How To Build a $3000-$5000 High-End Gaming PC – Step-by-Step Guide
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▷ HOW TO BUILD A PC PART 1: THE BASICS –
▷ HOW TO BUILD A PC PART 2: $900 Budget Build –
▷ HOW TO BUILD A PC PART 4: System Setup and Windows Install –
► TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Picking Up the Parts at Micro Center
2:53 What Makes a High-End Gaming PC Build More Challenging
4:02 Parts List Breakdown
8:58 Motherboard Setup – CPU installation and important connectors
11:15 Motherboard Setup – Where to install PCIE 4.0/5.0 M.2 SSDs
17:42 Motherboard Setup – CPU cooler bracket and DDR5 Memory
21:10 Unboxing and Prepping the Case, RGB LED Pre-planning
25:06 The 4 Types of RGB-enabled Case Fans (by connection)
26:33 Power Supply Installation, initial cable routing
29:00 Motherboard Installation – standoff mounts and power cables
29:32 Basic Case Fan Installation
31:46 AIO CPU Cooler – Radiator – Fan Install, Mounting
35:44 How to Clean and Apply Thermal Paste for a CPU Cooler
38:42 AIO CPU Cooler – Pump / Block Installation
40:39 Plugging in Cables and Cable Management
46:22 Installing the Graphics Card (GPU)
47:56 Build Complete! First Boot and The Peel
► ORIGINAL PARTS LIST: Going all-out with a High-End Build
(NOTE – Micro Center provided the parts, and needed to switch out the originally planned PSU and Case.)
PSU – Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1350 W –
CASE – Lian Li LANCOOL III RGB –
CPU ($595) – Intel Core i9-13900K (Newegg) –
COOLER ($290) – CORSAIR iCUE H150i ELITE LCD –
MEMORY ($440) – 2x Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 32GB (2x16GB) –
MOTHERBOARD ($500) – ASUS ROG Strix Z790-E Gaming WiFi –
GPU ($2000, don’t pay more) – ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC –
STORAGE ($420)
1x WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X PCIe Gen4 SSD –
2x Crucial P3 2TB PCIe Gen3 SSD –
CASE ($340) – CORSAIR iCUE 7000X RGB –
PSU ($280) – CORSAIR HX1200 1200W Platinum –
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