Assuming you're not planning to sell this build immediately, I'd love to see each piece get upgraded and tested as part of a series of tests to see which component someone would want to upgrade first.
1st upgrade would need to be the videocard: a 6600 or a 6700 that are now so cheap. 2nd would be the cpu, upgrade bios if needed and upgrade to a 5600x, or a 5600x3d if you live near to a microcenter, or finaly best upgrade posible is a 5800x3d, that chip is so good still.
GPU would be first. That CPU can go up to a 6600 with ease in FHD. Or you could just get the 6600 from the start, since the price on it isn't that much these days. As for "upgrades", you can put in a 5800x3D which tops out a 6800XT in FHD or a 6950XT in QHD or a 7900XTX in 4K. This would be the most possible performance you could get on the AM4 platform. As for the most sensible option, it would be a 5700x with a 6700XT in FHD, 6800 in QHD, 6950XT in 4K. Each combination between the sensible and the most powerful option is twice the money but not twice the performance. It's somewhere around +30% more performance.
Just today recieved all the parts to finally move on from my lga1155 , got a ryzen 5 5500,b550,and ram for 200, got an rtx 2080 for $150 on ebay, and reusing my PSU. Also got a nice m.2 drive for $30. For like 400$ I'm stoked to finally try 165hz!!! Love your budget videos bro.
I think you could save up some money on B450 mb as that 5500 only supports PCIe 3.0 so PCIe 4.0 fucntionality of B550 is useless. But all in all, I wish you a long serving PC that will handle pretyy much any game that you want to play!
This PC will not run the latest games at decent framerates. Anything made after 2020 will need to be ran at the lowest settings barely getting to 60 fps
I would love to see a timeline of the different budget pcs you have build over the years as it would be interesting to see how trends and prices change over time.
If you're making a build like this, make sure to check on the second hand cost of AMD options like the RX 580 and RX 590 8 GB cards. They perform as well or better than the GTX 1060 and those 2 extra GB of VRAM will be a huge help in 2023.
I always love it when the channel does something in relation to their username. This system is similar to one I built my friend! Their system was a R5 3600, B450M, Zotac GTX 1660S, 1TB MP34 M.2, 16GB Crucial 3200MHz, EVGA 600GD, all in a little sleeper office PC case, just a little over $300 :)
Same here also built by brother a PC for online class, with a used tray cheap* cpu R5 2600 that cost 40$ back covid, a RX580 2048(570), and oh god I can't help but smile seeing the corsair vengeance LPX; i highly thank Corsair for that; a seasonic M12, and a M.2 WD Green. RX580 2048, Tray chip used AM4's, Vengeance LPX, a used motherboard, might be the staple of budget gaming here in Asia.
@@btd1114 Some people do a 256/512 for the boot drive and are okay with games on a HDD, but yeah, I definitely agree that a 1TB drive is less hassle and just easier to work with. I'm a weirdo and my main system has 12.5TB of space and that 0.5 is my boot drive, an SN850 M.2 from WD lmao
@@ANN1H1LATE89 In my eyes 1660 super/ti is still 1080p sweet spot gaming. Maybe a 2060. I have a 2060 super and find I can have an enjoyable 1440p experience.
AM4 is in a very good place price wise right now. Best performance for the money, most of the time anyway. The 1060 6gb and the rx580 8gb are both extremely cheap for the performance as well. After the scalpocolypse, we are finally back in a sweet spot for finding cheap used parts that also offer great value! Why build new when the better deal is used?
The thing with buying used stuff is that, not only do you not have warranty, there is plenty that can go wrong when you uss the part you just bought. So I understand someone for wanting to buy new.
@@thorham1346 and the motherboard VRMs (no radiator! sweet jesus) are quite literally going to explode if you try to run a 5600x or, god please no, 5800x3d. It's an upgradable system, sure but the main components are "replace immediately" tier.
@@crispybottomyep, rule Number 1 in PC building is: Never, ever, on your life, skimp on the PSU!!! Because a faulty PSU can wreck all your other components. And bad power delivery also helps causes coil whine at much lower fps than udual. Additionally that board has only 1 m.2 slot and he's not using the SATA ports so the system fails the upgradeability test right there. Next issue is 16 GB of RAM, not enough for today, it should be 32GB and it's not much of a price increase. Also one of the best ways to save on a budget build is to carry over working storage. Carried over 2 of my old SATA SSDs, they still work, why throw them away?
@@efeloteishe4675 Games, if I wanted to run professional programs on it, I'd recommend 64 GB at least. Look at any moderately new game, they profit massively from 32 GB of RAM. And I'm not even talking about DCS, then I'd have to recommend 64 GB instead of 32GB. 16GB has no longevity and it costs next to nothing to upgrade it. 25 Euros for 16 GB, 50 for 32GB. That's less than 30 Euros for. Also it's a 6GB VRAM card, so it's very likely that it will run out of VRAM, which means more RAM usage, on top of the game+System's requirements.
That's an awesome platform to start with. I really love the flexibility of Mid Tower cases. You could add additional 2.5 ssds or old hdds that are laying around. A simple video card swap would do wonders. I love this build, great job!
i recently built a PC for a family member with the Hellcrack Classic case and i was genuinely baffled by just, how good it was for that price, great video as usual!
Subbed to this channel back in college because im a poor fuck looking to squeeze every bit of performance on old components now im rocking a high end setup and still here keep it up boys you can do it
great video! i've built and flipped dozens of budget builds and i am always impressed with the performance you've been able to get in recent years for the $250-$400 budget
Very well priced build and the segment about the front panel conenctors reminded me of my first build in 2020, where my build hadn't booted because I incorrectly plugged the front panel connectors. Luckily plugging them in correctly and it posted.
Love these affordable builds u keep making vide on really helping out most of us who can't afford to get a 4090 and a Ryzen 9 keep up the great work 👍❤
but only to play older games ,lately games are released that have rtx 2080 as minimum spec and only do 55fps on that ,on gtx 1080 they become unplayable in 20 fps range (Immortals of Aveum)
@@bassax7045 Not really I just built a client of mine custom PC for $1,600USD ish. Has a R5 7600 240 rad cooler 128 gigs ram 2060 Super 750 watt PSU two 2 tera SSD and a 500 gig SSD. all with RGB. He's getting a better GPU later on.
Back in 2014 my build was a very good one. Still running daily and had some good luck oc'ing it. 4670K i5, 16 gb ddr3 ram and 1070ti. The gpu's where always upgraded. Gtx460 sli, 660ti sli, 970 in sli and the 1070ti is likely the last upgrade this old beast got.
If your handy at repairing cpu socket pins you could probably get a cheap z690 and an i5 12600K used, just make sure its DDR5 because you'll want Hynix A die ram
Nice minimalist build with no RGB :) Some really mega cheap cases still have a slot for a DVD drive on the front with ample HDD bay space. I really love to turn those machines into pseudo servers filled up with old HDD I have laying about. Plus you can turn your old DVD games into ISO to use on other devices.
Dam good cpu i had one up untill my upgrade to am5 . I still feel very privileged and lucky that i have had the ability to build my pc and am grateful.
A build after my own heart, I have built several similar systems and sold them locally with great results . Never had one come back for any reason. Usually used an RX570 class card as they are a personal favorite
Saw a couple of RX 5600XT's go on eBay the other day for around £80-85, they're so overlooked now a days! definitely a card to look out for, for budget systems
Really nice build! Hope you turn this into a series where you gradually upgrade the PC over time and see how it handles. Possibly the GPU to a 2060 or 590, CPU to a 5600 or i5, etc. As someone who built a PC during the shortage crisis it’s crazy just how cheap building a fairly powerful gaming PC today is. Great video!
Nice one! Mine's as follows: Deepcool Matrexx 60, used AMD A320M board & Ryzen 3600 w/Prism cooler. ebay 3600MHz DDR4. Used 1070Ti. Decent power supply, some cheap solid state storage (I used a repurposed 512GB NVME from a dead laptop and got a good deal on a 2TB SSD) and call it a day!
Nice deals to start the build. Nice case but a few £10 more and you get more fans, a mesh front and tempered glass side panel. Felt the 2600 was held back by the 1060 a bit. Great build overview, but for the new builders who might watch your video I would add the recommendation to build outside the case before putting it in to check everything works, particularly if some parts are 2nd hand.
An alternative to the case for the same price you can get the hellcrack midi which is atx,has a mesh front panel,a tempered glass side panel,three front fans and magnetic dust filters
I think its a staple now for budget builds to get a used 1060 or an RX580 2048, tray chip AM4's, and the corsair Vengeance LPX. Built my brothet one during covid online classes
Just finished building using this as a guide - picked up at RX 590 and a different branded SSD as well as AX3000 WiFi card as I'm not close to an ethernet port at my desk, but still came in around £350! Bargain I think with a slightly better GPU in there as well. Can only switch on and install Windows tomorrow now so fingers crossed! Also got the CPU from CeX, but mine didn't come with a fan so had to pick one up separately which added a little on!
A really nice and cozy build, and that 1060 is beautiful. A month ago I found the same one as showed in the video but couldn't make a deal with the seller for €100... Too bad for him I got a 2070 super 3 days ago for €180. I'm thankful towards him ahah.
I built a similar computer yesterday for my girlfriend, I got a Ryzen 3600 for €60 and a GTX 1660 Super for €80, both in excellent condition. The rest of the build was made with new parts (I also used this Corsair memory) and in the end everything cost ~€350. It's pretty crazy to think how cheap you can build a gaming computer now, I paid €450 just for my 6600 xt at the time. Btw, I really like your videos and it inspires me to build good and cheap computers. I'm even thinking about making a business out of it or maybe recording some videos. A hug from Portugal!
I done a second build based around budget and performance. I ended up with a CIT F3 case (Black/Blue) for £26, EVGA 600W PSU for £35 new, 32GB DDR4 RAM for £35, Ryzen 5 1600X for £70, GTX 1050TI for £35 and a 2TB Crucial P3 SSD for £70 and I got the same Mobo Gigabyte B450M-K for £60. Runs games like world of warcraft and FF14 at around 60-70fps at 1080p medium settings ish. I loved the rubber holding mechanism for the SSD, I ended up chewing the SSd screw in my wife's PC and had to get creative when we upgraded her M.2 SSD earlier this year
2:06 Only 2 RAM slots on the motherboard, that's bad! I would personally save a bit more and look for a motherboard which at least offers 4 RAM slots, for the best in upgrade options.
7:50 you can have more than two: I bought a SATA power to three header for my next build from aliexpress where you have the one header for rear fan and power for front fans directly from PSU 🥰
Well not really, considering that the closest priced 5000 series card in the UK, the RX 5500XT shows slower performance than the 1060 on average. I’d say the better choice would be the RX 580 but there’s much less of an upgrade path for that compared to the 1060.
@@akturosu Wow, i understand that people prefer Nvidia but this is something else. 5500XT can trade blows with a GTX 1660 and is considerably faster than the RX-580. Very hard to understand how someone can say that is slower than a 1060, a card that can't even beat the 580, not to mention the 5500XT incredible efficiency.
@@akturosu No worries, it can happen to anyone. Maybe you confused the 5500XT with the 6500XT that is crippled by it's PCIe running at x4? That is a really problematic card indeed.
This is almost my exact same build from 2020 with a slightly different case that has optical drive bays. A Sata 3 SSD (M.2 is way cheaper now) and an RX 580 (comparable to the 1060 and $50 on the used market)
Thank you, i am still on the i5 7600K and GTX 1070. I already have the case, a 800w PSU, 2 SSDs + 1 HDD and 2 x 8GB DDr4 3200 RAM. I was wondering what motherboard and CPU to upgrade to, while holding on to as many components as possible.
Always nice to see a budge build, 1060 6gb isn't something to sniff your nose at. Recently I got a pc from Cex for 290 with a ryzen 1500x, 16gb ram and a rtx 2060s.
Plug in the EPS (CPU) power cable before actually installing the board. So much easier than trying to find some long pliers or something to try to get the thing in it's spot.
thanks a lot although i have a some what similar gpu using an rx 580 an asus rog one my cpu is really old because a relative gave it to me its a A4 6300 so the bottle neck is literally at 60-70% specially on cpu intensive games im planning to upgrade soon so this video really gave me a much more in depth guide specially on the motherboard because i was only planning to get a really cheap a320 board but with this guide it made me think more better on how i can save more in the future upgrades
6:34, I`m pretty sure you got our Front Panel Power button cable the wrong way around. Unless it don`t matter. I always have the writing showing at the top.
Your build is very good, reasonably priced and I believe that it has a lot of future potential. Very nice idea! The core components of my main pc are very similar to the one you built. I have a R5 1600af oc'ed to the levels of a r5 2600, a B450 Tomahawk max and I originally had 16gb of 3200mhz RAM until a month ago that I added to of the same sticks for a total of 32gb. I also have the nv2 1tb nvme drive and about the PSU, I own the 600W2 version which was part of my secondary PC and now I have it as a veey trustworthy backup I used to own the GTX 1070 ROG Strix but I sold it a few months ago. The main difference is that I have my build in a nice NZXT H510 case.
0:20 I would have gone for an AeroCool CS-107 v2 Case £29.99 from Scan... it has a Perspex side window and 3 x fixed RGB Molex powered fans meaning they just show a rainbow static effect and wont cycle through the colours. Probably one of the best bang for buck budget cases out there at the moment... would definitely like to see an upgrade video on this though.
I bought an Aerocool case recently (Trinity Mini I think it was called?) and the build quality is super cheap, and the fans are very loud, and have no way of controlling the speed. Don't know if the CS-107 is the same, but I'm not buying another Aerocool again.
@@BillyBoy444 oh yeah, I didn’t expect amazing quality of course. Tempered glass side panel and three rgb fans for that price is pretty good, but the case itself is just SO cheaply made, and a pain to build in. I could have gotten a Coolermaster for a similar price, but without the glass and fans for the same price, and I will probably do that next time.
Love the build videos! My daily chores of computer usage are done on a dull mid range modern system - but I build secondary ones for others and my 'retro-modern' CRT gaming computer. I'm currently trying to find the most extreme setup to showcase the... um... drumroll... G7400. I've been patiently gathering pieces for this build, including a Pentium 4 era 'gaming case' (acrylic side panel, blue air 'duct' leds, blue led clear fans, and aluminum! Woot! Antec 160w for $10, complete with vintage Athlon motherboard, and Noctua cooler... and a Soundblaster... and a Wifi card... multiple old drives and a card reader). I'm thinking that either a 1660 Super/Ti or rx5300 (to take advantage of PCIe 4)... Or maybe a m6000, as it is possibly the best NATIVE CRT analog output... but for building purposes I'm using my Titan Black... Anyways, you've always been kind of a motivator to me, and I love it when you celebrate old or... um... entry level tech for enthusiasts. Your honesty and genuine enthusiasm for suffering are very relatable and relaxing.
I got almost the same setup, a 2600, gtx 1060 6gb, 32GB RAM, same SSD and an MSI B450 Gaming Plus MB, these work great combined, and as you mentioned, It's room for upgrade down the line since I just built mine in the past 2 months :D
@@hrvojemilicevic3309 I've currently changed my whole setup, upgraded to new AM4 parts & Graphic card (R5 5600, Aorus B550 Elite, GTX 1070) but the previous parts were pretty cheap when bought because those were used (only SSD & RAM was new) I think I paid like 90-100 Euros for MB, CPU & Graphics Card.
Dont forget the ASUS Strix GTX 1060 has additional fan headers built on it for adding those front fans. I think the software also will allow for gpu temp speed controlling for better quality fans for adaptive case intake cooling.
Really nice video. A beginner pc builder like me can learn a lot. In spcific what components to chosse for upgradability: - High Watt PSU - Motherboard with a socket that supports a lot of CPU generations (AMD seems to be the only option xD) The rest of the system can be adujsted to what your wallets weight. Nice video, I will remember it for when I need it again!
Board is not sufficient for 5000 processors. For example B550M-K doesn't support PBO. It's missing in BIOS, completely. I was very dumbfounded, TBH. You should go for any of MSI VDH B450 stuff.
9:38 that drift into the parking space was smooth lol. I was hoping this build wouldn't go over 1k of my currency but it's just over 1.5k, so a bit disappointing but it should be worth it for the upgradability. Also, I'm new to this channel but have you ever done a gaming build that's power efficient while being fairly cheap? I think that would be interesting to see
a small investment into a M.2 heatsink would be a good ideo. a nvme ssd can get really hot sometimes and that tiny bit more for a cheaper heatsink is not thrown out money.
The GREAT thing about this pc is how upgradable it is and you can do it over time. Upgrade the psu.. a month later put in a ryzen 5600 cpu that you got a deal on.. then a month after that put in a gtx 1070ti or rtx 2060 etc that you got for a great deal. 3 or 4 months later you have a much more powerful pc for cheap and it was easy to do. Good video.
A little piece of advice for everyone if you buying cheap case at least make sure it has some sort of front cuts to take air in, and it would be wonderful if it also had at least half of space on the top with holes to let that hot air out... Some recomms: FSP/Fortron CST130BASIC, Cooler Master Masterbox Q300L, MSI MAG Forge 100M, Deepcool CC560 White
The case may be cheap but the front I/O cables were all black, which is very nice. Unlike those expensive cases that are still using colored wires for their cables.
Can this desktop tower be used as a simple workstation desktop tower for my home? I don't play games on my desktop tower; I've always used gaming consoles. I use my desktop for office work, email, very simple photo enhancements, watching UA-cam and Netflix, listening to music on my computer CD player and some DVD movies as well, I'm a senior. Thanks for your answer.
Have you done a low power/idle home server style build? I'm looking at a few options at the moment whether that's re-using an old enterprise machine or building from scratch. Would be an interesting video including some power stats (if you've not already done a video like this?)
Can anyone explain why those tedious motherboard header connectors still exist? I hate fiddling around with the polarity of the power, reset hdd etc Why isn´t this already just a standardized socket like the usb 3.x header?
The Gigabyte B450M DS3H variant of that motherboard is also cheap and it has VRM cooling that helps with overclocking and any powerful CPU if you want to put on it.
I built nearly this (different B450, 1600 instead of 2600x, RX580 instead of 1060) in 2018 because I thought it'd age well as a gaming and content creation PC and honestly, though the upgrade path is fantastic, I haven't bought anything else for it.
Yeah, unless you want to play the modern AAA games, something like that is perfectly fine for 1080p gaming. I only just upgraded my RX 480 a month ago after six years.
well even for 1080p its ruffy^^@@EnglishMike ppl dont understand it, 6cores/16gb of ram aged like spilled milk, for new tripple a games heh would need to build an intirally new machine cuz the foundation of that silly B450 wouldnt allow for a 5900X/RTX 3080 for example, cuz its a cheap psu, cheap case, cheap nvme (probly DRAMLESS-.-) and 16gb of ram would be the same as putting the same parts 5900x/3080 onto an X570S, 64gb of RAM and a Corsair MP600, would be miles better of a complete experience so the upgrade path aint that fantastic as u might think ^^
@@tyonorshapzc7tjfvb7-caz Whet the hell is this comment doing on a channel dedicated to low budget gaming? I think you took a wrong turn somewhere. You don't need a 5900x or 3080 for 1080p gaming. That's just silly.
Assuming you're not planning to sell this build immediately, I'd love to see each piece get upgraded and tested as part of a series of tests to see which component someone would want to upgrade first.
1st upgrade would need to be the videocard: a 6600 or a 6700 that are now so cheap.
2nd would be the cpu, upgrade bios if needed and upgrade to a 5600x, or a 5600x3d if you live near to a microcenter, or finaly best upgrade posible is a 5800x3d, that chip is so good still.
always the gpu
@@Blackfatrat since we're speaking about a specific build with 16gb ram and a 2600X, GPU all day
5600g, 5600x isn't worth it tbh@@josejuanandrade4439
GPU would be first.
That CPU can go up to a 6600 with ease in FHD. Or you could just get the 6600 from the start, since the price on it isn't that much these days.
As for "upgrades", you can put in a 5800x3D which tops out a 6800XT in FHD or a 6950XT in QHD or a 7900XTX in 4K. This would be the most possible performance you could get on the AM4 platform.
As for the most sensible option, it would be a 5700x with a 6700XT in FHD, 6800 in QHD, 6950XT in 4K.
Each combination between the sensible and the most powerful option is twice the money but not twice the performance. It's somewhere around +30% more performance.
Just today recieved all the parts to finally move on from my lga1155 , got a ryzen 5 5500,b550,and ram for 200, got an rtx 2080 for $150 on ebay, and reusing my PSU. Also got a nice m.2 drive for $30. For like 400$ I'm stoked to finally try 165hz!!! Love your budget videos bro.
Nice :)
I think you could save up some money on B450 mb as that 5500 only supports PCIe 3.0 so PCIe 4.0 fucntionality of B550 is useless. But all in all, I wish you a long serving PC that will handle pretyy much any game that you want to play!
@@prosecanlik4296 I wanted to go 450 but all the stuff about having to update bios possibly scared me lol, thanks for the advice tho I appreciate it!
What would be a good upgrade cpu when the time comes? Same socket obv.
@Ciffer-1998 good to know!
I'd love to see another video about this machine with upgrades in place. To show the potential it could have.
i loved this build so much, its simple, fast and it runs the latest games at a fairly decent framerate
I think a 1660 Super or RX580 would have added a lot more value for little cost.
I think the GPU choice was rather disappointing.
@mistermudpie considering i got an RX580 8GB used for $60 yeah
This PC will not run the latest games at decent framerates. Anything made after 2020 will need to be ran at the lowest settings barely getting to 60 fps
Thanks!
I would love to see a timeline of the different budget pcs you have build over the years as it would be interesting to see how trends and prices change over time.
Yeah I was just thinking about this the other day
@@RandomGaminginHD 🤔Having a Playlist of the Build videos would be good too
If you're making a build like this, make sure to check on the second hand cost of AMD options like the RX 580 and RX 590 8 GB cards. They perform as well or better than the GTX 1060 and those 2 extra GB of VRAM will be a huge help in 2023.
Yeah great suggestion
The RX580 is too slow to utilize that extra 2gb of vram.
@basshead. Not quite true, had one in my rig about a year ago. It was surprising how much it could still do.
@@tarvest Yeah, if you are happy to play AAA games at low settings lol.
@@basshead.The same applies to a 1060 6 GB also.
In fact Tom's hardware's gfx card hierarchy puts the RX590 8 GB ahead of the 1060 anyway
Your 2021 budget build is what introduced me to you back then, thanks for all your hard work!
I always love it when the channel does something in relation to their username. This system is similar to one I built my friend! Their system was a R5 3600, B450M, Zotac GTX 1660S, 1TB MP34 M.2, 16GB Crucial 3200MHz, EVGA 600GD, all in a little sleeper office PC case, just a little over $300 :)
I'm happy to see you used a 1 tb drive. storage is so cheap yet i still see 512 so often
R5 3600's and 1660super/ti's go for next to nothing these days and are still very capable in loads of games
Same here also built by brother a PC for online class, with a used tray cheap* cpu R5 2600 that cost 40$ back covid, a RX580 2048(570), and oh god I can't help but smile seeing the corsair vengeance LPX; i highly thank Corsair for that; a seasonic M12, and a M.2 WD Green. RX580 2048, Tray chip used AM4's, Vengeance LPX, a used motherboard, might be the staple of budget gaming here in Asia.
@@btd1114 Some people do a 256/512 for the boot drive and are okay with games on a HDD, but yeah, I definitely agree that a 1TB drive is less hassle and just easier to work with. I'm a weirdo and my main system has 12.5TB of space and that 0.5 is my boot drive, an SN850 M.2 from WD lmao
@@ANN1H1LATE89 In my eyes 1660 super/ti is still 1080p sweet spot gaming. Maybe a 2060. I have a 2060 super and find I can have an enjoyable 1440p experience.
AM4 is in a very good place price wise right now. Best performance for the money, most of the time anyway. The 1060 6gb and the rx580 8gb are both extremely cheap for the performance as well. After the scalpocolypse, we are finally back in a sweet spot for finding cheap used parts that also offer great value! Why build new when the better deal is used?
Wouldn't really recommend the old gfx card generation, you're not going to have much fun with it. RDNA2 is on clearance sale right now.
The thing with buying used stuff is that, not only do you not have warranty, there is plenty that can go wrong when you uss the part you just bought. So I understand someone for wanting to buy new.
Zen 3 and alder lake are both really good value these days
This is literally my old build except with a b450 gaming x, did me proud for the past 6 years.
It's funny how all budget builds almost always use am4
Built a junkyard pc for 200 with a 2700, sold it for 250. Buyer said he’s popping a 5600 with a rx5700xt..alls to say, am4 mad value lol
Why is it funny? I dont understand
There aren’t really any good cheap Intel options if you want something that came out recently
*upgradeable builds
@@jiggybucksington That or something that came out years ago.
That's not a bad build for the money, you've got some real bargains with that hardware!! Nice one!
Best tech tuber there is. Simple. Wholesome. Relatable. Being British is also a plus!
I have tis same motherboard and was having an issue, Thanks to your video I found the solution! Thank you!
That EVGA W1 PSU is listed on Cultists Network as "F-tier: replace immediately"
Indeed, and even worse, it's second hand.
@@thorham1346 and the motherboard VRMs (no radiator! sweet jesus) are quite literally going to explode if you try to run a 5600x or, god please no, 5800x3d. It's an upgradable system, sure but the main components are "replace immediately" tier.
@@crispybottomyep, rule Number 1 in PC building is: Never, ever, on your life, skimp on the PSU!!! Because a faulty PSU can wreck all your other components.
And bad power delivery also helps causes coil whine at much lower fps than udual.
Additionally that board has only 1 m.2 slot and he's not using the SATA ports so the system fails the upgradeability test right there.
Next issue is 16 GB of RAM, not enough for today, it should be 32GB and it's not much of a price increase.
Also one of the best ways to save on a budget build is to carry over working storage.
Carried over 2 of my old SATA SSDs, they still work, why throw them away?
@@LupusAries 16GB of ram is enough, what are you even going to run on it? blender?
@@efeloteishe4675 Games, if I wanted to run professional programs on it, I'd recommend 64 GB at least.
Look at any moderately new game, they profit massively from 32 GB of RAM.
And I'm not even talking about DCS, then I'd have to recommend 64 GB instead of 32GB.
16GB has no longevity and it costs next to nothing to upgrade it. 25 Euros for 16 GB, 50 for 32GB. That's less than 30 Euros for.
Also it's a 6GB VRAM card, so it's very likely that it will run out of VRAM, which means more RAM usage, on top of the game+System's requirements.
That's an awesome platform to start with. I really love the flexibility of Mid Tower cases. You could add additional 2.5 ssds or old hdds that are laying around. A simple video card swap would do wonders. I love this build, great job!
i recently built a PC for a family member with the Hellcrack Classic case and i was genuinely baffled by just, how good it was for that price, great video as usual!
Just who decided to name it though ? Hellcrack ? Lol.
@@Gatorade69😂ikr
Got me intrigued on what other cases they had to offer
I agree with what some have said about creating a series of slowly upgrading this build to show us what can happen if you choose to do so.
The thing with watching your videos is that you can instantly give it a thumbs up before viewing it, and i haven't been wrong yet :D
Yes
I have been awaiting such a video from you for a while,i'm at the beginning of it but its 100% gonna be awesome i can already tell.
Subbed to this channel back in college because im a poor fuck looking to squeeze every bit of performance on old components
now im rocking a high end setup and still here keep it up boys you can do it
Good video. Impressed you could get that setup for under £300. I have been looking a new components but perhaps I should lower my expectations.
Gosh watching all these pc builds makes me feel excited to build my own pc in November. I plan on using it for 3D software like Blender.
Well deserved 500k subs keep up the good work
For how much PC's I've built, this video is just something ordinary, but the way you are talking about it makes me watch more, as always!
great video! i've built and flipped dozens of budget builds and i am always impressed with the performance you've been able to get in recent years for the $250-$400 budget
Whats the cheapest you think you could do a pc that could run starfield at minimum requirements (its not for me, someone asked me recently)
Quality content as always, Cheers from the US. Keep us updated on this Build!
Excellent video. Love the fact that you reference the specific parts, where you can get them from etc.
Very well priced build and the segment about the front panel conenctors reminded me of my first build in 2020, where my build hadn't booted because I incorrectly plugged the front panel connectors. Luckily plugging them in correctly and it posted.
Love these affordable builds u keep making vide on really helping out most of us who can't afford to get a 4090 and a Ryzen 9 keep up the great work 👍❤
You can get a decent build for about $1,200 if not about $800
but only to play older games ,lately games are released that have rtx 2080 as minimum spec and only do 55fps on that ,on gtx 1080 they become unplayable in 20 fps range (Immortals of Aveum)
@@bassax7045to be fair 2023 releases are really bad so far, so yeah playing older ones is not a bad thing at all
@@bassax7045 Not really I just built a client of mine custom PC for $1,600USD ish. Has a R5 7600 240 rad cooler 128 gigs ram 2060 Super 750 watt PSU two 2 tera SSD and a 500 gig SSD. all with RGB. He's getting a better GPU later on.
The case in this video I was actually considering, thanks for confirming the quality of the case! 👍
Back in 2014 my build was a very good one. Still running daily and had some good luck oc'ing it. 4670K i5, 16 gb ddr3 ram and 1070ti. The gpu's where always upgraded. Gtx460 sli, 660ti sli, 970 in sli and the 1070ti is likely the last upgrade this old beast got.
If your handy at repairing cpu socket pins you could probably get a cheap z690 and an i5 12600K used, just make sure its DDR5 because you'll want Hynix A die ram
Nice minimalist build with no RGB :) Some really mega cheap cases still have a slot for a DVD drive on the front with ample HDD bay space. I really love to turn those machines into pseudo servers filled up with old HDD I have laying about. Plus you can turn your old DVD games into ISO to use on other devices.
There's something satisfying about large GPUs, they are intimidating and you can really tell that they packed a lot of power!
Dam good cpu i had one up untill my upgrade to am5 . I still feel very privileged and lucky that i have had the ability to build my pc and am grateful.
AM5 is such a great platform :)
A build after my own heart, I have built several similar systems and sold them locally with great results . Never had one come back for any reason. Usually used an RX570 class card as they are a personal favorite
After living through 2 renovations (living at home during the renovations) you have my sympathy 💐 ✊🥳
The case very much reminds me of the one I've been using for years now. Nice build!
this build is a beast on some esports title especially on vsync off 1080p 144hz, great build!
It’s only 1060, you can find cheap 1080 too, or use your own old 1080 Ti
I bought a hellcrack case before very cheap to buy new but very good for price nice to see one being used.
Saw a couple of RX 5600XT's go on eBay the other day for around £80-85, they're so overlooked now a days! definitely a card to look out for, for budget systems
5600xt are surprising! I nearly bought one, but i found a 5700xt for 10$ more.
Really nice build! Hope you turn this into a series where you gradually upgrade the PC over time and see how it handles. Possibly the GPU to a 2060 or 590, CPU to a 5600 or i5, etc. As someone who built a PC during the shortage crisis it’s crazy just how cheap building a fairly powerful gaming PC today is. Great video!
Nice one! Mine's as follows: Deepcool Matrexx 60, used AMD A320M board & Ryzen 3600 w/Prism cooler. ebay 3600MHz DDR4. Used 1070Ti. Decent power supply, some cheap solid state storage (I used a repurposed 512GB NVME from a dead laptop and got a good deal on a 2TB SSD) and call it a day!
DDR4-3600 on a320? Is that compatible?
@@BonusCrook well, the board is flashed to take the 3600 so hey it might've been part of that revision. Either way it's a stable 3600.
@@boingkster oh cool
Cant say how many times i install the motherboard and screw it down just to find out i forgot to install the i/o shield
Nice deals to start the build. Nice case but a few £10 more and you get more fans, a mesh front and tempered glass side panel. Felt the 2600 was held back by the 1060 a bit.
Great build overview, but for the new builders who might watch your video I would add the recommendation to build outside the case before putting it in to check everything works, particularly if some parts are 2nd hand.
missed watching this guy. Quality videos everytime
An alternative to the case for the same price you can get the hellcrack midi which is atx,has a mesh front panel,a tempered glass side panel,three front fans and magnetic dust filters
I think its a staple now for budget builds to get a used 1060 or an RX580 2048, tray chip AM4's, and the corsair Vengeance LPX. Built my brothet one during covid online classes
Just finished building using this as a guide - picked up at RX 590 and a different branded SSD as well as AX3000 WiFi card as I'm not close to an ethernet port at my desk, but still came in around £350! Bargain I think with a slightly better GPU in there as well. Can only switch on and install Windows tomorrow now so fingers crossed!
Also got the CPU from CeX, but mine didn't come with a fan so had to pick one up separately which added a little on!
A really nice and cozy build, and that 1060 is beautiful. A month ago I found the same one as showed in the video but couldn't make a deal with the seller for €100... Too bad for him I got a 2070 super 3 days ago for €180. I'm thankful towards him ahah.
Ooow the reason I started my own channel! RGinHD budget builds 🤩
I built a similar computer yesterday for my girlfriend, I got a Ryzen 3600 for €60 and a GTX 1660 Super for €80, both in excellent condition. The rest of the build was made with new parts (I also used this Corsair memory) and in the end everything cost ~€350. It's pretty crazy to think how cheap you can build a gaming computer now, I paid €450 just for my 6600 xt at the time. Btw, I really like your videos and it inspires me to build good and cheap computers. I'm even thinking about making a business out of it or maybe recording some videos. A hug from Portugal!
I done a second build based around budget and performance. I ended up with a CIT F3 case (Black/Blue) for £26, EVGA 600W PSU for £35 new, 32GB DDR4 RAM for £35, Ryzen 5 1600X for £70, GTX 1050TI for £35 and a 2TB Crucial P3 SSD for £70 and I got the same Mobo Gigabyte B450M-K for £60. Runs games like world of warcraft and FF14 at around 60-70fps at 1080p medium settings ish. I loved the rubber holding mechanism for the SSD, I ended up chewing the SSd screw in my wife's PC and had to get creative when we upgraded her M.2 SSD earlier this year
i did same mistake about PCIE covers on my case but luckily for me, mine are screwed in - no need to break them off so i was able to screw it back :D
2:06 Only 2 RAM slots on the motherboard, that's bad! I would personally save a bit more and look for a motherboard which at least offers 4 RAM slots, for the best in upgrade options.
0:52 Is that sound dampening on that side panel? If it is, what I WIN! And the standoffs are in place! 😀
Love everything about this build. I like rgb builds but I also love the classy all black or og oem prebuilts.
7:50 you can have more than two: I bought a SATA power to three header for my next build from aliexpress where you have the one header for rear fan and power for front fans directly from PSU 🥰
Good to see AM4 being so affordable these days! Nice build and great video as always!
I feel like a better gpu choice would have been a radeon 5000 series card given todays gpu market but other than that nice build
Well not really, considering that the closest priced 5000 series card in the UK, the RX 5500XT shows slower performance than the 1060 on average. I’d say the better choice would be the RX 580 but there’s much less of an upgrade path for that compared to the 1060.
@@akturosu Wow, i understand that people prefer Nvidia but this is something else. 5500XT can trade blows with a GTX 1660 and is considerably faster than the RX-580. Very hard to understand how someone can say that is slower than a 1060, a card that can't even beat the 580, not to mention the 5500XT incredible efficiency.
@@Brazkainetsb My bad, I got the performance of the 5500XT confused for another card. Should've double-checked before making my comment.
@@akturosu No worries, it can happen to anyone. Maybe you confused the 5500XT with the 6500XT that is crippled by it's PCIe running at x4? That is a really problematic card indeed.
Love your vids mate, thanks for the great content !!!
Glad you like them!
This is almost my exact same build from 2020 with a slightly different case that has optical drive bays. A Sata 3 SSD (M.2 is way cheaper now) and an RX 580 (comparable to the 1060 and $50 on the used market)
great build 👍 .. also recommend budget gaming laptop under 650$
I thought I was immune to off-brand PC component names. HellCrack proved me wrong.
Damn a respectable build for a tiny budget! Good work
I would always recommend a 4 dimm motherboard for upgrading and the pieces aren't too far off
Thank you, i am still on the i5 7600K and GTX 1070. I already have the case, a 800w PSU, 2 SSDs + 1 HDD and 2 x 8GB DDr4 3200 RAM. I was wondering what motherboard and CPU to upgrade to, while holding on to as many components as possible.
Always nice to see a budge build, 1060 6gb isn't something to sniff your nose at. Recently I got a pc from Cex for 290 with a ryzen 1500x, 16gb ram and a rtx 2060s.
this is a great content.. not everyone can afford an expensive pc especially in my country where all of this parts prices are so high.. 🙂
Plug in the EPS (CPU) power cable before actually installing the board. So much easier than trying to find some long pliers or something to try to get the thing in it's spot.
Very good point.
thanks a lot although i have a some what similar gpu using an rx 580 an asus rog one my cpu is really old because a relative gave it to me its a A4 6300 so the bottle neck is literally at 60-70% specially on cpu intensive games im planning to upgrade soon so this video really gave me a much more in depth guide specially on the motherboard because i was only planning to get a really cheap a320 board but with this guide it made me think more better on how i can save more in the future upgrades
6:34, I`m pretty sure you got our Front Panel Power button cable the wrong way around. Unless it don`t matter. I always have the writing showing at the top.
Great video! I use a R5 2600 as a daily driver and it does pretty much everything fairly well. AM4 is amazing really.
Your build is very good, reasonably priced and I believe that it has a lot of future potential.
Very nice idea!
The core components of my main pc are very similar to the one you built.
I have a R5 1600af oc'ed to the levels of a r5 2600, a B450 Tomahawk max and I originally had 16gb of 3200mhz RAM until a month ago that I added to of the same sticks for a total of 32gb. I also have the nv2 1tb nvme drive and about the PSU, I own the 600W2 version which was part of my secondary PC and now I have it as a veey trustworthy backup
I used to own the GTX 1070 ROG Strix but I sold it a few months ago.
The main difference is that I have my build in a nice NZXT H510 case.
0:20 I would have gone for an AeroCool CS-107 v2 Case £29.99 from Scan... it has a Perspex side window and 3 x fixed RGB Molex powered fans meaning they just show a rainbow static effect and wont cycle through the colours. Probably one of the best bang for buck budget cases out there at the moment... would definitely like to see an upgrade video on this though.
I bought an Aerocool case recently (Trinity Mini I think it was called?) and the build quality is super cheap, and the fans are very loud, and have no way of controlling the speed. Don't know if the CS-107 is the same, but I'm not buying another Aerocool again.
@@Aruneh yeah I can't argue but for the price they are what you'd expect really. Just think they look better than the all black with no side window.
@@BillyBoy444 oh yeah, I didn’t expect amazing quality of course. Tempered glass side panel and three rgb fans for that price is pretty good, but the case itself is just SO cheaply made, and a pain to build in. I could have gotten a Coolermaster for a similar price, but without the glass and fans for the same price, and I will probably do that next time.
This was my exact build 2 years ago, even used the same PSU at some point haha
Love the build videos!
My daily chores of computer usage are done on a dull mid range modern system - but I build secondary ones for others and my 'retro-modern' CRT gaming computer. I'm currently trying to find the most extreme setup to showcase the... um... drumroll... G7400. I've been patiently gathering pieces for this build, including a Pentium 4 era 'gaming case' (acrylic side panel, blue air 'duct' leds, blue led clear fans, and aluminum! Woot! Antec 160w for $10, complete with vintage Athlon motherboard, and Noctua cooler... and a Soundblaster... and a Wifi card... multiple old drives and a card reader). I'm thinking that either a 1660 Super/Ti or rx5300 (to take advantage of PCIe 4)... Or maybe a m6000, as it is possibly the best NATIVE CRT analog output... but for building purposes I'm using my Titan Black...
Anyways, you've always been kind of a motivator to me, and I love it when you celebrate old or... um... entry level tech for enthusiasts. Your honesty and genuine enthusiasm for suffering are very relatable and relaxing.
I got almost the same setup, a 2600, gtx 1060 6gb, 32GB RAM, same SSD and an MSI B450 Gaming Plus MB, these work great combined, and as you mentioned, It's room for upgrade down the line since I just built mine in the past 2 months :D
How much did you pay for that setup?
@@hrvojemilicevic3309 I've currently changed my whole setup, upgraded to new AM4 parts & Graphic card (R5 5600, Aorus B550 Elite, GTX 1070) but the previous parts were pretty cheap when bought because those were used (only SSD & RAM was new) I think I paid like 90-100 Euros for MB, CPU & Graphics Card.
Great vid. Those early Ryzen's are popping up cheap in my local market.
A downside is that the Ryzen 2000 series on Zen+ cannot run TPM 2.0 that Windows 11 needs.
Dont forget the ASUS Strix GTX 1060 has additional fan headers built on it for adding those front fans. I think the software also will allow for gpu temp speed controlling for better quality fans for adaptive case intake cooling.
*Just sold my 2600x, 1660 super, 16GB rig today for £300 today :)*
I had a similar setup in 2018, with a RX 480 8 GB.
Really nice video. A beginner pc builder like me can learn a lot. In spcific what components to chosse for upgradability:
- High Watt PSU
- Motherboard with a socket that supports a lot of CPU generations (AMD seems to be the only option xD)
The rest of the system can be adujsted to what your wallets weight.
Nice video, I will remember it for when I need it again!
Board is not sufficient for 5000 processors. For example B550M-K doesn't support PBO. It's missing in BIOS, completely. I was very dumbfounded, TBH. You should go for any of MSI VDH B450 stuff.
9:38 that drift into the parking space was smooth lol. I was hoping this build wouldn't go over 1k of my currency but it's just over 1.5k, so a bit disappointing but it should be worth it for the upgradability. Also, I'm new to this channel but have you ever done a gaming build that's power efficient while being fairly cheap? I think that would be interesting to see
its always been gtx1650 for low powers
The 1650 sucks, most mid tier GPUs are power efficient anyway
I liked this vid; you didn't get too technical!
Pretty nice that a mid tier rig from around 2018 is still pumping out 1008p/60 in 2023.
a small investment into a M.2 heatsink would be a good ideo. a nvme ssd can get really hot sometimes and that tiny bit more for a cheaper heatsink is not thrown out money.
The GREAT thing about this pc is how upgradable it is and you can do it over time. Upgrade the psu.. a month later put in a ryzen 5600 cpu that you got a deal on.. then a month after that put in a gtx 1070ti or rtx 2060 etc that you got for a great deal. 3 or 4 months later you have a much more powerful pc for cheap and it was easy to do. Good video.
Imagine upgrading a major component every month instead of just building it with a 5600 and a better card
A little piece of advice for everyone if you buying cheap case at least make sure it has some sort of front cuts to take air in, and it would be wonderful if it also had at least half of space on the top with holes to let that hot air out...
Some recomms: FSP/Fortron CST130BASIC, Cooler Master Masterbox Q300L, MSI MAG Forge 100M, Deepcool CC560 White
Exactly my build but with a gtx 1660!❤ im upgrading my gpu to a 3060ti soon. Or a 6600 or 6700. And cpu will be next!
Any old DDR 4 intel CPU is better, some old GTX 1080 TI, why crab old build. If you do old, do it good !
The case may be cheap but the front I/O cables were all black, which is very nice. Unlike those expensive cases that are still using colored wires for their cables.
Can this desktop tower be used as a simple workstation desktop tower for my home? I don't play games on my desktop tower; I've always used gaming consoles. I use my desktop for office work, email, very simple photo enhancements, watching UA-cam and Netflix, listening to music on my computer CD player and some DVD movies as well, I'm a senior. Thanks for your answer.
Have you done a low power/idle home server style build? I'm looking at a few options at the moment whether that's re-using an old enterprise machine or building from scratch. Would be an interesting video including some power stats (if you've not already done a video like this?)
id love to see just how far this build will be in the future with its upgrades
Can anyone explain why those tedious motherboard header connectors still exist? I hate fiddling around with the polarity of the power, reset hdd etc
Why isn´t this already just a standardized socket like the usb 3.x header?
The Gigabyte B450M DS3H variant of that motherboard is also cheap and it has VRM cooling that helps with overclocking and any powerful CPU if you want to put on it.
I built nearly this (different B450, 1600 instead of 2600x, RX580 instead of 1060) in 2018 because I thought it'd age well as a gaming and content creation PC and honestly, though the upgrade path is fantastic, I haven't bought anything else for it.
Yeah, unless you want to play the modern AAA games, something like that is perfectly fine for 1080p gaming. I only just upgraded my RX 480 a month ago after six years.
well even for 1080p its ruffy^^@@EnglishMike
ppl dont understand it, 6cores/16gb of ram aged like spilled milk, for new tripple a games heh would need to build an intirally new machine cuz the foundation of that silly B450 wouldnt allow for a 5900X/RTX 3080 for example, cuz its a cheap psu, cheap case, cheap nvme (probly DRAMLESS-.-) and 16gb of ram would be the same as putting the same parts 5900x/3080 onto an X570S, 64gb of RAM and a Corsair MP600, would be miles better of a complete experience so the upgrade path aint that fantastic as u might think ^^
@@tyonorshapzc7tjfvb7-caz Whet the hell is this comment doing on a channel dedicated to low budget gaming? I think you took a wrong turn somewhere.
You don't need a 5900x or 3080 for 1080p gaming. That's just silly.