Cheapest Gaming PC WINS

[00:00] at our wonderful sponsor Micro Center I am starting with perfection. and this is going to absolutely wipe the floor

[00:15] - So I have. - Uncalled for. I think I did pretty well. and whoever sold this to me did not include it.

[00:29] - Okay, look, look, look. I picked it because I had this in the office, - So our goal today is to start with these

[00:45] and with the help of our wonderful sponsor Micro Center, or gaming kittens in my case.

[00:57] the budget side of things. but we get bonus points for the least amount of money spent, if not the outright win in performance,

[01:11] But the main problem I'm gonna have here, this has no space whatsoever for a traditional GPU. to get a little bit creative.

[01:24] Keep in mind my OptiPlex is a little old. I think I have chosen poorly, but that's fine. So for $280, I think the RX 7600

[01:41] than my system should be able to handle. you would be concerned about cooling and power. you care about none of these practical pieces of nonsense

[01:57] Not gonna say that they're good methods. My next step is to power my GPU. And power supply wise, this is only a 255 watt power supply.

[02:09] Maybe don't try this at home. So this needs, should just need a single 8-pin, right? I think spending a cool $41 on my dedicated GPU power supply

[02:26] Now the smart move would be to buy a case You can buy PCI risers. which I just don't have the clearance for right now.

[02:39] this is Junkyard Scrapyard Dogs battle war. and most importantly, It will definitely perform well.

[02:52] We should, we should try. I will take a quick look at cases just to be safe. This has the PCI riser in it.

[03:09] that doesn't have the back panel on it. Let's see what Ken has in store, Since we're doing gaming PC stuff,

[03:23] I obviously need a GPU, since this PC did not come with one. is probably the RTX 5060. This one specifically from Gigabyte is $349,

[03:35] which would bring me to math, math, math. I may be thinking upgrade the case. so perhaps I'll grab that as well.

[03:48] Look at him. This is an NZXT H3 Flow. Ideally, I can just hide it.

[04:02] The Lian Li A3 with the wooden front. so I don't have to worry about RGB. Our case is done.

[04:17] - Oh, so, yeah, I'm hard at work. You're gonna, ah, that's a shame. because I don't think I need an AIO for this.

[04:31] They make a $20 Hyper 212? Wait, how much money do I have left now? Can I get a better card?

[04:47] I'm just gonna get some more fans. - So we both have our builds. - Same, how much did you spend?

[05:00] I have spent $808. that you guys both came under budget You are going to take the budget you have left

[05:15] - Why would you do that to us? - You can't buy just like 20 mice. - So when Alex first hit me with the whole,

[05:30] and get yourself a bunch of accessories, was just trying to steal my extra budget. And if I understand the rules right,

[05:42] So I had enough budget to buy myself for less than 400 bucks at your friendly local Micro Center, and says oh, hey, you actually put some effort in.

[05:59] He's not gonna say that, is he? So I was able to pick up a 65% Ducky keyboard. And I also just grabbed the good old standard Logitech G203.

[06:15] We got ourselves a little ducky So I'm a little bit worried but the thing is he had so much less money to work with.

[06:28] (Austin laughing evilly) Okay. Oh, okay, we're good, we're good, we're good.

[06:40] Yeah, boy, an Intel Core i5-4570. We do have ourselves a whopping 16 gigabytes of DDR3 memory. I've gotta upgrade this guy.

[06:54] this is designed for like a doctor's office, right? And that PCI slot only has a single like row. this original power supply.

[07:06] that I have in the Hyte case. and then mount the GPU to the outside of the case? So that just won't fit anyway.

[07:22] if I give this power, This is the point where I'm gonna mention Traditionally, a power supply

[07:36] However, this is only going to be powering my GPU. So if you use one of these little dummy connectors, and start giving power to the GPU.

[07:50] I think it would be funny if my entire Dell could fit inside the Hyte. Oh boy, that's gonna be a bend that's ugh.

[08:03] why don't I just take the motherboard out of this system? to the junkyard dog lifestyle. It is time for the Dremel adventure.

[08:18] is cut a hole in the side panel for my riser to come out. expertly drawn, I see daylight.

[08:31] Like many people, the longer I go, the less straight I get. That, my friends, is a hole fit for king.

[08:47] I hope it's a good vision, but it's a vision. some questionable decisions right now, whatever Ken is trying to put together.

[09:02] This is our donor PC. and putting them in this, the Lian Li A3. We live life on the edge here at the Austin Evans channel.

[09:18] Oh! with the wood finish on the front.

[09:30] But most importantly, because there's mesh, Oh, let's open up our prebuilt.

[09:43] So SSD as well as our Ryzen 7. In today's economy, we'll take any RAM that we can get.

[09:55] Yeah, man. Come on. but the motherboard should actually be fairly free.

[10:09] It's okay, we don't need the GPU. (Ken laughing) - [Alex] Yeah, I did see that. - Yeah, and with that, our motherboard is out.

[10:23] But the only thing is that you can kind of see There it is. Our 500 watt power supply.

[10:35] So now I think it's time to install my GPU. into our motherboard. Bam, sick.

[10:50] before I even go that far. That's a lot of heat sink. Okay, there we go.

[11:05] Just buy a new computer. Okay, not as bad as I thought. What if I use this rubbing alcohol to drown my sorrows out?

[11:19] It might not look like a lot, But they are zip tied, but look at that. It's way better than what we started with.

[11:32] and that's to see if this PC will boot, So this is a 27-inch 1080p gaming monitor.

[11:45] I paid I think $100. It's 120 hertz.

[11:57] As far as my keyboard and mouse goes, I was able to get this for $40 on clearance as is. Also a really good deal, this glorious Model D-.

[12:12] I actually paid like $25. Ooh, this thing is wireless. Let's turn on our computer.

[12:27] - Oh, yep, the monitor is on. So the power strip is on. Well I think I lost that bet on Kalshi. (Ken laughing)

[12:41] When I was fiddling around with the GPU, I kind of snagged the front panel connector I just plugged it back in, and it fired right up.

[12:55] I need to like cut my sleeves off, (Austin barking) (tonal beeping)

[13:09] which is what I've been told is my junkyard dogs to see who's got a better PC for me to look at. that's ever been crafted ever.

[13:22] - I volunteer. Oh, okay, okay. - [Austin] An actual system.

[13:34] - [Matt] This is bespoke. - I've never seen this case before. Why is there a monitor box on the back?

[13:47] that I have here. - This looks like Trump's oval office, dude. Ask all the questions you like.

[14:00] and said, "Hey, can I have some of your Legos?" - Yeah, you're starting to see some of the handy work there. You see, how does that keep you intact?

[14:14] which I'm assuming you have a riser. is very custom and proprietary, - You'll see that now you still have access to the ports,

[14:27] both of which fit in the case. - Where's my, where's the cable for the GPU, hm? - I'm not, I'm not besmirching your.

[14:40] I heard, I heard power tools going on, just to make sure we were like stocked up. So you have a fan that doesn't do anything.

[14:54] The back corner of the PC is hanging off the fan slightly. It is pretty clever for as stupid as it is. - [Ken] Feel free to open it.

[15:09] means that you can hide a lot of things. - Mm. - Where's your redundancy? - So my PC started as a $300 prebuilt without a GPU.

[15:22] - What graphics card do you have? - First of all, what CPU do you have? - Ah, an oldie but a goodie, Core i5-4570

[15:35] - [Matt] I also like playing mine sweeper. - [Austin] Go, please. - About how yours functions. In the era of physical media, you know, we're, kind of.

[15:52] - [Ken] It won't even. - [Ken] Whoa, whoa, whoa. - I know if they don't have a connection.

[16:06] - But mine does because I'm a wizard. and it basically starts the power supply. - You have a jumped fire hazard.

[16:19] - [Matt] In a PC filled with plastic. with a flammable cardboard box? - We can never be too safe.

[16:33] isn't gonna catch on fire by the end of this video. for being unsafe. So the fact that I have two cases

[16:46] - [Alex] So for challenge one, So with whatever they had left over, they had to spend that on peripherals.

[16:59] - [Matt] Walk me through the individuals for your peripherals. - [Matt] I'll be honest, I really like the salmon. - [Matt] Very nice.

[17:12] - Too many holes. - There's no, get stabbed and tell me that you don't have too many holes. This is $100 ASUS 1080p monitor, IPS.

[17:25] Like what? Austin. - That's not really sucking up when you're in it.

[17:37] O-L-E-D. That my friend is a 240 hertz OLED panel. This is a high quality panel

[17:53] - Yeah, this is a really good monitor G203, a classic mouse, nothing fancy, That came with keyboard.

[18:06] No! - [Austin] Ha, ha, because the challenge is who spent the best with their leftover money.

[18:20] So an OLED, like, it just. - [Ken] Eager one over here. - For challenge number two, we got a two-parter.

[18:33] gets to choose So we're doing Horizon 6 on medium settings, all identical. - No, let me lose first, then you will pick.

[18:47] - Oh, oh, there's two clicks. His is already gone and mine's not ready yet. - [Austin] That's fine.

[19:01] - [Matt] You're hovering around 70-ish percent Ken was pegged at 99 the entire time. Do you see how like there's people like floating in the air?

[19:14] with entire buildings popping in. - Ken achieved 78 FPS. - So Ken gets to pick which game we play.

[19:28] Of course you're going to pick that. All right. Winner takes all of this round. will be crowned the victor.

[19:42] - [Matt] Okay, you shot someone in the back. - Look, it's a point's a point, man. and I'm very happy with that.

[19:54] - Uh, Five and two. - Yes, noticed. There's Austin, there's Austin.

[20:07] - [Ken] It's really well done. - So you need to get 25 points to. - Okay, oh no, okay, oh no, oh no. (Ken squawking)

[20:19] - [Matt] Oh, Austin, whoa. - This is better than Austin's ever done - I am a gaming prodigy.

[20:31] I was gaming before Ken knew how to tie his shoes, Okay, I'm still beating Ken in the KD, but. So you're. - [Austin] I understand, I understand.

[20:47] - [Matt] A double kill for Austin. - Triple kill, triple kill, triple kill. Oh my God, dude. - It's looking bleak for Austin.

[20:59] Ah, okay, GG, GG. I had 331 points and I was 39 and 25. - Yeah because I kept getting spawn killed.

[21:13] You definitely win. - Yeah, not really surprised that I won, but I'll take it. based on your performance, your aesthetics.

[21:27] - {quack] Don't agree. - Whoa. - What? Wait, really?

[21:39] - With yours, I have to say, it is beautiful. I'm gonna give you a seven. - [Ken] Did you just give us scores based off a meme?

[21:54] just so you can meme us at the very last thing. for coming under the original budget for your PC. so you only got one extra bonus point.

[22:09] - The final score is nine versus 10. Junkyard dogs, junkyard dogs, junkyard dogs.

[22:27] But like, I don't know about that, Dude. is somewhat in question, but you know what? I'm not above taking something that's not mine.

[22:41] to be a junkyard dog from the start. for enabling the shenanigans. you could check those out at the link in the description.

[22:57] Okay, well sportsmanship is in fact dead, (Austin barking) (upbeat music)