Building a Cheap and Upgradable Gaming PC in 2023

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Building a Cheap and Upgradable Gaming PC in 2023

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RandomGaminginHD

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@UncleSilverGaming 11 ай бұрын

Assuming you're not planning to sell this build immediately, I'd love to see each piece get upgraded and tested as part of a series of tests to see which component someone would want to upgrade first.

@josejuanandrade4439 11 ай бұрын

1st upgrade would need to be the videocard: a 6600 or a 6700 that are now so cheap. 2nd would be the cpu, upgrade bios if needed and upgrade to a 5600x, or a 5600x3d if you live near to a microcenter, or finaly best upgrade posible is a 5800x3d, that chip is so good still.

@rx10 11 ай бұрын

always the gpu

@Blackfatrat 11 ай бұрын

@@rx10 Depends, biggest bonus anyone will ever see on a per dollar basis is usually if their system isn't using an ssd or has under 16 gb of ram. Beyond that though, the gpu is *usually* the biggest bonus if the person has atleast 4 cores.

@rx10 11 ай бұрын

@@Blackfatrat since we're speaking about a specific build with 16gb ram and a 2600X, GPU all day

@unknownvidds 11 ай бұрын

5600g, 5600x isn't worth it tbh@@josejuanandrade4439

@NukaOrQuantum... 11 ай бұрын

You're officially my favorite tech KZfaqr! I'm tired of seeing 4090 and high end component crap. Well, it's not crap at all, but many of us modest gamers can't afford these high end system. I'm glad that there is a KZfaqr (RGIHD) who actually focuses on budget options for PC gaming. ;)

@mannydcbianco 11 ай бұрын

Yeah that's the downside of all the bigger KZfaq tech channels. Almost every single build they do is a 2000+ dollar build full of sponsored parts and almost never anything less than a 4080 or a 7900 XT, combined with the latest and greatest current gen CPU and really expensive cooling and so on. Once you've seen a dozen of those builds that are all essentially identical, it gets boring. It takes so much more skill and knowledge to build a well-performing PC on a budget. You really have to know your hardware, be up to date on used part prices and how the components interact with each other to get the most out of each dollar spent. Compare that to just throwing unlimited amounts of cash on a build and simply getting the fastest parts available, with essentially identical results as everyone else who built a top tier rig. So boring.

@sc337 11 ай бұрын

Even if one can afford, it simply doesn't make sense to spend so much on a gaming machine. I personally think a slightly higher than a console price will be ideal, considering the PC can do other stuff. Spend wisely, don't fall into the corporate traps

@pt87153 11 ай бұрын

@@sc337 Exactly, it's not worth it especially when some newer PC ports release in a broken state. It's just better to wait for the next generation of GPUs. I'd rather buy a console or Steam Deck than spend $1600 on a GPU.

@idkhowtheyfoundme 11 ай бұрын

To save urself a massive headache u should atleast go with a 3060ti and a decent 5k ryzen. even if u do buy all brand new parts u gonna end up below 700 bucks. if ur willing to buy used maybe even 500. a nvme is a must, don't trap urself with harddrives, ever. the slow speed is not worth the savings. always get at least SSD storage. always get at least 16 gigabytes of ram, gskill agesis is a nice 3000mhz kit that costs new less then 50 bucks. The perfect mid range system for me is the one I have rn. Ryzen 5800x3D 32GB of corsair ram 3060ti 2tb wd black nvme decent cooler and psu decent budget mb. New all those parts are less then 1grand, pushing 800 when ur good with just a ssd. Absoluty shreds 1080p and can very easily push 2k gaming. A budget build is fine. but spending 300 bucks more if possible for a system like this lets u game 3-4 years no problem.

@NukaOrQuantum... 11 ай бұрын

@@mannydcbianco I totally agree with you! It actually requires creativity and ingenuity to build budget PC's. I like scouring the used market for the best deals and getting a banger budget build in the end. It is so much more fun, and is the aspect that I enjoy the most about PC building. It's reassuring to know that people feel the exact same way as me.

@BoggyGG 11 ай бұрын

Just today recieved all the parts to finally move on from my lga1155 , got a ryzen 5 5500,b550,and ram for 200, got an rtx 2080 for $150 on ebay, and reusing my PSU. Also got a nice m.2 drive for $30. For like 400$ I'm stoked to finally try 165hz!!! Love your budget videos bro.

@RandomGaminginHD 11 ай бұрын

Nice :)

@prosecanlik4296 11 ай бұрын

I think you could save up some money on B450 mb as that 5500 only supports PCIe 3.0 so PCIe 4.0 fucntionality of B550 is useless. But all in all, I wish you a long serving PC that will handle pretyy much any game that you want to play!

@BoggyGG 11 ай бұрын

@@prosecanlik4296 I wanted to go 450 but all the stuff about having to update bios possibly scared me lol, thanks for the advice tho I appreciate it!

@BoggyGG 11 ай бұрын

What would be a good upgrade cpu when the time comes? Same socket obv.

@Ciffer-1998 11 ай бұрын

@@BoggyGGwhat kind of question is that,, i mean the bigger the better, so 5800x3d

@GarryMcMahon 11 ай бұрын

I'd love to see another video about this machine with upgrades in place. To show the potential it could have.

@mr.pumpkin8891 11 ай бұрын

i loved this build so much, its simple, fast and it runs the latest games at a fairly decent framerate

@robertkubrick3738 11 ай бұрын

I think a 1660 Super or RX580 would have added a lot more value for little cost.

@mistermudpie 11 ай бұрын

I think the GPU choice was rather disappointing.

@connivingkhajiit 11 ай бұрын

@mistermudpie considering i got an RX580 8GB used for $60 yeah

@jaeger6711 11 ай бұрын

This PC will not run the latest games at decent framerates. Anything made after 2020 will need to be ran at the lowest settings barely getting to 60 fps

@toufusoup 11 ай бұрын

I always love it when the channel does something in relation to their username. This system is similar to one I built my friend! Their system was a R5 3600, B450M, Zotac GTX 1660S, 1TB MP34 M.2, 16GB Crucial 3200MHz, EVGA 600GD, all in a little sleeper office PC case, just a little over $300 :)

@btd1114 11 ай бұрын

I'm happy to see you used a 1 tb drive. storage is so cheap yet i still see 512 so often

@ANN1H1LATE89 11 ай бұрын

R5 3600's and 1660super/ti's go for next to nothing these days and are still very capable in loads of games

@R3TR0J4N 11 ай бұрын

Same here also built by brother a PC for online class, with a used tray cheap* cpu R5 2600 that cost 40$ back covid, a RX580 2048(570), and oh god I can't help but smile seeing the corsair vengeance LPX; i highly thank Corsair for that; a seasonic M12, and a M.2 WD Green. RX580 2048, Tray chip used AM4's, Vengeance LPX, a used motherboard, might be the staple of budget gaming here in Asia.

@toufusoup 11 ай бұрын

@@btd1114 Some people do a 256/512 for the boot drive and are okay with games on a HDD, but yeah, I definitely agree that a 1TB drive is less hassle and just easier to work with. I'm a weirdo and my main system has 12.5TB of space and that 0.5 is my boot drive, an SN850 M.2 from WD lmao

@skarrerx8493 10 ай бұрын

@@ANN1H1LATE89 In my eyes 1660 super/ti is still 1080p sweet spot gaming. Maybe a 2060. I have a 2060 super and find I can have an enjoyable 1440p experience.

@tarvest 11 ай бұрын

If you're making a build like this, make sure to check on the second hand cost of AMD options like the RX 580 and RX 590 8 GB cards. They perform as well or better than the GTX 1060 and those 2 extra GB of VRAM will be a huge help in 2023.

@RandomGaminginHD 11 ай бұрын

Yeah great suggestion

@basshead. 11 ай бұрын

The RX580 is too slow to utilize that extra 2gb of vram.

@tarvest 11 ай бұрын

@basshead. Not quite true, had one in my rig about a year ago. It was surprising how much it could still do.

@basshead. 11 ай бұрын

@@tarvest Yeah, if you are happy to play AAA games at low settings lol.

@ThePurplePassage 11 ай бұрын

@@basshead.The same applies to a 1060 6 GB also. In fact Tom's hardware's gfx card hierarchy puts the RX590 8 GB ahead of the 1060 anyway

@GodSaveTheUnitedStates 11 ай бұрын

AM4 is in a very good place price wise right now. Best performance for the money, most of the time anyway. The 1060 6gb and the rx580 8gb are both extremely cheap for the performance as well. After the scalpocolypse, we are finally back in a sweet spot for finding cheap used parts that also offer great value! Why build new when the better deal is used?

@Breakfast_of_Champions 11 ай бұрын

Wouldn't really recommend the old gfx card generation, you're not going to have much fun with it. RDNA2 is on clearance sale right now.

@kinazura590 11 ай бұрын

The thing with buying used stuff is that, not only do you not have warranty, there is plenty that can go wrong when you uss the part you just bought. So I understand someone for wanting to buy new.

@BonusCrook 8 ай бұрын

Zen 3 and alder lake are both really good value these days

@fksllil4068 11 ай бұрын

It's funny how all budget builds almost always use am4

@thebambinofan 11 ай бұрын

Built a junkyard pc for 200 with a 2700, sold it for 250. Buyer said he’s popping a 5600 with a rx5700xt..alls to say, am4 mad value lol

@breh9320 11 ай бұрын

Why is it funny? I dont understand

@jiggybucksington 11 ай бұрын

There aren’t really any good cheap Intel options if you want something that came out recently

@infinity2z3r07 11 ай бұрын

*upgradeable builds

@BigDrewski1000 11 ай бұрын

@@jiggybucksington That or something that came out years ago.

@Pamani_ 11 ай бұрын

That EVGA W1 PSU is listed on Cultists Network as "F-tier: replace immediately"

@thorham1346 11 ай бұрын

Indeed, and even worse, it's second hand.

@crispybottom 7 ай бұрын

@@thorham1346 and the motherboard VRMs (no radiator! sweet jesus) are quite literally going to explode if you try to run a 5600x or, god please no, 5800x3d. It's an upgradable system, sure but the main components are "replace immediately" tier.

@LupusAries 3 ай бұрын

@@crispybottomyep, rule Number 1 in PC building is: Never, ever, on your life, skimp on the PSU!!! Because a faulty PSU can wreck all your other components. And bad power delivery also helps causes coil whine at much lower fps than udual. Additionally that board has only 1 m.2 slot and he's not using the SATA ports so the system fails the upgradeability test right there. Next issue is 16 GB of RAM, not enough for today, it should be 32GB and it's not much of a price increase. Also one of the best ways to save on a budget build is to carry over working storage. Carried over 2 of my old SATA SSDs, they still work, why throw them away?

@efeloteishe4675 Ай бұрын

@@LupusAries 16GB of ram is enough, what are you even going to run on it? blender?

@LupusAries Ай бұрын

@@efeloteishe4675 Games, if I wanted to run professional programs on it, I'd recommend 64 GB at least. Look at any moderately new game, they profit massively from 32 GB of RAM. And I'm not even talking about DCS, then I'd have to recommend 64 GB instead of 32GB. 16GB has no longevity and it costs next to nothing to upgrade it. 25 Euros for 16 GB, 50 for 32GB. That's less than 30 Euros for. Also it's a 6GB VRAM card, so it's very likely that it will run out of VRAM, which means more RAM usage, on top of the game+System's requirements.

@indybryant2072 11 ай бұрын

I would love to see a timeline of the different budget pcs you have build over the years as it would be interesting to see how trends and prices change over time.

@RandomGaminginHD 11 ай бұрын

Yeah I was just thinking about this the other day

@shaneeslick 11 ай бұрын

@@RandomGaminginHD 🤔Having a Playlist of the Build videos would be good too

@barrycheesemore2928 11 ай бұрын

That's not a bad build for the money, you've got some real bargains with that hardware!! Nice one!

@javelin1423 11 ай бұрын

Your 2021 budget build is what introduced me to you back then, thanks for all your hard work!

@13bmitchell 11 ай бұрын

Best tech tuber there is. Simple. Wholesome. Relatable. Being British is also a plus!

@oblivieon1567 11 ай бұрын

That's an awesome platform to start with. I really love the flexibility of Mid Tower cases. You could add additional 2.5 ssds or old hdds that are laying around. A simple video card swap would do wonders. I love this build, great job!

@jesuschrist2284 11 ай бұрын

Well deserved 500k subs keep up the good work

@potentialz59 11 ай бұрын

I agree with what some have said about creating a series of slowly upgrading this build to show us what can happen if you choose to do so.

@mzmknight 11 ай бұрын

Love these affordable builds u keep making vide on really helping out most of us who can't afford to get a 4090 and a Ryzen 9 keep up the great work 👍❤

@DraconianEssence 11 ай бұрын

You can get a decent build for about $1,200 if not about $800

@bassax7045 11 ай бұрын

but only to play older games ,lately games are released that have rtx 2080 as minimum spec and only do 55fps on that ,on gtx 1080 they become unplayable in 20 fps range (Immortals of Aveum)

@Ciffer-1998 11 ай бұрын

@@bassax7045damn thats even worse then Remnant 2

@floneflip 11 ай бұрын

@@bassax7045to be fair 2023 releases are really bad so far, so yeah playing older ones is not a bad thing at all

@DraconianEssence 11 ай бұрын

@@bassax7045 Not really I just built a client of mine custom PC for $1,600USD ish. Has a R5 7600 240 rad cooler 128 gigs ram 2060 Super 750 watt PSU two 2 tera SSD and a 500 gig SSD. all with RGB. He's getting a better GPU later on.

@symbus872 11 ай бұрын

i recently built a PC for a family member with the Hellcrack Classic case and i was genuinely baffled by just, how good it was for that price, great video as usual!

@Gatorade69 11 ай бұрын

Just who decided to name it though ? Hellcrack ? Lol.

@R3TR0J4N 11 ай бұрын

@@Gatorade69😂ikr

@R3TR0J4N 11 ай бұрын

Got me intrigued on what other cases they had to offer

@chris9517 11 ай бұрын

This is literally my old build except with a b450 gaming x, did me proud for the past 6 years.

@daylightdies7194 11 ай бұрын

Dam good cpu i had one up untill my upgrade to am5 . I still feel very privileged and lucky that i have had the ability to build my pc and am grateful.

@supraken123 11 ай бұрын

Quality content as always, Cheers from the US. Keep us updated on this Build!

@michaelthompson9798 11 ай бұрын

After living through 2 renovations (living at home during the renovations) you have my sympathy 💐 ✊🥳

@David_Crayford 11 ай бұрын

Good video. Impressed you could get that setup for under £300. I have been looking a new components but perhaps I should lower my expectations.

@Jerre27 11 ай бұрын

Back in 2014 my build was a very good one. Still running daily and had some good luck oc'ing it. 4670K i5, 16 gb ddr3 ram and 1070ti. The gpu's where always upgraded. Gtx460 sli, 660ti sli, 970 in sli and the 1070ti is likely the last upgrade this old beast got.

@BonusCrook 8 ай бұрын

If your handy at repairing cpu socket pins you could probably get a cheap z690 and an i5 12600K used, just make sure its DDR5 because you'll want Hynix A die ram

@Hello-ys2kq 11 ай бұрын

Yes I have been awaiting such a video from you for a while,i'm at the beginning of it but its 100% gonna be awesome i can already tell.

@bulutcagdas1071 11 ай бұрын

Nice minimalist build with no RGB :) Some really mega cheap cases still have a slot for a DVD drive on the front with ample HDD bay space. I really love to turn those machines into pseudo servers filled up with old HDD I have laying about. Plus you can turn your old DVD games into ISO to use on other devices.

@RickSanchez-rc1rg 11 ай бұрын

The thing with watching your videos is that you can instantly give it a thumbs up before viewing it, and i haven't been wrong yet :D

@jafiro3464 11 ай бұрын

great video! i've built and flipped dozens of budget builds and i am always impressed with the performance you've been able to get in recent years for the $250-$400 budget

@007ptb007 11 ай бұрын

Whats the cheapest you think you could do a pc that could run starfield at minimum requirements (its not for me, someone asked me recently)

@halalphish4495 11 ай бұрын

missed watching this guy. Quality videos everytime

@Middcore 11 ай бұрын

I thought I was immune to off-brand PC component names. HellCrack proved me wrong.

@DazTheMe 11 ай бұрын

Saw a couple of RX 5600XT's go on eBay the other day for around £80-85, they're so overlooked now a days! definitely a card to look out for, for budget systems

@snitchmojo3717 11 ай бұрын

5600xt are surprising! I nearly bought one, but i found a 5700xt for 10$ more.

@boingkster 11 ай бұрын

Nice one! Mine's as follows: Deepcool Matrexx 60, used AMD A320M board & Ryzen 3600 w/Prism cooler. ebay 3600MHz DDR4. Used 1070Ti. Decent power supply, some cheap solid state storage (I used a repurposed 512GB NVME from a dead laptop and got a good deal on a 2TB SSD) and call it a day!

@BonusCrook 8 ай бұрын

DDR4-3600 on a320? Is that compatible?

@boingkster 8 ай бұрын

@@BonusCrook well, the board is flashed to take the 3600 so hey it might've been part of that revision. Either way it's a stable 3600.

@BonusCrook 8 ай бұрын

@@boingkster oh cool

@Scarmanderg 11 ай бұрын

Gosh watching all these pc builds makes me feel excited to build my own pc in November. I plan on using it for 3D software like Blender.

@gdx128 11 ай бұрын

For how much PC's I've built, this video is just something ordinary, but the way you are talking about it makes me watch more, as always!

@OniGG 11 ай бұрын

Subbed to this channel back in college because im a poor fuck looking to squeeze every bit of performance on old components now im rocking a high end setup and still here keep it up boys you can do it

@arjayabad1337 11 ай бұрын

There's something satisfying about large GPUs, they are intimidating and you can really tell that they packed a lot of power!

@HEKVT 11 ай бұрын

Very well priced build and the segment about the front panel conenctors reminded me of my first build in 2020, where my build hadn't booted because I incorrectly plugged the front panel connectors. Luckily plugging them in correctly and it posted.

@svlagonda7417 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Love the fact that you reference the specific parts, where you can get them from etc.

@Jo-zq8vt 11 ай бұрын

this build is a beast on some esports title especially on vsync off 1080p 144hz, great build!

@lucasrem 11 ай бұрын

It’s only 1060, you can find cheap 1080 too, or use your own old 1080 Ti

@jeffie8696 11 ай бұрын

A build after my own heart, I have built several similar systems and sold them locally with great results . Never had one come back for any reason. Usually used an RX570 class card as they are a personal favorite

@victorbatarse2396 11 ай бұрын

Love your vids mate, thanks for the great content !!!

@RandomGaminginHD 11 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

@robertanderson5735 11 ай бұрын

Exactly my build but with a gtx 1660!❤ im upgrading my gpu to a 3060ti soon. Or a 6600 or 6700. And cpu will be next!

@lucasrem 11 ай бұрын

Any old DDR 4 intel CPU is better, some old GTX 1080 TI, why crab old build. If you do old, do it good !

@stpejc1977 11 ай бұрын

I bought a hellcrack case before very cheap to buy new but very good for price nice to see one being used.

@acur481 11 ай бұрын

The case in this video I was actually considering, thanks for confirming the quality of the case! 👍

@andystech101 11 ай бұрын

Ooow the reason I started my own channel! RGinHD budget builds 🤩

@detmer87 11 ай бұрын

GTX 1060 is cheap but at the same time it's on it's last legs. Needs replacement within two years. A RX 580 / RX 590 would have been slightly better for (less) money. However the RX 5600XT and RX 5700 (XT) have come down in price a lot, this should be the preferred option.

@heyitszim6359 11 ай бұрын

My personal choice for low to modest budget PC build that relies on some used parts: Second hand Ryzen 3 3300X OR Ryzen 5 3600 (you may consider the R5 5500 as well) Asrock B550M HDV 16GB (8x2) of DDR4 3200 RAM Any 1TB NVME with DRAM AMD card: Second hand RX580 8GB OR RX6600 (you may consider RX5700XT if the price is better in your country), OR Nvidia card: Second hand GTX1070 OR RTX 2060 Super Any 80+ Bronze 600w - 650w PSU from known brands (Semi Modular if possible) Any mATX case similar in type and pricerange that RGHD uses Cooling fans that correspond to what the case supports (ID Cooling and Cooler Master for budget, Arctic if you can up the budget) --- I do not know what's the pricing on your side of the world and what you can build for similar pricerange (do share in the replies to my comments!), but this build may cost between US$400 - US$500 or below that depending on what deals you find in your place, which is great considering the price to performance that you're getting.

@akturosu 11 ай бұрын

Really nice build! Hope you turn this into a series where you gradually upgrade the PC over time and see how it handles. Possibly the GPU to a 2060 or 590, CPU to a 5600 or i5, etc. As someone who built a PC during the shortage crisis it’s crazy just how cheap building a fairly powerful gaming PC today is. Great video!

@thegaminglel8584 11 ай бұрын

I feel like a better gpu choice would have been a radeon 5000 series card given todays gpu market but other than that nice build

@akturosu 11 ай бұрын

Well not really, considering that the closest priced 5000 series card in the UK, the RX 5500XT shows slower performance than the 1060 on average. I’d say the better choice would be the RX 580 but there’s much less of an upgrade path for that compared to the 1060.

@Brazkainetsb 11 ай бұрын

@@akturosu Wow, i understand that people prefer Nvidia but this is something else. 5500XT can trade blows with a GTX 1660 and is considerably faster than the RX-580. Very hard to understand how someone can say that is slower than a 1060, a card that can't even beat the 580, not to mention the 5500XT incredible efficiency.

@akturosu 11 ай бұрын

@@Brazkainetsb My bad, I got the performance of the 5500XT confused for another card. Should've double-checked before making my comment.

@Brazkainetsb 11 ай бұрын

@@akturosu No worries, it can happen to anyone. Maybe you confused the 5500XT with the 6500XT that is crippled by it's PCIe running at x4? That is a really problematic card indeed.

@bingjr8063 11 ай бұрын

great as always !!!

@Janosch122lp 11 ай бұрын

The case very much reminds me of the one I've been using for years now. Nice build!

@AlexHusTech 11 ай бұрын

*Just sold my 2600x, 1660 super, 16GB rig today for £300 today :)*

@deyeatdapoopoo7582 11 ай бұрын

Not bad, but there's much better parts newer parts for the money out there, namely the Ryzen 3600 and GTX 1660 Ti/Super. Swapping out to those would've only added 20 pounds to the cost and been 30-40% faster, more efficient, and less likely to fail. The GTX 1060 is old enough now that there's good likelihood it won't have a much longer life before failing especially if it's an OC model running at high factory voltage.

@EnglishMike 11 ай бұрын

Believe it or not, there's some people for whom an extra 20 to 40 quid would mean they can't afford the computer at all.

@Markie_SC 11 ай бұрын

Why would the GPU be more likely to fail just because it's old? That's only determined by the use case of the person who you bought it off of. Unless the GPU was absolutely hammered in a use case such as crypto mining, the GPU can last for many many years, worse case scenario you have to repaste it.

@tyonorshapzc7tjfvb7-caz 11 ай бұрын

then they have gottn other problems and should be building a PC AT ALL, omg ppl go cheap cheap cheap and complain :P@@EnglishMike

@willm5032 11 ай бұрын

Damn a respectable build for a tiny budget! Good work

@ProYamYamPC 11 ай бұрын

Good to see AM4 being so affordable these days! Nice build and great video as always!

@quenguin2178 11 ай бұрын

I done a second build based around budget and performance. I ended up with a CIT F3 case (Black/Blue) for £26, EVGA 600W PSU for £35 new, 32GB DDR4 RAM for £35, Ryzen 5 1600X for £70, GTX 1050TI for £35 and a 2TB Crucial P3 SSD for £70 and I got the same Mobo Gigabyte B450M-K for £60. Runs games like world of warcraft and FF14 at around 60-70fps at 1080p medium settings ish. I loved the rubber holding mechanism for the SSD, I ended up chewing the SSd screw in my wife's PC and had to get creative when we upgraded her M.2 SSD earlier this year

@SadBstard 4 ай бұрын

I liked this vid; you didn't get too technical!

@Wendysburger-xz5bt 7 ай бұрын

An alternative to the case for the same price you can get the hellcrack midi which is atx,has a mesh front panel,a tempered glass side panel,three front fans and magnetic dust filters

@carlnauwelaerts4802 11 ай бұрын

Nice cheap build! I think there is a hole in your pond... all the water is gone. :-)

@bandiddums 11 ай бұрын

9:38 that drift into the parking space was smooth lol. I was hoping this build wouldn't go over 1k of my currency but it's just over 1.5k, so a bit disappointing but it should be worth it for the upgradability. Also, I'm new to this channel but have you ever done a gaming build that's power efficient while being fairly cheap? I think that would be interesting to see

@Traveler019 11 ай бұрын

great build 👍 .. also recommend budget gaming laptop under 650$

@duskfall_777 11 ай бұрын

Video idea: Do a browse auctions episode. Find something for a great price, etc.

@rometherevenant8749 11 ай бұрын

Love everything about this build. I like rgb builds but I also love the classy all black or og oem prebuilts.

@consoletimmy 10 ай бұрын

HellCrack Classic 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Case name of the century!

@alephcake 11 ай бұрын

I salute you RG. 1TB minimum is a strong argument to make but it is the correct one.

@marcon5925 11 ай бұрын

I built a similar computer yesterday for my girlfriend, I got a Ryzen 3600 for €60 and a GTX 1660 Super for €80, both in excellent condition. The rest of the build was made with new parts (I also used this Corsair memory) and in the end everything cost ~€350. It's pretty crazy to think how cheap you can build a gaming computer now, I paid €450 just for my 6600 xt at the time. Btw, I really like your videos and it inspires me to build good and cheap computers. I'm even thinking about making a business out of it or maybe recording some videos. A hug from Portugal!

@losingmyfavoritegame8752 11 ай бұрын

0:52 Is that sound dampening on that side panel? If it is, what I WIN! And the standoffs are in place! 😀

@otacon5648 11 ай бұрын

The only thing I would change is getting a 256gb M.2 and leaving it solely as your windows boot drive and then have a 1tb sata SSD as your games storage. Having games on an SSD and not an M.2 won’t affect load times but not having your boot drive filled with games will keep the PC responding faster for longer and keep windows snappy with no discernible input lag.

@rmgaminguk7079 11 ай бұрын

Nice deals to start the build. Nice case but a few £10 more and you get more fans, a mesh front and tempered glass side panel. Felt the 2600 was held back by the 1060 a bit. Great build overview, but for the new builders who might watch your video I would add the recommendation to build outside the case before putting it in to check everything works, particularly if some parts are 2nd hand.

@eddyboicollins 11 ай бұрын

I have ryzen 5 1600 AF (which is basically ryzen 5 2600) and gigabyte 1660 super and i'm playing everything just fine, just amazing parts! didn't cost me that much too I bought every piece seperately from fb market place!

@burndly 11 ай бұрын

Finally a budget BUDGET build and not a rich man's 400€ "budget" build. This is a fair proposition for people with smaller budgets.

@DanielCardei 11 ай бұрын

Awesome build 😮 Definitely worth it.

@andic6676 11 ай бұрын

Great video! I use a R5 2600 as a daily driver and it does pretty much everything fairly well. AM4 is amazing really.

@ClaireFelidae 11 ай бұрын

This is almost my exact same build from 2020 with a slightly different case that has optical drive bays. A Sata 3 SSD (M.2 is way cheaper now) and an RX 580 (comparable to the 1060 and $50 on the used market)

@MasonVanderpool 3 ай бұрын

I purposely build an AM4 PC since I needed to do it on a serious budget. I have a 3700X which is honestly fine for me and doesn’t bottleneck my 6650 XT. Someday I can upgrade to a 57/5800X3D and have several more years of acceptable gaming performance.

@Rasshutt 11 ай бұрын

Always nice to see a budge build, 1060 6gb isn't something to sniff your nose at. Recently I got a pc from Cex for 290 with a ryzen 1500x, 16gb ram and a rtx 2060s.

@R3TR0J4N 11 ай бұрын

I think its a staple now for budget builds to get a used 1060 or an RX580 2048, tray chip AM4's, and the corsair Vengeance LPX. Built my brothet one during covid online classes

@marcelr449 11 ай бұрын

Really nice video. A beginner pc builder like me can learn a lot. In spcific what components to chosse for upgradability: - High Watt PSU - Motherboard with a socket that supports a lot of CPU generations (AMD seems to be the only option xD) The rest of the system can be adujsted to what your wallets weight. Nice video, I will remember it for when I need it again!

@fentonbarnes369 11 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@lars2k1 11 ай бұрын

Something I would add to a system like this, is a HDD to store games and other data on. A 2TB HDD is pretty cheap nowadays and gives you some extra storage, which is definitely nice to have.

@takehirolol5962 11 ай бұрын

I had a similar setup in 2018, with a RX 480 8 GB.

@Kelekona_808 11 ай бұрын

Pretty nice that a mid tier rig from around 2018 is still pumping out 1008p/60 in 2023.

@helloman3549 11 ай бұрын

A really nice and cozy build, and that 1060 is beautiful. A month ago I found the same one as showed in the video but couldn't make a deal with the seller for €100... Too bad for him I got a 2070 super 3 days ago for €180. I'm thankful towards him ahah.

@User44721 11 ай бұрын

Excellently explained!

@gorjaharchangel2267 11 ай бұрын

Your build is very good, reasonably priced and I believe that it has a lot of future potential. Very nice idea! The core components of my main pc are very similar to the one you built. I have a R5 1600af oc'ed to the levels of a r5 2600, a B450 Tomahawk max and I originally had 16gb of 3200mhz RAM until a month ago that I added to of the same sticks for a total of 32gb. I also have the nv2 1tb nvme drive and about the PSU, I own the 600W2 version which was part of my secondary PC and now I have it as a veey trustworthy backup I used to own the GTX 1070 ROG Strix but I sold it a few months ago. The main difference is that I have my build in a nice NZXT H510 case.

@ypesh 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful video! Thank you

@spilledketchup Ай бұрын

This was my exact build 2 years ago, even used the same PSU at some point haha

@Hughesburner 11 ай бұрын

Great vid. Those early Ryzen's are popping up cheap in my local market.

@oliknow 11 ай бұрын

a small investment into a M.2 heatsink would be a good ideo. a nvme ssd can get really hot sometimes and that tiny bit more for a cheaper heatsink is not thrown out money.

@tryllejens 11 ай бұрын

The value of AM4 is still amazing, it supports a very wide range of CPU's in both pricing and performance. I really don't get the people who say you "need" to go for AM5 or Intel for future upgradeability.

@chrishorton2459 10 ай бұрын

Just finished building using this as a guide - picked up at RX 590 and a different branded SSD as well as AX3000 WiFi card as I'm not close to an ethernet port at my desk, but still came in around £350! Bargain I think with a slightly better GPU in there as well. Can only switch on and install Windows tomorrow now so fingers crossed! Also got the CPU from CeX, but mine didn't come with a fan so had to pick one up separately which added a little on!

@j0eb0t0 11 ай бұрын

9:37, almost perfect parking method.

@andrewszombie 11 ай бұрын

7:50 you can have more than two: I bought a SATA power to three header for my next build from aliexpress where you have the one header for rear fan and power for front fans directly from PSU 🥰

@xSeanok 11 ай бұрын

The case may be cheap but the front I/O cables were all black, which is very nice. Unlike those expensive cases that are still using colored wires for their cables.

@JuneRabbit32 11 ай бұрын

amazing and interesting video as always! i have the feeling this build is almost as close as mine, by the exception of the gpu and the SSD (I use a GTX 650 Ti and a relatively small SSD of 250 GBs) but this gives me quite the motivation to look forward to upgrade my rig! seeing the performance this one managed to get gives me the feeling a proper GPU upgrade will do wonders for the kind of games I tend to play!

@grimmpickins2559 11 ай бұрын

Love the build videos! My daily chores of computer usage are done on a dull mid range modern system - but I build secondary ones for others and my 'retro-modern' CRT gaming computer. I'm currently trying to find the most extreme setup to showcase the... um... drumroll... G7400. I've been patiently gathering pieces for this build, including a Pentium 4 era 'gaming case' (acrylic side panel, blue air 'duct' leds, blue led clear fans, and aluminum! Woot! Antec 160w for $10, complete with vintage Athlon motherboard, and Noctua cooler... and a Soundblaster... and a Wifi card... multiple old drives and a card reader). I'm thinking that either a 1660 Super/Ti or rx5300 (to take advantage of PCIe 4)... Or maybe a m6000, as it is possibly the best NATIVE CRT analog output... but for building purposes I'm using my Titan Black... Anyways, you've always been kind of a motivator to me, and I love it when you celebrate old or... um... entry level tech for enthusiasts. Your honesty and genuine enthusiasm for suffering are very relatable and relaxing.

@lloydaran 11 ай бұрын

With "upgradability" in mind, I would've chosen a board with 4 RAM slots, for a very cheap upgrade to 32 gigs in the future, and an RX 580 8 GB for those 2 more gigs of VRAM that you never thought you needed, until you do. But outside of these nitpicks, I think it's quite a nice budget build.

@animefunhub9151 11 ай бұрын

I build my first ever pc around 2-3 years before ryzen 5 3500 pair with rx 550 2gb Asus Ex-a320 gaming mobo single 8gb ram stick gigabyte 550 80+bronze ant eSports cabinet 256gb nvme 1tb hdd.. basically to do my College/university projects for my degree.. finally passed.. looking for job as soon as I get my first and second salary going to shove a new GPU.. but my rx 550 runs a like a champ in eSports title like valo around 230-250fps average on 1080p low csgo dota2 apex legends.. I enjoy every time I play games on it.. 720p high -1080p low/vlow still a capable card for games like 2017 or lower.. my main priority is to Double the ram stick as fast as I can.. I have 3200mhz CL16 I think coz it written like cl 16-20-20 all the products were new including the mouse keyboard monitor basic speakers cost me around 50k INR 2-3 years ago.. would you suggest me.. did I made a good pc for my first time.. is my CPU capable of doing anything if yes wht is best GPU brand new I can pair with it without bottlenecking.. wht should I upgrade first.. GPU or something else.. ram I on my mind..