£10 Console vs £10 Gaming PC? (Ft:Techwen)

[@BodziuM]

what a score ! crystal edition with original crystal controller ! Duuuude!

[@user-bp5py6bh3g]

@@LuchadorMasque 🤔

[@sillywooper]

@@TR2000LT what country you in?

[@defconzero]

And i thought i got a good deal on my untested one with no controllers, games or cords for $5 (works great tho)

[@callumdunne2455]

Just got an xbox 360 2008 white. controller black. two games removed and put in bigger hardrive it all under 10 pound at the local carboot sale

[@callumdunne2455]

@@TR2000LT well I definitely got a bargain lol

[@TooFurious4]

Finally something in my price range.

[@karolbanaszek5760]

@Dovydas he is joking I think

[@NeedyBoBeedy]

Danish Wistara it’s definitely worth the price man. that extra 3-4¢ could be AMAZING. maybe save up some money for it.

[@roosterbooster6238]

NeedyBoBeedy in denmark it probably costs twice as much as Britain tho...

[@NeedyBoBeedy]

Captain Sensible damn

[@bigsmough]

If you need consoles, just look for yard sales, I got a 20 dollar ps3 that lasted me 3 years so far and a Wii with games and Wii sports physical addons for a single dollar

[@NoStereo]

imagine playing morrowind and not jumping everywhere

[@producerevan88]

I'm not sure that's possible. I started oblivion and Skyrim doing it too, just in case

[@TheCunningStunt]

On a new play through I'd tie a rubber band around the jump button and walk away. Come back an hour later and be able to jump from one side of Balmora to the other in a single leap lol.

[@BoboMcBooboy]

@@producerevan88 well oblivion did have the “acrobatics” skill” - as well as “athletics” THE ONLY nice thing about those two, is it gives a benefit to not fast traveling/using a horse... Although going back and playing oblivion, the fact you can’t attack off your horse REALLY hurts... I swear I could remember being able to attack while riding the horse... Must’ve been mount ‘n’ blade...

[@bdawgschnarr6623]

He was doin the E3 Pan do 🔥

[@EPeters208]

Morrowind had expansions. That's what we used to call new content before DLC and micro-transactions ruined everything.

[@typehere6689]

They should return.

[@sputnik7472]

>Oblivion Horse Armor for money

[@trashtronics1700]

Ahh the days of full games and xpacs was an infinitely better time

[@Lostcontroller]

@@sputnik7472 And it still makes money for Bethesda to this day.

[@Web720]

@@sputnik7472 That's DLC.

[@TheCunningStunt]

Best thing about the OG Xbox for me was soft modding. Once you rip your games to the HDD, load times become almost non-existent (and in some cases better fps), most games can be modded with PC mods, San Andreas you can even edit configs, like increase the amount of traffic on screen at any time as Xbox games are pretty much just PC games with a different executable. Only limit to mods I found were they had to be under 300mb because of the Xbox's cache size limits. But yeah used to blow my mates minds by having a GTA SA where there were General Lee's, V8 interceptors and Batmobiles cruising the streets. Soft modding essentially made your Xbox into a PC. Xbox 360 was meant to be capable of modding but they dropped that for some reason. (Guessing because DLC's became a thing thanks to the OG Xbox) Heck even managed to get the PC version of Quake III Arena running on it. Wish they still made consoles like this.

[@adrianafamilymember6427]

Cool. Just one word I wanna learn how to do stuff with stuff older than 2013 and yet I don't even know about anything further than 2018

[@thomasrayner5301]

But can it run Microsoft flight simulator 2020?

[@JasonSchoeman]

Haha, here we go.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Erm. It can run DOSBOX and Flight Simulator V4.0 from 1996 👉😎👉

[@xancch8017]

Noooo noooooo it cant that game is way to graphically demanding

[@SopanKotbagi]

@@xancch8017 r/wooosh

[@xancch8017]

@@SopanKotbagi bruh that doesent work outside of reddit I was just saying the truth

[@BigManStitch]

its actually so interesting to see what you can achieve with the little money that you use, amazing

[@ryanolsen294]

Yes, lke for pc’s u only need 60fps 1080P to run games fine so about 250+ money (U.K. for me) or go with a ps3 for... I think 100?? I’m not too sure. So I do feel like consoles are better for games but a pc can do much things

[@ZunaZurugi]

@@ryanolsen294 Ps3 / xbox 360 are more like 30-50€

[@mugabugaYT]

@@ryanolsen294 The PS3 is definitely not running games at 1080p 60fps.

[@justanotheryoutubechannel]

@@mugabugaYT Wellll mostly. There’s a couple of 1080p60 games on there.

[@shadowtheimpure]

The OG Xbox is so very versatile, especially once you mod it. If you have a

[@nearbygamerfanable]

Rooting for the greggs sausage roll

[@miki476]

Back in the 2004 when I was a child I was in the same boat. My parents couldn't afford to get us a new pc, so me and my brother saved money and bought second hand ps2 just to play san andreas and nfs most wanted. Best gaming times in my life. No memory card at the beginning so console was running 24/7 lol

[@bruceluiz]

Tries to sell Morrowind to us Shows footage of being mercilessly stingarayed to death

[@beefyonyt]

£20-25 pc next time? might be an even more interesting competition

[@robertt9342]

So... A Xbox 360 vs £20-25 PC.

[@beefyonyt]

@@robertt9342 or perhaps a ps3, wii etc

[@robertt9342]

Beefy Cactus . So same Gen with similar to worse performance, but also great games

[@beefyonyt]

@@robertt9342 i mean I'd like to see what they can build in the UK for £25. In Ireland I wouldn't even be able to get a hd 7670 for €25

[@DJSekuHusky]

From my experience, $30 USD has been enough to purchase a ThinkPad T420 and a PS3 slim. £25 should get some considerably stronger hardware than £10.

[@antoniobaric5798]

11:50 1 second into the Morrowind benchmark is enough to hear cliff racer asmr already. Peak Morrowind representation that always gives.

[@Russell970]

YO it's so good to see Techwen again ^^

[@6Twisted]

God I miss the old Xbox boot up and Phantom Crash... I would also love to see a modern Phantom Crash. That game had such character.

[@JonathanDeane]

For the price, I think I would go with the original Xbox... As long as you have the ability to soft mod it, and the component cables. I have a 250GB hard drive in mine and it's just lovely. Look up something called Ninja Massive and it's just epic. On the PC side of things, 10 pounds (like 15 dollars?) will not get you much... Probably pretty close to the same specs lol

[@NoobGyver]

baugette builds offical: builts computers for the same price of bread

[@NoobGyver]

@@TemasHistorias depends how much bread you buy

[@MattyStoked]

I love how on-brand this is. I knew before clicking that you'd end up with an Xbox and that you'd show us Fable and Phantom Crash. Fantastically biosed 😍

[@yamigekusu]

An OG Xbox. I got mine in 2013, and I had a lot of fun with it Jet Set Radio Future, Conker, Black, some racing games, etc. Played the hell out of it. Mine wasn't in the best shape (could not run some games for some reason, despite me taking it apart a few times to see what tf was going on), but it was a nice little machine. Gave it to my sister and her kids a couple of years back so they can have fun with it :)

[@lucienmaranber]

I'm gonna be honest, out of all the tech channels I watch you're my favorite one by far! You're the most entertaining, you teach many things and I love your accent ngl ♥️

[@stevesmith1383]

I’m here in the US but I’m gonna start saying Cheers in my interactions with buyers and sellers

[@Feyyore]

Glad to see Phantom Crash having some love. ^.^ Heck of a gem.

[@Stunz]

You can tell he put in a lot of effort into this video

[@TEchWIse2203]

Another epic upload Awesome collab budget and techwen

[@christineayres5339]

id have paid 10 quid for an original Xbox just to play Thief deadly shadows again the greatest stealth game no ones ever played lol

[@ChiroMclean]

What is this, A Top Gear Budget Challenge?

[@djchewmacca]

I still have my original XBOX back from 2006 when I first moved out. It was a moving home gift from my brother. It only came with an 8GB HDD but was pre-modded when he got me it. Sooner after, I upgraded the HDD to a 500GB IDE type. This used to be my go to media center to be fair. I never really played games back then. I tend to use either my mini PC or my Raspberry Pis for media nowadays. I certainly couldn't part with my XBOX, holds so many memories.

[@owenhauck6029]

Underrated content, really good job on the PC and console build. Looking forward to the next one!

[@plaguis1391]

"We're going against a £10 PC, so I'd expect that to be fairly powerful." God sometimes I love the future. My first PCs HDD in the early 90s cost me around $350 ($657.45 with inflation) which google says is roughly £245 (€413.04 with inflation). And that was the cheapest HDD I could find at the time, had maybe 120 MB of storage lmao

[@sam_kumar02]

BBO is replying to latest comments but not uploading any video 🤔. What happened ?

[@GwnMichael]

Yeah what happened 🙁

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

This isn't a job, and it takes 5 seconds to reply to a comment. It takes upwards of a week to make a video...

[@sam_kumar02]

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial I know , it even takes months to make a video . But we love ur content that's why I'm asking whats up

[@RandomestInc]

This is a great video! I’ve never personally used an original Xbox because for my semi-budget experience I managed to grab a used Xbox 360 with a bunch of bundled games and a controller for around 40£. Good advice for budget gamers and very entertaining

[@__dudewitagun__4607]

that was a bargain. you now have one of the cooler looking models and a decent game library. I may have a retro colection one day assuming o dont emulate everything and this would be a worthy addition.

[@jordan.w1141]

The xbox's boot up animation and the fable Lionhead studio intro. Nothing but nostalgia.

[@Tofuuuuuu]

You got such a bargain on that xbox, good shit honestly.

[@crashbandicoot5636]

This is the first time i've seen a crystal Xbox, don't see too much of those in the used market nice find

[@arte6009]

mans hiped this up so much😭😭

[@Nimmo1492]

Fun fact - if you get a long load time in Morrowind, that is the game rebooting the Xbox in the background to free up RAM.

[@geraldgutsueii3324]

crystal clear output from a crystal clear xbox, all you're missing is a crystal pepsi

[@AaronHendu]

I got my Xbox for $10 too, and I've had it now for about 10 years. Mine also had a "stuck" drive, but I immediately took it apart and gave the belts a good cleaning and it has been working fine ever since. I also paid $10 for my Windows 98 SE PC with a 933MHz Pentium 3 and 9600XT...I think I'd choose the Xbox, between the two...but barely.

[@reillygardner273]

Watched tons of dvds on ps2 as a kid and never noticed any color issues. Maybe I was too young to notice

[@khmerkandal121]

Epic Video, epic collab. :)

[@ZaJaClt]

When i left my bipolar ex i left behind the games collection i picked up off of ebay from age 21 to 25, it had, Crystal clear xbox, Psone, Nes Boxed, Sega Dreamcast,ps2, Multiple controllers for all systems ( Had a boxed nes advantage, different coloured ps1 controllers,crystal xbox controllers,ps1 guns i had about 4) all together i spent about a grand on it and it all fit in two massive IKEA blue bags... to whomever got my stuff afterwards in London, i hope you enjoy them as much as i have

[@emlyndewar]

That is an amazing deal for the money. Love the OG Xbox, especially Crystal edition.

[@BF2042Pro]

I’m really sick at the moment and honestly these videos really be making my day ❤️

[@pepre7594]

I'm sure that steering wheel didn't help with the sickness...

[@joshroberts8951]

90% sure you made this video just to have a chance to talk about the original xbox again

[@GeorgeWilkins]

Congrats on 200k subs! What a milestone!

[@cartergraham9429]

This is absolutely amazing. I really didn't know what my original xbox could do! :-)

[@mrappu2884]

Legendary battle of all time XD

[@aledkdk]

Totally inside my budget, 5 stars man, love your content

[@JxTechy]

I enjoyed this showdown, watched both your video and techwen's. After watching both I want to get a cheap xbox and a cheap PC :) Great videos and great collaboration

[@madcat4563]

I am still pissed that we never got a original xbox in South Africa 😠. The few that have been imported by people are expensive af. (compared to other countries) Maybe I will get one in the UK when I get the chance to visit.

[@gregoriomariano5070]

how is the market for tech there? here in brazil is a godamn hellhole LOL. this 10 quid would have a 20x increase, like 200 at least if it was here.

[@gregoriomariano5070]

here in brazil is not a matter of lack of tech, as there is a shitload of stuff, it's just greed and an absurd value for the dollar

[@madcat4563]

@@gregoriomariano5070 Interesting just recently watched a video on Brazil's video game grey market. Eish, you guys have it rough. Last time I found a xbox it was about £60. And the new series X that costs $499 will be $731. 36. Talk about a markup,the country needs to get every last bit of tax out of the people to pay their rising dept. 🤦‍♂️ Also the series S that is $299 will be $426.69. I thought I might get one next year but nah just gonna wait 3 years like I did with the Xbox One

[@decm8]

I recently picked up 2 desktops and 2 laptops on Shpock for £5. So far they’re all working. The one laptop has a weird block charger so I was unable to see if it was working. I put some fresh Mx-4 and cleaned all the dust. I bought it as untested but I think the seller thought it was all junk cos it was overheating with all the dust haha.

[@darrenjackson9646]

"You can play through it with nothing but a stick... Don't do that, I've done it, it's painful." *Mitten Squad has joined the chat.*

[@_TheStepBroski_]

I used to own an audi a4 like that for my first car. she was a beater but I got it for 2k from a guy that repairs cars and flips them with a bit over 150,000 miles. For my fellow car guys, it was a v-6 2.8L 5 speed manual transmission. Not the dinky 1.8 liter v-4 eco turbo charged version you can still find driving around. This baby could do 0-60 in about 6 sec. which at the time was huge especially with the quattro system that baby launched from rest. Little history lesson it was the first car audi made for civilian use. If you want to talk real power though you have to respect the v-8 s4 line.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Brilliant V6 that, was the go to performance option in the old Audi Coupe, variable inlets or something like that if I remember correctly. Loved my Audi, powerful and comfortable but very very boring sadly.

[@RoswelliVideos]

I remember the poll for this. If Budget went for a Nintendo Wii, he'd have completely ran away with this competition in terms of ease of use. Nintendo Wii Homebrew is amazing... but probably couldn't afford the Greggs Sausage Roll.

[@kelvinwatson639]

The postage would have cost more than what you paid for that 🤩

[@SteelyGlow]

14:37 - I wonder how they've managed to launch HL2 on Pentium 3. If I remember correctly, the game requires SSE2, which was implemented since Pentium 4, and was not present in Coppermines and Tualatins

[@nullpointer1284]

If you have the source code you can compile without SSE2 optimizations, which of course Valve has

[@EnderKittynet]

old (2004) engine hl2 does not require sse2

[@RJRC_105]

Hmmm, totally clear case. Techmoan did a video in which he found that clear case gear is often used in US prisons where it is required. He showed this really swish clear case CRT as well. I think one of those would go nicely with this.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Good video that

[@JamesHoughton]

FYI The Xbox CD drive has a manual tray release that you can press with something like a paper clip if the tray gets stuck :) No more smacking

[@nathanielthomas4437]

Where did you go?

[@arcticfoxgaming1857]

I have an OG Crystal Xbox and I still play on it! Had a great library and quality exclusives! I use it with a HDMI adapter for higher quality.

[@matfraeke8482]

Now this, this is something unique Hamish

[@jokroast6912]

Pro tip, if you smack the top of the console above the disk drive, it will get unstuck. That was extremely common in my Town.

[@hotrodmercury3941]

Oh my god Rallisport! I still have my OG copy!!

[@theshadowman1398]

My original Xbox is in original state, it got a good cleaning, disc drive got greased up and CPU and GPU got new thermal paste, works like a dream.

[@TechyBen]

Phantom Crash was modernised in Hawken... which went F2P P2W cash grab, and burnt out all their capital investment cash grabs and shut down their servers (with no P2P servers :( ).

[@operator8014]

Never expected someone to tout the xbox controller as a pro of the console.

[@MGlBlaze]

Might have been in desparate need of a clean, but that was a hell of a haul for £10!

[@PogoDarnexx]

Fable!

[@claxtoncurtis811]

HE HAS TOCA RACE DRIVER 2!!!!!!!! i've nearly finished career mode in toca race driver 3 and have been looking for PC ports of the game since i enjoyed it so much. Also Rally sport challenge is probably one of the better looking titles for the console.

[@chemicalcabbage]

Who would sell an orignal xbox for 5 pounds? Like you can find 5 quid down the back of the sofa, why get rid of something like that?

[@MotownBatman]

Everyone Hates the Thomphson Drive, I always had the best luck with them, plus they could read Both + or - R disks

[@salomechichinadze3979]

this legend hearting every comment

[@alekostsk3833]

What a great youtuber he is! I cant believe why i laugh on every one of his videos. The way he talk thimgs is so funny.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Yeah what a whacky geezer.

[@alekostsk3833]

@@BudgetBuildsOfficial Had to translate it..xd I aint saying it for bad but just i love the way you generally talk. That all! Btw im looking for a super budget build while listening to your videos

[@OblivionPrime]

you forgot Black for the OG xbox its so good

[@ArtisChronicles]

Lol the San Andreas couch co-op was always a lot of fun for me. Granted it would be with a friend on the PS2 version of the game, but it led to a lot of shenanigans.

[@tmlmagee]

Great video, keep up the good work! You should do this with $50 or $100

[@hw.lds08]

The console available would be a prev gen xbox one s/x or ps4. Out performs any PC in that price range

[@blunderingfool]

1.6 non-gold caps are going bad now too, FYI. Always check them from now on if you’ve just bought one or have one kicking around.

[@TheBritishMatt]

I remember a while back we picked up a working Wii at cex uk for a tenner. It didn't come with any extras or even cables, but it did work as new. Just needed a very good clean

[@chrisbaker8533]

Phantom crash is the major reason I miss my xbox.

[@lbsiuk]

Where have you gone?

[@sbeyer17]

I'd like to see how a original xbox can output netflix playback For having a clean analog video signal of netflix to my crt

[@Pat0113-t6q]

Nice a Crystal Xbox. Want a to have a Crystal too. But there are like 120-200€ in Germany

[@GzeeBRII]

I would like to see you upgrading this unit with the faster processor, memory and the SSD

[@reprimand33]

I was BIOS once, not really for me Was quite basic input and output, so left it behind me More of CMOS now

[@rhtr.]

I miss my crystal Xbox... Nowadays I have so many other consoles but still think to get X again and mod it with SSD and other stuff. Great video.

[@grimsleeper5945]

Been trying to find good deals on older consoles like this and it has been a real challenge. It must have taken ages for you to stumble across a listing that good.

[@donniehoward6652]

Look for "for parts" and listings saying untested. Usually means they couldn't be assed to test it first. If youre looking for Xbox look for untested that mentions orange and green lights. Usually means they just didnt plug it into a TV.

[@bingchilling2756]

can u do £10 car next?

[@Goatie89]

Great find! Make sure to open up the xbox and remove the clock capacitor or it will kill the console. They leak and destroy traces on the mobo if you're not careful.

[@elmariachi5133]

Well, fun comparison for some part. But taking emulation as a plus for a console vs. the PC is like taking speed as a criteria for a Lada vs. a Ferrari. On PC you probably have teh choice of about 100 times more emulators, each with 100 times more flexibility and configurability, nearly unlimited storage and such.

[@PWorkLabs]

Finally this vid is for me,pls do more vid in the future.Hope u reach the 1M sub

[@RowanBird779]

These things can run ReactOS, I'd love to see someone try it!

[@mushroomsamba82]

I've seen some shockingly bad packing jobs, including one where an xbox 360 was shipped inside a (mostly) empty dog food bag. But this one still stands out as one of the worst.

[@mr.sowhat3796]

THANK YOU SO MUCH please please please do more budget pc videos

[@ChristyKitsune]

Phantom Crash! :D I played the crap out of this. Also the Xbox had a UDMA 33 cable as standard, but could be upgraded to UDMA 66, with a newer cable. It made quite a difference when i did this simple cable swap. Which improves load times and cachespeed. You could also upgrade the xbox to 128mb ram, soldering another 64mb chip onto the board to improve media centre usage.

[@Funewter]

So well spoken. Here here.

[@sergestar4536]

I guess those that don't have graphics cards can still game using older consoles or using emulators that how I spent most of my teens emulating games cuz I was poor

[@markoglazersout611]

That's gonna be hard to beat! What a barjin. Cool video ) Gonna check out Techwens one now. #GlazersOut

[@CarthagoMike]

13:38 Splat.wav killed me, genious string of jokes there

[@mattyd2427]

I first played HL2 on Xbox and found no other version matches the melancholic quality of the lighting in the first third or so of the game (up the end of the hovercraft section).