Building a cheap and upgradable gaming PC in 2023.
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2023
- Building a gaming PC in 2023 has become expensive especially if you are buying new, but what if you are on a really tight budget? Well today, we are putting together a low-budget gaming PC using pre-owned and older generation parts that’s not only cheap but also have a lot of potential when it comes to future upgrades.
System Specifications
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- RAM: Corsair Vengeance Pro RGB 16GB DDR4
- MB: Gigabyte Aorus Pro B450
- SSD: Crucial P3 1TB NVMe
- GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 580 8GB
- Case: Hellcracks HCS195
- PSU: Cooler Master 550w
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I used to have a 5700xt paired with a 3600. A great combo in its day and will no doubt still hold its own with modern titles. Thanks for the video.
The RX 5700XT is the sweet spot of budget gaming right now, just a shame I couldn't fit one in at this price range although with enough hunting around and wheeling and dealing someone could squeeze it in.
Great Casual gaming build with room for upgrades!
Great vid for us budget gaming pc builders. Going to look into NVMe's for sure after seeing this!
Thanks for this build spec 🙏👍😁
Good job, thank you.
I didn’t expect the gpu to be THAT powerfull. I was thinking that the better option was rx 6600 but the performance is so good with the 580 that I think that the rx 6600 wouldn’t be necessary in this pc. Amazing choice of other parts as well ❤
RX 6600 would be another good choice and if you can stretch the budget it would be the one to go for.
This is probably the setup I will use and if I want in the future get a better gpu
zen2 and b450 is a winning combo. what started in 2019 is going to be a legacy for gamers for many years.
Banger of a combination. Such a shame the B450 didn't support PCIe Gen 4 but either way some great featured boards out there.
@@TechLabUK a decent gen 3 drive is still fine and gen 4 drives will work in that slot. yes it won't be as fast. no it's not the end of the World. SSDs and DDR4 being as cheap as they are right now is so good. Just need something to happen to GPU pricing and we'll be in a golden age of PC gaming again. I'd argue a used 5700XT would offer a way bigger selection of games to play than the rx580 but honestly...there's a neverending list of "better" hardware but equally a neverending list of indie/free/2d/not too intensive games that the 580 will run that mean you could build this system and never play them all before you die.
@@aaldrich1982 Agreed, gen 3 drives are fine tbh. Some people are still using HDD so even a gen 3 is ultra fast in comparison. Would agree on the GPU too, just couldn't find them selling enough at the right price for the total build cost so the 580 8GB was the next best thing. If building for myself I would stretch to the 5700XT as it's still a great GPU.
Thank you …. Pc budget build and no CS Go in sight!!!! Looking to build a pc for my son, his current PC is fine for Fortnite but he will be screwed if he wants to get into newer titles.
im using the same cpu + mobo
actually what is the most impressive is how games looks on low settings and how bad it can be on high/extreme or whatever they call it :D
Very often low settings on PC games look similar to the console versions so many can play them at that without really noticing.
oh right that might be the case@@TechLabUK
Would this build run Red Dead Redemption 2 well? Not built one before, keen to tho!
Can't see why it wouldn't tbh, just depends on resolutions and settings really.
I’ve looked around and people keep saying I need to be spending £800+
I’d just like to play it at 60fps 1440, just seem at a lose tbh, so many people saying different things, I could go upto £500 max, any other builds you could recommend. Thanks in advance
@@GottaBeMark 1440p in new games will be difficult with that budget but for games like Red Dead Redemption 2. Look at and AM4 system with a 5000 series cpu and a Radeon RX 5700XT. If you have discord join our server (link in video descriptions) loads of good people there who can put a full build list together for you.
Hi, just come across your video. Would this set up run euro truck simulator 2?
Should be able too.
Thinking of building this for my son's first gaming PC, I've never built a PC but I'm confident I could do it. How would running a second monitor so he could use OBS for recording his gaming affect performance?
Running the second monitor not at all, recording on the same system at the same time may a little, depends on the quality of the game and quality of the recording.
@@TechLabUK Cool, so to mitigate would a better performing CPU manage that well?
@@GuitarSmartsPodcast Depends where the performance loss is, game being played an settings. I would say a system like this wouldn't have to much of an issue, would probably have a knock on effect to the performance of the game with OBS sucking a bit of resource tbh.
@@TechLabUK Nice one, I really appreciate the responses and help, thank you so much!
Great build, but with minimal upgradability, with RAM moving to all DDR5 eventually.
No platform is fully future proof but this is great for those on tight budgets and can still move up in RAM, Storage and CPU quite a bit. At those points they will be even cheaper upgrades as well.
Would it still work if I put a rtx1650 instead of the sapphire
You mean a GTX 1650 and yes, any GPU would work.
@@TechLabUK thanks, I read the name wrong on the website
is 500 watts powersupply enough with rtx 2060 6gb ?
same cpu
I believe a 500w is the recommended minimum so should be good.
@@TechLabUK Thank you
@@bkm5353 np 👍
That PSU is £128.15 on Amazon...not £50!? 🤔
£128 is a rip off for it, I paid less than £50 for them a while back but it's why I mentioned in the video alternatives which are priced around that figure.
This is why AMD is the best. Even at a budget games can run acceptable..
"A pc anyone can build"
Does not show how it was built😆
whats the upgrade for am4,already outdated 5800x3d,which can barely handle starfield at 60fps?Probably its gonna be dead in few years...u need a mental help amd fanboys...
And what would be other option you intel fanboy? 14th gen which is garbage? Am5 which is too expensive? Literally braindead
no problem at all, in 5 years like in 2028 the will be newer budget low power AMD build with AM5/AM6 and that's the way to upgrade for. Just use the old pc as secondary rig or give to family or sell it. I see no problem at all as if you build with intel LGA 1700 it will also be outdated in 5 years and it need total new rig. upgradeability is just delusional at this price points if you talk about >3 years from now.