I Bought An "RGB Custom Built Gaming PC" from Etsy.com...

After browsing Etsy for a gaming PC I found an "RGB Custom Built Gaming PC", but the seller clearly misunderstood what all those terms mean.
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[@senuhet13]

Finally a PC that makes my ancient 2009 Dell feel good about itself.

[@dragontales1999]

It makes me feel proud to have an original Xbox One from 2013.

[@skatertux8051]

Lmao custom built 2017 mid range gaming pc 😅

[@nicekeyboardalan6972]

Its a second gen I5 (2011) so im sure its much better than yours

[@rainbowbunchie8237]

@@nicekeyboardalan6972 If he's got a first gen i7 970 with a GTX 280 or perhaps an HD 5970, especially a 5970, he'd be running circles around this machine. Socket 1366 is quite the drug my dood. For example, the Alienware Aurora R1, and various high-end workstations.

[@randomweirdyoutubechannel8955]

I3 4170 here did have ryzen 3 but the board died oh well runs some games better than my ryzen 3 1200 did

[@henry03100]

David what happened is some teenager just went into his or her local school and just yoinked a computer and sold it on Etsy.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Haha!! That is exactly what this is.

[@henry03100]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff thought so XD I've seen so many of those in my high school

[@captinsparklezremix]

You can do that? I gotta get on that then.

[@henry03100]

@@captinsparklezremix yes just go take a school computer and advertise it as a gaming pc with "super fast" memory and a "beast" of a gpu

[@ah7027]

@@henry03100 there used all over the place. My work has the same kind and they update like every 2 years. So all the used ones end up selling for cheap. So some guy just found a bunch of them that were being offloaded for dirt cheap and modified it slightly. lol

[@DutchTheHooligan]

Stumbled across one of your vids. Now I can’t stop watching them. Great sense of humor and energy!

[@anthonyburton2448]

im exactly the same watched 1 now have to watch them all lol

[@cael_1303]

Same here. lol. I do love the sense of humor. Of course with some... ok well with practically all of these buys you have to.

[@StrangebeanOffitial]

Same

[@jasonhaggard5591]

I seriously expected you to open the box and it be a computer hand carved out of a block of wood with colored bead bracelets for the 'RGB'. To be honest, it might have made it worth the money if it had been hand carved.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I mean, that is what you would expect from Etsy. :P

[@jonathanellis6097]

That's the most jovial I've seen someone after they have quite clearly been ripped off.

[@brianm.595]

He didn't get ripped off lol. Did you see that listing? If you buy something that laughably non-descriptive, its your own fault. To be fair he will also make money by being able to make a video on it.

[@RuggedKnight]

@@brianm.595 it also didnt function as described (wrt fortnite performance) so regardless of listed specs....

[@dying2play517]

@@RuggedKnight BRO! That fortnite gameplay was FLAWLESS! What r u talking about? I saw no problems. I would trade my 1660 super for that gpu ALL DAY!

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I have become a masochist at this point. XD

[@epictoast6727]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff and that's what we appreciate about you bud. 👏

[@OhHiiMarc]

"An UwU port" Perfect for your everyday friendship Etsy PC.

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Only the best for your Etsy PC

[@Trent8086]

It didn't even have a "Furries are People too." sticker on it though.

[@TheNews1990]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff love that the "RGB" fan's LEDs are connected to power, but the fan itself (4 pin plug) is disconnected.

[@TheNews1990]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff 03:35 LOL

[@nickwall608]

Perfect for the people that still use 2 button, ball mice that connect with that port.

[@zlatanmorrison8182]

"being choked out hard, hope it was consensual" :D

[@KenzertYT]

PS2 ports are actually really useful as they hit the CPU with information before USB does. Very useful for troubleshooting, tuning, etc. It's actually pleasant when you get a PS2 connector on modern motherboards.

[@weberman173]

a year late but for anyone that sees this. its less "PS2 hits the CPU before USB" its the way that it interfaces with the CPU that differs, USB functions by being "pulled" by the System/CPU, aka the System sends a Signal to the device that basicaly ammounts to "whatsyadoing" and the device responds with what it does. a PS/2 Device will instead send its own "interupts" to the CPU, basicaly slapping the CPU in its face with "i did shit, work on it now" That DOES have the advantage that the PS/2 interupts has a higher "priority" then USB for the CPU, and even in cases where the entire systemis experience catastrophic problems that makes the USB Stack unresponsive.. the PS2 interupts shoudl still work

[@aa-tx7th]

what a chad. comes in over a year and a half after the og comment to drop some interesting and useful knowledge. this is what the youtube comment section should be for. respect.

[@GreatMossWater]

Was confused thinking you were talking about PlayStation 2.

[@JoeMama-jf3zd]

"Follow me on whichever Social media you don't hate" XD

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I hated too many of them, so that list is now very short. :P

[@dustt314]

Your pfp is adorable i must say

[@JoeMama-jf3zd]

@@dustt314 thanks :)

[@dustt314]

@@JoeMama-jf3zd :D

[@emporium7709]

you should review a friendship bracelet

[@Graphics_Card]

No. He should review a live strong bracelet. Even what would Jesus do bracelet would be nice.

[@huaky24]

It'll be an rgb gaming bracelet

[@yukariTheLalafell]

@@Graphics_Card live string bracelet, he not fighting static he fighting cancer!

[@lindah6954]

$200 for beads and a piece of string? lol

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

I don't have the correct testing equipment for something that technical.

[@FabulouslyTerrifyingEnt]

I've always been very curious about what the sellers actually say when you confront them about the obvious crappy pcs

[@zetsubou3704]

Dawid just skipped checking the Ram config to save himself from going mad

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Oh I did actually check. It has two 4 gig sticks in it. :P

[@ZephyrKV]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff at least give em props for not using single channel

[@shaneeslick]

@@DawidDoesTechStuff WOOHOO! 🥳

[@wizdude]

OmG dUaL cHaNeLl gAmInG mEmOrY !!

[@naseemyasir]

Last time i was this early Dawid actually bought a good prebuilt Edit : getting these many likes and comments is not what I expected for what is essentially a LIE

[@anno5936]

WAKE UP! Never happened... 🤪

[@TypicalPRO123]

You must of never been early then..

[@toxicityuser]

@@anno5936 you forgot abt the aliexpress rtx 3070 one?

[@anno5936]

@@toxicityuser It was "okayish" given the current market, but: single channel, cooling. Yeah, these are only minor things compared to many others and i have to admit i checked it out; in the end those contra-points killed it for me. Another point: they openly made a statement that they will declare it as a TV box of little value to pass customs... yet what happens, when you bought a DOA unit ?

[@fred_derf]

The last time I was this early Dawid had a PC with dual-channel RAM.

[@fierce134]

Brb, gonna game on the Optiplex under my desk while watching this Also that Fornite laughing was infectious

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Hopefully you didn't pay too much for it. :P

[@Kireobat]

The reason the pc's rgb fan didn't make any noise was because it wasn't plugged in to the motherboard.

[@wordsmith451]

“Whoa, that’s a snug fit! Although, not quite as snug as you’d like, actually.” Heh, heh.

[@AnnaDoes]

Hahaha “made by an Etsy” - Dawid clearly knows how Etsy works 🤣

[@this.is.shashwat]

hello there!

[@mmoonen9344]

Paaaaaaaaa

[@1jackpenner]

no heart yet :(

[@johnbailey614]

Nice soundbite @8:04 🤭

[@benjaminthiel5923]

Hahahaha roasted

[@mrrywall]

I usually pay 200 for shipping on all my friendship bracelets, I dont see the big deal

[@bknoxx]

dude your timing on low key jokes is mint.. love the show lol

[@Brandonr757sGaming]

For those wondering, Etsy has LOTS of actually great products. I get almost all my vinyl/decals for my car there, along with some parts people make that aren't sold elsewhere, and have only had a good experience. PC stuff? Ehhh I dunno. But don't let this experience make you think the entire website sucks, there is some great stuff there for that niche stuff you can't find elsewhere.

[@Zerbey]

Etsy was the only place I could find a replacement part for my car's shifter. The factory plastic cover snapped in half (cheap plastic). Some seller on Etsy was making them, the damn thing is higher quality than the factory part. Go figure!

[@alejandrovelasquez8063]

Man, I expected around $200 tops for that pc, but over 300 is bonkers By the way, I actually assembled a very similar pc (well, a 990,but it's basically the same), 8gigs of ram, an E3-1220, and a R5 340, for under $100 a year ago, it's insane how expensive that got

[@clne36]

HAHAHA braided friendship bracelets, so true though. No matter how rough my day is going you always seem to make me laugh Dawid. Keep it up man your the best!

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

Thanks! I hope you have a nice day. :D

[@Bluggz]

This man's humor is on another level

[@felipefeldman9149]

"The fan is completely choked off...hopefully it's consensual" I cracked up!

[@jonbanfill]

Always on point

[@toesnose]

"This fan under there being choked out hard....I hope it's consensual" Yup I spit a little coffee out onto my keyboard with that one! (cleans keyboard)

[@aquazzz9258]

No

[@roninvampire05]

So much laughter but no Old Laughing Man meme thumbnail. You, sir, have officially learned restraint.

[@covrmeporkins38]

Old man laughing meme.... Do you mean KEKW?

[@roninvampire05]

@@covrmeporkins38 Yes. That one.

[@SidelingRug2747]

Again your videos continue to amaze me -nice videos Dawid!

[@EdgyShooter]

As soon as I saw the display port adapter, I guessed it was an optiplex 😅

[@n.a.7883]

3:22 I have that same graphics card in the system that I built! The GPU shortage hit some like a brick wall at 60 mph.

[@nsemlak09]

Etsy and Craigslist boutta fight for the best used prebuilt belt on PPV July 17th.

[@moonbladem]

I would have looked at that shipping price, laughed, then cancelled my order. Some people charge ridiculous shipping on eBay as well.

[@KenzertYT]

LOL I love how you can clearly tell at 4:18 that the fan is stuck in place and not spinning

[@LatvianVideo]

I would recommend turning on the frametime graph in msi afterburner, as then everyone will be able to visualize the lag spikes

[@MLWJ1993]

Well, that GTA V gameplay had some pretty visible stutters 😆

[@EdgyShooter]

From dealing with a lot of those Dell systems, I'm pretty certain the only thing he's done is mess up the cable management to fit the RGB 😅

[@orangeoratory3645]

The names you call VGA Ports lmfao, I died.

[@malccy72]

Great vid and good to see vids posted often. Please keep it up Dawid.

[@eriklopez91]

Your humor keeps me coming back keep it up brotha 😂💪🏾

[@1jackpenner]

"an UwU port" Love it.

[@tribune1282]

I used to work on these at a refurbish company, we generally worked with 3rd gen intel stuff, a lot of the business practices were legal grey area at best

[@KenzertYT]

I am emotionally pained that you opened it up before turning it on to see what happens :P I wish you had just plugged it in and gone full send because of the suspense we were building up to

[@bubbakelley5651]

“Look at those frame drops, it really helps you nail down those headshots”😂😂

[@JessiTheBestiGaming]

Then there's my prebuilt box from Newegg that was 50lbs and I had to drag into the house over a period of three minutes

[@123sleepygamer]

My Lenovo Legion is a fucking chonker, I couldn't believe it's mATX

[@cerberusloyalist5038]

my Alienware has an anti-theft feature that prevents it from being stolen by anyone except bodybuilders.

[@JessiTheBestiGaming]

@@cerberusloyalist5038 I'm a 115lb female.. So a 45in box that weighs 50lbs takes up nearly half of my body.

[@60_70]

What I'm taking away from this is that Dawid isn't as old as I thought... were you actually still in highschool in 2012?

[@Gatorade69]

Right ? I kinda expected him to be my age or a few years younger (I graduated in 2007)

[@Slamdoxicalz]

Some people are slower

[@AnnaDoes]

Dawid graduated in 2012. He's 27 now but was born 35

[@exlibrisas]

I thought the same thing! I finished highschool in 2011. I thought Dawid was around 35-38. I'm almost 30 and they ask me for my ID id when I buy alcohol or energy drinks at supermarkets. Schoolgirls at 15-16 smile at me. Other dudes disrespect and distrust me. I look like a baby. Dawid, on the other hand, looks trice as old as me because of those single channel RAM sticks he had to see throughout his life.

[@juliusfucik4011]

He is an old soul.

[@sicorange3]

You laughing at 7:30 continuously made me think of Ben Stiller laughing non-stop at the end of one of Limp Bizkit's albums XD

[@andrewb6]

So I guess the molex power plug stuck into the 'RGB' fan didn't seem to affect the fan noise. Either that, or it stopped the fan blades from turning.

[@malcolmjcullen]

"Here we've got a fan being choked out hard. Hopefully it's consensual" - spat crumbs.

[@ndumi]

I clicked on this vid faster that my dad abandoned me

[@Jellonaa]

Same 🥲

[@fix-it-flo]

same

[@FS--ew3se]

Oh shits disturbing am I right lmao

[@alexslays_yt7277]

Love your content dawid! Remember try to keep your intro the same ! The part where your about to touch the block with your finger always makes me laugh

[@ric9573]

Also the fan under the dvd drive is the original OEM dell fan, which can't be unplugged 'cause the system will refuse to boot without it.

[@ryeguygaming4049]

"We've got a mesozoic period port" killing me softly over here

[@OrDuckVet]

Dawid needs a pure comedy channel. No PCs whatsoever. Just describe things and rip on them. 😂

[@undertone2472]

"That fan is being choked out hard, I hope it's consensual" I wasn't ready 😂

[@neilsimpson79]

As soon as you pulled out the display port to hdmi adaptor I knew what was about to happen.

[@GhostTurtleYT]

5:58 I have never seen GTAV clouds look that bad. Looks like a unity game lol.

[@kevlarandchrome]

Holy shit. I refurb PCs and I usually sell that same system with a 256GB SSD for about two hundred bucks locally. I am so moving my operation to Etsy. Thanks Dawid, I had no idea I was leaving so much money on the table.

[@bigal2688]

OK Dawid, Been watching over the last month or two, I've seen enough! I'm Subscribed now! That Sarcastic sense of Humor!! LMAO! 👍🤣🤣🤣

[@alanhobson9121]

I'm really curious about that fan under the drive cage. Was it hooked up? What was it supposed to be doing? I know it's not there on the stock optiplexes that I've dealt with.

[@lopiklop]

I actually like that "airflow effect" on the front, it looks just like Star Wars

[@Dukrz]

When I saw that box I was like: "Dawid... are you SURE that is a GAMING PC?????"

[@ninjaclan83]

Dude, gotta say, love that shirt. That's one of my favorite paintings.

[@ArkayeCh]

"I want a computer." "You want a DVD player from the 2000s, okay."

[@ryeguygaming4049]

that "bear" looked like a chicken with that amazing resolution

[@lenwitte]

The case says Optiplex 7010 but the bios says 790. I'm curious if they removed the guts from a 7010 to put in the guts from a 790 and why? And did it have dual channel RAM?

[@darrooxx]

I have a idea how can i sync RGB of different brands like msi, asus, corsair , Logitech G, Steelseries and asus together ??

[@dijjidog]

"happy meal senior" 😂

[@davogue]

Hey, maybe the postman was Santa himself 😂😂

[@EAGLEHORDER]

Hey what program is overlaying the gpu fps and cpu temps and everything on the screen??

[@rometherevenant8749]

Love this guys videos. Come for the computer but stay for the comedy and history lessons.

[@joshuascholar3220]

God, I loved your trippy Fortnight experience so much!

[@ivanlimzg]

The combo looks so matching! No bottlenecks

[@mysketchbook3402]

Do you or anyone in your comments know where I can get help on upgrading a HP Desktop. I need a better power supply the 180w isnt good enough for even a gt 1030 according to Nvidea.

[@EliteFireSaint]

"We are currently living in the world of jaggi's" **Hard flashback to MH4U egg delivery quest on Ancestral Steppe**

[@cydonyn]

A few years ago I was able to pick those up for like $70 per unit, I used them around the house for a bit, before re-installing windows and I upgraded the ram too from 4GB to 8GB, then sold them for like $100. Not a huge profit margin, and i didn't put a GPU in it lol. but $400 is definitly way to much for that even in today's market imo.

[@captante9889]

What comes to mind immediately are the HAF cases from Cooler Master. Also an honorable mention for my still in use as a server 17 years later CM Stacker.

[@a.sanford8731]

I sold a Compaq with a Phenom II X4 B95 and a GTX 1650 with a 128Gb SSD, a 2Tb HDD, and 16Gb of DDR3, with upgraded fans (I even did a cutout for an extra one) for $300. Unlike what you wound up with, this thing was a 1080p tank. It was thermally excellent, barely audible, and looked fairly nice 🙂 I was told my price was high, but at the time the 1650 was going for $350 used. I'd put too much work into it to part it out, so that's how things shook out. Great video, you're entertaining and informative as ever.

[@googletarded8300]

You got the hospital PC gaming experience right there. I handle those same model PCs daily. Also, did you get some dual channel DDR3? That cooler "cooling something underneath the dvd drive" should be right above the CPU socket itself.

[@LifeofCprE]

Wow... the seller clearly just picked up that thing from an office dumpster/surplus, slapped in a cheap led fan, and called it a gaming computer.

[@Shojikitsune1]

The uwu port is for cereal, they say. Feed this well and it'll grow into a mighty server!

[@BlueFenixMD]

Dawid, I had exactly the same DELL machine with GTX 1650 4GB low profile. Running CS:GO in 150 FPS. GTA V 60 fps +. Upgrade ram to 16gb ddr3 1600mhz and throw in a GPU. You'll be amazed what that i5 can do.

[@kmemz]

That GPU is a Radeon HD 8570, I'm very familiar with those systems and have an 8570 I pulled from one. They were rebranded as R5 240s later in life, as AMD broke away from the four digit naming they inherited from ATI and went to staged three digit names. Of course, now they're doing staged four digit names in an attempt to blatantly copy both NVidia and Intel's naming, but that's a story for another day. I will always know this GPU as an HD 8570, no matter how many times the driver software throws "R5 240" in my face.

[@infinitelybanta]

What was the processor in that? I have a similar Omniplex but three years newer.

[@matthewjacobs2468]

How are you still using msi afterburner? It won't let me install the program and I'm definitely not gonna download it from a third party web site.

[@cruge5774]

WOW! I bought a small form factor Dell Optiplex for my mom on FB marketplace for internet and word processing. I paid somewhere around $100 to $120 bucks for it. The owner upgraded it to 16gb of ram (2x8gb kit), ssd, and 1gb video card. it also had the 3rd gen i5 in it. Thing works great for her and I could not build anything for that price.

[@newroo]

You are thinking outside the box when making videos - That's why i'm still here watching it. Good, fun entertaining content! I still want to know why you have like british accent of sorts when you are (i think) Canadian? :P

[@retrogamereviews7323]

What is the model number for that Corsair Mouse you are using, it looks pretty cool!

[@kellersales]

Always wanted to ask this. What do you do with all of these systems that you buy? Obviously you do not want to keep them and you do not have space for them. Just curious.....

[@RCStha2ND]

This reminds me that there is an answer card in Cards Against Humanity that reads "an Etsy Steampunk Strapon" and I think that may be the perfect name for this PC.

[@kovacs1986]

That "rgb" fan wasn't even connected XD You can see the 3pin header right behind it XD

[@natepeters6539]

I expected it to be made of pallet wood and have a “Live Laugh Love” wallpaper

[@annurissimo1082]

I owned a pretty much identically specced system, and it performs SO different from yours! Like, not slower or faster, just specific. For example, I could barely start GTA V at 600x800, but I could play 1080p CSGO at 100-120+ FPS. Maybe because my GPU was a 2GB variant, but slower DDR2 memory?

[@MYkeyS]

"we've also got a fan under there that's being choked out hard, hopefully it's consensual"🤣

[@Nimrood79]

I found one of those in the recycling bin at work. Only a bit better specced.

[@theonlykarel4454]

Instant buy! Great quality and packaged very well for a $500 brick.

[@kriswestfall2616]

2:56 "Hopefully that's consensual" Thanks, I really wanted to spit my drink all over my monitor....

[@TheNiteNinja19]

I bought one of these small form factor computers with the same processor for $50. Five bucks upgraded the ram from 4 GB to 8 gb. Then I tossed in a Radeon r 7 250X, and it does okay. Plays Grand theft Auto V at 1280x800 50-60 frames a second on medium. Little better than a PlayStation 3, works good for a home theater pc. Considered upgrading the processor to the i7, but those go for almost $100. I bought a second one with the same configuration for my uncle, and he enjoys playing the old call of duty games like call of duty 4 and call of duty world at War, and I installed the 32-bit version of Windows 10 so it was compatible with all of his legacy Hardware, software, and for his peripherals he had, and in the 2 years he's been using it, I haven't gotten a single phone call asking for tech support.

[@tongoso]

Love this brought from the future computer! Haha, I also love that Benq monitor, what model is it?

[@jamesroggy1546]

The world of jaggys LMAO Dude your great.

[@Nocturneant]

Love these vids!

[@matthewgarber5517]

I actually checked when this video was published once the spec sheet came up

[@pocpc1788]

Sounds right, added RGB now it's a custom RGB build.

[@TheBlueMinecrafterLPG]

David... please I've seen multiple videos of yours testing fortnite without using the performance API on low power systems. Why?