WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Today on "BROKE vs. PRO",we're going to find out,is it better to upgrade your existing PC?- Or buy a new one?- And it's all thanks toour kind sponsors hereat Micro Center.Who's going first?- Oh, you want rock, paper, scissors?Okay.- Yeah, all right.No, we go on shoot. Rockpaper, scissors, shoot.- Okay.- Okay.- Rock paper, scissors, shoot.Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.- Okay. (laughs)- (laughs) See you later.So for my system,I'm starting out with a computerthat I purchased from Goodwill.So it's about 10 yearsold, it's got a i7-3930K,but there are a couple of thingsthat definitely need to be upgraded.Today on "BROKE vs. PRO",my goal is very simple.I have a system that isbasically all ready to go.I need to do a little bit of work to itand it will be pretty mucha victory-winning machine.I have made so many gainswhen it comes to my budgetthat there's no way Ken can compete.Like Ken's gonna have toget an entire pro setup,whereas I am gonna work with, what,a few hundred dollars and upgradesand my system will becompletely good to go.Like Ken doesn't have a shot at this.Today's my day, myfriends. Today is my day.So today, Ken is gone,which means that I am goingto begin preparations.Some might call this cheating.I call it preparations.Rules are meant to becreatively interpreted.The fact that someone built agaming PC with a 3930K showsthat they had a lot more moneythan sense, and I'm about it.I know I need a new graphics card.I know I need an SSD.Oh, I guess I needperipherals and stuff too'cause I can't use that.But what's Ken gonna do?- Today on "BROKE vs.PRO", with the pro setup,I'm going to build my own PC from scratch,unlike normal, where I justgo in and buy a pre-built.Also, Austin doesn't know this,but I'm actually going to build this PCto put in the new Denkigaming setup over in my studiobecause yeah, synergy and budget.- I think the word you're lookingfor is embezzlement.- Embezzlement? I don't know what that is.- One of the things I'mgonna be taking advantageof today is Micro Center's in-store deal.Where if you're a new customer,you can get yourself $25off of a purchase over $100,which is helpful becauseI need a graphics cardand I wanna save the 25 bucks.It's not the easiest decision here,but the deals on these ArcGPUs, I just can't get by.So I'm gonna committo buying the SPARKLE A750 for 199.Last time, it helped me win against Jay.This time, it's gonnahelp me win against Ken.Aw, aw.Wait, Ken's not gonna do a 4090, right?He wouldn't do that.I mean, I know he's got a pro budget,but that's kinda against thespirit of the game, right?I wonder what Ken is gonna get, actually.So I would never condonecheating for a "BROKE vs. PRO",but some investigativejournalism might be helpful.- So I'm gonna go with an RTX 4070for my graphics cardbecause it'll offerpretty good performanceas well compared to my CPU.- He's getting a RTX 4070.He's not going as high asI thought he was going to.I might have a shot.Sorry, I got a little distracted.You're not being subtle.- Oh god, what? What?No, what? Oh man, I forgot.Where is my cart that I've just lost?Oh crap, my phone was on.Oh, unfortunate.- He's very subtle.Oh, we got it right here.So it is the WINDFORCERTX 4070 from Gigabyte.And this is actually at apretty good price as well, 599.Man, Austin's out here trying to cheat,trying to sneak aroundand see what I'm up to.You see, my PC involvesa little bit of work.I have to build it from scratch.Austin on the other hand,he has to take a PC that's already builtand make it into something better,which I know is notnecessarily the easiest thingin the world, but halfhis work's already done.The other thing that I'm missingfrom my gaming PC is an SSD.Because I am restrictedto using a SATA SSDinstead of a newer M.2,I think my best move is goingto be this Crucial BX500.It's 480 gigs, but it's only 24.99.That is gonna help a lot,which means that I'm gonna be,what, roughly $425 in right now.- So for the setup, I thinkI wanna go air-cooled.I think the idea here isthat it'll be a prettysimple way to build it.If I do an AIO, it's gonnatake a little more time.Again, I want this aestheticto be pretty clean.The Noctua beige, whileit's not a big deal,is not the newest and mostmodern-looking colorway.So we're gonna do the black here.- Because I've spent arelatively large amounton my graphics and mySSD and my gaming pc,I need to get my peripheralsfor next to nothing.This might be what I'm looking for.This is the Battle Crate,which comes with a performance keyboard,precision mouse, gaming headset for $9.99.I got this. I'm aboutto become victorious.I'm about to open the Battle Crateand enjoy the loot and plunder within.If you're located inCharlotte, North Carolina,then do I have some good news for you.In early 2024,there will be a brand newMicro Center location.If you sign up using the linkin the description, you'd be ableto get yourself a free 128-gigflash drive only in-store.- Oh. (laughs)Yes, I've been wanting tobuild in the Fractal Northfor a long time.Look at these wood accents.This would belong in theDenki studio. Look at this.It almost looks like a furniture piece.My system's got an Intel 12700K,a 4070, and 64 gigs of RAM,all in a Fractal North case.I got this in the bag.- You know, it's funny,like Ken comes in here with this swaggerthat he's gonna justwipe the floor with me.And what evidence does he have,7 to 13 episodes of "BROKE vs.PRO" in a row where he's won?Pft. (snickers)Clearly, past results do notguarantee future outcomes.I want literally the cheapestmonitor that they sell.Ooh, ooh, ooh, I found something.Okay, so looking at the site,there's an AOC 21-inchmonitor that's $59.99.Where is this? I need this.It's in Desktops. Desktops, to Desktops!AOC, yo, let's go.Okay, so here we go,so this is the 22B3HM.Most importantly, it's 60 bucks.So this is a 1080p, 75-hertz monitor.- Okay, so I wanna get an LG monitor,but in particular, theyhave a 27-inch 2K OLEDthat I've been having my eyes on forever.But again, they only have one in stock,and in fact, I don'tsee it on the LG wall.It's a shame, I really wantedthat 27-inch LG UltraGear OLED,but it looks like MicroCenter has another optionwith the same panel.So no difference there,I might actually be good.All right, so we're finishedshopping for our setup.Now let's take it back to the studioand actually do the proper build.I'm excited as hell, thisis a lot of cool stuff.All right, so we'refinally back in the studioand it's time to build the pro setup.It's actually a bit overwhelming.There's a lot of stuffto get through here,but I'll take you every step of the waywhile Austin does whateverthe hell he's doingwith his broke setup.- All right, so while Ken is upstairsin the studio building his system,I have a much easier job in front of me.So again, I've gotmyself the 480-gig BX500,which is a SATA SSD, aswell as my SPARKLE Arc A750.All I've gotta do is installmy GPU, install my SSD,get a copy of Windowsand some drivers going,and I'll be good to go.In fact, I'm gonna be done so early,I might have room for extracurricularslike arts and crafts.(steady music)- Okay, so our PC is basically all built,but before I button it up,I want to see that it POSTs first.In order to do that,I gotta plug in someof my accessories here.Look at this.- That's so nice.- It's thinner than me.- Well... (laughs)- I already took the libertyof unboxing the Model O,but I'm really curiousabout the MelGeek Mojo68.And I got it mainly 'cause of the look.Even though a lot of ouraesthetics are black,I figured this would be anice like addition of color.(keyboard clacking)Oh, that sounds good,and they're linears too.So they're gonna be great for shooters.Might not be the bestkeyboard just for gaming,but I think it's gonna be apretty well-rounded optionfor both typing productivity,but especially gamingsince they're linear.Fingers crossed, maybe wemight POST on the first try.My odds of winning, pretty high, I think,even though I don't exactly knowwhat Austin's building or upgrading,but that's kind of the point,is I only think hisupgrades can go so far.- All right, so I haveinstalled my graphics card,installed the SSD,got a fresh copy of Windows10 fully up to date,and I've started to install the thingsthat I'm going to need to beat Ken.That includes "Warzone", "Valorant",3DMark, as well as Cinebench.Now of course, this is "BROKE vs. PRO".I am not going to actuallywin the competitionof most powerful system,and he's going to haveclearly way better accessoriesand peripherals than Ido, a way better monitor.But what I'm aiming foris not to outright win.No, it is to prove that it is,in some cases such as mine,better to upgrade an existingsystem for far less money.And considering that I wasable to buy the system for $200and spend less than $300 on graphics,SSD, mouse, keyboard,monitor, the whole works,I'm feeling pretty good.I wonder how Ken's doing.I'm sure it's all sunshine and rainbowsand he is not running intoany issues whatsoever.- I'm hoping that the bootloopis an actual just POSTingthing and not bootloopingbecause I did something wrong.It was wireless, right? Oh.Yes!- Yay, let's go!- I'll take it, I'lltake it. So it all works.So all I have to do now isjust get Windows installedand it'll be time to beat Austin.Man, I spent so long building this PC,but it wasn't the actual buildpart that was the problem.It was some issues thatI was having in Windows.Fingers crossed that Austinalso had to run into problems,jerry-rigging whatever upgrades he neededto put into his build.- Now Ken might've hada more difficult setupwith the entire PC to build or something,but at least I didn'ttake all day, all night,and a chunk of the nextday to build my setup.I just dusted it off,used some Sharpie to clean up some marks,put a graphics card andSSD in, install Windows.Pft, it took a matter of an hour, easy.All right, it is time forthe head-to-head battle.What? What is this?Is this the INZONE? Matt.- Yeah, it's the INZONE H9.- You gotta ding him pointsfor spending too much money.- I mean it's the pro setup.That's kind of the point, isn't it?- No, the point is to go into Micro Centerand get lovely, wonderful deals.Where are your Micro Center deals?- There were good deals, butalso really good selection.So this is a MelGeek Mojo68,which I didn't even know they soldat Micro Center.- I do not either, wow.- How about your computer? I see some RGB.Oh, is this the Fractal North?- It is the Fractal North.And I went with an all-black build,even though I did getthe case with the glassand the frosted window.And I went minimal with the lighting'cause honestly like I thoughtthat just something blinkingwould honestly be fine.Though obviously, I could just turn it offif I don't like it.- Yeah, I'm curious,how much was this OLED monitor?I hear that they're quite expensive, Ken.- 850 bucks.- For context, that'smore than my entire setup,and then a nice trip to Applebee's.Okay, so 12700K, what aboutthe rest of your setup?- So 64 gigs of ram.- That's not necessary.- Especially with a previous generationprocessor, even I know that.- Hmm, even at 13th gen.Man.- Hmm.- Ken, is it fair to askat this point the overallprice of your computer setup?Is that something I can ask?- Yeah, I'd love to know this.- Okay, final tally, $3,019.- Okay, so I'll saythat my budget was $500and I did also exceed itby $7.- Oh, what?- 507 bucks, that's the grandtotal of my entire setup.Monitor, mouse, keyboard. Wouldyou like to come over here?Come take a look. I had todo a couple of upgrades.- Yeah.- So I did purchase for $200,the Arc, which is byfar my largest purchase.- So that's $400.- Yep, then I spent another $25on an SSD because this did not comewith the boot drive.- Okay.- So I've got a480-gig Crucial SATA drive,since this is a littlebit too old for M.2.- Mm-hm.- And then I spent $60on my beautiful AOC monitor,21.5-inch, 1080p, 75 hertz.That's a lot of hertz,and to round it off-- Okay, you're gonna get 75hertz after this screensaver.- It's a beautiful screenshotof a This Is video thatyou should check out.Would you like to take a look at my mouse,keyboard, and headset?- So- 'Cause I'm particularlyproud of these.- I happen to knowfor a fact that this was a bundleand I've never seen a bundlethat looks nothing like each piece.This all came in one box.- Mm-hm.- These look like threecompletely different brands.(Ken laughs)- Ken, you spent 300, 45,you spent $570, I spent $10.- Yeah.- That's the difference.So is his 57 times better than mine?- In this case.(Austin laughs)I am often not pro setup.- So now that we'veshown off these systems,let us go head to headin a couple of gamesto see first of all,who's the better gamer,and then we'll try benchmarkingand actually decidingwhich one of these is best, but it's mine.Our first match is goingto be inside of "Valorant".How are we actually setting this up?What kind of match do you wanna do?- So this is just gonna be a deathmatch.Like I think just plain and dry,we'll see who gets the mostkills against each other.When you got a lot of frames to work with,like you have with my PCand an awesome monitorwith a lot of hertz, you doget a competitive advantage.And I think I'm goingto actually win this,not just because I'm abetter gamer than Austin,but because my hardware isactually better as well.- I mean with a game like "Valorant",this does not look bad.There is a little bit ofscreen tearing going on,but not anything egregious.Standing still is definitely a good tacticwhen shooting things.(gun reports)- Heh, oh!(Ken laughs)- Okay.- What's up? What's up?- I got greedy.- Apparently, that was a good tactic.- What, I feellike your headset's cheating'cause you can hear me fromlike the whole map away.- That's the point.- Where is he? I hear him.(Ken laughs)(guns reporting)- Man, it's like playingwith a toddler. (laughs)- This might be the worstI've ever been beatenin a gaming section of "BROKE vs. PRO",and it's not the PC's fault.Ken just beat me.- Well, you got second.- I... (laughs)(Ken laughs)"Valorant" is a pretty easy game to run,but "Warzone 2.0" most certainly is not.And this is the pointwhere my system is goingto really struggle.While I have a quite good graphics card,my CPU and the restof my components are pushing10 years old at this point.And there's only so muchthat we can realistically expect here.- I will say,a lot more screentearing this time around.- Yeah, so I'm sub-60 FPSand I could technically lowermy settings a bit even more.(gun reporting)Get him, get him, get him.- Oh, Jesus. Wait,no, I'm getting shot.Ah.- Wait, wait, what?Out of two games, I got one kill.So maybe not looking toogreat for Team Austin here.But luckily, we've got lots of other waysthat I can try to argue my case,like benchmarks and the subjectivenessof how great my system is for the money.Clearly, you win the graphics,but it's only about double my score,which considering howmuch less, not crazy.- So if you add up their scoresand divide it by their systems,Austin has a score of 34.4.- Okay.- Ken has a score of 24.1.- Are you kidding me?So you're trying to say ifyou have a PC that's likeover 10 years old andyou spend a little bitof money to upgrade it,that it's going to bebetter than somethingthat's up-to-date and newerand can play everythingfor the next 10 years?(Austin laughs)- Yeah, that's what you get,Ken. That's what you get!- The aesthetic-wise, Ken's case is just,mm, (smooches) it is gorgeous.Looking at the monitor,the monitor again, gorgeous, but $850.- Mine was 60.- Looking at your system,- Yeah.- it don't look good.You know, it don't-- (laughs) I'll admit,aesthetic's not my strong suit.- The Intel Arc wasdefinitely the way to go.It really made your system sparkle.- Ha! Got it.I think it's pretty close.I don't think it's easyto call the winner here.- There's no way he isgonna win this at all.- Is the gamer way more importantif he has to spend six times my budget?I don't think so.- In the spirit of "BROKE vs. PRO",I've gotta go with thepro setup here on this one- Ah! (groans)because buying thesecomponents actually helpedhim be a better gamer.- It did actually, yeah.- You know,like it's always hard to be like, yeah,go drop $3,000 on a system,but he had the tools and heused them to kick your ass.- Ah, I'm happy with my system.I really feel like buyingthat gaming PC for 200 bucksand spending anotherlike $230 in upgrading,the real crucial essentialsthat I needed was well worth it.I think where I was letdown was with my peripheralsand I think if I would'vespent like literally $50 more,I think I could have had asignificantly better experience.Of course, huge thank you to Micro Centerfor sponsoring thisepisode of "BROKE vs. PRO".If you'd like to take a lookat any of the items we usedin this video, those linkswill be in the description.And until next time, Ishould finally go get good.But we know that's not gonna happen.I'm gonna win today because Ken smells.(Austin laughs)- That's not nice.