How to Build a Core i7 Gaming_Editing PC

### Article: Building a New Editing Rig - A Step-by-Step Guide

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#### Introduction

Hey everyone, I'm back! Apologies for the delay—I didn't have my editing rig for quite some time and didn't feel like editing on this Lenovo 100s. If you're curious about that experience, you can check out the card above me. But today, I’m excited to share with you the process of building an entirely new editing rig from the ground up. This video is dedicated to the build itself, so if you’re subscribed to my channel, you might already know some of this, but it never hurts to get a nice refresher. Plus, you’ll get to see the rig being assembled from scratch, which is pretty cool!

Let’s jump right into the building process. Got your pens and notepads ready? Here we go.

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#### Parts Overview

Here's a basic rundown of the parts you'll need:

- **Motherboard**: We're using an Asus Z170A ATX board.

- **Processor**: Intel Core i7 6700K, an LGA 1151 CPU clocked at 4 GHz out of the box with 8 MB of L3 cache and hyperthreading for a total of eight threads.

- **RAM**: 16 GB of 3,000 MHz DDR4 (G.Skill in this case).

- **Cooling**: NZXT Kraken X61—a 280 mm radiator with two 140 mm PWM fans.

- **Power Supply**: EVGA 750W Bronze Supernova, modular and reliable.

- **Storage**:

- 1 TB Western Digital Black hard drive for general storage.

- PNY 120 GB solid-state drive (SSD) for a snappy OS.

- **Thermal Compound**: Arctic Silver 5 (or any 5th to 6th generation thermal paste).

- **Graphics Card**: AMD Radeon R9 390 (for now, but more on that later).

- **Case**: Corsair Carbide 400C. You can check out my review of this case in the card above me.

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#### Step 1: Start with Your Motherboard

The Asus Z170 is a great choice for several reasons:

- It supports overclocking.

- It has plenty of voltage regulator modules (VRMs).

- It comes with a dedicated sound driver for 5.1-channel audio.

- It offers native SLI and CrossFire support.

The motherboard also features an excellent color scheme. While I kept the default colors, you can paint the heat sinks white, as I did in my build. Check out my painting tutorial if you’re interested (click the card above me).

The rear IO ports are impressive too: 5.1 audio, USB 3.1, Type-C connectors, DVI, VGA, HDMI, and DisplayPort support, plus two USB 3.0 headers and two USB 2.0 counterparts.

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#### Step 2: Install the CPU

Next up is the processor—the Intel Core i7 6700K. This top-of-the-line LGA 1151 CPU is clocked at 4 GHz, with a stock frequency that can turbo boost up to 4.2 GHz thanks to its 14nm Sky transistor architecture.

Here’s how to install it:

1. Pull the lever to the right of the socket until the door stands upright.

2. Identify the "Golden Triangle" on the CPU and align it with the one on the motherboard.

3. Rest the CPU in the socket gently—do **not** force it, as it only slides in one way.

4. Lower the retention arm once you’ve secured the chip.

The socket cover should pop off easily. Store it somewhere safe in case you need to remove the CPU later.

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#### Step 3: Install RAM

RAM installation is straightforward but requires a bit of unorthodox force:

1. Pull out both DIMMs and note the notches at the bottom.

2. Align these notches with slots 2 and 4 on the motherboard (for dual-channel support).

3. Push each DIMM into its slot firmly, starting from one side and then securing the other.

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#### Step 4: Install the NZXT Kraken X61 Cooler

The NZXT Kraken X61 is a 280 mm radiator with two 140 mm PWM fans. We’ll orient these fans so that air flows through the radiator into the case and out the back. While you could reverse the fan orientation to exhaust air from the front, this isn’t recommended by NZXT.

To secure the fans:

- Use eight included washers and long screws.

- Tighten each fan securely—loose fans can be loud and prone to breaking sooner.

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#### Step 5: Assemble the Case

Let’s move on to assembling everything into the case (Corsair Carbide 400C in this build):

1. Remove the bottom basement from the case using the three screws at the back.

2. Mount the radiator to the front of the case using eight washers and low-profile screws.

3. Secure the power supply to the back of the case with included screws.

4. Snap the IO shield into place in the rear.

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#### Step 6: Secure the Motherboard

1. Use the small parts box included with the case (usually located in the hard drive bay) to secure the motherboard to the chassis using the provided screws.

2. The center standoff doesn’t require a screw, so align the holes on the rear bracket with the standoffs at the back of the motherboard.

3. Slide each placeholder toward its centermost position and secure it through the hole at the back.

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#### Step 7: Mount the Cooler

1. Apply Arctic Silver 5 thermal paste to the CPU heat spreader (a modest amount is sufficient).

2. Secure the water block to the CPU by aligning the four threads from the standoffs with the inside holes of the front bracket.

3. Tighten all four corners until the screws build up significant resistance.

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#### Step 8: Install Storage Devices

1. Remove the hard drive cage for better access to modular ports on the power supply.

2. Secure your 3.5-inch hard drive by aligning its holes with the pins in the bay.

3. Reinsert the cage and secure it from the back with included screws.

4. Mount the SSD in one of the three SSD trays integrated into the case.

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#### Step 9: Connect Power Cables

1. Connect the 24-pin power cable and the 8-pin CPU power connector to the motherboard.

2. Connect the USB 3.0 header using ASUS’s included front IO assistant, matching positive-to-positive and negative-to-negative leads.

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#### Step 10: Install the Graphics Card

1. Remove the plastic from your graphics card (in this case, an AMD Radeon R9 390).

2. Clear two PCI slots at the back of the case.

3. Engage the lock on the top large slot and secure the graphics card to the back with included screws.

4. Connect the power cables (one 8-pin and one 6-pin in this setup).

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#### Step 11: Final Assembly

1. Connect SATA cables from each drive device to the motherboard, ensuring your SSD is inserted into the "OS Drive" header.

2. Remove the dust filter at the top of the case and add any extra fans you have lying around. I’m using two Fantex 140 mm fans oriented downward for positive air flow.

3. If you’re using a fan hub, secure it to the case (e.g., with Velcro adhesive) and connect its four-pin lead to a CHA1 or CHA2 header on the motherboard.

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#### Conclusion

There you have it folks! The process isn’t as complicated as it may seem—especially if you follow this guide closely. Even someone who’s never built a PC before can do this, though it might feel daunting at first. Just take my word for it: if you can disassemble and reassemble an old computer, you’ve essentially built one (albeit not from scratch).

If you’re curious about the performance of this PC, be sure to check out the benchmarks I prepared but didn’t include in this video. The i7 6700K paired with the R9 390 is a unique combination, and we’ll soon be comparing it head-to-head with AMD’s RX 480.

Stay tuned for more exciting content, including my attempt to play games on an extremely old PC (under $100!). For updates, follow me on Twitter at @scstSalazar.

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This concludes the build process. Thanks for learning with us! If you have any questions or want to share your own build experience, feel free to comment below. Stay tuned for more awesome videos coming soon!

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone I'm back I apologize for the delay I didn't have my editing rig for quite a while and I didn't feel like editing on this Lenova 100s if you're interested in how that experience was you can check out the card above me uh what I have done is built an entirely new editing rig from the ground up and it's featuring The Core i76700k I do have benchmarks uh ready to go but I'm not going to put them in this video because this video is dedicated to building the PC so I know that most of you who are subscribed to the channel already know how to do this but it never hurts to you know get a nice refresher in there and on top of that you get to see the rig being assembled from the ground up that's kind of nice as well so let's go ahead and jump into the building process without further Ado got your pens and notepads ready all right here we go here's a basic parts run down you'll need a z170 motherboard ours is the Asus z170a ATX board an Intel Core i76700 K 16 GB of 3 ,000 MHz ddr4 in this case Gil super loose with white LEDs an all-in-one CPU Cooler a reliable power supply from a reliable brand preferably 600 WTS or above a 1 TB Western Digital black hard dis drive for General storage a PNY 120 GB solid St drive for a Snappy OS Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound a dedicated graphics card I've gotten with an r9390 for the time being but more on that later and a Corsair carbide 400c you can check out my review of this cas case in the card right here it's game time start with your motherboard this Asus z17 is a great choice for a variety of reasons it has a chipset which supports overclocking plenty of voltage regulator modules a dedicated sound driver for 5.1 Channel audio native SLI and Crossfire support an excellent color scheme although I did paint these heat sinks white from their previous gray click the card right here to check out my painting tutorial and finally plenty of rear IO ports including 5.1 audio USB 3.1 and type-c connectors DVI VGA HDMI and display port support and two USB 3.0 headers accompanied by two USB 2.0 counterparts go ahead and grab your processor will be using a core i7 6700 k a top-of-the-line LGA 1151 CPU it's clocked to 4 GHz out of the box and should overclock quite nicely the 6700 K packs 8 MB of L3 cache a stock frequency of 4 GHz which turbo boost up to 4.2 14 NM Sky transistor architecture and four cores with hyperthreading for a total of eight threads with your CPU ready pull up the lever to the right of the socket on the motherboard until the door is standing safely upright identify the Golden Triangle on the CPU itself and Orient the chip so that its triangle points in the same direction as the Triangle located on the board being extra careful rest the CPU in the socket rest it do not force it it will only slide in one way simply set the chip down a top the various pins within the socket and then lower the retention arm once again ensuring that the socket hinge itself secures under the screw the arm will require additional Force to latch once again this is completely normal no worries the socket cover should pop right off at this point store this somewhere safe in case you ever need to return your motherboard next it's time to install RAM this step is very simple but it does require a bit of unorthodox Force once again go ahead and pull out both dims and take note of the notch at the bottoms of both these will need to be aligned with The Notches in Ram slots 2 and four on the motherboard with The Notches aligned and the slot levers two and four pulled back push each dim into its rifle Place additional force is required to suggest starting from one side securing it and then securing the other side subsequently we replacing these in slots 2 and four specifically for dual Channel support not bad so far you've installed your CPU and RAM into this beautiful motherboard now we'll need our NZXT Kraken x61 this is a 280 mm radiator and comes with two 140 mm pulse with modulated fans we want our air in our case flowing through our radiator so we'll Orient our fans in such a way that air is pulled through the rad and into our case and subsequently exhausted out the back you may also Orient these fans in the opposite direction as I've done in the pass to exhaust air out the front of the rad but this method is not condoned by NZXT we'll follow the rules here grab a hold of eight included washers and long screws and secure the fans to the radiator make sure each of these is turned nice and tight loose fans will be loud and could break much sooner now it's time to start assembling all the little parts and pieces into our 400 SE or whatever case you might have chosen start by removing the bottom basement from the 4 SE these three screws in the back hold these into place grab another set of eight washers and eight lowprofile screws from the x61 bag and mount the radiator to the front of the case ensure each of these screws is completely secure of course now grab your power supply in my case I've gone with you ready for this an EVGA 750w b280 plus bronze Supernova power supply with modular capabilities secure the unit to the back of your case with the included screws grab the io Shield that came with the motherboard and snap it into place from all four corners in the io slot at the back of your case locate the standoff screw near the middle of the case and gently lower your motherboard into Place using the standoff and the rear IO as reference points all screw holes should align with the standoffs built into the 400c now grab a hold of the small parts box included with the case it should be in the hard drive bay and then use the motherboard screws the screws that look like they have washers built into them to secure the motherboard to the chassis the center standoff I pointed to earlier won't require a screw take the rear bracket from the x61 kit and slide each of the placeholders toward its centermost position then slide it through the hole at the back of the motherboard take the standoff screws that have equal threading lengths on both sides and screw one end into each of the four bracket leads at this point the bracket should be secured to the motherboard thread the front bracket which I've painted white through the water block of the cooler and secure it with the small black ring included with the kit as well if this part is confusing you can check out my in-depth guide here once the cooler is prepped we've got one last thing to do before officially mounting it thermal paste I use Arctic Silver 5 but any5 to $6 paste should be fine apply a modest amount over the CPU heat spreader and then secure the water block to the CPU by aligning the four threads from the standoffs with the inside holes of the front bracket turn with your fingers until the screws build up a significant amount of resistance at all four corners next remove the hard drive cage so that we have plenty of access to modular ports on the power supply with these installed and funneled through the back of the case we'll need to Mount our storage devices remove a 3 and 1/2 in Drive Bay from the cage that we just took out and secure the hard drive by aligning the holes in the drive with the pins of the bay a nice toolis feature this is now reinsert the cage with the hard drive and secure it from the back with the included screws grab your SSD I strongly recommend you have one of these with this caliber of build and simply secure it to the back of the Corsair 400c by sliding it into one of the three SSD trays integrated with the case another toolless feature here go ahead and connect it to SATA power as well remove the dust filter at the top of the case and add any extra fans you have laying around I've got an extra two fantex 140 mm fans I'll be throwing into my rig orent downward so the air is pulling into the case from the top this in tandem with the fan intakes on the radiator should create a nice chamber of positive air flow within the 400 C if you prefer negative air pressure environments these can be turned around and set to exhaust instead if you've got a Fan Hub secure this to the case as well this one from fantex uses a velcro adhesive to keep the Hub in place you want to connect the four pin lead from this Hub to a four pin header on your motherboard preferably a header labeled cha1 or cha2 connect your 24 pin power cable from your power supply to the motherboard as well as this 8 Pin CPU power connector which you can funnel through the top left slot in this case and to connect the USB 3.0 header as well kind of cable manage as you go using asus's included front IO assistant plug positive to positive and negative to negative of each wire lead with its corresponding pin on the assistant assistant with all wires secure plug this assistant into the bottom right corner of the motherboard or wherever yours may be refer to your manual grab a hold of your graphics card and peel off its plastic goodness clear two PCI slots at the back of the case ensure the top large slot has its lock disengaged and connect your graphics card after securing it to the back with the included screws connect your power cables in this instance a single 8 pin and a single six pin finally connect SATA cables from each of your drive devices to the motherboard ensuring that your ssds is inserted into the header labeled OS drive now let's see how we did yeah there you have it folks the process is not all that complicated now not to a Layman someone who's never built a PC before or who has never I don't know messed with the internals of a PC the process does sound a bit daunting but I assure you if you follow this video here and the video in this card above me the process is not it's not difficult just take my word for it if you don't believe me take an old computer disassemble it put it back together boom you built a computer it may not be a computer built from scratch but you get my point if you're curious about the performance of this PC be sure to check out the card above me if it's not there it's because you're watching this video the day it was posted and I appreciate your promptness but otherwise check it out it's a unique combination an i76700 K paired with an r9390 which is coming very very obsolete very very soon AMD has already told me that they're sending their rx480 for a review and you guys will be seeing that stacked up head-to-head against this 390 which is about $100 more than the rx480 and we should expect similar performance between the two cards so we'll see how Polaris Stacks up against the gcn 1.2 architecture I also have a future well it's already built but I haven't actually edited the clips yet uh a very very old PC that I'm going to attempt to play games on I haven't done that yet because I think it's going to be a very difficult process uh but if you're like Greg what are you talking about it's because you're not following me on Twitter I invite you to do so follow me at scst Salazar and stay in the loop here in the studio I have a very old PC coming literally under 100 bucks I actually said it was 120 in the Tweet but that's because I added a few extra things that I eventually took away because I really didn't need them so we're looking at an under $100 potato PC yes it's a potato take my word for it be sure to like this video if you liked it give it a dislike if you feel the complete opposite or if you hate everything about life click the subscribe but if you haven't already stay tuned for all of these cool unique videos coming to the channel very soon now that I have this new bright and shiny editing rig behind me this is science Studio thanks for learning with ushey everyone I'm back I apologize for the delay I didn't have my editing rig for quite a while and I didn't feel like editing on this Lenova 100s if you're interested in how that experience was you can check out the card above me uh what I have done is built an entirely new editing rig from the ground up and it's featuring The Core i76700k I do have benchmarks uh ready to go but I'm not going to put them in this video because this video is dedicated to building the PC so I know that most of you who are subscribed to the channel already know how to do this but it never hurts to you know get a nice refresher in there and on top of that you get to see the rig being assembled from the ground up that's kind of nice as well so let's go ahead and jump into the building process without further Ado got your pens and notepads ready all right here we go here's a basic parts run down you'll need a z170 motherboard ours is the Asus z170a ATX board an Intel Core i76700 K 16 GB of 3 ,000 MHz ddr4 in this case Gil super loose with white LEDs an all-in-one CPU Cooler a reliable power supply from a reliable brand preferably 600 WTS or above a 1 TB Western Digital black hard dis drive for General storage a PNY 120 GB solid St drive for a Snappy OS Arctic Silver 5 thermal compound a dedicated graphics card I've gotten with an r9390 for the time being but more on that later and a Corsair carbide 400c you can check out my review of this cas case in the card right here it's game time start with your motherboard this Asus z17 is a great choice for a variety of reasons it has a chipset which supports overclocking plenty of voltage regulator modules a dedicated sound driver for 5.1 Channel audio native SLI and Crossfire support an excellent color scheme although I did paint these heat sinks white from their previous gray click the card right here to check out my painting tutorial and finally plenty of rear IO ports including 5.1 audio USB 3.1 and type-c connectors DVI VGA HDMI and display port support and two USB 3.0 headers accompanied by two USB 2.0 counterparts go ahead and grab your processor will be using a core i7 6700 k a top-of-the-line LGA 1151 CPU it's clocked to 4 GHz out of the box and should overclock quite nicely the 6700 K packs 8 MB of L3 cache a stock frequency of 4 GHz which turbo boost up to 4.2 14 NM Sky transistor architecture and four cores with hyperthreading for a total of eight threads with your CPU ready pull up the lever to the right of the socket on the motherboard until the door is standing safely upright identify the Golden Triangle on the CPU itself and Orient the chip so that its triangle points in the same direction as the Triangle located on the board being extra careful rest the CPU in the socket rest it do not force it it will only slide in one way simply set the chip down a top the various pins within the socket and then lower the retention arm once again ensuring that the socket hinge itself secures under the screw the arm will require additional Force to latch once again this is completely normal no worries the socket cover should pop right off at this point store this somewhere safe in case you ever need to return your motherboard next it's time to install RAM this step is very simple but it does require a bit of unorthodox Force once again go ahead and pull out both dims and take note of the notch at the bottoms of both these will need to be aligned with The Notches in Ram slots 2 and four on the motherboard with The Notches aligned and the slot levers two and four pulled back push each dim into its rifle Place additional force is required to suggest starting from one side securing it and then securing the other side subsequently we replacing these in slots 2 and four specifically for dual Channel support not bad so far you've installed your CPU and RAM into this beautiful motherboard now we'll need our NZXT Kraken x61 this is a 280 mm radiator and comes with two 140 mm pulse with modulated fans we want our air in our case flowing through our radiator so we'll Orient our fans in such a way that air is pulled through the rad and into our case and subsequently exhausted out the back you may also Orient these fans in the opposite direction as I've done in the pass to exhaust air out the front of the rad but this method is not condoned by NZXT we'll follow the rules here grab a hold of eight included washers and long screws and secure the fans to the radiator make sure each of these is turned nice and tight loose fans will be loud and could break much sooner now it's time to start assembling all the little parts and pieces into our 400 SE or whatever case you might have chosen start by removing the bottom basement from the 4 SE these three screws in the back hold these into place grab another set of eight washers and eight lowprofile screws from the x61 bag and mount the radiator to the front of the case ensure each of these screws is completely secure of course now grab your power supply in my case I've gone with you ready for this an EVGA 750w b280 plus bronze Supernova power supply with modular capabilities secure the unit to the back of your case with the included screws grab the io Shield that came with the motherboard and snap it into place from all four corners in the io slot at the back of your case locate the standoff screw near the middle of the case and gently lower your motherboard into Place using the standoff and the rear IO as reference points all screw holes should align with the standoffs built into the 400c now grab a hold of the small parts box included with the case it should be in the hard drive bay and then use the motherboard screws the screws that look like they have washers built into them to secure the motherboard to the chassis the center standoff I pointed to earlier won't require a screw take the rear bracket from the x61 kit and slide each of the placeholders toward its centermost position then slide it through the hole at the back of the motherboard take the standoff screws that have equal threading lengths on both sides and screw one end into each of the four bracket leads at this point the bracket should be secured to the motherboard thread the front bracket which I've painted white through the water block of the cooler and secure it with the small black ring included with the kit as well if this part is confusing you can check out my in-depth guide here once the cooler is prepped we've got one last thing to do before officially mounting it thermal paste I use Arctic Silver 5 but any5 to $6 paste should be fine apply a modest amount over the CPU heat spreader and then secure the water block to the CPU by aligning the four threads from the standoffs with the inside holes of the front bracket turn with your fingers until the screws build up a significant amount of resistance at all four corners next remove the hard drive cage so that we have plenty of access to modular ports on the power supply with these installed and funneled through the back of the case we'll need to Mount our storage devices remove a 3 and 1/2 in Drive Bay from the cage that we just took out and secure the hard drive by aligning the holes in the drive with the pins of the bay a nice toolis feature this is now reinsert the cage with the hard drive and secure it from the back with the included screws grab your SSD I strongly recommend you have one of these with this caliber of build and simply secure it to the back of the Corsair 400c by sliding it into one of the three SSD trays integrated with the case another toolless feature here go ahead and connect it to SATA power as well remove the dust filter at the top of the case and add any extra fans you have laying around I've got an extra two fantex 140 mm fans I'll be throwing into my rig orent downward so the air is pulling into the case from the top this in tandem with the fan intakes on the radiator should create a nice chamber of positive air flow within the 400 C if you prefer negative air pressure environments these can be turned around and set to exhaust instead if you've got a Fan Hub secure this to the case as well this one from fantex uses a velcro adhesive to keep the Hub in place you want to connect the four pin lead from this Hub to a four pin header on your motherboard preferably a header labeled cha1 or cha2 connect your 24 pin power cable from your power supply to the motherboard as well as this 8 Pin CPU power connector which you can funnel through the top left slot in this case and to connect the USB 3.0 header as well kind of cable manage as you go using asus's included front IO assistant plug positive to positive and negative to negative of each wire lead with its corresponding pin on the assistant assistant with all wires secure plug this assistant into the bottom right corner of the motherboard or wherever yours may be refer to your manual grab a hold of your graphics card and peel off its plastic goodness clear two PCI slots at the back of the case ensure the top large slot has its lock disengaged and connect your graphics card after securing it to the back with the included screws connect your power cables in this instance a single 8 pin and a single six pin finally connect SATA cables from each of your drive devices to the motherboard ensuring that your ssds is inserted into the header labeled OS drive now let's see how we did yeah there you have it folks the process is not all that complicated now not to a Layman someone who's never built a PC before or who has never I don't know messed with the internals of a PC the process does sound a bit daunting but I assure you if you follow this video here and the video in this card above me the process is not it's not difficult just take my word for it if you don't believe me take an old computer disassemble it put it back together boom you built a computer it may not be a computer built from scratch but you get my point if you're curious about the performance of this PC be sure to check out the card above me if it's not there it's because you're watching this video the day it was posted and I appreciate your promptness but otherwise check it out it's a unique combination an i76700 K paired with an r9390 which is coming very very obsolete very very soon AMD has already told me that they're sending their rx480 for a review and you guys will be seeing that stacked up head-to-head against this 390 which is about $100 more than the rx480 and we should expect similar performance between the two cards so we'll see how Polaris Stacks up against the gcn 1.2 architecture I also have a future well it's already built but I haven't actually edited the clips yet uh a very very old PC that I'm going to attempt to play games on I haven't done that yet because I think it's going to be a very difficult process uh but if you're like Greg what are you talking about it's because you're not following me on Twitter I invite you to do so follow me at scst Salazar and stay in the loop here in the studio I have a very old PC coming literally under 100 bucks I actually said it was 120 in the Tweet but that's because I added a few extra things that I eventually took away because I really didn't need them so we're looking at an under $100 potato PC yes it's a potato take my word for it be sure to like this video if you liked it give it a dislike if you feel the complete opposite or if you hate everything about life click the subscribe but if you haven't already stay tuned for all of these cool unique videos coming to the channel very soon now that I have this new bright and shiny editing rig behind me this is science Studio thanks for learning with us\n"