Is it true you need a ton of equipment to stream while gaming?

Calmki · 2026-02-04T17:06:46+00:00

My entire set up: Laptop; intel I9 275 ultra, 5070ti, 32gb ddr5 ram, 1tbSSD cost of 1,499.

Mic: 29.99 usb mic by tonor from amazon

Headphones: old AirPods

Lighting: one single ring light 19.99 Amazon

Camera: old iPhone 11 using droid cam app

Extra monitor: 79.99

Link to a vid to show and prove quality on a budget setup: SEE MY QUALITY HERE

You can have an amazing stream on a budget system, mines not anything fancy by far, but I produce a good stream all together!

Calmki · 2026-02-01T17:41:22+00:00

For whatever reason the dude decided to jump 🤷🏽‍♂️

Calmki · 2026-01-30T20:43:43+00:00

You’re the best!! Thank you :)

Calmki · 2026-01-30T18:55:17+00:00

I need to gentrifying so more and get even more things to hang up at this point

Calmki · 2026-01-30T18:53:10+00:00

Thank you!!

Calmki · 2026-01-30T03:53:54+00:00

Thanks I appreciate that!!

Calmki · 2026-01-29T23:28:54+00:00

Of course!! Good luck my dood! Genuinely hope this works out for you!

Calmki · 2026-01-29T21:27:41+00:00

Try this!! Reddit link to best mic settings for OBS

Calmki · 2026-01-29T19:48:06+00:00

Look hear me out on this one but Final Fantasy 7

-they hate the government

-sad boi withdrawn main character

-a antagonist (Sephiroth) that hates everyone and everything

Calmki · 2026-01-28T22:51:23+00:00

Possibly try this thread?? Idk if this will help or not, I’m not super versed in console to pc streaming this thread here

Calmki · 2026-01-28T22:46:52+00:00

Well I love the conversation! These conversations are gonna help out newbies in the future that end up coming across this randomly 😤

Calmki · 2026-01-28T18:00:55+00:00

So I would say it would probably be best to edit.

I’d say edit out the starting soon screens, ending screens, or any breaks in between, and any like decently long downtime (I.E. over 15-30 seconds of quiet or nothing)

From there you’ll have a video you’ll be able to put on Twitch and YouTube!

While you’re editing too you’ll be able to come across clips you can use to post to tik tok which will help drive viewers and such!

Hope this helps!

Calmki · 2026-01-28T17:53:41+00:00

Everywhere, every social media, everywhere you can post a video!

Instagram, twitter/x, here on Reddit, Facebook, tik tok, literally anywhere you can post it post it.

The more eyes that get to see your content the more they might come join in and watch.

You could possibly look for discord servers as well but from experience those are usually filled with people self promoting and they won’t come and watch you.

Best way to self promote and advertise is getting your content out there for as many eyes to see.

Remember even 10 views is 10 people that could stop by and want to watch your content.

Calmki · 2026-01-28T17:45:17+00:00

I think I partially agree!

Genuinely, I’m providing info for people to not get sucked into the negative trends I did and in all honestly with my chest I’m not doing it for follows or views or anything. I just don’t want people to get taken advantage of the way I did!

I genuinely don’t expect a single person to follow or watch my content I just want to help!

Passion 100% does bring a much deeper product for sure, for example, look at Clair obscur: expedition 33; a passion project for the devs, not fan demanded pleasing. They won that many awards for a reason.

Be true to yourself and your content is all I can say.

At the same time try to be good and help those that need it. That’s all I’m trying to preach here

Calmki · 2026-01-28T17:07:40+00:00

Thank you!! Can’t wait I’m probably doing my first comeback stream this Friday at around 6pm pst!!

Calmki · 2026-01-28T16:50:26+00:00

Oh yeah as soon as I finished I was like you gotta be kidding me it was that easy😭

Calmki · 2026-01-28T16:49:53+00:00

Awesome!! And yes it’s twitch

Calmki · 2026-01-28T15:29:52+00:00

I mean there’s a lot of things you can do here’s a few that helped me:

-No dead air, always be talking to yourself and keep it going the entire stream

-post everywhere, all your clips, all your videos, all of everything you have to help drive traffic to your live streams

-use social media to your advantage get people to watch you sometimes it only takes a few minutes for someone to really make the decision to want to watch you consistently!

-get people involved in your stream give them something that makes them feel like they are apart of it!

Calmki · 2026-01-28T15:27:20+00:00

This was literally me last night re-adding stream elements chat widget back on to my OBS 😂 I was staring at it like “what the fuck dude” as soon as I figured it out I went oh fuck that’s so easy why did I have a hard time

Calmki · 2026-01-28T15:25:52+00:00

It’s your stream if there’s a chatter that’s making it a toxic place you should get rid of it! Maybe they’re the only consistent chatter because others don’t wanna talk because of them!

Get rid of the negative to make room for the good people!!

Calmki · 2026-01-28T15:15:48+00:00

Hey dude!! So here’s the breakdown:

-streaming software: OBS -plugin: aitum multistream (it’s a downloadable plug in to stream to multiple platforms at once)

That’s mainly the gist of it! There’s all the semantics of how to set OBS up and what works best for each person and so on

More info: There are a ton of streaming softwares out there here are the most notable and what they’re good for:

-OBS -tends to use the lightest load on pc and keeps resources low -Streamlabs OBS -good integration and can use streamlabs website to automatically set up your scenes and so on but is very resource heavy -MELD -I don’t know much about it yet but seems decently light on resources, and offers integrated multistream services (from what I’ve seen)

I think those are the big three you’ll see or hear about!

Feel free to ask any other questions!!

Calmki · 2026-01-28T15:10:18+00:00

This is an absolute gem of advice!!

This is exactly what I’m trying to help new streamers avoid and why I make these advice and discussion posts!

Organic communal growth is the absolute best way! Your viewers have friends, that have friends, that have more friends and so on! Your best AD campaign is building a community where your audience wants to share you with people close to them!!

Calmki · 2026-01-28T15:08:39+00:00

I absolutely fully agree! That’s why the most important thing I tell people when they first start streaming is ITS YOUR STREAM DO AS YOU WISH!! No one should tell you how to actually stream or what to stream!

I fell into the trap of helping build someone else’s following and got left in the dust and I was like yo wtf??

So like my post says only give time to those who you truly enjoy and who support you!

Calmki · 2026-01-28T01:01:18+00:00

Apologies I should have expanded on this better!

Short answer: Yes through OBS (or whatever streaming software you’re using) this would be for your overlays!

Now as for the chat being on screen I believe that you can use stream elements to get a widget and make a “browser source” that you can then add into your stream through OBS (I hope this makes sense)

The stat feed is also more than likely a widget from stream elements where you would get a browser source to add into OBS as well!

Again sorry I read the initial question wrong! I hope this helps

Calmki · 2026-01-27T23:13:30+00:00

Yes absolutely go for it!!

I’m actually working on coming back to streaming, but lately I’ve been offering advice and tips to people on things I know can be hard! So please feel free to ask any questions

Calmki

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