1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,840 I love a good comeback story and Intel 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:09,480 is the kind of guy that just keeps getting back up. Not only are we about 3 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:16,200 to recommend their graphics card for a $1,000 budget build, we're about to 4 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:18,120 recommend a Core i5 12600K. 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:23,280 Am I disappointed? We're going to put a 5-year-old processor in a brand new 6 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:25,720 computer? Yes, but unfortunately, that's just 7 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:34,760 things sometimes. Truly the wildest of times. So wild in 8 00:00:32,160 --> 00:00:39,760 fact that I'm going to be showing you how to build a PC. 9 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,680 Hello, old friend. It's been a while. 10 00:00:43,440 --> 00:00:49,920 Nearly 7 years since I was at the helm 11 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:53,200 guiding you, young viewer, on your 1440p 12 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:55,080 capable gaming rig journey. And Linus 13 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:59,240 was there, too, I guess. Now it's time for my comeback story. So take my hand. 14 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:06,680 Hold on tight. It looks a little scary out there, but 15 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:11,360 hey, things are going to be all right. Yeah. 16 00:01:08,720 --> 00:01:15,760 Sponsor time. Tello, a wireless option that doesn't drive you crazy? Tello me 17 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:20,480 about it. Tello Mobile offers flexible and affordable phone plans with prices 18 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:26,920 up to $25 a month. Check them out using our link down below. We're starting with 19 00:01:22,760 --> 00:01:29,720 our CPU, Team Blue's Core i5 12600K. 20 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:34,920 True, AMD's more popular these days, but their latest socket AM5 is only 21 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:38,720 compatible with DDR5 memory, which is out of our reach. 22 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:44,880 Thanks to how things are. And their previous generation AM4 X3D chips are 23 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:49,880 being scalped. Very cool. Luckily for us, our 1440p resolution target means 24 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:54,520 that our GPU will be doing a bit more of the work than the CPU, which may not be 25 00:01:52,200 --> 00:02:01,640 the case at lower resolutions. And that means we don't need something as beefy 26 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:03,680 as a 9800 X3D. Would it be nice? 27 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:08,960 Yeah, but this little guy right here with six P cores and four E cores offers 28 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:13,959 solid bang for the buck right now and a decent upgrade path later. Next. 29 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:23,600 Wow, delivery. Motherboard. Upgrading should be easy thanks to our reasonably 30 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:29,320 beefy motherboard. ASUS's sleekly titled 31 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:31,440 B760M A Y W Wi-Fi D4 II. These days, 100 32 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:36,200 bucks is about as cheap as decent boards get. It's got competent VRMs. Just maybe 33 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:41,760 don't try to run a 14900K in this thing. A PCIe Gen 5 expansion slot and 2 and 34 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:46,080 1/2 gig LAN. Look, I'm going to level with you guys. I would have loved a 35 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:51,240 USB-C port on the rear IO or an internal header. But $100 is $100. Now, before we 36 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:56,040 get to assembly, let's make sure we've got the usual suspects of PC building 37 00:02:53,520 --> 00:03:00,200 supplies. You will need some kind of screwdriver. I'm partial to this one 38 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:04,519 from lttstore.com. And you'll want some extra help in the 39 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:09,160 form of a magnetic parts tray, zip ties, side cutters, and sometimes a set of 40 00:03:06,880 --> 00:03:14,200 needle-nose pliers come in handy, too. Last but not least, wear an ESD wrist or 41 00:03:11,959 --> 00:03:18,600 ankle strap that's properly grounded. To install our CPU, we're going to start by 42 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:23,080 putting our motherboard on top of the box that it came in. This works as a 43 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:27,680 great little work platform that eases any fears of scraping the back of the 44 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:31,640 board by accident. Next is one of the only steps where you can kind of easily 45 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:37,320 wreck your motherboard. We're going to unlatch our socket cover like so, take 46 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:41,519 our CPU, and line up the golden triangle with the bottom left corner. It's pretty 47 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:45,760 small and hard to see, so sometimes I like to just line up the top and bottom 48 00:03:43,239 --> 00:03:50,920 notches here and here. Once you're ready, gently place the CPU 49 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:56,600 into the socket. Don't force it. If it's not dropping in nicely, carefully pick 50 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:58,080 it up and try again. It's okay. Once it 51 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:01,960 looks like it's in properly, give it a little wiggle to make sure it's seated. 52 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:06,200 Just a little one. Then push the cover down and close the latch. This does take 53 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:10,560 a little bit more force than you might expect, but don't worry. You're doing 54 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:14,480 fine. Don't be alarmed when the cover pops off. That's supposed to happen. 55 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:19,560 Throw it into your motherboard box. You will need this if you ever have to RMA 56 00:04:16,840 --> 00:04:26,440 your board. Now, let's talk memory. This 2 by 8 gig kit of DDR4 from G.Skill cost 57 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:28,520 us about 150 bucks. That's bad, but at 58 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:32,080 least they're high-speed, low-latency modules. So, unless you need more 59 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:36,840 capacity, you shouldn't need to upgrade for quite a while. You can save a buck 60 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:40,320 here and get this kit from Crucial, but we felt this was a pretty reasonable 61 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:44,440 spot to spend an extra 25 bucks for better performance. We are going to use 62 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:48,720 this very similar kit from Patriot today because we don't want to buy more DDR4 63 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:52,680 that could go into someone's hands who needs it. This kit has got slightly 64 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:56,720 tighter timings, but performance should be relatively the same. The nice thing 65 00:04:54,800 --> 00:05:01,120 about mATX sized motherboards like the one we're going with is they often just 66 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:06,440 have two DIMM slots, so you won't be confused about in which slot your DIMM 67 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:11,560 should go. And we've only got two DIMMs. So, we'll just undo the clips at the 68 00:05:08,440 --> 00:05:13,720 top, line up the key like so, then push 69 00:05:11,560 --> 00:05:18,240 the module into the slot firmly with your thumbs until you hear a click. 70 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:22,360 Repeat for module two, and that's RAM installed. Easy. By the way, if you run 71 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:27,960 into trouble later, I can't stress enough how often unseated RAM is the 72 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:33,720 issue. So, remove these and try again for one of your first potential 73 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:35,960 troubleshooting steps. Next, 74 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:40,080 cooler. Y'all's need something to take the heat away from the CPU, and it's 75 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:46,360 hard to go wrong with Thermalright these days. The Peerless Assassin 90 SE should 76 00:05:43,280 --> 00:05:48,080 be plenty for our CPU today and probably 77 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:53,040 enough for most chips we might upgrade to tomorrow as long as it's not a Core 78 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:56,600 i9. Coolers typically have different mounting instructions depending on the 79 00:05:54,480 --> 00:06:00,680 brand or model of cooler and the motherboard socket it's being strapped 80 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:05,640 to. If you have a different cooler than the one we're using today, then follow 81 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:11,480 those instructions. Otherwise, follow mine. Start by grabbing the LGA 1700 82 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:15,960 hardware. Our back plate already has the sliders installed, so adjust them as 83 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:21,120 needed to fit these four holes around the CPU socket. Peel the sticky strips, 84 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:25,360 install the back plate right way up, then put down these plastic spacers over 85 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:29,520 the mounting posts. Next, take the two straight brackets and 86 00:06:27,640 --> 00:06:34,800 put them over the spacers with this mounting post facing up, then screw them 87 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:40,040 down with the included screws. Make sure to apply thermal paste. A little dab'll 88 00:06:37,280 --> 00:06:44,400 do ya, but you can't ruin performance by overdoing it, so feel free to use 89 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:48,760 whatever style you prefer. I'm partial to one big line down the middle. Now, 90 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:53,760 before installing the cooler, don't forget the peel. It's fun and also 91 00:06:51,919 --> 00:06:58,000 important. Remove the sticker from the bottom of your cooler, place it down on 92 00:06:55,680 --> 00:07:02,080 the CPU, and screw it down onto the brackets. As for the fan, orient the 93 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:06,120 cable so it's in the bottom right corner, slide it into the middle, and 94 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:11,760 then pull the clips back over the heat sink like so. Lastly, plug this into 95 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:15,600 your CPU fan header up here, and you can feel free to tuck the excess cabling 96 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:21,320 underneath. Well, where are we going to put all this hardware? Well, there are 97 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:23,760 many cases like the Sama SVO2, 98 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:27,200 but this one is mine. And for just $60 on sale, it's pretty tough to beat. 99 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:32,520 There's plenty of space for big coolers or graphics cards, comes with a few ARGB 100 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:38,560 fans, has a Type-C port on the front IO, and it looks a lot like the more upscale 101 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:43,960 Height x 60. Okay. To To clear, our board doesn't 102 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:48,640 have a Type-C header, so that top IO port is just for show right now. Uh if 103 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:53,080 you want, you can get a Type-C adapter add-in card for pretty cheap, but we 104 00:07:50,800 --> 00:07:55,560 won't be covering that in this video. All right. 105 00:07:54,120 --> 00:08:00,200 Let's pop our motherboard in there. Start by removing the front and side 106 00:07:57,720 --> 00:08:03,960 glass panels. This may take some force, and you might need a plastic prying 107 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:09,000 tool, but they just pop off and slide out like so. Put the case on its side 108 00:08:06,760 --> 00:08:14,360 and confirm the standoffs match the motherboard. Ours started out ready for 109 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:18,160 ATX, so use the standoff removal tool and move the two bottom posts to here 110 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:23,800 and here. We're going to make sure the IO shield is installed on our motherboard, then 111 00:08:22,000 --> 00:08:28,760 pick the board up by the cooler and install it gently onto the standoffs. 112 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:33,200 You really don't want to scrape the board against the posts. So, if it's not 113 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:36,159 seated right, just lift it up and try again. 114 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:39,479 Next, screw it down with these six screws like so. 115 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:44,680 Hey. Nice. Now, at this point, you're 116 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:47,800 probably screaming at me, "RILEY! YOU 117 00:08:44,680 --> 00:08:49,480 DIDN'T INSTALL AN NVMe SSD yet!" 118 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:53,920 And you're right, because guess what? Now SSDs and hard drives are expensive, 119 00:08:51,960 --> 00:09:00,360 too. So, that means we're opting for a good old-fashioned 1 TB SATA SSD. Sure, 120 00:08:58,040 --> 00:09:04,280 DirectStorage is slowly happening, and a few games will benefit from a faster 121 00:09:02,320 --> 00:09:09,000 drive, but for the most part, we're talking about waiting maybe a few extra 122 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:11,680 seconds in the lengthiest of loading screens. 123 00:09:09,560 --> 00:09:16,480 >> Welcome to Rust, or as I like to call it, welcome to hell. We wanted 124 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:20,480 to make sure a 1 TB drive fit in our budget, and adding a faster drive later 125 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:24,720 is one of the easiest upgrades you can do. Now, who knows what'll happen, but 126 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:29,520 at the time of filming, prices are starting to stabilize a little bit. This 127 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:33,920 Crucial drive is no longer on sale, but maybe check out this 1 TB Samsung 990 128 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:37,360 Evo if you're willing to pay a little bit extra for a more modern drive. And 129 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:41,440 your motherboard should include some SATA data cables that we're going to 130 00:09:39,440 --> 00:09:45,480 need. We like to plug into the board first and then route the cable out the 131 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:49,600 back. We'll mount our drive to the case on the back where it's labeled SSD by 132 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:54,160 taking the mounting tray off, screwing it down with these four screws, and then 133 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:58,880 reattaching the tray to the case. Then attach the data cable. It's just that 134 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:03,560 easy. This is also a good time to grab the tiny M.2 standoff and screw from 135 00:10:01,680 --> 00:10:08,640 your motherboard box and install that on the board for a future upgrade. These 136 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:13,800 are really easy to lose and this will keep it safe. We're so close to being 137 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:19,840 done, I can't wait. But first, the power supply. We bought this 650 watt 80 plus 138 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:22,000 bronze unit from MSI for just 60 bucks. 139 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:27,560 You can find cheaper options, but we've had good test experiences at the lab 140 00:10:24,080 --> 00:10:29,360 with these MSI MAG ABN units and 80 plus 141 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:32,840 actually rates this guy as silver efficiency. The only issue we found with 142 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:36,760 some poor performance with power brownouts. So, if you live somewhere 143 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:40,120 with unreliable power, maybe check out the lab's website and pick something 144 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:44,360 else that we've reviewed positively that fits your budget. The nice thing about 145 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:47,839 non-modular power supplies is you can't really install the cables wrong because 146 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:52,000 they're already plugged in. With the cables pulled out of the way, stick it 147 00:10:50,080 --> 00:10:56,920 into the basement, line it up with the screw holes, then screw it down. If your 148 00:10:55,000 --> 00:11:02,000 case, like ours, has a filter on the bottom, you can feel free to install the 149 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:04,080 PSU in either orientation. Even if it's 150 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:08,160 intaking air from the bottom, pet hair shouldn't be an issue. The annoying 151 00:11:05,640 --> 00:11:13,440 thing about non-modular units is we don't need all of these cables, but we 152 00:11:10,720 --> 00:11:18,240 do need most of them. Take your 24-pin ATX power connector and route it up 153 00:11:15,680 --> 00:11:21,680 through the side and to the board. Make sure it's keyed the right way before 154 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:28,480 pressing down. Now, this is another moment that requires a little more force, but you can do it. I believe in 155 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:32,440 you. Next, let's get our CPU power routed up through here and into our 156 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:35,840 little 8-pin header. If there's not enough space for your hands, feel free 157 00:11:34,240 --> 00:11:39,160 to remove the cooler and just move it to the side. As long as you don't wipe that 158 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:43,560 paste anywhere, you can just put it back on after no reapplication necessary. 159 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:48,600 After that's in place, we'll route a pigtail eight-pin PCIe power cable out 160 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:52,720 of the side and just leave it dangling here for later. We'll need both the 161 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:57,400 eight-pin and the six-pin from that for the GPU. Finally, we need our SATA power 162 00:11:55,680 --> 00:12:01,600 cable. Now, this can stay in the back since all we need it for is our SSD and 163 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:05,600 fan hub. Plug it in wherever you want along the chain and tuck the rest of the 164 00:12:03,680 --> 00:12:09,320 cable into the basement along with everything else we're not using. Now, we 165 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:15,120 are at the moment you've all been waiting for, the Intel Arc B580, 166 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:18,800 specifically the ASRock Steel Legend version with a little bit of overclock 167 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:24,080 right out of the box. For $300, this is about as good as it 168 00:12:21,880 --> 00:12:28,560 gets with 12 gigs of VRAM and much improved driver support. It took Intel a 169 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:34,400 little bit of time, okay? But, these little cards are great for 170 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:37,000 1080p, good for 1440p, and 171 00:12:34,400 --> 00:12:41,560 capable of 4K gaming if you're willing to run everything on low and enable 172 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:46,240 XeSS, okay? Typically, for a gaming PC, we recommend taking half of your budget 173 00:12:43,680 --> 00:12:50,440 and putting it towards the GPU, but uh you know, things are a little weird 174 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:55,560 right now with memory and storage at all-time high prices and hard to obtain. 175 00:12:53,880 --> 00:12:59,640 Sure, graphics cards have gone up in price, but at least you can still buy 176 00:12:57,320 --> 00:13:04,880 them, making this a part you can easily upgrade in the future. 177 00:13:02,680 --> 00:13:10,040 Knock on a lot of that. Let's get our PCIe slot covers out of the way first by 178 00:13:07,280 --> 00:13:14,040 taking off the slot cover cover. You heard me. Once those are removed, 179 00:13:11,880 --> 00:13:18,920 eyeball the PCIe slot and do your best to line up the gold teeth with the slot. 180 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:23,040 Once you're ready, give it a solid push to seat it into place. Screw it down 181 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:27,760 where you removed the slot covers, then plug in our eight- and six-pin power 182 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:31,560 connectors. We are so close, you guys. Okay, just got to wire everything else 183 00:13:29,320 --> 00:13:36,640 up. Plug in HD audio at the bottom left over here. Plug in our USB 3.0 slot near 184 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:42,120 the ATX power connector over here. And then, let's get our fan hub plugged into 185 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:44,120 any of our PWM fan headers. I'm going to 186 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:48,640 use this one. I like its vibe. We're going to plug in our pre-daisy-chained 187 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:53,080 ARGB cable to this header on the board up here. And last but not least, plug in 188 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:57,960 your front panel header. Conveniently enough, this case has just one solid 189 00:13:55,400 --> 00:14:01,880 unit instead of a few individual pins. So, as long as it's oriented the right 190 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:07,080 way, it just plugs right into your F panel header like so. Now, contrary to 191 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:11,040 popular opinion, this next step is technically optional. For cable 192 00:14:08,680 --> 00:14:15,960 management, pull them all just a little bit taut to get rid of excess slack, and 193 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:19,880 then we're going to use those zip ties to attach them to some of these handy 194 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:24,960 tie-down points. It doesn't take a lot of time, and it looks much nicer after. 195 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:29,360 Everything else, like those extra cables on our non-modular PSU, stuff them into 196 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:33,960 the basement and never think about them again. 197 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,960 Heck, yeah. 198 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:42,360 All right, we're all done. This build is ready to game. Let's see 199 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:46,600 how she goes. Ooh. The colors. 200 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:51,080 Now, this is a hardware-focused video, so we're not going to get too into 201 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:57,280 software tuning and all that, but I will just check that we are running at 1440p 202 00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:58,839 on this monitor, 240 hertz. Uh the RAM, 203 00:14:57,280 --> 00:15:03,200 uh as seen in the task manager, running at 3600 megatransfers per second. That's 204 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:08,640 as it's supposed to be. We've got a fairly up-to-date driver on the Arc 205 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:11,040 B580, and it's helpfully showing us that 206 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:15,280 Resizable Bar is enabled. I'm, you know, I'm happy. But, leave a comment if you 207 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:18,760 want us to do a video on how to tune your PC after you build it. I feel like 208 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:22,480 that's a whole video in itself. With that out of the way, let's get into some 209 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:26,320 games, okay? What What do we got installed locally here? Marathon, I 210 00:15:24,280 --> 00:15:30,560 haven't had a chance to play Marathon yet. So, we're going to do it on this 211 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:34,680 brand new squeaky clean build. Who's that guy? I want to know. What's the 212 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:39,320 lore? I do want to start with Marathon because it is a competitive shooter, but 213 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,920 it is fairly new and as far as I understand the graphics are 214 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:45,800 interesting to look at. I don't know if it's very intensive or not, but I'm 215 00:15:44,800 --> 00:15:50,960 going to give you my subjective experience. Wow. 216 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:54,080 Now, that's what I call graphics. That's what you get when you get Riley house to 217 00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:59,160 LTT video. This is my the first time I've loaded in. 218 00:15:55,800 --> 00:16:01,120 It's beautiful. Look at those rocks. Uh 219 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:06,520 We got a lot of weather effects and wind and rain. Okay, I'm at medium preset now 220 00:16:03,400 --> 00:16:09,920 getting about 100 FPS. Although, I'm not 221 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:11,600 in a intensive combat situation. I don't 222 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:15,320 like how it they all like load in so slowly like that. Are they like 223 00:16:13,080 --> 00:16:20,760 generating as you go? Survey drone cartridge. My backpack's full. 224 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:26,839 Okay. I'm shooting people now. We got effects going. 86 FPS. Bam bam bam. Bam. 225 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:31,839 Woah. Those are little missiles. Okay, 95 FPS for like some crazy, you 226 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:35,560 know. BAM BAM BAM. OH. 227 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:39,160 SO, THEN I CAN'T DO ANYTHING except give up. I'm going to give up. You won't turn 228 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:43,720 me into a different kind of cybernetic Android 229 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:47,600 thing. Okay, I'm not super happy with how that run went, but overall I'm kind 230 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:51,240 of happy with the performance so far. I mean, we were at started in at highest 231 00:16:49,280 --> 00:16:54,160 settings. And you know, we're getting around 60-ish. That you probably want a 232 00:16:52,839 --> 00:16:58,080 bit more than that for a competitive shooter. So, we dropped down to medium. 233 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:02,400 We're hovering around 100. You know, for a brand new game that's probably got 234 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:05,439 some optimization yet to do. I'm happy with it and that's what's important. 235 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:08,680 Marathon, that's a fast-paced competitive shooter, you know, a lot of 236 00:17:06,959 --> 00:17:11,760 jerky action. Now, we're in Resident Evil which is very calm and as I 237 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:17,480 understand I haven't played a single one of the franchise, but as I understand it's a kind of a relaxing game, right? 238 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:22,240 That's right. Why is it so dark in here though? That's my question. But in this 239 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:27,800 dark room with almost nothing going on we got 71 FPS average. 240 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:33,120 Oh, you can run. If I run am I going to run headfirst into a zombie? 241 00:17:31,120 --> 00:17:36,880 There's one. Has anyone tried healing them though? But I want action. 242 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:44,200 Gosh. Oh, space is Jeez Louise. Why? 243 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:48,080 Why isn't he dead? I shot him. Jeez. Guys in Resident Evil can just 244 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:53,760 kind of take a couple zombie bites and you're fine? >> Yeah, you eat some herbs after. What 245 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:56,520 kind of game is this? 71 FPS. Grenade. 246 00:17:53,760 --> 00:18:00,320 Give me some explosion effects. Whoa, we dropped down to 66. Plouffe fiddled 247 00:17:58,960 --> 00:18:06,720 around with the settings and some are medium, some are high. So it's kind of a mix of how he likes it. But you know, I 248 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:09,520 think with a build like this it's not the kind of build where you're 249 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:13,960 absolutely just going to be able to drop in at the highest settings. You are going to you know, you will you want to 250 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:19,600 tune things especially for like more modern titles. But like even in this 251 00:18:15,680 --> 00:18:21,280 this game just came out 70 FPS or so 252 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:24,680 it'll do especially for a kind of like a cozy GAME LIKE THIS. 253 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:32,920 WELL, THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS. WE SPENT A little over a thousand dollars, but 254 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:38,200 we're here and we're gaming. And at 1440p no less. Who could have 255 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:42,360 guessed a few years ago that Intel would be a budget option not only for CPUs, 256 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:45,440 but for graphics cards too. If you're interested in any of the parts we used 257 00:18:44,080 --> 00:18:49,160 in this build, we'll have those linked in the video description. Hey, why don't 258 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:54,200 you head down there and leave a comment. Let me, Riley, the host of this video, 259 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:58,640 know if you think we should have fit a beefier GPU in there, you know? What 260 00:18:56,040 --> 00:19:02,800 would you have sacrificed to make it all work? 261 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:05,720 I'm pretty happy with it. Almost as happy as I am with this segue to our 262 00:19:04,280 --> 00:19:09,720 sponsor. Tello. Having an affordable phone plan 263 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:13,760 should never come at the cost of call quality and Tello knows this. 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