Setup · Gear index
Setup
The setup behind RZHK, documented as it actually is: one powerful Windows PC handles gaming, OBS, recording and multistreaming, while dedicated camera, audio and lighting gear raises production quality without turning the desk into a full studio.
PC
- AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D
- CPU
- enough headroom to run the game, OBS, and local recording on one machine
- Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 WINDFORCE OC SFF 16G
- GPU
- ASRock B850 Steel Legend WiFi
- Motherboard
- Corsair Vengeance DDR5 32 GB (2×16 GB)
- Memory
- 6000 MHz
- Corsair Nautilus 360 RS ARGB
- Cooling
- 360 mm AIO cooling
- Corsair FRAME 4000D RS ARGB White
- Case
- Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2 TB (MZ-V9S2T0BW)
- Storage
- M.2 NVMe SSD, PCIe 4.0
- Corsair RM1000e White
- PSU
- 1000 W
Monitors
- Samsung Odyssey G6 G61SH OLED 27"
- Main display
- 2560×1440, 240 Hz, 0.03 ms GTG
- Dell U2520D 25"
- Second screen
- vertical, for chat, OBS controls, and stream monitoring — 2560×1440
Camera
- Sony a6400
- Facecam body
- a far more natural image and shallow depth of field than any webcam
- Sigma 16 mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary
- Lens
- fast wide prime behind the blurred-background look
- Elgato Cam Link 4K
- Capture
- HDMI capture into OBS
- SmallRig 3488 light stand
- Mount
- desk mount that keeps the camera above the monitor without eating desk space
- USB power bank
- Power
- powers the camera through long streams instead of the internal battery
Audio
- Rode PodMic
- Dynamic mic
- close-mic positioning rejects keyboard and room noise at a gaming desk
- MOTU M2
- Interface
- XLR interface and headphone monitoring
- Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro (250 Ω)
- Headphones
- Rode PSA1 Studio Arm
- Arm
- keeps the mic easy to position without cluttering the desk
- Signal chain
- Chain
- PodMic → XLR → MOTU M2 → OBS
Streaming
- OBS Studio
- Software
- gaming, streaming, and recording all on the one PC
- Aitum Multistream / Stream Suite
- Multistream
- multistream to Twitch + YouTube directly inside OBS — full control over what each platform receives, no cloud restream
- Vertical YouTube Live
- Experiment
- a separate 9:16 output for the mobile/Shorts feed
- Combined chat
- Chat
- trying Aitum Multi Chat and Social Stream Ninja to merge Twitch and YouTube chat
- Local recording
- Recording
- hybrid MP4 alongside the stream, with OBS chapter markers on interesting moments
- Source Record
- Recording
- gameplay, camera, and overlays recorded as separate tracks for later editing
Lighting
- Elgato Key Light
- Key light
- consistent face lighting for the camera
- Elgato Master Mount L
- Mount
- supplied with the Key Light
- Elgato Control Center
- Software
- brightness and color temperature controlled from the PC
Other
- MacBook Pro 14" M1
- Laptop
- iPhone 15 Pro
- Phone