Professional Streaming Build

If you have a little more to spend than the budget build and want to be able to push the quality of your stream without impacting on system performance, there are a few components that it makes sense to upgrade. The components chosen are suitable for a build that should last you a good few years streaming the latest titles.

All the products included have detailed descriptions justifying why I think they are ideal for someone looking for a professional streaming PC or someone looking to upgrade components to be able to achieve a higher quality stream. Although prices shown are in US Dollars, all amazon links will automatically take you to your local amazon store, so you can see the component in your local currency.

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The be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 is well renowned for its great cooling performance whilst keeping things quiet with its two fans. This really is an excellent and well priced air cooler for a modest overclock without overheating or becoming too noisy.

Since this CPU has been shown to overclock well, I’d definitely encourage you to bump the numbers a little bit if you know what you’re doing.

When streaming, you’re likely to have a few applications open simultaneously that will require some memory.

Thankfully RAM prices have been dropping over the last few months, so a 16 GB kit (2x 8 GB sticks) is ideal for streaming and gaming together.

If you’ve used the motherboard from this build you’ll have 2 free slots left afterward if you ever did want to push to 32 GB, but it’s really not necessary unless you are editing video daily or performing some other RAM intensive tasks.

You’ll definitely want to be running Windows, and some key applications from an SSD in this build, and with a little more in your budget I’d recommend getting an M.2 drive. “What’s the difference between M.2 and a traditional SSD drive?” I hear you ask. Essentially, M.2 drives operate directly through the PCIe interface whereas traditional SSD drives use SATA which is slower. So your M.2 drive will be fast (like really fast!).

Since everyone’s storage needs are different, feel free to choose something with more/less capacity and a further mechanical drive should you need it. I’ve recommended a 1 TB drive in this build which should allow plenty of space. It can easily be paired with a mechanical hard drive with a higher capacity for you to store your stream VODs and other media on.

Since mechanical hard drives are much cheaper per GB than SSD’s or M.2 drives, it can be worthwhile getting a large mechanical drive for your build to store your stream VODs and other media on. This 2 TB drive from Seagate is still pretty quick at 7200 rpm and is well renowned for it’s reliability.

Cases are largely personal preference, so feel free to shop around for something you prefer aesthetically. Just make sure that it fits your ATX Motherboard and the length of your Graphics Card.

The Mesify C from Fractal Design has been a long term favorite of mine, with its clean design and a tinted tempered glass side window. There’s excellent airflow through the mesh front panel, and a power supply shroud with plenty of cable management options to help your build look cleaner.

The most important thing with a power supply is that it’s a well-reviewed product from a trusted brand. It may be tempting to save some money and pick up one of the cheaper power supplies that are available, but this is what is providing power to every component in your build. If it fails there’s a good chance it could cause some damage to the more expensive components.

EVGA are well known for their reliable and efficient power supplies and this one is 850 W which is easily enough for this build and it’s efficiency is rated highly at 80+ Gold certified.

Another great feature of this PSU is that it is fully modular, meaning you only have to plug the cables in that you require. This helps keep the inside of your PC free of clutter since you aren’t having to deal with all the extra cables that you get with a non-modular power supply. Also, if you wanted to upgrade to custom cables in the future, a fully modular power supply allows you to do this.