I think a new PSU shouldn’t be disqualified. That’s one of those components not to gamble on. Especially if you are tweaking things and need a higher capacity unit.
@@Yewtewba Got a great deal on it for one (150$US). But I have 3 HDDs, M.2, DVD optical, R9 390x, AMD 3300X (OC) and a ton of fans (8). Was going to put in 2 graphics cards (was the reason for the PSU) might still do it, I have an R9 280 I was going to split the monitors (2) among the cards so I can game and watch videos at the same time. Had an IPU and a card before that, kind of liked the versatility of the monitors.
I wish you would bring back these setup reviews with Nick and Phil! We love the videos when you do it alone anyway, but the chemistry you guys when recording together is HILARIOUS AND UNMATCHED!!!
Jay, for your edification: "Go" does refer to gigabytes, it gives this person away as being a French native speaker, because to them a byte is "un octet" (pronounced ockteh). So Go = Giga Octets
@@dhjohns1956 Octet = byte It has the oct- root meaning "8 of something", and the suffixe -et referring to a smaller thing, using the direct translation of a "bit" of something. I just learned it and I think it's a clever translation/adaptation and a more easily recognizable unit (no confusion between byte and bit who would be pronounced the same if read by a French reader).
Hey Jay, Thanks for featuring my PC here!! and yes you are in fact right, the N7 B550 Mainboard is the only "New" part in the system, there just wasnt any available on ebay at that time :( The cooler (Kraken Z53) is used tho, payed 160€ for it, never made a problem. Thanks again for your opinion and all your videos, keep up the GREAT work!!!
Thanks for picking my build Phil! I got a 6700 XT at MSRP and some custom cable extensions since posting on twitter :) Also the AV receiver is a Yamaha, same with the speakers. This system was built over time starting collecting parts in spring ‘21. Hand me downs, open box, and local classifieds for deals. except the case was on sale on newegg for $79
OLOy is a budget brand started in 2018 in HK. They primarily sell desktop DDR4 DIMMs to the budget enthusiast market, but they also make other forms of DDR4 memory and even SSDs. No idea what they skimp on to get that cheap, but in my limited experience it's not bad.
I really hope you do another one of these viewer made content on “used only” builds. I missed this one and I would have shown you my 100% Amazon returns bin build.
Man, i wish i knew about this one specifically. I have around 10 builds that are exclusively used parts. Built with love for my troupe of game buddies for birthdays and such.
My youngest kid just built his first pc with scrap junk from my wall of shame. same stuff as this guys, 3770k with single 120 aio and had a 590 fatboy until it fried so we swapped in a 970. crap is hanging all over, case is butchered and hanging off the desk. makes this old man proud hahaha!
Love the 1600AF. For being a re-badged 2600, it was well worth it at time of release, which was around $80-90. Managed to OC mine to 4.1ghz on a Hyper 212 Black Edition
I had my 1600 AF from day one and loved it but it could only clock to 4.0 Ghz Unstable. It was more comfortable at 3.8 Ghz. Sold it to upgrade and it had lots of life in it.
At the end when your AC (I'm assuming) kicked off, I literally thought my fans in my case spooled down for some unknown reason. I had to pull my headphones off one ear to see what happened. False alarm. 🤣
Previously my ENTIRE setup was pre-owned and it's great. I have an Amazon return store near me and get great deals on peripherals and sometimes PC parts ALL THE TIME. If it works it works
Would like to see Jay do a build using an old work station such as a hp z420/z440 or any workstation starting point under $250.00. Would be interesting to see what he would choose for a starting point and why, then follow that up with the modifications he would do and why.
You can just chuck a GPU and SSD in there, job done. However Tech Yes City re-cased such a computer, it was a lot of work due to propitiatory connectors required to keep the BIOS from reporting an error on boot.
I don't have twitter, otherwise I could have submitted my build from two weekends ago. It was 4 craigslist sales and a thrift store run to build it. Total cost of $363 got me a Z87 Pro with 16GB DDR3 2133MHz Ripjaws X and a i7 4770K (the bundle also included a Zalman Max CPU cooler and HD6570 low profile GPU for $150 total), a Noctua NH-U14S cooler ($30 from a different CL seller), a GTX 980Ti SC2 ($150 from different CL seller), a $7.99 NOS Ultra modular 750W Bronze PSU (Goodwill), and a recycled 256GB SSD pulled from a broken HP laptop found in a dumpster; all built into a Lian Li PC-61 anodized black aluminum case from 2001 ($25 from a CL seller who used to work for NORAD and had saved the case from being disposed of just before he retired, he said it looked too cool to throw away). I've named it "WOPR Jr".
This made me happy. I have only bought new RAM sticks and Fans, but never anything else. All my stuff has been second hand, repaired and or from trash...literally. I get it to work, maybe use the better parts for my PC for upgrades. The rest I rebuild kinda like a Frankenstein build and give it away to any friend/family who needs something to get online with.
I had a mix of old and new parts in May 2019 for my $349 Ryzen 3 2200G desktop, now running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. I used the following used parts: - two reused HDDs (500GB + 1TB) with now 9 power-on years! I use 2 x 500GB in Raid-0 using OpenZFS 2.1, a 16OGB subset is running in Raid-1 :) - a reused 128GB SATA-SSD as cache drive for the HDDs using OpenZFS 2.1; - a 2nd hand 24" Dell 2410h monitor 1080p, 60Hz; - an off lease Logitech PS2 mouse and a Dell multi media keyboard from 2 large boxes with stuff, together for DOP500 say $10. - I reused a 2-pin case fan, that died on me in March :) Now I use a DOP250 ($5) case fan with a Molex connector :) New but special was my new $35 xTech Midi-Tower- Combo with: - my 600W power supply new, but very classic, it only had a 24-pin; 4-pin; 2 SATA and 2 Molex plugs and nothing else :) - a black midi-tower with a 2cm RGB strip for the trapezium sized power key. Blue is power on and red is disk active. Cheap was: - an $60 ASRock B450 HDV Rel 4.0 motherboard with a VGA plug for my monitor and only a 4-pin CPU power connector :) :) Normal prices for: - 2 x 8GB Geil DDR4 (3000MHz) - 512GB SP nvme-SSD (3400/2300MB/s) - a Ryzen 3 2200G (OC 3.7GHz; max 72°C)
Maximum PC used to have build-off competitions with a price cap. One year, the guy going up against Gordon went the cardboard box case route, and hoo boy, Gordon cried foul.
If you are gonna try and do the cardboard build try white foam core board for a better look! Others on UA-cam had done this and they look quite amazing. As a computer builder enthusiast for over 25 years many of these systems look very similar to my " hand me down systems". Whenever I upgrade, older parts get binned to be used for exactly this thing. What's even more amazing is how well they can play modern games too as long as resolutions and settings are dialed back a bit.
Great one Jay, ive just finished upgrading my old system, which was an i7 6700k, and z170, with ebay parts, rx570, and old 16gb 3200, 120 aio, and old fans, to a 5900x x570 mb so wouldnt qualify now. Good to see everyone making the most of 2nd hand parts though, lick alive
Haha my main computer im still using a pair of Altec Lansing speakers that i've had since somewhere around '05, a long time wow, lol. The Altec Lansing setup i got came with a separate subwoofer box thats pretty big(size of like two shoeboxes stacked ontop of each other for a comparison) and to this day it still sounds great. However i was able to make these 15+year old speakers sound even better though because i hook them straight up to my "sound card" AMP/DAC. So by taking the line in/out cable which you normally have to use to connect the speakers to the motherboard. I instead plug the one end(that normally goes into the mb) into my "Sound BlasterX G6" sound card. "Sound card did he just say?" Yes people still buy sound cards, well their more so called "Gaming DAC/Amp" now and i was in need of one (high-ohm headphones). Which is how i fell upon this particular awesome portable Sound Blaster X soundcard/dac and quickly came to understand its purpose/potential. So unlike typical "sound cards" that have to be installed *in* your computer, the Sound BlasterX G6 is a portable usb sound card. It has separate headphone, mic jack inputs, line in, and line out as well. Basically you will have improved Hi-Res audio for *any/all* your devices *whenever/wherever* you want. I have custom profiles setup now for mine, but just when using it for the first time with the presets that it came with i even noticed an improvement then. Love it.
Wish I had a picture of my first build! In 2018 I bought a gutted Dell tower with a 3rd gen intel motherboard and 4gb of ram. I got an I7 3770, 8gb of ram, corsair power supply (I don't remember how much it was), and a mining modded rx 570 8gb, also a cheap windows mixed reality headset. It all cost me about $350 total and I got to fall in love with VR.
13:25 Oh man that brings back memories. I "built" my first rig with my dad when I was around 12 (maybe younger, not 100%). He worked for an ATM company and could take all of the retired machines that he wanted home. We made a frankenstein's monster using parts from around a half-dozen old ATM computers to finally make something that could run the Sims and Star Wars Battlefront (og, not DICE). It couldn't fit in a case, so it was on a series of boards and stands all laid out with cables going every which way on a card table. Best "ambient cooling" you could ask for and it was a great experience. Not long after we were able to get another retired machine that had a much larger case. We upgraded a couple parts and were able to put it all in a case at last. Extra funny because it was an ATM computer case and as a little kid (4 or 5) I sliced open my hand so bad on the corner of one of those same types of cases that I had to get stitches.
You can get everything for an old pc build from a used computer parts pawn shop auctions and electronic auctions for cheap. Not kidding. It took me only some time to get everything and spent only $600 bucks for a mid 4 gen setup with monitor, keyboard, mouse and case. Everything! 😉👍Your welcome!
For some of the less believable used stuff, I can see it being bought from a friend. I'm definitely sold an old PC to a friend for less than market value. It was a while ago, and the PC was several years old, but a working PC for $100 CAD is probably not something one would see on the open market even when not in the days of scalping. Given where my friend lived at the time, he was basically paying for the gas to drive down and the admission price for the museum I was visiting on that trip. A friend who's upgrading from a 3090 to, presumably, a 3090Ti is definitely a friend whose finances are substantially greater than my own, but if they're in that good of a spot financially and they have a friend who isn't, I could well see them cutting them a break. There's a point at which getting more money by selling stuff at market value is not really relevant anymore. Most people never reach that point. And some of those who do are so obsessed with acquisition by that point that they either don't notice or don't care. But if you're at that point, you have a friend that isn't, and you're both gamers, I can see passing on a few premium parts that the friend would never be able to afford normally.
first thing i thought of as well. i upgraded my pc some time ago and i gave away most of the parts. i'm only renting room and i don't have the kind of storage space for all the parts so i was pretty happy to get rid of it. wouldn't be surprised for parts to be "friend priced". could even be a gift and the person just wanted to compensate their friend just to not feel bad about it.
Most of my boxes have been top end ancient parts. My last box was a I7 4960x with 32 gig of ddr3 ram, a used 1070gtx, and a ssd and a bunch of used or cheap big hard drives. 6 cores and pretty fast. One before was a I7 980 with most of the same parts as before. My buddy builds systems and networks for a living and he always has leftover goodies he gives me free or cheap. I paid 300 for the 1070gtx from my buddy with almost no time on it for 300 just before the first crypto destroyed the market. I have a Ryzen 3900x now he built me for about 550 because he gave me a deal for helping him scrap leftover boxes. The case, board, cpu, and nvme drive were new and I paid extra to get a upgrade to the 3900x and everything else was mostly free for the time I gave him helping scrap stuff. It's good to help your friends and take some toys in trade or for a stupid price for the help. Until recently everything I had was used or refurbished for cheap, very few new parts till the new one.
My new PC, that I put together this week was £520. It was just 2 ebay purchases. A bundle for £300 with: - Case (Corsair Carbide Case CC-9011086-WW) - PSU (Corsair RM850x 80 PLUS Gold) - Motherboard (MSI Motherboard B450M PRO-M2 MAX) - CPU (Ryzen 3600) - Cooler (Coolermaster Tower Cooler) - RAM (Crucial Ballistix 16 Gb 3200Mhz) - DVD Drive and a purchase of a GPU (Gigabyte GTX 1070 8Gb) bought for £220. I already had a 1Tb Corsair 860 Evo SSD pulled from an old laptop and stuck that in for storage. Works great!
Bought my pc used in 2018 and upraded it over the last 4 years with other used parts. The only thing thats left from the original pc is an ssd. I basically have two used PCs now but the old parts are on the shelf. Got an MSI 1080 Sea Hawk and all the watercooling stuff from a friend for a Total of 300€ and recently upgraded the cpu from a Ryzen 5 1600 to a Ryzen 7 2700x
During the peak of GPU pricing, a few electronic stores were selling it for close to retail. They didn't post it anywhere and didn't want you posting it anywhere either to reduce the number of scalpers gaining access to them and limited 1 GPU per person.
That one at 17 min with the older speakers reminds me of my old speakers years ago that picked up radio signals in another language at 3am. Horrible to wake up to unknown voices after bingeing ghost movies and shows.
@Michael Dunlap Boo !😁 I also got spooked one night when bolting up from a deep sleep to what had sounded like a loud crash, as if a large glass picture had fallen off a mantle or a major wreck on the nearby main road. Didn't feel like a dream as I don't have those kind or even react to bad dreams of any sort that way. Thinking that logically maybe my cat had broken something in the living room I was startled to discover her sleepily blinking at my sudden movement. Quickly getting dressed I armed myself and tactical advanced on the front of the house and searched carefully top to bottom. Couldn't find a single thing amiss, and it puzzles me to this day. Needless to say by that time I wasn't going back to sleep, wide awake despite lack of proper rest.😁🧟
The i7-3770 build just cracked me up so hard. Oloy ram is just a cheap off-brand of ram that is still pretty decent that I have in my wife's computer, but at least I cared enough to give her a decent case to put everything in. Of all of these used-part builds, I actually liked the second to the last i7-4770K build because it looks really clean.
8:52 Go is Giga-octet, some regions use the term octet for a unit of 8 bits instead of byte, as historically a byte can mean different number of bits depending on architecture.
I just got done with my old school build because it's all I can afford and I think Jay z and everyone would love to see it hopefully you do another video like this and I'll send it in
i love the last 2 ones~ case that look soo stock and the hole is like as if its like how stock case would be! briefcase pc is my most fav ideal of all. saw DIY Perks's briefcase pc and amazed with it. this one is more simplier but easier and effectively more reliable adnd looks cool too!
Back in 2019 I made my dream system for $1600. All 2020-2021 I was like I spent way too much on deprecating parts. Turns out it saved me from needing a new system at the wrong time. lian li o11 dynamic white gigabyte x470 3600x 2070 OC 256 m.2 (Boot Drive) 1Tb (Game Drive) 32GB gskill trident z 4 noctua fans 360 corsair aio
@@whiskeygamer9402 I run 3 acer 144hz monitors. I would say I could set all the monitors to 120hz and run most games with v-sync on "high but not Utra" or one at 144hz at Utra.
Ironically I didn't build my dream PC in the sense that I wanted to get an Intel/nVidia one, it's just that I spent so much time watching hardware reviewers and learning that I finally realized first of all nVidia was a total waste of money to me(because I didn't like the way they looked either nor care about RT and nothing else they offered beyond SLI mattered to me, performance only mattered) especially next to a Taichi and because secondly the AMD options came with boxed coolers on already cooler CPUs saved me so much money I could buy a better CPU than already I anticipated and just dumped more money onto the board and storage etc. Wondered if I'd regret Radeon. Didn't. It's pretty funny actually because I feel like at any other time than that exact year (2020) I'd have built my dream PC on only mid to high end Intel and nVidia parts, since I really did not like or trust AMD at all, it's just that at that time all the other brands sucked and overcharged, so I ended going with an all AMD. Didn't regret it since. Still have a rather affordable upgrade path to Zen3 (still not sure on 5900x, would like to get a 5950x even though I'm not in a position yet to utilize those cores it's just my intuition tells me I'll regret that 5900x now later when I've got projects, or 5800X3D but feel like what I get for gaming doesn't justify the cost and lack of performance). So come to think of it in a weird sense I built my anti-dream PC on AMD.
@@pandemicneetbux2110 I'm a bit biased as I'm an AMD fan. It's also weird now that we have AMD in the office, I can say it's not great “G-series”. Intel excels at integrated graphics. My 3600x has never faltered at home with the rival as the GPU. I guarantee you; you made the right move AMD processors are built for performance. The CPUs are timeless. A friend once said, hey you don't have 4.0 PCI or XYZ…. I replied: My now mid-grade PC still holds pace. I have a LAN gaming rig made of scrap parts a low end I-5 with a GT 1030 that still holds most games at 60fps on 1080 what more can you ask for. My recommendation would be don't fret. As long as you can play games don't stress about having the best PC. Have the best time while playing on your PC that is what counts.
The whole, "Only used part's", thing makes this kinda tough for me, I think at least one new part exists in every one of my builds. I'm not opposed to using used part's but most of the time I get new cases, power supplies and storage because of reliability and aesthetics. My current build has a used CPU (Ryzen 5800X fb market 300) ASrock X570M Pro4 (eBay 65) Thermaltake black widow spinQ CPU cooler (ebay 15*) 32GB 4x8 Gskil CL 18 3600 ram (fb market 85) Gigabyte GTX 1660ti OC (free *) The case (NewEgg 65), psu (75 NewEgg) storage (NewEgg 240), and m.2 wifi/Bluetooth card (NewEgg 35) are all bought new. The full build is under 1000 but exact pricing for me is a bit weird. * means on the part of the cpu cooler, i got it in a combo so the value is subjective to what I valued that part at. The full cost of that combo was 40. In the part of the graphics card i bought a slightly used NZXT prebuilt starter plus in may of 2020 for about 800 with tax and shipping included off eBay. I than took out the 1660ti graphics card and put in a 1060 6GB asus dual that was white to match the theme of the build, i also included some rgb fans with remote, a 1TB PNY SSD, some white themed cable mods i than sold the full white themed build for enough to pay for the extra new parts and nullify the 1660ti's cost. So that's why I say free for the 1660ti. Technically the 1060 6GB had a cost to me but in all the upgrading and selling off old gear I've kinda lost track of the exact costs with some of my builds. The past couple year's have been rough doing new/used builds.
Insisting on all old parts is not being practical. Often ebay parts are more expensive than new. I get it's for the competition but that's not how a build goes when you're trying to keep costs down.
With fans being so cheap, and also often the first component of a PC to fail, I really don't think buying used fans makes a ton of sense unless you found some Lian LI fans for crazy cheap or something.
I think like any Used PC part it depends on what they are, 🤔would you buy some used be quiet! or Noctua's for cheap because the seller went RGB? even 5 years isn't a very big portion of their lifespan
I picked up a batch of used fans on ebay for £11 from someone who tossed out all the stocks. Of 8.... yeah, 4 were trash, but there was a noctua 92 slim, noctua 140, and a pair of half decent cooler master 120s in there. It's an area where you can snag a deal if you know what to look for.
11:50 Never heard of OLOy RAM, Jay? Newegg started carrying the stuff a couple of years ago. I don't own any myself, but a buddy of mine has 32 GB of DDR4-3600 from the brand. Just another option in the RAM market is all.
Oh mine was an almost all used too (july/august 2020) only things new were the case and the mouse. Upgraded a lot atm ofc. I3 9100, h310, gtx 970, antec 450 mustard and ketchup cables, with a 8 gb ram and a 256 ssd as a bootdrive and my old hdd as storage. All for 300 euros (350-400 dollars). U taught me a lot in that time, thanks a lot for the content
My build from last summer, not all used, just the core components because my old Antec 300 case was trashed and not worth reconditioning and all my other good used parts went into my son's X58 rebuild: $393 in used parts Ryzen 5 1500X - $80 shipped from eBay ASRock B450M PRo4 - $43 shipped from eBay 2x8GB Hynix DDR4-2666 memory - $30 locally FB marketplace GTX970 4GB - $150 shipped from eBay 3TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200rpm 3.5" HDD - $30 shipped from eBay 5 plain black 120mm fans - $0 (leftovers from other builds, 2 Rosewill, 2 Cooler Master, 1 Antec) 40 inch Magnavox 1080p television - $60 locally FB marketplace used the same wireless adapter and HDMI cables I've had ($0) $242 in new parts Thermaltake UX100 CPU cooler - $18 from Amazon Kingston A400 480GB SATA SSD - $48 from NewEgg 650 watt EVGA B5 bronze power supply - $52 shipped from Woot DIYPC IDX1-BK-ARGB case - $48 shipped from NewEgg Corsair K55 RGB membrane keyboard and Harpoon mouse - $36 shipped from Costco cablemods extension cables for front panel audio and USB - $28 shipped from Amazon Cmhoo XXL (90cm x 40cm) keyboard/mouse mat - $12 shipped from Amazon since then I've replaced the TV with a different brand but same specs to make it fit my desk better (has legs on the edges instead of a thick center stand next set of upgrades haven't decided yet, was thinking R5-5600 and possibly switch to a B550 board 32GB of either 3200 or 3600MHz memory a new CPU cooler because the UX100 lights don't work anymore definitely a new GPU, but still kinda waiting for more price drops I'd like a 3060ti, but to stay under $350 may have to settle for an RX6600 or regular 3060. I figure I can sell the 1500X/B450M/16GB as a combo for about $150-$200 and recoup some of that upgrade cost. I even have a stock AMD cooler I could install so it's ready to plug and play. And while I should be able to get $100-$120 out of the 970 I will just install that in my wife's computer and keep her GT1030 as a backup GPU, that way she gets a decent upgrade and I get a spare part.
A friend had Frankie (short for Frankestein) for a few years. It was an fx6100/mobo/ram from me, GPU from another friend, an old office case and various HDDs from his brother (I can't tell you how many times he redownloaded The Witcher 3 because of disk errors), and his folks' TV. I believe he only bought the keyboard since the mouse was also borrowed.
I actually have a semi sleeper that reminds me of the hackjob. I used an old gateway sx2110g for my case. Been holding on to it for years cause I liked how small it was lol
I am using a 2013 laptop with an i7 4th generation with 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD. I was surprised to see how well it performed in Cinebench for single core. It did not score as well for multi-core but that doesn't matter for me because the things I do on my computer use mostly single core anyway. Just goes to show you that older computers still are fairly powerful to do most things that people are looking to do. Gaming is another matter. I rarely game so I don't need a lot of speed and power. I have a dedicated GPU that hardly ever gets used because I use the integrated Intel Graphics mostly.
I built my machine for 1100, all used aside from the 3 fans and 2 led strips. 3800x 32gb gskil trident neo, coolermaster masterbox 3.0L masterwatt 650w 512gb nvme X2 amd wraith gigabyte ds3h. I got all these parts on eBay. I got a 3070ti Zotac OC trinity from a friend used
OLOy is one of those random budget memory companies I think? I’ve built a couple systems with 16gb 3200mhz kits from them I got for about $50 a piece. No issues with any of them yet 🤷♂️
I have the exactly same suitcase than ThatRandomGeekyGuy used in his build - I use it to store Magic the Gathering Decks :D Building a computer in it might be a project for me when I finally set up my workshop. Thanks for the inspiration!
Built two systems with new, used and returned items. Some you get at good prices new and really don't want used. Even the cases where returns. Used Gpu's blower style that I converted to water cool with returned AIO kits. Used CPU kits on GPUs. Both working good and overclocked the GPUs. Bought two damaged Deepcool Gammaxx for less than price of one. Had fun repairing them and work great. Two Asus mobos that were returns. Took chance on one returned CPU, working great. Both GPUs stay in the 60s and CPUs stay in 50s when stressing. Even get good Benchmarks. So I am happy.
I once built a PC from parts recovered from a dumpster by a friend that worked for a large digital editing company that upgraded their office PC's had thrown out all the old parts.
Last year I built a backup rig for my son with parts I scrounged out of bits gathered over the years I had stored out in my shed. Specs: i7-930, 6 x 2GB Corsair 1600MHz DDR3 RAM, Gigabyte X58 UD3R m/board, Galax GTX 970 SOC, Corsair H100i v2 AIO, Corsair CX650 PSU, Samsung 850 EVO Sata III 250GB, Seagate 1TB h/disk, Lian Li PC-P50 case, 120 &140mm Corsair PWM fans and a Dell 24" monitor. I did cheat ever so slightly; bought a Silverstone PWM fan controller... total cash outlay for the build was $AU14.
All my favorites are built from ALL eBay parts. 2 of them are dual CPU servers rebuilt for gaming with the best old cpu's. Dual X5680s. Dual X5675's and an X99 build with an i7 5820K @ 4.3. I have yet to build my i5 11600k build because I'm still happy with the others playing games. My video cards are 1070, 1080, and 3060ti respectively. All games are over 100 fps@ 1080p. World of Tanks, Ships, and COD is played mostly. HP Z800, HP Z400, Asus dual CPU server board, Gigabyte X99, and all were from eBay but the Ant Online 3060Ti EVGA bundle for $718 in March. Until then it was everything eBay without a single issue from any part.
I have the same keyboard as the first poster. Alienware AW768. Great keyboard, and I also got it used. Very lightly used, but still used. I also got the AW959 RGB mouse from Alienware. Open Box, but never used (so that would disqualify me!!). GREAT mouse as well! They've become my daily drivers, over my SteelSeries Apex 7 keyboard and Rival 5 mouse. With an Alienware Triad Area 51 system, I've gone all-in with Alienware.
On the pricing, if you know the right place you can find a great price. I just built a DeskMini x300 system for under $400 and if I had just waited instead of buying a new 5600G I could have finished the build for under $300. Liquidation stores are awesome.
Cool builds to see. A little tip for people looking to cheap older parts. Ask your local dump/recycle center if they have computers you can pick up. I've gotten a lot of parts that way, it is a risk but I have found both CPU and GUP are in working order. most often a PSU or MOBO is fried but hey it was all free so.
I’ve been building pcs and setups from used parts and all my friends or people I did it for love it. Inexpensive yet great for their needs. Idk why people obsessed with overbuilding that they don’t use…
@@jmastah2375 it is if you find local deals… instead of eBay (I sometimes still get parts there) use your local sites. For me out here in Spain I just got a GTX 1080 for 200€ working perfectly and I pulled it out of the guys pc so I knew it’s not really mining card as it was a gaming pc/setup. Built a whole pc around it with 6700k and all together came out for 500€. I got friends rn that wants the pc for 800-900.
@@jmastah2375 forgot to mention from the case to PSU and everything is second hand and deals and everything look brand new. It just depends on how much time you willing to spend and negotiate
a hobby...i dont drink, smoke or do drugs so i will build overpowered PCs, because it makes me feel good! i guess the same is with car enthusiast or people who need to have new phone every year?
The inflated prices because of scalper and supply shortages didn't really hit till the last quarter of 2021. I bought all the parts and built my first PC in August of 21 for my birthday. Got a XFX 5700XT for 340. A year later I found used ones going for 1000-1200.
Hi Jay, could you please do an episode on Manufacturer-refurbished motherboards? I just bought a $220 AUD B550 motherboard for $124.50 which is a bargin and my friend bought his X570 for cheap too and hasn't had a problem with it. But, if there's any inherit risks people should know and if it's a great way to save some money on their build then people should maybe also know? Just an idea, thanks :)
I’ve had such bad luck with second hand in the past I don’t see the as an option. The little money I saved wasn’t worth the hassle or money of buying something twice.
@@BrianKoppers Agreed. I've bought them in the distant past but only experienced about 50 % luck. In addition, I noticed that a couple of these units were sporting used AIO's - no way!!
It all depends on the market. Right now the older CPUs are over priced such as first gen RYZEN whose only value is as a stepping stone to a better AM4 CPU provided it holds it's value. However 2nd hand RYZEN 5800X are excellent value but you need a bigger budget to take advantage. DDR2 is very poor value and DDR3 is getting more expensive.
@@wayland7150 Even if I considered purchasing used merchandise, DDR2 RAM was used in boards approximately 15 years ago. That is very old technology i.e. Intel 775 sockets. In addition, first gen. Ryzen products would also not be a good choice. I put a 1600x in my wife's PC (B350 board) back in 2018; however, I can't upgrade to Windows 11; and Windows 10 wont be supported beyond mid-2023.
(3:35) EVGA coolers: so we go from awesome industrial honeycomb nuclear reactor, to rib cage or whatever, and then didn't they do the stupid clown lips on their cards, or was that someone else? lol
Pretty nice to see others do what i did, buying used parts. I got my cpu, gpu, ram and cooler used. Works like new for almost half price for most. (Other than the 760 that struggles to run sea of thieves at 25fps on lowest settings)
It's a pretty good option honestly although also tbh I'd amend two things I used to say a lot, that first of all you should really not consider a Dell OEM board if at all possible (or expect not to ever overclock if getting a used Optiplex/XPS platform) and secondly it may be cheaper just to get some of the bottomest parts new, like a 10100, 10300, or Ryzen 3 3100 on a trashboard should in some circumstances be cheaper than used parts, depending. And second part section b) you should try getting the RAM+CPU+board all in one package if you can on a place like ebay or craigslist, maybe with included cooler, because I've seen package deals like that going for lower than building a new i3/r3 tier build. One of the main disadvantages is you're locked into either old enough or low enough parts that it's basically use and bin than upgrade. But even still, it's not that much needed for 1080p or more especially 900p, which is "fine" for gaming. You basically don't even need that kind of high end parts for anything but 1440p/4k new games tbqh. Like even Witcher 3 which is now 6 years old is playable at 4k on a what, GTX 1080? 1080ti? 2070s/5700XT, iirc is 60fps. So really eye candy like Ampere and RDNA2 is basically just that badly optimized Cyberpunk tier stuff at ultra high resolutions/refresh, none of which is necessary to game. You basically don't need anything but a quadcore and a GTX 980 to play nearly anything right now.
I built a used budget system for my brother almost 2 years ago, i5 4460s, 8gb ram, rx 470 4gb, 246 gb SSD and a 2tb hdd, 450w EVGA PSU. The case is from an old Asus prebuilt and the monitor, keyboard and mouse were from Goodwill. It came out to about $350 total.
I wish I had submitted my first ever 'budget' work/play build. I tried to make an AMD based system comparable to the 12 core Mac Pro since I do primarily vector and video graphics work. Final build was almost a 1/4 of the price. Build running Windows 11 Pro Antec NX410 Case (New) - Amazon $85 AMD Ryzen 9 5900x (New) - Amazon $449 MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 3060 (New) - NewEgg $470 MSI B550M Pro - VDH WiFi (Open Box - smashed pins in 20-pin USB header used $6 adapter for front panel fix) - NewEgg $85 TEAMGROUP T-Force Dark Z 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 Dram 3600MHz (New) - Amazon $116 PG GAMMIX S50 Lite 1TB M.2 SSD - Amazon $100 ID Cooling AuraFlox 360x CPU Cooler - $70 UpHere aRGB GPU support (New) - Amazon $15 Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM HDD (used) - Free (Refurbushed myself but Replacing with 4 TB Barracuda due to failing drive and needed storage to run MSI StoreMI) Corsair RM Series, RM750 PSU (refurbished) - Amazon $80 Extra Parts (IO Shield, Antennae, Adapter) - $35 Peripherals HP 24es Monitor (owned) - Free HP 24er Monitor (owned) - Free Redragon k618 Horus Wieless Keyboard (New) - Amazon $67 Redragon m991 Wireless Mouse (New) - $37 mAudio FastTrack Pro (owned) - Free Tonor XLR Condensor Mic & Stand (New) - Amazon $70 Total After Tax and Shipping: $1,800
My home desk is 'from work'. At my fist job we all got new desks and we could take our old ones home if we wanted. Later we all got to take our mechanical keyboards home for work from home and got quiet (worse) ones at the office. When I left them they didnt want it back.
i encountered my first Supra yesterday. i live in Alabama and even though ive seen Lamborghinis, Ferraris, vipers, and even an even more cool/rare Bugatti riding around I've never seen a Supra in person until yesterday. i was at a drag strip and in the spectator parking lot.
I really thought posting a watercooled system made out of used parts would stand out of the crowd. Guess I should've included the rest of the setup, with an old radio modded to work as speakers and a car seat for the ultimate gaming chair.
I've allways wanted to try the car seat thing. Are you using a hydraulic and if so where did you find on that can hold the weight. In the modded old radio. localy people are essentially throughing away non hdmi recevers. They still have spdif inputs and can do 5.1/7.1. Althhough me and my friends usally run 2.1 setups. Wirh some high end gear form the mid 2000's
An AIO is definitely tempting because who really wants to spend $300 on a cooler. There's plenty of 360mm rads that cost more than even a midrange CPU or budget/low midrange GPU. It's mainly about the paranoia of it springing a leak is the thing, because if the motor just dies and it throttles then turns itself off no harm right? Well other than the hundred dollars wasted I mean
I got a 590 Fatboy as a placeholder in my "all open box and factory sale pc", wanted to upgrade later... then the signs pointed to exploding prices so I got myself a 2060super stil as a placeholder. And thats what Im stil using. Not gonna buy a gpu when it costs more than the rest of the pc combined.
Using used parts is not only cheaper but recycling perfectly good parts! Other than motherboards and HDD, used parts will work for a long, long time and will become obsolete before breaking or wearing out.
The only parts I'll never buy used are PSU and spinning rust storage unless it's from someone I know personally. A new PSU/storage should never be disqualified.
The suitcase build was ABSOLUTELY my favourite! Really unique, serves a purpose, and quite functional.
Thank you 🙏
@@ThatRandomGeekyGuy why not an old Alienware laptop with a 1050? Although that is very cool
@@jamesmiddleton4741 I wanted to introduce my nephew to PC building :)
Thank you.
19:40 Imagine showing up to the airport with that briefcase and trying to go through TSA. The frickin bomb squad would show up 😭
I think a new PSU shouldn’t be disqualified. That’s one of those components not to gamble on. Especially if you are tweaking things and need a higher capacity unit.
I would also say used fans just need to go in the trash.
I finally have a PSU I'm happy with a 1K EVGA. Now I don't stress out over the power limits.
@@cdmarshall7448 What're you running that you need the 1k? 3090?
@@Yewtewba Got a great deal on it for one (150$US). But I have 3 HDDs, M.2, DVD optical, R9 390x, AMD 3300X (OC) and a ton of fans (8). Was going to put in 2 graphics cards (was the reason for the PSU) might still do it, I have an R9 280 I was going to split the monitors (2) among the cards so I can game and watch videos at the same time.
Had an IPU and a card before that, kind of liked the versatility of the monitors.
Eh... I think a 1000w 80+ Titanium with all of its cables is well worth the gamble :P.
I wish you would bring back these setup reviews with Nick and Phil!
We love the videos when you do it alone anyway, but the chemistry you guys when recording together is HILARIOUS AND UNMATCHED!!!
Id allow a “new clause” for power supply. I flip so many used PC’s but I always chuck a new PSU in for any of my used PC’s.
it depends on the age though. a one or two year old psu from a reputable company should be no problem.
Peace of mind.
Also does refurbished count? Because if it's EVGA I'd actually trust EVGA to do it.
There are some parts I always buy new, like storage. I think Phil letting builds in with new cases is still in line with the theme.
I agree. I try to buy all parts used, except for the storage. Never cheap out on that.
@@Kamuka1024 psu???
@@curvingfyre6810 I agree unless you buy the psu or someone you know that takes care of stuff, always buy a new psu
Yea I always buy storage new, though I plan on buying 4 or 6 used 15k sas drives for a fun little project. 300GB ones only go for around 25 on eBay
Yep. I learned by lesson with used hard drives from Amazon. 16 terabytes takes a while to replace.
Jay, for your edification: "Go" does refer to gigabytes, it gives this person away as being a French native speaker, because to them a byte is "un octet" (pronounced ockteh). So Go = Giga Octets
That's pretty insightful, thought it was a typo at first but thought it might not be one.
I just thought it gave them away as a mobile user, because my phone is always wanting to autocorrect "GB" to "go"
Today I realised we are the only one using the "octet" term.
@@hectorvivis3651
What does it even mean?
@@dhjohns1956 Octet = byte
It has the oct- root meaning "8 of something", and the suffixe -et referring to a smaller thing, using the direct translation of a "bit" of something.
I just learned it and I think it's a clever translation/adaptation and a more easily recognizable unit (no confusion between byte and bit who would be pronounced the same if read by a French reader).
Hey Jay, Thanks for featuring my PC here!!
and yes you are in fact right, the N7 B550 Mainboard is the only "New" part in the system, there just wasnt any available on ebay at that time :(
The cooler (Kraken Z53) is used tho, payed 160€ for it, never made a problem.
Thanks again for your opinion and all your videos, keep up the GREAT work!!!
Thanks for picking my build Phil! I got a 6700 XT at MSRP and some custom cable extensions since posting on twitter :) Also the AV receiver is a Yamaha, same with the speakers. This system was built over time starting collecting parts in spring ‘21. Hand me downs, open box, and local classifieds for deals. except the case was on sale on newegg for $79
OLOy is a budget brand started in 2018 in HK. They primarily sell desktop DDR4 DIMMs to the budget enthusiast market, but they also make other forms of DDR4 memory and even SSDs. No idea what they skimp on to get that cheap, but in my limited experience it's not bad.
That 2nd last build was easily my favorite. Beautiful emulator system that can also do modern gaming
Thank you! 😉
I really hope you do another one of these viewer made content on “used only” builds. I missed this one and I would have shown you my 100% Amazon returns bin build.
It is likely asking alot, but why not make a video showcasing your build and then link it up here so we can see it?
Man, i wish i knew about this one specifically. I have around 10 builds that are exclusively used parts. Built with love for my troupe of game buddies for birthdays and such.
Now I this I want to see.
U mean scalping ur buddy and selling at higher price for u to profit
@@greatatlas9494 I dont scalp my family. They have all been provided their setups free of charge.
That 1080 Ti rig at 13:30 makes me think of what Ultron's first form would've been if he was a gaming PC instead of a full-on robot.
I love it.
I would call it The Most Offensive PC Build Of All Time.
Two 10 series and one 9 series graphics cards featured but no super awesome looking Founder's Editions used for these builds... :( I am disappoint.
My youngest kid just built his first pc with scrap junk from my wall of shame. same stuff as this guys, 3770k with single 120 aio and had a 590 fatboy until it fried so we swapped in a 970. crap is hanging all over, case is butchered and hanging off the desk. makes this old man proud hahaha!
I feel like a new case and fans are the best thing you can do to make used pc parts look modern.
Love the 1600AF. For being a re-badged 2600, it was well worth it at time of release, which was around $80-90. Managed to OC mine to 4.1ghz on a Hyper 212 Black Edition
i was able to 4ghz with dark rock 4 on 1.37v. Can go stable on 4.05ghz+ with 1.45V+.
So i would not try higher than 1.45v
@@filipz3682 even 1.45v is a little too much for those 12nm chips
Yeah I built many systems around the 1600AF when you could get them for $75 off of Amazon
I had my 1600 AF from day one and loved it but it could only clock to 4.0 Ghz Unstable. It was more comfortable at 3.8 Ghz. Sold it to upgrade and it had lots of life in it.
Great vid. I always enjoyed the setup reviews where you had Phil and Nick with you on camera. Bring them back!
Yeah at least one of them if not both
At the end when your AC (I'm assuming) kicked off, I literally thought my fans in my case spooled down for some unknown reason. I had to pull my headphones off one ear to see what happened. False alarm. 🤣
Previously my ENTIRE setup was pre-owned and it's great. I have an Amazon return store near me and get great deals on peripherals and sometimes PC parts ALL THE TIME. If it works it works
That suitcase build man..... Absolutely Dope!!!!
That briefcase build is amazing.
Thank you 🙏
Would like to see Jay do a build using an old work station such as a hp z420/z440 or any workstation starting point under $250.00. Would be interesting to see what he would choose for a starting point and why, then follow that up with the modifications he would do and why.
You can just chuck a GPU and SSD in there, job done. However Tech Yes City re-cased such a computer, it was a lot of work due to propitiatory connectors required to keep the BIOS from reporting an error on boot.
I don't have twitter, otherwise I could have submitted my build from two weekends ago. It was 4 craigslist sales and a thrift store run to build it.
Total cost of $363 got me a Z87 Pro with 16GB DDR3 2133MHz Ripjaws X and a i7 4770K (the bundle also included a Zalman Max CPU cooler and HD6570 low profile GPU for $150 total), a Noctua NH-U14S cooler ($30 from a different CL seller), a GTX 980Ti SC2 ($150 from different CL seller), a $7.99 NOS Ultra modular 750W Bronze PSU (Goodwill), and a recycled 256GB SSD pulled from a broken HP laptop found in a dumpster; all built into a Lian Li PC-61 anodized black aluminum case from 2001 ($25 from a CL seller who used to work for NORAD and had saved the case from being disposed of just before he retired, he said it looked too cool to throw away).
I've named it "WOPR Jr".
This made me happy. I have only bought new RAM sticks and Fans, but never anything else. All my stuff has been second hand, repaired and or from trash...literally. I get it to work, maybe use the better parts for my PC for upgrades. The rest I rebuild kinda like a Frankenstein build and give it away to any friend/family who needs something to get online with.
Thanks for doing this. As my kids are getting to the "I want a gaming PC" age, this is really helpful.
I had a mix of old and new parts in May 2019 for my $349 Ryzen 3 2200G desktop, now running Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. I used the following used parts:
- two reused HDDs (500GB + 1TB) with now 9 power-on years! I use 2 x 500GB in Raid-0 using OpenZFS 2.1, a 16OGB subset is running in Raid-1 :)
- a reused 128GB SATA-SSD as cache drive for the HDDs using OpenZFS 2.1;
- a 2nd hand 24" Dell 2410h monitor 1080p, 60Hz;
- an off lease Logitech PS2 mouse and a Dell multi media keyboard from 2 large boxes with stuff, together for DOP500 say $10.
- I reused a 2-pin case fan, that died on me in March :) Now I use a DOP250 ($5) case fan with a Molex connector :)
New but special was my new $35 xTech Midi-Tower- Combo with:
- my 600W power supply new, but very classic, it only had a 24-pin; 4-pin; 2 SATA and 2 Molex plugs and nothing else :)
- a black midi-tower with a 2cm RGB strip for the trapezium sized power key. Blue is power on and red is disk active.
Cheap was:
- an $60 ASRock B450 HDV Rel 4.0 motherboard with a VGA plug for my monitor and only a 4-pin CPU power connector :) :)
Normal prices for:
- 2 x 8GB Geil DDR4 (3000MHz)
- 512GB SP nvme-SSD (3400/2300MB/s)
- a Ryzen 3 2200G (OC 3.7GHz; max 72°C)
Maximum PC used to have build-off competitions with a price cap. One year, the guy going up against Gordon went the cardboard box case route, and hoo boy, Gordon cried foul.
Yeah if it's for a competition you have to do better than that. At least by a rattle can & pain a piece of would to mount it onto.
17:33 this is my favorite. It just reminds me of the old times.
Jay, would love to see you put your cardboard and painting skills to work and design and build a case!
If you are gonna try and do the cardboard build try white foam core board for a better look! Others on UA-cam had done this and they look quite amazing. As a computer builder enthusiast for over 25 years many of these systems look very similar to my " hand me down systems". Whenever I upgrade, older parts get binned to be used for exactly this thing. What's even more amazing is how well they can play modern games too as long as resolutions and settings are dialed back a bit.
Great one Jay, ive just finished upgrading my old system, which was an i7 6700k, and z170, with ebay parts, rx570, and old 16gb 3200, 120 aio, and old fans, to a 5900x x570 mb so wouldnt qualify now. Good to see everyone making the most of 2nd hand parts though, lick alive
I’m doing a PC built into the best and I can’t wait for it to be done. I’ve been planning it for almost 2 years and finally getting things into place.
Nathan H's build is the definition of 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it'. I love it.
Haha my main computer im still using a pair of Altec Lansing speakers that i've had since somewhere around '05, a long time wow, lol. The Altec Lansing setup i got came with a separate subwoofer box thats pretty big(size of like two shoeboxes stacked ontop of each other for a comparison) and to this day it still sounds great. However i was able to make these 15+year old speakers sound even better though because i hook them straight up to my "sound card" AMP/DAC. So by taking the line in/out cable which you normally have to use to connect the speakers to the motherboard. I instead plug the one end(that normally goes into the mb) into my "Sound BlasterX G6" sound card. "Sound card did he just say?" Yes people still buy sound cards, well their more so called "Gaming DAC/Amp" now and i was in need of one (high-ohm headphones). Which is how i fell upon this particular awesome portable Sound Blaster X soundcard/dac and quickly came to understand its purpose/potential. So unlike typical "sound cards" that have to be installed *in* your computer, the Sound BlasterX G6 is a portable usb sound card. It has separate headphone, mic jack inputs, line in, and line out as well. Basically you will have improved Hi-Res audio for *any/all* your devices *whenever/wherever* you want. I have custom profiles setup now for mine, but just when using it for the first time with the presets that it came with i even noticed an improvement then. Love it.
9:42 he told you all the info he could without self incrimination 🤣🤣🤣
Challenge: use that NZXT upright small case and your new 3d printer(s) to recreate the Star Trek, Nomad, space probe into a computer.
Wish I had a picture of my first build! In 2018 I bought a gutted Dell tower with a 3rd gen intel motherboard and 4gb of ram. I got an I7 3770, 8gb of ram, corsair power supply (I don't remember how much it was), and a mining modded rx 570 8gb, also a cheap windows mixed reality headset. It all cost me about $350 total and I got to fall in love with VR.
100% used is a tall order. Of course, one could say the whole system was a hand-me-down. It was nice to see some old-school case mods, though.
I'd allow Storage & maybe PSU to be New, but I think for this style of video even the case should be used
13:25 Oh man that brings back memories. I "built" my first rig with my dad when I was around 12 (maybe younger, not 100%). He worked for an ATM company and could take all of the retired machines that he wanted home. We made a frankenstein's monster using parts from around a half-dozen old ATM computers to finally make something that could run the Sims and Star Wars Battlefront (og, not DICE). It couldn't fit in a case, so it was on a series of boards and stands all laid out with cables going every which way on a card table. Best "ambient cooling" you could ask for and it was a great experience.
Not long after we were able to get another retired machine that had a much larger case. We upgraded a couple parts and were able to put it all in a case at last. Extra funny because it was an ATM computer case and as a little kid (4 or 5) I sliced open my hand so bad on the corner of one of those same types of cases that I had to get stitches.
You can get everything for an old pc build from a used computer parts pawn shop auctions and electronic auctions for cheap. Not kidding. It took me only some time to get everything and spent only $600 bucks for a mid 4 gen setup with monitor, keyboard, mouse and case. Everything! 😉👍Your welcome!
For some of the less believable used stuff, I can see it being bought from a friend. I'm definitely sold an old PC to a friend for less than market value. It was a while ago, and the PC was several years old, but a working PC for $100 CAD is probably not something one would see on the open market even when not in the days of scalping. Given where my friend lived at the time, he was basically paying for the gas to drive down and the admission price for the museum I was visiting on that trip.
A friend who's upgrading from a 3090 to, presumably, a 3090Ti is definitely a friend whose finances are substantially greater than my own, but if they're in that good of a spot financially and they have a friend who isn't, I could well see them cutting them a break. There's a point at which getting more money by selling stuff at market value is not really relevant anymore. Most people never reach that point. And some of those who do are so obsessed with acquisition by that point that they either don't notice or don't care. But if you're at that point, you have a friend that isn't, and you're both gamers, I can see passing on a few premium parts that the friend would never be able to afford normally.
Exactly how it should work! I have done that many times over the years!
first thing i thought of as well. i upgraded my pc some time ago and i gave away most of the parts. i'm only renting room and i don't have the kind of storage space for all the parts so i was pretty happy to get rid of it. wouldn't be surprised for parts to be "friend priced". could even be a gift and the person just wanted to compensate their friend just to not feel bad about it.
It's worth not getting full market value to have helped your friend.
Most of my boxes have been top end ancient parts. My last box was a I7 4960x with 32 gig of ddr3 ram, a used 1070gtx, and a ssd and a bunch of used or cheap big hard drives. 6 cores and pretty fast. One before was a I7 980 with most of the same parts as before. My buddy builds systems and networks for a living and he always has leftover goodies he gives me free or cheap.
I paid 300 for the 1070gtx from my buddy with almost no time on it for 300 just before the first crypto destroyed the market.
I have a Ryzen 3900x now he built me for about 550 because he gave me a deal for helping him scrap leftover boxes. The case, board, cpu, and nvme drive were new and I paid extra to get a upgrade to the 3900x and everything else was mostly free for the time I gave him helping scrap stuff.
It's good to help your friends and take some toys in trade or for a stupid price for the help.
Until recently everything I had was used or refurbished for cheap, very few new parts till the new one.
My new PC, that I put together this week was £520. It was just 2 ebay purchases. A bundle for £300 with:
- Case (Corsair Carbide Case CC-9011086-WW)
- PSU (Corsair RM850x 80 PLUS Gold)
- Motherboard (MSI Motherboard B450M PRO-M2 MAX)
- CPU (Ryzen 3600)
- Cooler (Coolermaster Tower Cooler)
- RAM (Crucial Ballistix 16 Gb 3200Mhz)
- DVD Drive
and a purchase of a GPU (Gigabyte GTX 1070 8Gb) bought for £220.
I already had a 1Tb Corsair 860 Evo SSD pulled from an old laptop and stuck that in for storage. Works great!
Bought my pc used in 2018 and upraded it over the last 4 years with other used parts. The only thing thats left from the original pc is an ssd. I basically have two used PCs now but the old parts are on the shelf. Got an MSI 1080 Sea Hawk and all the watercooling stuff from a friend for a Total of 300€ and recently upgraded the cpu from a Ryzen 5 1600 to a Ryzen 7 2700x
During the peak of GPU pricing, a few electronic stores were selling it for close to retail. They didn't post it anywhere and didn't want you posting it anywhere either to reduce the number of scalpers gaining access to them and limited 1 GPU per person.
That one at 17 min with the older speakers reminds me of my old speakers years ago that picked up radio signals in another language at 3am. Horrible to wake up to unknown voices after bingeing ghost movies and shows.
@Michael Dunlap Boo !😁 I also got spooked one night when bolting up from a deep sleep to what had sounded like a loud crash, as if a large glass picture had fallen off a mantle or a major wreck on the nearby main road. Didn't feel like a dream as I don't have those kind or even react to bad dreams of any sort that way. Thinking that logically maybe my cat had broken something in the living room I was startled to discover her sleepily blinking at my sudden movement. Quickly getting dressed I armed myself and tactical advanced on the front of the house and searched carefully top to bottom. Couldn't find a single thing amiss, and it puzzles me to this day. Needless to say by that time I wasn't going back to sleep, wide awake despite lack of proper rest.😁🧟
OLOy makes solid budget ram. I've use their 3200 kit and have a buddy with the 3600 kit. They are cheap and overclock pretty well.
The i7-3770 build just cracked me up so hard. Oloy ram is just a cheap off-brand of ram that is still pretty decent that I have in my wife's computer, but at least I cared enough to give her a decent case to put everything in. Of all of these used-part builds, I actually liked the second to the last i7-4770K build because it looks really clean.
Jay, you should do a build like Nathan H. themed as a Rat Rod build. Feels like that would be up your alley.
8:52 Go is Giga-octet, some regions use the term octet for a unit of 8 bits instead of byte, as historically a byte can mean different number of bits depending on architecture.
Yes, I'm French, so I only refer to memory by "octet" .. And I left it in my tweet, even though I wrote it in English.
I just got done with my old school build because it's all I can afford and I think Jay z and everyone would love to see it hopefully you do another video like this and I'll send it in
i love the last 2 ones~
case that look soo stock and the hole is like as if its like how stock case would be!
briefcase pc is my most fav ideal of all. saw DIY Perks's briefcase pc and amazed with it.
this one is more simplier but easier and effectively more reliable adnd looks cool too!
Back in 2019 I made my dream system for $1600. All 2020-2021 I was like I spent way too much on deprecating parts. Turns out it saved me from needing a new system at the wrong time.
lian li o11 dynamic white
gigabyte x470
3600x
2070 OC
256 m.2 (Boot Drive)
1Tb (Game Drive)
32GB gskill trident z
4 noctua fans
360 corsair aio
How is it going today and what high demand graphic games can you run at full settings?
Still a pretty good system! Running a 2070 myself.
@@whiskeygamer9402 I run 3 acer 144hz monitors. I would say I could set all the monitors to 120hz and run most games with v-sync on "high but not Utra" or one at 144hz at Utra.
Ironically I didn't build my dream PC in the sense that I wanted to get an Intel/nVidia one, it's just that I spent so much time watching hardware reviewers and learning that I finally realized first of all nVidia was a total waste of money to me(because I didn't like the way they looked either nor care about RT and nothing else they offered beyond SLI mattered to me, performance only mattered) especially next to a Taichi and because secondly the AMD options came with boxed coolers on already cooler CPUs saved me so much money I could buy a better CPU than already I anticipated and just dumped more money onto the board and storage etc. Wondered if I'd regret Radeon. Didn't.
It's pretty funny actually because I feel like at any other time than that exact year (2020) I'd have built my dream PC on only mid to high end Intel and nVidia parts, since I really did not like or trust AMD at all, it's just that at that time all the other brands sucked and overcharged, so I ended going with an all AMD. Didn't regret it since. Still have a rather affordable upgrade path to Zen3 (still not sure on 5900x, would like to get a 5950x even though I'm not in a position yet to utilize those cores it's just my intuition tells me I'll regret that 5900x now later when I've got projects, or 5800X3D but feel like what I get for gaming doesn't justify the cost and lack of performance).
So come to think of it in a weird sense I built my anti-dream PC on AMD.
@@pandemicneetbux2110 I'm a bit biased as I'm an AMD fan. It's also weird now that we have AMD in the office, I can say it's not great “G-series”. Intel excels at integrated graphics. My 3600x has never faltered at home with the rival as the GPU. I guarantee you; you made the right move AMD processors are built for performance. The CPUs are timeless. A friend once said, hey you don't have 4.0 PCI or XYZ…. I replied: My now mid-grade PC still holds pace. I have a LAN gaming rig made of scrap parts a low end I-5 with a GT 1030 that still holds most games at 60fps on 1080 what more can you ask for. My recommendation would be don't fret. As long as you can play games don't stress about having the best PC. Have the best time while playing on your PC that is what counts.
The whole, "Only used part's", thing makes this kinda tough for me, I think at least one new part exists in every one of my builds.
I'm not opposed to using used part's but most of the time I get new cases, power supplies and storage because of reliability and aesthetics.
My current build has a used CPU (Ryzen 5800X fb market 300) ASrock X570M Pro4 (eBay 65) Thermaltake black widow spinQ CPU cooler (ebay 15*) 32GB 4x8 Gskil CL 18 3600 ram (fb market 85) Gigabyte GTX 1660ti OC (free *)
The case (NewEgg 65), psu (75 NewEgg) storage (NewEgg 240), and m.2 wifi/Bluetooth card (NewEgg 35) are all bought new.
The full build is under 1000 but exact pricing for me is a bit weird.
* means on the part of the cpu cooler, i got it in a combo so the value is subjective to what I valued that part at. The full cost of that combo was 40.
In the part of the graphics card i bought a slightly used NZXT prebuilt starter plus in may of 2020 for about 800 with tax and shipping included off eBay. I than took out the 1660ti graphics card and put in a 1060 6GB asus dual that was white to match the theme of the build, i also included some rgb fans with remote, a 1TB PNY SSD, some white themed cable mods i than sold the full white themed build for enough to pay for the extra new parts and nullify the 1660ti's cost. So that's why I say free for the 1660ti.
Technically the 1060 6GB had a cost to me but in all the upgrading and selling off old gear I've kinda lost track of the exact costs with some of my builds.
The past couple year's have been rough doing new/used builds.
Insisting on all old parts is not being practical. Often ebay parts are more expensive than new. I get it's for the competition but that's not how a build goes when you're trying to keep costs down.
With fans being so cheap, and also often the first component of a PC to fail, I really don't think buying used fans makes a ton of sense unless you found some Lian LI fans for crazy cheap or something.
Yeah, if I'm using used fans, it's because they were free.
I think like any Used PC part it depends on what they are,
🤔would you buy some used be quiet! or Noctua's for cheap because the seller went RGB? even 5 years isn't a very big portion of their lifespan
Noctua > Lian Li
I picked up a batch of used fans on ebay for £11 from someone who tossed out all the stocks. Of 8.... yeah, 4 were trash, but there was a noctua 92 slim, noctua 140, and a pair of half decent cooler master 120s in there.
It's an area where you can snag a deal if you know what to look for.
If you're trying to make the build look new then using a cheap but new case helps.
11:50 Never heard of OLOy RAM, Jay? Newegg started carrying the stuff a couple of years ago. I don't own any myself, but a buddy of mine has 32 GB of DDR4-3600 from the brand. Just another option in the RAM market is all.
I think Jay avoids Newegg
Oh mine was an almost all used too (july/august 2020) only things new were the case and the mouse. Upgraded a lot atm ofc.
I3 9100, h310, gtx 970, antec 450 mustard and ketchup cables, with a 8 gb ram and a 256 ssd as a bootdrive and my old hdd as storage. All for 300 euros (350-400 dollars). U taught me a lot in that time, thanks a lot for the content
eBay build was Xeon 5660 , 16gb ddr3 , asus tuf x58, included cpu cooler used 600 watt power supply. Used gtx 1070 FE antec 900case
My build from last summer, not all used, just the core components because my old Antec 300 case was trashed and not worth reconditioning and all my other good used parts went into my son's X58 rebuild:
$393 in used parts
Ryzen 5 1500X - $80 shipped from eBay
ASRock B450M PRo4 - $43 shipped from eBay
2x8GB Hynix DDR4-2666 memory - $30 locally FB marketplace
GTX970 4GB - $150 shipped from eBay
3TB Hitachi Deskstar 7200rpm 3.5" HDD - $30 shipped from eBay
5 plain black 120mm fans - $0 (leftovers from other builds, 2 Rosewill, 2 Cooler Master, 1 Antec)
40 inch Magnavox 1080p television - $60 locally FB marketplace
used the same wireless adapter and HDMI cables I've had ($0)
$242 in new parts
Thermaltake UX100 CPU cooler - $18 from Amazon
Kingston A400 480GB SATA SSD - $48 from NewEgg
650 watt EVGA B5 bronze power supply - $52 shipped from Woot
DIYPC IDX1-BK-ARGB case - $48 shipped from NewEgg
Corsair K55 RGB membrane keyboard and Harpoon mouse - $36 shipped from Costco
cablemods extension cables for front panel audio and USB - $28 shipped from Amazon
Cmhoo XXL (90cm x 40cm) keyboard/mouse mat - $12 shipped from Amazon
since then I've replaced the TV with a different brand but same specs to make it fit my desk better (has legs on the edges instead of a thick center stand
next set of upgrades haven't decided yet, was thinking
R5-5600 and possibly switch to a B550 board
32GB of either 3200 or 3600MHz memory
a new CPU cooler because the UX100 lights don't work anymore
definitely a new GPU, but still kinda waiting for more price drops
I'd like a 3060ti, but to stay under $350 may have to settle for an RX6600 or regular 3060. I figure I can sell the 1500X/B450M/16GB as a combo for about $150-$200 and recoup some of that upgrade cost. I even have a stock AMD cooler I could install so it's ready to plug and play. And while I should be able to get $100-$120 out of the 970 I will just install that in my wife's computer and keep her GT1030 as a backup GPU, that way she gets a decent upgrade and I get a spare part.
The "Briefcase Build" - AWESOME!
More like this! Love seeing used and ultra budget PC stuff.
A friend had Frankie (short for Frankestein) for a few years. It was an fx6100/mobo/ram from me, GPU from another friend, an old office case and various HDDs from his brother (I can't tell you how many times he redownloaded The Witcher 3 because of disk errors), and his folks' TV. I believe he only bought the keyboard since the mouse was also borrowed.
I actually have a semi sleeper that reminds me of the hackjob. I used an old gateway sx2110g for my case. Been holding on to it for years cause I liked how small it was lol
I am using a 2013 laptop with an i7 4th generation with 16GB RAM and 500GB SSD. I was surprised to see how well it performed in Cinebench for single core. It did not score as well for multi-core but that doesn't matter for me because the things I do on my computer use mostly single core anyway. Just goes to show you that older computers still are fairly powerful to do most things that people are looking to do. Gaming is another matter. I rarely game so I don't need a lot of speed and power. I have a dedicated GPU that hardly ever gets used because I use the integrated Intel Graphics mostly.
9:28 Hey Jay, it's hanging of the table, because there is the opening where air is pushed out and the powercable goes in...
@8:53 the French word for byte is octet, so yes, Go means GB
Yes those EVGA 10 series coolers were THE BEST
I built my machine for 1100, all used aside from the 3 fans and 2 led strips. 3800x 32gb gskil trident neo, coolermaster masterbox 3.0L masterwatt 650w 512gb nvme X2 amd wraith gigabyte ds3h. I got all these parts on eBay. I got a 3070ti Zotac OC trinity from a friend used
Waiting on that cardboard build Jay...
I want to see what you can come up with! :D
my gaming rig was bought new and the parts in it are far older then any of those systems wow .. some pretty cool setups though never the less
OLOy is one of those random budget memory companies I think? I’ve built a couple systems with 16gb 3200mhz kits from them I got for about $50 a piece. No issues with any of them yet 🤷♂️
I have the exactly same suitcase than ThatRandomGeekyGuy used in his build - I use it to store Magic the Gathering Decks :D Building a computer in it might be a project for me when I finally set up my workshop. Thanks for the inspiration!
Built two systems with new, used and returned items. Some you get at good prices new and really don't want used. Even the cases where returns. Used Gpu's blower style that I converted to water cool with returned AIO kits. Used CPU kits on GPUs. Both working good and overclocked the GPUs. Bought two damaged Deepcool Gammaxx for less than price of one. Had fun repairing them and work great. Two Asus mobos that were returns. Took chance on one returned CPU, working great. Both GPUs stay in the 60s and CPUs stay in 50s when stressing. Even get good Benchmarks. So I am happy.
Don't use social media apps, sorry
I wish I had seen the Tweet that went out. I found a mostly complete PC in the dumpster at my apartment complex. The rest of the parts were from eBay.
With that dangling AIO at 13:37, he needs to name his pc "The Cliffhanger."
I once built a PC from parts recovered from a dumpster by a friend that worked for a large digital editing company that upgraded their office PC's had thrown out all the old parts.
17:20 that's a Viewsonic CRT, going for that old school 75hz display. I've got the same one.
Last year I built a backup rig for my son with parts I scrounged out of bits gathered over the years I had stored out in my shed. Specs: i7-930, 6 x 2GB Corsair 1600MHz DDR3 RAM, Gigabyte X58 UD3R m/board, Galax GTX 970 SOC, Corsair H100i v2 AIO, Corsair CX650 PSU, Samsung 850 EVO Sata III 250GB, Seagate 1TB h/disk, Lian Li PC-P50 case, 120 &140mm Corsair PWM fans and a Dell 24" monitor. I did cheat ever so slightly; bought a Silverstone PWM fan controller... total cash outlay for the build was $AU14.
You guys should do a college dorm/small form factor build showcase
his reaction to the 246GB SSD at 5:15, made me actually remember i desperately need to upgrade mine... which is under 200GB....
All my favorites are built from ALL eBay parts. 2 of them are dual CPU servers rebuilt for gaming with the best old cpu's. Dual X5680s. Dual X5675's and an X99 build with an i7 5820K @ 4.3. I have yet to build my i5 11600k build because I'm still happy with the others playing games. My video cards are 1070, 1080, and 3060ti respectively. All games are over 100 fps@ 1080p. World of Tanks, Ships, and COD is played mostly. HP Z800, HP Z400, Asus dual CPU server board, Gigabyte X99, and all were from eBay but the Ant Online 3060Ti EVGA bundle for $718 in March. Until then it was everything eBay without a single issue from any part.
I have the same keyboard as the first poster. Alienware AW768. Great keyboard, and I also got it used. Very lightly used, but still used. I also got the AW959 RGB mouse from Alienware. Open Box, but never used (so that would disqualify me!!). GREAT mouse as well! They've become my daily drivers, over my SteelSeries Apex 7 keyboard and Rival 5 mouse. With an Alienware Triad Area 51 system, I've gone all-in with Alienware.
On the pricing, if you know the right place you can find a great price. I just built a DeskMini x300 system for under $400 and if I had just waited instead of buying a new 5600G I could have finished the build for under $300.
Liquidation stores are awesome.
Cool builds to see. A little tip for people looking to cheap older parts. Ask your local dump/recycle center if they have computers you can pick up. I've gotten a lot of parts that way, it is a risk but I have found both CPU and GUP are in working order. most often a PSU or MOBO is fried but hey it was all free so.
I’ve been building pcs and setups from used parts and all my friends or people I did it for love it. Inexpensive yet great for their needs. Idk why people obsessed with overbuilding that they don’t use…
Tbf building with used parts isn't really inexpensive in recent times either unless you go with reeeaaally old hardware
@@jmastah2375 it is if you find local deals… instead of eBay (I sometimes still get parts there) use your local sites. For me out here in Spain I just got a GTX 1080 for 200€ working perfectly and I pulled it out of the guys pc so I knew it’s not really mining card as it was a gaming pc/setup. Built a whole pc around it with 6700k and all together came out for 500€. I got friends rn that wants the pc for 800-900.
@@jmastah2375 forgot to mention from the case to PSU and everything is second hand and deals and everything look brand new. It just depends on how much time you willing to spend and negotiate
a hobby...i dont drink, smoke or do drugs so i will build overpowered PCs, because it makes me feel good! i guess the same is with car enthusiast or people who need to have new phone every year?
@@cyrusfifa498 Then you're really lucky because in my country 1080 go for around 300-350 euros
The inflated prices because of scalper and supply shortages didn't really hit till the last quarter of 2021. I bought all the parts and built my first PC in August of 21 for my birthday. Got a XFX 5700XT for 340. A year later I found used ones going for 1000-1200.
Speaking of rgb, I am currently enjoying signal rgb. They actually made a collab with bequiet. Cool theme.
Hi Jay, could you please do an episode on Manufacturer-refurbished motherboards? I just bought a $220 AUD B550 motherboard for $124.50 which is a bargin and my friend bought his X570 for cheap too and hasn't had a problem with it. But, if there's any inherit risks people should know and if it's a great way to save some money on their build then people should maybe also know? Just an idea, thanks :)
seeing the cardboard build with the PSU on the edge of the desk is sending me!!! lol
2nd hand parts are heavily underrated imo.
I’ve had such bad luck with second hand in the past I don’t see the as an option. The little money I saved wasn’t worth the hassle or money of buying something twice.
@@BrianKoppers Agreed. I've bought them in the distant past but only experienced about 50 % luck. In addition, I noticed that a couple of these units were sporting used AIO's - no way!!
It all depends on the market. Right now the older CPUs are over priced such as first gen RYZEN whose only value is as a stepping stone to a better AM4 CPU provided it holds it's value. However 2nd hand RYZEN 5800X are excellent value but you need a bigger budget to take advantage. DDR2 is very poor value and DDR3 is getting more expensive.
@@wayland7150 Even if I considered purchasing used merchandise, DDR2 RAM was used in boards approximately 15 years ago. That is very old technology i.e. Intel 775 sockets. In addition, first gen. Ryzen products would also not be a good choice. I put a 1600x in my wife's PC (B350 board) back in 2018; however, I can't upgrade to Windows 11; and Windows 10 wont be supported beyond mid-2023.
I stand corrected, Widows 10 support ends in October of 2025. That is good news, as she can use that 1600x processor for 3.5 more years.
the last one, totally awesome, liked it really much :)
(3:35) EVGA coolers: so we go from awesome industrial honeycomb nuclear reactor, to rib cage or whatever, and then didn't they do the stupid clown lips on their cards, or was that someone else? lol
Pretty nice to see others do what i did, buying used parts. I got my cpu, gpu, ram and cooler used. Works like new for almost half price for most. (Other than the 760 that struggles to run sea of thieves at 25fps on lowest settings)
It's a pretty good option honestly although also tbh I'd amend two things I used to say a lot, that first of all you should really not consider a Dell OEM board if at all possible (or expect not to ever overclock if getting a used Optiplex/XPS platform) and secondly it may be cheaper just to get some of the bottomest parts new, like a 10100, 10300, or Ryzen 3 3100 on a trashboard should in some circumstances be cheaper than used parts, depending. And second part section b) you should try getting the RAM+CPU+board all in one package if you can on a place like ebay or craigslist, maybe with included cooler, because I've seen package deals like that going for lower than building a new i3/r3 tier build.
One of the main disadvantages is you're locked into either old enough or low enough parts that it's basically use and bin than upgrade. But even still, it's not that much needed for 1080p or more especially 900p, which is "fine" for gaming. You basically don't even need that kind of high end parts for anything but 1440p/4k new games tbqh. Like even Witcher 3 which is now 6 years old is playable at 4k on a what, GTX 1080? 1080ti? 2070s/5700XT, iirc is 60fps. So really eye candy like Ampere and RDNA2 is basically just that badly optimized Cyberpunk tier stuff at ultra high resolutions/refresh, none of which is necessary to game. You basically don't need anything but a quadcore and a GTX 980 to play nearly anything right now.
I built a used budget system for my brother almost 2 years ago, i5 4460s, 8gb ram, rx 470 4gb, 246 gb SSD and a 2tb hdd, 450w EVGA PSU. The case is from an old Asus prebuilt and the monitor, keyboard and mouse were from Goodwill. It came out to about $350 total.
I wish I had submitted my first ever 'budget' work/play build. I tried to make an AMD based system comparable to the 12 core Mac Pro since I do primarily vector and video graphics work. Final build was almost a 1/4 of the price.
Build running Windows 11 Pro
Antec NX410 Case (New) - Amazon $85
AMD Ryzen 9 5900x (New) - Amazon $449
MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 3060 (New) - NewEgg $470
MSI B550M Pro - VDH WiFi (Open Box - smashed pins in 20-pin USB header used $6 adapter for front panel fix) - NewEgg $85
TEAMGROUP T-Force Dark Z 32GB (2x16GB) DDR4 Dram 3600MHz (New) - Amazon $116
PG GAMMIX S50 Lite 1TB M.2 SSD - Amazon $100
ID Cooling AuraFlox 360x CPU Cooler - $70
UpHere aRGB GPU support (New) - Amazon $15
Seagate Barracuda 250GB 7200 RPM HDD (used) - Free (Refurbushed myself but Replacing with 4 TB Barracuda due to failing drive and needed storage to run MSI StoreMI)
Corsair RM Series, RM750 PSU (refurbished) - Amazon $80
Extra Parts (IO Shield, Antennae, Adapter) - $35
Peripherals
HP 24es Monitor (owned) - Free
HP 24er Monitor (owned) - Free
Redragon k618 Horus Wieless Keyboard (New) - Amazon $67
Redragon m991 Wireless Mouse (New) - $37
mAudio FastTrack Pro (owned) - Free
Tonor XLR Condensor Mic & Stand (New) - Amazon $70
Total After Tax and Shipping: $1,800
My home desk is 'from work'. At my fist job we all got new desks and we could take our old ones home if we wanted.
Later we all got to take our mechanical keyboards home for work from home and got quiet (worse) ones at the office. When I left them they didnt want it back.
i encountered my first Supra yesterday. i live in Alabama and even though ive seen Lamborghinis, Ferraris, vipers, and even an even more cool/rare Bugatti riding around I've never seen a Supra in person until yesterday. i was at a drag strip and in the spectator parking lot.
I really thought posting a watercooled system made out of used parts would stand out of the crowd.
Guess I should've included the rest of the setup, with an old radio modded to work as speakers and a car seat for the ultimate gaming chair.
I've allways wanted to try the car seat thing.
Are you using a hydraulic and if so where did you find on that can hold the weight.
In the modded old radio. localy people are essentially throughing away non hdmi recevers. They still have spdif inputs and can do 5.1/7.1. Althhough me and my friends usally run 2.1 setups. Wirh some high end gear form the mid 2000's
An AIO is definitely tempting because who really wants to spend $300 on a cooler. There's plenty of 360mm rads that cost more than even a midrange CPU or budget/low midrange GPU. It's mainly about the paranoia of it springing a leak is the thing, because if the motor just dies and it throttles then turns itself off no harm right? Well other than the hundred dollars wasted I mean
I got a 590 Fatboy as a placeholder in my "all open box and factory sale pc", wanted to upgrade later... then the signs pointed to exploding prices so I got myself a 2060super stil as a placeholder.
And thats what Im stil using. Not gonna buy a gpu when it costs more than the rest of the pc combined.
I keep seeing ebay/craigslist prices dropping and all I'm thinking is
"don't buy don't buy! let 'em burn!"
Using used parts is not only cheaper but recycling perfectly good parts! Other than motherboards and HDD, used parts will work for a long, long time and will become obsolete before breaking or wearing out.
The only parts I'll never buy used are PSU and spinning rust storage unless it's from someone I know personally. A new PSU/storage should never be disqualified.
Old storage is OK if it's just gaming. New PSU is important if the computer is for someone else, don't want to risk burning down their house.