HOW TO: Build Your Own Gaming PC for $750

In this video, I show you an example of how to choose PC parts to fit your budget, as well as a step-by-step tutorial on how to assemble a PC.
Parts List:
Intel Core i5-7500: amzn.to/2tQgnpP
Gigabyte GA-H270N-WIFI: amzn.to/2uyiPyG
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 16GB: amzn.to/2sOeJ8t
EVGA 500B: amzn.to/2tUq8Tz
Samsung 850 EVO 500GB: amzn.to/2tQydZX
Cougar QBX: amzn.to/2sxyZqF
Joker's video: • Is the GTX 970 Still G...

[@CVNTGETENOUGH]

Congratulations to this kid, he's probably excited to have a nice PC and I believe building your own gives a sense of accomplishment, at least that's the way I felt.

[@829thera]

He's a natural PC builder. Now put him to work sleeving cables and PETG bending. LOL

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Kidding aside, he really was a natural

[@icyrhodes2738]

Thanks, very helpful, it feels like u are walking me through it!

[@NTamayo]

Solid vid... and I hope he shares his "minesweeper @ 4K" benchmarks lol. Keep up the great work.

[@ammadhassan844]

Great video man I hope the kid stays happy with the new system

[@Flor-ian]

Would a cheaper SSD and a Ryzen 1400 allow for more budget for the GPU? And possibly better overclocking and performance with hyperthreading?

[@toontownlegomaster]

I'd recommend going with a Ryzen build with this case because you end up probably spending the same amount you spent on the older hardware. Especially since the 3000 series of Ryzen is coming out really soon it should be a good upgrade or if anyone else reading this comment is getting ideas I'd go that route.

[@DMS_134]

Kinda of a weird decision going for the 850 Evo in a tight budget like this. Even more going for the 500Gb model. An ok Sandisk Plus 240Gb for half the price, and a WD Blue 1TB would've been just fine, and cheaper. Nice video otherwise.

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Many people go that route, and it's fine, I just prefer to stick with only using SSD's and the 500GB will last a while, and when he needs more storage, he can just add another SSD.

[@evanrogers7923]

Yeah the EVO is a luxury, why not just a sandisk?

[@CVNTGETENOUGH]

Evan Rogers At Micro Center they're actually having a very nice sale on Samsung memory

[@toddf.packer9394]

and what a great luxury it is but I do agree with you guys though. Go the HDD route first and then later you can add the SSD when your budget increases.

[@StoneAgedGaming]

SSDPLUS isn't a good option, it's IOPS are really bad

[@Ravenousjoe]

Man, I missed the price breakdown of the CPU,Ram and Mobo, and was really confused on your choice of the H270 mini itx because of it's non sale price, but the deal you got was great!! Nice build, especially for the price of the components.

[@toontownlegomaster]

I would not go semi modular in this case. It's the only time I wouldn't in a mini itx case because the semi modular cables stick out so the ends of the wire protrude onto your gpu whether you like it or not and you just have to watch the wires be bent up against the GPU backside. It's painful to look at but I guess it should be fine but a normal ATX power supply is fine as I can see from your video its cleaner and doesn't interfere with the GPU unless you had one that was probably the longest length the PC case could go.

[@jetcity7156]

Well done on picking up quality parts. That 970 topped it off, and i must say the build is sharp. I ran into a deal like that, and picked up a r9 390 MSI gaming for 100.00 also. It's in my guest pc, with a 4690k.

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Nice! That sounds like a solid build.

[@mandem9319]

Great component choice if you ask me. For the games he is playing, this will do the job just fine. Nice one! Always enjoyable to teach someone about building a PC :-)

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Thanks! Yes, this is perfect for him. He's loving it.

[@RetroOkamii]

The Cougar QBX-Kaze has better airflow, also I think it would be cool to see a build using the GIGABYTE GA-AB350N-Gaming, it's out of stock now unfortunately, but it's an awesome great price AM4 ITX board that came out 2 days ago. I managed to get one before it went out of stock. I'm hoping it's better than the biostar one that AM4 adopters have been stuck with for months now. :)

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Unfortunately, we put this together almost 2 months ago and there were no AM4 ITX boards available so that pretty much ruled out Ryzen 5.

[@zakiry8634]

The kaze looks uglier imo

[@BrianLiu]

Im not really digging the case, but the small form factor really makes up for it

[@ax310n]

Do a follow up vid an how much better his fps is. Great to see someone learn they can do what others think is just to hard to do.

[@v.aesthetic3764]

I'm not sure if I'll do that, but I can tell you it's working out great for him and he loves it

[@benf337]

How u put front fan ? The skru hole on the front fan panel is small like ssd screw

[@toontownlegomaster]

holy shoot I didn't realize that you uploaded this in 2017 and your friend sold you a GTX 970 for a 100 bucks 2 years ago wtf!?

[@adamkatona7784]

Do you think you can fit a corsair H60 in this case?

[@Tuchulu]

My entry level pc is just a 1050Ti and an ssd slapped onto a Dell Optiplex with sandy bridge i5. gtx 970 would have been a better choice but then I would also have needed a new PSU. If I had had the option of building the whole PC I would have picked a Ryzen 5 1600 for versatility. But the i5 is a solid choice considering the cheap motherboard you were able to find.

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Ryzen 5 would have been good but no AM4 ITX boards at the time.

[@Tuchulu]

Ok that makes sense. Nothing wrong with i5, they probably have a good 5 years in them or more, depending how soon game engines get better at using more threads evenly.

[@nathancasey7712]

That was my first PC. An optiplex with a r7 360. This was a few years ago though

[@volkankzltas5288]

Why would you go for 7500 instead of Ryzen if you are looking for future proof? You could have even squeeze a R5 1600 if you have cutted down some of the parts.

[@mul.5361]

Will a psu with following size fit? (L) 150 x (W) 165 x (H) 86

[@edwardgao4414]

I thought the socket for the psu had to be sideways, or else it wouldn't be compatible with the qbx

[@Chomakot]

need an advice here, i want to upgrade from 960 to either 1060/1070 or 580/480 but cant decide which will go good with my i5-4460 i have 550 corsair psu (So i kinda want to not upgrade the psu right now just my gpu) also 16gb ram and h81-GAMER mobo still available in my country (Thank god) so yeah any advices?

[@doplank4421]

For i5 4460 3,2 Ghz, the best pair is with RX 570/580/470/480 or GTX 1060 6 GB. If you buy GTX 1070, your PC will be bottleneck. This is my suggest for you, buy RX 470 first, and saving again for a couple month, upgrade you CPU with i7 4970 (non K), and then sell you i5 4460 and RX 470, and buy GTX 1070, if you want more future proof.

[@johnleonard3951]

Good man Teach them while they are young.

[@EadieCD]

any reason you didn't use thermal paste for the CPU?

[@seinarocks]

EadieCD Usually stock coolers have the thermal paste pre applied.

[@EadieCD]

Seina Assadian that's what I thought, just didn't see any mention of it. thanks!

[@isfiyiywafibc6qaiiiiiiiiii570]

The intel stock coolers come with thermal paste pre-applied. It looks like 3 gray strips.

[@romano5785]

why in the amazon listing of this case it says you need a SFX PSU? that evga you used is a standard PSU and I see it fits just fine!

[@v.aesthetic3764]

That's odd. A standard ATX PSU definitely fits.

[@trembledust6819]

Sorry for late response. You probably already found out the answer. I wouldn't go by Amazon's descriptions at all. It is totally wrong. Goto Cougar's site.The case supports psu's up to 140mm in length like the one you saw used in the build in the video. Standard ATX psu's are not all the same length however. I popped an Evga 650 G3 in that case and had to bend the psu support bracket on the bottom for it to fit. That psu is 150mm and is considered compact. Oddly enough when Amazon is saying only SFX psu's I tried a Silverstone SX650-G and it would not fit as it was way too small. It would only align with 2 out of the four mounting holes.

[@JoeCarlBunda]

@@trembledust6819 planning on doing this is it ok to bend the PSU support? I bought a seasonic m12II evo unfortunately it's not 140mm. It's 160mm...

[@trembledust6819]

@@JoeCarlBunda IMO long as it isn't interfering with anything or cause a significant reduction for the support of the psu post bend...sure.

[@robbie84]

honestly, after watching this, i want to make a mini pc of my own :D

[@JohnBraman413]

why not use a m.2 hdd? faster performance

[@jacobhinte5995]

Why not get a 1tb hdd and a 64 gb ssd for OS? 500 gb ssd isnt a very budget option

[@toontownlegomaster]

It's a mini itx case you want to stray away from anything that's going to add even a little bit more weight. I have this case and I would not bother putting an HDD unless I needed to.

[@kinesturken6919]

What case do you recommend else then this case?

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Are you asking what case I would recommend other than this one? Specifically ITX?

[@smashbother5684]

do the new processors and coolers these days not need you to apply thermal paste anymore? because that would be awfully convenient.

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Smash Bother the thermal paste is pre applied on the stock cooler

[@trembledust6819]

hell no lol. U still need paste.

[@zakiry8634]

There are alternatives to thermal paste

[@ianamor14]

@@trembledust6819 you stupid for that one

[@toontownlegomaster]

Dude why did EVGA make my 450 watt bronze 2mm longer if they would of just done 140mm then I'd be fine.

[@Plyplex]

is this budget build any good? uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/6j9WRG ignore the mouse keyboard and monitor

[@zahidshabir4038]

it is OK I guess but if you are from the UK I recommend going to this site ( pricespy.co.uk ) it is a price comparison website and compares more websites than PCPartPicker and then go for the cheapest RAM and Storage as those things are expensive also my 16GB DDR4 from eBay (Corsair Vengeance LPX 2666Mhz 8x2GB) cost me less than the one stick you have listed use eBay some people want to get rid of stuff they may have and not need as well as

[@zahidshabir4038]

also just modified your part list (uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/GZ6xM8) and got you a better CPU and GPU as well as faster RAM for the price and managed to squeeze in a high quality individual fan as this case has less fans though many of the parts are red accented such as red RAM and red LED fans as well as red LED MOBO (the one in your build was also red) the only thing without red accents is the SSD which has yellow accents and is from Corsair

[@saieshkoul9898]

nice video pal but I would like if u are a little bit more interactive like some hand movements when u talk hope u like constructive criticism 👌

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Thanks for the feedback. It's something I know I have to work on. It's just going to take time and practice

[@saieshkoul9898]

Vir1lity PC Customs I know, u are doing great btw subscribed 👌

[@saieshkoul9898]

u have great potential 😉

[@zahidshabir4038]

That CPU looks like it is not inserted correctly or maybe my OCD is kicking in

[@v.aesthetic3764]

it's all good.

[@fislicous1229]

Hey, could we email? I need help with watercooling parts.

[@v.aesthetic3764]

what sort of help do you need?

[@fislicous1229]

Im planning on a watercooling build with a 1080 TI and a 7700K. I really liked your build on the 400C (really liked the psu shroud) and the Fractal Design (really liked the size) one and Im stuck between mATX or ATX case. Also it would be great if you could send me links to your parts on the custom loops if I decide on a case. pcpartpicker.com/list/Vgj9zM

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Both of those builds were pretty tricky due to space constraints. I strongly suggest going with a larger case for your first time, and then once you feel more comfortable with the process, work your way in to a smaller form factor.

[@fislicous1229]

Could you suggest any cases? Im not going to SLI in the future because the Ti by itself is more then enough. Thats why I was thinking for a mATX.

[@v.aesthetic3764]

Even though you don't plan on SLI in the future, there will be a heck of a lot more options for ATX motherboards. Mid towers with great water cooling support: Fractal Define S, Phanteks EVOLV, Phanteks Pro M, Corsair 570X, Thermaltake View 31, NZXT Noctis 450, etc

[@the.savage3306]

you guys forgot to put thermal paste on the processor

[@v.aesthetic3764]

It comes pre-applied on the stock heatsink.

[@seeckergaming]

I've built in this COUGAR case. I think it sucks. Very bad feeling all around on the materlials and the build quality. Also, no cable managment options

[@romano5785]

I want to buy that case, is so small! what PSU did you used?

[@413fps]

i got a qbx, used a corsair sf450 to power the system. i5 7600k, phanteks 120mm cooler, radeon rx480 nitro+, 2 ssd's and 3x slim silverstone tek fans. Overall good case for the little money it cost

[@romano5785]

Alejandro Lencina I don't understand why people say that case only supporta sfx psus I have seen people using standard atx psus like the corsair cx

[@413fps]

on the website says that support standard atx psu, and definitly it does. I choose the sfx one because i like that psu, low but more than enough wattage at 80plus gold certification, looks good, the size help management, the stock modular cables are short and gives a clean look

[@romano5785]

Alejandro Lencina you should post your build in the PCMR subreddit there's not much builds with this case and I think is a good option for mini itx

[@Zeppelinpuppy]

Ahh those first world problems going depressed for a low fps count on a video game, while people on the other half of the world are getting shot and have no water to drink

[@xxrobohorse64xx]

since this was probeley made in mid june or somthing i figured that ryzen would be out at that time so i decided to but a improved pc instead. pcpartpicker.com/list/fQ42sJ

[@v.aesthetic3764]

it was actually made in May. There were no ITX motherboards for Ryzen at the time.

[@xxrobohorse64xx]

oh lol my bad, but still smart when you decided to get a 500gb ssd instead of both a 120gb ssd and a 1tb hhd, and getting that gtx 970 for a good price tho.

[@mosquitnoville7064]

Hows this Video Card - GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 1060 Mini ITX OC 3GB Processor - Intel Boxed Core I5-6400 6 GHZ Mother Bored - ASRock H270M Pro4 LGA 1151 Intel H270 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Micro ATX Motherboards - Intel Hard Drive - WD Blue 1TB SATA 6 Gb/s 7200 RPM 64MB RAM - Crucial 8GB Single DDR4 2133 MT/s Power Supply - EVGA 430 W1, 80+ WHITE 430W

[@OmegaSMG]

Mosquitnoville That's solid if you manage to get that 1060 for a reasonable price. However I'd suggest dropping down to a 1050 ti unless you can get that 1060 for 250 or less

[@mosquitnoville7064]

okay thanks

[@mosquitnoville7064]

getting the 1060 for $185

[@gambin4894]

430W PSU? Would that even be enough?

[@mosquitnoville7064]

I think so

[@brunsbaer21]

Don't use an i5 for gaming anymore. Use Ryzen.

[@bakarius383]

all in all how many more fps will ryzen get you? 4, 5? (not trying to hate because I am actually gonna get a ryzen 3 cpu in 2 weeks when it drops ;) )

[@nathancasey7712]

@@bakarius383 not just about fps.

[@zakiry8634]

Flippity they are cheaper, future proof, better stock cooler, better Apus ( if you are going down that road), and with the 3k series price to performance will be insane

[@3mn422]

no intake fan?

[@v.aesthetic3764]

it's on the side

[@nighrain9485]

OMG YOU BUILT ON CARPET AND YOU DIDNT HAVE AN ANTISTATIC BRACELET THINGY ERMAGAWD jk those things are useless, nice build ;)

[@devinwang2967]

ReleadPlays reeeeeeeeeeeeee

[@gummybear4344]

4:17 couch casting

[@olewornhat]

HOW TO: Build Your Own Gaming PC for $750.00 if you have a friend that will sell you a video card for $100.00. Otherwise miners have bought most of the decent cards and you can't find a card for under $500.00.

[@VIQ2001]

Let me tell u a joke ...... i5 7500

[@v.aesthetic3764]

hahahahahaha. You're hilarious.