what build guides are back my friends it
has been over a year and in that time you've managed to
build up a th000 bucks that's burning a hole in your pocket maybe you've been
grinding for Gil at the local McDonald's working late at the office or perhaps
you've been up to some slightly shadier stuff like trading skins in CSG go but
enough of your life story you're wondering about the best way to turn
that cash that's my keys not my wallet
cash into a gaming computer and we've
got you covered
okay so it has been a while but I'm pretty sure I remember all the stuff we need
screwdriver perfect
pliers pliers a pair of side Cutters a
magnetic Parts tray if you want to stay organized and of course the anti-static
strap that I am always definitely
actually wearing on my ankle when we shoot these guides
for our CPU we've gone with the core
i57500 this quad core hits a sweet spot
in Intel's lineup it boosts up to 3.8
GHz making it great not just for gaming
but also for productivity and even like content creation and stepping up to the
I5 7600 means paying 20% more for only a 9
1 12% clock speed increase something we wanted to avoid for a value op optimized
build like this one first things first
make a safe workspace out of the motherboard box then line up the Golden
Triangle on the corner of the CPU with the imprinted triangle on the CPU socket
cover then undo the retention ARM by
pulling it away from the socket then lifting carefully place the CPU onto the
LGA 1151 socket with no Force give it a
little wiggle to ensure a snug fit and finally replace the retention ARM
the socket cover will pop off on its own put that somewhere safe cuz you might
need it again in the future our cooling Choice was pretty straightforward be
quiet sponsored this guide but seriously
we chose the dark Rock 3 in particular because it's overbuilt for our CPU
keeping our finished system nearly silent and it's going to look through
the window of the purebase 600 case that we found bundled with it for a fantastic
price to install we first apply a rice
siiz blob of thermal compound in the middle of the CPU then we flip the
motherboard over and Orient the back plate so that these screws sticking
through are aligned with these
cutouts next place these weird shaped
screws through the holes on the back plate flip the motherboard back over and
slide these little c-shaped plastic Clips onto the bottom of each post next
you'll need to screw on this piece holding it in place on the front while
you screw it in from the back and then you'll need to secure the hold down
brackets to the base of the heat sink using the included M3
screws at this stage you might need to
reapply any thermal compound that you accidentally wiped off while you were
flipping the motherboard around and you'll want to remove the sticker from
the base of the heat sink leaving this on would be a big problem finally I'll
line the heat sink with the screws such that the fan will be blowing towards the
back of the case and carefully lower the
heat sink onto the motherboard kind of like so this last part is a little bit
tricky but you need to thread this nut
onto this little stud and then tighten up the screws from the back the cherry
on top is cable managing the CPU fan connector and plugging it into the four
pin CPU fan header on the
motherboard buying memory for a budget build like this one is pretty
straightforward just choose whatever dual Channel ddr4 RAM is on sale at the
time you're building it from a reputable brand like Corsair if you have a
windowed case like we do then choose whatever sexy RAM is on sale at the time
this 16 gig of vengeance lpx ddr4 2400
should be more than enough for the next couple of years and it features a
lowprofile heat spreader design for optimal compatibility for installation
pull back the tabs on the end of the RAM slots then when you realize you've got a
bit of a clearance issue refocus your attention on the heat sink just remove
the wires on the fan move it up a little bit and put them right back into place
then line up the notch in the RAM with the little knobby in the slot then put
the RAM gently in place and give it a little push on both ends until the tab
pops back into position rinse and repeat for the number of dims you have making
sure that matching pairs go into the same color slots the rationale for the
case besides of course be quiet! sponsoring this video is that for $100
it's a darn good deal featuring two pure
Wings fans built-in fans be control and
grommets for easy Cable Management oh and most importantly there is the super
sexy tempered glass window I mean it's
2017 baby and tempered glass always puts
a smile on my face we chose the ASUS
B150 plus motherboard mostly because of
its low cost it's not a high-end product
and lacks what we would consider to be some Fair basic features such as
overclocking support a heat sink for the power delivery and even an HDMI or
DisplayPort output but it's got USB
type-c and solid upgradeability with
support for AMD Crossfire NVMe m.2 ssds
up to seven total expansion cards as
long as a few of them are PCI and our CPU isn't overclockable anyway so the
first step as much as I love seeing my reflection
in the glass is to remove the side panel
and put it somewhere safe where it won't get knocked over and break make sure you
keep all the screws in a part stray or some other location where they can't be
knocked away we couldn't figure out how to make installing an IO Shield
interesting so put it in from the back
like so and add fire make sure it's
snapped into place next next holding the
motherboard by the CPU heat sink place
it into the case and then tighten the six screws here here here and here or
actually one benefit of this case is that you only have to put in five since
the center of the board is held in by a little nubbin now it's time to plug in
the front panel connectors HD audio plugs in here so does USB 3 and then
next is the front panel connectors which go in a little like so the positive ends
are on the left for our power supply we
went with the B quiet pure power 10 600 watt its 80 plus silver efficiency and
high output capacity mean that it will run cool and quiet with room for future
expansion it's also semi modular and painted black to match the inside of our
case which is critical of course in the tempered glass era inside the power
supply box you'll find all the modular cables you'll need we grabbed one with
three SATA connectors and another with PCI Express as well as some cable ties
and five screws huh conveniently be
quiet includes an extra in case you accidentally drop one place the power
supply into the case with the fan on the bottom side so it isn't drawing in hot
air from the GPU then screw in the four
screws on the back and run your power supply cables through the cable
management grommet moving around to the back we run them back through the
grommets to the other side where they need to go and plug in the 8 Pin and 24
pin power connectors for the motherboard
PCIe power stays hanging there for now and so does our SATA power for graphics
we chose the AMD rx480 in our case the
XFX flavor sometimes this particular
card is more expensive though so what we'd really recommend is choosing
whatever brand is on sale at the moment like right now for instance at the time
of recording this this Gigabyte card is on sale the rx480 is a great choice for
1080p gaming as we'll demonstrate in our system benchmarks later on undo the two
screws on the PCI covers here and here
place in the video card making sure that the PCIe lock at the back engages then
replace the two screws you removed before and plug in the 8 Pin PCI Express
power connector it really is that simple
it's 2017 and in our minds then an SSD
boot Drive is every bit as essential as a tempered glass side panel
these days so we went with a Kingston SSD now 240 gig that gives us enough
room for the operating system and a handful of programs and games for
overflow storage we also threw in a cheap WD blue 1 tbte though it should be
noted you could easily increase the capacity simply by picking a bigger
Drive first we need to plug our SATA cables into the motherboard and pass
them through the cable management grommets around back remove the SSD
mounting bracket insert these four
screws and reinstall the SSD into the
case for the hard drive the mounting bracket can be removed with these three
thumb screws on the back here then you
slide the hard drive in and secure it with the included spaced
screws connect your SATA power cable to your hard drive then realize that it
won't quite reach the SSD so move that
bad boy over one slot then plug in the included fan controller and bask in the
glory of your Victory there will be no Walk of Shame back to the power supply
box for another modular cable today
though that won't save you from removing
and reinstalling the hard drive when you realize that it's ruining the black and
orange aesthetic of your
build now before reinstalling the side
panel connect your keyboard mouse and
monitor then boot up the system and press delete or F2 to get into the UEFI
BIOS for your motherboard enable XMP to
make make sure your RAM is running at its rated speed of 2400 MHz then ensure
that your USB drive that you'll have had to prepare before to be a Windows
install bootable Drive is recognized and
restart the system once you're into the Windows setup it's basically just click
next until Windows is installed and you land at the desktop the latest drivers
can be found on the manufacturer websites for ASUS Intel and AMD and this
is also a good time to hit up nite.com to pick up your favorite free
applications in a nice easy to ous
package now it's finally time for some finishing touches like cable management
which actually isn't a lot of work in
this case pun intended and then we're pretty much good to go the system is
assembled and we can just who are we kidding it's time for
some RGB pizz we used up the final three
of our budget on this USB mood lighting
passed it into the case through a PCI bracket and then for good measure lit
the case on fire because like we said before it's 2017 and no computer is
complete without pyrot Technics or
something to that effect but in all seriousness assembled this thing looks
pretty darn good compared to a couple of years ago nice to have like rubber
grommets easy cable management and of course that all-important glass window
have become much more affordable and performance while not mind-blowing
compared to some of the over-the-top stuff we've done on this channel will
allow for solid gameplay and AAA titles
while staying quiet and cool so if
you're looking for a moderately budget oriented build that'll handle 1080p
gaming at 60 FPS in heavy AAA titles and
over 120 in orts games this thing will
be perfect