@@Jayztwocents Haha what amazing timing on that one even if it was unintentional. Would definitely be interested to hear your take even if just to calm down some of the craziness.
@@deminybs "do you think Steve, Linus, Wendell, jay, ect don't talk to each other beforehand?" Linus is pissed for that exact reason. He said he wasn't contacted beforehand.
@@mastercraft64GamersNexus posted a 45 minute video, go watch that for context. Linus replied very poorly to that. GN responded with another video. Then a former enployee of Linus came out today with sexual assault allegations towards Linus Tech Tips and then Linus after previously saying they wouldn’t address the topic further came out with his entire management in one video. It’s a fucking shit show.
The fact that these two are ACTUALLY taking Intel Arc as a serious choice for a budget/low mid-range build is great. More competition in the GPU market!
Funny enough, I'm pretty sure it's because Arc (whether due to immature drivers or silicon bugs) benches WAAAYY higher in synthetics than in actual games. The A770 isn't far off from a 3070 in benchmarks, despite only being comparable to a 3060 in real-world gaming loads. Not really surprising due to the fact that ACM-G10 (same die as this A750) was initially planned to compete with the 3070 Ti.
The A750 at its discounted price is genuinely competitive these days. I have an A770, and yes I have had problems, but so far in my experience it's not nearly as bad as you would think based on the early coverage it got. Intel has improved drastically, and fast. I've been playing a lot of BG3 lately. Intel was the first to release a beta "Game On" driver with BG3 support, and it runs fantastically. I'm really glad Intel hasn't given up on Arc. Like I said though, I have had issues. It's not a huge deal to me as I enjoy tinkering with my computer. I've already submitted at least one bug report. Don't get me wrong, you won't get an absolutely problem free experience from AMD or Nvidia, but if you want to minimize that kind of thing, Intel probably isn't your best choice.
They're becoming surprisingly good little cards now that the drivers are getting caught up. They're still heavily reliant on resizable BAR, but for their price point they are an incredible value.
im selling my arc a770 i like the performance but they never really fixed the drivers. my computer was broke for a month because i needed to use the beta drivers for some reason but couldnt get install them due to various issues with the computer just locking up a few seconds after signing in. intel support is some of the worst i have ever seen but it works now. now that i am on them, they arent compatible with anything. the directx feature level is broken by default but now it just says "Feature level: " its really annoying me and the performance doesnt even translate to games. i was seeing scores very high but when i went in games like mw2 the fps was lower than my previous rtx 3050 im probably going to buy a used 3080 ti or 3090
For my last pc, I picked out the exact parts I wanted from Microcenter and paid them $149 to build it for me. Awesome service and its wonderful to get exactly the parts you want.
Normies are going to LOVE this video! These cheaper, just average computers are actually very well priced, well, in the states at least. People are going to buy many of these to their kids. When you dont need/want all the bells and whistles (nice CPUs and GPUs, mainly the 40-series), this is a VERY good deal!
Man I laughed so much. Jay and Austin are the comedic duo I didn't know I needed. I'd gladly watch a scrapyard wars type show with you guys. Awesome vid!
I love that I can come back to a Jay video after a few months and the vibe is the same. Congrats on all the success over the years Jay! It's been fun to watch.
Thats how it should go. Smart people learn from the mistakes of others. Ordinary men learn from their own mistakes. *Idiots deny it and gaslight everyone else*
I went to the Indy Micro Center shortly after opening! They talked me OUT of a lot of more expensive components that wouldn't have gained me much of anything, and I'm thankful for them. The employees were so nice and helpful. 10/10 would recommend.
If I didn't build my PC like 2 weeks before the Fractal North released, I'd have gone with this as well. I really love the wood they put in there. Simply amazing and looks so good!
Jay really does love PC’s. The fact he’s still in the community making videos tailored towards enthusiasts and towards giving back is truly inspirational; same for Austin as well.
Love that you considered the recipient over easily winning by staying away from cardboard! Nice choices, now I am wishing we had a Micro Center here in Canada. Support your fellow streamers, that's the way to go.
Canada Computers is pretty good. The price difference is because of tariffs and we don't build a single damned computer peripheral anywhere in Canada that I am familiar with.
The new tariffs really fu**ed our pricing in Canada. Also cc stopped giving points for computer components so lately I've gone to amazon, even tho I had built dozens of cc comouters in the past
THIS is the kind of stuff I love to see. I love that scrapyard wars and the silly a/c cooling stuff was brought up. Those are the kinds of things I want to watch. I love all the informative stuff too, but the silly goofy fun videos win for me hands down!
The Ryzen 5500 is actually not bad at all for the price. I put one in a spare parts build to have as a secondary PC (ended up selling it), and in my current main game, Star Citizen, it performed remarkably well considering how CPU bound that game is.
This was such an awesome experience to see all this live! Im the ginger bearded thick boy at the front of the desk! It was super cool to see them interact off camera! Wish I coulda stayed the whole time but my dog just had to scratch my daughter but thanks for signing my hat and Austin for giving me a piece of the cardboard!
The rule change should have been a 1% score increase for every 1% below budget (so every $7.50 off)! That would have made it so that the clear meta wouldn’t be to just go as cheap as possible. Also a case for sure should be considered a required component
That would have been better than this dumb rule but still I don't think you should get points for going under budget. It's called a budget for a reason and I would want to get all the performance I could get...
Agreed, as soon as that was introduced they compromised the systems so heavily. If they'd went for the $750 that would have been another $200 to get a better graphics card (don't get me wrong, I'm happy Intel are in the game, but come on, a Radeon 6700XT was within reach at this) and maybe better CPU.
@@Shadow0fd3ath24You're right and I wasn't serious, just playing on what Austin said about his box computer coming with an iFixit kit and saying that Jay could have grasped the opportunity.
been going to Micro Center since I was a kid definitely a first choice for PC components. Staff is friendly and trained and they got competitive pricing.
It was great to be able to see everyone in person and have jay, Austin, Phil and everyone in in Indiana. It was well worth the 3 hour drive. Still voting for Jays build.
@@inkredebilchina9699It's not about looks. It's not even a single unit. The PSU is separate. I mean laptops are like that, but still this is a system they are giving away. A case should be a bare minimum requirement.
1tb NVMe SSD for $29 is a crazy deal, just shows how crazy cheap NVMe has gotten and I'm looking for to doing a drive swap to them next year after tax returns
Back when I took a computer repair course in High School, I was taught that once upon a time, there were CPU coolers that were designed to shatter the CPUs that are created by the competition. I don't remember if they said it was Intel Coolers that shattered AMD CPUs or the other way around, but either way, DAMN.
I really want to see an Open Box build competition. I love their open box section as you can usually save 25 to 50 percent off cases, and a good amount off parts and GPUs.
I did that and refurbished parts. 😅 refurbished 850w strix psu $60 Msi 550B pro mobo $30 open box 😅 5600g $65 new W fan 1gb ssd m.2 cyber Monday sale $26 16gb 8x2 ddr4 3600 $26 Case msi $70 Xmas sale new velox 100r with 4 fans. Back plate io $11 eBay as open box didn't have it. Wifi 6e pci card $30 Using 5600g grafix My 16yr old loves it gives him room to expand build it 😊. Just Using 42" smart TV for monitor. Runs good plenty for his first pc.
@@Fossillarson Same, I've bought over 10 open box cases at microcenter for half off, open box motherboards, PSUs, GPUs - it's great! And usually saves a ton of money.
At 9:00 Austin talking BS to Jay is like watching a kid trying to persuade his dad when his dad knows his kid is trying to BS him and just play along lol
You really can't beat Microcenter. I did similar builds for 2 of my kids. ryzen 5 5500/16gb ddr4 3200 cl16/ 500gb m.2 boot drive + 1tb hdd/ 600w evga bronze psu / cheapest b550 board avail (came with a discount when purchased with a compatible cpu) and a montech mATX case (had a glass side panel and rgb fans were included) The above parts were about 375-380 before tax. I grabbed a used 1660 super for each build that I got for about 75$ a pop used and made out with 2 1080p gaming rigs for about 900$ total. The kicker is that I did this about a year ago, the prices have only improved in that time. Microcenter is the Toys R Us for tech nerds.
Microcenter kicks butt! I'm lucky enough to have 5 by me (NYC) and I love, love, love it! Man Jay is a freakin' GIANT...Austin looked almost comically tiny compared to him 😂
@@sammiller6631lmao we literally have all of the microcenters. 1 on Long Island 1 in Queens 1 in Brooklyn 1 in Yonkers and 1 in Jersey lol. But I'm equal driving distance from the LI, Queens and Brooklyn stores
I love that the store hadn't even open yet, but they already had legit returns on the shelf for sale. Conspiracy confirmed, MicroCenter is hiding time travel from us! Man, this was just good ol' awesomeness! You guys had so much fun!! So much presence. Thank you guys!!
Assuming that this was shot on opening day, that would indicate that inventory was pulled from other stores. However, some parts being out of stock (the RAM kit, for example), leads me to believe that this was shot a few days after opening. (Like, say, the first Saturday they were open.)
What an awesome fun video! Huge thanks to Jay and Austin for giving us a good time. Can always trust Jay to entertain and inform while making it fun. Thanks.
I came here 3 weeks ago with my brother and his friend, and the friend surprised me and was going to buy a computer, even though he's normally a console guy. He came to me with his parts list, and I was able to trim the price WAY down (He was going AM4 yet using a x570). Combine that with the stupidly good deals (B450 and a amd 5600x3d) and we saved $600. He was still OK with the same budget, so he went from 3060ti to 4070. It was such a magical day, highly recommend the "choosing components in-store" experience.
Man, I loved this video and I mean not real ill will to Austin, but Jay is so much more natural in making content while still having the give away user in mind. Again , love the vid. I'm just astounded with Jay and his team's content making skills!
I am not sure if it was part of the script or not, but honestly, it was really good to see some of the comments toward Austin about "You care more about winning than the people that would get these systems huh" and such. Austin is such in the business of entertainment-focused "broke vs pro" videos that are pumped out that the love of PC building has gotten lost. This felt more like a sponsored obligation from Austin while it seemed more like an opportunity from Jay. The two personalities really showed in this video. Shout to Jay for keeping the spirit alive and maintaining integrity.
There's one about 12 minutes from my home and I guess I take it for granted...but I have bought many, many parts and made quite a few systems over the years from there.
@@hip_check Thats awesome! I would love to have one near me, and personally I would rather support them over Amazon or Newegg (too many bad experiences with Newegg) but unfortunately the closest Microcenter to me is 5+ hours away. 😫
just a heads up the 6650 xt is wired for PCIE 4.0 x8, and neither the b450 nor the R5 5500 support pcie gen 4. AMD continues to use the PCI-Express 4.0 x8 bus interface with the RX 6650 XT to reduce board costs. By itself, Gen 4 x8 is plenty of bandwidth (comparable to Gen 3 x16), but when used on an older machine with PCIe Gen 3 slots, the card operates at Gen 3 x8 so with jay's original config the gpu is being bottlenecked by running pcie gen 3.0 x 8 by switching to the Arc A750 (which is wired for pcie 4.0 x16), it allows it to run at pcie gen 3.0 x 16 on the b450+5500 combo. 6650 xt likely wouldve won the benchmark otherwise if using pcie gen 4
I have rewatched your 4060TI video where you addressed an issue. It is really amazing to see an adult person taking responsibility and having credibility. I think you are awesome Jay, keep up the good work!
I am a professional system builder, and you can't sell a "system" without a case. Jay wins. Not to mention neither one of them checked to see if the ram was on the board makers QVL.
Hope you guys enjoyed Indianapolis and had lunch at Ale Emporium right next door! Brought the kids down to the new store shortly after it opened, ended up walking out with an all new budget $550 build, sold it 2 days later for $675!
This was a breath of fresh air. Didn't take thousands of dollars to get some sweet frames and have a great time. Felt like building my first computer 20 years ago
just wanted to so say awesome video and once again ... if it wasn't for you i still wouldn't have a pc .... and you gave me the courage to build it my self... i almost have it a year now. thank you jay
I know you and Austin have been sponsored by micro center for a long while, have either of you reviewed their build service by chance? Would love to see like 3 different price points of builds (picking parts) and see how they do on the build itself on average. Would they put more effort into the more expensive one than the cheap one? Hmmm
Mis respetos Jay, por hacer una computadora mas que decente y completa para un usuario, poniendo tu integridad por delante, aun sabiendo que habían posibilidades de perder el desafío. Espero que Austin Evans por lo menos haya comprado un gabinete para el ganador de su PC después de ganar el desafío, de otro modo, que pocos valores del tipo.
Man that was hilarious 😂. You two made a great team, both great performers and fun with your audiences. Hope to see more. Also, would you be up for cherity building competitions with some of your community members? Maybe setup a yearly build competition on your forum whom then you can choose teams from and then we all get together for a build off... Ideas. Anyways keep up the awesome content Jay and team!
Dam they better have good security system. They have more value in that store than a Walmart. *from Canada, Ontario so I’ve never seen a proper computer store.
@@angeltzepesh1are you also accounting for the currency conversion or just comparing 1:1? Because it feels like even just comparing 1:1 they get more expensive
@icanmakeeverythingilovedie9861 so misleading people to make decisions that could potentially be very poor decisions or screwing over some companies because they didn't review their products right isn't a big deal? Wtf? Lmaoo
Jay, are you a time traveller? That comment on Linus's mistakes absolutely caught me off guard, since I'm sure this was filmed waaay before anything came to light.
Hey Jay I am only an 1.5 hours away from the Indianapolis Indiana Micro Center. Wish I knew you were gonna be there and I would have drove up to see you and meet you in person. This is cool man, thanks for visiting my home state.
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I love you jay nice we all learn from Linus’s mistakes. Honestly I appreciate you staying out of it.
This was filmed two weeks ago, definitely before all of this drama. Ironically...
@@Jayztwocentsforeshadowing?
"Linus has no shame" definitely foreshadowing
@@Jayztwocents Haha what amazing timing on that one even if it was unintentional. Would definitely be interested to hear your take even if just to calm down some of the craziness.
@@Jayztwocentsdrama you say?
The kind of lighthearted tech fun we need in these last 48 hours :)
I like the Linus rips like he doesn't know about it 😂😂
@@deminybsHe didn't at the time 😅
@@deminybsyou think this was filmed yesterday?? Lol
@@TinMan445no, but do you think Steve, Linus, Wendell, jay, ect don't talk to each other beforehand?
truth is none of us know for sure
@@deminybs "do you think Steve, Linus, Wendell, jay, ect don't talk to each other beforehand?" Linus is pissed for that exact reason. He said he wasn't contacted beforehand.
"we all learn from Linus' mistakes" that statement became a lot more relevant since this was filmed.
came here to say the same thing lmaooo
Did I miss something? Why is that more relevant?
@@mastercraft64Gamers Nexus called out LMG for some things. To see the full story, see GN 20 minute video on it.
@@mastercraft64GamersNexus posted a 45 minute video, go watch that for context. Linus replied very poorly to that. GN responded with another video. Then a former enployee of Linus came out today with sexual assault allegations towards Linus Tech Tips and then Linus after previously saying they wouldn’t address the topic further came out with his entire management in one video. It’s a fucking shit show.
@@Remy-today former employee, was that person appeared on screen before ? was it Madison?
The fact that these two are ACTUALLY taking Intel Arc as a serious choice for a budget/low mid-range build is great. More competition in the GPU market!
Funny enough, I'm pretty sure it's because Arc (whether due to immature drivers or silicon bugs) benches WAAAYY higher in synthetics than in actual games. The A770 isn't far off from a 3070 in benchmarks, despite only being comparable to a 3060 in real-world gaming loads. Not really surprising due to the fact that ACM-G10 (same die as this A750) was initially planned to compete with the 3070 Ti.
True true
The A750 at its discounted price is genuinely competitive these days. I have an A770, and yes I have had problems, but so far in my experience it's not nearly as bad as you would think based on the early coverage it got. Intel has improved drastically, and fast. I've been playing a lot of BG3 lately. Intel was the first to release a beta "Game On" driver with BG3 support, and it runs fantastically. I'm really glad Intel hasn't given up on Arc.
Like I said though, I have had issues. It's not a huge deal to me as I enjoy tinkering with my computer. I've already submitted at least one bug report. Don't get me wrong, you won't get an absolutely problem free experience from AMD or Nvidia, but if you want to minimize that kind of thing, Intel probably isn't your best choice.
They're becoming surprisingly good little cards now that the drivers are getting caught up. They're still heavily reliant on resizable BAR, but for their price point they are an incredible value.
im selling my arc a770
i like the performance but they never really fixed the drivers. my computer was broke for a month because i needed to use the beta drivers for some reason but couldnt get install them due to various issues with the computer just locking up a few seconds after signing in. intel support is some of the worst i have ever seen but it works now. now that i am on them, they arent compatible with anything. the directx feature level is broken by default but now it just says "Feature level: "
its really annoying me and the performance doesnt even translate to games. i was seeing scores very high but when i went in games like mw2 the fps was lower than my previous rtx 3050
im probably going to buy a used 3080 ti or 3090
For my last pc, I picked out the exact parts I wanted from Microcenter and paid them $149 to build it for me. Awesome service and its wonderful to get exactly the parts you want.
it's warm still why's it warm still🤣🤣🤣
Normies are going to LOVE this video! These cheaper, just average computers are actually very well priced, well, in the states at least. People are going to buy many of these to their kids. When you dont need/want all the bells and whistles (nice CPUs and GPUs, mainly the 40-series), this is a VERY good deal!
Thanks for the PC, Jay! It's being put to good use. Had fun watching you guys build live
Hey man congrats on this.
Tell your wife congratulations and hopefully she got the fractal North that she wanted.
im envious of your "built by Jay" computer. i hope you got him to sign it haha
man, i want a pc built by jay too 😩😩😩 congrats btw
That's a fantastic machine, and I hope your wife loves it for years!
“I don’t want to make the same mistakes Linus does. We all learn through Linus’s mistakes”
Truer words have never been spoken
All the linus comments both did and didnt age well from the time of filming to now lol
@@mromutt Oh dear...
15:25 "Linus has no shame."
Big oof.
Shrimpy🍤Doodle used the cardboard boxes. Linus🍁 ain't that bad.
Heavy is the head that wears the crown!
Man I laughed so much. Jay and Austin are the comedic duo I didn't know I needed. I'd gladly watch a scrapyard wars type show with you guys. Awesome vid!
you need a 64 core cpu for 64 fps kid🤣🤣🤣
I love that I can come back to a Jay video after a few months and the vibe is the same. Congrats on all the success over the years Jay! It's been fun to watch.
A few years for me. Just got back into it cause I'm building a new pc.
"we all learn from Linus's mistakes." That joke aged surprising well! 😂
Thats how it should go.
Smart people learn from the mistakes of others. Ordinary men learn from their own mistakes.
*Idiots deny it and gaslight everyone else*
@@nemtudom5074couldn't have said it better 👏 👌
I went to the Indy Micro Center shortly after opening! They talked me OUT of a lot of more expensive components that wouldn't have gained me much of anything, and I'm thankful for them. The employees were so nice and helpful. 10/10 would recommend.
That great, as you can easily spend a $100-200+ on parts that doesn't really benefit your needs.
“We all learn from Linus’s his mistakes”.
Truer words haven’t been spoken before.
'Linus has no shame, period'
was also spoken.
@@thefourfourfour9512 Considering recent events... Dunno what we should take about that comment.
well paired with "steve's got 48 of those (40 series gpu) charts"
Was just going to say that
The Linus comments pretty much sum up the recent drama and this was 100% recorded before that lol
If I didn't build my PC like 2 weeks before the Fractal North released, I'd have gone with this as well.
I really love the wood they put in there. Simply amazing and looks so good!
Jay is the cool dad of tech, just drops fun videos right when everyone needs em!
will your system explode probably not🤣🤣🤣
Jay really does love PC’s. The fact he’s still in the community making videos tailored towards enthusiasts and towards giving back is truly inspirational; same for Austin as well.
@@lurch789Everyone has a choice in which "guy" they play.
"we all learn through Linus's mistakes" lmfao 💀💀💀💀 (yes we know this was filmed before the drama. It's still funny even before the drama).
CRAZY jab😂😂😂😂😂
you do realize this video was recorded long before the recent LTT drama?
Which makes it funnier
@@kaeleib you do realise that's what makes it funnier, right?
Love that you considered the recipient over easily winning by staying away from cardboard! Nice choices, now I am wishing we had a Micro Center here in Canada. Support your fellow streamers, that's the way to go.
But then the recipients got hosed when they tried to make the cheapest PC possible... Lol
@@mrburns366i mean it is free so
Canada Computers is pretty good. The price difference is because of tariffs and we don't build a single damned computer peripheral anywhere in Canada that I am familiar with.
The new tariffs really fu**ed our pricing in Canada. Also cc stopped giving points for computer components so lately I've gone to amazon, even tho I had built dozens of cc comouters in the past
“Considered the recipient”
Counterpoint: Ark
THIS is the kind of stuff I love to see. I love that scrapyard wars and the silly a/c cooling stuff was brought up. Those are the kinds of things I want to watch. I love all the informative stuff too, but the silly goofy fun videos win for me hands down!
The Ryzen 5500 is actually not bad at all for the price. I put one in a spare parts build to have as a secondary PC (ended up selling it), and in my current main game, Star Citizen, it performed remarkably well considering how CPU bound that game is.
This was such an awesome experience to see all this live! Im the ginger bearded thick boy at the front of the desk! It was super cool to see them interact off camera! Wish I coulda stayed the whole time but my dog just had to scratch my daughter but thanks for signing my hat and Austin for giving me a piece of the cardboard!
The rule change should have been a 1% score increase for every 1% below budget (so every $7.50 off)! That would have made it so that the clear meta wouldn’t be to just go as cheap as possible. Also a case for sure should be considered a required component
That would have been better than this dumb rule but still I don't think you should get points for going under budget. It's called a budget for a reason and I would want to get all the performance I could get...
Agreed, as soon as that was introduced they compromised the systems so heavily. If they'd went for the $750 that would have been another $200 to get a better graphics card (don't get me wrong, I'm happy Intel are in the game, but come on, a Radeon 6700XT was within reach at this) and maybe better CPU.
Here's a new rule where we can make cheaper computers to give to our fans.
i like your idea, the rule change Jay made was kinda meh.
If they'd have both used the same case jay would have won, hell even if he would gone with a 25 buck roswell case jay still would have won
I feel like if the computer needs to come with an iFixit kit to jump start it, it should be included in the price calculation.
you could use any piece of metal tbh though
@@Shadow0fd3ath24You're right and I wasn't serious, just playing on what Austin said about his box computer coming with an iFixit kit and saying that Jay could have grasped the opportunity.
Them DDR4 prices were insane! I build PCs for a living and never seen a 32GB 3200Mhz kit for $25.
Right?? What a steal
been going to Micro Center since I was a kid definitely a first choice for PC components. Staff is friendly and trained and they got competitive pricing.
The “open box deal” cracked me up.
Love you Jay
Sooo glad we FINALLY have a MicroCenter here in Indy! Granted this is a sponsored video, but I'm still glad you took the time to produce it.
I’ve made the 2 hour round trip to the Indy store multiple times already. So glad we finally have a better option than Best Buy
@@AnderSixxinI’m lucky as fuck I live an hour from mine. Best Buy sucks for pc building
@@AnderSixxin I'd love to have a MicroCenter that close. 7 hours round trip for me to the closest one, and even that requires boarding a 737.
Is it the old Fry's building?
No it isn't. It's closer to Castleton Mall.@@APeopleP3rson
It was great to be able to see everyone in person and have jay, Austin, Phil and everyone in in Indiana. It was well worth the 3 hour drive. Still voting for Jays build.
well.......yeah......I mean it's an actual computer. Unlike that hunk of loosely assembled parts. LMAO
@@awilliams1701I mean it technically is a PC, but not really a good looking one. 😂
plus it's cheap. like very cheap.
@@inkredebilchina9699It's not about looks. It's not even a single unit. The PSU is separate. I mean laptops are like that, but still this is a system they are giving away. A case should be a bare minimum requirement.
@@awilliams1701 not neccesarily, as shown in the video. it's got loads of airflow at least so it cannot overheat ever 🤣
@@inkredebilchina9699 it's still not acceptable.
Thank you Microcenter for bringing these two together for a great and fun video.
I feel like Austin should have been dq'd with that carboard case lmaoo
After all this tech fiasco, we all needed this break. Jay always comes to the rescue
I like how the "It's the apartment fire all over again" comment had Austin sweat profusely and making funny faces.
This is so hitting the scrap yard wars spot in my heart. Thanks Jay and Austin
This is sponsored by the store. It's hitting the "Let's pretend we're having fun" spot in my heart.
1tb NVMe SSD for $29 is a crazy deal, just shows how crazy cheap NVMe has gotten and I'm looking for to doing a drive swap to them next year after tax returns
Back when I took a computer repair course in High School, I was taught that once upon a time, there were CPU coolers that were designed to shatter the CPUs that are created by the competition. I don't remember if they said it was Intel Coolers that shattered AMD CPUs or the other way around, but either way, DAMN.
I really want to see an Open Box build competition. I love their open box section as you can usually save 25 to 50 percent off cases, and a good amount off parts and GPUs.
I did that and refurbished parts. 😅 refurbished 850w strix psu $60
Msi 550B pro mobo $30 open box 😅
5600g $65 new W fan
1gb ssd m.2 cyber Monday sale $26
16gb 8x2 ddr4 3600 $26
Case msi $70 Xmas sale new velox 100r with 4 fans.
Back plate io $11 eBay as open box didn't have it.
Wifi 6e pci card $30
Using 5600g grafix
My 16yr old loves it gives him room to expand build it 😊.
Just Using 42" smart TV for monitor. Runs good plenty for his first pc.
@@Fossillarson Same, I've bought over 10 open box cases at microcenter for half off, open box motherboards, PSUs, GPUs - it's great! And usually saves a ton of money.
At 9:00 Austin talking BS to Jay is like watching a kid trying to persuade his dad when his dad knows his kid is trying to BS him and just play along lol
It was amazing getting to meet you guys and see you guys produce this video! ❤
You really can't beat Microcenter.
I did similar builds for 2 of my kids.
ryzen 5 5500/16gb ddr4 3200 cl16/ 500gb m.2 boot drive + 1tb hdd/ 600w evga bronze psu / cheapest b550 board avail (came with a discount when purchased with a compatible cpu) and a montech mATX case (had a glass side panel and rgb fans were included)
The above parts were about 375-380 before tax.
I grabbed a used 1660 super for each build that I got for about 75$ a pop used and made out with 2 1080p gaming rigs for about 900$ total.
The kicker is that I did this about a year ago, the prices have only improved in that time. Microcenter is the Toys R Us for tech nerds.
IT'S SO NICE TO FINALLY HAVE A MICRO CENTER IN INDY!!! Sorry I missed you guys. It's awesome they've been flying out my favorite TH-camrs.
Oh how I envy you guys, I'd love to have a micro center here in the UK! love the collab
Microcenter kicks butt! I'm lucky enough to have 5 by me (NYC) and I love, love, love it!
Man Jay is a freakin' GIANT...Austin looked almost comically tiny compared to him 😂
FIVE micro centers near you? Are you hording them?
@@sammiller6631lmao we literally have all of the microcenters.
1 on Long Island
1 in Queens
1 in Brooklyn
1 in Yonkers and 1 in Jersey lol. But I'm equal driving distance from the LI, Queens and Brooklyn stores
To be fair, Austin is pretty short 😂
@gingaming_gg4719 and you guys have B&H too
I envy you
I love that the store hadn't even open yet, but they already had legit returns on the shelf for sale. Conspiracy confirmed, MicroCenter is hiding time travel from us!
Man, this was just good ol' awesomeness! You guys had so much fun!! So much presence. Thank you guys!!
Assuming that this was shot on opening day, that would indicate that inventory was pulled from other stores. However, some parts being out of stock (the RAM kit, for example), leads me to believe that this was shot a few days after opening. (Like, say, the first Saturday they were open.)
We need more Jayz Microcenter tours. That was amazing 😂
The apartment joke made my day, that was hilarious. props to that guy. 😂😂😂
I'm glad to see two friends having fun building PC's in a friendly competition. "We all learn from Linus's mistakes" is priceless 🤣
Thanks for stopping by! It was a pleasure seeing you guys!
What an awesome fun video! Huge thanks to Jay and Austin for giving us a good time. Can always trust Jay to entertain and inform while making it fun. Thanks.
The fact that you can build a 6c/12t, 32gb ddr4, 1tb nvme ssd, with a arc gpu or 6650xt for under $600 is such a great time to get into pc gaming!
I came here 3 weeks ago with my brother and his friend, and the friend surprised me and was going to buy a computer, even though he's normally a console guy. He came to me with his parts list, and I was able to trim the price WAY down (He was going AM4 yet using a x570). Combine that with the stupidly good deals (B450 and a amd 5600x3d) and we saved $600. He was still OK with the same budget, so he went from 3060ti to 4070. It was such a magical day, highly recommend the "choosing components in-store" experience.
the Austin/Jay energy works surprisingly well. Kind of a big brother little bother dynamic. I'd like to see an on-going series
Pretty cool of Jay to do a video with his 10 year old son Austin. Maybe one day he will grow big and tall like Jay one day. 😂
Man, I loved this video and I mean not real ill will to Austin, but Jay is so much more natural in making content while still having the give away user in mind. Again , love the vid. I'm just astounded with Jay and his team's content making skills!
The look on Austin's face when Jay said his graphics card counted as open box because he opened it... It was a betrayal worthy of Sammy the Bull. 🤣
Maybe all Jay needed was a "Open box" case lol. The creation of the open box GPU was freaking hilarious.
I actually really enjoyed this video, I love seeing competitive budget builds
That was fantastic, the two of you work very well together in this type of video. Well done both of you.
“Linus has no shame” these words have become all too true
Such serendipitous joke.
I am not sure if it was part of the script or not, but honestly, it was really good to see some of the comments toward Austin about "You care more about winning than the people that would get these systems huh" and such.
Austin is such in the business of entertainment-focused "broke vs pro" videos that are pumped out that the love of PC building has gotten lost. This felt more like a sponsored obligation from Austin while it seemed more like an opportunity from Jay.
The two personalities really showed in this video. Shout to Jay for keeping the spirit alive and maintaining integrity.
Austin Evans is the next LMG, he'll be holding the temp-sensor at your ceiling fan and tells you room temperature is low.
Wish there was a micro center near me, I would be in there all the time!
There's one about 12 minutes from my home and I guess I take it for granted...but I have bought many, many parts and made quite a few systems over the years from there.
@@hip_check Thats awesome! I would love to have one near me, and personally I would rather support them over Amazon or Newegg (too many bad experiences with Newegg) but unfortunately the closest Microcenter to me is 5+ hours away. 😫
@hip_check consider yourself lucky. Nearest one to me isn't even in my state.
Man I'm always so glued to the screen when watching a Jayz Micro Center video. It really is tech heaven, and I wish I had one near me 😢
This ad is serving its purpose well.
It was awesome to see this happening live in person! I drove for 3 hours to see this and it was amazing.
just a heads up the 6650 xt is wired for PCIE 4.0 x8, and neither the b450 nor the R5 5500 support pcie gen 4.
AMD continues to use the PCI-Express 4.0 x8 bus interface with the RX 6650 XT to reduce board costs. By itself, Gen 4 x8 is plenty of bandwidth (comparable to Gen 3 x16), but when used on an older machine with PCIe Gen 3 slots, the card operates at Gen 3 x8
so with jay's original config the gpu is being bottlenecked by running pcie gen 3.0 x 8
by switching to the Arc A750 (which is wired for pcie 4.0 x16), it allows it to run at pcie gen 3.0 x 16 on the b450+5500 combo. 6650 xt likely wouldve won the benchmark otherwise if using pcie gen 4
Can't believe how badly I needed to see something like this🤩. Thanks for the light hearted content. As always love your stuff Jay and team ❤
I have rewatched your 4060TI video where you addressed an issue. It is really amazing to see an adult person taking responsibility and having credibility. I think you are awesome Jay, keep up the good work!
Great Collab Jay and Austin.
Waiting to see more of this.
Nice one Jay! Best build-off schilling I've seen yet!(meant in a good way)...Great production from the team too... AM-4 forever & MORE PHILL!!!
I am a professional system builder, and you can't sell a "system" without a case. Jay wins. Not to mention neither one of them checked to see if the ram was on the board makers QVL.
Hope you guys enjoyed Indianapolis and had lunch at Ale Emporium right next door! Brought the kids down to the new store shortly after it opened, ended up walking out with an all new budget $550 build, sold it 2 days later for $675!
Loved every minute of this. Wish we got more Jay and Austin content!
Genuinely wasn’t expecting this collab but I love it! Being a techtuber should become more in-person and more networking oriented imho!
This was a breath of fresh air. Didn't take thousands of dollars to get some sweet frames and have a great time. Felt like building my first computer 20 years ago
just wanted to so say awesome video and once again ... if it wasn't for you i still wouldn't have a pc ....
and you gave me the courage to build it my self... i almost have it a year now. thank you jay
I really wish we had something like this in Australia. Would make my life so much easier. Especially as a PC Builder.
Cool fun tech video. Makes me forget that any drama is happening.
Don’t bring that here
This was very entertaining! I miss scrapyard wars because challenges like these never get old. It's just great fun!
This video made all my brain chemicals do happy things! I love my local Microcenter and this video was hilarious. Thanks guys!
Austin pointing out the 40-series being off-the-charts...LOL! Love this video like 300%+
That was a pretty cool video. Watched whilst I done dishes in my non-dishwasher peasant kitchen. Laughed the whole way. Lol
I know you and Austin have been sponsored by micro center for a long while, have either of you reviewed their build service by chance? Would love to see like 3 different price points of builds (picking parts) and see how they do on the build itself on average. Would they put more effort into the more expensive one than the cheap one? Hmmm
Mis respetos Jay, por hacer una computadora mas que decente y completa para un usuario, poniendo tu integridad por delante, aun sabiendo que habían posibilidades de perder el desafío. Espero que Austin Evans por lo menos haya comprado un gabinete para el ganador de su PC después de ganar el desafío, de otro modo, que pocos valores del tipo.
Man that was hilarious 😂. You two made a great team, both great performers and fun with your audiences. Hope to see more. Also, would you be up for cherity building competitions with some of your community members? Maybe setup a yearly build competition on your forum whom then you can choose teams from and then we all get together for a build off... Ideas. Anyways keep up the awesome content Jay and team!
Great video, nice to not see crazy, high cost builds but rather a more realistic, real world budget.
I love videos like this. Looks so much fun to do. "You know what they say about 10%..... it's good!" LOL that's what she said.
Awesome video, Jay. You clearly care about consumers, that means a lot.
Jay made an actual usable out of the box computer I call that a W
I was disheartened to find out you guys were there the day after lol sucks I missed out but looks like the community enjoyed it. Great shoot guys.
Dam they better have good security system. They have more value in that store than a Walmart.
*from Canada, Ontario so I’ve never seen a proper computer store.
I’d 💩 myself if I saw you at our Micro Center, glad you enjoyed it! I’m so happy to have one in Indiana now!
Would love to have a shop with competitive prices like this franchise here in Italy, would be awesome
Here in Europe we really are fucked with the prices, on average 15-25% more expensive.
madò
@@angeltzepesh1are you also accounting for the currency conversion or just comparing 1:1? Because it feels like even just comparing 1:1 they get more expensive
nice to see 2 youtubers getting along.
"We all learn from Linus's mistakes" means alot more right now considering whats going on!
You mean the thing people are making way too big of deal out of for clicks?
@@icanmakeeverythingilovedie9861Which is?
@@icanmakeeverythingilovedie9861 in your uninformed opinion
@icanmakeeverythingilovedie9861 so misleading people to make decisions that could potentially be very poor decisions or screwing over some companies because they didn't review their products right isn't a big deal? Wtf? Lmaoo
@@lurecyyy fanboys will be fanboys 🤣
I love the free flowing sarcasm jokes that they both make it’s awesome to watch
This was a fire video! I love our city's new microcenter. Thanks for coming :)
15:25 This aged well.
Jay, are you a time traveller? That comment on Linus's mistakes absolutely caught me off guard, since I'm sure this was filmed waaay before anything came to light.
Always great to see a Jayz2cents/Austin Evans crossover.
Hey Jay I am only an 1.5 hours away from the Indianapolis Indiana Micro Center. Wish I knew you were gonna be there and I would have drove up to see you and meet you in person. This is cool man, thanks for visiting my home state.
Thank goodness. A video that put a smile on my face, that made me forget the Linus drama for a bit.