$200 Budget Gaming PC Build! (2024)

[@ocelot20]

Incredible build for $200. However, Anyone looking to replicate this build. I highly suggest just paying the extra $60-$70 and getting a am4 motherboard and a Ryzen CPU (1600af/2600 minimum). You would get better performance and can upgrade to a 5000 series Ryzen later down the line. Plus you will have front audio and usb ports that are usable on the case.

[@Spastic_Frog48]

more details on what motherboard

[@easygoing4964]

​@@Spastic_Frog48 i just get Gigabyte A520M K V2, it's already compatible with ryzen 5000 series so you don't have to do bios update, which could get overwhelming for a beginner, especially if the board doesn't have flash bios button.

[@darthgonk7249]

​@@Spastic_Frog48he's right but if you know how to update your bios you can also go for a b350 motherbord. Because they are a lot cheaper than b550 motherboards

[@darthgonk7249]

If you go for a ryzen cpu i mean

[@sadahirulanka]

[@bobryan7927]

Love that 480...the fan swapping was so fantastic for cleaning and maintaining them.

[@sadahirulanka]

[@chancefreely]

I love the build, and I love showcasing that PC gaming can fit every budget. The one point of contention I have is the case. You could probably get a free one off FB marketplace and throw the extra cash at the GPU, which would majorly impact performance.

[@perotekku]

Completely agree. Sure, everyone wants a flashy case, but the nicest case won't matter if you're dropping frames.

[@memesforyouOG]

@perotekku EXACTLY, in the last 6 months I got a free PC from my dads office, it was an old DELL ugly and black PC which was probaly abt 15 yrs old, however it completely did the job, it allowed me to play Fortnite with lag or delay ever and now I’m upgrading to a custom all white PC for around £600! All beacsue I waited to get the good PC with my brand new dream setup, so the moral is sometimes you just need to be patient even with an old PC it did the job and now I can go and buy a brand new 1 with my new setup instead of using the same PC I had on my old desk!

[@sadahirulanka]

[@Tin-m5c]

your resourcefulness is impressive, You managed to make a great one by using your knowledge of performance and computers. Great job man haha

[@robertaillery5413]

CPU bouncing above 90c. Looks like the ziptie solution is far from even ideal. I would've stuck some long screws through the mount and put nuts on the underside to keep it tighter

[@shinefake48]

to be honest, the case itself is an oven, i barely see any way for cold air to get in

[@joshido069]

Damn is there really no cooler that will fit on this motherboard?

[@TullmoreDew]

its fine. my I7-860 got to 104 degrees on minecraft...(i forgot to attach cooler properly after thermalpaste change)

[@sadahirulanka]

[@Midori_Ringo]

@@shinefake48 It's a clone of the Antec CX200 except Pado did something monumentally dumb. The Cx200 has a mesh bottom so it can do the updraft style airflow (suck in cool air from the bottom mesh surround, spit it out the top as the hot air rises) This Pado thing decided to make everything solid sheet steel so there's absolutely no air coming in. I have a 7700xt and a 3700x on air and temps are fine in the CX200. @joshido069 The problem isn't that no coolers will fit - any socket 1151 heatsink will fit. The mounting holes aren't standard and are too big, that's the only problem. 3d print a mounting backplate with appropriate size holes, modify a heatsink to take wider bolts, washers to close down the size of the holes. Plenty of solutions but need a) skill b)tools. At that point I would've just spent the extra $30-40 for a b450+ryzen 1600. And I would've just walked around and looked for a free case dumped on the side of the road instead of spending money on a crap case or just reused an old one. Don't have to deal with a crap heatsink, no screwing around with power adaptors, and you get access to some hefty upgrades down the line (Ryzen 5000 series)

[@xwqr]

I got a 10400, 16gb ram and rtx 2070 super build for about 300. Be patient and or just keep trading parts. You'll get there eventually

[@glidestrikeralt]

Nice congrats that build is rlly good for its price

[@penjaminog-ox1bp]

Bro I ALMOST got the same build as you for 300$ as well! Got a B550M Pro, Ryzen 5 3600 and a rtx 2070 super founders edition with 32gb corsair vengeance ram. YOU DEFINETLY have to HUNT and scrounge around if you want the most OPTIMAL build for your money,

[@memesforyouOG]

@penjaminog question, did you get most of your parts for Amazon? 😂

[@LOL-zs6eo]

i got a 5 5600x and 32 gb of ram 3070 super power supply and some thermal paste

[@sadahirulanka]

[@Blackout020]

Just built a PC for my wife, and I'm telling you FB marketplace is a great place to go for parts. It has a 9400f, 32gb ddr4 3200mhz, GTX 1070 8gb, 400w EVGA Psu, 1tb nvme SSD, all for only 270$ said and done. It works amazing at 1080p for most games.

[@sadahirulanka]

🍇🍇

[@voidy_-0x]

Bro is a hero for me tysm for puuting the stuff in the description

[@sadahirulanka]

[@JeredtheShy]

Hey budget builders, I'm posting this from a $500 PC that I learned how to build from this channel, a Ryzen 1600 and 1650 Super build. The most important thing that I learned is that if you are tempted to break your budget for anything, make it the GPU. You're going to have a hard time buying too much GPU.

[@angieee-]

That $500 got me: i5-10400F 1660Super 16gb(2x8) ddr4 2666mhz 1tb kingston nvme MSI H510B and some IPS LCD 165Hz 24" 1080p monitor

[@spawn_sirius]

500$ can get you a rx 6650xt

[@spawn_sirius]

Check out scattervolt's new video

[@pattyd343]

I’m ngl bro, for $500, you got scammed. I built a system with a Ryzen 5 3600, RTX 2070, and 1TB nvme for only $450

[@daklhs6460]

Used or new? ​@@pattyd343 Seems good, ngl.

[@chenzen4915]

RX 480 is the GPU that just refuses to give up!

[@badmoose01]

It’s the cockroach of gpus

[@unnamed715]

Too bad it's trash

[@chenzen4915]

@@unnamed715 I wouldn’t call it trash , if it works for some builds then it’s still reasonable to use.

[@Assestionss]

@@unnamed715 that is something a hardcore nvidia user would say

[@BladeCrew]

@@unnamed715 Too bad your opinion is trash.

[@phkenesu]

Dam love this builds bro its so friendly specially in manny people

[@RockvsAustin1]

prob the best 200 build ive ever seen. running cyber punk on this is crazy. good work

[@RussellMania8086]

Another great video Matt. Thanks.

[@mtzkustom7818]

I been able to do a lot of $200-300 PCs using GTX 1060 6gb lately. Also recently I got a Vega 56 for $40 on eBay so I'll be doing a budget build with it soon.

[@willanisaac1816]

Dude, always good videos!!

[@sadahirulanka]

[@ottoman666]

Pretty good for $200 well done!

[@sadahirulanka]

[@StarB0x]

Here are all the parts guys: Intel Xeon e3-1240, Lenovo ThinkStation P310, Atx 24 pin to 10 pin power supply cable, cooler, DDR4 ram 16gb, teamgroup t-force Vulcan z 480gb, xfx amd Radeon rx 480 gddr5, evga 450w power supply, pado mini pc case view room M-ATX, rgb case fan 3 120mm computerfan, thermopaste

[@ChengsHardware]

I did something similar a few days ago, went wiht X99+E5 2666V3 & RX 580. For me, it's kind of OK but also not really. For a budget system like this, you would like to play some esports titles, RX 480/580 s are still pretty good,but the old Xeon's IPC is just not good enough.I was getting 140ish FPS in CS2, but not as smooth as i would like. For me , I think 12100f or R5-5600 is the way to go. Anyway, very happy about these type of content, keep the good work, Matt !

[@iamghostwitagun3800]

I put together a 12100f/rtx 3050 system for $350 but yes you have the right idea.

[@arnizzleforshizzle9851]

Did you undervolt, activate rebar and use multi core unlock?

[@ChengsHardware]

@@arnizzleforshizzle9851 yes, all core 3.5ghz. And i also have haswell and skylake CPUs, sub 4Ghz CPUs of that era is just not fast enough for CS2 anymore

[@sadahirulanka]

[@moebiuseight7977]

also you can get an x99 combo for about 45 dollars which would give you the front ports still a nice build glad to see the 480 get some love

[@sadahirulanka]

[@deiveonmartinsen1831]

Spend $50 and you can get: AM4 Motherboard from Aliexpress $40 ARGB Fans $13 ARGB Controller from Ali $2 $20 Ryzen 5 1600 Customizeable and when you get another $200 you can upgrade the GPU and CPU without any other changes.

[@sadahirulanka]

[@michaeloneill1360]

Beautiful Cat!!

[@sadahirulanka]

[@jlmpc8733]

The E3-1270 v5 is usually cheaper than the 1240 and has higher boost clocks ;D

[@christian-m3y]

Im pretty sure im going to do this build but got a lil extra cash to throw in what would be best

[@peterhallbus1114]

a china x99 motherboard and better xeon cpu would cost maybe $10 more and give better performance and have nvme support, also the cooler with 4 heatpipes can from times be found for the same price (the 2 heatpipes ones are normally for 65w max tdp), also the two top fans should be intake if you want decent temps, also I would use screws and the backplate to secure the cooler mount (I've seen boards bend and deball the socket with this kind of mounting).

[@drew2626]

I’d leave the front glass off for some better airflow

[@sadahirulanka]

[@MartinWilliamsMarty]

Nice video Matt 👍

[@theaverageenduser6241]

Hi Matt, long time viewer. Your videos are great, keep up the awesome work. I was just curious and wondered what you do with all the PCs you build on the channel. Do you have a PC flipping side business?

[@csh9853]

You did good bro

[@Wolverine_onYTTV]

34 fps in black myth is disappointing BUT I'd argue that lows of 29 means it's at the very least a SMOOTH experience, which can go a long way I think

[@MrAndrew990]

its 200 dollars you clown

[@richardburrell7665]

Bravo..made me subscribe

[@zazna11]

would this be able to run games like Marvel Rivals?

[@jorgennorberg7113]

I'm always interested in power usage? How much does it draw?

[@baccusx13]

Not easy to make a budget gaming pc in the custom parts route, great job! I think that your thoughts about the fans orientation and thermals are right: you need a positive or balanced air flow in a gaming system. The simpliest way with this setup would be just to flip the two top fans as intake but as hot air gets higher, it's not optimal and if the rear fan is not pushing the air far enough from your PC (especially if you PC is too close to the wall), the hot air might get inside back gain. The second option would be to flip the rear fan and reduce the fan speed of the top fans. You might need to try both options and have you have a fog machine or a vape, you can use it to see if the air get choked or get sucked out too fast before it gets into the fans of your cpu cooler and gpu. It's a fun experiement to do and to watch (and show on YT, wink wink).

[@tahmidrzishan]

Couldn't you use nuts and bolts for the cooler bracket? Zip ties don't seem to be very promising.

[@floofyboi2520]

If I have a gtx 970 already, any recommendations for alterations to the build with the same budget?

[@floofyboi2520]

I also have a 512 nvme drive and a 1tb hdd

[@YouNoMeDawg]

I'm trying to build small pcs as cheap as possible and all they have to run is halo 2 project cartographer at 1080p 60 plus fps. Any recommendations?

[@davidyusaku]

holy crap i just realized your personal rig is still running the first generation of Zen XD not trying to be negative or anything, heck even i still rock the 1600 😂

[@Captgreatvalue]

Do you have any videos that show how to install windows on a new build?

[@FSK1138]

AMD Ryzen 7 5800U offers 4x the performance there are a few mini pc systems @ under $300 and the used market has TONS of them i think that would be a better deal intel 10th gen is the lowest i would go for a gaming machine

[@ChengsHardware]

Here where I live , 10th gen I3 is the same price as 12th I3, so people just skip 10100f and go for 12100f

[@BlueWh1skers]

Could someone tell me what the keyboard he is using is? I love the colors.

[@KorraFN]

Are 6 pin to 8 pins safe for gpu? I have a 1060. And a amz ryzen 3200d and I don’t have a 8 pin. But I’m buying a 6 pin to 8 pin extension. Is it safe?

[@Pasi123]

Normally GTX 1060's use a single 6 pin so it probably doesn't use that much more power than what 6 pin is rated for. The 6 pin to 8 pin adapters are really simple since the 8 pin connector only has two extra ground pins compared to the 6 pin. The main difference is that 6 pin is rated for 75W (+75W from motherboard) while 8 pin is rated for 150W (+75 from mobo). Decent PSU's should be able to handle more than 75W from the 6 pin.

[@KorraFN]

@ thank you ima get the adapter

[@canopicc]

I couldent find this but i had a question about the case. Is it possible to put in fans at the bottom as i couldent figure out how.

[@echeese63]

The Legendary RX480 ❤️

[@STIJNSGAMINGLAB]

he nice vid can you make also a 300 euro budget editing pc

[@Naori_tadaaki]

please paint the cooler to black for the aesthetic design

[@canopicc]

I have the EXACT same case!

[@repairstudio4940]

What benchmark tool do you use?

[@Brian_Buckley]

Generally speaking, if a motherboard supports Xeon, you can also probably get away with using Cheap ECC Ram so that same cost of 16gb consumer grade cost could be spent for 32gb of ECC ram. Just a thought for next time! And it looks like this board actually DOES Support Ecc and Non Ecc ram!

[@sallyfaceenjoyer]

I need help! Can somebody tell me what’s the best stuff to get for someone who mostly plays story games and open world action rpgs? I don’t care for shooters or anything. I’m trying to figure out the cheapest build possible that’s still good for this. Does anyone know about how much I should spend for something like this? (I don’t understand pc’s at all and I’m really struggling with this. I know what all the parts do I just don’t know how to figure out which ones are best for me.)

[@TheEnigmaticBM39]

Same. I just want to emulate older games and play the games thats on my GOG, steam os, etc.

[@SimpleShoes1]

Is that a Xiaomi G27i?

[@2cPixel]

Didn't amd stop making RX 480 graphics drivers?

[@joshyoun5973]

Can I buy one of these from you? I really need a gaming pc

[@LowtoHigh111]

He showed the parts in distribution

[@eunicrisambos1514]

If the game is fps, go for 5600g of Ryzen with dual channel RAM, and you can get 200+ fps in the valorant lowest!

[@Frz7edits]

I got a crazy deal on Facebook marketplace, ryzen 9 3900x Gtx 1070ti 16GB ram and the total build came out to $300

[@2stormys]

Its not a ceazy deal, its just a bit over fair, a used gtx 1070 ti is around 100 dollars, 16 gb ram 20-60 dollars, and a used ryzen 9 3900x is under 200 dollars (120-180 dollars). YES, I did find a r9 3900x at around 110-120 dollars on Ebay also

[@Frz7edits]

@ the parts cost me $250, it was the 1070ti,16GBddr4,X470 Gaming Mobo,r9 3900x, 650W PSU, and a 500GB m.2 all for $250. I just had to buy a case for like $50-60 for a total of $300

[@2stormys]

@@Frz7edits oh if its like that then you got a 🔥 deal

[@minhnguyen-cd5my]

got lucky with a custom built gtx 1080, 16 gigs of ddr4 and a ryzen 3300x for 250

[@Kagamiya]

dayum those lenovo motherboards are cheap but require too many work around/compromise like that 24pin to 8pin adapter and front usb 3.0 being unusable

[@sadecesiyah4314]

The room is 50 degrees, I think the system is on fire

[@lolzonezzzz]

I've only seen the 580 GPU is it still ok to buy?

[@Pirafier]

i think you used a lot of fsr in this video and i have a hard time with recommending this because windows 10 will be on its way out soon

[@teamofone1219]

Better enjoy these deals while you can before 2025!

[@jeffrey_pulido]

Have a rx570, what do yall recommend for me to build with it?

[@nicolaxhaferaj3472]

Ryzen 5 3600

[@ArikGST]

Laughs in Stalker 2

[@drew2626]

256GB Enough for Windows, Borderlands 3 and Doom

[@aplusfix8182]

Can this pc play rivals of aether 2 ?

[@MrSamadolfo]

that case is a cheap knockoff of the Okinos Aqua 3, the Aqua which I have here at home and i have already reviewed the bottom skirt panels front panel side panel are both perforated to allow fresh air in thru the power supply shroud, since you dont have perforated panels on that knockoff you should turn around the top fans and have the top fans blowing into the case. That cpu cooler is a knock off of the Thermaltake Contac 9 92mm Fan Air Cooeler with two heat pipes, its ok for lower watt cpus but not really suited for an i7 4c 8t cpu, instead pickup a 120mm cpu air cooler that has either 4heatpipes or 5heatpipes plus stick with the air coolers that use a rear intel bracket and that use bolts and nuts, plus keep in mind that oem boards usually dont have a fan curve so the fans dont necessarily spin up when the cpu gets hotter, if you need more fan speed you might want to look into a fan knob that you would attach to the back of the case. As far as motherboard cpu gpu combos theres a ton of different combinations you can do for cheap for example last year you did that Xeon 4c 8t cpu on a Haswell 1150 board. And you can go even older such as 1155 second gen or 1156 first gen with a xeon 4/8 cpu. You also got X58 and X79 and X99 combos either all legit namebrand boards or chinese knockoff boards. You also got AM3 Boards and FX 6c / 8c cpus. Try em all out. For ideas on low cost video games just do a search for videos that review low spec pc video games and dont forget to pickup your weekly free video game over on epic. Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Holdays to Everyone.

[@iceicebuddy]

But can it play Crysis?

[@gothsheepshawty]

Hi guys i just wanna ask i build pc with i5 7400 with Gtx 1050ti and 8gb ram but i can get motherboard with ryzen 3 2200g and 8 gb ram for few bucks so should i take it i have few people to telling me that its bad idea but i think that i could upgrad after few months to ryzen 5 2600 and ofcourse better gpu but i need to buy better psu first so should i take it ?

[@mostwanted2337]

Bro what's your Keyboard

[@toanpham2254]

Amazon shiping fees are like triple the product prices I am in Vietnam so its kinda expensive IDK bout u guys

[@saitiosenpai]

Can you try genshin?

[@PixelClient]

Can I please have this build?

[@LuhhRee]

How i got my pc was I used the computers from my highschool they were throwing out (with intel i5 Sandy and Ivy bridge CPUs) and with like 4 gigs of ram. So id take them home, clean them up, upgrade the ram and resell them on Facebook marketplace for $60-$90 My current pc is literally a scaved out Acer Nitro 50-610 and i bought it. Came with the Case, mobo, psu but the guy took the goods out of it good price for $130 and I bought parts for it: An Intel i3 10100 ($110) (super obsolete now but it was the only cpu i could afford) and unfortunately spent $270 for a gtx 1050 in 2022 during the gpu price gouging craze and a quad stick of 4 gigs (16 gig ddr4) ($50) setup and it did well and that only costed me $520-$540 same price range as an console but with the prices today you could do far better than me lol

[@roicee574]

Honestly respect the hustle and love the pc you got. nice

[@xmaze6831]

use lossless scalling with this build and then you can play the latest games

[@prophet9240]

2 months after this video the computer finally died. Amazing build with 12 year old parts .RIP

[@JMD-tu1xm]

Motherboard or PSU is my guess.

[@prophet9240]

@@JMD-tu1xm lol

[@LukaBean10-4]

Freaking insane build for $200. Seen $500 that had worse performance

[@blackknight50277621]

if you didn't waste that 40$ on cooler and case you'd be much better off on SSD and GFX card build like this I think a free dumpster case / cooler makes more sense

[@moebiuseight7977]

aliexpress has the machinist b450 for about 45 dollars

[@apostolis0exe223]

let alone this case on my country costs 200euro ahah

[@RukaIXR]

4:28 A55

[@deiveonmartinsen1831]

Yeah i biught a bucnh of those Pados on Ali before they sold out.

[@A7meDX]

Haha, the graphics card only in my country costs $80 used (laughe in pine)🙂

[@Ramble1234]

I thought that xeon was only used for h310/z370 chipset wtf. I didnt even know about this. Im definitely going to use this in my future pc flips. Question: does this work for all h110/b150 boards, or just optiplex ones?

[@Minib1rd]

bear in mind hes recording so it might be more then the fps it shows

[@mellowjelloable]

The main problem with this is that it won't support windows 11 next year.

[@BestluigiplayerYT]

6th gen cpus has tpm 2.0 support so it can install windows 11 just fine. But wont let you upgrade directly go from win10 to win11 due to it no being on the "support list"

[@abunk8691]

Gone "oof" when you shown the 2 heatpipe cooler as I've bought one before and with anything more than 2 cores those coolers tend to struggle. They're barely above Intel stock cooler performance in cooling. Your benchmarks show that the Xeon is getting 80~90C temp while gaming which isn't even max CPU load. For about the same 10 USD mark something like the Snowman M-T4 or Thermalright AX90SE would for sure perform a lot better. I mentioned those 2 coolers since I have experience using those on a 4c/8t Haswell Xeon E3 and they perform very well, but there are lots of cooler options and getting something with 4 heatpipes minimum would be a lot better.

[@andreabanfi1896]

Hi guys! I just build a really nice PC, as a gift to my little brother, for just 360€. The components are the following: i5-9400f - 40€ used MSI b365m - 69,99€ uesd Noua Arcade ARGB - 14,99€ New on Amazon HyperX 16GB Ram 2666Mhz - 20€ used MSI Armor GTX 1080 - 99,19€ used Samsung 1TB QVO SSD - 37,49€ used Thermaltake Smart RGB 600w - 25€ used Nox Infinity Epsilon - 44,90€ New on Amazon and a set of red psu extentions on sale from Aliexpres - 5,42€ I tested all the parts, and stressed the psu on a test bench for several hours to make sure it was working properly, even tho I bought from a friend of mine. Hopefully, if you like it and find the same prices as me (even with better deals some times), you can build it yourself! Let me know what you think about it, looking forward for suggestions on what i should have used in your opinion!

[@Ryhillchibulls]

6:24

[@CrocoDylianVT]

For the price of a used PS4 you get PS4 Pro performance instead? Hell yeah

[@Beetlejuicer]

You'll get stutters on fortnite the first few games regardless of your PC specs.

[@NoName-hx7gg]

If y’all looking for a gpu that still holds up decently, I’d say you can find either the gtx 1080ti or 2080 ti on eBay for less than 300. They’ll hold any current games obviously not on 4K.

[@Agidelis]

How many fps gives rgb? And case glass? I dont se what to look at threw it :(

[@aglux3417]

can u play steam games on it?

[@nicolaxhaferaj3472]

yea😂

[@Steve21_harris]

Ofc😂😂

[@aglux3417]

@@Steve21_harrisbut not all right?

[@aglux3417]

@@Steve21_harris yea so which games can i not play or can I optimize it?

[@Steve21_harris]

@@aglux3417 it depends, what games do u play?

[@Kingdragonkhs]

Just from the look of it I think most of the budget went for the case

[@domi7573]

How much fps would be in LoL???

[@austinNfoster]

60gb ssd $5-8 boot drive then a 1tb hdd $14 would be a good route too

[@wwbren]

This would look da bomb under my desk.

[@ivano4504]

damn i cant order from amazon the shipping is too expensive for me

[@RoEmi-E11217]

AYY Matt! Who’s under 5 hours?🔥

[@kevinkev1530]

👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@DiXiE7007]

1000 likes he build me a pc 😁