Spontaneously buying parts at Micro Center to build a gaming PC

[@shani9andri11]

i live in the microcenter bathroom, i love it here

[@cheat123]

i miss fys :(

[@bpxterry]

That mans talking like he knows everything and yet couldnt detect these problems beforehand is comedy 😂😂

[@Penguin-gq7mp]

1700 FOR A 4060 build is insane

[@Pikmin3388]

You can build a ddr5 7900gre 4k amd build for less

[@catcertino]

⁠@@Pikmin3388 but can you do it for an SFF build with only in-person available parts in 2 hours? 👀

[@Koiddd]

@@catcertino easily, but unless you're traveling a lot you dont need an sff build, the microcenter bundles are great

[@clayjcorpuz]

@@Koiddd I personally build SFF mainly for my setup aesthetics, not for portability. Running a 13900k/rtx 4080 in a lian li q58. Building in ITX just hits different, and is more rewarding. My next build is going to be inside a Velka 3 with the 8700g for my girlfriend. Regular atx/m-atx building just seems boring to me after like 3-5 years of my experience :D

[@adlibconstitution1609]

​@@Pikmin3388 7900gre is not built for 4k aaa modern games. Only 7900xt, 7900xtx, 4080super and 4090 are 4k aaa games

[@austinevans]

Your first PC build always has a fun story attached, I'd bet the vast majority of people run into at least some problem.

[@catcertino]

all part of the learning process :)

[@tofu_golem]

The Microcenter web page has a great PC builder that will let you pick parts and avoid incompatibilities.

[@grichard1585]

pcpartpicker website is better ... plus you can see what other people are building for ideas. Plus, it gives you prices from all/most retail stores, not just Microcenter.

[@Itz_Gazz]

Dude's choice of parts gave me a heart attack

[@ThrasherEscapes]

with a similar budget (~$2200usd) about a year ago, i built for a friend a 7800x3d/4080 rig in a dan/lian li a4-h2o sff case. 240mm aio, 32gb 6000 cl30 ddr5, 4tb nvme storage. took advantage of some good open box deals at micro center, otherwise it would have cost a bit more, of course.

[@ThrasherEscapes]

sorry, i thought the final tally was closer to $2k instead of the $1700 for the build in this video. that does make a bit of difference lol.

[@Crazy09starkillor]

​​​​@@ThrasherEscapesI built a rtx4070/7800x3d with fancy overpriced corsair rgb for around that price too (it's atx but still) , it's still insanely overpriced for what she got

[@HerobrineDuo]

Me too I literally died

[@alienjr.]

Tbh, this is why if you're uncertain of things, or have questions about building your PC, Microcenter's employees are happy/available to assist you with finding the parts you need, or (for a fee) they can even build the PC for you in-store @ the front in order to help you guarantee you've got all the parts you need! 👍 Just make sure you have patience, because sometimes the stores/employees can be pretty busy 😢

[@NowThatsPCGaming]

Ohhh noooooo. $1600 build with the a 4060. SMH. You know what though, it was a good learning experience for you guys. And, it still made for good content. New sub!

[@bluecollarwatches7048]

I went to the East Lancaster Pa micro center 3 weeks ago, great experience. They kept my build in budget with the specifications I wanted and was able to upgrade my gpu.

[@CHEESECAKECCD]

I went to the Tustin location a couple months back to build my friend his computer before he moves to the east coast. He had very few ideas on what he wanted but our total budget was 2000 combined from 8 total people pitching in. Its a super cool place and it was really overwhelming on the options they had! Great Video!

[@Rainman9779]

As someone who has built a bunch of pcs in my time, i found this entertaining and I think its perfect for people who have never built before. Great info in this!

[@sinergia4615]

I actually just ordered a NZXT H5 to swap the case on my prebuild, got the inspiration after watching your other video. thank you very much for this video its straight to the point and easy to understand

[@catcertino]

Thank you for watching!

[@TempestSVN]

You can get a 4060 prebuilt from microcenter for $800…

[@stevegonzales527]

i built a little better performance pc for around 700 bucks after california tax. the rest of the 900 spent was just brand and aesthetic tax

[@xFrozenxSnowx]

My Q58 has a RTX 3090 and Ryzen 5900X with a NZXT 280mm Kraken Elite AIO in it. You have to remove the SSD caddy, use SFX PSU and install GPU first before anything else (after you ran the cables to the appropriate spots) But yes, it is not a case for first time builders. SFF cases are generally not friendly to build in but much harder if you don't plan how you route cables and get all the components in. 10:05

[@frxldi]

One of thing that make me fall in love when building new PC was read the manual book and try new technology on it. You can download manual book nowadays before you buy and it help a lot for specify a fix part you want. I live at Rural area in Asean country and second part market was bigger than new part it self. But, when you don't precisely know what you need then it will much costly either time or money you spent

[@touluevang3471]

When I go to Micro Center, I would walk around for 1-2 hrs. I can't help it.

[@stevegonzales527]

should've went with the sonic motherboard. like always everyone just goes with the flashy pc before performance LOL

[@eio1971]

I wished we had Microcenter here in the Seattle/Tacoma area. I would live there

[@davejohn255]

Things to buy at Microcenter...CPU's (Intel Cpu's are cheapest here.) or Mobo, CPU, RAM bundle. and GPU's are generally fair priced. Everything else Amazon or Newegg. The one near me St Davids has a great bunch of sales people. They know where everything is and that is the extent to which I want their advice.

[@imnotjustin]

dude's choices was hilarious lol

[@westfield90]

Second happiest place on earth 😂😂😂

[@catcertino]

ty for appreciating my sense of humor😭

[@MrBoombast64]

That GPU choice, hmm that was a bummer imo. Good video though.

[@danielvelasquez7708]

There will be something going wrong with the build, especially what appears to be an itx case, and have an amazing experience at the Tustin location since I am close by. Done an Am5 build with an Atx case, 7600X cpu paired with the 7600 XT being the most recent upgrade, and course I planned it majority of the time.

[@granski]

I FUCKING LOVE THIS VIDEO

[@bstaznkid4lyfe392]

Microcenter is only good to buy certain parts since they are limit of stuff inside the store..

[@gamereditor59ner22]

Interesting...🤔 You guys know your doing. Here is a tip: If you want your PC to last long, clean it every 6 months with air duster.( Every 3 months if you have pets with fur)

[@areeb_ac]

holy i saw a video of yours and subscribed when it was around 500, now its already 800?? cant wait to see this channel grow

[@catcertino]

thank you for being here!

[@bryanay1]

watching this was fun, the thing that instantly caught my eye was the sonic the hedgehog mobo lol

[@Fiscally_Responsible_DMH51]

I just ordered my gaming PC premium build kit through Corsair. They sent me all of the parts needed. I put everything together in my kitchen, which took about 4 hours and that was it. The PC booted up on the first go, where I installed Intel XTU and overclocked and undervolted the CPU. I Ran Cinebench and got my 13900k CPU heat down to around 80 degrees.

[@PokeTheMostest]

personally for small form i would've chosen AMD for its less power draw thus less heat to manage in such a small case

[@Jacob-roqu]

woah at first i thought u were some huge youtuber by looking at the video quality :o

[@catcertino]

Thanks!! Aspiring to improve my video quality every time

[@4our31]

Same

[@MjYosh]

Love how informative this video is ❤❤ i don’t really build pc’s but recently got interested in getting custom built pc.

[@catcertino]

Glad I could help! 🙂

[@ScavengerFX]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

[@regieds]

Cindeee is such a babe

[@jamess.9743]

i also built a Q58 build and bought a second pair of mesh panels in black and did a b/w build and call it my PS5

[@markkevingarcia8644]

For the bottleneck issue, it won’t bottleneck if the cpu is much powerful than the gpu. Bottleneck happens if the gpu is way too powerful and the cpu can’t keep up. So i7 14th gen can definitely work with a 4060 no bottleneck will happen.

[@dannycapone24]

im a baller on a budget and prefer to buy used parts locally, can save alot of cheddar

[@TheLustz]

when the psu is half the size of the case LOL

[@36bounce]

Cindee, to see the minds of engineers work is intriguing to me as "obvious" decisions seemed to elude the group. May I ask why a SFF build was decided? And it is interesting to me that you are posting this and not Daniel.... but thank you !

[@RobertFixit]

lol when the case is the most important part LOL my $1500 build (6 months ago) 12400f 4070 32gb ddr5 4tb nvme samsung pro 1000w psu asus mb bequiet fans all around no aio no rgb I assume this would be much cheaper these days.

[@theycallmecorpse]

love ur pc videos they feel so welcoming

[@catcertino]

Thank you :)))

[@brandy6650]

great video! I love the editing and commentary! hoping I can make my own ITX build

[@Reunited20]

I love sarcasm at the end 🗿 xD

[@sanskarbhattarai6903]

I spent less on my 4070 ti build 💀

[@teric2]

I was thinking as I was watching: "14700K with a 4060? No no please don't do that... oh, okay, you went down to an i5. Much more balanced that way." Rule of thumb when building a gaming PC: Buy the most powerful GPU you can afford (about 1/3 to 1/2 of your budget for the PC), and then buy a CPU that won't bottleneck the GPU. Too may folks make the mistake of buying a high-powered CPU and pairing it with a lower-powered GPU, and end up spending a lot of money for lower gaming performance.

[@cmja09]

same bought an ATX psu for my meshlicious and hell nah that was a bad decision. sure it fits but it's a headache

[@Tithulta1]

I feel your pain in unintended build issues, I rather recently bought a new PC case for my daughter since it was a Hatsune Miku themed. I'd seen it a few months prior on newegg, but by the time i had decided to rebuild my daughters PC it was no longer available. However I found it on ebay...didn't even think about its SIZE, but bought it and began cursing myself for not checking the inner dimensions. Got her stuff all inside, but the AOI i'd bought for it wouldnt fit short of modding the case. I knew better and I still failed, just out of haste because I wanted this specific case

[@xtremezone987]

If his main target was to play Genshin then just look up the PC requirements for it (which I looked, it's pretty easy to meet them in 2024) then go a little higher than that. You could also make it even easier & just a buy a pre-built gaming PC. Ya a little more pricey than DIY & you don't learn as much but you shouldn't run into troubleshooting & incompatibilities. An entertaining video nonetheless. Wish we had a Microcenter in Canada. Anyway thanks for sharing. :)

[@catcertino]

Thanks for watching :) Genshin was the only ~explicit~ requirement (my friend wants to be able to play more demanding games in the future too), hence we went overboard with the specs

[@xtremezone987]

@@catcertino okay that makes sense. I'm no expert either when it comes to building computers but I'm learning. :)

[@jandkwhite6459]

$11 cpu contact frame drops temps up to 10c and creates even mounting presure....which the intel retention system does not...with 12th-14th gen CPUs

[@supawithdacream5626]

yes i did think that then i look at at wallet and it blinks back at me 😁

[@KelvinKMS]

If you are a PC beginner, do not choose a Mini PC case. It is very picky for PC parts and very bad thermal conductivity.

[@Henry_Pribadi]

you need fans? dont worry, you have me 🤣

[@boxedlunchmuncher]

Great lesson learned today do your research before buying anything. 1650$ is insane for a pc to just play genshin impact. Genshin is like such a low demanding game on top of the fact that it's fps capped at 60 you could literally run the game on a potato. 3:30 what I think hoagie meant was that in terms of future proofing the next gen of cpu from intel aka 15th gen will require a completely new motherboard then what's currently available. Since he has a 14th gen cpu which is the newest current gen it doesnt really matter if he goes with ddr4 or ddr5 motherboard because down the line if he wants to upgrade he will need a whole new motherboard anyways as no matter what motherboard he picks right now will be compatiable with the next gen of cpu. In terms of getting ddr5 to future proof ddr6 is already on its way give or take 2-3 years so by the time he even needs a new pc which given the spec he has wont be for a while he could easily get a way better newer pc. This is why future proofing is kinda dumb if your getting top end stuff. By the time the new great tech comes out because your pc was already the current best for that time period all the new stuff will be incompatible with your curent pc because they require the next generation of parts. Overall great entertaining video and if you ever build another pc please use pcpartpicker or some other online checker to understand the size and limitation of your component I find that they do a great job of eliminating parts that arent compatible with your pc for example the cooler yall bought on pcpartpicker the tool wont even allow you to add that item to your build cause it knows that it isn't compatible with your other parts

[@catcertino]

thanks for watching! good points :)

[@dylanguerrero8053]

There's no way to learn building PCs faster than making minor mistakes and having to fix them lol.

[@dajusta87]

Budget should have been one of the requirements. Without budget constraint, you can do almost anything. 2TB and plays Genshin, could have done it with a budget of $1400

[@talhasarker9394]

best of luck ....

[@koreandude]

subbed. great content! hopefully the drive back for the exchange wasnt too painful

[@zellar1]

I wish we had a Micro Center! But Canada has Canada Computers. It's okay but NOT!!! LOL

[@RuukuLada]

i love microcenter

[@mandasantoso]

Future proof? Better use AMD then. Plus, with intel, make sure to use intel baseline profile (set manually if your mobo doesn't have it, and you'll still need to check it if the value are correct afterwards) to avoid any stability issue with 14th gen you're using. Edit: oh and if you're using high end cpu from Intel, better use liquid cooler.

[@Rayu25Demon]

2tb for genshin he is so smart.👍

[@redexexile795]

case should always be bought last cause it depend on size of motherboard and gpu

[@catcertino]

or if you care about your case aesthetics, nothing wrong with buying that first and then finding parts that fit!

[@michaeloneill1360]

You're really Cute! Thanks for Teaching us all: How Not to Choose PC Parts! LOL

[@PaulSman123]

Wish I had 2k to go to Micro Center and build a new pc. stuck on an old I7-3770 with an R7 240 because of having to sell most of my gaming stuff late last year from losing my job. but hey I got a new job and saving up so maybe soon :)

[@CarolinaPride95]

Good luck man, you’ll get there soon enough!

[@mattreaction]

That is a lot of money 😮 my computer is old and need a new one but I don’t have enough money to buy one!

[@SkyyKeiron]

U can legit have microcenter employee to build ur pc for u lol

[@catcertino]

but why, building a PC is the fun part!

[@SkyyKeiron]

@@catcertino my bad

[@Jonathan1067MCPE]

Bottle necking was explained wrong. it'd be like if a put a 4090 in a system with a i5 8th gen processor. I will never get the full processing speed out of my GPU due to my CPU it is never the other way around. YOUR GPU CANNOT BOTTLE NECK YOUR CPU. YOUR CPU CAN BOTTLENECK YOUR GPU!

[@jamess.9743]

00:20 ❣

[@whoaitstu]

Micrometer also price matches online pricing.

[@Some___loner]

Epic use of the 80/20 rule, you know more than me who has been watching PC builds for 4 years.

[@catcertino]

Haha I didn’t work as a management consultant for 2.5 years for nothing (80/20 is one of our fave buzzwords)

[@pouringpoipoi5777]

imho intel 14th gen are bad for mini itx build since they run ridiculously HOT and need beefier liquid cooling.. they are the hottest cpu in the market. very bad on running tighter spaces. radiator need some larger spaces to radiate the heat inside the very small case... may u could swap to mATX case with slightly bigger space, but yet u still on small factor. like lian li o11 mini or asus ap201 case... ryzen 5800x3d or 7800x3d is best build for gaming itx currently.. they run cooler and low power consumption. u dont really need liquid cooling for it

[@h3ctortilla21]

wtf with the components

[@user-xk7dg5zq9s]

This was hilarious

[@girieditx]

You could've gotten 4070 ti super for that budget

[@catcertino]

yes we are very aware that the things we got were very expensive and you can certainly get a better deal (but we were not price sensitive at all for the purpose of this activity) --- and hence the lessons learned section I added at the end :)

[@SamMennes]

why youtube, why you don't recommended this before?

[@kaheatwidle]

0:03 no I've never thought of that sorry

[@graphitegamez605]

i love future proofing with a dead socket, but honestly, its still good, but for now ill still chose AMD

[@wokewoke]

noooo not the 4060😭😭😭😭

[@CB-mx7gt]

Friends don’t let friends build with intel.

[@louiellywton5086]

The part picking hurting my brain a lot, but yeah since it's not my money I will just enjoy the video I guess. But still could have been much better with that much money to spend :)

[@bluewave2432]

while I do think you guys did a good job, I feel like you could've gotten WAY more the the money you spent.

[@oddconstantine]

this is Tustin right

[@gianador2556]

As a PC Gamer this video (especially the shopping part) was a total diaster LOL, should have done some research or asked the employees whether the parts are compatible with each other. $2000 budget wasted from what I can see. FYI, Im not sh*tting on anyone, obviously they are quite new at this but should have done the obvious which is to do some research or asked some questions.

[@cerda7165]

I want to build my very first pc but I don’t know how to build one 🤦🏻‍♂️. My budget is 1200$, is that a good budget? Should I just pay the building fee from micro center so they can do it for me🤷🏽‍♂️? Ps. I live close to that micro center.

[@catcertino]

If you want to learn how to build one yourself, there are plenty of tutorials on KZbin -- that's where I learned too :)

[@zushikatetomotoshift1575]

NVME and SSD are different. SSD is the old one aka SATA. NVME SSD is in the M.2 slot platform. DDR6 is coming soon.

[@zushikatetomotoshift1575]

Also you will always be bottlenecked no matter what. Chasing the Bottleneck term will not help you.

[@sownlengoc]

you forgot to mention about ssd m2 sata, so we got ssd nvme - ssd sata - ssd m2 sata

[@zushikatetomotoshift1575]

@@sownlengoc I am aware of that too.

[@PartialCollapse]

I mean I know you probably know this but they are all SSDs. But SSDs are just the type of drive, there was no error in what they said. Similar to IDE VS SATA

[@Jonathan1067MCPE]

When you were talking about the memory I think you need to correct it a little bit, You cannot stick DDR4 Ram on that motherboard there just isn't a way to. It is only DDR5 Compatible. Since you're running the 12th-14th Gen CPU series from intel aka the i7 14700k he has to run DDR5 he cannot go DDR4 at all. If he did you'd have to take a trip back to micro center to exchange it. It is not about future proofing there just is 0 possibility of putting DDR5 into the sockets on that motherboard. You did a good job at explaining the differences just a little off on what you could do and might confuse other people new to building PC's. the RAM is mostly a combability issue not only with your motherboard but your CPU as well.

[@X_irtz]

Pretty sure the 14th gen has motherboards, that support either DDR4 or DDR5 RAM sticks, so she is not wrong. it's the 7000 series Ryzen chips, that only have DDR5 motherboard options.

[@Jonathan1067MCPE]

@@X_irtz that’s completely my bad you’re right!

[@Z29ek1]

tbo this is kinda hard to watch how they pick parts, but its their money so... Personally, I wouldn't build anything for that money, especially not in the US where parts are so much cheaper.

[@klever891]

Like I build computers for so many people and the stuff you guys picked is kinda standard what people send me links about and I correct them, to bad no one corrected this.. To buy a 4060 is the biggest misstake you can do if it's not like at least 25% off and even then it's actually 8 GB vram and some cards from 10 years ago have that lol. I whould not have picked a single thing you guys actually picked but ye fun non the less I guess even if Im autistic as fakk. I whould have gone with a 7600X, 32 gb 6000mhz ram, standard ATX or MATX for both motherboard and case and probably a 7900GRE, standard m2 disc 2 tb kingston is usually good for it's price. The small formfactor with a 14000 series processor is doomed to be hot af btw. Cooler is always and always will be the Arctic freezer for performance and price. AMD has a lot better upgrading path as well btw.

[@angnguyenha7203]

Title should be rich Chinese kids have no clue wasting money at Micro Center

[@vishnusit1]

MOS temp rise to 85 degree c after 2 minutes of cpu stress. but all other temp like cpu core,cpu socket,system temp,PCH TEMP REMAIN UMDER 60 DEGREE C.WHAT IS ISSUE..MOTHERBOARD B760M BOMBER WIFI DDR5 MSI, PROCESSOR I712700, AIO 240MM COOLERMASTER.

[@Fatmouse25]

I would had done amd and regular size build 😂 all good tho.

[@isaac-nv9by]

Yo lilypichu is that you 🤭

[@fg4saul542]

how does that nerd bag a baddie

[@dumah02]

Gud stuff

[@DanielNGinaFN]

Constantly looking for a reason to visit micro center 😭

[@PatrickDG]

geeeeeezzzzzzz money not well spent. I would have gone with the micro center cpu, mobo, and ram combo for major savings. Oh wait nevermind, micor center doesnt have a itx bundle lol itx builds are expensive as shit lol but it looks like yall had fun :)

[@catcertino]

was fun at first . . . until it started taking waaay too long and my head was hurting from reading specs :D

[@dikolotus7996]

that alot of money for genshin only lol

[@dannyr145]

This is very entertainng tbh, but i am curious thou why go through all that trouble from buying a small case where errors and risks and potentially limited parts could occur anytime than just buying a regular sized case for less of those problems. Just curious thou.

[@gamebroskii438]

omg i commented the other day that you should get an ITX did i have some role in this??