Honestly, whenever you ask "should i buy this" and its ebay or AliExpress the answer for me is a resounding yes because those videos tend to turn out pretty fun
Whenever someone asks me if a pre built they're looking at is good or not I always ask if it's from eBay, alliexpress or Amazon. If the answers yes, then it's overpriced junk 😂
You should absolutely get the Alienware PC, just so people see what the brand used to be like. The PC is from around 2006/2007, just months after Dell acquired it and before Dell had introduced their own spin on Alienware hardware.
@@ralkia yup I was working for them then, once Dell took over we started using OE parts that were made specifically for Dell. They came from China.. that is what we used until the had the China factory up and running, then they fired us all
It really is confusing as a pc noob. I spent months (casually) learning about hardware components before finally feeling confident to buy my first dedicated gaming pc. Channels like yours helped, so thanks Dawid!
I'm so glad I have a microcenter near me was able to tell them my budget and what I wanted from the computer and they pretty much planned the computer for me!
As still a somewhat PC noob... I can confidently agree. Picked up a refurb 6 years ago for a couple hundred, it was fine to run things like R6 Siege on low settings and play rather competitively. Built 2 period correct PCs since then, but it was amazing to just have something cheap to teach me the basics of installing new hardware. Only daunting part after that was the price and putting the CPU in.
There's so many potential complications. If it wasn't for PCPartPicker I'd have zero confidence that the parts I'm planning to buy would even work together.
Not saying RS232 has been around since the dawn of time (much older than modern stuff like 8800GTXs) but I remember the 6502 based BBC microcomputer from the early 1980s that had the RS423 connector as compatible with but better than RS232.
Yeah we use still use it for one of the computers on our aircraft, and I was thinking the same thing lol. Takes twice as long to load software over it vs the 1553 port on that same computer.
I love the videos where you buy old Alienware PC's and upgrade them, and i'd think it would be cool to continue that although, any content you produce we're gonna watch, because hands down its all great, Nice Job making this video!
That little screen thing will get its video through the CVBS port, which is composite video. RS232 is likely how the joystick works. Buying that may be complicated to set up, but I say go for it.
Oh that’s really interesting. Thanks for the info. Your right, that does sound like it would be tough. I’ll look into it to see if it’s doable for me. 😅
Are you guys serious? Serial port is for sending commands from A to B, and it has nothing to do with the joystick. You know, before ethernet ports, we used to have modems, that connects the PC via telephone line to a server or so, the modem was connected to the PC with the serial port, or RS232, and joystick ports were usually separate, which were often included with audio cards. The history of PC is not that far anyways.
“Ali Express Necromancy Graphics card” says it all. 😂 When you know it’s going to take some kind of divine intervention to keep it from going up in a blaze of hellfire and brimstone!! Love the video!!!
Totally agree. I have always built my own PCs, but this trend of gaming prebuilts being made out of random recycled parts is terrifying. I can't imagine being a regular person or a parent shopping for computers and trying to fathom whether any random combination of multiple generations old CPUs and GPUs will produce a system even semi-usable for gaming.
you know, you can mod that alienware case with some 1" (or something) legs and then probably cut out the bottom and mount a radiator and fans. if anything, the cooling wouldn't be half bad after that.
I had one of those old alien cyborg green alienware, I'm really looking forward to the Frankenstein's monster gaming system video that comes out of that.
Id love to see you build a PC in the largest case possible, probably that corsair 5000 or whatever it is, and then put the smallest possible components into it, make the size proportions just go completely off
Yes, just yes. All of the videos. The more the better. Your videos are always great. I also used your video to build a computer back in 2020 and I've been watching your content since.
The MK78 is a CCTV security camera monitor. The joystick, rs ports are used to connect to the camera to make pan tilt and zoom work. No idea why that came up for gaming 😅
I once bought an off brand gaming mouse from local e-shop. It was a Mantis 780 and guess what 780 stands for? Grams… I had a full metal body mouse that periodically shortened itself out and had to be replugged to work again
If you want a pre-built, I'd recommend only buying from major-name manufacturers, not some dude building pc's out of his garage with random parts. HP's Omen is a pretty solid deal
If you want to make a new cool series, go to a few business liquidation auctions and buy a few workstations. It will make the viewers livid seeing for how much you will be able to buy them for on scale (100-200 PCs). I work for a liquidation company (forbidden from bidding ourselves) and just the other day a ebay refurbisher bought 150 Workstations with the old 4gb Quatro and mostly i5 -6600 to i7-7760 for $2000 for the whole lot.
Everyday that goes by I learn to appreciate consoles more. I have a fully built gaming PC that was a pain in the ass to find all the parts I wanted for, and get to post and have all my drivers updated constantly. I can appreciate the simplicity that is just picking up an Xbox or playstation, pressing the power button and playing immediately and all games are properly optimized. Even though it's 60fps I don't mind.
There's nothing wrong with that, bro. Sometimes you just want to play a game without any hassle, I understand that. For me though, the tinkering and optimization is part of the fun.
consoles are great for families with kids or when your girlfriend comes over & wants to pick up a controller & game with you for an hour. computers are very anti social in that matter unless it’s online
Thank you for your videos Dawid! They have been my go to whenever I have down time when the kids aren’t awake or before bed, lunch time from work etc! Shit is comical and informative haha. The channel is my decompress portal 👍🏽
9:30 RS-232 is a serial port, it has nothing to do with *any* video output. It does seem to have a composite out (CVBS) and a digital video out (SDI) though.
The mini setup he was looking at with the joystick reminds me of the joystick used in the move Jackal with Bruce Willis where he builds that big ass gun and tears Jack Black apart with.....I'm not sure why that popped in my head but there ya' go lol
Oh goodie! More madness with dubious peripherals is on the way! Excellent work Dawid! And well, though you scraped the surface to get some good refurbished/reconstructed? cards, i can attest JieShuo's a trustworthy brand. I've been using a 6600XT from them for almost a year and it's been excellent so far. I do suggest that you get the Alienware. That specific model was one of the last ones that didn't implement the bizarre proprietary designs, boards or power supplies, so you may have a good chance to get a lot of content on the A51...getting necromancer'd to the modern gaming times! Give it a spin! Happy holidays on whatever endeavors you're having! Looking forward for your return, and even more computing peripherals shenanigans.
9:25 RS-232 is a serial communication port. Prior to the introduction of the PS/2 port, they were primarily used for connecting a mouse. They have more use in industrial applications, which is what this thing looks like it might be for. Much like the parallel communication port (as was used to connect printers), they have largely gone the way of the dodo in modern PCs. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go yell at that cloud over there.
rs232 is not compatible with vga (missing a row of pins), it is used in communication in industrial settings for the most part. We used it a lot in the military to automatically calibrate some devices using computers. Also some mice used this port, and CCTV controls apparently some other commenters have pointed out. Having one of those ports would've been killer for us, but likely isn't used by many devices you would use.
It's a problem everywhere, I just started selling pc's and I put up a pc, BRAND NEW with a 5500, 6650xt, 1tb NVME all white with rgb everywhere and people still don't buy becuz they don't know what to buy. I'm selling it for $900, i spent around $700 on it and it's clean but if it's not $400 bucks no one wants it. They buy crap and they think it's good
@@yyeezyy630 Thank you for the advice, yeah I have thought about it. I think I may do that. I feel bad people are spending money on junk, there's always room to improve when your building but these companies love to take every dollar and give you trash.
7:43 I agree, get the configuration that'd get the biggest heat-load and see how easily it throttles. Maybe you could get some content for trying stupid measures to cool it
Have a safe trip. It's going to suck going three weeks without you and your content. I think you should make a video on ALL the things you talked about in this video.😊
Finally you do this, I've been wanting to get a solid PC but could only find your older vids, and yeah. It's a nightmare now. I've never built or made a PC, and I don't have a ton of cash, but I want something solid.
5:43 The old Alienware has an nForce 680i SLI motherboard. Which was pretty high end for the time. It also offers a lot of features in terms of CPU overclocking and RAM settings, and other gadgets. Which wasn't standard at the time, but can be found on almost every motherboard today. The motherboard is very difficult to find these days and is probably worth $150 - $200 on its own. The right motherboard for a high-end retro PC.
I talked to that Melissa Ruth seller at 5:18 to see if she’d knock the price down tremendously. She refused because she wanted to get more than what she put in for it. It has 2011 parts and an encrypted hard drive
That’s why I bought a prebuilt middle of the road from NZXT, I built several of my own 20 years ago and right after I bought the prebuilt gaming PC I decided to build my own NAS using a fractal case and Unraid. The terminology and options are CRAZEE!
So, which security profession, wants to explain the PTZ Camera system controller at 9:30 to Dawid? (Yes, that would take input from multiple security cameras, usually higher end ones), and the joystick allows pan, tilt, zoom. Zoom by either turning the joystick, or one of the keys. Also, RS232 is serial port. Think 1980s mice, Dawid.)
Bless you @Dawid Does Tech Stuff RS232 is old school 9pin serial. It’s on there because a lot of these mini PC’s are meant to replace stone age PC’s running very old industrial milling machines etc.
6:35 It's good that you already bought it, because I would somehow have been anyoed if you didn't. That system is from a time where Alienware was geniuenly making good quality High end systems, albeit still overpriced but at least good and I always loved the design of those old bulky Alienware cases. As for Rad space in that Alienware case, just dremel away those HDD cages at the front, they are only held in by 4 rivets and you might be able to fit a 240 up front, if you're willing to also remove the optical drive bays even a 360mm rad might fit.
10:25 the N5095 and N5105 Celerons are quad core units and at least on Passmark charts fare way better than the N3450 Celeron in my nearly ten year old netbook. N5095 has similar scores to say, an i3-6100. It's not great, but it's not like, Atom bad.
10:07 I think I saw a video on LTT about a very similar machine. The keyboard and the screen are surprisingly good, but the performance is terrible... could be really interesting with more powerful hardware in it.
9:32 RS232 is not compatible with VGA. That’s the standard communication protocol of a serial port (imagine old school mice or other low speed bus peripherals
Its definfitely still possible to outshoot consoles in price and performance both, I've done it with my personal system, but I bought used parts and found the hidden workaround deals to get there. Its hard times.
Big D. you can easily remove the front drive cages of the Alienware the put a RAD in the front AND a big GPU in it. Just drill out the rivets holding on the cages and you're good to go. You HAVE to include the modding action. Can't wait to see how this goes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Dawid, RS232 is a serial port (the good old one), so its not for video. Could be used for the joystick, maybe. The video is input via the SDI connector which is a digtial CCTV input :)
I would love to see this same type of video but with laptops. I've been trying to help a buddy of mine find something at a decent price and it's been kinda tough.
I think the biggest change in my opinion is that Amazon and NewEgg now seem to allow these other marketplace sellers to list items as NEW even though they contain primarily USED or refurbished parts. I would love to buy a pallet or three of old Optiplex mini towers (not SFF or micro) and find some fire sale GPUs and PSUs and fabricobble them all together to sell "new" computers and it seems that's what's happening now and I missed that boat. Maybe I should collect a few thousand Chromebooks and put Mint on them and sell them instead.
RS232 is an old video output used mostly for scientific applications. I worked in an hypercam company and that's what we used as a signal output, because it's very stable. RS232 to VGA cables exists.
Great videos, I’ve learnt a lot. I love seeing you upgrade components to make the PCs run better. What I’d like to see is a video where you use the same latest graphics card ( 4060 or 3070 for example) then use the same power supply and ram. But start off strong with the suitable CPU/mobo then test it with every second intel gen and mobo going backwards till the performance is terrible and or beyond. For example, use a 12400, then 10400, then 8400. Or the XX500 or XX700 series CPUs. Everyone seems to think we always need the latest gear. But your proven sometimes one component upgrade is all you need. Thanks for the content.
I got an absolute steal on a laptop a few days ago. Originally was planning to get a mini PC with a 7735HS so I can stream HDR 4K from my PC at a low wattage but then saw I might as well just get an Asus Tuf A15 4060 laptop with the same processor. It's technically double the price at about a grand GBP on sale but Amazon had it in their pay over 12months deals so I couldn't say no. Especially given it obviously includes it's own high refresh rate IPS display and keyboard. Now I can do all the things I originally planned to do and do some decent gaming directly on the laptop. It's crazy how much cheaper it is than equivalent laptops atm. With PC's I think I'll just continue to build them myself given how messy the market is and even when it's not messy you never know how good the build is gonna be, chances are it's pretty bad even if the specs are good
Honestly I have a similar Laptop but with a 7840HS and I definitely think a 4070 mobile would be a much better match for the CPU because I’ve seen it where the 4060 seems to be bottlenecking the CPU at times
I always get some laughs from Dawid. I was drawn in by the topic that seemed relevant to a budget gamer, and right out of the gate he's professing his love for using it as occasion to buy more Ali Express etc. 😁
Honestly, whenever you ask "should i buy this" and its ebay or AliExpress the answer for me is a resounding yes because those videos tend to turn out pretty fun
Whenever someone asks me if a pre built they're looking at is good or not I always ask if it's from eBay, alliexpress or Amazon. If the answers yes, then it's overpriced junk 😂
You should absolutely get the Alienware PC, just so people see what the brand used to be like. The PC is from around 2006/2007, just months after Dell acquired it and before Dell had introduced their own spin on Alienware hardware.
agree
I used to work for them back then. They only used OE parts. The computers were as good as you spec'd them out to be.
@@aaronwlkr Everyone who knows the brand/history knows alienware was actually good before the Dell buyout :D
Yeah
@@ralkia yup I was working for them then, once Dell took over we started using OE parts that were made specifically for Dell. They came from China.. that is what we used until the had the China factory up and running, then they fired us all
It really is confusing as a pc noob. I spent months (casually) learning about hardware components before finally feeling confident to buy my first dedicated gaming pc. Channels like yours helped, so thanks Dawid!
I'm so glad I have a microcenter near me was able to tell them my budget and what I wanted from the computer and they pretty much planned the computer for me!
As still a somewhat PC noob... I can confidently agree. Picked up a refurb 6 years ago for a couple hundred, it was fine to run things like R6 Siege on low settings and play rather competitively. Built 2 period correct PCs since then, but it was amazing to just have something cheap to teach me the basics of installing new hardware. Only daunting part after that was the price and putting the CPU in.
There's so many potential complications. If it wasn't for PCPartPicker I'd have zero confidence that the parts I'm planning to buy would even work together.
Props to Dawid for identifying that 8800 GTX just from the side view. It's an ancient GPU at this point, but it was iconic.
I honestly think he could identify specific components blindfolded... which might be an amusing video idea.
The weird stick PC is meant for controlling and zooming cameras. Its a dedicated CCTV machine.
If you got it to not break outside the warranty window
@@drunkenhobo8020Thats a terrible idea. I really hope he does it
It can run Crysis but not Crysis remastered 😂
I love the videos where you buy old Alienware PC's and upgrade them!
yea make a video on this topic please Dawid.
Same here
Nice! Glad to hear you’re interested in that. Already bought the system and can’t wait to check it out. 😃
Can't wait! As a budget gamer, your channel is ALWAYS fun to watch, and helpful. 😊
@@DawidDoesTechStuffwhy can i hear your accent through the comment lol
RS232 is a serial communications port - I used these for computer mice before the PS2 port/USB ports... It is not anything like a VGA port
It is shocking to watch a millennial gaming hardware channel and realize that the guy dosn‘t know what a serial port is….feeling old :)
I were using it to flash roms to digital sattelite receivers up until 2010
PC is meant for controlling and zooming cameras. Its a dedicated CCTV machine. Hence the weird stick.
Not saying RS232 has been around since the dawn of time (much older than modern stuff like 8800GTXs) but I remember the 6502 based BBC microcomputer from the early 1980s that had the RS423 connector as compatible with but better than RS232.
Yeah we use still use it for one of the computers on our aircraft, and I was thinking the same thing lol. Takes twice as long to load software over it vs the 1553 port on that same computer.
RS232 its a serial port, not video output
And my knowing what it is while he does not, makes me feel really old
Tbf it's not too dis-similar to VGA
@@Dracossaintthe port looks similar, but it's 9 pins instead of 15
@@volvo09I know and I am familiar with the port. Just you know
I love the videos where you buy old Alienware PC's and upgrade them, and i'd think it would be cool to continue that although, any content you produce we're gonna watch, because hands down its all great, Nice Job making this video!
I really enjoy making those videos too. I bought that bad boy. Can’t wait to check it out.
Thank you for the encouraging words. 😃
That little screen thing will get its video through the CVBS port, which is composite video. RS232 is likely how the joystick works. Buying that may be complicated to set up, but I say go for it.
Oh that’s really interesting. Thanks for the info. Your right, that does sound like it would be tough. I’ll look into it to see if it’s doable for me. 😅
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Its worth adding that RS232 is another name for a serial port
Are you guys serious? Serial port is for sending commands from A to B, and it has nothing to do with the joystick. You know, before ethernet ports, we used to have modems, that connects the PC via telephone line to a server or so, the modem was connected to the PC with the serial port, or RS232, and joystick ports were usually separate, which were often included with audio cards. The history of PC is not that far anyways.
@@Njazmo that would be relevant if this was a PC peripheral, but it isn’t. It is a camera terminal.
Enjoy your holiday Dawid
4:43 It does seem to come with a monitor, so you're not paying for just the box.
“Ali Express Necromancy Graphics card” says it all. 😂 When you know it’s going to take some kind of divine intervention to keep it from going up in a blaze of hellfire and brimstone!! Love the video!!!
Totally agree. I have always built my own PCs, but this trend of gaming prebuilts being made out of random recycled parts is terrifying. I can't imagine being a regular person or a parent shopping for computers and trying to fathom whether any random combination of multiple generations old CPUs and GPUs will produce a system even semi-usable for gaming.
Enjoy your holiday dawid - it is well deserved after some great videos - thanks so much
you know, you can mod that alienware case with some 1" (or something) legs and then probably cut out the bottom and mount a radiator and fans. if anything, the cooling wouldn't be half bad after that.
I am absolutely glad you bought the Green Machine... looking forward to your video with that beast!
@dawid Miss you buddy
Have a great vacation! I look forward to future content, computing chaos and comedy as you always provide. My favorite by far...
Thanks! It’s been great so far. 😃
Nowadays once you know enough to make an informed decision on a prebuilt you probably have learned enough to build your own.
I had one of those old alien cyborg green alienware, I'm really looking forward to the Frankenstein's monster gaming system video that comes out of that.
It's a good day when darwid posts
Your channel is my favorite new tech channel. I love the chaotic energy.
Id love to see you build a PC in the largest case possible, probably that corsair 5000 or whatever it is, and then put the smallest possible components into it, make the size proportions just go completely off
Yes, just yes. All of the videos. The more the better. Your videos are always great. I also used your video to build a computer back in 2020 and I've been watching your content since.
Your rants are so entertaining! You should make a ranting series lol.
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The MK78 is a CCTV security camera monitor. The joystick, rs ports are used to connect to the camera to make pan tilt and zoom work. No idea why that came up for gaming 😅
Also works well for Rockwell or Honeywell control systems
They're also used for bomb disposal bots lol
Enjoy your vacation!!! Love your quality content every week.. You will be missed!!
I once bought an off brand gaming mouse from local e-shop. It was a Mantis 780 and guess what 780 stands for? Grams… I had a full metal body mouse that periodically shortened itself out and had to be replugged to work again
One of those fitness/exercise mice 😁 You need force to push it, and occasionally it gives you a shock so you wouldn't slack :P
If you want a pre-built, I'd recommend only buying from major-name manufacturers, not some dude building pc's out of his garage with random parts. HP's Omen is a pretty solid deal
David, pick the most expensive Alienware and then match the spec by sourcing the components separately and see how much you can save.
damn im hyped for your upcoming videos on that aliexpress "pc" and that ebay alienware, cool vid
i would be curious to see those dual screen laptops tested.
If you want to make a new cool series, go to a few business liquidation auctions and buy a few workstations. It will make the viewers livid seeing for how much you will be able to buy them for on scale (100-200 PCs). I work for a liquidation company (forbidden from bidding ourselves) and just the other day a ebay refurbisher bought 150 Workstations with the old 4gb Quatro and mostly i5 -6600 to i7-7760 for $2000 for the whole lot.
Man that green Alienware is like a time capsule. I’m so glad that the gaming PC market has matured a lot since then.😊
Have a nice holiday Dawid. And as always great fun to watch.
Everyday that goes by I learn to appreciate consoles more.
I have a fully built gaming PC that was a pain in the ass to find all the parts I wanted for, and get to post and have all my drivers updated constantly.
I can appreciate the simplicity that is just picking up an Xbox or playstation, pressing the power button and playing immediately and all games are properly optimized. Even though it's 60fps I don't mind.
😆😆😆😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 oh god, not the drivers. Constantly? try like once every month or two for graphics drivers, and almost never for anything else.
@@romeocrumb1 facts, cant even remember the last time I updated my drivers.
There's nothing wrong with that, bro. Sometimes you just want to play a game without any hassle, I understand that. For me though, the tinkering and optimization is part of the fun.
consoles are great for families with kids or when your girlfriend comes over & wants to pick up a controller & game with you for an hour. computers are very anti social in that matter unless it’s online
@@TubaraoCK6most of the games I play on PC are usually single player offline games so it already feels lonely.
Thank you for your videos Dawid! They have been my go to whenever I have down time when the kids aren’t awake or before bed, lunch time from work etc! Shit is comical and informative haha. The channel is my decompress portal 👍🏽
YES HE POSTED
9:30 RS-232 is a serial port, it has nothing to do with *any* video output. It does seem to have a composite out (CVBS) and a digital video out (SDI) though.
Building is becoming easier than buying prebuild. 😅 Quality component is a way to go.
The mini setup he was looking at with the joystick reminds me of the joystick used in the move Jackal with Bruce Willis where he builds that big ass gun and tears Jack Black apart with.....I'm not sure why that popped in my head but there ya' go lol
is dawid dead or something ?
He literally says in the video he's going on vacation/holiday for a couple weeks.
I didn't watch it cause i'm not interested in this type of his videos, i checked at the beginning and the end and found nothing...
Thanks tho !
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@@FrancoGrimoldi That's my bad, THANKS !
I heard he quit TH-cam.
Oh goodie! More madness with dubious peripherals is on the way!
Excellent work Dawid! And well, though you scraped the surface to get some good refurbished/reconstructed? cards, i can attest JieShuo's a trustworthy brand. I've been using a 6600XT from them for almost a year and it's been excellent so far.
I do suggest that you get the Alienware. That specific model was one of the last ones that didn't implement the bizarre proprietary designs, boards or power supplies, so you may have a good chance to get a lot of content on the A51...getting necromancer'd to the modern gaming times! Give it a spin!
Happy holidays on whatever endeavors you're having! Looking forward for your return, and even more computing peripherals shenanigans.
If most of them weren't absolutely terrible i'd love to have an Alienware case, they have such crazy and cool desings sometimes
it runs great it just does not turn on
9:25 RS-232 is a serial communication port. Prior to the introduction of the PS/2 port, they were primarily used for connecting a mouse. They have more use in industrial applications, which is what this thing looks like it might be for. Much like the parallel communication port (as was used to connect printers), they have largely gone the way of the dodo in modern PCs. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go yell at that cloud over there.
Easy solution, buy alienware, they're the most reliable PC manufacturer and their PCs and Ventilation are godly!!!
nah
rs232 is not compatible with vga (missing a row of pins), it is used in communication in industrial settings for the most part.
We used it a lot in the military to automatically calibrate some devices using computers. Also some mice used this port, and CCTV controls apparently some other commenters have pointed out.
Having one of those ports would've been killer for us, but likely isn't used by many devices you would use.
Can't wait for the Alienware upgrade video. I just completed a retro sleeper in a 20 plus year old case with a matx mobo 1070 and amd 2600 cpu.
So excited for the classics! Cant wait to see the review video!
It's a problem everywhere, I just started selling pc's and I put up a pc, BRAND NEW with a 5500, 6650xt, 1tb NVME all white with rgb everywhere and people still don't buy becuz they don't know what to buy. I'm selling it for $900, i spent around $700 on it and it's clean but if it's not $400 bucks no one wants it. They buy crap and they think it's good
Have you tried starting a TH-cam channel similar to dawids? People love to know who they are buying from it could help your business in a few years
@@yyeezyy630 Thank you for the advice, yeah I have thought about it. I think I may do that. I feel bad people are spending money on junk, there's always room to improve when your building but these companies love to take every dollar and give you trash.
7:43 I agree, get the configuration that'd get the biggest heat-load and see how easily it throttles. Maybe you could get some content for trying stupid measures to cool it
RS 232 is a fancy name for the old serial ports of the '90s.
Holy moly this was fast. Always glad to see Daddy Dawid post another banger.
Have a safe trip. It's going to suck going three weeks without you and your content. I think you should make a video on ALL the things you talked about in this video.😊
nice to see its not just me who ends up looking at the most random shit when I'm just perusing the online stores lol.
I love this channel I just started getting into gaming pc and built my first one 3 months ago and love it
have a good holiday man!
Finally you do this, I've been wanting to get a solid PC but could only find your older vids, and yeah. It's a nightmare now. I've never built or made a PC, and I don't have a ton of cash, but I want something solid.
5:43
The old Alienware has an nForce 680i SLI motherboard. Which was pretty high end for the time. It also offers a lot of features in terms of CPU overclocking and RAM settings, and other gadgets. Which wasn't standard at the time, but can be found on almost every motherboard today.
The motherboard is very difficult to find these days and is probably worth $150 - $200 on its own.
The right motherboard for a high-end retro PC.
i like watching your videos and eat my breakfast for every video you make, you're super entertainer for a builder gamer
Best intro ever cuz everyone knows longer is better 😁. Kidding aside, didn't know that that Alienware was a pre-Dell acquisition one, hyped!
I talked to that Melissa Ruth seller at 5:18 to see if she’d knock the price down tremendously. She refused because she wanted to get more than what she put in for it. It has 2011 parts and an encrypted hard drive
That’s why I bought a prebuilt middle of the road from NZXT, I built several of my own 20 years ago and right after I bought the prebuilt gaming PC I decided to build my own NAS using a fractal case and Unraid. The terminology and options are CRAZEE!
Oh no what am going to watch, enjoy your holiday!
So, which security profession, wants to explain the PTZ Camera system controller at 9:30 to Dawid?
(Yes, that would take input from multiple security cameras, usually higher end ones), and the joystick allows pan, tilt, zoom. Zoom by either turning the joystick, or one of the keys. Also, RS232 is serial port. Think 1980s mice, Dawid.)
Aww :( Well, I hope you have fun on your vacation Dawid, I'll miss your videos :D
Bless you @Dawid Does Tech Stuff RS232 is old school 9pin serial. It’s on there because a lot of these mini PC’s are meant to replace stone age PC’s running very old industrial milling machines etc.
6:35 It's good that you already bought it, because I would somehow have been anyoed if you didn't. That system is from a time where Alienware was geniuenly making good quality High end systems, albeit still overpriced but at least good and I always loved the design of those old bulky Alienware cases. As for Rad space in that Alienware case, just dremel away those HDD cages at the front, they are only held in by 4 rivets and you might be able to fit a 240 up front, if you're willing to also remove the optical drive bays even a 360mm rad might fit.
Is it me or is David looking better than last year I haven't watched a vid in a while though.
Enjoy your time off! This was fun.
Hurry back from your vaca bro, we miss you!!!
10:25 the N5095 and N5105 Celerons are quad core units and at least on Passmark charts fare way better than the N3450 Celeron in my nearly ten year old netbook. N5095 has similar scores to say, an i3-6100. It's not great, but it's not like, Atom bad.
Your videos are very therapeutic and they help me sleep, thanks man 🙂
Have a nice vacation Dawid! See you when you get back! 👍👍
0:25 that skytech setup, 12700f and 4070 for 2407$ seems to have a lot of air, even with 300$ off coupon
10:07 I think I saw a video on LTT about a very similar machine. The keyboard and the screen are surprisingly good, but the performance is terrible... could be really interesting with more powerful hardware in it.
9:32 RS232 is not compatible with VGA. That’s the standard communication protocol of a serial port (imagine old school mice or other low speed bus peripherals
Its definfitely still possible to outshoot consoles in price and performance both, I've done it with my personal system, but I bought used parts and found the hidden workaround deals to get there. Its hard times.
Big D. you can easily remove the front drive cages of the Alienware the put a RAD in the front AND a big GPU in it. Just drill out the rivets holding on the cages and you're good to go. You HAVE to include the modding action. Can't wait to see how this goes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Have a good holiday big man.
11:45 dude, you are not buying a simple foldable phone. You are buying the FIRST foldable phone to have been put on the market!
1:13 GT 7 Thitty!?
Enjoy your holiday Dawid , well deserved.
Enjoy your vacation! Well deserved
Hey Dawid, RS232 is a serial port (the good old one), so its not for video. Could be used for the joystick, maybe. The video is input via the SDI connector which is a digtial CCTV input :)
Enjoy your holiday, bro. Well earned and deserved, don't think about us viewers while you're gone, eh! ^^
At about the 9:30 mark, RS232 is a serial connector, not for video.
I would love to see this same type of video but with laptops. I've been trying to help a buddy of mine find something at a decent price and it's been kinda tough.
I think the biggest change in my opinion is that Amazon and NewEgg now seem to allow these other marketplace sellers to list items as NEW even though they contain primarily USED or refurbished parts. I would love to buy a pallet or three of old Optiplex mini towers (not SFF or micro) and find some fire sale GPUs and PSUs and fabricobble them all together to sell "new" computers and it seems that's what's happening now and I missed that boat. Maybe I should collect a few thousand Chromebooks and put Mint on them and sell them instead.
RS232 is an old video output used mostly for scientific applications. I worked in an hypercam company and that's what we used as a signal output, because it's very stable. RS232 to VGA cables exists.
Build your own has always been the way to go, to get exactly what you want at a reasonable price. Some things never change!
Great videos, I’ve learnt a lot. I love seeing you upgrade components to make the PCs run better. What I’d like to see is a video where you use the same latest graphics card ( 4060 or 3070 for example) then use the same power supply and ram. But start off strong with the suitable CPU/mobo then test it with every second intel gen and mobo going backwards till the performance is terrible and or beyond. For example, use a 12400, then 10400, then 8400. Or the XX500 or XX700 series CPUs. Everyone seems to think we always need the latest gear. But your proven sometimes one component upgrade is all you need. Thanks for the content.
Hey David.. Why not make a vid on that Acemagician mini gaming pc fron Amazon.. 0:23
Some mini GAMING action..
I got an absolute steal on a laptop a few days ago. Originally was planning to get a mini PC with a 7735HS so I can stream HDR 4K from my PC at a low wattage but then saw I might as well just get an Asus Tuf A15 4060 laptop with the same processor. It's technically double the price at about a grand GBP on sale but Amazon had it in their pay over 12months deals so I couldn't say no. Especially given it obviously includes it's own high refresh rate IPS display and keyboard. Now I can do all the things I originally planned to do and do some decent gaming directly on the laptop. It's crazy how much cheaper it is than equivalent laptops atm.
With PC's I think I'll just continue to build them myself given how messy the market is and even when it's not messy you never know how good the build is gonna be, chances are it's pretty bad even if the specs are good
Honestly I have a similar Laptop but with a 7840HS and I definitely think a 4070 mobile would be a much better match for the CPU because I’ve seen it where the 4060 seems to be bottlenecking the CPU at times
We miss dawid. I am sad without my daily dose of mad Canadian do tech stuff. I hope he come back.
13:22 how does that look lame? Looks WAYYY better than previous cases. I actually really like it. Understated is always the way to go
I always get some laughs from Dawid. I was drawn in by the topic that seemed relevant to a budget gamer, and right out of the gate he's professing his love for using it as occasion to buy more Ali Express etc. 😁
I **LOVED** my R.A.T.s back in the day!!! Do a modern day mouse comparison video. Please. Hell, do mouse pads as well. I'll make you my best friend.
LTT actually reviewed something like he had at 10:00, but it didn't have that good of a CPU in it but the keyboard was really good