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.