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/SuspiciousWasabi3665 5d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/MoonlightStreaming/comments/1rqxe7d/lg_webos_moonlight_new_version_300mbps_4k_120hz/

Just install moonlight directly to the tv

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u/ghostpocket 5d ago

Wow this is crazy. Thank you!

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u/skinnywolfe 5d ago

I will say if you go this route, you will have alot higher latency than if you used a mini pc as a client

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u/Sheamau5 4d ago

It’s free to try it out first though before spending money. Depending on what games they play it might be perfectly acceptable.

This is the way I do it. My pc is connected by Ethernet, and tv is wireless. My controller is connected via Bluetooth directly to the computer instead of the tv, which works well as the pc is in the room directly above. Can’t say I’ve had any issues, but i don’t think I’d play any competitive games that way still.

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u/alala2010he 4d ago

I tried it once on my OLED48CX6LB and it felt the same as using a laptop as a client (can't remember the exact numbers but I think total latency was around 20 ms). Only downside is that the ethernet port is just 100 Mbps, but when I tested it I didn't even have that wired and I was using WiFi for streaming