The Incredible i5 Dell
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Can a Sandy Bridge Core i5 2400 and an R9 380 pull off 60fps in the latest games?
Tonight on Green Ham Gaming, we aim to find out.
Our subject is a Dell Optiplex 790.
We plan to revive it with some beefy new Radeon graphics and see how the PC handles the latest and greatest.
We test the PC with:
GTA V, Fallout 4, The Witcher 3, Doom, Rocket League and Minecraft.
I think You'll be surprised with the results.
I don't think people realize how cheap PC gaming can really be when compared to console gaming. The real money saving comes from cheap games/no subscription fees.
Yeah that's mostly the reason. Sometimes it's just that classic couch gaming that people desire though.
G2A baby
Buying used parts can also save a lot of money, more bang for the buck. Just got to watch though and do some research on so and so part.
Neatmike, what are you doin here
They really don't, I build a cheap 'gaming' pc out of an old dell inspiron 660s, it had a celeron g470 (i think, it was a single core @2ghz with hyperthreading) in it initially and 4gb of ddr3 ram. I upgraded the cpu to an i3 2120t for 40$ and the ram I had laying around so i upgraded it to 8gb. It was decent as is but intel hd 2000 had definite limitations, i spent 100$ more and bought an MSI GTX 750 ti low profile, cut a hole in the top of the case to accommodate it, and boom, the thing handles games, even modern AAA titles at med/high 1080p 60fps
yo ghg, it's been nearly 4 years and this is legit nostalgia for me. Coming home and watching your vids was the best. Hope you're doing well.
Yeah mate I really miss him too he's the father of the mighty pc
I used to the same, man.
me too. Those were some good days
"Powered by the brand-new Pentium II processor"
Rolled the Intel logo. XDXDXD
yes the intel pentium 2 processor was a beast back in the day
The poor hard drive could have just been formatted.. rip
Now it will pass for scrap material for recycling into something else. Maybe a new hard drive?
Its a WD Green it deserves to die
the only way to get rid of the virus is to destroy the platters 😈
@@khalidhebshi5318 Ye those drives suck.
Hard drives were injured in the making of the film
True dat.
Why tf is everybody complaining about wd green drives?
the mre nerd The reasons has been stated... so yeah.
***** I don't have a problem with using Green/GreenPower drives, aside from that i've had a couple bad ones (most of them I got for free because they were bad)
Murdered
I'm addicted to your video's, Im sitting here wondering "Why does this guy only have 111,176 subs". Your channel is so different, I find that other PC builders that do what you do seem to have me falling asleep, however you spice it up with pure cinematic gold. Crushing that virus plagued hard drive made my day. I felt like I could actually connect with the emotional feeling you had towards the viruses. Sometimes I find myself having the same feeling towards my AMD processed computer, it's a older AMD chip and it bottlenecks my Radeon rx 480 GB. It made me so mad that someone of your cinematic ability could only understand.
One day my stream crashed my starcraft 2 twice in one stream, I then became so angry, That I instantly logged on Ironsides website and built a computer, I dropped 2,500 just so the only thing that would be crashing was the games from the massive amount of crossfire and Sli I can run off the motherboard. I had to do it, it had to be done.
Hopefully you can relate to these feelings, I feel like i'm stuck running windows 98, no one can take me seriously with a PC of this nature.
Keep up the good work sir.
almost same here his filiming skills are awesome and his music choices are awesome the best channel i ever found on youtube
He doesn't upload enough
Episode Idea: Back to the Future. You pair up a brand new CPU and an old GPU and vice versa.
The bottle necking....
+RagingHammer exactly, it could be fun to see how bottlenecked it gets and how a CPU bottleneck compares to a GPU bottleneck
+MrDeits97 Ye-heeeah, let's shit on some more old parts!
+Darius Watako - Hinamizawa Newcomer i cant tell if this is sarcasm or not, sorry
Pair a GTX 1080 with a pentium 2!
Oh wait, No PCIE slot on mobo.
New GHG video? My life is complete
Hell yeah!
Bo's in the house
an actual good video, the last two were mediocre at best
+JoeyLo how about a new Thunder or SkyBox update?
I think the same, JoeyLo. Great videos!
i have a challenge for ya!
build an oblivion pc that could be enjoyable using only parts from 2006 and a 300$ budget (the price from the time the parts were realesed)
***** yep me to
***** i agree
intel core 2 duo
Zalman Fatal1ty FS-C77
NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI LT
OCZ PC2-8500 SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel 2GB
XFX GeForce 8800GTS
$300 AUD or USD?
SpazSpy USD
Here in 2023 for the nostalgia and wishing I could go back in time 😢
i5 quad core can Game matched with a decent graphics card, something like a 970 will do you just fine.
remember if it comes with viruses to absolutely destroy that hard disk and put a new one into the computer
and then light all the pieces on Fire!!!! Fire!!!!!
why don't you have more subs...? this is crazy. I fricken love your channel man, keep up the great work and amazing content. great job
cause he does not make videos often enough sadly
You do like your Wii Sports music don't you?
+Bf 109 K-4 no its actually from Wii sports
+Bf 109 K-4 no its actually from Wii sports
Hanson Marshall nah nigga dat shit from the beach track on double dash
Bf 109 K-4 it's probably just in both
+Bf 109 K-4 actually no, that's defently from Wii sports
I did order that Dell Optiplex 790 with same Cpu, ram and HD, im lucky
Edit 2017: Best rig ever.
Edit 2018: Woah, I built a new pc all myself, then I did send the Dell to my friend :D it was incredible have that pc for a whole year
noice
@iamdxpe 2020 here :) currently using a Gtx 1070Ti and Ryzen 2600.
I have a i5 2400 with a GTX 970
and?
um i was just saying if anyones wondering if a i5 2400 is good for gaming? whats your problem?
i5-2400 is a beast, I had it before...
Adrian C. Chase Nice, I'm thinking about upgrading to a i5-2500k soon. What card did you have paired up with the i5 - 2400?
☆ LegendaryC4 Before I had a system with the i5-2400, 8gb and a gtx 750, it was pretty good for games, it lacked a bit with dying light however. I built a new system however got some good deals and managed to get my hands on an i7-3770 and a gtx 770, the i7 is definitely much faster in benchmarks and multi-threaded applications. In real world performance haven't really noticed any difference. Anyhow, if you are upgrading I would only suggest going from i5 to i7, going to another i5 gets just a minimal performance gain, and no noticeable speed increase in everyday tasks.
you could have just reinstalled windows xD
I really liked the new graph showing the average frame rates across the games you tested. Would love for that to be a new standard in GHGTV episodes!
I made practically the same computer as this one with the same optiplex and core i5 2400, but I put a gtx 1050 ti in mine instead of an r9 380
JoshDoesEverything do a review on it
I have the same components with 16 gb ram.
The quality and style of your videos never fails to impress me. Don't stop doing what you're doing man.
Btw, all the classic music just adds to the awesomeness :)
Dude, the Urbz music. Hell yes, I'm so glad you know about such a gem!
Hillary Clinton could learn a thing or two from you.
SAVAGE!
SomethingCool51 10/10
SomethingCool51 but that's what she did... 7 cell phones, 4 iPads, 2 laptops and 14 desktops were all destroyed by her.
Personally?
CaptainMcShotgun He's poking fun at the emails that were dug up from her storage.
His video is so athmospheric. I like it
Ян Калиновский
Блин!
hard drive in kids could have africa that eaten
+MrSwagdyPoop h3h3
that's a first good one
xX_lildoge_Xx I have a 30GB HD :'(
Ah shit, I think your comment is Fragmented
pedro freitas, you are really fucking poor
I come here for the Nostalgia, history, and beautiful low budget b-roll. And Tim, you always deliver mate.
This is my favorite video from Green Ham. Its just so calming.
The music from this video sounds straight outta Mario Kart.
fuck get the Dell
get the Dell
get the Dell✊✊
it's a WD Green drive, it would die anyway...
Get a black one for best performance... non-SSD form.
i learned the hard way
is blue good for a storage drive?
yup, i use one as a storage drive
lol i know, you could of easily reformatted the entire thing but he went all out to destroy it. Green Drives are trash. :-p
"Taking a break from consoles" You deleted the PS3 Video just as i clicked it :(
He deleted it becuase people hated on it to much.....
+Wille WD what in the bologna?
what ps3 video?
Because he felt it wasn't good at all
Anyone have the vid downloaded?
Damn, your videos feels old and nostalgic in 2016. Really like it. Keep em coming
i nearly died waiting for a new video , you've saved my life
I wonder what this rig would have been like with a 480 instead.
Slightly better?
Tekuila Gaming probably lol
haha that comment xD
Well duh, a 480 is superior.
(But then again, the 480 is a lot in Australian dollars, so...)
I love these video's. Do you think you will ever do stuff with the old apple macintoshes. That would be awesome, keep it up!
FORMATTING THE DRIVE WASNT AN OPTION WAS IT
nope that takes to long simple🤣🤣
You really need to make these videos more frequent. I can never wait for the next one.
Your production quality has greatly increased since I first dropped in! Keep up the good work!
Tim, YOU ARE ALWAYS MAKING VIDEOS ABOUT THE PCS I HAVE AND USE!! What a coincidence! My main PC has the same specs but I have a 1tb hdd and a GTX 950 and performs amazingly
to think i was 16 when i made this comment, im 23 now. Ive since upgraded PCs and miss my dell optiplex.
Ugh, the r9 380. That card has been notorious for constant driver crashes in certain games. When it works, it works as a great midrange card - but when it doesn't work, your entire computer goes into lockdown mode. I suggested my friend get one over a gtx 960 for the slight performance increase while remaining in the same price range - I felt like a real tool when he tried to launch Fallout 4 and started crashing left and right. Sometimes it would be fine and he could game for hours before it happened, othertimes it would happen within minutes - but one way or another, it eventually happened. Apparently it's a pretty widely known issue, I found hundreds of threads regarding it but no known fix.
ok
i think thats maybe just bad luck
No, it's a pretty well known issue with many people - not his card exclusively.
www.reddit.com/r/Amd/comments/4epk1o/force_amd_fix_their_drivers_for_r9_380_users/
steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/496881136898902760/
steamcommunity.com/app/377160/discussions/0/492378265875118424/
That was just an example. It has the same issues with playing World of Warcraft, and that game can be ran on a potato. It's just something messy with its drivers. They've claimed they're working on it for about a year now.
had the same issues with my card.
RMA'D and everything works fine.
i now hate the fact that i bought a ps4
same here
Ive left my ps4 gather dust thanks to pc gaming, i kinda regret that i even bought it.
I left my ps3 and Xbox 360 for pc gaming
+daniel pinkham good choice my friend
But I still have them to go back and play my favorite games from last gen like forza and gran turismo the boots on the ground CODS and a little bit of bf3 and bfbc2
For a relatively small channel, the quality of your content really is astounding. 10/10
Only just come across your channel mukka..
And your contents great.
All I got to do now is back track through it. .
Keep it up mate ,great channel
Wow he really "did a Hillary" on that hard drive. She would be so proud of you🤯😲
You could've just formatted the original HDD
funny thing, I'm actually using an i5 sandy bridge ._. conbined with a gtx750ti
whole pc cost around 300€ with 1GB hdd and 8 gb ram :D
still gotta get a new pc in 1 or 2 years if I wanna play the newest games on 60fps :/
A 1GB hard drive? What year are you from, 1985?
Redey1290 1tb sry xD
Lol, actually, 1GB was the standard in around 1995, 10 years later
I’ve got the i3 sandybridge with rx 460
These videos just keep getting better and better. Nice job GHG.
And watching Arthur LMAO
I like all your videos before you even start talking since i know the great production quality that goes in them the time and effort and your voice is just so soothing
Episode idea: Xeon E3-1231v3 and dual E3-2670 gaming.
Dual Xeon E5-2699v4 would be more appropriate.
Henry Chan That is way too expensive (and I think LinusTechTips have already done that)
+陈北宗 but he does cheap, not godlike builds.
+陈北宗 Linus did Dual Xeon E5-2699v3.
+Winter r Check the prices of those chips before commenting. I am talking about EBay prices.
Getting that same pc soon. Already have a GPU for it, just need the PSU.
I wonder whether an RX 480 will be a perfect fit for this dell!
Watch this rig with the RX 480 be the perfect 4K gaming rig in theory with perfect cooling and 400000 fps on all high settings in the latest games but in practice the card won't fit on the mother board or something mundane like that.
Absolutely. Sandy Bridge is so capable it's insane. There isn't Vulkan support but it will fare very well.
A single RX 480 won't do you good for 4K Gaming.
+Matthew N I know, I was just joking that the rig would be excellent in theory but in practice wouldn't work because of some small little problem (such as the card not fitting on the same motherboard as the processor).
i'm literally about to buy an rx 480 to pair with an i5 2400 (couple weeks from now) ivy and sandy bridge are still strong af
The opening could only be better if your landlord came running out wearing a robe carrying a fire extinguisher
I watch this for the music. Honestly. Awesome music choice!
I have this PC with a 1050ti and can confirm fucking ridiculous performance for 250$
Hey Tim, are you doing a video about the ps3's cell processor?
That vid sucked ass. I'm glad he removed it.
+John Smith what happened?
I'd like to see that video. Why did he remove?
+John Smith Any idea if he's gonna revise and reupload?
Just spam your request on his Twitter.
My school has Dell laptops with Intel Core i5 processors and 8 Gigs of ram, they can probably run games just as well.
They probably don't have a graphics card.
you mean dedicated graphics? it has. but not as powerful as desktop version. and is impossible to replace.
They won't have a gpu in that is anything compared to a r9 380, so no.
***** how big it is? how power hungry it is? i think laptop like that would be more like move-able desktop more than a laptop.
my laptop has an i7 6500u 12 gigs of ddr3 ram and a GT 940m and it can barely run battlefront so yours might not run games that well since mine is terrible at gamming
Cool Video ~ i Game with my 2011 home / office computer , X-mas 2016 decided to upgrade instead of purchasing a new pc - added another 8gb ram & ssd & 1050 ti all running on stock hp 240 psu - 13 months later still playing new open world triple A games with zero issues just smooth gameplay at 1920 x 1080 x 60 hz - high quality graphic settings .... Thanx 4 posting
* $427.- NY dollars : HP Compaq Elite 8200 pro sff pc with i5-2400 cpu / Evga Sc 16gb ram / Crucial mx300 275gb ssd / WD my passport usb 3.0 2tb hdd / Msi Gtx 1050 ti 4gb gddr5 low profile gpu - Gameplay at high graphic quality settings - 1080p - hairworks ÷ gameworks off .... Ty again
i love the effort you guys put into simple vids. that hard drive gettinf wrecked was awesome =]
I never use anti-virus, and my pc is okay.
U do use anti virus whether u realize it or not. Windows defender
@@dexthegamer3234 lol I turned that meme off and my PC started working properly for once 😂
@@alihassan4060 yeah, i trusted defender, then i scanned my pc with malwarebytes and there was 36 threats
@@ondrejbrandejsky5592 That's what you get from trying to download Sony Vegas for free
"..beefy new radeon..."
Lol he generally uses pretty old stuff in his videos so anything beyond a 750 Ti is relatively powerful in the context of his content.
Funny thing the only thing that gpu will beat the most gpus in is the bandwidth being 512 mb instead of a 256 mb bandwidth. Even a rx 580.
@Jay Arre The r9 380
would a 1050ti work better then the r9 380.
personally thats what I would run
Yeahmenoodle Probably, and it will use much less power, and you may not even need to replace the PSU; although, replacing it is a good idea.
Yeahmenoodle that's what I did. Works great! I'm thinking about getting a new cpu though.
AtomsDweller Thinking about a new CPU? Get the G4560 Pentium if you are on a budget
i have an i5-2400 rn
throwing back with the urbz soundtrack, brought up my nostalgia
Awesome video. I was going to like at the end of the video, but then I heard the Wii Sports music.
And liked immediately.
Why didn't you install linux or something on that hard drive or at least reflash it with windows 10
because it may have rootkits on the boot sectors
I have 5 fps on gta 5 on lowest settings :( and i have finished the game with that photos album
You poor soul.
What are you playing on, a calculator?
bro i dunno how much i'm even gonna get in gta 5
Did you install gta 5 on a nes.
lowspecgamer is your friend
Haha it's Winter in Australia and I have 36c
:)
:)
:) Belgium?
+Elias Van Loon Munich, Germany :D
+Elias Van Loon netherlands!!
I find it funny that this was in my recommended videos as I had just recently picked up a Lenovo ThinkCentre M71e SFF off of eBay with nearly identical specs to put a build together for a sibling. Totally worth the sub-hundred dollar price tag!
These cheesy edits is the reason why I love your channel :) good work bro
Or you could have just wiped the hard drive with dban and installed a fresh copy of windows on it.
but wouldn't it of been more fun to beat it and torch it?
Final Kill Gaming It's a WD Green anyway. It would have died sooner or later.
Kids in Hard Drive could've eaten that Africa.
Cant u just reformat the hardrive?
Nope HDD's slow down over time its mechanical so the rotor engine etc will wear down to the point that after 5 years there is a possiblillity the states 7200rpm lowers to maybe 4200rpm which i had with a VERY old hdd from 8 years old eventually the rotor engine simply dies and so the HDD
my dad has this drive that got really slow and now i know why thanks bro.
That beats my 500GB green drive from 2008. In my XPS 400 Server.
I remember getting a green drive when my old drive broke. Worst drive I've ever purchased. Glad im running a black now.
its a WD Green they are literally the worst hard drives
Got an R9 390 and a Corsair PSU in a i7 Dell Optiplex 990. Slick and fast. Nice vid.
Soft, soothing voice, and then FIRE and VIOLENCE!
I can't believe you were playing "Friday" on the screen in the background! XD
3:14
Diddly Squat: "Yes this is Diddly Squat...Hello???"
Caller "FUUUCCCKKK YYYOOOUUU!!!"
I have a Dell Optiplex 990. It has a i5 2400, 8GB of RAM, a GTX 750 ti and a 120GB SSD inside. I can play anything under the sun. GTA V even runs more smoothly than shown in this video at a higher fps at 1080 high settings. Only costed me $250 all together. I paid $150 for the used computer, $50 for the used GTX 750 ti and bought the SSD at Micro Center for $50.
Jonathan Ostler 50$ for 120gb is really bad I got a 480 Sandisk for 80$
The Urbz music brought a tear to my eye. Good music.
After watching this video, I decided to pick up my own incredible i5 Dell. I found mine used with a Radeon 7870 2gb and a 500w EVGA power supply. Thank you for the inspiration. I'm super excited.
dude, THE URBZ INTRO I MISSED U SM MAN LOOKING AT THESE OLD VIDS
I need one right now. As always GHG greatest than ever. Congratulations!
this channel is why i went to cex... got a core2quad q6600 for 3 euros, had 2 gb of ram so bought another gb for 1.50... spare asus 2400 pro... super computing for under 20 euros :D still have yet to clock it.
THIS. This is gonna be my first pc build (with maybe a different graphics card but idk :/). Already found some good deals on ebay for these!
IMO, your best video so far. Though idk why this didn't pop up on my feed. Thought TH-cam fixed their shenanigans.
Also, beer please.
Really like your vids as a fellow Dell enthusiast I am acquiring my own collection of these awesome machines but still have a ways to go to be on your level.
i'm happy with my optiplex towers.
Between the i5 and Core 2 Quad.
Dell built them great!
Damn, you're almost at 100k! I think I was here since like 30k.
I never bored replaying all of your "arts"
Another great Green Ham video. Just built an i5 rig myself! That finger-crossing moment before you hit the power button for the first time is real...
Also, I thought the destruction scene was totally worth the loss of a hard drive. A hearty thumbs-up for entertainment. (Guys - it was for the video. Pretty sure he doesn't do that every time a virus comes along.)
I guess enough people made ASMR comments on your videos that you decided to recommend an actual ASMR channel, huh? ;) Maybe I should get into that...
Awesome PC. I picked one up that was left for E Waste recycling, perfect condition. Bought 8gb (upgradable to 16gb) ram and a Nvidia 1060 3gb Video card. Runs like a dream. Spent about $300 for both parts.
One PF the best Episodes... Congratulations.
We all like to see some PowerPC Mac stuff on this channel, nice vid btw.
I get that Dell is kind of a punching bag for PC enthusiasts, but I fucking love the cases on their newer computers like the one in this video.
You were the last person I expected to do that to a hard drive :'( R.I.P WB hard drive.
Hey man! This is the first video of yours I've seen, and you definitely have just earned yourself a new sub, and a new fan. While, I came for the used pc build, your cinematography (loved the epic b-rolly type fire stuff. That was cool.) and the whole "story telling" feel to the video really set you apart in a good way. I also want to say, I really like the overlays you were using during the benchmarks. I'm not really sure what about them exactly, but they are just different enough. I, as I'm sure many others are constantly bombarded with the exact same style of build/review/benchmark video, that they have become so boring, I often find myself just skipping right to the conclusion. I Just wanted to tell you that I really like the more creative, "film-makery" type vibe that your channel has, while also providing great tech/gaming content. I see you're getting close to 100k! That's exciting! I also noticed that a good number of your videos have more views than you do subscribers, which is really impressive. Normally it's the opposite. This is getting really long, so I'm gonna leave now. lol. Just a fellow tech enthusiast wanting to tell you that I really like the direction you're taking your channel. I'm looking forward to more great content! :-)
Totally not surprised, I use an 790 with an i7 as my daily driver in the office, with 8 cores, 16 GB of RAM and a Graphics card it flies.
Sure it's not as fast as my actual hand built machine, but for a cheap off the shelf (and importantly - easily supported by IT) it's a fantastic office/business machine able to game.
You certainly have a lot of love toward DELL,Tim.
That's pretty sick, I'll have to show that to my friend I've been trying to convince to get a PC for ages now, lol
I just saw a few of your videos, the bgm is from the gba game the urbz, so nostalgic. Subscribed
Very interesting thing, that drive platter bending rather than shattering. All the platters I've ever used bent a little and then shattered, but they all used a ceramic core to my knowledge.
You're vids are so good and well made. I love this channel
That Intro its more epic than a new Elder Scrolls game.
Have that processor in my PC and it still runs amazingly
I stumbled upon this video right after I bought and upgraded the same OptiPlex 790