Making gaming videos

[CU]

Son wants to start recording some game videos for youtube. His computer is dated with a G620 and R250 GPU. It plays Minecraft and some other games he plays fine, but no way is it going to record and play them. His MB (H61H2-M2 V1.0) will take an Ivy Bridge so I was thinking of a used i5-3570 or i7-3770. I believe the heatsink is the stock one from my i5-2500K, so it should cool them. As for the GPU it just needs to play and record 1080p in Minecraft, RoBlox, Scrap Mechanic, etc. Just stuff a younger kid would play. Trying to keep the cost down so above $150 is really pushing it for the GPU. Remember he uses a R250 now, so anything is going to be way faster. Also looking at the Blue Snowflake mic. Seems like a good mic from what I have read.

This will be for Christmas, so I have some time for prices to come down and to catch sales. Just started looking into this for him, so I am looking for suggestions.

 

[TheELF]

Both nvidia and AMD have hardware accelerated recording,so if that's all he wants and live streaming is a non issue than try it out right now,the new relive drivers come with this feature and as far as I can tell the r7 250 supports it as well.

 

[CU]

I read that relive needs at least 2GB of memory. The R250 he has only has 1GB. I haven't actually tried it yet, but I don't think it will work.

 

[TheELF]

You can also try OBS which is the best screen recorder anyway,they have a version with support for vce and itself it only consumes a minimal amount of resources.
https://obsproject.com/forum/threads/obs-branch-with-amd-vce-support.13996/

 

[Crono]

GTX 1050 Ti would be good for the graphics card. They are around $150 at lowest, but on sale you might find one cheaper.

 

[XavierMace]

In regards to the CPU both the 3570 or 3770 would be a huge upgrade. If you're still running the original BIOS, you'll need to update that first.

GTX 1050 Ti would be good for the graphics card. They are around $150 at lowest, but on sale you might find one cheaper.

Agreed.

 

[Markfothebeast]

I run an i7 2600k and an Nvidia GTX590, both of which are atleast 8 years old. I have little to no problem rendering, recording, and editing video. Never dropped a cent in hardware since. I typically render in 1280x720. Smaller file size, streaming, good clarity, a good mix of everything. After all, not everyone has fast internet at this time. I only have 3MBPS. On top of that, I'd say a good majority of the population watch YouTube on mobile devices - in which less detail is noticeable.

I'd hunt down a decent PC (laptop/whatever) on Craigslist. Even recycling center dumpsters. I've gotten some loaded retired servers and desktops from them (minus HDD).

 

[Soapskid]

I run an older 2011 Dell Optiplex 790 i5 2400 with a Samsung Evo 850 500gb SSD, 16gb ram and an EVGA 1050ti. I'm able to record on OBS and edit through Davinci Resolve pretty well at 1080p - all for free. I started uploading my gaming just recently as well.

He should be OK with what others have said and honestly a regular 1050 can do it for probably under $100. Also, if I had the chance I'd buy the 1050ti through EVGA b-stock ($119 plus shipping) Wednesday rather than the local Fry's for $157 plus tax.

 

[monkeydelmagico]

give him your rig and build yourself a new one

 

[CU]

give him your rig and build yourself a new one

That would cost more. Not to mention I have another kid who might want my parts once I do decide to upgrade. But, it has crossed my mind.