already and it supports H.264 encoding so should be fine.

There's information here http://store.steampowered.com/streaming/

And a load of forum posts herehttp://steamcommunity.com/groups/homestream/discussions
 
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