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$600 Gaming PC Build – Full Beginners Guide

Watch as we build a basic PC for beginners using AMD’s new 3300x CPU. All the components cost less than $600 total. We’ll build the PC live, then install Windows 10. Parts List: CPU – AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8GHz quad-core Motherboard – Asus Prime B450M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4 Memory – Crucial Ballistix 16 GB…

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Watch as we build a basic PC for beginners using AMD’s new 3300x CPU. All the components cost less than $600 total. We’ll build the PC live, then install Windows 10.

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CPU – AMD Ryzen 3 3300X 3.8GHz quad-core

Motherboard – Asus Prime B450M-A/CSM Micro ATX AM4

Memory – Crucial Ballistix 16 GB (2 x 8GB) DDR4-3000

Storage – Crucial MX500 500GB 2.5″ SSD

Video card – Gigabyte Radeon RX 570 8GB

Case – Fractal Design Focus G ATX Mid Tower Case

Power supply – EVGA GD (2019) 500 W 80+ Gold Certified ATX

Monitor – Asus TUF Gaming VG279QM

Mouse – ROG Pugio Gaming Mouse

Keyboard – Asus ROG Strix Scope

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39 Comments

  1. Donald Duck

    May 26, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    Aaww.. I was hoping they’d make it interesting ( for me :p ) by being controversial and be the next “The Verge – Build a PC debacle”. I’m very disappointed Savvides .. very disappointed. ????

  2. It's_me

    May 26, 2020 at 9:35 pm

    6:05 components, 18:20 motherboard assembly

    • Tokenblk1

      May 27, 2020 at 2:06 am

      Thank you. Came to comments and found gold.

  3. Peachy Gaming

    May 26, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    yay

  4. Mmmm good

    May 26, 2020 at 9:55 pm

    I’m good I’ll just order a prebuilt

    • mcborge1

      May 27, 2020 at 3:42 am

      Pre builts are often poor value and it’s easier then ever to build your own rig. When I started we just had magazine articles to go by and you had to set IRQ’s manually via dip switches to prevent hardware conflicts. Learning to build your own rig means you can better fix any issues that might crop up yourself without having to pay or rely on someone else to fix it for you.

  5. Mohammed Rafi

    May 26, 2020 at 9:59 pm

    What is big deal?

  6. Manish Sinha

    May 26, 2020 at 10:19 pm

    Is there a document with specs of components.

    • ViciousDave4Life

      May 26, 2020 at 10:44 pm

      Click on the show more under the video. It shows where they got each part.

  7. Assad Mahmood

    May 26, 2020 at 11:01 pm

    why couldn’t this be like the verge it would have been far more entertaining.

  8. I

    May 26, 2020 at 11:01 pm

    I was hoping for a The Verge “Building a $2000 PC” type of video…
    Got disappointed! :/

  9. Lee Velasco

    May 27, 2020 at 12:42 am

    Good job! Please finish the rest and post the article ????

  10. Etzio Play

    May 27, 2020 at 12:55 am

    Wait! WTF?!?! video shows Ryzen 5 but in your description your showing a Ryzen 3?? bait and switch??

    • Lexy Savvides

      May 27, 2020 at 1:44 am

      The plan was to use the 3300x like we had in the description, but it literally arrived at my house right at the end of the build, after I’d installed the Ryzen 5! 🙂

    • Etzio Play

      May 27, 2020 at 1:50 am

      @Lexy Savvides Oh ok ic is the Ryzen 5 still in the $600 budget?

  11. Richard Green

    May 27, 2020 at 1:36 am

    in the first 30 minutes shes already done better than the verge

  12. Lexy Savvides

    May 27, 2020 at 1:47 am

    Thanks for watching, everyone! Note that we actually didn’t end up installing the 3300x in this build (it got delivered too late in the stream unfortunately) but I may just go swap it out now I know what to do! ????

    • Lexy Savvides

      May 28, 2020 at 10:56 pm

      @Niko Castro The build cost is for PC components only (the mouse, keyboard, monitor we considered separate) ????

    • Niko Castro

      May 28, 2020 at 11:30 pm

      @Lexy Savvides That seems very misleading :/

    • Lexy Savvides

      May 29, 2020 at 12:17 am

      @Niko Castro It’s actually a pretty standard assumption if you take a look around online at other builds. Keyboard/mouse/monitor usually considered separate. Prices always fluctuate too, even day by day, because of the components market. Thanks for watching.

    • Niko Castro

      May 29, 2020 at 12:30 am

      It’s odd to me to have a “beginners video” and “standard assumption” in the same conversation:/ thanks for the content though. Maybe put a disclaimer , because it is a beginners video .

    • Lexy Savvides

      May 29, 2020 at 12:34 am

      Niko Castro Fair call. Thanks for the feedback! Take care

  13. Daniel Hernandez Cortes

    May 27, 2020 at 3:33 am

    What’s the big deal with the thermoplastic? What’s the reason not to show it?

    • prmaster

      May 27, 2020 at 12:58 pm

      Because some idiots can’t see someone do simple begginer mistakes without writing nasty comments. Some people grew up believing that a rice sized blob was the perfect application method even though it has been confirmed that any application method yields almost the same result.

  14. Mu Va

    May 27, 2020 at 4:38 am

    I missed it ☹️

  15. han666

    May 27, 2020 at 5:34 am

    Haha the verge comments are funny.

  16. LittleBertz

    May 27, 2020 at 5:51 am

    at least it’s better than the Verge PC Build.

  17. Johanna Machara Österreicher

    May 27, 2020 at 9:10 am

    The video content was nice, but…
    The video quality is quite bad – too many compression artefacts. That detracts from the content since you have difficulty seeing details – for instance you could not see that they are pins on the cpu as opposed the landing grid…

    • CNET

      May 27, 2020 at 2:08 pm

      This video is from our live stream from yesterday, pulling video from multiple homes. So that’s why it’s so compressed. Thank you for watching, tune into the next one!

    • Johanna Machara Österreicher

      May 28, 2020 at 1:41 pm

      @CNET Yes, I understand it’s more difficult to provide good quality video because of that but I would imagine with a bit more effort it should possible, at least with a sufficient internet connection. I would be interested how you managed the that, though. Send video streams from her to him, and he handles putting them together and arranging as needed with obs or similar?

  18. RiGo

    May 27, 2020 at 10:43 am

    This has me considering building a PC now ????

    • Cash God

      May 27, 2020 at 3:16 pm

      Don’t it’s super easy.

    • Cash God

      May 27, 2020 at 3:16 pm

      There are plenty of guides on YouTube that are really helpful.

  19. Peter Floyd

    May 27, 2020 at 1:59 pm

    Got any tips on rewireing a PC as in side look messy

    • Tuuli

      May 27, 2020 at 3:09 pm

      1. Get a fully modular power supply.
      2. Use a case (such as the one in the video) with good routing options and enough space behind the motherboard tray to stow away excess lengths of cable.
      3. Always start from scratch.
      4. Run the main power cables for the motherboard first (24pin atx & 8/4pin eps), before installing the motherboard & other components.
      5. Avoid running cables in front of fans.
      6. Use velcro ties or zip ties to bind cables neatly onto tiedown points on the case.

  20. internet person

    May 27, 2020 at 2:28 pm

    thanks i learned a lot from this

  21. Jay Green

    May 27, 2020 at 7:16 pm

    Tbh anyone that have any knowledge of computers know that $600 in to possibly a gaming pc is like between low-end & medium which is equivalent to ps3 graphics not even ps4 2. If you willing make gaming pc if u not willing to put more than thousand to be up to par with ps4 or higher if u want your pc to be way ahead of next gen of console or up par to next gen you going going have to spend aless $1500 or more 2 or $3,000 & 3 it don’t take that long actually it’s very easy to build a pc you buy the the empty tower or gaming pc empty tower & buy all the parts depending on what kind of pc you trying to make or best fit you!

  22. Racso

    May 28, 2020 at 4:50 am

    Which is the better option: AMD 3300x or 3600 cpu? As of this post the 3600 is a couple dollars cheaper.

  23. Niko Castro

    May 28, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    Before tax and shipping all items on this last total up to 1,246 dollars.

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