$1250 PURE PERFORMANCE Gaming PC Build Guide

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Thanks to Corsair for sponsoring today’s video! Be sure to check out Corsair’s K65 Plus Wireless Keyboard: geni.us/TCIKPn

[@NikaTSG]

Hi zach it's so fun being abused

[@vidsbylambo]

It looks amazing! GREAT job, as always with these builds. I personally like blacked out builds.

[@scratchacker]

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[@ColossalFailure-qv9jc]

I can't even afford myself a good monitor 💀

[@vidsbylambo]

@@ColossalFailure-qv9jc same 💀

[@chrispittmanComputing]

I like the all black no RGB look. Clean and fast. Two thumbs up!

[@MSIgnas]

I prefer rgb but i can imagine some people like all black

[@sosa23yearsago73]

@@MSIgnasi used to have a white rgb everywhere fishtank pc but now im using a full black no rgb build and i love it

[@𰽺GS𰽖]

Now we need a 1251 dollar pure performance pc build

[@relaxingfrequencies9398]

Hahahaha

[@evinbogdanov5404]

lol

[@VirtunessOnTwitch]

It would somehow do better 💀

[@cultofhampter]

It uses the famed Ryzen 4070

[@FahadAli-eu8mq]

Zach I've been planning to source PC for my son from US for past 2 months with 7600x and 7800xt but this video upgrades my build to 7900 GRE. Great video. Thanks a zillion.

[@TheVanillatech]

7800XT / 7900GRE are so close in performance. The NItro+ 7800XT beats the cheapest GRE.

[@zwieback1988]

@@TheVanillatechsmall undervolt on the 7800xt and they are equal. But if the price is good, go for the GRE… I would personally not go with the 7600x … 2024 I would buy 8 cores…

[@TheVanillatech]

@@zwieback1988 Doubtful there is much noticable difference between a fast 7800XT and a basic 7900GRE to 90% of gamers. I'd pick whichever had the longest warranty.

[@zwieback1988]

@@TheVanillatech when I undervolted my 7800xt it went from 101 to 109 fps in Horizon forbidden West. This is about what a Basic GRE will provide. I would not be able to feel the difference 😂

[@Frostmoon9592]

Thx Zach for giving me a replacement for my pc

[@ZachsTechTurf]

I don't think I GAVE you anything lol? Gave you advice?

[@Frostmoon9592]

I meant on how I should upgrade my pc for pure performance to get from 1080p to 1440p

[@alsafatli]

@@ZachsTechTurf bro making sure ppl dont spam him for free pcs

[@ranomm]

@@ZachsTechTurfhey zach thanks for that 7800x3d i asked you for, super nice guy!

[@auraskadante6273]

​@@ZachsTechTurf hey zach thankyou for the 4090s my son asked for. You a real one fr🙏🙏

[@Ethan_Mcfly]

Vertical GPU Mounts are magic

[@ZachsTechTurf]

That would be nice for sure

[@FireCestina1200]

Most of them are PCIe 3.0 watch out

[@Fvistugdsggratugfh]

@@ZachsTechTurfcan you do a tutorial on how to snipe deals on oem pcs

[@sigmaman2323]

@@ZachsTechTurfwhat monitor should i buy with around 200-400 dollars Or less

[@Yardo]

@@sigmaman2323 korui 27” 1440p 240hz mini led 100%

[@emmetthawthorne]

This is such perfectly thought out video. As someone who picked essentially these exact same parts on the pcpartpicker, you answered basically every question I had.

[@magnesium_exe2591]

Thank you, I have been waiting for this video

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Hopefully it didn't disappoint!

[@Xsizzorz12]

@@ZachsTechTurf It didnt zach

[@jack.2c34]

@@ZachsTechTurf you didnt

[@DillonCatterson]

Love these pure performance pc's.

[@ZachsTechTurf]

I'll keep making them!

[@razer5108]

if i was asked to describe a aesthetic and a pure performance build i would say aesthetic builds are are like teenagers and pure performance builds are like mature men

[@DillonCatterson]

@@razer5108 honeslty all black with white rgb is the nicest

[@Golden.Monkey]

This dude really is the goat for pc building stuff... props dude

[@mrabdoplayer1339]

Honestly my favourite tech channel so far ❤

[@thomaskruse5371]

Thumbs up from Germany for your content. Straightforward, plain and simple with good explanations. Keep up the good work :)

[@YavuzTheIntern]

YUSS I have asked for it a few time by now bc that is my budget. Its a shame by the time this got released I got pretty good at pc building so picked the list myself but still made my day

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Lol sorry for the delay :(

[@YavuzTheIntern]

@@ZachsTechTurf It doesn't help me but does help the others. Also should have at least mentioned the 7800x3d bundle from microcenter bc the bundle is cheaper than the parts you used. Only downside being the ram speed but you get a frickin 7800x3d

[@Vetzel]

Thank you so much for making a 7900 GRE build and testing the games I want to play! Couldn’t find it anywhere else

[@KING_-sf6ur]

Brooo thanks a lot, I'm going to put together my first pc 2 weeks from now and this helps a lot. Love your vids

[@farisowe]

How did it go

[@irfanfazailll8513]

Absolutely love the video zach, hope you will do another video like this one in the future for another range of a price

[@thefurmidablecatlucky3]

if you look for deals on a 7900XT you can get one for $670 + ryzen 5 7600 $180 and that combo can actually fit in a $1250 PC build, that would be undoubtly the best price to performance gaming PC for $1250

[@Yardo]

Yep. Or just the 7500F if there’s no deals available which can also handle a 7900XT. Mobo could also be cheaper. Also I’d go with the Bitfenix case for less than $10 more for the smaller form factor, 4 ARGB fans, and the fan hub included- even though it’s $10 that’s not COMPLETE price to performance.

[@boboter7165]

Isn't the ryzen 5 7600x way too weak for the 7900 xt?

[@ek_fn7159]

Or the 7900 gre

[@pogizsoli6672]

@@Yardo does the 7500f really handle the 7900xt?? the gpu is almost 5 times more expensive

[@Yardo]

@@pogizsoli6672 yes it easily handles it. Bottlenecks are complicated. But according to a bottleneck calculator, there’s a 9% bottleneck in 1440p and 0% in 4k. Anything below 10% is negligible and the scenarios where that 9% bottleneck is even noticeable is in low quality, high fps esports where your monitor will likely be maxed out anyway.

[@ZN6Ian]

I’ve been wanting to upgrade my PC for a while (been using a modified work station PC for the last 5 years) and have been saving up but still have a budget in mind and this is right around that. I don’t like RGB or crazy cases and this thing checks ALL my boxes. Thank you.

[@AndreTu-jv2xr]

I have a very similar build to this, it costed around 1200 but I bought the cpu, gpu and ram in a Microcenter bundle. If you have one near you I’d recommend going there

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Very nice. Definitely a great spot for the deals

[@AndreTu-jv2xr]

​@@ZachsTechTurf This is my build: CPU: AMD 7 7700x Mobo: MSI PRO B650-P WIFI Ram: G.Skill Flare X5 32 GB ^^^ 379.99 from microceter GPU: ASRock Steel Legend OC Radeon RX 7900 GRE PSU: SeaSonic FOCUS GX 750 W 80+ Gold Case: Phanteks XT view SSD:TEAMGROUP MP44L 1 TB Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB Total comes out to $1195.84!

[@olivervillanuevaescareno4254]

1. **CPU (Processor):** AMD Ryzen 5 5600 2. **Motherboard:** MSI B550M PRO-VDH Micro ATX 3. **RAM (Memory):** TeamGroup T-Force Vulcan Z 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3200 4. **Storage:** Kingston NV1 500GB NVMe SSD 5. **GPU (Graphics Card):** AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT 6. **Power Supply:** EVGA 600 W1, 80+ WHITE 600W 7. **Case:** Cooler Master MasterBox Q300L would this be a good build for gaming performance trying to build my first one ever

[@hasanshafique6758]

If you don't go for micro atx, you could have a better GPU, CPU and better pricing. Micro atx parts are always expensive

[@DefinitelyNotPrajwal]

@@hasanshafique6758for mb? No they are almost same as atx

[@eycso]

@@hasanshafique6758just the mobo is m-ATX

[@kokonip]

Never cheap out on a ssd

[@generacjalemona]

It looks great!!❤

[@ZachsTechTurf]

I agree :)

[@ItzTempestDL]

Thinking of doing the same build but with: 2tb of storage, an aio for cooling, a more expensive motherboard, and a montech king 95 pro for some more asthetics.

[@Schluggaluggas]

completely blacked out builds without rgb are so gorgeous in my opinion, planning to do myself a rig like this with a 4070super and 7800x3d

[@ZachsTechTurf]

I agree. This "aesthetic" is definitely hitting the spot for me lately.

[@AkoNimatovic]

What I like is that its fully blacked out which is pretty sick and something u dont see nowadays

[@jennimize]

A Built similar 7600x/7900 GRE combo with RGB with my Son for $1253 (Pre-Tax) from Newegg. CPU: 7600X GPU: Sapphire Pulse 7900 GRE Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming B650-E WIFIRAM: 32 GB Team T-force DDR5 6400 SSD: Team Group G50 1TB Cooler: Freezer 36 A-RGB Case: Montech Sky Two PS: Thermaltake GF1 ATX 850W I think we built a solid Gaming PC .

[@will_7430]

I'm planning on building a similar one soon, how is it playing 1440p in terms of FPS?

[@raptorboy3214]

All black pc builds look the best in my opinion.

[@ETXD-fb5rn]

This is my kind of pc build . No aesthetic , pure performance 💪😁

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Glad to hear it!

[@barristan1371]

Still looks sick tho

[@ETXD-fb5rn]

@@barristan1371 it has its own aesthetic I Gues 😁

[@rompemord1]

This is max performance, little aestetic. Not minimum aestetic. Minimum aestetic would be mismatched collors and a cheaper case.

[@spoobspoob2270]

Ngl, these types of builds ARE my aesthetic. I love the modest aesthetic, all business and no frills, just a very refined look. I think it's why I love my Lenovo Legion 5 so much, it almost looks like a business laptop if it weren't for the logo and huge cooler design.

[@skysthelimit3553]

now we need a $2000 price to performance build! :)

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Maybe the next one??

[@thomasboob]

same build just spend the extra 800 on a better gpu lol. maybe cpu depending on game

[@dachness]

$1,820 Maxed out $/FPS ASRock B650M PG Lightning WiFi $120 Ryzen 7800X3D $345 Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 (Flat top version) $36 XFX Speedster MERC310 AMD Radeon RX 7900XTX $915 TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert DDR5 32GB 6000MHz CL30 $98 2TB TEAMGROUP MP44 7,400/6,500MB/s $120 Montec Air 100 RGB $65 Corsair RM850e $120

[@skysthelimit3553]

@@dachness I work on ai stuff so I need that 3090 for the cuda performance and the vram, and the 12900kf for the cores. good overall tho :)!

[@skysthelimit3553]

although a 4070 ti super or 4080 would still be good

[@Spetsnazty]

This might be my build.I love the all black look. And for the price that’s killer.

[@FLYUPPER]

Day 667 of asking zach to include microsoft flight simulator in the benchmark tests

[@pwrsocket]

11:50 you should still test with max graphics because many people still play with maxed graphics, I definitely do since my monitor is only 60hz

[@Cqtforce]

This helps a lot, thanks so much!

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Glad to hear it :)

[@agserelsoe-fo8ir]

Zach is nothing short of a magician

[@CfopCubing]

Why does this "Zero asthetics" build look so good??!!

[@bendrowned9627]

Oh my! I love this build so much!!! Yes I’m the kind of person who dislikes RGB, and likes fishbowl cases, so this “aesthetic-less” build is definitely my favorite

[@BeTheBestBeastt]

8:08 for the full build list if anyone's curious!

[@dachness]

I would make a few changes to maximize $/FPS. ASRock B650M PG Lightning WiFi $120 Ryzen 7700 AliExpress $187 Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 (Flat top version) $36 TEAMGROUP T-Create Expert DDR5 32GB 6000MHz CL30 $98 1TB TEAMGROUP MP44 7,400/6,500MB/s $75 Montec Air 100 RGB $65 Even if you don't swap the CPU the other changes are a better value.

[@Jrrslingshot2]

Love yours vids, they’re incredible

[@ZachsTechTurf]

TYVM

[@bh0llar702]

Man i love the blacked out fish tank meta Zach just created😂 i love this though holy

[@NemusDark]

Discord gang reporting for duty Sir! o7 🏀

[@ZachsTechTurf]

MVP

[@Tswish]

This matches my build almost identically with a few different components😂 Love it! I recommend taking the up here stickers off the fans. So much cleaner!

[@Playxm]

Great vid keep it up Zach

[@safwanhossain4099]

tf you mean great vid bro it aint even been 3 mins since it dropped 😭😭

[@Playxm]

@@safwanhossain4099just new it was gonna be great so i commented before i watched it and it was great 😂

[@safwanhossain4099]

@@Playxm damn bro out here predicting (but yes all his vids are fire)

[@alexandervalente1223]

I love your pure performance PC videos and i watched them all, i'm trying to figure out a PC for 1250 dollars budget and thought this build was perfect, but using your links It comes out to 1500+ for my budget i had to Settle for a 7700 XT

[@nAmelesSsO]

Day 14 of asking for Zach's pc part wall art+ a rx 7700 xt

[@walnutisinmyroomandihaveto7348]

Day one of asking nAmelesSsO for a rx 7700 xt

[@1_43]

@@walnutisinmyroomandihaveto7348 day 1 of asking walnutisinmyroomandihaveto7348 for an RTX 4070TI

[@AnamolAdhikari]

Hands down one of the best tech channel. Love your content. I am saving up for my first ever PC build and this helps! (PS - $100 in bank account 😁 atm).

[@Mcsmurry]

Used to not watched you because you said “Baller” 😂. So glad I remembered you!

[@theitechlab]

Just built a computer very similar to this (but with ARGB) for about $1175: CPU: R5 7600 Cooler: Thermalright Assassin X120 RSE ARGB GPU: PowerColor Fighter 7900 GRE Mobo: ASRock B650M Pro RS WiFi RAM: TeamGroup TForce Delta ARGB 32 GB DDR5 6000 MHz CL30 Storage: TeamGroup MP44L 1 TB (4.0x4) PSU: Corsair CX750 Case: Montech Air 100 ARGB The 7600/7600X with a 7900 GRE is the best value you can get for around $1200 for 1440p and entry 4K. Loving the build!

[@ibrahimakhalilndiaye733]

we eating good lately.building this pc for sure

[@BillyBobDingledorf]

Finally, I can purchase the parts you listed (before tax and shipping) for about what you claim. Thank you Zach.

[@jya0131]

Great shoutout on the MSI Pro B650M-A Wifi. It's a great value mobo, I use it with the 7800X3D and 4090 combo, has been serving me great so far. Tbh, people overspending on mobo is the mistake I see most often when building PCs

[@DronSkyhawk]

Great aesthetics, great performance, great price, solid build!

[@TrashFella]

congrats on the 700k subs man you deserved it

[@saintgtx]

I built my PC two years ago with the "aesthetics over everything" mindset, I could've gotten much better performance for the price if I had went with performance over everything

[@MTNDx]

Was able to order everything for this build minus the graphics card because if funds. Sadly my 3060ti will have to do for now. This will be my first build I do myself from scratch. Really excited for it. My current setup is pretty outdated.

[@farisowe]

How did it go?

[@Tuxedo_Elite]

Maybe a $2500 build? It's like a very nice sweet spot for high end + aesthetic builds

[@Faded_Psyco420]

I built a pc with the 7800x3d and a 7900gre in a h7 flow and put the gpu on a vert mount, was a beast, ended up selling the whole build for $1950, was all corsair icue and it went with a corsair mouse and keyboard that were also icue compatable as well as a 1440p 165hz monitor, broke even all together lol

[@strelock-youssef]

all black is aesthetically good too

[@JoshuaFn-hy1vx]

I used the exact parts except for cpu and GPU. Im mindblowned. For 1400$ an rx 7900 xt and a ryzen 7 7700x

[@LMARcoaching]

Great stuff Zach, we gonna see a 2k build?

[@Atlasfv]

Make a 1250 aesthetic build it will help me womuch love the content!

[@kitsin326]

The benefit of the ryzen 5 7600 or 7500f is that they come with a cpu cooler which is good enough for most used cases. So you end up saving 40-50 dollars because you don’t need a cpu cooler for very little performance being lost

[@laszloearlerc7155]

had the same budget as you, live in the uk and i was pleased to see that i made the same decisions as you on cpu, ram and motherboard. However due to high gpu prices in the uk I actually went with a 7700xt

[@EzraTreasure]

Just an FYI, the G.Skill Ripjaws and Flare are the exact same but the Ripjaws have Intel XMP profiles while the flare has AMD EXPO. They're literally the same otherwise and they should be the same price. It doesn't really matter but in general you should get Flare for AMD and Ripjaws for Intel. (Again, literally doesn't matter, just a thing)

[@ZachsTechTurf]

Yea I saw that as well. This Flare kit is what goes on sale the most often, so I've been using it for both Intel and AMD without a problem.

[@EzraTreasure]

​@@ZachsTechTurfassuming you meant ripjaws haha, but yeah whatever platform you're on just get what's on sale. nice build 👍

[@pclabllc]

Lights Out 🖤

[@kandastrike]

Great vid! Man, your wife is an amazing video editor: excellent work!

[@KinggKoopaa]

I got ripped off on a pc as a beginner so this will help hopefully

[@MrBooNeal]

I wanna see a $2,750 build because that’s what I want to put in for a 4K high fps build

[@That_bread_boi]

the reason we mostly like pure performance guides is because most of the people that care about asthetics are people that buy prebuilt pc's, and they dont watch these videos

[@xander22777]

@ZachsTechTurf you should do a comprehensive video on what gpus you would recommend at every price range going from like $200 to 1500. Because I'm looking at gpus and for my price range, I have no idea what to do and I would almost guarantee I'm not the only person with this problem

[@garrandprawiragotama]

Almost the same part as my first dream build too, but I still trying to build it aesthetically with some other parts such as : Sky Two GX, Ak400 Digital and more AX120 fan from montech to make all of the fan looks the same exclude the Air Cooler fan of course cuz I'm thinking to buy another Deepcool fan the triple pack one in the future so the air cooler have 2 fan and the other 2 were installed on the side knowing the case can handle 10-12 fan If I'm not mistaken. But still, that just a dream that I don't know when will happen.. At least I'm having fun trying to come up with this dream build tho lol

[@vidhursashi]

I love getting these, then spending about 150+more for a new case a better looking motherboard and ram and more fans and sometimes cables

[@entropic_decay]

can you do a $2000 pure performance build? i'm trying to save up for that price range

[@onifn8468]

hey zach, you’re a real one for saving my father from a great fall with a 4090

[@RAFI-fx6vx]

these pure performance builds have their own aesthetic

[@mfnamedgoat]

thx for this pc now i know that i can upgrade with something really good

[@masterbeta343]

ive been specing out a pc lately and i came to a surprisingly close build to this one. Some of the options you went with did help me to shave off a few dollars tho.

[@greaney9310]

that thing still looks good, when you are going full budget, you end up with a case with a led on the front, a mix of led fans and fans that does not even light up and a fan that is too big and not supposed to be in your case, you cant get full black with a budget

[@loofftw]

Do a pure performance gaming pc build with a intel cpu and a nvidia gpu for one pc and then do one with all amd gpu and cpu and see which one gets better parts and performance. Love your vids man keep up the good work

[@mindsunwound]

If you are really worried about the SSD speed your best bet is to throw your OS on a secondary cheap small potato SSD and stick your /home (or steam library if you are on M$ Spy OS) on the bigger better faster SSD which should be in the primary slot. The parts of the OS that really matter will be loaded into RAM anyhow, so that SSD isn't that important.

[@KingLuis1985]

very similar to my build. xfx 6650xt, 7600xt. but went with a riptide board, fractal north case. great performance with a great price and look.

[@TheTurboCat]

THIS IS A PURE PERFORMANCE BUILD. NO AESTHETICS AT ALL >Once again comes with a super clean looking all black build Zach come on man, all white with RGB looks nice but this is slick

[@GryphonM]

The only change I would make is the memory, 6000 CL30 would be cheaper and should perform the same or even better.

[@zachattack2673]

Please do a $1500 aesthetic build 🙏

[@plsbanhackers9031]

I love the msi pro-A boards. They’re basically a cheaper tomahawk/mortar

[@RonanAlexander]

Can you please do a 1,500$ pc build for this series!

[@greeshmaisave5410]

For 70 ish dollar , you could gone for phanteks 523 xt or xt view which has pre installed fans

[@NerdistRay]

I have watched so many of your videos while I was researching on a good build for myself and I'm concluding on a build that's pretty similar to this, just prettier. Here are my thoughts and changes. There is no special reason to go for 7600X since 7600 is already really good and doesn't bottleneck the gpu. And I have heard from PC Builder that going with 6000Mhz+ DDR5 Ram isn't a good idea. (Something to do amd optimisation?). I would downgrade CPU to 7600 and rams to 6000MHz CL30 (rgb & white), get a white rgb cpu cooler instead, Antec NX292 Elite White Case (it has 4 rgb case fans, great looks and cheap), and Sapphire PURE variant of 7900 GRE (which is white). Everything else is same. Also, that A750GL PSU is A-Tier according to the Cultist Network, so that's solid. Thanks for your helpful videos and the resources in your site (gpu, psu and ssd list really helped!).

[@keny3r203]

(at least in my country (Hungary)) The Fractal Design ion Gold 750w is actually cheaper than what you were using (and is tier A on the psu tier list)

[@gracearnold1505]

Ordered the parts! First build too, the case comes in the 11th and ill build it following your stream!

[@EthicAspect]

Hello do you know where the stream is to build it? I want to build this pc but can’t find the video. Can you help me?

[@robertknight6425]

Same here

[@gracearnold1505]

Its on his twitch! I built it and its amazing ​@@EthicAspect

[@Digitizedtech]

The video is great but I’d appreciate it if you include the Windows key price

[@Digitizedtech]

@Zachtechsturf498 that’s great. Stop scamming me please.

[@blend2008]

I recommend the arctic 36 Cooler for the cpu. Kind of same price range. Dual fans. Look ok but performs super good.

[@ecksbest]

You should went with the Montech Air 903 base. It has 3 fans (2 140mm) and is an awsome black budget case.

[@InfernoBlast-th1ot]

I feel that for budget aesthetics the Circle Eliminator X5 does a pretty great job at $52.78 and comes with pre-installed fans. Zach should use this case sometimes. Anyway great build but I feel asleep while watching the live stream. 😂

[@Piyuu68]

all black pc build is still a great aesthetic if you know what you're doing. it's an acquired taste

[@loenard1115]

could you make a short for the best matching pure performence monitor?

[@waffles_eu]

unlucky me with my spawn location, bc amazon shipping is over 100 bucks us just to ship one part, and locally everything is at least 10-50 bucks more expensive, but a bonus is that there is a great deal for the rtx 4070 brand spanking new for 480$ (converted)

[@ZyperVix]

Now its time to make a $1500 pure performance build

[@lIl_Jacky_lIl]

Can you do a $1100 aesthetic build?

[@surtursbane]

I just built something very like this a couple of months ago, also all black. My Ryzen 5 7600x came with a free Kingston M.2 ssd from Newegg, which saved me a little money. I went with a 6700xt that I scored for $200 on Facebook marketplace, an msi mag b650 tomahawk, a thermalright peerless assassin, and an NZXT H6 Flow non-rgb case. It looks great and I'm very pleased with it. It was my first build in 22 years, and I'm glad I still remembered how to build a pc.