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MrStickyScissors

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My son wants me to buy him a gaming computer so he can play games and post them on you tube. He wants a green screen and says he needs 3 screens. Can anyone break down what i really need to get him. Thanks
 

srh88

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My son wants me to buy him a gaming computer so he can play games and post them on you tube. He wants a green screen and says he needs 3 screens. Can anyone break down what i really need to get him. Thanks
Like blue wizard said... Just about everyone does that now. No guarantee in any of it. I don't think you're realizing how powerful of a computer you need or how expensive it's going to cost. For that setup he could buy a badass used car.

A job. That way he can buy all that expensive crap himself..
Best advice you'll get.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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https://www.google.com/search?q=gaming+streaming+computer+setup+3+screens&num=30&client=firefox-b-1&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-9Z-Wk5DdAhXM11MKHbmCDwcQ_AUICigB&biw=1104&bih=571&dpr=1.3

just start looking at prices....the effing desk to hold 3 monitors and all the shit is 300 bucks.....goes up from there.
you're looking at at least 3k for what he wants, and that's if you go with the cheaper shit, buy good stuff and you got 5 k sitting in a corner....

i'm fairly good at building pcs, been doing it for a long time, and it would take me at least 3k to buy good stuff and put it all together into what he wants
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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a 27 inch monitor is about the biggest i'm able to see the whole screen on sitting at my desk. anything bigger and i'd have to start sitting farther away.
get him a good computer with a video editing suite, a good video card with 2 hdmi plugins, a 27 inch monitor to play on, and a 17 to edit on. if he needs more than that, tell him to mow grass and walk dogs for it.
 

redivider

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My son wants me to buy him a gaming computer so he can play games and post them on you tube. He wants a green screen and says he needs 3 screens. Can anyone break down what i really need to get him. Thanks
he does not need 3 screens. the best gamers in the world play on just one. 23 inches is more than enough for a desktop setup.

you can paint a wall with green screen color (google the code and most paint stores can mix a can for that) or you can use a kit. green screen kits are like 20 bucks on amazon I think.

for recording video games he'll probably want to use FRAPS. google it.

and for recording and getting high FPS on both the recording and the game you need a high end gaming rig - most out of the box rigs won't cut it to record.....

and I don't think you are counting the peripherals - good gaming peripherals are expensive...

he'll also want to have a decent microphone... and a light with a diffuser (easy to build - regular 60 watt equivalent bulb pointed backwards towards a white background box)......

make sure you have the space for all of this - I don't think your kid truly understands how much work goes into setting one of these things up.... he might have to downsize his bed... and editing videos takes foreer.....

and lastly - Power Consumption. some older homes are not built to have that many things plugged in. if you are in a newer home then there's no issue. but if you are in an older home (built before the 1980s I would say) - then make sure there are no power surges/dips when the PC is on... you wouldn't want to fry your kid's new toy..... get a back up battery supply - not just a surge protector.....

good luck.
 

srh88

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Ninja is beyond well off and he plays fortnite and streams. Dudes become a social icon.
He's one out of a few people who make money from it.. out of probably millions.
I play it every once in a while and half the people you kill their name tag is.. streamer(1234) or whatever twitchtv or whateverYT (YouTube) streaming to make money is something to try once you're already working. A side gig that could get better. But the statistics of making it streaming are low as fuck
 

Kami Samurai

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He's one out of a few people who make money from it.. out of probably millions.
I play it every once in a while and half the people you kill their name tag is.. streamer(1234) or whatever twitchtv or whateverYT (YouTube) streaming to make money is something to try once you're already working. A side gig that could get better. But the statistics of making it streaming are low as fuck
Like becoming a rapper. Shit if the kids got a dream encourage him. It’s better then being out there with all the want to be gang bangers sometimes.
 

Kretzlord

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If he wants to be a good gamer, he doesn't need an audience. If he wants to be YouTube famous he needs a reality check. I crush my children's unrealistic dreams so I don't have to support them after they graduate lol.
 
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