stop buying bad PC parts let's get you the best parts for your PC build in 2024 welcome back to PC Builder I'm Jason 2024 is a great time to build a PC as CPUs and gpus have become way more powerful and the value of PC builds right now is off the charts compared to just a couple years ago but it also means that picking the right PC parts in 2024 it's even more important whether you're looking for the best gaming PC build in 2024 or the best Creator or production build 2024 this 2024 how to pick PC parts guide is going to show you how to maximize your budget and performance remember if you get value of this video give it a like makes a huge difference to the channel and of course subscribe click that Bell icon that way you get notified when we release cool content with that let's jump into it before that this video is sponsored by vipd key say goodbye to crazy expensive Windows 10 licenses and that terrible activate Windows 10 Watermark right now use the links in the video description head over to VIP SD key and get a Windows 10 home or Pro OEM license for a great price pick your product license then use the PC Builder discount code pc25 for an additional 25% off go to the activation settings on your PC put in the code and boom you have a fully licensed Windows 10 for a crazy low price which can be upgraded for free to Windows 11 use the links in the video description below the first thing that you need to decide is what you're building your new PC to do if your PC is primarily for gaming then we need to focus in on what games you're going to play what monor resolution you want to Target and what frame rate or FPS that you want to get building the best cheap PC for 1080p Roblox gaming it's going to be way different than building the best 1440p 240 HZ gaming PC for competitive Shooters like war zone valerant or fortnite and that's also going to be different than building the best gaming PC for single player titles at 4K with maximum rate tracing effects for a gaming PC we want to focus on getting the biggest fastest GPU that we can afford and then just get a CPU that won't bottleneck it it's also important to understand your budget right now you can build a cheap gaming PC to play most titles at high settings at 1080p for around $600 and you can build a very solid 1440p gaming PC for between $750 and $1,000 for $1,250 to $1,600 you can build a PC capable of driving a 144hz 4K gaming monitor at good quality settings or a 1440p 240 HZ monitor using competitive settings in competitive titles like valerant or OverWatch 2 and for $2,000 and up you can build an insane performance 1440p or 4K monster including taking advantage of high performance rate tracing effects if we're gaming we also want to consider what kind of audio experience we have and we want to make sure that we leave enough money left over to buy a quality gaming monitor after all why get all that FPS if it looks like hot garbage finally we want to consider our build build Aesthetics and how much we want to spend on them as it's really easy to fall in love with a particular case or other part that turns into a money pit and yes I'm looking at you Leon Lee Dynamic and that can destroy our FPS performance by spending way too much Budget on parts that don't increase performance for PC builds focus on professional level production or Creator work and by that I mean 40 hours a week making money not just amateur level stuff because any gaming PC can reasonably do that you're going to want to balance your CPU and GPU power and you're going to want to have enough RAM and storage depending on the applications you use like for instance Adobe Creative Suite blender or code compilers so make sure to check those recommended system requirements for your applications before porting out your PC build cheap production builds can start around $800 but honestly I'd look to invest about $1,500 to $2,000 or more as your time is money once you've got your budget and your build goals the most important decision is what but CPU and GPU combo is best for you now we've got an entire guide on how to get the best CPU and GPU combo so I'm going to leave that link down in the video description for you to check out remember for a gaming PC we want the fastest GPU that we can afford and then we just want to get a CPU that's not going to bottleneck it in 2024 the most relevant CPUs are Intel 12th 13th and 14th gen as well as ryzen 5000 and ryzen 7,000 we are expecting nextg ryzen 8,000 or 9,000 CPUs sometime before for the middle of the year and a new generation of Intel CPUs towards the end of fall 2024 the most relevant Nvidia gpus right now in 2024 are primarily RTX 4000 series including the expected RTX 4000 Super Series and on the budget end the RTX 360 12 GB and possibly the RTX 3050 for AMD the most relevant gpus include the RX 7000 series including the 7900 XTX 7900 XT and 7800 XT many of amd's 6000 series of G gpus also continue to be good value while stock remains though we do expect a lot of these gpus to sell out completely in 2024 for Intel currently their a770 a750 and a580 remain viable budget gpus if you don't mind tinkering with the settings and slower day one driver support it's also possible we'll see some additional GP refreshes from both AMD and Nvidia in the first half of 2024 we do expect Intel to launch their next Generation gpus code name battle age in 2024 but we aren't really expecting RTX 5000 or radon 8000 gpus until likely the very end of 2024 possibly early 2025 at the budget level right now my top picks are the I3 1200 F and ryzen 5500 they're good enough for most budget gpus from a radian RX 6600 up to a 6700 XT 12 gab or an RTX 460 ti6 GB though if you can spend just a bit more the ryzen 5600 or I 52 400f those are fantastic budget CPUs and i' take them all the way up to a radon RX 7800 XT or an RTX 470 for more mid-range gaming PCs the ryzen 7600 is very hard to beat right now around $200 paired with a cheap b650 motherboard or if you do want to go Intel I'd skip all the lock CPU Parts I would go straight for the I5 13600 KF at around $280 now either of those CPUs can be taken all the way up to a r on r 7900 XTX or a GeForce RTX 490 though at that point you're going to want to spend any extra money jumping up to the ryzen 7800 x3d which really is the best gaming CPU out there though if you must have Intel I'd go with the i7 14700 K instead we have build guides for all of these CPUs including the motherboards RAM gpus and other things that you're going to want to get with them so check out those build guides listed down in the video description for the rest of the build if we're going to go budget with like a ryzen 5 ,000 or Intel 12 gen CPU I would go 2x 8 GB of ddr4 3200 cl16 or 3600 cl16 for mid-range CPUs like the i51 13600 K and ryzen 7600 we want to go ddr5 6000 cl30 and right now the smallest kits on the market are 2 x 16 gabes for 32 gbt total for storage still very cheap but it is going up so much so that I would grab at least one terabyte possibly two terabytes if I could when we're buying the mother board we definitely need to consider if we're going to use the analog audio output from the motherboard on the PC case rear panel or in the front panel if we are we should consider whether to get a motherboard with an upgraded audio solution like an ALC 1200 ALC 1220 or ALC 480 output or if we're going to go with a more budget ALC 897 series codec from here most Gamers just need enough high-speed rear USB outputs for their devices and to get a motherboard with good enough vrm to run their CPU of choice we have buying guys for both Intel and ryzen motherboards and our best RAM for gaming 2023 video covers every current platform so check out those for a deeper dive finally for the PC case we're really just looking for something with good airf flow and at least two intake bands and one exhaust fan it's easy to overspend on your PC case and the max I'd look to spend is about 10% of your budget for the power supply we size that by taking the Max draw of all of our parts in an application like PC par pick then we multiply that by 1.5 to get the minimum wattage that we're looking for and we want a PSU rated at least C tier or better on the PSU cultist list which I'll leave link down in the video description along with our detailed guide on how to buy the best PSU but what about future proofing or having a future upgrade path in your PC build now those are two separate things so let's clarify future proofing is spending extra money on a component to add functionality that's not really useful right now but might be useful in the future so for for instance spending an extra $100 on ryzen 7700 CPU instead of the ryzen 7600 or buying a motherboard that's going to allow you to use pcie gen 5-speed devices an upgrade path just means that you can upgrade the CPU the GPU or add more storage or Ram in the future and have the system still be relevant I think it's fine to consider a platform like amd's am5 ryzen 7000 over ryzen 5000 or Intel due to the fact that AMD is going to release future am5 ryzen CPUs they're going to be dropping compatible with a motherboard that you're buying right now or somebody like a video editor who spends a little extra getting a motherboard with extra m.2 slots when they know they're going to add storage in the future but in my opinion future proofing is almost always a losing proposition for example if you spent an extra $100 on a ryzen 3700x CPU in 2019 over the ryzen 3600 and as a result spent $100 Less on your GPU today the gaming difference between those two CPUs is is very small while the difference between the 3700x and a Dro in upgrade to the ryzen 5800 X 3D is massive you'd have been better off either spending a $100 more on a faster GPU or saving that $100 and spending it in the future to upgrade your CPU to the 5800 x3d so it's almost always better to focus on the performance right now and let the future take care of itself so when should you buy your PC parts the first thing to consider obviously it's major sales there are currently three major sales in the US Black Friday which begins in early November and can go all the way through the holiday shopping period then we have of course the two Amazon Prime sale events including all of the sales that like new egg at Best Buy and other retailers at the same time now the first one is usually in mid July with the second Amazon Prime day in late October though Amazon waits to announce the specific dates about a month out from the sales for PC parts like CPUs gpus motherboards and other things these sales can offer about 10 to to 15% off which is a nice discount but I personally would not wait more than about a month possibly two for them typically AMD has the biggest discounts and Nvidia and Intel they're super stingy and they don't offer much in the way of discounts during sales and here's the most important advice to build the best PC in 2024 focus on keeping it simple especially if you haven't done a build in a while or if this is going to be your very first PC build I see so many new and returning Builders they get stuck in paralysis by a analysis trying to ensure that their build can do everything from high-end overclocking to production to gaming and more or they try for a super complicated build with tons of fans in RGB that's really difficult to pull off they end up spending way too much or worse yet they never buy the parts at all because it just becomes so overwhelming so just keep it simple and stay focused on your primary build goals and it can be helpful to get feedback from other PC builders on your build we have the boost my build series here where viewers submit their PC builders and we pick a variety of builds and budgets every episode to boost so that everyone can see something helpful for them if you haven't checked out the series it's linked down in the video description and it's a lot of fun we also recommend the PC part picker forums Linus Tech tip forums or the build a PC Reddit and we do have a channel member only Discord where members can post their builds and get feedback from other channel members you can check that out by clicking the join button below and it's always a good idea to get feedback from multiple places that way some well-meaning person who doesn't really know enough won't steer you in the wrong remember we've got tons of build guides for every performance and budget level from an I3 1200f or ryzen 5600 budget build to a mid-range build with a ryzen 7600 or an i5 13600 K to highend builds with a ryzen 7800 x3d and more and if you aren't sure what to build you just have a total budget we do monthly build guides that are total budget based as well I'll leave the build playlist link down in the video description let me know down in the comments what you plan to build or upgrade in 2024 and of course if you got value out of this video give it a like it makes a huge 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