My boyfriend asked for a computer build for podcasting and light gaming for Christmas. He specifically wants a custom build desktop and I wasn't able to talk him out of going this route. We're starting from zero so I'd need to get a tower, monitor, keyboard, mouse, mic, webcam, etc. Trying to keep it under $1300ish for the package.
What kind of specs should I target to future proof the system for podcasting in case this becomes a serious hobby for him? I've built hundreds of PCs in my lifetime but never had to consider audio/video production. Also curious if anyone has advice for the podcasting equipment.
Thanks ahead of time.
I'm just gonna suggest RAID is a bad idea. For gaming, it's going to hurt performance if you're just after redundancy. Raid is not a backup. Use backup software for that.
Could go with multiple drives and restrict RAID to a pair of drives used specifically for recording. But that's not exactly a cheap way to do it...
I have a 32TB home server running RAID so he can use that for storage.
I suggest raid 1 for long term data storage, not for your boot drive or games. No loss in event of a disk failure, and hdds are cheap.