I played Elden Ring on a $100 PC...

[@mm8436]

My dude is like this game is not hard enough, let me run it on ancient hardware too.

[@BostonJon420]

More like this game is outdated enough to run on ancient gear.

[@MissingNumb]

☝️🤡👆🤣

[@hungnguyen-so7ou]

bosses also slower on this pc so still fair

[@arthurmann578]

There is a strange similarity between your statement and my life AND my body that I feel every time I wake up in the morning.....🤔😁

[@SirJo_]

@@BostonJon420 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@nat99997]

When i was a kid, I'd try and play anything possible regardless if it ran like shit or not, i was just happy to have the experience. Im sure there are people out there that would be happy to know elden ring can be played on a $100 PC

[@rsirel]

Can relate totally! I remember back in the day i tried playing Fallout 4 on my pentium with intel 4000

[@AhmadWahelsa]

Same here, finished AC3 and Far Cry 3 on my dad's ancient Sempron 140 at 15-20 fps on 480p

[@lemoncarrot7068]

man i played minecraft 12 years ago on an amd single core 1.4ghz, 3gb ram, integrated nvidia 6150se 256mb. 12-20fps. loved every moment, recently found a world I saved to CD

[@SianaGearz]

I remember playing Heretic (a game that shares its engine with Doom) on a 386 at 12 frames per second without music due to lack of soundcard. Can you say "ouch"?

[@rickythomas9698]

Good ole days.

[@andromydous]

Honestly, I thought that was the point of this channel: to build the cheapest computer while still be able to play AAA titles. So, yeah, series like this excite me.

[@bryndyn123]

Exactly!!! I hope to do builds like this too

[@EnviousGenome]

True beginnings... you were honestly one of my main influences when building my first PC (LTT Media scared me). This was right around the time when Apex Legends was just released and you made a pre-built video that I copied to a T. In completion of the build I gained two things the knowledge of how to replicate the process and the greed for a better PC. We've talked on Twitter before about my beginning but again thank you.

[@nat99997]

Same here. This channel and nerd on a budget was one of the places I'd always check out when I was getting my first pc together

[@Nurse_Xochitl]

yeah Linus is scary, he always drops things. xD

[@captainderx7313]

One of my favorite things about this video is how he holds a mic instead of using a clip-on or wireless mic. Idk what it is, but I like it. My other favorite thing is 7:08

[@kevinfarley6981]

Love watching your killer budget builds. Great performance at a great price. A computer that runs a AAA title for about the same cost as the game itself. Amazing. Salute!

[@OzTalksHW]

Thanks for watching!

[@J2J_Trini]

I grew up playing games on a lower than average pc myself and this video reminded me. It was like a trip down memory lane....really appreciate it

[@J2J_Trini]

@@Empacack lol I still haven't played wiyh the ultra setting yet...but soon will 😏

[@Jnanabase]

love your videos man, enjoyable to watch

[@SH4M4N_YT]

I friggin LOVE your content. This is so epic.

[@OzTalksHW]

thank you!

[@reaperzeero]

I passed DS1, Witcher 2 and Witcher 3 on computers that are not supposed to be able to play these games. When a potato computer is what you have...you learn to cook with it.

[@CitedP]

I can't believe oz is dead and all his videos from this point on will be made in CGI

[@jimjam8166]

Rest In Peace 🙏. Tombstone reads. “Man I really just wanted to play Elden ring on a $100 PC”

[@QWERTYCommander]

Oh this brings back memories. These specs are almost the same as the first PC I built in middle school. Similar motherboard (though I had a DDR3 version), same RAM amount, comparable graphics card (GTX 570 2.5GB), and same CPU. Got so many years out of that thing. Glad to see specs like this still running modern games above 10FPS.

[@Kyhd.]

The CGI in this video was amazing!

[@collisions4615]

3:00 "When in doubt, china is there to help you out" Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[@jaybeam1466]

I love CPU boxes. There's something just so fucking fresh about them.

[@Kraven83]

What an epic quest, and a successful one at that. Admirable and kinda old school (I mean enduring the pain of sub 24fps for that cinematic experience... the bread and butter of gaming in the late '90s and early 2000s).

[@shadowkyun]

I was workin at a thrift shop for a while and I found two diamonds in the rough. I found a i5 4690K with 16 gbs of ram he donated it because the motherboard said it had no cpu which was a psu issue giving it no power its was 20 bucks. I also found a i7 4770s with a r9 380x but with no ram installed so that one was 20 but I spent 80 on a 16 gb kit for a total of 100 dollars that I gave my lil bro.

[@shahtayyib]

W

[@TubularAnde]

No way! My first full PC build was a Phenom II 955 BE and I did the exact same thing, I overclocked it until the MB popped 😅 It was truly magical until the magic smoke escaped though. Also your Elden Ring experience here is reminiscent of my first playthrough of Crysis on a juiced up Celeron family PC: muddy polygonal slideshow - but still good fun!

[@Magnulus76]

A victim of the Great Capacitor Plague? Good thing motherboards now days stopped using electrolytics.

[@Daisy30y03]

Awesome content, dude. Also, to let you know you inspired me to build my own PC. After weeks of research and building, it is complete. With everything it cost $446, give or take. And it works BEAUTIFULLY, my first PC building. No tech background btw, but I love tinkering with my hands. I only have 1 MMO game that I play on there(LOTRO). The graphics are soooo much better. Thank you for your content, I hope you continue to inform and inspire😁😇

[@OzTalksHW]

honored that I could help!

[@Daisy30y03]

Ty again 😁😁

[@sportler777]

what specs did u get?

[@Daisy30y03]

@@sportler777 I'm still learning man, idk

[@skult227]

@@Daisy30y03 what were the parts that you bought? Like the graphics card and cpu etc

[@vincent67239]

I can relate so much on the budget family computer thing. I remember going on Tweak Guides to learn how to configure the .ini files to lower the settings even further on America’s Army. Getting FPS in the teens was just a fact of life lol

[@Jomenaa]

Classic Ozzie asking PC if it wants water

[@T-money0985]

I like how real and honest your work is. Keep up the good work.

[@zred2185]

please make another calming pc build Im dying for more they are so good

[@OzTalksHW]

In the works :)

[@zred2185]

@@OzTalksHW Yesssss

[@User_Brandon]

Well this is the definition of “you can’t buy skill” my pc for example is more than good enough to max out the game at 4K but the bosses treat me like a punching bag haha Great video my brother thank you

[@arikyates1695]

Bruh! Loving the "Alright" instrumental! Great vids as always!

[@kentoriyama]

Been on the fence about trying this game since I'm on a FX 6300 + Firepro W5000, a budget build that became my main PC after selling my good one.

[@jaymills1111]

Your GPU is a little worse than the GTX 760 in this build but your FX 6300 is far better than the Phenom in it and the bottleneck was the CPU so if you dropped the resolution to 720p you could probably squeeze out 30fps most of the time! I'd say go for it, steam lets you refund games within the first 3 hours (I believe it's 3 hours) so you could always refund it if it doesn't run well enough.

[@Whispergryn]

@@jaymills1111 2 hours of gameplay or 2 weeks with no gameplay

[@jalliboy]

a firepro for gaming.. you must show me a video on the result since that is as far you can get from a gaming gpu😅

[@aronboy9822]

these kind if vids are great to see. considering i have similair specs it gives me hope on playing some of these awsome games.

[@manaphylv100]

It's almost never worth it to "upgrade" an ancient PC that's already on life support, and this video perfectly proves it.

[@OzTalksHW]

Exactly, you just need to build a new one

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Depends what you want to do with it. Adding RAM does wonders, as well as SSD for boot. Lot of people do mundane tasks with their PCs, with only some light gaming. For example, in this case, Elden Ring is not playable but older titles like Darks Souls (very similar settings) could be.

[@manaphylv100]

@@aleksazunjic9672 Sure, but don't forget that old components are much more prone to failure, and finding replacement parts will be harder and more expensive as they are out of production. If you spend a little more for a new system, you will not only get a much better usage experience no matter what you do on it, but also a lot more life out of it. Plus, your old system has more resale/residual value in working condition.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

@@manaphylv100 I'm not advocating spending tons of money on old systems. But if you can get something cheap or even free, upgrading RAM and storage is no brainer. Overall cost should certainly not exceed 50% of a new system.

[@manaphylv100]

​@@aleksazunjic9672 If you can get RAM or storage for next to nothing, then of course, take it. But you'll be surprised how many people would spend a fortune on silly things like the fastest CPU for an old socket.

[@morapedimasima9753]

Oz, your content is really amazing buddy! The amount of effort you put in your videos is crazy. thanks for the good content and keep it up. And is elden ring any good?

[@OzTalksHW]

thanks so much :) Yes! It's a TON of fun.

[@gameon2000]

As I heard "PHENOM and OVERCLOCK" in 1 sentence, I went like: Oh-Oh! A minute later I got confirmed on my premonitions.

[@TheD419]

Maaaaaan everytime I watch his videos it makes me re-adjust my pc budget and push thru granted I would spend more than 100 bucks but less than 1000

[@MeatzNCheez]

In the beginning he searched “how to build an elden ring pc without stealing” I’m weak 😂😂

[@ryanpatton1795]

haha, this is awesome. Reminds me of when I played dark souls 1 prepare to die edition on my pc with a gt710. I ran it at 800x600 and got 25 or so fps. Hardest time of my life (looking at you ornstein and smough...)

[@kiwifox90]

I love how ur voice can be just listened to to help me sleep. Sounds creepy but just the softness of it makes me want to sleep

[@krishg602]

i never miss an upload, keep spreading that sweet hardware love brother 💞

[@OzTalksHW]

[@SuperOGArchives]

Great video my g! I like how you compile it all together

[@Jomenaa]

Those MSI TwinFrozr cooler were really amazing! Had GTX 660 with that exact cooler and it was cool AF in all ways possible back in the day xDD

[@Inflatableorc]

an SI would market this pc as a gaming pc.

[@rslogic5168]

this guy got the voice of a more toned smooth talker morgan freeman.....

[@ummWaves]

super fun video idea! cant wait to see the rest of the series if you decide to do it

[@gameon2000]

Oz deserves a medal for this - Elden Ring now has a new difficulty mode: THE OZ MODE

[@namesalvaje]

OMG! This video is great. Especially knowing that the producers of this channel are skilled enough to CGI Oswald in such HD quality. R.I.P. Oswald.

[@csolisr]

You can play basically anything anywhere, as long as you don't mind playing at 480p 15 FPS and dropping shadows entirely. A lesson learned from Alex the Low Spec Gamer

[@blazerfan2328]

Super creative content man! Glad it was in my recommendations

[@laso8608]

Hi Oz. Do you stream sometimes? Would love to watch you stream with these crazy builds. Love your content. Have a great week

[@OzTalksHW]

My streaming is so sporadic haha, at some point ill restart it

[@richardbently7236]

Bro, your production and talent is fire keep it up. You make the topic interesting, the topic doesn't make you interesting......rare talent

[@OzTalksHW]

thanks!

[@CarthagoMike]

Rip OzTalksHW, You will be missed.

[@redred7674]

Tf?

[@ashtremble]

We will keep him in out hearts always, rest in peace 😭😭😢😢

[@tone19xx]

Fun fact, i went out and bought a $2500 laptop right before Elden Ring released, bought the game, turned it on, got killed and never played again. Turns out i bought a $2500 laptop to play Lost Ark on.

[@AllanAdamson]

and it looks like that capacitor got ruined by the heat gun

[@filenotfound__3871]

On a shorted VRM you can usually just clip the legs of the dead mosfet and undervolt the CPU and you should be fine.

[@OzTalksHW]

Woah, I might try this another time. Thanks

[@filenotfound__3871]

@@OzTalksHW the same technique works with shorted graphics cards, since most of them have at least 3-phase VRM, by disconnecting a shorted phase you can bring a gpu back to life, it will have a bit less power avalible and might be unstable on the stock frequency, but you can simply undervolt or underclock the core a bit. If the graphics card or the motherboard supports overclocking, you might not need to underclock it, I just wouldn't recomend overclocking it again. Only problem is that on a motherboard with separate high and low side transistors, you might need to cut off all the transistors connected to the shorted phase. Also, just check the fuses before testing them.

[@HerrAlien]

This reminds me of playing STALKER - Clear Sky on an Inspiron 1501. It is indeed amazing how humans can adapt.

[@ElEscolta]

Now i wanna see a "Can you beat Elden Ring on a 100 dollars PC" video challenge

[@xbuildscustoms]

I found your page randomly months ago and honestly....it was your building pc videos that made me build my own and start a KZbin channel...thank you!

[@Sp3ctr]

bruh ur voice is so smooth , there is some calmiming vibe to your content . subscribed immediately

[@kingkrusherg8367]

What's most surprising to me is dude was able to capture all this footage and play the game!

[@ailfridha1135]

Love how u bring this video funny Keep the good work bro

[@jesterboy7195]

Good to See you Back i'm a Grat Fan of your Content 👍❤️

[@JonathanSteadman2003]

I like the part that the seller was a serial killer.

[@xVeneno_]

On the real note OzTalks is the reason I even have a PC!

[@ThailandDantotherescue]

I have a Frankenstein build with the first generation ryzen 7, 16gigs of ram and a gtx 1650 non super that I swapped, traded, and sold parts until the actual cost out of my pocket was 0$ and I actually made a few hundred and got a few small ssds, USB sticks a wireless controller and a few odd cables and screws. I can afford any computer I want but the fun of building something for cheap or nearly free is irresistible. Watching Oz taught me how to build dirt cheap systems and I've been able to get friends and family members gaming that normally couldn't afford to or had no interest in gaming until they got gifted a gaming pc.

[@bbbb-yc1gk]

damn you explain things so simple but youre very informed and it really does show. keep it up bruda

[@kalark]

great video! love the unorthodox budget builds! Your website reminded me that I need to actually build my own site

[@Bramandin]

What an amazing video. What an amazing effort put into it. So useful for me RN. Thank you!

[@meetsys]

Thanks for the info! What a useful video. My pc setup is slightly better than this, but I had problems running parts of DS3 so I may need to buy a new CPU. Its hard to imagine what it will perform like on my pc, but with this video as reference I would approximate getting 28 fps in the open world, not good enough for me.

[@drewsartspace]

This has got to be my favorite video you’ve made. This is absolutely golden! It’s also crazy to think that you were able to do this with a $100 computer. It’s insane! And hey, 23 FPS isn’t the worst ;)

[@lilMungo]

Shut up

[@mikadeca4031]

"Some say that his spite towards the Greater Will was so strong he dared to play with a build that was already considered ancient by the time of the Shattering..."

[@hexbashplays5186]

Oz Just so you are aware I liked your comedy in this video it was very on point and while it wasn't bust a gut roll on the floor laughing the effort was certainly there and earned a chuckle. I hope your sense of humor shows up in more of your videos and if this was your first serious attempt at adding more humor to your videos please keep it up! (your other videos have humor but this one felt like you were attempting to put more of yourself into it!)

[@dab42bridges80]

I admire your persistence. This reminds me of trying to play Crysis on my cheap PC back in the day.

[@DigThat32]

Luv that transition @4:53

[@carl8790]

Definitely make it series.

[@Bioruss]

This is one of the most epic videos that you have made as far as I am concerned, you had me full of doubt but at the same time full of hope. It was better than most series on TV miniseries. Great job man thx for sharing.

[@OzTalksHW]

You are very kind ❤️❤️ thank you

[@thischannelneverexisted12432]

The youtube algorithm just randomly blessed my home page with this video and the title was a great draw. Your content format and presentation skills are fantastic, so hello from a new fan!

[@blueneko333]

Admirable to attempt a repair. Soldering iron is great, however just remember any and all SMT (surface mount technology) will require hot air and dont force it, once the solder melts it will flow and come right up. I'm still learning as well so kudos still attempting it!

[@OzTalksHW]

Thanks blue :D Nice seeing you here in the comments. I learned a ton from my first attempt and i think im better equipped to do it again. Glad it happened on an older board and not something that I regularly use lol

[@enriquedossantos3283]

"even at 20fps it was a blast" that can be said about so many console games out there, especially on older gens like ps1, ps2, n64 and the such (even classics like grand theft auto 3 and shadow of the colossus had horrible framerate, still are fondly remembered)

[@MultiGamer150]

Im excited for you oz cant wait

[@SnowwSky]

Dude, you're so relaxing and you're content is so good. I've been following your content since like 2018. Greetings from Venezuela!

[@crescentfreshsongs]

Dude, your editing is hilarious. Immediate sub, love this.

[@johannescorolussilvester8784]

I love these kind of budget pc builds and challenges ggs

[@Just_Call_Me_Tim]

"You want water... or anything?" 🤣 Random as hell, and it's awesome! Also, going the office computer route can help reduce e-waste. It's not a bad way of getting into computers and computer maintenance/building.

[@GanGSTaBoyC1]

A real darksoul mentality, respect bro 💪

[@jamaican_gamingofficial5036]

Nice video love from Jamaica 🇯🇲

[@SherlockHomeless912]

This was literally me playing eldenring when I was in middle school. Beautiful Video.

[@jcnbw01]

This is awesome! back in the 90s i always had to make do with dumpster diving and hand me downs to frankenstein my own PC, so i would typically play games at these framerates. Anytime a game would load or play at or close to 30fps i'd be super stoked :) great content!

[@CommodoreFan64]

Great video, I work for a small non profit that gets gov. funding dealing with seniors, and our budget for tech is next to nothing, and I work at a remote site from my main office, and when I asked my boss for a PC they we don't have the budget, so I grabbed my old gaming build that was in storage with an AMD Athlon II X4 @2.95 Ghz 8GB DDRII RAM on an MSI micro ATX board with AMD R7 240 2GB GPU, and a 450 watt PSU. slapped in a 120GB SSD along with the 500GB HDD put Solus Linux on it, and upto middle of last year it was my main work computer, and during downtime in 2020 with no clients, I was able kill time a work with STEAM games on Solus Linux no problem, but I had to keep my expectations in check for sure, and know the systems limits. So yeah I would love for you to revisit this again with an older machine, with DDR2 RAM but on Linux, and an AMD GPU to see the difference in performance.

[@MissingNumb]

760 are perfect for 1080p 30-60fps. Even better for emulation. Have mine setup as an "arcade cab" rig running teknoparrot emu. Might be a fun kinda build if your up to it...

[@OzTalksHW]

Emulation builds are soooo much fun. Maybe ill get back into it

[@fc3s382]

My dude put soooo much effort on a single vid, you deserve a lot of subs

[@Retr0Rob]

This is the first time one of your videos showed up in my feeds: Hilarious and great! Impressive what you pulled off for (kinda) $100.00. Worst feeling ever when a pad comes off: such a feeling of loss even when it's a cheap board. Also screw the first Eldon Ring boss. I was like level 30 and still getting killed. Anyway: Excellent video! Subbed.

[@isaaclenihan7366]

I gotta say man… I just absolutely love your videos. Love your sense of humor. Absolutely kills me lol

[@ahmetikbal8652]

1:39 well played if you intended that pun edit: also i used that exact cpu from 2011 to 2019 and my cousin is still using it to this day.

[@duncan51]

I love your content! You truly understand the meaning of the word 'budget'. Please keep up the great work.

[@J0elPeters]

Afterburner + Rivatuner do work on E.R. but you need to update them to the latest version.

[@ByronSimp-752]

"Good job guys we beat a ending ring boss". No Ozzy Bravo to you 👏

[@MIZUch.]

This guy's voice is so calming, I could listen to him describing a murder scene

[@redslate]

"...my eyes adjusted." Your eyes didn't adjust; your _brain_ interpolated the missing frames.

[@ImaHappy]

Turning off EAC and disabling steam overlay would improve performance quite a bit, they you could also change some settings files to remove many CPU heavy effects which don't add much to the gameplay when every frame is important

[@GrandNuhoch]

I used a Phenom X4 955 daily up until 2018. The rig served my so well it's still used as a dedicated cd ripper/burner.

[@facundogarciaciceri]

I have the same case right now with up to date hardware and it works really well to keep heat inside

[@Xilent1]

He offered a PC water to calm its nerves. Imagine the PCs anxiety at that moment

[@ClubbaChubs]

Love the personality man