Holiday PC upgrades, streaming and recording

[Lou_Dollaz]

You can check out my profile for full list of specs but the main gist is an fx 8350 with a hyper 212evo, 2x4gb 1866mhz ram, gigabyte g1 gaming r9380 4gb, and a corsair tx750m PSU. I've got a razer deathadder(old one), razer death stalker, AOC 144hz tn 24" 1080p freesync display, and hyperx cloud pro headset running off an asus sound card. I'd like to get into streaming and recording some clips of my games and tutorials and the like so would like to know what upgrades would help out. A few suggestions I've had are crossfire, ram, capture card, ssd, second hdd, keyboard, and webcam but which is most important and what should I get? Any help appreciated and throw in some specific links for extra brownie points 😉 thanks

 

[DTDerian]

An SSD is a must, crossfire you can go with if you are able to afford it, but it's not really necessary. A capture card would really help in those games that are CPU intensive, but since you have an FX 8350 I doubt streaming is much of a hassle.

 

[Lou_Dollaz]

Thanks for the reply I'll get a 256gb ssd soon then, is another 8gb ram going to help much or should I just keep my money?

 

[DTDerian]

8 GB is kind of the sweet spot for gaming. I think you should save your money and get a secondary monitor so you can watch extra information. For example, when you're streaming, you can have a chat popup to see what your viewers are saying.