🛑STOP🛑 Buying This GPU in 2025! PC Build Fails | Boost My Build S4:E10

[@PCBuilderChannel]

▶Sponsor: DeleteMe joindeleteme.com/PC20 What did you think of the builds and the boosts? What PC building mistakes have you made in the past? Are you waiting for new GPUs? Did you build or upgrade recently? Tell your story in a new comment below!

[@michaeloneill1360]

Picked Up the Last One in Stock: LG Ultra Gear 32" QHD 2560x1440 VA Curved 180Hz 1ms AMD Free Sync™ 2x HDMI 1x DisplayPort Gaming Monitor, 32GS60QC-B.AUSQ for: $249.00 Cdn. 1440 Gaming Here I Come!!

[@Adam-Mei]

One of my biggest mistakes was buying a fan for an AMD socket instead of Intel I was somewhere between 15-17 and I thought I knew it all. At least now I know I have a lot to learn still even after 30 years.

[@Loppy2u]

@@michaeloneill1360 Alot of screen for the money, great size for watching shows, films as while.

[@PLAYER_42069]

I upgraded from a 3700X to a 5700X3D via a New Egg Black Friday combo deal that included the CPU, a B550 MSI MPG Gaming Pro mobo + 32GB of 3200 DDR4 RAM. All for $320! I swapped my new mobo with the 5700X3D with my older one with the 3700X. I opted to use the brand new Wraith Prism RGB cooler (AMD branded Cooler Master, btw) that came with my 3700X because I chose to use a Thermalright aftermarket cooler instead. Paired with a 6800XT, this setup will last me at least, three to four years (1440p, 4K depending on titles) when I'll upgrade at the tale end of AM5, or go directly to AM6. Like Jason says, it all comes down to if you're happy with the performance, and getting as much value from the hardware you buy.

[@Partvisharcos]

RTX 5090 🥰

[@relucentsandman6447]

Remember not to use Honey, it will steal the affiliate cut even if it doesn't find a deal

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Appreciate that! Can't imagine how much they've stolen from creators over the years.

[@roachxyz]

Recently saw that and uninstalled.

[@alv4ro750]

Oh? This is news to me. I haven't used honey in years but it's still installed on chrome. Why shouldn't I use it? Please elaborate.

[@MrAnimescrazy]

​@@alv4ro750 I havent watched them yet but there are videos exposing honey on youtube.

[@johnmeneses7039]

@@alv4ro750 The YT creator that recommends it never receives his "commission " for recommending it, they steal it from him. Don't be lazy, do a search on YT, there are video's about this.

[@DonDavidosi]

STOP BUYING THIS GPU!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

AND HARDRIVES! (;

[@DonDavidosi]

​@@PCBuilderChannel 😅

[@SNKev411]

@@PCBuilderChanneland cpu’s

[@JahonCross]

Stop buying GPUS 😂😂😂 buy steamdecks😂😂😂

[@Bek_kun]

🗣️🗣️

[@Kurashinno]

Still rocking my 6900XT and 5800X3D with a custom water loop. Couldn't have done it without you Jason

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Heck yes! So glad we could help (:

[@lint8391]

I've just done a PC upgrade for my son. Used a broadly similar build to your. AMD 7500f CPU from China, 32 GB used DDR5 RAM, cheapo but good enough air cooler with a blob of Honeywell PTM paste, ex-display MSI Tomahawk B650 ATX motherboard, reasonable deal on a brand new 6800 GPU. He will re-use SSD's, power supply and case.

[@Rose.Of.Hizaki]

The thing with buying an AM4 setup is that unless youre getting parts off the second hand market. You should be putting your money towards an AM5 setup.

[@reljamrkic2663]

I agree. Save money, if needed, get 7800 x3d. Won't need to look for a new CPU for several years.

[@NGreedia]

Its unfortunate that the b580 has been a paper launch since it's not likely readily going to be available until rdna 4 and Blackwell are launched

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Very frustrating! I managed to buy one from Newegg when it launched. But I haven't seen it come back since.

[@Wistz90]

I picked up a 7800 XT HellHound from Microcenter yesterday as an insurance policy against outrageous CES GPU pricing. I'm just going to sit on it until we know what's going on with nVidia & AMD in 2025. I did manage to order a G2724D 1440p 165hz Dell Monitor for $150; so super stoked about that (and returning to a dual monitor setup)!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Smart! What CPU are you planing to pair with it?

[@Wistz90]

@@PCBuilderChannel I'm on LGA1700 with DDR4 and a 12600k. It's a lot better than my i5-4590 at any rate, and i really felt the jump in performance in 2021. The main bottleneck in my setup was the RX 580, so now that's squared away I can focus on things like storage/monitors that'll last multiple setups!

[@crispy9175]

I did the same, got a good deal on a 7900XT and my return window is after CES.

[@Wistz90]

@@crispy9175 Man, if I could afford a 7900 XT I probably wouldn't be waiting, NGL. nVidia's pricing looks absolutely insane, so I'm really hoping AMD comes in clutch with something really compelling for the 9070 and 9070 XT!!

[@crispy9175]

@Wistz90 I hear ya, I've been saving for 2 years to try and put money aside for it and finally didn't have a car break down lol. Figured if I can return it after CES I'm not risking anything. And yeah, Nvidia looks like they've lost the plot. I'm afraid AMDs next generation of cards is going to going to dump the higher performance cards. With Intel coming in swinging it does like like a good future for the budget and mid tier builds though. So that's something.

[@Adam-Mei]

I have found several NVME 1TB NVMEs for $44.99, 2 TB NVME drives for $94.99, 4 TB NVMEs for $139.99, and 4TB SSDs for $77.99. You just have to keep an eye out.

[@johnmeneses7039]

Don't forget to put your eye back in afterwards 😁

[@reljamrkic2663]

PCIE 3 or 4. There is an approx. $ 20-40 between the same say 2 TB Samsung M.2 nvme

[@Adam-Mei]

@@reljamrkic2663 PCIE3 cost about $15 more on all of these as of right now. Except for the SSD.

[@ScottThePisces]

Problem with the B580 is Intel really doesn't care about VR, their drivers simply just don't work for it

[@Nagassh]

Bit hesitant to try the b580 because a lot of the games I play are older and I've heard questionable things about their driver quality on older titles, but boy is it hard to find a decent gpu at a price that doesn't just offend me. Shame the b580 feels like the only thing that's shown up after I told myself I'd wait and surely prices would come down back when they spiked due to the bitcoin mining craze.

[@olivertangr]

10:10 they're sold out because of Holiday season and Christmas -> companies create special offers (for example black friday) -> Money money money

[@jporter504]

RX 6800 back in stock on Amazon. Several good models at $400.

[@HawkHogan_]

#1 - The Gigabyte B650M is a terrible Motherboard, with super undercut 5 + 2 + 2 VRM's. Even on a budget, it should never be recommended. Spread some spare change, to at least get a B650 MSI Gaming + Wifi. I don't really know why you went for mATX cases (both builds) for the budget... You can find something like a Montech 903 Max which is a little bit more ($15 more), which is a way better buy: which you get a true Mid-Tower, and you get 4 *140mm fans, that are also pre-installed. If you keep everything else the same, and in the context of the B580 being sold out, you still fall within the budget

[@UncleButterworth]

Another issue with that Gigabyte board is that PBO doesn't work on it. You're right, it's not a good board at all. Edit: I guess PBO was fixed; it WAS a big issue with the lower end Gigabyte boards not supporting it.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

I'm seeing bios F31 as the fix for the lack of PBO, and there are a number of newer bios versions as well. Are you saying that even with updated bios and it configured in the bios it doesn't work? If so, can you link to where you've seen that? Thanks.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Yes, as I say in the video it's a weaker VRM, and if you wanted an upgrade the MSI Pro B650M-A is where I'd go to. But the VRM is perfectly adequate for even a Ryzen 9800X3D, not that I'd buy this board with a $479 CPU.

[@reljamrkic2663]

​@@PCBuilderChannelWhat about Asrock Livemixer? Managed to snach one for approx. $120ish and for an entry MB it has an awesome VRM and gen 5 m.2 PCIE to boot. No wifi though...😢

[@toad7395]

@@reljamrkic2663 Asrock boards have always been good especially in the AM5 lines

[@AscensiaYT]

Great video as always Jason Watching this with my newly arrived 7900 XTX!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Oh cool! What are you pairing it with?

[@AscensiaYT]

@@PCBuilderChannel 7800X3D that I got from my friend when they upgraded to 9800X3D A beast combo!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Nice!!

[@BassheadGTP]

Same. 7800x3d paired with a 7900xtx Red Devil that dropped to $830 December 1st.

[@Jack_Frozt]

im rocking a 6800xt and a 5700x3d :) no need for RT and i get better FPS than a ps5 pro on a lot of games :) im coming from an intel 4770k and i just upgraded this year.

[@Dempig]

You get much worse image quality than a ps5 pro though in UE5 games

[@Will-zi6fn]

@@Dempighow??

[@Dempig]

@Will-zi6fn UE5 games require upscaling. FSR is much much much worse than PSSR. A ps5 pro will have much higher image quality in all games that require upscaling.

[@Jack_Frozt]

@@Dempig most of those games I don't even play. Still trying to finish the backlog. Lol

[@Bokii984]

Better Call Jason

[@PCBuilderChannel]

That's right! (;

[@john.carlson23]

Hard drives are the equivalent of diesel cars. That had a good purpose once, but now there are much better, cheaper, and faster options.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

haha yes!

[@nikolaysavchev5165]

Could yyou tell me where I can store my 30TB comic books and another 30TB music, movies and videos cheaper than HDDs

[@PCBuilderChannel]

@nikolaysavchev5165 Personally for that level I don't recommend internal storage. There's way too much risk of something going wrong. I'd go external hardrives

[@frankwong9486]

I looked Kioxia CM7 30TB and it still expensive than harddrive , can you tell me where to buy the much better,cheaper and faster storage device than an old rust spinner HDD ?

[@frankwong9486]

​@@PCBuilderChannel yes please, please share the link to the better, quicker,cheaper storage solution compared to a rust spinning harddrive I don't care it is external or internal just need something cheaper and work 😂

[@fallenlegion1828]

"Brace yourself we got the Corsair virus in full effect" lmfao this made me laugh so hard 😂

[@catonion1201]

With the price leak of the upcoming rtx 5080, yeah I'm getting 4070ti sup instead. Gonna wait patiently for 5000 series super version instead

[@PCBuilderChannel]

The 4070 ti super is a great card. I might wait at least until the announcement on Jan 6th since its so close

[@catonion1201]

@@PCBuilderChannel aye aye boss. I'm building a pc in jan or feb 2025. Do you think rtx 4000 series will be out of stock by then since they are not making it anymore?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

I don't think they will be gone by then but definitely if you've got the time I'd see what the price to performance on the new options are over the winter (:

[@sasuke65743]

For that range, i agree to this build. Best would be to save and push a lil more with the GPU but if the budget is that, AMD wins. Anything less than at least a 4070S in the Nvidia picks isn't worth it, since you go Nvidia for its tech and they require some horsepower to be decent at least. And ofc, if he could get a stronger SSD, it will be better for his general experience when pushing the rig with gaming. Good job ^^

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Yes I think that would be smart! Thanks for watching (:

[@Sekuho]

great video but so annoying that newegg dont ship to ireland

[@wilburfistdagash8327]

Where’s the cat and the bodies?

[@weirdodude1173]

Awesome videos. Thumbs up!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thank you! And thanks for watching

[@emc_gamercats1897]

I love the boost my build series! i have been watching since 2022 and just can't get enough. i do agree AM4 should be a value only build. definitely do not build a super high-end system using AM4. i recently just bought a micro-atx for my 5900x and 3070 combo and honestly thats literally the last purchase im doing for AM4 platform. My next upgrade is going to be a 9700x and 50series or RDNA4 (depending on the performance of the 9070xt). People keep asking me why i haven't upgraded to like a "4070ti or 7900xt" and honestly my answer is pretty simple i just don't feel like putting more money into AM4. that extra 800-1000$ could literally be spent on new parts for my New AM5 Upgrade.

[@turboimport95]

The only thing i dont like about upgrading is Scalpers.. They ruin everything. Scalping should be illegal. Luckily it will be a few years before i have to upgrade. Its such a hassle not able to get parts cause crooks buy them all up.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

They are indeed the worst

[@toad7395]

I wish scalping was illegal but I also understand how much of a nightmare it'd be to make laws against it. Since most of our economy is buying and selling (essentially what scalpers do).

[@stephenruvalcaba4680]

dang jason, did you just come back from hawaii? you look like you're glowing! in a good way!

[@shanekunde7302]

Just canceled my amazon order that had the Ryzen 7 7700x and one ssd for $350. Ordered the CPU bundle on here and saved about $150. Thanks!

[@trevorteresi1969]

Hey so I’m building a pc and when I put the gpu into the first PCIe slot on the motherboard the screen doesn’t come on and there’s a white light under VGA but when I put it into the second slot the monitor comes on and there’s light is gone. So is there anyway I can fix the first slot or do I have to get a new motherboard. I already tried blowing into it.

[@randcooley2865]

Great video Jason. If I were the guy on second build I would take your first build and use that and save $$ for a monitor. I'm with you AM5 is the way to go. Happy New year and thanks to you Sarah and Mr Bear

[@wyrmhand]

Thanks for this year of videos Hugs for Your cats and happy New Year!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thank you!! The cats say hello and Happy New Year!

[@Arejen03]

damn a brand new build with 5700x3D hurts my eyes. The best value for this processor is when u change an older ryzen from a B450/b550 mobo to get max of the value. I went from 2600 to 5600x to 5700x 3D everything on the same b 450 tomahawk

[@PCBuilderChannel]

There was a moment over the black friday sales where it got cheap enough I would have considered it. But certainly not now when the 7600X is better priced

[@trapkingrj]

I have a RX 6700 XT X2 OC and a Ryzen 5 5600x what do you suggest to upgrade first and to what?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thats a good 1440p combo you got there! So if you are happy with your current performance no need to move but if you're feeling the itch, you could drop in a 7800XT type GPU or drop in a 5700X3D. The CPU upgrade would probably get you more fps with what you have and set you up for bigger GPU upgrades in the future

[@trapkingrj]

Thank you

[@trapkingrj]

I’m still at gddr4 do you recommend going to gddr5 first before upgrading?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

You mean DDR4 ram? Yes Am4 is DDR4 thats exactly where you should be. That 5700X3D drop in allows you to upgrade without needing to go up to the AM5 platform which would mean upgrading your motherboard and Ram as well.

[@trapkingrj]

Yes, Thank you for replying I really appreciate the recommendations.🤝🏽

[@obrien1121]

Hey Jason, looking to build my first AM5 build after CES announcements. That said, will be looking to go 34" 3440x1440, is minimum cpu/gpu combo to push 60fps at that resolution?

[@SoyToni06]

R5 7600 or i7 12700k or better and in gpu perfromance 4060Ti 16gb or rx 7700xt or better in raw performance

[@xwizardx007]

apple still think that 512gb is enough storage space in new "budget" mac. atleast they give 16gb ram on base version and not 8gb

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Right?

[@burnitdwn]

Crazy that you cant even replace the nvme drive, or add another nvme drive inside it. Its almost like they intentionally hobble its upgradability in order to make it worse.

[@xwizardx007]

​@@burnitdwn yes they want you to buy from the get go the higher priced model/replace it sooner in laptop world though they dont have competition i tried multiple vendors(dell inspiron and lenovo legion are 2 i remmber) mac had some issue but way less and one of them was the price but i got it from work for free so i dont care

[@bongodoug]

My next PC will be nothing but 8GB GPUs and Hard Drives, lol!

[@2hotscot]

Gonna need an older case to store all those HDDs. Don't forget to get a Blu-Ray player too. lol

[@jmangames5562]

Actually your wrong about the H5 flow it also has a bottom custom fitted fan that blows directly on the GPU. I think he should 1000% get that case as someone who has one it is great! Keeps eveything very cool and looks fantastic!

[@DarkStar-qe2qu]

Love the video just curious why the 6800 is not suggested any more there seem to be some available.

[@starboydior]

great video brother!

[@AlexHusTech]

*Love these videos, done well with the alternatives*

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed. (:

[@maximpowers1]

I just buy a INTEL B580 and it is great...

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Ohh you got one? Congrats! What CPU are you pairing it with?

[@drxbzie]

I wish us Canadians had the 7600x deal too that is so tempting.

[@kyleramkhelawan]

Great video! I'll wait for the new mid range gpus to announce

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thank you! Yes that's a good plan at this point. What CPU are you planing to pair them with?

[@kyleramkhelawan]

@@PCBuilderChannel Thinking between the 7700x or 9700x🫡

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Unless the 9700X drops in price I'd go 7700X between those two (:

[@kyleramkhelawan]

@PCBuilderChannel Neat, thx alot Jason will do!

[@Anton_dk]

Been waiting a long time for this!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Hi Anton! Its baaaack! Hope you enjoy. Do us a favor and hit that like button to get youtube to share it

[@Anton_dk]

@@PCBuilderChannelgotcha

[@pilau]

Let’s go Jason!!! Happy holidays!! #CatDads

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Happy Holidays!!! Go #CatDads

[@97Fenrir]

((Im writing this 4 hours after this video uploaded)) Honestly if the first person really wants to commit to the 5700x3d, they could definitely shave a hundred bucks off by just grabbing a peerless assassin air cooler. Especially if theyre mainly going to play fps games? With that money saved, combined with another 100, id recommend grabbing a roughly $500 7800xt at 16gb for that extra vram headroom as well, if they dont care about ray tracing. I run a similar setup and you can defnitely max out apex and fortnite. they could always buy more storage down the line too

[@nimaseyedmortazavi]

This was one of your best videos, thanks

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Glad you enjoyed it! Do us a favor and hit that like button if you haven't. I think some 4060 owners are downvoting us more than usual lol

[@Guy9998]

Well done man. I find budget builds the hardest to put together. It takes me forever to piece together a list of parts.

[@2hotscot]

And price fluctuations on the lower end don't help either...$5 here and $10 there make a huge difference in the end cost.

[@aplaceinthesky82]

Jason any substitute for the silicon power ram?

[@MistaJaaay]

Second build I didn't see any cooling? Person will need to find a cooler but that won't add much to the price. Either way some nice builds especially for the price. I build as a hobby so friends always come to me asking for price to performance so I help them out. Most of the time your really the one helping out hahahaha thanks for all the advice and info sir.

[@terrafair3248]

4600g for 50 bucks, a a520m-hdv for 30 bucks and a seasonic focus gx-750 for 30 bucks. I should start building the pc again

[@RazTheVan]

Do you think the 40 series gpu will drop once the 50 serie comes?

[@spear9141]

At this point Nvidia's 60 GPUs are the new 50 GPUs, avoid at all cost for gaming

[@joshwag9136]

The first 3060 12 GB was the last.decent one.

[@lanegeisewite1436]

Why they game very well and the 4060 is the most sold gpu in the world 😂😂

[@toad7395]

@@lanegeisewite1436being most sold doesn't really mean they're good value for gaming though. Lots of the sales are from prebuilts or people who don't really do much research into their pcs.

[@Eclipce051]

what about the new Intel gpu? would it be a better choice than the 7800xt

[@blackcyclist]

I've just bought a case & an AOI. keeping me eye out for the next GPU announcement rather than get the RX 7900XTX. Will be my 1st build

[@ekayn1606]

28:41 Just use your TV for now, and go for an AM5 build! It's way easier to plug in a new monitor later. . If you do this you'll need to buy a new motherboard and ram when you buy a modern gen CPU. . I'm sorry Jason, but I think you made the wrong call on this one.

[@rdnowlin1206]

The problem with the 4060 is - it's a 4050 that's been Mislabeled

[@Master-h1p]

Sir please make a proper detail video on how to check a used GPU when buying specially as a beginner in layman language

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Tech Yes City has a good one for this I would check out. The used market isn't our area of expertise so I don't think we'll be doing one on the channel soon. But my advice is always buy from a source with buyer protection

[@aeroflopper]

as a beginner I'd buy new, you will not know who is ripping you off, but if it is only second hand, never buy just the card, it came in a box with all it's bits when it was new. and never buy one off market place.

[@toad7395]

A beginner shouldn't buy used, learn more about pcs in general first (maybe by your third build or so you can try used, second if you really do research) But in general, check for rust/oxidation/physical damage ( DO NOT buy any cards with those issues, not worth the risk) Check benchmark (using furmark) temps and performance to see if its normal for the card (Check hotspot temp aswell, I got fucked over by not checking hotspot temps one time, the used card died within 6 months). Meeting up personally (preferably in his house) is basically a must for me.

[@RickSFfan]

On the second one, did the GPU come with a cooler? AMD is hit or miss on that. Also, as the builder said this is his first build, where's the copy of Microsoft Windows?

[@BradyJeske]

Should I buy a $800 new 7900xtx right now or wait

[@williammunny9206]

Good morning Mr.Jason / Mrs. Jason , Crew and Kitties!, i hope everyone had a good Christmas! The rumored GPU (s) situation got me baffled . . . i hope what i'm hearing is wrong, waiting for CES thats for sure along with 3rd party testing!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Good morning William! Hope you had a lovely holiday as well and Happy New Year! Yes it will be good to get solid info finally

[@theflowtnt]

How would you approach a build for video editing?

[@michaeloneill1360]

Build #2 Gets Top Marks for the Choice of Motherboard!! That's the Motherboard I've got in my 'AM5 Build' !!

[@ChrisThaBoxer]

should i an 7900xtx

[@ChrisThaBoxer]

im planning on getting the 9800x3d. i have a x870e gigabyte board and a lian li o11 mini (doing an all white build)

[@PCBuilderChannel]

I would hold off until the new GPUs are announced in early January personally. I suspect it will be eclipsed soon in price to performance

[@nicdiamond9989]

I’m building a pc for about 1000 dollars , do I wait for the 50 series ? Or 9000 series AMD cards ?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

We'll have to see when they announce but the important thing is to wait. See our "GPUs launching in 2025" video for more on what we are expecting

[@reljamrkic2663]

I would always buy an OEM PSU like Seasonic over Corsair, mainly because they make PSU for Corsair among others. Then Corsair just adds cool stickers and a 40% price boost.

[@dealerauctionnightmare4689]

I bought a prebuilt with the Ryzen 7700, ASUS Dual 4070, 1TB NVME, 16GB RAM (1 stick) 😮, 750w PS, in a Hyte Y40 case for $1075.

[@superloko9926]

Hey man, hope you are happy with the build, that's really good specs for 1k. I'd recommend getting another stick of ram though, so you get dual channel memory

[@dealerauctionnightmare4689]

@superloko9926 I thought it was sold with 2 sticks but, only had 1. It's a Geil and I couldn't find another one. So I picked up a 32GB Ram set locally.

[@superloko9926]

@@dealerauctionnightmare4689 nice bro. Happy gaming🙏

[@mikeslemonade]

@@dealerauctionnightmare4689you can enjoy GTA6 at 1440p medium settings

[@toad7395]

Thats a pretty good deal for prebuilt!

[@roachxyz]

Labor day I got a RTX 3060 12 gb for $250

[@SSDDOOGG]

How much VRAM is needed to play 4K into the future? no competitive shooting, only single player FPS and RPG's

[@ThomasPaine01]

Great video!

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thanks Thomas!! Happy New Year!

[@ThomasPaine01]

@@PCBuilderChannel - Happy New Year, brother!

[@culturedivined]

i'm curious to know what happend to the RTX 4050 when 50 series is coming out soon? i guess nvida don't care about the low end gpus

[@PCBuilderChannel]

The 4060 is basically the 4050 in terms of performance. Very frustrating

[@crzydirtyjoedirt1911]

Starting to look at a intel/nvidia build for streaming/ content creation that could act as a 1440 gaming pc in a pinch. Just finished my high end AMD build so don't want another one. What cpu/gpu do you recommend?

[@redgta2508]

Just got a 4070s for 450, what Cpu should I get?

[@peterjohnson5872]

5700x3D is $150 if you buy direct without the Amazon markup.

[@wallyedmonds8199]

Is the Ryzen 5 7600x less powerful than the Ryzen 7 5700 x3d ?

[@TheAustinmccarthy94]

How can I send you my build to help me boost it? I actually used a build you recommended in a video a few years ago for a $1000 1440p build and it has been great, just thinking of what could be a good way to start upgrading.

[@TruthMusicStudios]

I made that same mistake with my 1st build when that card dropped because Nvidia and the price but after watching your videos I switched my cars to RX6800 and night and day and I think I paid at the time $349 for that card or &379 around there but it’s been a beast at 1440p for me I play heavy RPG games and most on max settings .

[@fllibben4068]

What gup do you recommend if I have the R5 7600x3d? Have been looking on radeon 7800, but 7900 gre might be a better fit. What do you think?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Either would be good! Both selling out and weirdly priced at the moment so if you can wait for the new AMD GPUs coming soon I would

[@theeightoclock]

Serious build would not budget water cooler. Air coolers are better for 99%

[@asher791]

I was going to buy an rx 7900 xt for $629 but I saw the red devil for $40 more and I jumped on it, I also found a ryzen 9 9900x for $319. I do play games but this will be more for renders, video editing and photography so I felt the extra cores would help. Now I’m just waiting for everything to come Edit: I’m upgrading from an intel gen 8 cpu and a 1080ti. It’s taking about 45 minutes for each photo to finish on something like Lightroom classic. Hopefully this speeds it up by a lot.

[@darkghost4890]

Thanks your videos are always helpful, i have a question i am going to buy the 9700x is the msi prom-p good enough for it ?

[@PCBuilderChannel]

So glad to help! First thing I would consider going 7700X instead as the 9700X doesn't give much performance over it for the price. But either way yes good board

[@DariusJones05]

I’m not really an elitist or anything, but in today’s market I don’t see the point in building a NEW pc sub 1k-1.2k unless you’re doing low level game. I feel like it would be dated within 2-3yrs the way games are developed now.

[@B_Machine]

Prices are so high right now.

[@theonerm2]

Welcome back to PC Builder, I'm Ricky! (I thought I'd give it a try)

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Hi Ricky!! (;

[@DoctorKusanagi]

I built a mini itx gaming pc at february of 2024, I have a AMD Ryzen 5600 GT, asrock A530i motherboard, ID Cooling 120mm cpu fan with copper heat sink, 80mm chimney fan, Zotac RTX 4060, (I only bought it because it was on sale for $180 USD on chinese new year) , Patriot Viper 2TB SSD, 600 watt platinum FLEX power supply. I got all this just under $900 USD I have 96-120 FPS for Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty Ray Tracing Ultra Settings 1080p If your buying GPU's in 2025, intel arc B580 is a steal for $250

[@MsGhoulz]

If I built my PC this year I def would have gone with the B580.

[@mr.rainbowlovescoffee]

Jason, I love it when you do these kinds of videos. I learn so much from them. Well done 💙 Wishing you and your family a wonderful New Year.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

Thank you Mr. Rainbow!! They are hard to do when the market is in super flux because obviously we want to give the best possible build advice. So hoping to do a lot more of them in 2025! Hope you had a lovely holiday and Happy New Year!

[@geoffreystraw5268]

For the minecraft build I totally agree with lots of ram. Big mod packs for minecraft take like crap tons of ram to run well.

[@Human-bf7kz]

I currently have a 5800X3D with a RX 6800 XT. GPU seems to be bottlenecking the CPU. I've bought an AM5 Asus X670E-PLUS motherboard and 2x16 GB Cl 30 6000 MHz rams like you suggested in your videos , and I am aiming for nothing less than an RX 7900 XTX 24GB and I'm not settled yet on a CPU , I want to see the bench tests on those new Ryzen 9 X3D CPUs that are coming out vs the Ryzen 7 9800X3D before I decide so I am in no rush at all. Found the hellhound RX 7900 XTX 24 GB at a very competitive price but based on my findings , Sapphire Nitro or Merc XFX is what I should be considering for better clock speeds. I'm hoping the introduction of new GPUs will drop the prices of the older models.

[@tinyblanket3018]

recommended a ram kit not compatible with giabyte motherboards.

[@herbertodiliobalsamo9096]

Planning to build a Ryzen 5600 with 6700XT, or should I wait for B580? 6700Xt is 260$ used here in the Philippines, while B580 is currently listed - still out of stock tho - 300-350$ brand new

[@amitkriit]

I bought RTX 4060 in 2023 because it offered the best performance vs power consumption tradeoff. I am very happy with my decision.

[@scottloosmore5400]

30:15 that blue ram looks so out of place with the build. Imo go with a black kit if it’s 5 bucks more. If available. We u have 5 bucks to spare in the budget. Or I’m I wrong for thinking with an ocd brain 😅

[@danielhulan3058]

Jason, granted the 5060 is said to have 8gb yet again. 😢

[@amitkriit]

I bought this GPU in 2023 because it offered the best performance vs power consumption tradeoff. I am very happy with my decision.

[@martinmdl6879]

Isn't there a rule? Don't buy any video cards short of 12GB ram.

[@sebas-wi3xs]

So do you think 12gb is the minimum? I mean ,i play at 1080p idk if its fine with 8gb

[@toad7395]

@@sebas-wi3xs It all depends on your uses. Obviously if you're on a budget build you'll have to go for a rx6600 at 180-200$ or so, maybe an intel card (never nvidia for this budget though). For 1080p, 8gb vram right now is fine but if you have more money to spend obviously it'd be much better to go for a 12gb even 16gb vram card (not the 4060ti) so your card can "last" longer

[@Crackedboy]

Guys I got a 3060 12gb is there a need to upgrade?

[@john.carlson23]

Is it working for you? That is the only question you need to ask yourself. Once it stops working for what you use it for, then upgrade.

[@PCBuilderChannel]

What John said! You only "need" an upgrade if you are unhappy with your current performance. If you are, check out our Best GPU/CPU Combo 2024 video to help think through an upgrade

[@Crackedboy]

@@PCBuilderChannel mine is paired with the ryzen 5 5600 and for me it’s working great, thanks for your response

[@Crackedboy]

@@john.carlson23 it’s working fine , thanks

[@bg7044]

yes sell it to me for $100 and use that money to upgrade to a 5090

[@kirby0louise]

Hey, I love my hard drives! But you're right, I'm a 1-in-a-million user who does benefit from having a hard drive. They aren't worth it otherwise.

[@theflowtnt]

IT'S MY MONEY, AND I NEED IT NOW!

[@NightimeInDeepSpace]

i just bought a prebuilt with better cpu and memory and it come with windows pro for about the same price adjusted for canadian dollar. the gpu is still 4060 but i can always switch it out later. with taxes it would actually come to more if i tried to build it myself and i needed it right away. some day i will try a full build myself but i still have a lot to learn