Build 72 – The YouTuber: Live Streaming Workstation

The YouTuber is a live streaming workstation, designed around a 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X processor and an RTX 2080 Super 8GB video card.

The YouTuber is a live streaming workstation, designed around a 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X processor and an RTX 2080 Super 8GB video card.

This build is designed around a 16-core Ryzen 9 3950X processor and an RTX 2080 Super 8GB video card.

This customer was looking to invest in a live streaming workstation to facilitate the growth of their video unboxing business.

This build influenced Roushcharged.

Processor (CPU): AMD Ryzen 9 3950X

CPU Cooler: EVGA CLC 360

Motherboard: Gigabyte X570 AORUS PRO WIFI

Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 2x16GB DDR4-3200

Storage (SSD): HP EX950 1TB NVME

Storage (HDD): Western Digital Black 2TB

Video Card (GPU): EVGA RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB XC GAMING

Power Supply (PSU): EVGA SuperNOVA G3 850W

Case: Fractal Design Meshify S2

Fans: 6x Phanteks PH-F120MP

Capture Cards: 2x Elgato HD60 Pro

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The Ryzen 9 3950X gave the customer a great amount of single-core performance for general use, and multicore performance for heavily-threaded tasks.
To ensure the CPU runs at full speed, liquid cooling with a 360mm AIO is recommended.
The customer wanted a stable motherboard with functionality for 2 internal capture cards.
The customer wanted at least 32GB of RAM. 64GB is an easy upgrade.
The customer opted for a 1TB NVME and 2TB HDD.
We recommended the RTX 2080 Super for streaming performance.
The overall design of the build meant that a 850W power supply was recommended.
We used a bigger mid-tower case to fit the build.
We used our default fans to ensure proper airflow and static pressure.

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