Remove background noise

Noise goes away when the mic is close and the room is quieter. Software can help after that. It cannot fix a mic across the room next to a fan.

Evergreen

Move the mic before you install a plugin

Put the mic near your mouth, off to the side to cut plosives, and away from the keyboard if you can. Lower the gain until normal speech does not hit the red. A noisy room with the gain cranked will sound like a noisy room with a filter on top.

Then use one noise tool, not three. OBS has suppression. NVIDIA and other GPU tools have their own. Stacking them makes you sound underwater. Add a gate only after the noise floor is already low, or it will chop your words.

Frequently asked questions

What about a fan I cannot turn off?

Aim it away, move the mic, and accept a little room tone. Total silence plus a gate usually sounds worse than a soft steady noise.