$400 PURE PERFORMANCE Gaming PC Build Guide

Today’s video was a STRUGGLE for me. No RGBs, no fancy cables, just pure performance and maximum FPS per dollar. Our aesthetics-over-everything mindset takes a backseat for today’s $400 beast.

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Time Stamps

0:00 Intro
1:45 Benchmarks Pt. 1
3:03 Parts List
7:24 Benchmarks Pt. 2
7:51 Upgrade Paths
8:52 Conclusion

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[NoobSniper]

Ironically, this aesthetic is cleaner than other RGB-ified builds with the minimal, sleek, black-on-black-on-black look. Great job as usual, Zach 👍

[toufusoup]

Hilariously I’d prefer this build over RGB-filled rainbow boxes. Pure black with a strip of red is tasteful AF. If you’re not putting the seal of approval on it I’m sure some of us will.

[Peepofangirl]

I won't lie, this looks really asethetic with the all black build + the red stripe on the gpu.

[wifibox]

I like how esthetics meant nothing in this build yet it looks super clean.

[blvkoz]

I really don't get the esthetic over everything mentality. My friend missed out on a cheap rx 6800 xt to get an msi 1660 ti that, and I quote, "looks better with my case than that plain one"...simply mind blowing.

[ProfessorTurtleGuy]

Not in a million years would I expect you Zach... THEE ZACH'S TECH TURF TO MAKE NO AESTHETICS BUILD that's crazy! Love your videos man! You really helped me out with my recently built PC, I'm rocking a 5600 and a 6700xt in the diyPC q3

[hoigizghoigizg]

this is still way cleaner than any full RGB build imo.

[frzen]

Thanks for including rust fps numbers haven’t seen any other YouTuber do that

[RimzoSky]

Good build. I recently built my wife a £350 PC (I5 10400F, 32gb Ram, 1080ti) using a mix of used and new parts. Still a beast at 1080p.

[teodorrusnac]

I want to thank you Zach, with your help I finally bought the right pc components for me at 12 years old, and I will probably make a video assembling it .respect

[ivaylotsankov]

Mate this looks better than 90% of the rest.

[ayun]

Upgraded my PC to exactly this, and I'm more than happy with it.

[Jibblz]

Zach, you make some awesome pc builds but i would like to thank you for helping me with my build, Im rocking the 5500 with the 3060ti

[bonifacvitalis]

I have the same RX 5700xt pulse and the r5 5600 in my pc, I've been using it for a year now, it's so powerful at sometimes in modern titles, l can't even belive it. In Cyberpunk I got 87 fps average on 1080p high, I play FH5 on my 4k TV Native High. The only problem is the 8GB VRAM, but I'm only planning to upgrade to RX 7000 series in the future. One thing though, in builds like this, SAM can be a deciding factor between 55 and 60+ fps, and with old cpus, without a good motherboard with this option, you can't benefit from this feature at all, so that's one detail to keep in mind. However, great video, I like that you actually make content for the average PC gamers, and not only review the pricy stuff. :D

[bboingus]

thank you for helping me build my first ever pc!! switched from console to pc and im so excited!

[Zalios_]

Ima build this, ive been saving up for almost a year and am reallly excited for my first pc

[peanutbutterbean]

just started watching, imo it is a really clean build, i LOVE black, no RGB builds, my other top colour scheme is white with white lighting, love it simple

[itsharulol]

this is awesome! thanks zach love your channel!

[OlaftheGreat]

Unironically one of the cleanest builds I have seen, ever.

[WaitThatsWhereYouWere]

Planning to get my first gaming pc, I don't care much for RGB I just like it all white or all black, thanks man