My best deal to this day was a system with an i7-4790k, 24GB of RAM, 500GB SSD, GTX 1050Ti with a 750W Gold rated Corsair PSU. I got the system for $100 back in 2017. It was a big gamble because I wasn't able to test it before buying it and the guy had no idea of the exact specs it had. He just said it was an i7 and had a 2GB graphics card. Ended up selling it for $500 less than two weeks later which let me pay rent that month.

@slowlanegamer

2 ай бұрын

I assume you resold said Pc for $3500 mid 2020-2021 😂… I’m kidding but also that’s what everyone else did lmao

@slowlanegamer

2 ай бұрын

Also a crazy good deal honestly

@vladrazym9955

2 ай бұрын

Oh those times when $500 could pay a monthly rent😂

@kgrayman

2 ай бұрын

Where do you live that rent was 500 bucks?

@fuzzyface4515

2 ай бұрын

@@kgrayman XD I think people are misinterpreting "let me pay rent" as "it paid my rent". It only paid half my rent. Either way, I wouldn't have been able to pay it on time without the $400 profit it gave me.

Yes, it always amuses me how people seem to think "I paid $1000 for this in 92 BC, so it must still be worth $1000 today"!

@DenverStarkey

2 ай бұрын

lol funy you say that a working 1992 PC might actually be worth a lot more than a working 2010 pc . hell a working 1998 pc tends to be popular too for that mattter , for those retro games provided it has win 98 2nd ed installed on it and not win 95 , or worse win millenium edition.

@Tech-Nerdrome

2 ай бұрын

@@DenverStarkey You are right - a beige box retro PC is all the rage now, when people couldn't get rid of them fast enough in the early 2000's. I remember giving away by Amiga 1200 and Sega Master system to a jumble sale as I had just got a shiny new PC in 1999 and they were now worthless...... How I regret that!

@wiziek

2 ай бұрын

@@DenverStarkey Not really, newer the system more parts we have, that's like with guitars, those from 50-60 may be worth a lot, those after 90-ties? Not really.

@DenverStarkey

2 ай бұрын

@@wiziek guitars and computers are a completely differnt thing ... myself being a muscian i can tell you about guitars . and i enver said teh computers after the 90's were worth any thing . late 90's comptuers are kidna saought after in the retro market adn really old computers like early 90's, 80's adn 70's have gotten valuble as collector peices . since so few comptuers from those tiems stil function. with guitars (and bass guitars by extension) it is all about the "vintage label" . vintage is any thing older than 25 years. when a guitar hits vintage age it's value starts going up depending manufacture . for instance old fender and gibson guitars go up and up the older they get , while rickenbackers plateu at a certain age . this is because rics are a bitch to get work done on. and when they get old they (rics) all need work. so depending on brand and model , eventually even guitars from curent year will be extemely valuble instruments. what i can't wait to see (and i hope i live long enough ) is (mass produced) electric guitars that finnaly get tha Antique label . antique being 100+ years old. the first mass produced guitars by fender and gibson were put out in the late 40's and early 50's , so we go a ways to go there. that said comparing comptuers to guitars is still abit off , because even a 2005 guitar is 100% capable of doing every thing a guiitar from any other year can do. while a 2005 computer really can't do much more than browse the web today . you certainly won't be playing the latest games on it.

@DenverStarkey

2 ай бұрын

@@Tech-Nerdrome sadly my beige box from 1999-2001 (i had upgraded some parts in it before retiring it as my main), saddly it died a firey popping electronic death after serving as my brother's PC for 2 years (2002 and 2003). one day the PSU just made a series of pops then caught fire ... it didnt' burn the rest of the PC, but even after geting another PSU the PC was electronically fried. the only components that didn't completely crap out , was the ram , video card and the sound card . every thing else was fried , CPU , HDD and main board. which i dropped into my grandma's PC so i could game on it when i visited her. that was the first PC i built myself and i still miss it to this day. it's final specs when it died: AMD Slot-A Athlon thunderbird @ 850MHZ 512MB SDRAM PC 133 XFX Nvidia Geforce 4 4600ti (128mb vram) Sound blaster Audigy sound card LG DVDread/ CD burner disc drive two 20 gb Segate HDD 7200 RPM

Who is Craig? Why does he have a list?

@amethystdene

2 ай бұрын

fr

@rambow70

2 ай бұрын

that's it, you're on his list...

@pyramidhead7780s

2 ай бұрын

He is Schindler's brother

@MrPruske

2 ай бұрын

Should he be on one?

@michaelthompson5252

2 ай бұрын

I remember when CL first came out. There was a news special on the TV about how people were using it to sell drugs and find hookers.

Every time I come to this channel, Dawid hits me with a new and obscure description of noise and or connector... "18th century Canal Boat" was not a sound I thought I would relate to... but now after hearing that fan... yes. yes indeed, well done.

I bought my PC from marketplace. 500 dollars for a 10400f, 16gb of 3200mhz DDR4, 850watt super flower PSU, 512 GB Samsung 980 pro nvme, 480gb sata SSD by Kingston, and a 1080ti. No issues, very happy with the deal

@MoralKombato

2 ай бұрын

Where what store? What was the model? Send me a link😊

@achangedyou1343

2 ай бұрын

He said Marketplace....like Facebook Marketplace.@@MoralKombato

@Flymonster0953

2 ай бұрын

@@MoralKombatoIt's called Facebook Marketplace, probably wasn't a prebuilt

@fy7589

2 ай бұрын

That's really not a bad deal.

@ranjitmandal1612

2 ай бұрын

😮

The die on that is so large because some 60 series 20 series cards towards the end are actually failed 70\80 series dies fused off.

@yan7382

2 ай бұрын

Yes it's a TU104 instead of TU106, they perform slightly better I think.

@shockwave3318

2 ай бұрын

Not overclockable but had weirdly great workstation workload performance in some areas. Look up the RTX 2060 KO

I bought the non-wifi of that Gigabyte motherboard that came with a Ryzen 5 2600 for $70 Cdn total on Facebook Marketplace back in Sept. The bios was never updated so ended up updating it to the latest bios and still works pretty well on my budget build.

Have you tried updating the motherboard bios and retest?

The one thing I sort of figured out here is whole system has an airflow problem. There is only one fan pulling air in, and the two pushing out are pushing through a rad. So while the CPU temps are okay (they should be better with that thing on it), the rest of the board and the graphics card is basically choking on it's own vomit. One more fan at the back to pull heat out would likely help quite a bit to keep the gpu temps more in line. Also as someone else mentioned, if you didn't you may have wanted to do a bios update on the motherboard, and perhaps install the "correct" drivers from the USB and whatnot. That might also help out a bit. When you were playing with neither the CPU or GPU particularly working, it seemed like the system had just eaten it's tail. Weirdness.

@jonboy602

2 ай бұрын

And the little front fan is pulling through that awfully narrow slit in the front panel. A new case would drop gpu temps dramatically I bet. I don't know why canada computers uses those crap things.

@lvl10hobbit

2 ай бұрын

I’m still using this case for my build and the airflow is awful no matter what you do with fans, currently running 3 front intakes without the hdd cage and 2 exhausts and it still struggles, only way I’ve found to make it any better is to pull off the front panel entirely (which thankfully because of how cheap it is you can easily remove it without opening up the rest of the case)

@fruktpastiller

2 ай бұрын

wonder why corsair ditched the bottom intake they had on the older spec-03, my 1080 went from temperatures in the 80's to 60's from going from 2 to 5 fans, with one blowing directly at the gpu from underneath

@zedboiii

2 ай бұрын

nah gigabyte is just sucks all arround except their top of the line model. i will never buy their product again

@TheSpotify95

2 ай бұрын

@@jonboy602 this is why I don't like those cases with almost no airflow at the front. I had one before and even with a stock cooler, Ryzen 5 3600 was hitting over 90 C. I changed to a Phanteks Enthoo Pro (allowing for multiple optical drives) and immediately saw a difference by 10-15 C, then upgraded later to a Ryzen 9 5950X and AIO. The AIO makes the R9 even cooler than the R5 on its stock cooler!

Mobo needs a bios update for cpu to run properly. Then RyzenMaster to tune. Going with 3200MHz ram or higher would help as well. Front fan is doing nothing but recirculating hot case air and would be better moved to the rear for a negative pressure setup. You'll get higher FPS and better lows with a slight undervolt on that GPU.

@FloppaAppreciationSociet-ds7zf

2 ай бұрын

Not all Zen+ CPUs can do 3200 MHz, memory controllers on these things were pretty terrible, and there is a fair bit of silicon lottery involved. 2933 MHz was the max officially supported for that generation, a lot of them could go higher than that, but not all. I had a 2600 that was absolutely rock-solid at 2933 MHz, but would straight-up refuse to boot at anything higher than that, and I tested 2 different ram kits rated at 3200 CL16.

@ghosttheoremproductions5469

2 ай бұрын

@@FloppaAppreciationSociet-ds7zf - The only time I ever saw an issue was using cheapo mobos (like an A320/b350) or using early DDR4 which was rated for intel but not xmp. - Also, using ram which compliments the infinity fabric is a considerable performance boost.

@FloppaAppreciationSociet-ds7zf

2 ай бұрын

@@ghosttheoremproductions5469 IIRC Infinity Fabric always ran at half the DRAM frequency on Zen/Zen+ and couldn't be manually overclocked like on Zen 2/3, it was likely one of the reasons memory support was so shit on these early Ryzens, even if DRAM controller could handle the frequency, IF might have not. Many X and B-series boards actually tried to "fix" memory issues by increasing the SoC above AMD-recommended max of 1.2 V, and it did work, but it could lead to CPU degrading over time, so personally I never tried it. I remember Gamers Nexus doing a video on that. At 2933 MHz the mobo was reporting only 1.05 V with SoC left at auto, and 1.2 V locked was still not enough to boot at 3200 without crashing immediately after, so I just gave up, and settled on manually tuning the timings instead.

I knew exactly what was up, literally went back to rewatch all the craigslist PC videos yesterday 😅

When I was running Ryzen 2600X in a Gigabyte B450 board I had massive instabiility issues out of the box, took until a few BIOS updates were released before things would run at the proper speed. Might solve the CPU issues where it's refusing to boost. I've got a PC now with the B550 version of that board with a 5600X that's running at a good speed and perfectly stable so worth a try if you ever revisit it.

@XxGorillaGodxX

2 ай бұрын

It might be risky to use *too* recent of a bios since some boards removed support for older generations of Ryzen in order to add support for the 5000 series.

@x8jason8x

2 ай бұрын

@@XxGorillaGodxX Absolutely not how that works. CPU support doesn't get removed from BIOS of any kind on any board... newer boards just don't support older architectures. There was plenty of this in the mid to late 2000's and on, starting with Intel LGA775. You can't use older processors on newer boards (and vice versa), even if the socket fits, because of architectures... not BIOS.

@achaerna.6662

2 ай бұрын

@@x8jason8x In this context, @XxGorillaGodxX is correct. Specific to Ryzen 5000 some BIOS were updated to remove support for older Ryzen due to the sheer limitations of storage on the board itself. You have to be very careful with BIOS flashing due to CPU support for Ryzen because AM4 was so long lived.

@x8jason8x

2 ай бұрын

@@achaerna.6662 No, he isn't. They never remove CPU support from ANY bios. _Period._ Some _updates_ remove support. Some are _sold_ not supporting them. They factually _never_ remove support.

@x8jason8x

2 ай бұрын

@@achaerna.6662 ... and it factually is because of _architecture,_ not I/O coding. SMH

I just finished a build in the exact same case. Rx 570 and Ryzen 3 3100. $25 tower cooler rather than the AIO. Cooling worked great with 3 intake fans in front and 1 exhaust at the back (plus the top fan position empty for passive exhaust). Got the case and a collection of 7 mismatched fans for $30. Didn't look too bad in the end with rgb fans to spiff it up a bit.

@drewa3597

2 ай бұрын

gpu temp?

man, inflation be hitting hard when even Mirco Center is changing their $100 first time customer discount on the Ender 3, up to $150, when it was $100 3 years ago...

@chadselbe59

2 ай бұрын

it was still 99 bucks 3 months ago now bidenflation has it at 150

I think the airflow in that case is not good. Also it doesn't have a back fan?

@Rentta

2 ай бұрын

Well AIO fans are also working as an exhaust so not fully necessary to have rear fan.,

@Mysteriio007

2 ай бұрын

@@Rentta yea i guess. But the front fans with the front plate doesnt seem to get much air in either

You didn't mention it, but updating the bios and resetting the cmos may solve the non-boost issue.

That motherboard is used in prebuilt PCs often. Oh, the joys of Craigslist... Great video...

Not a craigs list deal but I did find a ASROCK Z97E-ITX/ac motherboard with a i7 4790S with a low profile cooler and 8GB of ram all included for just $112USD. It was just the motherboard, cooler, ram and cpu but still this thing actually surprises me a lot with how powerful it is. Added Intel AX210 wifi card, NVME M.2 2242 SSD, GTX 1070 a friend gave me, and it's actually an amazing little system.

The power usage difference between the two systems is quite crazy. In TLoU Craigslist used over 250W and the new one only 130W. It's not even full system power usage, but certainly gives you a good estimation about it. Power efficiency has certainly come a long way with AMD over the years.

That's an awesome video, so good to compare old vs new and bring light to these people trying to sell off old stuff at the cost of what new stuff is.

Let's go, ive got a dawid does tech stuff video to watch on my conveniently timed train ride

Yooooooo, caught the video within the first minute! never done that. Love the vids Dawid, keep up the amazing content!

I had that same Gigabyte 2060 some years back, and found that the plastic backplate restricted airflow through the heatsink. Once removed, my temps did improve alongside a re-paste.

My latest Craigslist deal. Full workstation system with an Asus c422 sage/10g mobo, Intel w-2255 (10c/20t), 64gb ecc ddr4, Quadro m6000 12gb, Corsair 1600w (!) power supply, and a whole smattering of ssds (totalling 4tb) and a dual Intel x550 10g card (to complement the dual x550 10g on the mobo...) for $500 USD. This Craigslist post sat around for weeks before I found it and immediately jumped on it. Oh, and it came with a NH-D15 and a lian li O11D fully filled with Noctua fans.

i wait for every video you put out with such anticipation love the work bro keep it up :)

@wasd-moves-me

2 ай бұрын

He doesn't love you or know you exist 😢

@WeatherMan2005

2 ай бұрын

What if he reads it

I'm normally not a big fan of sponsorships, but Micro Center is fantastic. I bought an open box 750w PSU for $70, with the 2 year warranty.

Just when I'm feeling so down, Dawid's video shows up yay

the new system wasnt really out performing the creggs list one but it was consuming only half the power for similar performance.

Thank you for a renewed faith in comedic value generated by simple timing, good humor and sarcasm! Love it !

God i missed your videos, yesterday I spent the night rewatching your old videos

Would like to see another similar video doing a value/dollar analysis using a single budget (~$1,000) across three PC acquisition methods: used, pre-built new, custom new. Keep up the great work, Dawid.

most recent find was the acer predator po5 for $900, came with the intel i7 12700f, rtx 3080, 1tb nvme and 2 tb hdd, with 16gb ddr5 ram in dual channel, straight from Target actually. Not sure if the sale is still going on, mainly bought it because it came with the rtx 3080. Still pricey, but the price to performance is pretty nice at this rate, not even dealing with cooling issues or a nightmare cable management experience, kudos

That Mac post and your comment about it made me crack up, to tears!

8:00 YES!! Lupus Nocte music!!

I am almost certain the BIOS on the motherboard needs to be updated. I have the exact same board and it's been through a 2600 and now a 5600, and I've had zero issues. (I didn't upgrade the board when I upgraded to the 5600. I am a college student, PCI-E gen4 isn't that much of an improvement at 1080p; at most maybe 5 percent, and my systems works absolutely perfectly for everything I need right now. Also AM4 is on the out right now, really no reason to buy another AM4 board. At that point I was better off buying into AM5)

dang the same board and cpu combination when i bought these in 2018, as for that board its pretty more capable for what it is, i still own it and just have a 5700G in place now and been stable over all

Picked up an MSI laptop w an 11th gen i5 and a 2060 for $300 last August. I use it when going out of town or playing in bed instead of at my desk on my desktop. I love it and could still sell it for more than I got it for.

I use CL a LOT and have for years. You are absolutely correct that there are some decent deals and you have to jump on them IMMEDIATELY. However, I've had great luck buying parts, reconditioning systems and then selling them on at decent prices. I don't gouge people and provide limited post-purchase support. It's not going to pay all my bills, but I do ok with it.

Yeah the 2060 super always ran a bit hot. I had it in a case with great air flow and unless you did a manual fan curve in afterburner it would run over 80c consistently under load.

I bought my first pc on my local , $450 for 12100f , 16gb ram 3200mhz , rx 6600 , 500w psu with 500 Gb ssd nvme and good thing this pc just build like 3 months with new parts and all came with invoice, im pretty happy with it since i also wanted to build the same system and i also pretty new on PC, this aslo helped me save a couple more bucks to get a decent monitor.. and seller also gifted me his used mice and keyboard what a nice guy.. I been using it for 6-8 month rn this pc run everything at 1080p

That's the exact 2060 super I have, it's in a box somewhere, but it always made noise if the fans are running at around 70%, so I just ran them at full blast full time. I rigged it up with a water cooler for a while with some heat sinks on the chips, but I've since put it back together.

I've got that same gpu and a friend has the non-super version (for my hardware junkie testing pleasure) and even on an open air system, you won't get much better temps. not without some creative mods. that insulating plastic backplate combined with gigabyte straight up repurposing the exact same cooler from the non super (which doesn't have nearly the same struggles) I mean it's the same cooler. I've swapped them back and forth with unchanged results. still, the super isnt bad at all. I'm still impressed by the massive improvement between the two versions. same goes for all the 20 series "supers"

I got my first decent gaming laptop pretty recently, like 1,5 years ago. It was "used" acer nitro 5 with rtx 3060 and i5 in it. I got it real cheap since it had no windows installed and dude was accused of stealing pictures because people were stealing his pictures for their sales. Dude was fed up with the BS and sold pretty much brand new (40 hours of work recorded on hard drive) laptop for literally half of the price. New one with 15 inch and 3050 or 3050 ti still costs around 1250 usd and I got my 3060 17 inch 144hz version for like 800 usd. BTW I got Acer monitor as well and I have to say, Alma is very chill nowadays, only few little kinks and overall very smooth experience on that acer setup.

Should have put an exhaust fan in the back. I would have and it would have been interesting to see the results.

IIRC those lower end Gigabyte cards had a plastic backplate and when removed will actually help with temps.

I had one of those Gigabyte 2060 cards and the coolers are junk on them, they run hot as hell, the heatsink part weighs almost nothing. You can crank the fan speed right up but that does nothing to help and makes it very noisy. Just after a year one of the fans blew up so I put on a cheap AliExpress replacement which actually looked 100 percent identical, this saved me the tech support hell and all the downtime that would have occurred with having to send the card in for RMA.

Did you change the Windows power setting from balanced to performance?

you shoudl install a exhaust fan on teh back of that case. i noticed it didn't have one ... that can help pull some heat off the back of the video card.

I happen to have that exact model of the RTX 2060 Super and I can tell you that, honestly, it kinda sucks when it comes to thermals. The only way I could get it to have reasonable temperatures was with a combination of undervolting and a custom fan curve. It's fine now, but for a card called the "Windforce OC" you'd think it would have a better out-of-the-box fan curve...

That motherboard is a micro atx version of what I used when I got a small inheritance from a dead grandparent and bought the new at the time 1080TI, so yeah that is a preeetty ancient board

"Luckily, the previous owner graced us with a clean Windows install..." When buying second hand, never trust the installed OS. Wipe the SSD/HD and re-install a fresh one.

@kaiserbeelzebub4th

2 ай бұрын

fresh sounds so weird man

true quality content

@DawidDoesTechStuff Did you update the motherboard bios? Most people when they buy a prebuilt machine never update the motherboard bios which usually fixes some or all the problems you had during OC'n.

aww yeah a craigslist backyard alley knife battle video. 😁

I had this case… what a throwback

I got a $500 pc that had a 5800x with a white glacier one aio, paired with a white b550 motherboard from asus, with 32gbs of trident Z (3200mhz), a ventus 3060ti that was spray painted, white phanteks case, non-branded 1tb m.2, and a bomb for a power supply(swapped it out for a RMx 750w from corsair i hadn't used)

I wish Micro Center (or Centre) in Canada, like BC in particular and not just on the mainland, but Vancovuer Island too....

How do you manage to get 80+ c on a 2060S??? My 2070 dual fan runs just over 60c in an matx case with not so great airflow.

I had 2 really good deals back to back. The first was a Hp Envy with a i5-11400 and a GTX 1660 Super for $292 during February 2024 from eBay. Was my first desktop that I bought was going to keep for a solid year or put the good parts into a custom build. I even got 32gb ram for $35 for it. Then not even a full month later I found a computer at a pawnshop. It had all sorts of initial issues. I bought it for $340 after negotiating it down from the original price. After taking it home, I found that not only was everything good nothing needed to be replaced. Just a lot of help from Google. It has a Ryzen 9 3900x, RTX 3060 Ti Fe, 32gb of Ram and 1tb 980 pro (That I thought died). As well as an Asus Motherboard and Power Supply. Sold the first 1 to my brother. I really could not be any happier.

About the CPU's low performance, I have the exact same CPU and had similar issues. I fixed it by changing Windows' power plan to "high performance" or whatever it's called. It was a night and day difference.

I wish Microcenter would open up a shop in new eastern PA. The closest one is 4 hours away.

@matt.604

2 ай бұрын

And one in Seattle or Portland

Would like to see a video on where whats the budget for a great and fonctionnal pc and portable computer

Could updating the bios help with the clock speed?

did you tune the CPU fan curve in afterburner? i have had to do that with the 3 gigabyte 2060 super dual fan cards i used in builds. they seem to run hot especially in a choked out tower like that one

My best craiglist find was a rtx 3050 for 10 dollars cause it wouldnt display but i just plugged it in and it worked with no problem. Still using it to this day

That Antec Case in your intro. I have one of those in my closet.

I have the same motherboard Dawid! It can properly support the 2700X! You just need to do a BIOS update!

I recently bought my first gaming pc off Facebook marketplace since my current laptop dies within 5 minutes at full battery. It has an i7 4770 16 gb of ddr3 ram. 1.5Tb hdd gtx 1060 and 600 w psu. It costs me 150$ plus came with windows 10.

Did the MB have an updated bios? CPU should run well on that board.

Pretty good comparison, but of course a pre-built with the same specs as your new one would probably be several hundred $ more expensive than you paid for its parts so the CL special wasn't that bad a deal.

I used this exact mobo for a build for a relative, and I ended up routing a 3 way fan splitter up through the top/CPU area, and tucking it behind the fan (when it felt like staying there, anyway), to hide it as much as possible. The mobo's choice of fan header placement is...not great.

🙂 what I do is pickup the really cheap beater pc's that are listed, the ones that say broken or needs work, its usually something really old and slow, i mainly pick it up just to have a project to do, its not really my intention to resell them. As for cleaning me personally everything goes into the bathtub and gets a good hot soapy wash down, and when i mean everything i mean everything.

@EconomyBreadfruit950

2 ай бұрын

is it possible to wash psus, too ? i read somewhere that capacitors can hold electricity for long periods of time!

@MrSamadolfo

2 ай бұрын

@@EconomyBreadfruit950 sure, normally what I do is use a motherboard that has a green led light on it, the led light lets you know if the power supply capacitors are charged up, I then turn off the computer and turn off the power strip, I then check the green led and waits till it turns off, usually the led light stays on for maybe a minute more, then for good measure I hold down the power button for a minute. Then it should be good to go into the Tub. The lazy method is to take it outside and simply take it to the back yard and lay it on the ground, then bring over your garden hose, stand back and drench that bad boy down really good, the water willl naturally disipate any remaining charge. After you wash everything, make sure you dry everything with towels then let it dry overnite preferably with an oscillating fan, u dont want any water to linger around because it mite cause rust. Also if its a nice hot summer sunny day u can lay the parts outside on a table and let the sun bake it. I've done it both ways depending on the season.

@EconomyBreadfruit950

2 ай бұрын

@@MrSamadolfo that's cool, thanks. i've gathered some old computers from folks willing to throw them away. i'll try to deep clean them the way you said, install some lightweight distro on 'em and maybe flip them.

@MrSamadolfo

2 ай бұрын

@@EconomyBreadfruit950 Your Welcome, now more than ever its important to wash pc parts due to germs, for example to clean the motherboard pickup some painters brushes, some toothbrushes, and some Barber Brushes or Automotive Detailing Brushes, they are all very useful to get into all the nooks and crevices. Yes I try to rescue old working computers.

@WeatherMan2005

2 ай бұрын

How does germs effect a pc? I would only be concerned about the dust and other visible contaminants

I do question if replacing the fan in the front would of helped out with airflow and such because it did look like a very cheap and old fan in the front.

Most people in my area stopped using Craigslist to shop. I've tried to sell multiple PCs on there, and cross posted on Marketplace. The result was scammers were the only people responding on Craigslist while the PC sold quickly on Marketplace. Except in the last 4 months due to more economic owes the speed in which they sell is not so quick anymore. All the PCs I sold in the last 4 years has either a 1TB to 2TB NVME SSD standard. The main problem I see with that PC besides storage issues is the lack of proper air flow for the GPU. That lone (cheap) intake fan up front is highly ineffective for a case with poor air intake that is why the GPU is running so hot.

Man I wish there was a microcenter near me!

On a preowned system, second thing to do after doing the initial does it boot is re-paste the GPU and and CPU. Have a similar 5 year old non super 2060 Windforce that is just about usable these days. But the fans have always sounded like they are about to fail. The Heatsink on them is a bit pants and the limitation. I did think about modding it with an old 120mm Water cooler I have. No that is something i would like to see you try. Dawid does computer modding as second channel?

nice upgrade

I got a fairly good deal, just after Christmas 2023. Hp prebuilt that had been upgraded. R5 3600/1650/1tb m.2 for a whopping 75$. Cleaned, and repasted sold for 350$.

Left a like just for the hilarious ad read alone.

lol that one extra frame from rethermal pasting

I got an RX 6800 off my local online marketplace for 400 euros in December 2022. It was from a panicked hobby miner. I managed to track his "mining" adventure online and the thing was barely used. Now it's pumping out 4K 60fps+ like it's nothing. lol I so love this card.

I had a similarly spec'd second hand PC with the exact same terrible cooling due to the case design. Wonder if in that era they just wanted to barbecue components?

Could we please get a MicroCenter in South Texas...? Preferably in the little city of Harlingen, TX.

4:36 lmfao it's shaking in its boots in a 90s cartoon

@gamingwithowen5956

2 ай бұрын

Nah Mr crabs is walking

How "asus tuf gaming b650 plus wifi " mother board are?? Is it good enough for ryzen 9 7950x without overlocking... Asus vs msi mag b650 tomahawk wifi... which one is better or both are same???

That case was the same as my first build's case😂

I have that case... it works, looks okay and only cost ~30 GBP New. Also the power LED is as bright as the sun lol

heck ya. Helldiver 2 stats!

8:50 Was the fan header on the GPU unplugged from the start? looks like you may have plugged it back in? Hard to tell.. or is that just an "extra" header on the gpu? just to the left of the power connector.

@crisnmaryfam7344

Ай бұрын

appears to be...... an extra one... Interesting.

what program is he using to get the information on temps and framerate in the game?

Just got a good deal on a Facebook Marketplace Deal as my 1st Gaming Desktop! 5600x, Radeon 6700, 32GB DDR4 3600MHZ, 2TB SSD, 2TB WD HDD, for $585 absolutely love it and can’t wait to re-case it and really give it a deep clean!

1:06 This is exactly why I ended up building my PC new part by part rather than settle. I bought a component every month for 4months. I bought two components on the 1 month.

@penedrador

2 ай бұрын

Dis is de way.

Dawid i wish longer videos :D or more often ;)

Do people not use msi afterburner to chamge fan curve?

6:30 For meDX12 only stutters for the first match or 2 after switching to it as it's compiling shaders then the performance is significantly better than dx11 and quite similar to performance mode with added visuals (On my system at least, 7800x3d, 4070 ti)

Old listings aren't always sketchy. Got a tmx wheel for $90 because the box looked like crap and it got pushed to the second page. Brand new

My current system I’m using was a fire deal it was a ibuypower prebuilt with a i5 13600kf, 4060, 16gb ddr5, b760 with wifi mobo, 750w power supply and a 1TB m.2 drive and a 240hz odyssey monitor for $700. So far I’ve swapped the ram out to a 32gb set at 6000mhz and a RX 6800 gpu

You will definitely be CPU bound when doing high refresh with that CPU. I had one paired with a 2080 and when i went to the 5700x i went up like a whole gpu tier in performance in some games just from switching the cpu. I gained 50 fps 1t 1440p in battlefield for instance.

Maybe it's the steampunk in me, but that cabling looks lovely.

12400f, 16gb ram 3200, 1 tb ssd+ 256 ssd, 6700xt for $1000nzd last year. love it to bits