Building A Tight Budget Light Gaming & Work PC With Great Upgrade Options - £250 Ryzen / Build Guide

In this video I put together a PC for a family friend with a very tight budget of around £250. This build was assembled December 2020 when parts were overpriced and scarce. The criteria was to have something which performs well enough for now, with plenty of affordable upgrade options in the near future.

All components in this build are either brand new or used with a good warranty.
The main use case of this PC will be school/college work with light gaming on the side.

The base of the system is made up from an AMD Ryzen 1300X processor in the AsRock A320M-HDV R4.0 motherboard. This gives a great upgrade path for the future to a Ryzen 3, 5, 7 processor from the 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation when it's needed.

I used a single 8GB stick of Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 2400Mhz RAM. This means the RAM only operates in single channel mode at the moment and a little performance is lost. However upgrades will be cheaper and easier, as there is no need to replace existing RAM, simply slot in another 8GB stick and off you go.

The system also features an Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB Direct CUII graphics card which was donated from a member of their family. Although dated by today's standards this was a free component for the build and will suit light gaming use for the time being.

I used a EVGA 600W 80+ White power supply as it was the only unit available in stock brand new for a reasonable price when building the PC. It is a good value for money option and gives plenty of power for future graphics card upgrades when required.

Storage ended up mechanical hard drive only due to budget constraints and capacity requirements, however the motherboard has onboard M.2 PCIe connectivity which allows an SSD to be installed in the future and used as a boot device.
-=[ PARTS LIST & SYSTEM SPECS ]=-
CiT F3 Black & Green Micro ATX Tower Case
AsRock A320M-HDV R4.0 Micro ATX Motherboard
AMD Ryzen 1300X Quad Core Processor @ 3.5Ghz
8GB Corsair Vengence LPX DDR4 2400MHz Memory / RAM (1x 8GB Sticks)
Asus GeForce GTX 760 2GB DirectCU II Graphics Card
Seagate "Barracuda LP" 1.5TB / 1500GB Hard Drive
EVGA 600W 80+ White Power Supply
AMD Wraith CPU heatsink and fan
System Running Windows 10 Home x64 (64-Bit)
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-TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:05 - Parts & Justification
4:12 - Build Process Begins
4:28 - CPU & Cooler Installation
10:28 - Memory Installation
11:50 - Case Initial Preparation
13:49 - Motherboard Backplate Installation
14:40 - Motherboard Standoffs Test Fit
16:48 - Cable Management Planning
17:50 - Front Panel Cable Management
18:57 - Power Supply Installation
23:56 - Motherboard Installation
25:45 - Motherboard Connections
31:38 - Front Panel Wiring
33:42 - Front Fan Connector
34:35 - Internal Speaker / Buzzer
35:04 - Hard Drive SATA Cables
36:24 - Final Cable Management
38:12 - Finished Cable Managment
40:00 - Hard Drive Installation
41:54 - Graphics Card Installation
44:58 - Cable Tie Reuse Trick
45:27 - Finished Build Overview
46:20 - Power On Test (Fails)
47:15 - Troubleshooting
52:49 - Motherboard Swap
53:45 - Power On Test (Again)
55:03 - Successful Post
55:20 - BIOS Setting Tweaks
56:27 - LED Light Strip Addition
58:00 - Finished Lighting Showcase
58:43 - Within Windows 10
59:11 - Outro

Recorded using an iPhone 6S in 4K Ultra-HD.

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