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Checkout NexiGo’s Anniversary Sale at: https://www.nexigo.com/pages/1st-anniversary-sale Check out the MSI MPG X870E CARBON WIFI at https://lmg.gg/O0AJb It’s gotten A LOT harder to build a brand new Gaming PC for less than a thousand dollars, but maybe there is a better way to maximize your budget. But how much performance will you be leaving on the table? Can you get that dream GPU by compromising on Older Parts elsewhere? Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1586900-buying-a-new-pc-is-dumb/ Check out the Thermaltake Smart Series 80+ Bronze 600W PSU: https://geni.us/K5DWg Check out the AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D CPU: https://geni.us/AZEgBB Check out the Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE CPU Cooler: https://geni.us/Egha Check out the XFX Speedster Quicksilver 319 Radeon RX 7800 XT Graphics Card: https://geni.us/nekyQUY Check out the Corsair CX650 80+ Bronze 650W PSU: https://geni.us/aWHDx2R Check out the Zotac Gaming Twin Edge 4060 Graphics Card: https://geni.us/q2W7aDI Check out the GIGABYTE X870 Gaming Wifi6 Motherboard: https://geni.us/E2vD5r Check out the Kingston NV2 500GB 2280 M.2 NVMe SSD: https://geni.us/piIxBH Check out the Kingston NV3 500GB 2280 M.2 NVMe SSD: https://geni.us/IsV3fZ Check out the TEAMGROUP T-Force Delta RGB DDR5 RAM: https://geni.us/5pY6czw Check out the G.Skill RipJaws V DDR4 RAM: https://geni.us/K7fBbq Check out the Gigabyte C200 Glass Computer Case: https://geni.us/636rezv Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET OUR MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► GET A VPN: http://www.piavpn.com/linus ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: https://lmg.gg/partners Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 0:42 The Investigation Begins 1:48 Two CPUs Enter… 5:25 The House for our Parts 6:58 The GPUs 8:06 The Testing Begins 10:32 More Games 12:15 All the Parts and Prices 13:00 What about other features?
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