No Dollar Wasted PC Build Guide

[Emily Young]

Now that we’ve got new hardware to play with, it’s time to resurrect the Build Guides once again, this time looking for the absolute best bang for the buck!

 

 

Buy the build:
On Amazon: https://geni.us/svZJn
On Newegg: https://lmg.gg/8KVwZ

[Fasauceome]

but...but...RGB?

[mr cheese]

Rolling with the RTX 1070 in a $1000 budget build, just in case you need that ray-traced Minecraft

This is a great video for sure but I'd really like to see them do something like this with used parts (unless scrapyard wars already has)

[Crunchy Dragon]

I was expecting a tweezer joke.

 

You did not let me down at all.

[Bitter]

Loving the force lightning, didn't know Anthony was related to Palpatine. Looks like a well put together guide from start to finish which is nice to see, this might not be the most profitable content but it's the most needed content to help people to build a PC or at least learn about what's inside the PC they already have. Most people start off with something pre-built and then add onto it or build a new computer once the prebuilt is out grown, guides like these are a big help.

 

One tip I've discovered for myself is to get a long #2 philips screw driver, being able to turn it with your hand well away from the case makes assembly much easier and less likely that you'll bump into something with your hand or cut it on a cheaply finished case.

[Firewrath9]

lmao a 50$ ssd for 256gb when you can get 500 for the same price

[Lurick]

14 minutes ago, Firewrath9 said:

lmao a 50$ ssd for 256gb when you can get 500 for the same price

But it won't have DRAM

[Firewrath9]

5 minutes ago, Lurick said:

But it won't have DRAM

more space tho

like 250gb nvme vs 500gb sata w/ dram

[Stefan Payne]

A VEGA56 Build would have been nice as they are on sale for under 300€ in some regions.

VEGA64 are way under 400€...

[Emily Young]

2 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

A VEGA56 Build would have been nice as they are on sale for under 300€ in some regions.

VEGA64 are way under 400€...

It's worth noting that this video was written and shot well over a month ago, and it looks like the price dropped from ~$400+ USD on Vega 56 down to ~$300 since then. Given that the RTX 2070 is $500, Vega would have been the pick if I were building it today.

[Bouzoo]

I'm sorry but this is the only proper way to ground yourself.

 

 

I'll let myself out. 

[CaphalorAlb]

love the video, but you plugging in the ground wire into the outlet had me literally jump in my seat. Now i know in North America the leads are not round and the ground is, but for any european replicating this, it could be seriously dangerous. Especially considering this is an educational video.

[Stefan Payne]

10 minutes ago, GabenJr said:

It's worth noting that this video was written and shot well over a month ago,

That's a long pipeline you have...

But a month ago, VEGA Prices were already dropping, at least over here...

Bought my V64 Nitro+ for 439€ and could have gotten it 50€ cheaper (or was it 70€ even? don't remember) A week or two later...

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and it looks like the price dropped from ~$400+ USD on Vega 56 down to ~$300 since then. Given that the RTX 2070 is $500, Vega would have been the pick if I were building it today.

Yeah, you could do something else with VEGA.

Just show your users that VEGA is there and its not that bad.

Right now the cheapest ones are the ASUS with DVI.

 

 

PS:
I love the Verge References and how you called the thing "Tweezers"

[Emily Young]

24 minutes ago, Stefan Payne said:

That's a long pipeline you have...

This was from the week Linus was OoO, but the video had 3 different camera angles and screencap, so it took a while to edit and kinda got pushed as a result. Pipeline isn't normally that long.

[LienusLateTips]

35 minutes ago, GabenJr said:

It's worth noting that this video was written and shot well over a month ago, and it looks like the price dropped from ~$400+ USD on Vega 56 down to ~$300 since then. Given that the RTX 2070 is $500, Vega would have been the pick if I were building it today.

And Vega 64 has been around $420-440 the whole time. Considering the 2070 is only 10% more performance, the V64 would be better bang for the buck.

 

I also love how you completely landed on a good power supply by coincidence

Self promo, but check out the PSU Tier List???

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

builds best price/performance pc, uses Windows. biggest facepalm ever. 

 

the rest of the video was good though. 

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, firelighter487 said:

builds best price/performance pc, uses Windows. biggest facepalm ever. 

 

the rest of the video was good though. 

Ebay $6 key forever

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

Just now, LienusLateTips said:

Ebay $6 key forever

that's still $6

[LienusLateTips]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

that's still $6

that's still a bit better native game support, some driver optimizations and some more software being compatible

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

Just now, LienusLateTips said:

that's still a bit better native game support, some driver optimizations and some more software being compatible

it's not legal though. and as @seoz can verify the driver optimization is a thing of the past. a native linux game performs the same as the same game on Windows. 

[LienusLateTips]

1 minute ago, firelighter487 said:

it's not legal though. and as @seoz can verify the driver optimization is a thing of the past. a native linux game performs the same as the same game on Windows. 

again, natively... a lot of indie games, and many other software don't have support last time i checked, but don't quote me on that

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

2 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

again, natively... a lot of indie games, and many other software don't have support last time i checked, but don't quote me on that

well Proton has come a long way. just look on https://www.protondb.com/ to see how many Windows games already run on Linux thanks to it. 

 

also if by many other software you mean adobe etc then yes, but the average gamer doesn't use that. if you just want an OS to play some CS:GO Linux is great because that game is natively supported. 

[Emily Young]

7 minutes ago, LienusLateTips said:

And Vega 64 has been around $420-440 the whole time. Considering the 2070 is only 10% more performance, the V64 would be better bang for the buck.

 

I also love how you completely landed on a good power supply by coincidence

Self promo, but check out the PSU Tier List???

Not sure where Vega 64 was $420-440, everywhere I looked at the time had it for $500 (yeah, including PCPartPicker with no retailer filters). Anyway, it wasn't really coincidence that I landed on the Corsair CX, those guidelines mostly funnel you into it given its usual price point. The EVGA 500B would have also been in that range though, and isn't great. I would have commented on it had it been my choice; It won't really matter much at this performance level either way, but yes, something to be considerate of.

 

5 minutes ago, firelighter487 said:

builds best price/performance pc, uses Windows. biggest facepalm ever. 

Meh, I said "IF you want to use Windows"  I just used it for demonstrative purposes.

[Ashley MLP Fangirl]

1 minute ago, GabenJr said:

Meh, I said "IF you want to use Windows"  I just used it for demonstrative purposes.

that makes sense. but since Windows at retail price is pretty expensive IMO it would have made more sense to demonstrate using Linux. 

[flibberdipper]

44 minutes ago, CaphalorAlb said:

love the video, but you plugging in the ground wire into the outlet had me literally jump in my seat. Now i know in North America the leads are not round and the ground is, but for any european replicating this, it could be seriously dangerous. Especially considering this is an educational video.

Most people are intelligent enough to figure out that their outlet is different and to not shove shit into them willy-nilly in the first place.