Game streaming has become more and more popular as the technology driving it is improved every year.
Now I am wanting to start streaming. But I can't. I can, it just wouldn't look very good with the current PC I have. I started TechMojo as a YouTube channel, as I wanted to post up how too videos and game walk-through. Then I stumbled onto the #Steemit platform by accident and my focus shifted to blogging. As much as I enjoy writing about my experiences, comparing games, hardware and software, I enjoy gaming so much more.
So I have noticed that a few other gaming blogs, and other non gaming blogs actually do a fair bit of recording and streaming of there own, using Steemit as one of the platforms to promote there work. Some of which is actually quite good. I would love to do this, but if I did I would have to do it properly and not half arsed like some.
To start with I will need a new PC that is actually capable of both playing the games I like at a good level of graphical detail and frame rate, but also be capable of streaming at full HD to multiple sources. As many of you who follow my Blog may know, my FX 8320 system is not powerful enough to do this and thusly I will need something that can. So I went to my favourite PC Web Shop and started to pick out all the parts I will need/want.
CPU
First off I will need to decide on a Processor, which is very easy for me, AMD, I want something that has punch and can also be overclocked with the correct cooling solution, to that end I ended up picking the Ryzen 7 1800x which is an 8 core, 16 thread little beast of a chip that is over half the TDP of the much less powerful 8320 I currently use.
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Motherboard
The Motherboard is something that most people overlook when choosing components for a new PC, I myself am guilty of this when I chose the cheapest one possible when building 
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Memory/RAM
Unfortunately when it comes to RAM at present, there is no escaping the high prices. It is more of a question of compromising on how much system memory you want to how much you can afford. I did want 64gig so I could run a RamDrive for a few applications, but the price is too much so I settled for 32Gb of G.Skill Trident Z (4x8Gb Dimms).
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GPU.
At this time, GPU prices are becoming silly in there price and availability. So getting a single RX Vega 64 is out of the question. Fortunately I already have a single RX 580 in my current system thanks to
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Cooling
When it comes to certain components, I stick with what I know. Currently I am using a Corsair hydro AiO 120 that has served me well for sometime now and there is a 240 in the kids PC. So for this build, because I want to play around with over clocking, I will be wanting the Corsair Hydro H150i Pro, 360mm AiO. And as another bonus, it too is RGB,
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Case.
This is a little tricky. I am currently speaking to a certain PC store about sponsoring a Threadripper PC in a Desk build. If all goes well I could just buy a high end case for this streaming PC and be done with it. However if the talks fall through, I could use these components inside that same desk.
(You can Read the Desk Build Posts HERE) so I would only need a cheap case to put everything in until that time. If I did go for the high end case, it would be a ThermalTake Snow Core x5 Glass cube Case. If all I needed was a budget one, it will be a pile of crap that would get thrown out as soon as it was empty.
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As for the rest of the hardware, Power supply, storage and so on, I will be using the hardware I currently use. I already have a brand new GameMax 1050 Watt PSU and I have more than a fair few terabytes of storage capacity. The only thing I am missing is a fast boot drive such as an SSD or NVME. Fortunately, the motherboard I have chosen has an NVME slot available, so that will give me a few options to choose from when I see how much money I have left over from buying all the rest of the needed hardware.
Another thing that most Streamers have in there setup is 2 or more monitors, so the can game on one and keep an eye on there stream, chat and web pages at the same time. Luckily, everyone in this house is a gamer so there is a few monitors hanging about that don't get used, adding one to this system is as simple as plugging it in.
Once the system is built and ready to go, I will then have to setup the software to stream, but that is another post. I need to buy and build the thing first... and with a tight budget, it will be ordered a bit at a time, so the next post in this series may be a few weeks away yet. But keep an eye out. I may just be able to sort it out much sooner than you think.
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