And today, it is time for our 2019 gaming PC build tutorial

with a very special guest, Mr. Jon Rettinger.

The OG of Tech YouTube.

But I wouldn't say that likely,

- I'm like, I'm team crusty.

And at this point, we're doing it for,

I've been doing it for so long.

So I have a confession, this is embarrassing,

not only have I never built a gaming PC, I have

actually never built a computer ever.

- You gotta give yourself some credit,

like you've done some RAM upgrades

and that kind of stuff.

- I've done that kind of stuff and I know

the components, but I have never actually, like

physically put them all together myself.

- So we pretty much every year, when we do our PC

Build Tutorial, we try to pick like a different

variety of parts so this one's a very standard build,

so there's a full-sized chassis.

We have like the hard drive.

We have like the SSD.

A little bit of everything that you would typically do.

But the most important thing here

is that we actually have to put it together.

So when it comes to building a game PC, you need exactly

one tool, a screwdriver.

So, I will bestow this upon you.

- I know what this is.

- Yes.

- I prepared for this part of the build.

- Okay, you've unboxed a thing or two in your day.

I'm not worried about that.

- There we go, look at that.

- That's pretty good, actually.

So this is the Fractal Design Focus G,

and when it comes to building a PC,

the actual case itself doesn't make a huge difference

so the main thing is to look for the size

so, let's turn this over.

- So is this computer gonna find a home after

I destroy it?

- Ah, we'll see about that.

We'll see, we have to build the system first.

We'll see, if it could actually survives.

- I meant to do that.

- It's okay.

- For five minutes, I've already broken something, alright.

- So most of the time when you're buying a case,

a lot of hardware comes with it.

You'll see a couple of other screws come

like for example the power supply

but just make sure you don't lose this.

We would need this a little bit later.

Besides that, there's really not a whole lot to do

besides install the power supply.

So, something like this is a 600-watt EVGA unit.

It costs somewhere in the neighborhood like $50 or so.

You can get cheaper 600-watt units

but they will catch on fire.

I'm not even kidding, like some of the really cheap units

will straight up last like 3 months

and legitimately can catch on fire, ruin your components.

This is not an area to save a lot of money.

Get something that's decent 80+

and make sure it has enough power for your components.

Right, so what we're running here,

600 watts would be just fine.

- How do you make sure it has enough power?

- So there's PCPartPicker has a great calculators

that you can plug in all your parts right.

So generally speaking, it's your CPU

and your graphics and card.

Those are like the main components

and if you wanna do any over-clocking

you always wanna have some headroom,

but that would generally give you a good sort of ball park

of is it gonna pull 300 watts or 500 watts,

or whatever the case is.

Usually, just get something that's a little bit over

what you need or a fair bit over

because it doesn't hurt

and you'll never know if you want to do any upgrades.

- Do I have to induce myself before I mount it?

- No.

- Or just go ahead and do it?

It's a PG Channel.

- So for a case like this, if you take a look,

we actually have a grate on the bottom,

so we can put the power supply face down.

But some power supplies will need to be faced up.

For example, this on the top of the case.

Just make sure that when you see this fan,

it has access to at least some airflow.

- [Jon] Is it pulling it in or pushing it up?

- It's pulling it in and it's pushing up

the back.

And so one good tip

when you're installing any kind of hardware,

this is not even like a PC specific thing, do the corners.

So start with this corner, then do this one,

this one and this one.

That way, you're always applying even pressure.

That's something that's nice for computers

but like legit, like if you're putting

like tires on your car or anything like that,

doing sort of a cross pattern is always a good idea.

- So the initial idea on why I want to build a PC.

My mom just retired.

She's been running my Dad's office for years

and their PC at home is like running Windows 7

and it's ancient.

And she's like, shall I just get a new computer?

And I was like, alright, like, at some point

I gotta man up and be like, "I can build a computer",

like I, it's almost embarrassing that I'd never done it

so, I'm gonna take this knowledge,

- And you're gonna get hooked up.

- And I'm gonna build a computer for my mom.

- So this is Step one.

Installing the power supply.

We can actually set this off to the side now,

and start putting together the motherboard.

So with this system, I opted to go for Ryzen.

As far as I'm concerned,

especially in the sort of like, middle budget area,

Ryzen is basically the way to go.

So we are using Ryzen 5 20600X.

I actually usually recommend the 2600

'cause this guy is a little bit more expensive

and it's not totally within the price but I had one, so.

So you're probably aware, but it's usually a motherboard

is kind of what everything touches, right?

So we have that processor in here, our RAM, graphics card,

SSDs, everything pretty much attaches to the motherboard

in some way.

So, the first step is to work on our CPU.

- Okay.

- So this is the built-in stock cooler

that comes with the processor,

so if you look at this bit right here,

that's thermal paste, don't touch that.

Basically, that's going to be what makes a nice,

solid connection with our CPU.

Now this is the part of a build

that I think most people get really anxious about.

- True.

- So the CPU you can see,

it's got all these like little pins and stuff

and you have to be very careful with it, but realistically,

probably the easiest component to install.

It's literally like it's gonna take you 5 seconds.

- It might take you 5 seconds.

- Let's see. - Okay.

- I have faith. - Okay.

- So this area in the middle of the motherboard

is where our CPU socket goes.

All you do is just pull that on back

and pull it all the way up to that.

- [Jon] This look the same

on pretty much any motherboard right?

- [Austin] It's slightly different between INdI and

Intel, very similar though.

- [Jon] It's like I'm bringing the T-1000 to life here.

- [Austin] Well, you kinda are.

- So just gently - Just like that?

- Ah, you're a little off now.

There you go, okay.

So, all you do now is just push this on down,

- [Jon] Okay.

- [Austin] We're installed.

- Got it. - As simple as that.

- Now it's time to put it in our CPU cooler.

I might need a bigger screwdriver.

Yeah, I'm gonna grab a bigger screwdriver, hang on a second.

- I'm gonna go ahead and take this opportunity

to say I was actually nervous just putting in the processor.

Hopefully it didn't show.

I RAM have done, but never a processor, I'm nervous.

Alright, Austin's coming back, I gotta be quiet now.

Don't tell him I'm nervous, okay?

I was totally cool putting in that processor.

- I'll be totally honest,

I told you to do it the wrong way at first.

It was to the side and I realized when I looked over at it

%that actually goes that way so that was my bad.

- Not on me.

- Cut that part out of the video.

So with our backplate, fully in the right zone,

we're good to put this in.

So all you do is line up so as you can see the screws.

They have little springs on them so they're tensioned.

Before you sit it down, just keep in mind

that you have thermal paste together.

The thermal paste, once it's applied,

you just think about like this,

you wanna have even pressure as you push it down.

So basically, you set it down,

try not to move it too much right?

So try to like line up and then put some pressure

to kinda make sure that this is making a very solid seal

with our processor.

- Does it need a lot of pressure?

- It doesn't need a lot,

but you don't want it to wiggling around,

cause then the thermal paste starts to slide,

and kind of get uneven, you can get air bubbles.

So after a bit of tightening to make sure the screws

are very evenly placed, not your fault,

something super easy to happen.

- Austin's to nice to say it's not my fault.

- No, no, no, it's totally, totally easy to happen.

It was particularly finicky

but the main thing is the actual cooler is on.

Next, we need to plug in the actual fan.

So it's the CPU fan header right here.

You see these two notches?

- [Jon] Yeah.

- [Austin] So it only goes in one way, so literally, just

plug it in.

- [Jon] I can handle it.

- [Austin] I believe in you.

- [Jon] Hey, nailed it.

- Alright, nice.

Next up is the fun part, installing RAM.

- I've done RAM before.

- Okay, I will let you have at it.

- So with Austin Evans, and his attention to detail.

Look at that, the RAM.

- I was hoping it's the right size,

- It matches the case.

Like, when you open it up should match and look beautiful,

to Steve Jobs.

- Dude, I always do like the worst color coordinating.

- Look at that. - That's pretty good.

- So we have 16G of DDR4.

So one of the things you should keep in mind

specifically when you're building Ryzen systems

is that the speed of the memory is important.

Not even for just like intergraphics or something

which this does not have.

But it just speeds up the entire Ryzen system

and gets a little more out of that CPU.

So usually, I would like to budget

a little bit more money towards some fast RAM here.

So 3000 Megahertz is pretty quick for DDR4,

but importantly, it's also blue.

So this uses dual channel memory,