Buy This, Not That! How to Save Money on a Gaming PC 🚧 Build Fix Ep7
How to Save Money on a Gaming PC! 🚧 Build Fix Ep7
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Build Fix is my monthly series with a simple goal — helping viewers choose the right PC parts to build with when they are building a new gaming computer. Each episode covers multiple builds submitted by viewers, combing through parts lists to recommend the best CPU and GPU combos, the best SSDs for a gaming PC, the best memory for a gaming PC, the best gaming PC cases, the best gaming PC motherboards, and generally speaking the best bang-for-your-buck PC hardware so you can build a cost effective rig with maximum performance per dollar.
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Thermalright Frozen Prism 360 White ARGB AIO Water Cooler – https://geni.us/fsClA
Ryzen 7 7800X3D (Amazon) – https://geni.us/Y9WONXt | (Newegg) – https://bit.ly/3zASi6I
Ryzen 7 7700X (Amazon) – https://geni.us/nz6oT4b | (Newegg) – https://bit.ly/3xWonWj
Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 EVO – https://geni.us/fqu3VSc
Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 – https://geni.us/IQMpP
StarTech.com USB 3.0 to Dual HDMI Adapter – https://geni.us/145ASY
4K OLED MONITORS
Monitors Unboxed – 4K OLED Monitors – https://youtu.be/tnEIJHX_L6A
Dell Alienware AW3225QF 31.6″ QD-OLED Curved Monitor – 240Hz – https://bit.ly/3B0yNIF
ASUS ROG Swift 32” 4K OLED Gaming Monitor (PG32UCDP) – https://geni.us/fuzf38
MSI MAG 321UPX QD-OLED, 32″ 4K UHD Quantum Dot OLED – https://geni.us/u555
GIGABYTE – AORUS FO32U2 Pro – 32″ QD OLED – https://geni.us/9HSBabe
Build 1 – jabberwalkie8873 is waiting on RTX 50 series
Current: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/DYJ9fy?ref=paulshardware
Upgrade: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/XJMNRK?ref=paulshardware
Build 2 – PacMappy might be making a couple big mistakes
Current: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/pTJYDZ?ref=paulshardware
Proposed Upgrade: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/fJhPjH?ref=paulshardware
Build 3 – j00st91 built a beast MATX PC, wants feedback and 4K monitor suggestions
https://pcpartpicker.com/user/paulshardware/saved/tkPPzy?ref=paulshardware
NCASE M-Series – https://ncased.com/collections/m-series
► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Welcome to Build Fix – Sept 2024 – Powered by PCPartPicker
0:53 How Build Fix Works
1:32 Build 1 – jabberwalkie8873 is waiting on RTX 50 series
11:27 Build 2 – PacMappy might be making a couple big mistakes
15:18 Build 3 – j00st91 built a beast MATX PC, wants feedback and 4K monitor suggestions
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paul is savvy with the abdc references… damn, he’s cooler than we think.
Thanks Paul! I really appreciate the info. You answered several of my questions in the video.
Any advice for people who hold on to PC’s too long? Currently my newest PC is from 2014. Currently, I have two gaming PC’s and one PC for office work. I plan to build one new gaming PC and switch the other two to Linux
Thanks!
Is a 3080 ti still ok for a new build?
Why buy a 1tb nvme ssd then buy a 4tb of the same nvme? I know 1 reason is the OS and storage are better off separated but I would just buy the 4tb and partition some 240gb’s+- for the OS and make the 2nd partition as storage. Or if money allow I would buy something with more capacity like an 8tb. I know its just miniscule but loading 1 drive instead of 2 makes the loading micro snappier. Also put that DVD drive on a USB enclosure (plug in only when needed) for extra micro snappier system loading. The less peripherals the bios & OS has to initialize the quicker the PC is in my 30+ years PC experience.
This was a really bad build. The first one. 650 mobo, 4080 super would have been a better choice
Strange, the 7800x3d is sold out at multiple retailers.. $400+ at Best Buy, did AMD not make enough chips thinking people would buy their 9000 series or something 😂
I second the recommendation for the Hawk Tuah Chromax.
You always pick ones built by idiots so it’s real easy to do suggestions. I’d like to see actual advice from an expert about tough choices
The Ncase m2 can hold a full sized PSU. It wouldn’t have been a great amount of savings but is one of the big pluses of that case it can hold those bigger psus depending on the layout you go with which could potentially save some money
The DVD Burner reaction was epic.
I recently did a $2000 build and the customer required a DVD burner. That made case choices very interesting.
12:55 dude should’ve spent the $200 into the motherboard. Loads of good X870/X870E boards are coming.
I want to go against the grain here. I’ve spent budget builds chasing frames with a subpar looking PC, always wanting more performance.
But I’ve also built mid-grade stuff that -looks- really good, and I think having a visually pleasing PC is important. I look at it, I’m proud of what I built, it reflects my creativity and my mood. And then I play games with enough performance to just have fun and stop wishing I got more frames out of it.
I hate that Deep Cool is in the crap they are in right now. I got the DeepCool Liquid Cooler LT720 360 Rad for like $115 new and its one of the best coolers ive used in quite some time.
What would your suggestion be for upgrading an AMD Ryzen 5 5600 (non x) at this point or should I wait?
My thoughts had been something along the lines of a 7800X3d, something like a Gigabyte B650 UD AC or possibly a 650E or 670E board (I strongly want at least 3 M.2 slots) and 32GB of DDR5-6000 lowest cl that I could get in that range…
I’m wavering on the 7800x3d since the price seems to have bumped from the $350 range to around $550.
Thoughts/suggestions?
Ți pod this decade, want to save? Don’t buy it.
Hey I know i am super late but I have a ryzen 5 7600x paired with a rtx 4070 is this a good combo? I just wanna know before I build it and dedicate myself to the rest of the build. Thankyou
Huge bluegrass fan here! 👋
Good to see AIOs so inexpensive these days. Pretty sure I paid less than $100 for my Arctic Freezer II 280 and it is WAY overkill for my 5800X. Was thinking to upgrade CPU this round, but the uplift just doesn’t justify the cost for me. Probably next year…
In defense of the Lian Li AIO in the first build, it matches the Infinity Fan aesthetic. It has an infinity mirror pump block cover and comes with Infinity Fans. At the same time, it’s extremely funny that money is already burning a hole in their pocket for a 5000 series GPU. There hasn’t even been a solid release date announced after Nvidia pushed back the original date due to issues they are having. Wait for reviews, bud. Not to mention that Nvidia will have no competition at the higher end for at least the next generation with AMD withdrawing at least x800 and x900 series GPUs. No competition means Nvidia will have free reign on pricing, and greedy is as greedy does.
Would you really see much performance difference in upgrading the 5600 CL30 ram to 6000 CL30? What kind of boost would that give you for almost $100?
W Paul as always!!!
The Lian-Li platinum powersupply is nonsensical. Gold would’ve been good enough.
Really good informative video thank you!
All you have to do is focus on something interesting for ten years, and come back to gaming. And start making up what you have missed. That will save you a fortune, while potentially made you a fortune.
Having conflicting refresh rates on a multiple monitor setup is going to cause headaches. Just sayin.
7:15 If you are on Windows 10 pro, Windows 11 pro upgrade is free if you link your copy of Windows 10 pro to your Microsoft account.
Hi great videos can you please help me I have just built a new PC but using an MSI board can you tell me how. Use the rgb I have some fans with 4 pin and 3 pins but MSI ones are different can you help please
Man I’m pissed I missed this again, I really wanted to see if Paul could cut down costs on my budget
Pccooler had a line of 120 and 140mm fans with ring LEDs called Corona. They look awesome, we’re far cheaper than any big brand, and have been running problem-free in my last two builds for years. Sadly, I haven’t been able to find the 140s for a while. Glad I bought extra when I could.
Why don’t they sell aios without fans? It would be so nice also the psu should have been a bit higher cause we don’t know what 50 series will need
I caught a mad deal on "open box" floe ring 280 aio for $62!!! Came brand new still had the plastic wrap on the box
Works great and comes with the rgb controller.
Cool !
How long ago did the person put that first list together? 2018?
I just love your honesty in your videos and your added sarcasm here and there 😀 Also your reasoning and motivation for your reasoning is very enlightening. Thanks for this video!
Copper Vs aluminium…. Hmm. Yes you can save money by, I dunno… Buying an air cooler. For me it’s an air cooler or copper &/or brass rad and pump block combo (AIO).
I’m not an AIO kinda guy. I figure, go custom loop I design or stick with air….
The best tip for saving money on a gaming pc is not buying it. How about waiting 1,2 or 3 years, specially now with manufacturers selling defective or underperforming pars at high prices, save you money.
thta 2070 isnt worth more than 300 u.s, with all the other options available i cant see this as a viable option, 1,000 + good luck with that.
How to build pc gaming 500 dollar with ryzen 5 5500 and rtx
I’ve had an emermax power supply and one of their hurricane fans. Both blew up under normal use.
Great video, Paul. Love the ode to my ol’ Apple //e at the beginning (and yes, I have one about 10 feet from me right now, alongside my Atari 1040st)
$220 for mid-tower case? lol, not me
Thanks Paul, glad to see more videos in the recent days. We missed you
excellent!
5:33 with $25 more you can get the top Hynix A die kit 6000 CL28.
good luck with customer service from Lian Li. WORSE than ASUS.
Paul, I am so glad I found your site. Sooo informative. I wanted to share the build I am beginning to replace a 7 year old previous build. For background I am a flight simmer, primarily with x-plane 11 and 12. I do have Microsoft fs2020 as well.
Here are the parts I have selected for this build. My budget was 4000.
Case: li an lancool3 white
MB: msi mpg x670e carbon
CPU: Ryzen 9 7950x3D
Cooler: Corsair iCUE Link H150i 360mm RGB
Primary drive: Samsung 990 pro M.2 2tb PCie 4
Memory: 64gb Corsair vengeance rgb DDR5 6000mhz 2×32
Power Supply: Thermaltake PF3 1200W 80+ platinum
Monitor: Dell G3223Q 32 inch 4k 144hz 1ms IPS
Video card: ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 TUF OC
OS: Windows 11 pro is planned since I have key for Windows 10 pro.
I think this should be a pretty balanced (cpu-gpu) system with high frame rates at 4k resolution running flight sims. I am not a gamer outside of flight sim but I might dabble in the future. I look forward to your comments. All parts are on order but if there was something truly catastrophic in this build I could return/replace an item. Thank you for your time and valued opinions.
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Money saving tip 101: RGB, Just Say No.
I have thermalright AIO.
It was good for a while (4 months) but now I’m having pump issues
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