Meowster

You did try another cable and or port right? Just to be 100% sure. Could you post your PC specs?

Yep, they are good! Just comes down to personal preference.

Ah okay. I don't actually need such a powerful laptop like then one mentioned here. However. I will be sure to take a browse through the ThinkPad models

You want Thinkpad series.  We use them exclusively and have very little issues with them.  We have around 2,000 of them and aside from a fan issue here or there, they tend to be pretty good machines.  Had a lady drive over her laptop years ago and was still able to power it up.  The screen was cracked but the machine worked if you plugged in an external monitor.

Hard to say what was actually first. I was born in 1986, and my dad worked at Digital (DEC), and we had some early computers. 
 
My first actual recollection of a PC game was Loadstar: The Legend of Tully Bodine. It was a DOS release in '95 and I would have been 9/10 at the time. I also would have played Doom around that time too, but hard to say if it was before or after Loadstar.

My dad was also a gamer, and he had an Atari 2600 and 7800. I imagine a game from one of those would have been my first console experience, probably common like Asteroids or Space Invaders; IIRC he had ~30 2600 games.
 
Then of course, the usual suspects of Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt on NES.

2014 Volvo V40 D2. Currently done 77,791 miles.

Well parents, schools and people that think a cheap pc is good. I mean a celeron n4000 gets beaten by the huge intel flop called a pentium d at 2.8ghz. That is just 2 pentium 4's stuck togheter so basically it has the single core performance of a 2003 computer and the dual core performance of a mediocre 2005 system :p.
 
 

I THINK IT WILL ONLY GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. BUT ITHER OF THE SIDES SHOULD BE FINE
 
sorr for caps

They just use whatever works best for their workflow. If you make a person who is used to using ProTools use Ableton, they're not gonna be as good or quick at doing projects, and their overall quality will be reduced as a result. Sure they can learn over time, but it's just not worth it in the long run.
 
I know that was a big comparison there, but my point stands. They're used to using one thing, it works very well, there are no major flaws with it that would cause concern so why switch? It's fine.

Amen, brother!

a 3060 ti maybe but i have to run some calculations @Meowster
3060ti is out 
2070 out
above 2070 out
1000 series would be least bottleneck tbh
now its up to u which one u want

Thank you very much for your reply, this now gives me a lot of confidence about BenQ as I think this monitor is actually very for what I do

Finally! took them long enough.. I remember I bought my HTC desire back in 2012 and it was locked to 3. It was horrible...

Dell XPS? With that kind of budget, that's what I would go for. Or a higher end Razer laptop.

I might suggest the UMC202HD over the solo because it has a much better headphone amplifier for a lower price but as for other gear, any stand will work, CT1 is a good call from  @Niksa, it's just as good as the Cloudlifter for a much better price. You won't be disappointed with a 7B for streaming though if you were to look to buy a mic I might instead direct you to the Aston Stealth as IMO it's more versatile than the 7B but you got it as a gift and it's still a damn good mic so don't worry about it.
 
If you'd like to learn a little about studio audio gear, interfaces and such you might like to take a look at the link in my signature, I've got a fairly decent gear guide that runs through how stuff works and what you need (and a recommended gear list.)

I don't think so, but if the popping gets out of control, they're cheap. Even high quality ones.

Definitely agree on that one

If you find your mic too silent, cheap option is CT1 from Klark Teknik. It is essentially Cloudlifter for fraction of the price. 
 
K&M are great but pricey. Personally I bought K&M stand because while I was working with PA equipment long time ago K&M stands were only ones without issue and could handle misuse with ease. Maybe there are cheaper versions with comparable quality on Amazon etc. but I just bought something that I know it will work. Also price in my current country was 80ish USD, while in the US same thing is 150 USD. 
 
You have some nice friends with good taste when it comes to microphones:)

Depends on how much money he wants to spend, I think. Especially for this purpose.

First of all, congrats to this nice microphone. Afaik, the Scarlett is a pretty good entry interface. Some would say, it is underpowered for an SM7B, and that might be true but I think it should serve you quite well for this purpose. You could always spend more money, if you really want to. What you definitely need, though, is some sort of stand for your mic and a cable to connect the interface and the microphone.

If I were you I would get a better interface. I agree to @startrek03 that it is underpowering it.

Cloudlifter for my new pride and joy! My Shure SM7B
 
On its way, it should be here tomorrow!! Excited

This forum isn't so much a community of people who are together to have a laugh, chew the fat, feel like a part of something...but more a place where you can ask and answer questions, and read some tech news.
 
Everything else is apparently a Status Update, which I doubt many people actually read, I am sure I will be contradicted there before the Mods shut this post too, but I haven't read any updates in the months I have been here and I doubt I ever would...why would you read what one person has to say, on a forum that is designed to engage the whole community?  That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
 
Why is this place becoming Stack Overflow rather than a place where people in a community can come together to talk about stuff and have a laugh? - as long as there is some connection to technology, the fundamental base of the community.  If it isn't offensive, if it isn't divisive, then why isn't it allowed as long as it doesn't break the rules?
 
That is the point of a forum, to foster a community.  It isn't meant to be a question and answer place and a news site, there are places for that.
 
If it isn't a community, then I for one, don't really see any point to it.  It seems like a lot of effort spent on not creating something.

Yep to expand on what @jonnyGURU has stated.
 
The PSU is usually specced for exactly what the system needs with no allowance for upgrade to more power hungry parts. Often they don't have extra PSU connectors for say going from a slot powered GPU to PCIe connector powered card, even things like they may not have an extra SATA connector for another HDD.
 
The boards often do not have wide compatibility of parts and do not have the customisation and tweaking of a retail motherboard.
 
Some GPUs are flat out incompatible or need a BIOS update.
 
RAM can be not compatible.
 
It only gets worse over time as they won't bother releasing updates and fixes for long obsolete parts and it becomes harder to find the parts that are compatible.
 
The less drastic a change the more likely it is to be possible, but they just don't have the flexibility and upgradeability of a custom build.
 
 

Ok