Can you imagine being the guy who pushed the patch? At their next job interview they'd be asked "why was your employment with crowdstrike terminated?" and they'd be like "uhhhh I caused billions in damages because I forgot a semicolon"
It's a part to cheap out on within reason. You don't need to spend a lot on modular cables, high efficiency and so on. But it's also not one you want to buy dirt cheap. I have a very nice PSU but the one prior to that was a very average low-mid range model that ran for 9 years before being electively replaced. It's still running in someone else's system and is probably 14 years old at this point. There are a lot of PSUs out there which are grossly over specified for consumer PC use and priced accordingly. If you can get them on offer, great, but otherwise there are limited use cases.
@@angeloalonzo5500i think so just like jayztwocents.. the question is whether or not its actually sustainable for the long run.. Personally i think not. hopefully im wrong cuz that would be cool 😅
@@razielt1902 I did it too before I bought a case, and I didn't want to use my old beigebox. There's nothing wrong with no case as long as you're careful to not destroy the rig.
I've been using the same case for 25 years. It's very modular in that all the front connectors are generic connectors you used to be able to buy at Radio Shack. So they are easily swappable by buying internal connection cables.
@@ben-3467While yes you don’t need a K series CPU you should still get one if you find one for a great deal. And the CPU is not something you really want to cheap out on as it’s the one running All of the background tasks and making sure your bots stay smooth and responsive. It is also the one that handles all of the processing. So the GPU and CPU is one of the most crucial components
You can also cheap out on your storage as you can buy more later so getting a cheap SSD is great. You don’t need a super fast NVME drive you just need an SSD that is fast enough to get the job done. Then later on you can get a large HDD that may not be fast but it can store your games and your applications.
@@mobrocket A cheap RGB and Fan controller actually cooked my brothers motherboard after it shorted out. Probably the last thing I would've suspected when the computer suddenly shut off and never powered on again lmao
Case is also something you can absolutely buy second hand without a drop of loss in performance. Just did a new build with an Antec 300 that's been standing in my basement for over a decade, and it looks pretty nice. Just replaced the old fans and it still feels like a quality case. Whether you like the 5 1/2 slots in the front is up to you.
When I was doing my first build and didn't have much money to spend I took the case from a broken HP prebuilt and used it in that until I found an $8 Antec 300 which was a great case that I used for 3 years until I did a new build again and gave the antec case to a friend.
But you shouldn't cheap out on the storage the same way as with a case. A 5 dollar Craigslist case from 2009 with adequate ventilation will be just fine for for a starter gaming PC. Whereas buying old hard drives is seldom a savvy strategy.
You can get 1-2tb HDDs for quite cheap nowadays, if longer loading times and steam update times aren't a big concern then spinning drives can do just fine
@@pasanaator9874a lot of modern games expect an SSD tho, and won't run well without fast storage. spider Man Miles Morales, Alan Wake 2, ratchet and clank rift apart, and as more games are developed for the 9th and 10th Gen of consoles, that fact will become even more true. a cheap 1tb sata SSD is only marginally more expensive, but makes much more sense
Considering how much people spend on their phones, Droidcam gets you amazing video quality. That rear camera on your old phone is so much better than any webcam you can buy. And if you don't need to use your phone at the same time you can use your current phone.
Cases can always be reused in future builds, so if you're planning on keeping it for a while, I'd say it's worth spending more as long as it's within reason. But AIOs are definitely not worth it because once they fail, the whole unit has to be chucked, whereas a fan replacement on an air cooler is relatively cheap.
As the channel has proven time and time again, air cooling is king regardless of budget. For an 800 dollar build, chances are, the stock cooler is all you need. Until you have an unlimited budget, then custom loop is king.
just no need for case and put it in a fridge or freezer so that you don't need to buy a cooler. use a extra long hdmi or displayport cable to your room
Lol, don't really do this though. A fridge can't keep up with the thermal load of a computer. It's designed to keep a gallon of ice cream cold, but ice cream doesn't generate its own heat. A fridge can't move nearly enough heat.
when i built my first computer last year i spent my entire budget on my hardware. it was a fairly decent budget at 2k. but i didnt buy a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, a desk, chair, headphones, speakers, flair. i used second hand peripherals and played my games on my couch and tv that i used for my xbox. eventually over time i bought all those things mentioned and made myself a beautiful setup, but i prioritized the imporant parts and upgraded the easy things over time. best advice i was ever given going into my first build👍
People forget that old cases, if you find the right one, are just as good as new ones. I’ve always preferred the horizontal cases so that’s what I looked for a few years ago when I built my computer, I used an antec fusion case and surprisingly the case peripherals still work if you use LCD smarty and code your own driver for the volume knob (if anyone has an official driver for it please point me to it.) the case is great and provides a separated compartment for the psu, you might have to angle grinder out one of the supports to fit a big new gpu but i rigged a 2070 in mine and it’s been great for years. Horizontal desktops need to make a resurgence. A monitor stand and a computer? All you need right in front of you, plus it still looks sleek and modern with the aluminum front. Only thing is I paid $250 for mine and had a hard time justifying that purchase when I was 19. But I did it and have not regretted it
Honestly solid advice.. I cant tell you how many PC's ive built over the years that either have a 250$ case and then lower tier cpu/gpus or they will get cpu/gpu with no plans to run it past stock specs and then have a 200-300$ liquid cooler on there when it would have been sooo much better to put that towards a better cpu or gpu.. There are also a lot of solid cases for 100$ or under, and I totally understand wanting to have an aesthetically pleasing build but if you want it specifically for gaming are you going to be happier when playing if you have a nice looking case or if you're running modern games smoothly. The other one I potentially would add is monitors.. I see so many people splurging for monitors that they either don't need the specs of or are just a bad deal. A big one is 4k monitors and its normally either getting like a 27" 60hz monitor for the same price as a 32" 144 hz 2k or spending like 500$ on a 32" 160hz 4k when again with either they are not going to be watching 4k content and either going to be bottlenecking their preformance and still playing at 1080/1440 or don't even have a stronf enough system to play at 1440 because of how much the monitor was.. I have seriously had to almost redo every list people have sent to me because of out or wack specs or paraphernalia. The way I see it as far as planned upgrades, look for components that will be the most cost effective and performance effective to replace. Its a lot easier to add another 1tb of ssd space than it is to drop another 450 for a graphics card 1 tier above your current one..
building cars and building PCs are very similar. sure you can spend on stuff like cooling if you're pushing it past the intended limits, but if youre running it normally then, well, it came with what it came with for a reason
I fancied out on my cooling and got a nice Noctua NH-D15. Now I can cheap out on the cooler of my next build because I can just get an adapter bracket and still have one of the best air coolers on the entire market!
Aye, expensive cases have loads of great features. Most of which you'll never think about after the day you build the case. I'd definitely agree that pricier ones are better but I'd also agree with this vid that if you have to cut costs then the case is definitely one of the best places to do it.
Time is money, so keep that in mind. If you can save $100-150 a case that'll take maybe an hour extra of work, you just made more money than someone who pulls 250k~ a year, and were you really working while fiddling with your build while listening to some podcast/book audio or hanging in a voice chat? 😁
I would say keyboards too, most people would do just fine with a membrame cheap keyboard, as long as it registers keys correctly and keys are smooth to press.
nah if it feels like crap to type on, then that's just wrong. keyboards and monitors are the 2 things you use the most to interact with your computer, and if either really sucks to use, it'll detract from the entire experience
@@theorphanobliteratorin agreement with you! There's also the argument that peripherals can be transferred and kept between system upgrades. If you buy a nice keyboard/mouse/monitor that you enjoy using, you can keep using them between the next 2-4 builds as long as you take care of them. But these are definitely items with diminishing returns as the price increases, so you can technically save a bit of money just by finding the balance that is right for yourself.
I have a 15buck wifi membrane keyboard with 9 keys antighost. Its responsive, never fails me, silent, i can play whatever i want on him. So i guess yes.
If you're not interested in OC-ing and don't need a lot ports... a cheap-ish motherboard is perfectly okay. The times I've seen people pair a 250~300 dollar cpu with a 250~300 dollar mobo is astounding.
Motherboards are just ridiculously overpriced these days, they are cheaper and easier to make than ever thnaks to how many components like memory controllers, PCI express controllers and on board graphics have been integrated into the cpu, it's like the less that has to go into creating a functional board the more expensive they get which is completely backwards to how it should be.
I personally also think that overspending on storage and Mainboards is way too common, like I often see people that buy some 300€ (330 USD) Motherboard to pair it with their mid range CPUs and then dont have enough money for a sufficient GPU or cheap out on stuff like PSUs and RAM
This advice for mainboards mainly applies to Intel platforms (unless they change and start offering longer lifespans for their sockets), but when it comes to AMD platforms, it makes some sense to overspend on mainboards so that it remains useful throughout the entire generation.
I don't understand how motherboards have gotten so expensive, they should be cheaper than ever with how many components have been integrated into modern CPUs. The way I see it, if you're spending over £50 on a motherboard then you are being ripped off, the most I ever spent on one was £70, and that was for a skt 775 board with every feature under the sun that overclocked like a champ and still works to this day, and that's before RAM controllers and PCI-E were were built in to the CPU, when it still had 2 IDE sockets, floppy socket, 6x SATA, a built in gpu (actual on the board gpu, not an igpu inside the cpu). Modern motherboards are a scam, if I could get all that for £70 then there's no excuse for modern boards that are basically just sockets connected to the CPU that has all those features I mentioned built in to the CPU. Expensive Motherboard = scam.
@@talibong9518 Not to bat for the corps, but there are some excuses. Trace routing matters a lot when you're running at the frequencies and parallels of. It's to the point with DDR5 where you have to actually dive deep into the motherboard nerd specs to find out if it's daisy chain or T-topology and how good it is to even begin guessing if your four sticks of RAM will boot much less run near the rated speeds. The ever-decreasing voltages require high quality VRM components to keep the ripple as stable as possible. That's why you'll see so many phases where three was more than enough (when CPUs ran at 1.5V). But I'm sure a very large amount of it is just "charge more because people will pay." If online inflation calculators are to be believed, your $70 for a board in 2001 would need to be $125 today. So they're not *that* far off, the USD has just gotten weak.
The case is the easiest thing to save money on. If you're really handy you can even build your own from scratch. Had a buddy who worked in a fab shop. During his free time he built a desk with his PC integrated into it. Didn't cost him a thing as he found the desk on the side of the road, then used his work's tools.
I cheaped out on my case, fans, storage, and a little bit on the ram. I went for the best bang for the buck for ram and storage. I picked fans that were quiet, cool looking, and inexpensive. and I still got a nice case for just under $70. Went with the stock cooler, it's not really loud and works great
i would also recommend cheaping out on the motherboard. Specifically, you don't need all the bells and whistles that are on most of the higher end ones. just find one that suits your need and is at the lowest price possible
Modern boards are a scam, everything is built into the CPU now, how were motherboards that actually had to have built in components like memory controllers, on board gpus, multiple IDE, floppy, sata, usb etc controllers back in the skt 775 days so much cheaper than the modern boards that are literally just a bunch of connections from the cpu that has it all built in now?
Exactly 💯. The cpu controls everything on the motherboard. The motherboard is basically just the I/O for the processor. Even cpu graphics are getting much better.
I was getting temps above 95°C with that same CPU and stock cooler, no overclocking. My case had pretty terrible airflow TBF, but still, switching to a £35 cooler dropped my temps by 20°.
it still depends on use case for example if ur doing music production these are the things u want to pay a lot of attention to silent fans and a case with good noise isolation are a must for that imo
I have a good, solid, phantake p400s, and I intend to keep using it as long as I can get parts for it. I love my case it's built like a tank and will last a while.
Glad I had my brother help me build my pc cause I had no idea what I was doing. But yeah cheap case simple fans and some crazy specs my pc is a dream. Was fun building it with him too 🙂 he definitely grew up watching you
Another way to save is reusing your case. I think I used 3 builds in my Cosmos 1000 case. Some CPU coolers can be reused; my Noctua NH-D15 came with parts for multiple different sockets for both Intel & AMD.
was about to say, if your upgrading you might get a little more out of a hard drive too, also peripherals are just icing but can increase costs accidentially
Also memory. Memory gets exponentially More expensive for small gains. Basic, reliable RAM can cost half as much and perform just fine. if you get the amount you need, and it supports the frequency you need, the rest is mainly fluff.
You don't need the stuff with fancy, flashy heatsinks either. They sell RAM that are just old school, ugly ol breadboards with chips on them for cheaper than the flashy shark fin/RGB stuff.
Case is number 1 for sure! Also like Linus said CPU cooler you can save money. One other thing I would add is the Power Supply. You don’t need a fully modular platinum series PSU. Just as long as it has enough wattage and I’d say bronze series, you are good to go.
I had a cousin who almost bought a nzxt kraken 360 and a lian li O11 dynamic xl for a 5600x and 3060 build lmfao thank god he asked me before buying all the stuff😂
Still using my second ever case, Corsair 750D. It's seen SLI 780s, 1080, 2080 Ti, 3080, 7900 XTX - as well as Intel 4790k, AMD 3700X and 5900X. Impressively, only ever one power supply, Corsair RM 1000i. Bending its optical drive 5.5" bay runners (they're like 3mm wide) back to being flat means it supports a 420mm rad, not supported by a lot of cases even of similar size.
And those are also the safest bet when buying used. Other components may have unseen damage that limit or shorten its lifespan. But a case is just a box with screw holes and cooler is just a hunk of metal with fins. if it’s damaged, you’ll see it.
Best advice I've ever had from linus is this. "You almost always see a system on Craigslist for sale, and almost always they don't care about the cases. Most of the time you can get them for free with buying another part off them for their asking price if it's reasonable." During one of the scrap war episodes
I bought an rtx 2060 some time ago, I later decided to upgrade to a 3080. Sold the 2060 that I had used for two years for 10€ more then I bought it for 😂
You can also cheap out on ram ssd and motherboard those generally dont make a difference and usually are solid no matter what. Dont cheap out on the psu and definitely get a good cpu
I wouldn't cheap out on the SSD (at least not to the point of buying a no-brand). A cheapo SSD could give you horrible write performance, or fail entirely and take your data with it. And if you go too cheap, it might not even be the capacity you paid for.
I wouldn't reuse a really old case even if it was totally functional, I feel like a new case is important to make your new build actually feel new and not just like you upgraded your existing build. It's not just for aesthetics, it affects your perception as well and you're likely to be more satisfied with the new build that way. A new case doesn't have to cost a lot though. You can get sub-$50 cases that have most of the bells and whistles like mesh front panel and tempered glass and are easy to build in. Cheap cases have gotten a lot better. My first build's case was made of thin sheet metal, creaky acrylic and shiny plastic, it looked, felt and sounded cheap but cheap cases nowadays actually feel like decent quality and are a hell of a lot easier to build in (and cable manage) than old cases tended to be, which is a bonus.
You cheap out on the inverse of your priorities. Most here people who want to build a pc want gaming performance. So priorities would look like Gpu, enough cpu so you dont bog the gpu, power supply and ram to feed it, a monitor to see, storage for games, a motherboard to plug everything in, and then you need to look at a case to shove it in and a way to cool it and finally peripherals to use with it. You can move anything up/ down like one spot depending on specific needs but beyond that you fast approach more show than go
Yeah I've been reusing cases for a very long time, though some of the early ATX had poor airflow so had to cut out extra fan mounts and get rid of, or put hole(s) in the front bezel as well. Normally I convert them to filtered intake. Cooling, I would not use the stock cooler, considering you can often find deals on coolers with 120mm or so fan size for less than $30, which are good to at least 120W TDP. I'd sooner get a less fancy motherboard and I don't really care how stylish it looks, as I don't bother with open-view, clear side panel cases. I do have a couple but at the moment, they were out of the rotation for building replacement systems.
Bying used if you know what you're doing is the best way to cheap out for sure. Bought a used pc with 3080 ti + 5900x and quality parts almost 2 years ago for the equivalent of 1240$ when prices were crazy. 3 months ago I bought my current pc used as well(it was 2 months old) with 4080super+14700kf for equivalent of 1312$ and sold "old" one for the same price I paid for it originally. Used market all the way for me, for my whole setup actually, except keyboard. Always get receipts though (2 years warranty for tech where I live + better value in resale) I mean, i upgraded for 72.74$
You can profitably cheap out on any of them if your budget is limited. The only question is which ones you absolutely can't do without. If your budget is limited then you need to focus. The more limited, the tighter the focus
I got a deal on Lian Li Lancool 2 mesh performance case for just around $70. It was one of the best tested by GN so I immediately got it. (I got the display unit in the shop because it's the last stock they had) When I got a deal for 12600k on sale from last year's black friday sale (it was cheaper than 12400f build and 5600g build), I didn't know that k series cpus don't include a cooler on the box. luckily Thermalright peerless assassin 120 is still on sale on amazon middle-east and it cost me exactly 30 usd. (normally it's priced 70 usd on amazon, local shops here sells single tower cooler like deepcool AK400 for 40 usd price)
Two of my requirements when I was building my first gaming PC was that I was going to get a case that had a glass side panel so that I would be able to see my sick build (I went with the NZXT H510) and that I wasn't going to use the stock cooler and I ended up going with an AIO.
I can still remember the price of every single component of my first real gaming PC I built back in 2016. i5 3570K-$73 Intel DZ77SL-50K-$77 Hyper 212 Evo-$26 2 sticks of Kingston HyperX 1600 DDR3-$54 EVGA Supernova 750W PSU-$61(broken fan) Zotac AMP! Omega GTX 980 Ti-$350 (sniped a misspelled ebay auction, the cards were going for ~$470 at the time) And to top it all off was the cheapest full size case on Newegg, cut-myself-on-the-burred-edges kinda of cheap -$55
A solid air cooler and PSU can carry many builds, as can a case, but yeah first time build on a shoe string case and top of the line AIO is crazy. Though id maybe skip bundled coolers (if they even give one).
Absolutely HATE how much Linus and media group rely on Ads/sponsors but I do still see that he does hold his values of actually caring, along with several of the staff
You don't need to go for 20-y-o cases to save money, there are plenty of great cool modern toolless designs that don't cost more than $50USD. You will want to buy those locally though because when it comes to international shipping the shipping cost is the price of the product lol (when based on weight). I got a great, slick black & red toolless Tecware α case with a tempered glass window for RM150 (~$35) for my first & only build & used it from ~2015 till recently. People just love having fancy brand names on their builds.
One of the top cases is from cooler master, cost Me just over $100 cdn, glass panel that's reversible, meaning it could be swapped to the other side, can fit up to like 350 mm gpu, great air flow, looks great
You can also cheap out on fans. Just get default black ones or maybe ones from a brand like AVC. They are great and work reliable and are extremely cheap. Also you can totally cheap out on ram. Just get the cheapest dual kit with a decent capacity and speed. No need for RGB or fancy coolers. You can also cheap out on the power supply if you know what you are doing. You don't need modular cables and 1500W from a brand like BeQuiet. A cheap and reliable one also does the job. If you can get a decent one from FSP, go for it. And always check the used market. A lot of very good hardware can be bought there for a good price. Even modern stuff for less money then brand new. Just make sure you get the receipt, for warranty.
The big difference is inside the component specs that don't show up on the datasheet. Like good quality memory, PSU, Coolers, fans, motherboard, etc. Non of what Linus said here are deal breakers here and can be fixed later on.
With the Peerless Assassin being so cheap and so much better than a stock cooler, its basically perfect for any budget build. I think the 20-30 bucks is worth it but you dont need to blow money on a Noctua or god forbid liquid cooling. Also $350 for a case is insane!! 100 bucks max, and definitely something you could cut corners on. Go to Goodwill and buy an old tower, scrap the internals, and build a sleeper 🤔
For coolers, if you want a humble upgrade, just get a cheap single or dual tower, it's good for 90% of the people out there. Thermalright have single towers under 20 bucks, and dual towers under 40 bucks for example
One thing to note for people, cases ABDOLUTELY can mess up your airflow. Cheap cases are perfectly fine, while poor fan positions can completely remove the airflow of other fans. Price has nothing to do with that, it's just something to be cautious of.
You can sorta save on the motherboard, but make sure it has good connectivity, has a decent chipset (no A series AMD chipset for example), and 4 ram slots
I picked up a free case and free cooler for my new build. Only 500 bucks for a 12th gen i5, 32GB RAM, 3060 Ti, and 1TB nvme SSD. Loved scrapyarding my build :)
I've got one of the cheapest cases NewEgg had at the time and I'm running a stock cooler. My build is 3 years old and the only thing I had to do was apply new thermal paste several months ago. My CPU doesn't get hot enough to warrant a better cooler and if you're building a budget build, neither will yours. Stock coolers are fine, they've gotten better in recent years.
Third party air coolers have gotten much better too. The Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 is one of best air coolers on the market and is only $35. There are other really good coolers for $20-30 too that can adequately cool most gaming CPUs far better than a stock cooler. You really don't need to spend much on cooling anymore.
@@stonecoldslateIt really is, just look at cards like the nvidia 7 series gpu's, they're extremely slim and in general really small, cards today are big bricks that are so heavy they will break the motherboard pci-e slot if you don't use a support bracket.
@@Dlf212 If you are on a budget you can just use whatever your motherboard gives you. Or just buy USB C hub later. I myself need to use fast USB maybe once a year. And for that one occasion I am fine with USB on motherboard.
I remember when you could buy a case with included PSU for $30. That PSU was hot garbage, but if all you wanted was a basic web surf box, you were good to go. These days you'd struggle to find a freakin' cardboard box for $30.
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After today, the third computer part you can cheap out on is a Crowdstrike subscription
mmm bsod loop
@@sanyr80 I was supposed to fly Home today, I Said a few days before, I am gonna Stay a Bit longer. Best decision of life
damn 😭😭😂
Can you imagine being the guy who pushed the patch? At their next job interview they'd be asked "why was your employment with crowdstrike terminated?" and they'd be like "uhhhh I caused billions in damages because I forgot a semicolon"
More like shipped a totally empty (0) .sys file
Cheaping out on the PSU is the most exciting though
bros just gambling hundreds of dollars 😭😭😭😭💀💀💀💀
will it blow out today or tomorrow 🎉
Lovely seeing you here clipper!
Is Diablotek still around?😂
It's a part to cheap out on within reason. You don't need to spend a lot on modular cables, high efficiency and so on. But it's also not one you want to buy dirt cheap. I have a very nice PSU but the one prior to that was a very average low-mid range model that ran for 9 years before being electively replaced. It's still running in someone else's system and is probably 14 years old at this point.
There are a lot of PSUs out there which are grossly over specified for consumer PC use and priced accordingly. If you can get them on offer, great, but otherwise there are limited use cases.
On my old builds I used to not even bother with buying a case…until my kids started to throw things around the house and fans sometimes got hit 😂
You being forreal? How temps were kept within normal limits?
Dust accumulation and what not..
interested in hearing if its really legitimate
Linus did that too, aren't they?
@@angeloalonzo5500i think so just like jayztwocents.. the question is whether or not its actually sustainable for the long run..
Personally i think not. hopefully im wrong cuz that would be cool 😅
@@razielt1902 I did it too before I bought a case, and I didn't want to use my old beigebox. There's nothing wrong with no case as long as you're careful to not destroy the rig.
I've been using the same case for 25 years. It's very modular in that all the front connectors are generic connectors you used to be able to buy at Radio Shack. So they are easily swappable by buying internal connection cables.
Case, motherboard, air or stock cooler instead of AIO, no fancy ram, less RGB, basic but reliable PSU.
motherboard to an extent... don't be getting a series and boards
I mean if you add mobo then you should add CPU as well... don't need an overclocking (K) variant on a board that doesn't support it
@@ben-3467 Yes... but the price difference between a K or non-K cpu is usually negligible... K variants can even be cheaper!
@@ben-3467While yes you don’t need a K series CPU you should still get one if you find one for a great deal. And the CPU is not something you really want to cheap out on as it’s the one running All of the background tasks and making sure your bots stay smooth and responsive. It is also the one that handles all of the processing. So the GPU and CPU is one of the most crucial components
You can also cheap out on your storage as you can buy more later so getting a cheap SSD is great. You don’t need a super fast NVME drive you just need an SSD that is fast enough to get the job done. Then later on you can get a large HDD that may not be fast but it can store your games and your applications.
Never cheap out on RGB. Great RGB means super fast performance especially for 4k gaming
There is no reason to cheap out on RGB cuz even cheap parts already have RGB except storage and ram maybe
They're like racing stripes. It adds at least 400 more horsepower
Ironically sometimes rgb variants can end up cheaper since it's in higher demand in other countries
Truer words never spoken
@@mobrocket A cheap RGB and Fan controller actually cooked my brothers motherboard after it shorted out. Probably the last thing I would've suspected when the computer suddenly shut off and never powered on again lmao
Some people I know learnt how to solder to use old dell cases instead of buying a new case lol
Yooooo
That’s sick
One in the eye for Dell and its Proprietary Shenanigans...
I used a gateway 2000 80486 dx2 case well into the p4 & amd Athlon days
sleeper build fr
Case is also something you can absolutely buy second hand without a drop of loss in performance.
Just did a new build with an Antec 300 that's been standing in my basement for over a decade, and it looks pretty nice. Just replaced the old fans and it still feels like a quality case.
Whether you like the 5 1/2 slots in the front is up to you.
Hello you could just screw it to a piece of plywood if it really hurt your budget😂
@@marcfavell You could, but you can also get a functional chassis for 10$ on the used market.
When I was doing my first build and didn't have much money to spend I took the case from a broken HP prebuilt and used it in that until I found an $8 Antec 300 which was a great case that I used for 3 years until I did a new build again and gave the antec case to a friend.
I just built a PC in a beige dell dimension case
@@malrofothen we're not bad cases actually Air flow is pretty good just not a lot of cross ventilation happening but you don't want
Whats with the camera u guys use for shorts? It seems a bit washed out, and under saturated
Looks like a webcam to me.
@@Jimmyvb98 ye prob somsthing like that
NexiGo
@@miquelfire ooo true
Nexigo sponsor this series to show off their webcams
Unfortunately they… look washed out and undersaturated 😂
The Thermal Take 240mm AIO for $40 is the best purchase I ever made.
Thermalright Frozen edge 360 is very cheap, dunno how much it's in US tho
@@tteqhu It's probably pretty cheap in the US too. Probably $45-$55
Storage. You can always just expand later. You probably don't need a 2tb SSD straight away.
But you shouldn't cheap out on the storage the same way as with a case. A 5 dollar Craigslist case from 2009 with adequate ventilation will be just fine for for a starter gaming PC. Whereas buying old hard drives is seldom a savvy strategy.
@@meckerhesseausfrankfurt4019 oh for sure. Just might as well start off with a new 512gb or 1tb drive then expand as needed.
You can get 1-2tb HDDs for quite cheap nowadays, if longer loading times and steam update times aren't a big concern then spinning drives can do just fine
@@pasanaator9874 hell you can get 6tb drives for like 70 bucks
@@pasanaator9874a lot of modern games expect an SSD tho, and won't run well without fast storage. spider Man Miles Morales, Alan Wake 2, ratchet and clank rift apart, and as more games are developed for the 9th and 10th Gen of consoles, that fact will become even more true. a cheap 1tb sata SSD is only marginally more expensive, but makes much more sense
You don't need to also cheap out on cameras
Its from NexiGo the sponsor of this short 😂😅
Lol
@@LinusSyb Yikes more or an anti ad
Considering how much people spend on their phones, Droidcam gets you amazing video quality. That rear camera on your old phone is so much better than any webcam you can buy. And if you don't need to use your phone at the same time you can use your current phone.
Cases can always be reused in future builds, so if you're planning on keeping it for a while, I'd say it's worth spending more as long as it's within reason. But AIOs are definitely not worth it because once they fail, the whole unit has to be chucked, whereas a fan replacement on an air cooler is relatively cheap.
Cheap case lasts as long as expensive case. Expensive cases win in cable management features and ease of use.
As the channel has proven time and time again, air cooling is king regardless of budget.
For an 800 dollar build, chances are, the stock cooler is all you need.
Until you have an unlimited budget, then custom loop is king.
You can find some 360 aios now for $60 so it's not really expensive now
But yeah air coolers last more
just no need for case and put it in a fridge or freezer so that you don't need to buy a cooler. use a extra long hdmi or displayport cable to your room
Lol, don't really do this though. A fridge can't keep up with the thermal load of a computer. It's designed to keep a gallon of ice cream cold, but ice cream doesn't generate its own heat. A fridge can't move nearly enough heat.
@@herranton w person
LTT made a video about it years ago
when i built my first computer last year i spent my entire budget on my hardware. it was a fairly decent budget at 2k. but i didnt buy a monitor, a keyboard, a mouse, a desk, chair, headphones, speakers, flair. i used second hand peripherals and played my games on my couch and tv that i used for my xbox. eventually over time i bought all those things mentioned and made myself a beautiful setup, but i prioritized the imporant parts and upgraded the easy things over time. best advice i was ever given going into my first build👍
People forget that old cases, if you find the right one, are just as good as new ones. I’ve always preferred the horizontal cases so that’s what I looked for a few years ago when I built my computer, I used an antec fusion case and surprisingly the case peripherals still work if you use LCD smarty and code your own driver for the volume knob (if anyone has an official driver for it please point me to it.) the case is great and provides a separated compartment for the psu, you might have to angle grinder out one of the supports to fit a big new gpu but i rigged a 2070 in mine and it’s been great for years. Horizontal desktops need to make a resurgence. A monitor stand and a computer? All you need right in front of you, plus it still looks sleek and modern with the aluminum front. Only thing is I paid $250 for mine and had a hard time justifying that purchase when I was 19. But I did it and have not regretted it
"Just use a stock cooler" is funny when a lot of CPUs now down actually come with one
Great advice! I fully agree. As someone who builds PCs frequently at work and toys around with others at home, this is very true.
Honestly solid advice.. I cant tell you how many PC's ive built over the years that either have a 250$ case and then lower tier cpu/gpus or they will get cpu/gpu with no plans to run it past stock specs and then have a 200-300$ liquid cooler on there when it would have been sooo much better to put that towards a better cpu or gpu.. There are also a lot of solid cases for 100$ or under, and I totally understand wanting to have an aesthetically pleasing build but if you want it specifically for gaming are you going to be happier when playing if you have a nice looking case or if you're running modern games smoothly.
The other one I potentially would add is monitors.. I see so many people splurging for monitors that they either don't need the specs of or are just a bad deal. A big one is 4k monitors and its normally either getting like a 27" 60hz monitor for the same price as a 32" 144 hz 2k or spending like 500$ on a 32" 160hz 4k when again with either they are not going to be watching 4k content and either going to be bottlenecking their preformance and still playing at 1080/1440 or don't even have a stronf enough system to play at 1440 because of how much the monitor was.. I have seriously had to almost redo every list people have sent to me because of out or wack specs or paraphernalia.
The way I see it as far as planned upgrades, look for components that will be the most cost effective and performance effective to replace. Its a lot easier to add another 1tb of ssd space than it is to drop another 450 for a graphics card 1 tier above your current one..
stock cpu coolers really are just fine unless you're trying to go into overclocking
yeah, if it is included it means it works.
building cars and building PCs are very similar. sure you can spend on stuff like cooling if you're pushing it past the intended limits, but if youre running it normally then, well, it came with what it came with for a reason
Thanks to Mexico for sponsoring Linus, I'll go visit Cancun next summer 🙏🇮🇪💕
I fancied out on my cooling and got a nice Noctua NH-D15. Now I can cheap out on the cooler of my next build because I can just get an adapter bracket and still have one of the best air coolers on the entire market!
I think Noctua will send you an adapter for free, as well.
Nexigo are Gs for sponsoring this series. Love a quick bit of top advice.
super cheap cases are often harder to build in and especially cable manage. the extra money gives you a bunch of convenience features.
Aye, expensive cases have loads of great features. Most of which you'll never think about after the day you build the case. I'd definitely agree that pricier ones are better but I'd also agree with this vid that if you have to cut costs then the case is definitely one of the best places to do it.
Time is money, so keep that in mind. If you can save $100-150 a case that'll take maybe an hour extra of work, you just made more money than someone who pulls 250k~ a year, and were you really working while fiddling with your build while listening to some podcast/book audio or hanging in a voice chat? 😁
I would say keyboards too, most people would do just fine with a membrame cheap keyboard, as long as it registers keys correctly and keys are smooth to press.
nah if it feels like crap to type on, then that's just wrong. keyboards and monitors are the 2 things you use the most to interact with your computer, and if either really sucks to use, it'll detract from the entire experience
@@theorphanobliteratorin agreement with you! There's also the argument that peripherals can be transferred and kept between system upgrades. If you buy a nice keyboard/mouse/monitor that you enjoy using, you can keep using them between the next 2-4 builds as long as you take care of them. But these are definitely items with diminishing returns as the price increases, so you can technically save a bit of money just by finding the balance that is right for yourself.
@@ZacharyH20 yeah you probably wouldn't buy a 200$ keyboard for a 600$ PC, but there's some nice keyboards out there in the 50$ range
Even then, mechanical keyboards are way cheaper than they used to be.
Some people do prefer membrane keyboards as they tend to be more silent.
I have a 15buck wifi membrane keyboard with 9 keys antighost. Its responsive, never fails me, silent, i can play whatever i want on him. So i guess yes.
Honestly I got a pretty decent ATX Case for $50 new and I've felt no need to replace it in years
Also with the stock amd coolers you can spray paint them white and they look AMAZING (ty zachs tech turf for this info)
I cheap out on the motherboard, hey as long as it works lol
If you're not interested in OC-ing and don't need a lot ports... a cheap-ish motherboard is perfectly okay. The times I've seen people pair a 250~300 dollar cpu with a 250~300 dollar mobo is astounding.
@@micglou I know, I used to do that too lol
Motherboards are just ridiculously overpriced these days, they are cheaper and easier to make than ever thnaks to how many components like memory controllers, PCI express controllers and on board graphics have been integrated into the cpu, it's like the less that has to go into creating a functional board the more expensive they get which is completely backwards to how it should be.
@@talibong9518 really? when I started out with 2nd gen intels they costs about 200$ my ryzen 5000 series mobo was just 80
That is way better advice than cheaping out on the cooler imho.
I personally also think that overspending on storage and Mainboards is way too common, like I often see people that buy some 300€ (330 USD) Motherboard to pair it with their mid range CPUs and then dont have enough money for a sufficient GPU or cheap out on stuff like PSUs and RAM
This advice for mainboards mainly applies to Intel platforms (unless they change and start offering longer lifespans for their sockets), but when it comes to AMD platforms, it makes some sense to overspend on mainboards so that it remains useful throughout the entire generation.
Imagine being the person that bought a great motherboard for their 1400 and upgraded to a 5700X3D.
I don't understand how motherboards have gotten so expensive, they should be cheaper than ever with how many components have been integrated into modern CPUs. The way I see it, if you're spending over £50 on a motherboard then you are being ripped off, the most I ever spent on one was £70, and that was for a skt 775 board with every feature under the sun that overclocked like a champ and still works to this day, and that's before RAM controllers and PCI-E were were built in to the CPU, when it still had 2 IDE sockets, floppy socket, 6x SATA, a built in gpu (actual on the board gpu, not an igpu inside the cpu). Modern motherboards are a scam, if I could get all that for £70 then there's no excuse for modern boards that are basically just sockets connected to the CPU that has all those features I mentioned built in to the CPU. Expensive Motherboard = scam.
@@talibong9518 Not to bat for the corps, but there are some excuses. Trace routing matters a lot when you're running at the frequencies and parallels of. It's to the point with DDR5 where you have to actually dive deep into the motherboard nerd specs to find out if it's daisy chain or T-topology and how good it is to even begin guessing if your four sticks of RAM will boot much less run near the rated speeds. The ever-decreasing voltages require high quality VRM components to keep the ripple as stable as possible. That's why you'll see so many phases where three was more than enough (when CPUs ran at 1.5V). But I'm sure a very large amount of it is just "charge more because people will pay."
If online inflation calculators are to be believed, your $70 for a board in 2001 would need to be $125 today. So they're not *that* far off, the USD has just gotten weak.
@@talibong9518 wait til bud hears about the cost of an entry-level a620
The case is the easiest thing to save money on. If you're really handy you can even build your own from scratch. Had a buddy who worked in a fab shop. During his free time he built a desk with his PC integrated into it. Didn't cost him a thing as he found the desk on the side of the road, then used his work's tools.
I cheaped out on my case, fans, storage, and a little bit on the ram. I went for the best bang for the buck for ram and storage. I picked fans that were quiet, cool looking, and inexpensive. and I still got a nice case for just under $70. Went with the stock cooler, it's not really loud and works great
You don’t sell old pc parts, you hoard them till you have enough to build a server and then repeat
For the 1st build, on a budget. Get a cheap or old case. Once you know what you really want/need in a case, then splurge on the next build.
i would also recommend cheaping out on the motherboard. Specifically, you don't need all the bells and whistles that are on most of the higher end ones. just find one that suits your need and is at the lowest price possible
Modern boards are a scam, everything is built into the CPU now, how were motherboards that actually had to have built in components like memory controllers, on board gpus, multiple IDE, floppy, sata, usb etc controllers back in the skt 775 days so much cheaper than the modern boards that are literally just a bunch of connections from the cpu that has it all built in now?
Exactly 💯. The cpu controls everything on the motherboard. The motherboard is basically just the I/O for the processor. Even cpu graphics are getting much better.
The stock Wraith cooler is ridiculously underrated.
I have the R5 3600 and even with that on it it can still OC and stay cool.
I was getting temps above 95°C with that same CPU and stock cooler, no overclocking. My case had pretty terrible airflow TBF, but still, switching to a £35 cooler dropped my temps by 20°.
Nice video and completely right, the advices were on point👌🏽
it still depends on use case
for example if ur doing music production these are the things u want to pay a lot of attention to
silent fans and a case with good noise isolation are a must for that imo
I have a good, solid, phantake p400s, and I intend to keep using it as long as I can get parts for it. I love my case it's built like a tank and will last a while.
Glad I had my brother help me build my pc cause I had no idea what I was doing. But yeah cheap case simple fans and some crazy specs my pc is a dream. Was fun building it with him too 🙂 he definitely grew up watching you
Never again. The pain of building in low quality case is unmatched.
Another way to save is reusing your case. I think I used 3 builds in my Cosmos 1000 case. Some CPU coolers can be reused; my Noctua NH-D15 came with parts for multiple different sockets for both Intel & AMD.
Ive cheapes out on storage and still worked out. Got an Intel 660p 2TB for about $100 a few years ago and its still going strong
I've been using a 2002 antec case for my whole life, things built like a bunker
was about to say, if your upgrading you might get a little more out of a hard drive too, also peripherals are just icing but can increase costs accidentially
Also memory. Memory gets exponentially More expensive for small gains. Basic, reliable RAM can cost half as much and perform just fine. if you get the amount you need, and it supports the frequency you need, the rest is mainly fluff.
You don't need the stuff with fancy, flashy heatsinks either. They sell RAM that are just old school, ugly ol breadboards with chips on them for cheaper than the flashy shark fin/RGB stuff.
okay but that touchscreen case is cool as hell
Good answers is
Case
Rgb
Over specd Motherboard
Over specd psu
Rgb ram
Cable extensions
Aio Water cooling (only lasts 5 years)
I don't know about that. A good case will be with you throughout all of your upgrades. So making sure you have a quality one is important.
Still got my HAF 912 from 2009 or something. One day I'll put a fan on that CD/DVD bracket area.
Case is number 1 for sure! Also like Linus said CPU cooler you can save money. One other thing I would add is the Power Supply. You don’t need a fully modular platinum series PSU. Just as long as it has enough wattage and I’d say bronze series, you are good to go.
I had a cousin who almost bought a nzxt kraken 360 and a lian li O11 dynamic xl for a 5600x and 3060 build lmfao thank god he asked me before buying all the stuff😂
Storage is another one especially if you have multiple m.2 slots it's super easy to drop another SSD in once your first one gets full.
can you make an updated video on computers in general like hat parts you need and how they should be arranged for optimal performance
Still using my second ever case, Corsair 750D. It's seen SLI 780s, 1080, 2080 Ti, 3080, 7900 XTX - as well as Intel 4790k, AMD 3700X and 5900X. Impressively, only ever one power supply, Corsair RM 1000i.
Bending its optical drive 5.5" bay runners (they're like 3mm wide) back to being flat means it supports a 420mm rad, not supported by a lot of cases even of similar size.
And those are also the safest bet when buying used. Other components may have unseen damage that limit or shorten its lifespan. But a case is just a box with screw holes and cooler is just a hunk of metal with fins. if it’s damaged, you’ll see it.
Feeling called out when you literally showed my case as over the top
motherboard you can cut corner to certain extent. Generally don't buy RGB
Best advice I've ever had from linus is this.
"You almost always see a system on Craigslist for sale, and almost always they don't care about the cases. Most of the time you can get them for free with buying another part off them for their asking price if it's reasonable."
During one of the scrap war episodes
I bought an rtx 2060 some time ago, I later decided to upgrade to a 3080. Sold the 2060 that I had used for two years for 10€ more then I bought it for 😂
You can also cheap out on ram ssd and motherboard those generally dont make a difference and usually are solid no matter what. Dont cheap out on the psu and definitely get a good cpu
I wouldn't cheap out on the SSD (at least not to the point of buying a no-brand). A cheapo SSD could give you horrible write performance, or fail entirely and take your data with it. And if you go too cheap, it might not even be the capacity you paid for.
I wouldn't reuse a really old case even if it was totally functional, I feel like a new case is important to make your new build actually feel new and not just like you upgraded your existing build. It's not just for aesthetics, it affects your perception as well and you're likely to be more satisfied with the new build that way.
A new case doesn't have to cost a lot though. You can get sub-$50 cases that have most of the bells and whistles like mesh front panel and tempered glass and are easy to build in.
Cheap cases have gotten a lot better. My first build's case was made of thin sheet metal, creaky acrylic and shiny plastic, it looked, felt and sounded cheap but cheap cases nowadays actually feel like decent quality and are a hell of a lot easier to build in (and cable manage) than old cases tended to be, which is a bonus.
In a pinch definitely case. But the good thing about buying a good case is that they can always be reused for the new system.
You cheap out on the inverse of your priorities. Most here people who want to build a pc want gaming performance. So priorities would look like Gpu, enough cpu so you dont bog the gpu, power supply and ram to feed it, a monitor to see, storage for games, a motherboard to plug everything in, and then you need to look at a case to shove it in and a way to cool it and finally peripherals to use with it.
You can move anything up/ down like one spot depending on specific needs but beyond that you fast approach more show than go
Yeah I've been reusing cases for a very long time, though some of the early ATX had poor airflow so had to cut out extra fan mounts and get rid of, or put hole(s) in the front bezel as well. Normally I convert them to filtered intake.
Cooling, I would not use the stock cooler, considering you can often find deals on coolers with 120mm or so fan size for less than $30, which are good to at least 120W TDP. I'd sooner get a less fancy motherboard and I don't really care how stylish it looks, as I don't bother with open-view, clear side panel cases. I do have a couple but at the moment, they were out of the rotation for building replacement systems.
I've always said - buy a decent PC second hand and build it up over time.
Bying used if you know what you're doing is the best way to cheap out for sure.
Bought a used pc with 3080 ti + 5900x and quality parts almost 2 years ago for the equivalent of 1240$ when prices were crazy. 3 months ago I bought my current pc used as well(it was 2 months old) with 4080super+14700kf for equivalent of 1312$ and sold "old" one for the same price I paid for it originally.
Used market all the way for me, for my whole setup actually, except keyboard.
Always get receipts though (2 years warranty for tech where I live + better value in resale)
I mean, i upgraded for 72.74$
You can profitably cheap out on any of them if your budget is limited. The only question is which ones you absolutely can't do without.
If your budget is limited then you need to focus. The more limited, the tighter the focus
I got a deal on Lian Li Lancool 2 mesh performance case for just around $70. It was one of the best tested by GN so I immediately got it. (I got the display unit in the shop because it's the last stock they had)
When I got a deal for 12600k on sale from last year's black friday sale (it was cheaper than 12400f build and 5600g build), I didn't know that k series cpus don't include a cooler on the box. luckily Thermalright peerless assassin 120 is still on sale on amazon middle-east and it cost me exactly 30 usd. (normally it's priced 70 usd on amazon, local shops here sells single tower cooler like deepcool AK400 for 40 usd price)
Two of my requirements when I was building my first gaming PC was that I was going to get a case that had a glass side panel so that I would be able to see my sick build (I went with the NZXT H510) and that I wasn't going to use the stock cooler and I ended up going with an AIO.
I'm still on my HAF 932 that I got in 2010. I've since replaced all the fans with Noctuas, though.
I can still remember the price of every single component of my first real gaming PC I built back in 2016.
i5 3570K-$73
Intel DZ77SL-50K-$77
Hyper 212 Evo-$26
2 sticks of Kingston HyperX 1600 DDR3-$54
EVGA Supernova 750W PSU-$61(broken fan)
Zotac AMP! Omega GTX 980 Ti-$350 (sniped a misspelled ebay auction, the cards were going for ~$470 at the time)
And to top it all off was the cheapest full size case on Newegg, cut-myself-on-the-burred-edges kinda of cheap -$55
I remember a video, they used a case for a build found on the side of the road... Ruthless Economy PC I think.
A solid air cooler and PSU can carry many builds, as can a case, but yeah first time build on a shoe string case and top of the line AIO is crazy. Though id maybe skip bundled coolers (if they even give one).
Absolutely HATE how much Linus and media group rely on Ads/sponsors but I do still see that he does hold his values of actually caring, along with several of the staff
That's adorable acting like I'm not running every PC I buy into the ground before buying a new one.
Top Tip! You can't use stock cooling in the south! especially the more humid regions.
Still using my Corsair 650 D case from 2011. That's 13 years and 3 sets of internals.
You don't need to go for 20-y-o cases to save money, there are plenty of great cool modern toolless designs that don't cost more than $50USD. You will want to buy those locally though because when it comes to international shipping the shipping cost is the price of the product lol (when based on weight).
I got a great, slick black & red toolless Tecware α case with a tempered glass window for RM150 (~$35) for my first & only build & used it from ~2015 till recently. People just love having fancy brand names on their builds.
Most Ryzen CPUs are under 125W TDP and do not require anything other than a stock cooler.
One of the top cases is from cooler master, cost Me just over $100 cdn, glass panel that's reversible, meaning it could be swapped to the other side, can fit up to like 350 mm gpu, great air flow, looks great
You can also cheap out on fans. Just get default black ones or maybe ones from a brand like AVC. They are great and work reliable and are extremely cheap.
Also you can totally cheap out on ram. Just get the cheapest dual kit with a decent capacity and speed. No need for RGB or fancy coolers.
You can also cheap out on the power supply if you know what you are doing. You don't need modular cables and 1500W from a brand like BeQuiet. A cheap and reliable one also does the job. If you can get a decent one from FSP, go for it.
And always check the used market. A lot of very good hardware can be bought there for a good price. Even modern stuff for less money then brand new. Just make sure you get the receipt, for warranty.
The big difference is inside the component specs that don't show up on the datasheet. Like good quality memory, PSU, Coolers, fans, motherboard, etc. Non of what Linus said here are deal breakers here and can be fixed later on.
With the Peerless Assassin being so cheap and so much better than a stock cooler, its basically perfect for any budget build. I think the 20-30 bucks is worth it but you dont need to blow money on a Noctua or god forbid liquid cooling.
Also $350 for a case is insane!! 100 bucks max, and definitely something you could cut corners on. Go to Goodwill and buy an old tower, scrap the internals, and build a sleeper 🤔
For coolers, if you want a humble upgrade, just get a cheap single or dual tower, it's good for 90% of the people out there. Thermalright have single towers under 20 bucks, and dual towers under 40 bucks for example
One thing to note for people, cases ABDOLUTELY can mess up your airflow. Cheap cases are perfectly fine, while poor fan positions can completely remove the airflow of other fans. Price has nothing to do with that, it's just something to be cautious of.
I still use the same Cooler Master Stacker 830 (black) and Corsair HX1050 modular psu that i bought 15 years ago. Best investment!
The stock cooler crashes my pc cause the cpu gets throttled and overheats. I bought a cheap cpu cooler and it fixed it so a cooler is defo worth it
I spent 70 bucks on a case and felt like i was really splurging, but any sort of cable management is really worth it
Angle grinded the front side of my nzxt h510 and put some mesh with magnets from Amazon on that bad boy. Dropped 10 degrees too
You can sorta save on the motherboard, but make sure it has good connectivity, has a decent chipset (no A series AMD chipset for example), and 4 ram slots
I did not expect to see snow bunny Gwen from vainglory in 2024
The first thing to cut is the LED lighting. Don't just cheap out on it, CUT it completely. 100% improvement.
Also you can get some REALLY good CPU air coolers for very cheap. I.e. Thermalright
I picked up a free case and free cooler for my new build. Only 500 bucks for a 12th gen i5, 32GB RAM, 3060 Ti, and 1TB nvme SSD. Loved scrapyarding my build :)
This lighting and fish-eye effect killed me... TO DEATH
I've got one of the cheapest cases NewEgg had at the time and I'm running a stock cooler. My build is 3 years old and the only thing I had to do was apply new thermal paste several months ago. My CPU doesn't get hot enough to warrant a better cooler and if you're building a budget build, neither will yours. Stock coolers are fine, they've gotten better in recent years.
Third party air coolers have gotten much better too. The Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 is one of best air coolers on the market and is only $35. There are other really good coolers for $20-30 too that can adequately cool most gaming CPUs far better than a stock cooler. You really don't need to spend much on cooling anymore.
Old cases probably won't fit the gigantic video cards of today.
Some will. The massive case trend isn’t a new thing.
@@stonecoldslateIt really is, just look at cards like the nvidia 7 series gpu's, they're extremely slim and in general really small, cards today are big bricks that are so heavy they will break the motherboard pci-e slot if you don't use a support bracket.
you're probably not getting a gigantic video card if your entire budget for a computer is $1000 ^^
Old cases also likely won't have newer USB support. They may have a space for like an optical drive but who really needs that today?
@@Dlf212 If you are on a budget you can just use whatever your motherboard gives you. Or just buy USB C hub later.
I myself need to use fast USB maybe once a year. And for that one occasion I am fine with USB on motherboard.
I remember when you could buy a case with included PSU for $30. That PSU was hot garbage, but if all you wanted was a basic web surf box, you were good to go. These days you'd struggle to find a freakin' cardboard box for $30.
Wow an actual tech tip!
That Y70 case with a screen is the exact case I’m
planning to buy at some point .. I already have the 60 😭