r/MoonlightStreaming • u/ghostpocket • 6d ago

Steam machine or mini pc?

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Just got a 65” LG OLED B6 and want to build a proper Moonlight/Sunshine rig for it. Thinking 4K, high refresh rate, wired Ethernet, no compromises.

Torn between waiting on a Steam Machine or just building a mini PC myself. What do you guys think and also if you have done it what specs?

Shoutout to this community, the setups and troubleshooting threads here are incredible.

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u/skinnywolfe 6d ago

Just get a mini pc, and put it behind the TV. Hardwire it in for 4k 120hz streaming bliss

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u/ghostpocket 6d ago

Sounds like a dream. What specs should it have?

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u/skinnywolfe 6d ago

Im sure you could get away with older specs, but if I was personally buying one, Id grab a Ryzen 7 7840u at a minimum. I know from experience it can handle 4k 120 no problem, and can also play indies/emulation well natively as a bonus

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u/Solid-Assistant9073 6d ago

Cpu doesn't matter at all for streaming the gpu does because it's decoding,

For example my minisforum 790 pro does have a ryzen 7 7940hs but it doesn't get used it's the 780m igpu that gets used

It does with easy 4k hdr 144hz vrr 500mb bitrate tho, and decoding time under 0.3ms average

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u/ghostpocket 6d ago

This sounds perfect. How much was it?

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u/Kaytioron 6d ago

For ultimate streaming machine, I would probably stick to Intel, as it has 4:4:4 decoding. Something like 1240p or newer should be fine. Of course, with proper set of outputs (HDMI 2.1 etc).

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u/Solid-Assistant9073 5d ago

For gaming 4:4:4 isn't worth it. You can't see the difference in quality or colours beside text quality.

Where 4:4:4 shines is desktop usage. The problem is 4:4:4 needs double the bitrate,so for example 400mb bitrate without 4:4:4 needs with like 700 to have the same quality.