The PERFECT PC at Every Price

The Holidays are upon us, which means it’s the perfect time to buy the gamer in your life a gift! But gamers are a FUSSY bunch, where do you begin when building a NEW GAMING PC. What CPU and Motherboard should you get? How do you stay on budget when GPUs cost like a trillion dollars these days?

$500 Build (No GPU):

$500 Build (w/ GPU):

$800 Build:

$1000 Build:

$2000 Build:

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Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:03 $500 Options
4:00 Secret $800 PC
6:07 $1000 PC
9:27 $2000 PC
13:07 All of the PCs at Once

[LinusTechTips]

At 12:53 we mistakenly spell "RTX 4080 Super" incorrectly. There is in fact NO Z in RTX. But there is TWO in RIZZ. Makes you think.

[RandomIrishGuy]

Literally yesterday I i ordered parts to a practically identical PC to the 1000$ one (5 7600 non X, gigabyte 7800xt) with just a different motherboard and SSD.
Fills me with confidence to see a recommendation so similar at around the price I ordered my parts

[plainerplays]

I am a PC builder, I run a business doing essentially what yall have done here, words cannot describe how happy it makes me to see yall actually have put together some proper parts list!! so many times ill watch other tech channels (i wont call anyone out) that just have blatantly mismanaged budgets and are advertising it to a large audience who will follow them and end up with sub par builds, either way I'm glad yall have made this one and it renews my faith in your ability to stay up to date with pricing and availability!

[mkhbrn]

Seems like they actually did what they talked about in one of the last WAN-shows with a video category for every price point.

[TheTheShizzler]

This should en done every year regardless of view count. Comprehensive and extremely usefule to anyone looking up these kinds of thinds

[QEin]

3:34 a shaft extension? Sounds like just what I need.

[mochisharvey]

WTF THIS IS PERFECT TIMING, Me and my friend were just discussing about a mid-grade pc

[DNOTSoGoodArtist]

I'm looking to build a new pc in the next two months. This video will definitely saves me a whole lot of time. Thank you.

[NikitizLoryn]

So, this is the first video I am seeing of LTT after (I think) 3 years. It gets me so happy that the intro didn't change. Such a throw-back!

[chrnb]

We just need a highest value per dollar video. Like when does diminishing returns start to creep in. Passmark got a pretty good list

[DMITRIYKUSTOV]

Finally! An actual “here is what to get” video. I hate those theoretical guidance videos where they teach you how to shop. I don’t have time to sort and research.

I would love to see LTT to do a best for the buck PC video every quarter or so.

Just don’t forget the non-gamers like myself. Streamers, video editors, and cpu-hungry professions also need some love 😊

[nillilamos]

its unbelievable how much different the prices are in the US compared to here in the Netherlands. Its way more expensive here!

[ThatFooknGuy]

0:17 Bro hit us with a Professor Farnsworth from Futurama

[Numb_]

Literally upgrade now before tariffs cause everything to be 25% more expensive. Once those prices jump, you know they won't come down

[Hondascooterguy]

I'm so out of touch with pcs today built on back in 2003 when amd athlon came out & pci express was the business but out my budget, these specs today just blow my mind

[ChapmanMain]

For you viewers, We just bought and built a bundle from Canada Computers last week. (kinda like a microcenter)
"pre black friday bundle"
Combo was: 9700x / B650 Tomahawk / 32 gig DDR5 6000... Total was $767cad after taxes
We have on hand both a 4070 and basic 3070 and its a beast with either card.

With the 3070 were talking 500-800+fps in Minecraft boys!!!! Was caving and saw it breach 1000fps haha.

I noticed from watching a few CPU videos, on the graphs, the 9700x was always floating around as a potential. Absolute banger bundle if your looking to upgrade or have a decent card on hand.

[thexgamer]

I’m glad there’s someone like Linus to help those who are looking for a good PC at every price range this holiday season.

[tamparockout]

I still think I got the deal of a decade when in Nov of 2022 I got a 12700k, 3080 10gb, 2tb ssd, 32gb ram desktop for $1300, then price adjustment down to $1050 after thanksgiving. NH so no sales tax, $1050 for a 3080 12700k build is insane even today, brand new.

[NoName]

Coming from someone who games at 1440p on an 11 year old socket I can guarentee to all budget gamers that you do not need to worry about AM4 being 'old'

You're far better off putting that money into a GPU rather than an AM5 system

[bred]

WAIT I WAS LOOKING TO UPGRADE FROM A LAPTOP TO A DESKTOP WHAT GOOD TIMING