One more question, I'm seriously looking into that SFF machine now. I noticed it has only a SSD, so I'll need to get a purple regular HDD and just use the SSD for the OS right? I don't think the SSD will last long if I use that to record clips.
Thanks everyone for your replies. I've been looking into this substream thing. Can I record the high quality mainstreams the whole time while using the substream to process for triggers without crippling one of those used SFF machines?
Cousin runs a computer store and is offering some discounts. 9900K (New Old stock) for $250, 13600K for $300, and 5900x for $300. All will be run with DDR4 3600 ram. z390 for the 9900K, z690 for the 13600K, and B550 for the AMD. I have an old GT730 to use with the AMD so not much CUDA there...