Dedicated Streaming PC on a budget

[tyggz]

Hi everyone

I am looking into building a dedicated PC for streaming in order to free up my gaming PC's CPU load. This would be purely for streaming and not for gaming.

I already have an Elgato HD60 Pro and a spare GTX 760 lying around that can be used. This would mean I'm looking at a motherboard with 2 x PCI-E lanes.

I already have all the external peripherals I need just looking at the PC itself.

External Hardware used while streaming:

Logitech C920
Blue Yeti Microphone

Software that would be running is:

OBS Studio
Streamlabels
Streamlabs Chatbot
1 x Browser (for monitoring the stream)
Spotify

Ideally to be running at 720/60 but if possible would ideally like it to be capable of running 1080/60 further down the road.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.


Edit: Sorry, thanks to ArchitSahu, I forgot to mention looking at around $500 budget.

 

[ArchitSahu]

What are you planning on streaming? What is your budget?

How about this? It is meant to last longer, and should be capable of either resolution easily.
PCPartPicker part list: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RTNMGf
Price breakdown by merchant: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/RTNMGf/by_merchant/

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 7 1700X 3.4GHz 8-Core Processor ($321.98 @ Newegg)
CPU Cooler: Corsair - H100i v2 70.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler ($84.99 @ Newegg)
Motherboard: MSI - X370 GAMING PRO CARBON ATX AM4 Motherboard ($121.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: Corsair - Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($204.99 @ Amazon)
Storage: Samsung - 850 EVO-Series 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($89.89 @ OutletPC)
Case: Cooler Master - MasterBox Lite 5 ATX Mid Tower Case ($46.99 @ Amazon)
Power Supply: Corsair - RMx 650W 80+ Gold Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply ($99.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $970.81
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-17 06:52 EST-0500

There are cheaper options too.

 

[RememberThe5th]

I think this should work without any problem
PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant

CPU: AMD - Ryzen 5 1400 3.2GHz Quad-Core Processor ($154.99 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: MSI - B350 TOMAHAWK ATX AM4 Motherboard ($81.98 @ Newegg)
Memory: G.Skill - Aegis 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR4-3000 Memory ($95.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate - Barracuda 2TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ Newegg)
Case: NZXT - S340 (Black/Red) ATX Mid Tower Case ($64.99 @ SuperBiiz)
Power Supply: SeaSonic - G 550W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($66.59 @ SuperBiiz)
Total: $524.53
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-01-17 07:13 EST-0500


But in general you want to game on one pc then capture screen on another to stream it?
You can get waaay cheaper if you want.

Minimum for running 1080p streaming is 2c/4t soo an i3 can work out or i5 6th or 7th gen. 8GB is eunogh for running apps and programs, now for storage if you don't wanna to do any editing in future you can cut it out for ssd for making things "smoother".
In general this cpu is overkill for 1080p streaming on 60 fps.