1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:07,040 Some would say that it's a discouraging time to build your own PC. And that 2 00:00:04,319 --> 00:00:12,960 makes sense when $2,000 will get you a gaming GPU or a single kit of DDR5 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:18,480 memory. But if we shop smart, we can still buy a pretty rocking full PC for 4 00:00:15,679 --> 00:00:24,800 that price and assemble it ourselves. So CIC sponsored this video to help us show 5 00:00:21,119 --> 00:00:28,960 you that it's not all doom and gloom. 6 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:31,519 I SAID NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM. 7 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,719 THANK YOU. Kind of need all the help I can get to find the bright side here 8 00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:38,559 because looking at the direction pricing's been going for the past few 9 00:00:36,399 --> 00:00:42,160 months, it's hard to be sure that this stuff isn't going to be even more 10 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:49,399 expensive by the time you watch this video. 11 00:00:44,079 --> 00:00:49,399 I SAID NOT ALL DOOM AND GLOOM. 12 00:00:50,879 --> 00:00:59,039 Are you tired of boring screwdrivers? Boom. Four new colors of the brand new 13 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:04,720 LTT transparent screwdriver. Plasma purple, cryo teal, molten orange, and 14 00:01:02,640 --> 00:01:08,560 carbon black. They're see-through. They're awesome. And they're probably 15 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:12,159 going to sell out because for a limited time only if you buy through YouTube 16 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:17,200 Shopping at the link in the video description, you will get 20% off your 17 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:21,439 driver, but only until December 30th. Collect them all or maybe pair them with 18 00:01:19,119 --> 00:01:24,560 our brand new bid case and all over print hoodie. 19 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:38,159 Starting at the beginning, a Starting at the beginning, a great way 20 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:44,880 to save a dollar is to buy a last generation CPU. In this case, the tried 21 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:47,360 andrue AMD Ryzen 77800X3T. 22 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:52,079 Furthermore, by opting for an OEM CPU, which uh [clears throat] didn't actually 23 00:01:49,439 --> 00:01:59,280 come with a box, we saved another $10, making this chip almost $100 cheaper 24 00:01:55,439 --> 00:02:01,119 than buying the newer 9800 X3D. And the 25 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:06,799 best part is that according to our Labs testing, in the real world, gaming at 26 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:09,440 1440p or 4K, we're really not giving up 27 00:02:06,799 --> 00:02:13,360 that much, if anything, compared to the latest and greatest. There is one 28 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:17,040 downside to going with OEM, though. Your warranty will not be through AMD 29 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:22,160 directly, so make sure that you check the terms and choose a reputable seller. 30 00:02:20,239 --> 00:02:27,280 Now, to find a reputable motherboard to keep this little guy cozy in, we felt 31 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:30,160 that Gigabytes B850 Gaming X Wi-Fi ATX 32 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:35,040 was a great choice. We got it on sale for 150 bucks, which is a fine price for 33 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:39,920 a full-sized ATX board that comes packed with features like high-speed onboard 34 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:44,640 networking, three M.2 two slots, one of which running at Gen 5 speeds and solid 35 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:48,800 IO with both HDMI and DisplayPort for your integrated graphics solution if you 36 00:02:46,640 --> 00:02:52,160 ever need to use that. Now, before we mash these boys together, it's probably 37 00:02:50,879 --> 00:02:58,720 time [music] to prepare our work surface. I strongly recommend an ESD 38 00:02:55,200 --> 00:03:00,959 safe mat and an ESD strap, and I enjoy 39 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:05,440 using my motherboard box as a handy little work platform. 40 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:10,159 For tools, you don't really need much to build a PC. A screwdriver should be all 41 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:14,239 that you need, but your life will be a little easier with a magnetic parts 42 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:18,640 tray, zip ties, some side cutters, and then occasionally my needle-nose pliers 43 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:21,920 will pull me out of a sticky situation. With everything laid out, installing 44 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:28,080 your CPU should take no more than about 30 seconds. Open up the CPU socket, line 45 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:33,360 up the old golden triangle or the notches on the side of the CPU, and then 46 00:03:30,640 --> 00:03:36,480 place it gently into the LGA socket. Once you think it's in there, give it 47 00:03:34,879 --> 00:03:41,440 just a tiny little wiggle to make sure it's seated properly. Now, we lower the 48 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:45,120 hold down, followed by the lever. Now, I've said this before and I'm going to 49 00:03:42,959 --> 00:03:48,879 say it again. This takes more force than you might expect. Don't worry about 50 00:03:46,720 --> 00:03:53,280 that. Toss this into your motherboard box for safekeeping. And instead, worry 51 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:56,959 about all the amazing memories that our new little friend here is going to make 52 00:03:54,560 --> 00:04:01,120 in his new home. And worry about how expensive memories are. Memory prices 53 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:07,040 have gone through the roof in recent months. Against that backdrop, our $300 54 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:12,319 2x6 gig kit from GSkill seems downright reasonable. I mean, at least it's 6,000 55 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:16,799 mega transfer per second CL30, which is a great sweet spot for AMD. And I mean, 56 00:04:14,799 --> 00:04:21,680 hey, we didn't want fancy heat spreaders or RGB anyway. Right. 57 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:25,360 Right. Hopefully by the time this video comes out, you'll still be able to find 58 00:04:23,199 --> 00:04:29,759 a kit like this for around this price. And if you can't, well, hey, here's a 59 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:34,400 convenient dartboard design that you can download, print, and enjoy instead of 60 00:04:32,479 --> 00:04:38,400 playing video games. Anyway, if you manage to get your hands on some memory, 61 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:43,759 just go ahead and pop them into slots A2 and B2 by opening up the latches, lining 62 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:48,160 up the central key, and pressing firmly on both sides of each dim until you hear 63 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:51,520 a distinct [music] click. By the way, if you have just about any weird issues 64 00:04:50,160 --> 00:04:55,360 when you first try to fire up your system later, an easy troubleshooting 65 00:04:53,360 --> 00:04:58,400 step that works way more often than it should is to take your memory out and 66 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:05,040 receat it >> and then receat the RAM. >> There. Now, our 7800 X3D is cozy and no 67 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:09,440 longer suffering from short-term memory loss. But long term long term, well, 68 00:05:07,520 --> 00:05:13,748 that's a whole other story. That is where our two TBTE PCIe Gen 4 NVMe 69 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:17,600 storage drive comes in. This gives [music] us plenty of space for both our 70 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:22,080 operating system and whatever games or files we want quick access to. It also 71 00:05:19,759 --> 00:05:27,280 features a DRAM cache to help aid with both performance and longevity. What 72 00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:33,600 drive did we order, you ask? Well, the one we ordered and paid $150 for was a 73 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:37,680 Gigabyte Aoris 7300, but the Amazon 74 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:41,280 seller shipped us a Samsung 990 Pro. So, 75 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:42,720 uh, thanks for the unfraud. 76 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:45,759 Let's get our armor removed from our motherboard. This handy toolless little 77 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:51,520 latch right here. And now we're presented with three options for our 78 00:05:47,840 --> 00:05:54,400 slots. A, B, and C. We chose B. Why, you 79 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:58,080 ask? Well, slot C is not connected directly to our CPU, which can 80 00:05:55,919 --> 00:06:03,120 occasionally lead to bottlenecks. And as for A, it runs at Gen 5 speeds. This is 81 00:06:01,039 --> 00:06:07,280 not a Gen 5 drive, so we might as well leave that free for potentially a future 82 00:06:05,759 --> 00:06:10,800 faster drive that we want to install down the line. If you've ever put in an 83 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:15,680 M.2 to NVMe drive before. They all install basically the same way. Push the 84 00:06:13,280 --> 00:06:20,160 SSD into this slot here at a little bit of an angle. Then secure it to the post 85 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:23,840 on the other end. This used to be mostly done with tiny little screws that are 86 00:06:21,759 --> 00:06:28,479 lots of fun to lose, but many modern motherboards use newfangled toolless 87 00:06:25,520 --> 00:06:32,080 mechanisms like this one. Then just go ahead and remove any protective covering 88 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:36,639 over the thermal pad that's on the bottom of your motherboard armor. Slot 89 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:41,759 it back into place. And Bob's your uncle. Hi, Uncle Bob. 90 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:45,360 Now it's time to keep Mr. CPU cool with yet another recommendation for the only 91 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:50,689 heat sink company that seems to matter right now. Thermal right. The Phantom 92 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:52,800 Spirit 120SE is a dual tower 7 heat pipe 93 00:06:50,689 --> 00:06:57,600 [music] beast that includes two fans, quality thermal compound, and a robust 94 00:06:55,199 --> 00:07:04,080 mounting mechanism. How is this thing only $40? I'm not mad. I just I don't 95 00:07:01,199 --> 00:07:08,120 get it. Step the first. Remove the stock mounting bracket from your motherboard. 96 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:18,240 Step the second, grab the AM4 and also AM5 mounting brackets, red spacers, and 97 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:21,720 associated screws. Step the third, do 98 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,720 all of this stuff. 99 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:35,440 It's worth noting, by the way, if you buy a different cooler, these steps may 100 00:07:33,265 --> 00:07:38,400 [music] vary. The manual is your friend. Now it's time to apply some thermal 101 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:42,560 paste. If you're not sure if you're using enough, there's an easy way to 102 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:47,120 check. Just put your cooler on, tighten it down usually until the screws bottom 103 00:07:44,720 --> 00:07:50,880 out, then take it back off. You'll be able to see if you've got good coverage 104 00:07:48,479 --> 00:07:54,560 of your CPU. At this point, it's fine to either top up or just leave it and put 105 00:07:53,039 --> 00:07:58,319 the cooler back on. With our hunk of metal strapped on, next we're going to 106 00:07:56,080 --> 00:08:01,360 attach our fans with these spring clips. Make sure that your cables are coming 107 00:07:59,599 --> 00:08:05,039 out the side nearest to your motherboard power header. This is going to make it a 108 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:09,120 little bit easier to manage later. Our unit came with a PWM fan splitter so we 109 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:12,160 can plug both of our fans into one header. We're going to go ahead and use 110 00:08:10,560 --> 00:08:15,199 that. And we're also going to daisy chain together our RGB leads before 111 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:20,800 plugging both of those into the motherboard and then tucking all of the cables away 112 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:23,120 under the heat sink. Make sure that they don't stick out into your fan blades, 113 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:30,680 though. Then you're going to have a pretty bad time. Next up, if a motherboard's a home, then a case is a 114 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,680 community. 115 00:08:30,905 --> 00:08:37,440 >> [snorts and laughter] >> This metaphor is spread thinner than thermal compound at this point. But 116 00:08:35,279 --> 00:08:41,760 anywh who, doesn't matter. The point is, what better community for a kuck like me 117 00:08:39,599 --> 00:08:45,360 than the Fractal North? With Fractal focused on promoting their new epoch 118 00:08:43,599 --> 00:08:50,320 line, the North can sometimes be found on sale, and there's no shame in saving 119 00:08:47,680 --> 00:08:54,480 a few bucks on a lastg beauty like this one. It comes in white or black with 120 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:59,200 either a tempered glass or mesh side panel and is delightfully easy to build 121 00:08:57,279 --> 00:09:03,279 in with modern features like rubber grommets around the cable cutouts, cable 122 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:06,720 management channels and tie downs and front USBC. 123 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:12,240 Let's remove the side panels by loosening the captive thumb screws and 124 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:14,240 pulling the panels back and away. This 125 00:09:12,240 --> 00:09:18,480 gives us access to the case accessories box that Fractal cleverly stores in one 126 00:09:16,480 --> 00:09:21,279 of the 3 and 1/2 in hard drive sleds. The first thing that we're going to need 127 00:09:19,519 --> 00:09:25,360 from here is eight of these more coarsely threaded 632 mounting screws 128 00:09:23,839 --> 00:09:29,839 for our motherboard. We're going to pop the top mesh off to make our wiring job 129 00:09:27,839 --> 00:09:35,600 a little bit easier later. Then we're going to lay our case down flat with the 130 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:37,279 pre-installed ATX standoffs facing up. 131 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:42,880 Next, grab your motherboard either by the cooler or the edges of the PCB and 132 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:47,200 ease it gently onto the standoffs. I like to go in at a bit of an angle like 133 00:09:44,399 --> 00:09:52,000 this, lining up the IO shield first. Whatever you do, make sure never to 134 00:09:49,519 --> 00:09:55,360 scratch or scrape the back of the board against the standoffs. That is one of 135 00:09:53,680 --> 00:09:59,279 the most common ways that people can damage their hardware. With your 136 00:09:56,720 --> 00:10:03,120 screwdriver, perhaps a colored transparent one from ltstore.com, 137 00:10:01,360 --> 00:10:07,040 tighten down the eight screws that we grabbed earlier. With our motherboard in 138 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:11,920 place, we can plug in our USBC header here, our USB 3 type A header here, our 139 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:15,680 front audio here, and the rest of our front panel headers down here. If you 140 00:10:14,079 --> 00:10:20,399 think you're going to hook up any SATA SSDs or hard drives in the future, this 141 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:23,279 is a great time to run any SATA data cables that you might need for them. 142 00:10:21,839 --> 00:10:27,279 Just plug them into your motherboard right here and then run them either to 143 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:32,160 those drive sleds where we got our accessories box or to these 2 and 1/2 in 144 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:37,040 caddies on the back. Future you is going to thank you. The last things we need to 145 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:39,120 plug in are our case fans. Now, mostly 146 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:42,959 doesn't matter what it says on the label next to the header. The speed curve and 147 00:10:41,279 --> 00:10:47,200 the temperature can usually be reconfigured in the UFI BIOS, but to 148 00:10:44,959 --> 00:10:51,839 make life simpler, I usually try to use case or system headers for my case fans. 149 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:57,760 These ones right here will do nicely. Nice looking build, eh? Time to add some 150 00:10:53,920 --> 00:11:00,000 juice to our community. We're committed 151 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:06,800 at this point. Let's call it the power station. CIC's Focus GXV4 750 watt gold 152 00:11:04,240 --> 00:11:11,600 power supply is a great choice for this build. We've been partnering with CSIC 153 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:16,000 for almost as long as their 10-year transferable warranty. A warranty they 154 00:11:13,839 --> 00:11:20,160 can stand behind thanks in part to the fluid dynamic fan bearing in their fans, 155 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:23,440 which are extremely reliable and generate less noise and heat than 156 00:11:21,519 --> 00:11:27,200 traditional ball bearings. That combined with their patented hybrid silent fan 157 00:11:25,200 --> 00:11:31,279 control means you can trust a C-SI power supply to stay both cool and quiet. 158 00:11:29,519 --> 00:11:35,040 Also, thanks to our Labs testing on power supply circuit, I can personally 159 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:38,560 promise you this is a fantastic unit. Check them out at the link down below. 160 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:43,920 We really can't recommend Conic enough. As for the capacity that we chose, the 161 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:45,839 750 W unit stood out because like so 162 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:50,880 many of our choices today, it's more than enough for an efficient gaming CPU 163 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:55,040 and a solid GPU. And also, we were on a budget and it was on sale. Our case 164 00:11:53,279 --> 00:11:58,800 gives us a flexible mounting plate, so we can install this puppy whichever way 165 00:11:56,560 --> 00:12:02,399 we want. I'm going to go with the fan intaking from the bottom, but if you 166 00:12:00,800 --> 00:12:05,920 have a high pile carpet that risks suffocating it that way, you may want to 167 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:09,760 flip it around. Attach the mounting plate to the power supply. Then plug in 168 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:15,120 all of the cables you're going to need. Two 8 pin EPS connectors, although 169 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:19,839 technically one will do. One 24 pin ATX power connector, a single 12vt 2x6 170 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:23,839 connector for our GPU, and a string of SATA power connectors for the future. 171 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:27,519 Bundle up all of those cables and pull them and your power supply through the 172 00:12:25,839 --> 00:12:30,800 back of [music] the case like so. The SATA power we're just going to tuck 173 00:12:28,959 --> 00:12:36,079 underneath, but everything else can be pulled through our cable management channels and cutouts like so. The 24 pin 174 00:12:34,480 --> 00:12:41,760 is keyed, so there is no way to install it backwards. Oh, okay. It can be done, 175 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:45,440 but please don't position it like so and press down firmly until it's seated. You 176 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:49,680 should hear a subtle click as the little latch slips into place. Next up is our 177 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:52,639 CPU power. These can go around the side and then up through these cutouts at the 178 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:56,320 top. This can be a little bit tricky to do after the fact with big air coolers 179 00:12:54,320 --> 00:13:01,920 though. So, a cool hack if you have a modular power supply is to install those 180 00:12:58,320 --> 00:13:04,079 earlier, but I forgot to do that. I did 181 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:08,480 forget to do that. As I noted before, a single 8 pin here would be totally fine 182 00:13:06,079 --> 00:13:12,000 if we're not extreme overclocking. But the second four pin won't hurt anything 183 00:13:10,399 --> 00:13:17,839 and the extra pins can just hang over the side. Finally, we're at the 12vt 184 00:13:14,079 --> 00:13:20,320 2x6, which we're going to put here 185 00:13:17,839 --> 00:13:24,639 because first we need our GPU. You can think of the GPU as kind of like the 186 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:31,839 community's entertainment center. And we've gone with NVIDIA's RTX 5070 Ti, a 187 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:33,839 16 gig card that is unfortunately the 188 00:13:31,839 --> 00:13:38,639 best option at this price point. It wasn't an easy choice, to be honest. You 189 00:13:35,839 --> 00:13:43,360 might have noticed this is the same GPU from our $1,600 build just a couple of 190 00:13:41,680 --> 00:13:47,519 months ago. But with the way that pricing has gone lately, particularly on 191 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:51,680 memory, by the time we speced out the rest of a balanced system, we felt like 192 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:55,120 leveling up to an RTX 5080 would result in compromises elsewhere that just 193 00:13:53,680 --> 00:14:00,079 weren't worth the trade-off. But what about AMD? Well, unfortunately, AMD kind 194 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:05,279 of skipped doing an enthusiast tier GPU this generation. You could go back a gen 195 00:14:02,560 --> 00:14:09,920 and buy a seen XTX if you want the extra VRAM, but those are going for $8 or $900 196 00:14:08,079 --> 00:14:14,720 at the time of writing. Performance is pretty similar to the 5070 Ti that we're 197 00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:20,079 using. And AMD just announced that their machine learning accelerated upscaling 198 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:23,040 FSR4 Redstone will not be coming to the 199 00:14:20,079 --> 00:14:27,680 7900 series. So, if you like the latest technologies like ray tracing and 200 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:31,600 upscaling, team green kind of has the market cornered at this price point. 201 00:14:29,839 --> 00:14:36,639 With our rationale out of the way, let's remove the appropriate PCIe slot covers, 202 00:14:34,079 --> 00:14:42,560 these two. Then line up the gold teeth with the top PCIe x16 slot. Once you 203 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:46,880 think it's in place, give a firm little push. You might hear a click or you 204 00:14:45,199 --> 00:14:51,920 might not. So do a quick visual inspection of the lock at the back of 205 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:53,440 the slot and the bottom of the rear PCI 206 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:57,360 bracket to make sure that everything is seated. Then screw it down. Our last 207 00:14:55,440 --> 00:15:02,079 step is to grab that power cable we left hanging and plug it into our graphics 208 00:14:58,959 --> 00:15:05,279 card like so. Time to fire it up. She 209 00:15:02,079 --> 00:15:07,199 booted. So finishing touch. 210 00:15:05,279 --> 00:15:11,519 I love the way Fractal does a light tinting on their glass. It looks so 211 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:15,440 classy. You want to start at 1440p or should we go right to 4K? We can game at 212 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:22,160 4K on this card. Why don't we do that? Oh, we have the new Ano. I haven't tried 213 00:15:17,839 --> 00:15:24,320 this yet. Ah, Ubisoft connect. Curse 214 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:29,360 you. All right. Press any key to start the game. Oh, dude. Upscaling off. Wow. 215 00:15:27,519 --> 00:15:37,360 Defaults to just like max everything. Cool. Now, I heard these are AI and this 216 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:40,320 looks [ __ ] terrible. 217 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:44,560 This one looks okay. That last one looked like garbage. 218 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:51,920 All right. Oh, sick. Oh, dude. Ruinous dice hall. 219 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:56,079 Sanctuary of 71. Honestly, doesn't look 220 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:58,480 that much better than 1800. Actually, 221 00:15:56,079 --> 00:16:04,639 maybe environment's a little richer. Yeah. Ooh, lighting a little better. 222 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:09,199 We're getting anywhere from 30 to 40 FPS, which at 4K absolutely cranked in 223 00:16:07,519 --> 00:16:12,639 this game. She's a bit of a heavy mama. Very 224 00:16:11,519 --> 00:16:15,639 comfortable with that. And more importantly, 225 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:21,440 super reasonable noise level. That's 226 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:25,920 what a giant dual tower cooler will do for you. Honestly, I think we could even 227 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:34,000 turn the fans down a little bit. Our GPU is at 66° and our CPU is at just 76. Wo 228 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:35,920 wo [ __ ] diagonal roads. What is this 229 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:42,079 black magic [ __ ] >> Okay, >> wait. What the 230 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:47,040 [ __ ] is this? Three [ __ ] roads with one intersection. 231 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:50,240 >> My brain is broken. Okay, I'm turning it off. I'm turning it off. They want me to 232 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:53,839 try a different game. I don't know how to deal with this right now. Okay, let's 233 00:16:52,320 --> 00:17:00,320 play some Cyberpunk. I haven't looked at DLSS that closely in a while, and I got 234 00:16:57,360 --> 00:17:04,160 to say, I um if you didn't tell me it was on, I probably wouldn't know it was 235 00:17:02,079 --> 00:17:08,640 on right now. With that said, quality is already rendering at a pretty decent 236 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:13,199 resolution, and I'm only getting about 37 FPS, which is fine for me while I'm 237 00:17:11,600 --> 00:17:16,959 cruising around the city in my stolen cop car, but not ideal if I was going to 238 00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:23,679 be in a firefight. So, let's go ahead and tune our settings a little bit here. Let's turn off rate tracing and see what 239 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:26,319 it looks like. And solved. 240 00:17:23,679 --> 00:17:31,360 Now, we're above 50 FPS, which using variable refresh rate is a very playable 241 00:17:29,120 --> 00:17:35,760 frame rate for a non-competitive title. And I don't know, rate tracing is cool, 242 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:41,200 but also like man, what a nice little machine. Like 243 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:47,520 nice quick game launches and like yeah, $2,000 is a lot of money, but like this 244 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:50,880 is a sick computer. I'll be the meat 245 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:52,960 shield for my helper guy here. Uh, okay. 246 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:56,799 There's smoke. Smoke is good, right? Oh, dude. No, I I recognize this map. This 247 00:17:54,559 --> 00:18:03,840 is old map, right? What map is this? Oh [ __ ] Oh [ __ ] Oh [ __ ] Oh [ __ ] Oh, 248 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:09,039 hey, I helped. I helped. Hey, I gave 170 249 00:18:03,840 --> 00:18:11,280 damage and I'm getting 250 FPS at 4K, 250 00:18:09,039 --> 00:18:15,520 probably completely maxed out. What a great gaming rig. As I mentioned in the 251 00:18:13,440 --> 00:18:18,960 intro, yeah, the PC industry is in a pretty rough spot right now, but as you 252 00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:22,400 can see, if you build your own system, you can still get a lot of computer for 253 00:18:20,799 --> 00:18:26,880 this budget. And if you're spending your money wisely, you'll be gaming at high 254 00:18:24,480 --> 00:18:30,480 settings for many Steam summer sales to come. If you've made it this far and 255 00:18:29,039 --> 00:18:34,640 you're not sure if building a system is right for you, we did happen to find a 256 00:18:32,480 --> 00:18:39,039 similarly spec pre-built over on Newegg for about the same price. You might miss 257 00:18:36,799 --> 00:18:43,600 out on some creature comforts like a really nice case like this one and a 258 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:47,520 DRAM cache on the SSD, but that's also a perfectly chromulent choice. Thanks 259 00:18:45,679 --> 00:18:50,799 again to CIC for sponsoring this video. We're going to have a link to their 260 00:18:48,799 --> 00:18:54,240 power supplies as well as all the parts that we used today down in the video 261 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:58,480 description. If you guys enjoyed this video, why not check out the last 262 00:18:56,160 --> 00:19:02,080 firsterson view build guide we did? The parts are a little different. It's a 263 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:05,679 little older, but it's a great way to familiarize yourself with the steps from 264 00:19:04,080 --> 00:19:13,039 the same perspective that you'll have when you're actually building. 265 00:19:08,240 --> 00:19:13,039 Oh, I'm gaming. I forgot. See you later.