PLEASE Stop Buying These RIP OFF Gaming PCs

Linus Tech Tips July 25, 2023
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Create your build at https://www.buildredux.com/linus Why build a new machine when you can save some money and buy used, repurposed parts slapped into a case with RGB and a tempered glass side panel from Ebay? Well, big surprise, they're not as good as you might be led to believe. Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1521754-please-stop-buying-these Buy an Intel Core i3-12100F CPU: https://geni.us/vCm3 Buy an ASRock H610M-HVS Micro ATX LGA1700 Motherboard: https://lmg.gg/0bsrc Buy Silicon Power 3200 CL16 2x8GB DDR4 RAM: https://geni.us/vY6RQ8s Buy a Team Group T-Force Vulcan Z 1TB 2.5" SSD: https://lmg.gg/8Vk1M Buy a PNY XLR8 GeForce GTX 970 Graphics Card: https://geni.us/MkDU4 Buy a Deepcool MATREXX 40 Micro ATX/Mini ITX Tower Case: https://lmg.gg/wpLnz Buy an EVGA 700 BR 80+ Bronze 700W PSU: https://geni.us/R5GiJv Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► LTX 2023 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: https://lmg.gg/ltx23 ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: https://lmg.gg/partners ► EQUIPMENT WE USE TO FILM LTT: https://lmg.gg/LTTEquipment ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/wanset FOLLOW US --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:44 What's in the box 4:30 CPU Nomenclature 5:28 GPU Nomenclature 8:30 Hardware Support 9:30 The Price 11:50 Bad Marketing 13:15 Conclusion 15:32 Outro

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