I Bought A $500 Gaming PC From Temu...

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[@BenK12345]

who can forget the famous ad campaign, "Dude, you're gettin a Stugerbureraranama!"

[@markkershenblatt]

Not to be confused with the 80's English pop group Bananarama. 😉😉😉

[@AtomSquirrel]

@@BenK12345 I can’t even think to pronounce that

[@Metalkorpse]

😂😂😂 official comment award goes to you my friend! 🏆

[@ledoutofshadow8004]

Still better than a Dell.

[@Bluebloods7]

10:30 - "upgrade the TEMU system using WISH parts" ... kinda like using lego organs as implants into an already dead corpse

[@RenegadePandaZ]

“For safety I’m going to assume it’s an IED…” Proceeds to turn it on.

[@cck4863]

Looking at the price tag: Na, IED cost more than that. More likely a brick.

[@ilysuisei]

when i see i7 with no generation description, i could easily tell its an old generation

[@RuruFIN]

99% of the time it's either 1st or 2nd one, and people with little to no knowledge will still buy since it's an i7.

[@Maryanchyk]

hey my 3770 is high end i7!

[@erikkarsies4851]

Socket 1150 is a generation description. The last one with DDR3 memory. Really seems to be left over stock. The 1660Ti is pretty decent though. But don't forget their are several 3040 video cards (also known as the 3050 6Gb) below 200 euro now which is better. A decent case with power supply is under 100 euro and a AM4 5600x with DDR4 memory and simple mainboard about 200 euro. And keyboard and mouse can be bought for 10-15 euro at a sale in a drug store or something.

[@L4ftyOne]

@@Maryanchyk 3770 is actually very good but mostly its a i7 970 or a i7 2700

[@catsdofunnythings4046]

@@Maryanchyk Yeah 10 years ago 😂

[@3rdalbum]

I heard that the only reason they're using an 11-year-old i7 is because they'd exhausted their stock of Core 2 Duos.

[@Dictatortot-n3d]

They were too cheap to put in a $1 xeon they could get wholesale, either that or they've all been put in mobo combos on ALI

[@Lookingformorefun]

@@Dictatortot-n3d You can buy moster v4 xeon with 14 cores and 28 threads cores for like 15$ or cheaper only 12 cores version with lower clock speeds for 6$. Only downside is that some games require anticheat that doesn't work on fine chinesium motherboards.

[@toaster98]

This exact same pc is sold in Germany under the STG Sivir brand. And to prove your IED PSU theory, the german youtuber "Hardware Dealz" had his one literally blow up on camera.

[@lusiek9]

Got a link to that video?

[@spinward]

Link please!

[@BobaPhettamine]

you can tell no one bought those fans so instead of throwing them away they put them in pre builds 🤣

[@volvo09]

They look so tacky!

[@BobaPhettamine]

@@volvo09 yeah they're on par with trident royal

[@AnnaDoes]

Haha they are from T-Pain’s grill after all 😂

[@floydlooney6837]

$500 is highway robbery for that thing.

[@CrumpetsNBiscuits]

Is it? You'd get a way better deal on the second hand market, but considering it's supposed to be first hand components..

[@Stikkzz]

@@CrumpetsNBiscuits smoked today?

[@unstablenl]

I spent around 800 (albeit euro's) and I have an AM5 system... The key takeaway from this video is "no upgrade path". That really cuts into the value you get back. Also, if you're looking to save, you could grab an Optiplex or something similar from eBay or Amazon’s renewed store and just add a decent GPU. You might find an i5 6500 series with 8GB DDR4 for give or take 100 bucks or less. Then you've still got enough money to grab a good GPU and an extra memory stick. You might even upgrade the CPU to an i7 6th gen or, if you're lucky and the board allows it, a 7th gen CPU. Dropping 500 (either dollars or euros) on a system like the one in the video just doesn't make sense to me.

[@greenman8]

@@Stikkzz I'd rather get that than to get some crap from Alienware. At least with this one, you could swap out the guts with a cheap AM4 motherboard CPU and DDR4- Along with a 600w - 750w PSU for around 100 bucks. I could live with a GTX1660ti until I could save up for RX 6650xt.

[@greenman8]

They also had an RX 580 model for under $400.

[@AnnaDoes]

I was not expecting the sound bar to light up like that 😂

[@Mommysbigboi]

what did the box do to you to deserve that damage? lol the pop up killed me haha

[@UnknownThreat]

I love ur man’s new hairstyle

[@ManOfMonism]

I thought it was an RGB desk turd.

[@lucutes2936]

Bjt its beautiful

[@ryanolsen294]

@@UnknownThreat lol

[@Bullwinkle39]

Apart from costing more money than they should, prebuilts like this do have a place and still cost less than a 2nd gen i5 system in cex. They're perfect as a "my first gaming pc" for kids/teens. We got something similar for our daughter to do her homework and play roblox on. She doesnt need all of the io and cool features that us power users like to have, she doesn't even need a cd drive

[@Aeduo]

A crazy $3000+ PC would probably still not have a CD drive. :p Nobody installs internal CD drives anymore. Maybe just a USB one in a drawer for the occasional use.

[@Bullwinkle39]

@@Aeduo exactly

[@WanderfalkeAT]

Also good to buy her Sims 4 on this thing. I bet she'd love it!

[@Bullwinkle39]

@@WanderfalkeAT yeah she may well do, thanks 👍. On a Sims side note, someone bought my sister the making magic expansion pack for the Sims years ago, we didn't have the full game, the installer let me point it to it's own disk for the base game installation and installed the full game as well as the making magic expansion lol

[@Holycurative9610]

I built my 15 year old a similar PC. 4th gen i5, 16GB of DDR3, a 1050Ti, MSI mobo and stuffed it in a cheap case. Total cost under GB£150 and he loves it for Steam/similar stuff, cloud gaming, college work and so on.

[@papa_xan]

A TEMUxWish gaming PC build sounds...interesting.

[@nightbirdds]

I guess we'll have to see how that goes. It runs the very real risk of summoning cthulu, I think.

[@papa_xan]

@@nightbirdds That's a risk I'm willing to let him take.

[@rustler08]

Temu and Wish are the same thing. They're just different buzzwords for the same AliExpress garbage sellers.

[@ikepigott]

Now I want to know if the TEMU with Wish upgrades would defeat the Wish with TEMU upgrades.

[@N3ONRUIN]

I don’t want to be that guy but those videos are kind of over saturated

[@ShadowRune]

I knew we were in for a fun time when I saw the manual voltage selector on the power supply. Auto voltage circuits are cheap as chips now so it had to either be ancient or so cheap that AliExpress would be embarrassed to carry it

[@LabCat]

I actually have a fairly modern power supply that has the 110/220V selector switch. If they cheap out on that versus the actual components, I'm fine with it.

[@EunoiaAnrkyuk]

2:41 Holy turnips Batman, is that a voltage switch.... last time I saw one of those on a PSU Jebus himself was walking the earth.

[@Mio96O-O]

"Jebus" is the dude that can turn water into beer, right?

[@hellmalm]

@@Mio96O-OYes, it’s the guy who’s dad is to rich and to old for any of this!

[@AnnaDoes]

Love me Jebus

[@Aeduo]

Thankfully it's a pretty low power PC by modern standards but yeah it doesn't inspire much confidence. Hopefully it just means it's a somewhat "simple" design rather than a bad design.

[@hellmalm]

@@AnnaDoes And we love you and Dawid, @AnnaDoes ❤️ (What happened with box? 📦 )

[@sabrixwinefield3926]

its like buying a gaming PC from Temu,,

[@TheRagingSerpent]

I recommend trying -vulkan launch argument when testing CS2 to use its Vulkan renderer, it tends to improve utilisation on older GPU and CPU combos.

[@samcorbin6744]

My oldest daughter is gaming on an old Dell OptiPlex with 1TB M.2 NVME drive, an i7 7700K, 64GB 3200MT DDR4, and RTX A2000 12GB. She has no problems gamming at 1080p. Considering I got the OptiPlex for free from work and the GPU came from a workstation I purchased at a garage sale for $200, it's the one of cheapest and capable gaming Desktops around.

[@wiquid]

Do you know which model card it is? 2060, 70, 80?

[@samcorbin6744]

​​@@wiquid Sorry for the confusion. It's an RTX A2000 12GB. I edited my original comment to correct my mistake.

[@wiquid]

@@samcorbin6744 Ah, thank you!

[@deanchur]

@@samcorbin6744 Damn that's a steal; where I am a 12GB A2000 is still 3x the price of an RTX 3050 (which is already a rip-off).

[@samcorbin6744]

​​@deanchur It's my best find yet. Basically got a $5,000 workstation for pennies on the dollar. The only real issue was a corrupt Windows install. I honestly thought the GPU was bad when I bought it. I was also surprised it was the 12GB version instead of the 8GB.

[@RyanAumiller]

4:53 - Hold up a second.... 3.5, USB A, USB C and a Micro SD? Is this just a bluetooth "soundbar" at its core?

[@Collin_J]

Absolutely. It's probably based on a party speaker

[@jeantechnoir7702]

It is.

[@Jimster481]

Yes it is, just a cheap one that didn't sell.

[@insurgentlowcash7564]

Lol 16KHz max range tells you all you need to know. Crazy how much waste is produced nowadays.

[@Jimster481]

@@insurgentlowcash7564 Nothing is up in that high of a frequency. I agree that it is waste but it doesn't actually say much in the world of audio.

[@menhirmike]

Dual Channel RAM in a Pre-Built? Is that even legal?!

[@CatCatuna]

DDR3 RAM is dirt cheap so it makes sense

[@Pasi123]

That board only has two DIMM slots and 8GB DDR3 sticks were the largest for regular desktops. Though of course they could have put just a single 8GB stick instead of the 16GB kit

[@Dictatortot-n3d]

Its legal in China, I think the USA and Canada though it warrants capital punishment

[@ethanpschwartz]

Something about a tiny generic mATX computer screwed into a giant white case screams quality to me.

[@Jimster481]

It looks like an ITX motherboard, not even MATX.

[@maolcogi]

I AM SIMPLE MAN. I SEE DAWID, I CLICK DAWID, I WATCH DAWID, I PRESS LIKE FOR DAWID. I AM SIMPLE MAN.

[@onur4279]

MAN HAPPY👍

[@m0ntypth0n]

Ooga Booga

[@etristanb2007]

Lol an Amazon pc ordered through temu so basically you cannot return it if that power supply with aids catches fire.

[@madhavyadav708]

MAN HAPPY , DAVID HAPPY , EVERYONE HAPPY

[@TOFMDrone]

i orderd my like from Temu it wil arrive in 3 weeks

[@philtkaswahl2124]

"So it should be able to survive the most violent Amazon delivery-person." Why did I just hear a determined "Bet!" echo from the distance?

[@gtr9794]

3:08 If you notice somethings wrong here, I can say you have lots of experiences of PC buildings. Red SATA cable usually means SATA 2 Speed not SATA 3... It means it can't deliver full speed of ssd... :(

[@LabCat]

That may have meant something in the old days, similar to the colors for Ethernet cables, but you can get SATA 3 cables in all different colors now. You'd have had to run CrystalDiskMark or something similar to tell the difference. The SATA cables we use at work are red and blue, and both types support full SATA III 6Gb/s transfer rates - even on the few second-gen i5s we still have kicking around.

[@jk-mm5to]

You should have bought the one featuring a 5030 ti super

[@bass1sam]

Apparently it's not a random Chinese company, it's a branch of Skytech. Which uh.. huh. Makes the STG make more sense I guess

[@kaimojepaslt]

dont insult skytech, skytech is my local pc shop in lithuania, and sells all legit computers and parts.

[@bass1sam]

@@kaimojepaslt Skytech the American pre built manufacturer that's been around for awhile now, they literally own STGaubron

[@Andytlp]

@@kaimojepaslt senis took it personally.

[@GGigabiteM]

It is a random Chinese company, STG just got parts off of Ali Express, slapped their name on it and sold it on. You can literally buy everything in that PC on Ali Express under several different brands.

[@andoncroft]

Not every knock off is a Chinese company, many these cheap products are made in Europe and India, I think China cops a lot of flack lol

[@2528drevas]

I'm spoiled when it comes to PC Hardware, but if I were broke this wouldn't be awful.

[@bobfranklin2572]

this.​ nothing wrong with a 1660ti. it pulls all the weight in this e-waste build.

[@CoolTI-Daniel]

For 600 CAD, you could do significantly better.

[@jiszle697]

@@Rocko130185 Yeah dude something tells me this isn't designed for use with a 65 inch 4k gaming TV lol

[@Bruh-vd1pp]

​@@Rocko130185 well yeah your tv is like 3 times the cost of this build

[@sierra5065]

Definitely better than the gt750ti I was expecting, you could reasonably game on this. That said a optiplex with 7/8 gen Intel is ~300 and a rx6600 for $200 would be better in every way.

[@TheBcoolGuy]

I bought an i5-4690K, 16 gig RAM, MSI Z97 Gaming 5, Fractal integra M 750w, R9 390 8GB PC including an admittedly small 128 GB boot ssd with windows 10 for like $650 US in mid-2016. This PC is similar and costs about the same. Of course, mine doesn't have sketchy parts and is still my main PC to this day, with some upgrades. (GTX 1080, lots of storage, total of 24 gigs of RAM)

[@mrjones1696]

This channel is basically the technology equivalent of a man in the woods poking a turd with a stick but I love it.

[@rehanparacha3413]

Im still in shock how many pow profile gpus there are (the newer ones). Theres the gt 1030, rx 6400, gtx 1650, rtx a2000, a lp rtx 3050, an lp 4060, and now the most powerful being the rtx 4000 ada lp. All r absolute beasts for upgrading office pcs

[@MrBonesawzall]

It would be interesting to see some attempts at optimizing the system as it comes. Set ram speed and timings, OC cpu (4770 non K, so maybe FSB boost?), and OC the GPU a smidge. Lets see what's possible for the price point.

[@perry92964]

i was a little surprised with the micro mb in a giant sized case. but i guess there just liquidating what ever parts they have laying around

[@lilduck6942]

What the hairstyle Dawid

[@Frietpan]

also from temu

[@cameronhobson]

He's taking inspiration from Bringus. So the cycle continues.

[@threadripper979]

Long overdue for a haircut. We don't need another Steve.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

​@@threadripper979I stopped watching Steve because he won't stop stroking his hair all the goddamn time. It's disgusting. He just needs to get it perm'ed and be done with it. You know it's what he wants. He wants to be the prettiest girl at the prom, and more power to him. Whatever makes him happy. I just can't sit thru every video where he is stroking it all the time.

[@some-replies]

​@@Boogie_the_catwow man, sounds like you care more about his hair than he does. Kind of weird man.

[@pitmarsk6672]

6:40 U need to write command in console fps_max 200/300/400 etc. to unlock maximum framerate

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

"Path of Exile" has a problem with older CPUs too (even though it came out only 1 year after the 3770k in my example). Before my 3770k kicked it last year I almost couldn't play POE because of the inconsistency with frames. For whatever reason the game doesn't like the older CPUs, it will just stop utilizing the CPU in multithread mode. CPU would start off at 100% and running fine and then dropped to as low as 30% with massive frame time spikes.

[@WanderfalkeAT]

I had a i7 3820 for 7 years if you can believe it. The 2011 Socket was giving it a long life. Overclocked to 4.8 and 64GB DDR-3 Quad. Still about 8 times behind the Rig I am using now.

[@Sgt_SealCluber]

@@WanderfalkeAT Had my 3770k for 11 years. Bought it in 2012 and only replaced it when either it or the mobo kicked it Sept 2023. One benefit of AMD not competing and Intel being lazy and continuing to make only 4 core CPUs for a decade, I guess.🤣

[@some-replies]

The Alienware pc looming in the background of every video has become my favorite thing. It's like that one scene from signs 5:25 !!!

[@randysmith7094]

That yellow sticker covering a bunch of PSU vent holes, I would have pulled that off in a second.

[@kaecatlady]

What? And voided the warranty???...

[@L4ftyOne]

That CP77 Performance is actually crazy good

[@andrewdavidson665]

Yeah that one very much surprised me. Good on Temu. Not something I ever expected to write. 😐

[@patpatboy2]

I'm not mad at this PC given its price. I'm still running a 4790K, 16 GB DDR3 1600, GTX 1070, and a SATA SSD, and am getting totally playable 1080p experiences out of all the games I personally play.

[@Rockden]

I have the exact same configuration aside from a comparable Xeon cpu and it's great for what I do!

[@Izarious]

"Given its price" is a very bad take, its a fine pc for light 1080p games but not worth a dollar more than $200

[@killallsuvivors]

it's an okay pc for what it is but I wouldn't pay 500 for it at this point in time maybe 2-3 years ago

[@patpatboy2]

@@Izarious Ok, good luck with that, bud

[@anonymoustroll1549]

A small correction Jeff : Amazon has a courier service as well called ATS just like Fedex and they are not at all concerned about the sender or the item that is being sent.

[@gh0stm0nst3r6]

theyve been drop shipping amazon stuff lately. this is the third time Ive heard something like this in the past week

[@gamersplaygroundliquidm3th526]

A sound bar should feature independent left and right channels; it's amusing to think someone might consider them mono. If it were mono, it wouldn't be a sound bar but rather a center channel speaker for a 5.1 or more surround system. Love the videos, keep them coming!

[@ModestTater]

Hmmm....bought a Temu PC and hooked it up to the internet...we then had the large outage with CS. Coincident? I think not.

[@andoncroft]

Adorable, absolutely ADORABLE

[@Jimster481]

Well CS is a government psyop company for a command and control system. So they planned this outage, it actually had nothing to do with China. This time....

[@FranklyPeetoons]

What a high price. In 2019 I spent $125 on ebay for an old Dell with almost this exact configuration minus the GPU. Same CPU, same RAM, Windows 10 installed on an SSD, an optical drive, etc. I never gamed on it, though. It's my WiFi video server.

[@yissnakklives8866]

I upgraded my kids pc from the 4790k to a ryzen 5600x. Nothing else. He got almost a 50% performance improvement with no other components changed out (other than the move from ddr3 to ddr4)

[@dianaalyssa8726]

Nice. I imagine that's a huge IPC gain as well as going from 4C to 6 cores. I was really CPU limited in the 4 core era, just changing out platforms and upgrading CPU to a newer platform made a huge difference.

[@erikkarsies4851]

With what GPU?

[@thrashstronaut]

I gave my partner my old 4690K system 3 years ago so she can do coursework on it, the idea of buying one "new" from that generation blows my mind.

[@dianaalyssa8726]

@@thrashstronaut Those older machines are still great on Linux for office and perhaps some light gaming/HTPC on the side. Yeah buying one new about 10 years later is a bit interesting. Closest I had to this one was Skylake era pc. Also had a second gen, so I imagine it's somewhere in between.

[@CantankerousDave]

Nothing else, aside from the different motherboard and ram.

[@ftlhymee]

you can do -threads 9 in startup options, it would help with thread issue. for example, if you have 12 threads, you do -threads 13 and it utilizes all threads

[@thedegoose]

for the price that actually seems like a decent starter pc, obviously no upgrade path but some good results from popular games.

[@TrashwareArt]

no its horrible. For that price you can buy a 6500 xt gpu and 3600 x cpu,. the cpu is 11 years old. Its ewaste.

[@SpoonHurler]

Can buy a Lenovo P520 with 6c12t chip and a gtx 1080 for 400 bucks. Less bling but you get a better 650W or 900W power supply. This is terrible by comparison

[@thedegoose]

@@TrashwareArt and build it with everything setup correctly and windows 11 installed. If you are a beginner it's not bad at all. There are so many out there who want a decent start up pc who know nothing about builds and specs but that seems decent if they have nobody who can build one.

[@nebufabu]

Frankly, it should be either $100 cheaper or have AM4 motherboard to seriously consider if you have any other options, but yea, it's a suboptimal choice, not a total waste of money.

[@thedegoose]

@nerevar8823 cool beans

[@drewnewby]

I spent about an hour going over their grab bag of configurations. It's madness, all overpriced, seemingly parametric determined NOS assembly. I can't imagine the chaos for those workers, virtually no two builds down the line the same.

[@unsaltedskies]

Without the IED Temu PSU is it *really* a Temu PC? :p

[@Eternyl_bliss-nj9se]

That tiny motherboard with all the lighting makes me chuckle... they should of sent a branded tshirt with thair name though

[@popolkupol6948]

bruhh an $500 PC with lga1150 in 2024, Temu makes me sad

[@leehastie12]

Ran a similar cheap config like this for my brother's entry into PC gaming. CPU was the K variant with a 1050 ti instead. During the CS2 benchmark, the RAM bottleneck immediately jumped out to me since this was the same problem I was facing when benchmarking my brother's PC. The mobo he had only supported up to 1600mhz and the memory bottleneck was tanking the maximum performance out of the CPU GPU components as a result. Its frustrating when you're bottlenecked because of memory since with other components its easier to remedy with better upgrades. With RAM, you just kinda hit a brick wall and have to live with the performance hit. Luckily not so much a problem anymore with DDR4, 5 and 6 RAM.

[@slowlanegamer]

I felt a lot safer knowing Stgaubron made the PSU …. I was worried it was going to be some sketchy unknown brand 😂😂💀 Edit: I will admit that you can’t get a whole lot better from Best Buy at the specific $500 price point. I mean, I guess you could get some thing like a handheld. But about the cheapest thing you could get it Best Buy had a 12100 and a 1650 even with the better CPU I think that might actually be a worse set up for $500…. Mind you if you spend like 100-200 more you can get a whole lot more with actual modern GPU and components that can be upgraded down the line 😂. For like $700 you’re talking like 1TB ssd, 12400f, 3050, and 16gb of 3600MHz DDR4 which isn’t horrible other than the 3050 … I defiantly think the sweet spot if your buying prebuilt is about $880-1000 usd cuz then you get a 4060 or better and current gen CPUs

[@joshmoore8743]

that's an exact copy of my GPU & CPU. Although, I have 32 gigs of ram and an AIO on mine. I've got no problems on elder scrolls online because I lock it at 60 fps. 14k hours on a ps4 playing it, it's still massive upgrade from 720 @ (maybe)30fps staring at the ground.

[@mathew_smith]

hell yes

[@GamerDave1974]

Its places like Temu that make me SUPER glad I build my own systems, and they're systems that last for more than a few years as well as keeping up with gaming system requirements lol.

[@calasia7896]

I take exception to the delivery person comment you made. Our UPS person can destroy Anything and they are up for the challenge! 😅

[@Napostriouf]

Hi! Since the drivers were already pre-installed, I suspect that those low CPU & GPU utilization is because STGAubron probably preconfigured the video drivers to limit the FPS so you get a better 1% low in games. A technique often used in emulation to keep it smooth. That being said, maybe your right about the ram speed, but the 1660 ti is actually an update of the 1060ti which was the era of that 1333 mhz ram aka it shouldn't bottleneck unless the CAS is very aweful!

[@yissnakklives8866]

Omg dude! I nearly chiked myself out on "power supply by isis"!

[@ReallyNotTrixYT]

You may think the intro is a skit, but it's actually how Dawid decides where to buy a computer

[@thedegoose]

I see a new Dawid vid, i click straight away

[@donraggo77]

Same, everytime ;)

[@mephistovonfaust]

If it wasn't for the ancient CPU and Mainboard this could actually be a competent pre build for someone that knows how to apply XMP profiles and so forth.

[@ravisainigamedesigner]

yoo I am first

[@NP_Com]

Yoo he is chat!

[@shadowswithin702]

I had a i7 4790k and it was only a few years ago, I had to upgrade as my 1080 was dying. But it honestly was not a bad combination, and continued to play games at reasonable resolutions.

[@rollingtroll]

6:20 Line input. Man, that 4th gen i7... Just unacceptable. Wonder if that's even new, or an old one they dug up from some medieval castle.

[@greenprotag]

Dawid: "We've got some cables going to places that make sense" I seriously underestimate how simple yet wonderfully hilarious that statement is.

[@TheCynicalJedi]

You know what this thing is perfect for? Building into an arcade cabinet, it's already on a tiny motherboard, it's exactly what I'm planning on doing with my old 4790k rig, I imagine the limit will be switch/ps2 though, I haven't tried rpcs3 or xenia on it because I figure it's a waste of time lol

[@Tybearius]

1:37 - WOW! An RGB Flat Clicker!

[@NoobSniper]

Honestly, it's a well put together little system! The price, however, is a bit much considering the components lol. Great vid, Dawid 👍

[@meowarrarisse9715]

Aside from the soundbar almost invoking a segure, the complete lack of palm faced laughter was refreshingly not bad.

[@ElAnikilador001]

For that price you can build a system with a ryzen 5 8600g, there's even prebuilds in my country that go for around that price with that CPU

[@Cryptic_Tibs]

Upgraded my old system a couple of years ago, it was very similar to this one (i7-4770k and gtx 1070) to a rtx 3060 12gb, i5-12400F, ddr4 16gb and a B650 mobo for €700 ish? kept the case, psu and fans and it works fantastic on even more demanding games. Albeit that case looks nice :D and I was surprised by its performance.

[@DemonStink]

They got the top front fan installed in the wrong orientation so it's mismatched against the other fans lol. I'm assuming it's because the cable couldn't reach and couldn't be bothered to spend pennies to include a fan extender cable.

[@00Otaku-l9b]

Visually looks good

[@theroyalaustralian]

Dawid: The best CPU that you can use in that board is the Intel Xeon E3 1280. Base clock: 4ghz Boost clock: 4.4ghz

[@edindzaferovic1451]

It looks and performs better then some prebuilds back in 2015-2017.

[@AgentShabeer]

This pc setup with the same mouse and keyboard is what they used in the gaming cafe in my country for play Rainbow six. It's cost like $380 USD brand new here

[@pokrovsky-production]

I'm still using i7-4790 with Quadro P4000 for coding/video editing/sometimes gaming and it's more than usable. Also I have to mention that I payed no more than 200 EUR for that system including 2 SSDs and 4 TB HDD.

[@Sanyifashion]

9:02 oooo -> explosion, that was my favorite part😂😂

[@thehorsefromhorsinabout]

you know, I watched those linus secret shopper vids, and a few big name system builder didn't even do the foam pillow inside for shipping.

[@Chris-yc3mm]

Sata port is also covered by that right angle sata cable in the neighbouring port 🤦‍♂️

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

It was surprisingly better than I'd ever expect save the peripherals.

[@helloken]

I just picked up a PC with similar specs to this one off the sidewalk and it was only missing an SSD and GPU. Had a nice case, cooler, and fanless Seasonic Platinum. If it powers up (admittedly haven't tested this yet so there is that...) but looks clean and like it would. Shrug...would be cool if it boots and is stable. And yes I wiped it down good (carefully) with alcohol.

[@milentiusgaming]

what scares me is that they actually took the time to put notes on there saying which display outputs to use, they know their market is stupid enough to buy it and then send it back for RMA after plugged it in wrong...

[@tek_lynx4225]

since its using haswell install the patches that remove the Meltdown/Spectre patch performance downgrades windows installs.

[@mataviongaming]

‘Looks over at my dual core 3ghz a-8 with a sigh’

[@CantankerousDave]

I mostly use a modern laptop, but my desktop is eerily similar to this with its 4770K. A 1660ti would be a big step up from its 3.5gb GTX 970, though.

[@dianaalyssa8726]

Better than I thought it would be when I saw TEMU gaming pc. DDR3 low speed likely a good part of what's holding it back, though there are things holding it back, like age. Maybe it should have been around 300-400. GPU isn't bad, but the rest is just whatever they had that was cheap.

[@vexedhulk9817]

I've seen similar builds on facebook market place for ~$250 and I live in Canada!

[@ahmetrefikeryilmaz4432]

The case is more than decent but nothing can justify a 4770 getting shipped in 2024. I'd use that case though. That exact layout with full frontal mesh performs extremely well with downdraft and tower coolers.

[@mikkelbreiler8916]

I am already looking forward to seeing you upgrade with parts you Wish are better.

[@erikkarsies4851]

What you could upgrade this system with am4 mainboard Am4 CPU and DDR4 to match the decent GPU in it, or maybe look for that on the second hand market. Plenty of people selling their AM4 stuff now (For gamers with a 5800X3D really not necessary btw)

[@TheTekknician]

A PSU that doesn't have autosense for the voltage is... ancient technology man.

[@walterlegere1403]

Can't judge here. I just retired (in January) a 4th Gen HP small form factor system (Core i7-4790K) I had been using for about 7 years as my daily driver. I upgraded to a 9th Gen 9900KF with a GTX-1080ti on a Z390 and 32 GB of DDR4 3200 RAM and that's what I'm using now. Rise of the Tomb Raider, Horizon Zero Dawn, Diablo IV, all at 1080p high and ultra settings and I barely get below 80 FPS. All the components I'm using are used. There is something to be said for "matched" components that work well together even though they are older.

[@fuller9x]

Please tell me you opted for the RGB Speaker as the free gift to compliment the soundbar?

[@IIITangentIII]

The reveal after pulling out the packing foam was hilarious.

[@mitabpraga7487]

The great thing about buying stuff with CAD is that the Canadian rouble is worth so little it doesn't matter what rubbish you buy, you won't actually lose much real money on it and a lot of the time you'll be pleasantly surprised...

[@Craider79]

I MEAN..... That's not a bad PC... $500 is a bit much for it - but seriously they took the time to build it well - even the RGB seems to be working correctly - which is $100+ at any store - if not more. A 1660 Ti is still a fairly capable entry level GPU, the CPU though old is still not ready to retire - and essentially is the same as the all time great 4770K (4790K was too expensive compared to the added performance it gave) which was for most people the king till the 7700K came out - just without the OC capability... It's a very solid kids/casual PC - and it will absolutely CRUSH Minecraft and Fortnite! I would say good job on this one - and praise the fact that these PCs are being made with enough sense to be solid machines while helping to reuse parts which were bound for the garbage bin.

[@KirsiKitten]

I have a 4770 with a 1060 and it still holds up really well considering its the year 2024

[@domfjbrown75]

A fan that's developed a mdma club habit? Literally just creased up! That's made my day, Dawid! Great job!!!

[@yourproblemthesolution]

I always come back to the same question: why do we need 120-150-200 fps when the human eye can at most see 60 fps... I remember gaming on my 486DX4 in the mid 90's at 12 fps, and still had a lot of fun doing so. I've bought many a pc recently from Temu or AliExpress for my wife and kids, they love 'em. The laptops do the job, look great and I paid a whole lot less than I would for HP, Acer, Asus etc.

[@maxheadroom22and26]

The "brand" name to me (being german) looks more like french: St. Gaubron could be a swiss village next to Heidi's Dörfli or a french cloister or something like that...