**Building an Awesome $500 Gaming PC**

In this video, we'll be building a gaming PC that's packed with some amazing components, all for under $500! With the help of some fantastic deals on various parts, we're going to create a system that can handle demanding games like Crisis 3 and Battlefield 3.

**The CPU and Motherboard**

We'll be using an AMD FX-6300 processor, which is a great mid-range CPU that's perfect for gaming. Paired with this CPU will be an ASUS M5A78L-M motherboard, which has got some fantastic features like USB 3.0 support and SATA III ports.

**The Graphics Card**

We'll be using an EVGA GeForce GTX 650ti, which is a fantastic mid-range card that can handle anything we throw at it! With support for up to three monitors and a huge amount of overclocking headroom, this card is a real winner. And at just $65, it's an absolute steal!

**The Memory**

We'll be using 4 GB of Corsair Vengeance RAM, which is solid stuff that I use in my own build. With a clock speed of 1600 MHz, this memory is perfect for an iVU Bridge-based system like ours.

**The Hard Drive**

We'll be using a 500 GB Western Digital Caviar Blue hard drive, which is pretty much the only hard drive I ever use in my budget PC builds. With 500 GB of capacity and a 7200 RPM spindle speed, this drive is fast and reliable. And at just $60, it's an absolute bargain!

**The Power Supply**

We'll be using a 430 W Corsair CX430 power supply, which is a great little PSU that's not only reliable but also efficient with an 80+ Bronze certification. With extra overhead for adding additional hard drives, fans, or lights, this power supply has got everything we need.

**The Case**

We'll be using an NZXT Source 220 case, which gives us a full ATX-sized enclosure and plenty of room for expansion. With a couple of additional features like an extra 140 mm fan and USB 3.0 support on the front panel, this case is a real winner. And at just $50, it's an absolute steal!

**The Final Price**

With all these amazing components, we've managed to build a gaming PC that costs under $500! We'll have links to everything mentioned in the description of this video, so be sure to check them out if you're interested.

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with a brand new gaming PC for $500 so the last time I did this bill was back in July of last year while that was an awesome build at the time there have been a lot of new parts that have come out and a lot of cool things that we can upgrade to make this even better to give you guys an idea of the performance obviously I can't test every single game ever on this I chose a few games that are very graphically intensive and tried them on the $500 PC to see how they ran to start with we have Battlefield 3 with the resolution set to 1920x 1080 in the campaign I was able to use ultra set with the anti-aliasing off and in multiplayer High settings worked very well Far Cry 3 also works very well here again with the resolution set to 1080p I found that high settings were The Sweet Spot here as it was easily able to stay well above 30 frames per second next up we have Crisis 3 which is one of the best looking PC games ever for this one we had to turn the settings down to medium however do keep in mind that even computers that cost twice as much as this can sometimes struggle to run it on high to kick the build off we're going to be using an Intel core I3 3220 now I recently did a comparison between the core I3 and a pair of AMD CPUs and this was the clear winner making it a good fit for this budget PC so this is a quadcore processor clock at 3.3 GHz however it does have Intel hyperthreading which allows Windows to see it as a quadcore CPU and a lot of games will actually be able to leverage that to run even faster for about $130 this is a great fit for our build for a motherboard we're going to be using an MSI b75 ma p45 now the reason I like this board is it comes with a lot of the features that you need and nothing you don't so for example does have a sata 3 Port which means that if you ever want to upgrade to an SSD it's very simple and also has cool things such as USB 3.0 support another very nice thing about this motherboard is that if you ever would like to upgrade you can ditch your core I3 and grab a core i5 or core i7 and it will work without a problem all for about $65 for a graphics card we're going to be using an EVGA GeForce GTX 650ti now this is a fantastic mid-range card which of course like I was saying earlier will be able to play games such as Crisis 3 and Battlefield 3 and basic anything else you throw at it now it does support 1 GB of gddr5 memory there is a 2 GB version of this card however I find that to be just a little overpriced so decided to stick with the 1 GB version for this one it is also very overclockable so you can get some extra performance out of it and with support for up to three monitors it's a very solid card for about $150 for memory we're going to be using 4 GB of Corsair Vengeance Ram now this is solid stuff that I use in my own build and as it's clocked at 1600 MHz that's about the sweet spot for an ivu Bridge based system like this now I be the first to admit that 4 GB isn't a ton of ram so I do recommend that when you can you can upgrade this and because this motherboard has four dim slots if you'd like you can bring this all the way up to 16 GB of RAM however if you want to just stick with the 4 GB version which is what I did with this build it's going to run you about $25 for a hard drive we going to be using a 500 GB Western Digital Caviar blue now this is pretty much the only hard drive I ever use in my budget PC builds and there's a good reason for that for starters since it does have 500 GB of capacity that's going to be a lot of room for all your your music your pictures your videos your games all that kind of stuff although I will mention that and I'll add another Link in the description if you guys are interested there's also a one tab version of this drive if you want a little bit more storage on top of that since it is a 7200 RPM drive it's going to be relatively fast and it is very reliable I've used many of these over the years and never had any problems so all of this for $60 makes it a solid deal for a power supply we're going to be using a 430 W Corsair cx430 now this is a great little power supply that is not only reliable but it's also efficient with an 80 plus bronze certification now 430 watts is overkill for the system as it pulls something more like 150 watts when you're actually gaming however having extra overhead is not a bad thing at all this allows you to if you'd ever like to add additional hard drives fans lights all that kind of stuff to your computer without any problems all for about $40 for the case we're going to be using an NZXT Source 220 now I've recently been using a lot of NZXT cases in my build and I've got to say I've been very impressed so the source 220 gives you a full ATX sized enclosure which means that you have plenty room for expansion for your hard drives pretty much anything you can think of to throw in there it should fit now it does have a couple of additional features including an extra 140 mm fan over the previous version as well as USB 3.0 support on the front panel so all of this for about $50 makes it a fantastic case so there you guys go an awesome $500 gaming PC now do keep in mind the prices are always changing so I will have links to everything I mentioned in the description of this video and on top of that I'll also add some additional upgrades so for example if you want to connect to Wi-Fi you want to add a DVD drive a bigger hard drive Windows 8 whatever you want to do I'll have a ton of links in the description of this video so be sure to check them out if you guys are interested in more feel free to check out some of my other PC builds including the $350 build that I did last month if you enjoyed definitely be sure to leave this video a thumbs up and if you're interested more videos like this be sure to subscribe anyway guys I will catch you next timehey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with a brand new gaming PC for $500 so the last time I did this bill was back in July of last year while that was an awesome build at the time there have been a lot of new parts that have come out and a lot of cool things that we can upgrade to make this even better to give you guys an idea of the performance obviously I can't test every single game ever on this I chose a few games that are very graphically intensive and tried them on the $500 PC to see how they ran to start with we have Battlefield 3 with the resolution set to 1920x 1080 in the campaign I was able to use ultra set with the anti-aliasing off and in multiplayer High settings worked very well Far Cry 3 also works very well here again with the resolution set to 1080p I found that high settings were The Sweet Spot here as it was easily able to stay well above 30 frames per second next up we have Crisis 3 which is one of the best looking PC games ever for this one we had to turn the settings down to medium however do keep in mind that even computers that cost twice as much as this can sometimes struggle to run it on high to kick the build off we're going to be using an Intel core I3 3220 now I recently did a comparison between the core I3 and a pair of AMD CPUs and this was the clear winner making it a good fit for this budget PC so this is a quadcore processor clock at 3.3 GHz however it does have Intel hyperthreading which allows Windows to see it as a quadcore CPU and a lot of games will actually be able to leverage that to run even faster for about $130 this is a great fit for our build for a motherboard we're going to be using an MSI b75 ma p45 now the reason I like this board is it comes with a lot of the features that you need and nothing you don't so for example does have a sata 3 Port which means that if you ever want to upgrade to an SSD it's very simple and also has cool things such as USB 3.0 support another very nice thing about this motherboard is that if you ever would like to upgrade you can ditch your core I3 and grab a core i5 or core i7 and it will work without a problem all for about $65 for a graphics card we're going to be using an EVGA GeForce GTX 650ti now this is a fantastic mid-range card which of course like I was saying earlier will be able to play games such as Crisis 3 and Battlefield 3 and basic anything else you throw at it now it does support 1 GB of gddr5 memory there is a 2 GB version of this card however I find that to be just a little overpriced so decided to stick with the 1 GB version for this one it is also very overclockable so you can get some extra performance out of it and with support for up to three monitors it's a very solid card for about $150 for memory we're going to be using 4 GB of Corsair Vengeance Ram now this is solid stuff that I use in my own build and as it's clocked at 1600 MHz that's about the sweet spot for an ivu Bridge based system like this now I be the first to admit that 4 GB isn't a ton of ram so I do recommend that when you can you can upgrade this and because this motherboard has four dim slots if you'd like you can bring this all the way up to 16 GB of RAM however if you want to just stick with the 4 GB version which is what I did with this build it's going to run you about $25 for a hard drive we going to be using a 500 GB Western Digital Caviar blue now this is pretty much the only hard drive I ever use in my budget PC builds and there's a good reason for that for starters since it does have 500 GB of capacity that's going to be a lot of room for all your your music your pictures your videos your games all that kind of stuff although I will mention that and I'll add another Link in the description if you guys are interested there's also a one tab version of this drive if you want a little bit more storage on top of that since it is a 7200 RPM drive it's going to be relatively fast and it is very reliable I've used many of these over the years and never had any problems so all of this for $60 makes it a solid deal for a power supply we're going to be using a 430 W Corsair cx430 now this is a great little power supply that is not only reliable but it's also efficient with an 80 plus bronze certification now 430 watts is overkill for the system as it pulls something more like 150 watts when you're actually gaming however having extra overhead is not a bad thing at all this allows you to if you'd ever like to add additional hard drives fans lights all that kind of stuff to your computer without any problems all for about $40 for the case we're going to be using an NZXT Source 220 now I've recently been using a lot of NZXT cases in my build and I've got to say I've been very impressed so the source 220 gives you a full ATX sized enclosure which means that you have plenty room for expansion for your hard drives pretty much anything you can think of to throw in there it should fit now it does have a couple of additional features including an extra 140 mm fan over the previous version as well as USB 3.0 support on the front panel so all of this for about $50 makes it a fantastic case so there you guys go an awesome $500 gaming PC now do keep in mind the prices are always changing so I will have links to everything I mentioned in the description of this video and on top of that I'll also add some additional upgrades so for example if you want to connect to Wi-Fi you want to add a DVD drive a bigger hard drive Windows 8 whatever you want to do I'll have a ton of links in the description of this video so be sure to check them out if you guys are interested in more feel free to check out some of my other PC builds including the $350 build that I did last month if you enjoyed definitely be sure to leave this video a thumbs up and if you're interested more videos like this be sure to subscribe anyway guys I will catch you next time