🖥️BUILDING MY FIRST GAMING PC ALL BY MYSELF🎮 (my dad basically did everything) | budget build

Hey everyone 👋 I’m back, it’s been well over a year now 😭 but I am hoping to start posting on here again - consistently. Sorry that this video isn’t the best, it’s been a busy week since me and my family are preparing for a two week holiday in Florida 😆 I posted this video on this channel and my main channel which I started a couple months ago ‪@CharliesElement‬ so be sure to go and sub to that channel too! Especially if you want to see what my family and I get up to in Florida! Thank you! Xx 🫶

[@TC_ReflexYT]

actually weird that 40 yos are flaming you for no reason, for your first pc its actually really good, great job

[@Charlogical]

FOR REAL 😭 and thank youuu 🫶

[@TC_ReflexYT]

@@Charlogical yw, thx for the pin lol

[@Charlogical]

@TC_ReflexYT 🤣🤣

[@sentrixRR]

I've just done the exact same thing, turned an advent dt1404 intel i5 2320 8gb ram to a gaming pc It's now an Intel i7 2600 16GB RAM 256GB Samsung 850 evo GTX 960 2GB MSI twin frozr But its actually insane seeing an office pc being put into a gaming pc case Keep up with the good work, and please show game benchmarks lmao

[@Charlogical]

Oh nice, sounds awesome! And thank you! And I will do 😂

[@TheGodOfAllThatWas]

I actually really like the "old business computer" as the starter. You start with a completely working system so you A: know everything is working. B: know everything works together. and C: can upgrade any thing with the knowledge that as an absolutely worse case you can get back to a working system. The one thing I would hope is you picked the cooler and ram heat sinks with an eye toward what you're going to upgrade next, since the CPU/motherboard is definitely the next thing to get an upgrade.

[@deantzu]

hairstylist james must have a crush on you for him to be giving away a GPU and a PSU

[@sweett7609]

or hes just being nice lol, maybe he didnt want them or maybe he sold them to her

[@Charlogical]

BHAHAHAHA yeah he has such a big crush he’s able to ignore the 20+ year age gap 😭

[@Charlogical]

Yes lol, he had no use for them

[@MrSamadolfo]

​@@Charlogical🙂 is he a Barber too?

[@Charlogical]

@@MrSamadolfo yes 😭

[@vasiovasio]

Great video! Showing us how can some old components can be used to minimise electronic waste and the overall cost of the build! Keep going UK girl! :)

[@Charlogical]

Thank you! - UK girl

[@RetrOrigin]

wondering if selling the old PC and buying some newer albeit used parts on ebay or marketplace would have been better. Not a bad effort at all, but it's always good to explore all possible options when budget is limited.

[@Charlogical]

👍

[@GRINGOOOzzz]

i love seeing girls try new stuff,nice build

[@Charlogical]

Thank you!

[@N4TH4N.]

Its so satisfying seeing people getting my dream stuff😭 also omg good picks!!

[@CharliesElement]

🤣🤣 thank you! Xx

[@frostmafia1380]

you did a really good job on your first build. An OEM motherboard like that one would probably give a lot of first time builders some problems because of its proprietary connectors. But you got the right adapter and everything!

[@Charlogical]

Thank you!!!! 🫶

[@davidcohen6352]

As long as your happy with the build, thats what counts. you now have good base for future upgrades. My daughter did similar with a 4790k cpu and a 1080ti :).

[@Charlogical]

Thank you!

[@MrSamadolfo]

😒👍 Devils Canyon FTW 😈

[@gregw74]

Nice job! However, it looks like "you" did everything! ;) Also, make sure you play Portal 1 and 2 at some point, oldies (especially Portal 1) but goodies :)

[@Charlogical]

Thank you! And I’ll keep those games in mind!

[@lmcgregoruk]

@@Charlogical If you wait for the Steam Summer Sale (This Thursday), the "Valve Complete Pack" will probably be heavily discounted, which includes most of Valve's older games, including Portal 1 and 2, Left 4 Dead 1 and 2, and Half Life 1 and 2. (currently 22 games(4 of which are Free anyway)).

[@SaadShafiq-x6g]

Still better than my pc 🥹

[@Charlogical]

Not according to these PC builder professionals, but thank you! Xx 🤣

[@SaadShafiq-x6g]

@@Charlogical 70 percent of people have low end PC and you are in 30 percent who owns pretty powerful ones🥹

[@annagramgaming8934]

Oooo, combination of new stuff and making do with old stuff. Interesting. My new computer isn't all new parts, either.

[@Charlogical]

Thanks

[@dðd]

Alright, I'm subbing, also, after all, you only used the motherboard hehe, so a build from scratch (or a MEGA-UPGRADE), but overall, a really nice build!

[@Charlogical]

Thank you so much! 🫶

[@MinhNguyen-uv4gd]

Love these old pc upgrade, the GPU is somewhat overkill for the CPU actually

[@MrSamadolfo]

the cpu is probably i7-3770 but did she mention what the card is?

[@joedou7glas200]

@@MrSamadolfo its rtx so atleast a 2060 which is still very overkill

[@MrSamadolfo]

@@joedou7glas200 ok cool, yeah she says it was a 2070 and it was a gift so it will be running under utilized but thats fine for now to get up and running, later on she can always move the card over to a newer platform, i imagine she already had that pc so pretty much the whole build was free except for the case and Liquid Cooler, not a bad deal 😊

[@2Balanced]

@@joedou7glas200an i7 3770 and 2060 is certainly not overkill.

[@yacquubfarah6038]

@@joedou7glas200 Not true. Not very overkill the bottleneck is not as much as you think.

[@RobertFixit]

We all start with that Optiplex! Wait, I am still using mine LOL. I have the same board you do and it works fine for me. Some might say why AIO on the older board? Well, it is smart. If/when you upgrade, the AIO is already in place.

[@Charlogical]

EXACTLY

[@MrSamadolfo]

😊 i started with a Lenovo H50 with an i3-3460 and a small single fan EVGA GTX 1050ti, i still use the card for benchtesting, and the lenovo motherboard i have it stored away for nostalgia

[@FarhanAhmad-ll6no]

Subhanallah, we don't need a big generation jump when we do not have any use of. Totally love it. Guys are saying,, bottleneck but,, it's okay.. It will make the gpu underclock and basically will last longer and what the highest you will even use. Most of us use our system for productivity.

[@apotato5563]

It doesn't really matter what you do with your gpu considering you'll usually upgrade before it is broken anyways. The bigest failure rate on gpu's is the cheap fan's and no matter what you do with them they are going to wear about as fast. And a big part of gpu's breaking is the heat cycles where just simply using it and turning it off will cause wear. And also at that point you may as well get a cheaper gpu like a GTX 1060/1660 because a pc with a cpu from 4th will almost never be able to run RTX because RTX also needs the CPU to calculate some of the parts. Also even when doing productivity a newer cpu like a i3-12100/pentium G6600 would make more sense due to quick sync encoding. And she pointed out that this pc is for gaming so there is going to be a bottleneck.

[@FarhanAhmad-ll6no]

@@apotato5563 ofcourse she is going to face bottle necks and yeah, for productivity.. Simply upgrading to higher genration would make sense as I've also did it. LIke not a big jump but from 3rd gen to 6th gen. And it was awesome. So, totally agree.. but sometimes, let people do what they are doing.

[@raygrant8744]

Great looking build for your first attempt 👍 I started the same way, re-casing Optiplexes. The vertical mount GPU shows you have the creativity to adapt and overcome problems, you'll do well as a PC builder. The joy of building PC's is that we're not all musicians, or painters. Building PCs is a way of creating art that just about anyone can do. That's why I still do it in my spare time and sell them at basically my own cost, I just love seeing what I can create. Best of luck to your channels 👍

[@Charlogical]

Thank you! 🫶

[@NvArya]

always make sure the aio pipes come from down side instead of top left right it's littrely give you -3-7%°c temp

[@Charlogical]

Thanks for the advice

[@spilledketchup]

Optiplexes are still great value

[@Charlogical]

Yes they are

[@androidlife2796]

​@@Charlogical how much?

[@t94xr]

eh, the only thing i can say, don't put your tubes for the AIO RAM side, should have rotated it, but it fitted either way. Nice vid. :)

[@BoxEditsYT]

the dragon logo would be upside down genius

[@Charlogical]

Thank you!

[@Crockdinebuty]

Instead of rgb heatsinks just buy a 16GB ddr4 and a new b450 + ryzen 5 3600 or more it’s so cheap especially off marketplace and you won’t have any bottleneck. Shoutout to the hairstylist

[@Charlogical]

Thanks 😂

[@user-oe8pz1ld2c]

new subscriber ❤

[@Charlogical]

Thank youuu 🫶

[@NeuroPicante]

Pretty well done for your first build. Good Job. I might suggest that if possible, to purchase another fan for your AIO then place the AIO in the front of your case seeing as there isn't room on the top for both fans. Heat rises so intake on the front and outtake on the rear and top. This should keep it nice and cool.

[@Charlogical]

Thank you! Xx

[@ItsHawkGaming]

Nice!

[@Charlogical]

Thank you! Xx

[@MillionaireMindset1990]

Pretty cool 😎

[@Charlogical]

Thank you

[@MrSamadolfo]

🙂 oh i see what you did with the video card, but normally what you want to do is use a ruler and measure how many MM from the back of the case to those USB CABLES or SATA CABLES that are interfering with three fan video cards. And then look for two fan video cards that are fall below the maximum length, theres also some thick single fan video cards which run fine too such as the 3060 single fan by asus

[@user-sk6dh1kf2x]

Nice build 🙏 subscribed to your channel. Your the future Linus ,😁

[@Charlogical]

Thank you!🫶

[@OG_raiderr]

Nice build❤

[@Charlogical]

Thank you!🫶

[@EdwardKenway824]

lol same wallpaper

[@Charlogical]

It’s nice 😂

[@xtremezone987]

Very nice upgrades. The only thing I would've done differently is to NOT use an AIO. I know they don't all fail but your taking a risk by using one. One small water leak going unnoticed & it could take out other expensive system components. They make a wide variety of much more affordable tower air coolers that provide sufficient cooling for i7's. Sometimes in certain situations air coolers even cool much better than AIO's.

[@Charlogical]

Thank you

[@Random.edit0r24]

Nice build

[@Charlogical]

Thank you! Xx

[@sigmayt923]

welcome back dear

[@Charlogical]

Thanks sigma

[@sigmayt923]

@@Charlogical may i have your whatapp number

[@asd4795]

​@@sigmayt923🙁

[@sigmayt923]

@@asd4795 hehehhe

[@Charlogical]

@@sigmayt923BAHHAHAHA

[@bizzypixel]

Really enjoying the initiative you took to start from a workstation PC! My build remains a HP workstation & I like it.

[@Charlogical]

Great to hear!

[@Muhammadyaseenpro]

Is that thermal paste enough for the heatsink?

[@Charlogical]

Hopefully

[@spockosnock1]

thats pretty nice, i wanted to do it but with a gtx 1650 and an i5 to an i7 its an optiplex 990

[@Charlogical]

Thank you!

[@JinXStar_Official]

After 1 Year Welcome back :) Good Luck Budy

[@Charlogical]

Thank you! 🫶

[@jlmpc8733]

welcome to building PCs. My take would be: instead of spending the money on an i7, 32gb ddr3 and the cooling, couldve gone for a ryzen 5 combo and 16gb and a basic air cooler. Performance would be leauges better. oh, and you can just put the radiator in the front with the tubes down, using the already installed fans as radiator fans and leave on fan in the back and one on the top

[@Charlogical]

Thank you 👍

[@mcdazz2011]

@jlmpc8733 - "oh, and you can just put the radiator in the front with the tubes down, using the already installed fans as radiator fans and leave on fan in the back and one on the top". I haven't read through all the comments, but this is the comment that makes the most sense out of the ones that I have read (while working with the existing setup). AIO up the front, and the RGB goodness can still be enjoyed with the radiator enjoying both fans as it should.

[@ContraPerks]

I MADE YOU HIT 600 SUBS CONGRATS

[@Charlogical]

THANK YOUUUU

[@TheHopeCreed]

Great upgrade. Any links for the Dell psu and front panel switches?

[@jacksonbtb571]

Vertical gpu mount was a great work around! I've used similar OEM motherboards that have ports interfere with longer GPUs so that was good solution. Also, does the AIO fit in the front? That way you could probably fit both fans on the radiator. Either way it isn't a big deal, i'm assuming the 3rd gen i7 runs fine even with the single fan

[@Charlogical]

Thank youuuu

[@anongamer7864]

how does the pre build pc fit in custom case

[@harindumethsen]

what is your gpu

[@Charlogical]

NVIDIA RTX 2070, it's a bit over kill for this but I had it for free so 😂

[@MrSamadolfo]

@@Charlogical 🙂 sure no problem that makes sense, as long as the video card continues to work and you make sure you dont overheat it, it should last for a life time, you can move it into another computer later on, or keep it for benchtesting or a collection or an extra pc around the home

[@frankiemustill5466]

Love to see the ladies getting in on PC building a nice to have found your channel. Top tips would be to tie your hair up when doing pc shiz, more details about the spec speed etc of the ram and cpu you swap out, plus maybe some simple performance benchmarks before and after. Good job and look forward to seeing more content

[@Charlogical]

Thank you! And I’ll tie it up next time! BAHHAHAHA

[@Pearlescznt]

I need a hairstylist like yours lol

[@Charlogical]

BAHAHAHHA

[@sweett7609]

Love how it turned out, but I would definitely try a new motherboard and cpu, better compatibility and no need for adapters

[@Charlogical]

Thanks

[@sweett7609]

@@Charlogical What GPU do you have?

[@evannnbismarck]

shout out to james

[@Charlogical]

real

[@lucas8385]

im sorry if you are gonna get all these components why not get a standard ATX motherboard with it? It would make your life so much easier

[@Charlogical]

Don’t be sorry

[@lucas8385]

@@Charlogical Im just saying then you wouldn't have to deal with all this propriatory crap adapters and you could have gotten a better cpu in for even more gaming!

[@user-ti9mo1wu9k]

Its crazy that ppl still run 4gen but i can agre there is litte difrence betwen 4 and 6/7 gen so if you wanna upgrade its better to go with 8 gen+ I did upgrade from i3 4130 to i3 10100f and i regret it bc i didnt need as much power as this beast give me. I play minecraft on 60hz monitor so it doesnt make diffrence for me if i play 200fps or 600fps and yuh sometimes whe sould ask ourselfs what we doing. Because i keep gtx 960 2gb in my build to this day 😭

[@ajaaxrblx1457]

I want to do the same with an old 3020 sff i have i got multiple gpu that will work with the correct psu

[@Charlogical]

Oh nice, you should

[@saadtunio709]

Ill take it

[@jaym5488]

The bottleneck is going to be crazy and you don't need an aio cooler for that Processor an air cooler or a stock cooler is fine

[@Charlogical]

I know lol, it was cheap and pretty

[@user-hr3yi9pl7l]

she might need a cooler that not the stock cooler if she is running a k model of 3rd gen but mot an aio i agreee

[@MrSamadolfo]

😏 broh, its about Asthetics, its like when u buy a car and u put on some nice rims

[@user-hr3yi9pl7l]

@@MrSamadolfo its about both , like if you buy a sporty looking kia soul its not worth it ,but if buy a nice looking bmw, instead of getting a bad looking mustang ,its worth it ,so you have to do both

[@MrSamadolfo]

@@user-hr3yi9pl7l 😏🚙 sure broh

[@johnhudson7055]

I think I'd have mounted the rad in the front of the case. Really cool build though.

[@Charlogical]

Thank you

[@asd4795]

what is the pc case?

[@jrdoughty13]

Optigpu and I are working on getting the 7010 easy rebar support. Could net you some extra performance.

[@MrSamadolfo]

😒👍 Lets Go

[@AhmadHassan-uk7ve]

Which graphics card did you use exactly? Can you list down the overall specs.

[@wooksi]

I7 3rd gen 32gb ddr3 ram with rgb heatsinks Gigabyte rtx 2070 (idk if its super or not) And a 250gig ssd

[@AhmadHassan-uk7ve]

@@wooksi tyy a bit of an odd combo looking forward to her upgrading towards a newer generation processor

[@wooksi]

@@AhmadHassan-uk7ve she could of invested into a better cpu instead of all the rgb 🤷‍♂️

[@tonetonic2013]

Ryzen 5 entry level are so cheap now and cost less than you spent there,waaay more performance than that,but looks nice though.

[@UsedServerRack]

add on another motherboard as well, so you mind as well just upgrade the CPU

[@dðd]

@@UsedServerRack That would be a whole new build cuz she only recycled the mobo. So imo there's no point in tearing down the optiplex, just sell it or smth.

[@Charlogical]

Thanks

[@will757]

sounds like youre from the uk? get ready for some actual heat in florida and humidity lol. i know you guys think youre having a heatwave now. its actually a cool summer this year in florida. in my city its currently 33 degrees celcius or 90 degrees F, with 60% humidity but the feel is 97 degrees

[@Charlogical]

Yes I am lol, and yes, the heat is killing me 😭

[@-fb8yn739]

What is spec is your and its games smooth and how you remove old thermal paste i have alienware laptop i7 4th gen and i want to clean and idont know how to remove old thermal paste you clean only with tissue paper

[@MrSamadolfo]

alcohol and paper towels, and a toothbrush

[@Charlogical]

@MrSamadolfo yes 🤣

[@LostredTV]

Nice

[@Charlogical]

Thanks 🙏

[@RetroGamer10000]

I want to see Benchmarks.

[@Charlogical]

Okay, will do 🫡

[@Preben2024]

Do you consider your build a sleeper build?

[@migchielfaber49]

kinda curious about the GPU spec love the vertical mount any change Subnautica is on your game list ? would love to see that

[@Charlogical]

BAHAHHAHA okay lol

[@migchielfaber49]

Btw is it possible to fit the radiator to the front? Would look a little nicer, push-pull? Would that fit with the GPU? I figured out you have an RTX 2070. It's a really nice overkill. for this system, easy to upgrade to an AM4 or intel 9de gen or an even higher platform with DDR4 RAM you have the cooling for it NVME extra and you really set to go

[@RTIimmortal]

should have get MX500 because that way faster than BX500

[@Charlogical]

Ok

[@nashcomp]

An rx580 would be a decent combo for that i7 make sure the psu capable also

[@Nick_R_]

These old office PCs can still make reasonable all purpose PCs, including light gaming, but if you are going to replace basically everything but the propietary motherboard, then why not choose a better motherboard and start from that foundation?

[@Charlogical]

Why not

[@wesbtrm]

👍

[@Charlogical]

👍

[@wooksi]

this pc does not need all that cooling and the 2070 is not required here 😭

[@Charlogical]

Good thing it’s not your PC 😃

[@dedtrapsoda]

Cool video hope we can be viral one day in Jesus name

[@Charlogical]

Hopefully 😂

[@lmcgregoruk]

From an i3-32040 to an i7-3770, seems like a bit of a downgrade to me, I mean sure if it was an i3-3240 to an i7-3770, that's a great upgrade. To be honest I didn't even know Intel had released 32nd generation core processors.

[@Charlogical]

👍

[@lucas8385]

There is no 32nd generation core processor its just an error

[@lmcgregoruk]

@@lucas8385 I know, I was just being facetious.

[@lucas8385]

@@lmcgregoruk oh ok

[@sweett7609]

@@lmcgregoruk kinda rude

[@Potential2006]

a female upgrading an optiplex this is new

[@Charlogical]

😭😭

[@Potential2006]

@@Charlogical lol

[@caspersmith7112]

not bad

[@Charlogical]

Thanks

[@vietanh4800]

why u gotta swap the hdd u can use both

[@Charlogical]

Cause I didn’t want to?

[@MrSamadolfo]

sure, i use SSD for boot, and a 20TB for all my games

[@vietanh4800]

@@Charlogical ok. Stupid build btw!

[@dirtybrokkoli]

It seems people are already unecessary unhelpful and rude in this comment sections so i let it be said: There might have been better options or whatever but it's not our money and it appears to me that you are happy with it and you spend time with your dad on this and that is what matters. Also, i think the shot at the end all setup looks sick, good job!

[@Charlogical]

THANK YOU 🤣🫶

[@APARAT79]

Instead of all that RGB crap, all those RGB fans and all other unnecessary crap, i would rather invest in newer CPU platform. You can get like 9th gen i5 CPU and mobo for dirt cheap, and it would literally destroy everything that this ancient i7 3770 has to offer... Even 10th gen i3 CPU would destroy that i7 3770 in every aplication.

[@Charlogical]

I love my crap tbh

[@MrSamadolfo]

​@@Charlogical🙂 its ur PC, if u like argb lites which we didnt have in 2010 then thats ok, theres a group of pc gamers that criticize lights, which is sad but they are here

[@wooksi]

@@MrSamadolfo yk instead of investing into argb and an aio for a i7 3rd gen she could of gotten a better cpu to push out more performance with less bottleneck? This seems like the avg fb marketplace build to earn quick $$$ via rgb

[@MrSamadolfo]

​@@wooksithey put something together with parts that were all gifted to them, its fine, tho instead of the aio i think a simple 4 or 5 pipe argb air tower cooler would be fine and easier to put together 🙂

[@gcmanuel85x]

ERM, didint know Dell Optiplexes had AIO pins ?

[@caspersmith7112]

it dont you rin the pump either at full black or place in fan port and control that way

[@slomljenaoklagija2357]

After 1y xD

[@Charlogical]

🤣🤣

[@MrSamadolfo]

😏 bruh, ur shorts, they were funny 😅 not bad, u need to make a video on video editing, have you stepped up to Davinci yet? lets go 😏

[@Charlogical]

Thank you, I will and no not yet 🤣

[@SgMasser-ul3ki]

Are joy 14 years old

[@Charlogical]

No I’m 37

[@Tech-73]

Not bad ...... But that cpu is too old

[@Charlogical]

You’re too old

[@Maximus5641]

​@@Charlogical damn

[@Pearlescznt]

​@@Charlogical Lmao 😂

[@96calvin]

bro needs 32gb of ram

[@Charlogical]

Yes, I do

[@MikeleKonstantyFiedorowiczIV]

bx500 is so shitty i had this disc

[@Charlogical]

Thanks for your input

[@SukiSuki-cr6hv]

what is the gpu? rtx 3060? that will be bottlenecked by the cpu lol

[@wooksi]

Its a gigabyte 2070 non super i think?

[@p.hartmann9754]

Wow O.O i3-32040 ^^

[@joedou7glas200]

biggest bottleneck of all time

[@Charlogical]

Gutted

[@howards59]

Unnecessary cooling for that i7 , 4790 would have been better and an rtx 2060 or rtx 3050 6gb , cable management could have been better other than that good video

[@Charlogical]

Thanks

[@bs9two4]

just buy a new gaming pc

[@sweett7609]

or just dont say anything at all, helps if you keep your mouth shut

[@bs9two4]

@@sweett7609 ❌❌❌

[@Charlogical]

BHAHAHAHHAHA

[@Charlogical]

Just go comment useless crap somewhere else…

[@bs9two4]

@@Charlogical dumb ahh

[@user-qy5vb3ec4s]

awful content

[@Charlogical]

Thanks for your input, but no one cares

[@yacquubfarah6038]

@@CharlogicalGreat response. Never let these kinds of people get to you. You have an excellent pc and I had something similar not too long ago.

[@sweett7609]

@@Charlogical Words of wisdom right there

[@draco8894]

Hi

[@Charlogical]

Hey 👋

[@anongamer7864]

as a brand i cant contact you on instagram