What's Inside This £175 Pre-Owned Custom Gaming PC?

Today we're taking a look at an FM2+ based AMD gaming PC that I picked up for £175. Featuring an Athlon X4 860K, a chip that I recommended a few years ago, I was intrigued to see how it performed in modern games and CPU intensive tasks.
I also wondered whether the rest of the specs would be decent enough to potentially make a profit from resale.
Thanks for watching :)

[@MultiDivebomber]

Somehow the British accent makes this sounds like a documentary, compared to those Canadian and American channels

[@hansolo631]

Hahaha, it makes the dry subject matter more palatable than normal eh.

[@toxicityuser]

*dawid does tech stuff and Linus Tech Tips*

[@toxicityuser]

wait both are canadian

[@charleslanceb.delarosa2255]

Linus sex tips

[@lumaseed6490]

7:07 clever cut lol

[@trolco]

😂😂😂

[@OverdriveTech]

7:06 Pain in the a... To be continued

[@HoZKiNZ]

"100 of most currencies" lmao

[@codyleonard7392]

I'm sure it would be over 100 something of most currencies to be fair

[@itsdokko2990]

lmao $100 in my local currency would be a fucking steal. for measure: CLP $100 is equivalent to $0.13 USD

[@jacobhotaling8959]

@@itsdokko2990 lol in Lebanese currency it would be 6.75 cents

[@Disfyncial]

krayos13 whwt currency? Rubles or something? Lol

[@rizkimaulanap8697]

100 is like 0.9 cent here

[@jameysummers1577]

"I consider 8Gb ram the minimum and 16 the sweetspot" I remember not too long ago when 4Gb was the minimum and 8Gb was the sweetspot.

[@yazms.]

You mean 4 years ago. 512mb used to be a sweetspot

[@Sigma-IX-]

@Jazmsjoker yup and 50 years ago, 1KB ram was the sweetspot. That’s 10% of the size of an EMPTY word document. 😂

[@ruudiutsenikov609]

Remember when no ram was overkill

[@ruudiutsenikov609]

@@yazms. what you gonna play on gtx 10 series cards with 512mb ram

[@juan4allHD]

Moore's Law in action

[@aricroy4258]

its 5am here in Australia and just found your channel again, havent seen you in years

[@lexgoogleplay8381]

'its 5am here in Australia and just found your channel again'. So how long have you been looking for it then Aric, LOL!

[@iqnst3944]

welcome back

[@misterbikerman7888]

He's grown quite alot

[@bwstouge]

It is 10pm in germany.

[@joshm9843]

Good luck with the fires

[@spacecy]

This is the only PC tech channel that i watch videos from start to end. Videos are very interesting, not too long and straight to the point with a touch of humour. Keep it up seagul boi.

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Seagull powered. 8))

[@UnpauseandPwn]

Wow dude, your name. That takes me back, I grew up with Tyrian. xD haha. Thanks for the nostalgia trip.

[@turbofanlover]

This system takes us back to a time when AMD was still kind of a joke.

[@dogrzz7082]

They really were a joke on the cpu side of things. Though some of their older cards like the 7970 still hold up decently even today.

[@dogrzz7082]

@@R3in_Ch emphasis on "were"

[@ncolvin05]

Eh, AMD comes in and out of being on top. Back in the mid-2000's they were murdering intel. First the Athlon-64 was just such a beast, then AMD followed it up with true dual-core processors and quad-core processors (AMD64x2,4). Unfortunately by the time AMD did quad-core intel was catching up and eventually dominated the high end CPU market until Ryzen. Even then that's only because AMD got to 7nm first, so they'll need to keep sizing down ahead of intel in order to stay ahead of intel. That is if intel can actually get to 7nm soon, but better that amd keep the heat on.

[@Vielt0]

@@R3in_Ch Talk about mindless sheep following trends

[@ironmantooltime]

@@ncolvin05 AMD also got ahead of Intel because Intel broke their own tick tock model at least in part through laziness. Cpus haven't moved in over 5 years. That's why Apple laptops had problems, because the Cpus were falling behind the curve

[@killiansklassics]

keep doing these mystery PC unboxings and tests they are my favorite videos of yours.

[@dogrzz7082]

Damn i was surprised seeing such a good power supply in there, i recently installed a TX550M in to my personal build.

[@HoosierHardware]

Most underrated PC channel out there. Keep up the excellent work.

[@turntablescience1]

I remember my 860k...Battlefield 1 was launching, bought the game excited to play it and then...horror, the stutter was just game braking ! Nice memories, brought by your video ! Thank you , and keep up the good work !👍👋😊

[@solarismortum383]

Awesome vids man, you really do your homework and I appreciate you due diligence!

[@legodude275]

Greetings mate. I’ve been watching your videos for a short bit of time now and I figured I’ve spent enough time watching to give you some positive feedback. I think you have real potential. You have a nice friendly vibe without seeming over dramatic or in your face. To be quite honest I wasn’t really sure why I was watching a specific video of yours I think I was just more interested in your commentary and how you talked about things. Then I began to appreciate the content alongside it. I particularly like the rare graphics card and dual graphics card videos. I never knew those existed. Hope to see more from you!

[@redwinedrummer]

This video brings back some nostalgia! I owned this setup before (X4 860K + 1050Ti + 16GB 2133MHz) and I have fond memories with it because I remember saving up a lot of school money for it and had sleepless nights researching. It was such great bang for the buck, but I do agree: 1) it's a dead platform and had no upgrade path and 2) the 860k had terrible frametime performance. It was a great overclocker, though. I was lucky enough to get an OC to 4.2GHz at stock voltages with a Hyper212. It helped a lot and found 100% usage on BOTH the CPU and GPU most of the time. The OC bought my then rig a good year or two. But alas, eventually the frametimes made me dizzy and gaming became a vertiginous experience. May 2019, it was time to say goodbye to the old gal. Sold the system and now went up to an R5 2600 + RX580 with 3200MHz memory. Never looked back. Good times!

[@saiyajinelitehoss]

Cool video, thanks for making these. Very entertaining and informative.

[@kevinaquino6655]

I used the X4 860K in my first build back in the day. This brought back some good memories!

[@spongeboimebob]

Pain in the a... *nyway*

[@AnalogFoundry]

@Jamie Sharpe this happens all the time in a lot of videos for me.

[@akshatdabas9547]

Was looking for this exact comment

[@toasthuawei1352]

i havent watched it fully but so far great video! :D

[@Torchbuscus]

Gotta say I love the look of that case. Really wish we would go back to designing cases to look like that style.

[@m.ahmedkhalid9967]

What is the case model?

[@Daxter250]

cinebench run: athlon x4 860k: ima doing my best and show everyone what i'm capable of! ... puh, 682 at last. now beat that! sleeping ryzen 5 3600: zZzZzZ... 689 zZzZzZ

[@yourick1953]

lmao that 3600 was at 800 mhz

[@MrMartin48705]

2600 gets like 1250 in cinebench r15 with 2133MHz RAM...

[@JohnSmith-nj9qo]

And it was weirdly underclocked at 800 mhz. XD

[@thesilentgametestr]

I had an 860k, was a nice chip and did my gaming needs well till I went ryzen 2600

[@erikbritz8095]

@@JohnSmith-nj9qo it was a joke in one of his vids he ran the cpu at the lowest it could go to see how it would game.

[@thehitcher3955]

Just found your channel - great content, keep it up :)

[@Tech-vd7qs]

I subscribed based on your sensible thermal paste application alone

[@TheMarc1k1]

1050Ti man, my last of the x50Ti range that I owned and what a beast, it's powering a friends PC now but man it felt great every 2 years upgrading and getting that massive boost, went from 550ti/750ti/1050ti and was always such fantastic bang for you buck, all were paired with my 3570k which is still kicking as a spare PC now, got super lucky and was able to auto clock it to 4.2Ghz... love that little CPU :D

[@ogkolton3253]

YOURE THE BEST TO EVER DO THIS SHIT I force everyone in London, Kentucky to watch you!

[@dusterpl6093]

What a coincidence. I just upgraded from my old FM2 rig to a brand new chad AM4 Ryzen 7 2700 PC. My previous specs were X4 870K, MSI A88X-G43 mobo and HyperX Fury 1866Mhz CL10 if anyone wonders. The boost in perfomance is unbelievable.

[@bensvault9149]

Love these videos mate,

[@Brandon84J]

I like your garden, man. That's a lovely place you have

[@jtenorj]

We just got a few inches of snow where I live(Midwest United States). How is it so nice in England?

[@AbdoJouma]

@@jtenorj barely ever snows here and trust me it's really annoying. The weather feels about the same the whole year with a lot of wind and rain

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

@BalsamicRain522yt I it's actually quite warm in summer

[@AbdoJouma]

@@JudeTheKZbinPoopersubscribe Not really tho. Still pretty cold compared to other parts of Europe

[@JudeTheYoutubePoopersubscribe]

@@AbdoJouma a lot of France and Germany have similar summers then the nordic countries are colder than us. Parts of Northern Spain also have similar weather.

[@bogdanstroe7967]

I have in the old pc an athlox x4 845(similar performance with 860k). Preety cool video to see if the cpu still holds up

[@sirdouchepants6645]

I had the fm2+ socket with an Athlon x4 880k for like 3 years before i upgraded to ryzen, so that cpu will always have a special place in my heart

[@AlexanderWulff]

Never thought I’d hear the phrase FM2+ again. It was my first socket, and I had a board almost exactly like this. Glad I upgraded to Ryzen in 2018

[@bluescluessuperagent]

.....why would you think you would never hear the phrase again?.......

[@Jrv3192]

Love your videos mate been a subscriber for years keep up the good work ! I've been buying GPUs CPUs and RAM from cex for years always a surprise when you buy a GPU as well online anyway prices arnt bad either.

[@quenguin2178]

I dont touch cpus from cex. I ordered an amd processor and 8gb ram and the cpu came in a paper bag with bent pins

[@Jrv3192]

@@quenguin2178 wow really? That's bad I've only really bought GPUs online from cex all CPUs I've bought have been in store and never had a problem hope you got your money back

[@Edman_79]

I'm a little surprised that you did not try any overclocking at all. Since then 860K is quite capable in that manner (4.5GHz was not an exception) and this board allows it. Though the fan would surely need a replacement. Anyway, another great video. Thanks.

[@ihatelols]

I find your videos quite entertaining.

[@JBall419]

The first system I ever built had an 860k cpu. It got me by for a while, but I was so happy when I got a better cpu for my next build lol.

[@mikecawood]

This video is great as is usual from RandomGaminginHD.

[@ibizenco]

Nice machine. And video. :) Nice CPU bottleneck too.

[@rynz_2893]

You should do a video of your entire inventory of computer stuff you have stashed all over your house. I'd be super interested to see your collection!

[@gibsonediting4409]

Love your videos

[@techrja]

The amount his hand shakes when holding the 1050... Wow

[@dr_ned_flanders]

With modular power supplies if buying second-hand even the same manufacturer cable might not be compatible across power supplies. I learned this to my cost as the magic smoke was emitted from my SSD a second or two after being plugged in.

[@jeffie8696]

Good stuff Maynard

[@FerralVideo]

I have a Kaverti A10-7870k on this socket. Punching it in the face with a 4.4GHz overclock on the CPU and 912 on the CPU with 2133 (nameplate 2400 but XMP was unstable) DDR3 gave me ... an admittedly rather pleasant experience for SFF IGP gaming in the era. It's just that cooling a 125w overclock, 95w nameplate processor in an SFF case back in '14 .... was a challenge, due to the rise in small form gaming PCs being several years away. Incidentally it was just this year that I finally built this PC up to its prime, with a Meanwell PSU powering a 160w Pico, and Corsair's H5 SF taming the furnace, all crammed into a cute little InWin bookcase enclosure.

[@lydiahaytack4267]

i had that exact same motherboard with a A8 6600K quad core in my first gaming rig, combined with a superclocked EVGA 760 and thats what i used from around 2014 till 2018 when i upgraded to Ryzen

[@TheExoticXD]

My first gaming rig was FM2+ based. The athlon x4 880k (pretty much a higher clocked 860k) was a good budget chip (I paid like $60) but it ran hot as hell. I had it for about 2 years until I upgraded to a ryzen 7 1700. My original GPU (gt 1030) ran nice with it (I wouldn't go over a 1050ti unless you want major bottleneck issues) but my games were kinda stuttering with my 980.

[@xedalpha1]

I've got a soft spot for the x4 860k. First cpu i bought when I got back into pc building after many years since it matched the cheapest mobo new on amazon at the time. Ran a bit hot but punched above its weight imho

[@Yanser234]

If the bad cut on 7:01 was intended... It was pretty funny ;)

[@KGBmonumental]

i think it was!

[@XMRPIIMPX]

i always find myself watching your videos

[@derricmcleanmenezes1779]

You and zWORMSz are kinda similar and I love watching both of ur videos

[@genoziderkanine2668]

You could have tested some games that ran well on it. I could imagine that games like bf4, blackops 2 etc would run pretty good on it

[@ChronicTHCBlaze]

You're the most humble guy on the internet.. God bless you. 😋

[@shodan6401]

Just found his videos - between his modesty and his soothing voice, I just watch one video after another and the stress of this shitty time melts away....

[@ChronicTHCBlaze]

@@shodan6401 for sure man.

[@kingeling]

I got approximately 1380 points with an x4 860k on Cinebench r23, after overclocking it to 4.5GHz with AOD, the score remained similar, at around 1420. I've recently built a system with this one for hosting a csgo server, as well as using it as a guest pc for LAN parties.

[@drumsmoker731]

All in all I'd say that you made a pretty good deal with this machine.

[@NervousNick]

You've inspired me, and I have started my own Laptop, Upgrade/Repair Channel!

[@raihanislam912]

Change your profile picture, it will make it look more serious, I might watch a few videos

[@DavidSmith-to3iu]

I visited your Channel, Great Job! Nice Vids!

[@johndoe-pb6ow]

Good Start, Nervous Nick, I Love that $10.00 Laptop you Scored! very Informative Channel!

[@raihanislam912]

I presume that you two are his friends, you guys were there at the start of the channep

[@NervousNick]

@@raihanislam912 Get Onboard, & Subscribe!

[@sighko]

Considering the memory and PSU. I'm actually very impressed.

[@cxsian]

This is and will be for the next years better than my laptop that i have..i wish i had a pc..

[@steveplayzytreal]

I've actually been to a cex store in India and it was suprisingly good...I believe I bought a replacement controller and a bunch of games...I'm not sure about uk.. but they had all things gaming there

[@tommar]

I had a very similar build a while ago. I had an A10-7600k (something from that line) and used the built in the GPU to start with and added a 1050ti later. I was playing older games at the time (TF2, and 360 era games). I remember when at college we had to do some SQL work and the CPU just hated it. Data serachers that took seconds at college took a good mintue on my home rig. On a Ryzen 5 now much faster.

[@spompofleks]

I see the verge is making pre-builds now

[@Daniel_D_King]

I have the same mobo and a 7860k for streaming... was my first gaming pc when I got back in to it. Held up ok for about a year but long in the tooth now. Didnt do bad for 60 quid tbh. Replaced it with an it 2300 and get much better frame rates now. Funny how newer isn't necessarily better.

[@akaXAX]

My first gaming pc was an 860k on that same mobo. Wasn't bad for the money at the time.

[@Kilgore2307]

I have this Corsair TX650M, but it's an older version and it doesn't have the bronze, silver or gold rate 80 plus but it's powerful and overkill as this newer model.

[@letni9506]

Got the same PSU. Quite decent quality considering the rest of it. I remember upgrading so I could get 40-50 FPS. I used to play Warcraft about 35fps. That was my cut off point before I had to buy a new card. 60 FPS, Luxury 😀

[@thealien_ali3382]

U upgrading the psu for more fps that's a first, 🤣

[@DoctorX17]

I miss CEX I personally keep all the unneeded PSU cables in the box, which goes in the attic, with all the other boxes and extra screws, accessories, etc.

[@edinademovic4261]

Great content! Keep it up! How is the i5 2nd or 3rd gen with video editing?

[@gagansohal8089]

I had a lucky draw at CEX with a custom machine £249 i7 6700 1tb hdd and gtx 970 4gb. Dayum... only gripe was the cpu was cooled with a stock intel cooler and was loud as hell... but £249 for that is pretty amazing!

[@MarcosCodas]

An M-Disc drive? Already a good start!

[@MrBronkz]

Lol good timing on that cut

[@LoneWendigo]

We had a CEX in the mall here in Washington state, USA. Kinda really sad it was replaced with a virtual reality parlor

[@radiosification]

Love your videos but PLEASE turn the gain up on your audio! It's so much quieter than all the other youtube videos

[@janpanek6284]

Not really PC related, but the weather in UK does not look like a winter at all. Pretty much the same as here in the Czech Republic.

[@enrike2314]

I had that little Athlon on my A88 Asus motherboard overclocked to 4.4 Ghz.

[@ThomasSiebenhofer]

I had a Asus A85 with an A8 6600k - ran at 4.8 Ghz without a hickup

[@scottrich976]

I just got a 7650K and A58HM grenade with 16gb ram from the scrap guy on my street. Is it worth putting a graphics card in it? Tiny case though.

[@ThomasSiebenhofer]

@@scottrich976 If you have a GPU on hand you can definitly Game with it, but expect similar performance to the PC in the video

[@scottrich976]

@@ThomasSiebenhofer will a gtx960 be good enough? I haven't done PC gaming since Alice and Half Life 2 Episode 2, oh and Doom3.

[@ThomasSiebenhofer]

@@scottrich976 it depends on the Game, If you Play GPU intensive Games you will be fine, but If your games are really CPU dependent you will be looking at a bottleneck

[@boktorinator693]

I have the exact same optical drive and PSU. noice.

[@caseytatum5837]

"welded it on" oh boy

[@bensvault9149]

You can get some good deals off people who are just selling to make space too. I bought a custom build from a customer when i worked in retail with an AMD FX44100, 12GB DDR3 & monitor for 60 pounds. I put an rx460 inside it and while i cant ultra most games i can play medium to high with frame rate above 30fps, always been a console gamer so i didnt mind.

[@aaaaaaaaaa97]

Amazing pirce to performance ratio eally.

[@RuruFIN]

Good ol' 2600K on my HTPC, still kicks ass!

[@FS--ew3se]

Ik

[@RetroLodge]

I am early today good to see a new video! 👍💯

[@alanestevez2431]

why didn't u try medium setting to see if it performs little bit better, i hed tryed that befor with my GTX 770 and Phenom II x6

[@Nikita_Fluffytail]

But did you try over clocking it to see how it fairs in game at like 4ghz or 4.2 that heatsink should handle it

[@MrPunnyanakiss]

Would you ever consider benchmarking csgo with these low end configs? I know that loads of people who use these parts that only want to play esport games!

[@Olie956]

@Khinh Phu People hate him? Lol why? Lol.

[@MrBronkz]

Just go with a haswell i5 for budget cs . Maybe a 960 then you've got playedable eSports rig. If you can afford Ryzen go with that

[@MrPunnyanakiss]

I know what you are saying about specs, I'm not worried about that, but it gives a good perspective on older hardware, especially older combos of cpu and ram

[@mannfred1440]

@@Olie956 he just said

[@Olie956]

@@mannfred1440 who just said? What did they say? What are you even talking about?

[@DC3Refom]

Before I even watched the video that it would be second hand store CEX , I've got one near me in Rotherham.

[@youseff500]

X4 860k @4.4ghz paired with a ASUS Strix GTX 970 still going strong :D runs everything I need- RE3 remake, League, Apex, GTA 5, and Autocad.

[@FS--ew3se]

R u revenant main?!?!?!

[@sanitylogic4611]

The Ahtlon x4 860k was my very fist CPU! I've made sure to keep it, the motherboard, memory and graphics card all these years later.

[@Jack-fb6sr]

Sanity Logic what’s the other bits

[@sanitylogic4611]

@@Jack-fb6sr FM2A88M Pro3+, XFX R9 380 Double Dissipation 2GB, I had 2x4gb team group DDR3 sticks at 1600 mhz, 1TB Seagate drive which died fairly quickly but served me well, and a 600 watt evga bronze psu. All put into a Deepcool Tesseract case. Cable management was shiet, and it was loud due to stock cooler, but I got by and had fun doing it.

[@Fizzoid]

The 2 year warranty CEX offer is good (presuming they honour it)

[@Dimondminer11]

Do any of you know why my r9 Fury performs poorly on gta v looking at Los Santos in the dark while flying? I use it with a Ryzen 3 2200G currently

[@j.lietka9406]

Some time ago I found an Asus Essentio desktop M51BC PC (dumpster find) has an AMD FX 8300 & Radeon R9 255. Still runs - needs cleaning, thermal paste reapplied, etc. Has Win 8 on the HDD, but I am leaning towards getting say, a 250GB SSD, and a better GPU, like an R9 280, 290, 580, or a 7850. Thank you 🤓

[@TheSpotify95]

That cinebench score is lower than that of a substantially underclocked (800MHz!) R5 3600... which pretty much tells you all you need to know about the choice of CPU. Unfortunately, upgrading the CPU any further will likely require a completely new system board/platform, and a change from DDR3 to DDR4 RAM. I also say that for gaming, less than 16GB RAM is pushing it. I upgraded my gaming laptop from 8GB to 16GB rather quickly.

[@casper464]

Well, if you're on a tight budget you probably also would buy a second hand monitor thats native 720p, to squeeze as much performance as you can get out of the build. But yes, i once made a build with the same cpu, since i found an old amd hd 7850 in my storage, and i too were experiencing problems when it came to cpu intensive tasks.

[@mk-ms7lr]

Did u try loading the gpu more? Runing on lowest settings maks cpu work harder. My fx 8320 in pubg goes from 30 fps on low to 70+ when i load the gpu.

[@thesilverbulletninety3021]

I like this one. I have an AMD Phenom II X6 Cpu and a Gtx 660 Gfx card.. so this computer is similar to mine, where i have 6 cores and this one has 4 cores

[@christinamansson9071]

Would be great if you could write the price in euros/dollars to :) great vids!

[@ozairahmed1352]

How do i get notified THE SECOND this gets uploaded instead of 2 minutes late

[@shinski8114]

@No_Mercy cause he isnt mainstream dumbed down garbage like theverge

[@seebarry4068]

I think you can use any modular cables.

[@blakehobbs425]

Same chip I used for my first pc!!

[@ThomasSiebenhofer]

my first custom pc had an Asus board with a FM2 socket and an AMD A8 6600k clocked at 4.8ghz. I first ran it with an GTX 750 Ti later on I upgradet to a GTX 680 I got free from a cousin of mine and the last gpu this system saw was a gtx 970 which was fairly new at that point in time. I was surprised that the CPU didn't even bottleneck the 970 that bad... edit: it was a FM2 mobo, not a FM2+

[@romeoszabo1340]

I had the same modell 1050 ti in my build 3,5 years ago with my r5 1600 cause mining prices. 1 year after upgrade to an rx 480 8gb and in 1,5 years ago I bought a vega 56.

[@Ravalo354]

I used to record and edit my videos with an athlon x4 845 and an rx 560 lol

[@paulapsley3712]

I just upgraded from FX 8350, 16g ddr3 and 1050ti, to Ryzen 3 1200, 1600g ddr4 and 1050ti. It runs the games I play (Far Cry 5, Fallout 4, RDR2, Crysis and more) pretty well at medium to high settings. I usually OC my cpu from 3.2g to 3.8g during gaming. I am intending to upgrade gpu and cpu fairly soon for even better performance, but this build was what I could squeeze out of a Christmas budget.

[@Generationalwealth94]

Did you upgrade to anything better since then? 😃

[@paulapsley3712]

@@Generationalwealth94 lol, yes

[@Generationalwealth94]

@@paulapsley3712 what did you upgrade to

[@emymagkuchen]

A great new budget option would be the new Ryzen 5 1600 AF, right? Here in Germany it costs ~95€ and is basically a 2600 which is usually about 120€