Building an x86 Gaming PC Without Intel, NVIDIA or AMD parts
A YouTuber built an x86 gaming PC without using any components from Intel, AMD, or NVIDIA, using a Zhaoxin KaiXian KX 7000 CPU and a Moore Threads MTT S80 GPU. Despite the hardware's promising specifications, performance in games like Black Myth: Wukong was poor, achieving only 13.6 FPS at 1080p on low settings. The project demonstrates the feasibility of an alternative x86 gaming rig but highlights significant driver and performance challenges with current Chinese-made components.
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Building An X86 Gaming PC Without Intel, NVIDIA Or AMD Parts No comments by: Tyler August April 30, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy This is an interesting challenge from the “why not?” files — [GPUSpecs] over on YouTube built a gaming PC without using a single component from NVIDIA, Intel, or AMD. That immediately makes us think of the high-power ARM workstations or perhaps even perhaps the new “AI workstations” coming available with RISC V architecture, but the challenge here was specifically “gaming PC,” not workstation. A gaming PC, without a GPU by one of those three? To make it even more interesting, the x86 CPU isn’t Intel or AMD either. If you’re of a certain vintage, you may remember Cyrix.
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