Unbelievable Find! £2 PC: Trash or Hidden Retro Gem? (PT1)

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  • Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
  • In this video, I share the incredible story of my recent PC purchase from Facebook Marketplace that only cost me £2! Join me as I take you through the journey of exploring this unbelievable find, starting with a quick overview of the system before tearing it apart for cleaning and reassembling it. I then installed Windows XP and put the PC to the test by trying out a variety of games from the 2000s to see what it's capable of.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 33

  • @gammitinofficial
    @gammitinofficial Рік тому +2

    Great video, great bargain find! 👍

  • @WarriorRazor
    @WarriorRazor Рік тому +1

    NZXT Phantom alone is worth far more than the asking price! Great case!
    Top of the line around 2011/2012, one of my favourite cases. I have the white full tower version.

  • @SUCRA
    @SUCRA Рік тому +3

    Hey for 2 bucks, it's unbeatable haha. Also that case is nice!

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому

      Can’t complain about that at all 😬

  • @66mhzbrain
    @66mhzbrain Рік тому +2

    Was a bargain! Its a monolithic thing! I really like nzxt stuff for my modern machines too. A decent gpu should make all the difference xp wise, will be a cool machine for those games.

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому +1

      It is massive! Got a few options GPU wise already, trying to hunt down a better CPU for a good price!

  • @QuackQuackBang
    @QuackQuackBang Рік тому +1

    Just remember to plug the audio cables in to the right jack ;)

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому

      I thought you never wanted me to mention that 🤣

  • @RuruFIN
    @RuruFIN Рік тому

    Love your cat. :)

  • @matthewday7565
    @matthewday7565 Рік тому +2

    Looks like maximum support is 4GB, and if you're running XP 32 bit (64 bit was a rare thing), the barrier above 2GB can be surprisingly low, I couldn't even get all of 3GB.

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому +1

      Yea its 32bit. I was aware of the 4gb limit but have not tried to go that far yet. IIRC my XP PC of the time had 4gb but only showed 3.5gb in windows.

    • @66mhzbrain
      @66mhzbrain Рік тому +1

      @@ljrretropcs you can still make a ram disk with any un accessible ram in xp I think, so it doesnt need to go to total waste. Might be fun to see it that makes any difference to anything.

    • @jonchapman6821
      @jonchapman6821 Рік тому +2

      Easily rectified with the XP memory patch.

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому +1

      @@66mhzbrain Now that could be a fun little experiment!

  • @TechDave
    @TechDave Рік тому

    came here (im already a sub) from twitter! enjoying the vid so far!

  • @elephystry
    @elephystry Рік тому +1

    I have to wonder if the previous owner was making a sleeper build and this is what was left over.

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому +1

      I’ve spoken to him since. He just does office clearances and wanted something to shove in the case to sell it on 😅

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry Рік тому

      @@ljrretropcs oh.

  • @Greendore
    @Greendore Рік тому +7

    £2 could of got you a hot sausage company hot dog. This man however spends the £2 on a PC.

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому +5

      The hot sausage will only give you temporary pleasure. This PC will give many more hours of fun for £2 ;)

    • @oliveringram5856
      @oliveringram5856 Рік тому +5

      Give a man a hot sausage and he will feed himself for a day, give this man a £2 pc and he will feed his entire family by going straight to the top of the UA-cam algorithm

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому +1

      @@oliveringram5856 🤪

    • @kingcazoo9233
      @kingcazoo9233 Рік тому +3

      Can’t even get a hotdog for that price these days, I want to see more bargain hunter build ups!

    • @BARJunkie101
      @BARJunkie101 Рік тому

      ​@@kingcazoo9233 You are the master of sausage.

  • @user-jr2ue9nu6y
    @user-jr2ue9nu6y Рік тому

    Remember those rounded IDE Cables? Looks like a Copy of a Coolermaster case. Maybe it is a Coolermaster?

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому +1

      Its an NZXT 410 I actually found it written on the front in the end 🤣
      You can actually see it at 3:53

    • @user-jr2ue9nu6y
      @user-jr2ue9nu6y Рік тому

      @@ljrretropcs Yeah I saw later in teh video. But I am sure its a copied design from Coolermaster. Who knows maybe its all under Coolermaster

  • @kingcazoo9233
    @kingcazoo9233 Рік тому +1

    Did you find out what make that cpu fan is?

    • @ljrretropcs
      @ljrretropcs  Рік тому

      I did not, I also broke it slightly when I fitted it so it may never come off again 😬

  • @sokpisethlalalanno
    @sokpisethlalalanno Рік тому

    6:28 I9, 13900K + RTX 4090 24gb