Hey guys this is Austin and today I’m here with a video
going over my latest gaming PC build, the Neutron.
When putting together the Neutron I wanted to build the
best all around gaming PC without costing a ton of money.
That’s why we’ve got a quad core CPU, solid graphics card
and an SSD all in a case that won’t take up your entire desk.
The most important part though is how does it handle gaming?
To give you an idea of how it stacks up with some of my other
recent builds I ran them all through the 3DMark Fire Strike
benchmark.
This is a great general test to see how the graphics
compare and as you’ll see the Neutron nicely shows off what
it’s capable of.
Open up Battlefield 4 and you’re looking at a
very playable 47.8 frames per second even on full Ultra
settings at 1080p.
Jump over to Metro: Last Light, another
excellent looking game that also happens to be a lot of fun
and the Neutron delivers just over 42 FPS on Very High
settings.
Another game that delivers awesome graphics is
Bioshock Infinite where we’re also able to play at 1080p on
Ultra at 55 frames per second.
Load up Grid 2 and not only
is it totally playable on Ultra but you can even crank the
resolution up to 1440p without the system breaking a sweat.
Now let’s crack open the Neutron and see how many quarks
we find inside.
That was a joke that no one is going to get,
yeah.
For the case we’ve got the Rosewill Line-M which I’ve
used a few times in previous builds as it’s a great choice with a
pair of 120mm fans and enough room for a MicroATX
motherboard.
There are actually two versions of the Line-M,
the standard model and the A model which I have here.
The only differences are the lack of an LED for the front fan
and one fewer USB 3.0 port on the A version which makes it
about $10 cheaper.
The choice is up to you but either way
you’re getting a solid case.
For the processor we’re looking
at an Intel Core i5-4430, a quad core CPU based on the
Haswell architecture.
While a Core i3 would get the job done
moving up to the Core i5 means you get four physical cores
which can definitely come in handy, especially in some of the
more demanding games.
On the graphics side we have a Sapphire Radeon R9 270X,
an excellent mid-range graphics card.
With 2GB of memory
and a factory overclock the 270X is a great choice as you guys
saw earlier it handles 1080p gaming no problem.
For the
motherboard we have an MSI B85M-G43.
This is a great
MicroATX board with USB 3 along with SATA 3 and support for
up to 32GB of memory.
Speaking of for the Neutron we’ve got
8GB of G.Skill Ripjaws RAM clocked at 1866MHz which should
be more than enough for now while still leaving room to upgrade
later on.
For storage we’ve got both an SSD as well as a
standard hard drive.
This really is the best of both worlds in my
opinion as you can install Windows and other programs onto the
SSD and everything else can go onto the hard drive.
Samsung has made some excellent SSDs for quite a while and
the 840 EVO is definitely no exception as with 120GB of capacity
you’ve got a decent amount of space.
Put it together with a 1TB
Western Digital Caviar Blue and you’ve got yourself an awesome
setup that isn’t actually all that expensive.
One thing I will
mention is that to fit both drives into the case you’ll need to also
grab a 2.5” to 3.5” adapter as while the SSD can be mounted on
bottom there’s no room to actually plug it in.
Speaking of for the
power supply we’re using a 500W Corsair CX500.
So if you guys
have watched these gaming builds before you’ll know that I really
like to use these supplies as not only are they going to be fairly
affordable but they’re also very reliable and most importantly
they’re going to have plenty of power to handle the system today
as well as with some additional upgrades later on.
Put it all
together and you’ve got yourself an awesome gaming rig that’s
perfect for 1080p.
As always you guys can find the full parts list
in the description of this video over on my website.
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Anyway guys thank you so much for
watching and I will catch you in the next one!