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[@PCBuilderChannel]

▶Sponsor: Micro Center Monitor Madness Sale micro.center/f1f667 *NOTE: You can use a B660 or B760 motherboard with unlocked Intel CPUs, it just won't allow overclocking.* How is your PC Build doing? Is it time to upgrade or build new? What are you excited about in the PC world? Tell your story in a new comment below!

[@aacc8466]

8gb vram is enough especially on AMD 7600 card. Although a better buy is Intel Arc 770 w/16g vram if ur going to crybout it.

[@310_Latchkey_kid]

Highway robbery!! 😄Good one!! Walmart is selling Windows 11 keys, Office pro and a Logitech wireless mouse for $99.

[@LupusAries]

@@aacc8466Not for 400 Dollars......for 200-250 maybe, but for 400? Should be at least 12 GB if not 16. The fact is the 4060 is just about equal in performance to it's predecessor, while having less bandwith and less VRAM than it. It's a 4050 masquerading as 4060, just as the 4070, 4070 Super and 4070 Ti are 4060s masquerading as 4070s. The 4070 Ti Super is finally a proper 4070 card, just at a too high price. Now on the Mobo Situation @PCBuilderChannel yes, you can, but what's the point? If you can't OC a K, why get a K? Good choice on the AM5 board, 3 M.2 slots are really important if you skimp on the SSD size. Having a board with 4 M.2 slots allowed me to fill those up with 2TB drives (WD SN850X+Samsung 970 Evo Plus), last summer when they were cheap so that I have enough for the next few years. And even have enough space to use them for working data. My biggest tipp, READ the Mainboards manual before making a buying decision, to see how the lanesharing on it works. Namely if you use the M.2 slots or another which lanes might be used and what either gets disabled or has to laneshare. That tells you what you can actually use and it might save you from buying the wrong board. I would also recommend staying the hell away from 2 RAM slot boards, bad idea if you later on need more ram and want to upgrade. Or paying a big premium for a better onboard sound, if you want better sound, buy a board where you can use an X1 slot and get a dedicated soundcard. Even the cheapest Soundblasters like the Soundblaster Z SE or the AE-5 are much better than onboard. It's supposedly a toss up soundquality wise between those two and the Soundblaster Z SE is 76 Euros in germany, tax included. And you can make that expense at a later date. Or get a DAC. Just don't spend a 100 Extra on better onboard sound. Stats and specs wise the Onboard sounds are equal, but the soundquality under load, when the PC is working hard, like when gaming, is better on the Soundcards. But neither good onboard sound nor a soundcard is worth it without decent headphones or speakers, as well as good connecting cables. Quite a few Keyboards head heaphone controls, but their cables are shite (Thermaltake TT Level 20 RGB I'm looking at you! Great Keyboard, absolutely abysmal Heaphone jack.) So if you are interested in better sound, buy a cheaper board without premium sound, buy a decent headphone or Headset (like the Beyerdynamic DT 240, got mine for 50 Euros on a Black friday sale), decent shielded cables for it and a volume control (skip that if you have a good headphone jack on the keyboard or want to buy a DAC) and then finally buy a DAC or Soundcard later. If you stagger purchases like that, you can fit it into a tight budget more easily. And do not go into debt to buy PC hardware! On the SSD side, I might just say look at buying one that is a bit bigger, as you can get 2TB for a bit more. Like the WD SN770 with two TB for 183 Canadian Dollars. (Although it seems that SSDs in the US are more expensive than even in Germany, a WD SN850X can be had for 149 Euros incl. Tax, whereas in the US it costs 178 Dollars or roughly 163 euros without VAT.) If you want to stick 1TB that shoprbc.com that you used has the SN850X on sale for 121 Canadian Dollars. A ridiculously low price for it, especially given that the 970 Evo Plus costs more. (On that note, prefer that one over the 990 Evo, as the latter has no cache and is more expensive.) Generally you don't need Cached SSDs for gaming, but there are a few like DCS that profit from it. And the 1.1k version can run DCS pretty well, although it would need a 32GB pagefile for the really big multiplayer misssions. The 900 Dollars could do it, but it is The 2TB SN850X at 212 Canadian Dollars also is a decent price, if that is with tax. I'm a bit squeamish on the Gigabyte PSU, given that their P-750 and P-850 Drives did fail catastrophically, as in exploding and sparking in a Gamers Nexus test. It's cheap because of that scandal, it is a different line, but let's just say Gigabyte's reputation has been well and truly ruined. P.S. Shoprbc really needs to rework their site, as you can't filter by important stats like SSD capacities. Or cache types. And QLC is not worth it, especially without cache. Especially SATA QLC without cache, not even as a data grave for long term storage, get a good to decent HDD for it instead, you will get more for way less money. And due to every sector actually matched to a physical location, you can actually rescue data, even if the controller is shot. The thing is QLC can't hold high transfer rates for long and will then fall to the level that a good HDD can match. IOPS not necessary, unless you get an enterprise drive like the HGST Ultrastars (now known as WD Gold) they can do around 30-40k, and response time as well, the WD golds can do 2 Ms. which is awesome for an HDD, but they are still slower than an SSD. There is also generally no benefit of PCIe 4.0 over PCIe 3.0 M.2 SSDs for gaming, so get what is the better price.

[@ACE112ACE112]

oof. that sucks

[@aarongarcia2911]

How do we submit a build for you to review? I'm doing a VR build for my first PC build ever and I think I did a good job!

[@TheBigkal201]

unreal how my hardware interest fell off a cliff once the build was done......the knowledge this guy pushes out is priceless

[@PCBuilderChannel]

So glad you enjoyed!

[@trigintatres9787]

Same, knew everything about everything while building and once i built the damn machine it was like an months worth of researching exhale. Still love the info tho!

[@clownundead3550]

Any budget cooler for 7700x?​@PCBuilderChannel

[@Machistmo]

You cant stop me Jason. I will rule the world buying bad graphics cards. Muhahah ahahaha ahaha

[@unseens506]

i'm going to buy an rx 6500 xt

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Mr. Bear supports plans to rule the world (;

[@casualnerdjason6678]

Such villainy!

[@lamquythestupid]

@@unseens506 im gonna buy 3050

[@Leo-the_cat-and_blai]

@@unseens506 and I am going to buy an rtx 3050 6gb

[@himakadabra]

Jason, I have been watching your videos for a few months now absorbing all the knowledge and trying to build a part list. I just wanted to say that your knowledge and how you present it is invaluable to noobs like me and this particular video has come at the perfect time as I'm close to pulling the trigger and my budget is in the ball park of this video. So again thank you for everything you do for the community, wishing you lots of success.

[@zergilli9719]

Yes. He and others helped me build a $1400 build- 13600kf with 4070 super. Its very nice. It would've cost at least $2000 pre-built.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks so much for the awesome feedback! It really means a lot to us. So glad we can help!

[@3dchick]

When "the distressed builder noise" text came on the screen, I snorted coffee up my nose. 😂

[@PCBuilderChannel]

haha! Made me laugh too when I saw the edit

[@nemesis3329]

Canadian taxes will throw off any on-paper budget calculations...

[@PhilQc109]

Yup... Also everything is cheaper in US than we, Canadian...

[@domino6918]

Same story here in the uk 😢

[@QuantumDeathCat]

Depends where. When i started buying PC parts for my PC, i had 15% sales tax due to living in Québec. However, living in alberta for example, sales tax is only 5%, makes a big difference. But i did have to lower my expectations because of how much sales tax i was paying when making my PC, because my budget was decimated by the Québec sales taxes lol.

[@t0uchme343]

Surely it can't be as bad as 24% VAT...

[@PhilQc109]

@@t0uchme343 well we get 15% tax and 30% salary that goes to the government here in Quebec 😭...

[@FreeAdvice4All]

Thank you so much, Jason, for all your good work. Your videos helped me put together my first build. You're the man! 🤙😎👍

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks so much for letting us know it means a lot! Congrats on your first build! Show off a build pic if you like on twitter/threads @pcbuilderjason.

[@randcooley2865]

No one and I mean no one does this as well as you Jason. The amount of info in your videos is truly amazing. I have learned so much since I subbed as a member back in Oct.I encourage anyone who is looking to learn about current builds to sub to your channel. Thanks to you and Sarah the Boss😀

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Hey thank you so much Rand! Really appreciate it

[@KenjiBiH]

you actually helped me build my pc, especially with the ddr5 ram timings since i was buying a am5 platform 7800x3d, i didn't have a budget so i could go all out which i did i went for a 7900 xtx and 32gb of ddr5 ram and RGB for aesthetics since i wanted to go with a purple/red-ish color scheme and i love the performance (since i did go from a 2060 to a 7900 xtx so there's definitely a difference in terms of performance XD)

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Amazing! Congrats on your build and so glad we could help. Show off a build pic if you like on twitter/threads @pcbuilderjason

[@Raptorlake]

This is the build I want! what kind of performance are you getting in game? 1440p or 4k? I’m only worried pcie 4.0x16 will get outdated. is pcie5.0 going to take over soon? will 4.0 get me through the next 4-5 years?

[@KenjiBiH]

@@Raptorlake currently im playing games on 1080p monitor since i dont have a 1440p monitor yet still waiting for it to get shipped, but i can play all my games in full ultra without any fps problems i havent played rdr2 with my new build but im excited to see the performance for that, far cry 6 runs amazingly i even have a minecraft server running while i play other games and i dont feel it hurts my performance that much, im not sure about pcie 5.0 and how long 4.0 will get you though the next couple of years besides that im really happy with my build

[@MrAnimescrazy]

Yes that is a huge difference

[@j.birdie]

The “NO, NO, NO” made me lol good stuff as always Jason

[@PCBuilderChannel]

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[@floatycorn2491]

Perfect video timing. I was looking over my parts list last night (z790) and started a new am4/ddr4 list in attempts to upgrade my b450. Thanks for the video! 1440p 240hz is the goal and found your other video regarding that! Ty

[@PCBuilderChannel]

So glad we can help!

[@Canadian123455]

I always wonder if people are trolling with these submissions sometimes. They'll say they're a big fan of the channel, been watching for years, and follows none of his advice in their build. Maybe they need to watch harder?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

There's a big difference between theory and practice of course, I see a lot of lists like these even from pc building enthusiasts (:

[@animuszero1311]

Hi Jason! You helped me finish up my build this year! I hope that you still make content when I build my next pc 3 to 5 years down the line XD.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Congrats on your build!! Thanks for letting me know we helped it means a lot. We plan to still be here for your next one! (;

[@jasontodd5953]

I love how people bag on the 4060 8 gb when it has 2080- 2080 ti performance @ only 110 watts. I have both in multiple builds Ill take the 4060 over the 3060 anytime.

[@REZORN_YT]

Nice video, going to help me out in my future build!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad I could help!

[@SpoonHurler]

Builds, and Saturdays, have been boosted. I like the 12600k+6700XT combo right now too... especially with the option to go ddr4 (if you need to carve some cash in the budget) or ddr5 if you want all the performance.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Yes! So happy to finally have an Intel build make sense in one of these

[@tech_jims]

Great video as ever 😊

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks Jim! Hope your weekend is going well!

[@frankwalder3608]

I watched a lot of videos about the 3060 12 Gb vs the 4060 with 8GB, with many different opinions on which is better. I chose the 4060 over the 3060 12GB because of TDP. The RTX 4060 has a TDP of 115 watts, the RTX 3060 12GB has a TDP of 170watts. More watts mean more heat, which means faster fan speeds, which means more noise. I don't want to play Cyberpunk 2077 next to a jumbo jet aircraft engine. For context, I game on an HP DL380 gen 9, with two E5-2667v4, 256GB of registered ECC RAM. The M4000 GPU, which had a TDP of 120 watts, was great for running AutoCAD 2015, but when I tried playing games, it worked well, except that it got really loud because of the extra graphics load. My 4060 has been able to keep up, probably because it is almost three times faster than the M4000 was. The power supply is dual 800 watts, but heat builds up fast in a 2U case.

[@bstaff88]

My Gigabyte 6800xt started failing on me a few weeks ago while gaming and during Time Spy testing (Turns off), It's about 20 months old. Sent it in to Gigabyte to take care of it. Not sure how long the RMA process is going to be, and honestly I don't have a lot of confidence it'll go smoothly. We shall see. I'm not going weeks without a PC, so I decided to grab a new GPU, I was thinking about going with the GRE. After hearing how much you like your 7900xt I decided to grab one. Got the XFX Speedster Merc 310 7900xt, Yeah those XFX cards are loooonggg! It's paired with a 5700X3D. So far it's been great and honestly way more quite than my 6800xt and runs cooler. Love it!

[@tilapiadave3234]

Buy low grade AMD ,, you must expect to get troubles :)

[@spookytv4044]

9:55, thank you for making a note about the bottleneck, i always really appreciate it!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad we can help!

[@GyroXxx]

love this format and the videos are giving me a good vibe👍...my request is to get the 6750 xt (5% better) instead of the 6700 xt but the 6700 xt is a little cheaper so still a reasonable pick...overall a decent video💪

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks for sharing and glad you enjoyed!

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Wonderful build video. Thanks for all of the effort.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks John! Hope you are having a great weekend

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

@@PCBuilderChannel I'm having a great St. Patrick's day weekend. Hope your's is going well. Looking forward to new videos.

[@slimal1]

Thanks Jason!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching

[@nexusvideo]

It is no fun parting out computers in Canada. You have to jump on sales. I just got a Montech sky two case for a third off at newegg

[@aelaan12]

One thing to keep in mind is that some parts that are available in the US market are unavailable in Canada.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Yes! That's why I search Canadian sites when I do those builds. You can see on the screen we are showing Canadian shopping sites (:

[@t0uchme343]

I feel a use case for 4060 is that one low profile no pcie tiny version for a super small build.

[@javedrahaman]

Hey Jason. I saw today Amazon has slashed prices on the Sapphire cards. Bought my 7800xt Nitro + today. Can't wait for it to be delivered 🎉

[@seand2069]

Hi Jason! Love your channel! I've recently been learning more about PC building and have watched a number of channels - yours is my go to! Thanks for the straightforward guides! Quick question if you have time: Currently I own a Dell Alienware Aurora R7 running an i7-8700k and Nvidia GTX 1070. Do you have any new GPU recommendations that pair well with the i7-8700k, or am I best to sell my current machine and build from scratch now? (I should note too that I'm limited to GPU shorter than 269mm because of the case size.)

[@kelley09162]

Considering your CPU you'd be best building a new machine. I can help you pick out parts if you want, I just need to know your budget and what you're using the PC for.

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

8700k and 1070 isnt bad combo even nowadays...but for upgrade you better pick up something more modern.

[@GroetenUitNederland]

Great to see a video at $900 & $1100 budgets (US excl. monitor). I think lots of builders for fully new systems are around this budget. The $200 gap is large enough to show the difference and adjust to your own budget/local market 👍

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad you enjoyed! Happy to get to highlight this weird price area

[@autosan]

I got a 4060 recently, but reality here is different, 7700xt is like 200+ u$ more. Can't do much about it

[@rangersmith4652]

Regarding buying third-party OEM keys for Windows: It's important for people who think this is a bad idea -- or maybe even illegal -- to remember that Microsoft literally gives Windows 10 and 11 away for free AND that with its vast resources it could stop the selling of these third party keys if it wanted to. The bottom line is MS wants you to use Windows, which is why you can get it for free directly from MS, but if they can get you to pay $125 for it, they'll happily take your money.

[@GeneralGP114]

So it's ok to buy a windows key ? Been seeing alot of popular channels, mentioning use their discount for the keys etc etc

[@rangersmith4652]

@@GeneralGP114In my experience, with I think three different sellers, using third-party keys has been 100% successful. That's 10-12 that worked perfectly vs. zero that did not. Sometimes they even keep working after a hardware change.

[@GeneralGP114]

@rangersmith4652 ok thanks or the reply , I'll try it out my self.

[@Arkangel0187]

Not in the budget to upgrade cpu or gpu currently, but I got myself some new fans to replace the cheap ones I bought for my first build. They are loud and the leds in two of them are flickering! So I got some pretty be quiet! lightwings on sale. Wanting to upgrade to a 5800x3d here pretty soon, and hoping for a good upgrade option for my 3060ti in the Nvidia 50 series whenever it drops!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Sounds like a plan!

[@dap777754]

Love some advice: I have my eyes/heart set on the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4070 Ti Super OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 16GB GDDR6X, DLSS 3, HDMI 2.1a) which as of May 22, 2024 is sitting at $950. Will this unit come down anytime soon, what with NVIDIA doing the 5080/5090 thing; and how much will it come down? Also, do I need to do more research (does the 4070 suck?) and/or commit to waiting for the 4080 to come down into my price range (right around $900 tops)?

[@johnasosajr]

I have a build I put together a couple weeks ago Gigabyte b650 gaming x ax Ryzen 7 7800x3d 32 gigs t force delta rgb 6000 MHz Gigabyte 7800xt Cooler master 850 v2 fully modular 2 tb western digital m.2 Deepcool ak620 zero dark Montech air 903 max

[@chanod4060]

I'm afraid of watching one of your $1600 pc part list and realize that the parts I just got for my build aren't close to what you can build for the same price :'(

[@MrAnimescrazy]

What are your specs and what did you pay?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Don't be afraid! We all have more to learn (:

[@alexturnbackthearmy1907]

Not all prices are created equal...everything here is more expensive, at least by a bit. And then all cheap air coolers in US are like X2 of what they are selling for across the ocean.

[@Jwalker76]

Thanks for the build advice. I kind of know the ddr4 ram specs for AM4 as i have a ddr4 32gb 3200Mhz cl16 ram. But looking at AM5 ddr5 it was confusing me. So many different speeds both in megatranfers and cl rating i wasn't sure what the ram should be. Now i know its 6000Mhz cl30. Considering getting a 7600 or 7600x build to pair with a 7700xt. I was at one point looking at the 7600xt but after comparing it with the 7700xt i felt the 7600xt is under powered.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad we could help! Check out our latest Best Builds March video for a great sample 7600 build too

[@Jwalker76]

@@PCBuilderChannel yes I will go back and check that out. I really need to check out what motherboard I want. Or I want more motherboard options. Would love some upgraded audio on a motherboard and usb type c on the back. Thanks for the videos I watch all of your content.

[@michaelsotomayor5001]

I built my PC around the case. It had to be reviewed by a few on youtube. Apparently its great airflow. I'm happy with my build I hope it lasts total ten years.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Yay! Congrats on the build!

[@michaelsotomayor5001]

@@PCBuilderChannelbetween you and optimumtech it's all I need to figure out good builds. Thanks!

[@MrAnimescrazy]

What are your specs?

[@HetZieltje]

11:27, it seems he didnt even see the original ram was 2x8, insanely high price for that kingston kit

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Yikes!!

[@j.p.h.8126]

Allso lets note that in the first build the CL40 RAM kit was 2x8GB. So slow on latency and low on capacity for 140 bucs!!!

[@bryan_350_5]

that ram kit for the first build was atrocious. Asides from that and the 4060, The build wasn't bad though. $20 can grab a 12GB 7700XT and he can get a better and cheaper ram kit and use that to upgrade the cpu

[@andressanchez8353]

Hey I´m just stopping here to thank you PC Builder, I built my PC choosing each component 1 and a half years ago watching your videos and it turned out great and didnt over spend in any component. I saved money and have an incredible gaming PC. Thank you!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks so much for letting us know it means a lot! Congrats on your build!!

[@giorgosraptis]

first time in your channel, you made a great job congrats!! what do you suggest for editing 4k video 3060 12 gb or 4060 8gb. I dont play games

[@MrAnimescrazy]

Look at other videos on youtube comparing the gpu's when it comes to editing.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad you found us! A 3060 12gb will edit video in 4k. The export is going to be somewhat slow. If you can invest more and get into a build with a 4070 and up that would be stronger of course

[@giorgosraptis]

@@PCBuilderChannel thank you for your answer

[@BurakUnan]

@PCBuilderChannel I wonder if there is a chart or if you already have a video which cpu's and gpu's pair best without bottlenecking.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Sure do! (; Check out our Best GPU/CPU Combo 2024 video!

[@jeremystjohn4769]

Love your guys content keep up the amazing wotk

[@PCBuilderChannel]

So glad you are enjoying! Thanks for watching

[@Digitalv0id39]

Great video. First time viewer. I'm currently running an i5-12400f, 16GB DDR4 3600MHz CL16(GSkill), WD SNxxx 1TB nvme, Asrock B660M Pro RS, 750W 80+Gold PSU. I need a new video card. Currently running 1440p with a 3070. I was thinking a 7800xt. What are your thoughts? Have a monitor that is G-Sync compatible however, probably need to trade that for something with FreeSync. AMD just seems to have better value

[@kelley09162]

A 7800XT is a good choice. The Monitor you have should be fine. Jason doesn't G-Sync vs Freesync for Monitors doesn't really matter.

[@joeymadden7456]

Jason i totally agree with you about 1080p...people really should shoot for 1440 minimun. The latest cards and spew out frames at 1440

[@PCBuilderChannel]

For builders with a strict lower budget (or those who just want the abosolute max fps possible for esports) 1080p is still fine. But 1440p is becoming the standard for sure!

[@joeymadden7456]

@PCBuilderChannel oh yeah I agree!

[@GeneralS1mba]

In 3 generations, I think that 1080p will be for low end laptops or people who want 120fps in intensive games. Rtx 7060 will be like what 4080? Lol.

[@codyfarrell4242]

Hey Jason! In the process of researching and putting together a parts list for my first gaming pc build. Do you have an alternative suggestion for a CPU cooler for the $1100 build, can’t seem to find that in Canada for some reason and don’t want to just pick anything although as you said this part is pretty forgiving. Thanks!

[@kelley09162]

I just went on PC Part Picker Canada and saw that Thermalright Cooler there.

[@codyfarrell4242]

@@kelley09162 Thanks man I’ll have a look there I’ve been on newegg and Canadian computers websites so far

[@UroborosB]

Lol I have almost the same build as that dude it's a shame that this doesn't apply in Mexico, here the 4060 costs 347 dollars and the price for the 7700 xt is $488

[@LarsaXL]

This is exactly the video I needed. I was currently looking for parts for a 1080p AM5 gaming computer and hoping to spend less than 1000$, and picking the 4060 gpu, because it's the one most people recommend.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad you found it! Thanks so much for watching.

[@euangrozman3671]

gotta say you guys have been really helpful, thanks to you I made my budget build and helped my friends make builds as well, though there are still some things I dont know cause I kinda need to know will the ryzen 5 5600 bottleneck the rx7600xt? its for my friends build cause he wants high fps 1440p build for games like helldivers 2 and baldur's gate 3

[@kelley09162]

The 5600 and 7600XT is a good combo. Jason says you can go as high as the 7800XT with the 5600.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

That's a good combo! Check out our latest Best Builds March video, we have a great sample 5600 build guide there

[@kadian299]

Love seeing my favorite store sponsoring my favorite pc content creator.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Any day with a trip to Micro Center is a good day (;

[@atomkacke]

hello, i am currently building myself a PC as well. I have/want WQHD 120FPS Gaming. For CPU i got myself the Ryzen 7700. But for GPU i am kinda uncertain. possibilitys would be either 4070Super (Asus Dual), or pay 60 Bucks more for the 4070TI (cheapest Custom Model - KFA2). The third option would be around 80Bucks more than the 4070Super for the RTX 7900XT Hellhound. Not sure which to choose. Some recommendations would be much appreciated :D

[@kelley09162]

If you don't care about Ray Tracing an AMD GPU would be good. Good AMD options are the 7800XT, 7900GRE, and 7900XT.

[@tilapiadave3234]

nVidia ,,, superior build and quality ,, there IS A REASON they have most of the market

[@ThomasPaine01]

Another great video, Jay, congrats! Have a great weekend, brother!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Hi Thomas!! Thanks so much. Hope you have a great weekend too!

[@neiciparker789]

Wondering if you will do an Audio/Video Creator low/mid/high budget build, and/or prebbuilts video? Looking to set up my home studio, priority music production (music production, video editing, photography and graphic design processing). I was considering your mid 900-1100 gaming build, but not sure of the audio quality

[@kelley09162]

Here's a build I made for you. This build has a Motherboard with upgraded audio. Also, I went with the Intel A770 GPU. From what I've read the GPU isn't too important for Music Production. It's the CPU that's most important. The build is list / Z4w9QP in PC Part Picker.

[@neiciparker789]

Thank you so much, this will help me narrow what im weighing@@kelley09162

[@kelley09162]

​@@neiciparker789you're welcome. You'll have to look and see if the A770 will do okay for Video Editing and Graphic Design or if another GPU around that price is better but the drivers have improved on it which is good.

[@floatycorn2491]

Had a question regarding Motherboard Memory clock speed. Should I be matching this value with my RAM speed? One of the motherboards recommended only has 1000 MHz compared to others with 7200 MHz. Thank you!

[@faded_mbs593]

Your ram will only go as fast as the board can support. Go with the 7200mhz

[@giganiga4793]

Hey jason... i wanted to ask whether i should go with i5 14600k or 7700x ..... i wanna play fps games like valorant cs2 at 240fps+ and maybe a little bit of streaming and video editing....... the gpu i decided is the 4070super

[@PCBuilderChannel]

14600K or 14700K (better if you can swing it) are great gaming and combo options. For the me 7700X doesn't give enough of a boost beyond the 7600, and depending on how much video editing you do you'd likely be very happy saving money by going 7600 and investing a little more into your GPU. My personal gaming/editing/streaming rig is a 7600 7900XT and I love it.

[@bergdk237]

You could go with am5 7600/x at first, and have the option to upgrade your cpu later down the road, without changing mobo!

[@ronchu4453]

The Asrock B650 Pro RS is an awesome board at that price. I have one, its got a Gen 5 M.2 slot option too if you really need it.

[@ronchu4453]

It was the #1 selling board on newegg during Thanksgiving

[@Anitasusana07]

Yesss! Keep those LMNOP lights. 😉⚜️

[@PCBuilderChannel]

LMNOP lights are very important (;

[@carmalone91]

as always..love this series :D

[@PCBuilderChannel]

BMB for the win! :) Thanks for tuning in!

[@nachoibanez30]

Jason! Help me out! Im looking for a gpu arround 250-300 dollars for 1080p gaming. I know you strongly recomend the 3060 12gb, but what about the 4060 8gb? I know it has less vram but it still performs better in all 1080p and 1440p benchmarks and also has dlls 3.5! Any advice?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Answered elsewhere!

[@lebraa]

Excellent content sir. One suggestion, you need to go all in on roasting the presented builds.. adds comedic value to your videos. Thanks

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed (;

[@lego_max8999]

Hey, Jason, could you guide me what to upgrade in my setup? i have a i7 9700k, 3060, 32gb of ram, 240mm AIO

[@tilapiadave3234]

Sell it and start fresh

[@MrAnimescrazy]

What is your budget?

[@ScotsmanDougal]

Hi Jason, this isn't a question about components but software. As an average PC user (gaming, surfing the web, watching youtube), is there any benefit apart from cost of me paying for antivirus or will I be ok using it's free counterpart? I don't have an issue with paying (I use Bitdefender Total) but I find the best price is always free. Cheers.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

We don't use anti virus software personally, we just rely on Windows Defender. We have used Mallwarebites before

[@ScotsmanDougal]

@@PCBuilderChannel That's not what I'm asking though.

[@adeeltaylor1073]

I think what he means is that no Anti-Virus is the best free option, and I would avoid things like Norton and Mcafee like the plague if that's what you're using. The cost is really a non factor for unspecific and casual needs, windows defender has you covered for all of that no problem.

[@Joeker8171]

Wow! Awesome video great job at boosting their builds

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks! Hope you are having a great weekend Joeker!

[@Joeker8171]

@@PCBuilderChannel I am. I hope you are too

[@aarongarcia2911]

If we are building specifically for VR, is there anything else we should be considering?

[@MrAnimescrazy]

What is your budget?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Check the recommended specs of the games you play

[@shankarprathab4107]

Man in my country there is a price gap of 200$ between RTX 4060 and RX7700XT in order attain that even if we gone with older gen CPU all we can go for RX6750XT even if it's close to RTX 4060TI still it's not make sense at this time, Since AMD working on its own AI upscaling method

[@Eclipce051]

I love Jasons notifications on Saturday morning ❤

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Hope you enjoyed! (:

[@manuelnavarro7320]

I have a 6700xt and recently got a ryzen 7 7800x3d because I got a good deal. Now I want to upgrade my gpu to a 7900xt but with the new 8000 series gpus likely coming later in the year so you think it's better to wait?

[@MrAnimescrazy]

We don't know when the cards will officially launch so I would get the 7900xt and if you need or want the extra power then you can sell the 7900xt for the next gen amd card.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

I wouldn't wait personally.

[@michaeloneill1360]

Thumbs Ups Jason, for doing a Canadian Build!! Featuring Canada Computers & my 'Exact Make & Model' of PSU, for the Exact Price I paid for It !!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Oh Canada!

[@michaeloneill1360]

Good News Jason, I pulled the Trigger on Starfield & got It for $60.00 Cdn. on the 'Spring Steam Sale'. It Runs Great on both Gaming PC's !! I guess that means that my Hardware exceeds the 'Minimum Specs Req'd'; However, I'm still going to push ahead with my 'Plan' to Upgrade/Replace the CPU in Gaming PC #1 from the Ryzen 5 5600X to a Ryzen 7 5700X 3D. Still 'On the Fence' about whether to Replace the CPU & GPU in Gaming PC # 2, with the 5600X & RX6600XT from Gaming PC #1 ????

[@turboimport95]

The only reason i went with a 7800x3d instead of a 7700x etc was because I had free cash back to pay for my pc build, but I cant wait to see what the 5090 can do. If its 50% faster then the 4090, I will upgrade my 4080 to that, but it has to be a FE card. Im tired of the quad slot behemoths 40 series. It ruins mini atx builds trying to stuff in a 360mm length gpu in a sff case.

[@MrAnimescrazy]

I will also be looking at the 5090 and the next x3d chips.

[@Venlorz]

I'm checking out the B650M Motherboard but it has variants like B650M-A, B650M-B and B650M-P... which is better?

[@kelley09162]

-A is better though not sure what the different letters mean.

[@kingo5940]

Pls help .. I have a question: MSI B550 VDH WiFi or VC WiFi? Seems like the VC is cheaper and better? Or am I wrong? What's the difference?

[@kelley09162]

The VC is a little better based on specs so if it's cheaper than the VDH go with that.

[@kingo5940]

Thx :)

[@jonesseth99]

Hey love your channel and I'm new to the PC build. It's my first time . Wanting to use for flight sim vr and music production. Could you help? Thanks!

[@kelley09162]

I can try and help. I just need to know your budget.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Welcome! I recommend starting with our "How to Build a PC in 2024" video to help decide your budget and build goals. From there check out our "builds and parts" list on the channel page for some great current sample builds!

[@jonesseth99]

@@kelley09162 2000

[@jonesseth99]

@@kelley09162 in VR also

[@mattstephens8887]

Just so you know, I watched the Micro Center Ad in its entirety. That’s how good this content is…

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Hey thanks! Sure do appreciate it

[@teknastyk]

either a 3060 wt 12gigz or a 6700 - costs less, has more ram which makes it a bit more future proof in terms of being still able to run at med textures in some of future games - lets say minecraft recieves a 4k texture mod some day soon... Why bother with 8gigs for more money? Just buy a bigger ssd for that price or more ram

[@lawsonbailey7287]

Jason how could I contact you to send you a screenshot of a build that I am planning on doing. I need your guidance.

[@marziosepe3155]

Bought a 7700xt upgrading my 1070 hope I did well, I play in 1080p and want to play with it for other 5 years

[@kelley09162]

Yes that's a good upgrade

[@marziosepe3155]

@@kelley09162 thank you

[@Snafu2346]

Have you ever had gpu pcie cable extensions not work with your gpu? On my new build my gpu kept disconnecting, and I didn't know what it was, I thought it might be the mobo, I rechecked the connection but my gpu would occasionally disconnect. I though it could be sag so I propped something up on the end and it would be even less reliable. I noticed that led lights next to where the pcie cables would plug in would light up. Something I didn't even know was there. Finally I just took off the extensions and it completely fixed the issue. I've contacted cable mod about this and they said to take a pic and show and invoice. I haven't done it yet because my new 7800x3d went bad after 3 months but that is a different issue.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Yes when you have a GPU issue and you are using extensions this is almost always the culprit and my recommendation is to take off the extensions and use the native PSU cable to test it. I feel like this has gotten a lot worse as GPUs draw more power (perhaps it wasn't as noticeable before power draw went insane).

[@drax6018]

I know its nice to look at extensions but most of them are trash. if you really want to look just look for some cable sleeve covers.

[@Snafu2346]

@@drax6018 There are sleeves? I just wanted some continuity on my white build. I thought the braided cables would give it a nice look which it did but it also caused my computer to be unstable. I had some on the atx and the eps but my cpu recently died do to what apparently the cpu's internal memory ... something or another. it caused my computer not to boot ram and I had to get a new 7800x3d after only 3 months. I actually exchanged the ram and mobo thinking it was that but when I did that and it still didn't boot I was really worried.

[@hugo49i]

What about 7900 xtx Hellhound? Is currently 150-250€ cheaper than 4080 super

[@MrAnimescrazy]

Buy it if you have the money.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Great card!

[@obi-wankenobi1190]

If comparing to a RTX 4060 Ti the RX 7800 XT is the GPU to get where I live these two cost the same yet the 7800 XT decimates it all ways round, even 12GB GPU's I would avoid getting, the 7800 XT offers 16GB 256Bit GDDR6, if lucky finding a RX 6800 or RX 6800 XT can also give you a decent choice even over the 7700 XT 12GB. Sometimes second hand parts can still give you a better result than new parts, look around over sticking to one store.

[@RoyalT888]

For budget AM5 .. the best price to performance has to be ryzen5 7500f , right?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

If its available in your market its a solid option, its not in the US sadly.

[@SpoonHurler]

Hopefully it will be a worldwide release in the summer or Q3 this year. I think AMD is losing a lot not doing it already but maybe the stock is limited and if that's true they probably released it too soon imho

[@GeneralS1mba]

​@@SpoonHurlerHopefully 7600 drops close to $/£/€150 at zen 5's launch. Having a good "budget" option will be great as zen 5 will likely be horribly priced for a few months.

[@SpoonHurler]

@@GeneralS1mba I don't think they need the igpu on the 7600 in general, and that should have been the difference between the 7600X and never needed the confusing 7500f nomenclature that will probably have a 4p2e core 7500 variant in two years confusing buyers

[@scottbinstead2713]

Hey Jason! I need your help! From the UK, love your channel! Last year I brought my pre built pc, and it came with an i12700f/3070ti on an MSI B660 pro motherboard. Recently i made the change to 1440p and thought about getting something like a 4070 super, but from your video it seems my CPU is not up to the task? What would be the best upgrade path for me in the near future? Cheers !!

[@kelley09162]

No the 4070 Super would be a good upgrade for you

[@scottbinstead2713]

@@kelley09162 Really? I thought Jason said you hit a bit of a wall when it comes to anything higher than a 4070? A google search says i would have roughly a 32% CPU bottleneck! That seems a bit significant no?? Appreciate your input

[@kelley09162]

​​@@scottbinstead2713Jason says not to trust Bottleneck Calculators.

[@scottbinstead2713]

@@kelley09162 thanks I really appreciate the advice

[@PCBuilderChannel]

That will experience bottleneck yes. Check out our Best GPU/CPU Combo 2024 video for more!

[@shabadabadoo4326]

Currently have 7900x, with a 6800xt, gaming at 3440x1440p. Rebuilding it because of instability, and I'm tired of paying to replace parts. Looking at a 12600k w/ 4070 ti(or 7900xt). Will I be bottlenecking it at that resolution?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

I’d definitely go with a stronger CPU with those GPUs. Check out our Best CPU/GPU Combo 2024 video

[@l.i.archer5379]

Wow, thank goodness I have a PowerColor RX 6700 XT Fighter card in my SFF build, and a full size PowerColor RX 6700 XT Red Devil still brand new in the box!

[@tilapiadave3234]

One day you will grow in knowledge and appreciate the superior Nvidia

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Nice!

[@Vampire_born_in_2006]

4060 should be $300, still not very good even at $300. It is good for upgrades when you have some prebuilt computer with 400W power supply as it draws less power than 3060 or Radeons

[@Owen31745]

is a total ram latency of 14 bad???

[@veronikawagemakers4253]

I dont know if i need a good price to perf. With 12gb of vram if im going to play fortnite on potato settings

[@MrAnimescrazy]

You should be good especially if you will play on potato settings.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Just don't overpay for a card that's not going to allow you to play other games if you change your mind

[@NTGJaguar]

he wanted a upgrade path 7600x is fine pair it with a gaming x ax mobo for 189

[@_ICE_VR]

I actually picked up a 4060 for power saving, it does a really impressive job running VR, downgraded from my 450w 3080, and honestly, very similar experience and it only uses like, 80w most of the time Gonna save alot on power, and heat for the summer

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks for sharing!

[@casualnerdjason6678]

I think people really undervalue the impact of power consumption. I really enjoy my 6700xt… but the power consumption is noticeably higher than my previous RTX 2060 and definitely impacts my energy bill.

[@_ICE_VR]

Ofc, i will say, there are a few more microstutters, but for most use cases, its a fantastic lil power saver, but the rest of my rig might be helping out a bit lol i do run a bit of a beefy rig... It should be priced closer to 250... But it can definitely run vr, excited to try the av1 encoding with wireless vr to see if theres an increase to visual fidelity

[@Snafu2346]

you had your 3080 running at 450 WATTS?! What kind of 3080 was it? I have a EVGA FTW3 3080 but I undervolted it to around 950mah at 1900mhz It usually runs around 220-250 watts and gets 95% of what it performed stock. Over clocked I coudl get it to run around 2100 mhz consistently but it was around 400watts. But undervolted it would be around 60 Celsius while gaming at a 95%-100% gpu usage. Did you ever try undervolting it or anything similar?

[@_ICE_VR]

I was undervolting yes, but alas, i need to repaste it, thermals getting a lil high

[@calefackrell8794]

How do I sign up to get my build looked at? First time actually putting one together but really would like second opinions on it :(

[@kelley09162]

He has a Community Post every month asking for submissions. He'll have one again in April but feel free to post yours in March's and I can take a look.

[@calefackrell8794]

@@kelley09162 like post here or do you mean post the link somewhere else?

[@kelley09162]

​@@calefackrell8794somewhere else. It will be in the community tab on this channel. You just need to wait for the April post.

[@Sloshiie]

Could I please get your opinion? I recently took interest in building my first gaming PC. I am looking for solid 1440p gaming on upcoming game titles and was thinking about the RX 7900 XT.. but found out a new RX 6950 XT is currently USD$200 (AUD$300) cheaper than the RX 7900 XT.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

That sounds like a great option in your market!

[@stanmarge6326]

I bought a 7700 but returned it as I understood that streaming is no no with AMD. What would you recommend for streaming AND 1440p at a cule price ?

[@kelley09162]

AMD CPUs are fine for Streaming unless you mean 7700XT. If you mean GPU the issue is Nvidia GPUs aren't good price to performance for Gaming vs AMD.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Streaming is great on AMD! My personal professional streaming, editing, recording, and gaming pc is AMD. You might want to check out our "PC Parts Explained 2024" video to get you started

[@stanmarge6326]

@@PCBuilderChannel ​​⁠Argh I should have been more precise. Twitch streaming is no cule on AMD, which is where I want to stream ! I vill go watch the video you suggested though. Love your videos you’re a cuoule dude

[@jonathancaverly6477]

No, no, no, no! You can't "just use the stock cooler" especially if you are turning on the precision boost 🤦‍♂️

[@PCBuilderChannel]

I mean, you can and a lot of builders do. But I do recommend going for a budget tower air cooler as that will give you a performance boost

[@jonathancaverly6477]

@@PCBuilderChannel I guess if you consider not thermal throttling a "performance boost". I do like that you are recommending budget tower coolers more in your recent builds though, keep up the good work!

[@smittylikesto]

i think the rmes arent as good as the rms. rmes have c tier capacitors

[@1guuu]

Hey Jason! Can you do a video on a pc build for Sim Racing, 1440p, 49" ultrawide monitor with 144hz or + refresh rate, for 120fps or +? The builds I have tried to put together are landing around $1500-$1800 with a Ryzen 7800X3D and Radeon RX 7800 XT or RX 7900 GRE. Thank you!

[@kelley09162]

So I read Sim Racing is better with Nvidia GPUs. So, I made this build with a 7800X3D and 4070 Ti Super. Tax will put you over 1800 but hopefully that's okay. It's list / xzWb6D in PC Part Picker.

[@1guuu]

@@kelley09162 wouldn’t it be better to go with RX 7900 XT with 20GB VRam at that price?

[@kelley09162]

​@@1guuuno because I looked it up and Sim Racing works better with Nvidia GPUs.

[@abstractnonsense3253]

Food for algi. Good video as usual. 👍

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thank you!

[@greeshmaisave5410]

Is deepcool pk 650 watt or msi mag a650 enough for ryzen 5 7600 qnd rx 7700 xt? Or do you know the difference between gigabyte b650 mk vs b650 d3hp?

[@kelley09162]

Should be fine and I'd go with the MSI PSU. Also I don't think Jason recommends either of those Motherboards.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

The MSI unit is C tiered, you'd have to check the PSU cultist list for the other one I don't know off the top of my head. Hop over to our PSU video for more on that. The DS3H is a better board. And I recommend 7600 over 7700XT, the 7700XT doesn't give you much boost and you'd be better off putting that money into your GPU, storage etc. See our latest Best Builds March video for a fantastic current 7600 sample build, its the second to last video on the channel

[@kelley09162]

@@PCBuilderChannel the 7700XT is the GPU he's looking at not the CPU.

[@greeshmaisave5410]

​@@PCBuilderChannelthanks for the reply Jason but the rx 7700 xt is the gpu 😂

[@PivotMasterGer]

Hi there, really nice videos that help a lot! I could need an advide if possible though. I had an RTX 3080 10Gb until two weeks ago but it unfortunately broke during gaming (PCIe connector was molten at 2 pins in the slot). Normally I would have waited for the next GPU generation to upgrade but that forced me to get a new GPU now. Since I needed one urgently I had to stick to a 4080 Super which was available to pick up directly in store. Planned for a 4070Ti Super but that had to be ordered and I would have needed to wait for it to arrive for close to a week. This is my current setup (Yeah I know, expensive ROG stuff and a redundent X570 motherboard) But I like the asthetics. PC case : Phanteks NV7 CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X GPU: ASUS RTX 4080 Super Pro Art Mainboard: ASUS ROG Strix X570-E Gaming RAM: 32GB G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3600Mhz CPU-Cooler: ASUS ROG Strix Ryujin II 360 SSD: WD Black SN850 2TB Power supply: be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000 W 80+ Gold Monitor 1: ASUS ROG Swift PG27AQDM Monitor 2: ASUS ROG Swift PG27VQ My issue is that I primarily play Dota 2 (but also games like Battlefront 2, Fallen Order, Starfield and so on) and although I have a setup that is quite an overkill seemingly for this game I experience quite a lot of performance loss in the game, meaning at the start I have around 200 fps, but during the game it tends to go down as low as 70 fps which is very noticable for me. The question is why the fps decrease like that although having a setup that should EASILY be able to run Dota on 1440p, even with max settings at high average framerates. Could it be that the game is just horribly optimized? (CPU and GPU are around 30-40% when running the game). Or could it be due to my monitor not being officially verified G-sync compatibe yet by Nvidia in its drivers? (the PG27AQDM is listed in getting an update in the future). Because I experience flickering while having G-sync compatibe/VRR activated. Or would it help to switch from a Ryzen 9 5900X to a 5800X3D? (Or maybe a general update to AM5 or Intel since I kinda want a motherboard with a quick release button for the GPU since it has been a pain in the *** getting the GPU out when I clean it or customize stuff in my rig. Would be happy if you could help me out there and thanks in advance!

[@kelley09162]

The 5800X3D would be a good upgrade for you but you can go AM5 if you want.

[@TheBenlueks]

i just spent 1400 Canadian after tax with install for new cpu ryzen 7 5700x3d 300$ and 4070super 840$ had to get a power supply too for 70$ i think... i could have spent less for 16gb video with amd or whatever but i only play single player games and i want ray tracing and all that stuff.

[@gauravmittal5129]

Hi, i have i3 10100f. Should i upgrade to 11700f or not. What is max GPU i can use with 11700.

[@MrAnimescrazy]

Look up videos on youtube? What is your budget for the gpu?