How I turned a 7 year old PC into a $285 console killer
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2019
- I made 3 cheap and easy upgrades to transform an old Dell Vostro pre-built desktop from 2012 into a capable gaming machine that runs AAA titles at high settings
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PFFFT. That's nothing dude! I once turned a 7yr old PC into an 8 yr old pc, by just waiting 1 year!
Shit, can you post a tutorial or something, please? I've been trying to do that forever. :(
DUDE NO WAY! That sounds like it would be WAY to difficult for my skill level
This is why I love. This Tech Community here. The banter that goes back & forth. The quick little jabs. Makes this Tech Community Awesomeness hands down. P.S. - Did you use your *{Live Strong 💪 Bracelet}. The best comment so far.
@@shadowr2d2
Im so proud of this community
I mean most of us are nerds but thats better
Done and at no cost!
Oh look they upgraded my current rig
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Honestly mate.
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Me: oh wait that pc looks familiar
Looks at my pc
😂
Well, it is time to upgrade if you can my friend!
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I thought the same thing my dude. Only difference is completely swapped internals.
Start by getting an SSD
Him: „Even 7 years old”
Me: ***looks at 17 year old computer laying sadly in the corner***
My pc is a 20 year old one i literally scrapped the dust off of in my wlrks basment. Completely gutted it and put a couple hundred bucks into new gpu, cpu, mb, ram, psu, and a ssd i stole from my dieing laptop
@Purealyzed if you put all new parts in a 50s ford its srill a 50s ford isnt it?
@Purealyzed or remodeling a house from the 80s and bringing it up to modern standards its still a 80s house
@@chickensfloat7427 Well everything is new except for the case unless you call your pc by it's case name it's a completely new pc with new internals but with the same case I guess you could call it a sleeper pc now if the pc case looks like an office pc case.
@@jshane8888 its still a 20 year old pc.
1 year later:
“How I turned an 8 year old pc into a $685 console killer”
@@CreateHarmony yea, that’s definitely not gonna help
@@CreateHarmony thats what he is saying
I just payed ~$450 for the same Vostro 470, 16gb ram, 500w bronze evga psu, 240gb ssd, & gtx 1060 3gb all from ebay
@@meatloafmike man I got lucky, I traded an old guitar amp for a 2019 Alienware Aurora R8 with a i5-9400, 16gb of ram, a 1tb hardrive and a Radeon rx560x. It was still better than my Xbox one x performance wise out of the gate, regardless I sold my Xbox and TV for 325$, bought a 30$ 1080 p 60hz monitor off marketplace, bought some 17 dollar onn brand computer speakers from Walmart, got a hammy down keyboard and mouse from my brother's old build and then I bought a gtx 1070 8gb for 160$ and a 700 watt EVGA psu and threw those in there. Still need a SSD as load times are notoriously slow but all in all she is a beast for what she is and runs apex max settings 130 fps, destiny 3 max settings same deal, 130 fps, still testing other games as this is my first gaming PC but I'm more than happy with it. Now I just need a USB mic to talk to people and use my sundaras, better keyboard and mouse, a TB ssd , a better monitor and then eventually a better graphics card so I can use ray tracing and such but I'm extremely happy I made the switch to PC. Thing runs games solid for what it is
Best corpse to put life back into : Dell Optiplex
I have, I made one into a simple media server for my house.
@@disposable_hero1725 Nice, I made one for streaming games from my laptop
It’s really easy to just take an old dell optiplex that you might have gotten from your family and just buy a better gpu and ram and easily just start to have better performance
@@godofgaming6905 Yeah, I got mine for like 10$ from a cyber cafe, these days even cheapest cases don't come that cheap😂
@@tanishqsuryawanshi1276 well except maybe a card board box lol
Linus would hate this pc...
(left to right)
RAM stick 1: Green with green top
RAM stick 2: Green with brown top
RAM stick 3: Black with grey top
RAM stick 4: Green with brown top
Managing 60 fps in cod modern warfare 2019,apex, even gta (for the most part) with a i7 870(oc 3.7) and a 1060. Budget pc's are still a thing, and im glad that we can still reliably get an avg of 60fps 1080p with 10+yr old processors. Technology really is amazing.
Post ur specs and prices pls
@@omni6982
I7 870 ( oc to 3.7)
Thermaltake spin q cpu cooler ( old model 2013, i forget the specifics)
Asus p7p55d Board
Gtx 1060 Msi 6gb
Adata 16 gb kit ddr3
2 hdds, 1 ssd ( all standard wd drives)
Generic 700 w psu from ages ago
2 monitors at 1080p ( only game on one monitor though while other is for everything else)
Only Paid $200 for just the 870,8gb ddr3 ram, 1 ssd, a gtx 1050 along with the case and whatnot, back in like 2017. Then spent about $200 on upgrades over the 4 years to what it is now.
I will note though, that trying to build a rig like this nowadays may be very difficult thanks to scalpers and the like. Finding a gtx 1060 now ( used and new) for a good price is tough, even my 580 is apparently worth $279 brand new now at best buy even though i legit paid $75 for it less than a year ago..... that should probably give you an idea on how bad the market is right now thanks to the low supply/scalpers/miners ruining everything for all of us. I got very very lucky when i decided to build my 2nd rig a few months ago with a ryzen 3600/rx 580, 2 ssd and 16gb ram for $300. Had i waited alittle longer.... would have spent $300 on just the cpu and motherboard combo alone. Man hopefully prices come back down soon.
bro ive got a 870 aswell, just cant run any games tho, i think its the gf116 gpu slowing the cpu down, what should i do
Sounds like my rib
G, but I got a gtx 1050ti.
@@jovialuntrue Whats your cpu and ram? The 1050ti isnt a bad card at all, but its definitely weaker than a 1060 so if youre getting similar fps to my 1060, that means something else in youir rig is overcompensating for your fps ( most likely cpu/ram/ssd).
I went to a goodwill and got a HP Envy with an i7 4770 and 16gb DDR3 for $10. i threw in my old 750 Ti and now my fiance has a dope ass gaming computer for Sims 3
damn what a deal.
Deserves a better GPU.
I put a 750 in mine and it would just give me a blank screen. Someone said it was because the bios was not "legacy".. any advice?
that cpu could handle a 970 pretty well, it would be a good pc for some really demanding modern games
aaron herrington I think it's your cpu
RAM anxiety, cool.
PSU anxiety, nail biting...
I was thinking the same thing. I hadn't even considered the heat until he mentioned it and then I thought :Oh yeah, it doesn't look like there's room for fans or an AIO.How would one cool this if the temps began to rise?" Now I see why he had it open air which in all fairness, if you have an AC on, it may help. Wonder if an external box fan is an option.
@Tom Guy make a case out of thick foam board that’s what I did it looks like a prebuilt case I even made it rgb
@@JimTheKid Lol, that sounds like I'd need to know wtf I was doing. I'm a biologist, not an engineer lol. I can put shit together, but building it?
@@pavmx703 yeah
I've said it once, and i'll say it again. This is exactly why I love pc gaming. I love how you can turn an office computer into a gaming rig by slapping a gpu on it and maybe upgrading the ram. Since they are office pcs, they'll likely come with a good cpu so you'll be good on that part. You can't really do this with a console.
CPU and PSU and PC case: allow us to introduce ourself.
@@benthelion7105 They already come with a case. No need for one. The PSU is a maybe. Depending on the GPU you get, you might not need a new PSU at all. As for the CPU, that depends.
@@OutlawedPoet there are a lot of old cases from hp and dell and lenovo that dont have space just because of anoying sata cables and they don't come with 6 pin or 8 pin cables for gpu so you are limited to gtx 1650 or 1050 ti but if you have an old workstation tower especially hp ones nothing is possible.
That's because consoles are literally for gaming...? Am I missing something? Is there a office console?
@@LazyLoonz I'm saying "office PC" because office PC's can be picked up for a super cheap price. The comment was made over a year ago, and I do disagree with a lot of what I said, but still.
My work had gotten rid of a few PCs. I asked the IT guy if I could take some home. I got two Dell Inspirons with i5 4440s and 8 GB ram as well as another with an i3- 2120 with 8GB RAM. Upgraded the i3 to an i5, and I turned all 3 into budget gaming rigs for family, adding SSDs. Used a 950 on the Sandy Bridge, and 1050ti on the 4th gen models (this was way before the current gen CPUs were announced). Everyone is happy with their performance
7:56 wait for the "That's what she said" look...and 7:59
The good'ol kyle 😁👍
I feel like it's more of "That's what I WISH she said, but... instead SHE stuck anywhere SHE wanted..." :D well, I mean, knowing wifeysauce...But hey, I feel like I have even rougher wife myself :D She's sexy and cute, though, so I'm ok with that.
Kyle getting into Used Price Performance? insta like from me :P, though I was hoping instead of saying TLC you would have mentioned some TYL.
He didn't give that poor PC the TYL! Look at all that dust... I bet that if he did it the machine would boost its FPS by 1000 %! Cheers!
last night i gave some TYL to my new girlfriend ... she did not understand why I was spraying her butt with brake cleaner ... even if i could explain.....
All that PC needs now is some Tech Yes Lovin
He just needed to blast that mobo with some Brake Kleen and put new thermal paste on the chipset, and it would have been a TYC vid lol
Missing the cut seen of Kyle on his back porch with his hand blower, given it the ol handy with a rag
I always love videos like this bc I work in a store that has an entire department dedicated to PC parts and I'd rather have somebody spend less to help their system along before they're ready to upgrade than have them buy too many upgrades before their actually ready for it.
Is the store in Colorado by any crazy chance?
Wow. This is really helpful because I have a prebuilt HP Pavilion that's about 8 years old and always think about how I can upgrade it. Thanks Kyle!
Should've changed out the thermal paste to see if you got any better temps since corsair sent ya a box full of the stuff lol
APATHETIC79ENDO kid we dont care
TysonMellow boy I don’t care about you.
@@TysonMellow stfu
@@TysonMellow go away kid
Ryatzuu stupid sucker
Can you turn my 10 year old washing machine into gaming beast, I bet you can't
Zwenk Wiel maybe but you have to use mother superior tech called sistermatic
If you put rock inside the machine while it's spinning yes you can!
Mine is 15year old
@@brbglgaming3440 mind blown
It's a big aluminum box. It'll fit any motherboard.
Bitwit: "Is there any console under 285?"
Xbox One S at 169 New: "Am I a joke to you?"
Jay Sanchez - Even better... Xbox One X on Ebay between $229 - $289 used. After all the PC he has is used.
Xbox one x is now 299 lol
Daniel Bryan New*
Very true. But pc has that sweet, sweet use of anything else u want to do.
yes but a PC has more functionality
6:38 PEFECT Explanation on the applicability of an SSD.. i'm just getting used to building comps, and that helped me realize that SSD isnt some mystical thing. Thanks!
I have a 2005 Dell Dimension2400 and a 2009 Compaq SR5710 i'm going to rig up as "sleepers", thanks to this video (getting newer DDr3-4 Mobos of course)
>Ancient
>5,6 or 7 years old
Oh... Ok
In pc years that is worth 100 years
Smiles *watchingfrommycore2duo*
*My PC is 10 years old*
@@PhysiologyShark Mine too
@My pfp is just a stop sign what did you expect
'iN sEaRcH oF pErFeCtIoN" 😂
I love these videos, Kyle. They're more helpful to the community than those in which brand new high quality pieces of hardware are being put through their paces. Thank you.
I agree.
Love doing these projects. Would have liked to see you put everything in to a new case! Dont really need a window with green PCB mobo but even NZXT Tempest case ($30 used IIRC) with a couple intake fans! Great video!
Cool man. I did something similar to my 6 year old HP Pavilion desktop which has served me well. I have 16gb of ram, a GTX1060 3gb card, and an i7-4790 pcu on the original motherboard. I'm going to start building a high end gaming computer next, just trying to figure out which parts I want to go for since I'll have to do it slowly because of money constraints. I'm liking your videos man, Happy Holidays!
I'm currently studying to be an IT professional and I gotta say, I learn a lot from your videos. Thanks for being so good at what you do!
Ah, that's awesome ! :) how is it now ?
It's not about being good. He's a UA-camR so everything works out for him :)
@@rummudies4240 very good point, I am still trying to figure out how they installed reactos while I have spent months trying to get it to finish booting.
Hope you got a car and steady work opportunities. You don't have to go to school, you know. I taught myself about pcs by building my own & upgrading it over the years.
It’s fun
I love seeing big youtubers do budget content! Seeing all the same latest and greatest from 7 different tubers sometimes gets boring. Great video!
This is what I was thinking. I usually just scroll on by when it's the latest and greatest builds. But, stuff like this, I click on immediately and watch the entire video. And even join in the comments section.
Thanks Bitwit! Of your recommendation of AMD 1600AF variant my new computer went flawless. Bad side during the human malware, ram was hard to find here in Sweden. So sadly I had only 2667 mhz but 32 gb in dual slot. I love your videos, it gives me ideas to cable manage. I will subscribe this channel!
I have this exact Dell optiplex and now I'm going to play around with upgrades on my home office PC before I go all out on buying my first full gaming PC build. This video rocks
9:14 SSD installed, a few seconds later, SSD is totally unplugged in the following shot
Hehw
Them ketchup and mustard wires are lookin “very nice” XD
Makes me want a corndog.
Most people don't really care. The case doesn't have a glass panel and as long as it works it doesn't really matter.
Scotty Haines, I know that the pc isn’t supposed to look good but rather a performance based build, I was just trying to be a bit sarcastic and funny. A trait from Kyle thats starting to grow on me if you know what I mean...
RYB (Red, Yellow, Black): the new RGB! :-P
@@rawk0r Could do, but why bother? RAM, GFX, SSD... they're all drop-and-go. it'd take longer to do the entire rest of the build than it would to do cable sleeving.
this is clearly choosing looks over style, and when the goal is to minimize the budget and no one will see the results anyway, that's a few bucks you didn't HAVE to spend.
I did something similar with my 2012 Gateway sx2380. Upgraded the processor to a 3.8ghz quad core, upgraded to 16gb ram, upgraded to 1tb & 240gb ssd drives, and a Yeston low profile single slot rx 550. I don't game, but I am getting into video editing with premiere pro and the upgrades helped big time.
Great explanations, and nice suggestions, I really appreciated this video. Thank you!
How i turned my perfectly good life into a crisis! For free
I turned mine to HTPC. SSD , cheap graphics card with a Hdmi output and installed LibreELEC.
Whats LibreELEC?
@@provehitocobalt an OS based on Kodi. Kodi is used for streaming movies and shows
What card did you go with? I have an i5-4670K right now with a Radeon HD 7790 card, and I'm thinking all I really need to do is upgrade the GPU. I would be connected to my LG C8 OLED, so, I'd like to be able to output in 4K. I don't do FPS, but I would like to maybe run some emulators. It already seemed to run some titles of the Wii U pretty well.
@FDMtech Thanks. I may try to find an RX580. Since I won't really need to upgrade anything else. I know when I bought Forza Horizon 4 for Xbox one, the game would not even load. Wonder if the 570/580 would play that on that PC?
@@watchandjewelryloft4713 for comparision a 1060 6gb mobile ran it great mostly maxed out at 60-80,90fps or so. So maybe compare some benchmarks
I love that Dell Vostro it can fit into any ATX case and the power supply is not proprietary neither is the fan connectors
What a difference 3 years makes! My 10 year old Shuttle SG41J1 that I've been trying to modernize has presented some unique challenges. The original Celeron 2.5 GHz dual core was upgraded to a 3.0 GHZ Core 2 Quad, a nice boost! CPU cooling was another issue. The stock Celeron cooler could handle 65W, but the new CPU TDP was 95W. I found a Thermaltake cooler that did the job, but it was a DC (3 pin) fan and the mobo can only control PWM, so the new fan always runs at 2500 rpm (cool, but noisy). Finding a PWM fan for LGA775 AND fits mechanically with the mobo layout turned out to be not so easy. SSD upgrade - check! The SATA-II ports were good enough for a new 240 GB SSD, which boots Win10 20H2 in under 10 seconds! With only 3 SATA ports, the never-used optical drive was removed in favor of additional HDDs. So far, so good. Adding USB3 to the stock array of USB2 ports seemed in order. The problem is there's one PCIe slot and one PCI(!) slot. The PCIe is really there only for GFX (installing anything in PCIe disables the on-board graphics!). So the PCI slot is really the only option. I found one vendor that sold PCI USB3 cards, but sadly, no joy. The card would not work with the mobo. The last challenge was RAM... the mobo supports DDR2-800 and has 4GB installed in its 2 slots (not bad for 2010). It can support 8 GB, but 4GB DDR2 sticks that are not AMD are really hard to find without blowing the budget. Sigh. Without the extra DRAM, spending for a GFX upgrade was just out of the question, and the project has gone to the back burner. So, while I have a quite usable, moderately fast 10-year-old system, sadly it will never be a console-killer. I think it's time to build a new system...!
Currently have an optiplex 9010 only tested certified refurbished from my father's workplace with an i7 3770 and 16gb ddr3 cant wait till this summer to get a job an upgrade it into my new rig
You are missing some of that "Tech Yes Lovin", would have got you a few more FPS.
Just what i thought. Some cleaning and some of that product he use, i keep forgetting the name cuz it isn't used over here.
I wanna see Kyle do the spinning impact driver trick. And if he could throw in an Australian accent, that would be great, too.
Some brake cleaner would have made it like brand new
maybe there is an old xeon that you can pick up for 30$ on that socket
@@94hayster Man that bugs me hey. Im a mechanic, electronic parts cleaner is a thing.
This is scary how close this is to my upgrade path, and I only just saw this video today. I even got the same brand memory as you, but it was 2 x 8G kit.
Great job, I remember when I was starting HS, I took my mom's old HP computer into a ps4 (original) killer.
Amd is certainly a good gateway graphics card to get you into more varieties.
please tell me vostro 460 supports 1070 and 1660ti or not.
Good vid.. currently resurrecting my old 8370 build from most of my old parts.
I have the 7 years old pc , but I don't have 250 dollars 🤷♂️
He said the base pc was for 150$, the upgrades were around 135$
You only need $135 if you already have the PC--less if you're only interested in e-sports titles and can get away with an RX 560 instead of the 570.
@@DefenderTIM I think you really should save for 570 instead because you get much more performance with like 20 bucks more
Yea same. Lol a friend gave me his old 9yo pc and it BSoD's on me a lot. Especially when playing Monster Hunter on the lowest settings. My broke ass can't get it the parts it needs thanks to bills.
Mow some lawns this summer
I can't express how much I appreciate the giant onscreen numbers.
Every benchmarking UA-camr should do this.
I've become SSD evangelist at my office for upgrading our 10yo AMD Phenom X4 PCs. 😬
SSD is best bang for buck performance on older machines IMO
@@bobbybandz9194 yeah fr it makes the whole desktop experience feel super snappy in comparison
@@doctajuice on a store bought 2012 Gateway FX,It cut startup times to 1/3,even further NVMe2 vs SATA3.
@@EXPLOBRO3 playing themselves!
Oof
Great Video!!! Im actually working on a Dell Inspiron 530s and removing the guts into a new case.
GeekSourceHD I actually did this and it was amazing. Let me know how it goes for you.
Well damn lol. My work recently chucked a ton of PC's like this. I was able to save one that had 4770 in it though.
This video is very informative for me I am going to upgrade my lenovo h530 as you have done with this dell desktop
Thank You 😊
I did this very same thing back in 2012 with an Acer. Had a 2320k in it for $250 bought new. Threw in a couple upgrades like SSD and memory and left the side panel off. It gamed good for years. I could still get it gaming good right now.
Thank you for actually upgrading the rig instead of making a new one and then putting in the same hard drive
John Stephenson? He has improved I see
Ivy bridge build is still awesome
Paired with a 1060 and 16gb ram
I have it as an extra pc which I let my nephews use
I have a Ivy Bridge Core i5 3350P processor build with 8GB RAM, 1060 6GB GPU but now I'm gearing for upgrading to Ryzen 3600 upon release and 16GB DDR4 Ram :)
3:04 - A word of caution about Dell desktops - The southbridge is often (inexplicably) left naked which means you're going to want to install a chipset cooler if you intend to play games or Adobe CC programs.
this actually helped me a lot now i know what to buy , my pc frl broke yesterday , i frl need a new case cuz this one is banged up cpu and gpu also ram i need to add that too thats frl a new pc soo i at least know what to buy and what to not buy
the background music at 2:30 just makes me smile 😊
The YES Man is really good at recycling old pc's and parts, check out Bryan's work on his channel "Tech YES City"
i all ready watch him
Catering for us Australians as well. 😄
My brother did this, he had a dell pre build from 2012 with a i7 3770, an integrated gpu 8 gbs of ram and a 400w psu, he put a 550w psu in there with a 1070gtx and put 16gb(ddr3)of ram.
This is good information! Thanks bro!!!
Perfect timing lol I just sat down to relax
Edit: Thanks for the likes! That was quite unexpected
But were you able to rest?
I was getting RAM anxiety tho....reminds me of my sex life.
@@CaveyMoth suggest gpus under 80$ no 6 pin
Used MSI Geforce GTX 950 2G OC Edition Graphics Card, GPU
Condition:Used
Price:US $64.29
@@CaveyMoth that's a smexy card. I was thinking about a 750ti too.
Hopefuls i get the 950 under 80
This is literally the base of my pc , only mine has a couple parts swapped out because they died.
Same. I kept the case tho but it's basically a new...-ish PC cuz I had to swap the motherboard for the GPU. Plus I think it could only handle 8GB of RAM and this mobo can handle 16GB. There are still new parts in it like the AMD RX 460 and the SPCC 128GB SATA SSD and some Corsair RAM :D
@@PiscesGamer97 Hey , could you give me your discord or something? I'm looking into upgrading it next month and would really appreciate your feedback since its the same system.
@@VirtuallyBoris TheNoobGamer97#1194 comment here what urs is so I accept the right one
@@PiscesGamer97 Boris#6088
I have a DIY set with E3-1230v2 / BIOSSTAR TZ77B / GSkill 16GiB DDR3 1600 / GTX1060-6G / 120G SSD back in 2012. I still run it for all my games including DCS World in VR. It's decent still. In the beginning the graphics was with ATi 6790HD however I upgraded it after noted on unrecoverable screen flashing with The Division" on the card. I guess the box will still be able to run my games for another 3-5 years.
did something similar with my almost 8 years old i7 -3770k machine and a GTX 1660s. All tested games so far run very well with ultra / highest settings in HD. CPU is around 30-50%, gpu below 50% with temperatures ~50 degrees. The only downside is RAM running at slow frequency (1600mhz) but it is still a very capable rig for HD gaming.
Love the lofi beat on that install part
Now this is quality content. We all like the uber builds but the masses also like cheap. It's cool to check out Lamborghini videos but when it comes down to it most of us end up needing to find out how to change a Toyota tail light
Any shirt that takes a piss outta the Verge PC build guide is fine by me. Cant wait to rock that out!!
Was able to snag an old workhorse when IT at my job was doing some cleaning out. Ended up with an i5-4440, gtx 1060 6gb, 8gb ddr3 and a 250gb ssd. Free is my favorite price!
tbh I was kinda shocked when all the parts for the upgrade are actually the parts that i'm gonna use for my system upgrade x)
With SSD’s on the rise I think itd be awesome if you did a video about upgrading to an SSD without having to wipe the previous hard drive and everything on it. I know it’s not exactly your type of style but just with the sudden drop in price of SSD’s I think it would be interesting.
You are better off getting a big storage device to put all of your important data on it, then you grab an SSD with HDD (for storage) and use them both as RAID 0.
Sometimes u can get older but lightly used parts for cheap and get not only a good performing but also good looking system.
Speaking of their IPC being so strong in earlier models, the 4690S was a particular little beast. The IPC they put on that refresh chip actually put it neck-and-neck with a factory clocked 4690K, while using less power and producing much less heat (albeit it WAS a locked chip). Paired with n H97 board, GTX 970, 16GB of Crucial Ballistix Sport, and a 500GB Samsung ssd, made for nearly instant win7 boot. I was very happy with that CPU when I built with it, and I've always been an AMD fangirl.
I wanted to try out what a "used" price/performance build is. So I just bought myself a second hand I5-2500k on a Z68 mobo with 8Gb of ram for $90, overclocked the CPU to 4.5 Ghz. Coupled with a second hand GTX 970 i also bought for $80. Wow its very satisfying! I am gaming on 1080P high settings flawlessly on a budget of less than $300 (Casing brand new $25, PSU second hand a Seasonic SII 520w for $25, SSD 128Gb $20 and 1TB HDD for $30). I used back my old 24" LCD 60Hz monitor and logitech G102 and Dell membrane keyboard.
I5-2500K the Celeron 300A of 2011!! The value for money CPU of the decade!!
still have a I7-920 with gtx570, was an old Acer prebuilt, guess i'm going for a new system though haha
Quintus well I actually upgraded! Ryzen7 3700x with a 5700XT, the old system now runs as a dedicated Plex server :)
Your good still man
@@imishig omagad man that configuration is fire.
Still better Than my i3 7th gen and no graphics card. Tho u should be fine with 40 FPS low gaming. Save up for something like a i7 9th gen and rtx 3070
Oh just realised I’m late lol
I'm finally "upgrading" my 12 year old PC. I had a pre built Dell desktop (Dual core Athlon 64 X2) that I maxed out with upgrades its mobo could support. Although, the PC still runs well, I'm constantly running out of memory for my applications. My new build is based on a nearly 4 year old platform though (Skylake). With mostly used parts, but the price was good.
great job on the build you really found a nice gem. invest min 240 tho on ssd more free cells=faster speeds over time and you can comfortably keep drivers for quick access and a few games :)
I'm using an optiplex with a i7 2600 and a 1060 it's a great combo
I have dell optiplex 990.
Also a i7 2600.
GPU is Amd R9 Nano
4x4 Kingston HyperX Genesis Ddr3.
@@aistisbickus 4x4? you mean 4x4GB kit?
Optiplex 7020 here, 16gb ram. I7 4790, ssd for boot and just a 1050 for GPU (psu limitations...)
I'm in it for right at $310
@@swagmaster-vn2dx Yes. 16Gb total.
@@Beary98 upgrade psu and get an rx 580
Thank you Bitwit! Because of this video, I was able to breathe life into an old PC I came across.
Dell prebuilt
Intel DP55KG Extreme Series Motherboard
Core i7 860 2.8Ghz
Nvidia GTX 760 (added $50)
Western Digital Blue 1TB
PNY 240GB SSD (added $30)
G. Skill RipJaws X 16GB (4 x4GB) RAM at 1600mhz (added $35)
2.4Ghz Wireless Card (added $10)
Dell 650W PSU
Total spent: $125 (PC was free)
With Overwatch being the game I play the most, I get 60 FPS on Medium settings no problem!
Again, thank you Bitwit for this video!
that's impressive considering the cpu... an i7 860? You sure?
CringeLord4000 yup. In fact, since then, I’ve upgraded the cooler (CoolerMaster GT V6), gpu (EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB), and case (Thermaltake Level 10 GT). Now I can run Overwatch (High), Warzone (Medium), Forza Horizon 4 (Med-High), RE2/3 Remake (High), GTAV (High), League (Ultra), and DJMAX RESPECT V (High). Just gotta be able to find the right deals.
@KorinXploits yeah man, that sounds like you put some money into it like I did. Did you watch this video as well? How does it perform?
@KorinXploits That's awesome to hear man. Yeah, I definitely would've changed out the thermal as well. Maybe consider upgrading your cooler to something that can handle more heat
That nvidia is 50 bucks was it worth it
Same thing here. Someone upgraded an office and gave me a Vostro 270. We put EVGA 500 PSU, HD 5870 graphics, and eight gigs of ram. Nice little starter gaming pc. And cheap for those that can't afford the latest and greatest
@Bitwit i added gtx 980, had to remove hdd cages, but not using it anyway. sata ports on motherbord is overlaped by gpu, and on 1 cornered connector can be connected, i using it for 1tb 960 evo ssd
Be careful with those Dell power supplies. This one looks OK but often Dell and HP use custom power supplies and they may be undersized.
Check the case and see if there is space for an additional fan. If there is, add a fan.
My preferred cards for upgrading these systems are the GTX 750 Ti, GTX 1050, and 1050 Ti (I don't recommend the GTX 1650 for anyone). These are capable cards that blow away the integrated graphics, but draw little power.
The best thing about adding SSDs is you can stick them anywhere in the case and continue to use the hard drive bays. I literally hot-glued one to the side of the case so I could continue using both hard drive bays for storage.
The other good idea for an upgrade is a memory card reader.
All this is dependent on connections available on the motherboard.
just make a mount in the bottom of the case under the gpu, then duct it to the gpu, vardboard,clue/paper will be fine and cheap as it is cheaper and quieter than a fan
Could probably have stuck to 12Gb of memory to save some more.
Otherwise, a nice budget build!
it would be able to run dual channel then too, 2x2gb and 2x4bg in those slots would run dual. we refurb those machines at work, we set them up that way all the time
Josh Hust That is correct! I thought of that too but I wasn’t really sure :)
Didn't hear it mentioned, or see in the transcript incase I missed it, that there are also adapters that can be used for installing a solid state drive into a hard drive bay. My acrylic case only has 5.25" drive bays, so I had to go even further, and start with adapters just to install a hard drive. Until this coming weekend, when I move everything into their new chassis, I have an adapter for an SSD, connected to an adapter for an HDD, installed in a 5.25" drive bay.
I wish I would've come across this video a few weeks ago! I just did a similar build with an old PC from my business. Same Dell case, but mine was only an i3 and only has 2 RAM slots. I already have 8GB of RAM which the documentation says is the max, but I've read that people have put 16GB in and it works, so I may do that if RAM turns out to be a bottle neck. I was in a bit naive and ordered an i7 on ebay not realizing that even though socket was the same, the Dell motherboard doesn't support Ivy Bridge, so I got an Intel DH61CR board for like $20. I did a little custom fabrication and ripped the HDD mounts out to make room for an AMD R9 390. Didn't need the HDD mounts anyways with the SDD. I had to flash the BIOS on the motherboard to the latest version to get the graphics card to work, boy that was a POS to troubleshoot. I also had to upgrade the PSU.
I read the R9 390 can get pretty hot and I didn't think the one fan on the back would be enough so I fabricated an exhaust fan mount for the side of the case and another for 2 intake fans at the front of the PC where the HDD mount was.
The only thing I bought new was the PSU and the fans. All in all I spent about $350 and this thing rips. It's quite the sleeper build and was a ton of fun building.
When you have all this mis-matched ram, does it run dual channel? I guess I would have bought 3 DDR3 X 4GB sticks, and sold or kept the 2 GB for spares.
my pc is older than that.
Intel core 2 duo 3ghz
4gb ddr2 ram
AMD Radeon HD 5450 1GB
actually my entire setup cost me less than the pc you just built (and its got 2 monitors)
@@NovaPog37 sadly your setup is completely outdated, id say minimum is sandy bridge i5 or xeon equivalent.
@@NovaPog37 dual core 3GHz? Is that a E8400? That was my rig for a long ass time too. If you ever want to upgrade for cheap, check if your motherboard is compatible with Xeons and then go look on ebay for a modded E5450 or X5450 (it has to be modded for the LGA775 socket). Then you do the BIOS update to get the extra Xeon instruction sets. You get a quad core at 3.0 GHz for really cheap, I got mine running with 8 gigs of RAM on Windows 7 and runs great.
That's the same as the computers at my school except no gpu
@@ChucksSEADnDEAD How about core 2 quad s775 processors? Would it work? Let's say my motherboard does not accept mod Xeon cpu
Those quad core Ivy and Sandy Bridge chips are still rolling hard 7 years later. I have 2 Ivy systems, a 3210m laptop and a e3 1230v2 desktop. I recently checked out the i7 3740qm for my laptop and compared some passmark scores to newer chips. It is right there with chips like the 7700hq and 6700hq. I can see those Ivy and Sandy chips lasting several more years if all you are doing is 1080p 60 gaming. Just keep throwing new mid range GPUs in the PCIe slot and you are set.
Well, adding a GPU to second hand business PC for gaming was something I used to do roughly 7 or 8 years ago. It was a HP DC7800 SFF and an AMD card. I could not recall what exactly was the card but it had to be something low profile. Heck I even bought an intel SSD which was fairly expensive then and loaded Ubuntu on it (cos Windows XP doesn't work well with SSDs). But I also had to keep the original copy of XP on HDD for playing games. The PC's cpu was boasting with its 1333FSB being the top of the line of 65nm Core 2 Duo's. You can always trust in these business desktops, they are really solid built.
i loaded this video like, oh i hope he does the whole video in his LYLE accent, literally all of my Chinese friends laugh and love it, then he did it at the end of the video, satisfied.
remember rgb always gives more fps
got this same one 4 years later still pretty good!
This is the first pc i've ever had... I remember getting it from my school as a gift, it was my favourite, I remember i was addicted to Left 4 dead and half life 2 deathmatch, also CS source, good old days
12:27 " it's not pretty, it kinda looks like my butt hole" 😂😂😂
beauty is in the eye of the beholder...
Yeah. The brown eye lmao
So he's shitting PC Parts?
I LOL'd. I was not expecting that.🤣
The pc BEFORE the upgrades was still faster than my current laptop
Yaboiandrew same
Yikes. That's gotta suck.
my PC still uses ddr2
Same man
But then again, that PC doesn't come with a monitor, mouse and keyboard.
My kind of PC-building. Nice vid!
i haven't changed my gaming rig, for quite a while, granted i hardly game nowadays, especially something demanding.
it was close to this - i5 3570k, 8gigs ram, but it had 660ti. the ti went down last year i believe, so i changed it with 1060, and recently i got another 4 gigs with the same speed from another pc from my brother in law. so it now have 12 gigs.
i won't say it's complete beast :D but i'm still playing comfortably.
it's surprising how well such old system is holding, with just a few minor upgrades.
I had this exact pc with an I5-2400 on stock graphics and 7 months later.. the dell PSU blew up😂
I left a comment regarding my concern for Dell power supplies. The bigger problem is sometimes you can't upgrade them due to proprietary format.
@@AtomicAJ74 Just buy an adapter and replace it with something a tad bit better, you can find them dirt cheap on ebay
psu don't care if it's mounted crooked.. just saying..
@@emperorSbraz What do you mean? What's proprietary is the motherboard connector, you need an adapter to connect a regular PSU to the motherboard...
You just made me upgrade my PC , so thank you very much.😁😁😁
*_I have a silver Optiplex 7010. sff. I love it, but it was so slow. [fyi: I'm not a gamer] So, we have these stores in Ireland & the UK named "CEX" that sell every part for your PC, iPhones, iPods, Xbox, etc, all 2nd hand, perfect working order with 24month warranty. So I got a new SSD online, a 2nd hand i5 3440. Cloned my HDD using the free version of EASEUS & use my SSD as C drive, with all my library directed to E: HDD. Spent $55 overall & my beautiful little workhorse is better than new. This was my first time using an SSD. I really taught it was too good to be true but now we can buy a 240GB Toshiba SSD for $30 with a warranty, I had to try it. OMG, ITS LIKE USING A NEW PC. I love it. Thank you CEX for been an amazing chain of stores for anyone who loves anything electric, from PC,s, laptops, tablets, phones to earphones/Buds, etc. They have it all_*
That's really interesting. I didn't think that the 570 would boost performance that much. I appreciate budget builds, and this hits that mark. Great job, kept it simple and informative.
Vs the Intel HD 4000, the 570 is a beast GPU. Back in 2012, the HD 4000 was shit and today it is virtually useless for gaming. I don't even think it supports DX11 games let alone 12. The 570 by comparison to 2012 GPUs would have been one of the best single GPU cards out right up there with the OG Titan.
With those parts, that's not much like a console killer. A solid state drive and a power supply replacement would be recommended to make it qualify for a console killer.
I really love your "Screw with confidence" T-shirt!
Holy shit i didn't even realize that's what it said. Now I need one too.
Hey Bitwit, just wanted to say thanks for your build videos. I just did my first processor install on my own and wouldn't have felt half as comfortable if I hadn't watched your videos. Thanks buddy.
Still have a tower with intel core 2 duo processor and a decent mobo, just chillin in our basement. Thinking of reviving, but I have to check out what the mobo can do a bit more. Good project for 2020 or 2021. :)