Ultra Budget Gaming PC Build Challenge - Microcenter Edition

[@TAPS147]

The dude serving you was super knowledgeable and seems like a dope guy!

[@trashcartier]

dude definitely went above and beyond

[@droson8712]

I've never been to Microcenter yet but from all the videos I've ever seen all the staff seem to be passionate and knowledgeable about the products and give solid recommendations. He does seem like a pretty chill guy with solid advice.

[@fryax6721]

He’s personally helped me make a pc at micro center

[@deceptech]

Hey, I was the one who said what’s up to you guys when you were checking out! It was so cool to meet you guys in person!! 😁

[@ToastyBros]

Aye! It was awesome to meet you. Thanks for the support

[@FiveMissiles]

@@carljohnson3724bum

[@Big_boom90]

​@carljohnson3724 of course you can, just visit the link in the description which will lead you to their website where they sell their pc builds. 😅

[@Fresdr]

@@carljohnson3724They don't govern away pcs by just asking like that

[@Tatar-]

@@carljohnson3724 get a job

[@jadavpurgamers1291]

I am amazed how both the $500 and $750 budget gaming PC ended up with AM4 platform. This shows how relevant AM4 is still to this date.

[@rickardsvensson7097]

Yeah, if they actually did spend 500 and 750, then it would of been even better :) They skipped tax. Not even "ahh, its 505" or "Dang, its 755 with tax included" so it was a little over budget. They straight up went like 10% over budget or whatever it is in tax. They with that failed the challenge from the start 😅

[@hbirb]

@@rickardsvensson7097 it makes sense to not include tax in the challenge imo because there isnt a sales tax everywhere

[@rickardsvensson7097]

@@hbirb Not everywhere. Sure. But the majority of the US do. Like, if you had 497 dollar and thats EVERYTHING you have. Literally all your savings and everything on your account. Then you try to order a PC thats 497 pre tax, you aint getting it cause it will be to expensive. Not including tax is just straight up stupid. Just as stupid as people who brag about their salary pre tax. Always account for tax when its there and will affect you. Afterall, tax is a thing you cant discuss. It will always be there, no matter what.

[@hbirb]

@@rickardsvensson7097 if you really are trying to stretch your money and that’s everything in your account you generally wouldnt buy most components at microcenter anyway, I understand where ur coming from, but also because sales tax varies so much and it also makes figuring out total price along the way in a challenge like this so much harder I don’t really blame them

[@rickardsvensson7097]

@@hbirb I mean, its not that hard to add on the sales tax by simple math. The budget was 500 and 750. With the average sales tax (that I could find) of 6%. Then they needed to sit at 475 and 710. Give or take a few dollars. Wich is a fairly big diffrence and will make it a bit more of a challenge. As said, the diffrence here was an entier component. RAM was if not misstaken 30 bucks, the cases was also around there. So it makes a good diffrence to the entiet setup. I just see it as misleading and a failed challenge when you dont budget it properly. Like I said in previous comment. If you only have that amount, then you couldnt buy these setups. Thats the entier purpose of budget challenges. But lets see it like this, if your lets say student friend came and asked you for tips and maybe even a build setup they could get for the same money they would pay for a console. Your friend say that the price will be $800 with tax. Will you then go to $800 pre tax so your friend have to pay roughly 850 instead? Or would you use that budget to hit 800 with tax? I personally would go for 800 paid and done. Or as I have done before, if I go over, when it will make a significent diffrence, offer them the price diffrence on me 😂

[@ChairmanMeow1]

Microcentre doing work in the advertising space. I love how they're doing it through these tech channels and not something like cable TV which no one watches anyway. Targeted marketing is best marketing!

[@Orangish_1]

Microcenter* it's how it's spelled center.

[@R3AL-AIM]

So blessed to live less than an hour from one and have a tech industry in my area. I've found many places in the U.S don't have great deals on PC hardware and everything cost 2-3x what it should if you don't buy stuff online or at Best Buy. Microcenter is the best place to walk in and buy new gear hands down.

[@belalwael-hm2yb]

I live 10 mins away

[@obeyobay9146]

Yeah you’re pretty blessed, I live outside the us and eu and anything computer related has a 30% price increase here, like for example instead of paying 800 dollars for a rtx 4070 ti super id have to pay nearly 1100 dollars

[@proximitea]

i live in alaska but i was in denver recently and got to go to a micro center for the first time and it was amazing. i bought a couple things that i could have got online and not payed insane colorado sales tax because i want to support micro center.

[@DankBlank]

I live like 20 minutes away from the SoCal MC. Them being able to price match Amazon saved me a bit of time and money for my North XL case.

[@NotXion]

@@obeyobay9146 microcenter charges up the ass, too. like 50% higher what things should cost. The only pro about Microcenter is they just have a lot of stock. Terrible prices and only like 25 stores.

[@Lyncity]

19:17 The reason the game was running bad is because something in the AMD 24.6.1 update messed up some performance on Fortnite. Had to go back to 24.5.1 to get stable performance on a rx 6700xt. hope this helps!

[@Ryzenberg78]

100% right. Still, in November, 10.5.1 is the last real stable release. I came to say this. That 6600 is capable of much better performance in Fortnite.

[@makingtechsense126]

The $500 PC had a 5¢ score. Amazing value!

[@BREEZYM6015]

That's a lot of Ramen. 😂

[@rickardsvensson7097]

Wasnt a 500 dollar pc though. It was 560 bucks 😅

[@sd_bane6677]

@@rickardsvensson7097 $505 sub total 560 was with tax

[@rickardsvensson7097]

@@sd_bane6677 exactly. He paid 560 for the "500 dollar computer" Aka, not a 500 dollar PC.

[@lemonke5341]

@@sd_bane6677ye he cheated taxes should be counted

[@PeacefulParadise10]

Jonah is a real homie for helping Jackson out with the budget. 💯

[@ToastyDIY]

🤝🤫

[@mrabdoplayer1339]

00:01 thats correct and we want more

[@quintingreyling2571]

I built my wife her first entry level gaming PC with the ASRock ARC A770 and Ryzen 5700. I was truely blown away by this little engine that could GPU punching well above its weight class. I was playing Diablo 4 on high settings (with upscaling) in 4k with no issues.

[@binting5326]

I've helped multiple people pick up parts for their pc and even recommend some laptops for them but I haven't even built my own pc, these ultra budget gaming pc builds helped me a lot

[@xtazisvault9912]

The FPS should not be tied to a specific settings. The fun thing to do is play with video setting until you get the FPS limit and see all the sacrifices that were made to reach it! Great Video!

[@LGLoops]

Makes me wonder how often the micro centre staff is on camera for all the KZbin channels out there. Dude seemed solid.

[@ixeroi]

I LOVED this video concept! Please do more in the future! It was fun to watch as a builder!

[@leofwulf268]

I love how both low and high budget show their own set of issues Either cutting costs or having to get extra stuff so your pc actually runs well

[@mrlustsson]

You guys have inspired me to build my own pc❤

[@DoubleH3l1x]

@@mrlustsson good boy

[@CelticViking57]

good luck man. the challenge is rewarding!

[@jordanmntungwa3311]

put a 4090TI super in there and then overclock it

[@AAlgeria]

Same, but also ltt and ztt

[@ArdaSReal]

​@@jordanmntungwa3311nah put a 5090 super duper in it much better

[@robertmajors1737]

If you're on a tight budget, used parts are the way to go. For $750 I'm pretty sure I could put together an am4 system with a rx6800 for a nice 1440p rig.

[@lds7104eva]

They do have a 750 system with a 12400f and rtx 4060

[@robertmajors1737]

@@lds7104eva That's my point, the 4060 is garbage at $300. It loses to the 3060 in some games. You can get a brand new rx6800 for around $300, or $350. It will absolutely destroy the 4060 at everything.

[@macking104]

Its a new store so no open box…

[@robertmajors1737]

@macking104 Yeah I caught that, I didn't say open box, I said used. You know, like from ebay or marketplace or wherever one might find used pc parts.

[@macking104]

@@kristhomas8518 that location just opened this month…

[@rKarmaZMS]

Fortnite on dx12 has to compile shaders in game after graphics driver updates or upon fresh installs causing super lag but usually gets better after a few games so the shaders are compiled

[@ArdaSReal]

They should know this...

[@rKarmaZMS]

@@ArdaSReal I agree😭

[@Ryzenberg78]

Plus Adrenaline needs to be 10.5.1. Every release after has had these performance issues in Fortnite.

[@DevonDoesTech]

Not going to lie, I think the $500 PC is the winner here. Great PC for the price!

[@cryptmonkey4628]

Kofi kingston cameo 😂

[@SWOhioSpeedtesting]

New Day rocks 😂

[@LouieBeats1]

😭 😭

[@cryptmonkey4628]

@@LouieBeats1

[@dewberserker]

This video shows how important balance is in a build, impressive stuff.

[@GhostWarriorZa]

You have no idea how calming and cool your videos are 💯👑😎

[@MJlava]

The two setttings that you could change are in the installation settings for the game itself they are called pre download streamed assests and high resolution textures, also if you just did the drivers obviously play 3-4 before showing results. (if you plan to play on performance mode disable directx 12 shaders as well)

[@adammackenzie]

So cool watching Michael Cera and Seth building PCs. Game on everyone 😊

[@SimonBannow]

Fun video, great to see friendly staff at a store!

[@mercurygm]

Since you spread positive content, recommend d adding to that. Go to the gym for 4 days a week MT W off TF SS off. Push pull split. And you’ll look better and feel better. Takes an hour or less to hit 2 work outs per muscle group for hypertrophy with a single warm up set. You got this. Don’t just game but raise your health and wealth.

[@voteDC]

Your definition of Ultra Budget is a lot different than my own.

[@Lucas2RC]

The MicroCenter guy looks so happy to help. Looks like a cool dude. One side, with 750 and low FPS, the other HELLDivers and 90FPS w/ 500. I know where this is going...

[@Justsome2tories]

the guy that helped you is just a chill guy.

[@NTC-CHUBBS]

Micro center worker chill asf. W mans

[@veterangamez]

Great video 🎉 and Microcenter of course is awesome, that 3600 would've paired well with up to a RX 6800! These builds had more potential hehe nonetheless it was cool to watch the challenge 🤙🏽⚡

[@notnowmike_]

Thank you Microcenter for filling the hole in my heart after Fry's.

[@erickrosssantos8495]

Man!!! love this kind of content! hope Jackson can re-battle with good luck on spin haha. looking for the next episode of this. got my sub guys!

[@addisonzanck4399]

Shoot it’s only been up for 2 minutes. Can I get a hell yeah!

[@ToastyBros]

Hell yeah

[@jy4057]

Can't wait for the Microcenter in Santa Clara opens. It's much closer to me than Tustin.

[@justinmcclain5549]

Nice some friendly competition 👌

[@Mc_Whitty]

Glad to see src is doing better with driver and game support

[@xxspawnxx]

Both builds are really solid. I would love to gift my nephew a PC like these. He been wanting one for a couple years

[@CollinBrink]

I went here a week after opening and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I can't wait to go back.

[@Gabriel_Walker.]

Gotta love the competitions 😄

[@manjafe]

I love you videos, this one has made me determined to save for the pc I want, currently at 500 bucks and so saving🤞. Keep up the work

[@Co0kiesNCreAmm]

I just wanna say watching the build montage at 2x speed makes that music slap!

[@browserplaysmc]

MICROCENTER TAKES THE W ALL THE TIME!!!!! Love Toasty Bros♥

[@Thrashifice]

They should make a Micro Center reality show staring Justin. Basically just him running around helping people and then also dealing with unruly customers.

[@edgyred1692]

Used just about every Arc card in my builds and they all rocked their price point waaaay above the competition. They only really lack High end, but its fine.

[@leden9588]

Very interesting video. I hope Microcenter comes to the EU some day soon!

[@TheRealCerb]

When running Direct X 12 (especially on Fortnite), you have to play a few games for shaders to load and cache. After about 2-3 games you should be good.

[@Askfornate]

Keep doing your thing boys! Love the content!

[@attaboydanny]

fort was using so much of your gpu because lumen/nanite was enabled. the normal high preset without lumen will literally run above 100fps without flaw 100% of the time

[@InfamousAMH]

TSR and Lumen were killing that 6600. You could have definitely got away with 90+ FPS with high settings without the fancy lighting and upscaling.

[@konstantinlozev2272]

Great showing by Intel in HD2!

[@mikem9267]

Nice job Jackson, good looking well balanced build with impressive performance for the price.

[@Gunheadchicka]

I love this challenge! Thanks for this! 🎉❤🎉

[@Pravculear]

next time you do one of these wheel spin challenges, one of the modifiers should be that you have to account for sales tax in the budget.

[@hovanthecool1995]

YES!

[@AlaskaL]

its hard to do since sales tax is different for everyone

[@WyattOShea]

@@AlaskaL America is so strange to me with some of the things they do. Here tax is included in the price so let's say something costs $995 that's exactly what it costs (same with everything here in Australia).

[@NowThatsPCGaming]

I know I can be hard on yall sometimes, but I truly do love yalls content. This was one of the my favorite videos in recent memory. That $500 intel gpu build looked amazing. Matts looked good too. Keep it up fellas! Also, Fortnite has been acting quite, says my daughter. That combo should have fortnite running at med/high settings (dx12) no lumen and getting above 100 fps. Maybe its still building shaders.

[@origin3271]

>"Ultra Budget Gaming PC Build Challenge" >$500 >$750

[@Ty........]

Was looking for this comment.

[@itsjarcia9151]

500 dollars is real budget pc build, 400 if ur using used parts

[@LabCat]

IMHO the $500 machine winds up being the better price-to-performance rig. AM4 will be relevant for another couple of years and a 32GB upgrade will really help that Arc card. I love Corsair and BeQuiet! cases, but the value on that Montech case is superb. This was a fun one!

[@bikelifewithalex120]

My local Micro Center in St Davis, PA that I have been going to since 1997 or so Is so outdated compared to the newer (larger) stores. Glad they are still around in 2024.

[@mikemenechino7753]

This is my store as well. It has a lot of great stock and deals! I don’t think it’s that outdated.

[@bikelifewithalex120]

@@mikemenechino7753 I mean Building/PlanOgram. Layout of store.

[@itsdeonlol]

Love the Micro Center videos!!!

[@ZoumotEditzz]

that worker is so kind❤

[@yonnelx2539]

Micro center is a dream place 😍

[@KxngRC]

you should do a 4k budget build challenge. Obviously you'd need to spend more but still budget ranges for 4k gaming

[@nickargeny8467]

I just got a powerspec g907 for my first gaming PC. It has a ryzen 7950x3d and a 7900xtx white tachi edition.

[@nickargeny8467]

I got better, the more I looked at that pre-built the more I hated it. It's ugly as hell to me, its all white minus 1 cord. It obliterated had 2 fans but the case comes pre-installed with 3. So they take one out to sell it. I upgraded to the 4090 and put it in the tower 200 black. It's about to play It's first game when I can map this Xbox controller. But anything to do with Microsoft/windows seems to just be a pain in the ass or just shit. I may return windows if I can or return the whole thing to get it re-built again with fresh parts and a different os installed. I can see why Playstation is selling more consoles because they have easier system and an actual customer support not just a ai bitch saying do it yourself here's a link.

[@risk_it_4_the_biscuit]

Feel like every tech youtuber I watch has done at this new microcenter.

[@HOBOTw1tcH]

I’d really love to see something other than “budget build” Why not do some mid to upper range builds? Like best system you can buy for AAA titles. Best system for FPS. Best for MMO, etc. and not just “the cheapest rig that can run Fortnite”

[@manueljunior87677]

In the slight chance that you see this how to you get those steady shots with a camara as seen in 14:37?

[@Astrocxl]

I think they physically panned the shot slowly but using a slo mo time lapse mode. Idk just seems like it

[@josephzenzen7376]

Dude walking back to his car knows what’s up 😂😂😂

[@rihenry7364]

This is the longest MicroCenter commercial I've ever seen.

[@Matrixx679]

The dude that was showing you around look pretty dope

[@Onion780]

Greg Salazar was here,I love this kinda vids

[@jacklion109]

Btw if you’re wondering what happened with Fortnite, the first game of Fortnite is always a little laggy. If you restarted your game after dropping in, I think the second game could have reached the targeted 90 fps

[@sgtwiggles292]

One thing i did notice is that the price for RAM and Storage is insane in the US. We can get 16GB DDR4 kit in my country for around $48 USD (G.Skill 3600Mhz) and a 1TB nvme for $50 USD (Lexar M.2), all prices are inclusive for tax in my country

[@Redline09fa5]

Micro Center’s Jidion 😂, Dope Video Guys

[@boxfan6656]

You guys too! I expected to run into GN Steve there, but a bunch of major influencers went to this one. This one is my local store!

[@Disabled_Vet_72]

I am a disabled Navy Vet with no income (pending disability claim) and severe anxiety and PTSD. I really need a decent Gaming Rig to help keep me calm and relaxed. Please help me out! ** I am really digging the black 5800X3D build! That would be perfect for me! **

[@juegasher]

Ultra budget ☠️

[@HareshVaswani-k4s]

Microcenter is my favorite store.

[@ebbss4]

This is really cool. My coworker is going to help me build a budget pc we are gonna get parts from micro center

[@beastmode-brawlstars7115]

This is literally the perfect video for me. I’m going to micrometer Charolette to make a budget pc 😂

[@nhguapo]

Did you consider looking for refurbished parts at MicroCenter? I just pulled up their site and found a 3060 Ti for $250. You could have swapped some things around to make up the $60 difference over that 6600. That GPU wasn't up to the task.

[@Fort_flip]

14:00 no thermal paste 😀

[@SureshKumar-im6sf]

😂

[@BertyAU]

preinstalled on most coolers

[@bhgpharmacy3540]

my fav series

[@epikducklol]

The best

[@airsebby]

I clicked as soon as I saw the video!! It said 30 seconds!! ❤❤

[@therodenthitman]

I wish this was a competition, same budget and goals and compete. Different build with the same parameters.

[@reverseflash2203]

3:40 as soon as he rolls “must use intel” a trash can rolls by😭😂

[@Sketchschmidt]

oh its the dude from greg's video , hes amazing !!

[@SauceMario]

That 500 build is real similar to my current budget build I've been looking at as a possibility for my son.

[@ArdaSReal]

Honestly at that pricepoint it makes much more sense to buy some parts used, that way you can get a better machine for the same money

[@Midscarface]

grab from Aliexpress, china gaming motherboard, intel xeon and ecc ram...can play terrific games and save a lot of money

[@allengross8274]

Next challenge - who can build the best budget VR ready System. That's a challenge I'd love to see

[@guildpilotone]

Did you have resizeable bar turned on for the and system?

[@josephhoalt6824]

They both should have had rebar enabled especially with the ARC GPU

[@guildpilotone]

@@josephhoalt6824 good point, wrote my comment while watching the and benchmarking.

[@kulasszz]

damn yall doing this as a budget challenge and its my dream budget😭

[@wakcedout]

I got a different motherboard and ram, but got myself a 7700x and every time I see and hear how good it is, I keep realizing how good a cpu I got.

[@xyntor_YT]

loving the fairlady

[@Rwp_is_back]

You should go to the Micro Center in Royal Oak MI and do one of these challenges. The Royal Oak Micro Center is scarce of everything.

[@reese2038]

Micro center guy knew his shit

[@trailblazerproductions7849]

Videos like this make you realize that other than occasional deals and open box, microcenter’s prices kinda suck.

[@hill2hell]

19:17 it might be that the game is still saving the shaders, I think shader compilation is affected by the cpu, ram, and storage. So it might be the reason why it's taking a long time to compile the shaders.

[@Th3_Haters]

Jumping on this comment to mention the exact same thing. Fortnite doesn't show that the shaders are still downloading. When you swap from dx11 to dx12 it will always stutter. New GPU or new drivers, stutter. I had stutter with a 7800x3d and a 4090 rog strix after I set it up for the first time. Letting the game sit for 30 minutes to an hour and then closing it out and restarting it will usually get rid of the stutter. Once its loaded and the shaders are good though it runs flawlessly. On directX11 performance mode with a 2070 I've seen 450 FPS. Hopefully they see your comment @hill2hell. Seeing the stuttering week after week is starting to hurt a bit.

[@hill2hell]

Yup for newbies to pc building they might just think the system sucks without knowing shaders need to be compiled the 1st time the game is launched.

[@vxeris7616]

Also, the latest amd driver is garbage for fortnite

[@reycedeno2058]

I just went to mircocenter, picked up everything i needed except a GPU for $600 after tax, which included ryzen 5 7600x, b650 mobo, 32gb DDR5 ram. Got a 2nd hand rx6700xt for $200 on marketplace. $800 all in

[@ArdaSReal]

Have a similar build but with a 7700xt, really love it

[@macblink]

That store would be like heaven for me 🥹

[@justsomeguy-be1ny]

Legend says hes still coping to this day.

[@RobertBIrish]

They finally are putting a Micro Center in Florida but it's Miami just as far as Atlanta. If they only knew the amount fo money I woudl spend there they would put one here near Gainesville