You get A LOT of PC Parts for $1,000... If you buy USED. (Jan 2025's Hunt)

The USED PC Parts market is SHAKING up, especially after the RTX 5090 and upcoming 5080 launch. So let's find whatever deals we can.
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Chapters
00:00 Starting off with a 5 system OEM deal!
02:12 Getting a budget h270, i7 and water cooler.
04:13 Meeting up with Les, for an AM4 OEM... (interesting)
06:42 A BRAND NEW X99 CPU.... and then MORE?
11:47 Unexpected deals come up!
15:43 an RTX 3050 deal pops up.
16:20 how to get CHEAP DDR5 memory, with a soft 60.
19:09 time for a game of, DID WE GET HOSED? and Haul total.
23:34 The Used Market, which way does it go now? And what will happen with the RTX 5000 series launch?
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[@Ytubefunk]

I wish i could live your life man. I know grass always seems greener on the other side but the amount of tech that goes through your hands is just above and beyond

[@techyescity]

Life is good in QLD, though it gets a bit hot here in summer :p

[@Lurch-Bot]

Lol, buying an A8 system in 2025. Dude's stuck in 2019.

[@Willbme4EVA]

Thank you Bryan, you give so many people a hope at getting price to performance. We have been waiting for this, thank you!

[@techyescity]

Thanks for watching brother.

[@CoccoUri]

I'm glad the dash cam saved some footage. It was such a blast beeing on this months parts hunt! What a great experience it was.. :) And I even got to pick up a deal for myself 😁

[@Willbme4EVA]

Hey Fabio, was great to see you having fun with Bryan helping out with all the deals. You can tick one of the boxes on your Bucket list now.

[@techyescity]

LOL you got to witness my crappy dash cam in action, the second delivery the cam was pointing at the sky, so I couldn't include it :(. Though I have siliconed it together now, so it should hopefully keep working. On a side note, was awesome hearing about Switzerland and how it compares to Aus. Really glad to have met you mate.

[@CoccoUri]

@Willbme4EVA Yes it was an amazing experience 🙂

[@Willbme4EVA]

Hope you make it back to Australia, or even Japan in the future. Did e you raid Bryans wardrobe, he has some awesome shirts.

[@nevernicemeadow]

best deal this year: 30 €uros for a complete PC a320 am4 board a12-9880e 16gb ddr4 500w PSU 250gb sata ssd scored a ryzen 7 1800x for 20€ later abd a rtx 2070 for 140€ so got poretty decent machine for 190€ and flipped it for 350€

[@hj-mr5gg]

nice

[@Nail-Maker]

Sold my radeon 5700 right before 3000 series launched. I wanted a 3080 so bad and was sick of dealing with bad drivers. Had the money ready to go, and you know the rest. I was stuck with an old 970 I bought for a flip pc for over 2 years. Thankfully, now, I have a 7800x3d and 7900xtx system and have no interest in upgrading. I recommend having that new gpu in your hands before selling your old one.

[@teensuicide9103]

I always did it like that to put myself in the situation of having to buy one because otherwise I wouldn't get it done

[@CyberClu]

Always cool to see Lez. That dude will never retire! It's amazing you got the 2070 Super deal for less than the RTX 3050 deal, and the 2070 Super is way more powerful!

[@LawrenceTimme]

The best video of the month! Amazing haul 😎😎

[@sheratedis]

Love to see your enthusiasm! I feel better already.

[@ripcord895]

Why am I so addicted to these used parts hunts! Thanks again Bryan.

[@LatitudeSky]

Those low-end Thermaltake PSUs are low, but they are terrific as an emergency spare. I've made multiple house visits for bad PSUs and tossed in one of those Thermaltakes to get it running again on very tight budgets. One went into an old EMachines tower. You'd never put an expensive PSU in that.

[@Lurch-Bot]

During the mining boom, I ran a couple of Thermaltake PSUs and had no issues with them. IIRC, GN tested them and found them to be safe. But they use fuses for some of the protection circuits so if they experience a surge, they likely will quit working and if you don't have the board repair skills to change the fuses and make sure there is no damage to the PSU, you're left with a brick. Meanwhile, I've shorted out the USB on my gaming rig with an EVGA PSU and it instantly shut off and then fired right back up like normal.

[@TheMitchBarron]

Come on over to Switzerland! That would be epic!

[@bemwells4337]

I built a x99 PC with 2070 super, 5960x, 64 gigs of. Didn't over clock CPU yet but performance still GREAT. 8GB OF VRAM is good for budget builds

[@ns-tech1304]

Why u buy x99 if u dont overclock lmao that 6core i7 is shit without overclock

[@whitebeartigtig]

@@ns-tech1304 5960X is the 8 core part, still, OC is a must on these.

[@MarcoGPUtuber]

You learn how to get lots of parts for cheap if you watch Tech YES City

[@Willbme4EVA]

For sure Marco, It is all about getting the right parts for the performance you need to do what you do

[@BonusCrook]

Step 1: Live in Australia, it's a used deals Cheat Code lol

[@josephdias5859]

@@BonusCrook i get them in the US but i want to go part hunting in australia

[@BonusCrook]

@@josephdias5859 yes theres some SPICY deals in the gold coast lol

[@Lurch-Bot]

Doesn't matter if you don't have the local market for it.

[@jackwyz22]

Fabio is lucky to meet up with you Bryan!

[@necuz]

14:44 Those rubber grommets are giving me flashbacks to working for Dell support and sending out 536 replacements of those to a business customer where they had degraded from heat and started to pop. Every single grommet in its own small ziplock bag with part number label and then placed in its own envelope. I got a photo from the horrified customer showing the mountain of packing materials on the floor. 😅

[@Jacklsovakia1]

for the fan retention?

[@necuz]

Those things, 4 per fan * 2 fans * 67 towers. :D

[@ucTran-jq6jd]

I love these series 🫶 keep it up Tech Yes City - my fav tech channel ❤

[@t3mpl3tw3]

Loving them deals! Music on point too!

[@letto18]

For the 3050, I would have dropped a offer of $150-175 as here in Canada I've seen some 3050s listed for $150-160 CAD on classifieds here that Google currency conversion shows would be like $167-178 AUD currently.

[@Cr0frog]

Ye i pay like £100 max for.these in the uk, sell like shit tho from my experience unless its a fortnite kid

[@RipperReacts]

Always Love The used parts Hunt and Nice to see Lez as Always. Thanks Bryan and Hope Your Son is Well 😀

[@danielhulan3058]

God I'm looking at the weather when your driving around and I can't help but be jealous. Its winter in the states and I live in missouri. So generally in January, our winters are a little harsher but it looks beautiful in australia.

[@brandanfiederlein3390]

Hey I haven’t been here for a while, and I saw you changed cars, do you still have the Stinger GT, I liked that car. Oh and I could totally see you in an i30 N Sedan haha Keep up the good videos 💪

[@shanemcknight1583]

Awesome haul there! Hopefully you can pick up some good power supplies too in the next hunt.

[@badbvnn]

Thank you Bryan (aka Master of pc flipping) for this masterpiece, wise words and useful tips as usual great video! I have one request pretty please if its possible, I just saw that driver compatibility for nvidia gtx 900 and 1000 gpus will drop soon and... I was thinking if you can delight us with an informative clip using nvclean and the new and last nvidia drivers to add compatibility for this old and very capable GPUs? (in nvclean there are some advanced options such as "add hw support" by adding old nvidia gpu iD and then in "advanced tweaks" there is an option to make this driver compatible with the anticheats after being rebuild/recompiled). I reckon will be an interesting topic and future proof vid after this news, to test new nv drivers on older gtx series or in the future with 900 series and especially with 1080ti since is still a very capable gpu, Im still surprised how this gpu will not be supported for way longer but.. Im not the one to make the rules. God bless you and thank you again in the name of all of us! A huge hug from Italy!

[@beancounter9800x3d]

At 3:16, who is that half naked guy sitting in your car? Can see him from your sunglasses' reflection. 😂🤣

[@CoccoUri]

I'm pretty sure I had clothes on 😎 just gotta go with that summer vibe

[@ominae1]

16:09 nice to see Kristopher Yee again.

[@hybrid1880]

Wow bro.

[@samiboukhalfa9040]

hello jay i have been watching your videos for a while now and got insipred to start flipping pc, i upgraded from a h61 i3 system to now having z390 waiting on a i5 9600kf to pair with a rx 580 2048sp Thank you for the great videos

[@geekshed1674]

I actually live in Switzerland, originally from Portugal, drop a line when you come and i would be happy to show you around. I also flip pcs and the worst part about posting computers or parts its more on the buyer side, there are alot of scams specially on facebook marketplace.

[@darrylgleave8276]

mate it`s a different driving culture here in Europe lol ... i know its nothing driving an hour in Oz for getting things done (i lived there back in the early nineties) lol

[@The_Juggla]

I've been working with a lot of 6th gen i7/i5 OEM HPs lately myself, they pair well with an RX 570 or GTX 1660 Super. Anything with a 125W TDP or less is fine off a single SATA to 8 pin adapter.

[@kermitthegaminghermit8736]

Awesome pickups this month! I love the hustle paying off!!

[@thedungeondelver]

I hope this makes QOTD for a video, Bryan...what is the new "4th gen" budget build? That is, Haswell for the longest time was a solid go-to but of course largely limited now by DDR3, but man for the longest time it was a solid choice for the $100-$150 ultra budget system. Has anything taken its crown yet?

[@techyescity]

Hey brother, sure I will have to make something like that, as I have definitely run through a lot of budget pcs as of recent.

[@gavinthomas214]

Another great parts hunt. Thanks Bryan.

[@nhojleahcim47]

i love that even the pizza has an asking and agreed price. lol

[@nursgrata2865]

what does he do with all those pcs ? do you resell them ? please tell about it more to us

[@teensuicide9103]

Theres hundreds of videos on his channel, exactly that is his business and i think he's doing great. Also offers warranty, replacements or repair he has loyal customers.

[@chrismasonUK]

@17:55 I remember when that guy got a flight to pickup a PC from you Bryan

[@heyaimmatree]

A 2070 Super for only $150 is crazy, i'm also from the Gold Coast and trying to get into 2nd hand building and have gotten some good bargains with 2070 supers at $250 or less.

[@ДмитрийСвиридов-ч6ю]

Quite a legendary haul. we (and Fabio) can attest to that😎. Also got a pizza : D

[@techyescity]

Yeah that was a good day!

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Agh? Were you there with the B-Man?

[@KazunaiOwO]

Parts hunt are the best Tech YES City videos!

[@isoluc11]

Love your vids Bryan, long time follower. @0.62 AUS compered to the US dollar. We are due for a techonomic vid. I feel the weight of prices to here in Canada @0.69 CAD on PC related price.

[@MadIIMike]

Favorite deals: 2070 Super and the 4GB 960, the latter mainly because I can't get any cheap GPUs with 6pin or no additional power needed while having a lot of office PCs... Not really feeling the A8 OEM PC, tough.

[@AcnAPyX681]

Watching these deals reminds me when I was living in the US and I was grabbing great hardware deals on eBay. Also remember that Microcenter was the cheapest shop for new parts but unfortunately didn’t do deliveries back then. When I came back to Europe I tried some eBay deals from UK (back when they were in the EU) but got scammed like 30% of the time so I just quit that hobby 😂

[@joshuafraser3627]

Loving the vids man. Im wanting to start trying to flip parts as well. What do you think of a 6900xt for 600 aud.

[@joshuafraser3627]

Also I'm on the gold coast messaged you about asking you to delid my i7 8700k when I first got it maybe 5 plus years ago. I'm now onto a 7800x3d. Maybe one day I'll run into you or even be able to come for pc deals vid. Definitely giving Milanos a try soon after your recommendation.

[@tmlmagee]

Snagged a Ryzen 7 3700X/RTX 3060 pc for $175 this past weekend, seller said it wouldn't display but the ram ended up being in the wrong slots. Should be a good profit on that.

[@FuelHauler48]

I just picked up a mint msi b450 tomahawk max, 3700x, 2x16gb 3200 cl16, amd prism cooler, and an Evga 3060 12gb for $350 in NC off fb marketplace.

[@jcnikoley]

I just built a new PC, and I have a lot of leftover parts from my old build. What site would you recommend I used to sell the old parts?

[@techwandoUS]

Best time of the month 🎉

[@stephendenboer9515]

3:44 Will we see the flip up challenge ep2 soon? 👀

[@letto18]

Wondering the same, how are things going with that?

[@piejudge]

DUDE! I want to see a Lez colab or even an interview about his history with PCs. I need to know.

[@JeffWilliams-ec4wd]

If you don't get the 3060 up and running I'd be interested in buying it from you always on the lookout for faulty cards. Cheers

[@axescar]

With OEM AM4 system you can stuck. Manufacturers not provide them with any modern CPU support so in case of A8-A12 system it's good if first gen Ryzen will boot.

[@catriona_drummond]

I could imagine that these i7/i5 workstations are quite chea because 7th Gen Intel is not supported officially by windows 11. Do you think that might impede their resale value? What do you tell your customers about it? I mean I know you can circumvent the requirements and windows 11 runs just fine but MS threatened to not provide security updates.

[@bb2ridder757]

I mean windows keeps yelling at my laptop with a 6th gen core i7 to update to windows 11. So I take it that this is just Microsoft not knowing what it wants.

[@TheJamesKF]

We will all know later this year! Enterprise customers will still use Windows 10 LTSC and if you go looking there are ways to get those licenses and keep using windows 10 for quite some time yet. However I agree with you in that selling a PC with Windows 10 now could mean a disappointed customer later this year if Windows 11 won't install easily on that machine. Yes you can install it manually on most anything that will run 10 but we won't know how those installs will behave after November this year until it happens. Lastly these older but still quite capable platforms are perfect for Linux.

[@teensuicide9103]

Let's wait for steamOS until we call it there

[@vespasian606]

I don't know about your part of the world but prices are rising in the UK. About 5% up from last month. Christ even the 1080ti has gone up but there are still bargains to be had if you look hard enough. Picked up a 1660 super today for £100 ($200 AUD). That's the going rate but I know the seller and it hasn't been used for mining. Got the box as well. That 4GB single fan 960 was a steal.

[@connorsone]

i had 4 Thermaltake power supplies the low end 500 and 450 watts they all popped loudly and they are not even worth 10 dollars or your time to risk it

[@rathstar]

2070 Super was a great deal. I was trying to get one for an R7 3700x build but couldn't get one for a good price, so I had to go with a 5700xt.

[@samiusdad9050]

did you manage to fix that 3060 ?

[@teensuicide9103]

He should chuck it in the super sonic dishwasher next time. Probably rests in a drawer until then.

[@SmithBeatZ1]

Love me some used PC parts! We gotta rescue and reuse these gems. I just got cheap DDR3 1600Mhz kits off AliExpress for .99 USD shipped lol. Must've been a flash sale. Snagged a few 2×4GB and 2×8GB kits for the good ole Xeon builds. X5570s and E5-2650v2 builds.

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Bro... Where... Hiow. How do you find these deals man

[@denvernaicker8250]

Fabio reflected in sunglasses @3:30

[@MrEMeat-kk9tc]

Bryan’s heritage is Price on his mother’s side and Performance on Dad-man’s side!

[@indifferenceofficial4060]

How's Ryzen holding up against the 10850k? Number one bug bear for me was the response/ snappyness of most CPUs after 9900ks. Windows 11 24h2 is a stutterfest on all so can't tell if my 9700x is better now but seems about the same give or take

[@futurewolfjackson1628]

your new minion has great price performance! I wont upgrade from a 4080 until i get twice the performance for the same or less price.

[@445588997]

😂 I'm on my loo pooping when you say "you can smell it"...

[@blackmennewstyle]

No Linux NAS, we all RIOT, hell yeah LOL Definitely my favorite videos on the channel along with those excellent "Tech Yes Economics" ones ❤

[@jackali5014]

Here in Sweden we have shitty used market, if you find a good deal people would jump in and offer more than what the seller asked while you're speaking with the seller.

[@SuperCapuka]

Me freezing my balls in UK watching you with a short sleeve t-shirt lol making me remenise on how nice is the warm weather.

[@teensuicide9103]

Don't let the weather get you down i know its hard. When its dark out you got to shine yourself.

[@ognjengrlica8423]

Greetings from Switzerland. We also have a lot of good deals on our resale sites from private. Just bought one system for 130CHF (142USD) Ryzen 7 1800X 2060 SUPER 32GB DDR4 3000MHz 512GB samunsg 960PRO 240GB OCZ AGILITY 700W CoolerMaster

[@CoccoUri]

Yeah you know what's up 😁

[@errol8000]

Is it ever cold there?

[@cracklingice]

That new X99 CPU is neat. I'd only buy it to put in a tech display case tho. IMO 28 PCIE lane CPUs have no value/usefulness when you can get 40 lane Xeons for the same price to insignificantly more.

[@oOZellzimaOo]

Man, the deals are getting better and better every year! Gone are the days of 1200 dollar 3060s. PS5 Pro killer when?

[@RoyBrown777]

How is it that you live in my area but still haven't brought that blokes 7800XT that's has been on marketplace since September?

[@sergiomarroquinjr3587]

Glad your day went so well for you! Every now and again it's nice to have a really good day!

[@beancounter9800x3d]

The Australian Linus! 😅😂

[@WayStedYou]

new in box 5820k for 50 bucks sealed is the best one even if its not that good now

[@JacobVanStratenInnocent]

Hey tech yes, you still want that ryzen gaming PC? Me to... Almost dead here man . Take care guy and try to give good deals. It matters to the people that get em from you. God Bless

[@andreewert6576]

You're Yes-Man and Fabio is robbin' people with these deals!

[@DJSammy69.]

Wooo-Hooo! Headquarter of Les is full of treasures!

[@itsdeonlol]

W Les! Glad to see him again!

[@GooboPimpeltons]

That pizza looks preem!

[@skilzz2715]

Can you please make a windows 11 24h2 optimization video!!!

[@ericherman100]

You should name it a Tech Yes Scrubbin after you cleaned out the entire place of its parts

[@FSK1138]

are people still buying 7th gen systems for gaming??

[@futurewolfjackson1628]

little timmys first minecraft and roblox computer!

[@teensuicide9103]

Why not? You can play all the good games released with that, i'm talking Fallout, Skyrim, Doom and so on and so forth. not these terribly optimised new releases.

[@Dude3ro]

That's a great deal on the DDR5

[@barrykelly7056]

And how much did you flip that pizza for?

[@teensuicide9103]

Didn't look like it was flipped

[@paulumz]

Great stuff with Fabio's screenshots in German

[@Louvenio]

dark mode for the windows key ad plz

[@mikeadams8027]

Did he get a new car? I thought he had a Kia Stinger at one time. That looks like a Hyundai (Hyundai owns Kia now).

[@leandroperalta]

It's not just for fun anymore, people want to run the DeepSeek LLMs on those GPUs now. 🤖

[@pcymas2761]

we can all see your companion in your colorful glasses

[@LawrenceTimme]

Switzerland is really expensive, but an amazing place.

[@WayStedYou]

I can't believe its not butter and the yes man going for PC parts hunt

[@JacobVanStratenInnocent]

We want the Madison Man Song !

[@NOHEATED]

I`m using the exact same RTX 2070 SUPER and I had the exact same problem, amazing deal for it

[@leandroperalta]

Has Les showed his face before? First time I've seen him.

[@williambowie1575]

Nope Hp will not be graded to Ryzen best it can go is A12 8900 i think

[@techyescity]

oh its bios is locked from using any ryzen cpu? even 1000 series?

[@derruhl5982]

​@@techyescity These early am4 prebuilts don't support any of the zen cpus (including 1000series) unfortunatly

[@Alfactors]

Here in the states, you could buy a $1000 worth of stuff from there. Come to the states and maybe get 500. Dollars for it, if you're lucky. Everybody wants stuffer free here

[@arch1107]

bryan finally got a cameraman that 3060, a shame you dont have someone to send these gpus to repair, could be something simple to revive it, doesnt look like a mined gpu

[@oxygenfy4345]

Triple 3060... They probably get mined

[@arch1107]

@@oxygenfy4345 usually just by looking at it you know it is mined or not, this one doesnt look like that could be a bios thing, a ram chip something like that, but without propper tools is hard to know anything

[@oxygenfy4345]

@arch1107 mate i understand but u can see corrasion of heatsink from miles away it rarely happens in closed pc case

[@arch1107]

@@oxygenfy4345 in the video i couldnt see that, and i was referring to this particular pc, not in general

[@oxygenfy4345]

@@arch1107 8:15

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Gt 710... Dude.. ill take that in a hurry. Wish it wasnt so expensive to ship things

[@techluvin7691]

That is a FM2+ socket Brian………not AM4

[@JezyYT]

So jealous of what you can get. The used market where I live is diabolical! Can't wait to make my first video on my new channel Unbricked*

[@_MoRZiLLo50]

I7- 5820k sealed!!! 🙂