I like that this a very flexible build. You can get extra gpu power just by stepping up to a 7800xt without a cpu bottleneck and you can also upgrade the cpu down the line to a future am5 3d cache cpu with a new GPU in a few years and keep it balanced and relevant. AMD is honestly treating gamers and pc builders pretty good all things considered. I would personally build this exact build with a 7900gre, which has a relatively good price in my country
I noticed in the comments and from HU responses to comments that there is a confusion between budget and value builds. This video is about value build, but people are confusing it with budget builds. Here is a difference between these two. When you are making a value build, you are looking best bang for your buck. You are not looking for cheapest parts, but parts which give you the most per dollar spent. Budget build on the other hand tries to achieve minimum acceptable performance for as little money as possible. These things are not the same. Here is the recap: Budget -> Cheapest computer for acceptable gaming performance Value -> Getting the best performing PC for as little as possible
If you want value, you gotta live next to a microcenter and watch their bundle deals like a hawk xD. For about the same price, you could build a computer with a much more impressive cpu leveraging one of those deals.
I don't think this is a great value pc, if you are going to spend $1200 then you probably have lots of money. Another $300-400 gets you a 7800x3d and 7800xt or 7900gre. 25% more in cost gets you a LOT more than 25% in performance. That's value. Neither are budget.
I dont disagree with the core intent behind your comment, being that 1200 bucks is not "cheap". However, i also think many people fail to consider the timeframe. Gaming is indeed a cheap hobby, even if you went for a 4000 bucks gaming pc every couple years. Not like you'll replace it every year. Most people would probably keep a new system for 3-5, or even 7+ years in some cases, depending on their priorities and usecases. If you buy a new 2000 bucks gaming pc every 5 years, that's barely a bit over 30 bucks a month. As far as hobbies are concerned, that's actually pretty darn cheap. Going out for food to a restaurant once a month will cost you more. Buying a starbucks every couple days does too. A lot of people happily spend tons of money on alcohol, nicotin, coffee, energy drinks, the 3 redundant streaming services they subscribed to, the membership for the gym and public pool they barely use, as well as the monthy payments to pay off their needlessly expensive car, which they solely got to impress others, all the while going on expensive concerts and whatnot.. just to then complain about the price to upgrade their pc every couple years lol. Just to be clear, im not saying that's you. There will always be people who genuinely struggle paying for pretty much anything, while not throwing their money out for all kinds of other things. But it's kind of funny when those that do complain about the one purchase that probably offers them more value than any of the others combines. Few things exist in life where you can easily get thousands, if not tens of thousands, of hours of enjoyment out of for such little cost.
Pretty solid component choices, although for the cooler the best bang for buck air coolers right now are the Thermalright Peerless Assassin or Phantom Spirit 120 SE, which are around the same price as the arctic freezer 36, but offer vastly better cooling performance. Thermalright's liquid coolers are also pretty good and quite a bit cheaper than the liquid freezer III. I'm probably sounding like a Thermalright fan boy right now, but they are kind of killing it in the cpu cooler market right now in terms of value and the quality of their coolers is on par with more expensive models out there.
Solid build!! Good value for money. Shame Microcenter is inaccessible to most people. They have an absolutely amazing bundle deal going right now. R7 7700X + MSI B650 Gaming X Wifi + 32GB G.Skill Flare X 6000-CL32 for $379. Absolutely nuts compared to the rest of the market, and makes for an excellent start.
I'm so glad I live near one. (It was formerly a Circuit City. Remember those?) Now if Nvidia actually sold reference cards to Micro Center instead of just Best Buy...
Nah I'll sit this one out, I don't wanna compare to the $1200 build I did in November 2022 because there's no way I'm ready to recover from that financially again.
No offense, but you need to handle your finances better if $1200 throws it out of whack. You should always have atleast twice that, preferably four times that sitting in your bank account for unexpeted things breaking. Washing machine, car, etc.
@@The_Noticer. What I mean is I don't need to be spending £1200 on incrementally upgrading a toy every 18 months. I have a kid, other hobbies, and better things to be spending that money on. Yes I need that amount in money or available credit for emergencies, that's why I'm not spending it - so I have it available, for emergencies. Maybe you should handle getting a read on whether your unsolicited opinion is warranted better, then you wouldn't need to say jackass phrases like "no offence".
@@InnuendoXP Hey mate, you are the one that put yourself out there. Changing up the story to save face doesn't help your case either. If you have plenty of disposable income but choose not to spend it on PC parts every cycle, congratulations, you're like everyone else. But thats not what you wrote in the OP.
@@The_Noticer. "I will never financially recover from this" is a common glib hyperbolic expression in online parlance & the cost of discretionary non-essentials like gaming hardware is a non-trivial expense for most normal people on a median income with bills to pay & mouths to feed. So the idea of the prospect of the cost being repeated in a narrow window of time is enough to make most normal people wince a little - hence the hyperbole, which is emotionally, though probably not literally, relatable to many people. You just saw an opportunity to be a judgemental sanctimonious ass & found it irresistible, and apparently are continuing to find it irresistible.
I have the same GSkill memory kit, using it with an Asus B650E-F Gaming mobo and a 7600X. The entire system is unstable when using the Expo2 profile but works flawlessly when the Expo profile is running. Just a tip for anybody using this RAM kit but having weird crashes while gaming.
At this point it's surprising there aren't more videos like this. For gaming, you get so much more for your money going with all AMD, especially now that they've really started to do well with FSR and AFMF.
@rube9169 FSR has shown to have slightly worse image quality but a lot of the time offers a bigger improvement in framerate than DLSS. AMD is killing it right now.
Great build, Steve! Keep up the great work! Only one question, were those side fans mounted as intake or exhaust? If it was set to exhaust, with no other intake fans in the build, I believe that may have a negative impact on your testing temperatures. Great day to ya, boss!
6 months after last black Friday and the new-build value pc has barely changed at all. Built a 7600x/6800xt/32gb@6000/750w/1tb Gen 4 machine in jonsbo d31 for a friend and it came out to just about $1200.
I think it makes sense to spend way less on the PSU, get a slightly cheaper motherboard and case, and get a $20 Thermalright tower cooler to fit a 7800XT into that budget. Also the 7500F is on AliExpress for like $130.
Great build. Your fan config with the AIO is wrong tho - you need to pull air through the radiator not expell it - otherwise you wont have any airflow through the system.
@@gamingunboxed5130 Its fine when you can draw air from the ventillation in the base.. but it can be tricky when there are power supply, modular cables, harddrives in there blocking it.. I run an AIO which is cooled by the case fans drawing air through the top vent only.. CPU never gets passed 50c. With a 4090 or a very high end cpu you need to make sure a decent amount of air is being drawn from outside though
Could've gone MUCH cheaper on the PSU, saved a few bucks on the case and motherboard (why is everyone so obsessed with being able to run a Ryzen 9 they'll never buy?), and used a $20 Thermalright cooler to fit a 7800XT in the budget. Also the 7500F is $130 on AliExpress.
Back in my day this bot you i5 4690 and GTX 970 PC with 16GB. A build where you max out any game comfortably at 1080p the mainstream resolution at the time.
I'd be curious to see a test of these AM5 motherboard to see how well some of them implement ECC where possible. I'm more interested in maximizing stability at the cost of a little bit of performance personally, and have been trying to research how I could get a (proper) ECC setup out of the Ryzen platform, I'm told it's possible but support is patchy. Would be an interesting topic to explore, and I haven't seen many do so.
PC pricing has gone off the rails, $1200 on a mid range pc. Strix Halo APU next year will have 8/12/16 Zen 5 cores so smoking the 7600 and the GPU will be refreshed RDNA3.5 with 40CU's(same CU count as the 6750XT). I can already envision custom gaming PC's with the 8 core variant for under $1000.
Building a similar PC for £900 i want the arctic cooler but currently 124.99 it was 76.99 at one point if it was still I would get it but i got a steal on another aio
So random thought (hear me out) - AMD has the power to control Nvidia's release cadence for RTX 5000 series to some degree with Zen 5. Why? 4090 was heavily cpu bottle-necked in lower resolutions including 1440p and Nvidia are Nvidia. They want no competition at the high end and i don't think Jensen would be happy if there was little to no performance improvement @ 1080p and a decent amount of 1440p situations. (for a $2k card)
Hey, I see you show credit for who made the outro song, but I cant find that song anywhere. I found three songs by that author here on youtube, but thats it. Any way can get a link to that song? Its pretty good.
Eh, I can still build an rx 6600/r5 5600x pc for around $700 that will play most games. $1200 is pretty much mid/high price IMO. I know this isn't exactly a budget build video but having "bang for your buck" and $1200 in the same title is a little weird.
This is an optimal build but it does say a lot that you can potentially get a PS5 Pro this holiday for around 500 to 600 dollars, literally half the price, and it might have similar performance and graphics fidelity at 1440p and 4k, except maybe not as high framerate at 1440p, though displays typically top out at 120 or 144 hz anyway, my third pc build is a 7900 xt build easily cost about 2000 and I still stuck with am4 and 5800 x3d due to value.... pc gaming just is not good value anymore, for me it is easily affordable, but it's crippling the experience for most of the audience honestly
Happy of 7900 xt? Considering it, for it's big ram and high raster. Slightly concerned about power consumption (330 watt, i prefer 200 watt), how is it with fans and their speed?
🙂 Honestly if you got cash to burn I would get both, but if your Broke then I understand, pickup the Sony Pony for Stellar Blade, and you got to have the PC for the pc only games library, because I don't know how else are you going to pickup free pc games every week from the Epic Store? your leaving a bunch of video games on the table, right now everybody can go pickup Farming Simulator 22, what are you waiting for?
Consoles have always offered better value and there’s nothing wrong with that. I don’t think the PS5 Pro comes in under $600 though. Contrasting points: this CPU is some 50% faster than what will be in the PS5 Pro. If the rumors about the PS5 Pro’s graphics are true, the 7700XT may actually be mildly *less* powerful.
For people who are mad of 1200$ PC being in the value range , consider inflation. 1000$ in 2020 would become 1211$. The build is very reasonable , and tbh if you are on tight budget, can make this work also at 1100-1050
I like the gaming performance section because even if I'm not interested in this exact build, it gave me a realistic estimate of how this price tier of system would perform and what settings I would expect to use and what that looks like. I was like: Ah, so this is a good, real 1440p gaming system. And extrapolate from there. I wish the section was a bit longer with more games. But I appreciate all the hard work you were doing already, Steve!
@@MrSamadolfo I strongly disagree. What are someone's "needs" for gaming enjoyment and appreciation is not for you to say: that's entirely subjective. What's the best bang for buck build, on the other hand, is objective: that's just data, a set point which anyone can use in order to evaluate what's best for them, depending on their personal taste, budget, and needs.
If you live near a Micro Center in the US, they have combo deals going on where you can snag some good CPU+Mobo+RAM combos for $300 - $450 which should cut the price down quite a bit.
I got a 12900k, mobo and 32gb of DDR5 for about $400. I already had a 2060 and storage and an old case so I was basically up and running. I ended up going back a few months later and picked up a 4070 for about $450 (open box). It was about a two hour drive but worth it.
Fortunately, I live in driving distance from a Micro Center, and while I'm a bit disappointed that Nvidia only sells their reference cards at Best Buy, I did get an RTX 4090 back at release at the MSRP. Same with an AMD Ryzen 7950X. It turned into a great desktop.
😒👍 Correct, i live near Microcenter Westmont and Microcenter Chicago, the only two combo deals if your serious is the 783D or the i9, but if your really really serious just go for the horns and pickup the 7950X3D 16/32 and open her up 👊😒 bliiiiiiiiiiii 🚤......
For about the same price (maybe $100 more before taxes) as the build in the video, I built a computer with a 14700k using one of those bundle deals. Ironically enough, the best time to build was between Black Friday and New Years; there were some really great SSD deals at the time as well.
This is a great configuration Steve! I saw that you mentioned the R7-7700 and I would say that it would've been the best answer to your CPU cooling question because the $80 difference would've been wasted on an AIO while choosing the R7-7700 would immediately solve the issues that the Wraith Stealth can have. This is because the R7-7700 comes with a fantastic stock cooler in the form of the AMD Wraith Prism. You know, the Wraith Prism is a CRIMINALLY-underrated CPU cooler and I say that from personal experience. I've been using one for about 1½ years now on my R7-5800X3D and it works great. It's also the most beautiful air cooler that I've ever seen or heard about and would integrate perfectly into any PC's RGB colour scheme. It just looks like a nuclear reactor sitting on your CPU, far better than that rather bland-looking Arctic tower cooler. I've seen the reviews and benchmarks and the Wraith Prism easily handles the all-core load of an R9-7950X when running CineBench R23. I would agree that the gaming performance of the R7-7700 wouldn't be noticeably different than that of the R5-7600 but there would be significant productivity gains that could be realised with it. Even if that's not important to a gamer, I also have to assume that having two extra cores never hurts going forward and I would rather have 8 cores than 6 if the gaming performance isn't reduced. We have seen that the R7-5700X3D and R7-5800X3D do out-perform the R5-5600X3D in gaming so it's not like those two extra cores do nothing. At the very least, you're getting a gorgeous air cooler that is more than capable and the extra money you're spending is actually upgrading the CPU as well as the CPU cooler. That's a win-win in my book but it probably wouldn't have any significant effect in gaming (although resale value would probably be better). The savings could also turn that RX 7700 XT into an RX 7800 XT instead of turning the R5-7600 into an R7-7700 which would have a far more dramatic impact in gaming performance but then you're still stuck with the Wraith Stealth which is why I think that the R7-7700 would be the way to go, at least initially. You and I both know that this is why AIOs are objectively a bad idea but, as you said, people still throw their money away on them for the sake of aesthetics and it's that very desire for aesthetics that makes me even more keen to recommend the Wraith Prism because it's like the best of both worlds. It's free, has great cooling performance and is stunning to look at. In any case, this is a fantastic build and I agree on everything else that you've put in here. This is a build that many novice builders would do well to emulate. Steve, good on ya mate! 😁
Value does not mean that it has to be cheap. You can build a very fast gaming pc for $800 with a ryzen 5 5600 + rx 6750XT. Today is one of the best times in a long time to build a pc, prices on everything except motherboards and graphics cards have never been lower for the value you get
@@mikem2253 Of course, that's always been the case - the (basically) 6700XT-equipped consoles offer great performance for the price. But you spend the money on PCs to play PC games/play games the PC way or to do PC-specific things, which unfortunately comes at a cost.
@@ulamss5 According to bestvaluegpu, the 7700XT ranks 4th place in value (3DMark Score divided by Amazon price, new condition only). There are only 3 SKUs above it: 6650XT, 6750XT and 6800.
@@ulamss5 In value terms of 3DMark Score divided by Amazon price, new cards only, the 7700XT ranks in the 4th place. (For some reason RU-vid keeps hiding the comment if I say the source site)
@@tomario8094That's a dead platform with no real upgrade path. AM5 still has a lot of life in it and uses DDR5 RAM, which some games like Spider-Man really prefer.
Nah, RX 6600 XT is much slower. You won't play 1440p above low details with that one, if you want to have at least 60 FPS. The 7700XT should be very suitable for 1440p, if you don't value Raytracing. It is a 1440p card and the 6600XT mostly 1080p (without heavy use of upscaling)
Two things I think are worth mentioning For the CPU you can also get the Ryzen 5 7500F in some places for less than the 7600. The 7500F cost here in Germany 158.99€ and the 7600 181.80€. This is not true in most places, so I understand that it wasn't talked about And for cooler, the Thermalright Assassin Spirit 120 V2 and all the ones that share the design, because they tend to be cheaper than the Arctic cooler, still performs well, but may not look as good. I think there is also a birthday deal from Arctic, which is why the Arctic cooler is so cheap
I don't think that's worth it, it's 22.81€ cheaper but the R5 7600 clocks slightly higher, includes a iGPU, and comes with a stock cooler and pre-applied thermal paste. Buying a CPU cooler and some thermal paste can easily cost you more than 22.81€. Having a iGPU is also very handy, if your GPU breaks down you can still use your PC.
@@zoopa9988 I don't think a lot of people will need the iGPU, which can still be good, but I rather have a cooler and more quiet PC than the iGPU. Plus if you buy a cooler either way, which I think a lot of people will do, you would need to pay more. The clock yes that is right, but not as big of a difference, because in the end you would probably be able to just overclock it to the same performance. I also don't know why you would buy thermal paste separately instead of using the one that comes with the cooler, it rarely makes a giant difference But yeah the iGPU could be worth it for some people, especially if they are the people troubleshooting
@@cybernd6426 Do CPU coolers come with some thermal paste? Didn't know that. It does indeed seem like most people don't use the stock cooler that comes with the R5 7600, and you can indeed just overclock the R5 7500F to perform similar to the R5 7600/X version, performance between these 3 is barely noticeable, if at all. You could still sell the stock cooler that comes with the R5 7600, or keep it as a back-up cooler. But if you don't care about the iGPU, and don't want to use a stock cooler I guess the R5 7500F is a nice option.
the most important difference between the 2 mainboards: the asrock b650 pg lightning has three m.2 slots, while the msi has two. so if you want to upgrade your storage later on, better get the asrock.
Not having to use PCIe adapters for storage is a plus though - they may cause boot issues/longer boot times, and can interfere with a vertically mounted GPU.
@@Hardwareunboxed yes but still its worth a comment, a pcie adapter still costs like 15$ and if you want to have a clean build, it doesnt really look nice
Steve was definitely thinking in terms of a few extra bucks here or there to max out longevity, and a good PSU can easily carry you for 10, even 20 years or more. Having enough power means you don’t have to replace it the next time or four you decide to upgrade. Which in turn means more money for a bigger GPU etc. I have an 850W Silverstone PSU that’s 15 years old powering a 5800X3D and 6900XT. I have every expectation I’ll still be using it 5 or more years from now.
9:00 For most countries you're going to want a thermalright phantom spirit at that price, but if you want to spend less then one of the other single tower thermalrights
@@MrSamadolfo The Mugen 6 is about 30% more expensive than the phantom spirit and offers less cooling performance. The Mugen 6 isn't a a bad cooler or anything, but the phantom spirit is a much better bang for the buck cooler.
Seconded, i went for a single-tower Thermalright myself, for my budget Ryzen 7600 build. Price/performance is unbeatable in many regions, especially for AM5 cpus (certain cooler-brands have been tested to perform differently on Intel vs AMD cpus).
It's worth pointing out that system has a lot of upgrade potential, PSU and board are fine for very big CPU/GPU upgrades later on. Realistically if you saved for a couple of years and got the next gen 7800X3D and whatever GPU is out at the time you'd immediately be back up and running. I don't see any other part of the system aging poorly in the next 5 years, PSU is also ATX3.0. I've done stuff like this in the past and just used the old CPU / GPU on a media centre or something.
Yep. A lot of comments are missing this part of the equation. For anyone that understands how fantastic the longevity of AM4 has proven to be, this build will be an easy platform to drop in a 9800X3D or 11800X3D when they come out, along with whatever monster graphics card your budget is able to muster, without needing to dump money on a bigger power supply all over again. It’s just a little extra cash now that will feel great five or six years from now.
I agree, I see a lot of Value in this build. It will be very easy in a few years to upgrade this system vs someone building a "budget" build . And in the mean time they will be gaming at 1440 high quality vs budget.
@@kenshirogenjuro873 That was my thought process when I built my PC in February. 7800X3D and 7900XTX. Went with a a B650E motherboard to get the Gen 5 SSD and GPU options so I can rock a brand new build in a couple years at a greatly reduced cost.
@@benknapp3787 yep, less wasted cash, less ewaste going into landfills, less hassle installing upgrades, you just win across the board. Nice build, btw. 👍🏻
Now that i think about it, while i tried to keep that option open at first too, i dont think i ever actually upgraded an existing system. Other than replacing a dead GPU once. I always end up going for a full new build when the time comes. Then i wait until it feels outdated again.. at which point there is pretty much no point in upgrading individual components anymore anyways. Upgrading the GPU is always an option of course, but usually by the time i would want a new CPU, the socket changes, which means you have to replace the motherboard (and which that disassemble the whole thing) anyways, and potentially even need new RAM. But maybe that's just me. To be fair, i also kinda enjoy the peace of mind of knowing i have a working system until the new build actually runs, since i've had a lot of problem with faulty hardware in the past. So i guess there is that.
You say “still” as if you think it’s old. The 6800XT is still a really stout card and will continue to be for a good few years. It’s actually stronger and will carry you longer than the 7700XT Steve chose for today’s build. I’m seriously jealous of anyone that landed a 6800XT at MSRP when it came out. Those people have been riding high for a few years and can expect to go a few more.
@@frandingofd4059 yeah but the point is you sure don’t need to. Consider it holds up okay against the 4070 which IMO is far and away Nvidia’s most respectable card this generation. You can always upgrade if you just feel like it, but I’d wait until after AMD releases the next FSR, as that’s rumored to finally implement AI to bring it to parity with DLSS. Soak in that “fine wine” effect.
Sir,I don't want to spend more on SSD, Should I can use 1 TB SSD here instead of TEAMGROUP CARDEA A440 is 2TB If your answer is yes then which 1TB SSD should i use?😊❤
Imagine saying you're interested in value then spending $100 extra on an AIO that adds no value instead of bumping the GPU for example from a 7700XT to a 7800XT. Please Steve, make your mates feel silly.
I've never understood people using AIOs for gaming builds. If your using a CPU for gaming, that needs that level of cooling, you're doing something wrong/ way overkill.
It absolutely is. I’m pretty sure Steve is just going with stuff that’s current-gen and is sure to remain readily available for a while. Supply of 6800s and 6800XTs has dwindled and could be gone any day at this point. I don’t know why people aren’t scrambling to get the last remaining cards out there especially with the recent suggestions that FSR is likely to finally get the “AI” treatment to close the subjective gap with DLSS. This is almost guaranteed to be back-compatible to at least 6000-series cards.
They're pretty even in a lot of things besides streaming so if someone in the future wants to stream then the 7700xt is definitely for them otherwise, either or doesn't really matter.
Good looking build, not much overpriced. But i would say this is middle price budget. Would also like to see something cheaper, low budget PC for online games. I don't rly like all those triple A games, they are boring after 1-2 weeks. While MMOs MOBA i am playing for years.
Not a bad deal at all. I spent $1000 CAD for a Ryzen 7600x, b670 Asus board, 32gb 6000mhz ddr5, 1tb ssd, 1000w corsair power supply, and a basic coolermaster elite ATX case. Tax included. Installed my RX6750XT and have been gaming out since Xmas. There were better deals out there but I wanted something current.
I wasn't willing to retire my AM4 mobo so I grabbed a 5800x3d and 7700xt. I already had the 32gb ddr4 and an x670 aurous so I have decided to stay AM4 and skip the AM5 chipset altogether. Nothing in my gaming needs will require more than I have for the next 6 to 9 years and the tech industry is moving so fast the 7900GRE I have will eventually be plugged on for the vram and the am% will cost nothing second hand in 2028/2029 Edit, I was given a free 7900GRE and swapped a 6700xt straight out for a 7700xt. I have not opened the GRE yet as I had not decided if I want to use or sell it just now. I have swapped my gpu and sold my 5600x toward my 5800x3d and only come out of pocket £190 quid for the upgrades. Swapping/upcycling works out really well these days. If someone just has to have a new AM5 build they dont need to play the games they play and have the money to do so, enjoy. There isnt a single game currently worth playing or even requiring anything AM5 has to offer even though the mem is faster (and useless speed to boot) but will never be "future proof" as nothing is in the world of tech. AM4 will be fine til 2028 and possibly til 2030.
RU-vid doing bullshit again... I'm fully subscribed but it hasn't showed me a hardware unboxed video for weeks on my feed, even my subscription feed... Moved over to Louis Rossmann a Greyjay app today and was shocked how much I've missed.. Keep up the great work Steve and Tim Just wanted to put a comment so you guys know this kind of stuff is happening and affecting your viewership.
Actually I would even push back again the build suggested here, you could save significant amount of money with a non-3d am4 5xxx cpu and motherboard, and get the 7xxx gpu series instead, not a fan of this build, over paying for cpu for frames that won't even matter on most people's displays
I second this but taking a used 6700xt can also drop the budget quite alot. Most people wont be playing new games anyway, the same Minecraft,same moba, and same fps games anyway
Thats a better value than new stuff, honestly the only thing new gives is warranty. That should last you playing the same usual games you love playing anyways. Nice building according to budget for usecase not based on just these metrics for new games that aren't really optimized
That is absolutely fine and not far off performance wise. Buying used is most often the better option, of course depending from whom you get it. What did you pay for that build?
People seem to confuse what a value vs low end PC is. The good value right now just doesnt lie at the lower end of things, but closer to the middle. You can game perfectly fine on a 800 dollar system, but the 400 extra add a lot of performance.
Ryzen 5 7600x $170 used DDR5 G.SKILL RAM 6000 $85 New B650 aorus elite ax $122 like new open box RX 7700xt sapphire nitro+ $362 like new Case $60 M.2 SSD 1TB $50 CPU Cooler $25 on sale TOTAL $874
@@MrScankoDepends on what you play. I have 12 games installed and still have 300GB or so on my 1TB drive. I don't leave games installed after I beat them though.
Yep, thats the combo I want, 7600 + 7700xt. Its not the cheapest. Its not the greatest. But in terms of keeping you up for games for at least 5-6 years, it does the job. Not to mention that you WILL be able to upgrade easily with am5 and that chonky psu.
I feel like either stretching for the 7800XT, or arguably better going for a 6800(xt) at a (hopefully) cheaper price will be the better move for longevity, because they have more VRAM
The cheapest 7800 XT is $100 more, if you want a 7800 XT just add $100 to the budget. It's not worth getting a much worse motherboard to save $20, much worse memory for another $20 and so on.
I usually manage to fit in a RX 7800 XT for $1200 w/ the following picks. Depends on daily prices though. Ryzen 5 7600 Thermalright Phantom Spirit Asrock B650 (usually with WIFI) G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB 32 GB (6000 or 6400 price dependent) TEAMGROUP MP44 2 TB RX 7800 XT (Powercolor or Sapphire) Phanteks XT PRO ULTRA be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750
Can we get a comparison-style video about XeSS 1.3? Curious to see how it compares to current FSR and DLSS (unless you're waiting for FSR 3.1 to do the video).
It is always hard to make something like this. Prices varies in each country and also taxes. Here in germany we have 19% tax. 1200$ is ~1105€ or ~1310€ with tax ontop. For just 1379€ I get a 7800X3D with the best aircooler (PA120SE), 7900GRE or 4070, good B650 board (tested by you), 32GB 6000CL36 RAM, 2TB 4.0 NVME, good ATX 3.0 850W PSU and a 60-80€ case, like the Lian Li Dan A3 that is coming. So yeah, I can get here a much better PC for almost the same money.
I mean you can build the same pc for 970 if you go with a cheaper case and no aio, r5 7600 doesn't really need that much cooling, my r5 7600 only reaches 70 Celsius under full load, and I use a basic rgb tower air cooler.
