Windows 11 is a hardware-hungry software, and a 4-Core CPU & 8GB RAM are ideal for gaming only. Storage: Standard SSD (HDD is no longer recommended) RAM: Minimum 16 GB (8 GB RAM is not enough anymore) GPU: GTX 1060 (6 GB) or RX 570 (4 GB) or RTX 2060 (GTA 5, Valorant, Apex Legends, PUBG PC, and more) For Windows 10 or later #ĬPU: Minimum Core i5 or Ryzen 5, 6-Core & 6-Threads CPU Here are the realistic system requirements for gaming & streaming from the same PC. There will be a significant FPS drop and an unpleasant video output. Your CPU/GPU will end up throttling with a bad gaming experience and sluggish recorded clip. Modern games push the GPU and CPU to 93% – 99% on the lowest setting. You can find hundreds of budget gaming PC build tutorials online. Let me inform you that there is a difference between “gaming on PC” and “gaming and streaming from one PC”. You will find one million tutorials covering “Game Streaming” and I haven’t read one realistic guide out there.

Consider the RAM usage and program selection in mind if you are trying to capture a Photoshop or any other heavy program tutorial, and then the machine requires 8 GB RAM. Your GPU/CPU will utilize a minimum of 50% of the hardware resources to record the screen. I have struggling to record games on a 2016 low-end machine, and it is good enough for screen capturing. The game recording is a challenge on older machines, so do not raise your hope unnecessarily. GPU: Integrated or Dedicated with 512MB video memory

Allow me to suggest a realistic system requirement for 720p and 1080p recording. Screen recording and streaming is a resourceful task, and low-end machines will struggle to pull off 720p recording. The program is lightweight and doesn’t consume a lot of hardware resources in an idle state. Project OBS is an open-source program, and it is developed & maintained by the community.

Record screen with obs