I Bought OVER $2,000 worth of USED GPUs! (Feb 2024 PC Parts Hunt)

[@rogerulvnas]

Regarding that Lenovo motherboard, the power on are on the top set of pins, the 6pin connector above the text 'PWR_SW" label FP1. The set of pins below are led connectors.

[@HaploPrime]

Ya, surprised he didn't figure that out. It says LED on the pins he's trying to power on from.

[@ccrodrigues]

Upvoting so he sees this comment. He made a mistake but it happens to the best of us.

[@eW0LF]

Yeah, and it's really easy to set it up. There are many examples of optiplex MBO's in the wild. Same with this Legion one.

[@napowolf]

It looks like standard FP connector layout. Stands to reason why he thought there's something wrong. Why would the OEM shift the pin out around like that if it's the exact same layout lol.

[@thedreadedgman]

so which of the 6 pins have to be joined together to trigger power on then

[@chibonchibon3967]

i still don't understand why I really enjoy techyes buying used pc parts, but I really do enjoy it.

[@metabang03]

Techyes has some very good videos. Hes very underrated I say. Glad I found this channel, it all started with the windows optimization videos, what a rabbit hole that was, turned into breaking windows and repairing it to the most primitive functioning OS as possible. And it all started here

[@rikaa7056]

Cause we cheap skates and love deals. 😅 and almost gives me a hard on seeing such low prices 😂😂😂.

[@AmosDohms]

Living vicariously I imagine.

[@BoltRM]

​@@rikaa7056😋🍄

[@thorgen_ironside5279]

I generally build new stuff for myself but I love this channel and the used market videos ;)

[@lIIl_lIl_lIIl]

Should hook up a power inverter in your car with an itx mobile desktop rig, allowing you to test parts on the road! Another good GPU test method is a laptop that supports eGPU's, can hook up to the laptop and test.

[@Deathgrip113]

Deals have been crazy here too. Got a pc worth $2300 USD for $1050 with a 6950xt and 7900x in it, a brand new Asus dual 4070 pulled from a prebuilt with no playtime on it, and a 5600x / 3060 pc for $450. Lots of good deals!

[@Baz87100]

Holy crap the first one is an insane deal especially. I paid £1150 for my 6950xt near release lol

[@paulumz]

6:26 Even the beer prices at TYC are amazing

[@sch-corp]

Love seeing the Ford Focus in van mode! Pro tip, you can actually lift the back seat bases up and rotate them forward, which will let you fold the back seats totally flat. Used to have an LZ Focus ST and this was a game changer once I worked it out.

[@kevinoneill2170]

0:48 I'd be SO rich if I had a dollar for every time my missus said, "Baby, it's 3am, and it's the end of the month, and I need to Used PC Parts Hunt from Tech Yes City!" 🤣

[@frommatorav1]

Right after Bryan sang that, I clicked the Like button. lol

[@Matthew_Lang]

The Air 540 is the case that started my love for the dual chamber design. I never got one of those cases, but I now have a Thermaltake View 51. Also Happy Birthday to your mate! Cheers!!

[@dmanpc1379]

I have one of those Legion boards. I believe the power switch pins are the top block of pins in the top right hand corner of the board. Yeah proprietary.

[@ArtisChronicles]

Yeah that's the stuff that always bothers me about the OEM systems. They go out of their way to not give you needed information, even on an old system. Usually means someone else has to figure out what they did and post information online.

[@presteeto]

It's videos like these that put me in the career i'm in now. You rock Tech!

[@techyescity]

thanks brother!

[@antemasq6520]

It has been the exact oppossite experience for me with those sapphire cards, they have been the most reliable and easy to flash in the many rigs ive managed

[@nhansgoofyvideos7581]

You should check what group of pins did you use to boot up the Legion Towers mobo.... It should be the smaller pin array closest to the top right mounting screws. The headers right below it (the one above the fan connector) is for LED lighting, not power button.

[@therealericjackdaniels]

@10:30 thats a nice haul

[@therealericjackdaniels]

@21:07 THIS.. this is a very legit reason I also tune into your vids. I like how you're tuned into the worlds economy and use the word "fiat" as an appropriate description.

[@RyanThePleb]

Glad your vid finally came up

[@QueeQuey]

Not sure if it was the same in Australia as in the U.S. but one thing to remember about the 480s/580s etc (other than age) is that they lived through one more crypto boom than everything else (and probably had it the worst as people started to get dialed in). Worked at Micro Center at the time it was going on between late 2016 to late 2017 and I can say that pretty much every miner in Ohio wanted only a bunch of 580s. Heck one would get returned and open-boxed and would be sold again online before even getting put on a shelf. Definitely not saying not to pick them up if the prive is right and it works though. I think a build video upgrading the tech-yes mobile to add a portable test bench like NOAB would be great.

[@davidhartenstine190]

I'm sorry to hear that Brian has declared, the 980ti is not that desirable anymore! My favorite high end card deal of all time. Got mine new for 314.00 off Amazon. They cleared them out with the release of the 10 series, and I was waiting! EVGA 980ti Classy

[@ArtisChronicles]

That was about what i eas looking at on a used card some years ago lol I never ended up getting it, but yeah that's what this made me think of

[@GLDragon93]

7:15 Isn't that a Corsair Air 540? Pretty good case, using one myself as I got one of 30€, if you don't mind the Acrylic panel and how big it is, in exchange youll get a great airflow case. Too bad it doesn't have dust filters on top and bottom (you can always ad them DIY)

[@hfric1]

Got some cookin deals 👌 that 1080ti and 980ti for 250 was a bargain!

[@DEATHTRUTH]

Not really, that was probably the worse deal of the lot. The 5700xt however was a great deal.

[@Herkatus]

I had a similar issue with one of those boards. If I remember correctly, you need to short the top and bottom pins in the middle of those 6 pins

[@Willbme4EVA]

Thanks Bryan, I was having a fairly depressing week. Then you make me laugh so hard as you do a Matchbox Twenty remake. Have a great week, and good luck with the flips.

[@mr.arocenastech]

Wow! That 3070 haul was nice! Seen some good deals but because I haven't sold anything I can't jump on them. February has been really slow.

[@jasonhenninger8220]

On Amazon US I found a listing for a replacement MB matching that Lenovo Legion. Desktop Motherboard 5B20W27646 8S5B20W27646 Compatible Replacement Spare Part for Lenovo Legion T5-28IMB05 R5-28IMB05 Series Intel Chipset B460 Socket LGA1200 Searching: t5-28icb05 front panel connectors I found a redit article. Comment: The correct front panel connector is below the white fan connector in your picture. Notice that the top left pin is removed. 1st row: x12, 2nd row 345. Connect the power switch to pins 1 and 4. Then connect the power light to pins 2 and 5. Power light polarity matters so if it's not working, reverse the connectors on pins 2 and 5.

[@pituguli5816]

I use the word fiat when discussing currency and some people look at me like an alien lol

[@thedungeondelver]

Man I love watching you hustle because I know we're going to get some good system build videos out of it.

[@FazHosting]

Just picked up whole pc for 130eur i5 6400, 8gb ddr4, 24gb ssd, 500GB HDD, rx 570 4gb.

[@DownForwardPunchRepeat]

Been a big fan of the channel for a while and because of you I was able to get into building and loving pcs. Not only do I want to thank you for that I also want to thank you for rescuing these parts and getting them out into the hands of gamers while keeping that used market alive. Solid work as always TYC!!

[@ProfShikari]

I am always happy to see a Tech Yes City video where components are being purchased… usually means a flip up video is due soon :D also, shout out to Les hooking up the deals ❤️

[@johnathanbrown8016]

Scored a used RX 6700 XT for $120. It was sold for parts for driver code 43. Turns out there was some dried up substance on a couple of SMDs that was shorting the GPU out. After a bit of cleaning, it was alive and well again, now I can upgrade my brother's Tesla M40!!!

[@jacksonbtb571]

Prices on 30 series cards are slowly starting to come down, finally. Picked up some Dell 3080 Tis for $350 each, very happy with that pickup!

[@jumpman1213]

9:09 LeNoGo is such a fitting name lmao

[@michaelthompson9798]

9:16 the ‘Lenogo’ 😅😂🤣😂🤣. Tbh I think Lenovo Legion use standardised pc parts …. It maybe something to like at Bryan 💪😇👍🥳!

[@ImWateringPSUs]

Hands down the funniest intro I've ever seen😂😂😂

[@machinainc5812]

That Corsair Cube case is iconic. I sold mine for almost £100 last year here in UK.

[@FaddyMatty]

I had an old 4th gen lenovo motherboard that had weird pinouts for the power button. Instead of the normal layout the power pins were actually vertical and the rest switch had to be diagonal. It was weird, luckily I had the case and was able to trace the wire layouts.

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

And about that I7-2600, what amount of ram/gpu are you gonna use???

[@RocketRenton]

Brian is the Del Boy of the used PC parts business, without a shadow of a doubt. Great video as always.

[@SidneyCritic]

With the Len start, on a PC one pin should be 3.3V-5V with GNDs next to it, you just GND that volt pin to start it.

[@TechRodent]

Would you consider travelling with an egpu enclosure and a laptop to test graphics cards on the fly before you decide to pay for them?

[@ArtisChronicles]

Yeah I think the 480s and 580s failure rates are all related to mining. I never used mine that way and it's still working.

[@michaelthompson9798]

If my misses told me my pc stuff had to go …. She’d be out the door or sharing the bin space for the pc parts 😅😂🤣😅😂🤣!

[@antonhei2443]

Yes!! Tech Yes City deals!!

[@MatthewKiehl]

I have a Lenovo board like that, I think the power switch does have a weird pin out. Try the "lone pin" + the middle pin with no neighbor on one side. All five go into the power button, for reset and LED. If that doesn't work just try a process of elimination, you should get it, can't break it. I don't happen to have a CPU to test in it at the moment.

[@MatthewKiehl]

Oh and the power switch header is a little 5 pin thing. What looks like a front panel header is actually a LED header that goes to a little LED control board.

[@gavinthomas214]

What a haul. It will be interesting to see how you deal with those old Dells.

[@mend9850]

6:40 Two beers and words already slurring. You sure you didn't drink all 3? 🤣

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

$2000? Sounds like next Computex, I need to one up this!

[@luigiymario2xd]

19:48 did the card have a bios switch? My used RX 590 came "dead" to me as it would not accept the drivers and it wouldn't work even of I tried to flash another bios but then I come to find out that it had a Bios switch and it was on Bios1, then I flipped it and it finally worked on Bios 2 lol, so maybe try out if it has a bios switch? Couldn't hurt to try

[@gnome-ski]

that sapphire card is to nice to throw away, id use it as a coaster or something on my desk. lol

[@dionelr]

Great parts hunt video. You might want to consider throwing in a free beer with every gaming PC. Might be the new meta? 🤔

[@Targetlockon]

Loving the PC parts hunt yet again here at TechYES city!

[@billy4eyes512]

You get deals that I can only dream of here in Tassie…

[@H31MU7]

FINALLY run out of windows keys I took photos of back when I was working in corporate IT so I'm glad the YES man still has that BFTYC deal going

[@dancingstiff_o0ps_646]

i have a board like this and the frontpanel pins are a bit odd!

[@JeffBourke]

I can’t believe I have been missing out on used PC market!!!

[@jacksonbtb571]

I have had so many semi-faulty or bricked rx 470s over the years. Sometimes they will flash and look normal, but crash after an hour of stress testing. Extremely frustrating to troubleshoot, I don't even bother with them anymore unless they are like dirt cheap. They aren't worth fixing either

[@groszek7657]

Reflow of GPU and memory modules usually brings them to life, stubborn examples may need reballing using lead solder. Trivial if you have a basic BGA heater table, a little more involved for reballing...

[@attilavidacs24]

Hey Bryan, when can you expect the used PC market sales to pickup again?

[@ralphmckenzie8802]

Bought a used Sapphire RX 580 8 gig card sight unseen 2 weeks ago. Excellent mid-tier card, sometimes you get a lemon and other times you get a bargain, in this case I got a bargain. Here in NZ used PC part prices are getting ridiculous again, people are asking more than what the parts are actually worth.

[@techwandoUS]

Best time of the month... The parts hunt ❤

[@Dodovacer]

Great video! And thanks for the "Meta"-Hint. At a time when 580s were still a good choice at the downturn of the last mining craze I got a whole bunch of those - somehow was more lucky, they all worked. (Those were all regular ebay cards in Germany so maybe people are more careful to posting their trash on normal ebay these days with paypal and such?!) Anyhow thank you for the hint, will be careful if I should ever buy another of those ancient mining cards! Love the show!

[@nightstah]

I've always heard the Lenovo/Legion stuff is highly proprietary as to their motherboards.(both connections and often form factors, think HP Omen for example).

[@TheHBPencil.]

I am busy picking up a r7 5800x plus 3060 12gb for about $550 which is pretty much the best I am finding around here in my budget,because RTX 3090s are around $600/700 here

[@markg1689]

Another great video Brian......thanks! Greetings from Long Island NY.

[@marylewis3311]

I just got a 1080 ti for a steal. I love it.

[@Technocrat.]

Haha as I was watching about the Lenogo mobo I got ad email from Lenovo. You may need to upgrade to a cube van for your PC build business.

[@Willbme4EVA]

This is epic hunting episode for sure. Those 3070's should make for some outstanding used pc's. The 980ti's are great for any build you may think of tossing a 1070 in but do not have one laying around.

[@unitybeing777]

Oh brother man, u are so awesome. I loved hearing Tech Yes economics, pls bring that video. We the people demand it, we the people need your wisdom and knowledge on this matter. Godspeed and GOD BLESS YOU.

[@darrooxx]

It looks like that the groceries here in europe don not rise again but lowering somethings, not much but something.

[@mitchel71]

I dont think those rx cards were failing from mining. I ran into several gaming rigs with failed rx cards. One had all of the chokes blown out of it

[@notme4526]

Idk man US limit is .08 and most people are over the limit after beers back to back. I have heard they are more lax in AU but 0.05 would be pretty hard to stay under. I definetly could be wrong but be careful I dont want the TYC video's to be delayed lol.

[@johndelabretonne2373]

Dang Brian, that CPU cooler near the end of the video looks super banged up, like it was run through a trash compactor or something... That thing might be hosed! 😂 Lol

[@starfirextx]

Had a similar situation like you with the Lenovo mb the kid was selling the parts parents showed up to meet with me I did a quick visual but didn’t check the socket… I got home fired it up and nothing … took out the cpu a handful of broken and bent pins. Messaged them back that it’s not good and they were dishonest, blocked me instantly.

[@AlexHusTech]

*Crazy deals!*

[@JTVega]

Bought a PC Gigabyte B550 UC motherboard with AMD Ryzen 5 5600x processor, with an awesome cooler, 600 power supply, with a broken RTX 3060 Graphics card for $400 and a RX 6700xt card $280.

[@nhansgoofyvideos7581]

The Legion line of PC should have for the most part standard connector. Members in our Discord have done case swap with various of these Legion Towers before... I think indeed it's a dud.

[@itsdeonlol]

W 3070s Deal!!!!!

[@KeradSnake]

You probably should get a dehumidifier for those ex mining RTX. Remember that news about RX6000 cards having a cracked GPU chip? Yeah, that was because improper cleaning (literally only sprayed with too much water and let dry) that were done by some miners that doesn't know how to clean electronic parts properly, let alone keeping those cards healthy after all those useless load they put the cards into

[@kr00tman]

In the usa at least gpu prices are on the rise, thanks to btc about to crack 60k, people are starting to fomo back into gpu mining. I still think its too early but there most likely will be a shortage in the USA at least in a few months. I don't think the next mining boom will be world wide like last time but at least here in the USA it should pick up fast.

[@MrEMeat-kk9tc]

You’re going to need a bigger vehicle soon, Brian

[@jeredglover1710]

Try the lenovo board without the drive in

[@fracturedlife1393]

What's the triple tower cooler you were running?

[@olinZeus]

Nice vid. Good content as always. Keep it up 👌

[@marque27]

The best series on tech KZbin by far. And I watch a lot of tech KZbin.

[@glyde79]

Decent haul this month

[@joejane9977]

buy 1000w pure sine wave inverter and boot the parts from your car

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

That is one monster haul!

[@GunMedalGleam]

Im live in Houston Tx. It is most definitely a buyers market. So many random goodies on the marketplace right now. Just yesterday somone offloaded 20 dell office pc complete minus hd for $150. Even with a deal like that, by the time you add a graphics card, storage, and case swap your profit margins a just that, marginal. People just dont habe the money too spend right now. As a flipper what do you do during these times? Stock pile and wait for a market shift?

[@JadeIsler]

Every RX 580 I have sold in the past year has either died on me during testing or failed on my client within a few days or months. I'm avoiding getting any more; they're just dropping like flies. Same with EVGA GTX 970 SC's and SSC's.

[@Crockdinebuty]

You know it’s a good day when tech yes uploads. Get on the coach tv and ENJOY!

[@therealericjackdaniels]

I had a 4gb Power Color Red Dragon 570 and an MSI Armor 4gb 580 and loved them both. I'm running 1070ti and rx5700xt thiiccc for my daily drivers still though.

[@Seventeen76]

I still want to see videos of you driving upside down and people walking upside down in Australia..

[@Ahayu-lindo]

I miss those "nerd" call deals😁😁😆😆

[@voteDC]

The lowest I'll go for Intel these days is 4th gen and even that's really feeling its age. 2nd gen Intel is even hard to recommend for a basic office PC. There might be some value there as an emulation box but that's kind of an iffy prospect as people would want games included.

[@onthelam]

Those Nitro+ gpus have a dual bios, the switch is right there on the left when looking at the backplate, in the notch, it says BIOS SWITCH. Did you try switching it?

[@jurpo6]

He knows bro. He was flashing nitro cards when you were a baby

[@DEATHTRUTH]

I think people are seriously overvaluing the 10 series Nvidia cards. That 1080ti for 250 was a bad deal.

[@letto18]

When it comes to cards that don't need extra PCIe power such as that 1050Ti or like a 1650, what would you pay for those cards? In my local area (within 20km) here in Canada on one classfied site there's 2x 1050 Ti options I see currently, one (Asus Dual) is $80 CAD then another (Asus Phoenix) is $100 CAD while for a 1050 (non-Ti) there's a complete build with one paired with a i3-6100 & 8GB RAM for $200 CAD with a 500W EVGA 80+ (White) PSU so perhaps a better performing card such as a 970 or 1060 may be a option to replace the 1050 to use the 1050 in a build with a weaker PSU. For something older there's a EVGA 750 (non-Ti) for $50 CAD or for a complete build with a 745 there's a Acer Prebuilt with a i7-4790 & 12GB RAM for $180 CAD then someone else got pretty much the same but with a 1TB+700GB HDD instead of a 2TB listed for $300. Finally for a 1650 there's a MSI Gaming X for $100 ($99) CAD, MSI Ventus for $125 CAD obo and a MSI Ventus GDDR6 varient for $200. CAD

[@wikwayer]

The GPU you want to buy is 7 years old the average GPU life span is 4 years is it worth the money?

[@FuelHauler48]

The gpu you should buy is the one that fits in your budget that isn't bottlenecked by the rest of your pc setup. If buying used look at the condition of the card and test if possible yourself or get some proof of working before buying is best practice.

[@disarm9170]

Doesn’t Windows shutdown with old CPUs? I don’t know how you keep them working, but it’s cool you do.

[@user-rn4hc1uk7g]

I just got a pc from an ebay auction for 215 inc shipping with a r5 2600x 16gb ram and an rx580...unfortunately the gpu crashes under low load and gives artifacts but i got 70 euros from the seller as kind of a refund. I love that tbh cause now i can just resolder new vram and get it working again

[@billyclubb1525]

Hi just wondering do you sell individual parts as well. Think you

[@TheHBPencil.]

Personally my market looks reasonably nice,Rtx 3080s are around $400 used.This a good deal?