Building a SOLID $800 Gaming PC!

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Let's build another gaming PC! This time, we'll focus on an $800 budget, prioritize gaming, and consider platforms like AM4 and LGA 1700. It's very possible to build an epic gaming PC for under $1000, and we'll prove it in this video! Tag along for the ride!

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[cameronbrewster]

The line "I know Intel's been getting a lot of heat lately" sums up the problems Intel has been having.

[IamAllanC]

I have a 7 port powered USB 3.0 USB hub, had it for 3+ years, and it's rock solid. Orico is a good, top notch brand.

[EXOWill]

It's nice to see videos of building affordable PC's. Content creators in general have videos of building PC's using flagship components that only a very small amount of people can afford.

[westfield]

Two months ago I was thinking of building my own, but on a visit to Costco, I saw a beautiful CyberpowerPC build in a Phantek NV5 case. It had 32GB DDR5 ram, 2TB nvme, i5-14400F, 4060 GPU all for $899. I just couldn’t build one for that price for those specs. It runs great and I love it.

[Brwnie]

Thanks to your Help, I built my first pc for 890 usd. I bought a used 6800xt off ebay for 365 and 7500f from ali express for 132, same cooler, kingston nv2 1tb, asrock b650m pro rs mobo and the fractal pop air black case and ofc 32 gb ddr5 ram . I cant complain about anything everything works great and following your guides made me realize its really not that difficult to build a pc! Many thanks again!!

[CrimFerret]

The build looks pretty good. I like that the case has three fans and decent airflow. Normally I'd expect to add an exhaust fan on the back but there's so much perforated panel on the back and top that it's probably not needed. That looked like a really easy case to build in which makes life so much easier for the build and down the line for maintenance and upgrading.

[BowsettesFury]

Ok, dang. That case is super clean. I actually really like that one.

[no_name]

You can fit in an RX 6800 in the AMD build while keeping at $800 or less

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 3.5 GHz 6-Core Processor ($102.14 @ Amazon)
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X 120 V2 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler ($16.79 @ Amazon)
Motherboard: Gigabyte B550 GAMING X V2 ATX AM4 Motherboard ($99.99 @ Amazon)
Memory: Silicon Power GAMING 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory ($28.97 @ Amazon)
Storage: TEAMGROUP MP33 1 TB M.2-2280 PCIe 3.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive ($53.99 @ Amazon)
Video Card: XFX Speedster SWFT 319 Core Radeon RX 6800 16 GB Video Card ($359.99 @ B&H)
Case: Corsair 3000D AIRFLOW ATX Mid Tower Case ($54.97 @ Newegg)
Power Supply: MSI MAG A750BN PCIE5 750 W 80+ Bronze Certified ATX Power Supply ($69.98 @ Amazon)
Case Fan: Thermalright TL-C12C-S X3 66.17 CFM 120 mm Fans 3-Pack ($13.59 @ Amazon)
Total: $800.27

[Mr.Genesis]

You need to spend "$1500+ just to play games on PC"
Nope. Not at all. Thanks again Greg! Proud user of a 6750XT myself, it's very capable of 1440p in most titles.

[malcolmosborne]

Im using the exaxt same RX6750XT with a Ryzen 5600 myself on a 144hz 1440p monitor. More than happy enough for many years to come.

[Doget]

thanks man was on a 900 dollar budget works amazing can run anything im trying to play

[freedomearthmoon]

I was updating my 4070 ti super drivers yesterday, In the end I had a boot screen, then a black screen. Thank goodness I had a non-F i7-12700. Removed the GPU and used the igpu to run Nvidia's cleaner tool. Reinstalled the graphics card and drivers and was good to go. That's the first time I needed a integrated GPU to save me & I'm glad I had it. Granted, I probably could have installed a different GPU to save the day but this shows how important that igpu can be. I think the price difference and performance hit is worth it.

[rbitrossome]

unless a user is copying files back and forth from m.2 to m.2, anything faster than a HDD is fine. Even if that Orico PCIe Gen 3 NVMe drive reads and writes at the lower end of the performance range for that type of drive, most users won't even notice. It's a great place to get some savings in the build!

[PaulLemars]

Nice build Greg. The 12400K is in my wife's machine and it has been a rocking CPU. It's sitting in a Hyte Revolt 3 case which we bought as a Newegg Christmas deal for $120 which included the 700W PSU. The 12400K runs pretty damn cool as I used the Thermalright SI-100 cooler which fits perfectly and costs $26. Apart from the RX6800XT that's sitting in there it's the only cooling fan in the case. I love machines that are well balanced and reasonably priced.

BTW Her AMD RX6800XT was second hand and used for mining. Most people don't realize that mining usually doesn't hurt the card because miners reduce voltage and underclock the GPUs to save money on their electricity bill. It's gamers that overclock and overvolt their GPUs to get a tiny increase in performance. If you're going to buy 2nd hand only buy on eBay because no matter what the seller says it's always returnable unless it's explicitly marked 'For parts or repair only'. You have 30 days to test to make sure you've got a good one.

[johnt.]

This reminded me to buy a W11 Pro key for my newly built system, Thanks. Went to that site, paid and got the key immediately, and had no issues installing it.

[RiddlingStatue]

Yo here after the ps5 pro reveal. Nahh this the way to go for that money. 💴

[sitordan]

Lovely build. Pretty much all you need to enjoy quality gaming.

[NKO_]

me: NO, NOT A INT...
"Greg shows a 12th gen cpu"
Me: Ohhh okey then

[arthurmoreton]

Great video, I'm just building a pc for a workmate at the moment for about €1000 and this is pretty much my parts list, same msi ddr4 board, but went for a 12600kf and 6700xt instead. The case is an Antec C3 ARGB. Unfortunately, prices are higher here in Ireland, but I'm happy with the overall cost of the build. Appreciate the build vids like these, keep it up!

[milescarter]

Great build! The only thing you could possibly change is trying used. Z690 and 12600K with a 6800XT and an Amzn returned 750watt would be same doll hairs. Use a Thermalright Phantom Spirit 7 pipe cooler and disable the E cores, should be able to hit almost 5ghz on the P cores. Also the RGB fans are like 15 for the 120mm 3-pack from Thermalright. I've used them in almost a dozen builds.