Cheap vs. Expensive Gaming!? 

"Nobody needs this rig" I agree, send it to me and i'll dispose of it.

you should've named the last one: "your left kidney"

Please do an updated version of this! I love this video and would love to see overkill with a 3090!

I'm on a 24 hour guard shift and I've just been binging LTT. I'm running out of new videos and Linus is starting to look weird without a beard to me.

If you cant handle me at my "El Cheapo," you dont deserve me at my "The Overkill"

oh yeah? my overclocked intel HD graphics run solitaire on 200 fps during the fountain burst

You should do one of these every 6-12 months with the latest gear identifying where some of the older stuff you covered before has come down in price so they can now fit into the lower priced rigs.

"Now that I've experienced it, maybe I should sell my car" 😂

this called me broke in 50 different graphic cards

"Nobody needs 32gbs of ram" Chrome: "And I took that personally."

Riley: How do you feel about being the Gentlemen's date? Linus: well, the animations are noticebly smoother😎😎

“This looks amazing!” Me watching in 360p: Yep looks good 👍

1200 dollars: *the mid ranger* old office pc with no gpu: *I'm in danger*

17:35 "Look how sharp it looks" *Looks at 480p video on a 1366*768px laptop screen.*

Man, this video came out as I was getting bigger into computers and pc related hobbies, and it feels good to come back to this with a wealth of knowledge and a 4090. Old raptor would be so happy to see what we have only 3 years later!

I loved this format, I am looking at buying/ making a rig and I would love to see an updated version of this video

Applause for Riley's introductions to the PCs, loved it.

"now that I've experienced it; maybe I should sell my car..." about sums up the overkill build, nicely done :)

This should be something you guys do yearly. Love the names of the builds.

First build for me, went for the glow-up budget. Same case, but was lucky enough to go for a Ryzen 7 5800X and a Gigabyte RTX 3070 Vision OC. Not going for a purely gaming rig, also planning on using it for Blender, Zbrush and other modeling software. Jumping from a 5 year old PS4 to an insane PC is the best choice I’ve made in a while.

Just imagine having el cheapo, and playing hardcore online chess at 4k 144hz

Some PC lovers don't even play games... they only play benchmarks...

Please do a updated version of this! We need it.

"nobody needs this" minecraft: enable raytracing shaders and you will.

Linus at 60fps: "not so high framerate" Me at 30fps: WOW! THIS IS BUTTER-SMOOTH!!!

Glow up & overkill: the PC in your dream. Gentleman: the PC you need. Mid-Ranger: the PC you realistically can have. Athlete: the PC you ask your parents to buy for you. El Cheapo: the PC they buy for you.

I had long trouble fixing very minor details for best settings in Rise of the Tomb Raider and I would like to see how the game would run in Overkill.

Worked out a dream build on Overclockers, including peripherals it came to about £20k with no watercooling. Could've gone higher probably but some stock was limited. Will never get to build it but it's fun to do. Running an aging Gentleman right now.

I need the Overkill setup because I'm gonna build a crap ton of large redstone contraptions in Minecraft with Raytracing.

I am super happy to see that low spec set on LTT. I would had basically speced El Cheapo almost the same. Great job guys! Oh dear that poor Athlon tough! It hurts my heart to see it paired with that ram! With just a tiny upgrade (dual channel 8 GB) this would have been able to do actually decently on modern games... with some ¨creative¨ low spec tweaks. I also loved seeing how things scale on other price points.

I can’t believe this came out 2 years ago. My lord. Thank you for getting me interested in computers, Linus :)

I actually use that same monitor from the mid-ranger for my 2nd monitor! It's nice and the 1080p 22" frame is the perfect step down from my main 1440p 27" main monitor so having 2 monitors at different resolutions doesn't feel clunky.

The RTX Titan alone costs more then most peoples complete rigs lol.

I loved the dual hosting in this video, felt a lot more like two presenters rather than one presenter and the guy who did all the work

There needs to be a remake of this in 2024 (5 year difference). I'm hoping the 5000 series come out and it'll be hella fun to watch a overkill 5090 sli gameplay

Can we have a similar video but in 2024?

"Now that I've experienced it, I don't know, you know, maybe I should sell my car." lol.

I love how it went like this: 300 dollars, 600 dollars, too expensive, Too expensive, Too expensive, And.... Too expensive

Im still using those first two monitors shown. Love them both

Would love to see an updated version from the lowest gaming rig to an absolute beast with a 4090 now 2023 edition.

"it's kind of offensive to me that I built this" lmao

"Budgets? What are those?" might be my favorite Riley quote of all time!

I have watched this video a thousand times for my build thanks linus

I think in the end that anybody who wants a great setup needs to look out for luck in prices, bought a 3080 Vision OC, bought it for 650CAD (Brand New). You need to seek out these lucks in order to have a great kit for a very decent price

"I build PC's, there are six of em come in" This sounds like a scam that includes a black van with no pcs

Took me 15 years to get to the overkill level and honestly, overall my best memories are still playing Worms on Windows 95 or even FF7 on a PS1.

Such a great video, how could I missed it when it was released even after following Linus for more than 5 years

I always knew I had a mid range pc, but this really puts it into perspective

4:28 El cheapo 7:00 The athlete 9:20 Mid-ranger 11:55 The gentleman 12:33 The glow-up 16:54 Overkill

"You don't need 32 gigs of ram for gaming" *Google Chrome has entered the chat*

So nice that the prices have gone down for most compenents now. for the price of the athlete i ended up getting: CPU: Ryzen 5 3600 (Using the stock wraith cooler) 109$ CAD GPU: GTX 1660 Super 150$ CAD RAM: 4x4gb DDR4 3200 40$ CAD MOBO: ASrock b550m Pro 4 130$ CAD and the PSU and HDD i got came with a case i bought used which totaled around 200$ (600w Psu, 1Tb Hdd and a Basic Corsair prebuilt case that had 3 fans)

19:14 Not sure if the sound is the music or Linus's hands, it's so well-synced lol

The interior of that Overkill case looks like an apartment I can't afford

Tfw that monitor at the end costs more than your whole PC

11:37 i have a gentlemen's pc now and its quite the bang for buck, no joke

I really liked the introductions of the PCs

You might not need 32gb RAM for gaming, but ya definitely need it for chroming.

See you in 20 years when youtube recommends this video and overkill becomes el cheapo 😂

As someone who has basically the same PC as the mid-ranger it really is all you need imo. I'm more than happy with what I have and ofc you have the option to upgrade in the future

Thanks for the information

Cheapest PCs: *windows is activated properly* Expensive PCs: *Activate Windows watermark*

"are ya winning son" 8:17

Man, you should have swapped the monitors for "Prism+" ones they are way cheaper and yet still performs exceptionally well

the introductions to the pcs are the best part of the video

Riley is like "come in this room kid I've got lots of computers in here" xD

All right guys: The midranger OR The apple stand Which do you guys choose?

Love this video, please make another. My pc was over $10k with the rog z690, gtx 4090, i9 13900, 128gb fury beast ddr5, evga 1000w supernova, 2tb 990 pro ssd, custom hardline cooling, and the rog pg48uq oled. Did I spend too much, probably, but is it awesome? Yes.

Can you do this again with all the updated hardware and prices. Maby also with the used market 😉

Riley : ...a case-included PSU because it is cheaper... Linus : I said cheap, not CRAP!

Remember when the top of line GPU was like $500. I member

Even though this is a couple years old now I feel better about my current rig. I built it as an upgrade from my I5 about a year ago and it outclasses the "Gentleman" on pretty much everything and just behind the "Glow-Up" mostly... Rizen 5 3600, 1tb nvme m.2 (PCIEx4) for everything that runs, 1tb HDD for storage, 32gb ram (2x16gb), rtx 1650 super (4gb) all attached to a b550 tomahawk. Cost me about $1500 Canadian. Still can't crank everything in some games but I'm willing to sacrifice on shadows. At this point though I think it would be classed at about the "Midrange"... probably.

Just subbed! Love the info!

When the overkill system doesn't include a windows license

When they call an over $1000 gaming pc "mid-range" and anything above $500 is high end for me

That flex in the first 30secs throwing Bennys got me good Also the cheapest monitor is literally the same one I have. The. Exact. Same. 😭

id love to see another version of this for late 2023/2024

That overkill build costs more than all the PC i have owned since 1998.

17:16 "It's definitely unnecessary, no one would need this." Cyberpunk in 2020: "Bonjour"

just upgraded my rx 580 and r3 3200g to my rtx 2060 and r5 3600 and its the biggest recommendation. if you can look properly you will only be paying a few more for almost double performance. (also upgraded from 8gb to 8x2gb and its a lot faster as well with dual channeling)

The overkill is absolutely insane my friend got a 3070 a ryzen 9 5900x 4.5Tb of data 16gigs of ram. For 1/3 the price

"when i was a budget gamer" I wish i can say that line too sometime

" look how smooth this is with ray tracing" Me watching on my Nokia: wow

el cheapo paired with a good freshly picked pirated windows is so accurate.

You need to make an updated version of this. Please!

Jayz: DONT BUY ANY HARDWARE BEFORE NEW LAUNCHES LTT: Plans this video to be recorded before AMD and Nvidia launches

"Flash storage is so cheap" Never thought I'd hear that

Hey I'm a big fan, I'd love to see an updated video for today with cheap vs. expensive using new Ryzan boards

Crazy how fast technology changes in 2 years. Minus the dual graphics card absurdity, I’m gaming on high settings at 1440p for about $1800 all in. Somewhat comparable experience to this $7k build. Found some good deals on pc parts and a monitor. Landed a 3060ti from MSI at msrp for $659. More than I wanted to spend but the gpu apocalypse squeezed me for an extra $250 or so. I wonder what the price to performance build will look like two years from now

Approx Time stamps for Pc Specs: EL CHAPO 4:25 Athlete 7:00 Midranger 9:25 Gentleman 12:00 Glow Up 13:30 Overkill 16:55

pc1 "el cheapo" (309$) 4:37 pc2 "the athlete" (622$) 7:01 pc3 "the mid-ranger" (1028$) 9:22 pc4 "the gentleman" (1522$) 11:56 pc5 "the glow-up" (2505$) 13:33 pc6 "the overkill" (6806$) 16:55 you're welcome internet people

My rig is at the $600 including future gpu, not including my three monitors, mechanical keyboard, mouse, mousepad, speakers, headphones, capture card, desk, and chair. If you are wondering about the specks its. Core i5 11400 cpu, currently using built in graphics, 16 gigs of DDR4 memory, full ATX motherboard, 1 terabyte SSD, future gpu GTX 1070 Ti.

Great vid. Hope you do again.

"nobody needs this." "i'm embarrassed i built it." "oooh pretty!" "maybe i can sell my car."

I’m saving for “The Athlete”

03/2022 - 7:04 An RX 580 for $175? That is a price from a different age. Today you still have to play on an APU if you want to stay in this budget.

For anyone looking at this 3 years into the future with a shoestring budget, the "El Cheapo" is far better these days, and if you saw this and invested into that build all those years ago, you can upgrade fairly easily. If you don't need the monitor you could pick up a Ryzen 5 5600G for around $100 USD, you can also now get an 8 GB stick of DDR4 ram for only $2 more than they spent for the 4GB stick here. Or you could go $4 more and get 2 sticks of the same 4 GB sticks they used and gain access to dual channel for around $22. Also for the same cost as the SSD they used, you can get one with around double the storage. Motherboard is a tad more expensive now new at $69(nice) with the MSI A520M PRO-VH as the cheapest. I'm actually going to make my own personal suggestion for a case and power supply, and it's something LTT has suggested before, get grandma's old hand me down PC, strip it out and keep the PSU and Case, you should end up with more than enough power budget for the system because the 5600G doesn't really use much power, and while the case won't be the best, it will come with very likely the best price, free. Everything I just listed will run around $211 with best options. So you have some wiggle room to play around with upgrading things once again assuming you don't need a monitor, that would complicate things a lot unless you plan on buying one used. Though if you could find one for around the same price as the video it would only push your budget to $300.99 so you would still have a few dollars left over, and you'd already be well on your way to the next step up, as you already have a very good CPU, and you are already running an A520 motherboard for the added benefits of that. If you do upgrade unto the second stage, basically just adding a RX 6500 XT would likely work and is only $160, it's a low max power GPU that is actually a bit better and cheaper than the RX 580 they used, and would likely still work on Grandma's old PSU, as the CPU and GPU together would only be using around 172 watts, so the 240-250 watt power supply would still be hanging on, and because of how pricing has changed the "El Cheapo" already has 8 GB in 2 4GB sticks, but if you wanted to upgrade 2 8GB sticks of 3000mhz DDR4 is only around $40. Now yes you would be pushing an old hand me down Power Supply to put this much load on it, but if you are on a really tight budget, this would work, and would only push the overall total up to, $411 without a monitor and $500.99 with one the same price as the video. It should also be noted you'd likely end up with performance close to the Mid-Ranger with this set up as well, with this set up winning in CPU intensive loads, and lagging around 10% behind on GPU heavy loads compared to the 1660 ti in the Mid-Ranger, but also that 1660 ti is now over $600, and the RX 6500 XT is only $160. Now to address why no 12th or 13th gen Intel CPUs, the simple answer is the price comparable Intel CPUs to the Ryzen 5 5600G are just flat out worse. The most price comparable i3-12100F runs at the same boost speed, with a smaller L3 and L1 cache and doesn't have integrated graphics. The most price comparable Intel CPU I can find that actually seems to be available is, the i5-12400T that will cost you $170, but AMD can play that price game to, as the Ryzen 7 5700G is only $9 more, and gives you FAR better performance while funnily enough using less power. So in conclusion, you can get "El Cheapo" prices for nearly "The Athlete" levels of performance these days, and you can get under "The Athlete" pricing for "Mid-Ranger" levels of performance. Also I will note in general adding a budget PSU and Case will only run you around $80-$120 more so if you don't have a hand me down PC or just an old PC laying around, it still keeps the prices competitive with the video. Also all prices I listed were in USD as I'm fairly sure that's also what LTT did. Obviously prices are going to vary based on your region.

Riley is fucking hilarious. Those intros had me crying. Amazing writing guys

I love seeing Linus losing 5:0 to bots in Rocket League.

That first acer monitor I used to play competitive cod and it worked great

Star Citizen Nomming down all the ram you can throw at it is why I needed 32 gig aha (yes, not the most optermised game by Miles but the ram upgrade from 16 was very noticible) Love these kinds of vids and want more like this :)