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Everything creators need for modern streaming — tools, guides, links, and step‑by‑step setup notes for OBS, dual‑PC setups, audio routing, bots, overlays, capture cards, lighting, green screen, and more.
Hardware Essentials
Gaming PC
High‑single‑thread CPU + powerful GPU. Typical: Ryzen 9 / i9 + RTX 40-series. 32GB RAM recommended.
Streaming PC
Dedicated CPU for encoding or NVENC passthrough from gaming PC. 16GB+ RAM, SSD recommended.
Microphone & Interface
Shure SM7B + Focusrite Scarlett 2i2. Condensers: Rode NT1, AT2020. Shure · Focusrite
Lighting & Green Screen
Elgato Key Light / Key Light Air or Neewer 660 LED panels. Use a wrinkle-free green screen for chroma keying.
Stream Deck / Hotkeys
Elgato Stream Deck for real-time scene transitions, media triggers, and macros. Stream Deck
Software & Audio Setup
OBS Studio
Open-source streaming software. Scenes, sources, filters, encoders (x264 / NVENC). Download
Streamlabs Desktop
Built on OBS with overlays, alerts, app store. Streamlabs
StreamElements
Browser overlays, loyalty, tipping, chatbot. StreamElements
Restream.io
Broadcast to multiple platforms simultaneously. Restream
Chat Bots
Nightbot, StreamElements Bot, Moobot. Moderation, commands, timers. Nightbot
Audio Routing
Voicemeeter Banana / Potato for mixing game, mic, and system audio. Voicemeeter
Discord
Community/voice platform. Use bots like Mee6 or Dyno for moderation. Discord
Advanced Streaming
Gaming PC handles rendering; streaming PC handles OBS, overlays, and broadcasting. Use capture cards or NDI for video transfer.
Use Restream.io to broadcast to Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and more simultaneously.
Split game, mic, and system audio using Voicemeeter Banana or hardware mixers for clean OBS input.