A YouTuber upgraded a budget gaming PC built for under $400 using only Amazon's Choice products. The upgrades included RGB fans, sleeved extension cables, thermal paste, an NVMe drive, an RGB strip, a CPU cooler, and an MSI Ventus 2 RTX 3060 graphics card. The installation process was documented, and the YouTuber encountered some challenges, including cable management issues and a lack of cable routing holes in the case. The upgraded system showed significant performance improvements, but the CPU bottlenecked the GPU. A small overclock was attempted, but the results were not impressive. The YouTuber concluded that while Amazon's Choice products worked, they might not have been the best choices, and some products, like the power supply and thermal paste, were not satisfactory.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The original computer was built for under $400 using Amazon.
2. The computer was upgraded using Amazon's Choice products.
3. The upgrades included RGB fans, sleeved extension cables, thermal paste, an NVMe drive, an RGB strip, a CPU cooler, and a graphics card.
4. The Cooler Master fan MF-120 Halo set was chosen for the RGB fans.
5. The sleeved extension cables were chosen from a highly recommended set on Amazon.
6. The SYY thermal paste was packaged in a unique way.
7. The Crucial P3 one terabyte drive was chosen for the NVMe drive.
8. The Air Goo digital RGB LED strip kit was chosen for the RGB strip.
9. The Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120SE was chosen for the CPU cooler.
10. The MSI Ventus 2 RTX 3060 was chosen for the graphics card.
11. The original power supply was not upgraded due to it being Amazon's Choice.
12. The computer's storage was upgraded from an unknown amount to 1TB.
13. The computer's graphics performance was significantly improved after the upgrade.
14. The CPU was overclocked to 4.6 GHz, but the performance gain was minimal.
15. The CPU temperatures increased by over 10 degrees Celsius after overclocking.
16. The thermal paste performed similarly to a more expensive alternative.
17. The RGB strips had issues with switching off randomly.
18. The thermal paste was compared to a Noctua NT-H2 and performed similarly.