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[@Danker19991]

I feel like Linus’ last words on his deathbed is just gonna be a Squarespace ad spot.

[@Juurus]

"I'm going to die... But you know what's not going to die? Squarespace!"

[@Vladimir_Kv]

...was a good man, if a bit quirky, and easy-going... Speaking of easy goings, SQUARESPACE offers an easy site-building experience!..

[@MissesWitch]

love how he hearted this!

[@kellypaws]

Well, I can think of worse things to say on the way out. At least it's a straight sell.

[@oi3]

lol why not make a 69 pc with girl AA

[@samuelkennedy2840]

When your keyboard is more expensive than your PC

[@shawnangelolee1238]

Most keyboards usually cost like 25 - 35 dollars.

[@samuelkennedy2840]

@@shawnangelolee1238 I'm talking about the more expensive keyboards like steelseries apex pro or some other high-end keyboard

[@shawnangelolee1238]

@@samuelkennedy2840 Ok, but u didnt even mention those in ur comment xd

[@brmotoren9889]

When your profile picture is not centered and gives me headaches

[@samuelkennedy2840]

@@brmotoren9889 how have I not seen that before I just realized that

[@mikeyastreb4850]

Teacher: the school computers have high end specs, they’re all $2000 each! *the actual pc:*

[@jW-kr5xn]

Tikoblocks yep

[@NovaCaine2489]

My school has an esports team, we use alienware PCs that don't even have hdmi for the graphics output, and the eports coach says that they're a thousand dollars each

[@thunderfox53]

My school computers are so old they have crt monitors...come to think of it they are probably worth money now due to being considered retro hehe

[@anotherhumanbeingblyat8935]

my school has HP and Dell Optiplex PC's but still CRT monitors.

[@yougottabemadasllmao]

@@NovaCaine2489 a thousand dollars if its 2005

[@antoninskal3627]

My school: I'll take your entire stock.

[@Fraudjaku]

Funny thing before I like this it has 69 likes funny

[@szymonabedz8903]

no joke , this is the pc my school uses

[@someoneelse7629]

To be fair, the worse gaming computer in school, the better. You are not supposed to play games in school.

[@kim-jongun1133]

@@someoneelse7629 yea but it becomes a problem when it takes 20 minutes to open a new tab in browser

[@supershotgun4206]

actually my school pc doesnt even have gpu in it and its only 50 gb hdd or something

[@SturmWurm]

When you buy a 100$ keyboard but own a 30$ pc

[@calebfrieler4033]

ImScared try more like $300 😂

[@eliasrodin6332]

@@calebfrieler4033 300 dollar keyboard? xd

[@rehmanarshad1848]

ImScared 😂😂😂

[@geumsan7866]

you got a super cool keyboard but you cant play games with it what a shame

[@MrCrazy-R]

it speed up your pc

[@MACHINEBUILDER]

1:45 that clap was on point linus!! _when you clap and the PC turns on_

[@qwertyuiop-kr5pq]

Wtf he timed it perfectly

[@loganiushere]

I suspect that was done in post.

[@mikeoxlong6351]

@@loganiushere Nooo. Haven't heard? Linus is the PC whisperer...

[@andrive]

Holy shit

[@touchofthorn1841]

He is the Pc whisperer

[@annurissimo1082]

Shipping to the US : 10$ Canada : 30$ UK : 50$ The rest of us international bastards : SHIPPING NOT AVAILABLE TO SPECIFIED ADRESS

[@cuchisius9649]

99 dolars is th lowest it gets :)

[@palestinianisfreeforever2554]

In my country every shipping is like 200$ and don't forget the stupid taxes I want to die

[@annurissimo1082]

Basically the "Free International Shipping" option on Ebay is a blessing.

[@pharaongaming8617]

@@palestinianisfreeforever2554 I mean not bad for non existing country (Jk no need to get salty)

[@palestinianisfreeforever2554]

@@pharaongaming8617 if you don't want me to get salty then go educate yourself

[@jorroj]

I know I'm a few years late to this but for anyone actually looking to do this, if you're willing to put just a bit more money into this, this is a great way to build a decent pc for not too much. I recently did something similar before just outright building and could run most modern games on medium-high at 60 for a bit under 300. Definitely look into a prebuilt with a better processor than a dual core. There's a good amount of HP Compaq and Dell Optiplex models with mid range i5/7s that'll perform decently. My PC was a small form factor like the Dell in the vid so I got a low profile GTX 1050 ti that fit and ran great . If you have a PC large enough to fit a full size card, just make sure your power supply is strong enough to handle it otherwise that's an additional cost. It also doesn't hurt to upgrade from the stock ram to something larger/faster, 8-16 gb is pretty ideal for lower end. Here's my old build broken down, prices are what I paid on eBay, early 2019. For reference, I could run AAA titles such as Apex, R6, Detroit Become Human, DS3 all on high settings. HP Compaq Elite 8200 SFF w/ i7-2600 - $125 (came with a 2TB HD installed which was nice) Low Profile MSI GTX1050Ti 4GB - $120 Kingston HyperX Fury DDR3 2x8gb 1600MHz - $45

[@simsim9755]

Jordan West how does this comment only have 5 likes lmao

[@Ieuan_Nicholls03]

Im thinking of putting a gtx 1050ti into my brothers pc, it has pretty good specs like i5-2400 (quad core), 8gb ram etc etc. Only thing is the power supply is 240w, I’m just worried that it will bottleneck

[@itwilsonboiii4789]

@@Ieuan_Nicholls03 u can get psu from evga for 30 on wed, they sol refurbished and it be fine

[@itwilsonboiii4789]

Can u add rx 470 if panel off with psu upgrade

[@jorroj]

@@itwilsonboiii4789 if it fits

[@PinkSparklyGamer]

Oh my god that 27 dollar computer is literally the one my school uses

[@lankyfella]

Yeah but they bought them brand new 12 years ago

[@gd9053]

Yep

[@nefry1014]

No your school uses cheaper trust me. The cpu of my school chromebook or as i call it a cum brick has a cpu the size 2 grains of rice put together with 10gb of ssd and 2 gb of ram oof

[@everettmarsh-ackerman6884]

Wow your school still uses that old thing last year mine upgraded to it's modern equivalent and it has a hard time running Adobe animate properly, even with Windows 10. And if you delete something off your h/drive it's as full as beforehand & I am talking about 12000kb files.

[@memesarefun6980]

Mine has windows seven

[@destroyeryosh3747]

14:04 linus just completely missed the computer

[@Wahtir]

Destroyer Yosh underrated comment

[@destroyeryosh3747]

• Nathaniel • agreed

[@Helpmetonyr]

He even looked at it before trying to touch it

[@destroyeryosh3747]

Marco Rodriguez that’s funny

[@tontonmocrom5082]

Nathan’s Gaming I bet your excited to do this to your optiplex

[@cooldownboi3890]

Minecraft: 442 fps A cow: appears Fps: 13 Edit: hello future me when this gets reccommended in 5 years. Ooh it only took 7 months btw ill reply to @e

[@Izarious]

I... Play... Minecraft... (It's literally the only game I play) on a 10 yr old pc with no graphic card and 4gb of ram and idk the CPU but even with 2 render distance and ALL the high fps mods with all the high fps settings I only get 20fps ):

[@TM36Matty]

@@Izarious maybe go to the lower end settingsnot high end graphics ....

[@Izarious]

Yeah with optifine I have ALL the animations off and minimal particles and all the settings that will increas my performance. And the cpu is a pentium dule-core intel proseser

[@realhuman7911]

Then theirs me who thinks 13 FPS isn’t too bad

[@Izarious]

Me to

[@electricn0va]

"Mom can I get a new PC?" Yeah fill in the rest you all know this joke by now

[@theblackcatvieweraccount5402]

No, now back to your room till you turn 18, and I can make you leave...

[@electricn0va]

@@theblackcatvieweraccount5402 lmao

[@christiankremer8862]

Mom: "No, we have a PC at home" The PC at home:

[@neontflame]

"Yes"

[@HeidenLam]

Good one, lazy stranger

[@turbowolf302]

I'm actually doing something surprisingly similar for a close friend of mine who lost her gaming rig in a house fire. On ebay, check out the full tower Lenovo thinkcentre. I got one for $73, shipping included, that sports an i5-4570, and 8 gigs of ram, but lacking a hard drive. The motherboard has 4 ram slots and 2 pci slots. I'm thinking 8 more gigs of ram, an SSD boot drive, cheapy 1tb hard drive, find a decent used graphics card. Had another friend throw into this stone soup a frankly overpowered Seasonic 850W 80+ Gold fully modular used power supply, so I think this'll turn out to be one heck of a rebuild for my friend. Broke gamers unite, yo.

[@DBHHellhound]

For a cheap gpu go with either r9 290 or amd fury. If you want really cheap a r9 270x is good.

[@Nessayosm]

Bee H. Message me I’ve got a spare graphics card for you that I don’t use

[@adeelrehman7692]

I. Would stick with 8 gigs of ram, a single 500 GB Inland ssd, and get a 7970 or 280x for gpu. If you go the money left, upgrade that gpu to an RX 470 or 570. The used market for those is glorious.

[@AndreiTache]

+Bee H. Dude, that’s sick! Best of luck to you and your friend!

[@reggiexp69]

or get a 100$ gtx1050 or a 2nd hand 60$ hd7970 who are pretty good not bad the i5 4570 and 8gb ram good deal :)

[@Ketamiinikaapo]

Running e-sport titles *M I N E C R A F T*

[@Idiotism]

At least he included the best game

[@Bob-nu9xi]

minecraft hunger games was the first battle royale e-sport.

[@Ketamiinikaapo]

@@Bob-nu9xi No being born is the first one.

[@ilchsm6330]

He said casual and esports.

[@Ketamiinikaapo]

@@ilchsm6330 hear that? That was the joke flying over you.

[@CalebShimomura]

"You have to plug the mouse into a different USB port and then it works." I already love this computer. I legitimately love how stupid, janky, and full of character this $27 dell optiplex is. Somehow it's nostalgic.

[@sohamshesh]

I literally had the same issue with a core 2 duo pc i had. I used to play minecraft on it at like 30 fps and i thought it was buttery smooth. Simple days....

[@kamaltufekcic4618]

i use an optiplex with a q9550 with a LP GT 1030 in 2020, and honestly for the price it's amazing, i even managed crysis 3 at 60+ fps, league is constant 200, and csgo is stable 60

[@driptoop3650]

@@kamaltufekcic4618 buy a pc with vega integrated graphics

[@user-ru7he6qj2w]

@@driptoop3650 wouldn’t be much of a performance boost ,just save up 300$ to get a ryzen 1st or 2nd gen pc with an rx 570

[@user-ru7he6qj2w]

@@driptoop3650 good upgradability and stuff

[@thewackerly]

Linus: "Who needs optical drives anyways?" Me with two optical drives: *sweats nervously*

[@seikatsu.]

It's ok buddy I feel ya.

[@TotemoGaijin]

How else am I supposed to rip all my dvds and blurays? Still better quality than you get from streaming.

[@txe1nd]

@Shayne Keena it called a gamer dude that’s that it is lol

[@shahnazfiaz2015]

@Shayne Keena an optical drive is something that reads data from CDs or DVDs. It's called optical because unlike USB, which makes direct contact, optical drives work by reading data on a CD or DVD with a laser.

[@wokzhongson]

Imagine if ur watching this video running windows from a odd

[@andkrs8]

1:45 That clap was perfectly timed with the display down to the frame what the heck

[@venkateshr6031]

Haha even I saw that too

[@amateurprogrammer25]

IT WAS ONE FRAME OFF jk seriously tho that is freaky do we have clap on monitors now or sum sht

[@n1ko237]

MAGIC

[@ForbiddenFate]

"I have 2 error messages , they're in SLI"

[@VictorGnoato]

best part of the vid right there

[@BeyondReasonableClout]

"if you're a highschool student, this can be had for under a hundred bucks' -Linus Sebastion, 2018

[@TheCooledV]

Wait... Is Linus from Linus Tech Tips doing a collab with TechLinked?!

[@AdamSmith-vb7ss]

Yes

[@Youmuus]

leaving games ? that's against the summoners code Linus !

[@SnoweyMist]

But he "lagged out"

[@nicharonii]

didn’t expect to see you here lol

[@starblastdragon1715]

Why are you everywhere, I swear dude, I'm gonna see you in my nightmares

[@garouchieflol]

DARKNESS!

[@JuryDutySummons]

What did you say about me?

[@gamerageandhobbyrcdu]

Reminds u that the minimum requirements for league is a single core processor

[@renyn21]

classyfenn That doesn't mean much. You could run gta 5 on a single core cpu, in fact I did when I was struggling with a pentium 4 ht, the hyperthread allowed the game to run, like crap. Same with league, you're better off not doing that, if there's something league wants more it's definitely cpu over gpu. The pc in the video played league fine, but the requirements are outdated, the game is old and constantly updated, it's much heavier than idk how many years ago those requirements were posted. And playing a multiplayer game at 15 fps is something you shouldn't do at all. Especially something like league where every mistake is punished the way it is, would be a terrible experience.

[@FeedMeSalt]

@@renyn21 LOL is super forgiving in all but the highest levels of play. I'm talking the top 2% it's a very easy game. Very.

[@dscarmo]

For sure the thing would drop to 30 or 40 fps in team fights. They only tested cenarios easy on the cpu

[@menelikm9779]

@@dscarmo scenarios*

[@ikunaruLIVE]

School: *"Hey, it's the same speed as our PC!"* *Always has been*

[@bernicegardner9433]

School: "Hey, it's the same speed as our PC!" Always has been

[@moonlightw6]

Me: Mum can we get a gaming rig? Mum: *We have a gaming rig at home* Gaming rig at home:

[@brianbrush5107]

Xd

[@naphbot134]

Hey atleast it’s better than mine !

[@hypher4415]

Dat keyboard is more expensive than the pc itself🤣🤣🤣😂😂

[@verylongname8161]

Even the cheapo monitor costs more lol

[@Jeremiah1110]

The emojis gave me tumors

[@Mariopwnzu]

the table is probably more expensive than the pc

[@rapid7338]

oh ya? my pc has 16gb of ddr3 @2133 mhz

[@RomboutVersluijs]

But with shipping it gets close ;)

[@philscomputerlab]

i5-2400 is where the value is at with these prebuilds. LGA 775 is ok for older games, but struggles, or won't even run, latest games.

[@piergiorgiocestra3833]

I got a full pc for a friend of mine with monitor, keyboard and mouse for 200€. He put an RX560 on it and it runs everything really nice. It is an HP Elite 8200 tower

[@soyiago]

Nowadays, no need for 775 anymore since you can get a 1156 mobo and CPU for the same or lower price, plus the worst 1156 quad core CPU still faster than the X5450/E5450/Q9650. Tested on my own.

[@naggot9161]

My laptop has a I 5 second gen and a gt 610m... It sells around 200 bucks

[@Twintania]

while the i5 2400 is a great CPU and so is the Sandy Bridge line I still think the Q6600 is capable, before I got my i7 2600 PC I have right now I was using a Q6600 with 6GB ram and a GT 1030 and playing games like Doom 2016 while recording the gameplay for youtube and had very little issues

[@SirKnobofCheese]

I have a second pc which is a lga775 and has a modded E5472 in it and gtx 770.Its plays most modern games on mid/high setting at 1080.

[@alexmcd378]

"I wanted to believe in something" Dude, I feel that

[@judgebigmansion3492]

1:13, Riley's self portrait was a nice addition to the intro

[@AislingPhoenix]

OK now you should do a $420 pc build with an optional rasta color theme

[@vom4164]

Dude go on bestbyy look up dell inspiron their is 1 for 520. [ it always goes on sale for 420 dollars ] and is worth more than 450 usd

[@QueenScarlett23]

Yessss

[@Weirdyzz]

DankMemeHackers -Matmasters1 but it can’t game very well

[@vom4164]

@@Weirdyzz no, it really can game. Fortnite all high settings it runs at 120 fps. Yes, it does lack in cpu related games like pubg and minecraft, but most other games it just destroys with a cheap rx 560

[@Weirdyzz]

DankMemeHackers -Matmasters1 i didn’t realize it had an Rx 560

[@CHUNGHO3]

Hey look guys, Linus dropped something today... Riley's Overwatch rank. XD

[@collinferreira9706]

that wasnt competitve tho lol

[@nade7451]

@@collinferreira9706 r/woooosh

[@coolbudy1173]

lol

[@colchronic]

#linusrekttips

[@amateurprogrammer25]

so i just checked there is a video with the title linus rekt tips and oh my gosh

[@ShopNo2Vn]

69 usd opc

[@totodot8834]

First comment doesn’t have any replies Wow

[@gabiberkovits4987]

Bored kids by like:

[@gabiberkovits4987]

Yay

[@PoopyheadL-ri7uo]

Your verified?

[@totodot8834]

@@PoopyheadL-ri7uo no if he is it will be like a circle around the v

[@multimediaman374]

2:22 lmao tipical "budget" buy, you spend more in shippment and taxes

[@DimT670]

That how it be sometimes. Customs and paperwork and physically moving a hunk of metal aint cheap.

[@JohnPaulBuce]

i found optiplexes in almost every computer store here, and theyre only $20 each lol

[@CarlosHernandez-kn4xk]

This is the best video so far this f boring sunday..

[@rfk9719]

carlos H. It's 7:35 am on Monday here in Melbourne LUL

[@ZhangBaoShu]

It's 4:43 AM in Monday, staying awake for Linus video

[@vcl1339]

It's 4:48 PM lol time went fast today

[@mattsmechanicalssi5833]

1:53PM here. I'm a time traveler!

[@huibvanschaaik587]

Should have watched F1 :)

[@LowSpecGamer]

CSGO? I would had tried Doom 2016 at least.

[@pig6692]

Hi daddy

[@subscribersnovideoschall-ln5kv]

at custom lowest settings?

[@metalyeah]

Eyy low speccy

[@98SE]

Hi LOWSPECCCCCCYYYYYYYG!

[@MzGetsBaked]

I was expecting you to see in the comments of this video lmao

[@flagger2020]

Watching these videos cheer me up. I was given an optiplex but it was a p4ht, I didn't need a SFF space heater. But strangely my main daily driver is a refub T3500 w3690.. quiet and very spacious and a joy to work on. Many older business machines are replaced way before they're obsolete and can be had for a fraction of their original price and upgraded easily.

[@harrylane4]

"Minecraft should run on a potato" Somebody doesn't know about MC's notoriously bad optimization

[@noraidakasa3038]

If u use RTX, ur pc will died in 0.000000000001 sec

[@gavinthecrafter]

I love Java Edition but I gotta admit... It has awful optimization, my computer should probably be able to run it at 100 fps no problem, but instead it runs at 40 or so... The Bedrock Edition is WAY better in that regard

[@thefrogmagician9866]

@@gavinthecrafter use optifine

[@gavinthecrafter]

@@thefrogmagician9866 I've tried every performance optimization mod under the sun, it does nothing. Optifine, Sodium, all of it, not even an extra frame.

[@powderedwater4742]

when linus gets better fps then you in csgo with a $69 "pc" and the saddest part is im actually not even joking

[@powderedwater4742]

@CHADRATBUN766 same lol

[@JustinTimeVA]

Get on my level I get those solid minus 100

[@dinodare1605]

But since it's $69 you can just buy one... I found some in my area on Craigslist for around that much.

[@AnantoPamungkas]

Wait you can boot up

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

I had a similar dell optiplex a few years ago with a gtx 750ti in it haha. Now I saved up enough for a core i5 4460 and rx 570. Solid 150-200fps on csgo and I am cpu limited on that game.

[@EposVox]

lol I love Riley putting his finger in the GPU fan at the start of the Ting spot xD

[@biggknife]

Rubs nose, places snot inside to help lower thermals

[@DaveKester]

when you guys mentioned the "wait for our hard drive to load" I was reminded of waiting for the Commodore 64 Tape Drive and waiting to load Zork. lets just say it was slow. :)

[@mitchellbrusseau]

I just took several of these type of PCs apart recently as we were starting to get rid of old PCs at work.

[@ChristianStout]

"Crash message in SLI" shouldn't be as funny as it is.

[@Blitz1]

Riley has been promoted to a full fledged LTT member!

[@SSx2000]

riley is the best

[@doktoromen]

That is so unfortunate. He should stay separated, I like looking at mostly OG LTT line-up.

[@LinusTechTips]

Riley is almost as OG as anyone in the yt tech community. Just took us a while to recruit him :p

[@doktoromen]

Linus and Luke just have that chemistry. Others are sometimes try hards :). I'm just stating my personal opinion.

[@a.sanford8731]

Prior to watching this, I began work on a similar project. Mine is a free Compaq 6005 Pro SFF. I'm upgrading the CPU to a Phenom II X4, the RAM to 16 Gb, the GPU to a 1650, and a 5Ghz wireless card. I'm only $220 in parts on this thing, having had a few of those parts laying around. As a media center 1080 gaming machine, I think it will be adequate.

[@Sandbox37]

6:12 was so much eye contact. It felt for a second like I was in some weird pov.

[@tams805]

So, Linus managed to drop Riley's Overwatch rank eh?

[@ZeusTheImortal]

Tams80 and Riley kept his job...

[@pain_peko]

they were doing an unranked mode lol

[@117TheWolf]

So happy to see Riley getting more involved in LTT!! Really enjoy his contributions and on-screen persona so far and can't wait to see more.

[@MystikalSage]

“When you see Mei its over”. 🤣 No truer words have been spoken!

[@mseiter1]

This is what I had in like 2011-2012 when I was a teen for school work and gaming and it was awesome. Running windows 7 and gamed pretty well. No idea what GPU I put in it tho, didn't have to use all the extra connectors.

[@SimonChristensen]

Did all the tri-pods break?

[@98SE]

thats what I was thinking... It was really shakey......

[@DumbSloth87]

Are they making the videos worse so when they go back to normal people say "hey, quality went up lately, looks much better!!"?

[@2drx4]

I literally thought I was just drunk until I read this... Then I realized it was actually just bad camera work.

[@keithsmith7503]

I’m sure it’s not easy holding that big red camera

[@jakeglaviano8212]

the red they have and the rig they use are pretty easy to hold and are not heavy

[@TisMeBc]

i think riley should be the master of low cost projects

[@Chris-yy7qc]

Did kind of the same when I built a PC for my GF. I picked up a used HP ProDesk 4th Gen i7. Replaced the a PSU, added an SSD, a second 8GB stick of RAM and a used GTX 970. Runs great and performs awesome for just 300 bucks.

[@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo]

It was nice of the verge to lend you there benchmark PC

[@jarrodwest5733]

This was WAY better than the last season of scrapyard wars.

[@jarrodwest5733]

They had this woman sitting in the background of EVERY SHOT playing switch as a form of product placement for dbrand and never acknowledged it. It was so bad that I stopped watching half way through the second episode and went and bought a phone skin from one of their competitors in protest.

[@jprewind5991]

Riley is great in my opinion and has some pretty quality banter to share 👌👌

[@jameswittam4108]

linus isnt going to pin this, just because he wants to be riley's boss still

[@rjfaber1991]

I'll say _central paaahk_ to that!

[@AntKardano]

he's annoying af imo

[@xrider55]

weren't they both on NCIX show? I think there's a conspiracy or some shit going on

[@dobby240]

@@AntKardano I hate the dude. Just a complete wetty.

[@stephenbutler9432]

Got an optiplex 980 from a buddy who was moving, it had a core i7 870 processor from 2009, I put a gt 1030 into it and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was at playing games. Yes it isn’t powerful, but it can reasonably play games from 2015 if you are willing to dumb down some settings. We upgraded to a low profile single slot 1050 and my little brother has been using it as a gaming pc for over a year, no complaints or issues.

[@somepunkasskid6864]

I was helping working on a friends shed and he had 2 non working pcs under all his shit , salvaged what I could and ended up mix and matching partsinto one working pc,first one I've had in a decade

[@feynman9959]

Pfff, a high schooler without an RTX 2080 TI, what third world country do you live in Linus.

[@ryan.6594]

Use that college/uni loan to buy a 2080ti! :D

[@feynman9959]

@@ryan.6594 Or sell your soul instead for a better deal.

[@txomandimorais]

@@feynman9959 seems about right lul

[@ryan.6594]

Accurate.

[@bobwilkinsonguitar6142]

Idaho

[@tobitt8157]

you can actually make a computer in minecraft, not a good one, but u can make one, this should be interesting for linus

[@incription]

0.2 hertz clock speed is very impressive you know

[@encryptedmaze]

0.2hz? Thats insanely high for anything more than a 4 bit ica with a single register for ram

[@theterrarian591]

You could increase the speed of it by using instant repeaters and logic gates.

[@JealotGaming]

He'll try and run Cinebench on it

[@cain.74]

I did that and now I have a PC in minecraft that’s better than mine irl

[@Monsuco]

I am, in fact, a school computer technician and yes, we still have a few Optiplex 380's floating around at my district. We've mostly phased them out but they can still run Chrome and Office. We're trying to get everything up to Sandy Bridge or newer and, because I tend to harvest RAM from systems that we throw out, most of the PCS at my buildings actually have 8 gigs of RAM. some of our newest PCS actually do have dedicated graphics cards but they're fairly low end because these computers aren't designed for gaming. The newer ones do have solid state drives so that's nice.

[@theflash1994]

Do you know the specific type of ram this machines use. I have one and from what I've researched the chipset on this mobos seem to be picky when it comes to ram, so the ram I bought for it didn't work.

[@user-nf4hd8bq2y]

"I just wanted to BELIEVE in something." I believe Linus can LIMBO!

[@starboikam]

Me: Can it game? LTT: Yeah! Me: What ones? LTT: Roblox and gmod on 800x600

[@ztgasdf]

I have a computer that can run Garry's Mod at 800x600 at an average of 40FPS, with various dips into 10-20. That computer has 2GB DDR2 RAM, x86 Windows 7, DirectX 8.1, and OpenGL 1.4. The computer they built could definitely play at a solid 60FPS at 720p.

[@berserkoflust7999]

@Lenny69 シ guess you have to build your own to get the correct parts

[@ztgasdf]

@Lenny69 シ My dad owns a much better computer, and I just set everything to low at 720p. lol

[@spidey1100]

@@ztgasdf Gmod is one of those games that can run decently on almost anything, which is surprising seeing as it's also a very visually pleasing game.

[@spidey1100]

@@tikoblocks3224 Exactly. It's cheap and has good, user-made content so no complaints here.

[@AtomicAJ74]

Some of those Dell Optiplex systems come in full size towers. They have better power supplies and workable expansion ports. You can add an SSD, max out the RAM, and drop in a GTX 750 Ti or similar for around $200 (US).

[@jasonoreilly6204]

Yeh I have a full size 780 tower with a 300w power supply. 750ti coming soon as well as 16gb ram. Then....q9650

[@mazzalnx]

Very true, but in the correct channels (at least back in the day) you could definitely get semi-decent graphics cards even for the slim models. I worked IT for a very very tight-fisted company a while back and engineering staff would get basically no perks whatsoever, same Optiplex slim towers as accounting folk, for simplified (and cheaper) logistics, as well as a better bulk lease contract with Dell overall. Juniors would just get some random cheap-ass GeForce card just to make AutoCAD open, while seniors even had a slim pick (heh) of 2 or 3 Quadro low-profile cards for the damn things. The smile on their faces as you showed up to install one was priceless. I can only imagine how much lubing up to their boss they had to do to get the invoice approved... During my 4 years there I got tired of the slug from just 1G of RAM on my PC and just brought another damn 2G module out of my own pocket and asked someone from night shift to just shove it in my machine while bosses weren't around. Have to say they were darn reliable too, as they'd sit on the shop floor on all sorts of dusty and grimy, moist conditions for years with very few problems. It wasn't uncommon to open these up for scheduled checkup/cleanup and find metal shavings everywhere, sitting on connectors, inside the PSU, and they were still fine... I'm guessing a little extra load on these PSUs won't set them on fire, they're probably built like old tanks. Maybe some magic smoke, but no fires.

[@user-cy6gf2pj7y]

I just recieved an optiplex 9020 tower with an I5-4590 Intel, 256GB SSD, 4TB WD hard drive, and 32 gigs of memory running Linux Mint 19.1 Cinnamon, and it's fast. The only upgrades I need are a graphics card and a larger power supply. It only has a 250watt from the factory. :(

[@fattomandeibu]

I had a mid-ATX one of these fitted with a 1050(which doesn't require a PCIe power cable) and it would run anything at 60fps. Yeah, some games required you to set screen res to 720p(AAA titles in particular) and/or all settings to lowest possible, but it was all perfectly stable and playable.

[@WarrenGarabrandt]

Anyone else want to see these budget builds from the before-times get updated to today's market?

[@PolarisNC001]

Until a couple years ago this was exactly the gaming rigs my son and I used. I went to a local community college surplus auction and walked away with 4 machines for $70. Sold 2 on Craigslist for $30 each and used that to upgrade RAM and threw in really low-end video cards. And yeah, that performance was exactly what I remember.

[@TeamTeddy666]

PLEASE don't benchmark CSGO with bots. Legit kills FPS on any low-end system.

[@renyn21]

FR7 Galaxy It kills fps on more than just low end pc's I have a 3570k at 4.2 ghz and my fps halves with bots, because the game runs it's own server at the same time on the cpu, and the source engine being bad, dota uses the new source and runs better in comparison. My system isn't anything special in the 8 core world of today, but I was averaging close to 80 fps maxed on the bf5 beta.

[@howardlam6181]

dota2 can run bots using valves' servers, not yours.

[@awesomises]

Also don't play mm with less than 240fps

[@TeamTeddy666]

If people who are less knowledgeable don't know that bots decrease FPS, they're going to think that they won't be able to hit constant 60 or higher. People don't care if bots decrease FPS, they care about how well you will be able to do online / in a friend's match.

[@michaelmcc9812]

Can you please post links to the drivers you used. Literally trying to replicate what you did to build a computer for school. You guys rock!

[@Hellwyck]

"I got one - I GOT ONE!!!" Great kid, don't get cocky!

[@RefrigeratedTP]

Riley is the reason I liked this video. Pay him more money.

[@Th3_ArCh0n]

Hahaha he's hilarious

[@BizhanovKhalel]

Log out, Riley...

[@iz723]

His dry humour is great

[@knauz21]

Riley

[@erdmur]

Riely...

[@twoah927]

TBH I'm still waiting for the 69,420$ PC

[@madaakusto6771]

"Nice"

[@eduardene1265]

I did something on a dell Optiplex ( forgot the model ) SFF. I cut a slit in the top panel, used a PCIe rizer and cut the back part of an old PC case. I installed a 1060 6g. I replaced the PSU with a 450w one. That didn't fit so I had an external PSU. Also had to get an adapter for the MD power connector as it didn't have a 24 pin... and... I had to hijack the power button as I wanted to put it in a arcade cabinet and wanted to move th power button over yhe screen. Intersting trip.

[@Deluezeonest]

Managed to pick up a Dell Optiplex 3020 SFF off ebay for £55. The PC came with an I5 and 8GB of RAM. I then installed an MSI NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 710 gpu with a wireless network card. Ended up being a pretty good little build for £100.

[@kimono8413]

Thought this was a techlinked clickbait video

[@AndroydFM]

This video was definitely made for me and my stock Optiplex 780

[@bencoomer2000]

It's actually not a bad start.

[@stevenash1643]

yesssssssssssss

[@RomanKutsovolOriginal]

I'm sorry.

[@kayrokk]

Built myself a budget gaming rig of sorts with the dual-core i3 mobo from a Dell Inspiron 3647 SFF

[@ohravenous1]

You guys are funny and informative I'm a Dell modifier and love the damn things I don't blink ripping one apart...and since they are so cheap NO FEAR!

[@ARandomInternetUser08]

I have a Dell OptiPlex GX620 and it still works to this day whenever I use it for fun. I know someone that has a Dell OptiPlex 755 and that is lightning quick too. Minecraft only runs at around a maximum of 30 fps though, with everything turned down, and the window not being in fullscreen so it doesn't have to render as much. 😅

[@edgarvega5859]

4:07 "Low profile and single PCIExpress slot" Me: GT 1030? Linus: GTX 650 Me: Oh

[@Artem4egg_]

Well, gtx 650 actually a WAAY better card than in video

[@edgarvega5859]

@@Artem4egg_ But you have vulcan on the 1030, so you can run doom eternal

[@Artem4egg_]

@@edgarvega5859 well yes... But actually 40 fps...

[@Artem4egg_]

@@edgarvega5859 wait, did you answered on a 1 yo comment? Good job

[@edgarvega5859]

@@Artem4egg_ A 1030 can run doom, watch lowspecgamer's videos, even an Athlon 3000G can, vulcan it's just extremely optimized

[@rev_dude]

My first computer ran Minecraft at 17fps...

[@Sammie1053]

Ah, the good old days of Beta 1.7.3 on Tiny render distance on a Fujitsu Lifebook

[@pigdad]

Had an HP all-in-one that I played MC on. Got 20fps and ran better with a nice texture pack fo some reason

[@kolby4078]

ah how I miss my radeon HD 4250 oh wait, no I dont

[@abasgames]

My first laptop run minecraft in 300 fps and it was fire up and my second laptop run it in 3 fps

[@rockslps]

My first pc couldnt even launch minecraft

[@mihailomarkovic6285]

You can actually install windows 7 drivers for express g41, my friend had it

[@JSTheAnonymousOne]

6:35 I regularly remove and install things in my desktop without unplugging it, I haven't had issues so far. I recommend that you unplug it, but you're not going to kill anything as long as you're careful and don't short something. The most important thing is to make sure the machine is off, I have fried a motherboard by unplugging the laptop display connector while it was on >.>

[@GroteGlon]

No. You're a lazy dumbass for doing that. Don't even tell someone this is fine to do

[@spacepirateivynova]

30 fps in CS go on low with 720p... that's basically the same specs as an Xbox 360 :D

[@Luukebaas]

Lel well they had bots on which SUCKS ALL the CPU power so it's a bit better than an xbox 360

[@Suilujz]

it was limited by the CPU, actually it could have run better at 1080p

[@Wulfy96]

Reminds me of the xbox 360 verision of csgo

[@imwolfpup1421]

Aye for 70 bucks .... that's a steal.

[@doublew8815]

Optiblex 360 vs Xbox 360

[@torchatlas8128]

Is that a shaky camera and the TechLinked background, and... RILEY?!?

[@spiralpower6512]

I know nothing about building pcs but I still enjoy the many ideas Linus comes up with for pc builds

[@NorbiPeti]

2:34 We have a mouse that does that, I don't know why. If you unplug and plug it again then it works but until then you can't move it, just click...

[@sm33r]

I found a optiplex 380 on craigslist for 15 bucks and i picked it up last week. After I saw this video, I was all like "hell yeah!"

[@Redbikemaster]

Hey, I got one of those years ago as my first gaming PC

[@TehComs]

Optiplex machines are friggin amazing for making cheapo sleeper rigs.

[@drew1427]

These days building a 69 dollar pc isnt very difficult and it can actually be viable in some games.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Yep, and even easier if you go with a lower resource Linux Distro like Xubuntu 18.04, and a cheaper low profile AMD R7 240 - 260 card that does not need extra power.

[@Tezla_Insanity]

The high price of ram nowadays makes budget builds much harder :

[@CommodoreFan64]

Tezla True if you are going for a system that needs DDR4 RAM thanks to the deliberate price fixed, and shortages from makers sk hynix for example in which the Chinese government is investigating for fraud on those fronts, but if you go with a slightly older system that uses DDR3 RAM, and keep an open on places like eBay you can snag 8GB - 16GB of DDR3 1866Mhz and OC it to 2133Mhz(at least on AMD boards) for decent price. Also using a free, and open source OS like Xubuntu 18.04 64bit can help in lowering the cost in not having to buy a license key for Window 10 from a shady seller, or having to use a hack to activate Windows 10, and risk spyware/malware/Trojans.

[@kolby4078]

if you're buying a ddr3 system ram prices are fine

[@YehNahYehAyy]

Hence the video...

[@buddy19134]

the opltiplex models 360 and 380 like that had an optional riser module to make the half-height slots into two full height slots, i belive this had the PCIe x16 slot as the higher one. allowing the installation of a 2-slot GPU with no issue.

[@pauli311]

I used to mod the heck out of these with X5460 xeons and the pin-swap sticker. You could put Xeons into Desktop boards. The Xeons would run cooler and I could get them cheaper than Core 2 Quads. Worked with NON-ECC ram.

[@mariogamer929]

"It's almost like we prepare this video's" *painful laugh" - Linus

[@JayJay-jv2wd]

With a little higher budget you could opt for a GTX 750 TI and a core 2 quad Q6600. A 500gb HDD or higher isn't expensive, especially in the used market (only 10 dollars for 500gb). This will up your experience by 1000%

[@trolco]

or if you are afraid of toasty temperatures...go for q8xxxs,q9xxxs, or (after specific bios-update what includes microcode of xeon cpus) x33x3s,x33x0s

[@Jagermaine]

cpu bottleneck! i3 2100 will be nice

[@trolco]

@@mokubakaiba1751 you got point...which processor were you thinking for?...r3 1200?...or 2200g?...the 2. is great alone too. Overclockable, and plays in modern platform...the ram prices are against it :/.

[@joannaatkins822]

Don't forget the invaluble BSEL tape mod! That'll clock a Q6600 at 2997mhz all day long and raise the performance by another 20%!

[@CouchCoach]

I was actually buying a Q8200 and a 750 non ti for less than 100 bucks mixed from ebay and china (gpu) a few month ago. And no it was not a fake 750. Was enough for a secondary pc for older games. LLT should at least be able to upgrade cpu to a core2quad for less than 10 bucks and in some games that will help more than a better gpu. However if possible go for an i3 2100 oder i5 2400, sometimes you can find them around 50-60 bucks.

[@SyphistPrime]

I pulled an LGA775 computer from the recycling pile at work, a CPU (and unfortunately motherboard upgrade to support the CPU), my old r9 270x, and some recycle picked RAM later I got a good PC for my cousin to play Minecraft, Terraria, and Starbound on.

[@TheMarineGamerIGGHQ]

"When you see Mei it's over" NO, no don't bring back those memories

[@alexmcd378]

Nihao ;)

[@joewhelan9261]

This is the exact same computer I use at school. Jesus christ

[@aquamarine8157]

Guess you can install counter strike

[@hypermangi8265]

Because School is broke, and they're in that budget. You get me fam.

[@abdulahad200]

We have like 30 of exactly these PC, we only uses them to take apart and "discover" what's inside a PC. I should snag one of them TBH lol

[@DubstepKingOFFICAL]

Lol, i5 8600 here in my school in the UK.

[@IvanNava]

@@abdulahad200 So do we lol

[@volrathy1]

built something like this for my son ok yeh $220 AUD but stats i5 2400 8gb ram (had 4gb and bought another 4 from cex for $8) gtx 1050 ($70) 120gb ssd ($30) 250gb hdd

[@groundsalt2199]

how on planet earth did you pull this off?

[@letmeshowumypkmn]

Casino Trashcan People tend to be fairly generous when selling their used cards. Only problem is that you might get a grossly dusty card or a heavily used one doomed to die within the next year but hey you can still get one on the cheaps

[@thebluehero7319]

@@casino5773 my 1050 is 140 dollars!!!!! lol he probably got it off ebay.

[@jokerboy1693]

Volrathy just saying it’s usually called specs not stats

[@WolfPlayz294]

Pretty much better than my laptop. i5 4300M 8GB RAM Intel Haswell Mobile 180GB SSD - The desktop I'll eventually get to build will probably be more like i7 8700K 16GB RAM GTX 970 2TB HDD (or possibly a SCSI drive)

[@TrickMaster9502]

LMAO I love when they go full Canadian with the OH YEA BUD!!!

[@nopejustnope3900]

Oh my god those are the PC's they used to teach us troubleshooting in high school. Linus making me feel old

[@removezoul]

2:52 Thumbs up for Riley thumbing up

[@m_s7155]

Thnx Linus... The price on the GTX 650's just went up in price by 100%

[@patience__8051]

Buy 750 ti then? '_'

[@m_s7155]

lol

[@solo.2449]

The sad part is, hes not even fucking joking...

[@MuhammadAli-db4ct]

Woh just checked and I thought you was jokeing

[@VXNmuffin]

Brother?

[@tamoghnapal6619]

I did use a floppy connector to power extra fans once and it did work..

[@tribune1282]

It’s wild that I spend all day refurbishing these dells that always show up on super budget builds