Awesome $1500 Gaming PC Build 2022! [ft. i5 13600K & RTX 3060Ti w/ Benchmarks!]

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CPU: Intel Core i5 13600K
CPU Cooler: Deep Cool AK400 WH
Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-Plus WiFi D4
RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB RT 16GB DDR4
SSD: XPG Spectrix S20G 1TB
GPU: Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
Case: Cooler Master Masterbox 520
PSU: Cooler Master MWE Gold 750 V2
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00:00 Intro
01:04 Processor | Intel Core i5 13600K
02:11 Motherboard | ASUS TUF Gaming Z790-Plus WiFi D4
03:15 CPU Installation
03:42 Memory | Corsair Vengeance RGB RT
03:57 SSD | XPG Spectrix S20G
04:12 CPU Cooler | Deep Cool AK400 WH
05:11 Cooler Installation
06:51 Case | Cooler Master Masterbox 520
09:40 Graphics Card | Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti Founders Edition
11:10 GPU Installation
11:56 Power Supply | Cooler Master MWE Gold 750 V2
12:58 PSU Cable Extensions
13:41 The Moment of Truth...
15:07 Montage!
15:24 Benchmarks
15:36 Overwatch 2
15:58 F1 2022
16:23 Spider-Man
16:39 Battlefield 2042
17:01 Apex Legends
17:16 Fortnite
17:35 COD Warzone

[@techguyz839]

wow my request has been heard , thank you Geekawhat

[@tkndrxks7863]

The new i5 is insane and even tho it’s relatively ‘affordable’ it outperforms many top of the line cpus which makes it a high-end cpu in my view. Nice vid btw

[@implyVAL]

this guy says relatively ‘affordable’

[@tkndrxks7863]

@@implyVAL yeah… 300 for 14 cores and 20 threads. And I mean it more as in price to performance it has a lot of value. If u take the kf version ur saving £30 coz everyone has dedicated gpu nowadays. This also destroys the 11900k (£380) by around 20-25% in any benchmark aswell btw.

[@implyVAL]

@@tkndrxks7863 its 400 euroos

[@Hanchufu]

@@implyVAL 450€ in my country 😭

[@EstaDePiPi]

@@implyVAL compare to Amds 300 dollar 6 core, yeah definitely affordable for what your getting

[@scottcook740]

Great video! Subscribed!

[@gregnezz]

Thank you! No one is posting older gpu benchmarks. We neee older gpu benchmarks! A normal person would be insane to buy a 4090!. I have an rtx 2080 ti and waiting to get mortgage approval for the next gpu's again! I just bought the 13600kf today and am upgrading from an i7 6700k 6th gen.

[@rahadyanmuhammad271]

Hi. What power supply did u use? I have Bequiet system power 9 600W. Is it enought? My GPU is zotac 3060 twin edge and air cooler AK620

[@rushilk]

Nice build! I preordered an i7 13700K to go along with my evga ftw3 ultra 3090 Ti! Can’t wait to play some games!

[@johnnyboogalo4897]

I'm waiting on my z790 board and 13700k to pair with my rtx 4090 myself.Got 4090 just the other day,hopefully my board and cpu come in this coming week so can start my new build.

[@markwhite1348]

Yes air coolers are cheaper, however I was lucky to get a brand new liquid cooler from MSI for £35 the other week being the MAG Coreliquid P240

[@xilenced6655]

If your Pump is in the radiator.. pls dont top mount it

[@paulsotelo4010]

i found the build yesterday, but this with the video is just amazing

[@samuelp.5393]

Hey I also want to use a 13600k i saw you used 3600 ddr 4 ram does the system just start and run this or did you have to do something in order to make it work? I thought intel only works with up to 3200 ddr 4 ram?

[@King_Camper_94]

I’m definitely doing this build

[@atr6781]

how is it going?

[@Verroll]

i also have the master 520 and it is supah awsome with my 12700k!

[@paulsotelo4010]

yeah baby i found my new setup

[@sstier48]

That 4090 comparison just made me think of aegon's dragon...

[@authorityvg]

I’m looking for a pc build for competitive play without breaking the bank completely. This is my first build I’ve had a prebuilt before but want to upgrade and do a full build. Would this build be preferred or the previous 1500 dollar one he just recently posted before this

[@t7274]

For eSports, Intel and Nvidia is the most reliable imo

[@McSquishton]

Would you keep this Mobo or would you swap out the **Asus Rog Strix z690-a Gaming Wifi** as it does work with 13th gen Intel cpus (albeit the bios need to be updated)- I want to get the best bang for my buck for both gaming and content creation/streaming.

[@bl0cked797]

Should I wait for the Rtx 4060 and pair it with this cpu

[@lozzalolxd]

what ddr5 motherboard is good for i5 13600k + rtx 3080? Ive got the Asus Z790 in my parts list but i’m trying to find a cheaper alternative!! (:

[@keizhardy931]

What monitor you recommend for this build?

[@nivea878]

i upgraded to 13600k from 9700k, im impressed, i play mw2 @2k on 54 degrees.

[@rahadyanmuhammad271]

Hi. What power supply did u use? I have Bequiet system power 9 600W. Is it enought? My GPU is zotac 3060 twin edge and air cooler AK620

[@staychill6864]

@@rahadyanmuhammad271 You need atleast 700 W PS

[@nivea878]

1200 watts

[@Snow-mp7zz]

the new cpu is great but i dont think there is a point to get it right now with this price point you coulve gotten a 3070ti or 3080

[@pennesh2688]

The new intel 13th gen is just insane

[@johnbernhardtsen3008]

even for video editing which I am buying parts for!the premiere pro with this cpu is kinda amazing, rolling over the Ryzen 9 5950x!

[@tanamachii]

I have a 600w psu for this combo , is going to give me problems in a near future?

[@paznas.customs]

I’ve ordered 13600k with 3080, much better combo for 1440p 🙏

[@Mr_Mess]

Rtx 4070 would've been a better choice

[@paznas.customs]

@@Mr_Mess yes, but it’s not out yet and I wanted gamerock gpu for rgb 🤙🏻😀

[@kaansuetcue7539]

I ordered the same with 3070 ti

[@SirBlicks]

13600k is better than the i9 12900k so with a 3080 you can probably do a decent bit of 4k gaming on max settings at 60+ on most titles 😃

[@sos1668]

@@SirBlicks not overall just better in some games.

[@P5YKOTIK1870]

I just bought 7700x and b650e aorus master, I was going to go intel but it seemed like a waste of money in the long run. I really wish intel would support more than 2 years at a time

[@Suuperwuuper]

Rumors state that meteor lake is basically gonna be sky lake 2.0 and use the same socket but be motherboard locked so if you hack the bios it’ll be compatible

[@jufo3723]

does the CPU cooler DEEPCOOL AK400 and DEEPCOOL AK400 WH have the same performance? cant find DEEPCOOL AK400 WH anywhere :

[@kyletdodd]

What monitor is recommended for this build?

[@D33zBz11s]

Is this a good combo for 1080p?

[@aidanlomanto7369]

I cant find the gpu on amazon what other ones do you recommend

[@cinethescean1239]

Is this cooler ok for 13600k?

[@listerine-pr5lt]

What is your temp when you use cpu@100% with this heatsink?

[@staychill6864]

i5 13600k with a 3060 Ti got 5.5 bottleneck.. its better if u go with the 3070 or the 3070Ti.

[@EastonLandscoot]

What thermal paste should I use for this build?

[@Technique79]

What moniter should I use with this pc?

[@optimumz5388]

Can u do 1700 next

[@BRAVOVII]

Look! Tom Holland is doing PCs now

[@alih995]

Is ak400 enough for 13600k? Because i have 12400f and ak400 I wanna upgrade to 13600kf without upgrading cooler Is that ok?! I also do multi-threaded work such as rendering Motherboard Z690-A D5

[@rahadyanmuhammad271]

Hi. What power supply did u use? I have Bequiet system power 9 600W. Is it enought? My GPU is zotac 3060 twin edge and air cooler AK620

[@sos1668]

How is cooling with the 13600kf? I want to use it with an Arctic Liquid Freezer 280 in a Corsair 4000D

[@Willc2323]

A liquid freezer 280 will be very good but probably overkill. I would go with a Arctic Freezer 34 Esports Duo

[@hunter3845]

im building 13th gen i5 x 3080 vamossss

[@kyletdodd]

Can I switch the power supply to the 850? It’s the same exact everything else but instead of 750, it’s 850.

[@FireFlyBlains]

plan on doing a build very similar to this, already started getting parts. How is this cooler doing? i was going to go liquid cooled but that price is alot more affordable.

[@Dio-ur4de]

How's the build going with you?

[@FireFlyBlains]

@@Dio-ur4de ended up replacing the 3060ti with a 4070ti and that made the most difference, i also had a CPU Failure and had to be replaced under warranty but after that I’m good to go.

[@anandhakrishnanks3951]

Geekawhat I need your help. I live in India and my 1070ti passed away. Rx 6600 is priced at 24k and 3060 starts 31k here. Iam into streaming. I own a R5 3600. So the question would be, is the extra 7k for the 3060 going to be worth it considering nvenc. Also zotac 3060 has 5 year warranty. Is R5 3600 enough for streaming?

[@Suuperwuuper]

The Ryzen 5 3600 is a pretty alright cpu, but I would recommend saving for a bit and getting 5800x3d + 3070

[@techguyz839]

Hey .. can i replace deepcool AK620 In place of ak400??

[@Al8rdAl6a2r]

No bottleneck between i5 13600k and rtx 3060 ti ?

[@joshuadsouza1770]

Plz inclued valorant also in your benchmarks plz

[@kyletdodd]

My monitor is not detecting. Any suggestions? Already checked connection from monitor to gpu.

[@jonathonkennedy9321]

I think I’m gonna go with this card. I have already made up my mind to go with a 13600k, now just to decide if I’m gonna cheap out and go with a b660 or a z790 ddr5 board. Hmmm

[@joaojeronimo1309]

z690 or z790 dont go with B

[@ihtenubz9697]

Z690 unless you NEED the expansion slots that the Z790 has. dont even look at B boards

[@Alpha4plaYer]

@@ihtenubz9697 Why not ?

[@venk11]

Since z790 are lil bit 2 expensive I will share to you what I did. I bought b660 tomahawk wi fi ddr4 and 12100f. I updated the BIOS and then I sold the 12100f and got 13600k.

[@markoserjak9032]

My son has i5 13600k with 3060 Ti and 32Gb of DDR4 on MSI B660 PRO. Top deal for the money. The only thing is that prices in Europe are higher than in US. 13600k is 450€.

[@DeluxeTreme]

I got same setup but my cpu temp @ 84 playing bf2042, what the problem🤔

[@Krokette_]

Where can you find a 3060ti for 399 ?

[@10tonn]

if i were to change the cpu cooler to an aio, would it have to be 360mm?

[@clayton9838]

no you could go as low as 240mm

[@EggyBartolomei]

13600K work with Air cooler? My ambient room temp is 33c. or go for AIO? THX

[@HarpiPLAYTEST]

If you can afford it always go with a aio also look into getting some fans in your room jeez

[@ALAMIN4000]

pairing with these two 13600K and rtx3060 ti .. will there any bottleneck issues?

[@rahadyanmuhammad271]

Hi. What power supply did u use? I have Bequiet system power 9 600W. Is it enought? My GPU is zotac 3060 twin edge and air cooler AK620

[@kuramak4168]

i just bought a used 2070 super but i’m still using my r5 2600, will upgrading to a 13600k be worth the upgrade?

[@mythics_hype1380]

No the rtx 2070 is way to weak for the 13600k it will be a big waste with no performance gain

[@mythics_hype1380]

im pretty sure that your current ryzen 5 2600 will work perfectly with the 2070

[@Kernowking101]

Your voice reminds me of Mr Tumble

[@image_world]

Film student/person that doesn't know much about PCs here; could this build comfortably edit 4k video?

[@HarpiPLAYTEST]

Most likely yes although you may need good cooling for rendering

[@masterwayne9790]

I'm opting for MSI Pro Z690-A Wifi DDR4 motherboard Is there anything notably different than Z790 Motherboard? Also WTF is your haircut called?

[@obi3kenobi]

It's called Arthur

[@exodius1155]

You should have tested 1080p and 2k games separately...

[@denbolie]

I almost build the same pc for 1700€. Rog strix B760 wifi DDR5 32 GB Ram and 2TB storage

[@Joeyytech]

Can I put a 3060ti instead of

[@FrontMe]

this pc could be never be for 1500 in Germany because of TAXs in germany

[@TatsuyaWow]

the case dosen't have much air flow it look like it

[@tiunchi]

DDR4 reduces the performance of the 13th gen CPUs isnt it. Eitherway it performs on par or better than 12th gen high end line up but DDR4 do indeed reduce some significant amount of performance.

[@orkhepaj]

nope

[@elsanteiro2010]

I ordered the i5 13600k with 3070

[@rahadyanmuhammad271]

Hi. What power supply did u use? I have Bequiet system power 9 600W. Is it enought? My GPU is zotac 3060 twin edge and air cooler AK620

[@cyberpunk5334]

How is tht possible i cant keep it cool the 13600k with a DarkRock TF2 230w… am i doing something wrong…

[@jasweb147]

Need an AIO for the 13600k.

[@mangojuice1282]

How about a 12600k to 3060 ti is that a good combo?

[@twesouls9418]

Yeah that would work just fine. I’m temporarily using a 12400 with a 3070 and even that doesn’t really bottleneck it

[@mangojuice1282]

@@twesouls9418 ohhh okay okay but i am still thinking about the 13600k and 3060 ti combo. 13th gen will be released on Nov in my country

[@liftoffventures_]

I have 12400f with 3060ti and its a beast combo in my opinion.. so 12600k is gonna be (ofc) better

[@hgfuhgvg]

Please get a more stable table. The shaking makes me go OCD

[@SaidulIslam-jh6hx]

can anyone tell me is this pc is good for video editing?

[@geraldsaved]

so do i need a bios update for this build?

[@HarpiPLAYTEST]

No

[@techguyz839]

well , i might swap the Z790 for Z690 mobo and buy 800 wat PSU (for overclocking) but i am thinking if i should go for liquid cooled or the aircoololer in the given video

[@AnhBoMoi]

Planning to get the 13700k, not sure if my existing 650w could be enough for 13700k + RTX3600 combo

[@tuffly]

650w should be fine but if u wanna future upgrade it get 750w or 850w

[@paznas.customs]

I’d rather go for 13600 cuz if you just going to play games it would be no difference, better to invest in gpu 👍

[@froznfire9531]

For a 3060 you could just use a 12400 or 13400, anything above that won't give more fps

[@rahadyanmuhammad271]

Hi. What power supply did u use? I have Bequiet system power 9 600W. Is it enought? My GPU is zotac 3060 twin edge and air cooler AK620

[@r.maj.7065]

Why an RTX 4090 to this build?

[@cuongtang9539]

why my 13600K usage is over 60% and yours not ? Could it be because Asus Crate? i Normaly have msi afterburner enabled, thats all.

[@rahadyanmuhammad271]

Hi. What power supply did u use? I have Bequiet system power 9 600W. Is it enought? My GPU is zotac 3060 twin edge and air cooler AK620

[@cuongtang9539]

@@rahadyanmuhammad271 i have a 4080 rtx, for psu i use 1200 watts

[@thethug335]

A 14 core processor with a 3060ti💀💀

[@aaronphan8322]

With that budget u can get a better graphics card

[@jawn_1086]

You might need a better gpu

[@lukelofe2398]

Sorry but it‘s not a good build, don‘t buy it. With 1500$ you can get a rx 6900xt or a 3080 which is 60% better than a 3060ti.

[@Dilkington]

Benchmarks doesn't say nick since you're getting gpu bottlenecked at almost every game.

[@Hyperion1722]

Are you sure you got the price right. Looking at one of the links for 3060ti price is 605 british pounds and 13600K is hovering at 330 USD. So are you building an imaginary system at 1500 USD?

[@Safetytrousers]

Scan and Box have a 3060ti for £430, Overclockers £440 and there are several for around £480.

[@Hyperion1722]

@@Safetytrousers Good and that means it is still a 1500 USD build??

[@markoserjak9032]

@@Hyperion1722 US prices differ from european quite a lot. Same problem here. 😀 3060Ti is 450€, i5 13600k also 450€, DDR4 is quite cheap also some motherboards (MSI B660 pro)

[@orkhepaj]

budget motherboard , yeah just 300+ euro ...

[@LlamasAreBest]

The b-roll with the hardware in a fake plant is a bit much.

[@Apurbo_]

WH is the white version, no difference

[@Verroll]

for ANYONE wanting to buy a greaat pc for 1500$ WAIT UNTILL amds CES 2023 , they will announce the New 70003d cards which are FABULOUS and BANG4THE$ also the the new AMD SAM gpus will bust the 3060ti!

[@PiroGamer007]

Can u please give this pc to me... I m desperate of getting one but can't afford...please

[@Suuperwuuper]

I hate to tell you this, but he’s not gonna give you the pc. If you really want one, try to find a way to make money.

[@mateussales6845]

Tecnoart gringo mané kkk

[@RBFR01]

3060 gpu? really? I know it's a budget build but we cant get accurate 13900k benchmarks with a weak gpu

[@Suuperwuuper]

1. It’s a 3060 ti 2. It’s a 13600k

[@noreson3144]

in Germany i5 13000k coast fkking 400 euro, evrythings is expensiv in GERMANY

[@AlterEGO836]

3060ti, really?!?

[@bigmoney69420]

if your seeing this, don’t buy the 3060 ti. buy the 3080 instead, wayyy better for 4k 1440 gaming runs so smooth

[@gakebagiannama4401]

In my country, 3080 is twice 3060 ti prices. How can 3080 replace 3060 ti with the budget?

[@raindrops3953]

Bruh where's valorant

[@valkiller1562]

that game can run on a potato, no need to test it

[@raindrops3953]

@@valkiller1562 😂😂😂 no bro I just wanna buy the spec with 240 Hz monitor so thought if it can give 240 fps while streaming in background

[@patrick8899]

@@valkiller1562 for esport Gamers : every FPS Count

[@valkiller1562]

@@patrick8899 ik, but u can run it with a 5600x and a 3060 with more than 250 , basically a potato

[@cheese0069]

🧀❤️

[@camerinwalker1365]

For $1500 this is a terrible combo😂 unless you're streaming or only planning on doing light gaming, or doing strictly 1080p, you could easily do way better for 1440p gaming at that pricepoint

[@orkhepaj]

like what?

[@xJinRaGna]

this build is definitely not it in terms of price to performance.

[@HasimFN]

Are u crazy it is

[@xJinRaGna]

@@HasimFN you can build something similar with an RTX 3080 for the same price man.

[@HasimFN]

@@xJinRaGna goodluck getting bottlenecked. Lol

[@xJinRaGna]

@@HasimFN why would you get bottlenecked? If youre buying a 3080, odds are you game at 1440p or 4K which is not an issue with any $200-300 CPU. At those resolutions you are more GPU bound. Even then a bottlenecked 3080 is vastly faster than a non bottlenecked 3060 Ti

[@froznfire9531]

@@HasimFN You can get a 5600+6900XT at that price and if you play 1440p or above, it does not bottleneck. So his build is just very poor in P/P since nobody needs a 13600k for gaming with a 3060ti

[@Redmirax]

Bottleneck detected, never buy an RTX 3060ti for with an i5 13600k thats just gonna bottleneck the cpu

[@markusotten145]

Firsttttttt