Upgrading a Viewer's Pre-Built Gaming PC! - Gear Up S3:E3
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Welcome to our Gear Up series! In this episode, we meet with Yonni at the Charlotte, NC Micro Center to upgrade his old gaming PC! He's currently rockin' an AMD Ryzen 7 3700X and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti. Let's see what budget he wins and how he spends it!
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Greg Thank you again for the chance to be on the channel.!!
That was a sweet upgrade! I also have a 3700X, but paired with a Radeon RX 7800 XT. AMD builds are quite nice nowadays.
Thanks for applying and coming out! Was great to work with you. Hope the rig is serving you well!
I have a 6750xt. I think you will love it. Very nice looking build
Happy Belated Birthday homie!
Super glad for you in your upgrade mate - you're a lovely young man and clearly very deserving . It's all very well chosen and a solid 1440p gaming rig. Enjoy!
Great to see someone finally give that wheel a decent spin even if he didn't get the big bucks
omg YES!!
That was heartbreaking that he got $600 🥺
@@Joreel He had an amazing attitude though! Very open minded and made out with an amazing deal regardless.
There was no one shouting in the background: big money 😂
Especially since it was his birthday, I think pushing the wheel over to $800 would've been the way to go. Maybe upgrade the NvME or grab one of the 5600X3D.
Ofc, it's easy for me to say, it's not my money.
I'm insanely jealous of you guys having Micro Center in the US! Wish we had them here! I love this series it's such fun! 😊😊😊
100%! I’m sure they’d make so much moving to other countries
facts, please come to canada
We have no micro center in all South East Asia. Just EasyPC(PH) small PC Store.
Where I'm from, you either buy online or from vendors who sell extremely expensive stuff. You have a budget for a ryzen 5 or an I5 and they'll tell you to buy mid to high end components (if you're a newbie). If they think you actually know stuff about computers or you tell them specifically what you need, they'll give you a small discount. Also, no combo deals or refurbished components (that you can trust).
Microcenter isn't in every state, unfortunately. I live in Arizona and it's online (Amazon, Newegg etc.) or Bestbuy. After they come to AZ, then they can open some back home in Canada! 🤪
Shout out to your parents Greg...they have done phenomenal job raising you respectfully. Nothing but laughs & smiles in knowledge watching you for years. 🙏🏼✌🏼
Damn the wheel is teasing us rn lol He was so close to the 1200 but all in all fantastic upgrade that 6750XT is gonna be a night and day difference compared to the 1660
Yep, was a great use of the budget IMO!
Nothing wrong with using AMD cards. I've used both AMD(ATI) and Nvidia cards over the past 30 years. Both are great companies.
I have an i7 8700k and a GTX 1060 6GB. Should I upgrade to the 6750XT?
If you have the budget yes it's a great deal for the performance at 1080 and 1440p @@BREEZYM6015
@@BREEZYM6015 the 8700k will hold it back a bit but the 6750xt will be able to hold your down for games at 1440p for a long while
Man I’m new to PC gaming, and over the past week I’ve watched a lot of your fixing videos.. you’re doing a great job
I appreciate it!
@@GregSalazar PC gaming yields so much in the way of free games, performance, and cost. Especially with an upgrade path and if you are up to the challenge, emulation.....!
@@eljefe7070ytYou are forgetting something uhmm erhmm..
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8K tentacle corn and Virtual Reality shi.
Welcome to the PCMR friend.
@@disposable_hero1725 haha still have my consoles.. can’t give them up just yet.. least not my Xbox
Finally someone gave the wheel a real spin! Aaaaaand ya jinxed it.
It’s really neat that Microcenter still has some last-gen parts since that’s were the value is at
$600 is an awesome amount …. For that rig, I’d go 5700X3D, SSD/NVME and GPU 💪✊🥳🥰👍
This
Well deserved winner. Hope he gets many happy hours gaming from his new build. Great video as always Greg. All best to all.
Literally ANY spin would help that P.C.
Awesome upgrade. To round out the build, 16GB more for the RAM and an SSD for his games (from the HDD he's storing games on now) would completely elevate his gaming experience.
RX 6750XT costing $350 is a steal. Here in PH it costs around PHP 25000-27000 or around $450. RTX 4060 here is cheaper around $350-$380.
Damn these are some of the most wholesome videos on CZcams. The pure joy on the faces of the people receiving these upgrades is priceless. GG, Greg!
I love how compact the case is. The fresh air from the front is reaching the components quite efficiently
I have that ASRock 6750XT and love it. It runs all my games great with no issues. Paired with a Ryzen 5 3600
I have an i7 8700k, ASUS GTX 1060 6GB, and 16GB of DDR4 RAM. I would be happy with his PC before it got upgraded.
Why you have pretty equivalent specs
That turned out to be an awesome build. Dude seems extremely grateful.
Oooof...I would have gone with the 3080ti to be honest. That 600W powersupply is more than enough since the GPU would max out at 380 watts (approx).
30 series was known for power spiking upwards of 500watts, the 6750xt will sip power at like 120-180watts while not being that far behind the 3080ti, i think the 6750xt was a good buy.
@@16valveBravoSpoonz I have heard of that, but with the motherboard and cpu that he had I dont think it would be an issue for that 600w unit. However, there is always PFM that comes into consideration. Ha ha!
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i wouldnt trust apevia
That 600 watt power supply is NOT more than enough. The 3080 ti draws similar power to the 3090... A 600 watt power supply especially not a high quality one isn't even gonna come close to cutting it, unless you want to gamble hugely on the unit being killed by the 3080 ti and needing another psu after that anyways.
Bro finally a good spin holy lol
Should add $100 for every 10 full rotations the wheel does haha
One of my favorites so far, such a good balanced system imo. People far too often dismiss older cpu's, but I'm sure his PC is going to be an absolute beast! You are awesome for making this happen, any plans to come to either the Fairfax location or Rockville\Parkville Md locations?
One of my favorite episodes of this series. He seemed very appreciative. Heck of an upgrade!!
The Montech X3 Mesh is my personal favorite budget case on the market right now and arguably one of the best under $100. I've personally built in it with both a Ryzen AM4 motherboard and an Intel LGA 1700 motherboard, and building in it was really nice. You may need to redo a bit of the cable management behind the back panel with the 6 daisy chained fans and everything, but it has great airflow, great aesthetics and looks, comes with 6 free fans, has ample room for triple fan graphics cards, and the RGB on the fans actually looks really nice. It's also fairly light while still being good quality material having a tempered glass side panel, and that tempered glass side panel is really easy to open or remove since you don't need to worry about any screws whatsoever.
All in all, it's an awesome case and it's easily available for under $60 most anywhere. The only real downsides of the case are needing to spend a bit of time with the cable management to make sure everything fits, and that there are some high end graphics cards that aren't going to be able to fit unless you're buying an Nvidia Founder's Edition model of one.
Come onnnnnnnnnnnnnn, tilt that wheel one more tick to the $1200 amount. This guy deserves it. Great video either way!
Cool, I also have a 3700X paired with a 6750 XT and love it. Does everything I want with finesse. Enjoy that upgrade!
this is turning out to be great episode, i mean you kept the base system and still did very significant upgrade to it.
Few years ago, my build was a overclocked Ryzen 5 5600X paired with a ROG 3080Ti and my PSU was a 1st Player 600W Bronze, it actually runs fine.. He got a 600W Gold PSU I actually think he will be fine with that 3080Ti FE
Oof, I remember rocking a pre-built with a FX-4300 and gtx950 until 2021, I would have love some of those upgrades, Greg, you are a Godsend to pc gamers, keep up the good work
Damn, I'm curious as to how much that refurbed 3080 Ti would be, I don't live near a Microcenter to inquire on deals such as those.
Hey! Another excellently done cohesive build. Loving those Montech cases especially; they seem to be really good budget cases that still do very well aesthetically. I had a 3700X for a while and it was an excellent all-round CPU which paired well with an RX 6700XT. Can't wait to see the next installment of this series :)
Uh, $359 for a 6750XT? Our man got robbed at MC. Newegg has the XFX Speedster QICK for $290.
Robbed with free money? 😂
He seems like a good kid hope he has fun with whatever he plays on it.
Happy Birthday Y0nn the pc looks great! ❤
I just wanted to say thank you, not this video but fix it flop s5e1 literally saved my GFs PC tonight, did some upgrading on it and ended up shorting the motherboard, same symptoms as you had back then, after hours if checking literally every component and everything working when not in the case I remembered that episode and checked ... And voila, turns out I actually bent a little metal piece accidentally when installing the new ram kit and SSD (probably when i fucked up trying to close the awful mess of non modular power supply on the back) so I bent them back and everything works again ❤
I WISH...Microcenter would consider a building here in Norfolk/VA BEACH/Hampton Roads!
Would be amazing to get one here, best buys kinda lacking
We have a Microcenter coming to Phoenix sometime in 2028 last we heard.
@@Slow_32V Best Buy is awful with their inventory and we dont get the amazing deals that MicroCenter offers, especially with refurbs and discontinued gear.
Loving the Gear Up series. Thank you so much!
13:43 I was literally thinking about DDU and tryin' to remember if Greg ever recommends it to folks when this happens. 😄
I have the exact same GPU in my other system. That 3700X is a great pairing with that 6750XT. If he doesn't already have a 1440p monitor, he might want to invest in one to take advance of what that system is capable of now. Nice build.
Keep it up Greg. More uploads please. More power!!
From Philippines !!!
For the next one, maybe include questions like what game are you looking to play at what resolution... You probably asked but for the viewer, an idea of what his upgrades are going towards would be helpful!
Glad you picked the Montech AIO, I have the SKY2 case and was looking at the 360 AIO to replace my 240,
I don't like 2 point Cooler fixings preferring 4 point fixings so that has put me off it.
I'm sure 2 point fixing is fine otherwise it wouldn't have been sold for years and years, just in my head 2 points create a potential rocking point whereas 4 equal torqued points (almost) guarantees equal pressure across the entire block.
I love series like this. Grats to @Y0nn13 on your PC, and Happy (belated) Birthday! 🥳
Awesome video and upgrade! Yonni is going to be LOVING that GPU upgrade and man, that case + AIO combo is 🔥
Yanni, you're a bight guy, you made really quick, insightful decisions. Great rig.
finally! someone actually SPINS the wheel like they MEAN it ^^
for $600? thats a pretty solid set of choices for upgrades.
When he brought out the refurb 3080Ti then showed it I was shocked then very soon after I found it somewhat amusing.
Keep on going Greg, so good to see you helping the viewership and community with your great projects!
You want a black case right becauuuuuuuuse..... he was very careful at that next line 😂
That store looks a like a dream come true! haha i need something like that in my country.
Wow, that AMD bracket for $7 can be a lifesaver for system builders that are upgrading things... I didn't know that!
I love the fact you do this for people . Big respect fella .
Nice build, and I love this series.
I am so fecking jealous, bro. Everything is so pricy in my country, Brazil.
Charity depiction, be a man of the people. Appreciate you Greg, keep kicking ass.
Going with the 6750XT was a great choice but apart from getting a better case for cooling, spending a bunch of a limited budget on an AIO and cable extensions was not a good choice because the CPU should've been upgraded to avoid bottlenecks. Since the most demanding thing the PC is being used for is gaming, if you're upgrading the power supply, it would've made more sense to upgrade the CPU from Zen 2 to Zen 3 by going with a Ryzen 5600 for $110 and used the remaining $20 to get a good cheap air cooler or just use the Wraith Stealth bundled with the 5600.
That being said, there wasn't really any need to change out the PSU at all. It's an 80+ Gold unit with 600W/50A on the 12V rail, good internals (comparable to other mid-range units) and it is way more than plenty for a Ryzen 5 or 7+6750XT as that combo will only pull 350W sustained or 400W at its absolute peak under max load so it's not even close to pushing the existing PSU. I would've kept the PSU and swapped out the CPU for a Ryzen 5 5700X3D as it's the best value gaming CPU on AM4 and one of the best value gaming CPUs period.
Kinda missed the mark on this one but this is a great series so thumbs up. :)
Love gear up series, keep up the good work 💪
PLEASE Come to Michigan!!!! I will legit show up
I love this series
Great upgrade for the money. Personally, would have gone for a 2nd NVME drive as less cables.
Oooh, that refurb 3080 ti looks clean. Forgot to ask what his use case is, might be a better choice to go for that one instead since it's faster too. If it wasn't too expensive, of course. Though what he ended up with looks and configured nicely overall. I would add an SSD, gaming on HDD is not a good idea these days
Ahhh I was hoping he got the $1200 spin 🙏
Weird you would spend money on an AIO while leaving his 3700 in there. No idea what the point of that is. Honestly, he should have went with a platform upgrade, power supply and new case and try to squeeze a cheaper AMD card like a 6650xt
im really hoping that there are plans to bring a Micro Center to Tuscaloosa or Hoover Alabama. the closest one to me is in Atlanta like 3-4 hours away (one way)
Nice set of upgrades! Also I'd definitely be visiting a Micro Center if I was in the US (I'm not).
The 6750XT was a great upgrade, though the 4060 or refurbished 3080Ti would have also been a good option.
I'd have personally set aside more budget to RAM though because 16GB isn't enough!!!!
Big Spin, Little Prize...So brutal couldn't even see the not actually awkward hand shake at the end.
Great video. Although a ID-COOLING FX360 Pro is only ~$59 USD and a Thermalright Frozen Prism 360 AIO is even less then the ~$80 spent on the AIO they went with. Fair point that the case couldn’t support a 360mm AIO with a video card that long. Not sure a 3700X needs water cooling though,…
The touch of grime that popped out when he plugged the usb 3 cable in 😨
only upgrade i need is a 4k oled monitor im rocking a 7900xtx and 7800x3d with 64gb of 6400mhz ddr5
Love this series Greg can you come to the uk and do it please!
I try to play along and the best i could come up with was same graphics card for $359, a 5700x3D for $192, and see if they have a cheap or returned PSU for the last $50. If not then a 5700x for 165 and a decent PSU. But that means no cpu cooler.
Yeah, i could see sticking with that 3700 for that budget. Its a tough budget.
That new look is really good. Happy for your viewer! Keep up the great work, Greg!
lol, atleast this season people are spinning different amounts. Wasn't it last season that everyone kept spinning $800? Also maybe an idea, if you spin and get the smallest amount then allow them to spin again and they have to take whatever the 2nd spin gets, could make it more exciting for them.
Great selection on the psu I just upgraded to that same one
Have you thought about testing a person rig before the upgrades to show the difference in performance?
Would take far too long. These things can be referenced in other videos on CZcams. We have limited time with each viewer in the store and, frankly, benchmarking isn't really the point of this series.
my plan would have been, 5700x3d, 32gb ram, rest on budget on gpu
There's always at least ONE 5700X3D comment 😂 For the price of the chip alone in-store, it makes no sense. A 5700X3D bundle costs as much as the chip by itself, but he didn't need the bundle.
On their site it says 189 for cpu :)
makes no sense to upgrade cpu when it's already decent, would have had less budget for gpu and would have been on the same starting point
@@GregSalazar wasn’t criticizing. that was just my thought process with what was given. Everyone has different goals and results they are looking for, much love and respect for what you do and letting him pick the parts he wanted but leading him in the right direction for performance per dollar
I was at Charlotte Microcenter 2 weeks ago and just left there 1 hour ago. The price was $179 2 weeks ago and they had 4 units on the shelf and today they have no units on shelf and $189 price. This guy already had a 3700x so spending what he did on GPU was the best bang for buck upgrade with the 600 budget. In the future he could go 5700x3d and go like 7900gre or 4080 super and not be bottlenecked.
He can sell the 1660TI and put a little extra money in and maybe upgrade to a ryzen 5 5600X3D(Micro Center only cpu) or ryzen 5 5700X3D. That way he can get the most of his card without having to upgrade the motherboard and ram, just need a bios update.
Great vid. Hate that I missed you at the CLT Microcenter. It's a GREAT store. Had no idea we had the largest one!
If this was me I would have went for the 7600xt and skipped the PSU upgrade and worried about it later. Grabbed a 2x16GB ram kit and upgrade to the 5700x. If it went over I'd just pay the difference out of pocket. I don't know Micro Center's exact pricing but I imagine that would have fit in the $600 window.
Otherwise, I would have just gotten the refurb 3080Ti and any extra warranty they may offer and then undervolted the 3080Ti until I could get a better PSU if it was an issue lmao. 1660 Ti's can still get a good $50 used so just a little on top and boom new PSU for cheap.
Also for context: my current build is a Ryzen 1800x, GTX 1660, 32GB DDR4
I'm so jealous of you all having a micro center there's so much in stock
Hear in UK we have curry's and they have 90%of shops showing tvs fridges and cookers
They never have what you want in store
So end up using amazon once home
(Love this series too Greg)
Nice upgrade. I'm a little surprised that repalcing the super slow 1tb hdd with a cheap 1tb ssd wasn't even mentioned. Having all ssd's would be a good upgrade as well.
Man, if that kid wanted to be an influencer… he has the charisma to succeed
Great vid as always Greg!🖖🏾
THE WHEEL!!!
Perfect day late birthday gift 👍
That 50 $ case is better than my S340 NZXT case. I wish there was a Micro Center where I live. Anyway, thanks for another great episode.
waiting for that 1200!
Every city deserves and needs a micro centre
You needed to replace those $600 with respin options LOL
I don't know what MC is charging, but for gaming with what he already has + $600, I'd buy a 5700X3D and a 7700XT and call it a day.
7700XT wipes out more than 2/3 of his budget. Add a 5700X3D and he's slightly _over-budget_ without addressing his power supply. He could probably get away with not upgrading it, but given the make and model, I'd be pushing for something more durable and with more headroom. This path also completely ignores the hotbox case and underwhelming CPU cooler - both of which he tackled here. There's nothing wrong with a 3700X in my book.
@@GregSalazar The 3700X is a good CPU, for sure. But I'm assuming the goal was to get max performance for the money (which apparently wasn't Yonny's exact goal). I looked at prices in PCPartpicker before I posted, and the total for a 5700X3D ($193) and a 7700XT ($370) would be $563, leaving enough for a better CPU air cooler like a Peerless Assassin. I didn't check MC pricing. I get your point about the PSU and the case, but both are almost certainly good enough for a 5700X3D / 7700XT build, which is going to run fairly cool, relatively speaking.
For $600.00 US $ That Guy made off like a Bandit!! Curios as to what model the Motherboard was, B450 or B550?? I'm thinking about him Upgrading his CPU down the road to maybe a Ryzen 7 5800X 3D !!
The pc world needs more radeon users. Im using a rx 6700 xt and for the 250 bucks i paid in may 2023 this card has been so nice. I play at 1440p and i can run my games at high settings for frames between 70-150 fps depending on the games. People are saying the drivers are shit, but to be honest i never ran into any issues myself. I've had an rx 5700 xt before and same thing with that card, no issues at all
I ran Nvidia cards for a decade and a half until I switched back to Radeon in the spring of 2023 and do not regret it! I felt Nvidia has too big of a market share and wanted to do my part to shift things away from them.
@@markh351 Awesome to hear! A couple years back the drivers of amd cards werent as stable and reliable as the drivers from nvidia. But over the years it has only been improving and to be honest the driver utility software from radeon is a lot more user friendly and looks cleaner in my opinion as well. AMD has a lot to offer for the price and is very competitive towards nvidia
should have taken the refurb 3080Ti imo
Damn, I’m sure if good guy Greg had known about the birthday he would’ve moved the spin one over like he did in a previous season.
People roasted us alive for manipulating the wheel last season. That won't be happening again 😅
12:50 that’s clean! 🫶🏾
if i were the person getting 'geared up'', i'd be like "i've got a couple of hundred bucks on me, let me just increase this to a higher spec".
Oh looky, a cyberpowerpc 241v amethyst case. Oh, what I wouldn't give to upgrade from my 240v amethyst case.
These videos prove you don't have to break the bank to have a very capable gaming pc.
I’m related to this dude and I’m jealous as hell!
are you coming down to Miami when Microcenter opens?
Finally a real spin! LOL
You made a great choice on the case. Do other countries offer Dark Flash cases? Kuz those are really on the cheaper side, but have a very close to premium feel when you finish building your system. I use the DLX 21. That is a beefy case if you are into cramming things in. I got it to fit 12 fans. It can fit 13 (120mm) if you wanna. But I currently use 6 140mm and 4 12mm.