Building Mini PC out of Trash ( Plus Upgrades )

[@nike9971]

You were an inspiration for me to try and build pcs and repair old hardware. Since 2020, I have helped over 20 family and friends to keep their existing hardware by repairing/upgrading them for free. Rather than purchasing expensive stuff and contributing to e waste.

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[@AetCount]

Love seeing the heatsink slide after being sanded!

[@racing_mntage1584]

ikr it also happens with flat credit'ish cards when slid over surfaces

[@MineikaXD]

one of the most satisfying channels about tech, no overpriced junks, just pure recycling. love it

[@michaelthompson9798]

Great to see these older parts look brand spankin’ new 🥰👍🫠🤤. Great restoration work once again my man 😇👍. Love your work Andrew

[@Andrex.G4]

Contenido de Calidad!! Es lindo ver como aun el hardware "viejo" sigue siendo funcional.

[@luisf.velasquezq]

Brother, as always excellent videos... it is good to be recursive, with old parts and in this way, promote and take care of the environment giving it life. Greetings from Bogotá, Colombia

[@fadofficialmusic]

Nah! Seriously this is amazing.. The funny part is that I don't have any of those you are using except that little torch. *I Have It !*

[@exlibrisas]

Andrew to his girlfriend: "talk to me sensually!" "96% Isopropyl alcohol" - she whispers carefully. "Ahhhhh!" - Andrew melts into his pile of PC components. Great content, as always 😁

[@kamur]

Andrew - the magician of computer repair who can give life to an apparently dead computer and make it useful and almost new.

[@crying_wolfe]

IDK why it is so satisfying to watch reviving an old PC and cleaning it?

[@techromancer313]

Always a relaxing treat to watch your videos Andrew!

[@linmal2242]

Great build! You could swap out the PSU and HSF for a SFX PSU and a low profile top down cooler and fit case panels on? You could then use those larger parts in a tower build!

[@alfredoj1349]

amazing video, repurposing old components is really a great practice

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank youu bro :)

[@nicosmooth38]

this is talent my friend!!! such a pleasure watch your videos!!!

[@firisrozley5768]

This setup is definitely a great fit for a dual-boot Windows XP & 10 PC. Granted that the version Windows XP installed is 32-bit one & can only utilize 4GB RAM, but the fact GTX 960 graphics card still has the official (unmodded) driver for XP means most games prior to 2007 can run in 4K resolution or 60 fps in high settings.

[@marcelomontenegrosantos808]

I love your videos, repair tips and upgrades on PCs and laptops. My tip is: Wash everything with soap and water (removing the battery) and let it dry for 24 hours. Just vinegar and salt are enough to get the copper and aluminum shiny again in a few minutes. Then use WD40 or corrosion X to protect. I do it here in Brazil and it works well. Try it!

[@da_pawz]

You did that with good TLC! Love it! Hope the system running well long into the future :D

[@PauloJMateus]

It’s very important to reuse things and computers are one of them. Well done, I like very much watching your videos. 👏🏼

[@leadergames0661]

This guy can really restore anything related to computers and consoles! Great video!

[@newkie2008]

Loving the ASMR approach, high quality stuff as always m8!

[@jierenzheng7670]

Not sure if you standed the heatsink would there be poor mounting pressure considering those are push pin mounted rather than screws. Also, not sure there would be pump out action due to the bare die chipset thermal expansion and contraction during use.

[@maddymuhat8079]

Nice, my favourite are sff build. you can replace the cpu cooler to noctua nh l9i so it would fit to that case

[@DragonBlazeDesigns]

At first sight of the CPU cooling fan am like that cool soon you put on am like OMG oversized haha great video love your work

[@sumilj.2962]

Your best youtuber in the world. Greetings from finland

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[@Doobie3010]

To my eyes,that pc looks supercool.Different is a nice place to be,pc wise.

[@ahmed-elzagh]

Great video, I think the cooler is very OP for this build

[@freddyng1843]

Hi, can you do a detail video how to properly repair a Intel socket pins? I bent some pins on my LGA1155 motherboard last year and I have been struggling to repair it since. Also at 8:53, can you share what type of vinegar do you use? How acidic is it?

[@uku000]

0:52 I don't get it, why some peoples going to trash this gtx 960 gpu? I mean they could've sell it or give it someone for free😐

[@C0olMusic]

I learned so much from this video. Thank you so much!

[@GarrisonsMadHouse]

I'm sad because your trash is still better than both my towers

[@nrg94]

you are such an inspiration , i adore you mr andrew

[@TheSpotify95]

Nice little PC build! I would have personally gone for a case that fits the cooler though, and also I would have had more than 256GB SSD. 256GB isn't much when some games are 100GB+. It is better to have 256GB SSD and then additional HDD.

[@nikhilshah9060]

Hello! Great videos 😄. Had one suggestion - can you also mention the prices at which you get the components/laptop, the expenditure you make on it, and the selling prices?

[@j.lietka9406]

I found, some time ago, 2 small size PCs. 1 is an HP Slimline Pavilion, & the other is a Lenovo IdeaCenter mini PC. The HP was a bit on the older side, as it has Win Vista. The Lenovo is more recent, but the previous owners put a screw in the HDD! They put a screw in the CD ROM drive in the HP, thinking it was the HDD! The HP CPU can be upgraded as well as the RAM. Thank you 🤓

[@mulahasan8195]

that is the coolest shoebox i ever saw in my life!

[@Fettah1996]

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[@matibuce]

I had the exactly same gpu along an I5 6600 and 16gb ram. It can even run RDR2 pretty well. Now I've inherited it to my girlfriend for graphic design. She uses it with an ssd m.2 and still works pretty well.

[@playerongaming]

I thing Noctua Cooling Fan is best for this build slim one . Nice Build I like it !

[@MotionSigma]

you are extremally creative! 😊😊👍👍😁😁

[@RiccardoConturbia]

Your videos are always inspiring!

[@makedaevilmage]

Love the new sidepanel

[@JogieGlenMait16]

I love that he didn't cover the damn case. It reminded me of my old hacked PC. ❤️❤️❤️

[@guaiqueritech]

Your “trash” components are better than most PCs I’ve built 😂 love your work, man!

[@essexmirage]

Great build, maybe post some costs of the parts so viewers can see the price of parts new and the used parts too, well done 👍

[@DarkGT]

The CPU cooler it looks like it is sucking some of the PSU heat. Maybe use some protective shield between them?

[@nls3081]

This build would look awesome with another LP cooler and a mesh side panel.

[@redlisturban1898]

it's been a while I watch your video and I'm still waiting for you to do on a white macbook pro from 2008 it's the only one I have and it stops working but all these elements are good I would really like to have a video how one can turn it into a case for a computer otherwise you're the best keep it up

[@nikolaszisoudis8408]

Very good. It's better that you didn't put music on!

[@jozsefizsak]

Thank you for another very interesting and enjoyable video!

[@Negiku]

You did very good job with the cleaning, but that CPU cooler is too overkill for that i5. Use the stock cooler and u can probably close the side panel.

[@default1647]

I just cleaned and re pasted my e3-1220 v3/ r7 260x/ 2x4gb DDR3/480gb ssd/2x1tb HDD :)

[@jhapalistudio]

this is the kind of video i like from him

[@ZaimAfham]

This build is perfect for pfsense router. Small and compact. I noticed that it have 2 lan port.

[@kobejanvicente1686]

That's a cute little PC, something you can put in your bedroom.

[@L3X_T3CH]

Great video love the work you put in to the content

[@2298839082508923859]

Tbf, that tower cooler is pretty excessive for i5-3330. I have it for 9 years already with stock intel cooler (with copper core), and it never heats up over 65℃ (even under 100% load in summer). It's very cold, and i like it for this.

[@CorrichetiLagga]

Super cool build!! Love your videos 😍

[@HairyScrambler]

Great job and great restoration, though personally, I would’ve stuck with the intel stock cooler as it’s low profile and makes more sense here. The 3rd gen i5 won’t need much more cooling anyways, if it’s even capable of drawing that much from that little board.

[@Tobi-eb2ii]

one more thing to do would be to delid the old cpus since the thermal paste will definitly be bad :) other then that perfectly explained

[@sabaamiranashvili2334]

when u are making a coffe and get notification from cat and andrew about new video DD

[@mitchellsparks5194]

enjoy your vidieos very educational

[@lifeewbridances777]

Big inspiration keep up the good work👍👍

[@farrelathaillah3450]

Good video dude! I got a question, how do you know your near ewaste place ? Cause i dont think i have it in my city

[@gugajedi]

Hey Andrew, Hi from Brazil, Guga here, fan for a long long time of your work. I wanna ask your something: Could you play VALORANT on your tests when you are testing old hardware?

[@soupwizard]

5:20 "Still need careful work to not [...] drop the cpu" : Linus@LTT has entered the chat

[@KurtWalkerComputers]

Love your content, great work 👍

[@swapnil_384]

OMG Andrew is bak with one more awsome video... Love you Andrew from INDIA

[@suchannnnn]

u deserve a sub man! i learned a lot from this video! keep up the good work! :>>

[@-AYAD-]

- Professional , keep it up 🦾💯.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank youu bro :D

[@patricktrakzel9657]

Screw he pc under your desk using some L brackets and screws. Use thick elastic bands to absorb movement and therefor noise. Cool build, well instructed. Nice video, thumbs up.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Currently Im building smaller studio for more projects, PC in desk sounds great :D

[@sykorkafandub]

Greate vid man realy loves it :D

[@GamingUltimate2011]

I love it watch this and I think it's nice to build the computer used

[@doduyle8476]

your video is as good as always

[@oldscoolgaming.5040]

I have a question. If I bought an old desktop computer with windows 7 maybe. would it play 1990's and early 200's cd rom games? or do I need an old gaming pc? I did get a few early 200's games to work on a small laptop but they kept on crashing.

[@maurosantos666]

Nice work as always.

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

Thank youu bro :D

[@AniSepherd972]

bf3 still looks so good!

[@kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381]

Looks good but instead of that tower cooler I would have chosen a topblower, even an Arctic Alpine 12 should do the job, it is rated for 95W TDP and the i5-3330 has just 77 or some other like a Alpenföhn Silvretta, Freezer 11 LP or Scythe Shuriken 2 and use acrylic panels that you perforated with a drill for the PSU and Graphics card (or mill some slots, maybe angled instead of straight vertical or horizontal) instead of solid glass panels.

[@parcival_vt]

I liked the cleaning sound uwu

[@aravind076]

Fan is a word Fhaan is an emotion

[@Atelierul29]

I would use that case for an audio amplifier!

[@AlbySilly]

Tfw some of those parts are better than my current build

[@eliax600]

Thanks Andrew!!!

[@maxmigliore8691]

I’m wondering what do you do with the computers you restore

[@jierenzheng7670]

Reminds me of repairing my relatives' PC, i5-661 from a i5-2310 because of a motherboard failure and scavenging another PC for it. Upgraded it to 16GB with a GT1030. Was gonna swap out to a Xeon Processor then few years later, I had some spares from a PC upgrade I did, so now it is kicking an old 650W PSU, i5-9400F, new mobo+RAM+NVMe SSD while reusing the case, HDD.

[@adiposerex5150]

Great work.

[@SHAKTiLOFiSONGS.77]

Sir you are the great please Restoring dell Inspiron 3542 laptop

[@tuetrinhquang4586]

I think you should add the AIO cooler instead of the air cooler for the Mini PC because they will look better.

[@Insidius7119]

Hi , I have some problems with my Alienware m17x r3, sometimes load windows and some times black screen one beep

[@abdwagri1543]

very good video. i love all your video.

[@hovanthecool1995]

I have the 2 gig version of the Gigabyte Windforce GTX 960. I'd take the 4 gig if it were 6 pin like the 2 gig

[@walterlegere1403]

There was no reason to use such a large CPU cooler for a 3rd Gen i5. They don't get that hot even over clocked. That was a bit overkill. You did all that great work to clean everything just to leave the side cover off so the massive cooler can suck in all that dust!

[@Troppa17]

Overall nice build. Repurposing hardware is always a good thing but I wouldn't had sand the chipset cooler or bother with making a I/O shield. I sanded and polished a chipset cooler before and it does nothing for lowering the temperatures. Thermal past will fill the little tool marks and scratches anyway and these Intel 7 chipsets had a TDP of only ~7 Watt. So at room temperature you could even run the board without the cooler with no disadvantage to its performance or longevity. I/O shields are good to keep peoples fingers out of the computer but its also used to keep dirt and dust out and guide the air but if you leave the case open anyway I wouldn't have bothered to make one and just leave it.

[@kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381]

Exactly, it looks/feels good but doesn't make a real dfference and thermal paste/pads are made for that purpose, because heatspreader/dies and heatsinks aren't perfectly flat/even, it should equalize that. However I replaced the thin thermal pad with some paste for the PCH heatsink in my LGA 1155 Optiplex 9010.

[@MonsieuxChat]

Why not using a low profile cooler, then close the case with labels with lots of holes ?

[@nishlam8200]

What the brand and type name of the pc case?

[@kocu666]

where can i get pc case like that.. i love it...😁

[@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew]

I got it from Banggood, good PC case but it's very hard to fit all inside :D

[@amirul6447]

what is the name of the pc case you use? or somebody please tell me

[@MrFactormc]

se que estoy escribiendo esto en español pero me encantan tus videos son buenísimos

[@LuCallofDuty1]

8:35 you can safely wash electronic material in water as long as you let it dry

[@GameOnWithAE]

What took you so long, Andrew?

[@tractor20030]

I love that small motherboard

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