Building the $1200 Sweet Spot Gaming PC that EVERYONE should build!

[@finalmage6]

This settles it. I need to be a contractor working on Paul's house.

[@mrbill_oh_no]

I do cabinets

[@t1995roger10]

@@mrbill_oh_noI do countertops

[@OneTrueRat]

I can micro-manage

[@garynagle3093]

Darn! All the jobs I do are taken. 🤪🍻

[@PokèMyBalls]

I can manage the supervisor. Lol

[@Ladioz]

I built a PC for the same price with 7700 XT and 5800X3D (only because prices are crazy in Europe) and I love it. I can finally play titles like Last of Us and Cyberpunk smooth as butter...

[@shotgunshawzy]

Last of Us? lol time to expand your horizons

[@Ladioz]

@@shotgunshawzy What do you mean? what do you recommend

[@heinzguderian576]

Dayz

[@mjc0961]

@@Ladioz Just ignore that clown, play what makes you happy.

[@CallMeQkef]

Last of Us is an excellent game if you've never played it before. Think he^ means to say you're late to the party, but we don't all follow gaming religiously - there's like a hundred big titles I've never played yet

[@scrap.catastrophe]

Paul is a machine, not scared to mention his opinion of the hardware. Great breakdown of the case, missing grommets but preinstalled fans. He has the eye.

[@xler3441]

Jesus loves you so much and He is waiting for you with open arms, please accept Him in your heart and life while He is near

[@grantchitty8731]

So I built my first ever pc this week and with the exact cpu and gpu and I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you apply your thermal paste that way, I’ve been panicking ever since that I messed it up, also watched you’re build step by steps and they help me massively thank you. Very informative and well explained.

[@TmoneyBagz1]

I am about to build my first PC as well going with almost the exact build but I’m debating between the Ryder 5 7600x or the Ryzen 7 7700x. I’m probably going to go with the Ryzen 7 7700x. I am buying my own cooler, because I am aware the X does not come with a stock cooler. However, my question is, does the thermal paste come WITH the CPU or cooler? Or do I have to buy that separately?

[@TmoneyBagz1]

Also, in the future, if I want to upgrade my CPU to maybe a Ryzen 9 7950x, would the cooler one off the thermal paste easily? Or would be take some work getting it to detach? If you would know the answer to that question..?

[@Clashy69]

@@TmoneyBagz1 u have to buy the thermal paste urself, and if u were to change out ur cpu u want to use ur pc and get ur cpu to heat up rq and then remove the cooler off the cpu, u can remove it while its cold but its a pain

[@exot1c_dark066]

@@Clashy69bend over

[@MisterFunkee]

Nice and useful build, with BEAUTIFUL music. That jazzy vibe brings the needed relaxation in these hectic times. Keep on the good work, Paul!

[@mukkah]

Good call out on the audio accompaniment. Very enjoyable and often overlooked aspect of any video! ^^ Respect to the channel!!

[@KalebSDay]

Hope you and the kiddos are doing well Paul, looking forward to the completion of your house renovation series :) Always appreciate these sweet spot videos just so I can easily grasp the pieces to look out for in the current market in case I or someone I know is thinking about making another build.

[@SilverKnight16]

I'm in the process of building a PC that is nothing like this lol But it's great to see how powerful a $1200 PC can be. Gorgeous looking, too :D

[@lucasrem]

Nothing like this ? Not x64 ? UNIX ?

[@klooomy1520]

what are you going to build ?

[@virtual-adam]

In the UK pricing up the cheapest parts from the list in the description comes to £1,256.94 ($1,531.24). Got to love UK prices, for PC parts they are usually about the same number as the US but in pounds.

[@sleepylion9511]

Thanks you saved me a lot of time

[@malcaniscsm5184]

Well tbf US prices don't usually include sales tax. Take off 20% VAT, and that's a ~£1050 build.

[@virtual-adam]

@@sleepylion9511 No worries 👍

[@virtual-adam]

@@malcaniscsm5184 Was not aware of that, have to consider that in the future, thanks.

[@premprabhakar805]

we have 18% gst in india... 7800xt is actually cheaper in india than in us, without taxes ofc@@malcaniscsm5184

[@XBnPC]

That's a really nice system man. Congrats to your boy and kudos for the extra love. I'm sure he'll enjoy it

[@T.K.9]

Very clean build Paul. And Paul just legit blessing the people that gave their time and expertise to Paul with badas* PC's! =)

[@Javierm0n0]

On ssd prices; they really are so good. I just got a WD bkack 1TB for like 55 bucks. Last year i was only able to get 750GB for 70.

[@DownwithEA1]

This about spot on for my allotted price I set to aim for. Nice work Paul.

[@Dark88Dragon]

1.3 - 1.4k is my sweet spot for 1440p Ultra Gaming with good productivity as well, so yeah about right

[@Mark-ie1go]

Built a similar pc recently, although with a 5 7600x for the cpu instead of 7 7700x. Performance has been great so far, being able to play games at such high frame rates at 1440p is amazing to me. Very happy with it so far

[@Mark-ie1go]

@@Kim-gy8vi AsRock B650M PG Riptide WiFi and a 7800xt I might have the motherboards name slightly incorrect but I think that should be it

[@Berzerker-]

Nice video ! Btw i am building one with ryzen 7 7700x and thinking wheter should i go buy the 7900xt or 7800xt as i play mainly ow and valo but on 1440p 240hz monitor

[@sadcat520]

It would be cool if you include a benchmark for a popular/relevant game of the month so we can see what it's more or less capable of

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

I'm sure he would of if he had time to do that.

[@dillonvillon]

7800xt and 7700x.. it’s going to be 100+ fps in most games at 1440p

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

@@dillonvillon That will be very nice. Right now we are not at the proper level of hardware for 4k gaming realisticly. I don't do a lot of high fps gaming but I do a lot of "Multi-Tasking" and even with my MSI 7900XTX Gaming Trio Classic - there are a few times that i get a low memory warning. Currently until a ddr5 memory modules come out that are higher capacty then 48 gb per ; I have the max amount of ram you can have. A lot of the parts in my system are deigned and meant for "Other" purposes then how I am using them but they have the features and capabilities I wanted my machine to have.

[@dockerb3159]

​@@johnpaulbacon8320 do you do 4k rendering on top of other stuff? Crazy to think of over 100gb of ram usage

[@RedBairnMedia]

The 7800xt definitely seems like the "least bad" option at this moment in time. Especially for those without bottomless pockets.

[@malcaniscsm5184]

That's how I'd describe it. It doesn't feel like a particularly great GPU deal, it's just that almost all the others are worse. What it really highlights is that the 6800XT would have been a smash hit with gamers if bloody miners and scalpers hadn't ruined it.

[@WaterZer0]

Used 6000 series are great deals.

[@fhpchris]

As someone with a 7900 XTX I advise you to buy a used nvidia card like the 3080TI or 2080TI.

[@IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature]

lol. Used is always a gamble. A gamble I won't take, but I will keep an eye on the sales.

[@e8p1q]

@@fhpchriswhy’s that? I’m looking to get the 7900 xtx for my build

[@gwaites6329]

Yessssss!!!!! THANK YOU! managed to buy and take a risk on the no frills XFX 7900xt for only 700$ so... Now im deciding between am4 or trusting am5 after years of waiting snd to give myseof room in the future since 7800x3d is soooooo perfect! But i already have a 5800x3d and full 3600 ram kit so a 200$ mobo is all i would need to finish the build with a psu and case and cooler so idk. And high end rig would be so much fun since my first 1400$ build with the ol gtx 1080 lasted ne 5 years and i want my next build to last 5 years even if i transition from 1440p to 4k after it matures so time will tell cheeeeers

[@dalamar1035]

Love the Channel Paul keep up the good work, The look on his face was priceless on how well the system turned out.

[@aaronjessome1032]

7700/7800xt is such a sick combo. Enjoy Eric!!

[@JayzBeerz]

not sick but meh

[@davidmoffitt981]

Absolutely love how those Light Wings fans look - gorgeous build.

[@StevenKW]

That's a pretty nice case, fits everything nicely and isn't comically large. Great looking build as well.

[@bizbarley74]

Love the build. Issue though is the 7800 XT is hard to find right now for $500 and the Ryzen 5 7600x provides plenty of power for a much lower price.

[@igotthejuice2090]

Newegg has a bunch of them for $500 or $520

[@bizbarley74]

@@igotthejuice2090 Yes they do now.

[@joza3077]

so the 8 cores vs 6 cores isnt much of a difference either?

[@bizbarley74]

@@joza3077 It depends on what you are using it for, so to answer more clearly, if you are trying to break into the AM5 platform solely for gaming, which is mainly the rigs I build for clients, the Ryzen 5 7600X provides plenty of power combined with the 7800 XT. For only gaming, you are not going feel any performance difference going up to the Ryzen 7, I think it's a total waste of money in this build, you could spend that extra $100 is SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS, where you would actually see improvement in gaming. So unless you plan on going with a very high tier GPU, the 7600X is going to be fine for any current games. However, if you plan on making this a multi purpose system, where you are mixing games, and maybe your into content creation, or you work in a field using a lot of 3D graphic designing, heavy applications and such (personally I would be advising Intel at that point, but this is AMD talk), then I would recommend moving to the Ryzen 7. Because that extra processor power is going to be very noticeable at that point. And because this is a gaming build, I thought I should mention this, because you could put the extra money in much better places. So I hope that helps to answer your question with a bit more clarity. I've seen others overkilling the CPU recently on the AM5 platform, and I'm honestly not sure why. I think it's possible that some are just not aware at how efficient and well balanced this new lineup of CPUs by AMD are, I'm not totally sure. But unless you plan on purchasing one of the RX 7900 GPUs or something high end on the Nvidia side, where you could possibly run into bottlenecks, you should be good. Save the money or invest in other areas.

[@chrispittmanComputing]

Your sponsor Micro Center has a 7700X Cpu, Motherboard, Ram combo for $399 which would allow for an insane build at a $1200 budget

[@AMDRyzenEnthusiastGroup]

Signal RGB is the move, Paul. I've now rid myself of all the crappy AIB RGB software. It's a whole new world man.

[@tripp-hq]

Great build! I'm still rocking the 5800x3D and the 6800XT. Waiting for the right time to upgrade to AM5.

[@wow708]

cheapest ssd m.2 2T is around 100€ here Finland so its around 105$ and i love to see 70$ ssd here x) its around 67€

[@Darulcheyan]

Love how happy he was to get this, welcome to the master race Eric!! Well done Paul this was a good video and I love seeing someone get something not expected and be truly grateful kudos to you both

[@danc4046]

I'm really pleased with my G300A that I recently case swapped to. The USB Type C and USB 3 front panel ports use a shared USB 3 motherboard header. For my motherboard, picking up a 90 degree USB 3 adapter for the header really helped.

[@lucasrem]

USB 40 board, no thunderbolt 4 ? You should do USB C only, color-coding how fast the port is, USB 80 ? Why USB 3 still ?

[@danc4046]

@@lucasrem What I'm saying is on this specific case, the front panel USB ports are spliced together to a single connector for a motherboard header.

[@crankymichael]

I've been very impressed with OpenRGB's abiilty to find all the hodge-podge of RGB in my system - small footprint and let's me get rid of all the other junk packages. Couldn't get Signal to recognise the RAM or fans.

[@c4un544n5]

I was ABSOLUTELY going bonkers thinking my asrock motherboard doesn't work with my lexar rgb ram. Download polychrome and lexar ares rgb software both doesn't work! Open rgb saved me from pulling my hair out.

[@garynagle3093]

Love the video Paul. Hope Erick has many many hours of enjoyment

[@quintyss1290]

You are such a kind man, Paul.

[@desmofan1864]

Yay! Eric got to peel the glass, too!

[@wingman-1977]

Can we give props for the soundtrack playing during the actual build? I was literally nodding my head while it was playing.

[@BetWithCris]

Paul, I can uh... cut your grass if you let me use your lawn mower

[@stevenschommer8628]

Very solid build for $1200. I just built something very similar for $1550 with a R5 7600X & 7900 XT with a 2TB Samsung 990 Pro. I also used a 240 mm AIO instead of an Air Cooler. The upgrade to AM5 has been awesome! Great video!

[@FalseOracle617]

AM5 is fantastic.

[@marcojakobgorospe7447]

love everything about this build, I recently just built a pc with the same specs, tho i would go for a different motherboard as the gigabyte b650 gaming x ax is prone to coil whine, mine had a really loud severe coil whine and when i got it exchanged for one that supposedly didn't have coil whine I was met with the same severe ear bleeding coil whine, ended up completely swapping motherboards and went with the asrock pg lightning and haven't heard coil whine ever since.

[@Chill_Mode_JD]

@14:09 Check out that sweet mini split! 🥶❄️❄️ Excellent work as always Paul 🤘

[@joshuadillon8893]

Amazing build. I would love to see how you would build a workstation PC.

[@foreskrin]

Such a cool dude, your videos are always straight to the point.

[@adams4075]

I find my cousin (had every cert under the sun worth having even was an Alpha tester for WoW) had the best advice: Hardware costs are a curve. Then suddenly spikes, you buy there, and you get a decent system. The only emption was my first R5 3600. The only 500 series boards that were out was the X570 the 550 had yet to have a solid release date. I don't even think they were announced yet. X570 purchased 5/13/2020.

[@levijosephcreates]

Gotta love a sexy mid range build, especially as it's for Eric. Nice one.

[@CoinHolder27]

Just want to say thanks for the video, I want to build a 7800xt but have had trouble finding a good build in my price range, and this helped a ton!!

[@billmaddocks5276]

Hi Paul...big thanks and much appreciation for your excellent vids.:)...Great delivery and you dont mess around like some others. I have subscribed and will look forward to many more hours watching a master at work:)...peace from the UK.

[@Snafu2346]

5 years ago, $1200 buys you a near top gaming PC Today, $1200 buys you a pretty decent motherboard!

[@JTrapp2127]

Bruh no there's like no mobos that cost that much. Have you even looked at prices??

[@amberturd3504]

Why are you talking about Madison? You sound guilty. Me too vers 2.0

[@Snafu2346]

@@JTrapp2127 Took me 10 seconds to find a MSI godlike that is $1,199. Try harder.

[@StefanEtienneTheVerrgeRep]

@@Snafu2346 Asking a Gen LaZy to try harder come on man.

[@masteryoda3496]

@@JTrapp2127 plenty of MB's are over a thousand. It sounds like you're the only one that hasn't looked. Maybe go back to your prebuilts son.

[@Zordonzig]

For Thermalright I suggest to people to start looking at the Phantom Spirit. It is the updated successor to the Peerless Assasin. Hardware Canucks has a video on it and it performs even better than the assassin.

[@bizbarley74]

Yeah great build. I just would have used the Ryzen 5 7600x, if you can find a 7800 XT for MSRP go with that, otherwise, the 6800 XT is widely available for $499.99. With the extra $150 saved, you could upgrade to an 850w PSU, better SSD, and case. Still amazing built for the price point. A 850w PSU would be great for worry free future updates without having to take everything apart. You can also add an extra couple fans. Well done though.

[@Pembroke.]

Congratulations Eric 👏🎉

[@scrap.catastrophe]

oh yeah, just that sweet spot. the indescribable ecstasy of perfect form and function and finance. Sublime...

[@cohiba1982]

Another great video and excellent reality based build, thanks Paul and company.

[@Johnnytempist]

I just built one also looking for some feed back. $1000 usd -msi b550 -5600x -32gb Corsair vengeance -rtx3080 10gb -850w modular -1tb nvme

[@radupopescu4241]

Nice build

[@toastedg1]

Why there is still not a micro center in san jose California or in the same county is beyond belief.

[@ShinyHelmet]

I reckon that RX 7800 XT could do with some propping up given how easily Gigabyte cards seem to crack around the end of the PCI-E connector due to card droop. Great build though.

[@Serene-Scream]

I really like SignalRGB, been using it for years. Unfortunately they do not yet support any AMD GPU. My previous Sapphire Nitro cards would work with it when plugged in to a argb header on the mb or hub. Of course I picked up an Asus Tuf RX 7800 XT on launch day. Even Armory Create doesn’t recognize it but I submitted info to OpenRGB and am able to control the whopping 4 LEDs on it now.

[@chrissoclone]

I don't trust Signal - since installing it my RGB is completely borked and neither Signal nor any other RGB software can change the settings anymore, even after a full BIOS reflash and CMOS reset. Might be a coincidence, but since it went immediately poof after installing Signal I have a bad feeling about the software.

[@Serene-Scream]

⁠@@chrissocloneinteresting… I’ve never had any issues with any hardware (supported or not) being borked by SignalRGB or OpenRGB. I am genuinely curious now, what specific hardware was affected?

[@chrissoclone]

@@Serene-Scream Asrock B650M Pro RS Mainboard with some Thermalright fans. Their own RGB software sucks and is buggy as hell, but at least I could set a static color (all I need), since installing Signal everything is broken. Asrock's software refuses to even start, giving me a (known) error hanging endlessly at some "updating RGB firmware" screen but doing nothing. I completely uninstalled and one by one reinstalled/tried/uninstalled again both RGB softwares, reset the mainboard, reflashed the BIOS, no go - I can't even change the color in the BIOS anymore. I can't say what happened and who's at fault, all I can say is it started with installing SignalRGB. Although, at the same time a Windows update dropped which comes with it's own RGB controls apparently (which doesn't work either and shouldn't support Asrock), maybe this had something to with it too. I assume some software left remains in the system even after uninstalling, although that doesn't explain why I can't even change the RGB in the BIOS anymore.

[@Serene-Scream]

⁠@@chrissocloneyeah, running insider builds of Windows can certainly be problematic. I personally don’t think that SignalRGB would be the cause of the issues you’re experiencing. I’ve used it with dozens of builds utilizing a wide variety of hardware (supported and unsupported) and never had it “break” any hardware before. Regardless, I hope you get the issues you’re experiencing resolved.

[@chrissoclone]

@@Serene-Scream Oh, no insider builds here - but after further experiments, having it fixed once and then break again, I left SignalRGB mostly off the leash for now and think the real culprit is Asrock's own RGB software. I'm now simply setting RGB values in the BIOS and use nothing anymore. Maybe once my nerves are calm enough again I'll give OpenRGB a shot. SignalRGB, once I got it working, needs to start with Windows and stay active to function, which for me is no-go, I want to set a theme once then forget the software exists.

[@dinkidink5912]

Pet peeve of mine, no dust filters for the front intake fans, I mean you can always buy some yourself but they should included by default.

[@kasumisman]

that psu is a bit on the older side, don't follow this guide part by part. for those wondering if a newer psu matters, yes it does. capacitors get updated.

[@stub1116]

That was a really nice video!

[@kfrench1911]

I apologize if this was mentioned already, but I don’t see the USB-C front panel connector ever got plugged in. Awesome build and obviously I hope I’m wrong.

[@JediObiDave]

TN needs a Microcenter

[@Teksers]

You only had the power connected to the hub. Where is the second cable which connects to an RGB header on the motherboard? The hub comes with SATA power cable and RGB cable. I know because I have 2x 3 fan packs which I used in my PC. The PC looks awesome anyway.

[@jayzogtm]

Definitely built my pc w a couple diff components. The 7800xt is amazing for me.

[@shawnbretthauer]

Microcenter is your favorite place to buy pc parts? My favorite place to be overall. I’d love to see the California location in person. Love my two Atlanta locations though.

[@Omni-mal]

Hi Paul, great build and a video. I was wondering how do you pick what PSU for the builds?

[@raze4789]

basically my system, just different brand parts, it's a solid mid-range build for 1440p

[@skyhighsunlight]

Great. This is so super great. I hope that pc will last.

[@TheHrb1234]

Enjoy your new computer Eric!

[@Hydra_X9K_Music]

They're FINALLY going to open a Micro Center in Miami, so i can finally have one decently near me!

[@xavestudio4623]

this 7800 xt price to performance is on another level

[@rosesmcgee4159]

So glad Eric made the correct choice and went with the ultrawide. Great build, Paul.

[@davem7722]

Nzxt H1 - 199 best buy (case/AIO/750 PSU) Ryzen 78003dx - 34 MSI 650i edge - 239 MSI 6800xt - 379 Lexar 2tb m.2 - 80 lexar 32gb DDR (AMD expo) - 80 1329 total, build for my son for Christmas

[@dystopia-usa]

It's pretty easy to build a solid, good quality 1080p gaming PC on a budget. Building a solid, good quality 1440p PC takes you closer to $2000 though if you are using good quality parts.

[@dillonvillon]

Just did a 5700x/6950xt build on a duplicate b550 amazon sent me several months ago. $1250 for all wild

[@bumixtv8991]

i like this long videos when u explain everything with a lot of details e.e keep the good work!

[@JoshGinter]

This is damn close to the parts list that I put together for build independently. Only real difference is that I went with a higher end motherboard from Asus and 7800x3D for the CPU. But same GPU, same RAM, same size SSD, PSU. I went with the other Thermaltake CPU cooler. And I've got an older Fractal Meshify 2 case I'm reusing. Building it tomorrow!

[@kungfupoet]

how did it turn out trying to make my first pc n i’m considering these specs

[@Richard-dl2yp]

Hi, thanks for the video, but what about 7500f? The 7500f costs around 170€, the 7600 cost 200-210€.

[@JustinRich-zn3gz]

I just ordered almost an identical build before seeing this video.

[@Windtaunter]

Paul, thank you for the build. Excellent timing, just replacing wife's and my machines. Your memory link is for a Model that does not function with the motherboard and it isn't on Gigabyte's Memory support list. Amazon is swapping, so no issues! Thanks again!

[@TheHandyHam73]

I bought a Lenovo Legion 7i back in January for $1699.99 i9 12900k RTX 3070 16gb ddr5 4800 works flawlessly now selling for $2145.85. Not often you buy a PC and a year later it's worth more than you paid for it.

[@Razear]

Nice inadvertent fan upgrade too. Will run a lot quieter and probably last much longer than the stock ones.

[@notrelevant9631]

Just pointing it out, but you say the SSD is PCIE 4 when the box says it's PCIE 3.0 x4.

[@eddiehouse4364]

I’m currently trying to learn about pcs because I want one but have also been setback on saving because my child was just born so now I’ll be prepared when i go to buy a pc lmao

[@AndelaPandela]

Building computers for your contractors and featuring them in the video kinda rules

[@ocha-time]

(looks at table) I approve of this build. I did similar with same price. I ended up going AM4 because I like it, but I got a 4070 with a 5600x (now a 5600x3D, thank you Microcenter), 32GB DDR4@3600MHz, puppy SMOKES. 4070/7800XT are plenty, PLENTY of gaming juice to either reach or bust your 165Hz refresh limit. I had to do 125% render on 1440p Ultra with Diablo 4 just to dip back down to 140fps. It's plenty of juice. Paying more for a GPU makes no sense to me. You've gotta have more sense than money, don't be paying 4070Ti+ prices, that's so silly.

[@RadNitro]

I love Micro Center too.

[@emrehatipoglu8455]

i've build the same one except the ssd great buy :D

[@xtremegl]

My favorite type of content :). Thanks Paul

[@Silv3rDragon]

Missed the "x" in the description on the 7600x

[@JoshOB21]

Yeah.. but can it run crysis?? How is the performance of this machine? It looks great!

[@TheZoenGaming]

Okay, I'm curious why you went with this and not the Pop Air? It's been $80 USD for a while, has 3 fans, and is a bit more modern.

[@alvinbontuyan279]

This is the build for me. Thanks!

[@Dracossaint]

To add to ssd storage prices being solid, I got a 4tb ssd (sata) for a $160! That used to be the price of 2tb

[@Dracossaint]

Crucial

[@kTSWaynos]

Wow the prices of pc parts in Australia I did the closest I could get to your $1215 build at my local shop and it was $2250

[@bagboybrown]

Beast of a PC :D

[@coltongoodgion8098]

Keep making good content man!!

[@Xilent1]

Love the build. Can I use that 7800xt with a CX650F- 650W PSU? Its a Tier B GPU from the Linus Tech PSU list. Maybe under volt???? How about not undervolting.

[@techdior]

i running a 7900 xtx with a 750psu you should be good

[@gucky4717]

My opinion? Never use the stock cooler, you'll never know how hot the room will be or how dusty the PC becomes. Also if you go with the older 5800X3D, you pay the same or less and have about 20% more performance in games. Yes you can't upgrade from AM4, but first gen AM5 might not support the last CPU that comes to AM5 and RAM support is also limited. SOME people might also opt for a 4070 for better RT support and lower powerconsumption.

[@elepium1914]

I just realized I'm not subbed but i watch you all the time bruh

[@RavagedGamer]

how was the return process for the dead fan?

[@m1noladea]

the i5 13600k seems cheaper and better than the ryzen7 7700x, why dont u go with the intel? any specific reason?

[@Cheesedream]

I5 13600k is $60 to 100 more.

[@kamelionify]

probably upgradeability, the z790 chipset is probably the eol for Intel, they use a 2 chipset upgrade cycle.

[@asmrnaturecat984]

In the video is the cheaper 7700 without x