$40 PC - Is it Possible? Putting together a 'junk' PC Vlog

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So I recently saw a PC for $40, I put this together from 3 junk pcs (1 $20, another 2 $10 each) and they were labelled as junk and I thought I would make a vlog for you guys to see if I could put together a dirt cheap PC that could play some easy to run games like Dota and LoL etc.
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Though what was to ensue was a LOT of headaches, none the less a fun experience! However in the end it all worked out and we have a fully functional PC!
Specs:
AMD Phenom II
GA78 Motherboard
6GB DDR2
Huntkey 400W PSU
DVD Drive
Seagate 250 GB HDD
GT430 Nvidia Card
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Intro Music - Lensko - Circles (NCS Release)

[@88lochi]

You should do Scapyard Wars with Linus and Luke. I'm sure you'd bear them.

[@nope.7586]

***** Linus would win.

[@SuperChickenBurgers]

This. You would wreck them Bryan

[@Strawberrymaker]

***** Vs Linus xD.

[@michaelweiss2186]

+AlanTronic Linus is a joke, you are likely under 18, kids watch Linus.

[@nope.7586]

Michael Weiss that's your opinion. I think Linus is brilliant.

[@DJFreshJuice]

That moment when a $20 junk PC is better than yours...

[@proximEZ]

so when will this momment come?

[@AMIR55312]

FoxD3mon :'(

[@DJFreshJuice]

+Nhan “Proximus” Nguyen I think it's already come for me ;-;

[@proximEZ]

That's a hard life man

[@NicolaiBertelsen]

I feel with you bro!

[@Whiskey5]

i honestly like these types of old pc restoration videos they are fun to watch.

[@claudiaoctavia6340]

socks+carpet ... and not a fuck was given :)

[@runtothesnadman]

+Claudia Octavia thats how i built my first pc lol D:

[@turbotortiose]

+Claudia Octavia Didnt cost him much anyhow.

[@jkljkl218]

+Claudia Octavia Broke 7 motherboards that way... Thankfully amazon prime doesnt buy you for unlimited returns... huehuehue... But yeah, I don't know why I did it on the carpet... I felt dumb after realizing IT WAS CARPET.

[@martinr7728]

+Claudia Octavia whats wrong with carpets?

[@j.m.74]

+Martin Roussev socks + carpet can make static electricity buildup in the body, which can then be discharged/released into sensitive electronic (computer) components, and if so, they tend to get fried internally from massive over-voltage, even if those parts still look ok on the outside.

[@xFLuFFiiEE]

This thing would definitely win scrapyard wars dayum

[@megapro125]

+Dyluhn maybe the last scrapyard wars with the assignment to build the best price/performance PC if the gt 430 doesn't crash in the firestrike benchmark. But in terms of gaming perormance it would have lost. the gt 430 is a low(est) end card. Even a two year older gt 8800 beats it by a huge margin. the graphics cards at scrapyard wars are a completely different league.

[@steamedauroraborealis8208]

+megapro125 Nah, the 430 can't run Firestrike. I don't mean to brag, but I have a 440 and here are some quite impressive skydiver results www.3dmark.com/sd/3708696 yeah, read that and weep. Better than 6% of computers. 6% of the entire world, baby! office computer from 2013 is its bitch.

[@megapro125]

***** a truly amazing machine bruh.

[@steamedauroraborealis8208]

Oh, I know. That beast can run League of Legends, the most graphically demanding game to date, on, count 'em - 60fps. 60.

[@xldkxnewyorker8914]

+Dyluhn Meanwhile I'm running a $450 PC that hits the 90th percentile in the GPU dept, and ~70th in the CPU dept. All name-brand parts.

[@JackalKing49]

I found a computer by the side of the road once, it had an msi am2 board, a sempron le 1250, a 450w psu, 250gb western digital hard drive, 2gb ddr2 ram. When I plugged it in and tried to turn it on, it wouldn't post, but then I took out the ram stick and put it in the other slot and it worked. This is probably why they left it out by the side of the road. It was a custom built bought from a local computer store that I know of, and it had an updated bios, so I could install some am3 cpus in it. It now has 4gb ram, amd athlon ii x2 250, a gpu that I had lying around (amd radeon hd 6450) It had windows xp installed when I got it too, it now has windows 7.

[@OGsploorp]

Top Kek so how does it perform

[@LuisDiaz-qg3eg]

That junk PC is actually faster than a common PC here in Venezuela.

[@Remyueru]

Luis Jesús Díaz Even most of Today's androids are faster than a common PC in Venezuela... >_>

[@ToneRetroGaming]

+Remy Cajallena lol

[@techyescity]

+Luis Jesús Díaz lol

[@djsensacion7]

Tech YES City As funny as it might sound... It's true :(

[@westinmcclister1507]

That build is sick man I'm still running a e8400 it sounds like a jet engine and needs a leaf blower to stay below 70 degrees

[@54CFC]

+Westin Mcclister I'm never complaining about my ancient laptop again!

[@shutereye2634]

+Westin Mcclister Woah broah, I'm running an E8500! eeeeeeeeeeyyyyy

[@Ground15]

+Westin McAlester These old CPUs don't need that strong coolers, I'm still running an overclocked Q9550 (3.6 GHz) is running under a 20 € cooler, not even going over 60 °C under full load (prime)...

[@westinmcclister1507]

I'm still running a stock cooler so that's probably why it's a little bit loud

[@TL-no7ye]

I'm ran an E5300 but I just upgraded to an i7 4790K.

[@Rahkoi]

I just got a $5 PC, Raspberry Pi Zero :)

[@Rahkoi]

+Sharkboy1006 ?

[@seyf1212]

+Faphero But can it run crysis?

[@joshbray7917]

+Faphero But can it run GTA V at 60 FPS?

[@realpieterdezwart]

+Josh Bray Yes.

[@novideoscorp]

but its hard to do coding if you want to do something with some files

[@jonathanpeden9930]

That AMD Phenom II 3.0 Ghz cpu was just sweet back in the day. It just did anything I asked of it (not heavy gaming obv.)

[@metazshanstark91]

Jonathan Peden back in 2010 I had the AMD Phenom II 945 quad-core CPU and 8 GB G Skill DDR2 RAM and an mid range ASUS motherboard and a mid range forget what GPU I was running back in 2013 after my old Nvidia card died lol from the 2010 build, faulty at some sort oddly, but yes these types of builds are aight indeed, I also had a bunch of drives too SATA and IDE Windows 7 ultimate and XP Pro and UUbuntu Linux as well.

[@antt5112]

I've been told electrical stuff runs on smoke, if you let all the smoke out it no longer works. I have tested this myself a number of times and without exception every time I let the smoke out of something electrical it no longer works

[@n-o-i-d]

On the first PC, you had to set up the boot order in BIOS to boot from the hdd or a dvd, by default it was trying to boot from the network card. That PC was completely fine.

[@ubuntuisawsome100]

i know what youre thinking,but the BIOS was initializing the BIOS chip was probably fucked

[@AusNugz]

This video is going to be sick.

[@chrisoakland8036]

Socks, carpet, no antistatic wristband, not touching the case for grounding. Goddamn, you're a rebel.

[@RobRandomVids]

I don't do the wristband thing either but everything else I'd agree is bad

[@j-manwilson7154]

I built my first PC a year ago after being a Xbox groupie, i3-4160 MSI H81mp33 MOBO 16 gigs mushkin DDR3 1600 ram R7 370 2 gig. SSD boot and 1 TB HDD generic 500w power supply cougar archon mid tower case Watching guys like you has helped me gain confidence in buying used parts, since then i have built several computers and upgraded my first: now: i5 4690 same ram different mobo ( one with front usb 3 support) R 9 390 8 gig SSD boot and 1 TB HDD the same but i added a 2 TB back up drive. I also upgraded to an EVGA 750 Watt PSU. I will never go back to the xbrick again, i am now a PC addict and i love your content keep it coming man!!!

[@bonnome2]

High pitched noise is usually caused by vibrating coils and doesn't mean that it's broken. It's just cheap.

[@arabonarocketcamel8352]

Building on carpet with socks on, you are not like the common man are you?

[@stonewalljackson6168]

#YOLO

[@kevindt100]

Yea i also builed on carpet but just no socks i mean wow why your just risking

[@nataliegray7703]

Australians are pretty reckless :^) my workbench is in a carpeted room.

[@rence1918]

CAN YOU SELL IT TO ME ?

[@techyescity]

+renaldas navikas Where do you live?

[@rence1918]

+Tech YES City lithuania kaunas nartavos 29-8 kaunas sell or giveaway because im still with pc that has windows xp pentium 4 2.6 ghz and 512ram i realy need a better pc but i dont have money to AFFORD A BETTER PC

[@techyescity]

shipping will be way too expensive. I could sell it to someone in region 1 from Japan or someone already in Japan, just shipping is very expensive for a heavy pc :(.

[@rence1918]

+Tech YES City how much cost shipping ?

[@rence1918]

+Tech YES City maybe i could pay shipment sorry for bad english ;)

[@malcolmlong6804]

When the 20$ pc is better than yours :(

[@HeadNose]

lik ef u crei evrah tim

[@owenhauck391]

Lol sad... Mine too :(

[@Meowwentthedino]

+Defuzzler I lek

[@da_pawz]

+Malcolm Long yeah... sad but true.. stuck with the Athlon II X2 *cry*

[@whosyourdaddy8580]

same

[@brianpcpc5292]

i got a pc from a relative and i have to tell you it was years old ,never cleaned ! the cpu cooler was thick with what i can only describe as gunk . took around 4 hours to clean it all . the power supply was thick with carpet fibres or some pubic hair . i know right ? never again . i had to open up the psu and clean well it was just as bad . but i gave them it back with some more ram 10 bucks delivered from the ebay and it still works . i like the old stuff ! but dislike old wiring, like the front header wires so i change them out for 2 bucks as the power /reset switch button comes with them . but most run windows 10 with a ram upgrade . 2 to 4 gigs works ok but i think it takes a very long time to set up windows .... ...memory is almost always an issue for these older motherboards . its cheap but everywhere on the ebay a.t.m. it is sent as a sample from china so it costs less in most ads from there. the only reason im mentioning it. is it was pretty much the same pc case . best regards

[@Slot1Gamer]

the init. screen has to do with the marvel sata controller ;)

[@Dennn90]

+Slot1Gamer I think that bios was set to PXE boot, and there was nothing wrong with first motherboard, it definitely didn't freeze. First of all, when testing faulty motherboard, you should clear cmos (either by button on the board or by pulling 3V coin cell battery for 5 min) or if you can enter bios, just set it to default settings.

[@everyonesloopy]

+Dennn90 actually no, the marvel 88SE61xx is a secondary Serial ATA controller and it seems to be a problem on this motherboard as a quick google search turned up the same problem as he is having in this video, if he would have turned off the 88se61xx in the bios it would've booted up no problem

[@rich1051414]

+Slot1Gamer There was no OS on the hard drive. There was nothing wrong at all. It was getting stuck there cause there was nothing to boot into. He may of needed to use one of the different colored sata connections if one of the sata controllers was malfunctioning tho. Regardless, the phenom ii x4 is better than the q9950.

[@wikto8145]

+Richard Smith Phenom better than Q9950? Ill do research to see if I or you is wrong

[@wikto8145]

+Richard Smith So looks like you are right i would of never guessed

[@joshm998]

On carpet the only way to build pcs

[@goqwertygo]

I love doing this type of stuff. making "old" socket 775 stuff run faster. My last week of vacation I bought a working iMac G3 all in one for $30 on craigslist. stripped out all the old parts and the CRT and put in a newer motherboard and an LCD. Then sold the parts on ebay motherboard, HDD, Power supply all separately for more than what I originally paid for it. The motherboard alone with a blazing 600MHz processor and 2GB of ram went for $40

[@TheSqoou]

High pitched squeal from the power supply indicates a damaged capacitor. They sometimes do that before blowing completely. Call it a half blown cap, of sorts.

[@cyberlion6411]

it's funny, once I see a cigarette I automatically lose 100% respect for the youtubers I was watching. no matter how much I loved his videos.

[@techyescity]

+CyberLion Heh you have a lot to learn then my friend, life can get pretty rough (and me smoking in tough times helped relieve stress), I have quit, but I don't frown at people who smoke.

[@cyberlion6411]

+Tech YES City k il admit I may have exaggerated. I'm prob just pissed people in my family are dying of lung cancer cuz of cigarettes. wasn't expecting you to actually see this comment. sorry about that

[@techyescity]

Its ok, I hate smoking too, I have since quit, but this was at a time when I get divorced and couldn't see my 3 year old son.... Since then life has gotten much better, but there is always more than meets the eye.... I wish you all the best in your current situation, it must be extremely hard.

[@cyberlion6411]

+Tech YES City oh I understand it must be hard. well I'm sure you make a great father :) I understand things can be hard. well I hope you have a great week man :)

[@techyescity]

Thanks man, you too!

[@profilename1337]

great video, glad you didn't chop it into 5 different uploads over a few weeks

[@ToeCutter454]

other thing you can do is hook up a "chassis speaker" to the motherboard header pins specifically for that and listen for bios beeps... they'll pretty much tell you exactly whats causing it to fail to boot. probably have to look up the beep codes but it's a sure fire way to know what's causing it or at least where to look at first. it could be the bios itself as it looks like it's not even loading that up.

[@techfull1]

thank you so much for making this video i watched it about 9 month ago and it made me get into computers and relies that tech dose not have to be expensive. now i have started my personal Chanel and go to my recycling center and get computers to fix and make work like you do in this video.

[@megabojan1993]

I have a 15$ PC at home, so yeah 40$ is very possible :)

[@taxavoider9889]

I've got a $10 dollar power supply. It's called a sack of potatoes!

[@megabojan1993]

Shadowthief Gaming One power surge and that power supply will be fried :)

[@megabojan1993]

Miika Ruokonen If you life in france you'll get french-fries :D

[@jaskajokunen3716]

MegaBojan1993 Lol. I think they would run away before i can fry the frenchies

[@killertruth186]

Yeah. It's usually a hit or miss.

[@legitpineapple4044]

Still better then the Xbox one!

[@larbi253]

hahaha funny

[@LoydAvenheart]

+Legit Pineapple funny but so true

[@woodedorange1711]

We got another in-bread person we need to get rid of him

[@a3f4cdf]

+WoodedOrange Better to keep it in the family ey ;) huehuehuehuehuehue

[@ryans600]

+WoodedOrange oh dear God, the breads are doing it again. Gotta tell that whole grain to stay away from each other

[@Rangerman9404]

I watched this on a rig built from a combination of parts I had on hand, as well as some parts that were given to me in the form of donated "junk" computers; about the only new part in the whole setup is the hard drive. The case originally had a board with several blown caps which I replaced with an ASUS board that supports an Intel Core 2 duo CPU, which I acquired from a Dell computer, 6 gig of DDR2 memory, a graphics card from a failing AMD quad core system, as well as its power supply, and of course the optical drive from that machine

[@danieljohnson2699]

8:32 The LED fans are weak because the case is not pressurized. Slide the cover of the case back on the PC and the fans will work.

[@muddshshshark]

add 80 dollars worth of cleaning fluid

[@hinke2728]

I pay 50 cent for a pc on garage sales :D

[@barneyboby8620]

whats its specs

[@barneyboby8620]

+Barney Boby a pentum 2 or a core i7

[@almohterf2010]

+Barney Boby Lol

[@DutchPlayer]

i get free old pcs.

[@sirtanon1]

It's not a dead motherboard. It's an incorrect boot config. It's trying to boot to the network adapter. Change the boot order!

[@BoneBullet]

I like building pc's with stuff found in secondhand stores and stuff. sometimes it feels like finding treasure.

[@MerolaC]

You should disable the Mavell IDE chip. You don't need it. It should boot then.

[@techyescity]

+MerolaC Will try one more time, last time I tried I removed all the drives and still couldn't load into bios (that stupid controller stopped it from going into the bios).

[@MerolaC]

Tech YES City Please, comment back if it works OR better yet, make a video :P Also, try to load the flash application that comes with the BIOS. Alt+F2 i think it is to run it. If that loads, try flashing it with a newer BIOS.

[@techyescity]

Thanks yeah I will give it another shot.

[@teentechtutorialsmore63]

+Tech YES City Do you think you could do a video on how to make windows 10 awesome like what you did with the windows 8 release and potentially show us a way to limit/prevent the data Microsoft is collecting on us as it's starting to raise some concerns for me!

[@TheMasterpulha]

This gave me an idea to make a cheap home file server/media center. thanks btw .. nice mobility, do you squat?

[@quinnquinnquinn215]

Seriously the best tech utuber out there. So glad to see your channel grow :)

[@RenoxMTA]

23:24 "I've got 2GB of DDR4 Memory" lol

[@vadnegru]

my laptop had 4 soldered + 2 in stick of ddr4 ram

[@MagecraftLP]

my "HOT" Potato: CPU: FX-8350 GPU: R9 280 (OC @1100Mhz) MB: Asus 970 PRO GAMING/AURA RAM: 16GB DDR3-1600

[@a88a]

faster than mine

[@BenEsherick]

Rico Smith I have a 280x at 1200Mhz

[@Aurora1337onYT]

Rico Smith you call that a patato? you dont deserve amd hardware...

[@MiGujack3]

Junk PCs are undrerrated.

[@dillyflaps]

This is probably a repeat of another comment, but the initializing screen is the pc trying to boot off pxe (network). go into bios and change the boot priority so the hdd is boot first or turn off pxe booting.

[@confusedbeard69]

I built a "junk PC for my parents yesterday, I retired my old HTPC (Celeron 847, 4GB RAM) took the 120GB SSD from their old 2008 laptop, ordered a Geforce 210 so I can hook it up to my old 27" 1440p monitor since I've replaced it with a 40" 4K Philips monitor, bought Windows 10 from kinguin and I gave them my old Sidewinder X4 and QPAD OM-75 and the total cost came to around $40 =)

[@SoundZQ]

Gtx 430 nvidia card.... You call that junk? I have a 210 and its the best computer ive ever had. rip

[@fox5269]

+Sound dafuq I have intel G33 chipset and I want to burn it

[@dandeson9723]

+Sound 210 is bad :D

[@SoundZQ]

+Dani Renlund i know it is. I can barely run Metal of honor Warfighter at low settings with 12 fps

[@dandeson9723]

Sound i have 610 and im buying hd 6970 lightning edition cuz 610 it bad too :D

[@almate3514]

+Sound i had a 645 at worst and i have got a a10 7850k (with r7 graphics built in) and a 960 4gb graphics card, to be fair i didn't need the GPU but i thought i should because its less strain on my apu

[@arwlyx]

Okay, how the hell do you manage these things?! That awesome case for 20, now this system for 20? You need to tell me where you live! xD

[@techyescity]

+Mike Fox In japan there are these places that sell and trade used goods, and they have a junk section, so was hitting up a few, and saw some misplaced bargains (where they just don't test the parts / or know what some of the parts are worth) so I can pick and choose.

[@arwlyx]

Tech YES City Oh you live in Japan?

[@techyescity]

Yeah until next April at the very least.

[@arwlyx]

Tech YES City That's super cool! I've been watching your vids casually but just recently subscribed, the first ever video was the one where you compared the FX with the i5, then when looking around for X5650 info, found you again, and thought I'd stick around this time since you put out great content. 👍

[@techyescity]

Thanks man, glad to have you around :p.

[@llothar68]

8 SATA ports, good mainboard. With a Q6600 and 8GB we run this stuff still in our company as background build and backup servers. Everything that doesn't need to be online 24/7 because of power prices.

[@travis4798]

Old school case. Remember it like yesterday. ;) By the way when it says Marvell adapter initializing and does nothing it means the boot order is wrong. It's trying to boot but can't find the hard drive.

[@VirtualWonderBoy]

Damn this is sweet man. You and Greenham are my favourite Aussie tech guys! I'm going to find myself a cheap PC like this and turn it into a router by popping a gigabit nic inside, an adapter and pfsense it. Do you even have a use for that PC now? :P

[@DaddyBleach]

thanks

[@LETHALF90]

+Green Ham Gaming you fake fuck

[@DaddyBleach]

+Medo Gabr wrong secondary account I use for commenting on other videos.

[@LETHALF90]

+Green Ham Gaming no its not

[@LETHALF90]

+Green Ham Gaming you would have linked it. Nice try

[@bobmarley8000]

that PC actually make me jealous, I have a 2006 macbook with 1 GB of ram and a core 2 duo

[@BoostedPastime]

Bob Marley my Optiplex 755 came with 2gb ram and a core 2 duo so I feel you lol

[@zireael666]

Boosted Fool I have one Optiplex 755 too lol 4GB RAM, Core2Duo E6850 and a MSI GT710 1GB lol

[@BoostedPastime]

Your average comment I just put 8GB in yesterday and it made a tiny difference but I've got a Q9650 coming in to replace the E8400. I don't have a GPU yet :(

[@zireael666]

Boosted Fool I'm thinking of getting a Q9400

[@maders0405]

I Have a 6700K with 32gb of ram and a gtx1080!!

[@joeandjoot]

I also love that megaman tune at the end

[@saidthe8445]

now if only i could find any pc junk yards that sell these kind of parts this cheap, i could probably make some extra money of it, sadly there are none, but its nice seeing old parts still put to some use.

[@techyescity]

+Madaoo Glases I got something even juicier coming up in the next week :P.

[@pezpeculiar9557]

If you're desperate with your money, getting no case is good

[@zyroh1986]

Getting no case is not good xD

[@pezpeculiar9557]

Zyroh How so?

[@zyroh1986]

Many thinks can break in it easy and if it falls over all the stuff is broke and you cant use the usb ports

[@pezpeculiar9557]

Zyroh If you don't want it falling over, put it on a proper surface. Same thing with a case on, you must put it on a certain surface of it will fall over and break. And yes, you can use the USB ports because they're all on the motherboard except for a possible 1-4 on the case which shouldn't matter too much and probably won't even exist on such a budget like this.

[@ndgoliberty]

how to basic on the heatsink

[@SignedAdam]

with the 1st pc build, you should of tried changing the hdd connection, to some other port on the board

[@kuyache2]

revisit the q9550, it might work properly. reset the bios aka cmos. install a new sata cable and working hdd with OS on it. the initialize message is when it cannot detect a boot drive and tries to boot from network which go on forever. q9550 was my dream pc back in 2009 when i was in japan (my relatives are still there). im in the philippines now and just use an i3 4160. i dont like lga775 anymore due to the cost of the almost extinct motherboards. still a great find btw, im sure someone needs it somewhere.

[@TechHug]

Crysis 3 benchmark?

[@manolinmero]

I actually have a potato GT 730 I3 2120 6gb ram but i run gta v at 720 50fps

[@bobmarley8000]

that's not a potato

[@manolinmero]

if a 50 dollar gpu is nota potato...

[@bobmarley8000]

it's below standard but isn't anything compared to my Intel core duo with 1 GB of ram

[@llucky23]

is it the ddr5 version?

[@manolinmero]

Lucky Alana ddr3 2gb

[@awsomewe360]

Im guessing this was classified as junk because of the state of the hardware before hand. A little cleaning made that into a real beaut of a machine!

[@khizerrizviofficial]

That case shines brighter than my future.

[@BrainSeepsOut]

Here in Poland people would want 100$ for something like this!

[@juanbarolin3278]

+Leone Furlan in Uruguay a q9450 is 100 dollars, and a evga geforce 210 is about 50 dollars :(

[@juanbarolin3278]

+Leone Furlan yeah, I understand, but also those mechanic probably are engineers

[@juanbarolin3278]

+Leone Furlan here they sell builds with 6gb of ram and a 2,3 ghz dual core i5 at around 500$... No graphic card

[@Crispe1Official]

what music is that at the 5:00 mark?

[@MrExcite96]

Crispe1 i wanna no as well

[@hamood8065]

+Crispe1 JIKES (Ft. Nori) - Let's Fly Away

[@hamood8065]

+MrExcite96 JIKES (Ft. Nori) - Let's Fly Away

[@LawrenceTimme]

Crispe1 awful

[@keval.p]

+hamood qallaf thx

[@MasonVanderpool]

I wonder if you tried resetting CMOS, reseating the CPU, or running it without the GPU on that first build. That would have been a badass rig for so cheap with the Core 2 Quad.

[@ITAutos]

Brian, when the motherboard is on but there is no display try to reset CMOS first. If it still don't work, try to change the CMOS Battery of the motherboard. I got this lesson from restoring my dad old Pentium 4.

[@suckmylol]

*puts hand at intake of exhaust fan* "these fans are weak, I can't even feel it blowing"

[@RX7Qball]

the cicada (せみ) noise in the background. So Japanese summer, haha

[@FellTheSky]

ive made a pc for a friend with very low income. I went for used stuff on everything but the hard drive. Locked i5 (so you know for sure it was not overclocked 70$), cheap h55(30$) mobo, 1 tb HD(60$), 6 gbs of ram(50$) 1333, and xfx 550w (60$) with a used gtx 560ti (60$). Thing costed around 300$ and he can play pretty much anything, sure some new games at low settings, but still with great framerates.

[@AntiSaint96]

FellTheSky Dude you can get 8GB of ddr3 ram brand new for like $40...

[@techyescity]

+FellTheSky In aus?

[@FellTheSky]

Jackson Tyler its not usa, maybe i should have started with that

[@Dxceor2486]

I have a 8€ PC (I've found it in the dumpster) The case was crappy so I bought another one at a garage sale for 8€ It's a Core 2 duo 2.9 ghz with 6GB of ram and a 500GB hdd. I've also added my old 7790 in it and now it can game (I may even make the xeon mod to have a cheap quadcore that would be the equivalent to a first gen core i5 !)

[@scruball1375]

1. You never put together all the hardware on a second hand PC. You mount the CPU and the CPU cooler and the PC speaker. You then turn on the PC and see if the motherboard beeps for missing RAM. THEN you put in the RAM and start the PC again then wait if it will beep for missing Graphic card (unless it is integrated). You then connect the Graphics card and turn the PC on to see if it boots and passes BIOS checks. THEN and ONLY THEN you should connect any drives. I've seen too many PCs that wouldn't boot or freeze or hang on a BIOS check because of a faulty drive. That is the proper procedure. But even before that to be sure you should change the CMOS battery on a second hand PC. 2. That Asus P5Q was hanging on initializing Marvell 88se61xx adapter which a quick google search would show that it is an additional drive controller which can be dissabled in BIOS. Did you do that? 3. Also did you try to clear the CMOS on the Asus P5Q?

[@techyescity]

+Христо Радков Tried just getting into the bios with nothing attached offcam, will try a very old IDE hdd when i get back that I can pick up from the junk store, if so working mobo, if not bugged.

[@CoinSafeanimation]

All an old PC needs is some TECH YES loving

[@Suiseiseki00Rozen]

i screamed when you used the carpet as a test bench, and with socks on.

[@hectordelgadillo3003]

Me too

[@Suiseiseki00Rozen]

try a van de graaff genny. my friend in uni built one, had a party and the next day his PC was dead, still in the case. nobody knows what happened but i can guess

[@Syphious64]

Dude. That "Marvell" Initialization is a ethernet boot protocol, you know, booting the OS from a server? The board is probably fine. If the Ram was bad, it either wouldn't boot at all or you'd have issues after getting through bios, such as hangups, crashing, or freezing during installing or using an operating system. Change the bios settings and tell the board to only boot from hard drives and it should've booted fine. Older boards and completely plug and play sometimes

[@canescaniaccombo]

I found a PC on top of the garbage at this buisiness. Took it home and all it needed was a hard drive. Worked fine. 8GB RAM 600 power supply. Intel i3, I still have it to this day and its my brothers pc, He uses it for games (not heavy) and with a few upgrades here and there it is still running. It was a great deal. Oh and the hard drive I got from a friend so it was a free working pc.

[@AthruZGaming]

Bro I'd kill for a PC like this for my mother. She offered me $100 for my Intel i7-4790k=Sapphire R9-290x rig lol. Shes 65 and still thinks PC's can only play pong or something. You really lucked out, here in American it's impossible to find truly great deals that arent scams.

[@SuperHns]

This is so epic for old skool retro games.

[@darrellng7617]

look at all the pretty colors on that mobo

[@alteredview909]

Dude you deserve more views ! What I love about this channel are these cheapo and ghetto stuff that are hard to find on more successful channels because they're too busy dealing with the expensive and latest stuff . Not that it's wrong but it's just good that I found this channel . Good luck with your future vids and more power to your youtube career . Cheers !

[@stevesibaja3123]

A $40.00 cheap PC can be rebuilt and to install Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit on a 2TB SSD Adata Drive

[@SirSethery]

I managed to snag a workstation PC with a Core2 Quad Q9400 and a Quadro K600 for $60 on Craigslist. I then also found a R9 255 and GT 610 combo for $30. I then sold the K600 for about $45 after shipping+fees and the GT 610 for about $15. So in the end I have a Core 2 Quad PC with Radeon R9 255 graphics, 4GB RAM and a 500GB HDD for $30 total. The case is horrendous, and it sounds like a jet engine on bootup. But hey, it works.

[@razorblade7108]

19:37 This is what happens when you try to power a Phenom II X4 with a 4-pin power connector and 3-phase CPU power/voltage regulation without heatsink, kids!

[@toxicavocado3312]

That 'cable management' angers me

[@AnTerZZGaming]

That moment where be cleans the copper on the heatsink with a hard brush

[@JesseSShaw]

The way you handle the hardware, I am surprised you didn't damage any of the parts.

[@shivabhardwaj8455]

I've seen a lot of people saying "Bryan should be in Scrapyard Wars" after analyzing Scrapyard Wars I've come to this conclusion. 1. Bryan lives in Japan where he get deals at extremely low prices and most of his builds are constructed through EBay which takes time while shipping. 2. So in scrapyard wars you don't have that much time plus that is not organized somewhere where you get deals cheaply like you do in Japan. So the argument is invalid!!!

[@bronzechicken4437]

I do these all the time, I trash pick them, I literally sometimes will get a 2 year old one that needs the RAM reseated, two hours work, $250

[@markothevrba]

Damn, you could put a modern GPU in there and it would play most games on decent settings.

[@gpowerdragon9852]

some pc parts are so beautiful you can hang them on the wall and sleep with them like a gold trim motherboard

[@CobsTech]

Yup, HP Compaq DX2400 (2 for free from an IT Company :P) 4GB Ram (4x1GB) £5, Quadro FX 1800 [768mb] £15, Core 2 Quad Q6600 (£20): £40 Runs Dishonored @ 1920x1080 High/V.High, always above 30fps, Minecraft Near to max: 90fps, Gmod, all that good stuff for £40 :P. I did this upgrade to both of the DX2400's I recieved, total cost for the two was £80

[@eclogites]

22:17 ... there is a window that just opened by its self

[@cjhawk67]

That looks like a seasonic which you would be lucky to not have go up in a ball of flames for the second pc.

[@internziko]

just remembered this is the first tech city video I ever watched.. memories..

[@pineapplej7310]

you realize that you were feeling the intake side of the fan... the part with the grill is the side that blows

[@holysmokes6709]

3 PC's one video you sir have an addiction.

[@WillH1776]

I have been building pc's on the carpet for as long as I can remember, back when they had Pentium 3 cpu's.

[@crystalscan2002]

that cpu still still came still if you got anther 4 gig of ram through in anther good graphics card, then it would be budget gaming rig

[@Aldaszs1]

Well I bought my computer as parts, I payed 30euros for a athlon x2 6400+ processor, a pretty good pc case, 400w power supply and a 8600gt graphics card. Sold the proccesor for 25euros, because my motherboard that I bought for around 15euros was not working with that processor, traded my old laptop for a athlon x2 4400+ processor, bought 1.5gb ddr2 ram for about 10euros, I had a hdd and cd/dvd rom already, so I was ready to go. I did all this about 2-3years ago and computer still works (well not perfectly, that graphics card died, but friend gave me a 9800gt, so it was ok). So yeah, building a pc from scrap is totally posible, it can't run all the games, but I can play some of the never titles like resident evil 6, max payne 3, world of tanks on low-medium settings.

[@Aldaszs1]

Also I live in Lithuania, a computer with specs like you just built (without that silicone ghetto thing ofcourse :D ) would cost around 120euros.

[@bigoljoe1829]

Building on the carpet with socks on. You like to live dangerously. I like your style

[@tobyhines7587]

Dec. 2014 I payed 99 bucks for a Q9550, to replace dual core CPU in My album ripping Rig. I missed out when Micro-center was dumping them,

[@ConsoleNoob95]

Damn, just realized I should have done a video of the $27 500w I3-540 gigabyte 4gb 640gb HD5450 machine I got, and parted out.

[@SovRips]

I just brought a pc at garage sale for $10, it has a i7 2600, 8gb ram and a gtx 650ti. Amazing what you can find out there