hello and welcome to tech deals part one
of the $500 pentium g 4560 computer
builds video series parts overview this
is a $500 budget gaming computer do you
want to play most current games at 1080p
resolution do you want to do so at
medium to high detail at 60 frames per
second smooth performance you came to
the right place this is a very good deal
for that now I am going to provide more
details behind all of these parts why I
chose them some alternatives you might
consider and then we're going to put
this together in the next video but
before I do that let me just be very
clear by what I just said most current
games in 2017 at 60 frames per second at
medium detail I did not say all there
are a handful of games that will
struggle because of the CPU the Pentium
G 45 60 is an amazing value for the
money $65 two cores four threads it is
the first pentium cpu from intel in the
modern era there used to be some 10
years ago but in the modern era to have
hyper threading the previous generation
Pentiums were 2 cores 2 threads and that
severely held them back in game
performance this finally has
hyper-threading so it's just like an i3
with a slightly slower clock speed so I
say all that because I wanted to be very
clear that there are limitations to a
budget build but if you're trying to get
a gaming computer for $500 and you want
to build it all new with high quality
parts and an excellent graphics card
compromises have to be made and that's
one of them now let me quickly go over
the parts talk about their prices why
chose them and then I'm going to talk
about some alternative options you might
choose if you wish to customize the
machine remember this is a custom build
you can build it any way you want this
is a suggested build it's a starting
point not the end point I am NOT
suggesting to all of you watching this
video go out and build exactly the parts
I have you can choose a different case
or a different graphics card or
different motherboard personalize it to
your needs we're going to talk about
that but before we do that $65 pentium g
45 60 as I said before 2 cores 4 threads
3.5 gigahertz clock speed this is
for a budget gaming machine it's a good
cpu for that money
it is part of intel's seventh generation
KB Lake series of processors this was
just released a month ago in January of
2017 connected to that we have the MSI
b250 motherboard this is a very good
value for the money
$65 it is a basic motherboard it only
has two memory slots it only takes one
graphics card it does not have a ton of
expansion options but again 500 our
budget machine compromises have to be
made if you want more expansion options
you can spend 10 to $15 more and get be
250 motherboards with four memory slots
or a second graphics card slot if you
maybe want to buy two of these or one
now one in the future and crossfire them
you can do that so there are options to
spend a little bit not a lot but a
little bit more money and you gain some
additional features and options I will
link in the video description below all
the alternatives that I mentioned during
this video so there will be all of these
products linked to both Amazon and
Newegg beneath that at the bottom of the
video description will be an alternative
section where I post everything else I
mentioned in case you want to check out
those options and look at the prices and
go yeah sure I'll spend 10 or 15 dollars
more if it means I get a bunch of extra
expansion options or no I don't really
care because I'm not going to use them
now the next item in the list is our
system ram we have 16 gigabytes of
system ram this was a challenge to
squeeze into the system now this is
corsair system memory right here ddr4
which is what the b250 motherboards all
generally used eight gigabytes is an
option but I think in 2017 going with 16
gigabytes makes sense it's two memory
modules it's dual channel it fits into
our two memory slots just fine as an
option you can save about $40 and go
with 8 gigabytes of RAM and upgrade in
the future by adding a second memory
module but based on what I'm seeing with
memory usage in my game tests I really
think you should make the stretch and
get to 16 gigabytes if you can games
really are using all of the eight
gigabytes of system Ram leaving nothing
left for Windows background tasks web
browsers in the background or anything
else you may be running and then used to
swapping to your hard drive or SSD and
slows the Machine down get 16 gigs of
RAM if you can all afford it the next
item in our list is the solid-state
drive this is our storage I have a
corsair 240 gigabyte solid state drive
for seventy dollars now if you can swing
it upgrading this to a 500 gig or 480
depending upon which manufacturer you go
with is worth the extra $40 or so it
will cost you you get a ton more space
to store your games and programs on
however sticking to the 500 our price
point there isn't room 240 gigabytes is
enough for Windows and a handful of
modern computer games but it will run
out of space relatively quickly you can
always add an additional hard drive in
the future if you want to or external
storage if you need it
however if you want more storage right
off the bat at the same price you can
buy a two terabyte hard drive my
recommended choices would either be a
Seagate Barracuda or a Western Digital
blue drive both linked in the
alternatives section in the bottom of
the video description so basically your
choice is 240 gigabytes of superfast
solid-state storage drive very quick
program load times very quick windows
launch speed everything super fast but
limited space or 2 terabytes of storage
but it's a hard drive the choice is
yours now if you have the budget go with
both but we're sticking to $500 here so
at $500 it's an either/or rather than a
boat that brings us to our centerpiece
the graphics card this is where the
majority of the budget it's our single
most expensive item in this computer
wind and these excellent rx4 70 now this
particular card is anna soos republic of
gamers strict rx 474 gigabyte cards they
also make 8 gigabyte versions of these
cards in this level system an 8 gigabyte
is completely unnecessary and doesn't
fit within the budget go with the 4 gig
it'll be fine for what the system is
built for there are many different
possible choices graphics cards are a
personal preference this card has RGB
lighting and 2 fans they make cards with
one fan and make cards without RGB
lighting linked in the video description
below in the alternative section down
below will be the entire list of our x4
70 cards at both Amazon and Newegg
priced Louis
highest check both places pick out the
card that you personally prefer now in
this budget at the time I filmed this
video the card from power color with one
fan was the least expensive card at a
hundred and thirty dollars after mail-in
rebate this card is twenty dollars more
expensive it has two fans instead of one
and it has full color RGB lighting which
the power color does not if you care buy
this one and spend the $20 and get the
extra cooling fan and the RGB lighting
if you don't buy the power color and
don't there are also excellent options
from MSI and XFX and other companies
they're all fine I will be doing a
roundup of our x4 70 cards in the future
so be sure to check that out when it
comes out in the future one final note
I'll make about the graphics card
because it is the most important part of
this entire build this card is about 10%
slower than an RX 480 you could
certainly put an R X 480 in here but I
think at this price point with a 2 core
processor a 470 is the better value for
the money just keep in mind that a 470
and a 480 or 10% apart if you find a
really good deal in a 4 you can get one
I would skip in this build a 460 yes you
can save yourself $50 it's half the
performance of this card that the
performance difference between a 460 and
a 470 is massive literally double the
performance on this versus a 460 your
other option at this price point would
be a gtx 1050 or 1050 Ti in this build
skip those they are noticeably slower
than this card is this is really the
best performance for the money card
available on the market in February of
2017
it's why it's in here and I do highly
recommend it that brings us to our final
two items the case and the power supply
the case is a corsair carbide 100 our
mid tower computer case this is $50
that's the normal price you can
sometimes find them on sale it's a very
nice case that comes with one case fan
in the back for exhausting heat out
there are mounts on both the top and the
front to add additional case fans if
maybe it's a little bit warmer where you
live or you don't have air conditioning
you can add more fans but for the power
consumption of these two items what it
comes with
should be sufficient now if you don't
like the look of this
I would suggest an alternative in the
Corsair spec oh one it's actually the
same case with a different front do you
want a nice fancy looking grill on the
front with a red RGB lit fan get the
spec oh one do you like the plain black
exterior by this the guts inside the
case the back of the case and the actual
design of it are identical between the
100-hour and the speckle 1 the only
difference is the front and the
positioning of the included case plan
case pan and whether it's RGB or not now
there are other options do you want to
spend $10 more get the cooler master
master box 5 for $60 it comes with 2
case pans and since case fans generally
tend to cost about $10 or so you're kind
of getting that upgrade for free it's a
little bit taller a little bit wider and
a little bit deeper and it has a little
bit more room in it for expansion but
what it does not have is any five and a
quarter inch bays which this does have
so if you want to add a DVD drive not
included in this bill because I don't
use them anymore and I don't think most
people do but if you want to add a DVD
drive be aware that the master box 5
doesn't come with one and this comes
with two bays to install one if you want
one power supply we have EVGA excellent
430 watt 80 plus white 80 percent
certified power supply for $35
three-year warranty black sleeve cables
I have recently reviewed this and
actually I quite like it there is a $5
less expensive option in the 400 watt
power supply from EVGA it has a two year
warranty no black sleeve cables and it
is not 80-plus certified I highly
recommend you spend the five dollars
more and get this one longer warranty 80
plus certification for more power
efficiency black sleeve cables that look
much nicer because these cases all have
side windows and you don't want the ugly
ketchup and mustard looking cables
messing up your build and it gives you
30 more watts to boot so that's what I
would recommend you don't need more than
this
don't think you have to buy five or six
hundred watts worth of power supply this
card pulls 150 watts max this CPU is
going to use 50 watts max that's 200
motherboard RAM and storage is going to
use
maybe 25 to 35 watts you're under 250
watts of power here this is even
overkill a 300 to 350 watt power supply
would drive this computer for 30 is all
you need you can certainly spend five or
ten dollars more and get more but you
just don't need it in this computer
build you may notice what's not in this
build a separate CPU cooler we're going
to be using the included Intel stock
heatsink and fan now certainly for
higher-end builds higher heat
overclocked builds you need to add
dedicated cooling this is a relatively
low wattage processor the included Intel
heatsink and bin is absolutely plenty
don't spend any more money to get extra
cooling it's completely wasted this CPU
is going to run ridiculously cool even
with the Intel stock cooler just use
that it's absolutely fine even if you
have no air conditioning it's fine
just use that so that's my parts
overview for the five hundred dollar
pentium g forty five sixty computer
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for everything I've mentioned here
including the alternatives we'll be
right down there links to the full
playlist on this computer build video
series is going to be down there as well
to take you to the next video in the
series so be sure to check that out
thank you so much for watching I will
see you in my next video