How much money should you spend on a gaming PC? March 2024
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- čas přidán 9. 03. 2024
- How much money should you spend on a gaming PC? Let's find out how performance scales by price if we remain value conscious on our parts list.
Here's a link to the previous video discussing the full thought process behind the $1500 build: • Best Value Gaming PC B...
Here's the parts lists:
The best performance per dollar will be found in the $1100 to $1500 range using a build similar to what is listed below:
CPU: Ryzen 5 7600X: amzn.to/3TBFNmp
(Non-x is good too, but was out of stock when filming)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Peerless Assassin amzn.to/4a7o23H
Motherboard: ASRock B650M-HDV/M.2: amzn.to/3wEP5Vo
RAM: 32GB DDR5 6000 CL30: amzn.to/49Db2CW
SSD: 2 TB PCIe Gen 4: amzn.to/3PzEPEP
Case (Others are fine): Montech AIR 903 MAX amzn.to/3PdfPCP
PSU: Cooler Master MWE Gold 850 V2: amzn.to/3Ts30Hm
GPU choice should vary by your max budget and will have the largest impact on gaming performance out of any single part:
$1100 Build GPU: RX 6800 amzn.to/49Ig695
$1300 Build GPU: RTX 4070 Super amzn.to/49KIzew
$1300 Build GPU (AMD Option): RX 7900 GRE amzn.to/48F1gio
$1500 Build GPU: RTX 4070 Ti Super amzn.to/3IsP8GB
For $1700, upgrade the CPU to the Ryzen 7800X3D: amzn.to/3TuWf7F
From there upgrade the GPU further:
$2000 RTX 4080 Super: amzn.to/3T2ZEcw
7900 XTX is also an option to save a bit of money: amzn.to/49OPp2O
$2700 RTX 4090: amzn.to/3TcqiQ5
Spending more than this won't meaningfully increase performance, so extra funds can be allocated to making the build look awesome!
If you need to go below $1100 you will need to swap to an older generation CPU/Mobo/RAM
One option would be a Ryzen 5600 based build using these parts:
CPU: Ryzen 5 5600 amzn.to/3Ve3pyE
Mobo: A B550 motherboard at a low price. Something like this: amzn.to/4c5G7Rj
RAM: 2x16GB DDR5 3200 CL 16 amzn.to/3IrQPUR
You could also cut the power supply and SSD a bit if needed.
GPU should scale with budget:
$800 build: RX 6700 XT amzn.to/3Vc4xmd
$860 build: RX 6800 amzn.to/4c38rnD
$960 build: RX 7800 XT amzn.to/4c899zS
$1000 build: RTX 4070 (or stick with 7800 XT if you prefer 16GB vram over better upscaler): amzn.to/3v3pZze
Sources:
www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs...
www.techpowerup.com/review/in...
cultists.network/140/psu-tier...
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Here's a link to the previous video discussing the full thought process behind the $1500 build:
Me first performance over aesthetics anyday
"Black box with no rgb on it" - that is my pc.
I’m on the fence about spending extra to have an aesthetically pleasing build. It’s definitely dumb to spend hundreds on RGB fans and other crap that doesn’t improve performance, but I do also feel like you want your PC to look nice and be something you’re proud of.
Very sensible approach, specially the aesthetic part. Thank you.
Best channel on CZcams and easiest guy to listen to, keep up the great work Daniel!
personally i think the true bottom end for a gaming pc build is an i3 12100/r5 5500 (both around a 3600 level of performance) paired with an rx 6600. wouldn't go any lower than that, but it does make for a really solid 1080p build for like $550
Don’t worry gamers! Be patient! I finally turned 30 and can afford pc gaming 😁 work hard youngins!!! Time is a man’s best friend
Excellent video!
Great content boss! I plan on working on my next build because I want to play some new games and my 1080ti is just not cutting it anymore. I also want to have something that can run either a 1440p or 4k OLED panel :)
I absolutely agree with the sentiment of price to performance first.
I just finished my PC upgrade this past week. I bought parts through out all of 2023 since I was in no rush. I still spent well over the amount any casual should, but I saved alot of money too by waiting for deals on all the parts I got lol. Going from my old 5800x/3070ti build to my new setup is night and day better! Can actually hit 200+ frames on ultrawide 1440p on almost all my games with all settings maxed out!
I've seen so many builds where someone spent $500+ on just fans, RGB, cables, and then some people even complain that the performance isn't what they thought it was going to be.... Like you, I've always gone non-rgb flashy builds. All black, clean and majority of $ going in to performance components not into flashiness. But some one wants that in their budget, they just need to accept what they are sacrificing in their budget.
My first pc I built was about a 1000.00, I traded in my 6750xt for a 4070 ti super. Making the final cost of my build around 1500.00.
I had special needs, an ITX build as I have a very small living/ sleeping area, price £1200 all in with quality PSU and 1440 gaming
Well done.
Big, dark, quiet, cool box!
I don't even consider any Aesthetics unless I have money leftover AFTER purchasing flagship or close to it hardware like a 7950X3D and an RTX4080 Super.
price to performance you want as much performance as get for money
If wanting a nice mesh matx case, Im pretty fond atm of SAMA IM01 Pro though the viewers original ap 201 isnt bad -just has some comprises. Plenty of room for however large a gpu and small enough that they include a little tote bag ;)