Looking for low budget capture card

NoQuarter_

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Could not find more relevant sub-forum to ask this.

For a while I wanna start streaming but my income is low to build a beast.
I have fairly decent gaming PC but it cannot do both things as it makes me sacrifice too much quality..

I managed to get my hands on some cheap rig that could be used for streaming at decent quality:
FX 8300
2x4 GB DDR3
Mobo with on-board GPU.

Got the whole thing for around 200$ with 400w PSU, monitor and hard drive. Cheaper than any upgrade that would be relevant for my system.
I wanna use capture card but I really have no idea what should I look for in it apart from HDMI.
Heard some cards can cause screen tearing in some cases, I really have no room for mistakes.
My budget is like 50-80$, and since I bought this rig used I do not hesitate to buy used stuff if seller has good ratings, so used capture card can be considered too.

I appreciate any suggestions you can give, from links to items to explanations what should I look for.
Thank you!

Edit:
So I kinda narrowed it down to Ezcap294 that seems to can handle 1080p 60FPS, doubt my CPU will be able to deliver that as I should be able to get better quality with around 800-900p on 60fps, but having that room makes it sound like a safe bet.

Second choice is bit more expensive but I could stretch it if first one is bad.
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Record-1080p-HD-Video-via-HDMI-Connection-PCI-E-Capture-Linux-Hdmi-Video-Capture-Card-On/32908367956.html

I am not interested in 4K aspect, just wanna smooth experience.

Also read some conflicting posts where one claims iGPU is as good and can deal with minor tasks, some claim that each class of GPU has it's own encoder and getting any in such class will do, suggestion was to get 1050 but that is out of my reach, best I could do now is 7750
 
1| Mind sharing the specs to your streaming rig, like so:
CPU:
Motherboard:
Ram:
SSD/HDD:
GPU:
PSU:
Chassis:
OS:

Since you have a gaming system and a streaming system, you should pass on two distinct system's specs. I'm concerned about the FX-8000s eries processor being bundled with an onboard GPU. Chances are that the board will just melt away. A point I'm reflecting since you've stated that you have no room for mistakes.

2| Your second card looks like a rebranded/rebadged/repurposed Elgato capture card.

3| Where are you located and where would your preferred site for purchase be for a possible capture card?
 

Thanx for reply!
It is more of a potato rig but best I can do at the moment.

gaming potato:
FX-4170 @ 4.7
R9 270 OC
16GB HyperX Fury 1866
ASUS M5A99X EVO
3 hard drives, some black edition for system and two for storage
XFX 650W
Sound Blaster card
MSI raptor case with tons of fans.
Windows 8.1

streaming potato:
FX 8300 (likely to overclock it A LOT when I get all the parts to do full tests, saw people get 25% performance increase on 4.2 or so)
Gigabyte GA-78LMT
2x4GB of some Kingston RAM @1600
Thermaltake 530W
80GB potato hard drive (cheap, just for system)
Win 8.1(probably, when I do full tests I may switch, even considering linux if I can gain anything with it)

As you see I am starting cheap as I live in Serbia and paycheck here is 250-300$ but as soon as I can I would upgrade gaming PC to increase the quality.

I've read posts that iGPU can work if your scene is not complex which is fine in my case, I will switch to GPU at some point anyway but if iGPU won't do then I'd have to get some cheap solution to start with, assuming that PC won't run anything but OBS I assume that I can get buy....
While for people 1050 may sound like a cheap solution for me it is just too much at this point and I think that almost any 1GB DDR5 card should work.
Mobo has 2x4-pin connectors for CPU power, has cap on 125W while 8300 is 95W... think it should hold it

Tho there are conflicting posts, so from it I can only assume that I have to try it out and see will it work. I do not give it high chance as iGPU is potato but tests will show, if it even buys me 1 month it should be easier....
I am aware that setup is far from good but I just wanna make it work and start somewhere, I am confident this should give decent quality for people to enjoy my stream.

As for capture cards, yeah, second one does look like Elgato a bit, tho first one still gives numbers I can live with for a start. While second one could be like rebranded thing I am unsure if on my setup I will gain anything with it compared to first one.
But again, as I really do not have any experience with capture cards apart from watching few videos about it and reading forums. Most videos are like testing and such where people show how it captures and let you watch 30 second gameplay with it.... did not find anything relevant in that.

In my country there is only ONE capture card to buy - Elgato HD60 Pro, which costs 160$ on the internet but somehow costs 270$ here.... and has features I do not care about at the moment as it allows recording the video without effecting performance... in my eyes not the best investment as there would be no quality change and streaming PC does not have space for recording at the moment.

I've tried with some stores closer but failed to find anything in my price range.
Appears that Aliexpress has free shipping and Ezcap card is 75$

While my gaming PC can run almost everything 60fps+ on low/medium settings, that I think impacts my stream quality the most, as if I could do medium/high on new titles then it would still not get destroyed too much by potato streaming gear while vice versa - if I start with low quality gaming rig even the best streaming PC cannot make it sweet.

Tho my main goal is to stream Warframe which runs better, 80-120 FPS on medium/high settings.
 
GPU UPDATE for streaming PC:

managed to get my hands on GTX 460 very cheap, guy claims it works but cooler is damaged, few fan thingies broken, which works for me as I have two dead 6950's that died few years back because I thought modular PSU's have standardized cables....

anyway, both coolers still work and sit in my bed, 6950 has similar power consumption as 460 so I should be able to make some Frankenstein cooler that will keep it cool (one is Twin Frozr II that apparently works on even stronger cards). After all it will be on very low utilization, I may even downgrade it's clocks to leave more power for CPU