How to Build a $500 AMD Gaming PC

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Chapter Titles:
0:00 How to Order PC Parts
0:55 Graphics Card
3:00 Comparing Performance
3:30 CPU
4:33 Motherboard
5:10 RAM
6:00 SSD
6:22 Power Supply
6:43 Case
8:03 Building Our Gaming PC
11:06 First Boot
12:03 Tuning
13:38 What About a Console?
14:27 Performance
15:35 Gaming
17:35 Is a $500 Gaming PC Worth It?

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I do love how prices are fluctuating a bit for this same build. I was able to spec basically the same machine, but with a thermaltake Versa H18 and a PowerColor 6600 (for that 8gb vram over 4gb) for $498.91. You could always go with the same gpu or at least another 6500xt for maybe $30 in savings but I personally would want more vram.

Many of the parts listed in this video are, as of right this second, showing as a bit cheaper for me.

5500 - $84.99
WD Blue - $31.99
Same Ram - $29.97
Same PSU - $39.99
Asrock a520m-hdv - $67.99

PowerColor 6600 - $199.99
Thermaltake Versa H18 - $43.99

All of which still on Amazon.

Sheepykin

The 6600 would have been 85 dollars more, or 17% of the total cost of the PC. However, in return, the 6600 is 69% faster than the 6500xt (TechpowerUp relative performance chart). Im pretty sure that the 6600 can be had for 200 on sale in the US of A if you wait/search around a bit..

renerant

Did no one notice that when he looked up the difference between the GTX 1650 vs the 6500XT he actually picked the 6650XT which is way better but not he card he was supposed to be looking at?

pc-heroes

The budget PC builds are one of my favorite series. It's always great to learn new things(like the current best budget components) and also get some humor along the way.

vummee-tech

I remember watching your $500 pc builds when i was 16-17 now im 25 & your the reason i did it. Amd fx6300, 16gb ram & a 4gb gtx 960 was my first build & tbh could never go back.

Skibbehify

good to see you continue this series finally after 11, 377 years

apolloeleven

Austin, the Ryzen 5 5500 is limited to PCIe Gen 3, whereas the 6500 XT you chose uses a PCIe Gen 4 x4 link. Therefore, you were basically running a 6500 XT at PCIe Gen 3 x4 link speed, which in some cases halves the performance.

ItsSahendra

I remember watching your videos in 2017 while building my first build. $500 is a lot different now than it was back then, holy…
RX 480 & i7 6700k, good times.
Edit:
Just thought I’d clarify. I used it as a guide, and that the $500 value is different from his older video.

LAFadhel

I'm still using my Photon 3.0 today! With a few upgrades though. Same power supply, motherboard, case, and hdd (although now I have an ssd) as the original build!

anonnnn

5:40 that ram kit is actually a relatively good kit, don't let the price fool you

BasicallyMed

I remember the Boson series! Amazing to see you brought this back.

joshingwithyahaha

Still use the Photon 2.0 I've won from you on your previous $500 gaming PC, not for gaming anymore 😅 but it still makes a really good work/school PC!

mrjtaco

I’d love to see an upgrade video on this PC to know how you’d go about improving it.

jburchusmc

i have pretty much the same pc, the only diference is that i have a 5600g, so i used integrated graphics while saving money and then almost a year later i bought a 1660 super, the gpu was used and it only costed me USD$80, in total my entire pc, including a 75hz 24'' 1080p monitor and all my peripherals coste me around $470~$500, really happy with it

ShooterPawn

One thing to note tho is that the Ryzen 5 5500 is based on Cezanne (like the 5600G and 5700G) instead of Vermeer (like 5600X or 5700X), so your limited to PCIe 3 instead of PCIe 4 like what the 6500XT uses. Also, Cezanne CPU's are limited to 12 PCIe lanes (with the exception of the 5500 because it has no iGPU) so that's something else to consider if you were thinking about buying a G series APU. Last note is the B450/A520 and some B550 chipsets doesn't support PCIe 4 at all anymore, so even if you get a 3000/5000 CPU with PCIe gen 4 support you still wouldn't be using the full potential of a 6500XT. Learned this the hard way when I bought a RX5700 with my Ryzen 5 4600G.

micah_gives_kudos