The $56 ALL AMD GAMING PC - BORDERLANDS 2 on a BUDGET

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ALL AMD, this is a particular combo that has been MUCH requested, and finally today that request will be fulfilled when I get my hands dirty building a $56 Used PC with specifically using only an AMD CPU and GPU. This all came about when I saw a bargain on a Phenom X2 945 Quad Core Processor (with a mobo and 4gb of ddr2 memory) and then with the said 4 core processor I was able to clock all the way up to 3.7ghz on a budget AM2+ Gigabyte Motherboard, then when further coupled with a 2900XT (well actually an R600 Engineering Sample (!) you have yourself one half decent gaming PC that can play Borderlands 2, oh and also CS:GO :p.
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[@godspoon]

Scrapyard Wars: Tech YES City V. LinusTechTips This needs to happen

[@type1break]

holy shit yes

[@Euronjuusto999]

daam son

[@georgezhang404]

That would be so cool

[@FirstLast-xt9ig]

+Samuel King I think we know who's gonna win :p

[@danielchristian3897]

ez win.

[@xx39abc]

If you live 1'000'000'000 seconds it is aproximately 31years. Bill Gates has 60 years so it is aproximately 2'000'000'000 seconds and he have ~80'000'000'000$ so he he earn in average 40$ / second he could buy this PC in 1.25 second of his life :D (yes I'm a bit bored)

[@Fred-vb4fz]

lol

[@GlaciatorGaming]

+xx39abc You deserve a medal.

[@KunouJS]

+xx39abc Like the way you think outside the box. lol

[@greedgodxow]

no it would take him 1.2857143 seconds to get enough money to make this computer. sorry I'm really bored and actually was stupid enough to waste time and find out the exact amount of time.

[@tehhkp]

+Donny Maraden it's actually 1.4 seconds... 56/40 is 1.4

[@techyescity]

360p at the moment! 1080p should be done soon!

[@myBacau]

+Tech YES City Come on man ! Overclock that Phenom 2 a little and it won't bottleneck a GTX 970

[@SomeNormalRomanian]

+Tech YES City Brian i asked you something on the discussion topic of your youtube channel and you haven't anwsered yet, can you please anwser?:D its a question about my future upcomming build inspired of your videos

[@randomaccessbrains]

+Tech YES City Damn i'm early, how does it fry eggs?

[@techyescity]

Yeah made a mistake on that lol, it is the Phenom 2 X4 right? And ill test it in the morning to see if it can cook me breakfast, but I don't think it will with 45 degrees on the CPU lol.

[@randomaccessbrains]

Tech YES City maybe if the zip tie job fails it will xD

[@greenyoshi119]

TFW a $56 PC performs better than yours

[@purp9986]

Cries

[@crazeproductions4235]

gt 730 ftw

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

+Linkidge same

[@sephiroth7655]

Ew burn that GPU

[@thepeasant269]

Dont compare an APU to a CPU

[@raymondlee2970]

Your videos inspired me to make myself a used PC for $275! Xeon W3550 MSI R9 270

[@cringykid5736]

Raymond Lee nice

[@vamrick]

I love this shit hahah .. I have 6700k Gtx 980 ti SLI setup and I still really enjoy watching these builds reminds me of the days when I used to build these when they were "Top" End hardware haha

[@tikiman48]

Lol I remember having an amd 64 x2 4400+ and an amd 6450, it was basically good for a bed is pic but I gamed with it, now I have a 950 and an Athlon 760k so I'm set for a long time

[@vex327]

You are so unique compared to the other tech channels. PLEASE keep up the good work man!

[@exoticg9]

I like how you always clean the parts nicely, it's a step many people forget or are afraid to do.

[@BillyFrost1865]

9:54 that pretty much explains why you were trying to kill level 30 enemies with your level 1 starting weapons lol

[@razorblazor571]

Tech Pro-tato City strikes again. Love these videos.

[@mohamedthahseen1202]

This type of cheap builds is what makes me so eager to watch your videos, latest hardware are easy to find but not many could or would want to spend the money because technology hasn't made a big jump imo. Really appreciate you making the extra mile to find used PC parts and putting them up together. Actually I do the same, I just sold off my LGA1155 i5 system and building a first gen i5-750 system as in Singapore all Singaporean males have to serve National Service. Once again, do keep the bang for the buck videos coming !!! :)

[@ezilahd6572]

we need a 1 cent pc that can play crisis 3 4k

[@JamesKawaiiDesuUSkrub]

Dude I got paid to own a PC that can run crisis 3000 with ultra max 2090p

[@ezilahd6572]

smame

[@Echoesoftimelover]

+Cerebral Conundrum Totally

[@smokegamingchannel5370]

in 2030

[@bilbocosby5310]

maby not 1 cent but i buyed a 40$ dollers PC and it have 3.5ghz i5 8gb ddr4 and 1tb hardrdive

[@MrDeathsmbrace]

Absolutely love that zip-tie usage! I wouldn't go anywhere near it myself, but I still love the concept of it, great vids man.

[@Brian_Buckley]

to be clear this processor is a Phenom II x4 945 DENEB core.... NOT a Phenom x2 phenom x2 does not exist. Phenom 1 came in triple core and quad core flavors. Athlon/AthlonII/Sempropn came in Dual core (x2) as well as quad core flavors. just so others were not as confused as i just was

[@RobertFierce]

Amazing work putting this together. You treat old tech with respect. I like that

[@volvofreak86]

The über ghetto mounted cpu cooler :) looks cool though

[@type1break]

yes xD

[@kunstderfugue]

+Jonas Hansson I've seen a stock intel cooler fan strapped into a random heatsink strapped into a motherboard. It doesn't get more ghetto than that.

[@gaiustrollius9920]

Bryan, start with the first borderlands. You'll love it. I've finished the original story and now I'm on my way to the second dlc. I highly recommend you to play them all. Also, why don't you do your x79 build on that case the mainboard was in when you got the system for the video?

[@Mr.Unacceptable]

I do a lot of PC dusting and cleaning. What i found is a great solution rather than those expensive cans. I have a large compressor that I use but the cheap way. Get a small brad nailer compressor and a 10 Gal air pig. The compressor removes most of the moisture. Then transfer to the air pig the dry air. Then use the air pig to blow out the PC. The compressor and the air pig both have water taps on the bottom to remove excess moisture. You can see if you have a problem with too much moister to use on a PC when you test it on paper and you see water drops. One fill of the air pig will clean about 12 PC's. So plenty of time to work the water out. You can buy special water eliminators but I haven't found it necessary and I'm at sea level on the Pacific coast. A low pressure regulator is necessary. 10-12psi 20psi max. You do not want to be blowing 100psi at a motherboard. That's enough to blow things off the board.

[@K3NnY_G]

Before I built my updated rig I was on a that exact CPU with a GTX 8800 GTX and 4 gigs of DDR2 ram, it was an amazingly capable PC, I keep the 8800 on a wall just in memory of it's service. People forget now days a good build was about having a quality board to tie it all together, I had an M3N-HT deluxe back in the day and my power was endless.. Zip ties are sketchy, but contact over pressure. I can see em' losing tension and melting over some time however. Awesome video.

[@SoftExo]

+K3NnY_G I did the same with my 8800 GT 512MB, bought in 2007. By 2013 that card still ran games like tomb raider and farcry 3, granted, not in DX11. I went as far as putting her for sale, having a buyer, and as we were setting up some final details, i backed out and got a negative rating as a buyer/seller there. Worth it.

[@OPTERON_PRIME]

i honesly feel phenom ii is the way to go when considering amd. untill zen anyways

[@CMstacker]

+wally aviles well maybe Phenom II X4 and especially X6 users don`t have the need to upgrade, at least not to current AMD FX lineup. They just need to push some 20% overclock on the cpu and keep going. But still, you cannot completely disregard FX line. It has new instruction sets, faster memory support and some inner data path optimizations. In some professional applications and many new games 8 core FX will beat any Phenom 2 by a nice margin.

[@OPTERON_PRIME]

True

[@CMstacker]

***** That`s weird. I have FX-8320 for 2 years now. Yeah i witnessed it has "only" the same performance or even lesser than Haswell based i5`s in 3D rendering for example, but everything else.... i just didn`t notice anything. And for last 12 months it`s not overclocked at all. I actually undervolted it for 0.1 V using global voltage offset. It had huge impact on temperatures and i reckon wattage is quite a bit lower. And it still hovers around i5 4460 general performance i guess. AMD really doesn`t get any love these days. I hope that changes with Zen.

[@user-py9cy1sy9u]

+Nick Russ You got it all backwards. Gaming engines are poorly optimized for FX CPUs because they can submit draw calls only from one thread. FX line is ok but software ecosystem is laging behind

+Leone Furlan He is obviously trolling. A GPU at 250c would be melting in your desk...

[@CrazyLegsFE]

These budget builds to me are some of the most fun as the bring to life hardware that is still capable! That and I love to tinker!

[@shannonfield9360]

omg wtf are those shoes @ 0:10 omg wash my eyes with acid

[@shredhead6665]

That's awesome! I still have my 2900xt and seeing this video put a big smile on my face. Good job and keep it up! Cant wait for the video you said you were gonna do determining if NVidia is crippling their older gen cards

[@merlinfanboy556]

This is the sort of build logs that really deserve the most credit! Truly great work, I love how you made an actually decent and clean pc from the scrap you were given to deal with! .. I did not like the ziptie heatsink though but I guess you can't be too picky if you're on that tight a budget..

[@Arthurzeiro]

That ghetto cooler on a CPU that is known to heat up too much is a brave move, props to you mate, you're a legend.

[@XPACT3]

Phenom II x4 series was really good, actually my favorite AMD family of processors, very good architecture. I still have Phenom II x4 955 OC-ed to 4GHz paired with Radeon HD 4890 Sapphire Vapor-X in my 2009 build and it is still very capable (only graphics card lacks driver support for newer operating systems like Win10 and no DX11), can't compare it with my current i7 4770k OC-ed to 4,2GHz and GTX780Ti but still great configuration indeed.

[@ian1064]

Just bought a hd4890 for 15 paired it with a xeon l5420 and its the best rig I ever had

[@Augie_77]

Great build. Amazing how well some old tech and a little cash can create a pretty good gaming rig.

[@QuikeTMX]

Where do u buy all that cheap hardware?

[@hakkertje100]

+QuiKeTX8MX one word: JAPAN

[@keiskay]

junk stores, I'm guessing they're big in Japan. you can get cheap parts at your local computer store. many of those never throw shit out. I found old voodoo cards at the one I used to work at.

[@TheJayBee1990]

google for used or electronic thrift stores in your area... if you have some money left for post fees ebay and other pages on the internet are a good choice... and consider depending on where you live you need to take a ride.. i have to drive 45min to get to the next "real" store for used parts

[@mrh3h]

It is incredible how you manage to produce so much quality content in short time. Keep up the good work!

[@IraQNid]

Dang man. I need to hit the used PC stores more often! As a fractal rendering machine you could use Mandelbulber to take the place of CineBench for tesselated render times. And have a nice looking 3D fractal to show for it :)

[@da27hd62]

Still better than my laptop...

[@zackanderson2298]

you should put the 780 in this build just for benchmarks. nice video man keep up the good work

[@rodrigo4379]

Wat do you do with these pcs?

[@a5tro25]

I'm glad you found that surprisingly unusual but logical "Windy" case. Lately you have had some good luck but, knock on wood, it keeps going dude

[@emabenac]

Cheers from Argentina! I love these types of videos, where test budget pcs :D

[@jment34]

Excellent find I have been searching for a cheap socket am2+ mobo for months.

[@mamailo2011]

+jment34 Not point anymore. AM3 CPUs are forward compatible with DDR3 and FX Processors/Motherboards. In Am2+ MoBo will be bandwidth starved.

[@zJericho101z]

Cant wait to see what you do with the windy case.

[@ihateevilbill]

That Windy case is total genius. The amount of time building and fixing pcs where id have to get at the motherboard... this would have saved me about 90% of the total time.

[@RichardThompson1]

Windy (Soldam) were crazy expensive and rare. Worth seeing how much enthusiasts would pay for that case today.

[@chaflanvilla]

in the yardsales is good start to find good computer for cheap price thanks bro for the tip

[@OneCheapEric]

LOL heat sink is hilarious. Great build!

[@operate170]

Admittedly, it might get much harder to play BL2 as you go on. It's very CPU intensive and the numerical calculations get really intense really fast.

[@eli7693]

i love the budget pc builds keep up the good work! :)

[@metacustomcomputers3426]

That WiNDy Case was a nice find but I guess in Japan you'll see them more often than anywhere else. In Europe people pay 400-600€ for a used WiNDy Case in mint condition. Kind regards, Meta Custom Computers

[@jedidethfreak]

A PS4-spec PC for $57? And console fanboys say their shit's the cheapest you can do!

[@jedidethfreak]

***** This system gets better frames at 1080p than the PS4.

[@pomaranc747]

This PC is much better than PS3

[@sawchuntean8317]

ps4 gpu actually equivalent to r7 260x

[@theofficialkev5513]

+saw chuntean no more like r7 240 / 250

[@theofficialkev5513]

***** the performance is in that range, maybe they might have put a high end A10 apu in the ps4, which gets the games running on a ps4 at 900p 30fps

[@TDust]

You should do a new egg 200-300 dollar budget sometime. Love your videos!

[@LEMON3705]

intel fanboy be like: My 6th gen i7 is faster

[@cjercc]

i don't know why you call it a phenom x2 quad core in the beginning, but the x2 actually stands for dual core. the x4 versions are quad which are actually used here.

[@QuantumBraced]

This can fit a full ATX board? Awesome. I'm an SFF enthusiast, I've never seen a smaller full ATX case. I'd be curious to know what model it is and if there's a modern version.

[@joo372]

Name for these awesome tracks u are using here! great video

[@katmanco3699]

sucks my 280 is out of action, but a good opportunity to use a 5870 right? Im actually quite impressed and i probably wouldn't of even tried it if not for this channel! Thanks brian

[@fatjaysgarage]

ok, you deserve the sub. congratulations your videos are very well put together!

[@Ray-dx2pf]

Lol i just did this with a e520 cooler (they are huge!) i used fishing line to hold the cooler on and rubber bands to hold 2 fans on the cooler. Been running so far with no issues and my temps are great.

[@DefactoPC]

Not a huge fan of budget builds but these are awesome to watch. Thanks :)

[@usssmartdoofus516]

I saw the broll at the beginning and immediately was like "Wtf is that a 2900xt???"

[@mellowjelloable]

Keep doing the used builds. Great Job! Wish I could find these deals US.

[@thrilhouse007]

Really cool case idea. I'd like to see that on a new case.

[@AbnormalTruth]

man you can clean a comp like crazy.

[@kemasuk]

+Tech YES City For that Windy case, maybe you could use an Enermax ECR501 for front I/O and harddrive mounting.

[@sanybalkanaciairsoft3253]

Phenom II x4 have more IPC then the FX CPUs, the FX have Higher Freq, more then 4GHz just to match the IPC of the Phenoms.

[@feeterican]

Heh the Ziptie CPU Cooler method. I had to do that on my Gigabyte 478 socket but it worked and worked really well. Hopefully I will be uploading some video content of that free Dell insperon 530 from my doc.

[@SuperHns]

Great video mate! I enjoy these videos they are very original in this saturated KZbin space! (imho)

[@sdgfajkbsdf]

Lian-Li have been doing cases with slide out motherboard trays for sometime.

[@dagaarde-h2769]

Awww yeah, starting this weekend off right with some grungy psu innards.

[@yimwav]

this computer runs faster than my $500 "gaming" laptop

[@seraaron]

Had any ideas about how you're going to use that "Windy" case yet?

[@jturner718]

Even though that ziptie job ended up working out just fine it still seems just a little too precarious for me to want to use it. I can also confirm that Borderlands 2 is even playable on a Athlon 64 X2 4400+ w/ HD4650 so long as you're alright with running at 480p.

[@mamailo2011]

+Jacob Turner True history; the Pre-secuel runs fine in 800x600 (VGA CRT) with +/- that setup and 2 Gigs ram. I found a room with corporate old junk and took a break, LOL

[@frostygraybob]

your in for a treat borderlands 2 is my favorite game

[@GhostvaperYT]

you got a Phenom ii x4 NOT x2 - x2 is dual core, x4 is quad core so you have phenom ii x4 945 quad core.

[@MrMoldyMurder]

For $56 that's insane,the Phenom II X4 is actually a kinda decent CPU if you were to replace that 2600xt it would be a really good budget rig.

[@chriss2500]

that is a 2900XT

[@MrMoldyMurder]

Chris tanksanvich Right,2900XT,My point still stands though,chuck that 6950 he got for $50 in there and you have an actually decent ultra budget rig.

[@Matt08719801]

I love the phenom line from AMD , I own a x4 965,955, 720 x3 unlocked and a 1090T ( i really like that one ) to me AMD was great in that 2006-2010 they had some balls to compete with intel now intel mops them up and eats them for lunch . Hoping that zen architecture is going to keep amd at least relevant again.

[@vasirtopalev9180]

this channel's gonna be a huge hit...thats for sure😆

[@ForgottenMustard]

Build an AMD rig on the tightest possible budget that can run GTA 5.

[@Zecifer]

There's a video of a 2900XT running GTA 5 really well, albeit with an i7.

[@TechPhilosophy]

WiNDY made hella nice cases that you could really only buy in Japan. People paid thousands to have them imported to the states in the 2000s. I still have one in a closet somewhere.

[@HardWhereHero]

The 945 don't beat my 860k in my case, however I have the 860k overclocked. The board im using for the 945 will not allow me to change the freq of the 945. I will have to say that the 945 was a decent CPU.

[@TheOnlyHero91]

2900xt in my opinion is one of the best looking videocards ever made.She is very powerful too.

[@F2FTech]

Agreed. I love that card, and wish I had one.

[@deathgripfan]

please do a cheap gaming laptop build. awesome vids. keep it up

[@hartsickdisciple]

That's a hell of a rig for $56! I can't believe you picked up a Phenom 2 X4 with a mobo and RAM for $15. That's amazing. Still, the 2900XT is holding it back. This is begging for a GTX 750 Ti.

[@samuwall]

No it's not

[@hartsickdisciple]

Bob McFlurry Yeah, it is. A Phenom II X4 is roughly equivalent to an equally-clocked Core 2 Quad. A 750 Ti would be just about perfect for that. A 2900XT is a 1st generation DX10 card. A Phenom II X4 is capable of feeding a much faster GPU.

[@samuwall]

hartsickdisciple www.ebay.com/itm/Nvidia-GeForce-GTX-560-ti-1GB-GDDR5-/182140049140?hash=item2a686496f4:g:Rb0AAOSwrnNXPzv- ... gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Nvidia-GTX-750-Ti-vs-Nvidia-GTX-560-Ti/2187vs2180

[@hartsickdisciple]

Bob McFlurry www.anandtech.com/bench/product/1337?vs=1130 Considering the fact that the 750 Ti is faster in the majority of games, and uses a lot less power, I think it's definitely the smarter choice. You might pay an extra $20-30 for one on the used market, versus a 560 Ti. I used to own 2 560 Ti's, by the way.

[@troyguinn303]

did he ever reuse that "windy" case? thing looks like it was made for a nice htpc build!

[@dbodybuilder1]

bro keep these kind of cheap pc build videos coming

[@goriangrey8565]

i f... love your channel ,yiz show how realy you don't need alot of money for gaming pc ,tnx man

[@k1er4n544]

wow bloody good for $56 throw in a gtx 660 and couple gig more ram got a solid mid range pc

[@chriscote6920]

You got a very good point lol

[@P-0-Seventeen]

In Win F430 Computer Case FTW!!

[@thacoolest13]

I like that ghg tv style intro. :D

[@mileaalexandru7095]

My build pc, 80$ in Romania. Intel Core2Duo E8400 3.0GHz, 3GB RAM DDR2, Nvidia gts450 1gb gddr5 128bit. HDD 160 GB, and power supply 450W. + motherboard an case.

[@estebanborro5645]

03:20 high tech precision tool exclusively made by windy for starting up turn apart pc on desk.... we've all done this :) I use a paper clip

[@ChipMalfunction]

What's with you and mounting the heatsinks diagonally? Every video, man.

[@dionmiller8547]

This is awesome! I have a similar build with a Gigabyte AM3 mATX board and Phenom II B93 cpu. Can you list your overclock settings?

[@dannyBtech]

my all amd cost me 100 great british pounds :) AMD 8350.16GB DDR3 ,500GB SATA , AMD RADEON2GB 6670 :) 500w power supply and dvd rw ...all works perfectly

[@theahmadperson]

Soldam Windy case... all-aluminium, Japanese-made. These were _super_ expensive new and are probably worth even more now. Google it :)

[@DANIDANI310]

nice masterpiece you got there .... next time try to build a decent price computer that can run the newest and best game out there like gta v and witcher 3 for example....

[@Knebebelmeyer]

oh oh oh....its a Phenom 2 X4 inside.....not a Phenom x2......there is a big difference!

[@raidxtechyt2690]

And there was an ad about an XBox one... I laughed...

[@seaneredia5199]

Can you do a budget build that can play arkham knight.

[@spicycomputers8818]

these old school AMD GPUs still kick ass

[@Koveint]

I need one of these because I'm on a budget and I don't play graphic demanding games

[@soreeyes3452]

keep posting short clips...keep the channel alive.

[@st-gelaisrene3287]

So, it looks like you are still scrubbing to remove dried thermal paste on motherboard heatsinks. Did you try lighter fluid?

[@GuidoFawkesAnonymous]

I would be careful with that zip tied down cpu coopler. Simply put, if I was building a pc on the cheap like this and then got a phenom 2, I would at least buy a 20$ cpu cooler with an amd bracket.

[@Hamza-nq8vh]

i love used pc ,cpu and gpus .best bank for buck