There's a 12 YEAR OLD Graphics Card in Here? - Gear Up S2:E2
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Welcome to our Gear Up series! In this episode, we meet with Chris at the Houston, TX Micro Center to upgrade his old gaming PC! He's currently rockin' an Intel Core i5 3570K and GTX 650 Ti. Let's see what budget he wins and how he spends it!
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He said "stick around" instead of "stay with me"... Who are you and what have you done to Greg
Yeah I'm totally botching these intros 😅
@@GregSalazarYOU CANNOT JUST DO THAT. GIVE US BACK OUR GREG
@@GregSalazar yeah ok Alien!
Maybe he just saw Predator 😀
Hi, Robot Greg... is Organic Greg okay?
Travis might be my favorite winner so far. What a genuinely nice guy.
He should get an extra spin to upgrade the platform 😅
@@ILikeMetricMusic get a least a 5800x
yeah, so nice, replace your gpu with old junk for the video to get free new stuff, so genuine
@@maroszukaro9082 jealous much?
I was thinking the same thing, and he knows his way around a computer. His crimped wires were great: "I worked with what I had".
Upgrade that CPU to a 5600/5800X3D and that system is golden for year to come!
Yeah, I googled it and there is a test, the lows with a 5600 are even with the highs of a 3600. Even back to an RX6600XT.
That's what I thought, I think it was a better choice to go for the 5600X3D/5800X3D and a RX 6800 (XT). Probably the non XT.
@@glorfindel4945. Personally I would go with the rx6950xt and grab a used 5800x3d down the road. GPUs are still way overpriced and I think using the funds in that area is money better spent.
@@robertt9342 That might be good aswell, but he had it to spent in Microcenter (as was the purpose of that video)
@@glorfindel4945 ... yes, which is why grabbing the better gpu is the better investment in micro centre.
You make it sound like he can't upgrade the computer after leaving micro centre, which is silly.
I learned one of my pals is running a GTX745 and an i5-6400 system running 12GB DDR3. Albeit I can’t take him to a microcenter, this series inspired me to help him out by building him something new. Keep it up, Greg!
What are the plans for the new rig, im curious!
@@Muffin.Creationslittle sleeper build since he likes the office PC look! Ryzen 5 3600 on an Asrock AB350, 16GB 3200 MHz, GTX 1660, 1TB NVME w/ DRAM, and some Arctic F9s to fit the case. He doesn’t need anything too intensive, and he can upgrade the GPU down the road if need be. It’ll be better than booting on a hard drive and having to play everything on 900p or less that’s for sure!
Nice dude, are you picking up just about everything on the used market? What do you use? eBay or local pick up?
@@ThatDiabeticChemist local pickup for some parts, but I’m taking the 3600, the 500W PSU and the 1660 from my own stuff. The SSD and fans I ordered new. Everything else used.
Honestly that system besides the gpu is still pretty good. I would love to have those set up
2:29 Wheel of Compute. Also a suggestion for the show would be for the guests to run 3DMark (whatever the free version is) before coming on the show, then run 3DMark again after the upgrade. That would give use viewers some perspective of how big the upgrades are and which aspect got the most increase.
I know this is not the recommended way of doing it so Greg probably won't suggest it on the show, but he could've ran dual PSU. Use his 550w as primary, get a Corsair CX430 or something for his GPU. I'm currently running a dual PSU setup with an Antec EA750 and Corsair CX430 due to the Zotac RTX 3090 Extreme Holo requiring 850w minimum.
I wish there would be a ton more micro centers. They have sweet deals, I would instantly go for the bundles depending on what's included
I wish we had them in Canada.
The bottleneck is absolutely humongous. But hey, at least he doesn't need to worry about GPU and PSU in the future.
Used CPUs are an acceptable option
Yeah but still a good spend for the budget! The CPU is an easy upgrade, a second hand 5600X would already make a pretty big difference. But I would save up for a 5800X3D if I was him
@@samuelraveexactly what I was thinking.
My thoughts exactly lol
It may be but then it's not every day that you get given $800 to spend on whatever you want. A top end GPU will last a long time and he can pick up a 5600x or above for a lot less than a top end GPU. I know that's exactly how I would have done it too as that old GPU is by far the thing in need of the biggest upgrade.
Damn Travis scored big with this upgrade. Going from a 550ti to a 6950XT that is a ginormous upgrade on top of a PSU upgrade.
+2,211% according to UserBenchmark, that's insane!
@@BenTheLazyGamer Yup it is. That is a record of sorts.
that 550 ti was needing some recycling bin, a new 6950XT is a badass gpu to upgrade
@@franciscociruela8177 dude, just either brought it to someone playing league of Legends or make it a nice prop
Enjoying these videos would love to see another season
Thanks for watching them!
This was such a wholesome upgrade and the dude always giving a nice chuckle...overall good vibe....also 6950xt could be held back a bit at 1080p/1440p by 3600 but at 4K sans 1% lows , it should be all good.
Yeah my 3070 was bottlenecked by 3600 at 1440p... Upgraded to 5900x and we all gucci
Dang the 550 ti was my first card. And now I have a 6950xt as well. Crazy how far technology has advanced
I thought I took the cake, upgrading from an RX590 to a 7900XTX but I think this guy might have taken the crown.
-- My first accelerated card setup was a diamond stealth 3d coupled with a Voodoo 2. Still have two 550Ti's running in older systems. Great card for the times. Sitting on a TUF 4090 now and my daughter's getting a 3060Ti. Heh, could build a small barn out of all the GPUs I have.
Loving the microcenter stuff! Maybe you should travel to every microcenters lol
Thanks! And that would be awesome 😎
I will go to a microcenter here soon now that there’s 2 open within 2 hours of me (Indy & Cincy). I have never been to one and I’m afraid of how much I’d buy if I went 😂
I just love this series. Maybe you'll come to NJ Micro Center one day
Bro, as a man who lives in Houston and frequents this Micro Center, how have you not burnt to a crisp or melted your sneakers to the parking lot. It is absolutely hell with no shade lol
All the employees in your Microcenter vids are just amazing and so helpful. I hope this is how helpful every Microcenter employee is
12:05 - That sales guy in the background be all like... "Bruh!"
I've just ordered parts to build a new rig as my current one was built in 2014 and is starting to really show it's age. I'm going from a Pentium G3258 CPU OC'd from 3.2 Ghz to 4.2 Ghz on the stock cooler, 8 gigs of DDR3 RAM and a Geforce GTX 750 Ti GPU to: an AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU, 32 gigs of DDR4 RAM and a Geforce RTX 3060 12GB GPU. This is the first time I'll be using an M.2 drive too and my first experience with a 240mm AIO and I'm excited as hell because I love seeing people get their rigs upgraded and am really looking forward to my new PC. Keep up the good work and being an awesome gent :D
nice video with a fun guy. , nice rig as well.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'd say that's a quite well used 800 bucks.
What an absolute gem of a guy. Couldn't be happier that he was the winner. Great parts choices too!
I am absolutely in love with these series! Not to mention about Fix or Flop and PCDC series! Keep up the great content Greg!
Greg is such a good dude, tech community gem and we love you!
That is such a hell of an upgrade!
yeah the bottlnecked performance is better than the non bottlenecked performance with the 550ti
That was a fun one. I wish we could see them actually using them at home for the first time of familiar tasks/games and being wowed by the difference.
Reminds me of when i went from a Geforce 5 FX 5200 Ultra to a GTX 1060, the bonus was i ordered a 960, the upgrade was MASSIVE..up from 128MB VRAM 100Mhz core clock to 3072MB and a 2Ghz core..same with the CPU, from a single core Sempron to a "quad" core Athlon II X4 880K, 16 times the DRAM, i don't think i'll ever see an upgrade as big as that again..
If you're looking for awkward handshakes, might I recommend the trailer hitch? One person goes for a fist bump, other goes for a handshake and grabs onto the fist bump instead.
I'm so jealous that there are still previous AMD GPUs available where you are.
In New Zealand not one 6000 series can be found in store and 6700 upwards GPUs have to be bought online for crazy prices 😢
550ti was my first GPU in my first build back in 2011. Upgraded to a 660ti a year or so after that. Then that kicked the bucket and I had to go back to my 550ti that was still laying around and finally upgraded to a 1050ti. I can't imagine still running that 550ti today... I feel like my 4070ti is barely satisfying my needs lol.
those guys are insanely lucky to have you, by the way I'm bulgarian and that ''chao'' at the end came out of nowhere
Always great to see ppl who really could use an upgrade get an upgrade
1000% agreed .
My card may not be 12 year old but getting there. I still have a RX480 and it goes so well with what i need from a graphic card. Why change for a new one and pay over 1k $ ? Cheer to all of you who still have an oldies !!!
That was honestly the PERFECT upgrade for that system! The only thing left now to is to drop in a 5800x3d and he'll be set for a good long while.
Who pairs a 3600/b450 w/ a 12yr old card? He pulled the new one out and got a free upgrade. Kudos!!!
Yes, that was my suspicion as well lol. He.probably has a 2070 card at home that he swapped.out before coming to the video.
Im so lucky to have a Microcenter 40 min from my house! I actually drove there 3 times in the past week buying and exchanging PC hardware because I cant make up my mind. I finished off my build. Ryzen 7 5700x, MSI B550 Gaming Plus, RX 6750 xt 12gb, 16GB Corsair 3200 ram, Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4 cooler, Lancool 216 Black case, Corsair 850 PSU, and 4 TB gen 4 M.2 NVME.
(I was on a tight budget).Thanks for all the videos Greg, and the inspiration. I've really learned alot. Thank you.
Dont diss the 550Ti, I have a secondary rig here with an i7 4790k, 16G RAM and Dual SLI 550Ti, and it benchmarks the same as a GTX970Ti! Which runs the older titles and lighter stuff like Minecraft and Roblox, CSGO etc, my little cousins enjoy using it when they are here and we game together.
This was really wholesome and fun to watch, big kodus to the guest. Love the series. ❤❤❤❤
I'm so jealous of microcenters nothing like them exists where I live
Same.... but if they were to build one in my area, it would get built around 40-50 miles away. Which isn't bad if I went there on a Saturday morning.
This is the guy this series was made for, you can tell he’s passionate about PC hardware and tinkering but for some reason or another just didn’t have the budget to do what he really wanted to do. Awesome video! Warms the heart!
One of the most exciting content, all smile while watching this. Thank you Greg from Philippines
Im so lucky to be 20 minutes from a micro center, and about an hour in the other direction for a different one. Such a great store and i know so many people don't have one that's easily accessible or even at all
side note - i actually don't mind the black vga cable in the middle of the others.
Let’s take a minute to compliment this dudes cable management skills… that looked great when he took the panel off…. NICE!
I think the non-black and white extension cord adds a feeling of negative space. Adds to the white accents on the outside.
Good choice in the power supply. I have purchased the Main gear ignite 1000 platinum psu for my last 4 builds really good value and good quality. He went the right route with the power supply and GPU upgrade. When he needs an upgrade in cpu he is ready.
Loved this one. I'd say to pick up zen 5 once it comes out and pair it nicely with the gpu long term. This is like you upgraded from my first to my last graphics card (I had 550 ti and have 3080 ftw3)
If you want to upgrade the software wheel you can add angle of spin and force (you know like video game golf) and integrate it into a physics engine to make a digital wheel you can “spin”.
Still rocking a 550Ti and i3 4330 to this day! Hopefully upgrading soon-ish
I was there yesterday and talked to one of the employees about your visits to that store.
Woooow what a great deal on the RX 6950 XT!!! 🔥🔥🔥 Very good model also from MSI
Travis and Greg a great combination, watching people go from a bad rig to a good one never gets old because I've been there, and I know how good it feels to get a sweet rig after using something ancient
i have those same bitspower fans in both of my o11d systems - cannot beat them for the price, and all of the multipacks come with both PWM and RGB hubs ...
I don't remember if it was more expensive then cable extensions but I just got replacement cables for my psu so I could avoid having to cram all the extra cable lengths into my case. Nice upgrade though, I remember my first pci graphics card was a GTX 770 which I had to use for years before I went up to a 1060. Just put in a 3060 12GB this year. Love these videos.
Honestly the shiny cable in the middle still looks pretty good with the build.
That was awesome. Genuinely nice guy and that update was a steal.
We need a micro center in King County/Seattle/Tukwila, Washington. With the demise of Fry's electronics all we have is Best Buy's and while they have some stuff the selection doesn't compare to Micro Center. Of course there's Amazon and Newegg.
I'm so sad I missed you in Houston! Thats my neck of the woods. I frequent that Microcenter.
They kinda need those armed guards when the who GPU shortage thing was going on. At the Tustin store, people would threaten and intimidate people who were in line to buy Graphics cards.
I love this series! As someone who had a potato pc, it makes me happy to see other people getting much more better specs that they deserve ☺️
Good choice on parts. My question would be if the 3600 would hold back that 6950xt. As far as a platform upgrade though, he could likely easily grab a 5600x3d, 5700x, or 5800x3d and install it with a bios flash to the board. That would perk that system up a bit more.
My only critique would be skip the extensions and pick up the Corsair 850 watt psu instead of the maingear. The maingear just doesn’t scream reliability to me, which you want with that beefy gpu.
Great vids! This dudes in heaven!.
Really good picks ... especially the 6950XT !
Really clean crimped cable modding!
Greg -- nice video; I enjoy the playlist and only wish you would hit up Baltimore some time ! Keep up the good work
Hey Greg, the color grading and sharpness of this video is just... entirely on another level compared to your other videos!
🤩BEST EPISODE SO FAR🤩
I myself have several RDNA2 cards in 3 ALL AMD systems
including a 6950 XT and that was the absolute best possible solution for this budget! He will have a lot of fun with this🙂👌👍 ( My comment was purely on the component choices in relation to the budget he had to choose from to upgrade the largest item !)
No, it was a bad choice. His CPU is going to bottleneck that gpu.....He should have gone with a lower level gpu and a 5600X CPU for the same price
@@anthonylong5870 My comment was purely on the component choices in relation to the budget he had to choose from to upgrade the largest item. He can easly balance the system as a whole out of his own pocket, If you consider that he got the biggest item with a graphics card and a new power supply for free! p.s.
I've been a semi-professional gaming / workstation rig builder for almost exactly 27 years, so I can assure you I know exactly what I'm talking about. In my YT channel under channel description, you can find 2 of my currently 3 ALL AMD systems listed that I use😉 should you be interested😌in checking out my component selection for a well-balanced system. 🙂👍Greetings from Germany Torsten
Felt like i've been around forever. Even before the channel re name and when you were doing informative content. I just feel happy when I watch your videos. Just wish we got one of these Micro Centers in Florida. Soon I hope. Also how is your house coming along? Hope everything is good so far!
Ha!!! I got this GPU on my rig with an i7-860 on a h55 motherboard and its still running strong!!!
Really wish there was a Micro Centre in the UK, it looks like my idea of heaven 😭
I agree... I would probably live at a Micro Centre myself 🤣
The first video i watched on this channel was the 600$ amd build from like 7 years ago. So awesome seeing the channel now.
Glad you added cash to the spin again. First comment I made on this series was that you should at least consider doing that, just makes more sense in my opinion.
Greg, I've been watching you since you were Science Studio back in the day. This is one of your funnest and funniest videos to date. Heya from Cajun country. Your description is wrong on his platform. Sorry, just noticed.
Hey, I had the same thing happen to me with my cpu extensions. I had a single extension for the 8 pin cpu power connection but the new 4 pin addition to that was not. It's up an d out of the way. Even the extension cables up there are hidden by my radiator so it's not really a big deal. More noticeable on the gpu, but like you all said, gotta work with what you got.
This is a proper gear UP! Platform is perfectly fine and he went with a useful upgrade plus a snack! lol I still don't know why people avoid that $500 intel deal WITH the video card, it's been available for a loooong time and I have had several customers ask for it and no issues. I even got one for my Wife! Great video as always!!!!
550ti, thats where it all started for me playing world of tanks, and i still have that same card (as a shelf item now) 👌👌
This was a fun one to watch! Keep up the great work and nice looking rig Travis! Love that case and those extensions are perfect for the build
I got a gtx590 kicking around somewhere. Dual GPU graphics card. Was cool back in the day.
That was a nice video, and Travis seems to be genuinely appreciative and a nice guy 🙂
Sweet Upgrade Build! Those Prices are Off the Charts! We can't even come close to those Bargains in Canada!!
Wow, the dude literally just pulled an old 550 Ti out of the basement to stick in his new rig...
Just to get a new one
Exactly lmfao 😂😂😂
Never fail to have a unique awkward ending handshake sort of kind of thing.
2:28 You can maybe call it the "Wheel of Up-Tech" (since you are upgrading peoples tech).
8:27 those 550 ti card by pny have gone up in price, they are about like $200-$300
I STILL have my 560Ti from 2012 and it STILL works. I'm not using it, but it's put up. Only last year I had to replace a 970 that died with the 560Ti to hold me over until I got my 3070Ti. That thing has put in some work over the years!
i still have a 2080ti , 1080 , 1080ti and 3080 and im watching this on my 4090..
Thanks Greg & Travis for another Chow(awesome) giveaway 😊
The best thing I like about Micro Center is their armed guards at the checkout line. No smash and grab here.
Sure hope Greg comes to the new Charlotte MC when it opens. I'd love to be there!
The first powerfully I ever bought for my first ever gaming rig was a 1300w platinum. Will literally never have to upgrade
I would love to see some before and after performance comparisons. It would be great to see real rigs and what these different upgrades and levels of costs really affect.
Those kinds of tests are not possible in our timeframes. If you want specific performance comparisons, you can refer to test suites like 3DMark for hardware performance.
@@GregSalazar oh, totally understand. Would just be nice for the real world stuff. Even if the owners posted something in the comments about how much better it is. Haven’t seen that other channel, will def check it out. Thanks and great video as always!
I have had this case for 3 years the only issues I have with it are, lack of usb ports, yes theres one A port and one C port but I would prefer 2 A ports, also no reset button so if pc crashes I have to hold power button down to cut power then press it again to power back on.
having the same case jamming six sata drives in there (one of which a 3'5" mechanical) was not necessarily the right call for trying to get the cables behind that back panel either
Personally, I`d call that middle cable a feature, different from the rest, still looks cool.
Looks really good man. Congrats on the new system!!
The constant smiling and 👍 from him means I'll like the video and so should you!
Travis had some good parts to begin with. His cable management was pretty decent. I haven't seen that old a video card in years. Good result!
For $760 at Microcenters in my cart right now I got the 5600x3D a PowerColor AMD Radeon RX 6800 Fighter Overclocked Triple-Fan 16GB and a PowerSpec 750 Watt 80 Plus Gold ATX Semi-Modular Power Supply $89.99 this would have been better options for his upgrade!
I love Microcenter those guys are so nice!
2023 i still rock a 1070 LOL and a Ryzen 3600... no need to upgrade for what i do but i think about it often.
I had that GPU in by build from years ago. I retired it when Battlefield 4 came out as it couldn't handle it at all.
I have a gtx 550 ti... bought it during the pandemic because my r7 360 stopped working and I needed some card, the prices were very high so I had to buy a cheap card, it was either the gtx 550 ti or a gt 710...
liked this series hope i get to up my rig soon
Great guy! Great build! 👍
The first few seconds on the video intro I thought this was another CitiesSkylines II dev diary.