Can you make a budget ITX gaming PC?

[@theinktician]

ITX should've always been the budget range. At some point we started considered small sizes as a selling point - which doesn't really apply to these, since mini PCs and laptops exist

[@MrGeforcerFX]

I built mine in 2022 with a combo of used and new parts. I got a inwin B1 case with a 300w gold PSU included for $130, a asrock B450 mitx am4 board for $130 and a ryzen 5 2400ge for $40 with a stock ryzen wraith cooler for $8, $25 for a 480gb ssd and $42 for 16gb corsair DDR3 3200mhz. Runs all the games I like to play without an issue and thanks to the 35watt TDP on the CPU it's really quiet. $375 and it's been great as my HTPC/ game console and the inwin B1 looks great with my tv stand.

[@elib7467]

Funny story, if you pause the video at 3:10, I'm the one who one the bid on that h170i. It was delayed in the mail for over 2 months, so the seller gave me a refund. Not more than a few days later, it showed up in my mailbox. What a trip to see it in this video! Currently using it for Hackintosh/Windows 10 dual boot. Was gonna sell it but no way now!!! haha

[@acid3129]

I have an itx pc as my second system I use it when travelling. Its got a asus rog mitx z790 motherboard 64gb ddr5 6000ghz and a nvidia rtx a2000 gpu the cpu is an i3 13100. The a2000 is a beast of a card 6gb vram the power of an rtx 3060 and no need for external power

[@BudgetBin]

Impressive. So what is your main system then?

[@acid3129]

@@BudgetBin i7 13700f . Evga ftw3 rtx 3080 ultra with hybrid cooling kit . 64gb ddr5 2 pcie gen 4 2tb m.2 and a gen 3 250gb m.t for OS in a white nzxt H5 flow

[@BudgetBin]

@@acid3129 Very nice!

[@reitastatic3386]

Same I also have a atx and itx build. And the itx is for when I travel lol. I don't like to use laptops personally so the itx saves the day.

[@OVERSKULL87]

I thought for a second I'd left a Jerryrigeverything video playing. Great Video!

[@TechDweeb]

ITX are my favorite builds!

[@BudgetBin]

I think ITX is very cool and fun despite the challenge! I hope to do another one on this channel when I get the chance. I appreciate you checking out the video! Big fan!

[@LapNgo-h9u]

I recently built a new PC in a TT Core V1. It's larger than your average ITX case, but as budget friendly as you can get. It's got a Z690 MB, i3 12100F, RX6600 and a 650 W PSU for under $800. I am very happy with it.

[@taibro1]

I think the z690 is overkill for the i3 12100f

[@LapNgo-h9u]

@@taibro1 It is, but I got it open box from Newegg about $130, which was about the same as the lower tiered MBs. It came with more features, so I figured, why not?

[@taibro1]

@@LapNgo-h9u thats insane dude, i cant use newegg in my country sadly

[@wvjeepguy8178]

My problem with ITX is the cases are typically too expensive for what you're getting, while also typically being horribly inefficient in their layout. Nicer, boutique cases by people who actually know what they're doing can be quite pricey.

[@BudgetBin]

I feel like the case I got and designs similar to them can be technically less than $50 and more so around $30 all things considered, but the demand is just not there for these cases. If a company could do them just cheap enough using a different material along with an aluminum frame, I feel like the could be popular purely based on price.

[@theinktician]

And this is why they should be at the bottom of the pricing chart.

[@juanshaftpatel7488]

cooler master NR200r is always on sale with rebate and coupons for a final cost of 39

[@SuixdeCity]

The cases i like are around 160 to 180 but thats wayyy out of my budget

[@mirulrs]

Nice video! i got lucky and scored myself a build with the same exact case for -300usd, it has no gpu though but it runs a ryzen 3400g so i can still use it and slot in a dedicated gpu in the future

[@gorjaharchangel2267]

Very nice and well made video! I believe it depicts the exact problems of building a budget friendly ITX PC. Due to the lack of space and the requirement to be a bit frequently away from home, I was also thinking about making an ITX gaming PC. Though I found a bargain (

[@BudgetBin]

Glad you liked it! And that was something I wanted touch up on more in the video (but obviously this is twice as long as my regular videos so that wasn't going to happen,) anyone is probably better off being patient and waiting for the moment to get a decent deal and building on it. Even M-ATX has a lot to offer but not too little to where you can't afford anything at all. I hope to talk more about this in a future video.

[@suryaya441]

Man this is such a great video. Building a nice sffpc at the cheapest possible price is its own fun.

[@ehohackner]

I love that DIY IO shield. I don't know if it works as a shield for static and stuff, but I like that it function aesthetically but also for for venting out heated air.

[@BudgetBin]

Yeah, I did wonder if it was truly effective in that way, but I was glad with how it turned out.

[@Saphykitten]

I have an Aliexpress MATX case on its way, I’m excited to see what shows up

[@aChairLeg]

Sick budget build, love it!

[@BudgetBin]

Thanks!

[@xbuildscustoms]

IDCOOLING FTW! 😂 awesome video I've been itching to do a itx build...you're definitely living up to the BUDGET BIN name

[@BudgetBin]

Haha thanks man! glad you liked the vid!

[@jannepiirainen8799]

This is the video I needed to see before I bought an ITX case. I quit my build when I saw the flex-atx prices. Itx is not good as a person's only computer. It's more pricey and if you use it too hard you will be paying again when buying replacement parts. Cost of ownership will be bad in the long run. Very good as a second hobby computer. Maybe it can teach modesty, because with itx you can't have it all.

[@zerocal76]

I appreciate your video bc it reaffirmed my decision to Not build one 😄 I already have a main rig, gaming laptop, work laptop plus building a 2nd PC for a game room (using my old GTX 1070). Great vid!

[@BudgetBin]

Thanks, glad I reaffirmed it! I'm also glad you enjoyed the video!

[@andipajeroking]

I would say an matx is the sweet spot. Small but still affordable.

[@bot2k6]

This is a super underrated channel

[@NADP0]

Very interesting video, I must say I quite like this format and appreciate your findings for ITX builds.

[@BudgetBin]

Thanks a lot! Hopefully you will like what I make in the future!

[@all2funnycomments724]

Great build. Great 8bit music too.

[@msy10]

wow two of my liked things, mini itx and thunderforce iv bgm.

[@DavidLee-cr4xv]

The case in the video seems to be on the small side of ITX cases. There are cases that, while still compact and designed for ITX, actually have reasonable room and are easier to build in. NR200 and SG13 are two such cases. They are also from name brands and are not very expensive. The infamous NZXT H1 case is actually great to build in, now that the dangerous riser is replaced. The unit came with a good 650w SFX PSU and 140mm AIO cooler. I bought a couple from eBay for $150 2 yrs ago when a ton of them were being dumped due to the notoriety. Getting an unpopular component is a way to save some money of the problem causing the unpopularity is actually solved.

[@TheBeastyGerbil]

ITX is always a pain in the ass, it’s the universal rule that you have to accept. Also you should never trust a manufactures rating for TDP. Especially since not even the chips have accurate TDP ratings. For example AMD doesn’t even use power in their “Thermal Design Power” calculations

[@blindtechh]

Interesting video. Love how small that itx pc looks

[@melsandi1737]

that whats make itx build rewarding the constant worrying parts may not fit.

[@witchbang]

depending on where you live an itx case might just be the better option, personally i would be willing to pay 1k-1.2k usd for an itx build before considering a matx build

[@FreakyDudeEx]

i think it was possible for your budget to go the deskmeet x300 route with a ryzen 3 cpu it would have been almost the same price if not cheaper with new deskmeet x300 and a new ryzen 3 cpu if you could find one where you are at... there are a lot of those ryzen 3 in my country and they are dirt cheap like less than 60 usd a pop and you can get them second hand for even cheaper price than that... and the deskmeet x300 comes with a 500w psu for like less than 200 bucks with wifi since all non wifi version is kind of hard to find here in this country... and it would have cost less than 150 bucks here for the non wifi version... its 8L and can fit in a backpack as well... slightly bigger but it comes with the benefit of being able to use regular PSU and a 210.9mm GPU if you are willing to fiddle with the GPU to fit it in... and 4 RAM slots... so the options to use up to 4060ti/3060ti or 6600xt/7600xt becomes possible... as for the PSU being 6 pin instead of 8pins... a lot of people had done mods to daisy chain 2 other ground pins to make the last 2 pins... in fact some reputable PSU manufacturers also do so as well... so all you had to do was get a donor PSU with the extra 2 pins and cut out the cables and the male connectors and jump/splice 2 of the ground pins from the flex PSU that does not have the 8 pin... i mean if you went all the way like that with the GPU might as well go full mod at home vibe with the whole thing....

[@venix20]

well as far gpu is not a huge issue .... lately i found that a good deal is the ashrock deskmini x300 combined with the ryzen 5500gt i 2x8 ddr4 sodim 3200 from a laptop update and a 250 gb ssd left over so i made a computer with those that costed me only 230 euros .... i was surprised what that little guy can do ...after i done testing i gifted the computer to my father that was the intention of the build to begin with :P

[@Dtr146]

I funny used node 202 case, a SegoTep semi-modular ITX power supply, some steel b450 motherboard, so random Corsair ram, a risen 5600X, a off-brand low profile cooler with two fans that turn out to be amazing, and a GTX 590. Everything came out to be around $550. You just got to be willing to buy some stuff that seems kind of meth

[@Vasher-The-Destroyer]

What people would want an ITX for is likely the portability but the oddest form factor is Mirco ATX too big to carry around like ITX but not bigger than an ATX its somewhere in the middle just really odd.

[@WellBeSerious12]

You sound like Michael MJD, tech-tuber.

[@BudgetBin]

We could be related. Great minds think alike, as well as sound alike.

[@tomdillan]

I would say a gtx 1650 super single fan would work best. Almost all every hp gpu lately has the power plug in the front. I have a hp gtx 1650 super, RX 5500 and rtx 3060 all power plugs point forward to clear the side panels in their prebuilts.

[@polo199199]

Silverstone SG13+Ryzen 3600+RX580 8G+16G DDR4. Then any ITX motherboard and 500W PSU you can find at the cheapest used price you can get. Bluetooth and Wifi USB dongles. I built that PC in 2024 all with used parts for around 350€. Currently running as my main Steam box/HTPC in my living room. Running even recent games at 1080p. Based on YT, it should run The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 in 1080p at (or very close to) 60fps. As you said, MB and PSU are what are killing the price. Next upgrade for me, RX6600 coming in for 100€ as a replacement for the RX580. Should get 60fps in 1080p in all games easily. Sapphire"s RX580 and RX6600 are both smaller than 22cm in length. Ryzen3600+RX580 if you're on the cheap. Ryzen3600+RX6600 if you want good performance. Then everything else as cheap as you can. Best value combos I found after hours of research.

[@Uomodargilla]

You really should put all of these affiliate links for earn a minor comission for this amazing video. Even if some price are higher than ebay

[@BudgetBin]

@@Uomodargilla I have thought about it, but I just don't feel right about doing that. I rather people just watch my video with ads on or become a member for only 99 cents a month on here if they want to support me. I get the whole point behind affiliate links but, I don't know. I guess I just feel dirty in a sense doing something like that lol.

[@Uomodargilla]

@@BudgetBin I appreciate the honesty but I think you're missing out on a little something even if it only pays for a coffee or something, this kind of content sincerely deserves a minimum of remuneration and if the links you put in are at the lowest prices you can find there's nothing dishonest about it! in any case thanks for all the info I loved the video it's a nice change from 99% of test or 'montage' videos with no real research! and I don't want to force you, but consider the aliexpress affiliation, it takes 2 minutes to join and the link to the case or the wifi antenna or other aliexpress products in other videos would do you good, it's probably the most transparent and best service, I say that because I've been working with it for 3/4 months (see my bio) few people use it and its great to tell people real prices (since you can get some cheap and real 7800x3d and other part from there) I guess no report but over the last hour I've been gradually stumbling across the Ryzen 7 8845hs and various mini PCs with this beast inside, a 6500XT looks to be 35% more powerful than the igpu 780M but I came across the gmktec k8 at $550 for 32gb 1to and its even smaller formfactor, I think I'm going to give up on the idea of building a sff aha

[@BudgetBin]

@@Uomodargilla I will reconsider. I really appreciate you caring about just a random content creator like me. I have my hands full but in the next week or so bit will find time to work on affiliate stuff and give it all a look. Also as far as the Ryzen 7 8845hs goes, I have been itching to do a video on some alliexpress cpus and boards lately. So I will be on that website soon regardless lol. Thanks.

[@appletuntrainer]

That's uhh... A choice. For that price you could definitely get much more performance

[@adamblack1908]

Not in my region. My specs are: -m24 itx case -asrock b550i itx/ac. -amd ryzen r5 5600. -axp 90 x36. -asrock rx 6600 xt challenger. -hyperx fury 16gb 3200 ddr4 (2×8). -crucial p3 plus 500gb. -tf skywinditil U1 flex psu 500 watts. My total is $908 usd.

[@abunk8691]

I'm currently considering rebuilding my older PC with a Xeon E3-1240V3 since I'm aiming to downsize and I think ITX may be an option for me. Budgeting would probably be like this: the Xeon E3 1240V3 (got this for ~39 USD) ~17 USD for 16gb DDR3 1600mhz ~27 USD for an ITX H81 motherboard ~20 USD for a cheap ITX case that supports SFX power supplies ~47 USD for an RX 550 low profile (already got a 240gb ssd and SFX psu) So that would be about 111 more USD for the build. The RX 550 could be substituted with a GT1030 for me but those are twice as expensive and have very few used options in my area. Alternatively there's the option of getting an Optiplex 7060 Micto that has an i5 8500T, 16gb DDR4, 240gb M.2 SSD for about ~156 USD. What do you think?

[@abunk8691]

I technically could reuse the ram from its current build but I think I'll try to flip the rig it came from which is my old pc that got upgraded. That has an i3 4170, 10gb DDR3, H81 motherboard inside a mATX case. The Xeon won't work as I need a dedicated a GPU for it since it has no iGPU and I used to have one (RX 560) but had to sell it off.

[@abunk8691]

This plan got abandoned as I sold off my Xeon E3 PC. The Optiplex 7060 Micro would likely be what I would go for since I found some of that for around 150 USD±10USD.

[@SuixdeCity]

You can get the apivea flex power supply now its fully modular and its 50

[@jtx1059]

Quick Question. Around 6:28 I see that where you install the riser cable, there are two standoffs holding it in place. Can you actually move the standoffs to adjust the riser cable if it has weird areas of where to screw it in place?

[@BudgetBin]

So, as far as I can tell and remember you can adjust the riser, but not the standoffs. It gave some wiggle room so depending on the setup you could accommodate for cables or shrouds into the build.

[@Kryostance]

I likes your video. As an itx owner. U overpaid for the mobo combo😢. My country is so much worse than the US but we have for example used itx coolermaster itx with regular atx psu support for 13$. I believe you can pay a little bit more for case and a little bit less on PSU if the new case supports a regular ATX PSU. Still enjoyed your idea ❤

[@qwertykeyboard5901]

Lol, I pretty much just play on my PS3 and mobile phone. I love my Dimension 2400 though. Hopefully I can finangle a prescott in there.

[@itstomatopuree]

built a09 htpc mini itx pc with most things brand new using low profile rx 550 4gb for under 200usd

[@Carrington1961]

Love the channel, i have a bunch of spare cpus and components do you want them?

[@BudgetBin]

Glad you enjoy the content. And I appreciate it, but unless I get a PO Box, I feel bad just taking stuff from nice viewers such as yourself. Maybe in the near future if I get one, then sure!

[@Carrington1961]

@@BudgetBin its actually components that i need to get rid of anyway, moved out for college, its like 5 Intel stock coolers, an i3 8100 an i3 4170, core 2 quad,core 2 duo and 2gb of ecc ddr2 ram

[@AI.Musixia]

no i have a budget gaming cube pc in m-itx formfactor one time itx everytime itx! the only problem i have is the gpu i want is 5mm to long others too thick and the most sff gpus are older then my gigabyte gtx1660super oc :D i think this cant be so hard too find a new gpu that is 40mm thick (2slot) 11-13cm high and 240 - 280mm long need 600watt psu and fits in my budget and has the power i want :D lol at 10:10 is my case at the list (not really the same bcz ive the snow edition not the black :D)

[@jjaze9831]

I think budget itx is still possible but you have to cut down on the PSU.

[@drrobotsir]

That power supply was way too expensive. Corsair SF750 is only $150 right now

[@ehohackner]

cases compatible with flex powerr supplies are very different from cases compatible with SFX PSUs though

[@Lord_Reeves]

You don't need to mount SSD's, just stick them to the PSU with electrical tape

[@SpoonHurler]

I wonder how good of a build you can make with 700 usd and the 115-ish usd Hyte Revolt case and 700w sfx psu combo?

[@jankington216]

If you're building a custom PC and think the case is gonna make or break your budget, try ball in a cup.

[@vader148]

The case you have for the big pc, is the Fractal Design Define S?

[@jzj_in_90s]

You don't need a GPU you just need to replace to processor with and APU which is combined with a cpu and a gpu you can find them or just over 100$ and save space a lot.

[@warbird11_]

Apu's arent that powerful

[@witchbang]

i hope to one day make a buil with the velka 5

[@SuixdeCity]

Theres also the ao9 the ao2 and joyjom

[@LowcastleTech]

Heelz yeah

[@HappyTribble]

Am I missing something here? You bought faster RAM, but the CPU only supports up to 2133Mhz according to Intel's own website, so that extra RAM speed would be wasted.

[@whaddyamean99]

I want to build one to play emulators on my tv

[@kennethlee1977]

the itx S300 case is cheap and fits a triple fan GPU

[@BudgetBin]

Yeah I've seen that case, I want to revisit itx PC building in the near future and I was thinking of that case in particular.

[@AlexFoo89]

still have market for this sir? considering that there are alternatives like asus rog ally

[@BudgetBin]

I think the ITX platform still has a pretty good market. After all, things like the ASUS ROG Ally is in the mobile console market, more-so than the portable PC market. It is an interesting topic that I do want to talk about in the future.

[@zamboni6772]

what riser cable did you use on the gpu, please?

[@BudgetBin]

I am not sure what brand it is since there is none on the riser cable, it came with the case when I ordered it. Sorry!

[@zamboni6772]

@@BudgetBin do you have the link?

[@RAaaa777]

You overpaid for the motherboard combo, you could have spent around 300 and buy a second hand cheap motherboard for the Ryzen 5600x also second hand. For ddr 4 you can find new very cheap 35-55 USD for 16 gb

[@asiatic777]

Why do you keep making the screen blurry for? ...That sht, is irritating

[@-iIIiiiiiIiiiiIIIiiIi-]

I HATE your "Glaucoma Vision"!

[@dragonsystems5973]

$700??? Blahahaha... i get nicer hardware than this weekly out of our pc recycle at work... even the year ago most of this stuff is barely above ewaste status

[@Keeki549]

Tell me you get no females without telling me you get no females.

[@dragonsystems5973]

@@Keeki549 I fail to see the connection... nice fail at an insult though...

[@klausbc9316]

360p only? LOL

[@mateoibanez8479]

i think we have to wait a little to have a better quality

[@BudgetBin]

@@mateoibanez8479 Correct. Give it an hour and it should be in 1080p.