I have a very simple setup. One PC to play and stream on. Currently I’m testing the performance of my Lenovo Legion Y540: Intel i5-9300H (CPU appears to be a bottleneck), GeForce GTX 1660 Ti, 16GB RAM, NVMe SSD.
The 1660 Ti and 144Hz screen is the main reason I’m playing on the laptop rather than my desktop. In hindsight I should have paid extra for the i7 CPU, but I honestly didn’t see myself using this laptop to stream on and didn’t want unnecessary drain on the battery because I used to travel a lot.
The laptop’s built-in webcam is a potato, so I’ve plugged in an old Microsoft Lifecam 5000 HD I had lying around.
The only specialised piece of equipment—which I got when I had designs on doing more podcast recording—is a Samson C03U microphone. I was picking up some noise from the in-line microphone on my headphones (even though they are great quality headphones), so I fetched out the Samson.
I’ve also found that each streaming setup has its downsides. What has your experience been?