I remember building so many cheap 150-200$ builds b4 pandemic,crypto mining,scalpers ect… I still have like 5 builds in storage from way back then I love just hunting cheap parts and building them it’s so fun
I used to add a cheap 120mm molex powered fan to the front of these cases….with the right screws it will easily mount to the front. Adding double sided sticky foam helped to reduce fan vibration too. It’s not necessary but it always benefited temp wise. Great video!
Do you mean between the drive cage and the front of the case on the inside? Or do you mean actually on the outside of the case on the front? Because I was trying to work out if there would be a way to somehow get a 120mm fan between the cage and the front but it kind of seems like there is metal in the way preventing this 11:42 But i'd be really keen to know if you managed this because I still need the drive cage.
These dell cases look so much nicer if you do a good job cleaning everything, taping off the top black front end (all the front IO/usb/etc), rectangular dell logo section of the front, and finishing it up with a cheap white spray paint job. The i7 ivy bridge 3770 is still an acceptable piece of hardware. Using 2 sided tape to mount a front pulling fan can improve airflow quite a bit. Well done. 🙂
A friend and I scrapped 3 of his old gaming PCs and built a budget gaming PC with the extra 1660 Super I had (the build turned out awesome), so I found this video was really interesting!
Thanks for this video man, you really helped me understand a lot more than I knew about pcs. I'm 39 and want to build my 1st cheap entry level gaming pc for my sim rig I built for my Xbox but all the fun drifting/racing games seem to be on pc. Definitely gonna copy and paste this to my own build lol Thanks again bro, you just got a new subscriber today
Great budget build there Matt, it’s amazing what you can put together with a little time and patience. Nice to see the 3770 still holding on in there. I’m a massive fan of the later Haswell Xeon’s they offer great performance for penny’s 😎🙏🏼
My old PC is similar but I didn't upgrade much. HP 3500 Pro Pre-built - i5 3470 12 GB RAM (upgraded to 16GB for dual channel). Added in a MSI GTX 1050 ti (low profile). Played Fortnite, Doom 4, Doom Eternal, CSGO, Valorant & some slightly older Wolfenstein games quite well on it. Have upgraded to a much nicer modern pre-built since then so that HP system is basically a backup for the time being. Re-installed Windows 10 & it's super snappy now. Thanks for sharing. :)
I did the almost same build. I paid 200$ for an Optiplex 9020 with an I7 4790s. Got mine with 16g mem in the deal. Put in a 650 EGA PS and an RX560 4GGPU. A Plextor 500g SSD. Cost me 200 cause all the parts I added I had already owned and used for long enough for them to have paid for themselves. I am happy with it :)
Really like this video. I builded a similar pc a year ago and still use it as my main pc. My specs is: xeon 1230v2, 16gb ram, 120gb ssd, 500gb hdd, rx 560 4gb. I swaped out the rx 560 to rx 6600 mining card(160usd) and motherboard to z77pd3(35usd) 2 months ago. I did overclock the xeon by Bclk option(it match i7 3770k now). Every thing working great as long as i crank up all the setting to ultra, because this Ivy bridge cpu will not gain any fps if i lower the setting. Great video, keep it up.
I did something similar with a Dell XPS system from the same era. It came with a Core I7-3770, and I upgraded it to 16 GB of RAM, a 6GB GeForce 1060, and a 512 GB SSD. It plays Fortnite at 1080p decently!
The cool thing about challenging yourself to build cheap PC's like this is that once you sell them you can make a large profit off of them because of how little you paid AND the consumer gets a more affordable option that isn't $1000+
Very nice! It makes me feel better about sticking with my i7 3770, bought in 2013, after having children. I finally upgraded my GPU to the 580 in 2020, which in hindsight I wish I had waited longer for prices to have dropped. Mine started off with 16GB DDR3, which I’m looking to expand to 32GB. Happy to hear such a system would remain viable.
I would have added a 120mm fan to the front of the system for better air intake You removed the cage anyway so there's plenty of room for the fan that will probably decrease the gpu temps 80°C is quite a lot for a gpu in my opinion Anyway, pretty good video, I enjoyed watching it😊
That CPU is brilliant, I have a very similar chip in a server of mine which I got a few months back, it is a Dell R210 ii and it cost £50. It came with 8GB ECC and a Xeon E3-1230v2 (pretty much i7-3770). I'm very much considering putting a 10gig network card in there and using it as a router.
Thanks for the video Matt, I appreciate the performance ratings on current games. Other channels have done this, but try making a video of a case swap for the dell optiplex.
LOL, I did this EXACT same optiplex / 3770 / XFX RX 580 build about 4 years ago after the last crypto bust on the cheap and had to remove the hard drive cage. Really appreciate your vids on multiple levels. Especially enjoy your custom case vids and was inspired to build my wife a custom windows 11 PC in an old broken radio on the cheap and she loves it.
Well done! I got a similar system for my daughter so we can mess with it, take it appart and build it back. But it became her PC so I might, eventually, do updates like this one
Even now... that price is really cheap for xx10 system with an i7, even after shipping. Or maybe I'm just behind the times. I'm going to have to check these out on eBay again, because that's absolutely worth it. And selling components to recover cost is absolutely NOT cheating.
I got the exact same computer for $70 on eBay I put a $30 e3-1275 v2 in it, a gtx 1070 FTW, 600w PSU, 512gb SSD with 32gb of ram. The computer does everything I need it to do
i slapped together a decent pc for only 150, it has an amd fx6300, 32gb ram and a gtx780ti. it is a beast still to this day. i love it so much and i think bundles are great value
I have a secondary custom PC using an i7 4770, 16gb RAM, the same SSD, and an RX 480 8GB that my brother didn't need after I gave him my GTX 1070. Runs well and while the CPU might be a bottleneck in newer games, it's not too obvious.
Thank you for these, I'm in a rock and a hard place situation with an HP ENVY. I know I need a short card, but I hadn't considered swapping the PSU like unit (300w) and this video convinced me to get over myself.
Ironically I did a $200-ish Optiplex build just recently as well but a little differently - I started with a 9020 with an i7-4790, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive for $105. Then I was able to get an EVGA GTX 1060 6GB with a dual SATA to 8-pin (so I can still use the stock PSU) for $85. All that was left was a cheapo 120GB boot SSD for $17 and I was off to the races for just over $200. It's been a great (and surprisingly quiet) system.
The reason people are happy to buy those power supplies is they are made for Dell by Delta and they are rock solid reliable so a 300 watt psu from dell or delta will give you 300 watts comfortably
I've been using that exact same video card for 3 years now. I wasn't planning to but right after I bought it prices for GPUs went insane until recently. It's definitely not a bad card.
Nice build, I had a similar optiplex a long time ago, but on that one I had to buy a 24 to 8-pin adapter because the motherboard didn't use 24-pin. You could get an usb 3.0 header extension with an angled connector so u could use the front usb, or get an usb 3.0 pci-e card with an internal header. And try to use angles satacables aswell. There should be a trick/mod to add at least on 3.5 drive in the front one way or another. These Optiplex cases are pretty neat I think.
What I do with office computers is make a transparent side panel and add some sort of Rgb/Led strip, ten wrapping top and other side panel in brushed aluminium or carbon folie.. looks good👍
@@justjoshin5140 cheapest is pc monitor privacy filters, usually find them for free from second hand monitors. Then 3M double side click tape so it's removable. Privacy filters are dark so if you want clear full transparent try asking some shops if they have left over plexiglass after covid pandemic (if they removed from shops conters)
First time watching your channel. I gotta say this is the best video regarding a budget gaming PC. it's giving me the confidence to do it. Do you have any videos on how to shop for a used graphics card ?
Vg build Matt 🤩😇💪👍. Even to date after 20+yrs of pc building, I sell my older parts to offset my new builds or upgrades so selling them imo is fine to get a better build 😇😉.
i kinda did the same thing with a dell 7010. but everything worked i did do a video on it called "Dell Optiplex 7010 No Compromises Sleeper Build" its a bit more then $200 but it packs alot of power (and heat).
If it weren't for the super cheap RX 580, I would have voted on keeping the stock PSU. (They're surprisingly reliable. Being deployed en masse in schools and public libraries, Dell wouldn't make a dime if they caused fires in these places.) And grabbing a cheap 750ti - 1050ti type card that either needs no supplemental power, or very little to where you could use a SATA power to PCI-E 6 pin adapter and be well under the 240-300W the stock power supplies are rated at.
Local to me these are hot sellers for around 60$! I love messing with them, but whenever they have problems they can be a headache since they're so old! Optiplex's will live on 4ever!
I've done an optiplex build as my first gaming PC and you nailed it haha way better than mine, I didn't know what I was doing and ended up with a SFF 3020 so I had to use a GT 1030 because of the power supply and connections it has available I have a full custom build now and my optiplex is a tv stand lol
I bought a pc yesterday with an i7 3770k gtx 970 16gb ram ddr3 128ssd and 2tb hdd and an acer predatorscreen 144hz mouse and keyboard all for 130 euro and it runs great
After seeing so many of your videos using the Dell Optiplex, I've ended up buying both the MT and DT/Slim build and even though they were both $50 each. MT was able to upgrade power supply, max out memory, install SSD and 1TB hard drive. But still have some room for upgrades like was thinking about swapping out the i5-2500 quad core for i7 2600 and only graphics card to hold me over was GTX 1050 Ti. But for DT/Slim Build even though I was suck with power supply, i5-2500. Besides 2tb, SSD, and 16GB of memory. I gave the RX 550 low profile card a try and it work find but did prove to be somewhat weaker on a few titles. Hoping to give one of those ones with i7 a try if I can upgrade cpu. Both ended up being $200 to $300. But overall glad to have something to hold me over until I can get something better.
Lol the funny thing is I saw the optipex sellers before I saw the video when I was looking to getting or build the cheapest gaming PC because I didn't know how long it will be before I can build mine and needed a backup plan. The only real limitation is for gaming is the pcie bus , DDR ram , and that smart memory thing you need for arc. Next video is you hooking that cpu up to a modern setup
Yeah looking at the in game testing the time the CPU bottle necks you is cyber punk which really does the same thing to brand new setups. Plug in the biggest card and psu you have and try it on 4k or uw
Nice to see this, that MT tower from Dell is easy to find and cheap - I am hoping to have one soon when we finally retire the legacy systems at my work, as I plan on keeping my tower w/ a 4770 and finding an adapter for the ATX PSU upgrade. I was thinking of possibly turning it into a Media server or another gaming box for my son's friends.
Great video! I just posted my $200 9010 build video. I am not sure how I missed this one, I thought I watched all the optiplex budget builds. Maybe because optiplex was not in the title. But let me know what you think of my build Matt!
i built a 180$ pc with an i5 6500 and a gtx 1060 3gb and resold it for 450$, almost triple profits because that’s around what it’s worth, it was pretty cool
I would recommend not drilling around the case with components installed because tiny bits of metal from the drill could end up on the electronics and shorting contacts.
it's entertaining to watch, don't get me wrong, but if I were to spend as little as possible for a decent gaming experience I would personally buy a Xbox Series S with gamepass. i can find them used for around $165 and after bargaining I could get one for less than $150. I believe it's the best and cheapest method for a budget gamer, Series S + Gamepass
I....I...really don't know what to say except....interview over! Your hired! Seriously great video and extremely amazing job with build and budgeting. 👍🏻
i bought whole non-working build for just about 150 usd with i7 6700k and RX570 and i fix it almost free graphics card stooped working after month but i bought used RX480 for about 80 usd and now is working fine price is still fantastic bcs its not a prebuild pc but normal gaming pc with normal mobo etc...
Nice outlook and video on building a budget system. I have built systems for over twenty years and am really intrigued by mini computers and I'm wondering if you have done any NUC builds or experimenting? They use almost no power and and available with Amd onboard graphics instead of the Intel low performing onboard
Anytime someone says gaming PC is expensive.. I just think to myself.. you're just not techy, crafty and thrifty enough to get a good deal on a pc. Sucks for them. I always have a PC that I paid half of the going rate for.
Matt, you might still be able to use the sata ports if you purchase some slimline sata cables sold by silver-stone. They're not perfect but I bet they'd do the job in this scenario just fine.
I remember building so many cheap 150-200$ builds b4 pandemic,crypto mining,scalpers ect… I still have like 5 builds in storage from way back then I love just hunting cheap parts and building them it’s so fun
Can You please sell me one if you are dumping them ?
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@@deepakpatel5986 u can have one if your in mass area
Same but it's expensive sometimes. I think I need a power supply to finish a random extra PC and a GPU I guess and storage damn shit
@@deepakpatel5986 was about to ask for the same lol
I used to add a cheap 120mm molex powered fan to the front of these cases….with the right screws it will easily mount to the front. Adding double sided sticky foam helped to reduce fan vibration too. It’s not necessary but it always benefited temp wise. Great video!
Do you mean between the drive cage and the front of the case on the inside? Or do you mean actually on the outside of the case on the front? Because I was trying to work out if there would be a way to somehow get a 120mm fan between the cage and the front but it kind of seems like there is metal in the way preventing this 11:42 But i'd be really keen to know if you managed this because I still need the drive cage.
Fun stuff! This is not cheating. The goal was to keep it as low as possible, getting an Optiplex is the way to go.
These dell cases look so much nicer if you do a good job cleaning everything, taping off the top black front end (all the front IO/usb/etc), rectangular dell logo section of the front, and finishing it up with a cheap white spray paint job. The i7 ivy bridge 3770 is still an acceptable piece of hardware. Using 2 sided tape to mount a front pulling fan can improve airflow quite a bit. Well done. 🙂
Let's go! Already know you're going to hook us up with the knowledge us on budget need!
A friend and I scrapped 3 of his old gaming PCs and built a budget gaming PC with the extra 1660 Super I had (the build turned out awesome), so I found this video was really interesting!
Thanks for this video man, you really helped me understand a lot more than I knew about pcs. I'm 39 and want to build my 1st cheap entry level gaming pc for my sim rig I built for my Xbox but all the fun drifting/racing games seem to be on pc. Definitely gonna copy and paste this to my own build lol
Thanks again bro, you just got a new subscriber today
The beauty of business computer casing is that most of the bracket is quick release... and I love that ease of access
Great budget build there Matt, it’s amazing what you can put together with a little time and patience. Nice to see the 3770 still holding on in there. I’m a massive fan of the later Haswell Xeon’s they offer great performance for penny’s 😎🙏🏼
Got any recommendations haswell xeon wise, I've got an i5 4590 and want to see if I can upgrade without buying an overpriced i7.
Got my first pc off you love it so much
My old PC is similar but I didn't upgrade much. HP 3500 Pro Pre-built - i5 3470 12 GB RAM (upgraded to 16GB for dual channel). Added in a MSI GTX 1050 ti (low profile). Played Fortnite, Doom 4, Doom Eternal, CSGO, Valorant & some slightly older Wolfenstein games quite well on it. Have upgraded to a much nicer modern pre-built since then so that HP system is basically a backup for the time being. Re-installed Windows 10 & it's super snappy now. Thanks for sharing. :)
I did the almost same build. I paid 200$ for an Optiplex 9020 with an I7 4790s. Got mine with 16g mem in the deal. Put in a 650 EGA PS and an RX560 4GGPU. A Plextor 500g SSD. Cost me 200 cause all the parts I added I had already owned and used for long enough for them to have paid for themselves. I am happy with it :)
Yess
I ran that exact card for 4 years until the prices drop in the last couple of months and upgraded. Great card for the money
Really like this video. I builded a similar pc a year ago and still use it as my main pc. My specs is: xeon 1230v2, 16gb ram, 120gb ssd, 500gb hdd, rx 560 4gb. I swaped out the rx 560 to rx 6600 mining card(160usd) and motherboard to z77pd3(35usd) 2 months ago. I did overclock the xeon by Bclk option(it match i7 3770k now). Every thing working great as long as i crank up all the setting to ultra, because this Ivy bridge cpu will not gain any fps if i lower the setting. Great video, keep it up.
8:19 damn, bro had some STACKS on the table
Impressed, looking to put together my first build shortly and this has definitely proven to me i dont need to break the bank
I did something similar with a Dell XPS system from the same era. It came with a Core I7-3770, and I upgraded it to 16 GB of RAM, a 6GB GeForce 1060, and a 512 GB SSD. It plays Fortnite at 1080p decently!
The cool thing about challenging yourself to build cheap PC's like this is that once you sell them you can make a large profit off of them because of how little you paid AND the consumer gets a more affordable option that isn't $1000+
Very nice! It makes me feel better about sticking with my i7 3770, bought in 2013, after having children. I finally upgraded my GPU to the 580 in 2020, which in hindsight I wish I had waited longer for prices to have dropped. Mine started off with 16GB DDR3, which I’m looking to expand to 32GB. Happy to hear such a system would remain viable.
I would have added a 120mm fan to the front of the system for better air intake
You removed the cage anyway so there's plenty of room for the fan that will probably decrease the gpu temps
80°C is quite a lot for a gpu in my opinion
Anyway, pretty good video, I enjoyed watching it😊
That CPU is brilliant, I have a very similar chip in a server of mine which I got a few months back, it is a Dell R210 ii and it cost £50. It came with 8GB ECC and a Xeon E3-1230v2 (pretty much i7-3770). I'm very much considering putting a 10gig network card in there and using it as a router.
Thanks for the video Matt, I appreciate the performance ratings on current games. Other channels have done this, but try making a video of a case swap for the dell optiplex.
LOL, I did this EXACT same optiplex / 3770 / XFX RX 580 build about 4 years ago after the last crypto bust on the cheap and had to remove the hard drive cage. Really appreciate your vids on multiple levels. Especially enjoy your custom case vids and was inspired to build my wife a custom windows 11 PC in an old broken radio on the cheap and she loves it.
Well done! I got a similar system for my daughter so we can mess with it, take it appart and build it back. But it became her PC so I might, eventually, do updates like this one
for PSU's in budget builds like this my first stop is always EVGA's B-stock you can often find 600 Golds and BQ's for $30
Got a supernova 650 gt from there a few weeks ago for 40$
Even now... that price is really cheap for xx10 system with an i7, even after shipping. Or maybe I'm just behind the times. I'm going to have to check these out on eBay again, because that's absolutely worth it. And selling components to recover cost is absolutely NOT cheating.
I liked the chill music playing during the benchmark sequences. 😊
title should be "Build in 200$ with a lot of luck"
pretty damn cool to see 100+ frames for a 200$ pc, easy way to get your nephew or young guns a step into the pc gaming life
I got the exact same computer for $70 on eBay I put a $30 e3-1275 v2 in it, a gtx 1070 FTW, 600w PSU, 512gb SSD with 32gb of ram. The computer does everything I need it to do
i just realized the listing for the optiplex he got stated for parts, but this man booted it up right away and it was working.
This is great Matt!
i did it! in Europe as well.... Lenovo V520, new TFX PSU with adapter cable and an rx460 did the job. it came with 8gb ddr4 and i5 7th gen!
Love this guy,u never compromice on budget function n performance
Matt: Game sizes are getting larger and larger every year
Me: *cough* *cough* Call of Duty *cough* *cough*
i slapped together a decent pc for only 150, it has an amd fx6300, 32gb ram and a gtx780ti. it is a beast still to this day. i love it so much and i think bundles are great value
This build is an absolute beast! The i7-3770 was and still is incredibly good for it's age. Well done!
pretty awesome
thank you for the video
I have a secondary custom PC using an i7 4770, 16gb RAM, the same SSD, and an RX 480 8GB that my brother didn't need after I gave him my GTX 1070. Runs well and while the CPU might be a bottleneck in newer games, it's not too obvious.
Thank you for these, I'm in a rock and a hard place situation with an HP ENVY. I know I need a short card, but I hadn't considered swapping the PSU like unit (300w) and this video convinced me to get over myself.
Ironically I did a $200-ish Optiplex build just recently as well but a little differently - I started with a 9020 with an i7-4790, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive for $105. Then I was able to get an EVGA GTX 1060 6GB with a dual SATA to 8-pin (so I can still use the stock PSU) for $85. All that was left was a cheapo 120GB boot SSD for $17 and I was off to the races for just over $200. It's been a great (and surprisingly quiet) system.
The 4th gen i7 Dell Optiplex is the ultimate "kit car" of ultra budget gaming PCs!
The reason people are happy to buy those power supplies is they are made for Dell by Delta and they are rock solid reliable so a 300 watt psu from dell or delta will give you 300 watts comfortably
I've been using that exact same video card for 3 years now. I wasn't planning to but right after I bought it prices for GPUs went insane until recently. It's definitely not a bad card.
Haha. This is literally my exact set up.
Budget builds rock! Keep making these great videos
Very nice video, its interesting to see how $200 in the US doesn't translate to other places. Nonetheles good job
Good idea!
Nice build, I had a similar optiplex a long time ago, but on that one I had to buy a 24 to 8-pin adapter because the motherboard didn't use 24-pin. You could get an usb 3.0 header extension with an angled connector so u could use the front usb, or get an usb 3.0 pci-e card with an internal header. And try to use angles satacables aswell. There should be a trick/mod to add at least on 3.5 drive in the front one way or another. These Optiplex cases are pretty neat I think.
What I do with office computers is make a transparent side panel and add some sort of Rgb/Led strip, ten wrapping top and other side panel in brushed aluminium or carbon folie.. looks good👍
How do you make the clear side panel
@@justjoshin5140 cheapest is pc monitor privacy filters, usually find them for free from second hand monitors. Then 3M double side click tape so it's removable. Privacy filters are dark so if you want clear full transparent try asking some shops if they have left over plexiglass after covid pandemic (if they removed from shops conters)
First time watching your channel. I gotta say this is the best video regarding a budget gaming PC. it's giving me the confidence to do it. Do you have any videos on how to shop for a used graphics card ?
The fact that the RX580 still holds up to this day is mind blowing to me.
Nice build value
Gotta throw cyberpunk at it. Thats the real test
Vg build Matt 🤩😇💪👍. Even to date after 20+yrs of pc building, I sell my older parts to offset my new builds or upgrades so selling them imo is fine to get a better build 😇😉.
I love these vids:) been trying to do something like this, so thanks for the inspiration and awesome vids!
i love building things like this
i kinda did the same thing with a dell 7010. but everything worked i did do a video on it called "Dell Optiplex 7010 No Compromises Sleeper Build" its a bit more then $200 but it packs alot of power (and heat).
I wish builds like this could be made in my country, every part here is liek 3 times more expensive
If it weren't for the super cheap RX 580, I would have voted on keeping the stock PSU. (They're surprisingly reliable. Being deployed en masse in schools and public libraries, Dell wouldn't make a dime if they caused fires in these places.) And grabbing a cheap 750ti - 1050ti type card that either needs no supplemental power, or very little to where you could use a SATA power to PCI-E 6 pin adapter and be well under the 240-300W the stock power supplies are rated at.
Yeah, the RX 580 isn't so realistic in most cases. Used GTX 1050 still sells for 100 usd in my country, we're kinda fucked in here
The optiplex is goated cant lie
US$200 super cheap budget PC better than my current setup.
Ok, maybe it's time to upgrade
Local to me these are hot sellers for around 60$! I love messing with them, but whenever they have problems they can be a headache since they're so old! Optiplex's will live on 4ever!
Are you finna keep it 👀
I've done an optiplex build as my first gaming PC and you nailed it haha way better than mine, I didn't know what I was doing and ended up with a SFF 3020 so I had to use a GT 1030 because of the power supply and connections it has available
I have a full custom build now and my optiplex is a tv stand lol
I love you choosing to test different games besides the standard Valorant, Fortnite...
Could you maybe... benchmark Spiderman with your future builds?
My former main rig was a 2nd gen Optiplex 790 MT with an i7 2600, 16GB RAM and a 1650 Super. But a couple months ago I built a new 12th gen rig,
Let’s got matt
thats an amazing build
This is a great build for $200, love it
I think it is not cheating. That's a win-win right there. You can get rid of stuff you don't need and add some more budget to your system.
Looking for a build for movies, music and iTunes backups. At least 1TB ssd or hard drive. Any options under $600??
you can also sell the hard drive and replace it by an ssd.
optical drive is useless in 2022 to and you can get 20$ from it also.
I bought a pc yesterday with an i7 3770k gtx 970 16gb ram ddr3 128ssd and 2tb hdd and an acer predatorscreen 144hz mouse and keyboard all for 130 euro and it runs great
Great job 👏
Did u have issues booting using the graphics card? I just get a black screen. Card works , tested in another pc.
After seeing so many of your videos using the Dell Optiplex, I've ended up buying both the MT and DT/Slim build and even though they were both $50 each. MT was able to upgrade power supply, max out memory, install SSD and 1TB hard drive. But still have some room for upgrades like was thinking about swapping out the i5-2500 quad core for i7 2600 and only graphics card to hold me over was GTX 1050 Ti. But for DT/Slim Build even though I was suck with power supply, i5-2500. Besides 2tb, SSD, and 16GB of memory. I gave the RX 550 low profile card a try and it work find but did prove to be somewhat weaker on a few titles. Hoping to give one of those ones with i7 a try if I can upgrade cpu.
Both ended up being $200 to $300. But overall glad to have something to hold me over until I can get something better.
I think I have an i7 2600 if you are interested. Sell it cheap! If interested let me know and I will verify I still have it.
@@garageman327327 Thanks for offer. But I've think I'm fine with what I have for now.
@@garageman327327 please verify I would Like to get it from You, please mention price also
i also got build for 220e while i was studying about 5 years ago... i7-860(4.0ghz oc) on p7p55d deluxe, 16ram, 128 ssd, few 500gb hdds, rx 470 8gb...
Lol the funny thing is I saw the optipex sellers before I saw the video when I was looking to getting or build the cheapest gaming PC because I didn't know how long it will be before I can build mine and needed a backup plan. The only real limitation is for gaming is the pcie bus , DDR ram , and that smart memory thing you need for arc. Next video is you hooking that cpu up to a modern setup
Yeah looking at the in game testing the time the CPU bottle necks you is cyber punk which really does the same thing to brand new setups. Plug in the biggest card and psu you have and try it on 4k or uw
Nice to see this, that MT tower from Dell is easy to find and cheap - I am hoping to have one soon when we finally retire the legacy systems at my work, as I plan on keeping my tower w/ a 4770 and finding an adapter for the ATX PSU upgrade. I was thinking of possibly turning it into a Media server or another gaming box for my son's friends.
I would of added an 80mm fan to the front to bring in cool air. Overall great build !
Finally, the old formula can work again!
Great video! I just posted my $200 9010 build video. I am not sure how I missed this one, I thought I watched all the optiplex budget builds. Maybe because optiplex was not in the title. But let me know what you think of my build Matt!
i built a 180$ pc with an i5 6500 and a gtx 1060 3gb and resold it for 450$, almost triple profits because that’s around what it’s worth, it was pretty cool
The GPU alone was like $300 a year ago. Crazy times they were.
I can't believe those prices... I live in Greece, u barerly will find and i3 2nd Gen 4gb ram for 60€
They did the same in scrap yard wars so I guess it's fine lol
I would recommend not drilling around the case with components installed because tiny bits of metal from the drill could end up on the electronics and shorting contacts.
Or use angled sata cables that you conect BEFORE inserting the GPU
hey Matt a year ago i had a dell sff and painted the grill plastic black and became so much newer
nice build
it's entertaining to watch, don't get me wrong, but if I were to spend as little as possible for a decent gaming experience I would personally buy a Xbox Series S with gamepass. i can find them used for around $165 and after bargaining I could get one for less than $150. I believe it's the best and cheapest method for a budget gamer, Series S + Gamepass
thats better than my pc
I....I...really don't know what to say except....interview over! Your hired!
Seriously great video and extremely amazing job with build and budgeting. 👍🏻
You didn't include the price of the monitor, the price of the mouse and keyboard either that you are playing it on.
i bought whole non-working build for just about 150 usd with i7 6700k and RX570 and i fix it almost free graphics card stooped working after month but i bought used RX480 for about 80 usd and now is working fine price is still fantastic bcs its not a prebuild pc but normal gaming pc with normal mobo etc...
Nice outlook and video on building a budget system.
I have built systems for over twenty years and am really intrigued by mini computers and I'm wondering if you have done any NUC builds or experimenting?
They use almost no power and and available with Amd onboard graphics instead of the Intel low performing onboard
Anytime someone says gaming PC is expensive.. I just think to myself.. you're just not techy, crafty and thrifty enough to get a good deal on a pc. Sucks for them. I always have a PC that I paid half of the going rate for.
Matt, you might still be able to use the sata ports if you purchase some slimline sata cables sold by silver-stone. They're not perfect but I bet they'd do the job in this scenario just fine.
I ran into the same problem with a gtx 1070 on an msi board. Bought a couple sata cables with the 90 degree ends and problem solved less than 6 bucks
like your videos, keep it up 👍