What is this £175 budget gaming PC capable of?

[@uglybob7505]

Proof that a gaming machine doesnt need to be costly if youre brave enough

[@aleksazunjic9672]

Well, if you plan to play older games (PS4 era and before), you could do that cheaply .

[@gyrozeppeli00]

the argue is that even though a ps4 may let you play at a better framerate, a pc is capable of many more tasks that consoles can only dream about. Pc master race indeed.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

..some of us have known that since Socket 7 (Late ½ of the '90s) to the Young Online Experts 😛

[@WhosDnisify]

Just dont get scammed and ask for proof that the GPU works with like... benchmark screenshots or something cause I got scammed once when I bought a R9 390X and seller couldn't provide proof but I still took the deal

[@WLLM1]

@@aleksazunjic9672 There hasn't been many good games since that era worth playing tbh

[@Mirra2003-f9s]

It's cool that computers don't get obsolete so easy anymore. Back when 2nd gen was new a 12 year old system couldn't even browse the web anymore

[@couriersix2443]

All over Intel subreddit, I still see folks using CPUs such as the i5-2400/2400S (or 2500K) along with the i7-2600/2600K or 2700K. Very rarely, there's the occasional i3-2100/2120 (usually pre-builts with those). They still hold their own for the most part, especially for day to day usage paired with an SSD boot drive. However, only having PCIe 2.0 support for the primary x16 slot does make the platform harder to justify with any GPU running on gen 4.0 with a small memory bus. Think the RX 6400 & 6500 XT. Not 100% sure about the RX 6600+, but I'd imagine at that performance level the CPUs would be the primary bottleneck. As such, the common GPU pairings I see are anywhere from a RX 570/580 to a GTX 960/970/1050/1050 Ti/1060/1070/1650/1650 Super. I personally think Ivy Bridge is the sweet spot. Hardly any more cost vs Sandy Bridge, negligibly better IPC, but improved OC & RAM frequency potential/stability with some later chipsets supporting PCIe gen 3.0 for the primary x16 slot. So newer cards with shorter bus widths can (ideally) be used with less/possibly no impact on performance.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Phenom II 1100t here 😛 (was a FIRSTMOVER, once upon a...)

[@gamingwolf7895]

​@@dallesamllhals9161phenom X4 965 user here. Ruh

[@itstheweirdguy]

@@couriersix2443 What bothers me is longevity is a problem with a lot of these systems. You really want to target at least a system with tpm 1.2 and secure boot enable-ability, even if you choose not to enable secure boot. It's a whole lot easier to deal with Windows 11 if you at least have tpm 1.2, doing a registry key change and downloading a windows 11 ISO every 18 months and manually installing it isn't that bad, but the other way is dirty and totally unsupported. and a whole lot more hassle. As far as the system this awesome youtuber put together, I would see it as a nicer value with no gpu and a smaller ssd....it would almost make it worth it but there's no TPM 1.2 here! But on the flip side, it runs fine in esports and could be fine for a kid, valorant is one that is a problem though, and it requires TPM 2.0 if you have windows 11....so hopefully that's not a desired game LOL stay on win 10

[@NKG416]

intel old cpu are still good to this day, even one can justify not upgrading at all. on other side, from @icebergtech video, R9 290X still holding up well in 2023

[@deviouslaw]

I love that era of MSI cards, the heatpipes almost look like a motorcycle exhaust.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah the colour scheme is cool too

[@acid3129]

Look at the zotac gtx 460 amp edition it looks like the top of a v8 engine

[@HandleIsNewAndBad]

The heatsinks are heavier than some larger cards of today.

[@AndricAleksa]

​@@RandomGaminginHDi have a huge question help me.Should i buy an i5 3570k gtx 770 2gb 16gbram 650w psu bronze 128gb ssd 500gb hdd for 120$.

[@mr.savage778]

that Cpu is still kicking in 2023 wow just wow. Sandy bridge really was legendary ❤❤ I still own a 2600 non k PC and it still works to this day and still gets put to use with modern and older games too just fine.😮

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah still just about hanging in there!

[@megatronskneecap]

You can still both Hackintosh Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge CPU's, run MacOS Sonoma's Beta on them and they act like M1 chips for safari browsing, graphics design and even some light gaming (although you're restricted on MacOS for obvious reasons). 2006-2014 Intel was kick arse. Now it's just cheap crap you associated with £300 Argos notebooks.

[@RuruFIN]

I have a 2500K @ 5GHz on my 2nd rig. Way faster than a stock 2600 even with only four threads.

[@Imjeezus]

I recently put together a budget build with a 4790k and rtx2060 for $270 USD. Just have to keep your eyes out for deals and be willing to negotiate

[@amnottabs]

around here it's easier to hunt for something like a 2400g than finding a 4790 (even non-k) at a reasonable price

[@sheltontyndale3475]

How much did u pay for that rtx?

[@andystech101]

Recently took the plunge and brought a few bits off Ali express and I was really surprised. Ok it’s not the branded stuff we know and love but it’s come a long way with the potential to make a really cheap but capable system. Love the content as always ❤

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Awesome :) and thanks

[@SuperKendoman]

Can this ddr3 gaming pc play indie games like dead cells, hollow knight, etc.? I only have about £250 to spend. Many thanks ❤

[@SuperKendoman]

@@Flex-cx7uj ooh, yes please. I really appreciate the gesture ❤️

[@andystech101]

@@SuperKendoman You’ll be able to build a nice little system at the moment for £250

[@SuperKendoman]

@@andystech101 thanks for the info. I'll see if I can find 6GB GPU on ebay at a low enough price

[@uIfsark]

i7-2600 is a great value CPU. Carried my RX 570 system for a few years and now sits in a friend's PC who has a 1050!

[@RuruFIN]

2600K is way better, when thinking that it's a 12½yr old CPU, overclocking it helps a lot. I have a 2500K @ 5GHz on my 2nd PC and it's way faster than a stock 2600.

[@Calinou]

@@RuruFIN You can increase the turbo multipliers by quite a noticeable margin on a non-K i7-2600 - it's not quite as locked as Haswell and newer CPUs. The clock speed difference at stock is also only 100 MHz, which is much lower than recent CPU generations.

[@LogHorizon4]

@@RuruFIN Still using my i7 2600K @ 4.4 Ghz paired with 32 GB 1866 mhz Ram and a RTX 3060 (probably now the last GPU it will have cause anything better will be a bottleneck beyond recovery) and it plays the latest titles (all of them above 30 fps with the new AAA titles at max settings usually in the 40-50 fps Range i.e TLOU Remaster , Uncharted Collection , Starwars Jedi Surv) the only real issue I have is that for RPCs3 emulation some games won't play or play slow due to lack of AVX2 i.e Gran Turismo 5 [Won't Play] , Killzone 3 [20-24 fps] , Bleach Soul REs [drops from 30 fps sometimes] Dragon Ball Z Budokai HD Coll [Slowdown even when getting 40-50 fps] - most issues listed were fixed by going Haswell i7 4790k although fps will still drop a bit here and there... But the 2600K was the best purchase I made ever I bough mine in 2014 for literally chump change ($180 for Cpu 8 GB Ram ,and a HD6450 with a 1600x900 panel)

[@HardWhereHero]

@@RuruFIN you are talking 2nd generation though. Those gains are not gonna make a huge difference now, only on paper.

[@arithmetic7105]

@@LogHorizon4 upgrade that CPU to something recent and you'll see your FPS nearly double, that 2600 is holding back your 3060 big time

[@sokolicc_]

It was never as easy as these days to build cheap but decent PC. And thanks for keeping this content on KZbin, i'm bored of 2-3k pc builds all over the internet, i like to see those low-end things that would otherwise end in trash perform so well they can handle most of the modern games.

[@JaystepherMLG]

Pretty surprising results! Now I've got somewhat of a good budget to work for, for a friend of mine in the future, thanks a bunch! :D

[@nonaurbizniz7440]

4th gen intel haswell is going to be the next best budget option due to it still supporting all the modern api.

[@reygmb289]

Love from Spain. Keep up the good work!

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Thank you! Will do!

[@oszakira]

inspirational and motivational to build such budget build ..Thank u ..and keep up 👍

[@7Elwaybronco]

Honestly, I just happy these kinds of budget builds are possible again that's just a win.

[@HardWhereHero]

This is pretty decent for a CPU that was almost obsolete a year after launch. AND it is paired with the notorious 3.5 GB GTX 969 1/2 lol This is damn nice! A bit better of an idea FOR THE SAME PRICE would be to go with a xeon 1230 v3 (they are down to $15 usd) and any random dell or hp board from the 4th gen era as most of them ALL support ECC / non ECC and will run it regardless! That's basically an i7 4770 without an iGPU and the motherboards can be picked up for about $20 and that is on the expensive end. Most of them are listed as used but I have received several that are NOS with the cpu socket tray cover still over the socket pins. I built one for 200ish and it runs more titles, games like Last of Us, Cyberpunk and Read dead run with minimal sacrifices. Given most of my hardware was used, except my knockoff china RX 580 2048, mobo and ssd. I would say that is not bad at all. My son wanted to play stupid Garten of banban. . . Anyone ever seen the graphics of that game and compared them to the needed specs? its like needed a RTX 4080 to play friggin minecraft. Whoever optimized that game needs to level up and head over to ubisoft, they would fit right in!

[@Davidx_117]

Worth noting ECC buffered DDR3 will not work with the Xeon E3-1230 V3, it's ECC unbuffered that it will support, and unfortunately I don't think ECC unbuffered DDR3 is going to be as cheap as ECC buffered DDR3 and I don't know that there's any cost savings there over standard desktop DDR3 (non-ECC unbuffered) but having ECC is definitely a plus. Also, on the motherboards, I wouldn't count the CPU socket cover being on there as a sign it's NOS, it is very highly recommended to have a socket cover on LGA motherboards when transporting or shipping them without a CPU installed as the pins have a very high chance of getting bent otherwise

[@Psyden5757]

I like how this is basically the same system LTT tested in their "PLEASE stop buying these" video (but cheaper ofc)

[@nep-nep6575]

LTT has a strong hatred for budget oriented parts for no reason

[@fattomandeibu]

The difference here is the price paid. The ones Linus were testing cost at least double what this did. He even went as far as to show you what to buy for the same price to get a better build.

[@nicekeyboardalan6972]

I mean the i7 2600 and an AMD R9 290x I had played rdr2 at 60fps theyre just getting views

[@Eppopower]

@@nep-nep6575 No they don't.. They just wish for people to pay fair value. They even showed people what they could get for the same money 🤷

[@GuyManley]

Yeah, pretty much is. But those were being sold to computer newbies with RGB and for twice the price as this build. Think that was the main point.

[@toufusoup]

Reminds me of the $200 PC I built recently as a backup I bought used parts for. i5-4670K on a Z97 ($50), 16GB DDR3 ($15), ASUS STRIX 980 ($60), EVGA 500BR ($15), NZXT S340 ($20), 500GB of SATA SSD storage ($20), and 1TB of HDD storage ($20).

[@randomreviews9016]

The thing that bugs me is that where I am, an Xbox Series S cost the same ... So if you just want to game, it's a better deal. And even if you want to do some work, you're better off buying a shitty 40$ pc from FB

[@bdunn7037]

same here i built a 165 dollar pc with 16gb ddr3 1600, i7 2600, 240g ssd, xbox 360 500gb hdd, 12 dollar oem motherboard, thermaltake smart 600, free prebuilt case, and an hd 7970

[@Nonebit]

​@@bdunn7037you can use xbox360 HDDs on PCs? Damn

[@vsammy_poet]

THE LEGENDARY "Hello Everyone and Welcome to Another Videouu, Now.." 🤓🤓.. Well anyways good Content.. These Potato PC etc older stuff videos are always Relaxing for not so anymore young PC enthusiast 🙂

[@moaz3898]

legend me who's still rocking a core 2 quad q8400 in 2023 lmao

[@shaneeslick]

I still have 2 Core2 PCs that I use W7 for Retro gaming with some Original Disc + GOG DRM Free versions - E7500 + HD7770 2GB XP for doing Anologue to Digital Conversions - Q9650 + FX5800 4GB & CoolerMaster 92mm AIO (converted from 120mm to fit the Retro HP Case I used)

[@moaz3898]

@@shaneeslick ayyy that's great

[@j.w.techchannel]

Great video. It actually surprised me how well the PC was able to run those games, very impressive.

[@PorfaPlz]

I love seeing how far these older and economic builds can be pushed. Nice price for a simple battlestation. 👌

[@yukiskyhawk101]

if i can make a $200 gaming pc that can play COD and GOW at 60 fps id say that's a win even with used parts that's insane always appreciate your man looking forward to the next one :D

[@XRISSCROSS.]

watching this from almost the same build . got the i5 2500k OC still rockin with the gtx 980. Absolutely underrated.

[@janwitkowsky8787]

And now I've gotten a minor review of the case I am currently looking at. I'm a sucker for 5.25" front bays.

[@SSR_RedDevil]

I'm glad I'm not the only person looking for a bargain gaming pc. I recently bought a Dell Optiplex 790 SFF for £10. I've took upon myself to give it a R5 340x 2gb, 12gb ram and 128gb SSD. Just got the GPU today and annoyingly it needs a DVI to HDMI adapter. I'm also upgrading the painfully slow G620 CPU to a more modest i5 2400. Hopefully my daughter will get along with it.

[@flushfire]

Thought the Deepcool Smarter was cool back when it came out. Not too flashy and the speaker-like design of the front stood out from the robotic look most cheap cases had going on back then.

[@theHardwareBench]

Legit build, nice to see a decent PSU. Performance seems on par with my Q2 2023 £250 build with GTX 970 & i7 4770K. Even though prices have dropped now it would still cost £200 using the Dell Optiplex base unit I opted for, it would still be my go too build.

[@scotthaggard]

I just recently picked up a Cooler Master NR400 to transplant my aging I7 3770 build into and I absolutely love the case. Also just put a GTX 960 in it... looking for the 100% XP compatible (officially) gaming system.

[@WouterVerbruggen]

Ooh nice timing! Got a very similar system for sale right now XD tho a bit more luxurious with among others an AIO

[@andic6676]

Love Sandy Bridge processors! They never seem to give up and just keep performing.

[@nicotica]

I just bought a XEON E3-1231 v3 with 16GB RAM and combined this with the MSI 970 to build my "ultimate" replacement for my Xbox 360 / Xbox One in my living room. Its such a nice feeling when you get a great build (i paid 140€ for all parts) and it runs so well after these years! Maybe i will upgrade on a better graphics card (1070/1080) if I find a nice deal.

[@nevernicemeadow]

Found a used i7 3770 + mobo + 16GB combo for 45€ (40 pound ?). Added a used RX 580 8GB for another 75€, a used 500W corsair for 15€. A new jonsbo case for 50€, a 500GB sata ssd i had still lying around. A new wireless keyboard with an included touchpad new for 20€. All in all a pretty capable replacement for my fire tv stick for the livin room TV

[@MadIIMike]

It's not like the build is bad, but at least in Germany, UK and US there should be a lot of phased out office PCs from 2nd-4th gen and slowly 6-8th gen (with the downside of more expensive upgrades for CPU/RAM). GPU wise, I'd suggest going with RX400/500 or GTX10 series and up unless it's a low budget or retro build. As for Ram, it depends on supply and budget, but I'd say over 150€ you want to aim for 32gb or at least have 16+free slots, because it feels like plenty modern games come with memory leaks and/or simply awful optimisation. Generally, I feel like a lot of recent game requirements come from lack of optimisation rather than huge upgrades over previous generations.

[@craigriggers]

I still think that these type of systems are a great entry level gaming rig for younger kids who want to enter into PC gaming, arguably if you have any kit lying around like a spare monitor and a half decent keyboard and mouse then this becomes maybe a better option than a console and a system that can be used for other purposes too? I mean I work in IT so maybe I'm more of the exception and I have lots of old bits lying around but my kids started a year or two ago on a similar system. Throwing something like a 1050ti into an old Dell optiplex is still a great option too. There's some great components out there cheap in marketplace/ebay if you shop around and wait... I've recently upgraded my son's rig from an old 4th gen i5 to a 10th gen i3. I managed to pick up a b560 board, i3 10105f and 16Gb DDR4 2400 for £110 ... great little rig and the b560 gets 2x m.2 and usb-c too so pretty modern by all accounts. Luckily I've just re-used the case, psu, storage and gfx card.

[@nicholsliwilson]

Hay! I have the white version of that case & in white looks like a Storm Trooper’s PC. Nice cheap build, well done.

[@couriersix2443]

GTX 970 was the card two different friends of mine had paired with an i5-6600K + 16GB DDR4 (one had 2400Mhz, the other had his running with a 3200Mhz kit lol). On my end I was still running my i7-2600K with an RX 580 (+16GB DDR3 1600Mhz). Despite the lower IPC and RAM speed, having the overall better GPU along with hyper-threading still yielded better gaming performance. Haven't talked to the friend who had the 2400Mhz kit in a long time, but the buddy with the 3200Mhz one ended up upgrading to a R7 2700x on an Asus B450 Strix (reused his previous RAM) along with a 1660 Super to replace his 970. This happened to be around the same time that I also went for a R5 2600 on an MSI B450 Tomahawk (upgraded to 16GB DDR4 3200Mhz - kept my RX 580). This was during mid to late 2020, where GPU prices had skyrocketed but everything else wasn't too bad. The guy who got the 1660 Super was able to get it for $289 at the time he bought it. Can't exactly remember when, but it was at Micro Center and an overall fair price given the fact that they began selling for 2-2.5x that amount not too long after. But yeah, the 970 was a solid card but the 3.5GB of total accessible memory really seemed to be the biggest thing holding it back when it came to (most) new and upcoming games at 1080p native res (also before FSR really took off/gained mass adoption)

[@HuntaKiller91]

Found a local pc builder shop selling pc with r5 2600+5600xt for $280 Notsure whether i want to get it or just sit out for a while 😅

[@andi346208]

I'd want a better CPU than that now. R5 2600 can really only handle up to rtx 3060 or rx 6600. Give your some more room to upgrade in the future.

[@HuntaKiller91]

@@andi346208 yup But my brother is already selling his pc to a local dude for $550 with i7 2600 and rx6600 Pretty sure that 6c r5 2600 will be way better in ipc Maybe snatch a used 5700X in a year or two once it gets to $149

[@Motishay]

I'd probably put some more money for kryonaut thermal paste (both GPU and CPU), a budget tower cooler and two p-12 for the case (and an AliExpress 2$ fan filter). Around 50$ more to squeeze that little extra performance or much silenter operation

[@elirantuil5003]

Take a look at the 6700, it may be slightly more exoensive but it actually enables a completely different level of gaming to those old sandy bridge chips.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Will do :)

[@b0ne91]

Not worth it. They are insanely crazily priced for what they are (barely better than Xeon E3 1240 v3, which is Haswell and costs like $25). If you are stuck on a Skylake motherboard, just buy a QTJ2 from China. That's a free upgrade to an i5 10400 equivalent AND normally cheaper than any i7 6700 or 7700

[@jponz85]

More like the 6790 or 6790k variants are still really good for gaming

[@tobymarol7329]

the uplift from 2nd gen to 6th wasn't that much except for clock speeds and you can run the 2600k on 4,5ghz easily, so it wouldn't make much of a difference

[@m8x425]

@@tobymarol7329 Overclocking the RAM and Ring Bus on Haswell and Skylake helps a lot. You can't touch the Ring Bus clocks on Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge, and Sandy's Memory controller will crap out at 2133MT/s and 2400MT's on Ivy. Take my E5-1680 v2 and my J-Batch i7-5960x for example. Both will hit 4.6GHz, but in gaming the 5960x is about 15% to 20% ahead when I tune the RAM to 3200MT/s cl14, and run the Ring up to 4.5GHz. Otherwise if I match the RAM speeds at 2400MT/s cl11 and don't touch the cache/Ring Bus then the difference is pretty small.

[@SuperKendoman]

I really appreciate you making videos of low budget builds, not all of us can splurge on top of the line stuff like corei9s or 4090, DDR5 RAM 😅

[@CLOYO]

DDR5 RAM is already cheap, the CPUs that support them on the other hand...

[@gyrozeppeli00]

@@CLOYO not to mention you need the motherboard upgrade and cooling system for those cpus as well...

[@hansbehrends438]

Agreed, RGinHD is a man of the people

[@computerrefurbishment9748]

Agree. For every one person that can afford a £1k+ system, there are lots of others that can only afford systems such as in the video.

[@servissop151]

@@CLOYO A good DDR5 kit can cost as much as some people's entire systems

[@BillyBoy444]

I got two custom i7-4790 ex office PC's off ebay recently. One was £73 with 8GB RAM and the other was £97 with 16GB RAM and a GTX 750Ti. Both had 240GB SSD's and ASUS B85 motherboards. They only had 300W power supplies but I couldn't complain for the money 😊

[@certs743]

I have an Ivy Bridge based Dell Precision T5610 with Dual Xeons. 8 cores and 16 threads each and 128 GBs of RAM for the price of a cheap laptop (500) here in Canada. Dropped in a ridiculously overbuilt GTX 1070 AMP Extreme from Zotac and it runs great. It doesn't even really slow down when multi tasking.

[@steve323f]

I've been using my i7 4790k paired with a pallit 2070 for 4 years now. Built it on a massive budget and it handles 4k at 60fps on lots of titles, even cyberpunk with dlss tweaking. I bet a lot of you put there are the same as me, upgrade the mobo and CPU. Wait a bit upgrade the GPU. Repeat and rinse. Next I'm gonna do the mobo with maybe an 9900k and switch over to ddr4. Quick change over of GPU, m.2 and 2tb HDD and I'll be good for another few years again.

[@bhuchin]

FSR is a really good way to make older budget GPUs last longer. NVIDIA didn't do anything about it, they just added DLSS for newer GPUs.. Good job AMD, from an NVIDIA GPU user (GTX 1660).

[@ManDrake22100]

Budget PC gaming can be fun if you're resourceful, got a i7 6700, 1660 Super with a 512gb nvme unit for around 180$ which is insane!

[@Joshieboy42066]

this was my first setup i bought the whole pc off facebook but the guy had no idea the specs and said it was ddr3 and a gtx970 for 70 pounds but it was the i7 2600 but its a not bad pc for the price

[@eagleeyei03]

I've been using an i7 3770+rx 570 combo with 16gb ddr3 in an Optiplex 9010 build and its doing just fine with these kind of older games :D

[@michaelthompson9798]

It’s great to see someone with as greater aim as myself 😅😂🤣😉👍

[@andi346208]

Used a 2500k in my rig from 2012 to 2020 coupled with an HD 6870 first then a GTX 570, HD 7950 and finally an RX 580. 2500/2600k best CPUs ever.

[@lilswacky1929]

I just picked up a pc with a gtx 980 and an i7-4790k for 110 pounds which i think is a crazy deal

[@maddymuhat8079]

Where

[@benjbk]

I had a pairing of an i5 2400(?) with this exact graphics card for many years and it could handle basically everything I played at 1080p, 60FPS, no problem, including the classic version of Witcher 3 at the highest settings. I still use this GPU in a newer system, because I can't afford a new GPU. But since I also can't afford a new monitor, it's not as much of a problem. :D

[@bestopinion9257]

1:37 Now I know why those SH video cards are scratched.

[@shieldtablet942]

Quite nice. Today, I'd probably recommend a Ryzen 2600 to be compatible with Win11, as they are very cheap. 2400/2666 RAM is also very cheap on CeX. The case is probably worth spending or saving some extra 15 quid for one with bottom mount PSU. These types of cases can struggle with modern GPUs.

[@TheSlowDude]

I still have this same old system in my living room, couldn't sell it. Had it for a too long time now

[@flux_6223]

Also consider old xeons if putting together a system using LGA1155 or LGA1150. They can usually be found cheaper than i7s while still having 4c/8t.

[@computerrefurbishment9748]

Nice build mate. With the cost of living causing people to reign in spending, this build is ideal. Maybe mention some of the decent older games like Wolfenstein New Order, Quake 4. Still stand up even today. Plenty of the early far cry games. Doom 2016 is still great.

[@therealtsa5591]

Hurt alittle to see the nv2 being used, considering the fact that the m.2 slot is most likely at best gen3, and also that the nv2 is a pretty bad ssd in quite a few regards, but always love the vids, keep it up yeah?

[@oliverhoschi6135]

I´ve built an sleeper last week. Ryzen 7 2700x (35 bucks), 16gb DDR4 (20 Bucks), GTX1660ti (80 Bucks), cheap A320 Mainboard (25 Bucks), 500 GB SSD (20 Bucks), used 1 TB HDD (10 Bucks) Used 500 watts 80+ EVGA PSU (10 Bucks)... 200 Bucks in Total and it works absolutely gooooood and plays every game in 1080p. Even Cyberpunk is no problem at 1080p. All other parts (very old office pc case, fans and cooler) i had laying around. Love those cheap builds. Still capable of playing every game on the market, and dirt cheap.

[@northernmonkeyplaystgames3121]

Best pc I've built to date , Corsair icue 4000x pc case 2 x corsair rgb pro 3200 ddr4 3x corsair sp120 with hub 3x corsair sp120 (included with case) B450 f mb Ryzen 2700x Ryzen wraith prism Gtx 1070 8gb gddr5 single fan formation 650 corsair psu And in planning to upgrade to a better cpu and gpu in the future

[@AC-xs2mg]

I had a build with essentially the same specs it was my first “high power build”

[@HC-Alfred]

Last week i managed to get myself very decent deal. HP Omen 25l with ryzen 5 3600, including 240gb SSD and 3tb HDD. The whole thing cost me 100€ and i also bought gtx 1660 super with 75€ so total cost was 175€. PC gaming can be pretty cheap if you just land those good deals time to time

[@denox420]

the good ol gtx 970. glad to see it still games!

[@IcebergTech]

Hehe, that’s almost the same spec as Linus just featured in a video.

[@RandomGaminginHD]

😂

[@Kcii-99]

yeah except the prebuilt on there was 400 usd

[@IcebergTech]

@@Kcii-99 Yes, and that’s including the “free” GPU upgrade. It was supposed to be a 660

[@brandyboutwell9388]

I have the MSI Gaming X Limited Edition Green Dragon GTX 970. I have it on display on a little shelf under the main monitor of my gaming pc.

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Random, Yeah a i7-3770 allowing PCIe Gen3 would make a difference with a newer GPU especially as now one of the corners cut is PCIe lanes to 8x or even 4x, I have a DeepCool Smarter Case for my Athlon 200GE build, I got mine used for $20AUD (new they were about $45AUD) It's not super fancy but Airflow + Build Quality is good... & it has space for ODD, 4 3.5" HDD & 2.5" SSD/HDD, I use it for watching YT & playing music while I am doing other stuff which the 200GE is Awesome for as it uses so little power.

[@silver1407]

$27 - EVGA P55 motherboard, socket 1156 $6 - Xeon X3450 $7 - Captain Power 520w PSU $20 -32GB of DDR3 1600Mhz $0 - Open Air Case (A cardboard box) $7 - 1TB HDD $30 - 500GB SSD $30 - The best cooler you can find, either cheap air or used liquid $80 - The best GPU you can find $207, and you can get 4c/8t at 4.0GHz, 32GB of ram, a 580 8gb or even better, and SSD storage that's not abysmal

[@krypton1260]

Remember to clean up the old windows updates from time to time to save SSD space. I doubt anyone just decides to go back 50 critical updates one day and would rather free up a few gigs of storage those updates take up.

[@JamesManukonga]

Be aware all, if im not mistaken the NVME (super high speed benefit of modern m.2's) part of the m.2 drives is handled via the cpu and thus needs the architecture to be compatible and make use of the super high speeds. The drive will not be able to reach the advertised speeds in such a configuration, so the benefit of this board is lessened though I appreciate the availability of them and the tidiness of not having 2 more pesky cables to battle

[@ClayWheeler]

NVMe SSD is literally using PCIe signal. So in this video, the GTX 970 + NVMe SSD took most of the lanes of PCIe 3.0 where GPU can only access 8 Lanes, the SSD took 4 Lanes. That being said, in his previous Video, the SSD is meant to be faster than SATA SSD, and it did! 4 times faster than SATA SSD is still great even if it is slower than actual advertised speed. Too bad that x16 Lanes PCIe cannot be divided into x12 & x4. Only x8 & x4 which means there's unused x4 Lanes that the CPU can handle. The the other PCIe X1 can still be used for something else like Bluetooth or USB type C Adapter or audio DAC. Without hurting the performance of GPU and SSD

[@Pasi123]

@@ClayWheeler The i7-2600 has PCIe 2.0

[@ClayWheeler]

@@Pasi123 i7 2600 doesn't necessarily limited to PCIe 2.0 because back in 2012 there's also a Motherboard for SandyBridge that upgrades it to PCIe 3.0 when using Ivy Bridge Chipset Motherboard because they're Compatible. How do I know this? I had one. When using GPUZ and identify the Lane speed of any GPU that has full x16, it is saying PCIe 3.0 x16.

[@Pasi123]

@@ClayWheeler CPU-Z must be misreporting the PCIe version. The lanes to the GPU come straight from the CPU so it will be PCIe 2.0 even on newer boards. Intel chipsets didn't get PCIe 3.0 until LGA1151 (Z170 etc.) so even the lanes from the chipset would be 2.0 What did GPU-Z say about the bus interface? I'd trust that a lot more than CPU-Z when it comes to the GPU

[@ClayWheeler]

@@Pasi123 i said GPUZ didn't I?

[@kuyache2]

Just be aware 1st 2nd and 3rd gen intel core cpu's now lacks some instruction sets to run certain modern games like Uncharted PC. To be a little safer and have slightly better compatibility I suggest going 4th gen or better as the price difference is not that much. This problem is often overlooked on majority of videos about older gaming PC's. Bonus to never install Windows 11 (security bypass) on non TPM 2.0 capable PC's if you play online games such as valorant etc that requires the TPM as nightmare will follow.

[@jaspercas]

I was really considering on using silent pc case fans for my pc but then realized that I use an electric fan for my room which is loud and would defeat the purpose of having a silent pc anyways so I went with generic pc case fans that costs 1usd each😂

[@AndersHass]

Main concern would be Windows support with such an old system. But with how gaming on Linux has improved it can be working for most people. Presumably it will continue to be better as time goes by, now that Windows 10 is still supported for bit more than 2 years.

[@marc0488]

Id say strap a Cooler Master H410R to that thing to improve temps and an exhaust fan and you're set! :)

[@mikerochburns4104]

Xeon E3-1240 V2 would be a good CPU option too, you can pick them up for about £15, with that you get hyperthreading and i7 3770 performance. Pairs very nicely with an RX 5700 xt.

[@ClayWheeler]

The Problem with old Xeon isn't the CPU, but getting the Motherboard is very tricky. There might be some companies pushing new Motherboard for old Xeon CPU like this one obviously with several cutting edge.

[@peterhallbus1114]

for about the same money I got a china mobo with an xeon E5-2680 v4 (same price for my cpu as yours), that has 35mb L3 cache, spent a bit more on larger storage and 32gb memory, then got a great deal on an overheating gtx1080 (so also same price as your 970), new thermalpaste and a slight undervolting, just finished The last of us Part 1 in 1440p at high settings (FSR quality setting) and 60fps :)

[@fickedyodad2137]

I just bought 5 G325803 pentiums for some HWBOT submissions. I fully believe paired with a 1650 or even 3050 would be decent for things like older games.

[@Goatfer]

As someone who built and ran a 2600k system for 12 years, only do this now if you can do it for under $200. Even then you'll be better off with an new i3 12100 build. A 2600k and a gtx 1070 ran ok but the 1% low happened quite a lot and they WILL ruin games.

[@m8x425]

I still have a Dell Inspiron 620 that I upgraded to an E3-1245, 16GB of RAM, and a 250GB SSD.... along with a 550w XFX Power Supply. Maybe I should look at getting it something like a GTX 1060 6GB.

[@TheSpotify95]

Not bad at all. Personally I would go for a board that supports 4 RAM slots (so not the cheap AliExpress board!) and more SATA slots. DVD drives aren't that expensive either, and that cheap case has the room for one. Otherwise, that's pretty much what I'd do, and yeah 1TB SSDs are really cheap nowadays! Though maybe I'd add a hard drive as well for secondary storage.

[@FunkyTechy]

I built one with 24 gigs of 2133 ddr3 and a 2600k. With the 970 the 2600k I keep it to 900p but get a great fps boost like red dead with about the same settings I sit about 10-15 frames higher avg

[@snakeplissken1754]

Cheap Pre built often enough come with a catch, they shove in the lowest watt PSU they can get away with. So make sure to check this first. A 350w or 400w PSU can seriously limit your GPU options.

[@KadiusFTW]

100% you could go x99 for the cost of this system, with say an x99 G7, 16gb of ddr3 ecc in 4x4gb configuration, a cheap cooler and an E5-2666v3 for ~110 usd for all of it, and having 10 cores and 20 threads on a newer architecture that supports avx2 and supports things like resizable bar, and can be overclocked with a bios mod means it's a much more longevity based system than this.

[@FunkyTechy]

I’m glad I picked up the platform/case/psu for 100 and the gpu for 75 I ended up with the same system but with the 2600k and 24g ddr3 2133

[@2011jaydog]

Just sold a xeon e3 1270 v2 chip 4c 8t, as good as a 3770 or 4770, paired it with a gtx 1060 6gig and 16gigs ram, a 256ssd and a 4tb i slammed 72 good games on it and left new owner about 1tb of free space, guy n his son bought it, 410$ i charged him, wanted 450, n could have got that but this guy wanted for his kid and was willing to drive an hour to me so instead of 425 I told him 410 and keep the 15$ for gas, his kid was happy as can be with all the games he got for free :) ended up getting me an asus ally after that and I love it, got 32 good games on it :)

[@Twintania]

I had a i7 2600 until two years ago and loved it just built a new system because the gt 1030 died. If I had to do it again I would get get a motherboard that allowed for faster ram and overclock the i7 a bit

[@AlifarelVirya]

IIRC the sandy bridge only supports PCIe gen 2, not too concerning for the GPU but it may be so for the nvme SSD, would love to see an upgrade video to an Ivy bridge where PCIe gen 3 is supported

[@THU31]

The SSD is connected to the chipset, but indeed the B75 only supports PCI-E 2.0. But even limited to 2 GB/s, it's still much faster than SATA. It's actually quite amazing to see an NVMe slot on an Ivy Bridge motherboard. My Haswell ASUS B85 mobo didn't have one.

[@tubesami]

I have that GTX 970. Overclocks like a champ

[@peyton_uwu]

Been using a i7-2600 from an optiplex for almost 4 years now. While I wouldn't recommend this CPU at all, as it's really starting to show its age, for a dirt cheap build you're getting alot for your money.

[@Kcii-99]

im impressed that cyberpunk even ran, but to get 1% lows of 30 isnt that bad!

[@vaperson]

things are also getting dirt cheap in Poland, it's cheaper to build a brand new gaming PC than to survive a month in there

[@adamsaint2890]

i7 3770 and the gtx 970 is a superbly balanced system. The 3770 is put down as just a die shrink but in my experience it's way better than the 2600/2700

[@jhfgjtjutyiuod]

I would have spent slightly more money and grabbed a 2600K instead of the vanilla 2600 - they can be had for $40 Australian nowadays if you look and would be a massive improvement on the vanilla chip. Suddenly you can run at 4.2+ ghz instead of 3,4 and the 2600K can still (barely) hang in there even in 2023.

[@infinity2z3r07]

Honestly never saw that case before. It's early 2010s retro haha

[@RandomGaminginHD]

Yeah really plain but I like that look haha

[@ant5963]

you can build a am4 system for a similar price with parts from amazon 4500 cpu is 65 quid now its insane for a 6 core cpu

[@pablo_p_art]

This budget PC case have better air circulation than majority of "gaming" PCs. Overall, quite good performance.

[@AdamAdamHDL]

Gaming cases are often a con. There are better cases on Etsy.

[@mrlolsss]

Damn dude nice

[@anotherstroheim5501]

This man has a very beautiful garden

[@palaashatri]

I have the exact same configuration with an i7 3770, except the GPU (still using the iGPU). I will probably fit an RTX 4060 for the time being, then upgrade to Ryzen 3 7X/8X next year.

[@duckispurple3136]

Oh shit you did do an 1155 build!!

[@hansbehrends438]

Nice build but I'd prefer Xeon E5 CPU with more than 4 cores and massive cache, and cheap ECC DDR3 memory. Only downside is that Xeons run lower clock speeds

[@SFearox]

I have a similar budget build here. I7 2600K + RX 480 8GB.

[@aleksazunjic9672]

970 could run games from PS4 era at 1080p high, even the Witcher 3 before they ruined it with this "next gen" update. Other than that, there is nothing much to say, decent build for the money . Anything released up to 2020 is yours to play, and as a plus you have decent computer for everyday tasks . System could benefit from cheap HDD (1 TB or more ) because older games were designed to run from HDD anyway, and they could be found cheaply .