**Building a Powerful Gaming PC: A Step-by-Step Guide**

As we begin to build our powerful gaming PC, it's essential to start with a solid foundation. In this article, we'll take you through the process of building a high-performance gaming PC, component by component.

**The Importance of a Solid Bracket System**

When it comes to supporting our GPU, a solid bracket system is crucial. Imagine flatting our GPU onto a table but lifting it up and seeing that without support, it would sag and droop over time. To avoid this, we need to adjust the bracket accordingly. By doing so, we can ensure that our GPU remains firmly in place once installed.

**Installing the Motherboard**

Next, we'll focus on installing our motherboard. This is a critical component of our PC, as it connects all the other components together. A well-installed motherboard ensures smooth system performance and prevents any issues that may arise during boot-up or operation.

**The Power Supply: A 650 Watt Corsair CX 650f**

Now, let's move on to the power supply unit (PSU). We'll be using a 650 watt Corsair CX 650f, which is an 80+ Bronze certified PSU. This certification ensures that the PSU meets certain efficiency standards, making it a reliable choice for our build. The PSU is also modular, meaning we only need to plug in the cables we actually require. A well-wired PC setup can make a significant difference in performance and aesthetics.

**The Power Supply Installation**

With our power supply unit installed, we'll proceed with connecting all the necessary cables. This includes the CPU cable, GPU cable, and any other components that require power. A properly connected PSU ensures that our system is stable and efficient. We've covered this topic in detail before on Geekword.com, where you can learn more about the different 80+ certifications and how they impact efficiency levels.

**The Power Supply Installation: A Closer Look**

Now that we have all the cables plugged in, let's take a closer look at our power supply unit. The Corsair CX 650f is a reliable choice for our build, providing ample power to support our components. By using a modular PSU, we can easily upgrade or replace individual cables as needed. This approach also helps reduce cable clutter and makes maintenance easier.

**Performance Benchmarking: A Deep Dive**

With our system built and all the necessary components installed, it's time to put our PC through its paces. We'll be running a series of performance benchmarks to gauge our system's capabilities. From 1080p High settings across various games, we'll be putting our GPU and CPU through their limits.

**Spider-Man: A New Title with Great Results**

We begin by testing the brand-new title Spider-Man at 1080p High settings, using DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) and Ray tracing enabled. The results are impressive, with an average frame rate of 145 FPS and strong 90% and 99% percentile results. This is a great starting point for our performance benchmarks.

**Battlefield 2042: Competitive Frame Rates**

Next, we move on to Battlefield 2042 at 1080p High settings with DLSS enabled and set to Performance mode. The result is an impressive 104 FPS average, along with strong 90% and 99% percentile results. This demonstrates the capabilities of our system in a competitive title.

**Apex Legends: Smooth Frame Rates**

We then test Apex Legends at 1080p High settings, using DLSS enabled and setting the render distance to "far" for maximum competitiveness. The result is an excellent 148 FPS average, backed up by strong 90% and 99% percentile results. This showcases our system's ability to deliver smooth gameplay in fast-paced titles.

**Fortnite: Competitive Frame Rates**

Moving on to Fortnite at 1080p competitive settings with DLSS enabled, we achieve a staggering 184 FPS average. This is an impressive result, especially considering the low settings used (apart from render distance). Our system demonstrates its capabilities in this highly competitive title.

**Call of Duty Warzone: Smooth Gameplay**

Finally, we test Call of Duty Warzone at 1080p High settings with DLSS enabled and achieve a respectable 143 FPS average. This result showcases our system's ability to deliver smooth gameplay in another competitive title.

In conclusion, our powerful gaming PC has been built from the ground up, using top-of-the-line components. By carefully selecting each component and installing them correctly, we've created a system that delivers exceptional performance in a variety of games. With these benchmarks behind us, it's time to dive into more in-depth analysis and see how our system performs in real-world gaming scenarios.

**Awesome Geekword Montage**

We'll wrap up this article with an awesome geekword montage, showcasing the beauty of our system and its capabilities. Stay tuned for more articles, tutorials, and reviews from us, and don't forget to subscribe to our channel for the latest gaming news and updates.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enin this video I'm going to be showing you how to build an incredible gaming PC for just a shave over 900 featuring none of that than an RTX 3060 with GPU prices now crashing through the floor there's arguably not been a better time to build a gaming PC in the last two years and more budget value oriented builds that pack an incredible performance punch are now finally possible in this video I'll be walking and talking you through all the parts I've selected just how exactly you can build a system for this price point right now and cover it off performance a little bit later too let's do this eBay is Nvidia GeForce week has landed with great deals now available on GeForce RTX 30 series gpus pick yourself up the 3060 in this video or heck a great deal on a 30 60 TI but only while stocks last learn more at the first link in the description below now let's kick things off shall we by taking a look at our GPU and CPU combo these are the two most important and detrimental Parts when it comes to gaming performance and will largely Define what you're able to achieve in any of the latest titles of course our other components are important and we'll come on to those but these are the really crucial bits for the processor I've picked up the Intel Core i5 12400f this is the cheapest 12th generation I5 CPU you can find that still boasts fast clock speeds and awesome gaming performance the F just means the cpu's got no included Graphics something we don't need anyway because of our dedicated gaming GPU and the processor isn't overclockable but that's fine it's still going to outperform the likes of an overclockable AMD ryzen 5 chip at least from the 5000 series by a solid margin it matches up absolutely perfectly with our GPU msi's Ventus RTX 3060 now the RTX 3060 is a really unique hard in terms of its Market positioning it provides a massive performance jump over something like an RTX 3050 but does lag significantly behind the likes of a 3060 TI it makes it a perfect Middle Ground GPU for those looking to max out 1080p gaming at high settings and above over in the states there's some great deals to be had on these cards and here in the UK right now ebar have got deals on these for a little over 300 pounds that's actually believe it or not below MSRP for a 36d and this MSI Ventus 3x model is included in those deals now we'll be installing the GPU in a few moments time and looking at the specific MSI cooler but before then we're going to go ahead and pop our motherboard into place now I've done some in just a little bit controversial I've gone for an MSI graphics card and a gigabyte motherboard hold the phone that seems like a weird choice now to be clear MSI have got some great b660 designs that will work well with our Intel chip but the gigabyte b660 ds3h is quite simply one of my favorite motherboards ever now that might sound weird coming from a guy who's literally got all of the latest motherboards for Intel and AMD including 600 700 units or even this fifteen hundred dollar z690 Godlike why then is this fairly Plucky 150 gigabyte UD series board one of my favorite designs ever basically it's really cheap but still gives you awesome performance with support for all the latest Intel 12 GM processors it has of course got an LGA 1700 socket you've got PCI Generation 4 and Generation 3 and I don't want to be you know presumptuous but there's quite a lot of them I wonder what perhaps six months ago gigabyte were thinking when they designed this board I will let you guys make the decision on that one it has now got four Ram dim slots including support for dual Channel memory great for extra memory bandwidth you got Gen 4 nvme slots as well one at the top here and one down the bottom and then if we flick over to the very back of the board you've got a strong i o including USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type A a and type c basically the fastest USB ports in the small and the bigger flavor you've got Wi-Fi six as standard as well making sure you get super fast Wi-Fi transfer speeds and although you are missing features like an optical audio out which may be a deal breaker for a very small number of people it's still going to take a lot of boxes in my book and did I mention pretty cheap one thing I have done with this build to make sure it's super cheap and stays affordable is I've stuck with the Intel stock cooler thus for a couple of key reasons it's gonna be fine for a CPU that we can't overclock anyway normally a great cooler would allow you to push the processor that bit further we simply don't need that today and of course it comes included with our processor for free you could easily spend 80 on an aftermarket liquid cooler but there's frankly no point unless you're going to also upgrade the CPU something we don't really need to do to get the most out of our 3060 with this in mind the simple stock cooler is going to do us nicely and it will have pre-applied thermal paste on it if it's brand new clip each of the four corners in add in your fan header and the CPU and C keep you cooler a ticked off nice and easy nice and quick this is a really simple build to put together which I know for a lot of first time Builders will be a big sigh of relief with a build like this there's actually loads that we can install now while the motherboard is out of our case and easy to access and the next of those components is our memory I've gone for this Gale Gil Gile let me know in the comments Orion RGB memory kit now it's available in a dashing red or let's be honest a little bit more of a subtle dark gray or black it has got a ryzen logo on I don't really know why I think it's certified to work well with AMD CPUs but from our experience and testing Works absolutely fine with the Intel counterparts and it's going to fit really really nicely within this build pull back your Clips on the random slots on both sides we'll be using the gray slots today as these are the ones that are going to give us a better element of dual Channel performance and higher clock speeds from the outset don't put your randoms directly next to each other as this can cause them to run on different channels and give you not an optimal amount shall we say of performance while we're here we're also going to go ahead and pop in the m.2 storage the m.2 storage has become increasingly important in a build because it can create a bottleneck with your your other components if it's not fast enough this is the WD blue sn570 and it's a great budget oriented m.2 drive with read and write speeds in the region of three and a half gigabytes per second it's going to perform very well as far as boot up times go and gives you top-end performance from a gen 3 nvme the 3060 is a good match for this storage but if you did run up to a 30 70 or 3080 you would want a slightly faster SSD again just to make sure the whole build is well balanced and optimized go ahead and install this into your motherboard using the pre-installed standoff screw fasten it down into place and your storage is completely installed no pesky cables or wires to deal with it's all going to be through our motherboard today once your motherboard assembly is all complete with your CPU Cooler RAM and your your SSD all nicely installed we can go ahead and pop this into the case Choice I've gone ahead and picked up deepcool's ck540 an ATX Tower with a load of RGB plenty of mesh for good airflow and a great price point we've done lots of content on our website and YouTube channel covering the best cases that you can buy in 2022 for different color schemes build form factors and just about everything in between I love this deep cool chassis though it makes an awesome choice for this build with loads of great features an awesome layout and plenty of cable management runs too as I would do in all of our gaming PC Worlds the first step with any case is to go ahead and remove all of those side panels that includes the tempered glass side panel on the one side and then the rear steel panel on the other two lay the chassis flat onto your work surface or table of choice and then locate the io Shield that comes with your motherboard this will be available by default in your motherboard's box but high-end motherboards may also have this built in alleviating this step of the process because I've got on for a full-size ATX version of this motherboard all of my standoff holes should match up with the standoffs pre-installed inside the chassis a quick look reveals that yep these are all in the right place essentially if any are not in the right place and are not going to line up with the holes on your board go ahead and move them as they can cause grounding issues which is just not going to end well Slide the ball into place pop it over the standoffs and screw it in take this step by step start with the center standoff and work your way out if it's not seated quite correctly feel free to unscrew these and do them again they can be a bit picky and we want to make sure we get this right while the case is actually laid down flat like this I'm going to go ahead and install the graphics card now I alluded to earlier about the choice to go with a 3060 specifically msi's Ventus 3x model now we've partnered up with Nvidia and ebuyer who kindly supplied this card and made us aware of some of the deals currently available here in the UK on ebay.com and around the world are the retailers to see these cards finally hit such pricing is awesome to see and with the RTX 30 16 not rumored to be replaced with the first tranche of next-gen gpus this could be an awesome car to buy now especially for those of you who are a bit more price conscious think about it if you buy say a current gen 390 TI only for it to be replaced or outdated in a few months time you might be quite disappointed but for those on the budget end of the market buying last gen's card which isn't even last generation yet has been common practice for years after the launch of the 3060 people are still buying the 2060 super because it was an awesome GPU and the same goes here I really like this design of card because although it's thin it's still fairly beefy in terms of cooling capacity with a large heatsink extension right of our GeForce text a nice backplate to stop the thing from sagging and a pretty Sleek two slot form factor what I'm going to go ahead and do is push back the clip on our PCI retention socket that's this one just here and then slide the graphics card into place if you drop it in and apply a bit of pressure it will click in nice and easily and then we can go ahead and screw it down over on the the left hand side where typically we'd have a couple of PCI Lane covers I always find this stage is quite difficult because you're trying not to sort of drop the screw inside your case only for it never to be found again this one fits in our build A-Okay and you've even got room if you wanted to to add an all-in-one liquid cooler at the frontier with a fan on one of the sides and you're still going to be A-Okay you might not be able to see this too well but this case also has a GPU support bracket which we can push up like so tighten into place and that will stop the thing from sagging not quite so much of an issue when it's laid down flat on a table but lift it up and you can see here that without Support over time this will sag and droop so we're going to adjust that bracket like so and that should keep our GPU a little bit more firmly into place once that's in there's only one major component left to go and that's the installation of the power supply now this is a Corsair CX 650f and as the name suggests it's a 650 watt unit it's 80 plus bronze certified as well 80 plus of the official body that recognize efficiency levels and power supplies something we've explored in Greater detail over on geekwort.com where you can learn what the difference is between 80 plus bronze silver gold platinum and just about all the other levels they've got nowadays there's so many it's hard to explain in 10 seconds and I'll leave those links down in the description below the power supply is also modular meaning we only have to plug in the cables we actually need to we've covered in great detail with four how to go ahead and get your build wired up so we won't cover it in too much detail here just make sure that your motherboard CPU and GPU all have the power they need from your power supply and make sure you keep hold of any excess cables that you're not using as future upgrades May mean that you need to add these into place to provide a bit more wattage where possible this power supply could last you years and years and years without necessarily needing to be upgraded throw this in get all those wires connected and then we're basically ready to turn the thing on for the very first time once we've seen what it's like when it's all powered up we are of course going to take a deep dive into performance and gaming benchmarks so stay tuned and don't go anywhere before that though there's only one thing for it it's time time for an awesome geeko heart Montage awesome stuff now that we've seen just how good this system looks it's time to see whether the performance numbers Stack Up and the whole thing actually performs how we'd expect otherwise essentially what's the point on this screen now is a summary of all the games we tested all the results at 1080p High settings across the board where dlss was available we enabled it where Ray tracing was available we disabled it with a couple of exceptions if we take a look at a few of these titles in a bit more detail let's start off with Spider-Man first off a brand new title the newest game on our list and we tested here at 1080p high with dlss set to Quality and Ray tracing enabled dlss is of course nvidia's Tech which helps us to supercharge our frame rates while the inclusion of Ray Trace Jason here was enabled because it really does enhance this game it adds awesome Reflections to all the skyscrapers and buildings as you swing on through and there's a big Spider-Man fan that makes me very happy and with RTX enabled on our 3060 we're getting 145 FPS on average when tested of course at 1080p with strong 90 and 99 percentile results for good measure a similarly good results are available in the likes of Battlefield 2042 where at 1080p High settings with dlss enabled and set to Performance mode this time we pulled in more than 100 FPS on average 104 frames to be precise the good results carried on rolling in COD Vanguard next up 1080p High a bit of dlss yes please 155 FPS on average was the flavor of the day the game looks awesome and this is of course a nice competitive frame rate the good results carried on swinging through get the Spider-Man pun in Apex Legends where at 1080p High we pulled in 148 frames per second very tidy good 90 and 99 percentile results as well out really help things along and the whole thing looked awesome super competitive frame rates in Apex which is something I was really glad to see moving on through to fortnite next up at 1080p competitive settings and here we achieved over 180 frames per second dlss was enabled everything was set to low apart from the render distance which was set to far to ensure maximum competitive Advantage 184 FPS on average was an awesome result and a set of frames that I was really personally very happy with finally to wrap things up we also tested out a little bit of Call of Duty Warzone here we pulled in 143 FPS at 1080p high with dlss once again enabled it's great to be hitting these 140 FPS marks of course awesome for high refresh rate monitors and of course setups that can really help you achieve that Competitive Edge and with that that pretty much wraps it up for this one thanks for tuning in get subscribed to see more from us and as always we'll see you next timein this video I'm going to be showing you how to build an incredible gaming PC for just a shave over 900 featuring none of that than an RTX 3060 with GPU prices now crashing through the floor there's arguably not been a better time to build a gaming PC in the last two years and more budget value oriented builds that pack an incredible performance punch are now finally possible in this video I'll be walking and talking you through all the parts I've selected just how exactly you can build a system for this price point right now and cover it off performance a little bit later too let's do this eBay is Nvidia GeForce week has landed with great deals now available on GeForce RTX 30 series gpus pick yourself up the 3060 in this video or heck a great deal on a 30 60 TI but only while stocks last learn more at the first link in the description below now let's kick things off shall we by taking a look at our GPU and CPU combo these are the two most important and detrimental Parts when it comes to gaming performance and will largely Define what you're able to achieve in any of the latest titles of course our other components are important and we'll come on to those but these are the really crucial bits for the processor I've picked up the Intel Core i5 12400f this is the cheapest 12th generation I5 CPU you can find that still boasts fast clock speeds and awesome gaming performance the F just means the cpu's got no included Graphics something we don't need anyway because of our dedicated gaming GPU and the processor isn't overclockable but that's fine it's still going to outperform the likes of an overclockable AMD ryzen 5 chip at least from the 5000 series by a solid margin it matches up absolutely perfectly with our GPU msi's Ventus RTX 3060 now the RTX 3060 is a really unique hard in terms of its Market positioning it provides a massive performance jump over something like an RTX 3050 but does lag significantly behind the likes of a 3060 TI it makes it a perfect Middle Ground GPU for those looking to max out 1080p gaming at high settings and above over in the states there's some great deals to be had on these cards and here in the UK right now ebar have got deals on these for a little over 300 pounds that's actually believe it or not below MSRP for a 36d and this MSI Ventus 3x model is included in those deals now we'll be installing the GPU in a few moments time and looking at the specific MSI cooler but before then we're going to go ahead and pop our motherboard into place now I've done some in just a little bit controversial I've gone for an MSI graphics card and a gigabyte motherboard hold the phone that seems like a weird choice now to be clear MSI have got some great b660 designs that will work well with our Intel chip but the gigabyte b660 ds3h is quite simply one of my favorite motherboards ever now that might sound weird coming from a guy who's literally got all of the latest motherboards for Intel and AMD including 600 700 units or even this fifteen hundred dollar z690 Godlike why then is this fairly Plucky 150 gigabyte UD series board one of my favorite designs ever basically it's really cheap but still gives you awesome performance with support for all the latest Intel 12 GM processors it has of course got an LGA 1700 socket you've got PCI Generation 4 and Generation 3 and I don't want to be you know presumptuous but there's quite a lot of them I wonder what perhaps six months ago gigabyte were thinking when they designed this board I will let you guys make the decision on that one it has now got four Ram dim slots including support for dual Channel memory great for extra memory bandwidth you got Gen 4 nvme slots as well one at the top here and one down the bottom and then if we flick over to the very back of the board you've got a strong i o including USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type A a and type c basically the fastest USB ports in the small and the bigger flavor you've got Wi-Fi six as standard as well making sure you get super fast Wi-Fi transfer speeds and although you are missing features like an optical audio out which may be a deal breaker for a very small number of people it's still going to take a lot of boxes in my book and did I mention pretty cheap one thing I have done with this build to make sure it's super cheap and stays affordable is I've stuck with the Intel stock cooler thus for a couple of key reasons it's gonna be fine for a CPU that we can't overclock anyway normally a great cooler would allow you to push the processor that bit further we simply don't need that today and of course it comes included with our processor for free you could easily spend 80 on an aftermarket liquid cooler but there's frankly no point unless you're going to also upgrade the CPU something we don't really need to do to get the most out of our 3060 with this in mind the simple stock cooler is going to do us nicely and it will have pre-applied thermal paste on it if it's brand new clip each of the four corners in add in your fan header and the CPU and C keep you cooler a ticked off nice and easy nice and quick this is a really simple build to put together which I know for a lot of first time Builders will be a big sigh of relief with a build like this there's actually loads that we can install now while the motherboard is out of our case and easy to access and the next of those components is our memory I've gone for this Gale Gil Gile let me know in the comments Orion RGB memory kit now it's available in a dashing red or let's be honest a little bit more of a subtle dark gray or black it has got a ryzen logo on I don't really know why I think it's certified to work well with AMD CPUs but from our experience and testing Works absolutely fine with the Intel counterparts and it's going to fit really really nicely within this build pull back your Clips on the random slots on both sides we'll be using the gray slots today as these are the ones that are going to give us a better element of dual Channel performance and higher clock speeds from the outset don't put your randoms directly next to each other as this can cause them to run on different channels and give you not an optimal amount shall we say of performance while we're here we're also going to go ahead and pop in the m.2 storage the m.2 storage has become increasingly important in a build because it can create a bottleneck with your your other components if it's not fast enough this is the WD blue sn570 and it's a great budget oriented m.2 drive with read and write speeds in the region of three and a half gigabytes per second it's going to perform very well as far as boot up times go and gives you top-end performance from a gen 3 nvme the 3060 is a good match for this storage but if you did run up to a 30 70 or 3080 you would want a slightly faster SSD again just to make sure the whole build is well balanced and optimized go ahead and install this into your motherboard using the pre-installed standoff screw fasten it down into place and your storage is completely installed no pesky cables or wires to deal with it's all going to be through our motherboard today once your motherboard assembly is all complete with your CPU Cooler RAM and your your SSD all nicely installed we can go ahead and pop this into the case Choice I've gone ahead and picked up deepcool's ck540 an ATX Tower with a load of RGB plenty of mesh for good airflow and a great price point we've done lots of content on our website and YouTube channel covering the best cases that you can buy in 2022 for different color schemes build form factors and just about everything in between I love this deep cool chassis though it makes an awesome choice for this build with loads of great features an awesome layout and plenty of cable management runs too as I would do in all of our gaming PC Worlds the first step with any case is to go ahead and remove all of those side panels that includes the tempered glass side panel on the one side and then the rear steel panel on the other two lay the chassis flat onto your work surface or table of choice and then locate the io Shield that comes with your motherboard this will be available by default in your motherboard's box but high-end motherboards may also have this built in alleviating this step of the process because I've got on for a full-size ATX version of this motherboard all of my standoff holes should match up with the standoffs pre-installed inside the chassis a quick look reveals that yep these are all in the right place essentially if any are not in the right place and are not going to line up with the holes on your board go ahead and move them as they can cause grounding issues which is just not going to end well Slide the ball into place pop it over the standoffs and screw it in take this step by step start with the center standoff and work your way out if it's not seated quite correctly feel free to unscrew these and do them again they can be a bit picky and we want to make sure we get this right while the case is actually laid down flat like this I'm going to go ahead and install the graphics card now I alluded to earlier about the choice to go with a 3060 specifically msi's Ventus 3x model now we've partnered up with Nvidia and ebuyer who kindly supplied this card and made us aware of some of the deals currently available here in the UK on ebay.com and around the world are the retailers to see these cards finally hit such pricing is awesome to see and with the RTX 30 16 not rumored to be replaced with the first tranche of next-gen gpus this could be an awesome car to buy now especially for those of you who are a bit more price conscious think about it if you buy say a current gen 390 TI only for it to be replaced or outdated in a few months time you might be quite disappointed but for those on the budget end of the market buying last gen's card which isn't even last generation yet has been common practice for years after the launch of the 3060 people are still buying the 2060 super because it was an awesome GPU and the same goes here I really like this design of card because although it's thin it's still fairly beefy in terms of cooling capacity with a large heatsink extension right of our GeForce text a nice backplate to stop the thing from sagging and a pretty Sleek two slot form factor what I'm going to go ahead and do is push back the clip on our PCI retention socket that's this one just here and then slide the graphics card into place if you drop it in and apply a bit of pressure it will click in nice and easily and then we can go ahead and screw it down over on the the left hand side where typically we'd have a couple of PCI Lane covers I always find this stage is quite difficult because you're trying not to sort of drop the screw inside your case only for it never to be found again this one fits in our build A-Okay and you've even got room if you wanted to to add an all-in-one liquid cooler at the frontier with a fan on one of the sides and you're still going to be A-Okay you might not be able to see this too well but this case also has a GPU support bracket which we can push up like so tighten into place and that will stop the thing from sagging not quite so much of an issue when it's laid down flat on a table but lift it up and you can see here that without Support over time this will sag and droop so we're going to adjust that bracket like so and that should keep our GPU a little bit more firmly into place once that's in there's only one major component left to go and that's the installation of the power supply now this is a Corsair CX 650f and as the name suggests it's a 650 watt unit it's 80 plus bronze certified as well 80 plus of the official body that recognize efficiency levels and power supplies something we've explored in Greater detail over on geekwort.com where you can learn what the difference is between 80 plus bronze silver gold platinum and just about all the other levels they've got nowadays there's so many it's hard to explain in 10 seconds and I'll leave those links down in the description below the power supply is also modular meaning we only have to plug in the cables we actually need to we've covered in great detail with four how to go ahead and get your build wired up so we won't cover it in too much detail here just make sure that your motherboard CPU and GPU all have the power they need from your power supply and make sure you keep hold of any excess cables that you're not using as future upgrades May mean that you need to add these into place to provide a bit more wattage where possible this power supply could last you years and years and years without necessarily needing to be upgraded throw this in get all those wires connected and then we're basically ready to turn the thing on for the very first time once we've seen what it's like when it's all powered up we are of course going to take a deep dive into performance and gaming benchmarks so stay tuned and don't go anywhere before that though there's only one thing for it it's time time for an awesome geeko heart Montage awesome stuff now that we've seen just how good this system looks it's time to see whether the performance numbers Stack Up and the whole thing actually performs how we'd expect otherwise essentially what's the point on this screen now is a summary of all the games we tested all the results at 1080p High settings across the board where dlss was available we enabled it where Ray tracing was available we disabled it with a couple of exceptions if we take a look at a few of these titles in a bit more detail let's start off with Spider-Man first off a brand new title the newest game on our list and we tested here at 1080p high with dlss set to Quality and Ray tracing enabled dlss is of course nvidia's Tech which helps us to supercharge our frame rates while the inclusion of Ray Trace Jason here was enabled because it really does enhance this game it adds awesome Reflections to all the skyscrapers and buildings as you swing on through and there's a big Spider-Man fan that makes me very happy and with RTX enabled on our 3060 we're getting 145 FPS on average when tested of course at 1080p with strong 90 and 99 percentile results for good measure a similarly good results are available in the likes of Battlefield 2042 where at 1080p High settings with dlss enabled and set to Performance mode this time we pulled in more than 100 FPS on average 104 frames to be precise the good results carried on rolling in COD Vanguard next up 1080p High a bit of dlss yes please 155 FPS on average was the flavor of the day the game looks awesome and this is of course a nice competitive frame rate the good results carried on swinging through get the Spider-Man pun in Apex Legends where at 1080p High we pulled in 148 frames per second very tidy good 90 and 99 percentile results as well out really help things along and the whole thing looked awesome super competitive frame rates in Apex which is something I was really glad to see moving on through to fortnite next up at 1080p competitive settings and here we achieved over 180 frames per second dlss was enabled everything was set to low apart from the render distance which was set to far to ensure maximum competitive Advantage 184 FPS on average was an awesome result and a set of frames that I was really personally very happy with finally to wrap things up we also tested out a little bit of Call of Duty Warzone here we pulled in 143 FPS at 1080p high with dlss once again enabled it's great to be hitting these 140 FPS marks of course awesome for high refresh rate monitors and of course setups that can really help you achieve that Competitive Edge and with that that pretty much wraps it up for this one thanks for tuning in get subscribed to see more from us and as always we'll see you next time\n"