This $500 Budget Gaming PC Is AWESOME
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Budget builds are BACK now that crypto winter is here! New GPUs are in stock at MSRP, and used graphics cards are showing up on Ebay and Marketplace for some downright affordable prices.
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0:00 Intro
1:21 Motherboard
2:15 CPU
3:45 RAM
4:10 Storage
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11:00 Boot It Up
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Sorry, the CPU price of $100 shown should be 130, down to 105 for the 12100F. Typo we missed :(
Can't believe you have done this.
We need more benchmarks plz
I'm sure Colton is gonna get fired for this
YOU, yes YOU RUINED MY LIFE with THIS mistake Linus😭😭😭😭
This is a life altering mistake
It's sad that GPUs with their actual MSRP is now considered a "deal".
MSRP is irrelevant and will be until the market as a whole normalizes.
Years after launch and close to replacement too
not for so long. just keep praying that crypto will crash so hard
rtx 2060 was 350$ msrp tho.
@@ryanwallace983 Why all the miners are dumping them now. By the time the market is back up the newer and more profitable cards will be out.
Linus gets so happy building pc's like this. Glad to see another budget build guide. My PC from the last build is still running great, due for it's second upgrade after getting a better PSU
A even R9 270x or GTX 660ti type of graphics card will let you play at least at high settings above 30fps: Hard West, XCOM2, GTA V, Wasteland 2, Tides of Numenera, Disco Elysium, STALKER games, Starcraft II HotS, Wasteland 2, Dragon Age Inquisition, Dying Light, E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy, Endless Space 2, Stardrive 2, Crusader Kings II, EU IV, Planescape, KOTOR II, VTMB, Homeworld Deserts of Kharak and Homeworld 2 remake, Outlast 2, Pathologic, Satellite Reign, Tropico 6 (and every other Tropico game), Cities Skylines, Fortnite, Dawn of War II, Company of Heroes 2, The Division, Battletech, Call of Cthulhu, Dishonored series, Endzone a World Apart, maybe Farcry 5 (and anything less recent), Darkest Dungeon, SOMA, >Observer, F.E.A.R. 2, Amid Evil, Dusk, Seven, Grim Dawn, Gris, Journey, Thea 2, WH40k Mechanicus, Little Nightmares, Magic the Gathering Arena, Mafia, No Man's Sky, Stygian, STASIS, This War of Mine, CSGO, Sunless Sky, Opum Magnus, Cliff Empire, Battlefleet Gothic Armada 2, Atom RPG, Cliff Empire, Cultist Simulator, South Park, Darkwood, Alien Isolation, Eurotruck Simulator 2, Galactic Civilization III, Metro 2033, Deadspace 2, Fallout New Vegas, Tyranny, Dungeons 2, Doom (2016), Microsoft Flight Simulator X, Kerbal Space Program, Elite: Dangerous, and basically pretty much any game Ssethtzeentach, Mandalore, and Grimbeard talks about among many others.
So yeah go ahead and tell me you can't find good games to play on cheap old hardware)))
That's to say, it may not run the newest games but older games don't keep requiring better and better hardware to play at 1080p, and, that's to say, there's some not only GREAT titles out there but also you can literally game a bunch of those at 1080p on even a R9 380 or GTX 780 on ultra settings provided it's got the API support and doesn't run out of VRAM (this makes nVidia sucks at this, bad Vulkan support and limited VRAM makes their cards worth much less than used Radeon cards) so, so long it doesn't require 4gb+ of VRAM and it doesn't require DirectX 12, and doesn't matter to you gaming at 1080p, you can play pretty much anything on $100 graphics cards so long it's not Cyberpunk or Red Dead Redemption 2 or something. Linus did a great video about this too, where some of them age really badly more from bad API/driver support. But, even then I can liteally play The Witcher 3 at 1080p with a GTX 660ti at medium or high settings and get playable fps, so who give a fuck. Or, a used gaming laptop with an old GTX 970m, or a Radeon 270x, or if you have R9 380x or 980ti or RX 470, you can play at even higher settings and higher framerate. This is what the corpos doesn't want you knowing about: you don't actually need to have the highest end or even new hardware at all to have a really great time playing great games.
i ain't gaming, but this guide inspired me to find such a great deal over at a local used hardware shop where they had an already-built system for 230 USD with
- b450 steel legend motherboard
- ryzen 5 3600
- rx 590
- 650 watt power supply
- 16GB DDR4 single channel memory (I know what you guys want to say, but I'm happy for this config for upgradability)
and I'm stoked to have my first 'custom-made pc' (made by someone else) that I use for software dev and some light ML tasks.
Wow, thats basically exactly my old rig that I bought back in 2019! Its great, you're going to love it. Only reason I even upgraded my GPU is because of AI & Rendering and thats it.
damn, nice find
If you ever decide you want to game with that you can slot in a used 10s series card and be off to the races
@@llynxfyremusic 590 more than enough
The PSU acting as an exhaust is definitely helping with the temps.
@@vollkerball1 Why would it? These are completely normal temps. A single fan doesn't suck anywhere near as much air to cause a problem. PSUs are built to handle acting as an exhaust.
@@vollkerball1 Trust me, it won't.
@@vollkerball1 That 650W psu will probably run at 50% of its capacity during load with this configuration so it should stay cool enough even when acting as an exhaust.
It doesn’t help enough in that case.
@@vollkerball1 It already went through suffering from the miner's rigs
I actually did enjoy Linus "selling" these non-high-end parts to me way more than these "we have the ultimate high end system for 30.000$"
Reminded me on where this channel came from, and the way it went, like scrapyard wars
It was quite refreshing, keep these videos coming.
He sold a 6600xt to me for $600
Scrapyard Wars?
No offense, but I believe the UK version was Scrapheap Challenge, and the US version was Junkyard Wars.
I loved that show so much.❤️
@@SyzygyNoon ScrapYard Wars was Linusses own format of this Show but with PC gaming in mind
@@linsetv I stand corrected.🙂
Scrapyard wars was so good, i miss those
It's so nice to see this type of videos finally being able to be made!!! So glad gaming is finally becoming more accessible to regular incomes lol
Yeah. I’m selling my Xbox and building a pc lmao
Man I come back to this gem a lot. Just seeking Linus pumped to make a budget build makes ne so happy.
As an IT Field Engineer, I can verify that "Percussive Maintenance" really does fix a lot of problems. My favorite is picking up an Oki-320 printer and dropping it from 8 inches. Works every time!
This quote is going down in the history books XD
As an ex-field engineer... I can confirm.
The good old "can't replace unless damaged" eh?
Percussive maintenance tends to fall either at the very beginning or very end of things... in the beginning, its THIS IS IN MY WAY at the end its like, well, I can break this more so I can replace it, or knock something either back into place or loose, and maybe it will work.
Just don't leave boot prints in the printer, voids your warranty :)
nothing some lube cant fix if u know what i mean..
I feel an old school LTT challenge coming on, you should do a challenge with teams, all pulling different second hand hardware sites out of a hat and see who gets the best bang for the buck depending what 2nd hand site they used!
I think I know what you mean. Donut media has a show where they do something like that with used car sites
basically scrapyard wars?
not sure if new viewer or making a joke but they already did the idea they have a series on it i'ts scrapyard wars
@@bigassmf1923 You missed “old school”.
Return of Scrapyard Wars! Go for it!
this is the video that inspired me to finally pull the trigger and embark on my first pc build journey
Same
did you use this build because i wanna know if its worth it
Thanks for the video Linus this is really going to help me buy and build my first pc!
I love the "old" style of budget gaming build A LOT! This feels like actual Ltt, and I am happy you made this video!! It's really good!
You nailed it, has that good times vibe here again.
It's amazing how the $500 build has changed positively this time around to have more power under the hood.
Isn't that how it usually goes other than the last 2 years?
@@akiraigarashi2874 Pretty much. The bar got kicked real low by the GPU shortage.
Though there are some mildly concerning trends in the upper tiers where cards are becoming significantly more power hungry with each generation in order to keep showing the expected improvement (and justify their price tag).
I just used this case to build my wife’s pc and I used a Dremel to make air holes into the design of the grooves in the front cover so it still looks nice
Always found $600 to be the sweet spot back in the day. I imagine that, for me at least, has morphed into the $700 range.
At the moment, I'd say 800 for a new parts system you want to last
Yeah its morbing time
I reckon you could probably make a half decent 1440p machine for around 700
Depending what all you expect out of such deal, even 850 might be that area nowadays.
My sweet spot for an entire system has been about 1500 with monitors etc. Last build was a 3600 and 5700xt and twin viotek 32in monitors
I remember two years ago when they did the $500 budget build, I nearly followed it spec for spec, and it was great for a starter pc to get started and since then I’ve found my way into building pcs for lots of people and I love it. I’ve been a huge fan of ltt ever since and I thank you all at ltt so much for showing me the way
thats a cool story
I find it so sweet that the merch previews feature the staff
Thanks so much for this video I have been looking for a really cheap gaming pc that could also do some editing so you have earned a sub
So realistically, if you don’t want to gamble on second hand hardware, this will probably run closer to $600, perhaps $700 once you account for tax and shipping, still pretty decent!
Compared to me spending around 600+ for a Ryzen 5 3400G build using integrated graphics about 2 years ago, its a pretty sweet deal.
@DestructiveEnergy well 70%+ of viewers are probably from the EU and US area
@@notpaulmacca lol i did the same and put my old 980ti strix in it after replacing the psu.
What's to gamble with second hand hardware? If it breaks within first 30 days (you should have it stress tested and know any problems by then) you get a full refund with eBay?
@DestructiveEnergy Doubtful in the EU either. Not quite, at least. The EU rarely is able to match US prices.
What a heart warming video seeing Linus so excited that budget Pc's are back
I love linus's energy, however I can't help but get annoyed every time they make this kind of video. Whoever they have in charge of buying these parts as if they are the best deals isn't very good or aware of the best products for the price. Like saying your only storage options at the $55 price range is the P2 or SN570 or even worse an HDD... When you can get an XPG SX8200 Pro for the exact same price which has a DRAM cache and MUCH faster writes. Or for $5 more you could get a WD Black SN770 which would blow all of those options out of the water..
GPU is preference but I would rather get a 1080 over a 2060 as it gives more raw performance and more vram for the exact same price used. Sad to see people already forgetting about one of the best GPU lineups ever made just because it doesn't do raytracing or DLSS
@@pcmasterracetechgod5660 agreed linus doesn't really care and its all crappy deals on new parts anyways, if you really wanted to make a 500$ bang for your buck pc you'd go ebay used for everything except maybe storage and power supply
@@elijahevo6859 are you for real? He went out of his way to make arrangements with manufacturers to sell through his company GPUs at msrp.
@@pcmasterracetechgod5660 he forgot about sata 2.5” ssds as a whole
@@jamesbarlett246 yes I'm for real, for 500$ that computer sucked
i like that the cpu cooler matches the thing in the front of the case, they both have a blue ring
Just started my first build, got a 1070 for $100 and a i7 8086k for about $170. I'm pretty stoked to actually have a PC now and hopefully upgrade to a 3000 series by the end of next year!
Nice! Congrats. Yeah I'd say older GPUs going 3-5 generations back is really great for 1080p, only TDP become an issue when you find really inefficient 980ti and have to reconsider PSU setup like on reusing the dangerbox on an XPS or Optiplex to power everything with 460w, otherwise 980ti/1070 for $100 is where the market is at now and it can well play almost anything you throw at it. 4k RT is memes. Costly memes, made out of caviar and gold toilet seats. For normal people a really fantastic gaming laptop or desktop rig can be had for $300-400 using used parts. If my laptop can play Witcher 3 at least at 40fps on high settings I am happy with it)
Watching Linus take the hammer to the PCI slots totally reminded me of the time Jake watched in horror as Linus drilled a hole in Gigabyte's "stealth" case.... and then moments later he mentions "speed-holes" and the editor blessed us with getting to watch it in its full glory. Thank you! xD
Funniest thing is I actually had to do the same thing to that case. It's a great case with nice features, but that metal fold is a problem!
I hope that embarrassed Gigabyte into fixing that case soon. Such a big content creator just slaughtering the front of the case was absolutely hilarious to watch.
Whats the video?
Yep things no person who has just barely afforded a pc would ever even think of doing
@@jinx8624 If you haven't seen that video the whole point was that the case had like no airflow, and he was so mad at the case maker that he drilled giant holes in the front in front of the fans just to get airflow. He wasn't suggesting anyone do that with their brand new rig, he was saying not to buy such a stupidly designed case in the first place. Same could really be said for this case, there's no reason they couldn't have designed it with just a bit more airflow in the front and budget gamers shouldn't have to deal with that lack of care
The timing on this video is insane. I have been playing console my whole life but I finally saved around 500 dollars for a pc. Thanks Linus for showing the world the capabilities of cheap builds
Enjoy your ascension!
Good for you! You're going to save a lot on games being cheaper, and now more former exclusives are coming to PC, too!
WAIT A BIT BRO the RX 6600 non XT and XT are the best price to performance gpus in the market atm and don't bottleneck the i3-12100f
welcome to the club, soon
Save a bit more and get a better case than the one in this vid so you can continue using it as you upgrade to more power hungry parts
More budget PC builds!
Just ordered my dad some parts for a pretty baller sleeper rig based on some of these recommendations. Thanks, Linus and co, you genuinely helped me save some money on a project.
I Like it I love it, I want some more of it!
i try so hard.. i can get enough.. dont know what it is about this linux tech tips.. but i like it i love it....
bee movie irl
That’s what pee said
of course he means the ltt mearch
Make it hurt, crypto miner, make it hurt!
LTT should do a budget pc every 6 months so that we "the poor people", can see it , and do an upgrade to our rigs watching Linus drop things... LOL. Is about time LTT do a video like this one , not everyone that see you videos can buy a 1000, 800, 600 or even a 400 dollars GPU or CPU purchase . My desktop has more than 8 years ... and still works fine. Congrats.
I agree, and think they could do builds for different price points, too.
100%. I'm personally just happy they seem to be shifting away from videos about Linus' living room and back to content everyone can get on board with
I am currently gaming on an AMD Phenom II X6 1100t. However, the bottleneck with my 1060 3gb is real. But yes, new budget PC every now and then would be AWESOME.
yeah
yes
I love these videos. They tell me what is acceptable to upgrade to, and I've been desperate to finally upgrade from 900p to 1080p, but my 1060 is too slow to handle 1080p acceptably.
Is it 1060 3gb?
@@itsmarvin6999 Actually, it's a 1050ti. I keep forgetting the exact model.
@@goolash1000 Oh ok.
I wish you guys also showed alternatives for if you can splurge a little bit or if yiu need to cut back show some cheaper alternatives that may be posaible
"splurge"
@@soupdev3309 thats a pretty good word for his context ngl
whats it like being the mot pure and unfiltered tech youtuber on yt? this is why we love you. dont ever change.
I love how the wall behind has more Noctua fans hanging there than the total worth of this whole PC build.
Man it feels good to have 500$ builds again, back in 2015 I built the Borinator that you and Austin built for 500$ it was a joint Christmas present between a lot of my family, and I absolutely loved it! It's currently a massive reason I'm going to college now for Computer Science. It's so nice to have these relatively affordable builds back so kids like I was, can be inspired again.
You do you know if this will run gtav with mods??
@@Ghost-vd5mc Yea it should be able to play GTA 5, I saw a video of this GPU playing at 1440 Very High getting around 70-80 fps. So with the weaker CPU you should be getting probably about 55-60fps which is really good
@@MrPicklepod thanks a lot bro,do you think if I add car and clothes mods it could still run it ok?
@@Ghost-vd5mc Yea it should still run great, especially if you're just using a standard 1080p monitor then you're gonna have a ton of headroom to install mods
@@Ghost-vd5mc bruh a potato could run gta💀
Thank goodness!
I'm likely going to get a couple of the parts I need, and it'll be very cool, it's going to make graphics less ancient, and I won't have to struggle on 20 fps trying to play a minecraft game or 5spf in any Gmod map ever. My Optiplex 780 from a couple of decades ago will be perfect once I get my ram sticks and graphics card.
This is one of my favorite videos in a while! I'm so happy that it's possible to make videos like this again i.e. build PCs at this cost once more :)
The miners have left
Nature is healing
Super enjoy your channel LMG. I know your team are gaming and work flow focused, but I was curious if you'd ever thought about doing a video on a good entry level build for someone who's primary tasks are photo editing and processing? It might not be relevant to a huge group, but I'm an amateur landscape photographer stuck on a $188 (US) Walmart special desktop, and of course thr Adobe suite is pushing my machine past it's limits. Anyway, just slinging spaghetti. Keep up the awesome work 👏 💪
Adobe eats ram for breakfast, dinner and supper.
Start at 32 GB and work up from there!
I've been looking for a good, inexpensive, pc build for a while. This is a blessing, thank you.
Still gonna wait a year for certain reasons, but this really helped.
Good luck brother stay positive you’re gonna get there
Maybe now that prices are going down they can bring back the scrapyard wars series!!! LOVED THOSE VIDEOS
same
They discussed it on a WANshow. Linus is too famous at this point. They'd have to use proxies.
new contestants
Make the guys who don't make a lot of appearances do the buying
I was just about to ask that , we want scrapyard wars now
I definitely foresee one of these in my future. I've been wanting to build one for a while but didn't want to drop $1500 in it. I'd like to see linus do a build comparison of $500 vs $1000
My brother has recently built his first ever budget build PC. He had some headaches mainly because of his lack of experience, I tried my best to advise him but without getting too involved as this was a learning experience for him. I've just shared this video to my brother to show him what truely can be achived when you've gained that all important EXPERIENCE.
It is AMAZING how much SSD prices have dropped since this was made.
“I just want one kill”
*Proceeds to not show a kill*
Thank you Linus
Only problem I see is I'm not sure he dropped anything.
I don't know, Linus slaughtered the competition in Halo during that Gamer GPU tournament thingy they did a while back. I think he's better at FPSs then he leads on.
@@Nagol93 okay then I need to find this and watch it! Thanks for letting me know!
@@kg4wwn he dropped into that lava pretty good
@@Nagol93 A large part of him sucking at games is probably he sucking at playing and trying to follow a script/talk to an audience at the same time. Watching something like a GDQ (which has honestly felt a bit weak in recent years) some speed runners can talk and play impressively well at the same time while others will have a team of people that have at least some knowledge of the game to explain things. Even with a team they rarely do their best while playing at an event because it's harder to focus.
"It does take a bit of manouvering to get it in there, but it's in!" - Linus 2022 9:15
I have a pc with these same specifications brand new parts and it cost just 890~ and the performance is impressive. I absolutely recommend it.
Also, I have the same problem of case blocking hdmi lol.
yours is perfect. These are going to takes loads of ti off the learning process.
Damn, the $500 build was already 2 years ago. That was the first PC I built. Nostalgia.
beet farm not doing so good uh?
@@harlesveersalu4311 I thought Schrute's were hunters
Good shit Dwight.
You young kids!
As assistant to the regional manager you need a good rig sir.
I love seeing "it'll get you there" PCs again. I expect render times wouldn't be great on this system, but it will get the job done. I'm tempted to see how much more it would cost to get this into a SFF build.
Look into Z690I aorus lite. High end Z690 board brought down to $150 because of a PCIE gen 3 limit
Ironically, it would be easier to build a SFF build with parts like these, instead of trying to cram high end hardware into a small case. The lower CPU thermals and smaller GPU mean you need less cooling and less space, which is incredibly important with SFF builds.
@@alexlowe2054 honestly the CM nr200 is amazing in that regard, small enough o be sff big enough to fit a 6900xt and 3090 , as well as a 280mm aio, i carry it around with me everywhere when travelling
@@jasonselsley if I'm being honest, i wouldn't even touch those given the firmware issues users have reported. as of now the ASRock offering is honestly a lot more compelling as it's priced similarly now.
@@maximus3294 what board? ITX?
These are the LTT videos I live for!
Just started my a+ cert and I finally can kind of understand what you're saying now
Before this I watched an old cheap gaming pc video and wondered when that type of content would come back. You brought it back, and it’s amazing!
Finally we can have our tech creators again making truly budget builds and watch them make the right choices for that budget
Yes
Nice, when we had our shop (pre-pandemic) that case was our go to for budget builds. I even had one client who actually wanted it for there Photo/Video editing rig because of it's small size.
We had a 9700K cooled by a Noctua cooler, 64GB of ram and a 1060 in there; I just had to replace the front and rear fans with Noctua ones as the ones included didn't have enough CFM. After that it worked great with very good temps!
*their
That thing seems like it would catch on 🔥
I still think you should avoid that case. With literally any cheap mesh front case you can upgrade without the PC bursting into flames. Otherwise, the 10$ case winds up in a landfill or something, or in your closet for eons, or piled up at a recycling center.
I think that “free” pc is a scam
@@user-lc8ml9gv9x It is , just report it.
Oh excellent! Used that case for my first media server. lots of dremelling to make it breathable. Was able to get three drives in there, with room for one more. Ended up replacing with a case (and board) that natively supported 10 drives, with lots of ventilation. Fractal Node, natively has 6 slots for 3.5" drive support, but with room around the other half of the case for two more.
ahhh the good ol usb 3.0 header, mine ripped off the other way around on my fractal define r4 case almost immediately, that was 4 years ago, still got it.
We need more PC build
It makes me happy to see budget builds. Sometimes it seems like tech channels focus on the high end stuff too much. Don't get me wrong, if I had that kinda money floating around, I would build a high end PC. However, most people don't have that kinda of money. They have kids and other responsibilities.
Just do what I do and only spoil one of the kids, send the other out to work
@@wing0zero My wife wouldn't let me. Some mumbo jumbo about child labor.
@@andromydous
🤣 Bah women
ya i find it strange that whenever they mention budget hardware on this channel they say stuff like “save up your lunch money” as if the market for cheaper stuff is kids and students and not adults who just have other financial responsibilities and can’t drop $1000+ on a pc
Tech tip: Don't have kids. You'll have more money for things you actually like.
Man I’ve been waiting for this content again. Also, waiting for some crazier builds too! Excited to see what you guys come up with!
You could build a fleet of these and run all different configs in thst rosewill case and it's light as a feather
I love the fact at 4:45 linus try to open the case 3-4 times while talking lol
You nailed it! Just a few days ago told my "still waiting" friends to check ebay for last gen GPUs. Models other than the 2080ti. FPS/$ have gone wild there.
Budget class of the current gen was the only one that made some sense to buy so short before release of the next gen. Because it's usually delayed. Right now last gen pricing is kind of killing that budget class too.
YAY I love these budget ones! Especially ones that involve used items! Please bring back the build challenges!
This might have to be my starter pc
I just picked up a basically “brand new” used Sapphire Nitro+ 6700xt yesterday to replace my vega 56. Oh what a difference. Best 450 Ive spent in a while. Wish it couldve been less but Im happy with it
I always get excited when I see a rosewill case because you know that there's a *serious* budget build in there
So nice that SSD prices are finally coming down. Feels like they've been 95/TB for at least 3 years.
And God I hate those stupid grounding tabs
Love the knowledge from you guys, though I need subtitles, pause, search, for the descript technobabble. Also any clips on how to know Ebay purchases are safe, and what to do with old equipment?
On my first build, i screwed up the pins in mobo connection to usb 3.0 for the case but i managed to bend them back into shape and they work
Reminds me of my first PC build in college. Budget was $350, included an i3, used GTX 760, a 500GB HDD, and 8GB of basic af RAM. This was 2014.
i built my PC before the price drop and to save money i didnt get a case and to turn it on i've just been shorting 2 pins and thats been working well for me
That crucial p2 m.2 ...is quite good....I upgraded my laptop from a hard drive to that almost 2 yrs ago ...& didn't saw any slowdowns
This case needs more credit it's been around for at least 5 years my two homelab servers run quiet and cool with that 80mm exhaust and they actually don't get filthy in my garage running true as core and Ubuntu server
9:02 That's what she said
The original 500$ build was my first build, though i edited the price to 650 back then. Love this series
i have this cpu and board arriving later today. i've never built a pc before but i will copy what linus did and hopefully it will all work!
It's a rewarding experience. If you haven't already get yourself a anti static wrist strap and mat to protect components. At least use the strap or just keep grabbing the case prior to inserting your hands and components in there. If you make a check list of each step you completed it makes it easier to troubleshoot shoot in case system does not boot on first try. Whatever you do keep your fingers away from any exposed pins of device add-on cards. The oils from us dirty humans can give problems for proper connections.
Have fun! 😁
@@elderberry-hamster i couldn't get one corner of the cooler to clip in for some reason, so i decided to take it to a local shop, rather than me risk damaging something! I should get it back tomorrow
@@BadMotivator66 That's strange that the cooler didn't line up to secure properly if we are talking about the CPU cooler fan. If the tech is reasonable then better to play it safe. If you get several years out of the system it would certainly justify the extra money to pay the tech. I'm not a pro, but I have built about 8 systems over last 30 years. Good luck!
@@elderberry-hamster it shouldn't cost more than 60 quid- hopefully a lot less! i gutted my tower and put the ram in the new mbd so half their job is done for them lol.
@@elderberry-hamster i think the holes lined up, i just could not get that one clip to work- the others went in just fine. perhaps the clip was defective.
My favorite part of every video is Linus playing games
8:13 "probably not lower wattage ones like this"
Meanwhile, my CX450M cruising along with a Ryzen 7 and a 1080.
13:14 he found Waldo XD
Thanks for this video!!!
This helped a lot
"Budget gaming PC"
That's a name I haven't heard in a long time...
I would definitely spend the extra couple of dollars and get a case that has actual airflow holes. You might even find one with a filter if you're lucky.
That board is a life saver mannnn🎉
I’m actually working on build my first PC, so I think I’m going to do this!
LTT actually built a realistic budget build for once with used parts?
Good job!. Also it looks like older gen graphics cards are much more resiliant to wear since they're not pushed to the limit out the factory and bigger process nodes mean bigger mass to cope with wear.
I don't know if I'd exactly refer to 20-series cards in a "back in the good old days when people knew how to make GPUs"... they're literally just one generation away from current gen.
@@wolfshanze5980 Plus everyone was still too busy riding the high of the 10 series and scoffing at RTX to appreciate the 20 series at the time.
Turing had out of the box silicon failures that required them to be RMA'd lol
@@FeintMotion your not wrong. But my point was on wear, not yields and quality control. Modern stuff seems to just degrade a lot faster. I guess that's what happens when you run at max temps and voltages.
@@FeintMotion Don't I know it. Had to RMA my EVGA 2080 Ti twice before I got a functional card, which is still thankfully going strong (knocks on wood).
Building PC's are back on the menu boys!
gotta say that stock cooler looks real good
You should do a budget video for a vr-ready pc cause i've been wanting to upgrade from just using my quest 2 standalone
I don't have much money, only around 300 bucks, and this has made me happy seeing that you can run some demanding games with only 500 dollars! That is amazing thanks so much for making a video of this it really helps!
Try to save up another 200 bucks, and try to find some discount cupons, makes your hard earned money worth bro 💪.
@@comiumapedra5397 Or build this system now without the dGPU, saving that $200 for now until prices comes down even further, while still being able to do do some light gaming now on the iGPU.
@@ej_tech true, but how's the price diff between APUs and CPUs ? Is it small enough to consider doing it like that ?
It's hitting almost $700 on Amazon for all the parts
go outside, look for a job.
I just had fun seeing this was possible again. I spent WAAAAY too much for my 3090 because of that darned newegg shuffle. Here's to hoping I'm never in the "I kinda need a new gpu" place when this is going down again. May just start timing my upgrades at the tail end of each generation. Glad for those that waited and glad for those wanting to get into pc gaming.
Ya bro no GPU is worth 1.5k. Never. Ever. Unless you can run 8k 244 fps ultra settings HDR ray tracing at least in my case
If you're in the market for top-of-the-line gear like a 3090 then I don't think I feel bad for your wallet xD It's the folks that are "splurging" to pay $200 for a used 1660 that I feel bad for.
Pick up your cross and follow Jesus! The world is quickly headed for destruction, and sooner or later you will have to sit at the judgement seat and give an account for your actions. Belief in messiah alone is not enough to grant you salvation - Matthew 7:21-23, John 3:3, John 3:36 (ESV is the best translation for John 3:36). Call on the name of Jesus and pray for Him to intervene in your life! - Revelation 3:20.
Contemplate how the Roman Empire fulfilled the role of the beast from the sea in Revelation 13. Revelation 17 confirms that it is in fact Rome. From this we can conclude that A) Jesus is the Son of God and can predict the future or make it happen, B) The world leaders/nations/governments etc have been conspiring together for the last 3000+ years going back to Babylon and before, C) History as we know it is fake. You don't really need to speculate once you start a relationship with God tho.
Can't get a response from God? Fasting can help increase your perception and prayer can help initiate events. God will ignore you if your prayer does not align with His purpose (James 4:3) or if you are approaching Him when "unclean" (Isaiah 1:15, Isaiah 59:2, Micah 3:4). Stop eating food sacrificed to idols (McDonald's, Wendy's etc) stop glorifying yourself on social media or making other images of yourself (Second Commandment), stop gossiping about other people, stop watching obscene content etc and you should get a response. Have a blessed day!
@@kuza3991 sounds cool, where can i hit up this god guy. does he have a discord?
Hey team! After watching this video I am going to build pretty much the same PC. All up I have priced it to about $850 NZD or about $530 USD, with a slightly better SSD and case. I was inspired to build it after watching your video, the last time I built a pc was about a decade ago! Thanks for the video!
Yeah for real, my main advice to anybody watching this is DON'T BUY nVidia FOR ENTRY LEVEL SYSTEM! GTX 1630, GT 1030, it's practically ewaste and and cards like RTX 3050 are HORRIBLE value that cost nearly $400 in some cases but while delivering extremely inferior performance to a $200 used 5700XT or 1080ti, or RX 6600 etc. It's mainly older systems imo that is useful for nVidia parts mainly because they have so crippled VRAM and often bad driver support etc. helping lower value, but I still sometimes see really stupid pricing. Like 3080 10gb is last gen, it still cost its $700 MSRP in some places, it doesn't even have enough VRAM to run The Last of Us remake, and yet it costs even more money as a last gen card than the GTX 980 cost at retail when it launched. A lot of people say Pascal was the best but honestly other than 3.5gb scandal I'd argue Maxwell was one of best GPU generations ever made, it's higher performing and ultra efficient, scales well and much better than 700 series did on mobile, it's still relevant.
The main thing I see people doing wrong is trying to buy brand new recent nVidia cards, which are horrible value and there's really no point because nVidia is much slower than AMD at that level. It's only at the halo level nVidia makes the fastest video cards. At entry and budget level, and sometimes even midrange, Radeon AMD makes faster GPUs for much cheaper. It depends where you are on used market, sometimes even older GPU is stupid prices but, on other times you can find much older nVidia GPUs that are really great value like the GTX 980ti. It's incredible you can make x2 GTX 980ti for SLI for only $200 now 😂
Just bought everything except the case which was out of stock, had to go with one on ebay for $25. Ended up getting the 2060 for $225 and the intel i3 CPU F SKU for $110. After tax and shipping everything totaled out to $649. Excited to build this!
fuck yes was looking for a new comment with the new price! good luck and thanks for totaling it lol
Did you end up using the mbo he used or a different one?
@@YoungMinistry351 The same, the Asus H610M-E
@@smokey_hollow4978 was it worth it? I’m thinking of building thid
@@servakadocrow it definitely iS
Mr. Sebastian, you and your team read my mind - I need this PC yesterday, it’s about time!
@Posejdon 100 reports in your inbox. Fuck Spam!
4:58 "For as little as ten bucks on eBay"... of course that excludes shipping costs. Found the listing in question and despite it only being 170 miles from my front door, the listed shipping was $19.30... if I happened to be on the other side of the country, the shipping cost was $73.10!
So, sure, if you can find one that happens to be close enough to you to where you can just pick it up (and the seller is OK with that, some aren't), then sure, $10. Otherwise it was more like $29-83 for a used case.
For comparison, brand new on newegg the case is $45 including shipping.
Assembling the board on the box with all that flex😬
Awesome. Next can you build a Mini ITX budget Recommendation ?