Spec me a Zoom Box

[JonathanRyan]

So it looks like lockdown will continue a while and I will be doing Tai Chi over Zoom for months. Also, it's nearly winter and I was looking at getting a Zwift bike. I was thinking of setting up a dedicated Zoom/Zwift box to avoid dragging kit around the house. I *think* I can get away with a very low powered PC and would prefer something fanless and small. Here's what I need:

1. Win 10 box - yes I can use Win 7 but why would I? Also don't want to pay for OSX.
2. Enough graphics power to easily run Zwift which basically means dedicated graphics card
3. Zoom Rooms (not regular Zoom but I might need this level) suggest min spec of 2.8 GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 for dual/triple screen
4. Decent web cam
5. Low latency Bluetooth
6. Fast wifi/ethernet
7. Enough graphic outputs to run at least a 20 inch monitor and an HDMI TV - more the better
8. Since I want it as quiet as possible and quick to start ,a small SSD is all the storage I need.

I think that's all pretty cheap / easy apart from maybe #3.

and if anybody can recommend a great pair of *sweat proof* noise cancelling BT headphones I'm all ears

 

[benc98]

Can't really advise much on the tech at all. but, when I first bought my turbo I used bluetooth and it kept dropping out and not reconnecting. I'm not sure if it was the turbo I was using, my laptop or whatever... but I bought a ANT+ dongle for my laptop and connected that way (it was only a few quid) - and that ended all connectivity issues. I've no idea if the latest bluetooth / turbos have that issues, but thought I'd share. And with ANT+ you can share candance/HR band data to Zwift - if they are ANT+ only