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I need a haircut the PC gaming market is a tough one to get into right now let's be real graphics card and power supply prices are inflated thanks to excessive mining and system RAM and storage drives are nearly double what they used to be thanks to micron Samsung and others shorting current supply in favor of R&D look if I could surmise this entire economy into a single picture it would be this one right here are you freaking kidding me miners buying these up in massive quantities because I mean what's a miner got to do with CPU horsepower right they've done this so much presses of even otherwise useless CPUs have inflated well not useless it's a seller on but not to worry I've got all the pro tips you beginners out there need when first getting into the PC gaming industry how to do so without breaking the bank and how to do so without compromising too much on the performance that I know you so preciously desire now a few of these tips might hurt just a bit not gonna lie and a few you might not agree with all of my choices here but if I was a baller on a budget jumping into the PC industry for the first time these are the things that I would would do I would hope someone would recommend to me in such a hostile market the first thing I recommend new PC gamers do should they decide to build which I recommend is up for only 8 gigabytes of system ram this is temporary of course and only suggested for peer gamers but it'll easily shave off 60 to 80 bucks and look I've run these tests countless times in fact very recently not much has changed into this video right here so a gigabytes is still plenty for gamers I don't recommend that for content creators and whatnot but this is just a video addressing those who want to get into PC gaming for the first time so with prices being as hostile as they are currently I recommend 8 gigabytes for now once prices do come back down maybe upgrade with another 8 gig pack later on just a few years ago you could buy 16 gigs of ram for the price of 8 today just a bit outrageous if you ask me the next pro tip involves a question I get asked quite a bit Greg what should I upgrade first my CPU or my GPU and I'll confess I usually say the graphics card regardless of what CPU motherboard Ram you got in there unless it's something from 1999 in which case you just completely rebuild your system but if it's you know a relatively recent I say within the last five five or so years if you're on FX or maybe Ivy Bridge that's probably the furthest I would go and even then I would still try to get you to squeeze out some money for a new platform eventually although Ram prices are keeping me from recommending that totally right now a graphics card swap is literally just that it's plug-and-play and it's not gonna cost as much as a completely new platform this recommendation also assumes that you'd be jumping from ddr3 to four in the event of a platform upgrade which would require you know RAM and that's gonna cost you quite a bit right now if it wasn't so damn expensive I'd choose the platform instead but with rx 5 ATS 10 60s and 10 70s working back into stock I'd advise this upgrade first especially if you're moving from anything earlier than nvidias 500 or AMD 7000 series you're still likely to see a solid framerate jump as well in fact I would argue that in most cases you'll see a higher framerate jump by upgrading your graphics card than you will if you upgrade your CPU and RAM now this next tip goes out to those of you who insists on pairing 1000 watt power supplies with 300 watt computers I know they look beautiful I love the modularity I love that they're super quiet but in a budget build this should not be a top priority I'm sorry stop wasting money I don't care what your 80-plus efficiency is or what overclock you're sporting and with your CPU and your affix card it's just not worth it a thousand watt PSU is overkill in most cases an 800 watt power supply is overkill okay if you want the future a proofing upgrade path whatever you guys call it fine okay but you shouldn't be looking to future-proof that many things in a budget build that kind of defeats the purpose instead I invite newbies to check out my power supply wattage video for a good idea of what you should opt for I recommend at least 80 plus but going for anything above 80 plus gold really makes no sense in a budget build stick to a name-brand manufacturer like C sonic and you should be a-ok the next thing I recommend at least a quad-core CPU and from a modern generation something like horizon don't go with FX 4300 I'm sorry that architecture I'm gonna cut it more on that right here also I wouldn't go much further back than maybe has well unless you can get Ivy Bridge or Sandy Bridge for a super cheap price we're talking sub 200 bucks for the CPU RAM and motherboard all included most cases an are five sixteen hundred's gonna be your best value chip even though it is 200 or so bucks it's gonna be worth it I don't recommend you cheap out on your CPU because if you do changing the CFU not always gonna take a lot longer but you might even have to swap your motherboard swap your RAM it's just not ideal I would say in a future proofing situation just to buy a cheaper CPU now only to plan to upgrade your CPU two years from now because by then a newer CPU gen is gonna be out you're gonna want that instead packing six cores and twelve threads the r5 1600 is my sweet spot I recommended it in a separate video the quad core variants are also very compelling as for Intel a hand-me-down i5 or i7 like I said would do nicely even as far back as Ivy Bridge if you can find the platform for a decent price ddr3 isn't too pricy either it's remained rather untouched by this bizarre market behavior sure you're taking a step back but there are some killer deals out there I invite you just to have a look that's all I'm saying these are just a few tips in mind that should steer you clear of much of the price inflation taking place in the PC gaming industry at the moment feel free to critique and add as you please in the comments below everyone's got a preference these are just the first few things in which I would compromise in this current market if you liked this video be sure to give it a thumbs up thumbs down for the opposite or if you hate everything about life don't be shy click the dislike button be sure to click subscribe button if you haven't already for more content like this and stay tuned for a yeah more content like this that didn't go very well this was science studio this is science studio while this is just falling apart here thanks for learning with us you