How to Build the Perfect $600 Gaming PC

Pure Performance or Aesthetics? Today’s build guide is a choose your adventure story where we compare what you can get for a $600 gaming PC.

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Performance Build:

Aesthetic PC:

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0:00 Intro
1:12 Parts Lists
9:25 Benchmarks
10:25 Conclusion

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[ZachsTechTurf]

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[frozenburst]

I would personally go with performance.

I would say many if not most people who want a $600ish budget build are doing so because they lack money for higher end builds, so they try to maximize performance per dollar.

And that's not to diss anyone who is going for aesthetics. There's nothing wrong with getting an aesthetic build if that's what you want. It's just that most who go for aesthetics usually do so because they have money to spare.

[casuallyweird]

“It’s a performance build so we can go ugly”
Dude, that looks SO GOOD! I don’t see where the ugly part is.
True, I have a full black and orange setup (headset, keyboard and mouse RGB) but I only have a laptop, never had a PC. Yet if I’m going to spend the money on a PC I’d rather go with raw performance.
It would be a first PC project I make myself and I want to know I’m getting the most out of my limited budget.

Great video Zach!

[ThrowingRave]

As I always tell myself: you're staring at the monitor, not the pc.

[monkeman]

Thanks Zach few weeks ago I was looking for a gaming setup for 600-700 dollars, this would really help me I am about to get my first pc in a few months I just wanted to thank you for this I have always enjoyed your videos

[NukaOrQuantum...]

Hear me out, Zach makes the best build guides on all of YouTube. Both PCs looks great. Cable extensions and color coordinating is all you need for a clean build really.

[tparty]

i’ve been loving your pure performance builds, i think they look just as clean if not better since i love black no rgb builds

[gavizcool]

Personally I love the side by side comparison, I wanna see more 🤤

[CodPlayerTom]

Right now i have your 400 $ PC pure performance with the 600$ setup in Europe and i absolutely love it.
I would go with the aesthetic PC because now that i have it for a few months i realise the importance of aesthetic

[Flavor]

Built my pc in October of last year, still love to watch your videos on new builds and tips. Thanks Zach!

[erikcmelo_official]

Those videos are the best (and the pure performance)

[akimnvidia]

the deepcool m40 is soo elegant actually, not to flashy and very solid configuration shape

[reiniermoreno]

I like how zach makes an "ugly" build but actually a hard aesthetic one but without RGB

[benji]

i love these videos and the style with aesthetics AND price to performance so i can mix and match parts with a little extra budget left :). keep it up.

[Erik-]

I would go for the performance but i like the idea of showing both builds. I love your videos and due to your build guides i finished my first pc build successfully. greetings from germany

[SKYONYX-zsof]

2 mins i was conveniently looking for a pc build thx😊

[ElectPrime]

Day 4 : can you please make a h6 flow all black 1500 dollar build

[luyzyem]

I got lucky on the build I’m doing right now. I got a free case, mobo and PSU, and already had storage. Sold a mobo, NAS, and office PC I also got for free and got a kit of 32gigs DDR4 and $90. Adding a 5600X ($150 w/ cooler) and a RX 6800 XT ($370). Total out of pocket cost around $430. Not too bad, especially once I sell my old 1650 I5 9th gen gaming laptop.

[mrhelloguy]

10th day and 30th time asking ZTT to make an overkill ($3000+) ITX pc build guide.

[SaBhuan]

Man I don’t have money and my parents won’t buy me a PC but I still love watching your videos 😊