A Calming $600 Gaming PC To Find Your Way In An Overpriced Market - Build Guide & Benchmarks!

I came upon a harrowing realization the other day that it's been 3 years since the COVID-19 pandemic was a thing and yet new PC parts prices has only gotten worse and worse in that timeframe thanks to manufacturers continuing the trend of overcharging consumers from the COVID days. I wanted to build something that can play any game and widely accessible, which ended up being this 600 USD (900 AUD) Gaming PC! In the spirit of some older build videos I used to obsess over, I will also be doing a step-by-step guide on how you can build this PC yourself so I hope my somewhat unorthodox method of building PCs will be at least tolerable for you all.

System Specs: (all parts were bought from Mwave for the video, but I recommend you buy from MSY or Umart as they have better prices during this EOFY/Tax Time sale)

Intel Core i3-12100F
Gigabyte H610M-H DDR4 Motherboard
2x8GB DDR4-3200 Silicon Power RAM
AsRock Challenger D Radeon RX 6600 8GB GDDR6
Kingston NV2 1TB NVME SSD
Antec NX200M RGB Case
Thermaltake Smart BX1 650W 80+ Bronze PSU

Games Tested:
Apex Legends
Overwatch 2
Valorant
Forza Horizon 5
Spider-Man Remastered
Red Dead Redemption 2
Horizon Zero Dawn
Fortnite

The Red Dead settings I used for anyone who's interested: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...

Buying Links (alternative):
CPU: https://www.umart.com.au/product/inte...
Motherboard: https://www.umart.com.au/product/msi-...
RAM: https://www.umart.com.au/product/sili...
GPU: https://www.umart.com.au/product/sapp...
SSD: https://www.umart.com.au/product/king...
Case: https://www.mwave.com.au/product/ante...
PSU: https://www.umart.com.au/product/ther...

Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:29 The Parts and Pricing Breakdown
4:19 Motherboard Prep
5:17 CPU Installation
7:20 Cooler Installation
8:57 RAM Installation
9:42 SSD Installation
10:24 Case Prep
13:35 PSU Installation
14:50 Pre-Routing PSU Cables
16:20 Motherboard Installation in Case
18:55 Connecting PSU Cables
19:34 Front Panel Connectors
21:24 (Minor) Cable Management
22:46 GPU Unboxing, Prep and Installation
26:54 Final Touches and Plastic Peel!!
27:20 First Boot and Enabling XMP
28:20 Build B-Rolls
29:09 Benchmarks
30:50 Outro



Music Used:
tandem · Fuyuni wakarete
   • tandem  

彷徨い · Fuyuni wakarete
   • 彷徨い  

揺れる · Fuyuni wakarete
   • 揺れる  

もうすぐ雨は · Fuyuni wakarete
   • もうすぐ雨は  

Get Up and Go · Aviino
   • Get Up and Go  

I Walked Her Home, for the First Time · kms
   • I Walked Her Home, for the First Time  

Shine · singular balance
   • Shine  

Promise · singular balance
   • Promise  

free · barking continues
https://open.spotify.com/track/3EZW4e...

Looking Pretty · Kyoto Black & TetraTara
https://open.spotify.com/track/2UxYPN...

▶️ Listen to barking continues - free
https://bitbird.lnk.to/freeid

▶️ Listen to Looking Pretty
https://bitbird.lnk.to/lookingprettyid

▶️ Listen to all bitbird releases
https://bitbird.lnk.to/releasesid

✦ Follow barking continues
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  / barking_continues  

✦ Follow Kyoto Black
@KyotoBlack
  / kyotoblack  
  / kyoto.black  
  / kyoto_black  

✦ Follow TetraTara
  / tetratara  
  / tetra_tara  
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✦ Follow bitbird
  / discord  
  / bitbird  
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https://sptfy.com/M0gu
  / bitbird  
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Thank you for all watching :)