Let’s max out this Dell Precision 690

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  • Опубліковано 30 вер 2022
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  • @themamosians62
    @themamosians62 Рік тому

    Great video, enjoying your content, a trip down memory lane :)

  • @safn1949
    @safn1949 11 місяців тому +2

    Another problem can be the dual cpu setup, games have a hard time with that as they don't exactly understand the 2 cpus. I'm not explaining it well but there are videos that do. Also, Vista Business is a fantastic OS. Great video.

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  11 місяців тому +1

      Thanks! Yes back in this era games weren’t generally designed to make use of more than a single core, so all that processing power didn’t really translate to gains in game performance.

  • @techromancer313
    @techromancer313 Рік тому

    A most enjoyable video; thanks!!!

  • @victormurori4367
    @victormurori4367 9 місяців тому +2

    As a 90s kid this is the PC I would have wanted as a kid

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  9 місяців тому +1

      I would have loved it when it was new too, it must have cost thousands in this configuration!

  • @orangeActiondotcom
    @orangeActiondotcom Рік тому +1

    Re:X-Fi kit, Creative has a Dell-specific model of this card, and there is a specialty cable that brings the audio from it up to the front panel so the headphone ports still work as expected. That would free up your X-Fi Fatal1ty set for a nice whitebox build that I don't doubt you have planned!

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому

      Ooh that's interesting, I'll have to have a look

  • @Bane_Diesel
    @Bane_Diesel Рік тому

    I have one of these I am getting ready to take to the pc recycling center tomorrow. I just wanted some more nostalgia of when it was running.

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому

      Nooooooooo, don't scrap it. See if someone else wants it.

    • @Bane_Diesel
      @Bane_Diesel Рік тому +1

      @@TechMadeEasyUK I had it on Facebook marketplace for free for weeks. It had a good run I used it for my plex it ran non-stop for 6 years. Only went out during storm sandy.

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому

      @@Bane_Diesel that's a beast of a Plex server. Well, sounds like it's time for it to go to the great data centre in the sky

  • @Chriva
    @Chriva Рік тому +2

    Not sure about fallout but Crysis adds a lot of bling in dx10 mode so it's not unreasonable for it to run slower. :)
    I'll never get over just how insane that game is tbf. Almost 15 Years old and it's still mostly holding up in the fidelity department.

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому +1

      Completely agree. It didn't need a remaster. It's still impressive as is

    • @Chriva
      @Chriva Рік тому

      @@TechMadeEasyUK Happy to hear I'm not alone.
      Saw the first demo of it and thought "this is a DEmaster". I were stupid enough to buy it later on, just in case, and I'm sad to admit that the only way it amazed me is just how much they borked it.

  • @misium
    @misium 6 днів тому

    I have one of these. Wanted to use as a file server, until I measured power use. 150W idle with no disks.

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  5 днів тому

      It keeps my office warm in the winter 😂

  • @lukekelly9031
    @lukekelly9031 6 місяців тому

    I pulled the trigger on a pair of Xeon X3363s last night. While they aren't specifically mentioned on the Dell site, they look like they have the same pin layout and fit well within the TDP of the 5060s I originally had in there (it currently rocks a pair of 5160s). I will report back if it works or not!
    I've got a Radeon HD 7850 2GB in there right now. I will eventually replace that with a 4k-supporting GPU.
    I am not sure how to go about the HDD to SSD upgrade as the 4 SATA connectors seem to be occupied, and removing any of them causes it to fail POST. Not sure if I can do a pci-based SSD in this.
    Mine has 4x4GB ECC RAM and is running Windows 8.1.
    The final upgrade I'll want to do is to add a USB 3 controller to the front or back. Haven't decided on anything.

  • @danielrhodes7594
    @danielrhodes7594 Місяць тому

    Nice video.

  • @PalladinPoker
    @PalladinPoker Рік тому

    Does this have standard form factor parts? Would it be possible to build in that awesome case?

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому

      It’s a BTX case, a short lived alternative to ATX focussed on airflow. An ATX motherboard won’t fit

  • @MotownBatman
    @MotownBatman Рік тому +2

    .... For some reason your sound is only coming thru on the Right Channel during your commentary, not during the Montage music though...
    I was screwing with all my sound & eq settings trying to figure out the issue, but the system notifications were fine.. Then the Montage started LOL

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому +2

      Yeah chalk that one up to poor editing!

    • @MotownBatman
      @MotownBatman Рік тому

      @@TechMadeEasyUK Didn't mean to call you out, just a heads up; sorry

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому +1

      @@MotownBatman I’m not that concerned. This remains a hobby for me so the odd mistake doesn’t bother me and I don’t feel called out at all

  • @911delorean
    @911delorean 11 місяців тому

    Hmm strange that you stated the onboard NIC is 100mbit only. I have 2 of these machines and they both have a Broadcom Gigabit controller. A Broadcom 57xx looking at device manager. Wonder if something else on your network may have caused it to negotiate at a slower speed?

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  11 місяців тому

      Nope, just a simple mistake on my part

  • @themamosians62
    @themamosians62 Рік тому

    2 of mine i had back in in the day both died oddly, PSU issues and if I remember they required specific PSU's not generic ATX

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому +1

      These machines were produced towards the end of the capacitor plague, so not entirely surprising (though I’m sure frustrating at the time!)

    • @themamosians62
      @themamosians62 Рік тому

      @@TechMadeEasyUK I didnt think of that, yes looking back that prob was the issue as they were kind of unpredicatable. Would work well for a week then wouldnt even turn on for a week

  • @themamosians62
    @themamosians62 Рік тому

    I always wondered what would happen if you maxed one of thee

  • @looks-suspicious
    @looks-suspicious Рік тому +1

    Weird, was my comment deleted as spam? Just wanted to point out that PCIe should always be backwards compatible and those USB controllers should still work, they'll just lack the bandwidth to perform at the max theoretical speed. I have a VIA VL805 based USB 3.0 card in my P35 chipset PCIe 1.1 machine.

  • @EricTheComputerGuy
    @EricTheComputerGuy Рік тому

    What a beast of a computer from 15 years ago

  • @Kspcs909
    @Kspcs909 Рік тому +2

    very nice build and video! tho i think it's very limited by vista :(

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому +1

      Thanks! I've had some more fun playing with it with Windows 10. That video is coming soon

  • @ownage5550
    @ownage5550 9 місяців тому +1

    my right ear enjoyed the video

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  9 місяців тому

      My bad!

    • @tradito
      @tradito Місяць тому

      @@TechMadeEasyUK you can fix it without having to reupload or loosing the viewcount

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Місяць тому

      @@tradito ooh, please advise, that would be really handy

    • @tradito
      @tradito Місяць тому

      @@TechMadeEasyUK I believe youtube let's you replace only the soundtrack, so you can protect yourself from copyright strikes.
      Or at least it used to.

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Місяць тому

      @tradito even so that would require me to remaster the entire audio tracks, not really practicable

  • @ameci310
    @ameci310 9 місяців тому +1

    i have this computer,

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  9 місяців тому

      As in this model, or this specific one? Because I did sell it

  • @makedaevilmage
    @makedaevilmage Рік тому

    Not to bash, but the audio is kinda odd being mostly on the right speaker.

  • @mrvellu
    @mrvellu Рік тому +4

    hello right channel

    • @Capital_KP
      @Capital_KP Рік тому

      almost thought my headset broke ;)

  • @jonathansilva1508
    @jonathansilva1508 Рік тому

    Have you added windows 10? Yet

  • @PauloIrineudeSouza
    @PauloIrineudeSouza Рік тому

    Its possible run windows 11?

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому

      As I understand it no because of the system requirements

    • @excess_wrx
      @excess_wrx 11 місяців тому

      Yes you can if you bypass all the TPM and other requirements

  • @wanderingphalanx9341
    @wanderingphalanx9341 Рік тому

    It's not bad that I'm watching this cus I have the very same PC, and it's so bad I wanna break it, right..? Lmao

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому

      I don’t know man, I’ve got kind of a soft spot for mine

    • @wanderingphalanx9341
      @wanderingphalanx9341 Рік тому

      @@TechMadeEasyUK I feel that, a lot of it is the fact that it came with 2 dead sticks of ram, and was marketed to me as a "beast gaming pc" 😅 and I had NO IDEA it was supposed to have a speaker built in 🥶😭😂

    • @TechMadeEasyUK
      @TechMadeEasyUK  Рік тому

      Might have been a beast gaming PC…. In 2007 😁