The $0.30 (£0.25) Ebay PC - What Can It Do?

[@woffell3291]

LTT:"We got around 50 FPS at 4K which isn't really playable for me." RGinHD:" We have around 30fps with a few dips here and there on 640x480, perfectly playable."

[@yashsidhu8968]

WoffeLL true af

[@bgarv7]

Linus Tech Tips?

[@eratous4477]

Brandon Garven yes

[@ayuchanayuko]

jackthegamer overclocked liquid-cooled 2500k and 2600k master race

[@jovanjanevski3747]

Yeah, well that's because Linus had a vasectomy. Poor dumbass.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

But is it made out of cardboard?

[@Russell970]

Stop this, for real you became annoying 😑

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Lounge on PC: How is this an issue? It's a quip back to the 25p PC video I did... You complained about me pinning my own channel on my own video before....

[@Russell970]

Budget-Builds Official lol i see you in every single tech channel, stop it, get some help.

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

Lounge on PC.... It's almost like I watch Tech videos... Odd that.

[@Russell970]

Budget-Builds Official yeah but you comment on every single shit, Be arrogant and stop it.

[@sualehirfan2514]

Coffee or Pc for the same price WOW!

[@spacelobster6205]

Basement Dweller 5 euros for a coffee? Where do you live? I'll be sure not to go nowhere near it

[@leftleg5046]

Valerio Consorti every country has a starbucks, so u need to visit mars,

[@spacelobster6205]

leftLeg Italy doesn't. One is to open in Milan though, just don't remember when

[@jh5325]

Basement Dweller here its 50 cents a cappuccino in a crappy pizza restaurant h

[@LiamAnjewierden]

I don't think your math is correct... It's almost 17 (16,87 to be precise)

[@philscomputerlab]

This could make for a really nice Windows XP Retro Gaming PC! It appears to have a PCIe 16 slot, so that Low Profile 745 you looked at recently, would be a nice fit. Games such as Doom 3, Far Cry, Half-Life 2 should run quite comfortably then.

[@philscomputerlab]

But I wouldn't go online with XP anymore these days :D So for daily maybe a lightweight Linux?

[@HaaskaChan]

yeah like Lubuntu. easiest to use and it's lightweigh

[@evenrik_2214]

PhilsComputerLab No, half life wouldn't work at all. Maybe doom 1

[@Tom2404]

You watch videos from RandomGaminginHd?

[@philscomputerlab]

Yup, pretty much since that Pentium 4 Extreme Edition video :D

[@azerco9962]

2:18 so satisfying.

[@meh2063]

Ah it used to give me good old panic attacks trying to launch it midnight whilst having hopes of not waking my family up

[@GPEART1]

The best way to learn to fix computers is to mess around with an old basher like this. Also good to install Linux on and learn some useful utility programs, etc.

[@Supraboyes]

GPEART1 that's how I started last year, bought a old pc from work for £ 35. I wanted to tear it apart and learn to build my own pc wasn't really that hard. Only thing I have is a 2 tb hard from the old girl.

[@GPEART1]

Well, you have to start somewhere. At least you got the 2tb drive!

[@dylanharding5720]

@@Supraboyes 2tb? That's a good profit tbh.

[@dylanharding5720]

@r3kt m8 I don't see why anyone would attempt Linux gaming on a computer with this.

[@haseenabadshah5381]

69 likes lmao

[@Tom2404]

Looks like a LGA 775 based system. If you are very lucky you can install a Core 2 Duo, which is not only faster but also consumes less power. Then you can upgrade the memory to 2GB and install a low profile graphics card like the GT210 to get support for newer drivers. After this and a hard drive upgrade (maybe to something like 250GB) it would be ready to be used as a Windows 10 office pc.

[@Tom2404]

Okay, this thing doesn't even support the Pentium D. The fastest thinh ypu can use is the Pentium 4 HT @ 3.8GHz with 1MB cache. So this thing is basically useless.

[@jort93z]

I'd guess its socket 478.

[@Tom2404]

jort93z No, it is LGA 775. The older socket 478 boards don't have DDR2 or PCI-E.

[@amiga5008]

It probably has an i915 chipset

[@jort93z]

Interesting, i've seen socket 478 boards with DDR2 and PCI-e. Might be a rare thing.

[@CheapSushi]

This is my favorite kind of enthusiast/hobbyist; buying things just to play around even if they have no real use anymore.

[@twel12z]

Who could possibly forget the definition of insanity after Far Cry 3

[@nukemansvk142]

Far Cry 3 is best

[@lactobacillusprime]

This is an excellent OSX 10.4.11 Hackintosh - machine. I used to have one as a Hackintosh in the early Intel Macintosh years.

[@matthias1154]

sounds interesting. Do you know any tuts about that?

[@lm_dccxl4078]

really? a pentium 4 hackintosh? thats interesting

[@MeraMadness]

LM_DCCXL I used to have a pentium 4 pc with Snow leopard

[@explosiveboner3494]

LM_DCCXL Well technically, Steve Jobs did a "hackintosh" on a Pentium 4 PC back in 2005...

[@incandescentwithrage]

Hackintosh = shit. Apple but with updates even more painful than usual. Go Linux or MS.

[@redoxosu4506]

But can it run Seagull in 4K 60+ FPS?

[@bartjuhhh6416]

Maybe grab a 4 k monior and slap a seagull in it😂

[@iamrage4753]

Nah, all those ideas suck, strap that gull to a bonnet of a hotrod....reeeee XD

[@iskren246]

No

[@haseenabadshah5381]

69 likes lmao

[@GameFreakuser]

A custom waterloop on this PC would be amazing. Just think about the FPS gains on Pinball.

[@tghwinner1995]

2:57 "Hello everyone and welcome to another video NOW!" :D

[@pRopaaNS]

Could make a collection with best PCs for each year, each packing inside games released on that year.

[@RK-zf1jm]

This thing could run linux specifically lubuntu or puppy os it has modern browsers and is designed for low end hardware

[@Keepone974]

With 3GB of RAM it should run OK.

[@HMan2828]

@@dueldu70 Lol dude. This machine is a beast. LXDE will run on a 486 with 512MB RAM. I got a Lubuntu 17.04 VM running in VMware right now, and with the system booted up and logged on to X the system's TOTAL memory usage is 346MB. Linux will run on your calculator if you have enough memory to fit it in. LXDE ain't much heavier than XFCE, but it looks so much better.

[@gerald8573]

I don't get why people would go through the hassle of putting this thing online, adding a description, photos etc. Then you have to package it, bring it to the post... All that for under a dollar. I couldn't be bothered.

[@bluescluessuperagent]

I assume it was an auction

[@Ninjudo]

It's 2am PST in the USA but I'm still here for you as early as can be XD

[@andrewstuart669]

Ninja_do same

[@Moshimulations]

Ninja_do i was here at 1ad 0:00am universe time

[@Moshimulations]

Ninja_do i was here before everyone here lived

[@TheKillogicEffect]

another great vid thank you !!! I recently picked up a bunch of older machines at a yard sale and one of the things i thought is that machines like these that have overclocking capabilities are good practice for those who want to learn how CPU's work and how to alter them without costing a ton of money while still being able to take a hands on approach

[@burger116]

Second hand market there is amazing

[@Dkentflyer]

Happy to see another machine saved from the scrapheap :)

[@luckythewolf2856]

The hell do you find these?? I see PCs with way lower specs no hard drive selling for $50 at the minimum. USA eBay sucks for finding deals compared to what you’ve pulled

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah I’ve noticed that too, I browse eBay us all the time out of interest. Sometimes you can find much better deals on certain graphics cards there though

[@stevesmith1383]

I'm baffled on how you get so many fee shipping deals on ebay for these pc, or are these local pick up auctions you win? It's far more likely I find these free or dirt cheap on my local craigs than on Ebay US. US shipping rates kill so many potentially good deals. That's why I've switched from Ebay to the app Mercari. Mercari used to be much better than it is now, but they still offer discounted shipping rates based solely on weight, not box dimensions or distance traveled. They do this for USPS or Fed Ex. Their rates were lower a month or 2 ago until they raised them. But it's still cheaper, especially for heavier items.

[@lucasrem]

LuckyTheWolf15 this channel loves crap, how to find crap? Need some good old system, or love crap?

[@tilburg8683]

Same here in the Netherlands they sell for 25 euros minimum with worse specs.

[@Motishay]

Perform a chkdsk, does wonders for old HDDs, especially with lighter OSs like XP. I'd love to see noise and thermals comparison before and after cleaning and repaste

[@Cmdr_Rhialto]

I think this cpu is 64 bit. It would easily run linux with a Lxde or Xfce desktop.

[@johnfrancisdoe1563]

Ger Dumont There are still 32-bit builds of most recent Linux distros, in case this socket or BIOS doesn't support x86_64 CPUs. I don't know if Intel has released microcode and remote management updates for this CPU generation, since it is new enough to suffer from the recently spotted security flaws, but probably too old for Dell to release a BIOS update (fortunately, Linux can load microcode updates on its own, the remote management BIOS is a bigger problem).

[@Cmdr_Rhialto]

You are right about this one, but there were a few 64 bit P4's. The 600 series, but only on socket 775

[@t8polestarcyan22]

I've installed Lubuntu on both my laptops that have Intel Atom and AMD Athlon (more like Sempron) CPUs in them.

[@isellstolenchainsaws]

These things are great for how cheap you can get them now. Toss on a lite copy of linux and you're good to go. You may not be able to do much video playback but it does make for decent web browsing. Top machine for educational purposes.

[@MrTkaczu]

Maybe test this pc with lubuntu live session?

[@jakegarrett8109]

Paweł Sieraczkiewicz Running it live often makes them run like turtles even on my extreme sub zero machines (seriously, a 2007 tablet with single thread CPU running Puppy Linux will scream past my Ryzen 1700 or FX systems if those are running live Ubuntu). Only use live boot for making sure it works. The exception is Puppy, which is actually just made for live booting and can run entirely in the 715Mb DDR1 of the tablet (missing HDD, and I need the extra USB port)

[@techtrashing]

These boards were notorious for dodgy caps, we replaced about 400 of them at work. Good to see an example that stood the test of time.

[@joannaatkins822]

MAXIMUM UPGRADE NEEDED

[@dionelr]

I remember back in 05 or 06, everyone at work wanted one of these. That case was so easy to work with, when we needed to replace parts.

[@Menugius]

You should make it a linux machine :)

[@oxfor1383]

:)

[@beigebox1990]

I bought one of these because it came with a Dell Trinitron 19" CRT I was looking for. I replaced the CPU with a P4 HT 641 (Cedar Mill) and it ran cooler and spared me enough watts to put in a Radeon HD 5570. I then put 2+1 GBs of DDR2. It handled Resident Evil Revelations!

[@imed122]

did nvidia stoped drivers for fermi gpus !

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

game tech: Anything Fermi isn't getting driver updates, but really the vast majority of patches have just been bug fixes, which doesent cover every title. So I'd imagine until there is a game that utilizes something the card just can't (Vulkan) they should be okayish to use.

[@emperor719]

whats the latest fermi driver

[@BudgetBuildsOfficial]

amine abbou: Not a particularly old one. Works fine for every game on the market today.

[@matthewday7565]

Not that long ago, they dropped Fermi and 32 bit - not sure if that was both at the same point. Last for XP looks like 368.81. Last for Fermi and 32 bit 391.35

[@darkers1816]

What memories i have with a PC just like yours only windows XP SP3 in 2016 :)) CS GO 20-35 fps , Mafia 2 10-25 fps , GTA 4 30-40 (on aerport :)) ) Beautiful memories

[@londonjavid4499]

Hey the dell is limited by windows xp which is obsolete and limits its use in the present day. Why not install a bang up to date operating system such as a lightweight Linux is such as mx lite or peppermint etc. Linux has has come a long way and now full versions such as Mint are as good or better than windows 10!

[@CommodoreFan64]

Cuzeg Spiked I would suggest CloudReady OS home edition 32bit, as I've gotten it to run on my old ACER Aspire ZG5 with only 1.5GB of ram(max it can take), so this machine with at least 2GB of RAM, and more powerful CPU would not do too bad, it's biggest bottle neck would be the HDD as Chrome/Chromium OS loves to use HDD Swap space hard when it runs out of system RAM, and on a slow HDD it can really hurt performance.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Cuzeg Spiked Just make sure when you do the install to burn the ISO using Chrome's recovery tool, and to use a USB 2.0 flash drive of 8GB or 16GB that's non Sandisk(for whatever reason Neverware's had issues with Sandisk drives, and I've had it happen on official Chrome OS recovery images as well for Chromebooks/Chromebits), and when you install don't link a Google account to the Live USB just log in as a guest add a network either wired, or wireless, then install, and sign into your Google account after the install is finished, and if you want faster updates go into the about Chromium in the settings, and switch to DEV channel, but Neverware says if you really need the computer to work use stable, or Beta channels, as their build does not have powerwash like a normal Chromebook/Chromebiit/Chromebox, and you will need to do a full Live USB install erasing the HDD/SSD storage to get it back if it goes belly up do to unknown glitches. Also this could be some of the older hardware I was using on the 64bit version, but I could not get a 512MB EVGA Nvidia 8800GS GPU to boot on Cloudready on an ASUS board with an AMD Athlon II X2, 4GB of DDR2 800Mhz ram, and a Seagate 7200RPM 250GB HDD, as it would go into a boot loop till I pulled the GPU, and allowed it to boot off the motherboard's onboard N-Force VGA graphics as this was a build I had done sometime back for a family member with not much money that I was trying to keep going for a while longer, so I'm actually in the process of sourcing them a cheap, and cheerful Lenovo laptop to use with Cloudready instead.

[@UenoLocker54]

Poor PC getting called a sturdy old girl.

[@t8polestarcyan22]

But you can give a new lease of life by installing a lightweight Linux such as Lubuntu.

[@screensavinggamer9724]

How bout linux?

[@MegaSmarthead]

I have a similar one, it has a P3 1GHZ and a Nvidia 6200LE, paired with 128mb of Sdram (it first had 512mb but the sticks died... In a big pile of sticks only one of 128mb had survived) and a 40gb HDD. It was on a shelf in the attic for 5 years until I decided to play some old games... It's running on the Windows 2K and I have to admit it's still a fast PC, I even went on the web :P Back in 2007 I used to play NFS Underground 2 (I fried an old Nvidia 64mb playing it) and GTA Vice City on it at 1024x768 and it actually was an ok experience

[@SuperGojira2001]

Try putting a lightweight Linux distro like AntiX or Lubuntu on it.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Not a bad choice, but I think CloudReady OS would be even better as it's open source Chromium with an easy installer, and update feature to make it a daily computer for basic task, but I would suggest at least 2 GB of RAM no matter what he does with it.

[@SuperGojira2001]

Hm, Chromium I think would be too heavy for a Pentium 4. Honestly the minimum nowadays for web browsing is at least a Core 2 Duo and 2GB of ram.

[@CommodoreFan64]

I have the 32bit version running fairly well on my old ACER Aspire ZG5 with an Intel Celeron & 1.5GB of RAM(max the system can take as 512MB is soldered onto the mobo with only one ram slot). the biggest flaw is the slow HDD(don't feel like taking the system in to bits to upgrade that thing), as Chrome/Chromium OS likes to really use swap space when it runs out of RAM, but otherwise it's the only OS I've ran on that machine where I can watch KZbin videos in 720p without the system melting down, and locking up, but yes I would suggest him bumping the ram to 2GB minimum, and maybe a cheap SSD. I also have the 64bit version of the OS on my work computer with an Athlon II X3, 8GB of DDR2 800Mhz ram, and an AMD R7 240 2GB GPU, and I can't recall the RAM usage every going above 3.5GB of RAM even with 20 tabs open across 2 1080p monitors with 2 of the tabs running 1080p 60hz video content(did it as a test).

[@SuperGojira2001]

Might have to check out CouldReady OS then, sounds pretty cool!

[@CommodoreFan64]

SuperGojira2001 It's not bad for a daily use OS beyond gaming, just make sure you use an 8GB or 16GB USB 2.0 flash drive, and when the installer ask you to sign in with your google account, don't choose the guest option then install. Also to note some GPU's might not work like my work system will boot with an R7 240, but not an R7 250, and another system I was refurbishing for a family member would not boot with a 512mb Nvidia 8800GS, but would on the internal NForce chipset with an AMD Athlon II X2 chip.

[@Arlyon9999]

I honestly look forward to every video you put out man. My only regret is there isn’t more...

[@Russell970]

But i don't understand why would people buy this?

[@burger116]

Lounge on PC it’s cheap af.... why not?

[@Russell970]

Martin M if so, why am i here xD?

[@jort93z]

Also, the pentium 4 is not all that slow considering the price. Its the around the speed of some of the Celerons or atoms these days.

[@Russell970]

Catieria Shiblodski the processor is a 32bit based cpu so i doubt it...

[@SlowDelSol]

Lounge on PC You could heat your room with the Pentium 4 at the very least.

[@smoothmarkymark7100]

This one was the same as my very first pc that I messed around with when I was teenager. Australian government used these Dell’s as their main office PCs in the early 00s. It was pretty fun and easy to mess around with and modify as a cheapy computer.

[@Ruberoidberg]

Replace drive and install Linux.

[@EvilTurkeySlices]

Mikhail Kudryakov I find modern Linux runs bad on single cores.

[@CommodoreFan64]

EvilTurkeySlices for a system like this you need something like Neverware's Cloud Ready OS home Edition 32bit which is Chromium OS with an easy installer, and updater in a free package. while sluggish I have it running on my old ACER Aspire ZG5 netbook with 1.5GB or ram(max it can take), but with the 64 bit version on my work computer with an old AMD Athlon II X3, 8GB of DDR2 800mhz ram, and an AMD R7 240 2GB GPU, a 250GB Segate HDD, with dual 22in 1080p 60hz monitors, it just screams once it's past the boot stage, barely ever gets hot, or pegs the CPU usage out even running 2 1080p 60hz videos at the same time. Gaming is more or less a no go, but as a basic office work computer that cost me almost nothing I've truly impressed with CloudReady OS. But I will throw note I got AMD R7 240 GPU because it would not boot with the EVGA 512MB Nvidia 8800GS I had in my parts bin, and it's a software issue not hardware as the card does fine in Linux Mint XFCE, and on the forums Neverware says Nvidia, and AMD GPU support is hit or miss.

[@Ruberoidberg]

Hyperthreading should help a lot

[@t8polestarcyan22]

@@EvilTurkeySlices I already have installed Lubuntu on my old underpowered Atom Netbook. It runs well except for screen resolution during boot up.

[@Kevin-rk3ef]

Hey look! It's better than the computers at my school! No joke school has 300mb ram and floppy disk

[@liquidsoftpc]

run it on linux

[@liquidsoftpc]

well he's asking what to do with the system. people only wanted to see if it could function better with linux

[@t8polestarcyan22]

Light weight Linux like Lubuntu or even Xubuntu will run very well not only on older systems but also old under-powered ones too.

[@Choralone422]

I remember working on and then replacing those machines while working at a US Army base years ago. They weren't fast but they were mostly reliable machines!

[@BobPony]

Put an NVIDIA Geforce GT 1030 or low profile GTX 1050 in it.

[@asdf_]

the 32 bit pentium 4 and the fact it's likely a pcie 1.1 slot would bottleneck both of those graphics cards like crazy

[@kingdomrhye1180]

Bob Pony they would be horrible choices

[@Jay-uu5lu]

Or a gtx 1080

[@asdf_]

Squido gtx 1080 has no driver support for xp, and even if it did the Pentium 4 would bottleneck it to be as fast as a 9500 GT. Maybe. ive tried putting a GTX 1050 in a netburst based Xeon machine (precision 690 with a xeon 5060) and the bottleneck made halo 1 run choppy at 1600x900. halo 1.

[@KeaganLegit]

Bob Pony a GT 730?

[@ZazzilasArden]

I have this same *EXACT* PC! I use it as a retro XP gaming rig. The only changes I made were to re-apply thermal paste, put in a new HDD, add another gig of RAM, and stick in a DDR3 HD 6450 that I found on ebay for $15. The HD 6450 only consumes 26 watts of power at peak and is amazingly capable! It runs every game up until 2007 smooth as butter!

[@AZTech25]

i actually used a e7400 core 2 duo and a hd 6450 to play bioshock infinity back in 2013 and it ran 720p 30fps no issues!!

[@asa-ze1kn]

try lubuntu

[@t8polestarcyan22]

I think that is one of the best way to revive old PCs. Not to mention they can be kept up to date, unlike Windows XP.

[@mistie710]

Hmmm... yes, I remember the Optiplex 280. And the 270 and 260 for that matter. The biggest problems with all these machines was the fact that they used crap caps which used to eventually swell up, taking the system out without much warning (Dell knew about it and extended the warranty to cover the fault, though they would get a little shitty about it when you reported it on occasion - I suspect they got a few too many reports for their liking!) If you get one of these, it's something to watch for. The PSUs were also a bit flaky on occasion - the PSU on the full size machine was nearer to a normal form but was still not quite up to using a standard unit, and the optical drive on those desktop factor machines would occasionally fail where the placing of a CRT on the case caused the connector to pop out - the case lid wasn't quite as strong as it looked! On the upside, I ran an Optiplex 270 (an older variant that wasn't as happy running SATA but did still entertain the use of PS/2 keyboards and mice... meece... mouses) at work for many untroubled years (I got lucky!) before the site went to Windows 7 and all our Optiplexen went bye bye.

[@hikaru-live]

This can actually be the prime machine for a SFF sleeper: the power supply is actually a standard SFF size, and the motherboard seem to me like an extended ITX form factor. Get rid of it’s current guts, use a dremmel tool to cut open the I/O shield area, and now you are ready to put in a SFF machine. B350 ITX board + Ryzen 5 + that Radeon Pro WX 2100 you bought or a GTX 1050 Ti + 512GB NVMe SSD + 2TB HDD + 450W SFF power supply. The existing optical drive can be kept operational through internal SATA, and the floppy drive through an internal USB adapter.

[@takehirolol5962]

I used one of those in 2008 and it was extremely slow at the time. Switched over to a dual core e2100, what a huge upgrade...

[@ProjectRebootUK]

For an old box it is very dust free inside. We usually get them in packed with years of dust, sweat, smoke. Maybe the previous owner gave it a blast through before flogging it.

[@CommodoreFan64]

You could max out the RAM, and run Neverware's 32bit CloudReady Home edition OS(open source Chrome OS) if you still want to use this a basic daily machine, but if you wanted a bit more LinuxMint XFCE would not be a bad choice either, but you could always leave it stock, and try to install Windows 98SE on it for some old school DOS/95/98 gaming.

[@ibizenco]

The year 2020, and I have an old HP Compaq "dc5100" SFF machine standing around. It comes with a Pentium 4 "630" and, stuffed full with the maximum amount of RAM (4 GB) and with Linux Mint 19 "xfce" on it, the thing works amazingly well with "basic online stuff". I believe it is that CPU, which runs at 3 GHz and has hyperthreading that makes it still, well, good.

[@MM007]

A word of warning: The Optiplex GX 270 and GX 280 were notorious for having faulty motherboard capacitors. When I did Dell warranty work back then, it seemed like a quarter to a third of my calls for consisted of motherboard swaps for that problem for a good while.

[@vaperson]

1:23 I'm using a Maxtor hard drive that has 20 gigs of memory and sounds like a plane taking off, XP runs surprisingly good

[@MunkeyChips]

That PC looks like a good candidate for a new installation of Lubuntu.

[@leila3179]

I had almost the same Dell PC when i was young, but without HT, i used to play Starcraft 2 and imperium a lot, love it

[@chrischen6664]

I use one of this at home as a media center and online storage. The electric bill might not be low but the parts are cheap enough to out cons.

[@thebioguruanupamtripathi2138]

The hyperthreaded CPU can run 1080p vedios provided if it is paired with 945G MCH, and run games up to 20072-8 era, give it pair of 2x2 gigs ram in dual channel mode, win7 ultimate 32 bit, 160-320 GB HDD, a SSD for OS (optional but speeds up virtual ram capacity) and you are good to go... PS- I have a system similar to this with 3ghz p4 ht...

[@SilverSonic1992]

At 3:15 it says that Adobe Photoshop CS6 can only run on Windows 7 or later. That is actually incorrect, Adobe Photoshop CS6 was the last version to support XP, so it should run fine.

[@Ametisti]

I love those old Dells, I wanna get hold of a slightly older version of one of those myself as a sorta retro console PC and pop it under the TV. Think it was the GX150 I was looking at though a couple others had the same design.

[@oliverhill5939]

Vaas is back! Great video and it was interesting to see the Pentium 4s gaming capability!

[@Barry_Mmm]

I love your outdoor studio.

[@xaenon]

I still use a machine very similar to this, using WinXP Home. I have a few bits of older software that I find useful but for some reason won't run under Win8/10. Some of this software has no modern equivalent because the companies that sold it went out of business. Some of it is stuff that is perfectly acceptable for my needs and I don't have any particular desire to purchase the modern equivalent. My rig is remarkably spry for its age, especially after I threw a few bucks for an upgrade from 1 to 4 gb of memory. Of course, as is pointed out in the video, a lot of more modern stuff won't run on this machine, but that's why I have a Win10 box sitting right next to it; both connected to my monitor via a KVM. Amazing to think that old XP box, as 'limited' and 'obsolete' as it is, has enough data processing and storage capability to run MULTIPLE Apollo space missions at once, and I have less than $30 invested in it.

[@tonyc.8004]

You could probably fit an install of Tiny7 on this beast? You would just have to troubleshoot Tiny7 internet connections, but once you did that, you would have a much updated machine that would meet your needs even more so. I plan to search your other videos to find out the final resolution of your laptop's missing SSD that a "really nice buyer" tried to steal from you. (cough - cough on the "really nice buyer" tag) Thank You for creating and sharing your videos with us. Praise The Lord and Godspeed to you all - Psalm 127:3-5!!

[@RoadRunner592]

I had a Dimension 8400 (3.4 GHz P4 650 Prescott 2M) back in early 2005 until 2010. It got me through high school and the first two years of college.

[@user-bj8ky4jt3r]

we used these in elementary school when they released. the msrp was around $1800. going up as far as $3000. It was heavenly to use notepad on in school :D

[@RetroAmateur1989]

I didn't even have to buy my GX260. I just found it laying on the stairs of our apartment building. It works like a charm and after I put in 1gb of ram instead of the original 256, and it goes like a rocket. Unfo not even a low profile fx5200 fits in it. It has a 1.8 P4 and a 20gb HDD.

[@elfedorausado]

Those were the office computers we used where I had my internship, back in 2005

[@JunkTardis]

I had 4 of these, they are excellent machines. They are very upgradable and made superb hackintosh's back in the day. They do suffer from heat though

[@efekanuyguner6513]

its rly good for 0.30 dollars. can run internet and old games (hl-gta vice city-san andreas) its ok

[@Juzimaster]

5:05 you may did have vsync on. You can disable it in game with gl_vsync 0 command. And fps_max is framerate limit. It goes up to 100

[@MrWillypanda88]

I love that case. Wonder if we can build something with that case

[@snmdair]

Oh man, I remember those things. They sucked out of the box in 2003.

[@TheAngrySaxon1]

The nostalgia is almost tangible!

[@kmemz]

I have an SFF optiplex 780 or three (from the peak of the BTX days) possibly on the way, and I was planning on dremelling up one of the cases so I could install a standard ITX form factor board in it, From the looks of this the board is mostly standard mATX/ITX form factor, perhaps you could cut out the IO panel and do what l'm planning to do with one of those 780s. Would be an interesting project.

[@MichaelLeeW]

survey says this ole gurl is still kicken

[@Nemesizzonline]

That's a bargain, even if it didn't work, it still has value for spareparts. Realy like the radial fan on the CPU :)

[@RikuKawai]

I have a Dimension 3100 which I upgraded from that same P4 2.8GHz HT to a P4 3.2GHz HT, it has a GT 430 PCI and a SSD I installed. Boots power button to fully loaded desktop in 30 seconds. 2GB of DDR2.

[@allenwest1986]

A lightweight Linux distro Linux is your best bet .

[@somestupiddashie3258]

I had a really similar system that my school's computer lab teacher gave me. It was a dell tower and also was LGA775 based.

[@joesmoe71]

"...built with reliability and longevity in mind..." I used to work on those all the time, I'm not sure about the 280 but the 270 was notorious for having bad capacitors on the motherboard, I had dozens of them reduced to door stops because of it. What I'd do personally with it? Well unless you want to keep it XP to run old games (not necessarily a bad idea) I'd throw Ubuntu Linux on there, it runs much better on older hardware than other O/S and you can use the machine for browsing, bit torrents etc with an operating system that's still supported with updates, not to mention there's tons and tons of free software for it.

[@dougthemotherboardguy1797]

eBay is abundant with very cheap Radeon HD 3450 cards that are low profile. The only downside is they generally have the DMS59 connection. Get one of those with an adapter for a total of around $10 with free shipping though, and this turns into a much more suitable Windows XP Retro Gaming PC!

[@evknucklehead]

Oh, hey, I've got one of those sitting in the corner of my room. Mine's the mid-tower version, though, so it has a bit more room to work with and a slightly stronger PSU. This one also came with a Radeon x300, which was apparently one of the build-to-order options. The system still works quite well, though the number of things you can do with it is dwindling.

[@AngelusDlion]

I would so want that case for a "Sleeper" gaming PC...

[@pigpenpete]

These were really good for dead power supplies and exploding capacitors. Far too much crammed into a tiny box, they just overheat and die. Spent many years running around replacing these in the office as they died one by one.

[@coreyclark640]

the way that opens is f*cking amazing :D

[@jashelps]

These cases are really awesome to mod since they can quite easily fit a itx board + medium sized gpu and sfx psu.

[@mrnapolean1]

Dell Optiplex GX280 was a popular PC that we sold in the computer shop I worked at in 2011. I would cram 2GB of RAM and Install Windows XP Pro (what they typically came with) or Install Windows 7 32bit. These PCs can handle Windows 7 but it will use the Microsoft Basic Display Driver as the display chipset isn't compatible with Windows 7. This can be remedied by installing a low profile powerless PCI-E graphics card for about $40. Good little computers for browsing the internet and some light gaming.

[@two_number_nines]

the ps2 had 6mb of video memory and it had almost the same graphics and resolution as this 8mb thingy. one thing i dont understand is how my laptop that can run vice city and underground 1 at about 1024x768 med to high settings 30-40 fps struggles with hl1 a lot (30 fps if i stare at the ground and turning on the torch is a big no-no)

[@Fogolol]

Maybe you have the wrong render. i don't know which one you're using but try setting it to different things, my suspicion is that its in software mode and for weaker cpus thats a HUGE no-no try setting it to D3D or Opengl

[@robertkubrick3738]

Sis in law used a 3.2 GHz model with 4gb ram for a decade and long after I thought she should have ditched it. I cleaned it up and I was surprised it still worked after I installed Firefox.

[@exlibrisas]

Now slap some light Linux distro and make it a browsing/skypeing PC with some office work capabilities.

[@uuu12343]

But can it run Crysis in 4K HD 60fps on max settings?

[@stonent]

It's certainly a rarity to find a 280 without all the capacitors behind the CPU crusted over.

[@computercloset6165]

I love these pc's for some reason! It's probably just because my dad brought home a bunch of these home from work when I was about 4 years old. I guess it kinda sparked my interest in computers (I'm 14 by the way lol) But I've always really liked the design of these computers.

[@BharathRamMS]

Linux distro + retro gaming in that machine

[@chelseydavidson6264]

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[@peterfraser13]

"And it's jammed again" lol, great video

[@tgreen420]

Hi! I have one of these model Dell computers too. But every time I turn it on, all it does is flash a yellow light on the power button and nothing comes on the screen. Do you know the solution to this cause?

[@hakology]

just a random guess .... check it has ram/cpu and that it's seated correctly.

[@tgreen420]

hakology tried that twice. I think it's got a dead motherboard.

[@hakology]

oh well it was a long shot :) ... you could always try getting another similar model and swap the psu to test to see if it's the motherboard. (PS. just had a google sounds like you have a dodgy PSU)

[@zkornyt9410]

If it's socket 775, the board holds 4 gb of ram (which should have it, since usually the ddr2 was used in 775 socket plates), we could do something with it, and if it brings pci x16, for about 45-60 dollars more You would have a PC for gaming (The type of gaming depends on which components can be updated and how good they are today).