I Bought A Refurbished Acer Gaming PC - But Was It a Mistake?

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Wait, You got yours with dual channel RAM? That's unfair! 😂 I wish they all came like that. The price is actually really good considering that model is less than a year old. Great video. 👍

[@baljeetgaming8231]

hi

[@pekiimatvrdi]

Lol 6 minutes

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah after seeing your video then seeing the ram inside this one I was very surprised! Was expecting that nasty single stick haha

[@Marty_NZ]

Congrats on the 200k subscribers Dawid Tenthiddy.

[@Cbamptronious]

Acer Loser Nitro Suckface Edition

[@youravggamer]

To be honest I was totally expecting like a 2009 acer lol, still great tho

[@esatd34]

agreed. pretty decent and recent.

[@rajeeell]

Same

[@unsettled_5]

Time is running short. Believe and confess to Jesus and stop putting him aside before it is too late. Jesus is the only way to heaven. Not by works or by going to Church every Sunday (not saying stop attending) John 14:6 “Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Romans 10:9-10 “If you declare with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you profess your faith and are saved.” Spread the word God bless :)

[@hamzathebeastgaming3339]

@@unsettled_5 don't believe on Jesus

[@lordmeme9965]

@@hamzathebeastgaming3339 omg

[@kIDNEYKid-xt9uc]

I can hear Dawid just screaming.

[@DeadpoolPlayz]

hehe

[@RandomGaminginHD]

His voice was in my head during the whole video haha

[@fedro168]

@@RandomGaminginHD for one moment i tough it was a dawids video

[@iSamYTBackup]

Me too

[@iSamYTBackup]

@@fedro168 what it was a randomgaminghs's video Allweys has been

[@cako7139]

Prebuild PC got that HDMI Sticker at the Front so you can see we passed 2002.

[@How23497]

Just like a Console lmao

[@tristanweide]

Its more to prove that they reach the spec. You have to pass certification to use the logo.

[@Minto107]

If your device supports HDMI it must have an HDMI logo somewhere. That's a requirement when you want to include HDMI port in your device

[@mohmmadaidh3495]

Can I change the light

[@highoncilantro4057]

Love the videos man. The work you put into them is great but for some reason i cant seem to watch them in bed because it instantly puts me to sleep. Not being mean or anything but maybe its the calming voice and accent put together with a bunch of nerd stuff that im a fan of. Keep doing you man.

[@MarkTheMorose]

ASMRinHD.

[@d4nyll]

His videos are certainly a great way to end your day

[@KnowingEyes]

I feel ya. Problem is, I'll take his calm voice over those wannabe YT'ers that constantly get psuedo-excited every sentence or so.

[@zaz6463]

"Acer Nitro Suck-Face Edition"

[@gwm-btdbattlesagar.ioandmo9988]

ahhhhhh man of culture i see

[@Bboyman1150]

*Acer Loser Nitro Suck-Face

[@cooldownboi3890]

"Acer Nitro sell your grafics card to get your money back Edition"

[@projectchannel8435]

Let’s see if it has the same curse as Dawid’s

[@kurtucio]

Acer Loser Nitro Suck-face Edition HAHAHAH

[@towss]

I’m so happy that I got my 1660 super 1 month ago when they were £230

[@RandomGaminginHD]

that's a great price, looks like you got one just in time!

[@ksp1278]

@@RandomGaminginHD I got mine for £225 over a year ago, so IMHO even that price was inflated for a card thats over a year old. Current prices are ridiculous, so you did well to get it at that price in recent times.

[@Drewtheelder]

I got a 1660Ti for £250, seems like a bargain now.

[@PrismaSpots]

Dawid will have ptsd watching this

[@DeadpoolPlayz]

* thiddy intensifies *

[@reptilez13]

"Pandemic Jan 2021 - month 12 - Prebuilts have become more cost effective than custom built..."

[@Syntax.error.]

Few months ago you could buy a 2080ti for €400 when everyone thought the 3080 would be €700 hahaha

[@jonniezodiac]

Exactly what I did the second I saw the prices drop

[@adamashworth6293]

I got my 3080 for £655 and it wipes the floor with 2080ti

[@LePedant]

RX580's are going for over $200 on Ebay, 3 months ago I bought one for $120. These prices are stupid in 2021!

[@adamashworth6293]

@AVLRECORDS You clearly have no idea what you are talking about.

[@Orcawhale1]

@AVLRECORDS That's flat out wrong. There's nothing "mid range" about the 3080, it's die size is bigger than the 2080, and packs twice as many transistors. What's more the whole concept of "mid range" don't really exists, it simply a term reviewers made up to talk about the card in the middle. Which the 3080 certainly isn't, given it's status as the flagship gpu..

[@isellstolenchainsaws]

I like how you're worried about airflow in that Cadillac of a case, you wouldn't want to see my sleeper Lenovo K450E build lol

[@ivouvar2822]

You are my go-to youtuber for when im about to sleep cuz your voice is so chill and the content is entertaining ans overall your videos are great keep it up mate!

[@mansafist]

I was about to upgrade my PC but seeing the prices rn, I think my 2006 will do just fine for another year

[@PacketWrangler]

Pre-builts are so fun, especially the older Ivy Bridge and Haswell ones. I got an older HP ProDesk with an i5-4570 in it for $80 a couple weeks back. Talk about architectures that have aged well - holy smokes. Pop a GT1030 in it, and you've got a rig that will play so many great games from about 2010 and earlier as well as some newer stuff that happens to be well-optimized or is just build to run on potatoes (like DOTA, LOL, Eve, Fortnite, etc). I sent it to a buddy so he could get back in to it, and it's humming along like a champ. If you're using a PC to complement a console, then there's really no reason to go big unless you're doing content creation.

[@takehirolol5962]

Well, another rule for any Tech KZbinr: never place specs in the Description

[@jmdavila313]

Looking forward to the laptop review. I have an HP pavilion gaming laptop that was the cheapest black Friday deal at two major retailers here in the states and it has served me well so far.

[@DesFTW_]

Because of the cpu utilization, I'm pretty sure this system is extremely similar to mine (6700k @4.7ghz and 1070) in terms of performance glad to see that in modern games that I don't own (possibly yet) it can still do a decent job

[@ishansingh3575]

they make propritary boards to achive two major things- 1.power supply rating (yes they only convert ac into 12 v Dc then board handles everything else) 2.the size can be cut down as they want and io ports make a big money too.

[@scud553]

Id love to see if fps would improve if you added 8 more gigs of ram

[@petrurk6835]

it would, vahalla would hit 60 fps on average

[@nopenopeagain4397]

It's very likely. I got big gains even when just browsing the net when I initially upgraded from 8 to 16 gig. I would consider 16GB the bare minimum for good performance today.

[@scud553]

Its really frustrating how big the difference is between 8 and 16gb, yet prebuilts love to use 8gb. I think it'd be smarter to spend the little bit more and market the far better performance. But what do I know

[@RWL2012]

@Michaels Carport how were those 3GB and 6GB prebuilts even configured...?

[@rehanaziz8499]

@@RWL2012 I still have 1 that came with 1+1+2 Gb sticks from dell

[@EVILOSERUN]

1660 Super is still a great 1080p card, it can handle games at 1080p 60 FPS easily. Only limiting factor here is the RAM 8GB for valhalla! It needs 16 Gigs if you want to go above low settings!

[@Niculpa]

So glad I've upgraded my pc in september, got good deals too, now all the parts I've bought are at least 20% more expensive.

[@gerald8573]

Those little "slings" at the SATA-Datacable are actually genius!

[@raimondray5570]

The fan on the back is golden something. I have a 3 pack, it cost 15 pound on red rgb, but all though is cheap, it does it's job! Great video mate!

[@d.b.8684]

Im So happy I got my 1660 super before everything went super crazy. Its a PNY blower style card version $230 shipped. the price premium people are charging now is insane

[@Electrify85]

Have a non-gaming Acer from 2017. When I added a video card had no issues replacing the stock power supply with a Corsair one. I wonder if there has ever been any market research done on the percentage of PC gamers who build their own systems versus prebuilts. I'm willing to bet that those who build their own are a vocal minority and the majority of PC gamers actually buy prebuilts, especially if you factor in laptops.

[@martinmalone6324]

Never has a prebuild been as more prevelent as these times!!, your rocking it, as is Dawid. AND I'M SITTING HERE WITH RX 6800 XT RED DEVIL.

[@WouterVerbruggen]

This is a 12VO PSU. If you want to replace it with an adapted/custom 'normal' ATX PSU, it's very important you get a high-quality unit. Standard ATX PSU's are not meant to only provide 12V, so if they do their voltage stability and efficiency can suffer quite a lot.

[@adamfielding1746]

I managed to get a prebuilt pc from feirce PC for £850, with a RTX 3060Ti, I5 9400f, 16 gig of ram, has a bad motherboard but its not holding it back. This is my first gaming pc and I've made a few adjustments like adding a cooler master hyper 212 becuase the cpu was getting hot and adjusting the fan speeds to keep the gpu cool. Really happy with it and I know I'mm so lucky as the PC i ordered had a rtx2060 but they emailed me saying they were out of stock and would upgrade it for free. Playing games on ultra on a 1080p monitor at over 100fps easily. One of the best purchases i have made

[@drsoe08]

I bought a pre built in a local PC shop last October for 560 usd the component are: CPU: Ryzen 7 PRO 1700x MOBO: Asus TUF B450M Pro Gaming RAM: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16gb 3000Mhz GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1660ti OC PSU: EVGA 700W BR 80+ Bronze Case: Keytech T850 Was this a good deal?

[@gp3328]

320 pounds? In North Carolina a 1660 super cost like 800 usd

[@brandon2089]

It's like $400 in Georgia. Prices haven't raised too too much but we still have the scalpers

[@ZeroHourProductions407]

800 pounds is the mass of the gorilla coming by to rob your bank account.

[@thenoobreturnz8968]

Where tf you looking at? I'm also in NC and its only $400 on newegg the same price as a 2060

[@DigitalJedi]

They're about $450 where I am in PA. Ti and super variants have been posted for over $600.

[@gp3328]

@@thenoobreturnz8968 hmmm thats what I see

[@PupusaJrYT]

I just got this exact machine for about £575. Only other parts I bought were two 8gb sticks of RAM and a 2TB HDD. Mine comes with 512gb of SSD though. Super excited considering the price of GPUs right now. It arrives this Tuesday.

[@Paul-li5zc]

Where, if you don't mind me asking? LaptopsDirect also?

[@Pakenija]

I almost did buy one of these things in 2019... The airflow of that thing is almost non existent, the temps go to almost gaming laptop levels. I'd rather get 2nd hand gaming laptop tbh. :P It gets hot too but at least u can carry it around... Great video anyway, I love how much effort u put into these.

[@TehAki210]

There's something soothing about listening to you talk about computers. Always love watching your videos!

[@rhobson]

01:58 "This is such an early-2000's Dell thing to do" It seems it's still a late-2021's Dell thing to do, as Gamer Nexus can tell us about... :D That graphics card shroud, it is unnecessary, but could be a good idea for longer cards, to avoid sagging! I think it's there to act as a "heat separator" inside the case, although there's no way for the hot air from the graphics card to be ejected from the case...

[@Durbanite2010]

You should be able to find an adapter for the power connector on eBay for that motherboard for a relatively low price. That LiteOn PSU looks ATX-sized so I'm sure you could upgrade it with, say, a Corsair CV-series PSU (which are on the smaller side and usually 80+ Bronze but available in higher wattages - my own PC has a CV650 in it) and an adapter for not huge investment. Older Dells have proprietary power supplies which are unconventionally shaped so, often, they're impossible to change out (particularly so on SFF and USFF builds), which makes upgrading difficult.

[@MysticalWafflez]

Good video! I've been trying to get my hands on a 2060 super for a while now. Prices are so crazy right now. I wish they weren't.

[@jonbell6355]

You can order a power supply adaptor if you want to change the supply. i ordered one when i was unsure if my Acer predators 500 watt unit could power the GTX970 i fitted, never got round to changing the power supply. Time overtook the PC in the end you could say. it finished its life doing standard desktop dutys.

[@megazenn22]

i got £80 off a £200 phone because it was "refurbished" what that usually means is somone bought it, opened it, then changed their mind and returned it. :)

[@ravipeiris4388]

Great review. Running RDR2, my system memory runs at 16k-19k.

[@chriscooper2395]

Is that one of those board that just have the 12v PSU, That board is huge a looks like it does most of the Voltage regulation on the board. No 20+4 pin connectors?

[@scaredchris2936]

What I was wondering too.

[@LianParma]

It's probably a ATX12VO PSU. It seems most companies are migrating to the new standard to get cheaper high efficiency PSUs.

[@ItsSoup17]

I just built my first pc. I was previously used a pre-built acer predator from 2013 and it was honestly one of my best purchases ever.

[@Jollylyrical]

You re my fav tech youtuber, love your vids. keep it up!

[@OweenVRO]

If you're looking into building a pc right now. The RX 580 4GB goes for around £100 on facebook/ebay/cex

[@thenoobreturnz8968]

Depends if you want to trust those people, id be more wary of the Facebook marketplace than anything dont think they have any buyer protection

[@OweenVRO]

@@thenoobreturnz8968 I definitely agree on that term. However, PayPal helps a lot with its buyers protection, and I purchased one for a build I was doing for someone and the card was rarely used. Just have to get those lucky finds

[@OweenVRO]

@@StormeeSkyes I checked facebook personally, but i'm guessing it's harder on ebay

[@tourmaline07]

I just sold an RX 580 8gb for £250! Ridiculous the way the GPU market is going tbf, took advantage of that to get a Vega 64 Nitro+ which will keep me going at 1200p (16:10) for Cyberpunk

[@OweenVRO]

@@tourmaline07 that’s an amazing find. Someone I know found a GTX 1060 6GB lightly used, which is impossible to do in the past never mind now haha

[@conorf8091]

Refurbished goods are fine most of the time. I got my 144hz 1080p monitor with freesync (Gsync compatable) about 30% cheaper than new price. Came in the box as near enough brand new condition, couldn’t tell the difference

[@ajaeultra]

Found my gtx 1070 at the start of lockdown from cex. It was £200. Now it stands at £250 from the same place.

[@suhas-qw4nu]

What settings would use for RDR-2 vulkan with a 1060?

[@PRODVDi]

That PSU might be using the new ATX12VO standard which would explain the weird motherboard, PSU connection, and 80+Gold rating. The 5V and 3.3V conversion is handled on the mobo itself hence the SATA power coming off of it

[@volrider]

You got a bargain, well in todays prices, I looked at Laptops Direct and could not see this only inferior models at much higher prices, crazy world at the moment.... I think I will hang on for 12 months when a lot of stuff is available at proper prices, keep up the videos love them :)

[@TR1PLE_6]

I bought a Dell XPS 8700 pre-build back in 2014 for £699. Initial specs were: MB - Dell 0KWVT8 Z87 CPU - i7-4790 with crappy Intel stock cooler GPU - GTX 745 PSU - Some crappy 460W Dell thing RAM - 4x4GB DDR3 1600MHz Storage - 2TB HDD And yes, the case airflow was absolute crap!

[@SeeTheWholeTruth]

MAN! You rocked it on that price! Wow. Great idea on the refurbished for beating the availability issues.

[@GreyWolfTowers]

Here in the USA the Acer nitro 50 is shown as "Acer Nitro 50 Desktop Intel i5-8400 2.80GHz 8GB Ram 256GB SSD Windows 10 Home (Renewed)" - no mention of dedicated gpu or a hard drive besides the ssd and only an 8th gen i5... And it is $700 USD "refurbished"

[@schekelberg6187]

A Few days ago i got a Ryzen 5 2600 and a Vega 56 with 16GB RAM, it's definitely build for Performance, no RGB and the TT Supressor F31, Just 500€ and damn, it's so quiet, even under Load.

[@neilmacdonald4913]

Hi , I am running a r5 2600 , rtx2060 and 16gb ram at 3000mhz , I play at 1080p 60fps , great vid btw .

[@gregsmith9183]

On paper the GTX 1660 super 6gb (Q4 2019) is about 2-3% slower than the GTX 1070 8gb (Q2 2016). 8gb ram along with the 256gb SSD is bare minimum. But at least they used dual channel ram with 2 extra slots for upgrade and a mechanical HDD for storage. Nice to see USB C port on the case. And whats with the black and wihite cable taped to the top under side of the case along with the nest of wires at the front of the case?

[@TheSpotify95]

That's a nice little system; I have noticed that prices for everything are higher than normal now... Also, I personally wouldn't mind single channel RAM because it means I can then quickly get another stick of the same RAM, doubling its capacity. My HP OMEN 15 being a classic example, it came with 1x 8GB so I immediately upgraded it to 2x 8GB (and then later 2x 16GB).

[@floydfan2026]

I love how the GPU fan says dont touch

[@Xnetteom]

Refurbished acer always seems to come through. Got a nitro 5 laptop for about $430 off ebay. Threw another 8gb ram and a boot ssd and its perfect

[@darrooxx]

Can you also look at second hand pre builds like a Dell studio xps or dell xps. And look at the new second hand prebuilds like dell gaming, msi nightblade of trident, or infinite, Hp omen,. and Lenovo.

[@smeejaytee]

I brought a version of this system for £10 seriously! After a bit of tuning and a ram upgrade I'm quite happy with it

[@SgtReaper22]

I went with NZXT for a pre-built pc I know my way around a pc but I'm not confident enough to build one from the ground up.I purchased the Streamer pc with an RTX 3070,I'm just waiting until it's built and shipped.

[@austinrioux3979]

with fortnite most people use competitive settings which is everything set to low or off besides render distance which is set to epic these settings make it easier to see people. Also love the videos and thank you for all the awesome content!

[@Mandrag0ras]

I did not expect such amazing performance on RDR2 from a 1660 Super at such detail level.

[@borislavrumenov2085]

How in the world did you get a price like that on their website? Can't find anything close with those specs, great video though!

[@brianbrians3157]

A couple months ago I scored an HP gaming desktop i5-9400f+gtx1660ti refurb from vipoutlet via ebay for $515. I basically bought a 1660 ti and got a free computer along with it. Even though it was a refurb the ssd only showed 6 hours of power on time.

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Random, A PC like this would be a great buy for parents on a lower budget that have kids doing home schooling & a bit of gaming, way better than a lot of the 'Gaming PCs' with a GT710 or integrated graphics for a similar price

[@ezridax5809]

I just sold my 2060 for €260 a couple months ago to a friend when I received my 3070. I didn't even know there was a increase in price and decrease in stock until today. So we both got pretty lucky I guess

[@clouds5]

I never got pre-built PCs :D If I wanted a pre-built gaming system I would just go with a console... Building the PC is half the fun and if you want a good, well rounded system, you have to do as much or even more research with pre-built systems because you want the components to be well optimized with each other.

[@spaceboii007]

Well I got a similar new pre built pc for around 65000 Rs (~650£). i5 10400, 1660 Super and the same silly custom motherboard. My only concern with it only has 380W of power supply. It's going great till now but please suggest if I should upgrade that PSU?

[@Mike81111]

I have pre built Asus S340 PC with i5-9400F , GTX 1660 6Gb, 16 Gb DDR4 (dual 8Gb), 512 Gb M.2 NVMe SSD and 500W 80 Plus Bronze power supply. I paid 900€ new. If I would have built it myself parts cost would have been 750€ in Finland.

[@TheEnhas]

Love how this is better than the budget PC I built a few months ago, I mean ugh I never get good deals like this Edit: Upon a second look the processor is the only thing better than what I have but still, prices in Canada are way too high

[@shadowstorm-qb1cs]

what software are you useing to see the fps and cpu and that if you dont mind me asking

[@victorrichards5672]

Hey man, i was wondering, do you know anything about the china only release gtx 1030? Id love to know more about it but I can't find info

[@deathtrooper5759]

One issue I'm currently having with this PC is that I want to upgrade my PSU to something more powerful than my 500w supply. From what I've come to discover, this PC's motherboard doesn't have a 24 pin connector for the PSU but uses some kind of 6 pin connector. I'm fairly new to building PC's but I can't figure this one out. Literally the same PC as this one but I added more ram and upgraded to an RTX 2060

[@gentology2798]

I have these specs on my pc, with a palit dual fan 1660s and 16gb ram and it works just fine, i paid 650 euro for it and now it costs 850 which is a lot

[@donoteatmikezila]

How do they have both a totally custom motherboard and case and yet the cables are still a mess. It's a perfect chance to put all the connectors in the perfect places.

[@nopenopeagain4397]

Huh. A few months ago I got the final parts of my upgrade including a B550 motherboard, 32GB of DDR4-3200 and R5 3600 at regular prices, looks like I perfectly dodged the scarcity.

[@quicksilvercho]

Amazing deal you got there! Here even rx 580 used has gotten up to 220£ and this is atrocious! With 1070 hovering around 260

[@danielah3398]

What's the purpose of the mounting plate on the GPU?

[@gnoldi]

How do you like the proprietary motherboard?

[@zayebchowdhury7688]

Will you be doing another setup review anytime soon? And if so, what’s your Instagram so we can send our submissions? Thanks, and your videos are still weirdly entertaining to this day, keep it up!

[@kennyj4366]

Great deal on the PC. No way you could have built it for that, the GPU & CPU would have nearly cost the same so for now at least it's a great deal. Thank you for sharing. 🥴

[@franscartoons]

The stutter though.... Is there a vram problem?

[@gorjy9610]

reason they go with custom mainboard is simple. Most motherboard come with video outputs and if they ship it with CPU without GPU even with big stickers saying connect your monitor here many people would just connect to mainboard connectors, see there is no picture and just return PC and ask for refund. Also this way they can use 12V only PSU and save few bucks there (and make smaller PSUs on mainboard with cheapest parts available probably :))

[@Ami-is-Blsd]

Can I remove the cooler and replace it with 120 mm aftermarket one?

[@6soul143]

Can I change the motherboard then power supply with new case?

[@kiansaghafi8681]

Is that thing on the GPU mounting plate removable

[@TheNiteNinja19]

Acer. 'nuff said. Although my Predator Helios 500 with the Ryzen 7 2700 and Vega 56 in a laptop is still going strong. Dawid's PC was also possessed.

[@ridersk1220]

a bought a pc for 300€ with i5 3570k rx580 8gb ram 1333 idk im lazy to write more was it a good deal?

[@danielah3398]

does the custom mobo fit normal standoff configurations?

[@atticussnake1435]

Would not be that keen on having to find another mb after paying £566. That cooling may require an upgrade... and there's not much space to cram one in! The graphics card is a bonus though!

[@robredhead8164]

So long as they don't do the Dell trick of marginal PSU, that is overloaded once you put more RAM and extra storage. Does look like its better than the one Dawid had.

[@Spirow]

This was £1000 new and it only got you 8GB RAM? That is kind of shameful to be honest, I'd expect at least 2x8GB

[@kotrix]

what is standart of that PSU? I would like to add better GPU and better PSU(like 650W), but it is not event ATX12VO - there is just 6pin connector to motherboard (except of 4 + 4 pin for CPU)

[@silerio7488]

What was the motherboard? You didnt told us :C

[@matternado]

What were the timing on the ram??

[@niospartan]

I managed to get a 1660 super in the u.s. from best by at MSRP 240 using their price match system and b and h photo thankfully had yet to mark up their prices.

[@m_murphsss3415]

How do your remove the GPU considering it has a big backplate?

[@DavidNap]

Hey i was wondering if you would try and do a case swap on this computer, it would really help me and probably many others.

[@DanielPK]

For the price of that Acer Nitro 50 here in my country, I can get a more powerful custom-built system. Surprisingly all the Acer Nitros I found weren't refurbished, but brand new units.