WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.400 got a gamer in your life who's looking for an upgrade itching to spend your 00:00:03.659 --> 00:00:09.480 holiday bonus or maybe your computer just exploded and you need to fix fast 00:00:07.379 --> 00:00:14.940 well thanks to Amazon sponsoring this video we've got you covered with our 00:00:11.460 --> 00:00:17.039 2022 holiday buyers guide because not 00:00:14.940 --> 00:00:22.199 only is building a reasonably priced gaming rig actually viable for a change 00:00:19.440 --> 00:00:28.680 you might be surprised to see just how low prices can go if you're willing to 00:00:24.660 --> 00:00:31.340 buy last year's model ddr5 more like DDR 00:00:28.680 --> 00:00:31.340 Buy 00:00:34.200 --> 00:00:40.800 thank you foreign 00:00:38.460 --> 00:00:45.059 we're kicking things off with our Apu Super Saver build for the Casual Gamer 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:49.980 out there who just needs something that works we managed to get our cheapest 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:55.980 system built for a little over 300 dollars it's not pretty and it comes 00:00:52.920 --> 00:00:58.860 with a major caveat our Gigabyte GAA 00:00:55.980 --> 00:01:04.739 320m motherboard does not support our hexa Core ryzen 5 4600g with Vega 7 00:01:01.320 --> 00:01:08.400 Graphics out of the box but if you have 00:01:04.739 --> 00:01:11.280 access to an older am4 CPU like a 2400g 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:16.260 you can update the biosan you are good to go however if you're willing to Shell 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:20.280 out about 20 extra you can avoid this hassle by simply going with an a520 00:01:18.479 --> 00:01:25.500 board instead I think it's probably worth the 20 to 30 dollars but when our 00:01:22.680 --> 00:01:30.960 budget is this low every penny counts and it shows how many of you out there 00:01:27.900 --> 00:01:33.900 are using four gig sticks of ddr4 well 00:01:30.960 --> 00:01:40.079 we are and our two and a half inch SSD is only 240 gigs to boot get it because 00:01:36.960 --> 00:01:41.880 it's your boot drives and the rest of 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:46.560 your storage anyway we've gone with the zelman S3 the cheapest ATX case we could 00:01:44.820 --> 00:01:51.240 find but if you've got an old home computer collecting dust you could 00:01:48.479 --> 00:01:54.479 probably Save A Buck or 50 and just use that if you're on this type of a budget 00:01:52.920 --> 00:01:59.399 you might also consider picking up an Amazon Basics mouse and keyboard they're 00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:02.280 affordable and they just work as for our 00:01:59.399 --> 00:02:08.160 power supply well it hopefully will work it's only 430 Watts 80 plus not 80 plus 00:02:05.399 --> 00:02:12.060 bronze just 80 plus but it's from thermaltake who should reply to your 00:02:10.259 --> 00:02:15.599 emails if you have any problems and for under 30 dollars we can't really 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:21.480 complain even if it's not going to give us a lot of room for upgrades leading us 00:02:18.060 --> 00:02:23.220 to our first upgrade our 500 build if 00:02:21.480 --> 00:02:29.400 you're a gamer you know you're going to want a dedicated GPU eventually and Apu 00:02:26.760 --> 00:02:33.480 is fine to get started but if you spend a bit extra now you can make sure your 00:02:31.319 --> 00:02:37.860 system has enough power and storage for the future maybe some faster RAM even a 00:02:36.300 --> 00:02:43.019 nicer case for a couple hundred bucks more let's see what we can can get first 00:02:39.540 --> 00:02:46.200 order of business goodbye 256 gig SATA 00:02:43.019 --> 00:02:50.400 SSD hello crucial P3 plus one terabyte 00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:52.019 NVMe SSD at 84. it's a steal and while 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:56.400 our budget doesn't allow us to improve our processor now almost anything that 00:02:54.420 --> 00:03:01.379 we would upgrade to later is going to support Gen 4 speeds that's why we're 00:02:58.379 --> 00:03:03.480 going with the ASRock b550mpg Riptide 00:03:01.379 --> 00:03:08.160 motherboard not only does it support a Gen 4 drive but what gaming rig would be 00:03:05.760 --> 00:03:12.840 complete without argb headers and some motherboard armor memory was another 00:03:10.379 --> 00:03:17.760 huge upgrade for a small price since ddr4 is so cheap right now we even 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:22.800 managed to squeeze in more RGB with this 2x8 gig Corsair Vengeance kit running at 00:03:20.040 --> 00:03:26.280 3200 Mega transfers per second cl-16 and once you can afford a graphics card 00:03:24.480 --> 00:03:30.540 you'll need some more juice so we've upgraded to another thermaltake power 00:03:28.140 --> 00:03:37.140 supply this time with 80 plus bronze efficiency and a 750 watt rating now to 00:03:34.319 --> 00:03:42.000 be clear this category was full of tough choices I mean we had to pick between 00:03:38.580 --> 00:03:44.459 between either an APU build but with a 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:49.440 good upgrade path or a relatively low tiered GPU build that was going to make 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:53.519 some compromises and might not perform as well as you might Hope anyway there 00:03:51.780 --> 00:03:57.659 is however a middle ground if you're willing to take a little bit of risk and 00:03:55.440 --> 00:04:02.940 maybe spend a bit more like 600 bucks because there are a lot of great deals 00:04:00.659 --> 00:04:06.659 in the used graphics card market right now thanks to the recent crypto crash 00:04:04.739 --> 00:04:11.099 we've got a few recent budget build videos that you can check out if you 00:04:08.340 --> 00:04:15.840 want to stray from the safe path of new warranty Cloud purchases at our next 00:04:13.739 --> 00:04:21.540 price tier a thousand dollars you absolutely could go buy a 500 GPU slap 00:04:19.139 --> 00:04:26.340 it into our previous system and call it a day however both Intel and AMD have 00:04:24.660 --> 00:04:32.040 released their latest and greatest offering upgrade paths that are 00:04:28.620 --> 00:04:35.419 unavailable to our am4 socket 500 build 00:04:32.040 --> 00:04:38.520 friendship ended with 4600g now Core i5 00:04:35.419 --> 00:04:40.139 12400f is my best friend unlike the high 00:04:38.520 --> 00:04:45.720 higher end of Intel's 12th gen processors this little guy doesn't have 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:47.400 any efficiency cores but it boosts a 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:52.259 little higher than our previous six core CPU and wins out in both single and 00:04:50.280 --> 00:04:55.320 multi-threaded workloads now that we don't need integrated Graphics we're 00:04:53.699 --> 00:05:00.300 going to save a couple of bucks and get the F version and this Pro z690p 00:04:58.320 --> 00:05:05.340 motherboard from MSI which should give us a phenomenal upgrade path thanks to 00:05:02.460 --> 00:05:10.560 its beefy vrms and its ability to unlock k-series chips now since 13th gen still 00:05:08.520 --> 00:05:14.100 supports ddr4 we're not shooting ourselves in the foot by sticking with 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:19.440 the same Corsair Vengeance modules from before and our crucial p3s Gen 4 speeds 00:05:17.400 --> 00:05:24.300 will now be taken advantage of now some of you are probably screaming at me 00:05:21.180 --> 00:05:26.940 right now Linus the 5600x is on sale on 00:05:24.300 --> 00:05:31.380 Amazon for a hundred sixty dollars you fool and you're absolutely right with a 00:05:29.520 --> 00:05:38.720 cheap b550 motherboard we could save almost 200 right now but that sale won't 00:05:35.699 --> 00:05:41.460 last forever and upgrading later to a 50 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:45.840 800x3d could end up costing you a pretty penny if you can find one if you do 00:05:43.979 --> 00:05:50.100 decide to go AMD now though you'll have more than enough left over to pick up a 00:05:47.280 --> 00:05:55.139 screwdriver from lttstore.com thanks to the other recent price reductions from 00:05:51.720 --> 00:05:58.800 AMD you can now get an ASRock RX 6700 XT 00:05:55.139 --> 00:06:01.380 for as low as 390 dollars 12 gigs of 00:05:58.800 --> 00:06:05.580 vram on a 192-bit bus a boost clock of over 2500 megahertz I mean it might not 00:06:04.020 --> 00:06:12.060 be it NVIDIA when it comes to Ray tracing or streaming but this thing is a 00:06:08.699 --> 00:06:14.400 beast for either 1080P or even 1440p 00:06:12.060 --> 00:06:18.720 gaming as for our case it's still good enough for now but we would recommend 00:06:16.680 --> 00:06:23.220 going a little over budget and maybe getting something nicer like this or 00:06:21.300 --> 00:06:27.060 this with slightly improved cable management and Creature Comforts it can 00:06:25.560 --> 00:06:30.539 just make the build a little bit more pleasant but if a little more pleasant 00:06:28.919 --> 00:06:36.780 isn't enough for you if you're thinking of maybe going 4K at our 1500 price 00:06:34.620 --> 00:06:42.360 point over half of our budget is going towards our CPU and our our GPU we're 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:47.880 sticking with AMD again going for the 6900 XT which is going to give us great 00:06:45.560 --> 00:06:55.500 rasterization game performance for under 700 and we're getting a faster CPU now 00:06:51.840 --> 00:06:57.360 with efficiency course the 12 600k we 00:06:55.500 --> 00:07:01.740 also upgraded our boot drive to a Samsung 980 Pro and finally we're 00:06:59.819 --> 00:07:06.539 getting a nicer case with fractal's Focus 2 RGB mid tower for our cooler we 00:07:04.800 --> 00:07:12.539 chose the thermal right Peerless assassin 120 SE argb a decent cooler for 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:16.440 just 40 bucks that should be plenty for a core i5 if looks are more important to 00:07:14.880 --> 00:07:20.880 you you can actually save some money here and not upgrade to the 980 Pro 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:24.900 spending it on a nicer looking case or cooler instead or maybe a fully modular 00:07:22.800 --> 00:07:29.039 power supply and another valid option would be to bump your memory up to 3600 00:07:27.000 --> 00:07:32.699 Mega transfers per second we felt that 3200 was good enough for us for now 00:07:31.080 --> 00:07:36.720 though and besides we still need some upgrades for our two thousand dollar 00:07:34.380 --> 00:07:40.380 build this time around we're building in a case that we've used Lots throughout 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:45.240 the last couple of years the phantek's p500a digital and we're gonna need that 00:07:43.020 --> 00:07:50.099 thing for all the juicy storage that we've now got with a two terabyte 7200 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:54.479 hard drive that goes along with our 980 Pro that we have now doubled in size to 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:59.280 two terabytes as well we're still using only 16 gigs of ddr4 memory but it's now 00:07:57.479 --> 00:08:06.360 running at 3600 Mega transfers per second cl18 and we bumped our GPU up to 00:08:02.039 --> 00:08:09.120 a Radeon RX 6950xt that 750 watt power 00:08:06.360 --> 00:08:12.740 supply should still be okay as long as we stick to gaming and don't try to 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:19.139 overclock the snot out of our Core i5 13600 KF but we're gonna upgrade to an 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:23.940 80 plus gold efficiency fully modular unit for a bit of a cleaner look and 00:08:21.780 --> 00:08:29.340 peace of mind a good chunk of change also went to purchasing a z790 board 00:08:26.580 --> 00:08:32.760 with integrated Wi-Fi so if you don't mind sticking with the older chipset and 00:08:31.319 --> 00:08:36.779 you don't need Wireless you could actually save a bit of money there and 00:08:34.500 --> 00:08:41.880 leave the old motherboard the hard drive is also not necessarily required but 00:08:39.479 --> 00:08:46.680 hard drives have gotten wildly inexpensive these days and it's nice to 00:08:44.520 --> 00:08:50.279 have a spot to save any extra files you have particularly to something that's a 00:08:48.779 --> 00:08:54.600 little easier to recover data from honestly I was expecting to find more 00:08:52.500 --> 00:09:00.480 NVIDIA cards in today's builds but the reality is that AMD has made some 00:08:57.260 --> 00:09:01.980 aggressive price reductions recently and 00:09:00.480 --> 00:09:06.480 with free Prime shipping through Amazon it was kind of a no-brainer thanks again 00:09:04.500 --> 00:09:10.320 to them for sponsoring this video I mean no joke just using PC part picker they 00:09:08.820 --> 00:09:14.220 were usually the cheapest option anyway particularly if you already have a Prime 00:09:12.300 --> 00:09:18.420 membership and they're going to have more sales as we move closer to Black 00:09:15.899 --> 00:09:22.260 Friday and the holiday season so keep your eyes peeled as for now we're gonna 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:25.920 have all these products listed Linked In the description down below if you 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:31.200 enjoyed this video be sure to check out our recent budget builds like the 69 00:09:28.140 --> 00:09:34.560 gaming PC and the upgrade that we made 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:36.660 to it later the second hand Market is 00:09:34.560 --> 00:09:39.080 super wild right now good time to build a PC