Aspiring Streamer - What PC do I buy

[AaronDunne1997]

Hi Everyone, I wanted to ask people for some advice on buying my first pc for streaming and maybe eventually gaming, I have loved gaming all my life and I am going to take a swing at streaming, but I am clueless to the world of desktops that I would need to run obs and with good picture quality

I want to still play on my console and stream using a capture card to a desktop , is there any prebuilt desktops out there that I should look at buying to use just as a streaming pc? Any recommendations would be amazing, thank you!

 

[Citrus_9]

Hi Everyone, I wanted to ask people for some advice on buying my first pc for streaming and maybe eventually gaming, I have loved gaming all my life and I am going to take a swing at streaming, but I am clueless to the world of desktops that I would need to run obs and with good picture quality

I want to still play on my console and stream using a capture card to a desktop , is there any prebuilt desktops out there that I should look at buying to use just as a streaming pc? Any recommendations would be amazing, thank you!

Welcome! Could you point us to the right direction by giving your budget, telling a monitor you own (screen size, resolution and a refresh rate or make and model) or if you don't own one, would a monitor and a PC both would be included in your given budget? Also, what games and software you'd be playing/working on?

 

[MrWilson]

Budget is the main factor here. If you're just looking for a PC to encode and stream from console you don't need a hugely powerful system. However, if you also want to game on the PC you would be looking at around £1400 to game at 1080p, and closer to £2000 if you were aiming to game and stream all on the PC.
Answering the above will help us work out the best options you have.

 

[AaronDunne1997]

Budget is the main factor here. If you're just looking for a PC to encode and stream from console you don't need a hugely powerful system. However, if you also want to game on the PC you would be looking at around £1400 to game at 1080p, and closer to £2000 if you were aiming to game and stream all on the PC.
Answering the above will help us work out the best options you have.

Hi , thank you so much for your reply, I am writing from a 2nd account I had to make as I had issues with the first one, I am looking for a dedicated streaming pc, I will be using it to encode and stream from console using a capture card , the gaming will all be done on my existing console - I am in the process of purchasing monitors etc so I do not have one presently and will incorporate it into my budget, I will be running obs software when streaming, I am so new to all of this so any advice is an amazing help, do you need to know anything else from me?

 

[AaronDunne1997]

Budget is the main factor here. If you're just looking for a PC to encode and stream from console you don't need a hugely powerful system. However, if you also want to game on the PC you would be looking at around £1400 to game at 1080p, and closer to £2000 if you were aiming to game and stream all on the PC.
Answering the above will help us work out the best options you have.

Also apologies I am looking to spend anywhere between €1000-€2000 ideally, if it has to be a bit over that is fine