I need help with a new mic!

[Madz]

I have 250 euro budget, and i need a mic and a mic arm, that i can use for streaming. anyone who can help?

[Rumpelcrutchskin]

Audio-Technica AT2020 USB is quite popular among Youtubers, it's about 140-150 euros.
Boom is about 18 euros and pop filter about 8 euros.

https://www.amazon.com/Audio-Technica-AT2020USB-Cardioid-Condenser-Microphone/dp/B00B5ZX9FM/

You can watch some reviews at Youtube.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

Or get a dynamic mic, possibly one of the very cheap ones on Amazon whatever the 30-40 USD ones are called. A bit more expensive ones would be the ART2100, 2005 and the Samson Q2U which some seem to suggest is the same mic as one of the Audio-Technicas? (And similarly that many of those cheap microphones are also basically the same microphone.)

For a game stream I've got the impression the dynamic microphones are better because they don't pick up as much background noise so assuming it's close to your mouth people will hear you and not your keyboard or PC as much. With the large diaphragm microphones you get a wider frequency response and hence better sound quality as far as the recording goes but people will hear more of everything.
Three more alternatives I'll bring up is the Blue Yeti and the Razer Sieren which use multiple recording devices and a switch which let you choose between the behavior so you can make it record what's in front of it, record in stereo/all around it and such, "shotgun" microphones typically used on video cameras which record in a very narrow angle in front of them which help you direct the microphone in one direction and record only/mostly the person in front of it rather than say vehicles and other people around them and of course the microphones used in headsets such as the Sennheiser .. are they called GSP? 300, 350, 500, 600 and G4me One and Zero.

So I guess you need to decide whatever you want it on headset or your shirt (worse audio quality), possibly a shotgun microphone aimed at you to avoid other noises / also use for video work in other scenarios, something like the blue yeti or razer sieren for their capacity to be used say for interviews and such too, a dynamic microphone which remove background noise or a single large diaphragm for the best(?) audio quality but it record what's in front of it and it pick up background noise.

He don't have them setup the same:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxV_T_Wepe8

Here you can hear the very cheap ones which I think sound pretty fine:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnu0QBNZ4AU

I think the AT2035 is nicer than the AT2020. But it doesn't have an USB-interface and with an XLR to USB interface it become quite a bit more expensive:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4784ITB8WFI

To some level it maybe is worth noticing some provide 16 bit and some others 24 bit audio too.

I have the Razer Sieren Pro at home but I figure maybe I should get the half as costly dynamic microphone sets instead because I don't want to stream the noise of my computer.

[Monk]

Sadly, the cheap boom arms won't support a proper mic, so your best bet is the rode psa1, it costs about £80, been using one for a few years now and it can hold pretty much any mic at full extension and never slip even an inch.

[tacoshy]

One of the best USB mix's and definetly the best according to multiple reviews ont hat price range for USB would be the Rode NT-USB.

It's plug and play with outstanding sound quality.

[Aliquis Freedom & Ethnopluralism]

What I disliked about the NT-USB is that it can't take as high volume level. However at home that's unlikely to be a problem and I don't know if it will ever be. The AT-2035 with padding can take much higher of course.

But it may only be relevant if you try to record a jet engine, maybe not even a consert.

I had the NT-USB home too but sent it back but I haven't used any of the ones I had ordered so that doesn't mean much. The NT-USB come with a pop filter and a flimsy tripod.

I think the Best dynamic microphone video above may be the one I'm thinking of and if so some of those cost just like $40 WITH an arm. Whatever it's "proper" or support others seem pretty irrelevant to me but mostly they have the same size screw and if so I would assume it take other microphones too. But I'm not talking just an arm but a complete set. Of course a <$50 microphone isn't as good as a $150 one but it may be good enough.