What's the first question you need to ask when before choosing and external mic? 
This is going to take a while..so strap in and let's start our adventure to find the perfect mic for your set-up.
PRODUCTION NOTES
Mic: Samson Q2U with USB connection. Foam windshield covering the mic. 
Mic position: supplied tripod. The mic is angled 45 degrees on to my mouth to avoid popping and sibilance. No pop shield. Distance from my mouth is my palm's width (approx 3-4 inches)
Recording Device: Dell G7 Laptop
Recording Software: Audacity
Recording location: Dining room at my dining table. With my laptop behind my mic to minimize the noise from my hard-drive and laptop fan.
Recording format: 16 bit WAV file
Sample rate: 44100Hz
Editing app: Audacity
Sound Treatment: Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com
Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto), Sample rate: 44.1kHz
I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.
Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps .m4a file
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