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Thanks to Toasty Bros I just bult my own P520. I did the W-2135, 32 gb ram ($174 eBay), 1 tb Teamgroup M.2 ($41 Amazon) and a MSI RTX- 3060 12 gb ($289 Amazon) windows 11, $504 total. I went with Nvidia cause I hear it is better for Davinci Resolve, it dose seem to do great! Dose Halo Infinite 1440P medium settings right around 100fps . Love this machine, I couldn't be happier. Building one for my 11 year old son soon.
I just stumbled upon this video, because I was looking to build a budget "Davinci Resolve" build that also does gaming, and your comment is exactly what I was looking for! How is it performing with Resolve? 1080p or 4k editing?
@@Chimarocks67 Very easy, just follow along on the toasty bro's P520 builds and I think you'll know everything there is to know. First I had to install the m.2 drive, that's very simple. And then the video card. Install windows from a thumb drive and it was done
@@wholesomejoe Work flawlessly for DaVinci resolve, I really only done 1080p. I'm sure a 6 core CPU, and a RTX 3060 12 gig video card will handle 4K quite nicely, I render 1080p videos in just a few minutes. For gaming, I have a Dell ultrasharp 1440p 25-inch. Since completing this bill that I have become addicted to Halo Infinite. 1440p medium settings. The video card handles it perfectly and never goes over 66°, rarely see the CPU go over 50%. To be honest with you, I don't know how the game could look any better or work any better. It's the best video game experience I've ever had. I was initially thinking about upgrading to the 2145 8 core CPU, but I just really don't think I need to. I will upgrade to the 64 gigs of RAM for 4 channel because it's only $30. Other than that, I don't think I need any upgrades.
@@knucklehead4817 I just checked his store and he doesn't have any more P520 listed. Let me help you out and this is how I get it. Search for a "Lenovo P520 2135" then select low to high pricing, the lowest price ones will be at the top. The biggest difference is you're going to see is how much RAM is pre-installed. For 16 to 32 gigs you're going to see them right at about $200 or little under. One little trick that worked out for me, I saved the one I bought to my wishlist, the next afternoon they dropped it like $20. I think it was initially listed at $199, when they dropped at 20 bucks I bought it then, that's how I got it for 179. If you find one your interested in you might send a reasonable offer and get a little discount as well. Good luck! I hardly recommend this build. As they say you don't have to go with the $289 new card, You could get a good used card and save some money there. I chased a bunch of used cards in my local market and found it was always difficult. So I popped on a new one
I actually bought a p520 a few weeks ago after watching one of your other videos. I then put an rx 6600 in it a couple of days ago. I love my computer now. I love how well it was made.
This is a really good build guide for one of these machines... between these refurb workstation builds and AliExpress Xeon kits, there are so many low cost of entry options with lots of computing power out there for the gamers that might be starting out. The refurb machines are a great choice for people that aren't comfortable with building their own machine, but might be okay with adding a couple extra pieces. If the P520 isn't available, the HP Z workstations and Dell Precision workstations are out there in comparable configurations... just in case anyone watching this video is looking for something similar, but it sounds like PCSP might be the place to shop at the time of this video's release. Really helpful video, guys!
This actually turned out to be a pretty good idea. Several people told me they did well with this. I even spoke to a guy that installed a RTX 3090 in this, although he got the W-2145 8 core -16T CPU, which I picked up as well, and he told me there are some games that bottleneck (which would be the case, a 3090 is a total powerhouse next to this cpu) but in general he sees very good performance. He gave me some ideas for thermal solutions, which included removing the front fan brackets with pliers and installing 2 120mm RGB fans in place and 2 120mm fans at the bottom. He simply used well placed zip ties to hold the fans in place, and apparently the mobo has 4 extra fan headers, which makes it all work. Cheers.
Hi to all at at Toasty Bros I am a console gamer Mostly down to the price and usability But really considering building my own pc because of the awesome videos that you guys put out Still a bit scary having never owned a gaming pc But you make it look quite affordable and not too hard to build Keep doing what you do guys My eyes have been opened
I love my p520 I paired it with a 5700xt for a year then built my own and now the p520 is my home server but still runs great and never have a problem with it
The Toasty Bros kind of missed this, but even if you are going for "only" 16GB of RAM (which is perfectly fine, btw), you should ABSOLUTELY go for 4x4 or 4x8 (for 32). These systems have quad channel memory. The extra bandwidth you get from that is quite significant. Don't miss out on it. Especially more modern games scale well with bandwidth.
It always bothers me when I see that. 2 sticks is usually fine on consumer platforms, but you might as well use all of the memory channels on workstations. They aren't capable of using fast speeds so you can get away with using a bunch of dirt cheap sticks.
It's more practical to buy a budget computer with 2 sticks with the option of adding 2 more when needed over starting off with 4 and needed to do a whole ram swap to upgrade
@@bradbrad6521I don't think you understand how quad channel works. This isn't about filling all 4 slots (those boards usually have 8), it's about filling the CHANNELS. You know how they usually tell you to get 2 sticks of RAM, because you lose performance from single channel? Some CPUs are capable of 4, 6 or even 8 channels. You should fill them all.
did you even read my comment? yes I fully understand that! but if you are buying a budget OEM pc you might be on you know, a budget. If you fill all the slots with 4gb sticks you will have to spend a lot more money to add ram later, compared to 8gb sticks ( I thank we can agree 16gb are still not a good option on a budget ) I do get we are talking a max savings of around $75 but still it could matter.@@b0ne91
Thank you so much for this video Toasty Bros!!! I just ordered one of these myself from PCSP on Ebay, I went with the W-2145/no ram/hdd/os one since I had a higher budget and the clock speeds are the same as the 2135. I also got 16gb of 2666mhz ram, and a 1tb Crucial gen 3 nvme ssd. Total price was $369. I have a GTX 1080ti that I've been dying to put to work, so this was the video I needed. The cpu won't bottleneck too much at 1080p, but I'm planning on trying 1440p out since it diminishes all of the bottleneck for games. I'll update this comment when I get everything and try it out!! Edit: Just got my p520 and it works flawlessly!! Will definitely be my daily driver. And yes, I liked my own comment.
I just bought the W-2133 P520 with 16gb Ram and a 512GB SSD. Combined with the RX6600 I bought a few weeks ago, this will become my main media server/video editing/light gaming machine. One machine to rule them all.
As someone else mentioned, these systems would benefit from getting at least 4 sticks of RAM since these old Xeons support 4 memory channels. They aren't capable of using fast modules so having more channels utilized more than makes up for that.
I know very little about building computers but I have this same setup; CPU: Intel Xeon W-2135 (6 cores, 12 threads, 4.5GHz boost) RAM: 16GBs(2×8GB) DDR4 8GB 1Rx8 PC4 - 2666V Storage: 512GB Samsung NVME drive + 1TB Samsung 2.5" SATA HDD GPU: Powercolor Fighter AMD Radeon RX6600 8GB Do you think I would benefit by getting 2 more sticks of the same ram that’s in it to make it 32g total, quad channel ? It would cost me about $30 to do. This is my only, do it all computer..game,edit photo/video,general home/work tasks Thanks!
Thanks for the discount code, a P520 with a xeon 2135 without ram/hd was $137 shipped. Picking up memory, gpu and storage was cheaper from amazon than using their custom builder.
I bought a P520 and it would not take Windows 11 from the thumb drive, it said the computer was not compatible. I had to load windows 10, but once I updated drivers from Lenovo and updated Windows 10 it finally said it was compatible for the windows 11 upgrade. Just wanted to put this out there if someone runs into the same issue. Plus you can buy Windows 10 Cheaper and upgrade to Windows 11 free.
@@wishbone20t I was confused as well. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to run 11 at first. I went to Lenovo and put in my serial number and it had an update, once I did that I was good to go.
Great video guys! You have inspired me to do my own p520 build as well as start creating my own content so I appreciate all you do! Keep up the good work
Love the video on the P520 as I ironically picked one up for my son a couple of weeks ago. Is there any chance you can do a follow up video on adding a better RGB CPU cooler and fans! My son may not appreciate the raw performance of the PC but if I can make it look cooler, I know he would appreciate it😅
in my experience with lenovo systems. the motherboard most likely has a windows license attached to it. so, just dl windows and choose "no license key" during the install....activated!
Is there a guide you guys did on that transition between "fully assembled hardware" and "gaming" How do I get windows installed? Thumb drive? Do I update the bios? Etc
What GPU is good choice for this if you run 4k - so this w-2135 does not bottleneck too bad. Please note that I still use GTX1070 with i7-920 to play 4k. Don't care about frame rate (for me 30 is playable). Mostly upgrading to get Win11.
i7 from 16 years ago paired with a upper mid range card made 8 years ago. Horrible combo. Upgrade your CPU, not even for the gpu, just for performance. Your cpu is from the dinosaur ages.
I went with the 2135, 4x8 2666, nothing else (or cheapest required) and pC was $243.93. Added PNY GS1030 NVME Gen 3 1TB (new amazon) $54.99, and a Surallow RTX 2060 Super 8GB (new amazon) $239. Total was $538 before tax so right under $600 after. I get 1 TB storage, quad channel faster ram, better processor, comparable GPU (I’m weird, I don’t like running Gen 4 x8 PCIE cards on Gen 3, at least the 2060 super is Gen 3 x16 like the system). Used I could see the GPU being $50 less but I feel like this is good build for $600 or less.
Just built an all new 400 something bucks build. 12th gen i3 amazon 92bucks Gigabyte board 89 Rgb corsair 8gbx2 ram 50bucks Pny m.2 500gb and western digital m.2 500gb for 40bucks 6pcs inplay rgb halo fans 6bucks Forgot case name was tempored glass front and side matx pretty small for a deal at 18 bucks If count office 2019 and win11 pro another 25 bucks for that. Rx580 for 40 with voucher and holiday promo sale. Im liking it, for some reason rx580 wouldnt work with the undervolt cable but does much better than it should on benchmarks with rdr2 ultra 1080 getting solid 50fps or better. Does stay warm 71c
Just ordered all the parts including the p520 off eBay. Everything came up to be just over 450 so price hasn’t changed too drastically. Thanks guys, needed a new pc with the power to do some slight gaming and some music production and this fit my budget perfectly!
I would have been interested to see fortnite in dx12 mode. I find it better using multiple cpu cores than performance mode, and I wonder if with the xeon if that would boost performance or not. Might just shuffle the bottleneck around and perform the same or worse.
Would love to do this but build but it'd be more around €600 for me in Ireland. Sucks to not be in the US and have such luxuries such as Micro Centre and what not.😢
i got a dell precison T3620 with the e3 1270 v5 i watched the 215$ build but i use a 6 pin to 8pin pcie adapater and a lenvono oem gtx 1660 super which is a 1 fan like your one
thanx a ton guys!!!!! if you're taking requests could we do the z440 1650 v4 ? They're starting at $110 and seems like a more viable option to me, but then again i'm a total sl*t for a xeon...
I'm considering a budget friendly ($400) gaming pc, with the option for upgrades. I've been a console gamer since the late 70's. I like war games and sports games. I also do a lot of video editing for various social media platforms. Do you guys have any suggestions or recommendations on a pc that will fit that budget? I currently do all my editing on a early 2015 MacBook Pro 13 with IMovie.
Need a hdd too, 99% of games it works fine, only a few that require faster. Specially if you want your whole library on your pc, get a 8tb or 16tb or higher and a 4tb nvme ssd and a 2tb nvme for your c drive would be a solid choice.
BTW you can do 4K on Fortnite with medium texture and DX12 graphics settings with this same build. I have mine limited to 60FPS but am still experimenting.
Please i need advice ! I really want to upgrade my build... Currently i'm using a Z370 Ds3h motherboard with a i5 8500T with a gtx 1650 And on this motherboard i can't go higher than 9900k for the cpu I want to upgrade for a budget build thats better than this and can play triple A with no problem to go at low everytime Can someone help me ?
It's about as powerful as an RX 6650 XT but also has AV1 support. If that's not something you care about, you could probably instead get the 6650 XT or 6600 XT for less money with similar gaming performance.
I've looked into doing this many times before, and I've had two different friends build a few of these with mixed results. Most common issue, components get too hot in a case that does not support strong positive pressure. The fear is suddenly u find yourself just holding a $250 GPU and whatever parts you can strip. Anyway to get good thermal performance in those rigs?
@@4EVER_KlNG I actually saw a guy on Reddit used a pair of pliers to remove the front fans mounting brackets. Then he removed the front server fan and carefully zip tied two 120mm RGB fans tightly up against the front of the case and they fit well. Then he placed another 120mm on top of the PSU pointed up and next to that he placed the old 80mm server fan that used to be up front, again pointed up to blow air against the GPU and the CPU heat sink and rear exhaust. He had the same CPU I opted for which is the W-2145, 8 core -16 and paired it with a RTX 3090. Which seems crazy, like it would bottleneck like hell, but he told me while there is some bottlenecking in certain titles, for the most part he gets excellent performance up to 4K. Which I think is pretty insane. I plan to pair mine with a GTX 1080 Ti. As it came out at nearly the exact time as this PC. And I definitely plan on copying his thermal suggests. I ordered a 3 pack of thermaltake RGB fans on amazon for $12. See how that goes.
@@4EVER_KlNG If you Google "P520 case fans headers reddit," you should get a link to who I was talking about. But I should note, I also wanted to try my hand at making a good jank with this system and I'm currently waiting for pcserver to open again to send everything back. I got sold a very bad unit in poor condition. Good thing is I went through eBay as a middleman. Bad thing is I sent $550 on components to make this build work. $300 for the unit + w2145 (8 core @ 3.70) +4x8gbs=32gbs ddr4 @2666, then $170 for a used GTX 1080 Ti FE (I forgot how poor the thermals of those blower cards were), then accessories, wifi card 6e + Bluetooth, extra case fans, it crept up. And now I realize that I could replicate performance for either slightly less or equal to in price. This is an issue for me because I saw potential and everyone having a great time, looking like this was a very simple solution to budget gaming, and then taking action before doing research or even basic math in my head. Also I think I made a poor choice on my GPU, however the 1080 Ti on paper is pretty perfect for this model, giving they all released at the same time in 2017. But see I was thinking about silly stuff like that and not what is really important, which is; "is any of this shit worth it?"
if i just built a gaming pc and i currently have 16 gb ddr4 ram, can i just add one more stick of 8 gb ddr4 for a total of 24 gb? and does it matter what ram slot it goes in?
So here’s a question that I never see anyone talk about. What do I have to do to get stable FPS? I play apex legends with a rtx3060 and my frames are high but not consistent, most times I’ll have 120-200 and sometimes I’ll have as low as 97. And I just really want 120 constantly is there anything I can do?
@@ToastyBros I did use the updated link. The "$5 graphics card" mentioned around 4:00 is actually $30, and the "$20 processor" mentioned around 2:00 is actually $50. You mentioned that PCSP "sent" you the computer, mentioned no transaction with PCSP, and provided a discount code that you referred to as "our discount code". Are we supposed to believe this is all a coincidence and not a misleading ad for PCSP disguised as a TH-cam tutorial?
Hey Toasty Bros I got one of these from pcsp and when I went to install my ssd it didn’t have the screw for it. I just put it in and put the heat sink over it and everything seems to be working fine. Do I have anything to worry about? Also thanks so much for the idea
Hey bros wanted to thank you for your videos on the p520 I ordered one and it’s on the way but does it come with WiFi or will I have to get a wifi adapter or wifi card and if a card what one works with it?
Amazing video, I just subbed! I've ordered everything as shown in the video, however, would I be better off with the Radeon RX6600 or a GTX GeForce 3060? I'm assuming that the 900W power supply would accept this? Would the 3060 get adequate cooling and airflow? Any help is widely appreciated :)
I got a much better bang to performance buying through other means. ThinkStation P520 Xeon W 2135 3.7Ghz, 64GB DDR4 2666Mhz memory, 512Gb NVME SSD, Came with a little GTX 745 4Gb. I completely love this computer. I'm coming from a Dell Optiplex 7010 budget case swap i7 3770 4c/8t, 16Gb 1333Mhz, gtx 1060 6Gb model (This card will be going in the ThinkStation)
@@DankDanny8 Boot time is horrendous with the Lenovo. Takes about two minutes to boot into windows. Haven't gotten any answers other than update the bios, which I've done & hasn't changed the boot time at all. I'm okay with it taking a little while to boot though. The added performance is worth it compared to my old system.
@@warfist-mv8mh Yeah, only place I found them as well at good pricing. The other guy’s sold out, and then prices went up, ridiculous. But psu, ram, mobo and cpu on eBay for the price is good. Guess this is the new “dell opti”, planning a 1660 or 6600 on mine.
Just ordered an rx 6600. I'm debating switching from my optiplex setup to one of these, but the 900w just went out of stock. Does anyone know if the 690w version will still do well or is it too limiting? Love these budget build/upgrade videos.
Hey random question. How well would this hold up playing rainbow six siege? I’m debating getting a pc to play with friends (I’m on Xbox) but I don’t want to spend a ton of money
Thanks to you guys and a couple other channels I realized I could actually afford to build a pc! I won an auction today for a 2135 with a 512 ssd, but it doesn’t have any ram. Can you point me in the right direction for purchasing ram for it? It did come with a nvidia quaddro p1000 that I don’t plan on using. Also any idea how much I could realistically sell that gpu for? Thanks for any help I really appreciate all the info bros!
I just got a. Dell OptiPlex sff with an i5 8500 and 16 gigs of ram. I’ve been trying to get a Rx 6400 but 180 is crazy what other low profile gpu can I get
Sell the Optiplex and don't get an SFF. I'm not kidding - there are no good/reasonable LP GPUs out there anymore. A380 is hard to find and requires ReBar, 1650 is rare and pretty garbage, worse than a used GTX 970. The 6400 is limited by PCIE 3.0 and x4.
l'll just stick with my Acer Nitro 17 true 1440p gaming laptop guys. Saves me some space in my already cluttered bedroom and much easier to move around! I'm just glad it's more powerful than this huge Workstation PC of yours!
I’m new to gaming pc. And I have a budget of 400 dollars. And I would like to run rust on high settings and other fps games. Please reply if you have suggestion.
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Ok thx
It’s out of stock is there any other places to buy this ?
Thanks to Toasty Bros I just bult my own P520. I did the W-2135, 32 gb ram ($174 eBay), 1 tb Teamgroup M.2 ($41 Amazon) and a MSI RTX- 3060 12 gb ($289 Amazon) windows 11, $504 total. I went with Nvidia cause I hear it is better for Davinci Resolve, it dose seem to do great! Dose Halo Infinite 1440P medium settings right around 100fps . Love this machine, I couldn't be happier. Building one for my 11 year old son soon.
Wait i need to understand was it difficult to put together
I just stumbled upon this video, because I was looking to build a budget "Davinci Resolve" build that also does gaming, and your comment is exactly what I was looking for! How is it performing with Resolve? 1080p or 4k editing?
@@Chimarocks67 Very easy, just follow along on the toasty bro's P520 builds and I think you'll know everything there is to know. First I had to install the m.2 drive, that's very simple. And then the video card. Install windows from a thumb drive and it was done
@@wholesomejoe Work flawlessly for DaVinci resolve, I really only done 1080p. I'm sure a 6 core CPU, and a RTX 3060 12 gig video card will handle 4K quite nicely, I render 1080p videos in just a few minutes. For gaming, I have a Dell ultrasharp 1440p 25-inch. Since completing this bill that I have become addicted to Halo Infinite. 1440p medium settings. The video card handles it perfectly and never goes over 66°, rarely see the CPU go over 50%. To be honest with you, I don't know how the game could look any better or work any better. It's the best video game experience I've ever had. I was initially thinking about upgrading to the 2145 8 core CPU, but I just really don't think I need to. I will upgrade to the 64 gigs of RAM for 4 channel because it's only $30. Other than that, I don't think I need any upgrades.
@@knucklehead4817 I just checked his store and he doesn't have any more P520 listed. Let me help you out and this is how I get it. Search for a "Lenovo P520 2135" then select low to high pricing, the lowest price ones will be at the top. The biggest difference is you're going to see is how much RAM is pre-installed. For 16 to 32 gigs you're going to see them right at about $200 or little under. One little trick that worked out for me, I saved the one I bought to my wishlist, the next afternoon they dropped it like $20. I think it was initially listed at $199, when they dropped at 20 bucks I bought it then, that's how I got it for 179. If you find one your interested in you might send a reasonable offer and get a little discount as well. Good luck! I hardly recommend this build. As they say you don't have to go with the $289 new card, You could get a good used card and save some money there. I chased a bunch of used cards in my local market and found it was always difficult. So I popped on a new one
I actually bought a p520 a few weeks ago after watching one of your other videos. I then put an rx 6600 in it a couple of days ago. I love my computer now. I love how well it was made.
This is a really good build guide for one of these machines... between these refurb workstation builds and AliExpress Xeon kits, there are so many low cost of entry options with lots of computing power out there for the gamers that might be starting out. The refurb machines are a great choice for people that aren't comfortable with building their own machine, but might be okay with adding a couple extra pieces.
If the P520 isn't available, the HP Z workstations and Dell Precision workstations are out there in comparable configurations... just in case anyone watching this video is looking for something similar, but it sounds like PCSP might be the place to shop at the time of this video's release.
Really helpful video, guys!
Got one from eBay with 2135, 32gb RAM and a RTX 2080 for $500. Works fantastic and is a steal! So happy, thanks for the video! 🥳
Have one myself. 128 gb ddr4 and it kicks ass. Came with a quadro p5000, has 2 M.2 slots. Plenty of room, highly upgradable
This actually turned out to be a pretty good idea. Several people told me they did well with this. I even spoke to a guy that installed a RTX 3090 in this, although he got the W-2145 8 core -16T CPU, which I picked up as well, and he told me there are some games that bottleneck (which would be the case, a 3090 is a total powerhouse next to this cpu) but in general he sees very good performance. He gave me some ideas for thermal solutions, which included removing the front fan brackets with pliers and installing 2 120mm RGB fans in place and 2 120mm fans at the bottom. He simply used well placed zip ties to hold the fans in place, and apparently the mobo has 4 extra fan headers, which makes it all work. Cheers.
Hi to all at at Toasty Bros
I am a console gamer
Mostly down to the price and usability
But really considering building my own pc because of the awesome videos that you guys put out
Still a bit scary having never owned a gaming pc
But you make it look quite affordable and not too hard to build
Keep doing what you do guys
My eyes have been opened
Im literally in the same boat
Im literally in the same boat
Same here, just started looking into pc gaming this last week. So far being lost. But I like the looks of this one
Me to! Lollll
I love my p520 I paired it with a 5700xt for a year then built my own and now the p520 is my home server but still runs great and never have a problem with it
I just bought P520 last week and paired it with a 6700XT, it has been really great since then. No problems
CPU bound games struggle like GTA V, but others are good for 1440p
The boot times are really slow though
15:01 first time ive seen him win a BR game omg! Congrats 👏🏾🎉
The Toasty Bros kind of missed this, but even if you are going for "only" 16GB of RAM (which is perfectly fine, btw), you should ABSOLUTELY go for 4x4 or 4x8 (for 32).
These systems have quad channel memory. The extra bandwidth you get from that is quite significant. Don't miss out on it. Especially more modern games scale well with bandwidth.
It always bothers me when I see that. 2 sticks is usually fine on consumer platforms, but you might as well use all of the memory channels on workstations. They aren't capable of using fast speeds so you can get away with using a bunch of dirt cheap sticks.
I even see that from channels that mention the quad thing and then stick in two. Not to mention the hexa channel with two…
It's more practical to buy a budget computer with 2 sticks with the option of adding 2 more when needed over starting off with 4 and needed to do a whole ram swap to upgrade
@@bradbrad6521I don't think you understand how quad channel works. This isn't about filling all 4 slots (those boards usually have 8), it's about filling the CHANNELS. You know how they usually tell you to get 2 sticks of RAM, because you lose performance from single channel?
Some CPUs are capable of 4, 6 or even 8 channels. You should fill them all.
did you even read my comment?
yes I fully understand that! but if you are buying a budget OEM pc you might be on you know, a budget.
If you fill all the slots with 4gb sticks you will have to spend a lot more money to add ram later, compared to 8gb sticks ( I thank we can agree 16gb are still not a good option on a budget )
I do get we are talking a max savings of around $75 but still it could matter.@@b0ne91
Thank you so much for this video Toasty Bros!!! I just ordered one of these myself from PCSP on Ebay, I went with the W-2145/no ram/hdd/os one since I had a higher budget and the clock speeds are the same as the 2135. I also got 16gb of 2666mhz ram, and a 1tb Crucial gen 3 nvme ssd. Total price was $369. I have a GTX 1080ti that I've been dying to put to work, so this was the video I needed. The cpu won't bottleneck too much at 1080p, but I'm planning on trying 1440p out since it diminishes all of the bottleneck for games. I'll update this comment when I get everything and try it out!! Edit: Just got my p520 and it works flawlessly!! Will definitely be my daily driver. And yes, I liked my own comment.
I just bought the W-2133 P520 with 16gb Ram and a 512GB SSD. Combined with the RX6600 I bought a few weeks ago, this will become my main media server/video editing/light gaming machine. One machine to rule them all.
great set up! pretty much mine exactly!
As someone else mentioned, these systems would benefit from getting at least 4 sticks of RAM since these old Xeons support 4 memory channels. They aren't capable of using fast modules so having more channels utilized more than makes up for that.
The 2235 can support upto 2900mhz and that's about all you get out of them.
I know very little about building computers but I have this same setup;
CPU: Intel Xeon W-2135 (6 cores, 12 threads,
4.5GHz boost)
RAM: 16GBs(2×8GB) DDR4 8GB 1Rx8 PC4 - 2666V
Storage: 512GB Samsung NVME drive + 1TB Samsung 2.5" SATA HDD
GPU: Powercolor Fighter AMD Radeon RX6600 8GB
Do you think I would benefit by getting 2 more sticks of the same ram that’s in it to make it 32g total, quad channel ? It would cost me about $30 to do. This is my only, do it all computer..game,edit photo/video,general home/work tasks
Thanks!
@@thestory8 It won't benefit _all_ applications, but it should help in many, especially games.
@@thestory8 quad channel would be very nice and help the computer reach it full potential.
@@thestory8do it 32gb is smooth like butter
I have this exact pc. I have an rx 580. I'm going to upgrade soon, but it works great as is.
same, just before i upgraded to the RX 6600 just a few days ago.... the 580 was great tho, no complaints, loved the gaming set up
Thanks for the discount code, a P520 with a xeon 2135 without ram/hd was $137 shipped. Picking up memory, gpu and storage was cheaper from amazon than using their custom builder.
I bought a few months prior to you. I didn't know you could get it without the ram. I paid $191 with code and 16gb ram. Still not bad though
It has only been 11 hours since the upload, but for me the lowest GPU option for me is the Nvidia Quadro NVS 510 for $19.99 which makes it go to $209
I bought a P520 and it would not take Windows 11 from the thumb drive, it said the computer was not compatible. I had to load windows 10, but once I updated drivers from Lenovo and updated Windows 10 it finally said it was compatible for the windows 11 upgrade. Just wanted to put this out there if someone runs into the same issue. Plus you can buy Windows 10 Cheaper and upgrade to Windows 11 free.
Sorry to hear that. I wonder why? I was able to install Windows 11 directly on my P520 without any issue.
@@wishbone20t I was confused as well. I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to run 11 at first. I went to Lenovo and put in my serial number and it had an update, once I did that I was good to go.
I just bought a pc with a i7-10700k and a rtx 2060 for 400$ off of market place works perfect and in great condition I got a steal
Yep, great deal!
Great video guys! You have inspired me to do my own p520 build as well as start creating my own content so I appreciate all you do! Keep up the good work
Love the video on the P520 as I ironically picked one up for my son a couple of weeks ago. Is there any chance you can do a follow up video on adding a better RGB CPU cooler and fans! My son may not appreciate the raw performance of the PC but if I can make it look cooler, I know he would appreciate it😅
I love how they raised the prices of every item you recommend...
in my experience with lenovo systems. the motherboard most likely has a windows license attached to it. so, just dl windows and choose "no license key" during the install....activated!
Do you know if these came with Windows 10 pro or home?
Just picked this up... I'm excited... Thank you for the code
Is there a guide you guys did on that transition between "fully assembled hardware" and "gaming"
How do I get windows installed? Thumb drive? Do I update the bios? Etc
there's tons of tutorial for installing windows but for the short answer : no you don't need to update BIOS to install windows
My fiance loves that i bought her a Lenovo P520 to use. :) Such a great cheap build.
What GPU is good choice for this if you run 4k - so this w-2135 does not bottleneck too bad. Please note that I still use GTX1070 with i7-920 to play 4k. Don't care about frame rate (for me 30 is playable). Mostly upgrading to get Win11.
i7 from 16 years ago paired with a upper mid range card made 8 years ago. Horrible combo. Upgrade your CPU, not even for the gpu, just for performance. Your cpu is from the dinosaur ages.
@@trimidsmod6391 CPU is not bottlenecking at 4k.I7-920 will have 60% utilization and GPU will be pegged at 90 to 100%.
this is the first time i see someone use 1st gen i7 to play games in 4K
@@Kagamiyagiven the fact that 4K most of the load is on the GPU probably works fine
Read my mind was about to ask about what parts were good to upgrade this pc with. Just picked one up fairly cheap 😊
If you installed 4 matched memory chips to allow quad channel access it would pick up 10-25%.
I went with the 2135, 4x8 2666, nothing else (or cheapest required) and pC was $243.93. Added PNY GS1030 NVME Gen 3 1TB (new amazon) $54.99, and a Surallow RTX 2060 Super 8GB (new amazon) $239. Total was $538 before tax so right under $600 after. I get 1 TB storage, quad channel faster ram, better processor, comparable GPU (I’m weird, I don’t like running Gen 4 x8 PCIE cards on Gen 3, at least the 2060 super is Gen 3 x16 like the system). Used I could see the GPU being $50 less but I feel like this is good build for $600 or less.
Im ordering my first ever gaming pc throyfh you guys im excited !
Just built an all new 400 something bucks build.
12th gen i3 amazon 92bucks
Gigabyte board 89
Rgb corsair 8gbx2 ram 50bucks
Pny m.2 500gb and western digital m.2 500gb for 40bucks
6pcs inplay rgb halo fans 6bucks
Forgot case name was tempored glass front and side matx pretty small for a deal at 18 bucks
If count office 2019 and win11 pro another 25 bucks for that.
Rx580 for 40 with voucher and holiday promo sale.
Im liking it, for some reason rx580 wouldnt work with the undervolt cable but does much better than it should on benchmarks with rdr2 ultra 1080 getting solid 50fps or better. Does stay warm 71c
11:12 mine that I just bought to follow this video straight up doesn't have these cords
Just ordered all the parts including the p520 off eBay. Everything came up to be just over 450 so price hasn’t changed too drastically. Thanks guys, needed a new pc with the power to do some slight gaming and some music production and this fit my budget perfectly!
Matt NAILED it with the W!!!
Would be nice to see the GPU clocks in the OSD as well. :)
just a heads up the site took out the generic option out so you have to buy a qudro card
could you do a budget monitor vid? bc i need a really cheap monitor with a minimum of 100 hertz
Pls
Great build guys! That thinkstation has a really cool design! More importantly it's an amazing price for budget builds!
The Toasty bros never disappoint
Great video
I would have been interested to see fortnite in dx12 mode. I find it better using multiple cpu cores than performance mode, and I wonder if with the xeon if that would boost performance or not. Might just shuffle the bottleneck around and perform the same or worse.
Would love to do this but build but it'd be more around €600 for me in Ireland. Sucks to not be in the US and have such luxuries such as Micro Centre and what not.😢
I use the Corsair headset and I love the vids been trying to get into pc gaming but ain’t got money for it 😅
Thank you 😊. Great vid 🎉🎉
whats up toasty bros how u doing?!
Me good 👍 😌 ☺
@@enoshkenon6727are you form sri lanka
I’m good
Im good. Im not the toasty bros but i just wanted to let you know im doing good
😂@@yordinihoudini
I wish they made this super easy swap style case for a big daddy 4090 type build.
I was JUST LITERALLY watching your old P520 videos omg lmao XD
i got a dell precison T3620 with the e3 1270 v5 i watched the 215$ build but i use a 6 pin to 8pin pcie adapater and a lenvono oem gtx 1660 super which is a 1 fan like your one
always dropping the best buildss
thanx a ton guys!!!!! if you're taking requests could we do the z440 1650 v4 ? They're starting at $110 and seems like a more viable option to me, but then again i'm a total sl*t for a xeon...
I'm considering a budget friendly ($400) gaming pc, with the option for upgrades. I've been a console gamer since the late 70's. I like war games and sports games. I also do a lot of video editing for various social media platforms. Do you guys have any suggestions or recommendations on a pc that will fit that budget? I currently do all my editing on a early 2015 MacBook Pro 13 with IMovie.
Need a hdd too, 99% of games it works fine, only a few that require faster. Specially if you want your whole library on your pc, get a 8tb or 16tb or higher and a 4tb nvme ssd and a 2tb nvme for your c drive would be a solid choice.
This platform is still great!
Yo can Yous try out the KUDAN LVL 6 from Radium pcs. Please and thank you I really want it but there’s no vids about it.😊
Nice video! What other GPUs can you use with it? Could it take a 4070?
shipping for the lenovo was $249 to the Philippines
BTW you can do 4K on Fortnite with medium texture and DX12 graphics settings with this same build. I have mine limited to 60FPS but am still experimenting.
how would streaming on platforms such as twitch be on the pc? do you think it would be able to perform still?
How many hz should my monitor be to fit this pc?
Dang. This is THE cheat code for a great PC. You can even order it with a Gtx1080 for a decent price!
Can I replace the rx 6600 with a 3060 ti or some other card ?
Any chance you could do a budget setup that would run diablo 4 at 1440 p 120 hz
Please i need advice ! I really want to upgrade my build...
Currently i'm using a Z370 Ds3h motherboard with a i5 8500T with a gtx 1650
And on this motherboard i can't go higher than 9900k for the cpu
I want to upgrade for a budget build thats better than this and can play triple A with no problem to go at low everytime
Can someone help me ?
Btw. Love the Peter Griffin with BriDog backpack lol 😂
@Toasty Bros ; how was the power consumption on this build while gaming? I've been looking into the P520 for a project.
Might do this for my son to get him into PCs, will getting a rx 7600 instead make any difference?
It's about as powerful as an RX 6650 XT but also has AV1 support. If that's not something you care about, you could probably instead get the 6650 XT or 6600 XT for less money with similar gaming performance.
I've looked into doing this many times before, and I've had two different friends build a few of these with mixed results. Most common issue, components get too hot in a case that does not support strong positive pressure.
The fear is suddenly u find yourself just holding a $250 GPU and whatever parts you can strip. Anyway to get good thermal performance in those rigs?
Noctua makes a cooler that’s low profile and is compatible with this socket… should help out
@@4EVER_KlNG I actually saw a guy on Reddit used a pair of pliers to remove the front fans mounting brackets. Then he removed the front server fan and carefully zip tied two 120mm RGB fans tightly up against the front of the case and they fit well. Then he placed another 120mm on top of the PSU pointed up and next to that he placed the old 80mm server fan that used to be up front, again pointed up to blow air against the GPU and the CPU heat sink and rear exhaust. He had the same CPU I opted for which is the W-2145, 8 core -16 and paired it with a RTX 3090. Which seems crazy, like it would bottleneck like hell, but he told me while there is some bottlenecking in certain titles, for the most part he gets excellent performance up to 4K. Which I think is pretty insane. I plan to pair mine with a GTX 1080 Ti. As it came out at nearly the exact time as this PC. And I definitely plan on copying his thermal suggests. I ordered a 3 pack of thermaltake RGB fans on amazon for $12. See how that goes.
@@bizbarley74 bro I might try this, got a link?
@@4EVER_KlNG If you Google "P520 case fans headers reddit," you should get a link to who I was talking about. But I should note, I also wanted to try my hand at making a good jank with this system and I'm currently waiting for pcserver to open again to send everything back. I got sold a very bad unit in poor condition. Good thing is I went through eBay as a middleman. Bad thing is I sent $550 on components to make this build work. $300 for the unit + w2145 (8 core @ 3.70) +4x8gbs=32gbs ddr4 @2666, then $170 for a used GTX 1080 Ti FE (I forgot how poor the thermals of those blower cards were), then accessories, wifi card 6e + Bluetooth, extra case fans, it crept up. And now I realize that I could replicate performance for either slightly less or equal to in price.
This is an issue for me because I saw potential and everyone having a great time, looking like this was a very simple solution to budget gaming, and then taking action before doing research or even basic math in my head. Also I think I made a poor choice on my GPU, however the 1080 Ti on paper is pretty perfect for this model, giving they all released at the same time in 2017. But see I was thinking about silly stuff like that and not what is really important, which is; "is any of this shit worth it?"
if i just built a gaming pc and i currently have 16 gb ddr4 ram, can i just add one more stick of 8 gb ddr4 for a total of 24 gb? and does it matter what ram slot it goes in?
So I found one of these systems with a W-2145. Added two TB nvme drives, 32GB of ram, 5700xt and this baby screams.
So here’s a question that I never see anyone talk about. What do I have to do to get stable FPS? I play apex legends with a rtx3060 and my frames are high but not consistent, most times I’ll have 120-200 and sometimes I’ll have as low as 97. And I just really want 120 constantly is there anything I can do?
Man the p520 used markets keeps getting bumped from these videos 😂
Why did you have to twisted the last two on 6+2 connector before connecting it to GPU?
6:25 “Hot Swap” means you can swap the power supply, while the power is on. You cannot do that if you only have one power supply.
Hot swap means you can just swap the psu with no struggles
Can you add usb-c ports using one of the open pcie slots?
the prices listed in the video are wildly different from the actual prices listed on PCSP's website
check the updated link, they had some inventory changes
@@ToastyBros I did use the updated link. The "$5 graphics card" mentioned around 4:00 is actually $30, and the "$20 processor" mentioned around 2:00 is actually $50. You mentioned that PCSP "sent" you the computer, mentioned no transaction with PCSP, and provided a discount code that you referred to as "our discount code". Are we supposed to believe this is all a coincidence and not a misleading ad for PCSP disguised as a TH-cam tutorial?
@@quinby3852 yeah and starting price went from $118 to $179 now 🙄 not really a budget build anymore
Hey Toasty Bros I got one of these from pcsp and when I went to install my ssd it didn’t have the screw for it. I just put it in and put the heat sink over it and everything seems to be working fine. Do I have anything to worry about? Also thanks so much for the idea
Hey bros wanted to thank you for your videos on the p520 I ordered one and it’s on the way but does it come with WiFi or will I have to get a wifi adapter or wifi card and if a card what one works with it?
No wifi is not built in.
Amazing video, I just subbed!
I've ordered everything as shown in the video, however, would I be better off with the Radeon RX6600 or a GTX GeForce 3060?
I'm assuming that the 900W power supply would accept this?
Would the 3060 get adequate cooling and airflow?
Any help is widely appreciated :)
I am currently using a 3060 12gb in this system and it runs perfectly
I got a much better bang to performance buying through other means. ThinkStation P520 Xeon W 2135 3.7Ghz, 64GB DDR4 2666Mhz memory, 512Gb NVME SSD, Came with a little GTX 745 4Gb. I completely love this computer. I'm coming from a Dell Optiplex 7010 budget case swap i7 3770 4c/8t, 16Gb 1333Mhz, gtx 1060 6Gb model (This card will be going in the ThinkStation)
how is the boot up time for you with that setup?
@@DankDanny8 Boot time is horrendous with the Lenovo. Takes about two minutes to boot into windows. Haven't gotten any answers other than update the bios, which I've done & hasn't changed the boot time at all. I'm okay with it taking a little while to boot though. The added performance is worth it compared to my old system.
It was eBay right?
@@knucklehead4817 It was eBay. I can't find better prices anywhere for these Lenovo's.
@@warfist-mv8mh Yeah, only place I found them as well at good pricing. The other guy’s sold out, and then prices went up, ridiculous.
But psu, ram, mobo and cpu on eBay for the price is good. Guess this is the new “dell opti”, planning a 1660 or 6600 on mine.
Would a Genforce Gtx 1660 super pair well with this build?
Yeah will be fine.
Thank you
Just ordered an rx 6600. I'm debating switching from my optiplex setup to one of these, but the 900w just went out of stock. Does anyone know if the 690w version will still do well or is it too limiting? Love these budget build/upgrade videos.
Iis there only the 1 case fan in the back, if so is there a place to mount another?
Been planning to get a p520 for like six months. Few more to go til tax time 😂
I should be getting my taxes back hopefully in 2 days
What motherboards fit the Intel Xeon W-2135? I want to build a pc. The processor does run window 11.
Toasty bros never disappoint
Great video
What other type of graphics card would work with this built and processor?
How does this pc fair with Adobe programs? Specifically Premier?
Hey random question. How well would this hold up playing rainbow six siege? I’m debating getting a pc to play with friends (I’m on Xbox) but I don’t want to spend a ton of money
i love these kinds of videos
great video
what GPU would you recommend for 16G GPU ? as I am planning to run Comfy UI on it.
Would this PC be ideal for video editing?
Thanks to you guys and a couple other channels I realized I could actually afford to build a pc!
I won an auction today for a 2135 with a 512 ssd, but it doesn’t have any ram. Can you point me in the right direction for purchasing ram for it?
It did come with a nvidia quaddro p1000 that I don’t plan on using. Also any idea how much I could realistically sell that gpu for?
Thanks for any help I really appreciate all the info bros!
What ram are you using on the build struggling to find compatible ram at a decent price.
Please do a P520 CASE SWAP
I just got a. Dell OptiPlex sff with an i5 8500 and 16 gigs of ram. I’ve been trying to get a Rx 6400 but 180 is crazy what other low profile gpu can I get
Intel arc a380 low profile edition
Go used market,and get rx 5700 or rx 5700xt
@@arinkarwan5888he said low profile
Sell the Optiplex and don't get an SFF. I'm not kidding - there are no good/reasonable LP GPUs out there anymore. A380 is hard to find and requires ReBar, 1650 is rare and pretty garbage, worse than a used GTX 970. The 6400 is limited by PCIE 3.0 and x4.
@@b0ne91 or he can remove the conpoments of the pc and change the case to a normal one
l'll just stick with my Acer Nitro 17 true 1440p gaming laptop guys. Saves me some space in my already cluttered bedroom and much easier to move around! I'm just glad it's more powerful than this huge Workstation PC of yours!
I’m new to gaming pc. And I have a budget of 400 dollars. And I would like to run rust on high settings and other fps games. Please reply if you have suggestion.
Are the intel arc gpus compatible with this computer ?
Would these parts work in a P500??