Transforming This OLD Gaming PC! - Gear Up S2:E4
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Welcome to our Gear Up series! In this episode, we meet with Jacob at the Houston, TX Micro Center to upgrade his old gaming PC! He's currently rockin' an Intel Core i5 9700F and GTX 1070 Ti. Let's see what budget he wins and how he spends it!
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Thank you again for the opportunity Greg! I really appreciate it. Im loving the upgrade! 🔥
congrats dude enjoy
Congrats dude, super nice upgrade!
Congrats man, glad you're enjoying it!
congrats on the upgrade! I think you did an amazing job at the part selection!
A great system you have there 💪🥰🥳! Enjoy your gaming sessions and plenty more with your son 🤩😇👍. Congrats on the free upgrade.
The Micro Center worker is the real MVP imo. He lays everything out, being technical while not being so technical that everything flies over the customer's head and not pushing extra products, while being super friendly. Love that guy.
100%. He brings great enthusiasm and energy too. Hope bro gets a raise😂
Sorry but that GPU is weak
I clapped when he recommended AMD GPU. I'm no fan boy, but I don't dismiss AMD either.
@@BadDayGamingpeople are totally blind to the performance they miss from not getting the 6700xt instead of the low end nvidia’sss
@@grichard1585 vram?
people sleeping on those 12700K+Z690+RAM $350 combo.
It's a good combo, I bought one last year to upgrade my son's system and he's been loving it ever since. He bought himself a used 3070 on eBay for $126 last month so he's gone from a 1070 to the 3070 and it's been a huge difference playing current games.
Yes! Thank you! Could have paired it with a returned 3060ti and the whole system would have been so much faster.
Even a 5600x3d $350 combo would have been a lot better
I love the idea of this series. I hate how bad of shoppers these people all are.
For that same price, dude could have kept the case and PSU, but gone to a rx 6700xt, i5 12400, new mobo, 32 gigs of ram, and a 2tb nvme. And it would have absolutely blown the doors off of a 9th gen i5 and 4060ti.
Glad I'm not the only one thinking this. Happy he's happy with it but definitely some room for guiding these and adding more content at the same time.
@@rodennis418 The 4060ti seems like the weak spot. I wonder if they're trying to give NVIDIA some positive press. lol It's definitely not the best bang for the buck.
I think it's great that people are trying to get the best performance for the lowest cost. PC gaming is still fairly out of reach for some. Fortunately there are budget centered options out there thanks to AMD and Intel.
If he had kept the case, PSU and storage, he could've upgraded everything relevant and actually had a good gaming rig. Now that 9th gen i5 will be bottlenecking a terrible card that's maybe a 15-20% jump up from his 1070 Ti in the first place.
@@b0ne91 nvme is a big upgrade for gaming.
Uff 4060ti as an upgrade from 1070ti hurts. Better than nothing i guess.
Well his gonna upgrade gpu in the next year at this rate
Tbh tho there’s no such thing as a bad graphics card just a bad price. 4060 Ti wasn’t the best choice but it’s the choice he made and it’ll perform well. It’s still a solid card, it’s just not worth it’s price
@@CrimsonFangTV The 4060 Ti is awful. The FPS gained over the 3060 Ti are barely noticeable in 1080p, and it only goes downhill with a higher resolution. 4XXX series is a generation to forget.
Probably it would have been better to upgrade the CPU and the board and keep the 1070ti. New gen i3 and R5 processors outperform that 9th gen i5
@@RobBroderick44Performance gain over 1070Ti can be upwards of 50% or more....
His current PC sounds nice. I guess I'm used to running an antique! :-P Upgrading like this is a dream for us tech geeks. Good on you, Greg. Making people happy like this. It looks like a lot of fun, too!
thats because it probably is lmao
Yeah i was gonna say the very same thing. His pc was still realy good. I mean you can play anything still with that 1070ti and a 9th gen i5. I know people playing current games in way older hardware. A friend of mine has an i7 2600 runing with a gtx 680. Another has an i7 4790 paired recently with a 1650 super.
The only gripe is he picked the worst possible price/performance graphics card and it really impacts the whole upgrade: 3060ti performance is about the same, even much better in memory bandwidth.
Going with an RX6700XT or 3060ti would have saved you $100 toward the platform while not being any slower! Moving to a 12100 is actually faster in games if you still liked to pick up a case.
Can get 12600k, Z690 ASUS return, 32GB DDR5 5600 and 3060Ti for $700, or try the 12100 its still better than what you had and there is an upgrade path.
MicroCenter is stoked, the GPU and power supply have the best markup from them. I just go in looking for value, just cause you spin 700 doesn't mean I don't want to maximize my return.
Gpus aren't known for being high-margin at all
Problem is lots of people still have this stigma about AMD and just wont even hear it that they are a valid option. Doesn't matter what you tell them, they only want Nvidia, and they only want the current generation.
I feel like a 6800 wasn’t out of the question either. Save some money on the PSU and keep the case and you‘ll have a nice 2 TB PCIe 3 M.2 SSD and a way better GPU.
@@sacerdor7467this
These initial specs are adorable... My 22 yr old child who takes care of me has a FX-8300, 16 gig DDR3, x2 512 SSDs, and a NVidia 1660 Super... And, somehow they don't ever complain about the speed even though they do play games on it, albeit not the ones they want...
He can literally jump into a 4th Gen Xeon for $30 and it will be better. Processors $5-20 like Xeon E3 (1220v3,1225v3,1226v3, 1230v3, 1231v3,1240v3,1241v3). Sweet spot today is $10.99 E3 1226v3 with make an offer. And for a motherboard the B85M $25+$12 shipping make an offer. (You can find 4th gen OEM systems out by the trash and take their motherboard, it will work the same)
Just those 2 things will let him keep all the old ram SSD and the video card is honestly still OK.
FX was a dog when new. The 1226V3 is 55% faster on one core, and 78% faster with 4 cores loaded up. I would double check, but I think the FX is only a quad core even if it pretended to have 8 before the class action lawsuit.
If you have a micro center nearby... 5600x3d bundle for $349 is a thing with motherboard and ram...
Look I played on fx 4100 and 8350. It sucked back then, and it's just not up to the task today, ten years later. Not everyone has spare cash though.
@@milescarter7803 yes, there's no reason to stick on these CPUs
You refer to your 22 year old child as "they." What is happening to our world?
I'm still running an FX8350. It's not nearly as bad as people make out. Switching to a new platform (Xeon as another suggested) with very used parts from 10 years ago isn't exactly going to make things that much better. It's more of a lateral move at that point. Best to just save up for a couple years and make a true upgrade with a new build. Get the last generation to save money, like with the current Zen 3 stuff that's really dropped compared to Zen 4 and DDR5. Add in a 6000 series video card, and they'd be flying compared to what they have now. Enjoy what you have, that's what counts. If your kid likes their system, then it's worthwhile.
4060ti....of all freakin cards
Ide like to see them shop around on the shop floor a little more first, get some ideas and then consult the sales assistant. But thats just me wanting to see all the cool parts 😅
I'm rocking a two year old build with a i9 10850k, rtx 3070, 32 gb ddr4-3200, 1tb nvme ssd for booting, and a 2tb nvme ssd for gaming. It runs everything I throw at it very well (Fortnite, Warframe, Doom Eternal, and For Honor).
CPU/GPU upgrades aren't in the pipeline for me just yet, but I'm considering trying an AMD gpu down the line. After all, 40 series is not a worthwhile upgrade for the price unless I buy a 4080 or 4090.
A card like the 7900 xtx matches the 4080 in most games for $200 less, at the cost of weaker upscaling technology. Since I only use upscaling in doom eternal, I can't justify spending that extra $200.
Love this series
These really are the most wholesome ways to promote a store, I hope you can keep this up, a lot of fun to watch!
that "kid in the candy store" feeling is how we used to feel every time we'd go into Fry's, lol. I got the same feeling going into a MicroCenter for my first(and only time so far) when I bought a 3900x on launch day, woot!
I would've upgraded his CPU, motherboard and all the other stuff first to get a solid foundation so when the time to finally upgrade the GPU it would be a simple slot in upgrade.
Oof the 4060ti pick..
FR
It especially hurts knowing what kinds of deals MC always has on their Radeon 6000 stock. But if everyone spent optimally they’d end up with the same stuff and this would be a boring series :p
I just burst out laughing when I saw the 4060ti lmao
@@OptimalMayhem I mean he could have gotten a 3060ti and used the extra money to get another storage drive.
It always makes me cringe when I see people choose the 4060ti
At least he should've got the 16gb version of the 4060ti, i don't think switching from a 8gb card to another 8gb card after so many years is a good upgrade even if its from GDDR5
Definitely, could have gone for a 6700 txt for $80 cheaper
Am sure the 4060ti will be more than fine
@@MrAckers75 you could say the same for the 1080 ti 😂
$700!!! Finally, a mid-range gpu can be acquired.
Edit: it looks like we got an entry level 4060 Ti, never mind.
Looks like the Microcenter guys try so hard to sale that trashcan GPU . The looks 5:29 he has...like : " are you sure for this horseshit ? " 🤣
It’s a good card at the wrong price
Love the series. However man, if you try to get bang for your buck, why would you ever go for a mrsp 4060ti 8Gb
Edit: hoping the 4060TI GB was less than 350 USD, but the rest of the build makes me think it is 399
It was 440$ before tax, you can see it on the checkout screen @4:36
@@tj3495
Happy to see an ID-Cooling, er, CPU cooler in there.
it is good to see Josh is still around. remember the videos he did with Bitwit and everyone back in the day. he is one of the reasons i gravitated towards Fractal
Idk why people choose the 4060ti.., Greg I know you trying not to hate on it, but you should at least let them know it's half the bandwidth of a 30 series card, so depending on the games they play it might be a thing to consider
Seriously. The salesman said they had 30 series cards in stock. I feel a 3060ti would have been money much better spent.
@@HOLY_FRIJOLES or even an rx 6700 xt/non xt that has at least 10-12GB of VRAM
@@BladeCrew yeah great point. I switched from a 3070ti to a 6800xt and couldn’t be happier. Gained 8gb vram in the process.
I also saw team 4060ti, and thought, noooooooo.....
6700 XT on newegg for like $330 smh
uploaded 27 seconds ago haha wow convenience at its best thanks Greg!! On a side note thanks for the heads up on lian li aio issue got mine replaced process was so smooth & easy to complete.
comming to the states in september, and getting to visit my first micro center while im there, cant wait
I've heard prices in some countries are so absurd that buying stuff on vacation in the US makes a lot of sense.
Why a 8GB 4060Ti? ... pretty much waste in my opinion. 8GB are not enough anymore let alone in 1-2 years. I don't know why people are so eager to get Nvidia. A 12GB 6700 XT (cheaper, more VRAM and is same speed) or a 16GB 6800 (same price, even more VRAM and faster) would have been a much better choice in my opinion. But hey it is not my money, that was spent. I just don't get it.
I think 700 dollars does get you a 6700 XT and a decent platform upgrade...
kinda of a bad set choices for the budget he was given. You have assume he's running a 1080p monitor with a 1070ti originally so that i5 is gonna struggle. Could've kept the case, ram and psu and gone with one the 12th gen combo deals they have. Then gone with a 30 series or 6000s gpu and still have been within the budget.
I did the same GPU upgrade many years ago, from a 960 to a 1070 and yeah it was a big difference back then. His son will love having the old card no doubt.
I'm actually surprised he didn't get a 1TB or 2TB nvme drive instead of the 32 gig of ram as 16 was still good, but as I have 32 in my current system, I understand wanting more ram since it's cheap now.
I'd have gone for the NVME upgrade as well if that motherboard has a slot for it (you can get PCI-e add-in cards too but dunno if he had a spare 4x slot there or if that was a 1x and too lazy to go back and see).
Can always add that later too though. Main things he needs really is a new mobo+CPU and an NVME now, and then he's got a solid up-to-date rig (not that his is all that out of date right now)
@@mraso30its 8th gen 9th gen. Never seen one that didn't have an NVMe slot
oh this microcenter this is where i bought and build my pc here remember this place like it was yesterday was a good 25min drive
i saw your last two videos in houston which is where I live, i saw the gentleman helping you guys out today at the store. I enjoy your videos
Of all the people who will have applied for an upgrade, this system doesn't seem a worthy contender. A 9700k & 1070ti should still be able to cope well with games from the last couple of years. Give the upgrade to someone on an Intel 2/3/4th gen not a 9th gen - poor do fella
What a way to end the video lol but seriously the build came out great, especially for the budget. The guys at micro center did a great job as well and the son going from a 960 to a 1070 ti is another win. 👌
A new Micro Center is opening in Charlotte NC and I am volunteering myself for gear up in case you want to come 😅 another great video!
Yo, I got this exact same card a couple months after this video. Upgraded from a 3070ti, and it was definitely the right choice for 1440UW. Also rocking a 5800X3D I put in at the same time, and I am super happy. This definitely came out as an excellent rig for gaming.
Cool to see someone pick a new case in this one.
Those montech air cases are great budget cases!
I like Jacob man knows his priorities lol, thanks Greg for this series
why would you waste 130$ on a power supply, when your new gpu uses less power than the old ? for looks ?? and why the extra ram when he currently only has a 1 tb sata ssd. he is very unlikely running into RAM limitations with 16gb. but a 2tb nvme for the same price would be way more useful long-term.
the RTX 4060 was probably the worst option
It doesn't even deserve the Ti
I got the same montech air case but mine only came with 2 fans. I did put my 280mm cpu liquid cooler in front of the case and 1 fan in the rear and 1 on top in the back. Max cpu temp in my case is 47C and max gpu temp is 60C.
Dont ever stop doing this kind of videos please i love watching this
I love all your videos Greg. But a big shout out to the micro centre guy what a legend. Avid follower from the UK. Nice upgrade! Shame he didn't have enough for motherboard and CPU upgrade.
wish i was closer to have ya diagnose mine but im in rural ga and no where near a microcenter maybe one day i can get a ride to one. also damn that store looks amazing its like its all there and then some
Man, the things I could do with my old computer if I had $700 to upgrade.
buy a 4060ti and a PSU ? 🤣 sadge
I would love to someone hit the max $1,200 with a add $100. I would love to someone with an old system be able to upgrade to a high end/mid grade pc.
Yeah, I was hoping this would be the episode where we'd see the add $100 and the $1200 combined for a massive upgrade.
STOP LETTING THESE DUDES PICK 4060TI's
Love your stuff Greg, but really think this series would be greatly increased in value by showing some before/after benchmarks, even if it was just a run of Timespy or something. Show people what their money is getting them in performance increase. Without that context it’s just parts in a box.
Greg, i say you feature the microcentre employee on the gear up series for the last episode of this season, we all love that guy 😂
There's a Micro Center in Maryland and if there's ever a season based from there I definitely would love to throw my name in a hat for that.
5:23 All the GPUs on the top shelf, you wouldn’t have been able to see that 4 years ago.
Not the 4060ti again 😫
Thank you for your videos! Been really learning a lot with them! Recently installed a new GPU successfully because of the confidence your videos give me! 💪🏼💪🏼
I am using that case currently in love with it :'3
Jacob seems like a cool guy I’ll have a beer with 👍🏽
Nice. I too have the Montech, which is a nice case on a budget. Only thing I don't really like about it is the cable management in the back. Leaves very little room, or at least mine left virtually no room for my SSD drive. Had to mount it inside and on top of the PSU cage. Even then the back was hard to close and wiring was still a pain. I'm guessing they've improved that a little.
After I saw the upgrade to 850W PSU and then going for a GPU that does not use any power...
💀 Yeah..
Nothing wrong with his hardware choices. That gpu is great when it's free.
Great series. I think you need to nearly double every value on that spinner though, seriously.
I'm watching this while having a glimpse of my pc.. damn
10:43 everybody had this moment first start of the new system and forgot the power at some point ... this panic moment at first until the calm part of the brain comes with the idea ... ;D
i remember i onced forgot to connect the monitor (dont ask ... i dont know...) and was wondering if it just died randomly in that moment ...xDD its one uf the funnier fails after a few seconds when building a system xD
Love the Seiko 5KX, Greg
I have a Pentium II processor and GeForce FX 5200 from the 90's. I am in definite need of an upgrade lol.
Might one suggest a Geforce4? Lol, the FX series was such a disappointment. I had friends whose components literally de soldered and fell off the board while it was running (FX5700). And a GeForce 3/4 actually had better performance.
In all seriousness a 4th gen Xeon E3 12xx v3 (like 1226v3,1230v3,1231v3,1240v3,1241v3 and a thrown out HP/Dell/Lenovo Asus/Gateway PC can get you up and gaming. The RX580 8GB for $45 new on AliExpress aren't the worst option either.
@@milescarter7803 I do have that PC but the graphics is dead. I want to revive it for old times sake and install win98.
I do have a diy i5 10th gen though with Radeon RX 6600 and 32GB of RAM (overkill). Mostly did it for hackintoshing.
You could get an upgrade at the thrift store, lol. I saw $99 systems on the Walmart website with newer systems. I'm impressed it still runs really.
I love the energy of that micro center worker. he is cool. I would love to shop there.
Yes, I love this series ❤
Hope all is going well
While it should be a big upgrade from a 1070, it's a shame that the 4060 Ti is such a bad card for the money. But, at least it makes more sense for this build than someone coming from a 2000/3000 series GPU.
🎉🎉🎉another gear up letss goooooo ayeeeee
Isiah is the man!
I really enjoy this series
Come to Tustin and do a video out here!
IMO nothing from this build makes sense... what was wrong with the old case.. If his psu was able to keep with 1070, it can hold 4060... ram is the cheapest thing that you can upgrade any time... and this 4060...
I built my system in the same Montech case. It's pretty nice for the price.
Greg! Come to Minnesota Microcenter! Makeover my intel 6700 and nvidia 970 ! love this series
Boi you better get $1200
For a 40 series card, the 4060ti is laughably better than the 1070ti. I agree with other viewers saying he could have gotten a much better gaming computer with a 6000 series AMD card and a better CPU. Sadly, this is the state of things. NVIDIA still has a lion's share of the GPU market, and will for the time to come.
Tell them San Antonio needs a location. Or maybe somewhere between SA and Austin would be good.
Nice!!
dude you gotta come up to the new indianapolis store!!! it's so awesome!
Just here for the awkward handshakes haha
sometimes the mess ups are the perfect shots
dang. My 1st GPU was a 960, then my 2nd (and current) is a 1070ti. I just found it funny that both cards were mentioned, in some way, by the guy in the video.
Bro if that is old then my pc is ancient ahahaha
That g skill rip jaws is a really good ram but I did not have a great luck with them
Nice upgrades.
Hey, the editing on the missed farewell shake was gold! Good upgrade all around. I would have gone with a 6750XT and got an add'l NVME. That said, @zeal3257 really maximized his budget.
I love all of the series but this one much much more 😊
I really want someone to go for a new monitor in with the upgrade! it's not just the PC! New Peripherals are definitely an upgrade for a better gaming experience!
Greg, New York has 4 Micro Centers FYI
Calling 1070 ti old is injustice at best
The date on the computer caught me by surprise - my birthday, haha.
Please more gear Up vídeos please Greg 🎉🎉😊😊😊
Greg, I receive news from the microcenter on my mail, but they have a sale only in the USA, maybe they will include international sales of their goods, namely delivery in Georgia
Wow Montech cases have gotten so much better for their price
Would love to see a Micro Center open in the EU. Also not so sure about the graphics card, I think he could have gotten more value on a better cpu by going with a 30 series or AMD graphics card.
I wish you were based in NC! :)
So when are you coming to the Tustin, CA store?
Being as his platform is a 16X Gen3 PCI-e & the new RTX4060 Ti video card is an 8X Gen5 PCI-e, wouldn't he feel that performance loss even though it is a huge upgrade from a GTX1070? Then again, you don't know what you're missing if haven't seen it at full potential.
Sorry if that comes across as a negative & I hope he's happy with it.
It's a 8x pci-e gen4 card. But other then that, he shouldn't have bought that card, instead upgraded the platform with 5600x3d, b550 mobo, nvme and 6700xt. Would have given him miles better performance, but as long as he's happy, who cares 🤷♂
Ahh man, you let him get a 4060 😢
1070ti to a 4060ti bro jumped 2 generations of cards major performance upgrade I went from team red rx 6600 to a 3080ti jusy need to upgrade my psu now
should have just gone for a 4070 plus a 1 or 2 TB NVMe and be done with it. this one was really strange
These videos never get old, thanks Greg! Always a fun watch
holy shit someone bought a 4060 ti !