I love builds like these. It's cool because you never expect an HP SFF office PC to play Cyberpunk at over 60 FPS. Something I've always wanted to do is make a build like this, but put a custom loop in it.
custom loop? That would be pricier than the whole build and totally pointless cause the 7700 sadly has the multiplier locked, if it was the 7700K, then delidding and going extreme cooling for max OC it would still be a fine PC though it's still very far from catching a much weaker 13th gen Intel I3 which is just massively better and with much less wattage than a full OC 7700K😕
@@guily6669 Dude, if you look at this build and think "it would only be worth it if the 7700 was unlocked and de-lidded with liquid metal" than man, this might not be the form factor for you. (or the source PC for you... it's a used factory OEM office PC) A sleeper is entirely for aesthetic, spending money on unexpected internals is literally the entire point.
@@dylanherron3963 but still what's the point of a custom Waterloop on something that will never need it and won't make a difference... I thought a sleeper is supposed to be "something" that is crazy high performance hidden\disguised as something looking so much worse. Also even if this PC had a 7700K would still be a pretty normal thing cause there have always been both I5\I7 K on a bit more expensive office PCs and it's not like even a fully OC one will be much of a "sleeper" PC cause it can't even get close to some of the worse current intel 13th gen I3 on a even uglier office PC case LOL... In fact this won't even get close to the current latest APU's like AMD Ryzen 6800U that go in handheld form factor at least in CPU performance... Ps: what I mean is the custom water cooler should be used on really hot, high wattage chips or for going maximum OC which is exactly the point of a unlocked CPU.
My daughter is using a HP Prodesk with a i5-9500, 16gb ram and a Rx 6400. I'm using an Acer Aspire xc-1660g with an i3-10105, 32gb of ram and an RTX a2000. Both work great for the budget.
I picked up a G3 a couple months ago and dropped an i7-7700k I had and a Zotac gt1030 in it and even that configuration is snappy and good for lower spec gaming. I've been really impressed. Recently found that these were made in a tower form factor as well which I believe would accommodate a full height card.
If you want a PC like this but want to be able to put a bigger graphics card into it for more performance or to save costs, I'd recommend going for the mini tower version, it is bigger but it's about the same price as the SFF version but it's still very sleek at least to me
@@BaneGamesOfficial There are higher bracket GPUs that don't need PCIE connectors that would fit in a mini tower but definitely wouldn't fit in this system because of the GPU being too tall
Would definitely like to see higher end emulation. Seems like it would be a great rig to put in an Arcade cabinet if it can handle most emulation software.
My PC i've been using for around 6 years now is kinda similar to this one actually. I have the exact same CPU, my GTX 1070 was only slightly better than this one (I have a 2060S now), I didn't even put my emulators on my m.2 I put them on my hard drive, the only upgrade I can see here is that I have 16GB of DDR4 instead of 8. Every emulator runs perfect including RPCS3, Xenia, and Yuzu. So if the PC runs like mine does I can see it handling emulation no problem.
@@RejectedGalaxy I'm looking to upgrade my rig specifically for RPCS3. I was leaning more towards an i7 8700 for the higher core count. Does the 7700 have issues with any games?
@@PacketWrangler tbh I still think that cpu is too old-slow for higher end emulation. I have a 7700 and it´s not great, then again I also only have a gtx1050
One can hope. That's a neutral statement by the way. The stuff on Ebay now, is from business upgrades or business reductions in force. The stuff will be sold, whether you think the reasons why are good or bad. I bought a used SteelCase Office chair from an outfit had a warehouse that looked like the one in one of the Indiana Jones movies. It was huge, full of used office furniture.
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In my country 6th gen to 9th gen used CPU are still pretty pricey right now. But Haswell ones are pretty cheap, buy the empty (only mobo + PSU + CPU cooler + case) for 30$ then add 40$ for an i7 4770, 25$ for 16GB RAM, and 80$ for a low profile RX 550 4GB. BOOM, sub 200$ PC that can handle newer games (not RTX A2000 though, that's still around 380$ here lol) Wish we could get parts cheaper than the US as our buying power are pretty crap as minimum wage on big cities are just below 350$ lmao
that a2000 is really impressive. i was thinking a 1660 ti for the price would be better but the a2000 pretty much beats its out, call me pleasantly surprised
@@AlteredCarbons I’ve been tempted to stuff an A2000 into an NFC S4T build, but I’m not sure if things like Dolby/DTS audio or HDMI VRR are possible through DP adapters (both would be nice to have for a living room/HTPC). I found a cable that claims to support DP FreeSync to HDMI VRR conversion, but I have yet to buy or test it
And if You let MSI afterburner to test it with the overclocking scanner (takes around half an hour) it will squeeze out 5-6% more performance in the factory power envelope. You save it to a profile and just load it when You need a bit more performance 😉
@@Nor_Bee thats what i did for my 1660 ti heh, lasted through the covid crisis. i just upgraded to a 6700 xt. setup in undervolt and over clock. things a beast. i honestly dont like nvidia's price gouging so i let them know with my wallet this time
It's totally normal cause it's mostly GPU power in there... at least for 1080P a lot of games can't even push that GPU to the max, like having 60% use only on some games because of lack of CPU+ram combo 😕 The problem of such builds are always the 1% lows and micro stuttering which might get annoying, the avg FPS should always be fine cause most games don't really push physics to the next level for almost a decade sadly...
@@rafshkim I could be wrong,but I think he said he planned for it to be a non x CPU, but when he booted it up there was a 5600x installed. I only remember because he was worried about power consumption.
if it makes you feel better, the one i ordered from the link was defective and i had to return it. someone else in these comments also got a defective card from them.
I have the i5 7500 version hooked up to my 32" wide-screen Sony Trinitron CRT TV. Absolutely love it, run all my emulators @ 240p with it. Also watching movies on it is awesome. Great little machines.
@@HunterTinsley Ultimate Scart adapter. VGA to Scart, essentially, then a Radeon 5450 running CRT emudriver. A bit of a pain to set up but extremely worth it. 15khz 240p Retroarch is truly awesome.
I found a Dell 3880 mini atx 10th Gen i3, stock at a thrift store, out of box it had a 200w power supply with no 6 or 8 pin GPU dongle so I did some digging and found a factory fit Dell 500w power supply with a 6/8 pin and slipped it in there to add a dedicated GPU. I added a m.2 SSD, 16gb 3200 DDR4 and a RX 5600. It runs rather well, does 1080p like a boss and even some games do well at 1440p. Love tuning these little machines like this I have a pair of mini HP Slim 260-p026 that I maxed out and added low profile RX 550 4GB cards and they do rather well for a Roblox/Minecraft box for my youngest kiddo.
What’s funny is this is what the postal service uses and we are currently upgrading to laptops. There will be thousands of these up for resale any time man. The postal service has them with 16 or 32 gb of ram depending on the model we have.
I'm not a modern gamer. I have a $300 Acer laptop that does EVERYTHING I need, and for retro gaming, I have a Rasp Pi 3b+ running RetroPi on a 7" monitor, and a Retro Pocket 3 for gaming on the go (there's also an old Pocket Go handheld with a 2.4" screen I keep in the car for days when I have a lot of waiting to do. Time passes faster playing Super Mario World.) . It's all I need and does everything... Watching your videos has me on the verge of buying a mini pc and a 24" monitor, and using my Monster S300 for sound... I don't NEED it, but it just seems so damn cool. Will I ever play AAA games? Probably not. Almost guaranteed not. PS2 is about the height of my gaming aspirations, so I can relive the thrill of playing Shadows of the Colossus, or try Hollow Knight to get my Metroidvania fix. But thanks to these videos, all I can think about is how much better doing that would be on a Minisforum or Beelink mini computer sitting discreetly beside a crisp monitor. So thanks for that... a new fixation has entered the building.
I have made a hard turn in my gaming preferences recently. Instead of going for the best of the best all of the time, I have favored performance/watt. My main rig is a 13700k, 64GB RAM, and a 4080. My watt meter says my system takes 710 watts at the max, I can only assume that is a chunk of my electric bill. When you said this system takes 180 watts, that was an uppercut because my average load while in game on my 4080 alone is in the 250-ish watt range with a peak max that I have seen of 300. I am ready to take a slight downgrade in performance for massive power savings.
I don't suggest the Dell SFF systems past the xx10 series since they put the x16 slot right next to the PSU, so the A2000 wouldn't fit. HP has some of the best SFF systems and the Z240 is a little better option than this 800 G3 if you can find it about the same price since it has a better PSU, and I think they look a bot better too. And from the looks of it, that 7700 needs a delid.
I ran into this problem with the Optiplex 7060 and 5060 and also the HP Prodesk 600 G4. There's only a single full sized x16 slot and it can only fit a single width card due to the position of the PS. They started to do this with the 8th gen Intel SFF cases - which is one gen later than the PC in the video. It does work if the PS is taken out of the case, with a little bending of the metal and using no bracket whatsover.
I’d be cautious running these power supplies at more than 145 W for extended periods of time. These machines were not designed to run that high, and 145 W is 80% of the rating of the PSU. I don’t have a lot of experience with these SFF Office gaming builds, but use caution.
To be fair he's been doing these SFF builds for several years now. If there was ever an issue, then he would've brought it up by now. Especially when he's the one with more experience with them.
I just want to add - the 800 G4 (the next version of this) has a platinum rated 250w PSU. So you shouldn't reach that 80% threshold under pretty much any circumstance
I'll never forget the old Pentium 4 Dell Optiplex. Those things ran so hot it was like a hot hair dryer blowing and sounded like it too. We had so many of those just start blowing hot smoke because the insides were literally frying. Once you opened them up you could see melted caps on the motherboard and inside the psu. Hated those P4 Optiplexes.
We really do get shafted here in the UK. The A2000 is way, way more expensive here. Even the old office PC's the sellers here want too much money for them most of the time. 😕
Attention: 180watt is what it can pull maximal not what it can provide to the system .. usually you Wang to have your PSU significant bigger because the best yield is usually at 50% capacity.. Moreover, other parts like voltage regulators ram and chipset drives etc po (it adds up) also consuming power
I just want to add - the 800 G4 (the next version of this) has a platinum rated 250w PSU. So you shouldn't reach that 80% threshold under pretty much any circumstance
Thank you @ETAPRIME, I've followed your channel for years and I finally put this build together! I was lucky, I managed to find a seller who had the PC with 32gb RAM already installed and another seller who had the GPU 12gb version for just over £200 delivered. Playing RDR2 on a mix of high/ultra settings at 1080 resolution is a massive upgrade from playing it on my Beelink Ser5 Pro, which is still a great system for emulation and travel. Keep making great content 👍🏻
I just got a a2000 from the exact link you have in this video. It came from Virginia, and it came with the high profile GPU bracket, and the low profile GPU bracket! I had a low profile gpu bracket 3d printed from a family member, and didn't even have to use it!
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Thanks, I can't believe I will be able to give my old PC a second wind by just changing the GPU, I was about to give up on it and wait until the end of the year to get another one.
I have one with a i5-7700. Use it for Jellyfin. Works very well, so far (only had it a week now). I'm kinda hooked on these small systems. Supposedly there is a 400watt psu, from HP, that'll fit in this system. I can't find one though.
You mention both an upgraded power supply and a source for the low profile bracket for the GPU. Can you provide links for those, please? Honestly, I am going to be looking for at the MTs as well. You can be more flexible in terms of graphics cards. I have a couple of 2060s laying around so this is one way I might go. But this would be a great little LINUX box as well.
Thankyou for mentioning the power consumption. I got one of these on eBay for a good price and plan to add a Rx 6400 which draws 53 watts. I was worried the 180 watts PSU wouldn't cut it.
If I go ahead and build one of these, I think I'll wait for the low profile bracket to turn up before buying the rest, just in case there is anything wrong with the GPU or computer! Thank you for uploading this info and sharing your knowledge!
A word of caution on these A2000s. I bought from the Amazon link in one of your original A2000 videos and while it wasn't completely DOA, it was clearly defective and had to be returned.
mine worked great, but not everyones experience is the same. Heed dc's words. Not everyone gets lucky. If you're buying one, buy one that has a warranty attached, or one that is used by a person on ebay (i know that sounds weird, but those have been used recently in real-world environments rather than a "quality check")
Man I swear I was just looking at one of that exact model of pc used at my local State Surplus property warehouse. They had a whole pallet of the things for thirty bucks each. Honestly as a carrier for a gpu you can't beat them.
The seller for the A2000's is not in China as stated in the video. The seller is the same on both eBay and Amazon and they are located in Powhatan, Virginia, United States.
I think he meant he ordered the low profile brackets from China, not the card. The card I ordered from Amazon (the link he posted) was defective so be warned. Someone else also in these comments bought from them and their card was defective. Your mileage may vary but I personally don't think the novelty is worth the hassle. Also this card doesn't support Geforce experience if that's something you like to use to tweak visuals.
I just got a 705 G4 based off an earlier video. Please make a video about the risks and what to check on these used pc. My first attempt had wet dirt in it, so they tried washing it out and didn't even remove the dirt so I could identify before it shorted. Second one ripped out the wifi chip and cabling.... Along with switching a good ssd for a cheapo. Also many of the advertised 2400ge chips are swapped for a 2400g which is a mixed bag of more performance for more heat. Lastly, I saw some videos where your performance was only around 7000 night raid, but on the same pc you would get nearly 13000 just by switching to dual channel memory which is cheap.
Man these r fantastic....considering my budget at the moment this seems perfect for me....since i just want to play some old pc games anyways as i own a ps5 and xbox series s....this is perfect for me
ETA Prime, what a coincidence, i just bought one of these like a month a go, but did not get it until like 2 weeks ago! This has never happened before, where you are reviewing a device that I also just purchased! I already have an i7-7700 cpu and two other mother boards! When I finish my set-up, I will send you pics and specs to get your opinion and suggestions to make my little ultimate gaming set-up even better! Keep up the good work!! 😎🔥❤️💯💰🌎📱💻
Its nice to see a GPU like the RTX A2000 be available for so cheap. Because this is an entry level workstation card (like the Quadro cards). It is a little slow, but it's so inexpensive, I would rather have this than RTX 3060 in my Video editing rig, Since it is much more optimised for that work. Honestly, with this card, you can make a rather pocket friendly and super reliable workstation for video editing and VFX. It won't be fast, but it would be more stable and VFX/ editing softwares would be more stable
I had this PC with 8th gen i5 and rx6400 low profile. It was struggling to play things at 1080p low/med settings so I sold the GPU. Glad to know there's a more powerful low profile GPU out there!
that's an incredibile GPU, the only problem is that where I'm from, the a2000 is ~ $430 second hand and the RTX 3050 is $200 brand new so it's really not worh it. I'm trying to put togheder a Dell 7040 i7 6700, pared with a 1050ti , 16gb of dd4 ram and an NVMe drive for a total of $217.
@@mangopussi9432 that's an ok price for the GPU. If you want an unclean setup you could get rx580 for same price and use external psu. Though it's kind of a risk
there's even a single slot version of that card which would of course fit in even more cases. there's also a 12 gb model becasue these were originally sold as professonal cards
We had a lot of these at work. We had a rash of them with motherboard issues, but likely it it's made it through a few years and onto the second-hand market those have been weeded out.
i have this same pc, and i was wondering if i could put an itx 1070 in here? i know i need a new psu but i really dont want to drop 220 on the a2000 when a 1070 is similar in performance yet only 75 dollars used
You can get Windows 11 on 7th gen and lower processors, there are videos about that on TH-cam. I wouldn't recommend upgrading now though. Windows 11 isn't a great OS so far, and has more bugs and issues than 10.
I also bought the same A2000 GPU. Eventhough mine have the high bracket....it also came with an extra low bracket. I just change it in order to fit in my Optiplex 7040
When a PSU is rated for 180Watt, that's the max, output, not input. So 178 Watt pulled from the wall is kinda close, but even with a 90% efficiency, you'd still have a whooping 20 Watts of headroom.
used this for reference to build my computer, i accidentally got a PC with a I-7 6700 and by the time i saw this the costs of the A2000 has raised in price, so i settled for a RTX 2070. The tower didnt have the same power supply so i had to buy one that had the connectors to power the card. but i got it with 32gb ram and a 1TB SSD so not too bad.
My RTX a2000 came with a low profile bracket on the side that I could install it was frustrating when buying this because the reviews said it didn't come with one so I ended up buying from China and now I have two low profile brackets not worth returning so if anyone wants one reply to this comment and I can add you to the discord and then send it to you
😱😱😱😱😱 I was asking for this!! Thx 🙇 Edit: I have a project planned for this case 😍 Gonna turn it into an amazing console/pc/htpc 😁 with BigBox as opening!
I picked up the EliteDesk 800 G3 i7-6700 and threw in a GTX 1650 low profile. That's my kids gaming PC. They got a boot drive upgrade to NVME from my old Gen 3 and 2x8gb ddr4 3200 (i know it can't use it at that speed) ram that I upgraded
It'll perform very well. It's granted that if that PC can run any modern triple A game like Spider Man: Miles Morades, it can definitely play any higher end emulator with great performance results.
@@kirle5455 any display port labeled ++ should be pretty much indistinguishable from HDMI with respect to audio and video. You won't get arc or cec, but that's one of the compromises you make for saving a buck by buying used parts.
Playnite set to boot up in fullscreen mode with Windows, the 8th gen variant of this PC and the A2000 combo, hooked up to a 75" 4k TV at the living room with all games utilizing fsr and dlss. That's the way.
Yeah, I wish I had known before hand but ETA said you could use a Dell SFF optiplex but the 7050 I bought will not fit the RTXA2000 so I'm left with either getting a new case and moving all the components over or getting an HP.
you know you must worry if CPU usage about the same with the GPU usage, but yeah if you're on budget, sure this is good deal that you can get around $500-$600 in total
So this turned out way better than expected, if you want to see anything else running in this budget rig let me know
elden ring or hogwarts legacy would be nice
single slot 6400 lp plz
Does this have a video encoder?
ps3 resistance the fall of man
Emulation?
Excellent combo. This is honestly my favorite kind of PC. $200-300, Used, amazing value, plays basically anything.
where are we getting these gpu. The cheapest 6gb a2000 i can find in canada is $700
@@Gordond2009 ebay
@@theinktician at that point what
at that point just get a 30 series card, i think he meant
@@enriquedossantos3283 still waiting on that 30 series LP card....
This is what I have been dreaming of for years, a small form desktop PC with actual RTX discrete graphics!
I love builds like these. It's cool because you never expect an HP SFF office PC to play Cyberpunk at over 60 FPS. Something I've always wanted to do is make a build like this, but put a custom loop in it.
Snoozy little sleeper, sleepers are the best
custom loop? That would be pricier than the whole build and totally pointless cause the 7700 sadly has the multiplier locked, if it was the 7700K, then delidding and going extreme cooling for max OC it would still be a fine PC though it's still very far from catching a much weaker 13th gen Intel I3 which is just massively better and with much less wattage than a full OC 7700K😕
@@guily6669 Dude, if you look at this build and think "it would only be worth it if the 7700 was unlocked and de-lidded with liquid metal" than man, this might not be the form factor for you. (or the source PC for you... it's a used factory OEM office PC) A sleeper is entirely for aesthetic, spending money on unexpected internals is literally the entire point.
@@dylanherron3963 but still what's the point of a custom Waterloop on something that will never need it and won't make a difference...
I thought a sleeper is supposed to be "something" that is crazy high performance hidden\disguised as something looking so much worse.
Also even if this PC had a 7700K would still be a pretty normal thing cause there have always been both I5\I7 K on a bit more expensive office PCs and it's not like even a fully OC one will be much of a "sleeper" PC cause it can't even get close to some of the worse current intel 13th gen I3 on a even uglier office PC case LOL...
In fact this won't even get close to the current latest APU's like AMD Ryzen 6800U that go in handheld form factor at least in CPU performance...
Ps: what I mean is the custom water cooler should be used on really hot, high wattage chips or for going maximum OC which is exactly the point of a unlocked CPU.
Thats kinda redundant lol
My daughter is using a HP Prodesk with a i5-9500, 16gb ram and a Rx 6400. I'm using an Acer Aspire xc-1660g with an i3-10105, 32gb of ram and an RTX a2000. Both work great for the budget.
I picked up a G3 a couple months ago and dropped an i7-7700k I had and a Zotac gt1030 in it and even that configuration is snappy and good for lower spec gaming. I've been really impressed. Recently found that these were made in a tower form factor as well which I believe would accommodate a full height card.
If you get creative you can make room for a full size card
Useless build, you could have just bought a Ryzen apu instead of a garbage 1030 🤣
how hard is it to replace the GPU so you could use a regular full size gpu?
If you want a PC like this but want to be able to put a bigger graphics card into it for more performance or to save costs, I'd recommend going for the mini tower version, it is bigger but it's about the same price as the SFF version but it's still very sleek at least to me
Really depends If they come with a pcie cable on the power supply or not, most don't so thats why this card is a good option.
I recommend a dell precision tower, those pc are gigantic
You can also go with a nr200 with a matx mobo (gotta check that it fits vertically) then put a atx psu inside.
@@BaneGamesOfficial There are higher bracket GPUs that don't need PCIE connectors that would fit in a mini tower but definitely wouldn't fit in this system because of the GPU being too tall
@@lavadora8219 Lol dude that reminds me of when I built a gaming PC a couple years ago, I got a T7500 Dell Precision that thing was beyond massive
Would definitely like to see higher end emulation. Seems like it would be a great rig to put in an Arcade cabinet if it can handle most emulation software.
My PC i've been using for around 6 years now is kinda similar to this one actually. I have the exact same CPU, my GTX 1070 was only slightly better than this one (I have a 2060S now), I didn't even put my emulators on my m.2 I put them on my hard drive, the only upgrade I can see here is that I have 16GB of DDR4 instead of 8. Every emulator runs perfect including RPCS3, Xenia, and Yuzu. So if the PC runs like mine does I can see it handling emulation no problem.
@@RejectedGalaxy I'm looking to upgrade my rig specifically for RPCS3. I was leaning more towards an i7 8700 for the higher core count. Does the 7700 have issues with any games?
@@PacketWrangler tbh I still think that cpu is too old-slow for higher end emulation. I have a 7700 and it´s not great, then again I also only have a gtx1050
I picked up a Gen4 with an i7-8700. Thanks for the inspiration!
With over 150,000 tech workers TERMINATED so far this year, eBay should have lots and lots of late model PCs to choose from.
One can hope. That's a neutral statement by the way. The stuff on Ebay now, is from business upgrades or business reductions in force. The stuff will be sold, whether you think the reasons why are good or bad. I bought a used SteelCase Office chair from an outfit had a warehouse that looked like the one in one of the Indiana Jones movies. It was huge, full of used office furniture.
these are the type of builds i enjoy seeing, thanks for posting
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I got a little attachment with a hundred little flexi-tubes. Attaches straight to the pipe. Cheaper than air cans.
Building myself RTX A2000 4.1L build. Very impressed with its size
In my country 6th gen to 9th gen used CPU are still pretty pricey right now.
But Haswell ones are pretty cheap, buy the empty (only mobo + PSU + CPU cooler + case) for 30$ then add 40$ for an i7 4770, 25$ for 16GB RAM, and 80$ for a low profile RX 550 4GB.
BOOM, sub 200$ PC that can handle newer games (not RTX A2000 though, that's still around 380$ here lol)
Wish we could get parts cheaper than the US as our buying power are pretty crap as minimum wage on big cities are just below 350$ lmao
that a2000 is really impressive. i was thinking a 1660 ti for the price would be better but the a2000 pretty much beats its out, call me pleasantly surprised
Basically a 3050 at half the power consumption. Just shows how efficient Ampere can be with top binned parts.
@@SirSethery yeah. honestly i might get one just for a build like above for a bedroom pc for mostly emulation level's and some cultured video's
@@AlteredCarbons
I’ve been tempted to stuff an A2000 into an NFC S4T build, but I’m not sure if things like Dolby/DTS audio or HDMI VRR are possible through DP adapters (both would be nice to have for a living room/HTPC). I found a cable that claims to support DP FreeSync to HDMI VRR conversion, but I have yet to buy or test it
And if You let MSI afterburner to test it with the overclocking scanner (takes around half an hour) it will squeeze out 5-6% more performance in the factory power envelope. You save it to a profile and just load it when You need a bit more performance 😉
@@Nor_Bee thats what i did for my 1660 ti heh, lasted through the covid crisis. i just upgraded to a 6700 xt. setup in undervolt and over clock. things a beast. i honestly dont like nvidia's price gouging so i let them know with my wallet this time
Great video! I love it when people bring new life to old hardware. The FPS numbers are actually impressive.
It's totally normal cause it's mostly GPU power in there... at least for 1080P a lot of games can't even push that GPU to the max, like having 60% use only on some games because of lack of CPU+ram combo 😕
The problem of such builds are always the 1% lows and micro stuttering which might get annoying, the avg FPS should always be fine cause most games don't really push physics to the next level for almost a decade sadly...
I hate this guy. He makes actually want to downgrade my system, just to have something similar. ;-)
I feel the same way when he does the small builds. The a2000/5600x build was awesome.
@@M4rio21 wasn’t it just a normal 5600? A 5600x would be unnecessarily pricier.
@@rafshkim I could be wrong,but I think he said he planned for it to be a non x CPU, but when he booted it up there was a 5600x installed. I only remember because he was worried about power consumption.
@@M4rio21 ah ok. must have missed that part.
if it makes you feel better, the one i ordered from the link was defective and i had to return it. someone else in these comments also got a defective card from them.
I have the i5 7500 version hooked up to my 32" wide-screen Sony Trinitron CRT TV. Absolutely love it, run all my emulators @ 240p with it. Also watching movies on it is awesome. Great little machines.
What do you output to the CRT? Mini display to scart?
@@HunterTinsley Ultimate Scart adapter. VGA to Scart, essentially, then a Radeon 5450 running CRT emudriver. A bit of a pain to set up but extremely worth it. 15khz 240p Retroarch is truly awesome.
When you get that low profile bracket in, make sure you do a video on how to install it.
I found a Dell 3880 mini atx 10th Gen i3, stock at a thrift store, out of box it had a 200w power supply with no 6 or 8 pin GPU dongle so I did some digging and found a factory fit Dell 500w power supply with a 6/8 pin and slipped it in there to add a dedicated GPU.
I added a m.2 SSD, 16gb 3200 DDR4 and a RX 5600.
It runs rather well, does 1080p like a boss and even some games do well at 1440p.
Love tuning these little machines like this I have a pair of mini HP Slim 260-p026 that I maxed out and added low profile RX 550 4GB cards and they do rather well for a Roblox/Minecraft box for my youngest kiddo.
What’s funny is this is what the postal service uses and we are currently upgrading to laptops. There will be thousands of these up for resale any time man. The postal service has them with 16 or 32 gb of ram depending on the model we have.
5:00 Upgrades
I just bought a hp G4 800 with a
i7-8700
Gtx 1080
32gb RAM
1TB ssd + 1TB hdd
500w
For $500. I’m praying it isn’t garbage. Comes in next week.
How is it bro
@@PIayboyNike pretty rad so far. especially for the price. fastest pc I’ve used personally even though it’s older hardware.
I'm not a modern gamer. I have a $300 Acer laptop that does EVERYTHING I need, and for retro gaming, I have a Rasp Pi 3b+ running RetroPi on a 7" monitor, and a Retro Pocket 3 for gaming on the go (there's also an old Pocket Go handheld with a 2.4" screen I keep in the car for days when I have a lot of waiting to do. Time passes faster playing Super Mario World.) . It's all I need and does everything...
Watching your videos has me on the verge of buying a mini pc and a 24" monitor, and using my Monster S300 for sound... I don't NEED it, but it just seems so damn cool.
Will I ever play AAA games? Probably not. Almost guaranteed not. PS2 is about the height of my gaming aspirations, so I can relive the thrill of playing Shadows of the Colossus, or try Hollow Knight to get my Metroidvania fix. But thanks to these videos, all I can think about is how much better doing that would be on a Minisforum or Beelink mini computer sitting discreetly beside a crisp monitor.
So thanks for that... a new fixation has entered the building.
YES! I have this exact same setup and it is running amazing!!!
I have made a hard turn in my gaming preferences recently. Instead of going for the best of the best all of the time, I have favored performance/watt. My main rig is a 13700k, 64GB RAM, and a 4080. My watt meter says my system takes 710 watts at the max, I can only assume that is a chunk of my electric bill. When you said this system takes 180 watts, that was an uppercut because my average load while in game on my 4080 alone is in the 250-ish watt range with a peak max that I have seen of 300. I am ready to take a slight downgrade in performance for massive power savings.
I don't suggest the Dell SFF systems past the xx10 series since they put the x16 slot right next to the PSU, so the A2000 wouldn't fit. HP has some of the best SFF systems and the Z240 is a little better option than this 800 G3 if you can find it about the same price since it has a better PSU, and I think they look a bot better too. And from the looks of it, that 7700 needs a delid.
I ran into this problem with the Optiplex 7060 and 5060 and also the HP Prodesk 600 G4. There's only a single full sized x16 slot and it can only fit a single width card due to the position of the PS. They started to do this with the 8th gen Intel SFF cases - which is one gen later than the PC in the video. It does work if the PS is taken out of the case, with a little bending of the metal and using no bracket whatsover.
I’d be cautious running these power supplies at more than 145 W for extended periods of time. These machines were not designed to run that high, and 145 W is 80% of the rating of the PSU.
I don’t have a lot of experience with these SFF Office gaming builds, but use caution.
To be fair he's been doing these SFF builds for several years now. If there was ever an issue, then he would've brought it up by now. Especially when he's the one with more experience with them.
a lot of times those SFF PCs have gold or even platinum rating power supplies, and they perform really well within whole power range
I just want to add - the 800 G4 (the next version of this) has a platinum rated 250w PSU. So you shouldn't reach that 80% threshold under pretty much any circumstance
I'll never forget the old Pentium 4 Dell Optiplex. Those things ran so hot it was like a hot hair dryer blowing and sounded like it too. We had so many of those just start blowing hot smoke because the insides were literally frying. Once you opened them up you could see melted caps on the motherboard and inside the psu. Hated those P4 Optiplexes.
We really do get shafted here in the UK. The A2000 is way, way more expensive here. Even the old office PC's the sellers here want too much money for them most of the time. 😕
Same, it's between 650-900 dollars here in Australia.
Attention:
180watt is what it can pull maximal not what it can provide to the system .. usually you Wang to have your PSU significant bigger because the best yield is usually at 50% capacity..
Moreover, other parts like voltage regulators ram and chipset drives etc po (it adds up) also consuming power
Yes. There is a "efficiency sweet spot". Why would this component power draw be a new thing when LPDDR and laptop components exist?
They are called losses.. id say at max it can deliver a somewhat pure voltage to about 153watt assuming its efficiency is 85%.
Agreed, watt pulled from PSU is not same as Watt provided to the system. But it can be use roughly. Probably the system only use 130-150w.
I just want to add - the 800 G4 (the next version of this) has a platinum rated 250w PSU. So you shouldn't reach that 80% threshold under pretty much any circumstance
Thank you @ETAPRIME, I've followed your channel for years and I finally put this build together! I was lucky, I managed to find a seller who had the PC with 32gb RAM already installed and another seller who had the GPU 12gb version for just over £200 delivered. Playing RDR2 on a mix of high/ultra settings at 1080 resolution is a massive upgrade from playing it on my Beelink Ser5 Pro, which is still a great system for emulation and travel. Keep making great content 👍🏻
I've had the exact same build for the last 6 months. It is really a decent setup.
Great video!!
Do you have problems with temps being high? I have one and it just seems to run hot. Wondering what changes if any you made to address yours.
I just got a a2000 from the exact link you have in this video. It came from Virginia, and it came with the high profile GPU bracket, and the low profile GPU bracket! I had a low profile gpu bracket 3d printed from a family member, and didn't even have to use it!
I like it. But the mini pcs have stolen my heart lols
Nice to see some low cost sff alternatives to the optiplexes (of which I already have two!)
Tip: I use an electric airmattress pump to dust out my PC. Those are cheap, easy to get and don't run out of air. Best way to do it without speninding much IMO.
I ended up buying those small PC's from HP, Dell and Lenovo, because they're dirt cheap and performs quite well.
I'm looking for a system that can run Baldurs Gate 3....I will look into this!!!
Damn nice. It really looks like a console (especially Xbox)
Welp, this appears to have shot up in price.
Thanks, I can't believe I will be able to give my old PC a second wind by just changing the GPU, I was about to give up on it and wait until the end of the year to get another one.
can you put a link on the low profile bracket you bought
i had to hop on the a2000 before it got crazy overpriced. this was the successor to the 1650 i was looking for!
I have one with a i5-7700. Use it for Jellyfin. Works very well, so far (only had it a week now). I'm kinda hooked on these small systems. Supposedly there is a 400watt psu, from HP, that'll fit in this system. I can't find one though.
The PNY T600 4G is also an alternative. Not as powerful, but under $300 new. I used one with an Acer Aspire i5-4460, and had great performance.
That's what I'm using with my old HP G2 i5 4590. Plays Hogwarts just fine.
11:20 that's really efficient
Would love to see a Batocera emulation build video on this. Xbox and PS2 ???
You mention both an upgraded power supply and a source for the low profile bracket for the GPU. Can you provide links for those, please? Honestly, I am going to be looking for at the MTs as well. You can be more flexible in terms of graphics cards. I have a couple of 2060s laying around so this is one way I might go. But this would be a great little LINUX box as well.
Don't use vacuums. Compressor at low pressure or blower generate less static.
Thankyou for mentioning the power consumption. I got one of these on eBay for a good price and plan to add a Rx 6400 which draws 53 watts. I was worried the 180 watts PSU wouldn't cut it.
Thank you for this video. I waited this video showing how an sff pc with that rtx a2000 would perform in games.
Say what?? You can buy legit windows keys through a 3rd party? Wow thats crazy. I've been cracking for so many years I never even considered that.
This is pure genius!
Remember: No vacuum on motherboard! keep it case-only to avoid major static discharge
Plastic nozzle doesn't make a difference?
Don't put your GPU in microwave oven.
If I go ahead and build one of these, I think I'll wait for the low profile bracket to turn up before buying the rest, just in case there is anything wrong with the GPU or computer! Thank you for uploading this info and sharing your knowledge!
The days of getting a cheap office PC and slapping a cheap low profile GPU in them have returned!
A word of caution on these A2000s. I bought from the Amazon link in one of your original A2000 videos and while it wasn't completely DOA, it was clearly defective and had to be returned.
Yea there's obviously a reason they're so cheap. A2000s do NOT sell for $250.
mine worked great, but not everyones experience is the same. Heed dc's words. Not everyone gets lucky. If you're buying one, buy one that has a warranty attached, or one that is used by a person on ebay (i know that sounds weird, but those have been used recently in real-world environments rather than a "quality check")
Man I swear I was just looking at one of that exact model of pc used at my local State Surplus property warehouse. They had a whole pallet of the things for thirty bucks each. Honestly as a carrier for a gpu you can't beat them.
Smartest guy on TH-cam
The seller for the A2000's is not in China as stated in the video. The seller is the same on both eBay and Amazon and they are located in Powhatan, Virginia, United States.
I think he meant he ordered the low profile brackets from China, not the card. The card I ordered from Amazon (the link he posted) was defective so be warned. Someone else also in these comments bought from them and their card was defective. Your mileage may vary but I personally don't think the novelty is worth the hassle. Also this card doesn't support Geforce experience if that's something you like to use to tweak visuals.
Just bought em both to power my pinball setup, cheaper than the mini PCs I was looking at, and way more capable!
I just got a 705 G4 based off an earlier video. Please make a video about the risks and what to check on these used pc. My first attempt had wet dirt in it, so they tried washing it out and didn't even remove the dirt so I could identify before it shorted. Second one ripped out the wifi chip and cabling.... Along with switching a good ssd for a cheapo. Also many of the advertised 2400ge chips are swapped for a 2400g which is a mixed bag of more performance for more heat.
Lastly, I saw some videos where your performance was only around 7000 night raid, but on the same pc you would get nearly 13000 just by switching to dual channel memory which is cheap.
Man these r fantastic....considering my budget at the moment this seems perfect for me....since i just want to play some old pc games anyways as i own a ps5 and xbox series s....this is perfect for me
ETA Prime, what a coincidence, i just bought one of these like a month a go, but did not get it until like 2 weeks ago! This has never happened before, where you are reviewing a device that I also just purchased! I already have an i7-7700 cpu and two other mother boards! When I finish my set-up, I will send you pics and specs to get your opinion and suggestions to make my little ultimate gaming set-up even better! Keep up the good work!! 😎🔥❤️💯💰🌎📱💻
Its nice to see a GPU like the RTX A2000 be available for so cheap. Because this is an entry level workstation card (like the Quadro cards). It is a little slow, but it's so inexpensive, I would rather have this than RTX 3060 in my Video editing rig, Since it is much more optimised for that work. Honestly, with this card, you can make a rather pocket friendly and super reliable workstation for video editing and VFX.
It won't be fast, but it would be more stable and VFX/ editing softwares would be more stable
I had this PC with 8th gen i5 and rx6400 low profile. It was struggling to play things at 1080p low/med settings so I sold the GPU. Glad to know there's a more powerful low profile GPU out there!
T-1000 is pretty decent too lmao. Can run forspoken at 20 fps lol and Warzone 2 at ultra settings no lag.
rx6400 is known to be a sh*t gpu. Like avoid like the plague. an rx5500 is better than an rx6400. or get an rx6500. Anything but the rx6400.
That A2000 is insane! Dude the performance out of this is incredible. 😮😅
that's an incredibile GPU, the only problem is that where I'm from, the a2000 is ~ $430 second hand and the RTX 3050 is $200 brand new so it's really not worh it. I'm trying to put togheder a Dell 7040 i7 6700, pared with a 1050ti , 16gb of dd4 ram and an NVMe drive for a total of $217.
Is the 7040 sff or tower
And how much did you use for the 1050ti?
@@badmingos it's SFF, the 1050 ti was $75 in my country
@@mangopussi9432 that's an ok price for the GPU. If you want an unclean setup you could get rx580 for same price and use external psu. Though it's kind of a risk
you did good imo
there's even a single slot version of that card which would of course fit in even more cases. there's also a 12 gb model becasue these were originally sold as professonal cards
We had a lot of these at work. We had a rash of them with motherboard issues, but likely it it's made it through a few years and onto the second-hand market those have been weeded out.
i have this same pc, and i was wondering if i could put an itx 1070 in here? i know i need a new psu but i really dont want to drop 220 on the a2000 when a 1070 is similar in performance yet only 75 dollars used
You won't get a reply from them
@@KeilDaBaker do you know if I'd be able to?
@@McBozo966 yes. He does another build almost identical with a different GPU. Save the money and get the 1070 long as it's a small factor card
Paying a little extra for an 8th gen might be worth it considering Windows 11 support, with Windows 10 EOL a little over 2 years away
You can get Windows 11 on 7th gen and lower processors, there are videos about that on TH-cam. I wouldn't recommend upgrading now though. Windows 11 isn't a great OS so far, and has more bugs and issues than 10.
@@hereis_Tiff but it's not officially supported and updates aren't guaranteed
@@davidabner8885 That's true. Somehow I don't see Microsoft 'locking out' users for using Win11 on a device with a 7th gen intel processor.
What is that dynamic desktop wallpaper you have?
I also bought the same A2000 GPU. Eventhough mine have the high bracket....it also came with an extra low bracket. I just change it in order to fit in my Optiplex 7040
Hi-Fi Rush looks so amazing and fun!!!!!!!! Gotta pick it up ASAP!!
When a PSU is rated for 180Watt, that's the max, output, not input. So 178 Watt pulled from the wall is kinda close, but even with a 90% efficiency, you'd still have a whooping 20 Watts of headroom.
i like the temperatures, this rtx is working on in such a small box
used this for reference to build my computer, i accidentally got a PC with a I-7 6700 and by the time i saw this the costs of the A2000 has raised in price, so i settled for a RTX 2070. The tower didnt have the same power supply so i had to buy one that had the connectors to power the card. but i got it with 32gb ram and a 1TB SSD so not too bad.
Pretty much the same machine with GT 1030. The 7700 are known for running very hot. But still able to play some RCPS3 games.
My RTX a2000 came with a low profile bracket on the side that I could install it was frustrating when buying this because the reviews said it didn't come with one so I ended up buying from China and now I have two low profile brackets not worth returning so if anyone wants one reply to this comment and I can add you to the discord and then send it to you
Do you have a link from where you ordered the low profile bracket?
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I was asking for this!!
Thx 🙇
Edit:
I have a project planned for this case 😍
Gonna turn it into an amazing console/pc/htpc 😁 with BigBox as opening!
new to the pc world... so stupid question, is the cpu upgrade able?
Yea just have a motherboard compatible
Can you please tell us where you got that wallpaper?! Looks amazing
I picked up the EliteDesk 800 G3 i7-6700 and threw in a GTX 1650 low profile. That's my kids gaming PC. They got a boot drive upgrade to NVME from my old Gen 3 and 2x8gb ddr4 3200 (i know it can't use it at that speed) ram that I upgraded
I would like to see how this would perform with an OEM Mini PC using an eGPU dock. It would be perfect for a mini PC build.
i really like your small form factor builds.
As other's have mentioned I would love to see higher end emulation on here.
It'll perform very well. It's granted that if that PC can run any modern triple A game like Spider Man: Miles Morades, it can definitely play any higher end emulator with great performance results.
One potential downside I see is that I like to use sff pc as media/emulator/console replacement so I like to have hdmi
You can always get an adapter for it idk how much they cost or how well they work though
@@Scornfull some functions do not work over adapters or work really bad, like audio, Ethernet, HDMI CEC, etc
@@kirle5455 any display port labeled ++ should be pretty much indistinguishable from HDMI with respect to audio and video. You won't get arc or cec, but that's one of the compromises you make for saving a buck by buying used parts.
which wallpaper was that? its awesome
just did a g4 build with an 8500 and an rx 6400. been playing everything i throw a it like a champ
7:40 that CPU is a little sweaty 😅 not hitting 4.2, like you mentioned earlier. I’d probably recommend a low profile noctua cooler
4.0GHz is the all core turbo. 4.2GHz is the single core turbo so it won't be hitting that at high loads no matter what cooler you have
Where did you order the bracket from, just curious. Also awesome video, planning building on of these for the living room for some decent gaming!
Playnite set to boot up in fullscreen mode with Windows, the 8th gen variant of this PC and the A2000 combo, hooked up to a 75" 4k TV at the living room with all games utilizing fsr and dlss. That's the way.
Yeah, I wish I had known before hand but ETA said you could use a Dell SFF optiplex but the 7050 I bought will not fit the RTXA2000 so I'm left with either getting a new case and moving all the components over or getting an HP.
Would love to see a full emulation video on this. 👍
you know you must worry if CPU usage about the same with the GPU usage,
but yeah if you're on budget, sure this is good deal that you can get around $500-$600 in total
The performance of the A2000 for the price is amazing!
Awesome video! Lets see how this does with high end emulation.
What is emulation performance on this like? Could it run switch games using yuzu with 2/3players at 1080p 60fps well?
Just found your channel. Definitely love your content. Keep it up! Subbed