How do I go about getting a camera for my pc, do I need to use a Webcam or can I use something else??
I believe anything with a USB connection should work fine if I am not mistaken, but I believe it is possible to use HDMI connections as well, from what I have heard from streamers.
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What do you want to do with the camera? Decent quality webcams are still currently overpriced and understocked at the moment.
Depending on your use need, you could look at using your phone camera as a workable alternative. There’s a lot of apps out there act as a bridge between your phone and the pc. Some are better for iOS devices others better for Android.
I played around with one called DroidCam on an old iPad that worked quite well. Had the added benefit of being WiFi enabled so I could follow the cat around the house 
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Thinking about it now, I remember @SigStart used something similar last year when he was streaming and introduced Syd the Wonderdog to the world. @Entity also had a multiple camera thing going to watch his pugs at the same time as streaming.
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Just use your phone. I used droidcam with my phone when i streamed.
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Just for video meetings etc, thanks so much guys 
will play around tomorrow and figure it out
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Moving to a more appropriate thread.
I can get standalone from tech soup. Problem is you can only buy Windows licenses in one batch, then never again. You aren’t restricted on the number of times you can purchase upgrade licenses though.
Other than a few cases, I’ve been letting people use the license that comes with their laptops, but I have a feeling it might cause a problem when people start installing Win 11 Home.
At least we have Office 2016 licenses.
How do you determine what kind of household bandwidth that you need or require?
Reason: considering changing to a lower speed to save and wondering what would be adequate.
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Add up what you expect to be going on at peak time?
How many people will be watching 720p+ video? How often do you download 50GB+ for a game or whatnot? Online gaming?
For gaming though, a low contention ratio is more important than throughput.
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Only have 2 mobile devices, 2 Xbox’s and a laptop. Though all devices may have an active connection, there may only be a maximum of 2 or three active streaming/downloading.
Not really one to download media (by means of pirating) but will often be downloading games (they’re quite big these days). Media streaming consists of mostly Netflix or YouTube and I like to get 1080p.
Don’t really game online, much, maybe on the off occassion. When I do it’s often when everyone else is asleep anyway.
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What is your current speed? What could you ‘live’ with?
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Also what type of connection? Fibre? ADSL? WISP?
100/100mbps
1tbps 
Fibre
Yes.
No.
WISPer?
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Go down to 20mbps, I would have said go down to 10 but since you use it for other stuff maybe not. But do the cut and balance your budget.
Should be fine for watching? If you’re not on a contract and you don’t like go another speed up.
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I agree. 20 should be good. If you need to download a game set it to go through the night.
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Ive got 20/20 and we download games whilst people watch Netflix no issues
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20 Mbps is perfectly fine.
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Another vote for 20. You could probably get away with a 10 or 15, but there’d be some struggles at times, and the price difference might not be worth it…
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Thanks for feedback and input everyone, I have asked to change my package to a 30/3mbps line speed.
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Has anyone upgraded from X470 to X570, and not bothered to reinstall windows? Any problem? I just couldn’t care less to reinstall, unless it bombs. More to the point, the thought of reinstalling Assetto Corsa mods gives me PTSD
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Oh god, the thought of reinstalling Titan Quest mods gives more me PTSD
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