Me:mom can we get gaming pc yet Mom: no not untill our family pc breaks The PC: Unbreaking IV

@slaxyy3307

4 жыл бұрын

Take out the hard drive wires

@catacata816

4 жыл бұрын

My pc has a nvidia gt 7300 gs 256mb and it 13 years old and still works Sorry for my english...

@tachiera

4 жыл бұрын

Leo Jeong yes

@michaellin7936

3 жыл бұрын

run furmark on it and let it sit, it’ll fry the graphics card

@muhammedaljerari391

3 жыл бұрын

RookiesStudio install lubuntu on it for him

The framerate in Skyrim was so bad that even the frames from the "fps" are missing!

@lqu

5 жыл бұрын

You obviously didn't notice Minecraft then.

@jamescollins6085

5 жыл бұрын

It's like GTA V on the PS4

@catherineholmes8423

5 жыл бұрын

Woah we got a badass over here

@owl5911

5 жыл бұрын

@@mas7rreaper126 it would run better on my empty cup

@jamescollins6085

4 жыл бұрын

@ポポ氏Mr. Popo GTA V on the PC is surprisingly well optimised. I've seen it run nicely on a 550 Ti before.

Finally a pc i can afford

@Tokii141

6 жыл бұрын

BrayGamePlay lol

@a7ma413

6 жыл бұрын

BrayGamePlay realeh

@bray8398

6 жыл бұрын

Realistically i just built a 400 dollar build with a ryzen 3 2200G and the only parts i dont have yet are the RAM and HDD. (Theyre being shipped tomorrow i believe.). Adding either a gtx 1060 or rx 580 when ive got the cash.

@bray8398

6 жыл бұрын

SepticHP Gota yep you were late. And yeah its got an SSD. Thats why its 400. I actually had the SSD when i typed that up. Its a Kingston A400 120GB

@thedoggyfan6496

6 жыл бұрын

Same

Exactly like school computers -_-

@IdiotStinky02

5 жыл бұрын

my schools pcs are dell optiplexs with core i7s and intel igpus

@foooooood

5 жыл бұрын

@@IdiotStinky02 what the fuck why do those have i7s i'm running on an i5

@theweirdmaterial4908

5 жыл бұрын

@@IdiotStinky02 My School PCs are Also Dell Optiplex But with Skylake i5 (i5 6500) and Integrated Graphics

@FREEDOMSPARTAN

5 жыл бұрын

@@theweirdmaterial4908 My school used to have pentium 3 computers but now it has Hp pcs with 2nd gen i5 (i5 2500).

@theweirdmaterial4908

5 жыл бұрын

@@FREEDOMSPARTAN My School Still have Old Pentium 3/4 and Core 2 Duos

seller: doesnt work tho why do you want to buy it? BBO: yeah right...

@rickjanboomsma4631

6 жыл бұрын

Ryosuke Takahashi i had the same. I bought a defective laptop and the seller told me the same. But the seller called this laptop defective and did not include a power adapter. So i bought a power adapter from ebay and it powered the laptop on perfectly! It might be that the seller's adapter was defective. I am extremely lucky cuz i bought this laptop for 250 Euro and i can sell it for 1000 euro. Specs: Alienware 15 r1, i7 4710HQ, GTX 980M 4gb, 4K Touch Screen, 256gb ssd, 1tb hdd.

@OneJutsuMan

6 жыл бұрын

Niko Bellic WTF nice bargain i would use it tho or sell it and build a awesome desktop pc

@david25201

6 жыл бұрын

Yea you could sell it for around 1k

@augusli9716

6 жыл бұрын

deja vu

@ryosuketakahashii

6 жыл бұрын

i just been in this place before

I love the way you do your things. It went from a piece of dusty junk. To a good-looking and shiny piece of junk? I still like it and would buy it after you cleaned and tested it. XD

@intelligencehistory6506

5 жыл бұрын

I know this is late af, but I've always wondered what he does with the PCs after he refurbishes them. Could probably make a bit of cash by reselling some of them.

Not too bad at all if you want to play some games from the late 90's to early 2000's. Great video once again!

@lucasrem

6 жыл бұрын

HoppsTech Crap, not worth restoring at all! We find them all over our streets too, Core 2 Pentium 4 systems on 775 DDR 2 and 3, old family crap systems, not worth restoring. This gen, only Striker NForce boards, some itel 4 boards, rest is ready for the junk, why keep junk! Benchmarking old crap, why noob???????????? Pleas remove this geek channel, who needs this crap, only restore the systems that are worth restoring!!!!!!!!

@R2053

6 жыл бұрын

lucas rem grow up kiddo, you are free to think whatever you like, but that doesnt mean anyone else that doesnt think the same should be insulted on every comment, "noob"

@hoppstech

6 жыл бұрын

lucas rem what's wrong with you man? It's fun to take a look at tech, whether it may be worth it to you or not

@R2053

6 жыл бұрын

lucas rem Yes if you dont like these vids, then why are you even here

@blackh4ze778

6 жыл бұрын

Can I know what this lucas rem wrote cuz he obviously deleted his comment:D

Just love what can be found for next to nothing. Found i7 2600, 12 Gb DDR3 and GTX 550 Ti on a PC that was in an bin. ATX-power was bend, so MB was toasted. Going to build something out of it tho... Love Your videos!

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

B00tman: Awesome find, that can still play most of today's games.

@mahiru20ten

6 жыл бұрын

Holy heck, that's an awesome find!

@intentionallyleftblank3796

6 жыл бұрын

woah! An i7-2600 is still really good. My brother uses an i5-2300 and it just about maxes out his GTX 970...

@sodiumcopy1749

6 жыл бұрын

wow good find bro . I'm finding a pre-built pc with a 2600k now can u help me?

@nojoojuu

6 жыл бұрын

Help You how? You found PC with 2600k? Complete PC?

YES, you should buy them. Because MOST of them do support Quadcore. Recipe: - old 775 PC (5$) - 8 GB DDR2 (25$) - 771 Quadcore with modsticker (10$) - Low end GPU (the best you can get for 35$, probably a GTX 650Ti or similar) = Gaming PC If you like the risk, get a scam GPU like a "750Ti" and ask for a refund, then flash it (=GTX550Ti)

@lalnablehector1285

6 жыл бұрын

Just got a 771 pc up and running out of spare parts i had very similar to what you described. Mines running a X5460 overclocked to 3.7ghz GTX 480 4x2gb DDR2 800 runs pretty damn fine i must say

@TheRailroad99

6 жыл бұрын

+Lalnable Hector that's exactly what i meant! Mine was running a X5355 @ 3GHz and a GTX650, it's an old Fujitsu PC which I gave to a good friend who plays CSGO everyday on it. Works great!

@miaugato93

3 жыл бұрын

what do you mean the 750ti is a scam gpu

@TheRailroad99

3 жыл бұрын

@@miaugato93 at the time ebay was flooded with fake "750Ti" cards, which really are most likely a GTX550Ti with a BIOS that identified them as 750Ti. The real 750Ti was fine, those fake cards were slow, but by refunding them, they were free.

I'm into that background music.🤙

@pagb666

6 жыл бұрын

Dat Simcity 2k

@CaveyMoth

6 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm..my childhood...

@jay_alpha

6 жыл бұрын

LoL Ya...whenever I hear this song I remember my dad playing Simcity 2000when I was just a small kid..

@MirakoMoore

5 жыл бұрын

Man i can't seem to find the background music when he is benchmarking the PC

If anyone is looking for a cheap source for large HDDs look around for cable or satellite DVR boxes at second hand shops. Most come with HDDs that are a terabyte and can be had for less than $5

@ian1064

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah but those are slow af tho

@jamescollins6085

5 жыл бұрын

@@ian1064 Good enough to be a paperweight.

@ian1064

5 жыл бұрын

James Collins yeah but I prefer gpus as paperweights

@ethand4784

4 жыл бұрын

ikr

@MrWirelesscaller

4 жыл бұрын

@@ian1064 At $5/each you can buy multiple and raid it, if anything you can make it a dirt cheap home file or web server using tonido.

Drop everything! BudgetBuildsOfficial has uploaded a new video!

This is basically the same hardware I started PC gaming on. I remember it used to struggle to run even basic games like Counter Strike, Minecraft, Terraria and WoW at 900p. I ended up throwing it in a tip when I upgraded to a 2500k and HD 6870. The 2500K I'm still using today because of it being such a good overclocker with a 1060 6GB.

@costi2596

2 жыл бұрын

Why the fuck would you throw a pc away? You could sell it for like 50p or give it away for free.....

@entertainment4fun707

Жыл бұрын

@@costi2596 Highly agree with this comment in my country a system like this cost 40 bucks max.

I got myself a cheap second hand pc from a decade ago. It has an i7 processor, a gtx250 and 6gbs of ram. With some tweaking i'm able to run csgo on max settings at 100 to 150 fps with some spikes up to 300fps.

@raihanislam912

5 жыл бұрын

Francisco Gomes how much?

@Dimondminer11

2 жыл бұрын

gtx 250? don't you mean GTS 250?

The 7500LE is a dreadful card, it's even worse than the "lower" end 7300GS in my benchmarks. The TurboCache is completely useless. Put in a 8800GT, this computer will be a proper gaming machine from the era.

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

SuperDuty455: From Family to Gaming PC, could be interesting.

@BReal-10EC

6 жыл бұрын

But will that system support a 125 watt GPU? You never know what these proprietary systems have in terms of PCI-e slot power allowance, and you would probably need an adapter to get a gpu molex power plug with the stock psu. I'm not familiar with Acer hands on, so I don't know if they really limit their mobos/bios for upgrades. I would suggest a more powerful but not power hungry graphics card. Maybe an HD 5670? (near 9800 GT performance for half the watts) But that depends on what's available there dirt cheap. Even a GT 220 would be a big upgrade. How much ram can the PC handle? 4 sticks of 1Gb each?

@MrWeinfook

6 жыл бұрын

Come on ....its time to put gc card like gt1030 or gtx1050ti something like that.

@TheIronRaven

6 жыл бұрын

And bottleneck those GPUs? No thank you. Rather stick with a 9600GT

@TheIronRaven

6 жыл бұрын

I used to own a 9800 GTX+ XXX Edition, gave it to a friend of mine. Still plays CS:GO like a charm.

favourite channel, the videos are informative, motivative and entertaining. you talk as if you were a salesman, but the content shows how to get by as cheaply as possible and i love it. keep making these gems

came for the title, stayed for the relaxing voice

Geez, I wish my local boot fairs would start up again. April can't come soon enough.

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Gotta hang in there.

@DKCHEUNG

6 жыл бұрын

What’s a boot fair? Can you do a vlog?

@Gamerboi99

6 жыл бұрын

a bunch of people come in their cars, and sell stuff from the trunk of their cars. reminds me vaguely of a mix of a flea market and a yard sale.

@catcomputer

3 жыл бұрын

I thought you were talking about corona times and that’s why they’re closed, then I noticed the comment is from 3 years ago!

I game on my dad's Dell Dimension 8400. So basically 15 years ago. I also upgraded the ram from 1gb to 4gb.

The "Can it start crysis" joke got me. Good video mate.

Can it run notepad at 144p?

@elon4090

5 жыл бұрын

very funny

@nothing.1240

5 жыл бұрын

@@elon4090 ikr

@reyynerp

5 жыл бұрын

All pc can do it

@bluey_heeler

5 жыл бұрын

It'd be a stretch, but just maybe at its lowest settings and don't expect anything above 20fps

@lukeklo

5 жыл бұрын

Reyner Prabaswara not mine

How good that board smelling tho

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

lucas rem: Glad you enjoyed the video :)

@lucasrem

6 жыл бұрын

Budget-Builds Official You disgrace PC restoring, telling the steam noobs bullshit here in promoted items! Stop posting crap, learn noobs what do do, learn them skills! They are not needing this channel! Why you run this channel? need cash? Need to recycle trash? Why you run this channel?

@lucasrem

6 жыл бұрын

ByOniix You smell weird? what do you cry? Need mums credit card channel? You love steam?

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

lucas rem: I take it you're a fan of the show "Richard and Mortimer"?

@ByOniix

6 жыл бұрын

+lucas rem idek what you're talking about but don't let me flex on you, 10 bands on my wrist

Wow man, I play on a " Standard Family PC" Exactly from 1 decade ago which it means i'm not the only one who game on old standard PCs.. yay thoguh, And thanks for sharing your experience with your "Standard Family PC".

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers man, hope you found it helpful.

@Russell970

6 жыл бұрын

I did find it helpful, Thanks for not loving my comment again.

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Ironic, he could love this comment, but not the main one.

@gort7562

6 жыл бұрын

Budget-Builds Official He could save others from death, but not himself...

@lucasrem

6 жыл бұрын

Fuck this guy, restoring the local trash, old family crap! Needing 3 UK pounds hahahahaha...what is he doing? If you need to do a channel, restore the good systems, the Nforce 780i striker build in this gen! Forget low budget old family trash builds, not worth restoring! Only do the good builds! original Foxconn branded intel 4, some original PC, forget restoring crap!!!!!!!!!!

Love it in all your videos its sunny in England, however, weather hasn't been too bad this week. Anyways, great video man!

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers man, the weather has been alright.

CAN IT START CRYSIS????

@MagikGimp

6 жыл бұрын

Can it even install Crysis more like.

@zacknewberry3167

6 жыл бұрын

I have a pentium D with a ancient Asus gpu, and it can run it at about 5 fps

@JT-ko2ib

6 жыл бұрын

Jams in the DVD drive.

@zacknewberry3167

6 жыл бұрын

J so true

@lucasrem

6 жыл бұрын

atur chomicz You cry linus bullshit, he dropped't Why you watch this channel, sell trash? need 3 pounds? Steam gamer, mum is not giving a new build hahahaha.... If you love cheap crap trash, do a channel too! So you never need mums credit card for steam again, buy real AAA titles hahaha, or a PS4!

I feel like you wear sunglasses old timey clothes and have those huge boomboxes on your shoulder when you go to the boot fair. Exdee

@danishdezembro1116

6 жыл бұрын

Gaming XP XD lmao not xdee lel

@murdochwong3346

6 жыл бұрын

Bros Power ECKS DEE you don’t know that people spell XD differently right

@GamingXPOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Death Wraith I use XD the exdee was a joke

Great video ! I find it really relaxing !

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Glad it is :D

Back in the day i played Crysis 1 with one of these. I played throw the game several times i remember i was too young to notice any lag ;) Thanks for bringing back memories!

Can youu make a video of you popping a high end graphics card in an old family pc?

@naoyanaraharjo4693

6 жыл бұрын

BrokeGamer well bottleneck city

@boburosu1956

5 жыл бұрын

With some standard boards such as that, they tend to not support newer hardware. It probably would just not recognize it, and ignore it and switch to integrated graphics if there are any there.

@ashencloud2158

5 жыл бұрын

gpus are not plug and play there are compatibility issues

@scottrich976

4 жыл бұрын

How about a decent card of that era instead of a new monster.

Acer cases are generally quite nice. I have an Acer Aspire M1610 - still works but I swapped the guts out of the case for a Pentium II system instead. It looks super nice!

Awesome video dude, love your content 8)

These acer cases are great - I built my pc into an nearly identical Acer Veriton case from this era I found in trash and with some minor modifications I even added fan to front to have better airflow for tower heatsink.

Nice music! Bring back that organ!

@Vlad-1986

6 жыл бұрын

That was some sort of remix of one of Sim City 2000 soundtrack songs

@frickethan

6 жыл бұрын

I think for the Sega Saturn

OK the third time watching this LOL, well never mind it'll still be as good as the last time.

Love your channel its nice to see what you can game on on a budget because not everyone can afford a 500 to 1000 dollar graphics card, PC etc..

The Delboy of PC repairs, love it!

Skyrim looks more like daggerfall

Fkn sick vid

I love when youtube recommends me actual youtube channels like this one :D

Amazing videos as always :)

SimCity 2000 music!

does that DVD drive still work after you put water over it?😂😂 BTW, great video! love your channel!!!

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Tobias van der Voorden: Yes

@tobiasvandervoorden

6 жыл бұрын

Budget-Builds Official okay, nice😀

@lucasrem

6 жыл бұрын

Tobias van der Voorden You love steam, on trash systems, hahahaha, how do you pay steam, mum does that? Pirate bay Titles? Come to Amsterdam, even old i5 systems on the streets, trash systems everywhere, nobody needs them, for Free! I pick them for parts only, restoring ONLY the old systems that need restring, trash = trash! DVD? why did old people, and still use that, USB was already there, still needing disks hahaha. Old people needed some proof, a disk, a box! You need to find better channels, how to restore PC that are worth restoring, read more, stop watching promoted items here.

@danielplusben

6 жыл бұрын

What?

@R2053

6 жыл бұрын

there was this guy that was just randomly hating in a lot of the comments

12:04 I like this part with the snow ❄️🙂❄️

simcity 2000 music ooooooooooh memories!! :D amazing video by the way ;)

You should start using Rainbow Six: Siege as a bench marking tool, it's getting more and more popular and it does have a built-in bench marking tool available.

2 pounds is too much for me.

@Thehulksterbeast

5 жыл бұрын

well get saving then lol

@NeonAstralOfficial

5 жыл бұрын

2 pounds of cash is more than enough to buy a good pc!

@expertshooter2055

5 жыл бұрын

I can afford about 50 of these

@cadillacjack7313

5 жыл бұрын

Nah bro that’s still too much for me though.. It’s gotta be £1.99 at the max.

@Jacktaylor-gd2hl

5 жыл бұрын

R/choosingbeggars

that sick simcity music during the build!

it was fun watching you struggle with the PSU. I feel like small details like that are part of the pc building process that everyone cuts out haha

Good video. Please add games that systems could play and are more time specific to era of the comuter & it's parts, like DOOM 3 or F.E.A.R,etc ( I realize the 7500 LE card is a hurtin' video card.)

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

We know it can handle games like that so I prefer to test some newer benchmarks that other channels might now have. But I may add some more older titles to my testing.

@DeidaraTriops

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe even stuff like Warcraft 3

nooo you watered the DVD drive !

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

It still works.

@pc-broke8348

6 жыл бұрын

Budget-Builds Official omg

@botcarlton3962

6 жыл бұрын

Budget-Builds Official say whaat ?

@resneptacle

6 жыл бұрын

Budget-Builds Official Until it just suddendly stops

@jamescollins6085

5 жыл бұрын

It's a good thing they're worthless.

Diggin' the Sim City music :) The nostalgia feel is real.

I love the simcity 2000 music in the background :D

If it has a OEM NVidia card inside, why does it have a ATI sticker on the case?

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

It uses an ATI Chipset meaning it has an ATI Radeon X200 integrated onto the motherboard.

@johnfrancisdoe1563

6 жыл бұрын

Budget-Builds Official Would that be better than the Nvidia? :-)

@theforerunnerreclaimer

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnfrancisdoe1563 yes it is

You sound like the tts/text to speech voice a bit

@Thehulksterbeast

5 жыл бұрын

Gabe Macphee Lol he does a bit

@shabbarbukhari7200

4 жыл бұрын

Yah lol

I had that exact pc when I was younger, I am on the biggest nostalgia trip rn

That CPU cooler cone reminds me of the cones that dogs get put on their heads!

for me minecraft wont even run on 640x480 :(

@aidanmco

6 жыл бұрын

Gintare Kuku Look up "optifine." I think it'll work 👍

@Scanixon

6 жыл бұрын

with it about 3 fps and standing still 20 fps

@lilrose6114

6 жыл бұрын

Gintare Kuku What pc do you have? Cuz it must be old

@Scanixon

6 жыл бұрын

Lil Rose just got a new pc (pubg low 720p 30-60 fps)

@clydewaters2946

6 жыл бұрын

"New"

Noice it can play half life 2 that means it's good

@RWL2012

6 жыл бұрын

Roboguy52 it's a 13 year old game though

@RWL2012

6 жыл бұрын

Half Life 2 actually came out before this PC was made

@ChoboSonicCenter

4 жыл бұрын

RWL2012 but it still looks sexyyyyyyy

Reminds me of my grandmothers PC i used to play on when i was around 10. had a Sempron, 512mb ram and onboard Radeon x200 graphics. Also, I'm Miss Frosty on your server.

Not seen this one for a while. Only tech channel where I watch the videos more than once.

Probably plays fortnight 1fpd (frames per decade)

@cybercat1531

6 жыл бұрын

NaN FPS actually. Because it'll probably be an imaginary number.

@Zhunter5000

6 жыл бұрын

CatSay Interesting...

@njsullyalex2744

6 жыл бұрын

Upgrade the RAM and give it a GT 1030, and BSEL mod the Core 2 Duo and you may be able to hit 30 FPS in Fortnite with this PC.

@Zhunter5000

6 жыл бұрын

NJ Sullyalex MAY BE

@MTNDEWGANG

6 жыл бұрын

FreePenguin5000 but price to peformance is unbeatable!

MY PC CAN’T PLAY MINECRAFT WITH EVERY SETTING SET TO LOW AND AT 480p!!!!!

Yo bro, congrats with the 100k subs!!!

Nice touch with the SimCity 2000 music.

I'm guessing the graphics card is the main problem here? Cos your 2.4GHz Pentium 4 & Radeon X800 Pro combo could actually run Crysis unlike this

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Most likely

@FS--ew3se

3 жыл бұрын

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial u got me into pc building :D

#notificationsquad like for the note squad

A year ago it still was my desktop pc... But i had a C2D 6750 and HD4850. Here in mu country (Perú) many people still have these configurations because the're still enough for office and web browsing. Nice vídeo bro, i enjoy your videos 😀

You gave me games when I least expected it!!

I'm not sure i'd consider Minecraft at 900p and 30fps "playable" lol

@Adventurer32

5 жыл бұрын

How is 30 fps not playable? Its not as good as 60, but you can certainly "play" a game at it.

@braed6202

5 жыл бұрын

@@Adventurer32 at 900p? Who is going to subject themselves to that in 2018?

@Adventurer32

5 жыл бұрын

Chidren with really inexpensive PCs? I myself had a really bad PC up until a couple of months ago.

@theforerunnerreclaimer

2 жыл бұрын

@@braed6202 dude 900p is better than the 768p resolution I play most games at on my i5 dual core and igpu

First

@EVRLYNMedia

6 жыл бұрын

yup

@CodyMechanix

6 жыл бұрын

Nobody gives a sh*t.

@UKVampy

6 жыл бұрын

Not really I've seen it twice before it was posted.

Awesome video! ☺️

LOL, I love the SimCity2000 music in the background :D

Not bad, I like these older PCs, they're still semi-usable even to this day. If you want a PC for older games, or just general basic tasks, then these are fine, especially with an SSD and at least 4GB (preferably 8GB) of DDR2. And yes, I remember both the AMD version and this one - and yes, the old £2 PC became the £7 Hazard PC with two PSU's in tandem!

I was jamming out to the Sim City 3000 music!

Haha everything is fun in the vid, the SimCity music, the water on the case and drying is in the back yard. Fun fact: the Acer T180 was my first computer and I still have the case laying around. Keep up the good vids and I will keep you supported on Patreon in the meantime

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers man, much appreciated.

Kudos for Sim City backing track...

I had the same PC. Bought it from Amsterdam. And now back in Bulgaria I still have it as a sleeper (kinda) with that case, an i3 and a 750ti.

I have no idea what you are talking about but your still entertaining me

Finally, a Gaming PC that fits in my budget!

MY good old Core2 Quad (i9300) is running great as a secondary PC with a GTX 550ti 1gb). I use on the side for instant messaging, light gaming, and mostly KZread and to watch streams on. I took it apart the other day and cleaned up all the dust inside and now it runs like a champ.

great video another success road to 100k :D

@BudgetBuildsOfficial

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers man

thank you for saving this pc

Wow that SimCity 2K music brings back memories.

Even more interesting is what you can do with these PCs nowadays in terms of upgrading and expansions. My old setup was from the same era; it served me for more than 10 years until I finally decided it was time to move on. A good old Gigabyte P35DS3R, oc'ed Q6600 and eight gigabytes of RAM paired with at least 750ti or latest 1550ti will easily run any modern game in 1080p, maxed out with totally playable framerates. Not only that, but both streaming and high quality recording will be totally possible (especially if you're going to use nvidia encoders to do all the dirty work). Add a decent SSD and you can really breathe life to those old workstations. This is really possible under a tight budget, especially if you're going to hunt for used components.

This guy's "boot fairs" are legendary.

this video helped me as i got a old Compaq pc in a charity shop it said it was empty i looked inside it was all there but thick dust in the cpu fan and on the mother board i done what you done with aftershave to clean the mother bored it worked i got a brush and spun it around in the fan that made all the dust come out it took 30 mins to clean it but after finally paid off i put the pc back together and turned the pc on it had a issue the hard-drive was not connected as the leads were dodge i got my frenid round he repair it and we restarted the pc it cam up with system error cant load system its because of windows 7 has broken on it and lukly my other frenid said they get me a windows 7 for the computer hopefully i can get it to work not bad for £10 this video really helped as that pc was my first second hand pc i got this video is brilliant as you made it sound easy to do it thnkyou for making the video

Thanks for the USD comparisons

I came for the budget PC content, I stayed for the Sim City 2000 music. Have a like.

This system reminds me of my dad's older PC from 2007,an Acer Aspire micro ATX tower, featuring Windows Vista too, memories...

I too like to clean my motherboard with aftershave, and the ladies love it. I use old spice.

Cleaning fixed the motherboard! Brilliant!

I still use that exact case in a build at my Grandmas, it was the family PC from about 10-12 years ago and I've just upgraded the parts over the years.

Very comprehensive vid

Dang! 80K subs already!

You may have taken this into account, but I have a hunch that the graphics card was pulling the system ram to fill in vram, so whenever you are playing a game where the vram is full it pulls from the system ram, which was also full causing the machine to freeze up as it tries to shove things into swap.

Did I just see the Oasis subreddit? I now love this channel.

It's amazing how far we've come in terms of old hardware being usable. Nowadays, a 10 year old pc such as an optiplex, precision, or hp z series could still be used for medium duty gaming with their i7s and xeons!

For really low gaming framerates, try correspondence chess. It's a turn based multiplayer strategy game, and each turn is done by sending a physical letter to the other team via snail mail. So at best 1 frame per day!

This is really neat. I once went to a recycling center and got a q6600 with 8800gt, 2 gb ram but not hard disk for free. Guess they had no idea what treasure they had

Its cool what you can find at a boot fare these days.