@@mylesbell2398 at least you guys have a dedicated gpu lol.i just have a laptop that cant get 60fps on csgo@ 800x600 and $900 desktop but no gpu or current storage devices
That 540 becomes just fine when you overclock it to 4.3 GHz, I did swap mine for a €8 X3440 from AliExpress though. Good thing to know is that basically every 1156 cpu and motherboard will take a decent OC.
@@RandomGaminginHD Me too, my €8 OC Xeon has the equivalent power of a i7 3770 Btw I managed to get an average fps of 120 with min and max at around 80 and 140 in Valorant maxed out with that i3, its around 300 now though.
I just recently completely upgraded to a Ryzen system but over the last year I found myself watching a lot of your videos (didn't find your channel until earlier this year) and piecing together/selling 3 other systems. I didn't want to get rid of one of them but during these rougher times I needed the money. Like you have mentioned though, it's actually quite a bit of fun piecing together systems and seeing what they will do, and trying out older graphics cards and stuff when its all you have for a period of time adds another element to the experience also. I can tell by what you say in your videos that you've been there and done that in the not so distant past as far as having to squeeze every frame you could out of the computer that you were stuck with for that time. If you can make it work for you so that you are able to have some fun, take your mind off of the world for a bit and escape maybe, then thats what counts. In conclusion, what a cool video that shows there are some cool games out there that you can still play even on the tightest budget possible, short of free I guess. :)
Man that title is the reason why I subscribed years ago. That is the reason to hit play, then pause a couple of seconds later, like the video, press play again.
You should definitely upgrade this to see how a few choice upgrades can help smooth out the experience (without the fire hazard aka OEM PSU). Lovely video as always!
1:22 You can get some real gems if you explicitly search for broken parts on eBay. Kinda seems like people list things as broken if they don't have the means and/or desire to test them. I ended up with two fully functional PSones (US$10 shipped for both of them) like that. One of them only needed a light cleaning to bring it to like-new condition. The other went through what I can only imagine is a soda spill (seriously, the motherboard and the insides of the case were coated in sticky, Coke-colored goop), but after a thorough cleaning it came back to life and continues to run like a champ.
I have an Acer desktop (X5900) VERY similar to that one. The CPU is almost identical, an i3 530 compared to the 540 you've got. I ended up with 4GB of RAM in mine (that was upgraded to 8GB), also a WD Green 1TB HDD and a 512MB GeForce 310. Again, 220W PSU. Mine was from Lite-On, which isn't that dodgy. The PC itself was free from my uncle.
Only recently discovered your channel It’s a hobby of mine to find & game on budget hardware Look forward to more content :) Also an idea; find an old MacBook / iMac run bootcamp on it and see how well you can game on it
Old hardware is so much fun. I would just stick to pre-2012 games and lower end indie stuff and have a blast. It'd be a great system for Oblivion, Skyrim, Borderlands 1, Portal 2, the Mass Effect trilogy, Dragon Age Origins, etc.
G'day & Happy New Year Random, This is why I love your channel, it's not about you the most expensive builds, the best GPU or CPU or trying to get 1000FPS, but it is about being able to build a PC no matter the budget so you can Have Fun Gaming 🥰
You hit the budget gamer/recycler jackpot! There are some very generous people around, just gotta pay attention to FB marketplace and Craigslist freebie section!
This pc actually reminds me of my old samsung laptop that i bought brand new like 4 years ago and used surprisingly long and harsh. It had a i5 processor and gt710 mobile graphics card. That laptop was most important thing for me and i did many many things with it for years. I didn't knew basically anything about computer hardware back then and that pc would look like a beast in my eye just because it was able to run ksp or some games even cranked ultra low settings. It's was not all about hardware and power mattered me back then, what i mattered me most was it beating my friends pc by mere 2 or 3 fps in minecraft. This pc ,that wasn't supposed to even run, you made using only less than only 20$ parts gives me same feelings as my old laptop. I enjoyed playing train sim world 720p or even 480p all day or grind whole german tech tree in war thunder on ultra low settings. Now i have a beast of a pc, really great tech acknowledge and now i'm actually studying for computer engineering in university but even after all of this, that 720p stuttery gameplay of skyrim or 30 to 40 fps csgo gameplay looks stupidly good in my eyes.
I once bought an untested z77 Extreme4 motherboard for $55, once I got it in it worked fine and served as my main machine for almost 2 years. It still works to this day in another machine.
I had this exact model of Acer Aspire from 2012-2016, but it had a AMD E-450 with integrated Radeon HD 6320 graphics, 4 GB of RAM and that same power supply (which blew up in early 2019 to nobody's surprise). Was your PSU also rated 80+ Bronze somehow? I know mine was, and considering it was made by Chicony, that seems like a lie lol
"The ultimate gaming PC for under 20$" lol No one could get away with that title! And not a single pleb would even be fooled by it.. Because it's impossible.
you crushed Linus's $69 pc in every way!!!! great work, this was a huge surprise; the upgrade path to an i5-750 or an i7-860 and 16GB of RAM and a GTX 1050 / TI / 1650 is super enticing as well!! future video?
Nice low budget build! With the new GTA and Battlefield some time away maybe you could do a theme build. I did one myself because I stumbled across a Asus GTX 560ti Battlefield 3 edition at a local flea market. Combined with a X3430, some stickers and a spraycan it became my nephews pc for almost a year. Costing around 55 euro's total.
When i first started watching this channel i was only getting back into pc gaming and i had a gt 745, since then i have had a 1050ti then to a 980ti and now i have an rtx 3070 but i still enjoy watching what the older and cheaper hardware is capable of
This video reminds me of the first PC I bought; it was very similar to this one (an Acer desktop SFF) but AMD-based. It had an AMD Athlon II X2 220, 3GB RAM DDR3 and NVIDIA onboard graphics. I upgraded the processor to an AMD Phenom II X4 945, upgrade the RAM to 8 GB and installed a GPU Radeon HD6570 low profile. I could play games like Assassin's Creed 3, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag and Tomb Raider at 720p with Medium settings, I gamed on that PC for like 8 years until got faulty last year. Then I made a new built with a Ryzen 5 3600 and a GTX 1660 ti.
I got lucky with an untested GT 440 recently. It is true that some sellers genuinely dont have the hardware or time to test the components they are selling.
I'd imagine a Shoebox of the right dimensions might be a nice little case upgrade.. maybe even cut a sight window and use thin clear plastic as a tempered glass substitute.
Wow great job, this is one of my favorite videos of yours. You have absolutely no idea how much I want this PC, I'm on an extremely tight budget and getting this PC would be absolute heaven. Could I have some links?
You did mention that your monitor refreshrate was limited to 75mhz? Most monitors can be unlocked and overclocked a bit, making a 75mhz doing maybe 85mhz or more. Would be cool to see if you can include some OC’d monitors to your budget builds. :-)
I enjoy your videos, there’s a certain charm about making use of old hardware. Though in my opinion, testing games at 720p is a bit illogical. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PC monitor using that resolution. Why not test at the far more common 1366 by 768? Even most old ”720p TVs” actually have that native resolution in their panels.
I have come across dozens of Chicony PSUs over the years. While unspectacular they are very reliable. The basic rule to follow with them is to take Max wattage (220 in this case) and knock off 10%. The CPU and GPU here will draw a max of 135 watts so the power supply is fine.
Sometimes "untested" means just that, though. Because I've come across sellers that just collect a whole bunch of stuff from wherever they can just to sell it on and they don't want to bother (or aren't able) to test it all. - And they would also just flat-out say that there's a chance it might not work because they didn't bother testing it (especially when it's about much older hardware) and it's just sold "as is". - Then again, those would also not sell for high prices either, so it's just a small gamble.
Nice build - despite its dubiousness, you can definitely make a profit on selling the parts themselves. The 1TB HDD by itself would be worth buying this PC as 1TB HDDs tend to sell close to £25 on eBay (or similar). DVD drives are also worthwhile having, the GPU is worth using as a test GPU and the motherboard/CPU is worth having around as a test system for CPUs on that socket. The 220W PSU isn't great but at least with OEM stuff, there's a resale market: people wanting to restore a PC might find they need a specific PSU to fit in their case.
Nice B though :D Very funny! Edit: Loved btw. how that feral ghoul paused and gave you a moment to inject your stimpak, very considered feral ghoul that was :D
Yo your vids are soooo goood, your channel proves you don’t need a huge crew like Linus, please keep going because Your vids are so good I watch through the whole vid :D 👍
Reminds of when I got into PC gaming by slapping a 1 GB GTX 650 into my brothers pre-built 1st gen i3 with no HDD space and about 4 GB RAM. Did a good chunck of my Arkhan City playtime using that setup.
That PSU brand (Chicony) is actually not that bad, it's not well known for sure... Had one going for like 10 years without any problem (LGA 775: C2Q /w HD4670 and then a GTX 650), tho' it was a 460W piece :D After these years it still worked, but after like 10 years it started to make a high pitched noise: it turned out after the disassembly, that the high voltage (mains) side capacitors were at the end of their life. I choosed not to mess around with it (replace them), after 10 years I think it served me well, and done enough... Long story short, the brand itself looks "dodgy", but according to my experience, it was not bad at all!
Those two core four threads CPUs are still fine for light gaming. I've built a cheap pc for a nephew many years ago, with the i3 3240 and recently I've told him if he wants a free i5. He told me that it doesn't feel the need, the GTX 660ti is doing fine with the i3! I have no idea what his games are, other than fortnite, ofecours... On the other hand, I've found myself in a rough spot with the Athlon 200ge at 4.1ghz and a GTX 1070ti. I've thought that it's fine to crawl along until the 5k is out.
Just goes to show what kind of performance you can get out of hardware, But yeah, that's gonna need a half-decent 300W PSU, just for sanity's sake. Apart from that though, Very impressive. Oh, and I like to think of 80% of 1080p as 1.6k, because it is literally 1536x864, unless I've added it up wrong.
I actually have a 650. I never tested it, since my old job (prior to covid) had a bunch of PC stuff they were gonna toss. I took 3 PCs home, plus a 650 and some old AMD/Radeon GPU that doesn't have HDMI . I never used the GPUs, but kept them, but I used the PCs as bases for budget gaming PCs. I put a 1050 and gave one to my dad, and a 1050ti for my brother in law. The last is my backup lol.
My first computer I bought off creigslist for $100. it was a dell with an i3 550. I upgraded the ram, gpu to a gtx 970 and got a new psu. It ran stuff great for many years. what a wonderful system it was.
No surprise given Acer own Packard Bell, but this motherboard looks identical to the socket 1156 in my old Packard Bell iMedia S3810 (i3 550). Still runs perfectly mind including the PSU, but retired this year as a daily driver.
gtx 650 was my first gpu i ever bought!! back in 2012. it was an evga single fan model,it was the og! i then moved to a evga 970 in 14’, then a asus 1660 super last month.
I was wondering.What happened to the gtx 680 Super oc edition.The one with the 5 fans on the top panel of the gpu?Do you still have it?and if so why not make a 2020/21 video on it?You did the original video 2 years ago so would be nice how it does today.
Swapping the i3 for a Xeon. The good thing about that motherboard is it will take a standard power supply so you can drop it in a cheap case. It’s a standard size
My friend transplanted a Dell OEM desktop into a real case with a proprietary PSU and an RTX 2080Ti. He had to zip tie a case fan onto the CPU heatsink because he didn't have a real cooler and there was no way to mount it on the proprietary motherboard. We put it on raw, no thermal paste. For some reason, that worked, but there was no way to plug the case's power button into the motherboard, so just like here, he rocked the little rubber external power button! Side note: We used a blowtorch and a hammer to get the motherboard out of the Dell case; those things are not made to come apart.
Sometimes a Motherboard like that will do crossfire. If that pci-e 1x slot is gen2.1 you'd barely saturate it in crossfire for AMD cards of around the same spec as that NVidia. Even a gen2.0 would probably be ok enough. While it is true you could cut the graphics-card (an undesirable option) or cut the back out the pci-e slot, there are some mining risers that behave ok with a GPU when powered up. See _"Geff Geerling"_ channel (video 30 December 2020), _"PCI Express arrives on the Raspberry Pi CM4 - A Guide"._
that's the exact CPU that is in our HP desktop from 2011. manages the most recent sim city game at a decent framerate. 4GB of 400mhz RAM and in built graphics
I built one for $150USD Upgraded Pentium G3220 to a i5 4690 and GPU to a Red Devil RX480/8GB for $100. Got so lucky as my card if you can find one is like $250 on eBay. Huge heatsink , triple fans , dual BIOS , never runs over 63C
The reasons Valhalla won't run on this system isn't only the GPU. Every AC, origins on up need AVX instructions to run.. the first gen core processors are lacking those instructions.
Acer never used proprietary standards for their desktop PCs of that era (the exception being ultra small PCs). So a bigger standard PSU should work. Which will be handy with a cheap Xeon X3470 off eBay.
Kinda like my old PC. Intel DH61CR MB with an i3-2100, 8gb of random tiny ram and a GTX660, ran GTA on Normal/Medium around 40fps and it was very much playable!
We'll replace i3 with x3430 and slap a good gpu like gtx 960 or hd 7870 or gtx 1050ti or even a r9 280x and u will have a 1080p low settings capable system
i've the same case, it's a horrible case x) The CD Drive is never aligned well, and it's a real oven, you can feel it by touching the case , the PSU become very hot with a GTX 320... also good idea with the CPU fan to avoid hot air to get out x)
You might be able to make a few bucks selling the PSU, those dodgy small form factor ones are usually quite expensive because they are somewhat rare and don't last that long.
Bruh so my grandpa used to have this old gateway PC (Gateway Sx2801) AND IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THIS! I think gateway was owned by acer and these 2 used the same chassis (you can tell by rear io) it even has the same cooler, cd drive placement, and weird pcie slot placing!
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I'm honestly surprised by the performance. If I was on a budget, that would definitely suit my budget-gaming needs.
Go with at a second generation processor instead because they have powerful integrated graphics
@@Amorousstake4 powerful? 😂😂
@@jonashediger182 Yes it is able to run DBC 14 on high graphics at 30 FPS on Single Channel DDR3 1333MHz 4GB
Intel HD 3000
@@CarrierBagKyle A rough, cold breeze.🤣
I am surprised it even work my lowest budget was 150 us lol
I can't afford Rgb, so I just got B
Killed me at that lmao xD
Red sata cable, Green pcb, Blue vga port = RGB
@@TechWithSean doesn't get anymore budget than that
random gaming has B !
Darn. Beat me to the punch. XD
What a very nice homemade bomb for gaming!
@@gametests STFU
indeed haha
@@Medstudent2024 lol why u mad bro
@@gametests Only scumbags come into bigger channels to plug themselves.
Lol
When you start seeing your old GPU on BudgetGamingInHD channel:
"These aren't the tears of sadness but tears of happiness!!!"
When you see your current you on the channel: wow, I guess I’m broke and should probably upgrade
@@mylesbell2398 at least you guys have a dedicated gpu lol.i just have a laptop that cant get 60fps on csgo@ 800x600 and $900 desktop but no gpu or current storage devices
How old is that desktop?
And how old is the laptop?
@@mylesbell2398 the oldest component in the desktop is less than 1 year old
RGIHD: £13 pc that can run csgo
Me and the Bois in mums basement: we’ll take all of your stock
Underated comment
Lmao
😂
Wow, thanks for 51 likes
Any relation to Micah bell? 😅
If it runs, then it's a gaming pc.
That's also the thinking process in the Philippines lol. They also love to overprice.
My legs are gaming pc with core duo laptop from 2008
That's how my parents see a pc
solitaire
After a very hot curry, my ass runs... but you won't want to stick a KB+M into that...
Cyberpunk certified
360p 15 fps lol
@@RandomGaminginHD good enough for me haha
@@RandomGaminginHD better than the Last Gen console
@@ajaeultra lol
@@RandomGaminginHD lmao you actually tested it
Hey! I sold my super old GPUs as "untested", because I really didn't have a way to test them! xD (They worked)
Makes sense.
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Looks like a dumpster fire, hopefully it doesn’t turn into one.
Your mom.
It can be a campfire *giggidy*
@@StayMadNobodycares burn
Looks better than my PC
God that rgb part made me laugh way too hard
That 540 becomes just fine when you overclock it to 4.3 GHz, I did swap mine for a €8 X3440 from AliExpress though.
Good thing to know is that basically every 1156 cpu and motherboard will take a decent OC.
same
That’s awesome, I love the oc power of these old chips
@@RandomGaminginHD Me too, my €8 OC Xeon has the equivalent power of a i7 3770
Btw I managed to get an average fps of 120 with min and max at around 80 and 140 in Valorant maxed out with that i3, its around 300 now though.
I didn't know you could use a csgo bomb as a computer. Very talented person
"What's the best way to bench Skyrim?" "Go into Riverwood, murder everyone."
10 year old me: "Mom, I want a gaming PC."
Mom: "We already have a gaming PC at home!"
Gaming PC at home:
In the world of out of stock modern hardware, I really find builds using old e-waste far more interesting.
"You don't need a PSU; You can just use the power of prayer!"
"the bomb has been planted"
ugh why did I say it in T side cs:go voice actor
@@skengblazerentertainment1358 haha lmao me too
@@skengblazerentertainment1358 hahaha same mate.
*10 seconds warning plays*
@@mwhunter2346 *Terrorists win.*
i expected this to catch on fire after you turned it on
me too
@@RandomGaminginHD me three
I just recently completely upgraded to a Ryzen system but over the last year I found myself watching a lot of your videos (didn't find your channel until earlier this year) and piecing together/selling 3 other systems. I didn't want to get rid of one of them but during these rougher times I needed the money. Like you have mentioned though, it's actually quite a bit of fun piecing together systems and seeing what they will do, and trying out older graphics cards and stuff when its all you have for a period of time adds another element to the experience also. I can tell by what you say in your videos that you've been there and done that in the not so distant past as far as having to squeeze every frame you could out of the computer that you were stuck with for that time. If you can make it work for you so that you are able to have some fun, take your mind off of the world for a bit and escape maybe, then thats what counts. In conclusion, what a cool video that shows there are some cool games out there that you can still play even on the tightest budget possible, short of free I guess. :)
RG: "im sure you probably know"
People watching this after two years: What the heck, what was it back then?
Rather optimistic :P
it's wonderful that you can ALWAYS find SOMETHING interesting to do on ANY PC no matter how new/or old it is!!!!!
I love it that you let your sister upload her video first
Man that title is the reason why I subscribed years ago. That is the reason to hit play, then pause a couple of seconds later, like the video, press play again.
You should definitely upgrade this to see how a few choice upgrades can help smooth out the experience (without the fire hazard aka OEM PSU). Lovely video as always!
1:22 You can get some real gems if you explicitly search for broken parts on eBay. Kinda seems like people list things as broken if they don't have the means and/or desire to test them.
I ended up with two fully functional PSones (US$10 shipped for both of them) like that. One of them only needed a light cleaning to bring it to like-new condition. The other went through what I can only imagine is a soda spill (seriously, the motherboard and the insides of the case were coated in sticky, Coke-colored goop), but after a thorough cleaning it came back to life and continues to run like a champ.
Today's machine is running on power of prayer.True dat😂
I have an Acer desktop (X5900) VERY similar to that one. The CPU is almost identical, an i3 530 compared to the 540 you've got. I ended up with 4GB of RAM in mine (that was upgraded to 8GB), also a WD Green 1TB HDD and a 512MB GeForce 310. Again, 220W PSU. Mine was from Lite-On, which isn't that dodgy. The PC itself was free from my uncle.
Give me RGB.
No, the real RGB...
This thing: 🅱
*Perfection*
Only recently discovered your channel
It’s a hobby of mine to find & game on budget hardware
Look forward to more content :)
Also an idea; find an old MacBook / iMac run bootcamp on it and see how well you can game on it
Old hardware is so much fun. I would just stick to pre-2012 games and lower end indie stuff and have a blast. It'd be a great system for Oblivion, Skyrim, Borderlands 1, Portal 2, the Mass Effect trilogy, Dragon Age Origins, etc.
G'day & Happy New Year Random,
This is why I love your channel, it's not about you the most expensive builds, the best GPU or CPU or trying to get 1000FPS,
but it is about being able to build a PC no matter the budget so you can Have Fun Gaming 🥰
I found an Acer PC in a dumpster with a first generation i7 and 8GB ram change the power supply and it worked fine.
You hit the budget gamer/recycler jackpot! There are some very generous people around, just gotta pay attention to FB marketplace and Craigslist freebie section!
finally a pc within my budget
This pc actually reminds me of my old samsung laptop that i bought brand new like 4 years ago and used surprisingly long and harsh. It had a i5 processor and gt710 mobile graphics card. That laptop was most important thing for me and i did many many things with it for years. I didn't knew basically anything about computer hardware back then and that pc would look like a beast in my eye just because it was able to run ksp or some games even cranked ultra low settings. It's was not all about hardware and power mattered me back then, what i mattered me most was it beating my friends pc by mere 2 or 3 fps in minecraft. This pc ,that wasn't supposed to even run, you made using only less than only 20$ parts gives me same feelings as my old laptop. I enjoyed playing train sim world 720p or even 480p all day or grind whole german tech tree in war thunder on ultra low settings. Now i have a beast of a pc, really great tech acknowledge and now i'm actually studying for computer engineering in university but even after all of this, that 720p stuttery gameplay of skyrim or 30 to 40 fps csgo gameplay looks stupidly good in my eyes.
Jeez eBay UK seems like a total jackpot for cheap computers. Either that or you have a specific search word to find all this stuff.
that PC cost less than my dinner I had tonight
I once bought an untested z77 Extreme4 motherboard for $55, once I got it in it worked fine and served as my main machine for almost 2 years. It still works to this day in another machine.
I had this exact model of Acer Aspire from 2012-2016, but it had a AMD E-450 with integrated Radeon HD 6320 graphics, 4 GB of RAM and that same power supply (which blew up in early 2019 to nobody's surprise). Was your PSU also rated 80+ Bronze somehow? I know mine was, and considering it was made by Chicony, that seems like a lie lol
BROOOOO congrats on 400k, without you, I'd be nowhere! THANKS!
Really liking the honest title instead of something click-baity like "The ultimate gaming PC for under 20$". Congrats on your growing channel
"The ultimate gaming PC for under 20$" lol
No one could get away with that title! And not a single pleb would even be fooled by it.. Because it's impossible.
you crushed Linus's $69 pc in every way!!!! great work, this was a huge surprise; the upgrade path to an i5-750 or an i7-860 and 16GB of RAM and a GTX 1050 / TI / 1650 is super enticing as well!! future video?
With that PSU, it will kill all of the components before you get any of those parts
@@LatvianVideo content :3
Great video, I do this when I am bored with extra parts laying around. What the cheapest thing I can put together and still have it play something.
when this PC runs better than your actual PC :'(
Nice low budget build!
With the new GTA and Battlefield some time away maybe you could do a theme build.
I did one myself because I stumbled across a Asus GTX 560ti Battlefield 3 edition at a local flea market. Combined with a X3430, some stickers and a spraycan it became my nephews pc for almost a year. Costing around 55 euro's total.
When i first started watching this channel i was only getting back into pc gaming and i had a gt 745, since then i have had a 1050ti then to a 980ti and now i have an rtx 3070 but i still enjoy watching what the older and cheaper hardware is capable of
well it has B anyway 😂😂
You're*
@@SnoppleWopple nani
Ah, the power of luck and care. The same thing that makes my motherboard/RAM work.
This video reminds me of the first PC I bought; it was very similar to this one (an Acer desktop SFF) but AMD-based. It had an AMD Athlon II X2 220, 3GB RAM DDR3 and NVIDIA onboard graphics. I upgraded the processor to an AMD Phenom II X4 945, upgrade the RAM to 8 GB and installed a GPU Radeon HD6570 low profile. I could play games like Assassin's Creed 3, Assassin's Creed IV Black Flag and Tomb Raider at 720p with Medium settings, I gamed on that PC for like 8 years until got faulty last year. Then I made a new built with a Ryzen 5 3600 and a GTX 1660 ti.
No joke, this PC is better than the 350$ PC I bought new in the end of 2014 :(
Did your 2014 computer come with some Pentium Dual Core or Celeron chip? 😂
Another fun to watch and listen to video. Thank you
The 7470 that was taken out of the PC in the more recent video seems like it would be a great drop in to fit in that low profile case.
I got lucky with an untested GT 440 recently. It is true that some sellers genuinely dont have the hardware or time to test the components they are selling.
You know you're in for an interesting episode when the tested build doesn't catch on fire first thing, courtesy of your PSU.
I'd imagine a Shoebox of the right dimensions might be a nice little case upgrade.. maybe even cut a sight window and use thin clear plastic as a tempered glass substitute.
Wow great job, this is one of my favorite videos of yours. You have absolutely no idea how much I want this PC, I'm on an extremely tight budget and getting this PC would be absolute heaven. Could I have some links?
I laughed so hard on the b joke 🤣
You did mention that your monitor refreshrate was limited to 75mhz? Most monitors can be unlocked and overclocked a bit, making a 75mhz doing maybe 85mhz or more. Would be cool to see if you can include some OC’d monitors to your budget builds. :-)
Finally new content to watch and get over the boredom. :D
I enjoy your videos, there’s a certain charm about making use of old hardware. Though in my opinion, testing games at 720p is a bit illogical. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PC monitor using that resolution. Why not test at the far more common 1366 by 768? Even most old ”720p TVs” actually have that native resolution in their panels.
I have come across dozens of Chicony PSUs over the years. While unspectacular they are very reliable. The basic rule to follow with them is to take Max wattage (220 in this case) and knock off 10%.
The CPU and GPU here will draw a max of 135 watts so the power supply is fine.
Sometimes "untested" means just that, though. Because I've come across sellers that just collect a whole bunch of stuff from wherever they can just to sell it on and they don't want to bother (or aren't able) to test it all. - And they would also just flat-out say that there's a chance it might not work because they didn't bother testing it (especially when it's about much older hardware) and it's just sold "as is". - Then again, those would also not sell for high prices either, so it's just a small gamble.
Sure loved that B LED
Its better to call less demanding games esport games cause it sounds more appealing as a term, i love ur channel btw.
Nice build - despite its dubiousness, you can definitely make a profit on selling the parts themselves. The 1TB HDD by itself would be worth buying this PC as 1TB HDDs tend to sell close to £25 on eBay (or similar).
DVD drives are also worthwhile having, the GPU is worth using as a test GPU and the motherboard/CPU is worth having around as a test system for CPUs on that socket.
The 220W PSU isn't great but at least with OEM stuff, there's a resale market: people wanting to restore a PC might find they need a specific PSU to fit in their case.
LOL, local pickup not alwas possible here in the UK. You had NO idea what was to just about to happen.
This looks like something out of a post-apocaliptic world
I always look on a well known internet auction site to see how much my old tech is worth , cool video surprised at results
Nice B though :D Very funny!
Edit: Loved btw. how that feral ghoul paused and gave you a moment to inject your stimpak, very considered feral ghoul that was :D
Brightness control of that RGB would have been nice
Wow you got mee with that rdr2.. maan! I thought there was no way you could manage to get it run so "good"!
Yo your vids are soooo goood, your channel proves you don’t need a huge crew like Linus, please keep going because Your vids are so good I watch through the whole vid :D 👍
Reminds of when I got into PC gaming by slapping a 1 GB GTX 650 into my brothers pre-built 1st gen i3 with no HDD space and about 4 GB RAM. Did a good chunck of my Arkhan City playtime using that setup.
I got the i3-540 to 4.2GHz. It was a beast for the short 4 months it served me. I then replaced it with the X3440 (3.7GHz OC).
That PSU brand (Chicony) is actually not that bad, it's not well known for sure... Had one going for like 10 years without any problem (LGA 775: C2Q /w HD4670 and then a GTX 650), tho' it was a 460W piece :D After these years it still worked, but after like 10 years it started to make a high pitched noise: it turned out after the disassembly, that the high voltage (mains) side capacitors were at the end of their life. I choosed not to mess around with it (replace them), after 10 years I think it served me well, and done enough... Long story short, the brand itself looks "dodgy", but according to my experience, it was not bad at all!
Those two core four threads CPUs are still fine for light gaming.
I've built a cheap pc for a nephew many years ago, with the i3 3240 and recently I've told him if he wants a free i5. He told me that it doesn't feel the need, the GTX 660ti is doing fine with the i3!
I have no idea what his games are, other than fortnite, ofecours...
On the other hand, I've found myself in a rough spot with the Athlon 200ge at 4.1ghz and a GTX 1070ti. I've thought that it's fine to crawl along until the 5k is out.
Just goes to show what kind of performance you can get out of hardware, But yeah, that's gonna need a half-decent 300W PSU, just for sanity's sake. Apart from that though, Very impressive. Oh, and I like to think of 80% of 1080p as 1.6k, because it is literally 1536x864, unless I've added it up wrong.
just love your videos please make more like this
Odds are no one will build this but it sure as shit is interesting to see.
I like watching cheap PC videos even though I have both a gaming desktop and laptop that can handle rdr2 etc with no problem
I actually have a 650. I never tested it, since my old job (prior to covid) had a bunch of PC stuff they were gonna toss. I took 3 PCs home, plus a 650 and some old AMD/Radeon GPU that doesn't have HDMI . I never used the GPUs, but kept them, but I used the PCs as bases for budget gaming PCs. I put a 1050 and gave one to my dad, and a 1050ti for my brother in law. The last is my backup lol.
"911 whats your emergency?"
"i just witnessed a man build a bomb"
My first computer I bought off creigslist for $100. it was a dell with an i3 550. I upgraded the ram, gpu to a gtx 970 and got a new psu. It ran stuff great for many years. what a wonderful system it was.
No surprise given Acer own Packard Bell, but this motherboard looks identical to the socket 1156 in my old Packard Bell iMedia S3810 (i3 550). Still runs perfectly mind including the PSU, but retired this year as a daily driver.
gtx 650 was my first gpu i ever bought!! back in 2012. it was an evga single fan model,it was the og! i then moved to a evga 970 in 14’, then a asus 1660 super last month.
Im so amazed! How did this work...
I was wondering.What happened to the gtx 680 Super oc edition.The one with the 5 fans on the top panel of the gpu?Do you still have it?and if so why not make a 2020/21 video on it?You did the original video 2 years ago so would be nice how it does today.
Swapping the i3 for a Xeon. The good thing about that motherboard is it will take a standard power supply so you can drop it in a cheap case. It’s a standard size
My friend transplanted a Dell OEM desktop into a real case with a proprietary PSU and an RTX 2080Ti. He had to zip tie a case fan onto the CPU heatsink because he didn't have a real cooler and there was no way to mount it on the proprietary motherboard. We put it on raw, no thermal paste. For some reason, that worked, but there was no way to plug the case's power button into the motherboard, so just like here, he rocked the little rubber external power button! Side note: We used a blowtorch and a hammer to get the motherboard out of the Dell case; those things are not made to come apart.
Finally right in my budget lol
Sometimes a Motherboard like that will do crossfire. If that pci-e 1x slot is gen2.1 you'd barely saturate it in crossfire for AMD cards of around the same spec as that NVidia. Even a gen2.0 would probably be ok enough. While it is true you could cut the graphics-card (an undesirable option) or cut the back out the pci-e slot, there are some mining risers that behave ok with a GPU when powered up. See _"Geff Geerling"_ channel (video 30 December 2020), _"PCI Express arrives on the Raspberry Pi CM4 - A Guide"._
that's the exact CPU that is in our HP desktop from 2011. manages the most recent sim city game at a decent framerate. 4GB of 400mhz RAM and in built graphics
Attaching some Christmas lights to the pc should give 20% fps bost
I built one for $150USD Upgraded Pentium G3220 to a i5 4690 and GPU to a Red Devil RX480/8GB for $100. Got so lucky as my card if you can find one is like $250 on eBay. Huge heatsink , triple fans , dual BIOS , never runs over 63C
The reasons Valhalla won't run on this system isn't only the GPU. Every AC, origins on up need AVX instructions to run.. the first gen core processors are lacking those instructions.
Acer never used proprietary standards for their desktop PCs of that era (the exception being ultra small PCs). So a bigger standard PSU should work. Which will be handy with a cheap Xeon X3470 off eBay.
Kinda like my old PC. Intel DH61CR MB with an i3-2100, 8gb of random tiny ram and a GTX660, ran GTA on Normal/Medium around 40fps and it was very much playable!
We'll replace i3 with x3430 and slap a good gpu like gtx 960 or hd 7870 or gtx 1050ti or even a r9 280x and u will have a 1080p low settings capable system
i've the same case, it's a horrible case x) The CD Drive is never aligned well, and it's a real oven, you can feel it by touching the case , the PSU become very hot with a GTX 320... also good idea with the CPU fan to avoid hot air to get out x)
You might be able to make a few bucks selling the PSU, those dodgy small form factor ones are usually quite expensive because they are somewhat rare and don't last that long.
Bruh so my grandpa used to have this old gateway PC (Gateway Sx2801) AND IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THIS! I think gateway was owned by acer and these 2 used the same chassis (you can tell by rear io) it even has the same cooler, cd drive placement, and weird pcie slot placing!