A calming $500 PC build to fight anxiety 🤍

0:00 for the price of a regular PS5 I built a gaming

0:03 computer that can play any game at 1080p is easy

0:06 to build and is very upgradeable so if this is something

0:09 that sounds cool to you then keep watching cuz I'll show you

0:12 exactly how to build it and if you like the audio

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0:29 let's uh talk about this computer the processor I chose is

0:33 the ryzen 53600 for about $56 on AliExpress it's six cores

0:38 and 12 threads it has a moderate frequency and it even

0:42 supports pcie Gen 4 something that even the newer ryzen 55500

0:47 doesn't do now we have a few options to call the ryzen

0:50 53600 and the most obvious one is the stock cooler

0:54 The Wraith stealth that you can buy for about $12 to $13

0:58 on Amazon this will definitely get the job done but for only

1:02 a few dollars more you can get the thermalite Assassin

1:05 which is going to be miles ahead of the r stealth

1:08 and we'll talk about that a little bit later even though

1:11 ddr4 Ram is so cheap nowadays I still recommend a 16

1:15 GB kit because it will get the job done it's only

1:18 about $27 for a moderately fast unit usually I buy 500

1:24 GB ssds for my budget computers but I decided to up

1:28 the an21 terab and I think it's completely worth it I

1:31 picked up the Silicon power a60 PCI SSD for $48 but if

1:37 I'm being completely honest with you any pcie SSD will work

1:41 fine for this budget and you probably won't notice a difference

1:45 and as a general rule of thumb get the most storage

1:48 that you can afford our motherboard is the azero b550 Phantom

1:52 gaming 4 it has Wii and Bluetooth built-in supports pcie 4.0

1:57 and supports any x3d chip for fure upgrades and it looks kind

2:02 of nice as well I bought it for $90 on New

2:05 Egg now the GPU is probably everyone's favorite part and makes

2:09 sense it's the most important component in the computer and here

2:12 I chose the RX 6600 and you can buy it for about

2:16 $160 secondhand on eBay it's one of the best value products

2:20 out there right now it's only one generation old at this point

2:24 it has 8 gigs of vram it's power efficient and it

2:27 works great for 1080p gaming now we're at the the CPU

2:30 Cooler that I actually recommend and it's the thermalite Assassin x120

2:35 refined SE this is going to cool the ryzen 5 way

2:38 better than The Wraith stealth and I have no problem using

2:42 it even for a ryzen 7 in the future and it's

2:45 only about $18 for the power supply I chose the tried

2:49 and true thermal Tak smart 500 watt unit you can also

2:53 buy the MSI mag 550 or 650 if you want something

2:57 a little higher quality but if you're really tied of money

3:00 this power supply will serve you well I've used it

3:02 in probably half a dozen builds and I haven't had any issues

3:07 and everything will be stored in the fantex XT Pro it's

3:11 about $50 to $60 it's an ATX case so it supports

3:15 fulls sizee ATX motherboards and it's one of the highest rated

3:18 cases out there it's wellb built it looks great it has

3:22 great air flow and lots of space so it's forgiving for new

3:25 Builders it's just a solid option overall now because our case

3:30 only has one fan pre-installed I picked up three 120

3:35 mm fans for about $9 no RGB No Frills just plastic

3:40 that blows air and that's kind of it and honestly that's

3:43 just what we need it's not technically necessary but it will keep

3:47 your computer components cool so I recommend it now this part

3:50 is completely optional but if you want to add a little bit

3:53 of personality and have some fun with your build then totally

3:56 do it and that's colored cable extensions I chose black to stick

4:00 with the dark color scheme but you can choose red

4:02 blue green basically anything you want and this is purely aesthetic

4:06 and the very last thing here is just a Fan Hub

4:09 to control all of our fans it's about $5 on Amazon

4:13 and it allows us to control up to four different fans

4:16 on one fan header super important and super convenient so I

4:21 recommend it so that's our entire build it's going to be

4:24 between $480 and $520 depending on prices availability and if you go

4:30 with any of the optional aesthetic upgrades so we're going

4:37 to start out with the motherboard and I recommend taking out

4:40 the antenna and the io shield and then the tiny screw

4:44 that will screw in the m.2 SSD next we're going to install

4:55 the RAM and it's pretty straightforward you're going to pull back

4:58 the clips on the ram slots you're going to line up

5:01 the notches on the ram slots with the ram itself and then

5:05 push on both ends until you hear a satisfying click and next

5:16 up we have our SSD this is pretty similar to The Ram

5:21 you're going to line up the notch on the SSD

5:23 with the notch on the SSD slot and then you're going

5:26 to use that tiny screw I mentioned before to to screw

5:30 it into place easy now we're going to install the CPU

5:52 but we're going to prep the motherboard for the CPU Cooler

5:55 first and here it is the ryen 53600 the gift that keeps

6:10 on giving before we take the CPU out of the CPU

6:21 protection plastic thingy we're going to pull up the lever now

6:30 the CPU should fall right into place you shouldn't need any

6:33 pressure and once it's in place you can pull the lever

6:36 down and this is the orientation now I'm going to use

6:46 the thermo ride assassin CPU Cooler but in case you didn't

6:49 purchase that I'll show you how to install The Wraith stealth thermop

6:53 paste is already pre-applied on the bottom so you don't need

6:56 to do that you're going to line up The Wraith stealth screws

7:04 with the screw holes on the motherboard back plate and then

7:07 just screw in an x-like pattern oh and hot tip you

7:11 see that little AMD logo that's jutting out the side

7:14 of the CPU Cooler make sure it's not touching the ram slots otherwise

7:18 you might block whatever your slots after that you just plug

7:23 in the CPU fan header and you're done but now we're

7:29 going to install saw the thermalite Assassin now it's pretty difficult

7:33 to explain this with a voiceover it does come with a manual

7:37 and I recommend following that and then you can use

7:40 this video as a guideline if you need any help oh

8:15 and don't forget to take off the plastic covering now this does

8:20 come with thermal paste so just apply about a p size

8:23 drop onto the ryzen 5 CPU [Music] after screwing in the heat

8:42 sink we're going to clip the fan onto the heat

8:44 sink itself and then we'll plug the fan into the CPU

8:48 fan header [Music] [Music] cool so now we have everything installed

9:03 on the motherboard and now we can prep the case so

9:07 the first thing we're going to do is remove the case

9:09 side panels and then pull out this cardboard box that has

9:14 all of the case screws and cable management items next we're

9:35 going to install the motherboard IO Shield it's good to do

9:38 this now forgetting it and trying to do it later will

9:41 be a pain there aren't any screws for the io Shield

9:46 you just kind of have to pressure fit it into place so

10:04 after we do that I'm just checking to see where

10:07 the motherboard standoffs are and these raise the motherboard off the metal

10:11 back of the case so it doesn't get shorted there was

10:13 one standoff missing so I took a standoff out of my case

10:17 screw pack and screwed it in now I'm just routing some

10:21 cables before I actually place the motherboard in and screw it

10:25 into place now I'm not saying you should manhandle your motherboard

10:40 but these are pretty robust nowadays so after plugging in the front

10:49 panel header the USB 3 header and the HD audio header

10:53 I'm going to screw the motherboard into the standoffs and that should

10:56 secure it into place okay cool now it's time to install

11:11 the fans I'm going to remove the front panel and then

11:14 install two fans in the front which will be our intake

11:20 [Music] fans so here you want to make sure that there

11:27 isn't any logo facing you that way you know that it's

11:34 going to pull air into the case cool so now we're

12:05 done with the front intake fans and we're going to do

12:08 the same thing with the top of the case and add

12:11 an exhaust fan to pull air out so here you want

12:18 the logo of the fan to be facing towards you this way

12:23 you know that the air is going to be pulled out

12:25 of the case to the top nice so now we have

12:40 four total fans in the case and I'm going to use

12:42 that Fan Hub and plug them all in and now it's

12:58 finally time to install the power supply you want to install

13:09 the power supply with its fan facing down towards the ground

13:12 that way it can pull air into itself to cool itself

13:22 after the power supply is installed I'm going to plug in all

13:26 of our extension cables [Music] the extension cables we'll use would

13:35 be the motherboard 24 pin the CPU 8 Pin and the GPU

13:40 6+ 2 pin and here I'm just going to Route

13:56 the cables and then plug them in the GPU cable will

14:03 plug in a little bit later after we install the GPU

14:13 all right so now it's the fun part and this means

14:15 that we're almost done with the computer we're going to install

14:18 the video card the first thing I'll do is line up

14:25 the video card PCI Notch with the video card PCI slot

14:30 on the motherboard and that will tell me which IO brackets

14:33 on the side I need to remove so after removing those I'll

14:44 push down the lock on the pcie slot and then I'll

14:47 line up the notches and push it into place and to secure

14:54 the video card I'll just screw it in [Music] after

15:02 that we can plug in our cable extension to power

15:06 the video card and yeah that's pretty much it but before we

15:19 actually put the case side panel on let's uh turn it

15:22 on and see if it works are spinning yes so if

15:36 you're able to make it to the bio screen and all

15:38 the fans are turning then that means that your computer was successfully

15:41 built good job the final step here is to screw

15:46 in the antenna for the Wi-Fi module don't forget this because

15:50 your Wi-Fi will be terribly slow if you do so after

16:01 building your computer there are three things that you want to do

16:04 firstly enter the BIOS by spamming the delete key

16:07 on your keyboard after you turn on the PC then enable XMP

16:11 for your RAM this allows your RAM to actually run at its

16:14 rated speeds secondly install Windows 11 you'll need an 8 GB flash

16:19 drive but you can use the free unactivated version without any

16:23 issues I mean pretty sure I still do it and it's

16:27 been fine and lastly in install your GPU drivers Wi-Fi drivers

16:31 Bluetooth drivers and chipset drivers and after that you can install

16:35 your games and you're ready to go and if you want

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17:50 about gaming this PC offers what I would like to call

17:53 a very comfortable gaming experience even with harder to run titles

17:58 the p did a great job with Apex Legends using

18:01 a mix of medium and high settings at 1080p averaging around 160

18:06 FPS during a quick run hell divers 2 was harder to run

18:11 but still quite enjoyable using the high preset and Ultra quality

18:15 render option we stayed above 60 FPS the entire time basically

18:19 and it looked great while doing it Hogwarts Legacy hammers the entire

18:24 system pretty hard but the PC handled it well without any

18:28 upscaling we average 59 FPS with the high preset at 1080P

18:33 and that gives us some breathing room to tweak settings

18:35 to get to that 60 FPS experience New World tum a massively

18:40 multiplayer online RPG works great on this computer at high settings

18:46 using native 1080p we're averaging 67 FPS in the town centers

18:50 with players around once we're in open and simple PVE

18:54 combat the system averages around 87 FPS this gives me confidence

18:59 that it can handle large scale battles with some setting tweaks

19:02 OverWatch 2 was a complete breeze on the high preset and using

19:06 native 1080p we averaged almost 300 FPS and the PC barely

19:11 broke a sweat this won't be an issue at all for high

19:14 refresh rate gaming or Competitive Gaming Rainbow Six sieg was more

19:19 or less the same using the very high preset we averaged

19:23 253 FPS with a 1% low of 191 this computer

19:28 is a great great option for competitive play here cyberpunk 2077

19:33 Heats things up a little bit but the computer still handles

19:36 everything pretty well it averaged 90 FPS using the in-game Benchmark

19:41 on the high preset now this isn't native 1080p but with quality

19:45 FSR on but it still does a great job because

19:47 the image looks sharp now the hardest of the bunch and honestly

19:52 the biggest test here Allan Wake 2 it was playable at 1440p

19:57 using quality FS R which renders a little bit below

20:01 1080P and on the medium preset the PC averaged 42 FPS

20:05 in the opening scene I consider that good enough for a story

20:09 based title with path tracing literally baked into the game the PC

20:13 does a lovely job and lastly fortnite it's gotten surprisingly harder

20:18 to run over the years but we did get a good

20:21 enough score using the balanced resolution modifier and a mix

20:26 of medium and low settings with direct X 12 we averaged around

20:30 160 FPS it's choppier than I would like admittedly but still

20:34 pretty enjoyable I think with a few tweaks it would be

20:37 ready for competitive play overall I think this computer looks

20:42 and plays great if you exclude the cable extensions we're sitting right

20:46 around $500 for the entire system and it's upgradeable has Wi-Fi

20:50 and Bluetooth built-in great airflow just kind of everything that you

20:54 would want and the coolest part is that for just another

20:57 $200 or the price of a PS5 Pro you can actually build

21:02 an entire setup with a monitor a mouse a headphones

21:06 a pair of headphones a keyboard a desk everything you would need

21:10 and I'll have a video of that up uh in a few

21:14 hours or it might be up by the time you're already

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21:23 through Black Friday let me know what you guys think about

21:25 this PC and I'll see you guys in the next one peace