Gaming On The Cheapest All-In-One PC From Best Buy...

[@manicdan481]

The performance improvement was NOT from the memory upgrade, it was from destroying the pixels so it now has to render fewer of them, obviously.

[@internet_userr]

It just destroyed a few pixels though so... You're wrong, sorry mate

[@-validites-]

@@internet_userr r/whooosh

[@IcebergTech]

FSR = F***ing Smash the Resolution!

[@BertieJasokie]

@@IcebergTech Dude, you're gonna become big one day. The high quality takes are pretty awesome.

[@TKFTGuillotine]

@@IcebergTech FSR = Fancy Seeing you heRe. I tried.

[@RedAugust08]

I cannot stress how funny it is that my friend who is basically "computer illiterate" has that exact same granny mouse pad and she's only 35. I sent this to her immediately.

[@classicallpvault]

How's it even possible that someone from '87 or '88 is digitally illiterate? I am 37 and was already born with a mouse and keyboard waiting for me right outside. Almost literally, given that my father bought an IBM XT clone just weeks after I was born...

[@bingchilling233]

​@@classicallpvaultnot everyone grows up with tech I guess

[@Rhino4272]

​@classicallpvault8251 You'd be surprised. I was born in 80, and I've had to help kids in their early 20's reset their password for Gmail because they couldn't figure it out.

[@BertieJasokie]

I'm the family computer technician and I have a not to dissimilar Logitech combo. I game on it all the time cause I don't want to spend a buck more than absolutely necessary.

[@unnamed715]

​@@classicallpvaultHey I was born in 88 and was a console peasant until I was like 26 😅😂

[@Catgamer188]

sometimes, i dig a hole in my backyard, jump in the hole, bury myself and pretend that i'm a radish.

[@metrix8155]

That's pretty cool

[@cameronnewton3821]

Negawatt

[@harryhanz1690]

I just lay in the dirt and pretend I'm a zucchini.

[@musicheaven1679]

Don't we all?

[@Nb4Taco]

You do you , weirdo

[@hal6yon]

13:13 That might not be damage, actually. I opened up one of these exact models to upgrade the SSD and I had the same thing on the edges of my display. It turned out to be not damage and just some foamy thing that gets lodged under the LCD panel when you disassemble one of these things. You can try and remove the gunk from under the display, which is how I got rid of it.

[@masiosareanivdelarev562]

Interesting.

[@internet_userr]

​@@masiosareanivdelarev562your life Is interesting

[@chinkasuyaro8983]

You just want Dawid to spend 5 more hours breaking into that thing, don't you.

[@kevlarandchrome]

@@chinkasuyaro8983 We are a sadistic lot.

[@peterking3196]

That mousepad really ties the room together

[@viciousweather]

Came here to comment this exact thing lol

[@readycheddar]

DAWID! YOU’RE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT!

[@nathan4335]

Take it easy dude, I know you will.

[@quadruple_negative]

I didn't see my buddies face down in the mud for people to be gaming on a Pentium!

[@TheGumpyGump]

Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[@SteTechGaming]

The fact that the CPU bottlenecks the iGPU is absolutely hilarious!

[@AnnaDoes]

I know right. Not even the Added RAM can save that

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Single channel actually. CPU is not doing much except pulling data to and from single channel RAM. When he upgraded the RAM it became obvious, almost double the FPS.

[@another3997]

​@@aleksazunjic9672You did see the CPU performance meter pegged at 100% ? And what do you think the CPU is calculating to send to the GPU? That would be all those complicated 3D world calculations plus all the game logic, plus all the other basic system functions. The CPU does a lot more than just shovel data to the GPU.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@another3997 Nope. If that was the case Dawid would not be able to almost double FPS with another stick of RAM. What was really happening is moving the data trough narrow single channel.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

That’s always my favourite bottleneck. 😂

[@Tyrian3k]

Honestly, if granny buys this kind of thing for home use, I wouldn't even be mad. It seems like a decent deal for what a granny would do with a PC like video calls, mailing, watching knitting tutorials... It's not a gaming machine, obviously, but it's honestly not bad and not badly priced for what it actually is and tries to be.

[@VascovanZeller]

​@@lurch789How is this a hot mess? It's perfect for it's intended use case

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I still have my old Core 2 rig here, that can also do all these things and is better on gaming on top.

[@leohuangchunwang]

I don't have the Pentium in that PC so I don't know exactly how it performs, but I had a PC with an AMD A6-9500 which exhibits the same GTA5 road-unloading issues, and it could barely play 1080p KZbin videos or scroll Twitter/Reddit without serious stutters

[@another3997]

​@@HappyBeezerStudiosIs your C2D "rig" an all in one? Does it just have integrated graphics? Was it a bargain basement, office machine at the time you bought it? I suspect the answers are all "No". Comparing an old, expensive tower PC with discrete GPU to one of these is hardly fair. And your C2D isn't in warranty any more... which is a actually important for some customers. Horses for courses?

[@FrgottenFrshness]

​​@@lurch789bet it's not anywhere near the price this one was especially factoring in inflation

[@ElusiveAura]

I love seeing the before and after ram installs. This one was pretty substantial.

[@raven4k998]

I love how Dawid got your granny to get him a nice granny mouse pad🤣🤣🤣

[@PaitVideo]

that mousepad is truly something

[@jamesjdog]

Agreed, and 2nd-ed

[@AmartharDrakestone]

There are also giant versions of those.

[@tomcraftdonkey2285]

​@@AmartharDrakestoneYeah there's one on my floor 😂

[@ThisWontEndWell]

Feels like David brought the mousepad first and then created a video around it as an excuse to use it.

[@payayaa]

its unironically pretty nice, id like to have one

[@XeonProductions]

When you somehow managed to separate the LCD panel itself from the backlight/diffuser assembly, I was like "oh no, this thing is bricked". I'm shocked you managed to get out alive with only some dead pixels.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Same here! I was convinced I killed the display.

[@cueball981]

Dawid, I just discovered your channel about 2 weeks ago. Awesome job! You're quickly becoming my most watched content creator!

[@cueball981]

@@lurch789 I just got back into computer gaming after taking 20 years off...so yeah, kind of.

[@janezverbic2093]

Nooooooob😄

[@cueball981]

@janezverbic2093 did you read my post above? Definitely not a noob...just took a long hiatus. Lol!

[@janezverbic2093]

@@cueball981 I did,i know, just a joke, Dawid uses noob a lot...

[@cueball981]

@janezverbic2093 it's fun to say, too! Lol!

[@50H3i1]

It's always a thrill to upgrade to dual channel ram and see the results specially on igpu systems

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Would be interesting to see some slow dual channel vs fast single channel tests, because single channel with double the clock should give the same bandwith.

[@musashigundoh]

The biggest improvement came from doubling the RAM, not dual channel mode. Fortnite was super memory starved.

[@MrEMeat-kk9tc]

4:06 “…the higher end model has a DVD drive in here…” I had to check the publish date on this video at that point

[@matthias5737]

On new Intel iGPUs (11th Gen and up) Its possible to install the Intel ARC GPU Drivers. Which should dramatically improve the brute performance of the iGPU.

[@thesilentgametestr]

Better off buying a Ryzen model if you want to play some games.

[@CohnBohn]

I play tf outta mcc on the laptop version of this computer

[@rayproductionsbackupchanne3862]

do you have any more info on this? i got a 11th gen i3 tablet here and curios to squeeze more power out. i already got the cpu to run at all core boosts ifor inifinite durations. but gpu, no dice.

[@CohnBohn]

@@rayproductionsbackupchanne3862 I have the Lenovo idea pad with a 12 gen intel i3 (UHD)with 12 gb ram, didn’t play it before I got the drivers, reach is low with graphical textures normal, but the others are normal graphics

[@matthias5737]

@@rayproductionsbackupchanne3862 Well. The performance gain ranges from nothing to 30%. Depending on the game. I have only noticed with Genshin Impact on my girlfriend's Surface Pro 8 that it gets less warm and runs "smoother" with the Intel drivers. You have to try it out to see exactly what it does. However, after each installation of the ARC drivers, Windows tries, via Windows Update, to install the prehistoric driver again. I then have to reset it to the new driver each time via the device manager. DX9 and DX10/11 Games will benefit the most. DX12 less so. But a little is always better than nothing.

[@iuliandonici9829]

Dawid is slowly transitioning to some kind of tech caveman with that beard.

[@rickbrookes9491]

And the long hair.

[@beetroot7156]

Bro bout to discover fire the different way

[@jaydude25]

he transitioned years ago, shaved, transitioned again, I like the beard better tbh I think he should keep it XD

[@Boogie_the_cat]

​@@jaydude25thank you. Those noobs weren't born early enough to see the earlier beard transition I guess. Or they were too busy watching Minecraft porn on their sesame street Chromebooks. Circle of life.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

@@beetroot7156 I’m the most excited about discovering the wheel. It’s gonna make it so much easier to get all these systems I steal from a neighbouring tribe home.

[@fuzzyface4515]

This felt incredibly unrealistic as there was a disturbing lack of random bloatware that Granny acquired looking for new chocolate chip cookie recipes.

[@93Volvo240]

I once got a system that was owned by a granny, and oh my god, the bloatware was absolutely insane. For starters, the computer took like, 20 minutes to boot, (I wish I was kidding) and the amount of popups on screen was absolutely ludicrous. This lady had like half a dozen different antiviruses and about 10 of those PC cleaning programs. One clean install of Windows XP later, it ran like a charm...until the motherboard crapped out. RIP random Gateway tower (2003-2023)

[@CantankerousDave]

My brother-in-law’s web browser was once so full of search bar add-ons hat they took up a third of the screen. He couldn’t figure out why his plague ship system was running so slowly.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Obviously any of the antivirus keeps the system clean and the optimizers keep them fast. And the more you have the more fast and clean it gets

[@93Volvo240]

@@HappyBeezerStudios Yeah, of course! The more the merrier!

[@runed0s86]

​@@93Volvo240If the antivirus is using all of the CPU, there's no room for the viruses to run :D

[@jacobparra4570]

11:51 "Ohhh Ohhhh, We're finally inside" 💀💀

[@eme71791]

im so happy that dawid is always going to be around. he make wholesome content that everyone can enjoy. no linus media group issues just pure tech joy from this channel.

[@ogg_luke4454]

i still dont understand how manufacturers do not use 2 ram sticks, It always does make a good performance buff and that makes the product more attractive to buy, no? and it aint even that expensive

[@Joreel]

Companies want to maximize profits so only putting one stick in saves money. The people who buy these things aren't going to game on them usually so one stick is usually enough for emailing and using social media apps.

[@gamtax]

The use case for this AIO does not really require two RAM sticks but having two slots like this PC is like having a free gift.

[@HirXeBomb]

"It got this little pop up webcam thing, you know your granny can hide her identity while she's being scammed on the internet." Pissed myself laughing! 🤣

[@JE-zl6uy]

I actually got the AMD Ryzen version of this for my aunts. I wanted something simple for them and these AIOs are perfectly serviceable for them.

[@actuallyusingmyrealnameher5061]

As soon as I saw it had a Pentium Gold chip I was hoping you could get it with something like a 5650U 🙂

[@majortom4338]

Love your channel and your humor. Best wishes from Germany

[@billynomates7714]

I hope my grandmother wouldn't buy this - it means it's the beginning of the zombie apocolypse and she's returned from the dead.

[@timothy8428]

But then at least we'd get to have the zombie apocalypse. That would be cool, probably?

[@Tornado15550]

7:48 "and after that brief distraction I turned my toxicity back to the granny system" just killed me 😂😂😂😂

[@Wineman3383]

You're truly living the dream brother. Thanks for the videos man. 😎✌️

[@keeganfaulkner1240]

Got my first working vga Crt today, gave me inspiration to buy one and make a video about it. Thanks Dawid!

[@keeganfaulkner1240]

@@lurch789 an ultra scan Trinitron

[@Dmitriy.0]

The mouse pad got me. Great job, Anna! Please let us know where to buy one.

[@Gammaray3x10]

It's called a mouserug.

[@higherspirit7784]

the mouse mat! its the dude rug from big lebowski i had one years ago

[@anthonylemoine4862]

David your commentary is always hilarious and makes it easy to recommend your videos. Keep up the funny comparisons you do. Makes my day every time.

[@101perspective]

Sadly, in reality granny probably would have ended up with a $2k to $3k system that the salesman convinced her she needed in order to read her email.

[@CaveyMoth]

Grannies gonna savage. I like that upgrading the RAM is a life-or-death operation for the system.

[@OnTheRocks71]

I am genuinely surprised that it has actual so-dimm slots and not soldered ram. Neat. Was there anything good in the BIOS? Adjustable power limits or iGPU memory allocation settings?

[@_Ekaros]

Actually I think it might be even cheaper in not space restricted computers like this one. As you can then pick sticks from any supplier...

[@lordhostile]

Gotta love starting your day with a Dawid video!

[@riven4121]

One of these with either one of AMD's upcoming Strix APUs or even their current gen Phoenix APUs would actually be pretty interesting.

[@mapwheel00]

Dawid: "Uuuuugh, Ohhhhh, UGGGGGGGG, OOOOOO, finally we are inside!" Wife: "What on earth are you watching?"

[@BNBPhotofr]

I bought the higher tier model for my tech illiterate wife, with the I5-1135G7. It comes with a 27" display and 16 GB of RAM. It does have Iris Xe graphics though and I could test some games on it at very low settings. It does run quiet nicely for what she's doing. 😃

[@Trusteft]

I finished watching the intro of the original BSG tv series and among the thumbnails I see this video. I think to myself, that's weird I don't remember seeing this before, perhaps I missed it. 17 minutes ago. Oh a new one! Nice!

[@alext6933]

I'm pretty sure I have that carpet rolled up in my garage

[@samsowden]

With granny inside it?

[@alext6933]

@@samsowdenanything is possible. :p

[@alext6933]

@@samsowden but naw shes in a box in my living room

[@AlexHusTech]

*Great to see these can still do a bit of light gaming*

[@bill244]

That mousepad really tied the desk together.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

In some weird way I would totally use that if it was bigger. There is something ironic about gaming on a beefy system, but having grandmas knitted carpet for a mousepad.

[@higherspirit7784]

the mouse mat! its the dude rug from big lebowski i had one years ago

[@jannovak7749]

That funky music that kicks in at 12:26 is so lovely :D

[@ogrejd]

4 threads? Fancy. I am genuinely surprised it wasn't just 2c/2t... :)

[@guaiqueritech]

The mousepad! 😂 it only needs tassels on each corner to become Alladin’s flying carpet 😂

[@higherspirit7784]

its the dude rug from big lebowski i had one years ago

[@guaiqueritech]

@@higherspirit7784 never watched it 😂

[@davekelloway3337]

"Let's see what other VD granny has to deal with. " - Dawid

[@WurlyBurger]

the music for this channel it's both excited and sarcastic, love it

[@schrollbach]

That mousepad is glorious

[@FreshTrendsDaily]

That granny mouse mat is the best thing ive ever seen on KZbin. Honestly spent 5 minutes laughing followed by "I kinda want one" haha 😅

[@--Zook--]

3:30 OMG, that was exactly what my wife said to me the other night!

[@theshadowking3198]

💀

[@nickcorr7244]

“You essentially have to break apart space time to get in here…” 😂 - it defiantly caused gravitational waves, there were detected here.

[@13bmitchell]

With every video, Dawid sinks more into the homeless techie we all aspire to be.

[@hoschi367]

the ohh and ahhs at 11:25 got me xD

[@erronymous]

I buy AIOs for my office. They’re perfectly fine for office work tasks, especially if you bump the memory up (when you can, if it’s not soldered), but yeah gaming on one of these things just isn’t going to happen. I think I managed to get Skyrim going at like 25 fps on a Ryzen 5 system, but considering that these things are basically cheap laptops stuck to the back of a big screen it’s not surprising that they suck for anything other than spreadsheets and email.

[@hectorg5809]

I know he's playing games on it for views but these systems are fine for grandparents and simple office setups, like a front desk of some small business. Even better would be if it had Windows S mode so that Indians can't remote in with something like TeamViewer and scam the seniors out of money

[@dragomirstefan2131]

6:17 bro the nostalgia just hit me hard...

[@OlgaUnKolhozs]

Lenovo actually surprise me with how affordable and powerful their stuffis, quality is OK too

[@rogeliocano9536]

They also sell replacement parts which is pretty nice

[@herscheraient]

"break it back together" never thought id hear those words in one line

[@GRC-Kingston]

Found this channel by accident, litterally the tech channel the world needs, the humour is simply brilliant, how all nerds should absorb tech

[@OddleBaba]

Love your videos just watching them everyday everytime

[@2mikedean]

I wonder what would happen if you could run a external gpu from one of the m. 2 slots?

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

CPU bottleneck. The word isn't really appropriate in most situations, but here it fits.

[@Jay_the_Caffeinator]

Awesomesauce video, Dawid!! That mouse pad had me almost falling out of my chair! 😅😅

[@uuu12343]

"What kind of hardware granny is packing"

[@NagoyaRR]

I just love that the Stand screws into the cover of the mainboard and not anything else.

[@cats_know_everything_about_you]

A true granny would never take that mouse mat out of the packaging.

[@walrushunter8363]

I watched this video whilst teaching my fish to install an AIO

[@alexlockard8075]

Grandma pcs are getting good. I use a similarly specced (athlon 200ge 16gb ram, ssd, aka old parts i had laying around) pc for web browsing and youtube watching and its certainly still more than capable for everyday grandma tasks.

[@Ferrari255GTO]

It's great that old mid/high end hardware is as cheap as trash most of the time and that it's still capable of doing most regular stuff comfortably and smoothly.

[@Mr.Vertex]

so is a 150$ laptop tbf.

[@rustyfox6425]

My parents had an early Lenovo all-in-one from 2013ish. In my opinion, their design back then was much better. I refurbished it to sell a few years ago and was really surprised. The PC was in the base, opened with a handful of screws. The RAM was upgradable, and they included an mSATA slot, which I made use of so the new owner got a much better OS experience. Of course that PC was packing an i5 and 530M I believe, and also cost more than $2000 at the time...but it just makes more sense to put the PC in the base.

[@kangaroo4024]

That video made my morning. Best mouse pad I have ever seen! :D

[@brycedayton4092]

I've had that exact same mouse and keyboard, and the one thing I didn't enjoy was that the keyboard seemed to "time out" and I'd have to mash the keys a bunch before it came back to life for whatever reason.

[@MlnscBoo]

Dude I'm still subscribed to you because you say things like, "Now we just have to break it back together". Never change my dude

[@iNubpwn3r]

Yay, new Dawideo.... great stuff too bad, you did not try to play DOTA with touch screen, looked like it could actually work pretty well.

[@auteurfiddler8706]

Every time I see a game is not using much memory, I expect adding more will be no improvement. But this shows it does improve things. I wonder why the game was only using about 1 GB when it had only 8. Unless the system was using the rest.

[@danytoob]

OMG Dawid! This might be the best episode of yours yet!🤣🤣😂😂. Had me rolling. Where did you get the granny mouse pad? I think I'm in love 😻😻💝💝. Much thanks as I giggle my way to sleep now~!

[@donraggo77]

I love your videos Dawid, your sarcasm game is legendary and your quips make me LOL, keep up the good work ;)

[@theprogrammer1]

Dawid's groaning while opening the "PC" is just *chef's kiss*!

[@saturnotaku]

Someone needs to make a Dawid grunting compilation video.

[@singularity8943]

"Break it back together" I love that term and will be using it from now on

[@TheLiquidlane]

It being so hard to service is actually quite a shame. Just last month i replaced the hard drive in like an older lenovo all in one (owned by a granny) and it didn't even have screws. Quick release latches and pulling the back up was all that was needed. Afterwards everything was easily accessible

[@keancv]

Well done for adding more memory, pity that it is not an easy end user option. What happed about the optional optical drive. Would have liked to see more touch screen

[@FlipjevanTiel]

Your adverts are the best in the business. I never skip them, because they are fun. Tell that to your sponsors. 😊

[@AlexandruDumitrescu]

Thanks for the Fortnite piece, I pissed my pants laughing 😂

[@vailpcs4040]

I didn't need to hear: "see what kind of hardware Granny's packing"

[@PGGMusic]

I really like the ease to upgrade the hardware on this computer.

[@crookim]

I use some of these all in one for office use, really easy to upgrade, although you need to yank that backplate hard in oRder to get it opened

[@JAMESSMITH-co1qx]

Actually laughed out loud when he said "Break it back together"

[@LabCat]

That would be a nice layout for an AIO if it had a smaller keyboard that could slot into that shelf on the base.. But of course that's for holding Granny's Precious Moments figurines, so we can't have everything.

[@HR-wd6cw]

IF it uses Lenovo's standard optical drive attachment (SATA) it may be possible to get a drive bay adapter so you could at least add a SATA SSD perhaps.

[@IanC14]

Removable batteries are better than built-in rechargeables imo, since they are replaceable. I have a rotating sack of rechargeable AAs I use for various things.

[@Bukkie661]

Unironically, the mousemat is one of the best that you can buy and that's really because of the design of the mousing-surface. Optical/laser mouses pin-point their location by tracking grades of hue (over-simplified), so a solid colored mousemat is actually the worst mat for tracking precision. The more busy a design is, the better the tracking the mouse has access to. Another thing is that if your desktop finish is woodgrain, forego a mousemat. Your naked desk offers all the tracking that you need, provided the woodgrain is horizontal, not vertical (Though we now are getting into neckbeard min-maxing territory). It doesn't matter that much in the end however- it's just something to keep in mind. So when you should consider a mousemat: When your desktop is in a solid color. When you don't need a mousemat: When your desktop has a woodgrain finish. Or basically any other finish aside from a solid color. Mousemats were designed to offer friction to the old ball-mouses. They're really not needed anymore because mouses today need a smooth friction-less surface and tracking by hue is good enough on it's own. However, mousing on a busy surface does help.

[@MrGrombie]

11:50 That’s what he said 😂

[@MunkyDuck1]

😂 The table whacking got me 😂😂😂😂

[@ShowXTech]

Pentium Gold 7505 is Tiger Lake (11th Gen.) with "10 nm SuperFin" The HDMI is an HDMI Out if you were wondering.

[@BadgerDave]

I laughed so hard when I saw that granny mousepad and also I kind of want one. Haha

[@jensdybmose]

Oh fresh upload found within one minute. :D Another hilariously awesome video from Dawid. xD

[@GamerErman2001]

It's videos like this that makes you really understand Dawid's hatred of computers that only have single stick of RAM.

[@dublinboy84]

"Grannytron" 😂😂😂 Dawid you are legit a natural comedian!

[@alchemik666]

Watching this on a Lenovo AIO in my office was... an experience. 🙃 Honestly though, I love Ryzen-based AIOs Lenovo makes, they are a really nice package price-to-performance-wise. The only downside is how annoying they are to disassemble and upgrade, they are really though out as back boxes that you set up in your office and never think about them until they decompose from old age.

[@murli_swami]

Please do a video about what is best PC configuration for an IT professional who does Mobile App development and Machine learning Models.

[@Opiedopey]

I have the Ryzen version of this all in one and its literally filling me with dread with the thought of tearing off the back to upgrade the ram

[@nymbusDeveloper86]

I enjoyed the background music. You have good taste.

[@alanwalker1]

did the same ram upgrade on HP AIO and it was just as hard to open. After assembly, I powered it on and error messaged let me know CPU fan not installed. Dummy forgot to plug it back in after cleaning... In the end plastic seam looked wavy and would not fully snap. This form factor is not super user friendly and not intended to be easily upgraded.

[@smizzlecloud]

7:35 NO WAY 🤣🤣🤣

[@imm311]

Great video! God bless you and yours! Praying for you