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in before the I could have done so much better with this budget comment I'm well aware that many of you originally subscribed to this channel on account of our budget oriented PC coverage not everyone aspires for the biggest and best out there and in light of my custom loop build happening this week by the way I decided to build something much more sensible and reasonable the computers will cost only about 4 Benjamins that's 400 US dollars I like to say upfront however that the two most expensive components in this build are the CPU cooler and the case both of which can be easily trimmed down bringing the price to around 300 u.s. dollars if you play your cards right at the core of this build is an AMD FX 6300 which I got from a friend for a whopping 30 bucks I don't recommend purchasing a new FX processor was then releasing in March but if you can find one with a steep discount for a budget build handy downs are always the best for these kinds of pcs don't let the offer slip away the processor still holds its own and gaming following between the performance of an Intel i3 and an Intel Pentium more on that right here as for the motherboard I purchased this Asus micro ATX am three board from micro Center for 15 US dollars you can find some epic deals if you're willing to make the trip to a store like NC I drove three and a half hours to the one in Houston for this budget beauty and I do it all over again in a heartbeat it isn't the prettiest or most functional but it's a heck of a steal considering it still technically brand-new next up eight gigabytes of Crucial Ballistix sport ddr3 for $30.00 kind of strange that system Ram here cost as much as a CPU you could probably find a cheap or used kit on eBay or elsewhere if you're willing to be patient local craigslist ads are also great sources of used PC components provided they work as advertised next up the graphics card I was tempted to go full on our X 480 here but decided to step back a generation to keep the price down I've also already tested that combo right here the CPU proved to be a massive bottleneck in comes the r9 380 I revealed a few videos go regardless however our FX 6300 will be holding us back in quite a few 1080p titles so the power supply I went with a 600 watt EVGA 80-plus PSU that I found it best by forget this 29.95 not bad for a brand new unit and 600 watts at that it might not be a top tier you but it will do just fine in this rig I've actually used a few of these exact power supplies in the past without issues they're quiet cheap and reliable I speak from experience for storage nothing fancy here just a one terabyte Toshiba hard disk drive that I pulled from the pre-built CyberPower PC you can find one terabyte drive to use and new from anywhere between 20 and 40 US dollars safely the Seagate drive is 30 bucks so that's what I'll use in the price breakdown they'll provide plenty of storage for games movies and other system files feel free though to add in an SSD for Windows if you're up for throwing in an extra forty bucks now for the last two pieces of the puzzle the ones you can hot-swap without affecting performance much at all I say that because overclocked ability on this motherboard is restrictive being that it isn't 990 FX and the power deliver ability is relatively low I did this more or less because I could that's it there's no other explanation for it I managed to fit a be quiet dark Rock pro 3 a massive CPU air cooler into a fractal design to find mini C absolutely epic but this is of course where the budget sort of balloons flop these two with a $40 case in a hyper 212 evo for instance and you've got yourself a 300 ish dollar gaming PC what I wanted to try out this case and I quickly discovered that I am in love with it it's probably the most enjoyable case to build in that I've ever built in micro ATX is a beautiful and dying breed but I'm glad fractal hasn't forgotten I love the basement soundproof panels wide stance cable management Headroom and overall build quality my only complaint no cutouts for VGA cable routing that's really it everything else was top-notch so this is what it's come down to about 400 bucks for an FX 6300 r9 380 combo in a beautiful case with an epic CPU cooler again probably want to scratch that one stock cooler sounds hideous that it would keep the price much lower to 300 bucks and something like a hyper t4 is going to set you back about $20 I was still however able to reach 4.6 gigahertz on the FX 6300 anything above that and a computer would refuse to boot but what does this price tag earn you well in GTA 5 about 51 FPS on the latest AMD drivers low stayed well above 30 even with high settings across the board which are three nearly suffocated the graphics card the same preset though our average only touched 45 FPS here but dropping settings just a bit further picked up the slack battlefield one seemed to manage just fine with this combination 63 FPS on high settings in 1080p and raising this resolution to 1440p it is because I was curious only resulted in an 8 FPS dip in both the minimum and average lastly if you're into some casual racing Microsoft's 4 to 6 apex will not disappoint this game could practically run on anything relatively modern without a hitch gameplay will be smooth and consistent here no questions asked so there you have it even for around three hundred US dollars you could build a relatively decent 1080p gaming machine capable of handling modern triple-a titles sure you could probably do better on them there's always someone who can find something for super cheap from either a buddy or someone on Craigslist old Zeon's are also a great option but I still think a 6-quart unlocked CPU is a great buy for 30 bucks not to mention a and three boards are downright cheap compared to their LGA counterparts if you liked this video be sure to give it a thumbs up thumbs down to feel the complete opposite be sure to click the subscribe button if you haven't 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