The gear behind the videos

How the setup fits together

The channel runs on two computers. The gaming PC runs the game and nothing else. Its picture goes out through an Elgato 4K X capture card, which sends it on to the monitor and also to a second, older recording PC. That second machine runs OBS and does all the recording, so the gaming PC never loses frames to the recording software, and a crash in one doesn't take down the other.

For audio, the Shure SM7B plugs into an XLR audio interface with a shielded XLR cable, and VoiceMeeter mixes my voice with the game sound. I listen through a headset, so the game audio never leaks into the microphone.

OBS records three separate audio tracks: one with everything, one with only the game, and one with only my voice. That makes editing much easier. If a loud moment in the game drowns out what I said, or I cough at the wrong time, I can fix one track without touching the other.

If you're just starting out

You don't need all of this to start a gaming channel. If you're on a budget, this order gives you the most improvement for your money:

1. Sound first. Viewers forgive a soft picture far more easily than bad audio. A dynamic microphone on a boom arm, close to your mouth, is the biggest single upgrade.
2. Wear headphones. A headset keeps game sound out of your mic and costs much less than any software fix.
3. Record on one PC to begin with. OBS on a single decent gaming PC works fine. A capture card and a second PC only matter once you want maximum game performance while recording.
4. Add storage early. Recordings are big. An hour of high-quality footage can easily take tens of gigabytes, so a spare fast SSD fills up quickly.

Prices and models change all the time on Amazon. The links below go to the exact products in my setup, or the current listing for them.

Last updated October 2026.