$2000 Gaming PC – Classic LTT Build Guide (2026)

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Woah woah woah, a classic LTT PC build guide to cap off big 2025? I must be dreaming. BUT I’M NOT! WOOOO!! Tune in and watch Linus build a gaming PC with a $2,000 budget while explaining the rationale behind our part choices. If only RAM wasn’t so expensive…

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Buy a Gigabyte Aorus Gen4 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD:
Buy a Samsung SN990 Pro 2TB M.2 NVMe SSD:
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Buy a Fractal North ATX Mid-Tower Case:
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CHAPTERSs
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0:00 Intro
1:32 What CPU?
2:21 Good ol’ motherboard
2:54 But what will we be working on?
3:22 Installing the CPU
3:55 The elephant in the room
5:30 M.2 SSD choice and installation
6:40 The GOAT of air coolers
8:25 A classy PC case
10:55 The best choice for a PSU
13:21 Hmmm that GPU looks familiar
15:00 Booting it up
15:23 GAMING
18:53 Outro

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