Honestly, this is a beautifully weird system. A ghetto gpu cooler, a freaking noctua chonk cpu cooler, 17 gb of ram... and honestly, considering the current market, this is actually a really good deal.

@DeadpoolPlayz

2 жыл бұрын

That extra 1 gig of ram ups performance by a 1000 megabytes

@humbdedumb6009

2 жыл бұрын

Noctua chonk without their signature fans, instead replaced by Scythe

@ttvv90

2 жыл бұрын

@@humbdedumb6009 I wonder why they swapped out the very good noctua fans for the somewhat lesser scythe fans? Aesthetics doesn't seem to be a huge concern, considering the gpu fan situation and that weird cable jutting out right next to it.

@MrMCDiggles

2 жыл бұрын

It's a good idea if you want to play certain games now. But the core of the system is going to be outdated in the not too distant future.

@NextEevolution

2 жыл бұрын

@@ttvv90 If I were to guess, it was so they could keep the higher performance Noctua fans and not have to explain to people who may not know about PCs that the off-putting brown fans are actually very good fans

This is a really good PC for $400 especially in this market

@mrducky179

2 жыл бұрын

that 1060 alone is prolly around 300 bucks

@israelmxc

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

@richardsinclair7661

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrducky179 That blows my mind because I bought my 1660 Super for 250 last year. It's probably going for like 600 dollars now.

@thejollysloth5743

2 жыл бұрын

Ye, great deal. If you took out the cpu and motherboard and RAM, sold it on Ebay and upgraded to a slightly newer 4 core 8 thread CPU (i3-10100f bundle with mobo and RAM), you could upgrade and only spend around $100 more.

@SK8R43

2 жыл бұрын

No it isnt....its terrible for $400 lmao

You must be the best sponsored KZread Linode has.. The amount of feels you put in their ads is simply unmatched.

@DawidDoesTechStuff

2 жыл бұрын

I see the ads as an extra bit of content that happens to be paid for. I try and still have fun with it as much as possible. 😁

@benh745

2 жыл бұрын

@@DawidDoesTechStuff I love it. Especially the Linode ones.

I can't imagine a more satisfied sponsor. Dawid loves Linode like his own child.

@philtkaswahl2124

2 жыл бұрын

And all they needed to do was have a fun name to say.

@jaimecervantes1306

2 жыл бұрын

Sponsor bring more money for him to invest in his youtube channel. Plus he has to make money life is expensive. Oh and all the computers he buy that have to be funded. He is helping many of you guys even me.

I've got a $400, local Craigslist equivalent gaming pc. Should be interesting to see how this compares.

@mrducky179

2 жыл бұрын

what are its specs

@hamadabdulhamid4036

2 жыл бұрын

What are the specs”

@rabbitrampage

2 жыл бұрын

RX570 8gb, 8gb DDR3, I5 3470, Corsair CX 550M, 1tb HDD, 128GB SSD. Not the best specs but I bought it at the peak of the PC shortage.

@AnnaDoes

2 жыл бұрын

How did it compare?

@auntiepha8343

2 жыл бұрын

I have a PC for sale on Craigslist for a couple months now. Corsair case, i5 9400f CPU, cooler master cooler, GTX 1060 3gb, ASUS Z370 mobo, 16 GB DDR4, 1TB Sabrent M.2 SSD, Enermax 600Watt PSU for $600. It won't sell.

That rig is a godsend at $400. The 1060 alone makes it fairly worth already but man that Noctua cooler is gorgeous as all hell. Excellent job knife battling for this one!!!

For the price, it's pretty decent overall. the RAM issue was pretty obvious up front, you could pick up an ebay / CL extra 8gb stick to round that up nicely, especially with reasonable speed. The GPU is actually not horrible, you could probably sell it in today's marketplace for almost what you paid for the system. 120fps in Fortnite would be enough to make most junior gamers happy.

@5izzy557

2 жыл бұрын

60fps would, let's be real. 120fps is high tier stuff :-)

@barackhusseinobamaii3303

2 жыл бұрын

A 3gb 1060 for $300 💀

@DroneMee

2 жыл бұрын

GTX 1060 3gb go for around $200 usd one in that condition will probably go for $180 so no not really.

@KadiusFTW

2 жыл бұрын

@@slayer100141 i was able to grab 3gb 1060s for ~80 usd at that time, and I cannot find them for below 180 rn

@jamesm568

2 жыл бұрын

This computer will go for a thousand on eBay easily.

Hey Dawid, I really like the way your style has grown over the years. Great sense of humor, accessible tech stuff, mainstream level gear (not just the ultra high end stuff) and a good choice of real-life situations in the current pc market. Keep it up, your channel is quickly growing to be my favorite pc tech channel!

@DawidDoesTechStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoy the channel. I prefer buying stuff for content, which helps keep it in line with what is actually accessible for everyone. 😁

@ThePhoenix198

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, definitely one of my favourite (if not my favourite) Tech KZread channels right now. Also like Paul's Hardware for his humour, but have had it with Jayz2Cents - all he does is whine about how difficult it is to produce content in the current market conditions while flexing all the high-end kit he is *given for free* by vendors and manufacturers.

@joostvandijck8171

2 жыл бұрын

@@ThePhoenix198 I prefer Jay over Linus though.

I want to see a craigslist knife battle

@jonathanellis6097

2 жыл бұрын

Totally get to see one at the end of the video, it's Epic.

@drackar

2 жыл бұрын

You don't really.

@dauoddoesstuff

2 жыл бұрын

@@drackar but what if I want to?

@drackar

2 жыл бұрын

@@dauoddoesstuff usually disappointing but fill your boots

@DawidDoesTechStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Sus name. 😂

This is actually an incredible build for the current market considering the GPU sells alone for C$200-300

@twizz420

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it sells for $200-300 without being held together by zipties. Good luck finding anyone who would buy that GPU as-is.

@IMDYT420

Жыл бұрын

not anymore

@pptemplar5840

Ай бұрын

​​@@twizz420Unironically the cooling solution is probably better than stock And it's not like you should be buying 3gb GPUs for their resale value in most modern cases anyways. This system is still not that bad for personal use at 300$, would have been a good deal at time of recording.

That Noctua is a D14, not a D15.

@DawidDoesTechStuff

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha!! Dammit. I got too excited and got the name wrong. Thanks for letting me know.

I legit cable tied 2 arctic p12s to my 1070, now it's cold and quiet. love it. Oh and that's a nh-d14 not d15. You can tell as the heat pipes all stick out equally on the d14, the d15 has the two outer pipes lower in.

@ffwast

2 жыл бұрын

And it looks more like a cheese grater

@danielh9981

2 жыл бұрын

the corners are rounded on the nhd14 lol

@AnnaDoes

2 жыл бұрын

Cable ties are the bee’s knees 🤩

I gotta respect that fan ziptied to the GPU. Reminds me of my own first attempts at achieving better GPU cooling. The 1 GB RAM stick made me laugh way harder that it should have, though.

@raven4k998

2 жыл бұрын

you gotta respect a pc that has dedicated sound inside of it :)

That CPU cooler must be worth like, 1/4 of the PC. Damn, I want a deal that good on just the cooler.

@AnnaDoes

2 жыл бұрын

Haha I know right? That was my initial thought to.

I had a pretty similar configuration, a 4670K, 8GB RAM, same Thermaltake PSU and a 1060 6GB. It actually run all my games pretty well until I hit 2 roadblocks. One was stutter while breaking barrels in Demon's Souls on emulator, the other one was 100% CPU utilization and stuttering in Borderlands 3. That's when I decided to switch to Ryzen 1600AF and all the problems were gone, those cores and threads were the solution... And this machine is still better than most $1000 2021 prebuilts, lol.

@Arakari

2 жыл бұрын

RIP though. Ryzen 1000s won't support Windows 11. (If you ever decide to upgrade anytime soon to it).

@HappyBeezerStudios

2 жыл бұрын

@@Arakari Who would want that ;) And not that his old one supported it either

@Arakari

2 жыл бұрын

@@HappyBeezerStudios idk lmao. I mean, by dad's still running an old-ass Windows Vista/XP laptop. so.....To each their own lol

@deviouslaw

2 жыл бұрын

@@Arakari Ryzen 1600AF is more like a ryzen 2000, so it should be fine

At this point, Dawid is a knife master. His skills are becoming legendary. #craigslistknifebattles

Yep, the lightsaber routine earned my sub.

I have a deepcool case similar to that one. ABS gladiator 3070 from Newegg. Has an evga AIO as cpu cooler and so far, cooling has been fantastic. Haven’t seen cpu go over 55-60 and coolant is under 40-45 most of the time during heavy gaming.

"Knife battling in the craigslist streets" sounds like a great game, or a cool band name.

I'm not sure why, but whenever I come back to your channel, the videos are just so enjoyable. Keep up the great work!

I love the way he says linode everytime

I legit love these videos! Dawid’s humor gets me EVERY time!

@awlafferty

2 жыл бұрын

The lightsaber BIT!! 😂😂😂

Dawid, your video on the Lenovo Leg-ion helped me pick it up for the price. Thanks very much for that!

_This reminds me of the $480 gaming PC I sold on Craigslist 2 weeks ago:_ It had an Asus Prime B360M-A motherboard, i5-8400, 24GB 2133MHz DDR4 ram, 256GB Sandisk m.2 SSD + 1TB WD Blue HDD, OEM Nvidia GTX 1060 3GB, a Corsair HX750i PSU, WiFi + Bluetooth add-in card, inside a Lian Li glass side case with 3 fans and a remote-controlled RGB light strip. The guy also bought a 24" HP FHD monitor for $30 extra.

Every video that Dawid uploads is like going through heaven for the first time every damn time. Its just way too entertaining. My pre-built pc story was, i got it from a reputable internet cafe locally and it has some meh specs but with the price for its specs was pretty very great. The price was a little below $200 or 10,000php and the specs was a GTX 1050 with an i3 3240 and 2x4gb 1333mhz ram. The case was dog poop but i changed it to a RL01 Silverstone case which made it 1000% better looking. Also added a silverstone tundra AIO 120mm too and it looks DOPER now if thats even a word. Im upgrading the CPU soon since it heavily bottlenecks the gpu which is a pain when playing games but it does the job nonetheless.

Nice, a new Dawid video!

@ix.cryo1

2 жыл бұрын

@Billy John you can post it in ur channel exdee

This is exactly what got me into PC's and PC building. Bought a $500 marketplace PC 2 years ago and got into it from there on.

Dang I love these videos, I love the THE FUTURE dismantling parts, I love the amazing knife fight collage, never stop please.

I used to run a 4690k @ 4.4 (with a GTX 980 so similar GPU performance) up until fairly recently and it was always a playable experience when I had it. With some tweaking you could lessen the micro stuttering on BF V by a significant amount. I upgraded to a 10700KF earlier this year to play BF2042 and we all know how well that game played...

Just like my old PC: Squeeze out the last breaths of life by installing a better used graphics card, improving cooling with ghetto methods and throw some RAM- sticks in there :) Worked great :)

@FS--ew3se

2 жыл бұрын

Ssd?

@siqu7071

2 жыл бұрын

@@FS--ew3se SSD's are for losers

@FS--ew3se

2 жыл бұрын

@@siqu7071 yes hdd best

@thejollysloth5743

2 жыл бұрын

I swapped out my 1060 for a 6600 xt. I already had a 10600k and Z490 board and 32gb of 3200mhz. It more than doubled my FPS, and I got the 6600 xt for the same price I sold the 1060 for as I was offered one that was returned. The box was a bit damaged and it had nothing in the box apart from the GPU (not even in the anti-static bag). He sold it to me for £300, a £100 reduction at the time. Now the same GPU is nearly £600 in the UK so I'm very happy with it.

@harryshuman9637

2 жыл бұрын

Ghetto methods you say? I literally moded a CPU cooler into my 2012 gaming laptop by drilling holes in its stock heatsink. Had to hammer out parts of laptop's plastic shell so that the CPU cooler could be mounted.

2:04 rear fan is missing two screws. I love how it's just the 2 opposite corners that are screwed in lol

@swisspeach67

2 жыл бұрын

PSU is missing one too. There must be a severe screw shortage at the seller's place. The top slot cover probably is missing, because there was no screw available to hold it.

keep up the great content Dawid, always very entertaining stuff

4690k and 1060 3gb was an ideal build for at least 3 years if you were looking for a budget conscious gaming rig. The next couple of generations in Intel chips were marginal gains in performance making used or even new 4690Ks a massive bargain on eBay. Same story for the 10603gb more or less, everyone wanted the 6gb version making used 3gb 1060s dead cheap. I don't use Steam, but I would have to guess both the CPU and GPU still have impressive representation. Nice work as always thanks Dawid!

@jponz85

2 жыл бұрын

I have almost the same setup except I have the 4790k CPU, zotec gtx 1060 3gb GPU, 32gb ddr3 ram, 2tb samsung ssd. Almost done building it I wonder if itll perform better than this set up

"Not Stupid Ram" = best description ever

@AnnaDoes

2 жыл бұрын

😂 100% agree

Lol that outro Dawid was pure gold 🤩🏆

lol..Love the ending! Well done! Love it! !!

Got one myself recently. (FB Marketplace in the UK) Very happy with it for the other half to use for work. Intel 9600K Gigabyte MicroATX Mobo with overclocking Generic tower cooler with a white led fan - but it works well. 16gb Crucial 2666mhz ram Generic glass case with 6 RGB fans and a fan controller (quiet enough) Zotac 8gb 1070 Mini 500gb Crucial M.2 500gb WD Blue SATA SSD Additional USB card with 2 USB C ports and 3x usb type A Was fully cleaned and with a clean install of Windows 10 (fully updated) when we bought it. Real nice.

@DawidDoesTechStuff

2 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome system! Enjoy.

@Flibster

2 жыл бұрын

​@@DawidDoesTechStuff Yeah. We're happy with it. Obviously had to stress test it before my other half used it for work. 😉 Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Forza Horizon 5 work really nicely.

i would replace the fan with a 120mm one, it should be fine AVEXIR, the ram is

Love your content, keep being you brother!

"I think I broke the light" I loved the deadpan, not surprised, just disappointed tone.

Honestly, this was a really good buy. Should do nicely for someone wanting to game on a pc if they haven't got one, or they have a really old pc :)

@mashedpotatoes5323

2 жыл бұрын

As long as they don't mind having 2 1/2 screws holding in the motherboard and can figure out the GPU is throttling and that it needs it's fan curve manually edited....

@mashedpotatoes5323

2 жыл бұрын

Congrats you ☝️ are a obvious scammer.

Sorry to "UM ACKCHUALLY" you, Dawid but that CPU cooler is a Noctua NH-D14, the NH-D15's predeccessor. Still a hell of a heatsink to have today though! Especially included in a craigslist PC!

@jamesm568

2 жыл бұрын

Slap a Noctua Industrial PPC- 3000 PWM fan on it and call it a day.

cobbled together YET functional! love it!

Very cool!! It’s cool that you didn’t get scammed. The seller seemed very upfront with what you were buying. You don’t see that to often nowadays. But the system as a whole seemed pretty good.

_Video is barely beginning._ Me: Wait... is that GPU cooler attached with zip ties? CJ: Aw shit. Here we go again.

That's a great computer for a kid. Or even someone who just does light gaming. Plus, for $400... That's a deal right there.

@mitcrex

2 жыл бұрын

Definitely not a deal for $400 i bought a gaming used pc for 150 that blows this out the water (price to performance) from local pc shop that was amd phenom x4 and ati 5770 lol and i still over paid a little btw

@h1tzzYT

2 жыл бұрын

@@mitcrex well not really, that phenom lacks modern instruction sets and is about 2x slower than that stock 4690k and 1060 3gb is like 8x times faster than that potato hd 5770, this 400$ in dawids video is much better deal and just purchase in general

@RCN2820

2 жыл бұрын

@@mitcrex is this sarcasm?

Oh, that Dawid and his knife battles! Such savagery!!!

(at the last minute) "Yep... I think I broke the light." That sums up this whole video. :D Keep doin you Dawid, love the content.

I can't count the super high tech ziptie solutions I've seen over the decades. I remember seeing three case fans attached to a pretty thick CPU HS. That was neato!

The ghetto card is just my favorite thing ever 😹 Ok fine… maybe my real favorite thing is the Craigslist knife battle at the end…

Dawid's impromptu lightsaber fights are becoming one of my favorite parts of his videos. That and his passionate love for Vileda FRESH.

After suffering with a low profile PC for five years, $400 CAD got me an orphaned office PC (Core i7, 16GB RAM, GTX 1030, 500GB Sata SSD + 4TB HDD), seller told me it was rescued from the recycling centre. Tack on another $200 to put a 1070-Ti in this thing and I have a very comfortable 1440p gaming rig.

4th gen Intel are incredibly hard to kill. I am sitting here, amazed by my 4790K STILL cutting it after like 8 years. Jut tried Forza horizon 5 and as I am a "60 fps max quality gamer" my 2080 Super just about copes at 1440p while the CPu still has some good headroom. The tied together GPU cables actually imply that this thing originally had a better GPU fitted and they threw the 1060 jank edition in for the sale. Wasn't screwed in either. Stiil, decent pairing. I was a bit disappointed that you didn't really give that soundcard a glimpse though. Could have at least shown what model it was.

@raven4k998

2 жыл бұрын

I am laughing cause that means my 3950x will cut it longer then your pathetic quad core

@catriona_drummond

2 жыл бұрын

@@raven4k998 So you're saying the CPU you bought like 6 years after I bought mine will likely last longer than mine. You know what? I agree. But you are probably the only person in the world that finds this absolutely banal fact funny. For reasons only known to you.

@raven4k998

2 жыл бұрын

@@catriona_drummond way way way longer cause my cpu is four times as many cores as your haha just saying it will take a lot more crap to slow my beast down then your due to having that much more power on hand

@raven4k998

2 жыл бұрын

@@catriona_drummond also what happens when windows 10 stop being supported in 3 years your screwed cause that cpu won't run windows 11 haha mine will you can thank Microsoft for that one dictating which computer can run windows 11 and which cannot

@catriona_drummond

2 жыл бұрын

@@raven4k998 Look, I don't know what drug you are on but look for another schoolyard for your weird flexes, please.

"Have they fixed cyberpunk yet" hmm good question. Answer is: yes and no. Followed by I expect they will never actually fix it as I'm sure they've just given up on it XD :). But compared to how it was when first launched, it is better.

@makuIa

2 жыл бұрын

@@slayer100141 it’s on sale for $30 AUD on ps4 store I almost bought it 2 nights ago, do you think it’s worth just to play through it or is it an entirely different game on ps4 pro console?

7:00 Self aware burn, those are the best :)

Like the one I had to trash. I was given an old Intel build and the board was dead... once I got everything torn down and cleaned, I put the system back together RIGHT and found the board was dead... no biggy, it was an old socket 775 system so I just saved the memory and processor... the board got pitched! transferred my MSI 760GM-P35 board into the case and now it has a nice new home... a Raidmax Scorpio chassis in Blue.... nice chassis! anyway, nice video dawid! Have a merry Christmas!

7:07 Only 2 screws is kind of genius - 2 in the back to hold the mb down, then the video and sound cards are screwed in holding down the front of the motherboard

Dawid is my overall favorite tech youtuber😩

Perfect way to start my Saturday.

Howzit, Dawid. Not sure if it's been said.. that's the NHD14, bro. Lekker vid, channel and content.

Thats genuinely a great purchase!

WTF was that ending HAHAHAHAH. This video made my day mate thank you so much for it.

I felt that pre-credits outro bit in my soul 😅

Honestly better than expected

"Gaming in Treacle" sounds like an awesome podcast!

I've got the same Motherboard sitting in my GFs PC rig. I put in a second hand i7-4790, 16Gb of 1600mhz DDR-3, and a 1050Ti. She is playing most of her games at 1080p med/high settings and they look and play great.

LINOOODE!!!! Soon I'll be watching your videos for the LINODE section 🤣

Pretty cool rig!

Pretty good configuration! I still use similar one just with i7 4790k on basic clocks with 1080 and I have a good gaming experience even in redemption 2 65-70 fps on 1080 and many others

That's the best way to do an ending!

get someone who loves you like Linode loves sponsoring Dawid's videos

Considering the current market, that PC it's a steal (insert here the 'take mah' money and shut up' Meme). And IMHO this your BEST VIDEO OF 2021... Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas man! 🎄

Lol on the Star Wars scene at the end, Dawid! That system seems pretty cool and I could definitely be quite happy with it at its price range too.....if I actually HAD money at this time.....or ANY time for that matter! 😕😁👍👍

It is great to finally see a pre-owned gaming rig where the owner took care of it

I wonder how much further you can push that i5 with that noctua cooler. 50c on the cpu is still cold. Love the vids Dawid!

I lowkey love the "Fine i'll do it myself" GPU cooler solution XD I'd love to see a Dawid self made cooling (GPU & CPU) build

Thank you I like the used PC video's.

I've had a few Frankenstein rigs as well. many of mine were left over parts for scavenged pc's and yes, for a long time every dimm needed to sport a ram stick and what I had lying around is what went in the slot. Guilty as charged...more ram is more gooder. I've gone as far as cutting holes in side panels and mounting usb fans for air flow in old office pc cases so, yeah...I totally dig this rig.

No notification, great video as always

Ah man Linode needs to pay Dawid more $$, the degree of heart in that sponsored spot is next level.

That's actually pretty close to what I'm running (3570K @ 4.5 and a 1060 6GB) and shows the weird situation 4c/4t CPUs are in today. In some cases they are basically useless and in others that can totally hold their own. Also shows the issue with modern "all glass" cases: when there is no air things get pretty hot. Now I wonder how the card would do with two fans on it. A pair of decent 80mm fans running on 7v might be a good compromise between cooling and noise. It's what I had on some cards of mine where the cooler wasn't adequate or when they were passive.

When I hear Dawid's descriptions of rigs like this one I sometimes wonder if they are the musings of an actual proto-genius or the verbal legerdemain of a David Blaine-level Boardwalk pickpocket. After some thought, I'm pretty sure it's both. Which is even more impressive to me.

I had the same CPU, Motherboard and similar CPU cooler, plus gtx1060 6Gb. Worked fine

amazing video keep it up g

I fear that one day, you will hit the brown note with your Linode Ad but at the same time, I wouldn't want to miss it! XD Great video as always

Right before things got rough in Jan 2020 I set a co-worker up with a decent refurbished Dell Optiplex i7-4770 mid-tower system from Newegg. By the time we snagged a 1tb Samsung SATA SSD and a cheap used GTX-550ti (he's not much of a gamer) it was well under $400 and was actually still pretty snappy when I worked on it the other day. Throw in a better GPU and it should even do okay with most newer games. (@ reduced detail of course!)

I sure loved my 4690K when I got one in 2014. In 2020 I turned it into a Linux box when I upgraded to a 9th-gen Core i7.

That cooler is the same from my new PC bought precisely on november 2021.

i for some reason love this system

My ASRock B450 HDV Rel 4.0 also has the super reliable VGA plug and I use it together with a 24" Dell G2410h at a whopping 1080p at 60Hz.

The outro, best thing ever. 😂

I saw this exact PC on Craigslist. I was considering of buying but as I saw the cpu cooler gpu I stayed away lol. Glad you got it for testing it for us.

Hey Dawid, Cyberpunk 2077 performance on an anemic quad core can be increased dramatically by lowering the "crowd density" setting under gameplay, which is independent from any of the graphics presets.

It just amazes me how low the cpu temps are I never get over 70 on mine. It might be because the cooler is way over kill for it but still that’s amazing.

Came here for the LINODE!!!!! Stayed for the Dawid and other junk.

You gotta love those old haswell cpu's

Brilliant ending!

I never thought I would see another avexir ram kit again. I had one of those in an old AMD apu system I built in 2013 and the only reason I got those specific RAM modules was bc they had red LED's in them.

That z97 a is one of my favorite mobos of all time it was my secend biuld and i went from q6600 and a gygabyte ga ep43s3l to a z97a with i7 4790k stayed with it untill ryzen and it was great in all those times

I have a 1060 3 GB, but really need a new card! 3 GB just cant hold it! So sad the prices are still so high! Love your videos! Keep it up!