So what do I use for creating all of these videos and gaming? Read on, gentle soul, and discover what makes for a gaming rig at the Pond. None of this information is to be taken as an endorsement. Other hardware and software packages are available. These are just what I use. No gifts or monetary notes have been exchanged for listing components here.
Hardware
- Corsair SPEC-02 Case (black)
- AS Rock Fatal1ty 970 Performance Series MoBo
- AMD FX8350+ Octa-core processor
- Corsair DDR3 PC-3200 RAM, 24 Gb
- ASUS Strix Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070, 8 Gb
- 1 TB SATA HD
- 4 GB Seagate USB3 External Backup Drive
Software
- Windows 10
- Photoshop, for thumbnail creation and other graphical things
- Pretzel.rocks, for listening to tunes
- Audacity, for audio recording
- OBS, for live streaming and vid recording
- Streamelements, for overlays, quality of life enhancements and more
- Premiere, for video editing
- Illustrator, for vector graphics work
- Blender, for animating
- Steam, for gaming
- Various games, for gaming