- Hey, guys, this is Austin
and today we're building a streaming PC.
So we've done a lot of gaming PC builds over the years
but something you guys have always asked for
is a dedicated streaming box
and what we're going to be doing today
actually has three different criteria.
So first of all we need a computer
that can actually play games.
The idea here is that not only
do we wanna be able to stream from this,
but we also wanna be able to play the games on it
and stream all from a single PC.
The second criteria is, well,
it actually has to be good at streaming.
So my goal my goal is to be able
to play at 1080p 60 and to be able to stream
to places YouTube Gaming and Twitch at 1080p 60.
Thirdly, we actually need to be able
to stream from other consoles as well as record.
So a lot of times when we're doing videos,
especially when we're not even going to do livestreaming,
we need to get some gameplay from stuff
like a PS4 or even some older consoles
and right now we have to pull out another laptop,
a bunch of capture equipment, it's kind of a pain.
However, with this PC in addition to be able to stream,
we are also going to be able to capture gameplay.
So let's actually see what we've got for the system.
So these are the brand new
AMD second generation Ryzen processors.
Now AMD was awesome enough to actually
hook us up with this to be able to do a video on
but there's a actually a lot of reasons
why you might wanna pick up a Ryzen processor
for a build like this.
You guys will probably be familiar
with first generation Ryzen.
So this came out last year
and it really kind of changed the desktop PC scene.
However, with the second generation
AMD Ryzen seven desktop processors
it's going to be, well, just a little bit better.
To be honest, it's not gonna be a huge difference
but what we should expect is a little bit more performance
for about the same price,
so who's going to complain about that?
First of all we have Ryzen 5 2600X.
So this is going to be the six core 12 thread processor
or we can go all out with Ryzen 7, this is going to--
(clears throat)
This is going to be the eight core 16 thread part
which we are going to be using for this streaming build.
Now to go along with the Ryzen processors,
we also have this giant Velcro box?
(chuckles) I love that AMD goes
completely all out on their press kits.
We also get the Asus ROG Crosshair 7 Hero,
which is going to be another X470 motherboard
and judging by the heft, this is a (chuckles),
gonna be a big one and last but not least,
we have a kit of GSKILL SniperX,
which is going to be 16 gigs at DDR3400,
so something actually that is important to keep in mind
with Ryzen processors is that memory is important.
For the most part, most memory's going to be compatible
but faster memory is actually going to make
a fairly sizeable difference.
Whereas a lot of times on an Intel chip,
it's gonna be a small thing.
It's mostly like going from single to dual channel
but with Ryzen, this kind of fast stuff
actually does make a big difference.
So fast forward a bit and we have the completed build
ready to go and as you can see, there's a lot of RGB.
Now, to be totally honest with you,
I think once we actually get this
a little bit more dialed in,
I'm probably gonna get it a little bit less flashy
but it looks good on camera and that's the important part.
So this is the Corsair 570X case.
Now the main star of the show here
really is going to be the tempered glass.
So not only do we have a glass side panel
but the top, the rear, as well as the front
are all completely made out of
(knocking) tempered glass.
And I've gotta say, especially paired with all the RGB
and the thankfully pretty decent looking cable management,
thanks to the actual room in the case,
I think it looks pretty nice.
Take off the side panel and what you'll see
is that the case actually is not going to be
too busy inside, I mean, seriously,
with a build like this normally I would
want to go for something like an all-in-one loop
or even like just a bigger air cooler
but considering that this comes in the box,
I really have no complaints.
It's going to be more than enough for what we need.
So in addition to that Asus Crosshair motherboard
as well as the 16 gigs of G Skill memory
we also do have an EVGA GTX 1070.
Now because this is going to be
a streaming setup that is aimed at 1080p gaming
and I had a 1070 laying around
and didn't want to have to go buy a 1080 or something,
I think this should be more than good enough
and as you guys will see here in a little bit,
for gaming performance at 1080,
this has more than enough power.
For storage, we have a 500 gigabyte Samsung 960 Evo SSD.
Now as an entry drive,
it's going to give us plenty of performance
and 500 gigs should be enough for our games,
for Windows, programs, and that kind of stuff
with plenty of overhead but on top of that
because we are going to be doing
a lot of gameplay recordings with this guy,
we do also have in the back
a four terabyte WD Black hard drive.
Now, this is where all the recordings are going to live
at least until we actually need to go edit it
and then we're gonna use USB
to sort of dump it out to the editing PC.
As far as actual capture goes,
that should be pretty much all we need.
Now, down here the only thing that is not black,
and matte, and RGB, and cool
is our Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K.
Now this is just simply an internal capture card.
So, around back we have a pair of HDMI ports
as well as we have a multitude of analog inputs
so if we do wanna hook up an older console,
we can record with this guy but the idea here
is that we actually have a single system
that is going to be able to not only capture gameplay
that we're actually playing on the system,
but we can capture from those external consoles,
PCs, pretty much whatever else we have.
This entire setup is being powered
by a 1000 watt Corsair RM1000.
Now 1000 watt power supply is wild overkill
for this system considering it's probably
gonna be pulling well less than 500 watts,
however, I had it lying around
and so it had the nice modular cables
and, you know, why not?
No, no, I have real reasons.
When we upgrade to another 1070
and overclock the Ryzen processor,
I'm never gonna do any of this.
It's gonna be totally fine stock
because I'm literally just needing to place of a 1080.
I just like the idea of making it
more RGBed and more ridiculous
when really I'm trying to be conservative
and build something that's reasonable.
So first up we have an easy one, Rocket League.
And, of course, here at 1080p on max settings
we're getting a solid 220 frames per second.
So, you know, it's gonna be playable
but importantly we also do have support for ShadowPlay.
So with a single keyboard command
we can get a nice, clean recording of the gameplay as well.
Of course, we can also stream it too
but plenty of performance for a game like this.
So while we wait for PUBG to update,
like it always need to do when I need to film a video,
this actually is a good time to talk a little bit about
why I'm using Ryzen 7 as opposed
to a lower end Ryzen or something like a Core i5 or i7
and that is entirely due to the fact
that we've got eight cores and 16 threads to work with.
Now, we can definitely get away with a lot less
if we were just doing gaming but the idea
that we're going to be streaming or recording on top of that
the extra head room does make a big difference.
As you can see we have, well,
it's just nice to look at lots of threads.
So, now that PUBG has been updated,
what we're getting here is, as you'd expect,
a pretty solid experience.
So, again, 1080p ultra settings.
Right now just running around this little prison yard,
we're getting a solid 100 frames per second
and this actually is a good time to mention
that I am playing on a higher refresh rate monitor.
Not that that really matters for streaming
but it actually does make it a little bit better
for, well, you know, playing the game.
This is the ultimate camouflage, being naked in the desert.
(laughing) They'll never see me coming.
Next up, we have Fortnite because what else
would we be playing in 2018?
So, I've got full epic settings at 1080p
and we're averaging around 100 frames per second.
What's different this time is that we are streaming
at the same time so this is the exact same feed
on YouTube Gaming and it's going
to be a full 1080p 60 frame.
You can see it's gonna be maybe a few seconds delayed
but it's actually a surprisingly clean looking signal.
We're really not going to be losing a lot of quality
while still getting a super playable game
and that's really the beauty of a system like this.
So if I was going to be a hardcore dedicated streamer,
I would have a separate PC to be able
to get the maximum performance out of the one
that I'm using to play the game
but the performance overhead really isn't bad
with a system like this.
We have plenty of cores,
we have a more than powerful enough GPU,
which means that I can easily play the game,
stream it all at once, and not really see
any kind of serious performance penalty.
So that is our brand new streaming PC.
As always, I'll have links to everything we used
in the description of this video.
You may want to make some changes,
like a different power supply,
considering that that's total overkill.
But for the most part I actually do think
this is going to be a pretty reasonable set up
and I'm excited to get some streaming going in the future.
Anyway, guys, thank you so much for watching
and I will catch you in the next one.