Building the $1200 Sweet Spot Gaming PC that EVERYONE should build!
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- Building the $1200 Sweet Spot Gaming PC that EVERYONE should build!
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► PARTS LIST ($1200-$1400 range -- these are my recommendations for new builders, some parts used in the video are other models)
CPU Options:
Ryzen 5 7600 6c/12t ($220, includes cooler) - geni.us/9rALRBa
Ryzen 5 7600 6c/12t ($230, no cooler) - bit.ly/3Sjxpoo
Ryzen 7 7700 8c/16t ($330, includes cooler) - geni.us/9C1jins
Ryzen 7 7700X 8c/16t ($325 after promo, no cooler) - bit.ly/3xWonWj
Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8c/16t ($385 after promo, no cooler) - bit.ly/3zASi6I
CPU Cooler:
Thermalright Silver Soul 135 Black ($35 Amazon) - geni.us/EpP9
Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE ($35) - geni.us/fW8BJa / bit.ly/3J5h03x
ARGB Version also $35 at Amazon - geni.us/8MNV
VIDEO CARD:
SAPPHIRE Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB ($500) - bit.ly/3PYNT6u
MOTHERBOARD:
Gigabyte B650 Gaming X AX ($180) - geni.us/JX0HDt
MEMORY:
G.SKILL 32GB (2x16GB) Flare X5 DDR5-6000 RAM ($85) - geni.us/bwJZ
CASE:
Phanteks Eclipse G300A Mesh/Tempered Glass Case ($$70-80) - bit.ly/46sIOZK
SSD:
Gen3 - TEAMGROUP MP34 2TB PCIE 3.0 M.2 NVME SSD ($70) - geni.us/l758Kw
Gen4 - MSI M461 2TB PCIE 4.0 M.2 NVME SSD ($82) - bit.ly/464BMKM
PSU:
Rosewill HIVE 750S 750W Modular 80+ Bronze PSU ($78) - bit.ly/3RNiVzB
Thermaltake Toughpower 750W 80+ Gold Modular PSU ($90) - geni.us/QbWALTT
MONITOR RECOMMENDATIONS
2560x1440 144Hz+ Gaming Monitors in the $200-$300 range
$270 - Gigabyte M27Q-P - geni.us/KtavAA
$250 - LG Ultragear 27GL83A-B - geni.us/Fydfvm
Ultrawide - $325 (was $430-$450) - GIGABYTE M34WQ 34" 144Hz
geni.us/PoG4KEB
► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome to Paul’s Hardware - Oct Build of the Month
1:08 A couple notes about the build / parts used / who it’s for
1:46 Gaming PC Parts Overview (Ryzen 7700 + RX 7800 XT)
6:37 Closer Look - Phanteks Eclipse G300A Case
10:20 Build Montage!
12:24 A Problem… dead fan? Installing Windows etc.
14:29 A Solution… new fans! Also system setup/updates
17:41 Eric Arrives to Claim His New PC!
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This settles it. I need to be a contractor working on Paul's house.
I do cabinets
@@mrbill_oh_noI do countertops
I can micro-manage
Darn! All the jobs I do are taken. 🤪🍻
I can manage the supervisor. Lol
Paul is a machine, not scared to mention his opinion of the hardware. Great breakdown of the case, missing grommets but preinstalled fans. He has the eye.
Hope you and the kiddos are doing well Paul, looking forward to the completion of your house renovation series :) Always appreciate these sweet spot videos just so I can easily grasp the pieces to look out for in the current market in case I or someone I know is thinking about making another build.
That's a really nice system man. Congrats to your boy and kudos for the extra love. I'm sure he'll enjoy it
I built a PC for the same price with 7700 XT and 5800X3D (only because prices are crazy in Europe) and I love it. I can finally play titles like Last of Us and Cyberpunk smooth as butter...
Last of Us? lol time to expand your horizons
@@shotgunshawzy What do you mean? what do you recommend
Dayz
@@Ladioz Just ignore that clown, play what makes you happy.
Last of Us is an excellent game if you've never played it before. Think he^ means to say you're late to the party, but we don't all follow gaming religiously - there's like a hundred big titles I've never played yet
Love the Channel Paul keep up the good work, The look on his face was priceless on how well the system turned out.
I love that you give back to your community. Very a admirable of you sir Paul. Always true to self content. Hats of to you!
Very solid build for $1200.
I just built something very similar for $1550 with a R5 7600X & 7900 XT with a 2TB Samsung 990 Pro. I also used a 240 mm AIO instead of an Air Cooler.
The upgrade to AM5 has been awesome! Great video!
AM5 is fantastic.
Nice and useful build, with BEAUTIFUL music. That jazzy vibe brings the needed relaxation in these hectic times. Keep on the good work, Paul!
Good call out on the audio accompaniment. Very enjoyable and often overlooked aspect of any video! ^^
Respect to the channel!!
Another great video and excellent reality based build, thanks Paul and company.
Very clean build Paul.
And Paul just legit blessing the people that gave their time and expertise to Paul with badas* PC's! =)
That's a pretty nice case, fits everything nicely and isn't comically large. Great looking build as well.
So I built my first ever pc this week and with the exact cpu and gpu and I cannot tell you how happy I am to see you apply your thermal paste that way, I’ve been panicking ever since that I messed it up, also watched you’re build step by steps and they help me massively thank you. Very informative and well explained.
I am about to build my first PC as well going with almost the exact build but I’m debating between the Ryder 5 7600x or the Ryzen 7 7700x. I’m probably going to go with the Ryzen 7 7700x. I am buying my own cooler, because I am aware the X does not come with a stock cooler. However, my question is, does the thermal paste come WITH the CPU or cooler? Or do I have to buy that separately?
Also, in the future, if I want to upgrade my CPU to maybe a Ryzen 9 7950x, would the cooler one off the thermal paste easily? Or would be take some work getting it to detach? If you would know the answer to that question..?
@@TmoneyBagz1 u have to buy the thermal paste urself, and if u were to change out ur cpu u want to use ur pc and get ur cpu to heat up rq and then remove the cooler off the cpu, u can remove it while its cold but its a pain
@@Clashy69bend over
Love the videos, keep up the great work! I bet he was really happy about the upgrades you got him, I know would’ve been..
Thanks Paul! I recently built a PC for a friend of my son's along these same lines after checking your build. I did some upgrades but stuck with the same basic balance of components. It was my first all white build!! I used a Ryzen 5 7600X and a Sapphire all white RX 7800 XT. The case is the Lian Li 216, all white. I don't have all the parts yet, but am confident of the performance thanks to your video.
Such a cool dude, your videos are always straight to the point.
Just want to say thanks for the video, I want to build a 7800xt but have had trouble finding a good build in my price range, and this helped a ton!!
Absolutely love how those Light Wings fans look - gorgeous build.
The 750G3 is a solid unit. I've been running mine for ~5 years now and zero issues.
Really nice Vid with a lovely personal touch. Thanks.
Lovely build man!! he seemed very happy!
Nice affordable build, well done! 👍
Hi Paul...big thanks and much appreciation for your excellent vids.:)...Great delivery and you dont mess around like some others. I have subscribed and will look forward to many more hours watching a master at work:)...peace from the UK.
i like this long videos when u explain everything with a lot of details e.e keep the good work!
Love the video Paul. Hope Erick has many many hours of enjoyment
This is the build for me. Thanks!
Fantasmic! I just migrated 2 PCs to different cases and found myself short of PWM fans. I have a few Noctua NF-12 industrialPPC-2000s that I mistakenly bought a few years ago. Needing good airflow, and not wanting to use 10+ year old fans in a new configuration (some of them makes excess intermittent noise) I put a NF-12 in one of the cases. I am pleasantly shocked to say that I can barely hear it even though it runs at 2000 RPM.
You are such a kind man, Paul.
Thanks for this video. Last week I connected my gigabyte 7800xt and noticed the blinking logo.
I thought I had a bad card or that I had not plugged the power cables in all the way. Seeing your card do the same thing put me at ease.
Great build! I'm still rocking the 5800x3D and the 6800XT. Waiting for the right time to upgrade to AM5.
@14:09 Check out that sweet mini split! 🥶❄️❄️
Excellent work as always Paul 🤘
Love how happy he was to get this, welcome to the master race Eric!! Well done Paul this was a good video and I love seeing someone get something not expected and be truly grateful kudos to you both
Keep making good content man!!
nice to see you smile again, everything is so depressive, making a pc build from scratch from time to time is so satisfactory, plan to wait for 7000G processors and depending on results might go for it, otherwise will skip the 7000 series and wait for 8000 also with beefy igpu/apu
VERY similar to the 2 builds I am putting together right now! Slightly higher budget for some extra argb and stuff but I have purchased most of the build on prime day/Fantastech sales. so far so good! just hoping they have some kind of deal on 7800xts soon. Wish i had bought them on back order when starfield was included now.
I'm in the process of building a PC that is nothing like this lol But it's great to see how powerful a $1200 PC can be. Gorgeous looking, too :D
Nothing like this ? Not x64 ? UNIX ?
what are you going to build ?
Built a similar pc recently, although with a 5 7600x for the cpu instead of 7 7700x. Performance has been great so far, being able to play games at such high frame rates at 1440p is amazing to me. Very happy with it so far
@@Kim-gy8vi AsRock B650M PG Riptide WiFi and a 7800xt
I might have the motherboards name slightly incorrect but I think that should be it
Very nice build Paul, with guaranteed major upgradability. AM5 is new, so huge CPU options from that excellent 7700 later (at least 2 more gens...possibly more i.e. AM4).
Congratulations Eric 👏🎉
Hi Paul, great build and a video. I was wondering how do you pick what PSU for the builds?
My favorite type of content :). Thanks Paul
This about spot on for my allotted price I set to aim for. Nice work Paul.
that is so nice of you Paul!🤩
Amazing build. I would love to see how you would build a workstation PC.
I'm really pleased with my G300A that I recently case swapped to. The USB Type C and USB 3 front panel ports use a shared USB 3 motherboard header. For my motherboard, picking up a 90 degree USB 3 adapter for the header really helped.
USB 40 board, no thunderbolt 4 ?
You should do USB C only, color-coding how fast the port is, USB 80 ?
Why USB 3 still ?
@@lucasrem What I'm saying is on this specific case, the front panel USB ports are spliced together to a single connector for a motherboard header.
I built a rig recently with that gigabyte aero z790 and matching aero 4070... It's such a nice combo for white builds
I have the G500a; couldn't be happier with it.
Can't go wrong with the G3 line up. I've been using my 750 G3 for 4 years now. Opted for the G3 even though the G5 was out but saw to many bad reviews for the G5 line up.
I find my cousin (had every cert under the sun worth having even was an Alpha tester for WoW) had the best advice: Hardware costs are a curve. Then suddenly spikes, you buy there, and you get a decent system. The only emption was my first R5 3600. The only 500 series boards that were out was the X570 the 550 had yet to have a solid release date. I don't even think they were announced yet. X570 purchased 5/13/2020.
Solid build to build!
Also a little tip for people, that "warranty void if removed sticker" 5:05 is actually a lie in most countries like the US and EU , the company CANNOT void a warranty for removing a sticker, just a little FYI for people.
Same is true for trucks that have a 'Not responsible for broken windshield' stickers, they don't mean anything.
love everything about this build, I recently just built a pc with the same specs, tho i would go for a different motherboard as the gigabyte b650 gaming x ax is prone to coil whine, mine had a really loud severe coil whine and when i got it exchanged for one that supposedly didn't have coil whine I was met with the same severe ear bleeding coil whine, ended up completely swapping motherboards and went with the asrock pg lightning and haven't heard coil whine ever since.
I just subscribed simply because of your generosity.
1.3 - 1.4k is my sweet spot for 1440p Ultra Gaming with good productivity as well, so yeah about right
you could have used the second working fan to the top of the case as a exhaust for better airflow
So close to my recent build. Already had a 6700xt but with an i5-10400 so upgraded to the 7600 and upper-medium mb to allow me to upgrade that further next gen :)
Overall...it's been a beast and running smooth. ONE odd shutdown scare after a few weeks running but that's custom PCs lol
Nice build
Definitely built my pc w a couple diff components. The 7800xt is amazing for me.
i've build the same one except the ssd great buy :D
I'm on a similar build right now! 7600 and the ASRock Steel Legend 7800XT! I spent about $200 on my build, though.
7700/7800xt is such a sick combo. Enjoy Eric!!
not sick but meh
This awesome to see a good performance PC for $1200!!!
That was a really nice video!
oh yeah, just that sweet spot. the indescribable ecstasy of perfect form and function and finance. Sublime...
On ssd prices; they really are so good. I just got a WD bkack 1TB for like 55 bucks. Last year i was only able to get 750GB for 70.
Nice inadvertent fan upgrade too. Will run a lot quieter and probably last much longer than the stock ones.
You guys in the US have some sweet prices. Pretty much the same I built a few month ago, except for some different brands like Samsung for the m.2, and that was only around 1200 without GPU.
Yay! Eric got to peel the glass, too!
Yessssss!!!!! THANK YOU! managed to buy and take a risk on the no frills XFX 7900xt for only 700$ so... Now im deciding between am4 or trusting am5 after years of waiting snd to give myseof room in the future since 7800x3d is soooooo perfect! But i already have a 5800x3d and full 3600 ram kit so a 200$ mobo is all i would need to finish the build with a psu and case and cooler so idk. And high end rig would be so much fun since my first 1400$ build with the ol gtx 1080 lasted ne 5 years and i want my next build to last 5 years even if i transition from 1440p to 4k after it matures so time will tell cheeeeers
Off topic but I noticed your mini-split and wondered how you like it and what kind of COP you get? Enjoyed the video! And just like first impressions you only have one shot for great cabling, then it's like just cram the stuff in and hope no case bulge.
Glad to see thermalright getting some recognition c:
I reckon that RX 7800 XT could do with some propping up given how easily Gigabyte cards seem to crack around the end of the PCI-E connector due to card droop. Great build though.
Nice video ! Btw i am building one with ryzen 7 7700x and thinking wheter should i go buy the 7900xt or 7800xt as i play mainly ow and valo but on 1440p 240hz monitor
You're the best Paul🎉
Can we give props for the soundtrack playing during the actual build? I was literally nodding my head while it was playing.
Last time I built a PC was 2003, things were much simpler then, chipsets were easier to match etc, you didnt have 15 generations of the same name processor to weed through.. (i3, i5, etc). This is a nice rig for the money, thank you. will be watching more of your builds , especially the parts lists. Very helpful. thanks
I slightly disagree. Maybe parts selection was easier, but the actual setup and install process isn't nearly as easy as it is now. Remember the IDE drive select jumpers you had to change around if you had multiple IDE drives or how installing pre-WinXP OS' could be a multi-hour ordeal?
Getting your first gaming PC built by Paul. What an awesome way to join the master race.
Master Race ?
Developers are, not noobs !
Beast of a PC :D
10:21 Paul that is some Old Skool funk you have going on there, Like the little bit of scratching...
Could you do a February/March 2024 build of the month? Similar $1200-1500 price range preferably
Great job.
So glad Eric made the correct choice and went with the ultrawide. Great build, Paul.
Paul building computers again! Makes my day.
yes finally!!! cheeeeeeeeeers!!!! im finally putting otgether my higher end build as an enthusiest, but its only my second build and its been 5 years. honestly i know EXACTLY what i need and how long ill need it before im willing tyo fully rebuild the system from base on the new platforms, and honestly for the price and the power im getting out on my 7900xt im sticking with best of AM4. i just cant be bothered to learn or use or risk my stress levels with the AM5 platform even tho its matured. ill build a new system again in 3 years and either use the next iteration of ir ot AM6 by then~ which is good~ theres a tonnnnnnnnnnn of life to live and performance i should want so that i cna enjoy the next 3 years but i genuinly just dont think im going to care since im not packing a 4090 and i dont necessarily plan to build AM4 without a strix b550 mobo and 5800x3d so i can slap a bit better gpu if anytthing in the next gen in 2 years catches my eyes, and i still have my backup rig that coudl be retired, upgraded, or repalcved at any time in the next 3 years, I CANT WIAT!!! i have too much disposable income XDXDXDXDXD cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers
NOTE: prime reason id rather build AM4 is cause of the value and maturity and everything "solved". AMD is supporting AM5 "til latleast 2025" and i don t plan to upgrade or build anything ever until atleast 2026, so by then i either build fresh in AM6 or i buy best of the best for a solved AM5~ ik i might be giving up 15%~ performance overall for similar prices but i already have a 5800x3d and its worth the sunk cost hahahaha~ plus if i ever do upgrade, itll be to enter the prime 4k gaming market in 2025 if we all survive till then XD. wiull be iwld cheeeeeeeeeeeeeers
I'd love to see you build a 700-800 dollar rig too, because I have a feeling that's the upper limit for what a majority of PC gamers can afford, especially younger people. I don't think a more than a small fraction of PC gamers out there can afford (or wants to) shell out 1200 on a gaming PC.
If it's just for gaming, you could use the build in this video, but replace the following parts and get to within your budget, in USD:
12100F CPU
Arc A580/A750 or RX 5700 XT/6600 graphics card
ASRock "B760M-HDV/M.2 D4" motherboard
Pixio PX248 Prime monitor
EVGA 500 GD power supply
...if for productivity, not that. 12100F is a great entry level gaming CPU. It's pretty bad in most professional tasks, even compared with the less expensive R5 3600.
@@auturgicflosculator2183 6650 XT is a great value right now and often cheaper than the regular 6600 XT
@@auturgicflosculator2183would this build in the video be good for learning to code and programming and stuff like that as well as game?
@@regensempai For learning to program, this build is quite overkill. Should be fine. If you're a UA-cam content creator, a graphics designer, etc you might find use cases for better hardware... but programming, by and large, can be done on a mid range PC from 2015. 😅
A little more in-detailed build montage would’ve been awesome. Which power cords/adaptors did you use/plug in? & into which “sockets”
I love Micro Center too.
It would be cool if you include a benchmark for a popular/relevant game of the month so we can see what it's more or less capable of
I'm sure he would of if he had time to do that.
7800xt and 7700x.. it’s going to be 100+ fps in most games at 1440p
@@dillonvillon That will be very nice. Right now we are not at the proper level of hardware for 4k gaming realisticly. I don't do a lot of high fps gaming but I do a lot of "Multi-Tasking" and even with my MSI 7900XTX Gaming Trio Classic - there are a few times that i get a low memory warning. Currently until a ddr5 memory modules come out that are higher capacty then 48 gb per ; I have the max amount of ram you can have. A lot of the parts in my system are deigned and meant for "Other" purposes then how I am using them but they have the features and capabilities I wanted my machine to have.
@@johnpaulbacon8320 do you do 4k rendering on top of other stuff? Crazy to think of over 100gb of ram usage
i got that same case on my build
Signal RGB is the move, Paul. I've now rid myself of all the crappy AIB RGB software. It's a whole new world man.
Yeah great build. I just would have used the Ryzen 5 7600x, if you can find a 7800 XT for MSRP go with that, otherwise, the 6800 XT is widely available for $499.99. With the extra $150 saved, you could upgrade to an 850w PSU, better SSD, and case. Still amazing built for the price point. A 850w PSU would be great for worry free future updates without having to take everything apart. You can also add an extra couple fans. Well done though.
I'm new to all this, great video! What's daisy chaining mean?
Tell Eric I love the "Sir Saint" hat!
TN needs a Microcenter
Paul, if mounting an aio cooler on top and exhausting air out, would I still need the dust filter? Or is that more appropriate for air intake, or just keeping dust out in general?
I've been very impressed with OpenRGB's abiilty to find all the hodge-podge of RGB in my system - small footprint and let's me get rid of all the other junk packages. Couldn't get Signal to recognise the RAM or fans.
I was ABSOLUTELY going bonkers thinking my asrock motherboard doesn't work with my lexar rgb ram. Download polychrome and lexar ares rgb software both doesn't work! Open rgb saved me from pulling my hair out.
Honestly, this should be like the gold standard of mid budget builds. Debating on this exact build pretty much vs i5 13600k + 4070 or this 7800xt
In the UK pricing up the cheapest parts from the list in the description comes to £1,256.94 ($1,531.24). Got to love UK prices, for PC parts they are usually about the same number as the US but in pounds.
Thanks you saved me a lot of time
Well tbf US prices don't usually include sales tax. Take off 20% VAT, and that's a ~£1050 build.
@@sleepylion9511 No worries 👍
@@malcaniscsm5184 Was not aware of that, have to consider that in the future, thanks.
we have 18% gst in india... 7800xt is actually cheaper in india than in us, without taxes ofc@@malcaniscsm5184
For Thermalright I suggest to people to start looking at the Phantom Spirit. It is the updated successor to the Peerless Assasin. Hardware Canucks has a video on it and it performs even better than the assassin.
I wish Microcenter was near me in Florida