How cheap can I build a "Gaming PC" for in 2022

[@iurhviusdfavhi]

It would be cool if you did one of these once every 6 months, and compared the performance difference with the last thousand-dollar PC, continuously.

[@zyztem8775]

Cool idea!

[@ActualZombeard]

That sounds like a lot of work.

[@slowride7164]

Agreed.

[@suborgulag7289]

@@ActualZombeard by this point building a pc is child's play for jay

[@ipanesm]

that sounds like a lot of money and work

[@PBW891]

From someone who built my first computer just last year , and very happy with the results, never stop making these videos , there invaluable to new time builders.

[@nicholas9051]

at the same time, you must do a little research yourself because in actuality you could build a better system then that right now. I think Micro center asked him to do a video on a budget PC so Micro center can get rid of their 3-year-old about to be obsolete hardware.

[@chasesmay7237]

@@nicholas9051 well said, stepping back on that cpu and forward on the gpu would have made a Lot more sense imho (depending on workload I guess)

[@susnojutsu2525]

@@chasesmay7237 I agree, he could have gone for a little worse cpu, smaller ssd size, to get a better gpu. As long as the cpu was good enough to not bottleneck the gpu it would be fine.

[@earthtaurus5515]

What are the specs?

[@earthtaurus5515]

@@nicholas9051 That really depends on the specs of their components 😋.

[@anthonyfigueras4805]

I really think that when you guys do a "building a PC for $X" video, you should try to include peripherals in the build as well. Many people who watch these videos as a way to know what they're getting themselves into won't necessarily consider the cost of peripherals when they sit down and put a parts list on paper. Including that information as well as a rough selection guide would be a big help for a lot of folks out there. While they technically aren't part of the machine, they are necessary to use a PC, and they also aren't free or necessarily inexpensive either. Just something to think about. Keep up the great work!

[@person6407]

Agreed

[@xDamage69]

a monitor can easily throw you off your budget

[@arthzdeceva484]

This! While the point of this video is to get a decent gaming PC for the lowest cost possible, peripherals like monitor, mouse, keyboard, game controllers, and headsets/speakers are not free. Upgraders may have one of those laying around, but first builders need to buy those. Also, technically any cheap $10-$20 keyboard-mouse combo is perfectly usable, but they are not made for gaming. For a decent pair, you need to shell out extra $50-$100.

[@barbarosac7157]

Truer words my friend.

[@OriginalNuckChorris]

Gaming is not only FPS or eSports level of precision when it cones to keyboard and mouse. A cheap combo can give you a lot.

[@ByMonitorLight]

Confused by the CPU choice: yes the AMD was $20 more expensive, but it comes with a cooler, so you'd have saved $10 overall.

[@rickrincher9132]

You read my mind 😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@seamuskavanaugh3873]

First thing he mentioned as a reason is that he hasnt done a video with it yet

[@ByMonitorLight]

@@seamuskavanaugh3873 That was one of the things he mentioned, but the reason he eventually gave was it was $20 cheaper, which it wasn't when you include the cooler. This was about doing a budget build, not testing a CPU.

[@lordtachanka8333]

all 11th and 12th gen intel cpu comes cooler. but he made a good choice of buying a different cooler since stock ones are generally not the best, for intel and amd

[@ByMonitorLight]

@@lordtachanka8333 He put out a video not so long ago commenting on how AMD's box coolers are actually solid, especially if you're not doing any major overclocking. Intel CPUs generally don't come with coolers, and the one he bought certainly didn't, unless it was too tiny to cool anything bigger than a sweaty gnat.

[@rhynlock11]

As an owner of a 1660 super (actually the same msi model Jay showed here) I can confirm that it can still run everything at 1080p. Currently playing elden ring at high settings with steady 60fps

[@ibarix]

also 1660 super here. it's very good. i game on a 2014 cpu so it stutters rarley but not because of the gpu. 1660 super is great.

[@mjkittredge]

I choked when I saw the 300+ price tag... shouldn't it be half that or less?

[@TheCuratedCache]

@@mjkittredge I bought my 1660 Super (ASUS TUF 3 Fans OC) for like $320ish before pandemic and it's normal as it should be, unless, it goes like $380+ or like $400iah and yeah, that's where the price is not normal. Even Jay here bought a 2 Fan MSI 1660 Super for like $360 and with that price, you could buy a 1660 Super from a better skew.

[@Angelwrites]

Same, I guess people have struggles when they game with lots of apps open but I stream with this and have Gamecaster and Spotify open along with a browser with no problems to my game. Anything more can cause application stalls but I don't push it beyond my norm. Kinda 😂

[@AddieB55]

To be honest, the prices for pc part particularly gpu’s is fucking ridiculous and scammy. The fact that $400 only gets you 1080p performance is sub-par as honestly non-consumer friendly. I have a 3090 and I understood that I’m paying for an enthusiast level card and can accept that, but 1080p high 60fps which I believe should be the industry minimum standard at this point, honestly the pc gaming world is just fucking the smaller consumer comparatively to consoles. Note: Before people come at me for dumb shit arguments, I’m not talking utility, work station, etc strictly gaming, and at the smaller market I believe people are getting scammed to where, you really should just buy a console.

[@GeorgevanderWesthuizen1]

Jay:"I'm saving $20 going with the Intel CPU." Cooler:"$30" AMD:"..."

[@hamdanali2036]

exactly

[@Shut6000]

You can purchase a stock intel fan for $5

[@hamdanali2036]

@@Shut6000 they suck

[@choton8195]

@@Shut6000 those fans are meant for like celeron pentium core duo kind of cpus the better the CPU the better u need the fan

[@lastdon6585]

My thoughts exactly. Saved $20 on the CPU that DOES NOT come with a cooler in the box... I have questions. Already went from "Most bang for your buck" to "Because we haven't built one of these yet"

[@MrGooseTTV]

The best part of this video was when Jay was walking out the store. Many people look like that when they get their first custom build. Thanks to Jay and all the team (including your familys) for all the content you make. I've been building PC's for years and have welcomed all the info from you and others on youtube - Big thanks to you all

[@peachparee7647]

Found it right when I saw your comment 12:12 he's so happy lol

[@CLabmusic]

I'm a piano teacher with a pc building addiction. I buy almost exclusively from that Microcenter (20minutes away). I've helped several students build cheap PCs and this is very similar to a recent build. I added a 1T mechanical HD as well as the 500gb nvme since they were going to be doing a lot of video work for highschool and needed storage.

[@bkonin5433]

Could you help me to pick the right parts and help me build the pc in there?I was planning to go there this coming friday or saturday

[@iCantEscapeYou]

I would recommend upgrading to 2tb for the $5-$10 more

[@greggmacdonald9644]

@@iCantEscapeYou Yeah, if you're going to put a slow, noisy HDD in the system, get something that offers a good price for the storage, though just getting a 2 TB SSD in the first place instead of the HDD would be a much better choice, if price allows.

[@josh.andree]

help me build a gaming computer thing, btw i don’t know anything about computers

[@greggmacdonald9644]

@@josh.andree Go to your local Microcenter, that's part of what they do.

[@scottcol23]

I know the feeling Jay. I went to Microcenter a few weeks ago and they had at least 2 of every AMD/Nvidia gpu in stock at great prices. They even had ASUS RTX cards on sale! After 2 years of $700 GTX1650's it feels weird seeing all the cards in one spot available for purchase. Anyway, I love these low budget price/performance builds. Yeah I like seeing the $8k super high end eyecandy builds too. BUT there is just something about these cheap gaming builds that I love. Keep up the great work!

[@gnauenburg2018]

It's all about perspective but it still amazes me that so many people accept a $1000 PC as cheap.

[@ivotjalma9704]

@@gnauenburg2018 yea I agree lol. You can buy a perfectly fine used gaming pc that has better performance for like 400 eu/usd

[@zitronenwasser]

If GPUs weren't so expensive, it would be alot better. I wish we here in Germany had something like a microcenter. I recently ordered parts for a Server upgrade, including an entire new motherboard. Since i didn't need a GPU, i got away with ~650€, which is fine. The old server hardware was my PCs old motherboard, which i originally didn't pay that much for, and it served me well.

[@KaptainCnucklz]

I love seeing a PC KZbinr shopping for parts like the average person would. It really shows the problems with parts pricing to an extreme. Online deals are often cheaper, and most of the videos talking about MSRP only talk about online shopping, like Amazon or Newegg pricing.

[@endersoul46]

well they only talk abandon online shopping because most people don’t have a microcenter near them

[@MikeyBeaverGames]

@@endersoul46 some people don't even have a micro centre in their country

[@CRNLive2010]

@@endersoul46 what I would give to have one in the Bham. AL area...closest to me is Marietta, GA.

[@FrozenLionsFan]

Just finished my first PC build yesterday. Wanted to say thanks to you for the info you provided for the build (watched your videos putting it together too.) your the best Jay!

[@chanchanfunky2032]

Congrats! Hope you love it (:

[@FrozenLionsFan]

@@chanchanfunky2032 going from controller to Mouse and keyboard is tricky but happy with the results so far

[@scraps7624]

I followed one of your build guides for my first PC about a year ago, you really have the talent to communicate thoroughly and succinctly

[@angelcm156]

Well I went the 5600g route and I'm quite satisfied, that allows me to save for a higher GPU. Still more videos like this are needed, most channels on PC building focus on middle high to super high end side of things, while most people hardly has more than 1 75hz monitor. Keep the good work

[@Raxion496]

why not do 12400 for $100 cheaper? or 12600k for the same price but better?

[@Mike-mp1hk]

You do realize that all these crap parts are sub par? PC building is not cheap! You want a cheap gaming rig, go console! If not STFU!

[@idko785]

@@Raxion496 5600g better integrated graphics

[@moparjr89]

@@Raxion496 12400 is 200ish 5600g is 200 and has better graphics plus mobo and ram costs on 12400 would be higher and the 12600k is not a 200 dollar cpu

[@Raxion496]

@@idko785 well it depends on the budget and when u do get a gpu the 5600g just won’t be as good

[@persistentgamer7285]

Is anyone else super happy with this channel since day 1? Even if there's something being presented to me that is new/ i'm unfamiliar with, it's always nice to watch because of how awesome Jay/his crew makes these videos on a regular basis and it's always so entertaining.

[@persistentgamer7285]

@American Legend did you just really "uhmm ackshully" me by saying it wasn't an overly technical channel? lmao...

[@keithsorrels6903]

Jay, I wanted to build a part time gaming computer but didn't need all the bells and whistles of a high end unit. I basically duplicated your choice in Power supply, MB, CPU, Cooler, Ram and SSD's (total of 3). I found a good case with lots of cooling and even one that would accommodate my DVD drive and followed you instructions of how to load Windows. At 70 years old, I've never built a computer before and wow, everything is working great. I used an existing graphics card I had (Gforce GTX 950) and since I only play World of Tanks, it works a lot better than before. I just wanted to say thanks for sharing your ample information which allowed me to complete this project. Thanks so much, Keith

[@CoalitionGaming]

Had a client bring me parts to build a PC. He didn't consult with me on some of the parts and came back with a PowerSpec power supply. Build went great, everything posted, system worked great for a day. Then the PSU blew. I took the PC back, pulled the PSU out, and told him to go return it and buy something from a few of the reputable brands I then recommended to him. He ended up with an EVGA and hasn't had a problem since. First time and last time I'm building with a PowerSpec PSU. Wonder who the OEM is.

[@AlphaMachina]

Had two of them fail in a row for me. Micro Center needs to find a new supplier for their PSU's.

[@erfanpoison7618]

my CoolerMaster psu broke yesterday after just 1.5 year of use (MWE 750 Gold) so maybe also stay away from CM PSUs...

[@DaveChimny]

When it comes to PSUs I'd definitely recommend on of the brands that build for themselves. Like Seasonic. Of course they are a bit pricier but still better than buying a second PSU after a short while (or even a burnt home).

[@rons113nj]

I've had a powerspec 650 in my PC for 2 years with no problem

[@PwadigytheOddity]

I refuse to build a system with a shoddy power supply. There aren't enough liability waivers in the world to put my labor into something that can burn down a house.

[@drackar]

Honestly, the 11400 would have paired just fine with that 1660S, and saved $40, knocking the total down even further. (EDIT: As others have pointed out, with the stock cooler the 11400 comes with, the savings are actually about $70, opening up enough budget 3060 while still sticking under $1000 for the build) Locked motherboard makes me...really question this decision. The difference in actual frames in most games won't be noticeable.

[@camy205]

Overclocking a cpu does *almost* nothing for fps anyway haha

[@rafagebicki5209]

going with 11400 or 11400f, skimping a little bit on a mobo and going with a 6600 would give a much more powerful system overall.

[@sokool3994]

You can probably even save more money by going with the Core i5-10400F or the Core i3-12100F.

[@kwykwyk8447]

Could've the Mobo, CPU, GPU and PSU choices were questionable. CPU 11400f would've been a better choice IMO... Not much need for iGPU Mobo could've gone ultra budget with a h510... Nothing about a Mobo offers better FPS, plus better pairing with a locked CPU GPU 6600 would've been better bang for bucks and better pairing with i5 11th gen PSU... About future proofing... If you're upgrading from mid range parts to newer gen mid range parts, extra headroom is overrated... Unless you go from mid range to high end parts..

[@alexanderblight523]

Yeah. Weird cheap route but then again he said he never build using one so maybe it's for the view

[@gamesturbator]

Wow Wow Wow Wow! I can't believe you chose me for that wonderful gift. Thank you! So glad that I replaced my closed enclosure desk with a big open one.

[@abe101]

Thank you for building a reasonable gaming PC in this current market. We need more of these videos to share awareness that sometimes we don't need a "super gaming PC" to play games.

[@nunosantos8290]

Reasonable, 900$ 💀 I remember the old times when budget PCs were around 500$

[@nerobernardino88]

@@nunosantos8290 Yeah same but like, at least it isn't 4k.

[@stockehistorica1349]

@@nunosantos8290 Thinking about buying a gaming pc worth 500 usd with mostly used parts. I hope things go to plan.

[@MiyusTab]

@@stockehistorica1349 my budget pc that cost 500 usd can play roblox at 200 fps tho the Hz is just 75

[@frostyjeff]

@@MiyusTab roblox runs on anything ....

[@zakunknown9737]

Even when amazon has cheaper parts. (not normally). I love going for the experience and to build my PC in one day. I hope micro center stays true to what they do. I even like the 80's office look they have going tbh.

[@TheZanzou]

The closest option I've is best buy.. which sigh.. i've used them for specific parts i've needed and knew they have but that's the most i'd do there. I'd build all of my PC's from microcenter if we had one in my area.

[@HerpaDerpaZX]

MC can price match if you show them the Amazon link

[@zakunknown9737]

@@HerpaDerpaZX thats another good point. Hey have done this before for me as well :)

[@BaronsLark]

I love this video, and almost all your videos. They've been so helpful to me when I built my first gaming PC at the end of 2020, but I do wish builders/youtubers would include the cost of a monitor, keyboard and mouse to these build-a-PC-for-$$ videos. A PC case with all the necessary components inside, does not a full PC make. It's useless without a monitor, keyboard and mouse. Peripherals should be included or at least mentioned as a necessary cost to complete a build.

[@AF_1892]

In 1998 I bought a used hospital tower from auction (only Windows NT on it) for $400. W 2022 inflation and Let's Go Brandon $750 or so. It came without a dial up modem even. I Think it came with the crap monitor and keyboard, mouse. Thank goodness my uncle w the computer shop helped me along just enough for me to learn stuff. Or at least just break one part at a time. 24 yrs later I am responding from the 1st pre-built tower (Cyberpower PC, I don't game but I got tired of laptops. With Windows 10, for $900). It broke 11 months in, I got to pay them $150 in shipping. Graphics card on it is still limited running a 55in TV and 4k monitor. Just the 4k monitor (not w TV on) monitor does better graphics. Buyer beware! Just because the graphics card has 1 hdmi and 3 monitor spots. No way this thing could do that. Plug in headphones or a mic. Then try to go back to HDMI surround sound took so many reboots to work again. My uncle was stumped with troubleshooting (over the phone). AMD tends to send out updates every 2 weeks. Had I built this tower, I would know each component which makes troubleshooting WAY easier. For practice, at least get a beat up old tower that sort of works from a family member. Take it apart and put it back together again. It's cheap practice.

[@desertshadow72]

I will say I got a monitor at a garage sale for $20. There's lots of old ones if you just want 1080p @ 60hz

[@AlphaLegionXX]

I agree partially, as I think mentioning them would be good, but not included in detail as I feel that information is totally irrelevant honestly...it's like if you would say that they need to recommend a desk as well as a chair, as those are necessary as well.

[@BaronsLark]

@@AlphaLegionXX I disagree, you don't need a chair or desk to get the computer to be fully functional but you do absolutely need a monitor, keyboard and mouse to get a computer to work as intended. You can't get into BIOS without at the very least a keyboard and monitor, you can't see anything without a monitor and can't make things happen without a keyboard. You MAY be able to do SOMETHING without a mouse but with extreme difficulty and definitely NOT everything on a computer. A chair and desk? Will a computer work without them? Can you play a game or run a program without them? Yes! So comparing a monitor, mouse and Keyboard to a desk and chair is absurd since I am talking about what you need to make a computer fully useable. What can you do with a fully built tower and no keyboard or monitor?

[@BaronsLark]

@@desertshadow72 That's great! I got a great monitor and keyboard and a mouse at great prices too. My point isn't the price, my point is they are necessary to complete a build and are almost always treated as add-ons in build videos and rarely mentioned when they are in fact an absolute necessity.

[@NutellaCrepe]

Are we that used to the "shortage" that we're accepting 60% over MSRP on a 1660 Super is okay? Clearly they have a ton in stock and they could charge closer to MSRP. Last thing I'd want is retailers joining the mass scalping too and keeping prices inflated when they're no longer completely sold out like they were a year ago.

[@oskrm]

"You build PCs with parts you have, not the parts you might want or wish to have"

[@dannybrennan31]

as of Sept 2021 Nvidia is still producing stock of 16 series gpu dies. while they arent churning them out like they used to its not like stock is finite. Micro Center just remodeled and this is their California store so i wouldnt be surprised if prices were slightly inflated at this location

[@1sonyzz]

Retailers already joined scalping band since last year...

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

@@dannybrennan31 slightly?? 60% isn't slightly lol

[@drackar]

Yeah the fact that they are over $100 over MSRP with that much stock is, flat out, gouging.

[@gordonfreeman4477]

I know it's a budget PC but I've gone with RX 6600. $70 more but way more performance and would last longer. Potentially it could work with 1440p or even 4k with FSR.

[@rickylafleur5823]

checking this and hearing 1660s in 2022 really hurt my soul. this is terrible advice at the prices atm. zero future proofing while grabbing outdated tech to save a few bucks. if i learned anything from my first blindish pc build 7 years ago is the more you spend now the longer it last and the more you save in the long run.

[@joebenson528]

@@rickylafleur5823 I generally treat purchases as "investments". The investment being time. If I had a choice between paying $150 for something that will last 2 years vs $250 for something that will last 5 years i'll save up and buy the latter ($125 in savings). For the most part this really only applies to GPUs as far as PC's are concerned. But given a fauxdemic can apparently strike at anytime and cause hyperinflation and "shortages" I don;t mind spending more to be prepared. It's not just about "future proofing" for gaming anymore. It's about preparing for future artificial shortages caused by greedy manufacturers. As a precious metal/gemstone investor I know all about that.

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

Got that tinfoil hat all ironed out, Joe?

[@user-ib5pu9hm1y]

Too weak for 4k dude you need 3080 or 6900xt

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

@@user-ib5pu9hm1y ​ Implying anyone actually gives a shit about 4k and has thousands of dollars for a GPU in this economy

[@americandingo311]

I go to this MicroCenter all of the time - it's right down the street from where I work. Love the new renovations.

[@jadryanrosario403]

It is interesting to now see prices and parts that you would never think that you could achieve are now becoming more and more obtainable. Great Video!

[@johnalt4792]

Getting better, but i bought the 1660 super (Asus Tuf overclocked) for 229 in July of 2020. For once my timing didn't suck.

[@cup_and_cone]

Prices as a whole are going up, so I'm not sure your statement is very accurate. Nothing has come down in price, and that includes GPUs. Scalped GPU prices coming down means nothing because the MSRP of GPUs has risen.

[@brando3342]

This makes me feel rather good about the PC I was able to build about 7 months ago for around $1400. Specs: Motherboard- Asrock Z590m Phantom Gaming 4 CPU- i5 10600K Cooler- Cooler Master, Hyper 212 Black RAM- XPG 16gb 3200mhz DDR4 GPU- EVGA 3060 XC 12gb Storage- WD Blue SN550 500gb NVME Heatsink- MHQJRH Black M.2 2280 heatsink Cables- LinkUp white cable extensions PSU- EVGA 750w 80+ Gold Case- Thermaltake s100 mATX (white) (x4) Fans- Thermaltake Riing 12 120mm, white LED fans I am proud of sourcing all these parts for the price and this being my first build and it working flawlessly. If you want, you could even add the monitor which is a Lenovo 34" Ultrawide 1440x3440 which was around $450. All in all this combo came to about $1850. I am REALLY enjoying it! Well worth the money.

[@chasesmay7237]

Lol that’s almost exactly my pc, as well. I saved some extra money buying a second hand board and chip (z370 pro MSI and i5 8600k) and I have a gigabyte 3060 instead of EVGA (I stood in line at launch to get at msrp), but I’ve got xpg spectrix 3200 ddr4 ram, that same EVGA 750w gold psu, that same m.2 (and an intel ssd 500gb, and a 1tb spinning drive which I had from an old build) all in an older lian li A05-FNA case with lian li fans. I love the pc, performance to cost is really good.

[@aGrimTurtle]

Sweet build!

[@ToddandRaquiForrest]

I did a budget build just before COVID hit in 2019. Asrock B450 MB ($85), AMD 2700 processor ($120), 32 GB (2x16) 3200 ram ($140), EVGA 750 psu ($80), MSI rx580 video ($130), Fractal Design case ($60) for a total of $615, still plays every game solid at 1080p/high without a problem. ( I use it for video editing, not just gaming, thus the extra cores and memory)

[@ShiroCh_ID]

that sweet builds i wee-ing with my new ryzen 7 5800x,B550-A ROG Strix,2x16Gb CL16 Team delta RGB Ram,and salvaged from my Old PC GTX1070Ti Until GPU Price going down again eventually for about $1142(calculated from IDR to USD at this time 2 april 2022) humbly runs game on 1080p high to ultra setting while multitask 2 to 3 game instance and more than 10 tabs browser opened altough i plan to upgrade my monitor to higher refresh rate and also future proofing my disk space

[@brando3342]

@@aGrimTurtle Thanks! Quite the upgrade from what I had before, which was an i5 4690k and a 1060 3gb.

[@00Klingon]

I've built a few systems for close friends who struggle to afford PC gaming and used Microcenter power supplies. Those are good to go as far as I can tell. Absolutely no complaints.

[@jameselliott4800]

I bought a MicroCenter power supply about a year ago and I’ve had 0 problems with it. I’ll be buying a bigger one soon

[@Jackthekin]

As mad as i am that i went the long way through evga to get a 3070ti, im excited as more people can get a hold of parts and build their first pc. Edit: dang this got more likes than all my videos

[@williamjktkd]

you're not the only one that got raffled from new egg a 3070ti. It almost feels as if they knew they were going to be overloaded with them before hand.

[@Jackthekin]

@@williamjktkd i did mine by getting a 3050 then did step up to 3070 ti cause couldnt ger 3080 from it

[@FunTimeWithSouls]

@@Jackthekin evga posted today they have inventory, they have from 3050 to 3090tis

[@FunTimeWithSouls]

@@Jackthekin sadly I was in que last week an got a 3080 FTW 3 Ultra. I got a 3060 last year from EVGs que.

[@Jackthekin]

@@FunTimeWithSouls wow ok that kinda makes me even more mad

[@xkingluke5688]

jay you need to do some videos on rig cleaning, like desk mat/mouse pad keyboards, basic cleaning of the pc, monitor cleaning etc.

[@MHollywood5]

He has before

[@marxmaiale9981]

Make sure to take the keyboard Outside to blow it out. Stuff will come out.

[@LatitudeSky]

The $500 variation is exactly what I just did. 5600G, 32gb for the memory, Asus Prime A450 board, reused an existing case, 760w PSU and SSD. It kicks tail right now and it is ready for a 6600xt or 3060 when they stop costing too much.

[@doctorstrange6818]

I’m only looking to play steam games really and Star Wars the old republic. Would that variation be enough for that?

[@anonymoustroll1549]

@@doctorstrange6818 yup

[@RRRRRRRRR33]

32gb of memory is a waste, also the PSU is kinda exaggerated (but there's the "future proofing" argument for it, so ok). You can justify the 32gb because you are using integrated graphics, but still...

[@slaveNo-4028]

I like how he doesn't roast the complete s*** out of budget components.. a little jab here and there in a fun way, nothing like e.g. Linus & his assisrtants do, which mostly feels like ur back in high-school and watch someone get bullied, this huge-ego-ed, condescending kind of way to roast stuff, which just makes every regular poor pleb (me) feel like shit.. Not everybody is a priviledged, rich tech-youtuber, so thanks for staying down to earth, Jay!

[@danielrdz202]

fam jus getcho bread up🤣🤣

[@ramtinnazeryan]

you have no idea how much this video gave me motivation on buying my first PC. everytime I even consider it and take a look at the prices I say naaah. maybe next year. I like the fact that you are including budget pc videos these days. well done

[@Dennzer1]

Now is not a bad time to get a PC. You never know if things could get far worse in the future, or some parts not even available. that being said, the next generation of graphics cards from both AMD and Nvidia are going to be insanely fast, and blow away the current gen. If you are going for a lower mid range GPU type build, you could wait for Intel ARC in early June, because the prices of those Intel GPUs will be cheaper than what you are looking at right now, for the 3 levels that will be represented by those Intel cards. ( in comparison to whichever relative cards from AMD and Nvidia to those 3 levels Intel is targeting ) If you are building something that you will want to play at 1440p and high settings at 144 FPS or faster, your best bet is to wait until Q3 when RDNA 3 drops. Or you can build now and buy a RTX 3060 or an RTX 3070 Ti for mid high performance. Or an AMD RX 6600 XT, or an AMD RX 6700 XT, or wait for the RDNA 2 refresh cards and get an AMD RX 6750 XT. Also you could wait for the new AMD CPUs coming out in a few weeks, like the Ryzen 5 5600, or the Ryzen 7 5700X, or if you want high end performance that is low on watts, get the fastest gaming CPU in the world, a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which will be cheaper than the Intel Core i9-12900K and of course the 12900KS, and will be faster and cooler and lower power when gaming than the former, and also probably the latter as well. a 7600 XT will be almost as fast as a 6900 XT, almost neck and neck, according to latest leakers from good sources. The most important question is, what kind of performance do you want and is that level of performance for older games, AAA new games, AA older games, or some combination of all. If you want to be able to play at 1080p and 100 FPS with most games, and 1080p 70 FPS with all the rest, all at high settings, that makes it a lot easier to afford, especially if you are getting an RDNA 3 video card to get there. And for your CPU, you probably don't need anything better than a Intel i5-12500, or an AMD Ryzen 5 5600.

[@ierie8885]

@@Dennzer1 hey you seem like you know a lot about PCs. I’m looking to build a PC on a budget that runs most games on high FPS. I have no knowledge whatsoever. You think you can help me ?

[@Dennzer1]

@@ierie8885 Yes I can. sorry about the long delay. Hope this gets to you. If you want to run most games at FPS of lets say 90 FPS and over, at medium to high ( NOT ultra ) quality settings in the menu for graphics settings of each game... You will need to start with a $200 CPU. You can get a Ryzen 5 5600 ( non "X", you do not need the 5600X, just the 5600 ).. and a B550 motherboard. that's one option, but the PCIe lane where the graphics card goes is PCIe 4.0. Which has a max bandwidth of 16 GT/s So then, you could instead go with Intel, and the core i5-12400, or the core i7-12600k if you want a little more power. the motherboard you would get with that CPU would preferably one of the ones that has a PCIe 5.0 slot for the top slot, which again, is where the graphics card goes. With PCIe 5.0 instead of 4.0, this will allow you to make much beefier GPu upgrades in the far future ( say more than 5 years from now ) because it has more bandwidth. even the next generation of graphics cards coming out later this year from AMD and Nvidia may in fact be PCIe 5.0 cards, but they will of course still work 100% fine in all PCIe 4.0 and even PCIe 3.0 motherboards. But since they are early examples of PCIe 5.0 GPUs, that means that the speed difference in games with one of those cards in a PCIe 5.0 motherboard compared to a PCIe 4.0 motherboard may only be 5% different ( just a guess until we get reviews... ) In the future, later this decade, the difference in speed with the same exact card in a 5.0 system vs a 4.0 system could be as high as 50% or maybe even more than that. I have a lot more advice, but I don't know if you are going to see my comment, so please reply, and let me know you are here, and we can talk a lot more about what you can get while saving the most amount of money. such as RAM and storage and motherboard and cases etc.

[@VickNumber7]

Just put my Series consoles up for sale, and finally decided to invest in a PC. Got a good deal on a good prebuilt to start off with, excited to be part of the PC community.

[@freemanluster5681]

I'm in the process of doing the same, any info would be appreciated, supplier, budget, Price?

[@fusi0nn]

I would've gone with an RTX 3050 over the 1660 super for 2 reasons. The amount of Vram on the 3050 is 8 Gb vs 6 Gb and most importantly THE 3050 SUPPORTS DLSS which will make playing new triple a games much more viable as well as run smoother.

[@Ligmaballin]

Agree, but AMD FSR also does the job just fine, and even though it's not officially on games like Cyberpunk, you can still mod it to utilize FSR

[@flintfrommother3gaming]

DLSS might be the worst technology for FPS and I would just go for lower resolutions at that point . unless you are doing a 4K conversion it looks horrible for 1440p and 1080p with the ghosting.

[@ijustlovethisname]

@@flintfrommother3gaming okay? All dlss has done for me in CoD and other titles is give me free 60+ fps

[@flintfrommother3gaming]

@@ijustlovethisname If you are using an 3050 it's not like you have any other choice. If you are not then good for you, it still isn't good for 1080p and partially 1440p (it's kinda up to personal choice but it's still not great to me with the ghosting.) upscaling . atleast It's better then whatever AMD is trying with FSR. Also using DLSS in a competitive game isn't a great way to use it.

[@idkwhattohaveasausername5828]

@@flintfrommother3gaming weird. I use balanced dlss 2.0 on 1080p and can’t even notice the difference unless I really look for it. It’s only when I put it it on performance or ultra performance that I start to notice blurring. If I put it on quality then I literally can’t tell a difference. Maybe I just have bad eyes 😂

[@sean198722]

I used this exact case and had the same thoughts about the flimsy. For the price and fans my build was pretty cool as well with a 3060ti

[@doughy041]

For 499 you can get a ASUS 3060ti at microcenter.

[@ahsanrasheed4959]

I built my brother a PC with Montech Air 900 Mesh Case for $66.99 back in 2020. That case is one of the best I had bought for that price. The quality, cable management options everything is good for the price. However, I think now Montech has cut a lot of corners on the quality for the similar priced case in 2022.

[@CFI963]

MONTECH’s are very impressive for their price.

[@miguellarios5151]

at least u can a radiator at the top XD

[@OGspektrum]

Rly not a bad case wish it was cheaper but it happens

[@ognightingale]

Great vid thanks. Good to see guys like you still building what you call a budget build, i bet there's a higher percentage of people building budget builds than the industry realise!

[@captainkrk88]

It's crazy to me that almost 4 years later the 1660 is still almost $400.00!

[@reinhard7164]

Uhhh...it's been only 2 years...

[@captainkrk88]

@@reinhard7164 ok I'll change my statement. It's been 3 years since the 1660 launched and it's still almost $400.00! 1660 launched in 2019 I believe that is 3 years.

[@alexmills1329]

@@reinhard7164 its a Turing based card so at least 3 years old and 4 years ago was launch for that whole gen.

[@reinhard7164]

@@captainkrk88 i guess it crossed 400$ after gpu crisis...

[@tellme-e5e]

And XFX RX580 8 GB . I bought it 170€ now it's 680€ still 🤯🤯🤯

[@tirochakids]

360$ for a 1660 super is crazy man, luckily I got my 2060 for 280$ literally a month before all the prices went up

[@adamhymas4620]

Still a bad deal, but it's been worse.

[@ipanesm]

i got my 2070S for like 400 just before the shortage

[@creative_name283]

@@ipanesm Dang that’s awesome. I got a 1080 ftw for $300 cash in January this year and I think that’s pretty good, but man I really want dlss lol

[@PabzRoz]

2060 gang. got mine when i built my PC with that stimmy check we got 2 years ago lol.

[@PabzRoz]

@@ipanesm i wish i had the knowledge i have now when i originally built my PC 2 years ago I woulda went with a 2070 super. That was like THE card for the 20 series.

[@randomuser6792]

seeing you pick the 1660 super made me feel sooo much more validated, im building my first pc (on a budget) and im glad it's still a viable option in 2022

[@zareverso340]

Walter

[@jonathan-qd1cc]

1660 super is trash IN 2022

[@josephmazariegos2951]

@@jonathan-qd1cc is it reliable?

[@jonathan-qd1cc]

@@josephmazariegos2951 I guess for 144fps 1080p if you have a good enough cpu but just upgrade to like rtx 3060 or rx 6600. Much better than 1660 super. Nothing against 1660 super tho. If you wanna get it go ahead it will get the job done for the next 2-3 years as games become more graphically demanding

[@josephmazariegos2951]

thanks! Also I’m planning on building a pc for the first time and I’m using this video as a reference. At the 10 minute mark, is that all the parts that you need to build a pc from that list?

[@dabdillon6318]

I love that case, it looks great for static rgb, it looks great with lights off, as long as you try to not break it it will not break

[@arazos9394]

More budget builds, its always cool to see different choices. High end rigs tend to have the same parts.

[@MrLince-hr4of]

*AMD Ryzen 7 5700G --> 299,- *Thermal Grizzly - Carbon Thermal Pad Carbonaut 38x38mm --> 18,- *be quiet! Pure Rock 2 Black --> 45,- *µATX ASRock B550M Steel Legend --> 134,- *2x 8Gb G.Skill Flare X DDR4-3200, CL14-14-14-34 --> 115,- *EVGA SuperNOVA GT 750W ATX 80 PLUS Gold --> 90,- (for gpu later) *KIOXIA EXCERIA G2 M.2 SSD 1TB --> 80,- *Lian Li LANCOOL 205 --> 90,- total about --> 870,- the cheapest way you can start to play most of the online games at medium settings and in 1 year you can upgrade to a 3060 or something for 330,-

[@aliabdelaziz7585]

@@MrLince-hr4of monitor, keyboard, mouse?

[@earthtaurus5515]

@@MrLince-hr4of Not quiet, for gaming the 5600g is plenty as a base CPU and for online games esp FPS you really want to be playing at "competitive settings" 😋

[@MrLince-hr4of]

@@aliabdelaziz7585 yes 👍

[@MrLince-hr4of]

@@earthtaurus5515 first i never sad anything about a 5600g yes it is not for every game, but there a 1000 of 1000 games .... ok just a possibility you have the best ultra hight end PC of $5000,- and you playing the first time CSGO you still will be a noob and lose every game 😂 so what ? for starting this pc is more than good ! and i never say it is a 100% gaming pc, you can do all stuff what you want with it 👍 i work and play 1 year on a less good pc with a 3400g and it was great, lot better than the most people thing ! now i bought a used 1600x and a rtx2060 and it is awsome !!! make no prejudices ! try it first and than speak - thx👍

[@bacteriaboy4780]

I love your channel Jay, I have just built my first gaming PC and I did it because you had shown me how. However... I feel a number of channels fall into the trap of posting the cost of "a gaming PC" but the whole picture is rarely shared, as they all over look the fact that, there are monitors to be bought, keyboards, mice and someway of delivering sound to the user. Most users building entry level PCs don't have the rest of the peripherals and therefore has to be a consideration for their budget. That's my two cents. Keep up the great work.

[@bacteriaboy4780]

ALL Please be aware that the channel message from Telegram me JayzTwoCent_giveaway is a scam, please, please don't contact these people.

[@R3M073]

Built a high end rig from the ground up in 2014, finally looking to get a whole new setup...*watches intensely*

[@vaderwashere365]

At least you said, "this is over MSRP". That is the problem, ETH mining is down with the merge coming, so GPUs are available. However, they are still listed above their MSRP and above their launch prices. AMD overpriced their cards to begin with, Nvidia limited their GPUs, Nvidia then launched Ti's at scalper prices to take profits. It is just terrible to build a PC right now. I wouldn't build a budget PC unless you have to... even motherboards are at their highest prices in years, as are PC cases, both CPU companies are changing or have changed their socket sizes, DDR5 mobos and DDR5 itself is not fun. Doing a budget build right now is terrible for future proofing and terrible for pricing. Wait if you can.

[@DaveChimny]

I got a TUF 3070 TI for MSRP on e*ay, yesterday. After waiting for more than a year, luck struck me. :D

[@vaderwashere365]

@@DaveChimny but isn’t 3070 Ti MSRP like 20% higher than the 3070 for 5% more performance?

[@rangkara7201]

@@DaveChimny 3070 Ti is scalped from the begining anyway

[@arnox4554]

It's not just greed here. There are actually a ton of legitimate factors at play including energy prices, shipping problems, too much demand, and just plain old global inflation. And it's not even just computer parts. Food prices where I live are now generally TWICE what they were before. TL;DR - Too much demand, not enough supply. For EVERYTHING.

[@vaderwashere365]

@@arnox4554 I would agree if FE cards didn’t keep showing up at their launch MSRP and the fact that AMD and Nvidia are reporting record profits on fewer unit sales. Yes, many factors involved, but very hard to say with a straight face that cash grabbing is not a major one.

[@killval849]

I did pretty much what you did here, same CPU/Mobo, except I got 32GB RAM. I also went on ebay and bought a used, but in impeccable condition GTX 1080ti. Man this card is still an absolute monster.

[@brandonporter550]

I bought a gtx 1080 ti when it first came out and it still holds up. One of their best cards for sure. Waiting for a 4090 ti before I finally upgrade.

[@killval849]

@@brandonporter550 Crazy right? Speaks to how great it truly is that 5 years on nothing can really beat its price:value.

[@silversong4VR]

Still have my 1070ti and not suffering (much). The day is coming for major upgrades (cpu, mobo), but not quite yet.

[@CaptnDanLKW]

I'm quite happy with my MSI Super Ventus OC 1660 Super I picked up mid 2019 and It's still holding up well for 1080p with most game's ultra settings. Even most 1440p games with more than acceptable settings. I can get the boost up to 2040 core & 5900 RAM. Paired with a Ryzen 5900x and x570, its a little under powered but there's no CPU bottleneck, for sure.

[@acmenipponair]

Even my RX 570 8GB don't has much struggle, I don't understand these "But muh 8K"... when I want to see 8K, I look out of the Window :D

[@RolandDrummer77]

I feel like I should be into PC building since I've lived right by a Microcenter my entire life

[@magnanimus9692]

I'm sure there are a bunch of people out there who wish they were you lol. The only complaint I've consistently heard about Micro Center is from people who don't live next to one (which is kind of a compliment in a roundabout way).

[@Shineingrock7]

You should fix that by building a PC.

[@OmniZero1178]

Luckiest dude ever lol

[@NonLegitNation2]

you know how many people would gladly move in with you just to live by a Micro Center, lol.

[@Sacredarrowable]

I have about 6 within a hour of me.:(

[@Straif_Sitri]

just ordered a pre-made PC(have no knowledge to make my own) and it has a 5600G and a 1660 Super and was worried they might not be that good for gaming but with you talking about them that has made me so much more comfortable with getting them in this premade so TY for the info and TY for the great videos

[@gtadude7346]

5600g would bottle neck it the “g” stands for integrated graphics and doesn’t preform well with real gpus

[@ckyzai9735]

Absolutely love this type of 'insert the amount' budget pc building video/guide, hope to see this more. 👍

[@sauce777]

The title made me expect something different from the video. I was picturing a 12400F a A series motherboard a 30-dollar case. GPUI prices are still insane. Even if supply get back to normal. I have a feeling the companies will not lower the prices to where they should be.

[@Scorpius165]

They will not lower the prices until people stop buying overpriced shit. That applies to everything, not only GPUs.

[@rizingpho3nix]

Jay it actually looks good. My kid will be turning 14 this and he has truly earned himself a gaming computer. This kid is a diamond in the rough and you have helped figure out how to approach getting him started. I'm going to go ahead and built him a gaming pc.

[@Narcomancer1943]

I can’t even imagine a store like that. Would love to go to one. Feel like we have nothing of the sort in the UK.

[@luhgarlicbread]

Closest one to me, in Florida, is a Microcenter in Georgia BestBuy is alright but definitely doesn’t have the stock Microcenter has

[@DemonicGorilla]

Not that special. The prices are outrageous on most things now days. My store in Columbus, Ohio is this way atleast. 1500 3080's as of yesterday.

[@REXae86]

I feel you. The closest thing here is Best buy…….

[@Omegeddon]

@@luhgarlicbread there's 2 near Atlanta lol

[@thelespauldude3283]

We have a store called Arlternate in Germany but its nothing like Microcenter. You can get pc parts there, yeah, but they only have like the most basic stuff

[@GuHong98]

It has been a long time since I've watched "build cheap gaming PC" videos and it's so mindboggling for me to see a 1660 Super for 359$. In October 2020 (right before the market got f*cked) I bought one for 180€. It's just such a ripoff

[@anthonyreynoza8535]

I know it’s crazy I built my first pc like two months before the first 30 series gpus dropped and I got a 2060 super for 339.

[@tellme-e5e]

The prices go down slowly

[@ChristmasCrustacean1]

6500XT has the same performance and is $250

[@blazesmooth5573]

@@ChristmasCrustacean1 a 6500xt does NOT have the same performance as a 1660s, I repeat it does absolutely NOT. It has worse performance then a 1650s and rx580 8g, with less v ram as well

[@LowBudgetKiwi]

I really like that you said "Build the cheapest REALISTIC gaming PC". I also REALLY appreciate you doing a realistic build like this for some of us plebs that don't get to play in the high end heaven you guys get to do on a daily basis :)

[@hatlesscrayon7265]

I built mine about 6 months ago for around $1000USD. I’m in Canada so it came out to a little over $1300 after shipping costs cause rural Canada. rog strix b450-f motherboard, ryzen 5 5600x CPU, 16GB ram, hyper 212 RGB edition cpu fan, Corsair 500w Bronze PSU, in a Corsair 4000D airflow, and I compromised on a GTX1050ti for now till the gpu market gets better. I like to tell myself I didn’t do too bad but it was also my very first build. I do enjoy the RGB fans I got for it and think it performs really well as a 1080p pc in most cases. Been able to run elden ring at at 30+fps in 1080p in most areas and 60fps on 720p in a lot of areas of the game and am hitting low to mid 40 FPS in the main open world areas, entirely playable in my personal opinion :P

[@bradhaines3142]

i got a prebuilt from microcenter for 2500.. 5900/3080, impressed at how much more i got for the price difference. and i spent no time putting it together either

[@mannyfresh7065]

@@bradhaines3142 I wish you the best. I got my first prebuilt from microcenter. They’re not bad, as they build usually w good parts. Just be careful what psu you got. Corsair, evga, seasonic are only brands I trust for power supply.

[@mannyfresh7065]

You did ok. Could have done better but I know it’s tough in Canada and generally more expensive. The motherboard you have is great, top of the line. Case you have is considered to be one of the best. Ram is fine (hopefully it’s at least 3200Mhz and you set up xmp - I can help if you want very easy it’s 2 clicks). But yeah dude not bad at all. Next is a 30 series or amd card and a new power supply (stick w Corsair they are the best)

[@mikem2253]

FYI Newegg Canada has 3080 now at around $1200. Cards are dropping real quick.

[@hatlesscrayon7265]

@@mannyfresh7065 to be entirely honest I had to return the first psu I got from corsair for a new one under warranty cause it stopped working after 2 weeks :P ram is corsair vengeance 3200MGhz and yes I have xmp enabled :D

[@brandonbrown7263]

I miss the 500 dollar budget build days :(

[@Jackthekin]

It still exist but now you have to go apu to hit that kind of budget

[@WatchMysh]

They are still here. Just buy an empty PC case to sit on and 40 crates of beer. Hf!

[@gmti486]

I just did a test run of this build on PC part picker and it comes out to around $900 still.

[@Gogfoknockleganker]

Same

[@fuzzylumpkins6034]

I have 450 quid into my real realistic gaming pc. It plays Elden Ring like a champ . I think some tech guys do not know what 'realistic' and 'cheap,' mean. I suppose it is them being spoiled for tech. I still run an 8gb rx 580 and it is a beast. I do not care for latest and greatest in the tech world because that just translates to wasting money for the sake of it. Not becomes obsolete or dated faster than tech and maybe hyper cars. My 990fx sabertooth with an 8150 Black edition and a 960, lasted a decade no issues until Elden ring. My replacement was the Ryzen 5/asus 320m-k combo with an rx 580 8gb and obviously 16gb ddr4 mem and a 970 evo 1tb for 450 quid and using my old nzxt 510i case. That is a realistic affordable build for gaming. I also do not understand anyone that looks for rgb and specs on gear for streaming and editing when majority of gamers do not use it. I guess it is just to be sheep to follow the latest toys. This build in the vid has so much wasted spec which equals wasted money. And the 570 barely outperforms my diddy little 320mk.

[@legion162]

Damn, this budget pc is way beyond my budget, time to hit ebay for a PS4

[@zomas4166]

Those are expensive as hell also.

[@zomas4166]

Some PS4 consoles more than PS5 MSRP 🤣

[@Keykvy]

Bruh this guy doesnt know what a budget pc is bro thinks everyone has 1k just lying around find a different channel if you actually want a 400-700$ gaming pc

[@limitless.motors]

@@Keykvy if you want a 400-700 dollar pc you might want to roll it back quite a few years Cuz getting decent parts and a GPU for under that is not easy right now, don't blame jay for inflated pricing.

[@rons113nj]

You can build with a 5600G for $500 or under and have a better game play than ps4

[@ChubbieYT]

I work at a gaming pc store and we’ve used neo forza ram and ssd before and they have been really good so far.

[@thomasward00]

I'm in IT and used to build all of my systems, this time around, just needed a good little budget system, bought a Dell Inspiron desktop with Alder Lake I3, 16GB of ram, SSD and Windows 11 for $499, the integrated graphics work great for my needs, light pc gaming to add to my Xbox and I don't game much. If I get the itch, i'll just add an Nvidia T600 once the prices drop.

[@simonnovak]

I love my Montech case. Its been the best case ive ever owned and had lots of nice features that way more expensive cases have and great cable management. Also the built in rgb on mine looks amazing.

[@TheJuniorgonzales]

Montech gang, I have a Air 100ARGB and i'm really pleased by it. 4 fans included, ARGB, great temps.

[@MADDOG547]

Awesome build Jay! Thanks for looking at the lower end stuff from time to time and, keeping it reasonable! 😁 I can't wait for graphics card prices to go down a bit more. Keep up the great work guys! ❤

[@tellme-e5e]

Nice video !! With big respect I have here a good budget option . 1. Intel i5 11400F - 142€ 2. Psu , Aerocool 650w bronze - 35€ 3. MSI mag Z590 - 135€ 4. Ripjaws V , ddr4 3200 16gb (2*8) - 63€ 5. MSI tower vampiric - 53€ 6. Nvme , m2 samsung 250gb SSD - 48€ 7. Rtx 3050 - 360€ Total 836€ ~923$ Prices in Greece from online eShop stores . Shipping + 20€>>

[@tellme-e5e]

Where to send you a message ?

[@Music-pl8xf]

@@tellme-e5e this is a scammer not jay

[@Robert-gs6qv]

for 150$ more you can get x3 more performace. for example all games in highest settings on 1440p will have 150+ fps. even cyberpunk. think about building. ryzen 5 5900x with rx 6600 xt :) atleast next 6-7 years you should not worry about streaming, gaming, working. etc :)

[@Robert-gs6qv]

CPU - Ryzen 5 5600X (210$) Motherboard - ASUS - B550-F ROG Strix Gaming (230$) GPU - Power Color rx 6600 xt red devil or hellhound depends on where you can find it. (500$) RAM - G.Skill - Ripjaws V 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3600MHz CL18 (60$) Case - NZXT - H510 Tempered Glass ATX Mid-Tower Black (90$) Power supply - Inland 750w 80 Plus Gold (80$) storage - Inland Professional - 512GB NVMe M.2 Internal Solid State Drive (50$) Cooling - Enermax - ETS-N31 CPU Cooler (35$) or you can go for noctua. best air cooler for few bucks more. total build cost 1,250$ depends on region where and how much are the products. Overall you can tweak the build a bit to drop the value. for example the motherboard or the power supply or the case or the storage :) overall the combo of CPU and GPU will be the overkill next 5 years. and in 5 months its expected the price drop of the GPU and CPU to fall down. so better wait for Octomber :)

[@froznfire9531]

In Europe, get a 6600 at a same/lower price, much better than a 3050 Also, rather get a slower Nvme like a P2 or NV1 and get 500gb, 250 is full with 1-2 games and Windows, wouldnt recommend in 2022. 1TB would be the better option if budget allows. Z mainboard seems overkill, you can get cheaper ram, Vulcan Z 3600 is 61€

[@kasper_429]

Every time I see a Micro Center video, it makes me want to drive the 4 hours away to the closest one near me and spend money. Lol. Their stores are so awesome!

[@TravelingStacker]

Why not go and make a day of it? 4 hours one way is nothing. Leave early. Get there and have lunch. Shop an hour or two and drive home.

[@kasper_429]

@@TravelingStacker True. I'll think about it, lol. Mostly I'm just reluctant because it's NoVA (northern VA) and a shat-ton of traffic. Could be an excuse to go to DC and hit up some of the museums and other places that I like and haven't been to in a long time.

[@RGMerkel]

I got lucky 2 weeks ago when I went to microcenter. I managed to get a 3070 Ultra FTW3 when I built my new pc. Big difference over my 1070.

[@magnanimus9692]

Congrats man

[@Mr.Helper.]

How much … I got a 3070ti for 829

[@Lildoc911]

Still running my 1070. Looking to go shopping soon for parts to make new rig. Sick find on your 3k series.

[@checoweco4772]

@@Mr.Helper. same here for a 3070ti, $829 after tax.

[@darkstorminc]

I may have to go with an AMD card this time around. I've been using strictly Nvidia since the Riva 128 came out.

[@angeldelvax7219]

Every time I see a "budget build" video for tech related things they are extremely expensive, and still they try to bring it as "such a steal, EVERYONE can afford it" at prices that people with lower income would take 10 years to save up for it. Jayz is the only one so far who truly goes for budget, and even states that the cost of this build shouldn't even be considered budget. Thank you very much for making these video's.

[@flowwy_]

You need to find better channels my guy - not throwing any shade at Jay, just saying there are other quality content creators out there

[@shadowforge]

This didn't even include the operating system.... price needs to tack on at least another $400 for windows, mouse, keyboard, and monitor which was not even mentioned

[@flowwy_]

@@shadowforge operating system is free lol, imagine paying microsoft for their spyware

[@Saka_Mulia]

What could you buy on the used market with the same budget? That would be a great head-to-head.

[@KesumaofEO]

Interesting because for the last 2 weeks I've been seeing the 5600x for 210$ on microcenters website 😮

[@alexlau3014]

Yeah I went to microcenter last Saturday(3/26/22) and they were selling it for $210 in store

[@gordonshumway9354]

I love this style of videos. If you have access to the components, then just taking the best of everything, making sure they are compatible and putting them into a case is boring. Putting restraints on the build such as a "working man's" budget is interesting and keeps me hooked watching you make informed concessions to keep it within a budget.

[@TheEnigmaProductions]

I built my first PC two years ago and Jay helped me set up the BIOS thank you so much Jay and please keep up the good work!

[@greenled3939]

Watching this videos makes me so so grateful that I was able to get my rtx 3060 for 330 (msrp) it did take around half a year of checking restock times at stores but I lucked out and seeing the gpu prices at micro center just makes me even more grateful. Edit: typo

[@thestig3259]

I just picked one up for $480 (before tax) obviously still over msrp but given the current market I’m pretty happy with what I paid

[@Unethical.FandubsGames]

$500-600 here. Still too much. I got my GTX 1080 for less :D

[@milanek1527]

HOW TF?? MY PC COSTS 500 DOLLARS.

[@lijhay2889]

3060 is still whopping 500$ here in philippines and I’m tired of waiting

[@heaintgoin]

seeing this in oregon i got my gigabyte 3050 gaming OC for 330$ idk what the msrp is because of the current market

[@Jjnoriega900]

love this video. my buddy just got into pc gaming and trying to show him what's up without being discouraged by some complexity

[@KaoruSugimura]

"in store deals" Gets to the GPUs: "above MSRP" Mmmm, yes, I love me some deals that charge more for PC hardware. Especially when they are clearly stocked and the next generation is literally just around the corner now. I genuinely can't wait for the announcement of the 4000 series and the flood of 3000 series cards hitting the market constantly pushing the prices down as people try to sell off their now "old" hardware to get the newer better hardware.

[@christophervanzetta]

4000 series is going to be expensive af

[@misatzu]

@@christophervanzetta ... plus, as usual, not all new gen SKUs will be released at once which gives the 3000 series plenty of time to trickle out (while production is ramped down accordingly so there is no oversupply on last gen GPUs)

[@bloodgoat]

DONT GOTTA BE SO CYNICAL DAWG JEEPERS

[@car.gems.]

thats not gonna happen, look what jay just did, purchased a weak 3 year old card for 360usd.. its not even an rtx card..

[@KaoruSugimura]

@@christophervanzetta Not saying it won't be expensive. In fact I more than well expect NGreedia to make the MSRP 50% more than the previous generation MSRP. That said, even at that price, it would still be a much better value than the 30-series current BS pricing. The days of cheap PC gaming are dead and crypto fucking killed it.

[@paulooliveiracastro]

The price of the cheapest gaming PC makes new gen consoles all the more impressive

[@a.vasquez771]

Ain't that the truth, like I've got the money for a higher budget pc but PS5s almost seem too good in terms of value.

[@christopherbartleson8918]

I was just at this exact Microcenter this past weekend to get parts for my build. Long story short, this place is awesome.

[@pleasurewasmine3173]

Jayz: Shows cheapest but practical gaming pc build Also jayz: promotes $1k monitor before hand

[@AKAtheA]

since he saved so much $$$ on the PC, there's more left for an OP monitor :D

[@Killtacularkevin]

sponsors are sponsors man I would too

[@pleasurewasmine3173]

@@Killtacularkevin same tbh haha they undoubtedly paid for that budget pc build I’m sure

[@pleasurewasmine3173]

@@AKAtheA the poor soul wouldn’t be able to experience that monitors true potential 😭 😂

[@erich6860]

Yeah a 4k monitor with what,,, 150 hz refresh. Not even the 3080ti can push that, unless it is counter strike LOL

[@IamNinetyFour]

I just got an AMD RX 6500XT for $180 in that same MicroCenter last night. It was open box, but I'll benchmark it to make sure it haven't been messed with. SO HYPE!

[@JaceB99]

Actually under msrp for that! Although, it’s power is almost 1060 power so…

[@Bratfalken]

And you need a PCIe 4.0 board to run it at full capacity.

[@IamNinetyFour]

@@JaceB99 It's a budget build that I was initially planning on using integrated intel graphics for, so this made sense.

[@IamNinetyFour]

@@Bratfalken I believe there's only a small difference between running any card on PCIE 3.0 vs 4.0, but I believe my board has 4.0 since it's newest gen intel supported.

[@mannyfresh7065]

@@IamNinetyFour correct the difference is negligible

[@ggamer7830]

Watching this whilst putting my nieces computer together in a Montech case. Good value indeed.

[@SaigeUlfhrafn]

Don't forget to add on the Win10 key, I had a buddy build a comp and wondered why it wouldn't boot. I asked him if he installed windows he didn't know he needed to. A lot of people forget Windows is a big part of it too.

[@velqt]

they go for 5 buckeroos its not a big buy

[@wulf9474]

Mouse/kb and monitor too....

[@XTripleJaxX]

windows dosent need a key its free to use and has been for many years now

[@BigRheno]

Just built my own pc yesterday with a meshify case. For the first build, I’m really glad a got a solid case. I started getting parts just before the Silicon Valley hike so I was missing lots of the needed ones that were more expensive. This actually made me kinda forget I had them sitting in the closet until some pc build stuff showed up in my recommended.

[@blooooooooooom]

Good call. Fractal makes some seriously quality stuff. I've gone with them for every case iteration of my PC since I first built it. I think this video shows you not to cheap out on the case!

[@BigRheno]

@@blooooooooooom It’s just sad for me to see the value of my parts for what I paid before the hike and seeing how much of a difference it’d be now. I think I literally paid maybe $700-800 dollars back then for then for the parts. Now it would be way above $1k if I waited to get the main components of my build.

[@lint8391]

The last PC case that I bought cost me less than $1. It was a bit beat up and dented. Which is great as brand new blinged-up cases scream "steal me!" to every low life that breaks into your home. It was a full sized tower case, so the components inside were happy as Larry. Plus it's more ecologically friendly to reuse an old case instead of buying new. Buying used may be the most cost effective approach for other parts of the PC - depending on what deals you can get.

[@andromeda8418]

1660S is a weird card. Mediocre compute power combined with great memory bandwidth for its price. Still holding its place as one of the best-budged cards, after two and a half years.

[@Powwpoww]

Bought mine right before the pandemic prices (lucky me) and kinda wished I got the 2060 instead, but the 1660 super performs so well for a budget card. I only game at 1080p and this card runs majority of new triple A games on max or a mixture of max and high settings.

[@andromeda8418]

@@Powwpoww I got my 1660S inside the boutique rebuild bundle. That was just before the prices started to rise. I bought it at the right moment because that same system was 150bucks more expensive just a couple of days later. I agree that RTX 2060 would've been nice. But with heavy OC, the 1660S is surprisingly close to stock 2060.

[@Deepidea102]

+1

[@sokool3994]

Yeah, it is a really good GPU. But, calling it the "best budget GPU" now wouldn't be correct considering the RTX 3050 is only $30 more on Amazon and RX 6600 is $20 more. I think these are better GPUs for the price.

[@andromeda8418]

@@sokool3994 I said it's one of the best ones. But I appreciate your opinion. Amazon prices are a great indicator but they aren't absolute. What is really the best value, that is still situational. Depending on the deal, which you get and on the PC which it's going to. If you don't have CPU and MoBo, which does support PCI-E gen 4, RTX 3050 and RX 6600 might lose performance in some games because of the x8 link. But they do have features like RT cores and more VRAM, and RTX has exclusive DLSS.

[@kinggalactix]

I wish Micro Center went global. At least there's a nearby computer retail store to go to

[@kinggalactix]

@UCqp0zLRvsTOvgxaqDfFSbOA nice try, bot. Unless you're not, but I'll pass.

[@leviij8050]

I like how jayz is explaining and nick is just chilling in the background

[@bradonhoover3002]

I would have gone with the 5600X plus the 6600 to take advantage of smart memory access and a strong degree of future proofing. You would make back some of the extra cost on the cheaper motherboard and stock cooler, and the longevity of the system means you'll save in the long run because you won't need to replace the PC as soon when it no longer holds up The cheapest you can build will work, and that's what they set out to show, but a custom gaming rig isn't where you should spend the least you're comfortable with. From my perspective as an individual enthusiast who's built PCs for seven years now, $1600 is how much you should be expecting to spend for a quality pc

[@tbone5448]

5600 would've been better then g or x for the price

[@Roger_Rademakers_1971]

You would at least need a B550 bord then 😉

[@zafarexilius5223]

if only microcentre would open stores in australia

[@johngangemi1361]

Yes please!

[@TTHIAGO666]

this video is just for me, with the pandemic and the war near my country and needing a better PC this video is a great help...

[@samuelerrington754]

Question: Wouldn't you basically break even on the AMD processor compared to the Intel because of the in-box CPU cooler? I'm using the in-box cooler on my 5700x and it's been doing just fine for a year and a half. I'm only running a 5600XT and 4 case fans, but I've never had heat issues with the stock CPU cooler. Personally, I prefer the 5600x and either a B550 or X570 over an 11600k, but that's just my opinion

[@niky00045]

the only difference being that stock coolers be LOUD. (though at least AMD's are capable of managing the load, unlike intel's -- and yes, intel's LOCKED CPUs do come with a cooler) so if you want to save every last cent, sure! if you want a quiet PC, any aftermarket cooler is going to make a big difference.

[@Daniel-dj7fh]

@@niky00045 I was also wondering which fan in my pc is making so much noise, I thought it was this cheap exhaust fan I got.

[@michaelmacdonald329]

@@Daniel-dj7fh it still could be lmao. My AMD stock cooler for my 5600x wasn't loud(atleast mine wasnt) but I quickly went water cooled for anesthetics lol

[@ericcooley9407]

@@Daniel-dj7fh I'm think the stock fan is lottery. I built one for a nice and I cannot hear it unless it's 100%

[@indigo3032]

@@niky00045 it was still supposed to be a budget build, so i dunno man. It woulda been better to have a i5 10105F or 10400F with a cheaper mobo, would give you space to get more storage, ram or GPU performance

[@FlintWestMetal21]

That Montech Air 1000 case is really nice, actually. I used the "Silent" version in a build recently for a client and it was a super nice case to use.

[@Reptile1997]

Looks like 1 cheaper version of the fractal meshify 2 and has 4 fans

[@averageatbest8146]

I have been trying to figure out a good build to move from laptop to desktop and this gives me a good starting point since it's been 10yrs since I've built a desktop. Thank you sir!!

[@averageatbest8146]

You're welcome sir!

[@Music-pl8xf]

This guy is a scammer and not jay.

[@averageatbest8146]

Ya realized it after I saw cent not cents in the name right after I replies

[@alaskafpv73]

Awesome build! Opens a lot of doors for budget minded people. And it looks good too if your into rgb crap. I'm old school so my black box is all I need 😆 performance is the game in my world not looks.

[@mkien2005]

Me too. If it could save me money to get better performance, I would throw all the RGB away.

[@NJRoadfan]

My favorite cheapo case, the Thermaltake Versa H17 or H18, must have been out of stock. Not flimsy unlike this one, but doesn't come with a ton of fans and is mATX (no biggie, most value boards come in mATX). Its clear that the fans are worth more than this Monotech case! Best way to get a deal at Microcenter is the CPU/Motherboard combo deals, usually good for $20 off. You can sometimes get additional off on RAM and storage from combo deals as well.

[@irfanzz7456]

off topic.... is he become fatter

[@MandalorianOfMiatas]

2:14 props to the guy in the back for being patient

[@flyfreak23]

As someone considering a first time PC build this was incredibly helpful. Thank you Jay!

[@RockyPeroxide]

If you're in europe, prices are different. I got a cooler master case for €45.-, and you can get decent cases for even less for example.

[@RockyPeroxide]

Prices here are way lower (except for CPU prices) anyway.

[@NRay7882]

Just curious, do you ask Micro Center management for permission to film before you start or no? EDIT: Nevermind, 23:30 Jay mentions he talked to Micro Center about this video.

[@CapitalBoom]

wish there were more micro center locations. place looks like paradise lol

[@captaiawesome2260]

14:33 I sure hope that cooler had a thermal pad on it. I was worried when you didn’t purchase any thermal paste when going down the list.

[@shannonrhoads7099]

The Gammax cooler comes with a 1-dose packet of generic thermal paste. We don't see Jay applying it, but had he not, the test results would have been...interesting!

[@captaiawesome2260]

@@shannonrhoads7099 That's good to know. I love that CPU cooler manufacturers are now including thermal paste with their coolers. Just worried about the first time budget computer builders that don't know what thermal paste is. When I was younger and dumber, I just thought that the cooler and CPU were 1 part.

[@doughy041]

For the price of that 1660 super you could of had a 3060 for 469. Is it the "cheapest?" No that is the RTX 3050 at 379.00 but for that extra cost you get current gen hardware and faster gaming and better frame pacing.

[@MudSluggerBP]

For the 359 price of the 1660 super he could’ve got a 469 bucks GPU!?

[@anhiirr]

true my friend was on the EVGA list and snagged a 3060 for 399+ tax...to replace a 1070....simply bc theyve had a 1440p TN dell g-sync flagship monitor for a few years now....and the 1070 doesnt enable higher settings at that res....yet 3060 wont allow "MAX" exactly either in most of the newer titles at that res. Considering the used prices of 1070s i told them to buy it regardless bc they have the cash on hand. Theyve had it for 6m never installed...bc they dont want to pair it with their 4770cpu

[@duckilythelovely3040]

6600 or a 3050 would have been better. The 1660 suepr is a TERRIBLE card that offers nothing.

[@rharbarenko]

And 4 little letters DLSS. I can't stress enough how good that is.

[@doughy041]

@@MudSluggerBP A RTX 3060 for 469 at my local Microcenter.

[@ryantsup6623]

as an enthusiast of midrange and budget builds I really enjoyed that video. You can save so much money, if you shift down the graphics settings a bit. No need for spending thousands of dosh imo

[@MrPH3N0M3NAL]

Jay: wants a cheap case. Also Jay after building in it: "Wow. this case feels really cheap"

[@WayStedYou]

Also jay. Buys K sku and non K motherboard instead of a 12400f and a better GPU