Streaming Hardware

Video overview of my overall gear and transit setup for recording in office and on the go.

Link: https://youtu.be/oV_epAVIIcY

Mouse & Keyboard Options

I use a number of keyboards and mice, trackballs, etc depending on what I am doing at a particular time. When remote in a coffee shop and I need a solid pointer option, I use a trackball. I don’t need to move it all over a space like a mouse, and it’s not as annoying as a trackpad. For any office style environment, at home or at an actual office, I use a silent mouse with high DPI or a gaming mouse with click and mechanical keyboard if it isn’t necessary to be super silent. I’ve broken out the gear below into the respective options for each environment, by environment.

Coffee Shop or Remote Co-working Office with limited desk space.
- Logitech m570 Wireless Trackball - https://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/wireless-trackball-m570
- Keyboard - That which is on the laptop, generally either a Macbook Pro 2015 Chicklet Keyboard, XPS 13, or XPS 15 Keyboard.
Office - Where keyboard and click sounds aren’t an issue.
- Razor Huntsman Mechanical Keyboard - https://www.razer.com/gaming-keyboards-keypads/razer-huntsman
- Razor Naga Trinity Gaming Mouse - https://www.razer.com/gaming-mice/razer-naga-trinity and Drivers https://openrazer.github.io/
Office - Where silence is important.
- Logitech m331 Silent Wireless Mouse - https://compositecode.blog/2018/01/29/logitech-m331-silent-mouse/
- Microsoft 4000 Ergo Keyboard - https://www.microsoft.com/accessories/en-us/products/keyboards/natural-ergonomic-keyboard-4000/b2m-00012 Albeit I must say this keyboard isn’t as silent as I’d like, because I routinely find myself pressing the keys very hard. Banging away does not a quite keyboard make. :-/

2018 Dell XPS 15

Some details on this machine, I wrote two posts so far getting this laptop operational:

Specifications

Processor: 8th Gen Intel® Core™ i7-8750H 9MB Cache, up to 4.1 GHz, 6 Cores
RAM: 32GB 2x16GB DDR4-2666MHz
Drive: 1TB PCIe Solid State Drive
Video: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050Ti with 4GB GDDR5
Screen: 15.6” 4K Ultra HD 3840 x 2160 InfinityEdge Anti-Reflective Touch

2015 Mac Book Pro

Specifications

Processor: Intel
RAM: 16 GB
Drive: 512 GB SSD
Video:

2015 Dell XPS 13

Review One: https://compositecode.blog/2015/07/22/the-latest-5th-generation-dell-xps-13-developer-edition/
Review Two: https://compositecode.blog/2018/07/04/dell-xps-13-re-review-of-existing-laptop/

Specifications

Processor: Intel…
RAM: 8 GB
Drive: 512 GB
Video: HiPDi Screen

Mics

Rode Podcaster
Rode NG1
Apogee

Cameras

Logitech HD C920
Logitech HD C922
Canon 7D

Old Equipment Sold or No Longer Used

2017 Mac Book Pro

Specifications

Processor: 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7
RAM: 16 GB 2133 MHz LPDDR3
Drive: 512 GB SSD
Video: Intel HD Graphics 530 1536 MB @ 15.4” 2880x1880

2017 System 76 Leopard Workstation

Review: https://compositecode.blog/2017/01/19/buying-a-leopard/

Sadly, as of last week (cember 15th~) this machine’s power supply arced out over a surge or something. A replacement power supply has arrived, which I swapped out, however now the motherboard appears to be toast also. The troubleshooting process continues, slow, steady, and unproductive so far. In the meantime it’s all laptops for all the streaming.

Specifications

4.0 GHz i7-6850K (3.6 up to 4.0 GHz – 15 MB Cache – 6 Cores – 12 threads)
High Performance Self-Contained Liquid Cooler
32 GB Quad Channel DDR4 at 2400MHz (2× 16 GB)
8 GB GTX 1080 with 2560 CUDA Cores DVI-D, HDMI, 3× Display Port
Gigabit Ethernet
Audio Rear: 8 channel (HDMI, S/PDIF), Mic Jack, Line In, Line Out
Power Supply 750 W 80+ Certified