Tech I Found On The Facebook Marketplace (Ep.1)

People offload all sorts of second-hand items online and PC components, or even whole computers are no exception. Today I'm talking about two PCs I picked up for £40 ($50). The specs were unknown to me and the seller, so did this investment pay off?
Thanks for watching :)

[@GPUtest]

Looks like you used a cable as an adapter, vga to dvi has to be an active conversion analog to digital.

[@Banom7a]

unless it DVI-I which have a pinout for analog

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

FarhanAxiq even if it was dvi-I, HDMI doesn’t have any analog support.

[@codykamminga9667]

DVI-i has VGA pins, that’s Why those dvi to VGA Will not work on dvi-d

[@stamkaly]

I never got the reason of existence for these HDMI to DVI adaptors, and I guess I never will...

[@robertt9342]

Σταμάτης Καλλιόστρας . Product of a bygone era. Short Version: DVI predates HDMI by a couple of years, adapters were needed for some scenarios.

[@AliYassinToma]

1:00 the owner probably got scammed ... I mean the apple sticker says it all ...

[@flyde6521]

Could have been hackintosh's in the past

[@markthometz4403]

My first PC online marketplace pickup was an RX 470 4gb for $75 US at a time when they were pushing $200 on ebay used. Now, nothing major but at the time I sooo excited.

[@manolinmero]

I picked up Uncharted 4, uncharted collection and TLOU for $15 from a woman in like her 30s, she was probably mad with her husband lmao

[@manolinmero]

That was like 2 years ago so just uncharted 4 was probably double that price

[@Eremon1]

The 470 is still an okay card. I just picked up a 570 and they're basically the same card.

[@harvey8869]

Back in 2015, I got an Asus STRIX GTX 980 from CEX just for $250. I think they were retailing for like $400-$500.

[@TheRealFobican]

Not a bad price tag for a 3rd tier below top end 400/500 series performance gpu. Could give it a bios flash to become a rx 570 4gb gpu.

[@tehdave192]

your TV placement at 7:22 really looks dangerous with the right foot not being placed properly

[@Redstriker265]

Yeah he should buy an aftermarket base from amazon or something that just attaches to its vesa wall mounting points instead. Thats GOING to fall.

[@Pebbyz]

As someone who owns the same tv I can say, I've had mine over the edge of a unit like that for quite a while now and it's suprisingly stable

[@AmateurTroll69]

Maybe he likes to live on the edge....

[@tehdave192]

@@AmateurTroll69 heh

[@chrishamilton5204]

If you look close its both feet hanging off

[@GPULibrary]

Make this a Series, please!

[@elgato7557]

He is man

[@44ro.n]

GPU Library did you not listen to the start of the video you fuckwit?

[@HajileMalach]

@@44ro.n oh shut up

[@qwert635yuiop9]

@@44ro.n that's the most British thing I ever read

[@Scitch87]

2:15 I got anxiety from seeing your TV hanging over the edge of your table like that!

[@marcusnzchab971]

just dropped mind watching video lucky i am buying a 43 ich veoh off market place and a gaming monitor

[@robertt9342]

He should at least get a board for that tv so it is "supported".

[@captainkster]

You are so underrated. I can really tell you love doing what you do and that helps us love the videos. It's a shame these PC's can't become decent gaming sleepers though

[@msinfo32]

Already loving this series! Also what phone is that looked like a Huawei as the keyboard and where the notch was.

[@peter_filip]

Coz it is lol I have a old Huawei P8 Lite

[@msinfo32]

@@peter_filip yes but what type of Huawei

[@peter_filip]

From the video i think .. Maybe Mate 20 Pro or p30 pro I dont know i just guess 🙂

[@blisterbrain]

@@peter_filip Don't forget to praise Xi once in a while to keep your social credit score up!

[@TheSLSAMG]

@@blisterbrain Winnie the Pooh gang

[@KoolAidBuzz]

I like your idea for this new series of videos, these are more fun than watching bench marks all the time!

[@newlinedetails]

Love the channel and have been around almost since the begining. I love your format and the fact that you have kept things simple. I do have one suggestion that I think will help. You should invest in a clip on mic that you can plug into your phone. Your audio is really weak in some parts of your videos and a 10 dollar mic will fix most of this. Best of luck to you and your channel!!

[@okaberintarou3641]

6:44 You scared the crap out of me when you got up. Thought someone was behind me :D

[@Luckin-Fegend]

Love the idea for the series, but would like to see some more background... like a summary of spent/sold, the actual ad/presentation... stuff like that. Keep up the good work! Cheers from germany!

[@boodycf4467]

If you see a PC with a Celeron CPU you MUST RUN FOR YOUR LIFE!

[@piichuu3596]

Shit. Have to go to school tomorrow as well!

[@irukhan07]

This exactly! I wouldn't even touch a Celeron with a stick!

[@vipervidsgamingplus5723]

I used one in my first computer build because I couldn’t afford anything better and it worked just fine, my only complaint is it wasn’t hyper threaded so I only had two cores

[@thefonz2854]

Boody CF unfortunately the worst PC i owned was a celeron and it was always pinned at 100% usage just using chrome!

[@Praylv]

Even if it's an "N" series Celeron

[@zunzan]

"One man's trash is another man's treasure" - RandomGaminginHD

[@wolf-wm2zs]

Lmfao ahahah XD

[@krazycharlie]

In this case, "one man's trash is another man's trash" :/.

[@JamesHardaker]

thats a very old saying

[@Amanullah-dx5uy]

Dude, i was waiting for a video from you! How convenient!

[@irukhan07]

I'm in total awe you didn't know about Celerons being sluggish CPUs and also pleasantly surprised you got rid of them and making a profit in the end nonetheless! A good rollercoaster ride, this video!

[@mx3fto]

VGA doesn't convert to HDMI without a powered converter buddy

[@LoneCrusader]

Dannyvw like an adapter?

[@everythingtechnical6344]

Dang. Awesome deal. Keep this series up! I'm loving it

[@remke5137]

Good content my dude. If you're willing to keep doing this series then i for one am willing to watch it

[@nixeldev]

Good stuff, looking forward to the rest of the series :)

[@ItsPikablu]

Looking forward to your next video reviewing subscribers PC setups

[@DoomWalker42]

You should definitely make this a new series! Looking forward to it.

[@tqrules01]

To many adapters...... there is no signal conversion from analogue to digital dude.... your going from VGA to DVI-A to DVI-A to HDMI which is impossible.

[@tqrules01]

@Erotikstudio Winkler GmbH no DVI has a few versions. 5 to be exact. Two for each single type. If you are going from HDMI to DVI-D I.E DVI DIGITAL then there is a high chance it will work :) but not for dvi Analogue.

[@Leonvolt28]

I have an HDMI to VGA adapter and it works perfectly.

[@tqrules01]

@@Leonvolt28 because there is a analogue to digital signal conversation going on.....

[@JamesHardaker]

great idea for a series. I've been subscribed for ages but I'm not a budget buyer so most videos are not relevant to me and therefore they lack any value to me and I dont watch them. This series is a lot more interesting as it has a little story to follow which is fun.

[@mrgtmodernretrogamingtech6891]

I love the "Financial Advice" Part! Great Job sir! =D

[@AtariFitness]

Loving the new series. 🙂👍👍

[@rodrigo4379]

im loving this series!

[@speedylordinc.3748]

I like how you say _the_ facebookn I can tell for sure you have seen the early, often better days of the internet;)

[@disagreed3976]

Can't wait for more of this series

[@okmrman6862]

I really liked this video mate.

[@TheSpotify95]

Nice video, great that you made profit and those PCs will live another life again :). Only trouble is that Windows 7 support ends in just over 4 months time so they would ideally need an upgrade to Windows 10... if they can indeed run Windows 10.

[@wretchedslippage3255]

great series start!!

[@nolanheistad2526]

Noticed your hisense tv branding. Glad to see you are looking at quality brands in lower price tiers. Hisense is not exactly a high end brand I guess but it's a lot better than a lot of other brands at lower price tiers.

[@ardencollins5379]

Awesome series keep it going

[@Davidx_117]

Definitely good advice at the end, risk factor aside it's also a lot faster to sell lower end systems in my experience (in my area high end systems seem to never sell unless they were some crazy deal)

[@mikahautamaki6698]

I really like you videos 😅👌 tnx man!

[@WitchVulgar]

I have a few notes: 1) should the series be called "Facebook Finds"? 2) I'd buy the pair for £80, if they had free shipping to the US 3) will we be seeing the car on your car review channel?

[@cubaze5170]

car review channel??

[@carlosfandango2419]

I think you did well. Keep em coming.

[@Eremon1]

LMAO..."Zoostorm"!? Interesting brand name. Love your videos. It's not hard to remove the user password and keep the contents of the OS. Whenever I get an un-formatted system I'm always curious what's been left behind. Mind you this curiosity has lead me to regret. lol

[@nikkeipvck8529]

Great video. Subscribed

[@dimarg00]

and the "Notification of the day" award goes to RandomGaming

[@iNFiNiTY125]

That Y cable adapter you used Is one of those DMS-59 OEM adapter cables the VGA and DVI aren’t connected together, they each go directly to the pins on the other end. +1 for thinking out side the box though👍🏻

[@olbrzym11]

Congratulations on your new Discovery!

[@Mmmm_tea]

the reason the adapters didn't work is because the dvi port has pins to output both analogue and digital signals (why the adapters exist) the hdmi port is digital and finally the vga port which was used can only output an analogue signal.

[@sachatrin2981]

That's a true fact

[@SaltyMcBoatFace]

cant wait for ep 2

[@TechWithSean]

There are some good deals on there! I recently got a Sony HD CRT for free on FB 👍

[@Nappepappe]

Bought two server PCs for $30 with basically no info. One turned out to be just ten year old useless crap, other than a TX750W psu in working order, which is about $40 used in itself. The other is a fully functional server with 8 gigs ram and a Xeon X3440. I'm gonna stick an old $15 GTX 660 in it and I basically have an esports gaming PC for my little brother.

[@User_yt842]

Nice video !

[@-J2gross]

I love working on old PCs it’s the best 😁

[@thqp]

Cool new series! Is the pc build review series coming back btw?

[@caligoclarus]

You could have literally upgraded those by a fair amount. Those are Asus P5G41-M LX2/GB motherboards as can be seen in the video. They are actually compatible with better socket 775 quad cores despite the product page. Not only that, they can be BIOS modded to run cheap quad core Xeon CPUs. www.delidded.com/lga-771-to-775-adapter/3/#asus AND on top of that, this model board can also use a BIOS mod that unlocks the hidden Overclocking menu. www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-ASUS-P5G41T-M-LX2-GB-Unlocked-Hidden-Overclock-Capabilities Furthermore, along with the 8GB RAM upgrade capability mentioned in the video, the included 300W power supply is also sufficient to run a GTX 1650, or cheaper card like GTX 1050 Ti.

[@georgeholt5910]

XOMPUTER PLES This video is my life building budget systems for people, loved it That fancy black PCB was a smoke screen

[@beelzebudha666]

This is what i try do, just things bit expensive up here in Aberdeen

[@chriscalderon1337]

Looks like you at least got two decent cases for some sleeper builds. :)

[@chriscalderon1337]

Upgrade one to the max for it's motherboard lol.

[@stevenwilliams6638]

This is great!

[@lemongames268]

you can’t t convert vga to hdmi or hdmi to vga without an active adapter, the thing u got there is a passive adapter. i recently had that problem, i looked up and its because the VGA emits analog signal and HDMI emits digital signals, so da thing u need is either buy an active adapter, or plug it in a VGA monitor 💪🤟🏻

[@nixietubes]

Lemon Games Does HDMI or VGA have a supply voltage (li)ke USB to power an adapter from? because I have two function hdmi to vga adapters connected to my pc with no external power supply

[@lemongames268]

Tntmod54321 as far as i know active adapter is already powered by the motherboard, since it only needs a small amount of power to work. so yeah i guess so, it’s like USB

[@ivanuremovic1199]

Yep. I just got RX 570 recently, and it's working over some cheap active adapter I got for like 6$ off Ebay. I did not want to get another monitor, since I have some LG 22" Full HD one that I got few years ago. It's all working fine for now.

[@lemongames268]

Ivan Uremovic Nicee, how long have u been using the adapter?, i got it for the same price but the darn thing broke down after 7-9 months or so, after i opened up the adapter turns out that it was poorly made, some wire popped out, only few was soldered and the rest was hot glued. this is my second time buying a new active adapter, which is kinda sucks bc theres no better alternative 🤷‍♂️

[@ivanuremovic1199]

@@lemongames268 Well, for like two months I think. It's all fine for now. But I will most likely get few of them, so I can easily change it when one dies. Or I will just get another monitor some day.

[@JamieWilliamsJamminJamie]

That motherboard Asus P5G41-M LX2/GB i had one and it does support the Intel Q9550 CPU with 8GB of ram if you ever come across one again

[@robertt9342]

I am kind of surprised the it doesn't support the x3360, the Xeon equivalent. They are often a bit cheaper, I wonder if it would still work?

[@fortheempress353]

I'm early... New series, cool!

[@aaaalex1994]

And to think that in Barcelona they sell similar computers for 150-200 € on some thrift stores...

[@AmateurTroll69]

Overpriced as hell

[@skylarjensen3249]

a recommendation for cleaning PCs in the future. Purchase an Air Compressor.

[@clasherplayz96lee74]

love this channle very inspiring

[@Edu_RJR]

i'm pretty sure you can fit a core 2 quad in there, it should work even though the website doesn't show it, maybe because it's an older CPU.

[@paulezk]

The intel celeron sticker wasn't a good sign.. That would have been enough for me to say no. Single core CPUs can't do much now-days. But hey, cool video!

[@bruh_hhh3439]

keep the hard work

[@EastAngliaUK]

your TV don't look to save at 7:21 LOL

[@kcinplatinumgaming2598]

I live in Asia and I do similar or should i say I will be doing, they seem to be around the same price however some sellers as you poss know have no idea what there computing is worth second hand and there also seems to be a log of pc warehouses here selling ex mining rigs and office tech from overseas but if done right like you say can turn a good profit... I do know of guys who actually go scrap collecting oh my they pick up some amazing computers not even 12 months old some of them .. a guy not so long ago picked up a load of I7 and even I9 systems just thrown out .. with that though its just a matter of being there at the right time .. he also picked up quite high spec laptops too so scary we buy them for thousands of pounds and they get even more powerful for nothing .. the scrap mans back was full of servers and 43/70" TVs ect some work some broke mad .. good video my friend as per usual ... I coming back to UK next year to pick my main PC up and gonna get some tech over there as over here its just hard .. but anyway have a nice weekend

[@redfanMark]

Hey loving the videos just found this channel :) Can you offer quick bit of advice, I'm trying out budget gaming n picking up an optiplex i5, 8gb soon what's the best budget gfx card that will handle GTA V, rise t.r. etc ? Looking at sub £50 preowned/refurb cheers :)

[@igttgit]

Months later watching this vid again, I realize this is the same motherboard i built a pc for a friend with. On this PC I inserted the xeon e5450, the chipset is the right type and the supported CPU list is far bigger than the support page claims

[@youngsexyyt9581]

Watching this from school

[@ethanedward4143]

I'd love to see a series start with like £50 and try buy sell computers and see if you can go from 50 to a like £800 system

[@themistoclesnelson2163]

Please dont forget about Sunday Tech Talk amd rating rigs.

[@AlistairBrugsch]

Worth it for the apple sticker!

[@tomebers8683]

I've seen loads recently but im skeptical wether to save and buy one as id want a newer and faster one and one with HDMI unless you can modify a old system to have HDMI

[@charlessewell]

We had a couple of Zoostorm PCs at my work before the PSUs started to smoke...

[@Rapscallion2009]

That's absolutely fine. Stick linux on it as win 7 is off support, fine for basic web browsing and office use. An SSD would help, or a usb key and readyboost if you're on windows.

[@lm_dccxl4078]

So now we have a Nerd on a Budget, british edition.

[@Charlie6969]

You should think about investing in a cheap air compressor, it makes short work of cleaning out dust. Better value over those cans in the long run aswell.

[@darximor]

amazing !

[@Oliver-bn7jt]

would thermal paste eventually become an issue with how much you would have to use in order to resell the system or is it not that big of an issue?

[@jordanlifts2996]

Theres definitely bargains to be had on FB, i just got a ASUS 24” 1ms 144Hz 3d vision ( whatever that is ) monitor for £40 i was chuffed haha

[@jordanlifts2996]

BelaPuma it was definitely a 1st haha

[@Choralone422]

Neat video. In my area (US Midwest) people on the FB marketplace always want WAY too much for any tech. I still see people trying to sell used 240 GB SSD's for $50-100 ($25 NEW on Amazon for example.) and Core 2 Duo based PC's for $150-250 and used video cards for just as much as brand new and sometimes even MORE than brand new prices. You might say, why don't you buy some cheap tech on ebay and resell it for a profit? Well, I don't enjoy ripping people off, it's just wrong IMO.

[@Choralone422]

And if you slap the word "gaming" on a PC people seem to think it automatically doubles in price. Seriously! I've seen a "gaming" PC with a Sandy Bridge i3 CPU, 4GB RAM, a Nvidia GT 1030 video card and a 250 GB HDD being sold for $500. WTH?!?!

[@MARTINREN1231]

i remember literally throwing an old pc from the basement of a friend. he said it will be thrown out anyways. i tried to salvage it but opening it made me actually disturb a giant spider and her eggs that is on the process of hatching. little known fact: i wanted to burn his house down.

[@travisdonotsuscribegototjs9323]

Many times with a simple bios update and wishful thinking you can still plop in a core 2 quad CPU and it sometimes works as long as the new CPU has same tdp if you plan to use stock cpu cooler but normally a q6600 will work fine and also most of these PC's can support 8gm max as long as they have four dimm sicks

[@bigjoeangel]

"Where there's muck there's brass." is a more apt saying in this case. It's amazing what a difference a bit of effort makes when flogging old crap.

[@sburton015]

In a way, this is just like the old Celeron PC I have laying around with integrated graphics, but I think the one I have is even older, it has a single core 2.0 ghz Celeron CPU and it's bios date shows 1-24-2003. Haven't decided what to do with it, still has an install of Windows XP. I think also, the PSU might be going bad.

[@ptah4000]

I now consider that era of machine as 'too old' to try to resell. That being said, I would've booted into Hiren's CD and got the win7 key. It is still a free upgrade to windows 10 and the kind of people interested in that basic of a machine would be more interested in one running win10 instead of win7.

[@heyrellic]

I love this

[@flexibilityosu]

Amazing

[@Hail2th3k1n6]

I thought this was another episode of RandomCarReviews at first.

[@matthewday7565]

Not a massive upgrade scope, but the 2x cache and higher FSB of a cheap Pentium model (CEX P&P more than the CPU) might have sharpened it up a little

[@EpicAwesomeWin87]

A tip: When talking to the camera please use a set focus instead of autofocus to get a more crisper presentation.

[@matt4193]

Perhaps a Radeon HD6670 would pair well with that processor.

[@mesterak]

G41 motherboards can be BIOS modded to accept Xeon processors. Throw in a socket 771 modded quad CPU and you have a descent system. I’ve BIOS modded Dell, HP and non OEM motherboards for years now and have had much success. Great way to turn that potato into something usable. :)

[@AR-cq4gd]

How do u format the window 7 without a password? I moved and forgot my windows 7 password and I don’t know what to do

[@lemusz9750]

Did you clean the power supply inside? I would be interested for a video for something like that.

[@Mc-lu5ic]

Always beware seeing a Celeron sticker on the front of a PC

[@UltimateMTB]

Since you mostly make videos on cheap/budget friendly PC parts I guess I assumed you weren't super rich... but you drive a range rover?!? Nice!! Please review your car at some point! Lol

[@Ogk10]

Tech yes UK

[@yunngmelt1858]

Haha it was you that took the deal from me 😂

[@poot111111]

A Gears emblem 2:02 (and Apple 2:50 for some unknown reason) on one of the systems You missed a golden opportunity to run a Gears Benchmark, lol