Turning $100 into a HIGH-END Gaming PC - S3:E1 "Less (Power) is MORE!"

[@techyescity]

Easily the most requested content on the channel is BACK! Enjoy the rollercoaster!

[@buildyourcomputer]

ive used cleaning slime for cleaning in between the keys on a keyboard. it works really well. i love the $x flipping series.

[@justinpatterson5291]

If you weren't quite so far away. I have a bunch of spares... 3200G, 2600X, a320i, an itx 2060, 2x 4GB 3200 memory & 650w psu.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

​@@justinpatterson5291 where are you? Maybe i can help.

[@Redstoneluchs]

Yaaaaay I did not expect this but I‘ll take it happily

[@ejohn180]

@techyescity Started watching you 10 years ago when I was 14, now working at a local repairshop repairing and building pcs. Thanks for the content, I’ve learned a lot over the years! ❤

[@dougtemple8474]

Heads up!! That power supply has a very beefy 5V rail with 40A output. That makes it extremely sought after for retro builds using Athlon and Pentium III or older systems. Were you to remove this PSU and market it correctly in a retro PC forum, you could probably get 50-60AUD from that piece alone. Something to keep in mind in the future when dealing with older power supplies. It actually has great ratings for use as a retro machine.

[@cdnron75]

It would be sought after if the listed ratings are true, which I can pretty much guarantee they aren't. I've been in the business for over 20 years and have seen enough cheap power supplies to know that the specs have been faked. A quick search on the Interwebs also shows that these aren't quality units. Comments from different forums regarding iCute's quality: "iCute PSU's are rebranded from Ultra which are not good." "Replace it as soon as possible. Budget PSU's are sometimes a danger to the rest of your computer components." "Should I replace + iCute PSU = Yes, do. Before you regret it!" "Yes, get rid of that piece of garbage quickly." "be warned: icutes are infamous in my side of the world for being hand grenade power supplies. dont use it for anything critical or expensive as it lacks proper working short circuit, overvoltage, overcurrent, overpower and overload protection"

[@dougtemple8474]

​@@cdnron75I've similarly been in the business for over 20 years, and I've also seen many cheap power supplies. This is more likely to be able to power an Athlon 1GHz system with a GeForce 4 Ti4600 than a modern power supply with a 10-15A rating on 5V. Furthermore, I can find people saying negative things about literally any product by searching the "interwebs."

[@paulhorn24]

Never trust the numbers on the sticker of the PSU? But how to measure or detect the true values and numbers of the PSU? Thanks!

[@cdnron75]

@@paulhorn24 Never trust the listed ratings of CHEAP PSUs. Stick to well known brands.

[@cdnron75]

@@dougtemple8474If you've actually been in the business for over 20 years, you'd know this is a garbage power supply.

[@IcebergTech]

That’s the best looking Cashies I’ve seen in my life. UK stores are dingy AF

[@MrEMeat-kk9tc]

This made me chuckle. Love your channel.

[@EyesOfByes]

A month ago, a dude came in with a similar-ish old spec'd PC for repair. With a f***ng Noctua D15. Yes, the full size dual fan. Worth more than the rest of the PC. Apparantly used for music production. We told him to keep the NH-D15 sell/donate everything else.

[@HenrySomeone]

I once paid $5 (yes, five bucks) for an old 775 based PC (with some components missing) just because it had a Scythe Ninja 3 in it (in perfect condition I might add!); still one of the best bargains ever!

[@blandeauxfillaskii7344]

Hell this case with the 200mm fan slot and 8 drive bays is a rarety today! Everthing is built to revolve around RGB and gigantic radiators and tempered glass.

[@vedrisca]

Blows my mind how even the 2500 can push out nearly 120 fps on CS2. I'm starting to question if my own build is overkill 😂

[@AliYassinToma]

My 8700 gets like 200 max with a 1070ti

[@Hablift]

Single Core performance..Old engines using single core.

[@cdnron75]

Notice he never shows any gameplay for CS2 though. Likely because it doesn't run that well.

[@HardWhereHero]

Depends on what you use it for. I rock an i5 12400f and a 3060TI n feel like I already need a upgrade. My son wanted to play forknife and some other garbage like Roblox and battle bit. I spend next to nothing on a T1650 computer from dell and modded the case to take a bigger GPU, popped in a better PSU and built him a respectable PC with a Xeon 1230 v3 and a rx 580. The build cost me around $200

[@TheBcoolGuy]

Battlebit is good, though. It's like Battlefield made by Battlefield fans, with all the problems of modern BF games fixed. Roblox can be good depending on whose game you're playing. I recommend Dream Thief. What do you need an upgrade to do?@@HardWhereHero

[@JP-be9cx]

Fix-or-Flop by Greg and this $100 Flip challenge are the best series in tech youtube. Can't wait for the next episode!

[@voteDC]

Fix or Flop isn't one I like. He takes mostly higher end systems, replaces a couple of parts, and calls it a fix.

[@Haddley333]

Fantastic video. I love seeing older hardware being stretched beyond what should be reasonable to still deliver a nice gaming experience.

[@Jormungand47]

Sadly because its Fortnite..@@MrSaxonsaxon

[@Dizzy_Hites]

Thanks for another great episode and a strong start to the series/season, looking forward to episode 2! 😃

[@Zebra_Paw]

I just love this series hopefully this one goes all the way to the end! P.S: very surprised by the frozen unigine heaven being due to underpowered PSU, if you're trying to draw too much the PC would just shut off and likely you would hear the fans just go full blast.

[@antonschaf4088]

I love this series! I feel absolutely energized after watching one of your used PC parts / parts hunt videos. Thanks man!

[@antoniom.andersen6704]

Yes!!, The series is back. I'm excited wiiee!! Ever thought of setting up a Steam caching server at home for when you test PCs with games? That way you don't have to wait all night for games to download and if you set the server up with a 2.5GbE NIC, you can pop another 2.5GbE card into a PC, transfer games fast and then take it out to use on other PCs later down the line. Just a thought.

[@vinyfiny]

If that PC was used for basic PC tasks and light gaming there's no reason the previous owner wouldn't think it was working fine. Most people don't check power supply specs and run Heaven benchmarks. Could've been a cheap PC they bought used just like you did, but they didn't have the knowledge to know there were any issues. Also do you sell PC with undervolts and various BIOS changes? What if the buyer ends up resting the BIOS for some reason or reinstalls Windows? The changes you made will reset and it could go back to crashing/overheating. When I used to flip PC's I always tested and sold them with stock everything to make sure they were stable at a baseline.

[@cdnron75]

Same here. I run a system completely stock and stress test it at stock to make sure everything works. Undervolting and BIOS changes to stop it from overheating is not a proper fix. This video gives me used car salesman vibes.

[@jono8390]

Great build! Love the editing, PC refurbishment too, keep it up 🔥

[@jamesgarrett3000]

I love these videos. I love that you're just buying stuff and then flipping it, and NOT stating that you're doing a flip up challenge. I see loads of dudes on my local FB market that try and sell stuff and in the description say something like "FLIP UP CHALLENGE! WANTING TO SELL OR TRADE FOR SOMETHING MORE EXPENSIVE" they're essentially just begging. but not you!

[@shodan6401]

I love these builds - there are previous "Seasons" that I started watching, but can't find the episodes of those earlier seasons that started really well. Am I missing something, or did those builds just never evolve to completion? Regardless, I hope to see a lot more of these - thanks for all of your hard work. We genuinely appreciate it.

[@Kacheng_3080]

I'm so excited to see all the future episodes, always love to see a flip up challenge!

[@evilleader1991]

I don't think I've watched the previous episodes but what a GREAT idea. I'll be waiting for the next episodes :).

[@absurddive]

Is that friend an iPhone collector who's also a drummer, has a pet named Frank and looooooooves cashies? hahahaha Dude, this series is AWESOME, I need to put this to practice locally (Argentina) to see what I can come up with!

[@computacao4896]

Did you try out this challenge? Currently doing this in Brazil, bought a full Phenom X6 1090T setup for 50 dollars. Having a hard time with used gpus

[@stefanzlatanovic7521]

IMO this is the best content out there. I hope that this gets interesting and that you pretty soon get to a 2 PC in one video money. That is why I started buying and flipping PCs.

[@joshthebutchergibson3218]

man how have i not seen your channel yet!! Love it bro great content thanks for sharing!!!!

[@MrPicaso72]

I would have just replaced the PSU with a better unit that I would be able to count on. Good video none the less.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Same I would have forgot about the monitor, mouse, keyboard(that keyboard would have been 100% no go for me), and salvaged a better PSU even if it was only 50 to 100 watts more.

[@Cbamptronious]

Yea, you know Les would have had a $5 PSU that would have done the job

[@Jinny-Wa]

Normie doesn't know what a psu is and it doesn't impact their buying decision. They see they get a monitor, working input units and a pc as a combo is lot better in an eyes of a normie.

[@MrPicaso72]

@@Jinny-Wa Most of the time that's the case. I was looking at it from the perspective of a seller though. I would have replaced it simply to lessen the chance of a bad experience for the buyer first and also the headache of it going out a few hours, a couple of days to a week or two after leaving the shop and becoming a comeback issue with a possibly angry customer. If your making money flipping, word out mouth goes a long way in both directions. Good or bad.

[@craigmarshall4614]

Always love the banger content. Just got a key to use on a I7 860 that I got last year and pulled it outa storage and getting some ready to move for Xmas. Tomorrow I start on an X58 Evga hexa core build. that needs some finishing touches.

[@ArtistSoftwareEngineer]

You're a man of integrity! I would have used the inflation argument after 5 minutes and upped the budget 25 bucks 😂

[@ImWateringPSUs]

I absolutely LOVE that this series is back!

[@banks3388]

I'd missed these kind of budget videos, I'm a man for the grind and this content is kinda nostalgic (reminds me of when I had no money)...

[@kesamek8537]

Love the intro. Love the premise of more for less and component re-use. Excellent video.

[@Jason-zh7wo]

Awesome! amazing work getting that all running and looking ok 😀😀

[@mainfish88]

Love this! You inspired me started out with an dell optiplex 750ti and ended with a custom 9th gen and 3060ti

[@TakMan2012]

Yes! Season 3! lol at Roblox running on potato, turnip, onion or tomato ahahaha. I’m lovin the editing style on this one too, and can’t wait for more! Keep up the great work!

[@birnel_czr2117]

Lol I get better fps on fortnite that some roblox games

[@Frostulv]

Unless it was some movie magic with the cut you did download on steam at the same time. That eats 100% on older systems easily on decent internet connections. So perhaps the comparison was not 100% accurate after the under volt. Otherwise I don’t understand why you would go from 100% CPU load down to the number you got. Any way. Great to see another series.

[@CyberClu]

Wow, you are the king of the PC hustle. I kinda think you should have gone with 125 AUD, just to stay up with inflation. You really hamstrung yourself with just 100 AUD.

[@kylek05]

i love this series, please keep making them

[@Cbamptronious]

That cpu didn't need to come down to 3.4ghz. I'm certain if you left it at 3.7 you'd still be well under your power and temp targets

[@catriona_drummond]

my thoughts exactly. I bet one of the pushpins wasn't properly in.

[@Will-ik4bk]

Can't believe you're going to sell someone that PC with that bomb masquerading as a PSU.

[@NoseMain]

Good video! It reminded me of the i5 7400 gtx 1060 3gb PC I bought last year for $120

[@blackknight50277621]

YES fan for years here GOOD JOB

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

About that pc. As far ,as i can remember,that huge fan shoud have leds. If they not working,it 20 fps less..... 😂 And them settings in Afterburner - the woud survive until the Windows reinstall,or Afterburner. Same as with the BIOS, unless you locked it. I wouldn't go this way, Brian.

[@XiaOmegaX]

I sourced a i5-8500 office PC for 99. Threw an LP RX6400 in it for 99. Backlit the front panel with rgb string light just for bling, for 9. Sold for 399. (USD) Also did a full sized HP tower with an i5-6400, put a used RX6600 in it. That whole build also totaled around 200. Blows the socks off the fps counter for fortnight and cs2

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Brilliant as always Bryan.... As someone who built their first DIY PC around 2011 I think (first gen i7 920), I've built many a system for myself, family, friends, to sell, and refurbished and sold on parts on eBay/Gumtree (here in England) etc... I feel like I need to start shifting some great price-to-performance systems here if people still have the disposable income, luckily I was born in, and live in, a very student central city (Cambridge), so you can always bet on rich Chinese or foreign students with plenty of money too burn, not that I would overprice anyone. Cheers!

[@AJDOLDCHANNELARCHIVE]

Just built and sold a system to a friend of mine - 12600k, RX 6700 10GB, 16GB 3600mhz DR4, 1TB WD PCIe 4.0, 2TB HDD, nice MB and Noctua cooler, sound-proofed tasteful case with no clear panel etc... He's very happy with it, and it's a very capable system. De-bloated and optimised as much as I could regarding Windows services/programs, memory timings, GPU underclock/memory overclock etc.... No profit - just did it as a favour to a good friend of mine.

[@sayer187]

You are a life saver with those Win CD Keys

[@stizzo135]

00:10 "And 'how?' you may ask?" Me: Criminal activity? "MADNESS." Oh **clears throat**. Carry on, then.

[@poluefemus]

:D this series is back

[@BuildsByEli]

yessss I've been waiting for this!!!

[@MarkHallG]

I was waiting so long for this, notifications activated, let's go!

[@lukefilewalker9454]

YESSSS!!!!! Crackalackin’ the best content hands down!!🙌🏻🙌🏻💪🏻💪🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🍿🍿🍿

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

Tech YES City = More FPS!

[@originalscreenname44]

When he said a friend of his told him about Cash Coverters I instantly thought "Does he know DankPods?"

[@elzi2222]

Favourite Series. Always reminds me a little of Scrapyard Wars of LTT.

[@Nismo400Rpaintball]

The KING of the Flip... has returned \o/

[@royelleray3834]

Great to see the 100 dollar challenge back ( my favourite)😁

[@insid3493]

I noticed you went from a subrau WRX to a ford feista ST. Both incredible cars, but why did you make the switch?

[@EK-rp8ns]

How did I miss this before? This series is amazing.

[@kbotev]

My OCD kicks in when I look at those missing keyboard keys :D

[@GunMetalDale]

Love it. - good luck flipping

[@2528drevas]

Did you re-paste the GPU? I would have just because. For me the keyboard would be a no-go.

[@stinnoVS]

been a littel late whitch watching😅 but best series is back. GOOD LUCK🤑

[@youknowme2003]

One of my favourite series LETS GO

[@SGTMacBC]

You need to come to USA and do a $100 build. I have a few older (2012-2014)Xeon machines that I would let go for cheap as long as you could come up with a decent graphics card. Monitors. I have about 25 extra. HP branded HD models. Older but still usable. Especially if you want a dual monitor setup. The used PC market has taken a huge hit this last year. CPU's and memory are worth a lot less than 2 years ago.

[@brownie8235]

Do you buy parts separately? I have a 2500k and Asus Stryix R9380 4gb and a Cooler Master HAF case Corsair HX750 Pro series PSU 8gb?? DDR3 Ripjaws. Was going to upgrade bits.... But decised to upgrade my whole system. Theyre all in the case, just not connected.... Maybe i should get it cleaned up running and see what you reckon....

[@mlzphoto-official]

hey, you got what you payed for! being angry because you can't cash-cow immediately is a bit of a stretch!

[@gravesddd]

Can’t say no to a Tech YES video :-)

[@christophermullins7163]

Tech yeah man.

[@TheBigBazzy]

Not bad for 100 bucks. The final result looked cool with the red LED light. Its a good place for a budget pc gamer to start.

[@jrose-xp6tf]

TYC goes GREAT with coffee, thanks!

[@BREEZYM6015]

I have an FX8320, Radeon 7950 3GB, and 16GB of DDR3 RAM in a PC that I no longer use. It needs a PSU and storage which I'll eventually get to complete the build before I give it away.

[@jackrabbit1704]

I believe that CPU benchmarks about as fast as an 11th generation Iphone. So, instead of trying to compete with the PC gaming if I were you I'd personally learn some skills on how to setup devices and operating systems to run mobile games etc. on the side of usable classic games. I feel like this would be an easier way to give the PC an edge versus trying to sell it as a low end gaming PC.

[@reece2080]

Great video! Love this series!!!

[@dianaalyssa8726]

Love these challenges series.

[@smoothboye4203]

Missing the escape button like "damn, hope you don't have to open bios or pause your game"

[@Cal316326]

My first custom build pc is i5-2500k with hd6950 gpu. Pc still running but does crash frequently. Recently build a new PC so its just sitting in the storeroom now.

[@buggerlugz6753]

As the price of the 4090 keeps increasing this season's gonna be a long one Bryan!

[@connortimoti]

lol I had an icute case/psu combo like 15 yrs ago, that psu sent me back in time

[@blindtechh]

Finally back at your actual place where you previously flip pcs!

[@HardWhereHero]

I came just to say that I love that case. The big old fan on the side actually looks kind like a console.

[@virtualfilmer]

Love this series!!! Bryan mate btw turn your aircon on :-)

[@thomquiri9860]

10:03 why would you continue to undervolt the gpu when the cpu is throthling? you could solve 2 issues in 2 go by undervolting the cpu

[@BleepBlop-rh9lm]

This is a great idea! It's like a game but in real life.

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Ooook,i think ,that this time i can try to follow you. Got myself a VERY CHEAP Zalman Z3 case, with motherboard,I7-4770 ,and FSP 650!! AND 2 old 2 tb hdds(actually,sshds).

[@nicmonberg5974]

$80 what did you expect it was fine for the money. One of the first things I check is PSU before I buy it's an area large % of people skimp on not understanding how important it is. Sad to sell it like that I would take the hit spend bit more money to solve the issues rather then sell it crippled or missing parts. (cowboy stuff selling keyboard like that) Whoever pays $250 is being robbed.

[@Khinh-xq6lx]

its not like brian getting nightmares over a bad power supply, but it he might feel uneasy sleeping and waking up the next day.

[@MikesPCs-tx8zb]

Almost 100c on the CPU is for sure a bad mount. Even the lousy intel stock cooler should keep it under 60c when properly mounted, especially with fresh thermal paste.

[@petrfila5371]

Asking A$250 for that? Wow, that’s crazy. Whoever buys this for such money must be crazy.

[@catriona_drummond]

Man, that Lenovo Monitor is almost retro! I have the same one in 4:3. Does it even work with fps games without turning everything into a graphics slurry?

[@TheBcoolGuy]

Now I realise what this video is, a minute in! Oh yeah! I liked this show before.

[@randcooley2865]

Great video Bryan you are amazing

[@kmspade]

very cool idea for a video series. what happened to season 2? there's only two episodes?

[@techyescity]

Oh I had to move internationally and by the time I got back, I had just lost track of where the series was at etc.

[@thesilentwalker069]

commander 3 keyboard has a really good response time .

[@jragonwriter6316]

I love the flip up series! But if it weren't for the fact that you stand behind the products you sell, I'd say that PSU and undervolting move is pretty marginal. Looking forward to seeing some safer and better quality parts now that the budget is loaded in.

[@hmzzya78]

Wow been waiting for a long time. Glad its finally back

[@vaguer3913]

Looking forward to episode 2 already

[@L319HV]

Can't wait for more. I wish the deals down here near Melbourne were good otherwise id start doing this myself.

[@Yelnats101]

lol at your definition of high end.

[@alertol]

This PSU is very old, back in time CPU was powered from 5v line (like 20 years ago, in K7 times)

[@white_mage]

13:40 it was decompressing the downloads from steam. i get something similar on my computer too.

[@Jinny-Wa]

Unfair prices tbh. 2dollars a keyboard, 10dollars a monitor. In Finland you pay arm and leg even in used markets.

[@Absolutely_Allen]

do you normally live in japan or Australia the majority of the time?

[@tee_m]

Some of those stores will knock you 10% off without much fuss - at least here in the UK. Can't hurt to ask! Think they would have done it based on the dirt and missing keys on the keyboard.

[@rachellemarie7559]

Who else has been waiting for this!!!

[@stevenwilliams6638]

Season 3!

[@neilclark409]

Surely adding a better psu is more important than a cheapo monitor keyboard and mouse , adding a extra $150 is just ripping someone off

[@MMBaconslice]

Awesome work!