Why I'm Able to Build Computers for $50 (& How You Can Too!) | OzTalksHW

[@circletech7745]

Hey thanks a ton for the shoutout at 5:57! I hope we can encourage more people to look in more "unfamiliar" territory to find deals. For context, I am from the Detroit area. In Detroit due to our manufacturing, there are scrap metal yards everywhere, and some of these Scrap Yards just happen to take Ewaste. Michigan has very few to no regulations regarding what people have to do with their old computers, so people end up selling their ewaste to these scrapyards by the pound (and often have no idea what they are reycling) where you can them come in and find a great deal. I've found everything from an I7-8700K and 16GB of DDR4 for $5 (because I buy by weight), to Things like a 40-core LGA 1567 Dell Poweredge R810 with 128GB of DDR3 I bought for $50, which I sold for $700. If you are looking to get a deal on PC parts, don't look for other computer recyclers first, they will likely consider you competiton. Look for scrap Metal yards that also happen to take ewaste as part of what they buy (Scrap metal yards are very different from computer recyclers, don't mix them up!). This way there's no conflict of interest between both parties, and you can end up getting a really good deal. Now that's not to say that computer recyclers aren't worth looking for. For example I buy vintage computer parts like old Pentium ii and iii motherboards that can be worth over $100 on eBay that an ewaste center has no time to test, but try scrapyards first. Other notes: I stumbled into this thing entirely by accident. Previous to computer parts, I was actually into Electric bikes. I went to a couple of scrapyards around Detroit to look for Dead laptop batteries to turn into ebike batteries. Stuff like this: kzbin.info?search_query=diy+ebike+battery+from+dead+laptop+batteries Some of these yards just happened to also take ewaste. I asked if I could buy some of them, they said yes, and the rest is history. If you have any question, feel free to reply to this comment. I can't guarantee i'll get to every one, but i'll do my best. Also upvote this so Oz can see it.

[@OzTalksHW]

Take a heart and a pin (: thanks for the info man

[@mattparker9726]

@@OzTalksHW great video as usual Oz!

[@ej_tech]

I doubt that I could do something like this in California. But more power to you!

[@circletech7745]

@@ej_tech Actually, you will have even better luck in California than Michigan. There's a user on the linustechtips forum I know that buys Haswell Dell and HP PCs for $20-30 each, or entire servers still worth hundreds for $50 each. Think about where you are: The tech capital of the US. Lot's of people and economic activity = lots of waste. So give it a shot, you might find something you didn't expect.

[@zelty6564]

IMAGINE GETTING I7 8700K FOR 5$ DAMN

[@jasonolson7780]

"I'm not an expert". Lol yes you are. That's why we come here and you have 225K subs! You are awesome.

[@claass]

224k

[@hallucy2215]

stop simping

[@farlo753]

@@claass 226k

[@mbki_maury6324]

@@farlo753 *227k

[@notasovietspy8008]

@@mbki_maury6324 "253k"

[@鄧子敬]

How to build computers super cheap? 1. Live in North America

[@elrisitas8508]

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[@1pcfred]

Not all of North America. The closest big city to me is about 3 hours away. That's with no traffic.

[@mikeware3785]

its easy here in Czechia (central europe) as well

[@palestinianisfreeforever2554]

I live in Lebanon and the prices are stupid and any shipping is like 100$

[@muhammedaljerari391]

El Risitas ali express

[@OzTalksHW]

I wish there were more resources for people not in the states 😔. For those outside of America, what are ways you save money and how do you find good deals?

[@Nirukt]

In the UK it's the same as the States pretty much, recently got a £50 pc with a ryzen and 16gb ram, it was overheating but all it needed was thermal paste!

[@LaczPro]

In Venezuela, there are many stores selling those Dells and HPs with 2nd to 4th Gen Intel Core around 130-400$. Some come in combo (monitor, keyboard and mouse), there are also some with Core 2 Duos for less than 100$ (again, some in combo) and the unobteinables over the 400$ (but new and used computers, with recent CPUs). For me, the best way was importing used and new components from the US. Amazon Warehouse do some amazing deals sometimes, and eBay it's my go to for cheap, modern components. My current computer is a combination of the two, and shipping wasn't super bad (but it took 3 weeks for most of the parts and if a part costs more than 100$, the taxes are insane... So, I try to go below that)

[@andresyepes367]

I'm from/in Colombia, mostly aliexpress, ebay, and local 'amazon' (mercadolibre).

[@Triospirit]

I'm from France and the prices are atrocious (gtx 1060 6go =300€ new,i5 2400=150€new and used same price and mooore... (😢

[@stringstorm]

South East Asia. You either have the money or you don't for a brand new system, unfortunately. Used market is very tricky here and alot of it are scams especially now during the pandemic where we're not allowed to leave home to do meet ups.

[@CarlosCampos]

Dude you’re probably one of the only youtubers videos that I can actually completely watch!

[@wajinshu]

I loved this kind of builds and info. Thanks for the video 👍👍

[@cameronwalker745]

You earned my sub with that pfp

[@yourhater6450]

Thanks

[@ProtoMario]

I always find amazingly rare pc parts in Goodwill and thrift stores, however, in terms of ever finding anything that would build a computer within months of searching, NEVER.

[@twosad]

Goodwill?? They sell stuff like that??

[@jamess5872]

@@twosad Yup but you need to beat the early morning vultures that swoop up anything they think will make them a $1

[@Hughesburner]

I got my rx570 4gb there in December for $68. It was brand new still in the static bag. This was the retail store. It had zero dust on it and still had that "electronics " smell to it...posted and games well, currently using it. I just grabbed a Fatality itx am4 MB with a A10 processor at the GW outlet for $15. $3 for a 1gb 6450 also....goodwill has some good stuff if you want to take a chance and are in the right place at the right time.

[@Hughesburner]

@@jamess5872 It gets crazy at opening at any of my goodwills. I have 5 of them within 15mins drive of me. It would think it is black friday....that insane.

[@TheRealCatof]

I qlways find amazinly dead youtubers trying to comment on every video desperatly trying to get viewers back.

[@electro740]

"if you wanna build a cheap computer keep watching" I don't even want to I just like your vids and hearing the info

[@binhdqdoan]

Your videos are done with such precision. Not a word had wasted, everything has meaning. Thank you for the effort you it into each video you do. You just earned a lifetime viewer.

[@MrMassivemanmeat]

E-waste is a good place, I picked up a busted pc, it had a bad mobo but the cpu was good.. I5 haswell 8gb ddr3 ripjaws and a gtx 1050ti.. psu was good too. paid 20 bucks :)

[@1pcfred]

I'd be all over that if I could get it where I am. There's nothing but corn and chickens by me. The peace and quiet here is priceless though.

[@MrMassivemanmeat]

@@1pcfred yeah I've gotten lucky at this place it's an E-Waste drop-off in a parking lot on Saturdays only.. also bought a Dell usff Sandy bridge i5 , for $30.. and they 13in Sony Trinitron CRT $5.. .. Clovis CA..

[@jeanvalverde117]

@@MrMassivemanmeat Yo where in Clovis?

[@MrMassivemanmeat]

@@jeanvalverde117 last time was there was maybe when summer started, Its a green tent in a parking lot, i think 9am to 2pm Saturdays ... on Alluvial , in between N Armstrong and N Temperance.. Xtreme Green E-Recycling,,, but I think thats just there weekend thing, it shows that the have a place on Cole Ave .

[@oofig]

which i5

[@Clifton100]

I like how Oz personality screams authenticity. He's helpful, he's charismatic, he's good looking no homo...

[@Mizra-dq3lj]

I like that he's down to earth and one of the few that talk about budget parts

[@lacucaracha111111]

Got a broken RX580 8GB that just turned out to be misflashed from an RX570 4GB for 50€

[@OzTalksHW]

Dang!! Good work!

[@lacucaracha111111]

@@OzTalksHW Relatively easy if you hear its syptoms and know how drivers work. Windows: OK Games and fur mark : Black screen and lock Card reads the bios to get the driver info and the driver is running "blindly" as an open loop. So once it tries to ask for RX580 cores , but they aren't there it "runs into an empty pit never to come back" -Forced to an RX570 8gb no more crashes after 20 seconds, but memory errors -570 4GB it is and works perfectly. AMD really needs to etch their GPU dies

[@lacucaracha111111]

@@roymarr6181 you can enforce a bios flash with the amd bios flasher and memory behaves the same at low speeds. GDDDR5 is a standard, only the top end speed governed by said bios changes like XMP

[@lacucaracha111111]

@@roymarr6181 No I looked for that specific card and vram, the brand was clearly visible, just not if its an RX580/570, 4GB or 8GB model and since without a BIOS ony etching or lettering on the on the chips gets you the information you need.... the chips surprisingly were hynix, but 8 500MB modules totaling 4 GB. Followed by a 12 hour furmark stersstest and it passed

[@MarshallCouch]

Other channels: Take a look at this i9 with a rtx 2080S. Throw out stuff every year and upgrade! OzTalksHW: Here's how to be greener and spend less money! Love it

[@AnnaSue81]

Yes

[@ramseydoon8277]

Really enjoy and appreciate your videos! Your down-to-earth, straight forward, informative, and extremely pleasant style of content is superb. Thank you! And seriously, you've got amazing teeth👏👏👏

[@bcntsportscards242]

Ur the goat bro . Ur the type of duds I could just chill with and watch and learn and just watch u do ur thing

[@DenzCasuela]

if you're talking about building a computer, yeah I did one for $20 but it's only a working computer. I watch videos in it and that's it

[@OzTalksHW]

Exactly what I mean. $20 for a PC, even if it’s not for gaming, is great

[@アカシア-w7b]

@@Amix23 no, although i would REALLY have gone with a cheap Ryzen (or even Athlon 200GE/3000G) which has hyperthreading

[@Quicksilver-7791]

@@アカシア-w7b i'm no amd fanboy but that i3 is decent. It has 4c4t so not bad especially for that price

[@MaxC_1]

@@アカシア-w7b personally that is a decent chip in my opinion and he can always get a i5 or i7 used down the line and it will still work great. Obviously a Ryzen is a far better choice but considering that i3 is around a 2200G/3200G performance it makes it a pretty decent choice and will run any game fine

[@MaxC_1]

@@Amix23 also no you didn't. It's a decent build but I'm concerned about your PSU as it might be a shitty cheap one that might blow up on you so you might consider replacing it with something like a CX550 which is like $30 but is one of the best choices personally

[@ucw1637]

Thanks again oz! Always good to work with you!

[@yssemhair]

Don't really build computers but like the calmness of your videos. Keep it up!

[@kylec9800]

Keep up the great content. All of the other Tech youtubers are great but they just build the most expensive computers. We got Oz pricings 50$ systems in 15 minutes!

[@PinkyTech]

I’m finishing the last video in a series. I started with an Optiplex and gradually upgraded it to a beast of a gaming PC. Best part about doing this is you can upgrade at your own pace, but still have something to use in the interim.

[@jaxaboi7999]

I'm actually doing the same for my brother! started with just the psu mobo and cooler, and i had a i5 3570 lying around i threw in it along with a 500gb wd hdd and 4gb of ddr3. I got an hd7470 for 10 bucks just to check posts and have it to do the same for other future builds. Just ordered 4 more gb of ram and a 1650lp, put the whole thing together for around 250 dollars probably a little less and im actually pretty proud

[@PinkyTech]

@@jaxaboi7999 That's awesome. A little patience and the willing to hunt down deals is all it takes!

[@D0RYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY]

love your content bro! fairly new sub and i wish you nothing but success in your journey. keep it coming please!

[@OzTalksHW]

Thanks!

[@sainathaniyer]

I am still watching because you are original and on your own. And you do charity. Brother from India.

[@ravipeiris4388]

Strangely, I find watching OzTalksHW videos peaceful while working on my computer. He's the kind of guy you wish you had as your next door neighbor.

[@phantomgunz1167]

Thanks for the tips Oz, I’ve had pretty good experiences finding deals here in the US, got myself an i5 4670k, Corsair 760W PSU, cooler master AIO, 8GB DDR3, ASUS Mobo, all for $30 😁, the next day one of my coworkers gave me a GTX 970 for free!

[@natemango7882]

I DID IT OZ!! THRIFTED FOR A DELL WITH A GTX 750Ti for $20, THEN BOUGHT A 2ND HAND $10 CASE, LASTLY WITH A BRAND NEW $20 SSD

[@JamesAngelo]

This is how I am able to get computers for as low as $5 sometimes. In the U.S., some municipalities change their computers every 1 to 3 years, especially in large metropolitan areas. Local governments have contracts with companies like HP, Dell, and Lenovo. They often send those computers e-recycling centers after the warranty period expires. Some counties even have their own e-recycling stores, Miami-Dade and Broward, FL for instance. Those computers are then sold in bulk to people who will then sell them in the Caribbean, South America, Africa, and even Asia. If you go to those stores, you can get really good computers for very low prices. Before COVID, I got a a few Lenovo Thinkcentres for $5 each. They had 8GBs of RAM, I7 processors, and no hard drives. I bought a few cheap SSDs, installed Windows 10 on them, and sold each computer for $150 each.

[@jamess5872]

Managed to throw together a i7 4790k OC to 5.1, 24gb ddr3 2400mhz, vega 64 UV & OC to 5700xt performance levels and everything watercooled for $340. This should serve as my 1080p gaming rig for a couple of more years!

[@pen1spojke973]

Damn bro

[@tonydanza6406]

Ozi ! You are the Man Dude ! Tony from Puerto Rico I like your show because of you I have learned a lot !

[@darosaurus7377]

OZ!!! I had no idea you were atlanta based! i love your channel so much, and i'm down here in Albany! Yaaaay, Georgia computer people! ♥♥♥

[@Lico5512.]

UCW is awesome ive bought 2 Optiplex's the only issue being i had to reseat the ram to power for the 1st time. However that was probably something to do with shipping.

[@ucw1637]

Thanks man. Sometimes ups gets a little rough with things. I try to pack well though!

[@divery4eyes]

@@ucw1637 same here. once i get some funds going i plan on buying quite a few desktops. btw your deals on laptops are amazing. someone with some skill scould resale these for massive profit. oops dont mark the prices up

[@migsmigs87]

We have an e-waste area at work where someone picks it up every few months to dispose of properly. I picked up a Dell T3400 with a Core 2 duo 4300. Found 8 GB DDR2 ram, Core 2 Quad Q9650 and an AMD HD5770 GPU online. Spent $35. I gave it to my retired aunt to replace her very, very old Pentium D PC that could only play KZbin at 480p. She is super happy now, as it plays 1080p and significantly faster. It was more fun finding these deals than building my $2000+ gaming rig to be honest and goes to show that old stuff still has life in it.

[@mjmolby]

Just revived an Optiplex 330 that was going into the trash with a Xeon x5460, 8gb of ram, an ssd, and an Radeon HD 6570. I put Pop_OS on it and it has become my main linux computer.

[@shaneeslick]

G'day Oz, I really loved the Video, there are too many KZbinrs saying 'You Can't Game Unless...' but a Fun Game is a Fun Game even on 720p Low You mentioned older PCs from family members that have upgraded, while 1 PC is a good base for your build accepting more means you can pick the best for your PC & sell the others for some cash for a SSD/PSU/GPU to make your build better (how my XP PC now has a C2Q9650 & GTX260 😁 & plays Retro Games Awesome @ 1600x900p) We have very strict PC E-Waste Rules here in Australia, so if they are sent to a E-Waste facility they MUST be Destroyed, but you are legally able to offer to collect PCs from people willing to give/pay you if they know you are planning to reuse components for yourself or resell them

[@alexmaldonado2804]

I live in Australia and in my school they were upgrading ~ 20 ish hp z400 workstations in a computer lab. I asked IT if I could have one, but turns out they are sending it all to an e-waste recycling center and there was nothing they could do about it. It really sucks, those pc's could've been given a new life.

[@shaneeslick]

@@alexmaldonado2804 Yeah, they could have taken out the H/D & then sold or given them to Students who can't afford a PC, our National & State Governments are so wasteful

[@faizshariff9968]

Hey make a video on LGA 1150 xeons there are many bang for a buck deals on AliExpress for LGA 1150 xeons

[@tweakz_tech]

@HoboWild Still pretty capable and they have very high single-thread performance. You can also look for 'i7-4790 ES'

[@OzTalksHW]

Ooooh thanks for putting this on my radar

[@danielmazurvideos]

Thanks for the info Oz on UCW, I've been looking to upgrade my dell Inspiron 530 for video editing and the research was seeming difficut for me (as I'm a non-techy) and I went to the UCW site and voila, there it was, a MOBO that would work perfectly. The prices are amazing also, so again I thank you.

[@danielmazurvideos]

@@ucw1637 will do, thanx.

[@vectored2fly]

The combination of music and your soft soothing voice, is like warm molasses on a sunny morning. You should narrate an audiobook. Plus your content is top notch!

[@clippedbyta]

Man I love your content

[@GloryNature]

I'm glad I watch your video today. I just found a website which I'm gonna spend on a lot of time in the future. Thanks for bringing up shopucw.

[@robertf7982]

i enjoyed this video im into building cheap and giving them a way so this is very helpful to some i know due the times were in. this was great

[@ronaldsales2579]

I got a core 2 duo pc build good gfx card from a college friend can play mmo games, the issue was the processor heats up like crazy and shuts down on its own , the technician said there was no way to salvage the processor since he said it was "defective". Luckily I didnt believe a word , so I got it working by putting a buttload of termal paste in the processor and it worked. I got a free PC for almost 4 years!!

[@blessedlowery1193]

My 10 year old son and I built our first computer this year! It was so fun I want to build another one for my 17 year old son but I am not working right now so I don’t have the money yet! But I just wanted to show the video of us turning on the computer at home for the first time!

[@travisbonzpiercy2660]

Yeah you have great content and not only that you make it easy to follow along and understand that when I show my nephew he is able to follow along with when your explaining everything.

[@keeperofthegood]

Hello Oz, from Canada. You may have visited our nation once...

[@thickglasses]

Another good source is buy nothing groups. Sure you'll see most craft supplies but I picked up a Define R4 with a 15-4670K 8GB of ram and Corsair AX760, a BenQ monitor and a Corsair K60 keyboard. It had never been cleared of dust and I had top buy some screws and other bits for the case but it was hundreds of dollars of computer equipment for free.

[@Trick-Framed]

Good to see content from you Oz. I keep missing your live streams.

[@Minitomate]

It's just a rarity to find the same level of prices that offers in America at a european country.

[@db8989]

I wish it was that easy, lol Everyone, please make sure to read through those offers carefully and do research if the components will actually work together if you try it yourself. Some useful questions for you to ask: Which connectors does the PSU have (and which ones do I need)? Does the mobo have the needed slots/connectors? Are mounting screws included? (when buying mobo, PSU, M.2, drives) Is shipping needed and how much would that cost? A good place to find cheap parts in Germany is ebay Kleinanzeigen. But there is a considerable amount of bad people there, so watch out and definitely prefer local pickup, if you can!

[@SupremeNerd]

keep in mind that the type of cheap computers you may find MAY NOT use M.2 or Mvme drives but use SATA SSD which is still not bad

[@iBoujin]

Yoo didn’t know you lived in Atlanta. Good to see someone where I am.

[@Hughesburner]

Good advice. I dont ever buy storage used, they are ticking time bombs. Most the times cases either. They are usually incredibly dustly and/or smell like smoke. I check my dumpster everyday at my apartment. My building is mostly hardware/software engineers with 1. Disposable income 2. Are on work visas who move back to their country often . Last week I found two brand new 6u server cases in the box, sitting outside the dumpster, sold then both within 2 days locally for $80.

[@rafee9442]

two videos???? madman

[@OzTalksHW]

was feeling crazy this weekend 😜

[@jackiechan8840]

This guy is so wholesome.

[@Tidges01]

Awesome Oz love these vids! Who can help me upgrade best 'bang for your buck style'. I intend to have my setup somewhat future proof. 1080p is fine for me. mostly interested in warzone and in the future maybe Ashes of Creation. What i've got: i5 3570k (not overclocked) 8gb's 1330Mhz ram r9 280x 250gb ssd Or are we saying scrap it, start all over, what you've got is worthless!

[@rafee9442]

'future proofing' is kind of a meme word. Your build is pretty solid and if you're upgrading anything it would have to be everything, new platform, new gpu. For now I'd recommend adding 8gb of ram in it to make it 16.

[@Tidges01]

@@rafee9442 I will go for the additional 8gb's. I think I might upgrade my gpu as well that's one I can take with me to a new platform. Which can you recommend +- 150-200* USD? (Used is okay*)

[@OzTalksHW]

8GB ram and a Xeon or i7 for starters. I’d save up in the meantime for a Ryzen system

[@hayescausey9941]

There are some pretty cheap xeons for that socket, you could probably get an 8 thread Xeon and another 8gb of ram for less than $50 total. I’d do that before anything else.

[@Tidges01]

@@OzTalksHW any specific Xeon or i7 you can recommend?

[@hectec69]

Thanks oz I order from the sight and the pc didn't work but I called them and they had me come out since I live close to there shop and they doubled the performance and did good by me will buy again

[@dagthewog6290]

As a tech, I find your videos soothing and relaxing. You have a 70's vibe thing going on, when black men were more poetic in our being. All the best to you.

[@Raletia]

With HDDs I've had some luck with HGST/Hitachi Enterprise drives refurbished on Amazon(seller goHardDrive mostly, but a couple came from others) I've built a NAS out of my old PC with 12 drives currently, a mix of 3TB and 4TB. Based on what I read when I started from the backblaze(a backup service) hard drive reliability information, HGST/Hitachi drives seem to be the most reliable. I wouldn't want to use one as my /ONLY/ drive, but for a games drive or with an array of them for backups or a NAS they seem fine. The oldest ones I bought like.. 4 years ago, maybe pushing 5? I forget. I actually bought a NEW 4TB Seagate external drive as a backup for important data on my NAS and it lived and died in like 2 years(with a fan blowing over it and my router & switch).

[@trollingtime1234]

E-waste centers for me were great. Was able to take 2 dell optiplex 9020s. One of them was a sff having an i5 4590 no ram nor hard drive. The other was a 9020 MT w a 500 gb hdd 16gb ram and an i7 4790. I use both of these machines as my daily drivers and they are really good for my daily use case. Both came with an r5 240, potato gpu tho i dont play demanding titles.

[@PCTechHustle]

Great words of advice Ozzy!

[@rohitsonar103]

hey man, love your videos. Love From India

[@Breaker197]

"Wildly affordable" is easily the best term to have been coined in 2020

[@andrewosei328]

Here in Ghana we have imports of decommissioned office desktops like Dell optiplex and Hp. I usually get them for about $100 equivalent🙁. It's now big business here so no longer worth it. You could get more from older systems if you go the Linux route and yes even for gaming.

[@andrewosei328]

@HoboWild for $100 you get a Dell optiplex with a 4th gen i5, 1tb hdd and a 8gb ram. I install Linux for gaming simply because I know ways around it but yes I'd agree it's not greatly lighter than Windows. If you know how to Linux can be very helpful and fun tho. What do you mean by "heavy going" ?

[@Trick-Framed]

Atlanta Craigslist is off the chain with parts! No wonder you can do this easier than I can! My local Marketplace and Craigslist is overpriced on OLD hardware. Stuff from the 90s will cost you MSRP....People think their parts are art pieces or something....

[@NNKageSenshi]

Found a Gigabyte OC RTX 2070 Super White for $275 on OfferUp, it was only up for 16 minutes before I snagged it up ❤ had been searching for daysssss for one and almost gave up, then got home from work one day and searched it up, and BOOM there she was 😊

[@amalik834]

Perfect timing for a new video!!!

[@qurtex6425]

Great video man, really appreciate your content!

[@jordanch68]

State surplus is another good option if you live near one.

[@akash_chaudhary]

His voice is soo soothing

[@thcriticalthinker4025]

One point you mentioned but didn't explain is that sometimes you can get entire computers when they are "broken" for cheap, and then if you are lucky only one component is broken. (I got a whole system for $60, then sold one part from the system for the same price I paid for the entire thing the next day.)

[@emarijacoway4022]

I’m from Atlanta Georgia too

[@greasysteve5671]

i had sold an FM3 motherboard that i thought had broken but apparently it worked just fine. I always try to troubleshoot parts now lol.

[@thinnedpaints6503]

Even when buying high spec, I tend to go second hand these days, you can get some really good deals on even current gen parts if you're willing to buy used. I got a 2060Super for £300, they tend to go for £450 where I live.

[@ChrisPollard]

I'm getting some old office towers for FREE and reviving them for home use. Streaming/media in the living room, super budget gaming system for my wife. Lots of 3rd/4th/5th gen i5 parts. Just no hard drives. Just revived an i7-4770 tonight with 16GB of salvaged RAM. It boots, but needs a video card, wifi/bluetooth, and an SSD. Graphics cards are BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTAL right now. There's almost nothing out there. And what you can find is priced out of this world. Integrated 4th gen graphics aren't fabulous. Hurts me to watch working systems heading for the trash heap. Keep an eye on offices 'trashing' old systems when they're end of life!

[@amalik834]

Maybe Techyescity can help you for fixing the gtx 760?

[@OzTalksHW]

Might hit him up!

[@arms08yuki84]

Wait, Mercari? Isn't it just for Japanese? I thought it is, I'm amazed :o

[@tinnitusthenight5545]

use to be, you still need a proxy for the Japanese site

[@plant_next-store]

I'm just old man try get his kid a gaiming computer I've been trying figure out how to afford the computer he wants he don't care what it looks like just so it works for what he wants is i7-4770, gtx 970, 8gb memory working on figuring out what that means and you have helped me more then anyone thanks for passing on what you have learned

[@tvold9204]

He has a beautiful voice

[@Elixirs_mp4]

Another banger, great video

[@Jimmy-dw7te]

Great video m8!

[@catgarcia2238]

I Bought a used antec 1200 watt power supply used on ebay for $30 a few years ago,

[@mdukasa]

After the pandemic I'm hoping that the prices would go low, especially when people no longer need PCs to work from home and sell them.

[@alejandrotechreviews]

i also have an hp pavilion slimline s5000 you earned a subscriber

[@henninb]

You have an amazing channel

[@soknightsam]

I've got an msi 760gma-p34 I paid 20 bucks for at a local repair shop, the kind that does it as a side business so good donuts too in this case, an fx 6300 won for 20 at auction on ebay from a seller with only 30 feedback (with buyer protection it's worth the risk) 8 gigs (4x2) of ram I found in a discarded dell workstation that got rained on and a former mining card gtx 1070 for 180. This is where it gets tricky. A lower end mining card seems to be a safer bet than anything else and mid range only a bit more so. The typical person spending a ton of money on a high end mining rig is going to run it longer, the mid range folks and lower end tend to run it less and give up quicker. I would buy a retired mining rig from someone with 10 gtx 1050 ti's, 6 1070's but I would never buy from anyone selling 20 1080's. Long rant, hard to follow formula, thanks for the listen Edit: 3 years ago

[@phil_matic]

Jeez I'd be happy as hell to find any PC in a dumpster. I'd love to open it up and see what I can salvage! or maybe if it's working, just clean it up, maybe throw in an SSD, and donate it to a friend /family member who can use it!

[@edbeagle7929]

I love how you are in the real world and not all ways showing 2000 dollaer builds and saying its easy

[@bozzy7946]

I got an insane deal 2 days ago, I got 2 i5 24something laptops for 25 bucks, they just needed hard drives. The HP I gave my bro had 4gb ddr3 and 8gb ddr3. They aren't leading the way in technology but it's nice having a decent laptop to use for non gaming reasons when I don't wanna fire up the desktop.

[@SaadForGaming7]

It's so sad that i can't build one because I live in a 3rd contry

[@TugAndThugComputing]

Where? I can help you get one for free

[@TugAndThugComputing]

Ask computer and phone repair shops for old scrap computers then fix them or upgrade them as it works well for me, I've got tons of pcs and it works everywhere no matter what country your in.

[@TugAndThugComputing]

@HoboWild I mean he could go to a computer shop locally

[@SaadForGaming7]

@@TugAndThugComputing i live in morroco (you can search where my contry exist). I had a pentium 4 desktop pc that was so slow and the power supply just gave up and died. Heck, even the motherboard had 2 burned ram slots. So yeah... I am trying to buy a pc for school work. (coding, some light editing 720p with no effects, ect...)

[@SaadForGaming7]

Thanks guys for trying to help me but i can't buy something cheap. Yet still trying to. Heck, one of the most used components there is à gt710. I am not kidding for à total of 50-70$. How it happened. Idk

[@imm311]

Great tips! God bless!

[@masterswords7202]

Morocco is one of the 0.0001% countries where you can buy a gtx 1660 super for 380$ ( the prices are crazy too ) use it for 6 months, and sell it for 370$ ( if the seller is too kind gentle, most of guys sell it for 380$ even if used )

[@_YaZa]

Thanks oz.

[@Noganite]

HAHA! LOL! Yeah PSU is tops to not go used, unless you have used it for a decade and it has powered every system it has been in w/o troubles; like me! :P I enjoy your vids, man. I always like getting OG pcs on the cheap. I went t the local PC repair shop and spoke with the owner and have come away with lots of freebies (good stuff too!) as well as really cheap used stuff. It is fun!

[@Alexander12547]

Used parts in Ottawa are like "Bought it new last year for 150 hardly used selling for 145 FIRM!"

[@TheLionAndTheLamb777]

My daughters decade old Optiplex 990 is faster than many new computers. I did the drive bay removal mod a few years ago so that I could fit in a larger video card.

[@FreedomForAll2013]

Love your channel bro! Shared it to my Facebook!

[@shuja5044]

Great videos man!

[@hairybaals4657]

Thanks bro

[@brianv3ntura]

I live in florida and man ppl in my city (including local e-recyclers) are so stingy....they make ebay buy-in-now prebuilts look like exceptional deals.

[@classycian3342]

Dankpods music!

[@victorreznov9940]

I just picked up a dual xeon server each cpu has 4cores 8 threads with 32gb ram and 2 500gb hdd's and today im getting a 2060 and psu and going to build kind of a test bench for the gpu and psu since it's a rack mount server but all said and done just over $300 spent

[@lilboilooksyt6818]

Using these tips, I was able to make a 63 dollar gaming pc! Thanks!

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

My first pc build was asus a55m-csm and 8gb ddr3 1600mhz and amd a8 5500 but i killed it. So i had to look somewhere else and found amd a8 7600b and asus a78m-e and used the same ram and psu to use it and got a case for it. Also gave that to my neighbor he had computer issue one loves to crash hdd and even ssd. And his other one was a lemon the motherboad keeps crashing. I gave my first pc build to him and found out the used psu is bad. So i got him to buy evga 500w psu and it runs like a dream. My 2nd build is ryzen 3 3200g, asus tuf gaming, 16gb ddr4 3200mhz, and wd blue 500gb ssd. Not bad to get in 2020's builds waiting on same case and psu to get here to finshed the build. Soon i want upgrage to ryzen 5, rtx 2060, 64gb of ram for twitch stream and youtube videos.