Hey guys, this is Austin.
Welcome to the Baryon.
This is a $1,500 gaming PC and it hits an interesting spot.
If you spend a lot more than this,
you're really gonna hit the law of diminishing returns.
Sure, you can spend $2,000, $3,000, $4,000 on a gaming PC;
however, it's really not gonna perform
that much better than something like this.
Kicking things off, we have the Intel Core i5-6600K.
Now, when it comes to a gaming CPU,
it's hard to beat a Core i5.
Not only is this a quad core chip
based on Intel's latest Skylake process,
but it's also fully overclockable.
So, outta the box,
you're getting a clock speed of 3.5 gigahertz.
However, throw a little bit of extra juice at it
and you're gonna get well above four gigahertz, no problem.
You can upgrade to a Core i7;
however, there is very little difference
in performance when it comes to games.
The main reason to spend an extra $100 on the i7
is if you want to do more intense tasks,
such as video editing.
To keep things cool, we have a Hyper 612 from Cooler Master.
This is a fairly beefy heatsink.
It has six copper heat pipes and it not only runs quiet,
but it also gives you lots of room for overclocking.
The real star of the show
is that EVGA GeForce GTX 1070 graphics card.
This thing is no joke.
Not only is it based on NVIDIA's new Pascal architecture,
which means that it's fast and it clocks really high,
but it's also the EVGA SuperClocked variety,
which means that it's clocked
even faster than the stock version.
It's outfitted with eight gigabytes of GDDR5 memory,
which is more than pretty much any game
is using at this point.
Now, on top of that, this thing is seriously fast.
As you'll see a little bit later on,
it pushes some crazy pixels.
The Baryon can also handle VR.
So, I'm using the Oculus Rift right now;
however, it also is totally compatible with the HTC Vive.
And not only does it run it completely smooth,
but it's actually quite a bit above the minimum spec,
which means that this should be able
to handle VR for quite a while to come.
Yeah!
You can also kill stuff too, that's the best part.
For the motherboard, we have the ASUS Z170-A.
Now, I've gotta say this is probably
my favorite motherboard out right now.
Not only is it fairly cheap,
but it has all the features you might want and then some.
You've got plenty of USB ports,
including a dedicated 3.1 and a USB Type-C,
you have an M.2 slot for a super fast SSD,
which we're using for this build, and it's an ASUS board,
which means that it's built well
and it's gonna get plenty of BIOS updates.
It's a really solid all around package.
For memory, we're using 16 gigabytes
of Corsair Vengeance LPX memory.
Now, 16 gigabytes is actually
kind of overkill for gaming rig.
It's really more for being able to do extra stuff
like video editing or, you know, using Google Chrome.
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For the SSD, we have something a little different.
This is a 256 gigabyte Samsung 950 PRO.
Now, as an NVMe drive, this is way faster
than any other normal SATA SSD.
You're looking at write speeds
of around one gigabyte per second
and read speeds well over 1.5 gigabytes per second.
This is one seriously quick drive.
Backing it up, we have the one terabyte WD Black hard drive.
Now, this is going to give you some much needed extra space
in addition to the SSD.
It might not be as fast, but it's a perfect place
to store extra Steam games and other random files
that you don't need to keep on the SSD.
Powering everything is a 750 watt
EVGA SuperNOVA power supply.
This is going to be more than enough for the build as-is,
as well as if you want to do some upgrades.
It's 80 PLUS gold rated and it's a modular supply,
which means that you can have
some nice, neat cable management; or not, it's up to you.
Housing the Baryon is the Fractal Design Define S.
I really like this case.
Not only is it a large chassis
with plenty of room for upgrades,
but it also has some really nice cable management options.
Pair with that nice big window,
you can show off your build in all its glory.
This can handle some pretty intense 4K gaming.
So, in GTA V, we're able to play on very high settings at 4K
at around 54 frames per second.
Moving on to Shadow of Mordor,
the 4K train keeps on rolling.
So, here we're able to play on ultra settings
and we're still getting around 52 frames per second.
Jump into The Witcher 3 and we do have to
turn the settings down to high at 4K;
however, the game still looks fantastic
and we're getting about 40 frames per second.
Moving to a DirectX 12 game,
we have Ashes of the Singularity,
which really does put a lot of stress on the system.
Here though, on extreme settings at 4K,
we're getting 42 frames per second.
At $1,500, the Baryon really does hit
the sort of high end sweet spot.
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