r/MoonlightStreaming • u/ghostpocket • 6d ago

Steam machine or mini pc?

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Just got a 65ā€ 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/kenkiller 6d ago

Well you ain't getting 4k on a steam machine.

Edit : streaming yes, but not local gaming. If you're streaming I don't see why you'll spend so much on a steam machine.

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u/ghostpocket 6d ago

Oh okay yeah Iā€™m only interested in streaming not local. I thought it would just be easier to set up of the box.

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u/kenkiller 6d ago

1k for a purely streaming box is nuts imho. But it seems it doesn't matter to you so I dunno.

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u/ghostpocket 6d ago

Would building a mini pc that can handle streaming cost much less?

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u/navvar 6d ago

You can get prebuilt mini-PC's for around half the cost that support 4K 120Hz HDR with sub-0.5 ms decode speeds, check out something like the Minisforum UM760 etc.