The Armory — Equipment
The gear behind the operation. Tap a marker to jump to that part of the Armory.
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Field-tested gear
Built piece by piece, tested live. This is the kit behind every Black Point operation, and the order we'd build it in again.
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In the spotlight
New arrival
Govee
The newest piece in the room. Two long bars frame the shot in color and move with the game, so the set reacts with the stream.
Skip it if one light bar behind the monitor already does the job for you.
The upgrade path
Every piece here earned its spot on a Black Point stream. Find the phase you're in, see what we run and why, and what you can skip.
Audio first. Viewers forgive a soft picture long before they forgive bad sound.
Shure
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Your voice is the one thing every viewer hears, every second of the stream. The SM7B keeps it clean and close, and keeps the room out of the mix.
Skip it if you don't have an audio interface yet. It needs one, and plenty of gain.
Elgato
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The SM7B needs clean gain, and this delivers it, with a tap-to-mute dial right on the desk. Pairs with Wave Link to mix everything.
Skip it if you're on a USB mic. You don't need an interface.
Astro
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No cable fighting you through a long session. Built for hours on, so the headset never becomes the problem.
Skip it if you just need something that works. A wired headset does the job for less.
Light, camera, eye contact. In that order.
Elgato
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Read chat, notes or a script while looking straight down the lens. Viewers feel like you're talking to them, because you are.
Skip it if you rarely talk to camera.
Elgato
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4K60 keeps you sharp even after the stream gets cropped into clips and shorts.
Skip it if your stream is gameplay-only, or your PC is already maxed out.
Elgato
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A camera is only as good as the light on you. One good key light does more for your look than a camera upgrade.
Skip it if you stream by a big window and only in daylight.
Control everything without leaving the game.
Elgato
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Dials for audio, keys for scenes. Everything that used to need a mouse now takes one touch, mid-fight.
Skip it if you run one scene and never touch your audio.
Elgato
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32 keys means every scene, alert and shortcut has its own button. No folders, no digging mid-match.
Skip it if you only switch a few scenes. A smaller Deck covers it.
Elgato
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Three foot switches for when both hands are busy. Clip it, mute it, switch it without letting go of the controller.
Skip it if you haven't filled up a regular Stream Deck yet.
Turn the space behind you into a set.
Govee
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Swap the bulbs you already have and the whole room can change color with the mood of the stream.
Skip it if you'd rather start with light bars or a lamp you can aim.
Govee
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Behind the monitor they add depth on camera and make late nights easier on the eyes.
Skip it if your desk sits against a window.
Govee
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Two of these turn a room into a set. Color behind you makes the whole shot look deliberate.
Skip it if your camera can't see the room behind you.
Govee
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The newest piece in the room. Two long bars frame the shot in color and move with the game, so the set reacts with the stream.
Skip it if one light bar behind the monitor already does the job for you.
When the basics are locked in, scale the operation.
Samsung
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49 inches puts the game, chat and dashboards on one screen. Nothing hidden behind another window.
Skip it if your desk or your graphics card isn't ready for a super-ultrawide.
Corsair
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A touchscreen strip for chat, stats and controls, so the main screen stays all game.
Skip it if your main setup isn't dialed in yet. This is a finishing touch.
Elgato
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Brings consoles or a second PC into the stream in 4K, so any platform can feed the broadcast.
Skip it if you only stream PC games from the same PC.
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