The Specs of the Ultimate Budget Ray-Tracing Build
The graphics card we're using is the RT X 2060, which is the cheapest graphics card that will enable us to get ray-tracing features. This is the reason for the ultimate budget ray-tracing build. The HP z4 100 motherboard was sourced from eBay for $40. It's a crucial component of this build, and we'll be using it as our main platform.
The RAM is another important aspect of this build. We have 12 gigs of DDR3 1066 RAM that will be in triple-channel configuration. Each stick can be factored to about three modules, which will provide the best performance possible. This RAM was sourced from eBay for a relatively affordable price of $40.
The CPU is another key component of this build. We're using an Intel Xeon W-30 690 - 6-core, 12th gen CPU that's unlocked. This means we can overclock it to achieve higher speeds, which will improve the overall performance of our system. The CPU was sourced from eBay for a price of $70.
The cooler used in this build is the Deep Cool Gam X 300. It's a decently capable cooler that provides good cooling and RGB functionality. While it wasn't the cheapest option available, its price of $17.20 makes it a reasonable choice for our budget build.
We also have a few other components that make up this build. A 120ml RGB fan was sourced from Amazon for $15, and a 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive was also sourced from Amazon for $135. Finally, we have an EVGA power supply that was scored using the Mid-Week Madness sales. The 500-watt unit was available for $24 after tax and shipping.
The case used in this build is the brand-new Rosewill Tier F case off of New Egg. This case came out to be around $34, which is a relatively affordable price for a high-quality case.
Building the System
One important thing to note about the HP z4 100 motherboard is that it doesn't use a standard 24-pin ATX power connector. Instead, we need to route 12 volts to two different pins on the motherboard in order to plug in our 24-pin ATX PSU. To make this work, we can use a little five-dollar adapter and solder the connections together.
We also have to overclock our CPU to achieve higher speeds. The z4 100 platform is a locked HP platform, which means we can't traditionally overclock on one of these systems. However, if we throw an unlocked processor on it, there's a chance that Intel XTU or throttle stop can also overclock it. This process is very brute force and requires no voltage adjustment. In this case, the multiplier of 30 brought us up to 4 GHz on all cores.
The Final Build
So, what's the final build look like? We've put together an ultimate budget ray-tracing build that won't break the bank. The HP z4 100 motherboard is at the heart of our system, providing a stable and reliable platform for our components. The RT X 2060 graphics card provides excellent performance for ray tracing, while the Intel Xeon W-30 690 - 6-core CPU overclocked to 4 GHz brings out the best in this build.
The Deep Cool Gam X 300 cooler keeps things cool and quiet, and the RGB fan adds a touch of flair to our system. The 500GB 7200 RPM hard drive provides plenty of storage space for our operating systems and programs, while the EVGA power supply delivers clean power to all of our components.
Finally, we have the Rosewill Tier F case that holds everything together. This case is sturdy, well-ventilated, and has a sleek design that looks great in any room. All of these components come together to create an ultimate budget ray-tracing build that's perfect for anyone looking to get into this technology without breaking the bank.
Special Thanks
We want to extend special thanks to Brian from Tech Yes City, who will be judging our competition. We're also grateful to Mark from Scatter Volt, who helped organize this collaboration. And of course, we couldn't have done it without our team of writers and editors who worked tirelessly to bring you this article.
Links and Resources
If you're interested in learning more about how to build this system yourself, be sure to check out the tutorial video that will be linked in the description below. We've also included links to all of the components used in this build, as well as our related videos and channels. Don't forget to subscribe to our channel for more content like this, and join our Discord server to stay up-to-date on all of our latest projects.
"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enevery one Christmas coalition gaming here and today we have a very special build in collaboration with the tech fam before we get started with this video we would like to think in video for making all of this possible as well as the whole tech fan especially those that are part of this collaboration without being hostile toward where tech by Matt toasty bros nerd on a budget Tech always JD Tech here Zack sectors especially scatter world so the goal with this collab was to build the ultimate budget ray-tracing computer under $600 and when the graphics card all is already over half that budget doesn't leave a lot of space kind of a lofty goal right so the rules of this collaboration stipulated that we cannot go over two hundred and fifty dollars on the budget for their computer and this has to be something that all of you out there can also repeat so no local use stuff like from Craigslist offer up stuff like that that means the sites we're gonna be using are sites like eBay Amazon and Newegg but more than anything this has to be repeatable this has to be something that any of you guys out there watching can do at home so for me I thought what better build to use then my ultimate budget go to the venerable hpz 400 budget build so for specific details on how I do my hbz 400 builds there'll be a link right up here also a link down in the description we have a full build tutorial on this but for today we're going to be using this HPC 400 with the six core CPU and I'll go over more the specs right now so the graphics card we're using is the RT X 2060 this is the cheapest graphics card that will enable you to get ray-tracing features and thus the reason for the ultimate budget ray-tracing build and going over the cost of the build that I actually came up with we have the HP z4 100 motherboard I got that off of ebay for $40 then I have 12 gigs of ddr3 1066 ram that'll be in triple-channel each stick factored to about let me check my notes here ram let's see about three issues a stick and then we have the cpu in it that's a xeon w-30 690 - 6-quart 12th red CPU unlocked which will play a factor later on and that was a $70 CPU got that on eBay using the best offer function it was listen Freddie try to save that money anywhere you can offered 70 and they went with it the cooler we're using is a deep cool gam X 300 and the gam X 300 again referencing my notes here was 17 dollars and 20 cents so not the best price on the cooler but it is decently capable for what it is for RGB and functionality we have a RGB fan and 120ml something off of Amazon that was right about 15 dollars and then a 500 gigabyte 7200 rpm hard drive that was for 1350 and then the last two things after that we have an EVGA power supply this was scored using the EVGA mid week madness sales so it was a 500 watt unit for about $24 after tax and shipping and then finally the case is the brand-new Rosewill tier f---ing case off of new egg and this came out to just about $34 so then we end up with a grand total of just about 240 dollars right under that $250 limit so now that I've gone over all the parts let's get to building so one important thing though with this HP z400 setup is that it doesn't use a standard 24 pin ATX pin out on its motherboard for power where to plug a 24-pin ATX PSU into it it wouldn't turn on you actually need to route 12 volt to two different pins on it that's it just two little pins what I do is I get this little five dollar adapter and then I solder the connections super easy again the specifics behind these will be linked in this tutorial video that we have down below but you can also just buy these already pre-made and that will also be linked in that video that I'm talking about so let's get back to it so one thing I maybe didn't mention on the CPU is that we used Intel X to you to overclock it to four gigahertz on all cores the z400 platform is a locked HP platform you couldn't traditionally overclock on one of these however if you throw an unlock processor on it there is a chance not a guarantee that Intel XTU or something like throttle stop can also overclock it it's very very brute force though it's and there's no voltage adjustment anything like that you just set the multiplier and then you're good to go in this case the multiplier of 30 brought us up to 4 gigahertz on the CPU which is really nice so something else I wanted to talk about with all that is that now a few things have changed since we originally shot the video Brian from tech yes City is going to be judging the competition so that's really cool Brian checking out one of my Xeon builds I'm excited for that and then by this point you guys have probably already seen the benchmarks I was told that they should be included in our main build video not in a separate video for you guys to see on another channel so yeah they're in this video now so sorry for this little interruption make sure you go check out the final video on Brian's channel tech yes City and again make sure to check out all the other youtubers involved so again the links to everybody's channels will be linked in the description below as well as the parts lists for this one so this is a repeatable build easily repeatable so again all the parts link the description below as well as a tutorial video that will show you how to put one of these together and really awesome on a budget so special thanks to the tech fam especially mark from scatter volt thank you for organizing this this is an awesome awesome little collaboration that we've got going on here so again thank you everyone hopefully you guys like this video check out our related videos that will be right over here I believe actually over here and subscribe to the channel we always got more coming join our discord all links and stuff like that for Instagram Twitter and all that will be linked in description below we'll see in the next one byeevery one Christmas coalition gaming here and today we have a very special build in collaboration with the tech fam before we get started with this video we would like to think in video for making all of this possible as well as the whole tech fan especially those that are part of this collaboration without being hostile toward where tech by Matt toasty bros nerd on a budget Tech always JD Tech here Zack sectors especially scatter world so the goal with this collab was to build the ultimate budget ray-tracing computer under $600 and when the graphics card all is already over half that budget doesn't leave a lot of space kind of a lofty goal right so the rules of this collaboration stipulated that we cannot go over two hundred and fifty dollars on the budget for their computer and this has to be something that all of you out there can also repeat so no local use stuff like from Craigslist offer up stuff like that that means the sites we're gonna be using are sites like eBay Amazon and Newegg but more than anything this has to be repeatable this has to be something that any of you guys out there watching can do at home so for me I thought what better build to use then my ultimate budget go to the venerable hpz 400 budget build so for specific details on how I do my hbz 400 builds there'll be a link right up here also a link down in the description we have a full build tutorial on this but for today we're going to be using this HPC 400 with the six core CPU and I'll go over more the specs right now so the graphics card we're using is the RT X 2060 this is the cheapest graphics card that will enable you to get ray-tracing features and thus the reason for the ultimate budget ray-tracing build and going over the cost of the build that I actually came up with we have the HP z4 100 motherboard I got that off of ebay for $40 then I have 12 gigs of ddr3 1066 ram that'll be in triple-channel each stick factored to about let me check my notes here ram let's see about three issues a stick and then we have the cpu in it that's a xeon w-30 690 - 6-quart 12th red CPU unlocked which will play a factor later on and that was a $70 CPU got that on eBay using the best offer function it was listen Freddie try to save that money anywhere you can offered 70 and they went with it the cooler we're using is a deep cool gam X 300 and the gam X 300 again referencing my notes here was 17 dollars and 20 cents so not the best price on the cooler but it is decently capable for what it is for RGB and functionality we have a RGB fan and 120ml something off of Amazon that was right about 15 dollars and then a 500 gigabyte 7200 rpm hard drive that was for 1350 and then the last two things after that we have an EVGA power supply this was scored using the EVGA mid week madness sales so it was a 500 watt unit for about $24 after tax and shipping and then finally the case is the brand-new Rosewill tier f---ing case off of new egg and this came out to just about $34 so then we end up with a grand total of just about 240 dollars right under that $250 limit so now that I've gone over all the parts let's get to building so one important thing though with this HP z400 setup is that it doesn't use a standard 24 pin ATX pin out on its motherboard for power where to plug a 24-pin ATX PSU into it it wouldn't turn on you actually need to route 12 volt to two different pins on it that's it just two little pins what I do is I get this little five dollar adapter and then I solder the connections super easy again the specifics behind these will be linked in this tutorial video that we have down below but you can also just buy these already pre-made and that will also be linked in that video that I'm talking about so let's get back to it so one thing I maybe didn't mention on the CPU is that we used Intel X to you to overclock it to four gigahertz on all cores the z400 platform is a locked HP platform you couldn't traditionally overclock on one of these however if you throw an unlock processor on it there is a chance not a guarantee that Intel XTU or something like throttle stop can also overclock it it's very very brute force though it's and there's no voltage adjustment anything like that you just set the multiplier and then you're good to go in this case the multiplier of 30 brought us up to 4 gigahertz on the CPU which is really nice so something else I wanted to talk about with all that is that now a few things have changed since we originally shot the video Brian from tech yes City is going to be judging the competition so that's really cool Brian checking out one of my Xeon builds I'm excited for that and then by this point you guys have probably already seen the benchmarks I was told that they should be included in our main build video not in a separate video for you guys to see on another channel so yeah they're in this video now so sorry for this little interruption make sure you go check out the final video on Brian's channel tech yes City and again make sure to check out all the other youtubers involved so again the links to everybody's channels will be linked in the description below as well as the parts lists for this one so this is a repeatable build easily repeatable so again all the parts link the description below as well as a tutorial video that will show you how to put one of these together and really awesome on a budget so special thanks to the tech fam especially mark from scatter volt thank you for organizing this this is an awesome awesome little collaboration that we've got going on here so again thank you everyone hopefully you guys like this video check out our related videos that will be right over here I believe actually over here and subscribe to the channel we always got more coming join our discord all links and stuff like that for Instagram Twitter and all that will be linked in description below we'll see in the next one bye\n"
