Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In today's Budget Builds Episode we're taking a look at something that no one ever seems to talk about, both in terms of a proper "value" budget piece, but also just in general. It seems we've really reached the point that there are AM4 CPUs now coming out of China for as low as £3...The question is for that price do they make any sense at all...Or are they really the worst CPU I have ever had the displeasure of using...Well the only way to find out was to get one into the country and actually plug the thing in! Enjoy!
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What did I order today? -0:00
Installing our £3 CPU - 1:28
Does it work? & RAM Issues 2:00
We FINALLY make it to Windows - 4:30
A Quick look at the Specs & Slowly Installing Drivers - 5:14
Getting into 3D Mark to find out the "performance" - 6:28
Can it launch any games... - 7:59
Trying to Fix the Performance in the BIOS - 9:24
It just doesn't want to budge - 11:40
Ive tried so many options - 12:45
Why does it act like a dying Pentium 4??? - 13:28
I THINK I HAVE DONE IT! - 14:30
Ladies & Gentleman he did not infact do it - 15:31
I now also think I have done it! - 16:00
Haha no... 18:13
What have I tried? and Whats the problem? - 18:51
The Specs - 21:55
What does it compare to (how bad is it) - 23:25
Well we'll Benchmark it anyway - 25:19
The Benchmarks - 26:34
That was genuinely awful (and load time graph) - 42:09
Please dont buy one of these - 44:02
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System
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 970
RAM: All DDR4 Configs known to man
GPU: AMD Radeon 6700XT
In today's Budget Builds Episode we're taking a look at something that no one ever seems to talk about, both in terms of a proper "value" budget piece, but also just in general. It seems we've really reached the point that there are AM4 CPUs now coming out of China for as low as £3...The question is for that price do they make any sense at all...Or are they really the worst CPU I have ever had the displeasure of using...Well the only way to find out was to get one into the country and actually plug the thing in! Enjoy!
Enjoy the videos? Why not become a member and get extras! youtube.com/channel/UCsgnjvCvJZgAdSMMRG_j0cw/join
It also helps the channel a lot. Thank you
What did I order today? -0:00
Installing our £3 CPU - 1:28
Does it work? & RAM Issues 2:00
We FINALLY make it to Windows - 4:30
A Quick look at the Specs & Slowly Installing Drivers - 5:14
Getting into 3D Mark to find out the "performance" - 6:28
Can it launch any games... - 7:59
Trying to Fix the Performance in the BIOS - 9:24
It just doesn't want to budge - 11:40
Ive tried so many options - 12:45
Why does it act like a dying Pentium 4??? - 13:28
I THINK I HAVE DONE IT! - 14:30
Ladies & Gentleman he did not infact do it - 15:31
I now also think I have done it! - 16:00
Haha no... 18:13
What have I tried? and Whats the problem? - 18:51
The Specs - 21:55
What does it compare to (how bad is it) - 23:25
Well we'll Benchmark it anyway - 25:19
The Benchmarks - 26:34
That was genuinely awful (and load time graph) - 42:09
Please dont buy one of these - 44:02
Patreon: patreon.com/BudgetBuilds
Twitter: twitter.com/Budget_Builds_
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/budgetbuildsoff...
Second Channel: youtube.com/@budgetbuildsliveunofficial7896
Discord: discord.gg/YUCPJWqjRE
System
CPU: AMD Athlon X4 970
RAM: All DDR4 Configs known to man
GPU: AMD Radeon 6700XT
