How I make the CHEAPEST Gaming PCs in the world

With all these offcuts and spare PC parts laying around, I thought I would go through a back story of how they came to be, and WHAT we can do with them! Going from budget GT 1030 pcs to a fancy GTX 1080 Ti, i7 gaming rig!
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Chapters
00:00 All these used parts, where they come from, and what to do with them!
02:33 Don't waste 6th and 7th gen motherboards, they work quite well in flips!
05:09 add an i7 and it comes out extremely well done!
07:20 one of the rarest and MOST frustrating things in PC building!
08:05 it works in the end! and at $100 it's quite a good gaming pc
11:30 the Dell vostro budget gaming setup, not booting up with certain GPUs?
16:50 this $191 PC came out even better than I expected!
17:35 a GTX 1060 PC in a fancy case.
18:17 The GTX 1080 Ti, done in a full gaming pc!
20:25 Sunlight is great, especially if you are on a budget and need to take some awesome flip photos, and concluding the used pc parts initiative.
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[@MarcoGPUtuber]

1:55 It's not ugly, it's aesthetically challenged.

[@iamperplexed4695]

Ugly.

[@JoseLopez-kt6vz]

Relatable

[@renaion]

​@@JoseLopez-kt6vzdam couldn't be me

[@iitzfizz]

What, you don't like ketchup and mustard? 😅

[@renaion]

@@iitzfizz I don't care if it looks like the dam french flag aslong as it's reliable

[@jb678901]

I built an X99 platform with 18C/36T about three years ago, complete with lightly used RTX2080Ti ($220), a lightly used Lian Li ATX case (Lancool II Mesh Performance, $38), 48GB DDR4...all together (incl PSU, etc.) it came to $640. Terrific deal and an excellent office PC that can also game at 1440P. Fast forward three years...a new AM4 platform (5800X + B550F; for $250) and a new RX7900GRE ($500)...a $700 upgrade! I will sell off the X99/XEON for $100-$120 and a 2080Super ($150)...meaning the upgrade came in under $450. Not bad!

[@uhavemooface]

Your new computer will last you a while to. And you can upgrade the parts with that case. I want a case like yours. I looked at that case and it has so much room.

[@carter7894]

Why such a downgrade in cores? Sure the 5800x is way faster for gaming but Im surprised you didnt go for 5950x or 7950x

[@MrLandslide84]

Can't go wrong with your specs honestly. Might need more cores if you did productivity apps like music related DAW software or such. But for 99% games this will rock.

[@POLARTTYRTM]

Even a GT 730 is worth. Either used to troubleshoot rigs, serve as display for older PCs to add just a little more power to watch videos and handle better UI's in other OS's that use something like KDE Plasma, or even as display for a server/workstation that is focused on CPU applications and tasks, I've seen so many super powerful CPU-specific workstations and servers using these little fellas as display output. Really almost nothing is useless when it comes to this stuff as they will almost be used for something, especially for average use or throwback builds.

[@MkwRa]

i use a gt 640 on my media center to output 4k30fps to my big tv. it's honestly not bad!! it plays 4k movies smoothly

[@Jay-sf6dz]

@@MkwRa4k30fps instead the best idea but 1440p 30fps would be better but I’m not hating just giving recommendation but if you like it you like it

[@POLARTTYRTM]

@@MkwRa I wish I had the resources and know-how to mess around making my own storage/media server at home using my old PC parts and my old GTX 760. It would be ideal. Gotta change that little blower fan though, it makes an annoying sound.

[@MkwRa]

@@Jay-sf6dz it's not better. my TV's native resolution is 4K.

[@MkwRa]

@@POLARTTYRTM gtx760 is kinda overkill just for a media server, but have fun!! :)

[@BigRichG]

As a casual PC flipper, I am just blow away with the prices you get parts at, I normally spend around $250 usd to get a i5 3570 with a rx580 build and I manage to sell it for $350 but when you showed that i7 4770 1060 build and you showed the price to make it and to sell it, that build would sale for $380 in California, and you made it for $109 usd, I am just amazed, it made me rethink everything I know about flipping. I love your content, and you sir are the PC flip king.

[@_Chuck_]

I got my hands on a rx 580 8gb for 15$ that the owner said it was broken but it worked flawlessly for me when I swapped the bios, best 15$ spent.

[@MrSamadolfo]

its because the RX 580 gives you a black screen if you use it on many older motherboards or monitors or tv's, most normies if they get a black screen simply Assume that the card is bad, they dont bother to check if it could be due to incompatibility

[@MrSamadolfo]

For example I have a Red Devil 580, it wont work with my Asus P55 nor my Asus Z97, it wont post, however if I plug it into my Z490 board or Alder Lake Board it works just fine

[@bot2k6]

I've just bought an r9 390 8gb(similar performance to an rx570-580)similarly, the seller said that it crashes and stutters under high load, but I tested it, and it had no problems at all. The guy probably didn't have a big enough psu.

[@maintake3792]

​@@bot2k6 was it a STRIX? The 390 is really weird. Crashed when running on a HX1000 from corsair thay worked with a Fury X, 3070 etc. But then a CX550 it worked fine...

[@BTS_technician]

@@MrSamadolfo oh god I remember that nightmare back when the 580's were popular, so common!!!

[@tj3495]

Loved this one! Would be cool to see more of your weekly building strategies/processes/pairings even like a vlog style

[@internziko]

Brian, thanks for all the amazing content over the years. Hope you and your family are well. Keep up the great work bro.

[@dianaalyssa8726]

Perfect, Have an old pc from this era been thinking of upgrading. Interesting all the mixing and matching going on.

[@Willbme4EVA]

Just started watching, and I am like daaaamn!! I feel like take it and run, all this Tech Yes City Uber content in a week? Thanks Bryan much appreciated.

[@geoffreystraw5268]

Even with your trip to japan I say another 4000 series set of videos would be very cool. Been loving your content for I think 6 years now. Learned a lot over the years from you including what duster blower thing to use. Keep up the tech yes lovin!

[@Eppopower]

Absolutely love the content lately! ❤ This is what we want from our Yes-man! 💪

[@bksdiesel76]

I always enjoyed listening to your videos - chuck full of info (helpful) - I'd like to see you hit millions of subs -

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

How I watch Tech YES City make the cheapest gaming PCs in the world. It's easy, I click the notification!

[@christoschristoforou6868]

Love your content man. Great episode.

[@nonethelesss]

Tech yes love! Great videos as usual. Would be amazing if you could make a small guide on how to take nice shots like those. I can't figure out how you take fotos of a turned on pc while hiding the cables 😅

[@Natures_Intentions]

awesome systems i wish i lived closer i would buy several for sure Great work!

[@KrissBartlett]

very nice as always Bryan i like the older computer builds

[@Lee-rn5wl]

one of your best ,more pls these are way more interesting

[@mikecullen6557]

Love your vids.Do you have any videos on tips on photographing your pcs? Yours always looks spot on

[@krz8888888]

Those cases look great for the price, it really spices up the builds

[@Sitharii]

07:20 : I can definitely understand your frustration about the “haunted-case” ,since I’ve been at the same situation in the past : It was around 2005-2006 I believe , my PC would not power-on and I ended up replacing *EVERYTHING* inside(*fortunately I always keep a lot of spare parts as a reserve for such situations) but still….🤬 *the PC wouldn’t power-on* !!! *I was so frustrated that I ended up asking help from a professional technician who I paid to come in my house and give a look to my PC* . He told me that I was screwing the motherboard screws too tight in the PC-case and this was resulting to cause some sort of short-circuit with the case !!! I never thought that I could encounter such an issue ,if I hadn’t called the technician I would have never figured that out …. Unbelievable !!!

[@DavidPereiraLima123]

That one black ITX case with the rectangular patterns on its front looks so cool. Feels like 2000's hacker movie server room.

[@Chris_K_907]

This was one of my fav videos of all. I am a similar mindset here in the USA, i usually save the cast off parts and free stuff till i have enough to build multiple pc's then let the mix and matching start. I think going to $150 start would make for a smoother start to a flip up season for sure, As always soo appreciate your videos as you introduce brands you trust that i dont normally see here in the USA and knowledge is power, thank you for sharing Keep up the great work

[@MrSamadolfo]

yup its what i do, i have my own home so im able to save used parts and store them in the attic or basement.

[@ogbenchmarks7127]

TYC might be the only channel on YT that can get away with saying that there is a place (small place) in today's market for spinning hard drives. If the i7-2600 can find a home, then so can a hard drive.

[@myne00]

Everything has a price.

[@elu9780]

SSDs nowadays are so cheap HDDs are no longer worth it as boot drives. While you can still get a higher capacity HDD cheaper than a SSD with the same capacity, I think going quality over quantity is the right play here. Of course, some modern games are far too heavy on storage for their own good, but even 512GB is enough if you don't keep too many games installed at once. Sure, if you are at the bottom of the barrel and can't get *anything* better, a HDD will do even if it will also test your patience. Hopefully you wouldn't be installing anything other than Linux distros that perform the best on low-end hardware, like antiX. I use antiX pretty much everywhere, and it has been excellent. Snappy, doesn't require much performance to run, overall very lightweight

[@POLARTTYRTM]

@@elu9780 plus SSD don't have movable parts, which is one less very critical point of failure compared to HDDs on which a very very small scratch in the disk will just corrupt all your data, and you can say bye to it all.

[@alan138]

@@POLARTTYRTMI'm not so sure about that, i mean sure in theory is correct, but in the practice is a metter of "luck". Manufacturers of HDD usually give a 5 year life span average for their drives, i mean generally thats what an HDD usually live. But you can bet $1000 that its not always the case, usually they last for few more years than what manufacturers say. I currently still have an HDD from my previous pc, i buy the dam thing in 2016 so its 8 years and is till in good condition. Obiously im using an SSD for the SO, thats unquestionable. And of course SSD are so cheap nowdays there is no real reason not to go for them. And yet, for the right price i would still pick up an HDD as secondary drive, never over an SSD but if its "free like cheap" or something, sure i pick it up as storage for installers and other not crucial data. Anyway what i tryed to say as conclusion, is that the sole fact of the possible failure of a HDD, is not enough to throw it to the trash can just yet. HDD is still decent for a pc intended for web exploring, youtube, videoplayback of not so large raw files, old games, etc. As long as this hipotetic pc has a decent cpu+ram combo, the only real issue of running only one HDD is how long does it take to start up the system, and some software.

[@GreentipsCo]

I buy spining drives because it is cheaper than Bluray per gigabyte. I wouldn't use them as main drives for daily drivers. If you are building a torrent machine or security cam, then it have its use. For gaming, its a no go. 20 bucks for 256 SSD. Criminal to sell a machine without SSD.

[@mtzkustom7818]

I remember during the flip up series thinking that deepcool case was decent just lacking rgb bling. Glad to see it got utilized appropriately.

[@Arachnoid_of_the_underverse]

Great video I really enjoy your content.

[@DonaldMolter]

Man a video full of budget bangers, what could be better???

[@antonschaf4088]

Bro, I love your videos!

[@turboboy0]

@0:03 the middle case is a mattrex 30 which i love. my first custom build is using this case.

[@realonepx9885]

Love this series 😍

[@eurocrusader1724]

That's the reason I keep my old builds. Swap them/part them out and assemble new systems for my family or for relatives. Every room in my house has at least 1 pc except the bathroom... My own room has 4 Oldest system is a i7 920 , my youngest a 7700x

[@MrSamadolfo]

😏 same here, my oldest is a Q9550 EVGA 750ti, second oldest is i7 870 Asus P55, youngest 12700K, oddly I dont have any amd in the house yet 🤔😊

[@SwiftMCy]

I've had that weird case behavior before; it's so odd. It was a bit nicer of a case as well. I was under the assumption maybe somehow the standoffs were causing a short? but I think you're probably correct with it being something in the front panel I/O shorting it.

[@aku2dimensional]

I enjoy recycling old hardware myself, I currently run a GTX 1070 OC in my $300 used Brickstation, the card has broken fans but still runs great and bought it separately for about $100. My Thinpad laptop was free and has a 6th gen Intel, it can play an older game or two good enough without a graphics card. If I wanted to use my mini PCs the i5-6500T inside could run a few games too without graphics.

[@johnpaulbacon8320]

Nicely done

[@ev0L96]

My friend says im the greek Bryan !! :P cheers mate , love the content as always ( PLS PLS PLS try using the black duck tape to wrap around those ketchupmustard cables!! it will look crazy better)

[@DIYTech21]

8:19 give me that case :D mostly these cases have standoffs at weird places that make them impossible to use with certain boards as these short out

[@gnome-ski]

11:32 lol. i remember when it was 60fps, everyone was like you cant see more than 60fps, you dont need a higher refresh rate monitor

[@uG0TRobbed]

I wish I could master your marketplace bargain hunting skill. In my area, everyone is overpricing and won't budge on their generations old components. Guess you either need to get them right when listed or after a few months when someone wants rid of the items.

[@MortaliaMorts]

Found a 3090 for 400$ once, only 2h old listing at 2am. Sadly. It was from New York and im from Brazil so taxes+ import fees made so i couldn’t buy it. Still salty over that.

[@ShhTime]

I bet that "ugly" case has a great personality

[@jakobe_bryantgaming5580]

Would love to see a revisit of e5 v3 xeons in 2024 (2696 v3, 2697 v3) with a huananzhi qd4 in a super budget build. Turbo unlocking is much easier these days, and I also have a bios that can be used with it that gets rid of the annoying beep and implements a permanent turbo boost unlock (so windows cant get rid of it)

[@JustMyFish]

I Build custom PCs but also do repeats, you would be surprised how many people when they get a new PC from me just chuck out the old one, they ask me if I can wipe the HDD/SSD drive before they take it to the recycle Centre. So, me being me I tell them about my ''free recycling scheme'' and how they can get a 35-pound money off code for high street stores if they utilize my scheme. Basically, I take the PC and use the parts for repeats or build a mid to low end PC and sell it on for a profit. I then buy a high street card from love to shop with the value of £35 to be spent at one of 1500 Uk high street stores. Everyone's a winner.

[@PandaBear97]

That "upper mediocre case" - Azza spectre case is what I have for my main PC 😂

[@JoshuaMattingly]

New to the channel. Great work. Got a video showing your 'glow up' process?

[@techyescity]

The photoshoot? what I use and how I do it? In videos in the past I have just shown broll of it, I mean I can make a segment in a video as a question of the day if you like?

[@simpernchong]

love this video.

[@geoffreystraw5268]

Wow got to love the comment being read! Very cool :)

[@MCMonsterbuilder]

Watching this while repasting my 137€ (incl. shipping) ROG Strix RX5700XT I got from ebay today, had 90°C GPU temp, dropped to 60-63°C, there was dry thermal paste everywhere, not just on the gpu now there is fresh thermal paste everywhere because as always I used way to much.

[@MrSamadolfo]

thats a nice card, its comparble to my Saphire Nitro 😒👍 but mines is NEW 😉

[@AdmV0rl0n]

my first ever PC had that short issue. drove me nuts. I fixed it by cutting up a corn flakes pack and making a card board back plate for the mobo. This worked ....

[@user-fz7zu7no9o]

should of tested the cables with multimeter on the front usb audi conection same as all front panel conectors and if a motherboard has one point of contact to the steel tray that will also cause it not to start

[@mr.arocenastech]

I like starting from the motherboard and GPU combo. I like matching them brand-wise so that if there's any RGB the customer only needs one RGB program to make it all work. Though in all honesty every manufacturer's RGB software is crap with the exception of Corsair's iCue (in my opinion). Looking forward to the Season 4 Flip up challenge!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Since I don't have any interest in unicorn vomit, I would even prefer not having to install any RGB software at all. And of no RGB makes the board cheaper, even better.

[@MadIIMike]

7:20 haha the same thing once happened to me, it turned out to be a LED being whacky, so I just cut the cables for it. Also: Any chance for a flip up challenge in japan? :P

[@namtech425]

Hey hey hey, I take offence! The Corsair Back/red case is not bad. Loool. Nice video man.

[@vocalninja5889]

We need these potato builds man. Food for the soul

[@vascuin]

Your content is just a joy to see! 😁 I would love to be flipping PCs it just sounds so much fun Keep up the good work!

[@bdd2ccca96]

that gt1030 alone sells for 130 cad (100usd) new here in Canada. it's a bit of niche product because it is the most "powerful" passive gpu available (excluding palit 3050 kalmx)

[@ArtistSoftwareEngineer]

low profile gpus *always* have a niche use 👍👍👍 there is always demand for people who pick up SFF dells or whatever for a media PC

[@GPEART1]

12:32 Could not unsee the upside down mounted cpu cooler fan in the i7 2600, it sucks instead of blows, unless I am mistaken.

[@MrSamadolfo]

correct, it sucks and pushes the hot air down onto the motherboard, then it spread over the board and then gets suckes out the back or up the top

[@Technocrat.]

Hey TechYes, have you done a build with Huanazhi B660m board?

[@CoccoUri]

Yes-Man on fire again!

[@leandroperalta]

Do you ever make builds with striped drives (or RAID 0 if I remember correctly) for storage?

[@-S.T.P.]

did you verify the pinout of the front panel connectors on the dell case? they make adapters for those.

[@Lurch-Bot]

I built a 4th gen on a Dell board and had issues once I put an OS on it and tried to shut it down. it shut down but the power switch wouldn't turn it back on again. Have to cycle power and then it boots right up. I didn't realize you could disable the error messages with jumpers (I looked in BIOS for like half an hour). I might give it a try because that could be what is affecting power on.

[@joshygomez4016]

can you make tour own make shift test pc while picking up parts and test them onsite to avoid any drama?

[@lexavaritia7596]

Might be the case stand or connector pins for the usb and motherboard

[@arch1107]

the usb 3 ports must be shorted or unproperly wired, yes

[@fracturedlife1393]

You can get cheap vinyls meant for cars Brian nice for hiding sh!t looking but perfectly working PSU's! Had a nice chequered flag effect on a sim race setup

[@j3m638]

Several of the cases shown here are the exact same cases currently occupying a large space in the back of my shed. I knew I kept them for a reason ;)

[@Nalianna]

Wanna sell em? :P

[@organicseoireland4988]

Man I enjoy these videos very much, very cool and different to what's available usually other youtubers just weekly review the same thing with small changes xD

[@yurak4003]

Download the latest BIOS, modify it, and flash it. Then your motherboard will be able to support Xeons, such as the 1270 v5. It's almost like the 6700 but costs $33-35.

[@Trev0413]

Great stuff, this is why we Yes!

[@keithcanales9334]

On the Cursed Case, at about 7:50 you can see the motherboard standoffs are molded in the back of the case. My money is on one of those that isn't used on the Optiplex mobo touching the back. I've fixed similar in the past, usually with a hammer and a layer of electrical tape to be sure. Also curious, why not drop another few bucks to throw a cheap 256gb SSD in there as well? It'd massively improve performance in Windows and be a much better gaming experience.

[@MrSamadolfo]

Maybe he doesnt have access to tiny SSDs like us in the usa, cause we can go on ebay and just get a beater 64GB SSD, so i dont know the situation for them?

[@jamesdevine564]

before u go to japan for the few months that u got to sort personal stuff up can u do a mail time vid and then include a pc build using them hopefully to it soon.

[@2528drevas]

Where I live in the States used PC Cases are stupid expensive. When I find a deal I snap them up.

[@FirstLast-bi1ve]

Good stuff

[@BuzzTec]

Bangers delight

[@PaladinSolo1]

Hey Bryan! How about some TYC merchandise. Maybe some T-shirts with famous “ let’s get crackle lacken” what you say.

[@NeoRegia387]

Hi Bryan, Would you be able to make a comparison between Aliexpress Radeon 5700xt, Radeon 6600M, and Intel ARC A750 8gb. In the UK, a brand new a750 cost under £200 and both Radeons from aliexpress are around £160 with taxes. I think that prices in other regions may be similar and a lot of your viewers may be very interested to see which of this three card will be victorious

[@xXxXNanuXxXx]

My wife has that exact dell vostro case from 2011 lmao

[@dozer4981]

I had a bunch of old parts and built up a amd a4-3400 2 core with 16gb ddr3 16000mhz on a a55m-Ds2 MOB with a gtx 760 2gb ,550w psu and a 1tb hdd out of a old laptop, 😂😂😂 you've inspired me , on offer up it goes

[@manueldelbusto725]

Ugh that cpu is terrible

[@dozer4981]

​@@manueldelbusto725I should hope so it's very old!! But hey back innthe day new , it ran every game no problem

[@GLDragon93]

Not amazing deals but recently managed to get an i5 9400 8GB and an asus prime h130m of ram pc for 70€, the surprise was (other than a free silent keyboard and a knockoff g203) a 500GB WD Blue SSD, PSu kinda crap though. Everything was brand new and unused. While looking for a cheap gpu, I've found a whole system with an i3 4170t 8gb ram and 256gb ssd on a mATX case with a PSU chamber (similar to the corsair air 240 but without front mesh and transparent side panel) , the surprise was a GTX 1650 for 75€ and a decent PSU. So transplanting the i5 on this case, adding a stick of 8gb for dual channel ram and gifting it to my brother, and planning to get a cheap xeon e3 1270v3 and add my 750ti for a backup system.

[@user-kx1vt6gq3p]

WE need more

[@ashryver3605]

Rx470 bottom of the barrel pepehands When i was building my 13900KS pc, i actually used my old R9 290 while i had both pcs (4790k/2070S was the main at the time) on the desk in a dual pc mess while overclocking the 13900KS ... and anyways.. while it might have been carried by the cpu, the r9290 could actually 60fps quite a few modern titles! Even Rust at 1440p low~ could be 60fps!

[@knowntheplaya]

How did you end up with all those SSDs from Semsotai ?

[@krz8888888]

Wonder if you could find a cheap supply of SSHD drives, those might work good at the lower end

[@KrolJulian845]

120gb ssd with 2 year warranty cost 8 euro lmao

[@krz8888888]

@@KrolJulian845 Yeah I am surprised that a hdd works in 2024, I had a horrible experience last time I tried it as a system drive. Maybe a basically empty 2tb short strokes enough to be useable

[@janexiusjanek8586]

@@krz8888888 last time I used an HDD was with Windows 10, an i7-8700 and a 2TB HDD in 2018. it was alright, once you gave it a few minutes after booting, it did okay at single tasking/gaming. Swapping in an SSD made it feel at least 10 years newer though, as the time for booting, opening programs and anything else was multipe times faster. even on way weaker CPUs it makes a huge difference.

[@MrSamadolfo]

Here in the USA you would normally just buy a used or new tiny SSD, I think windows 11 installed is only 16GB of space, so I would say 32gb at minimum, then everything else goes onto a 3.5 hard disk drive, this is what i do on all my systems, if u got more money that up the size of the ssd and hard drive, and if u want to have a backup OS on the rig then I buy an additional SSD and install a Linux Distro that works with that particular build.

[@TheSilviu8x]

Man, this video brings back memories...

[@Alpha-ms9nj]

Man that case is frustratingly weird, you called it cursed, Id suggest a Sage ritual but that'd be a waste of good Sage. Love the channel, always look forward to new videos with the tips, tricks of what works what doesn't. Now it's time to get my procrastinating azz motivated, got a few MOBOs, CPUs and GPUs to test out and then if all goes well, will be deciding what should go where and which case and why etc.

[@cryptombt5880]

So I have a massive load of spare pc parts. Some old some new. What do you think this would flip for in today’s market? I7-2600k ASUS P8H61 R2.0 (LGA-1155) 16gb DDR3 1600mhz EVGA GTX 980 ti HYBRID (immaculate condition) GameMax 4 ARGB case Aerocool Strike-X 1100w PSU Gold Rated Fully Modular Thanks in advance

[@letitiabeausoleil4025]

Hi Brian. Would you like a cursed Sapphire B550 itx mobo to play with?

[@patrickmiskell1301]

A seriously underrated Tech Channel!! Thanks for all the great content! These mix and match builds remind me of of my younger years, when i was fortunate enough to have a friend of the family that worked with CAD (A small company that designed and tested electric motors that I eventually worked for when I was in college). He would always give me his old pcs knowing that i would learn from and make use of them (starting on dos and working up to Windows 95 before building my first "new" pc in the XP era). I had one of these that came with a Rage 128 video card and i upgraded the ram to the max and hooked up a bunch of drives to it... lol used it for emulation and StarCraft way beyond its life expectancy... cases had like zero airflow back then... just a metal box with an exhaust fan. so, I remember sliding back the top part of the case to leave a slit for air to pass through. Good times! thanks for the memories!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The budget sector has always been huge. Most people aren't buying a 4090 equivalent. Looking at the steam charts, the x60 are the most popular cars, mixed with a couple x50 Ti and x70 entries. As someone looking for an upgrade myself, while being on a budget, I sadly have some specific requirements that aren't the typical gaming setup. My games tend to be rather CPU heavy, and many aren't well multithreaded (so I don't need 16 cores, but the cores have to be fast), and I have lots of peripherals and multiple drives. (so lots of USB and SATA ports are a must) The first system (i7-3770, GT 1030) for example is weaker than what I'm already on, the second one (i7-2700, GT 1030) is an incremental sidegrade at the wrong corner, the third and fourth (i7-3770, GTX 1650 and i7-4770, GTX 1060) are pretty close to what I already have, the fifth (i7-6700, GTX 1080 TI) is the opposite of what I need from an upgrade (strong where I don't need it and weak where I need more performance).

[@davidlp3019]

I7 6700 and a 1080ti for only 365 bucks is an absolute steal brian.

[@andystech101]

I literally can't give away in the UK some of the builds you seem to push.. Flipping hard here in the UK at the moment....

[@frostmafia1380]

same in america, right after covid is when my sales were the best

[@Chris-yc3mm]

Damn, j thought the dell case looked OK. It has no airflow and a stupid riveted in place drive cage, but looks wise I've seen a lot worse 😂 Is that a replacement psu? Dell's usually have a dell branded psu in my experience and tge vistro was during a brief period I think when the psu was a standard atx

[@lindah6954]

I used to make my gaming PCs from a store boughten H/P. $800 for the pc. $80 for the 650 watt power supply. $500 for a GeForce graphics card. Pull it all apart and upgrade it. Played everything for 3 years on it. $1,380 compared to $2,000 pc with the same parts.

[@legendarysly6990]

i dont necesarrly call the offcuts. Lets say I bought a motherboard combo, I would divide the total with the quantity of parts as they still weren't free.

[@BungSam]

we out here

[@radupopescu4241]

Yoooo

[@mikeymaiku]

Now here we are

[@Ozqu]

Wow a motherboard causing a no post, never seen that one before

[@FSK1138]

do you install windows on each pc or just clone a generic image to your drives ?

[@sc337]

Photography skills, many scores in life requires them

[@tan.91]

i use ebay a lot so i was able to build mine for cheap it has dark flash micro atx case b450m-a pro max motherboard ryzen 5 3200x cpu corsair vengeance lpx 32gb ram AMD wraith stealth cooler corsair rm750x 80 plus gold fully modular psu Asus GeForce RTX 2060 6 GB I paid around $1400 all up and that's as cheap as I could possibly find by shopping around and getting parts from ebay to

[@user-lb4qb6mk4p]

I had a VERY similar thing happen to me today, It would only work with a ram stick in slot 1 so I just knew board or cpu right away I've dealt with this numerous times but it took like an hour to diagnose... there was a TINY crumb in the CPU socket and blowing it out and reseating the cpu/cooler fixed the issue *facepalm*

[@myne00]

It was probably the audio plug. Ac97 and hdaudio plugs are the same but the pins are not. If yes, it means the case is probably ~25yrs old

[@arch1107]

no 25 years old case has usb 3 cables, this one clearly has a blue cable with a bigvusb 3 connector that goes in your motherboard, the problem has usb 3 wiring or the ports in the front being shorted, physical damage the ac97 problem was real, but it is a thing of the past

[@myne00]

@@arch1107 Didn't notice the usb3. Just noticed the old looking dell case.