@TURBSKI GAMING my first pc was the same but with an hd8570 and 2500. it would play cod4 and waw so i was happy at the time with it. those cases suck the gpu is upside down and anything decent size would hit the cpu cooler.
I just seen one like this on walmart app for 3hundred 60 dollars I'm thinking about getting it and sell my ps4 cause I can download games free without paying for it
I bought a gt 1050 ti low profile at $150 shipped, and now its selling for $250 to $330. $300 for the specific one I got brand new. and it didn't run on my 8200 so I had to upgrade to a newer pc to run it. and now im upgrading to a full custom build re using th essds and cpu I had and uhhhh the 1080 I want? $700. its nuts. I saw one with a ek water kit for like 450 and it sold in the hour
Hey, that was my first major gaming CPU. Those Dells are actually pretty snazzy for upgrading... assuming it doesn't involve the power supply. Those things are a PITA.
@@apollorf429 i just bought a second hand gaming laptop that is only used for 30 days or less for €554,95 with a gtx 1650 and a ryzen 5 4600h! I was so lucky!!!
My grandpa had a MONSTER pc 10 years ago... one of the first i7 and a Nvidia gtx 280. He got a 16/9 full hd monitor back then. He still uses this pc and its actually kinda acceptable!
This video was a blessing. My father brought home an Optiplex 9010 after his company was gonna throw it out. It had an SSD card in it and an AMD RX 550 so somebody actually loved this thing. I used this video as a reference to upgrade it and I’ve loved it ever since. I threw in a single fan 1660 Super, 12 GB of RAM, and a 500 Watt Power Supply for good measure and it runs amazing. I’ve even been hitting 4K 60 FPS. Thank you Linus!
Personally my favourite thing about the beard is that it helps me figure out exactly when the video has been filmed by analysing the growth Edit: he must never trim it because of this
This is exactly how i started, a $60 used PC and a $20 GPU from a friend and I was playing overwatch and CSGO at 1080p with 60fps for a while. Eventually upgraded to FX series and a GTX 970 and finally to an R7 1700 and RX580. Looking to upgrade again but I can't afford it yet
The game runs at 150+ fps at the beginning on almost any half-decent four core CPU but it doesn't really get above that, no matter what hardware you're running, because the GPU literally has nothing to do..then once stuff start happening it easily drops down into the thirties and sometimes well below that too. Source: tested a similar GPU a couple weeks ago, wouldn't ever recommend using it. Despite Linus's benchmark saying 160 average it's actually closer to 40, which he would've noticed if he didn't leave after 2 minutes of gameplay.
I used to play games on a compact version of this. It was old when I got it, was never dusted or cleaned, and lived in a poorly ventilated corner for several years and just used integrated graphics. It used an old I5 processor and had about 4 GB of ram. And I was playing games that even bring my new computer to its knees.
TBH, my protocol for a need to leave... Do nothing, but do some RW shiz I need to do... End up getting wiped out anyway and just don't restart. If I get quizzed about it - I blame our dodgy rural system (we are still using COPPER WIRE!) for the "fail".
Amado Malaya he probably swapped it with a different mATX mother board that supports 9th gen Intel processor. But if you can get that you might as well get a new case since ventilation is bad on these dell opitplex
mine can run 3 chrome tabs, a video file, and the folder manager thingy all at once, and it’s 13 years old! *i have the worlds best 13 year old pc* wait no it runs games at only 3 seconds per frame *i have the worlds best non gaming 13 year old pc*
My friend has a Dell Optiplex 9020 and it came with 32 Gb of DDR4 Memory, an intel core i7-4790k, and 1TB of SSD. He upgraded the GPU from a GT 710 to a GTX 1660 Super and his PC is a beast on even some intensive titles.
@ジョージ様 Only low end if you measure it against the 10th gen intel parts and say i3s are low end and not mid range for MOST buyers which is what the target audience of this video is. Its also a weird product by the story of the video, what family member is either A, buying a PC like that, and B, upgrading it. Cause a PC user who buys something like that would not be upgrading for any real reason, the PC aint slow. Pop a SSD in and its a snappy user experience to send out those emails or surf facebook which is all something a PC like this would be used for. Its an unrealistic story, and an unrealistic part.
Just for reference, the 7010 and this system in the video, the 9010 both can upgrade PSU's without needing the adapter. There is also a workstation version of the 7010 the T1650 that can also be upgraded without any adapters or anything. You can throw them in a different case too. You have to get creative to fix the boot up errors by prying off the plastic housing that goes around the power button pin out and connect your new case PWR + and - cables to the first set of pins, place a jumper on the middle set and just leave the one setting by itself alone and the power button will work along with no boot up errors, you can also take a case PWR LED and wire it to the dell front case connector using the purple and green wire This will turn your power button into the HDD LED which will flash when you power up the pc and when there is any activity to the HDD. They only thing I cant get working that plugs into the motherboards is the HD audio for the mic and headphone jack. But on some newer Haswell and Skylake motherboards this is not an issue because dell finally opted out on the proprietary adapter for the audio on those boards.
@@wanhockteo i actually kinda rushed buying my pc back in june of last year trying to fit it in under budget as much as possible and could barely afford it. i ended up making some decisions like a single fan gpu, 500w 80+ white psu, and a cpu which was straight up defective(i couldnt avoid that tbh) that i regretted, but atleast i had a computer I could use for over a year. plus i ended up getting a 5600x recently anyway sooo.
I absolutely love the stylish appliance look of these. These new style flashy machines look like something my 7 year old daughter would buy and stick in her room for the colors.
FYI: League of Legends runs MASSIVELY better in a practice tool game than a real game. Effects and other champions have a huge effect on FPS. My school laptop gets about 200 fps (on medium, mind you) in a custom game but only about 70-80 in game.
The 1650S is an amazing bit of kit. I replaced mine with a 3060TI after having it for just over a year, but I haven't sold it yet. It's almost, like, plucky, in how good a card it is for the 219 AUD that I bought it for.
A friend of mine got a granny's PC. Mint clean bcause was rarely used BUT turned out to be only a shittyy AMD APU chip from 10 yrs ago ---> so much fun with Half-Life series woohhoo
Cameron H I’m guessing you’re too young to realize how space age a smart phone is and how foreign it is to people even in their 50’s and 60’s, much less in their 90s. Try showing your grandma how to use a smart phone. It’s not that easy.
@@Macauley7272 wouldn't be the monitor? Srry idk much about it but as far as i know, people cap it so it doesnt stutter their monitors, like having a 75hz but ur game is at 200fps you would have to cap it.
@@spawn_dawn3657 nah I play on a 75hz with 240 FPS I could play on 30hz with 240 FPS and it would be fine it’s all dependant on pc components so I used to have for example I had an apu ( a cpu that had built in graphics) but now I was lucky enough to get a 3080 and a ryzen 7 so I can cap higher ** I didn’t actually get them but you should get the point **
This has been my dedicated streaming pc setup for the last 2 years and has performed very well over this time to run OBS . SSD, 16gb Ram and 1650 upgrades helped in keeping a solid broadcast but it did run close to 100% on the i7 3770 most of the many streams undertaken! . The Dell was given to me to see if I wanted any parts and turned out to be a very capable machine. Replaced with an i5 12th Gen and Rtx 3050 build recently but the advice on this video to not write this old tech off is invaluable! It's now being repurposed to run as a dedicated ARK pc (it's the only Steam game I play) resulting in a very playable game on high settings even in 2022. Back in early 2020 the Gtx 1650 was only about £135 in the UK!
I bought my PC 5 or 6 years ago (i5 4th gen). After watching this video, I bought a ssd with dram cache, made my 8gb(ddr3) ram 16gb and a gtx 1650 (because of budget). MAN!! My PC is real fast now. So definitely worth upgrading . Thanks linus😁😁
whats ur toughts on the gtx 1650? i have it in y current ( and first ) build and it hasn't been amazing but compared to my dads laptop from 2012 with an i5 integrated graphics id say its a HUGE upgrade. what do you think of it so far?
@@arson9009 well actually if u look at gtx series, 1650 is not very good choice(but currently graphics Cards are all stock out so its actually lucky to have a card in ur PC now).I would've rather bought rx 570(it wasn't available and it was a little old at that time)at my budget but gtx 1650 is good to go if ur gaming at 60hz or have a low budget (like I had).I also had a very old PC and 60hz monitor. This card is very good upgrade choice. I am playing on 60 hz and everything is just fine u can also game at 144hz at low graphics. I bought my PC 7 years ago it had rx 270 GPU. I upgraded(ram,gtx1650,ssd)few years later. So, as a first build gtx 1650 is not very bad choice at a low budget .Chill & Game 🤗🤗🤗
@@wantedlynx1482 Dram makes your ssd faster, it works like the ram for your cpu. It handles stuff with a small but super fast storage buffer. So while it does not increase your fps in games (for now), it does help with booting your system faster and you can fill up your ssd more without it losing preformance.
I recently got an optiplex 790 from a friend and got a 400w psu and 250gb ssd from another friend who basically had it just lying around and then a gtx 1060 off eBay for just under $100. I went from running absolutely nothing to pretty much running anything I want in like a week. It was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Now all I really have to worry about is a cpu upgrade down the road. These are a pretty solid deal though if you're just gifted the prebuilt machine or something. I love this thing.
In my experience even hardest bots don't play well early game but in late game they always stick together and instantly launch all their stuns within ms of sight. Its easy to win with heroes that have AoE though.
lol, they haven't updated the AI in almost a year and it still crushes Linus. It has god-tier reflexes and last-hitting mechanics. It's fairly shit when it comes to the overall course of the game though.
Can relate to. Bought and used a Gt 620, while waiting for my GPU from RMA. After 3 weeks getting constantly BSODs, even at Win 10 boot screen, pulled the trigger and bought a 5700. Besides of one game no problems so far. Garbage Nvidia drivers...
Cries with INTEL INTEGRATED HIGH DEFENITION GRAPHICS CARD FOR PREVIOUS GENERATION INTEL PROCESSORS which only has directX 10 support...and can maximum play 720p videos
NO ONE ELSE LIKE WE GOT 69 LIKES I bought myself one of these and I love it, I upgraded the power supply by going through my grandfathers old pc and got a 500w evga psu. and i also got myself a 1660ti, it runs warzone easy. ram kit is 16 gigs, thats what i got from the seller.
I also have one, put an ssd in it, upgraded to 16gb ram. Have an i7-4770 and Gtx 1080 arriving. I also have a 600w power supply already. I can’t wait to finally upgrade this horse. It’s a good pc on the cheap especially since you can drop a 75w GPU in it like a 1650 and its a good pc.
@@shubhabrataray1313 Maybe if you're a hyper competitive top-level gamer. 144hz is what I would consider pretty fucking fine for just about any average schmuck.
I've been working in an electronics repair shop for about 8-9 years now. We always get dozens of these 3/4th gen Intel Optiplex systems and slap SSDs in them to sell as general purpose computers. Something we used to back in about 2016/2017 was throw 1050Ti's in them. With a 1050Ti in one of these suckers you could totally play pretty much any game on the market at mostly high or all high settings and still get a very respectable 40-60 FPS at 1080p. The other huge benefit of the 1050Ti for this task was it required no additional power. So there was no need to try to swap out the PSU, it just pulled what it needed from the PCI lane. At the time, you could get a VERY reasonable "gaming PC" for about $100 (for the Optiplex system) plus a 1050Ti, so maybe around $400 with an SSD? Most of the time you did not even need to buy Windows either, as you could just use the existing COA and key that resides on the case itself to activate Windows 10.
Would like to ask what your idle, average, and max cpu temp reading on your i7-3770? Are you guys using fan cooler or Liquid cooling? This video came perfectly timed. Kinda hurt though when it was called a grandma computer since I've been looking highly of this i7-3770 recently cuz I've actually been planning to upgrade my i5-2400(Gtx1050) to i7-3770(Gtx1060) since they have the same 1155 socket. You can check out how my pc looks on my channel. Looks cool outside, but the insides is lol... ruclips.net/video/_f_OWgKCXgA/видео.html
@@twb0109 keep in mind he played in Training Mode, not a real match, without more players. My Ryzen 5 1600 could do around 300 fps in Training or even Coop, but went down to 140ish and, as the game progressed, 80ish in real games, even with freezes. It was so funny to play The Witcher 3 2K Ultra and LOL at the same framerate....
@@upsideduck9165 on my 2nd pc and first time I paid for it completely has a 3060 as well. How has it been doing for you? I only have a 1080p monitor so ofc it's gonna stomp
@@andrewprince5143 same i only have 60hz 1080p monitor at the moment. i mean imo gaming in pc is way way wayyy much better. You can turn of vsync in games where in console youre stuck with horrible input delay. and on the competitive side (warzone specifically) it feels damn good! i should have switched to pc sooner , i thought consoles could catch up
There's 2 obstacles to resolve before you can put a high powered video card into these type of Dells: 1) As the video mentioned, the power supply needs swapping out with something that can power high end cards. Dell has not used a proprietary 20-pin connector since the P3 era, but look at it anyways (24 pins now) and make sure the wire colors match a standard ATX just to be sure. Then look for any funny proprietary connectors that a standard ATX PSU doesn't have. I don't think that's generally an issue in this family of Optiplexes/Precisions , but look close at pictures before buying one. 2) The drive cage in these Dells will block longer video cards. 10.5"/267mm cards (a common length for higher end cards) will not fit. There's videos on youtube about how to drill out the drive cage and get rid of it. Honestly if I was on a really tight budget I think I'd prioritize RAM and video card before the SSD. Half the time these resold office PCs have bad hard drives in them though. A well designed game shouldn't run much different on a hard drive (other than taking longer to load, big deal) as long as you have enough RAM. I don't have experience gaming on Win10 though, I use Win7 which doesn't do as much stupid crap so it's not as abusive to the storage. --- As for budget PSUs: If you are knowledgeable with PSUs and study details while shopping, you can get amazing deals on eBay for power supplies that came as OEM from other prebuilt systems. People are afraid to buy them and they get dumped in volume, so their prices end up cheap. The quality of these PSUs is usually very good, you just need to find the ones with high wattage ratings that were made for ATX compatible professional workstations and such. This is the "sweat equity" alternative to throwing down Benjamins for an equivalent quality retail PSU. The risk is ending up with something nonstandard that you can't use. That's why you have to understand PSUs well, study the pictures, and research part numbers carefully before buying. When it arrives, it's a good idea to probe voltages with a multimeter to make sure everything matches the expected pinout so you don't blow anything up with it. If you can solder, it may open even more options to adapt PSUs that weren't wired for a standard ATX/PCIE gaming system but do have the power capacity to handle it. If you want to keep it simple, foolproof, etc, then stick to retail brands and spend more money.
There is also the option of getting simply a small ssd just for the os while still keeping the original hard drive in there. Put the games on the hard drive while keeping the ssd for the OS. It's not expensive and you're not compromising storage space
It's hilarious how Linus reviewed Fatty Dove's SSD with the intention to mock it but instead he's now recommending the product in this video. Fatty Dove wins.
I have an old Optiplex 9020 with an i7-4770 so I’m definitely gonna give it some new life! Did the same for my dad’s old Sony VAIO laptop and man, that thing could hardly boot before and now it’s up and running quick thanks to an SSD instead of the old HDD and double the RAM it had off the shelf. It’s honestly impressive what old processors can still do today when you give them decent components to use.
@@this_is_patrick If it costs 1 dollar US, it will cost between ~1.50 and ~1.70 Canadian at a time when the exchange rate is 1USD is about 1.40CAD. Canada prices are not as bad as some nations, where the cost differential is more than our 10% to 30% over exchange still it is very shocking to watch someone talk about a "50 dollar" cpu/ram/sbc etc and you can not get the same item (manufacturer/part number) for less than 90 here.
You'd honestly be surprised, about a decade ago I worked in electronics in Walmart and most elderly people understood that a stronger pc would last then longer. It's generally the people in their late 20s to early 40s who don't understand that shit 200-250$ laptop won't even be decent out the box let alone 1-5yrs down the road
I feel for you, bro, I use a Intel Xeon 2.00Ghz on socket 775 with 4 Gigs of DDR2 RAM, a cheap SSD and a 550Ti and I was struggling to get decent framerates on Mass Effect 1 and CS:GO and, well, it tanked bad, so now I'm only playing Ferrari Virtual Race, CS 1.6 and Battlefield 1942.
I have a Dell optiplex 790, i5 2400, 16GB 4x4 ram 1333mhz, GTX 1060 6GB, 1TB SAMSUNG EVO SSD, 1TB HDD seagate, 144hz Monitor Acer adaptive sync, Corsair CV550 bronze cert PSU. This pc is a beast and can still play any game from MID to ULTRA settings. You guys can upgrade your computer too!
My dad's been gaming on one of these 3010's for years. Slapped in an ssd and GTX950, works great! Though we're finally upgrading him to Ryzen this month!
This video actually got me into desktop gaming. I've only had laptops but this made me decide to build a desktop on the cheap, and it works amazing. Got a 7020 with i7-4770k and gtx 980. Love it
I got 2 of these from work for free ,and 3 more pcs, i mainly use them to 3d print , but i did want to upgrade one to play games , thanks for the video
I'm impressed how you support the continuance of dated technology. I completely agree with the philosophy that because a technology is "obsolete" by industry standards, certainly doesn't mean that it's incapable of performing. It does mean that the performance will be less refined but where is the point that a number becomes just a bigger number? Yes benchmarks can show a difference between high end cards but in real life gameplay, can any one of us truly say that we can see the difference between 256fps and 268fps? No, and if anyone was to say they can, well they are super human then. I find it awesome that you support reviving and prolonging the use of capable technology rather than support the e-waste industry. As well, the support for those of us on a budget is a necessary niche that you fill quite nicely without being condescending to those of us wanting to get the most out of our existing PC's. Well done LTT!
Yeah, It's all about the purpose of the build, i7 3rd or 4th gen maybe really dated for content's creator like for editing video, but for just gaming I think it's comparable to 10th gen i3 or 1st or 2nd gen Ryzen 3, so It's still really capable for gaming.
Processer improvements have been so stagnate that you can pretty much just skip out on processor upgrades as long as you are quad core and just drop that $$$ into a gpu and be pretty much good to go for gaming applications. My only major grievance with older hardware is it has a higher power draw, but that is not always a deal breaker.
Amen. I agree with the philosophy. I built 2 gaming PCs using obsolete hardware. I bought a PSU, extra RAM, and an SSD for each PC. I added my two GTX 980Ti cards. i5 6600 w/980ti
You can get some really great deals on these old optiplexes, I've used them as cheap server computers. I got one with a i5 3570 and one with a i5 4570 for $150 including tax and shipping. add more ram and an SSD and you have a pretty decent rig. The only downside is the lack of m.2 support and the need for a new PSU and PSU adapter for the motherboard power if you wanna add a decent GPU to the case. (I guess you could get around this with some dual psu jank but your tower will look like a mining rig lol)
LTT really needs someone who actually knows how to play these games do the bench marking. Your League FPS will go 3x down in a team fight where 10 players are actually using up to 40 spells all at once. You can't get much info from just 1 player who isn't doing anything
damn, that's...i think an integrated gpu has better performance than your card. why don't you get something like an rx 570(at least)? those are really cheap.
"This is a gaming PC?"
75% of the subscribers- "shit thats better than what i have!"
@TURBSKI GAMING my first pc was the same but with an hd8570 and 2500. it would play cod4 and waw so i was happy at the time with it. those cases suck the gpu is upside down and anything decent size would hit the cpu cooler.
I just seen one like this on walmart app for 3hundred 60 dollars I'm thinking about getting it and sell my ps4 cause I can download games free without paying for it
Exactly, i only have q6600 and gts 450, modern title at lowest settings no problem.
Yeah, i'm on i3, 8GB ram and 1GB nVidia GT 520M
I have a Ryzen 3100 and rx 5500 xt 4gb
"Pick up one of these [GPUs] later on down the line, once they fall in price"
That didn't age well
I bought a gt 1050 ti low profile at $150 shipped, and now its selling for $250 to $330. $300 for the specific one I got brand new. and it didn't run on my 8200 so I had to upgrade to a newer pc to run it. and now im upgrading to a full custom build re using th essds and cpu I had and uhhhh the 1080 I want? $700. its nuts. I saw one with a ek water kit for like 450 and it sold in the hour
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Man I can't wait till the market gets back to normal
Gtx 1660 cost $500?!?
It happens like every year man
You know your grandma's rich when she has a 3rd gen i7.
The closest thing I found in my grandma's place was a webtv...
Or you are an 8yo whose grandma isn't even 50 yet
Streaming in 1997
I think my grandma's laptop has a celeron. It should have been recycled _years_ ago
Hey, that was my first major gaming CPU. Those Dells are actually pretty snazzy for upgrading... assuming it doesn't involve the power supply. Those things are a PITA.
11:38 Linus: “ones they fall in price”
Gtx 1660 ti two years ago: $250
Gtx 1660 ti in 2021: $600
I bought i used GTX 1650 for 250...
@@apollorf429 i just bought a second hand gaming laptop that is only used for 30 days or less for €554,95 with a gtx 1650 and a ryzen 5 4600h! I was so lucky!!!
@@G3L145 that's pretty good! I put mine in an optiplex 3020 with a 4th gen i5 and 16 gigs ram and it rocks
Ow
@@G3L145 dude, so lucky. The laptop I have is about 600€ I think, and the gpu is trash. It's an AMD R5 M330
The Dell Optiplex is like the 90's Honda Civic rice rocket/sleeper version of PC Gaming. Cheap and easy to tune for better performance.
I couldn’t have said it better
It goes nicely with the Chad Linus look. I am pleasantly surprised, to be honest.
Type r stands for type ricer
As a Honda tech and someone that still builds Honda's. I can vouch for this whole heatedly
you forgot the fart can
When he started the video with "Thanks to Grandma..." I thought his grandma sponsored this video
Linus is the type of guy who'd monetize his grandma
Grandma: Laptop legends
Lmao same
Saaammeeee broo xDDD
🤣
i like how league gives 170 fps on this old machine and the verge choose to benchmark this game
That too capped
Look, at least he remembered to use his tweezers.
@@pabelnath but he forgot the cpu installer. He should've taken the CPU off then use it to put it back in the socket.
Aadi Sahni OOF
@@taperboi6067 big oofs🤣
My grandpa had a MONSTER pc 10 years ago... one of the first i7 and a Nvidia gtx 280. He got a 16/9 full hd monitor back then. He still uses this pc and its actually kinda acceptable!
man that could probably use a GTS 450 as it's main gpu
that's like me, i have first gen i7 and it still works fine!
bruh i have core i3 pc
get him a new gpu grandpappy deserves it
@@andyanguiano3042 grandpa uses the pc for office work so I think he doesn't need it
“2, 4 gig sticks of ram” better than dell’s one 8 gig stick in secret shopper.
21mins ago wow you got recommended too?
The 1 stick/2 sticks only really makes a difference with AMD based PC's
but yea, you're right
@@gastaannoying1780 not true dual channel operation benefits both Intel and AMD. It does benefit AMD more tho, ur right
@@gastaannoying1780 no its not about the cpu.
why the hell i am getting samsungs adds only wtf is with youtube
Omg he reviewed my PC I’m feeling so honoured right now
Choo Jun hong I was so exited when I saw that tower bc I have a 9010 with an ssd and 1050 and it runs D2 at 1440p 70hz with no lag
I got a sff one on accident, and just added a gt 1030, and runs 1080 60fps
I know right
SAME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I had a similar one but with a i5 2400, a gtx 1050 and 8 gigs of ram
This video was a blessing. My father brought home an Optiplex 9010 after his company was gonna throw it out. It had an SSD card in it and an AMD RX 550 so somebody actually loved this thing. I used this video as a reference to upgrade it and I’ve loved it ever since. I threw in a single fan 1660 Super, 12 GB of RAM, and a 500 Watt Power Supply for good measure and it runs amazing. I’ve even been hitting 4K 60 FPS. Thank you Linus!
What games?
W! So glad it worked out for you :)
@@Cringemoment4045Solitaire and breakout
4K 60 in half life prolly lol
"Graphics card" "fall in price" lol, those were the days
Falling up in price is more like it.
Imagineer getting a gpu for less then $300
I can’t even find a 1650 super cheaper than $300😂😭
@hwhehe hehehe yikes
@@seamusmckeon9109 I'm glad I got my 580 when I did
Personally my favourite thing about the beard is that it helps me figure out exactly when the video has been filmed by analysing the growth
Edit: he must never trim it because of this
@King Graveth Everyone looks better with a better, Everyone looks creepy with a mustaceh -science
@@SteveOnlin some people can pull off a moustache
Noah Harriman agreed
Dang, you just straight up stole the top comment from the last few videos
@@bradley9856 lol that's pretty sad
"Eww look at that GT 640"
*Cries in intel hd graphics*
laughing in internet cafe
geforce 310m 🤩
Oh wow. 72 likes, nice!
I have a graphics card that was worse thann my intel hd graphics it gave my 15 frames a second vs 30 frames a second :'(
Cries in gt 620
cries in no graphocs card
This is exactly how i started, a $60 used PC and a $20 GPU from a friend and I was playing overwatch and CSGO at 1080p with 60fps for a while. Eventually upgraded to FX series and a GTX 970 and finally to an R7 1700 and RX580. Looking to upgrade again but I can't afford it yet
R7 1700 and RX580 is still pretty good for 1080p 144hz
In all honesty the design of those Optiplex cases never look too dated, they still look pretty good
I agree with that especially as somebody who doesn’t give a damn about astestics
I prefer the look of them.
Shy Guy Shane stop the malarkey
In my opinion they look better then the old HP desktop
My case is optiplex but its still good
160 fps on LoL.... thats more than the verges 2k dollar pc.
The game runs at 150+ fps at the beginning on almost any half-decent four core CPU but it doesn't really get above that, no matter what hardware you're running, because the GPU literally has nothing to do..then once stuff start happening it easily drops down into the thirties and sometimes well below that too.
Source: tested a similar GPU a couple weeks ago, wouldn't ever recommend using it. Despite Linus's benchmark saying 160 average it's actually closer to 40, which he would've noticed if he didn't leave after 2 minutes of gameplay.
didn't he lock the frames?
@@slothminion4620 yeah
@@g2fiora Also, notice that there are no other bots or players in the test, so cpu has very little to do actually.
i get 200 fps on amd ryzen 3 3200g
"once gpu's fall in price in future"....famous last words
fr LOOL
More like it aged like a fine milk
@@photondebuger45 but not the kind that makes delicious cheese. At least, not yet. At least SLI kinda works with unofficial drivers
I was like 960 for $70??????
was just thinking the same thing
I used to play games on a compact version of this. It was old when I got it, was never dusted or cleaned, and lived in a poorly ventilated corner for several years and just used integrated graphics. It used an old I5 processor and had about 4 GB of ram. And I was playing games that even bring my new computer to its knees.
This is either a press F to doubt moment or you went back in time and bought an IBM 😂
linus: runs multiple tech tips channels
also linus: literally sticks his finger into gpu fan
Even the people that know how to handle tech mess up sometimes, just like when accidentally break half of a RAM slot
who needs finger tip when you have tech tip
If they are able to break ram slots, they clearly doesn't know to handle tech... 🤣
Where?
I do the same to test the fan. As long as you only touch the center is alright
"can I just leave the game?"
Damn Canadians really are nice
TBH, my protocol for a need to leave... Do nothing, but do some RW shiz I need to do... End up getting wiped out anyway and just don't restart.
If I get quizzed about it - I blame our dodgy rural system (we are still using COPPER WIRE!) for the "fail".
I am one, I'm in Ontario, Linus is in Alberta!
@@theoshaule You mean British Columbia
oh ok
me no smrt
Its funny how my dad brought a pc home from his office and it was this one exactly
lol
mine too , i slapped a i5-9500 and a gtx 1650 with ssd on it and its is a really good
TAJ thanks for the info
@@Ahmed-tw3we What optiplex did you have that supports a 9th gen i5??
Amado Malaya he probably swapped it with a different mATX mother board that supports 9th gen Intel processor. But if you can get that you might as well get a new case since ventilation is bad on these dell opitplex
Great video. Still totally valid. Worked for me (just picked up a 10 year old i7-3770 , stuck a 1050Ti in it, and it is surprisingly competent).
Watching Linus pull out the old graphics card with the HDMI still plugged in (9:10), was a little painful to watch.
loool didn't even notice
Haha I saw that land I cringed a bit
Im going to pretend I didn't see that.
I've done that before and I was really confused as to why it wasn't coming out…
Can’t say I haven’t accidentally done it before
You know this PC is a legend when it can run Chrome and game at the same time.
Hey what about OBS I mean the recording software
@@justken5 true
mine can run 3 chrome tabs, a video file, and the folder manager thingy all at once, and it’s 13 years old!
*i have the worlds best 13 year old pc*
wait no it runs games at only 3 seconds per frame
*i have the worlds best non gaming 13 year old pc*
@@juliaanimates9765 hey I play games at 60 fps high settings but if I open 1 chrome tab the game becomes choppy
I ran dino game and chrome at the same time. Does that counts?
Linus: " *Can I guilt free leave?* "
Me: *Asking the same question during my zoom classes*
lol
Gotta ask the question, can I not even show up
so fucking relatable lmao
Lmaooo
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My friend has a Dell Optiplex 9020 and it came with 32 Gb of DDR4 Memory, an intel core i7-4790k, and 1TB of SSD. He upgraded the GPU from a GT 710 to a GTX 1660 Super and his PC is a beast on even some intensive titles.
just ordered an optiplex 9020 w 16gb ram and 1tb ssd and a 1660 as well! can't wait to build it
LTT still in touch with the average person. Well Done. Well Done.
“inexpensive 120hz monitor”
@@whiskersmedia Its actually 144hz
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With his new beard, he is trying to keep in touch with the average person’s wife.
@ジョージ様 Only low end if you measure it against the 10th gen intel parts and say i3s are low end and not mid range for MOST buyers which is what the target audience of this video is. Its also a weird product by the story of the video, what family member is either A, buying a PC like that, and B, upgrading it. Cause a PC user who buys something like that would not be upgrading for any real reason, the PC aint slow. Pop a SSD in and its a snappy user experience to send out those emails or surf facebook which is all something a PC like this would be used for. Its an unrealistic story, and an unrealistic part.
"who's got time for this"
"well, gamers. but you can leave"
nice burn colton
JakeIsWayBlack being called a gamer is the greatest insult of 2020
Humble too. Linus called him for advice because... he knows as a gamer.
@@chaosz7933 ouch
Linus: "In fairness though, it was born tired."
I can relate bro.
Just for reference, the 7010 and this system in the video, the 9010 both can upgrade PSU's without needing the adapter. There is also a workstation version of the 7010 the T1650 that can also be upgraded without any adapters or anything. You can throw them in a different case too. You have to get creative to fix the boot up errors by prying off the plastic housing that goes around the power button pin out and connect your new case PWR + and - cables to the first set of pins, place a jumper on the middle set and just leave the one setting by itself alone and the power button will work along with no boot up errors, you can also take a case PWR LED and wire it to the dell front case connector using the purple and green wire This will turn your power button into the HDD LED which will flash when you power up the pc and when there is any activity to the HDD. They only thing I cant get working that plugs into the motherboards is the HD audio for the mic and headphone jack. But on some newer Haswell and Skylake motherboards this is not an issue because dell finally opted out on the proprietary adapter for the audio on those boards.
That HDMI cable was like "Hey chill bro!"
RIP Cable
It's just an HDMI cable, probably just some rando used one laying around. Not like it's an $80 Apple Thunderbolt 3 5A cable.
It's only funny if you have done it.
11:36 “Pick up one of these later down the line, once they fall in price” Oh Linus, if only you knew 9 months ago
*visible pain*
Good thing I bought a 1060 weeks before the price rocketed up
I have a full on 800$ pc, but no gpu still :(
@@saltys1065 same bro my 10700k from microcenter is suffering :(
@@wanhockteo i actually kinda rushed buying my pc back in june of last year trying to fit it in under budget as much as possible and could barely afford it. i ended up making some decisions like a single fan gpu, 500w 80+ white psu, and a cpu which was straight up defective(i couldnt avoid that tbh) that i regretted, but atleast i had a computer I could use for over a year. plus i ended up getting a 5600x recently anyway sooo.
"OpTiPlEx Is OuT DaTeD"
*cries in underfunded IT dept*
Noooooo way would you say that
Cries in OptiPlex 7010
Cries in school
I have optiplex 9020 with Intel core I5 4th and GT 710
Cries in optiplex 360
I absolutely love the stylish appliance look of these.
These new style flashy machines look like something my 7 year old daughter would buy and stick in her room for the colors.
FYI: League of Legends runs MASSIVELY better in a practice tool game than a real game. Effects and other champions have a huge effect on FPS. My school laptop gets about 200 fps (on medium, mind you) in a custom game but only about 70-80 in game.
yea i want to see the fps during a teamfight lol.
@@litapd311 a teamfight near the elder dragon* lmao that shit lags alot on low-end pcs
Same goes for dota 2
teamfight with spam heavy champs (corki, yi, alistar, you get the point), elder buff, and baron'd up
I noticed like most of the new star guardian skins and witch brew bliztcrank drops my fps lol
gt 640s last words "YOUR RIPPING ME OUT WITH THE MONITOR PLUGGED I-..."
LOL
Yeah I saw that too but im no too worried about that ol´hdmi port lol
Linus: "Is that a GT 640, nasty"
Me rocking a GT 220: "Shame"
Me rocking a GT 210: "Pathetic"
h o w
I was rocking a pentium dual core with a gt 430 from 2012 to 2018 xd
me too i have i3 3rd gen i can upgradde to gt 730 4gb hmmm 4 gb ram and 120 gb ssd goooooood
The funfact. My gpu died so i put gt 640 in it and have 70-90fps with worse cpu and 8 gigs of ram. Playing at all low with 1080p. (I ordered rx 480)
The 1650S is an amazing bit of kit. I replaced mine with a 3060TI after having it for just over a year, but I haven't sold it yet. It's almost, like, plucky, in how good a card it is for the 219 AUD that I bought it for.
The funny thing is that is the exact computer my grandma actually has. 😂
Glad your grandma can use a PC, mine never understood a VCR, she had to stop using cameras when they went digital lol, she is 90 though in fairness.
Same here😂
A friend of mine got a granny's PC. Mint clean bcause was rarely used BUT turned out to be only a shittyy AMD APU chip from 10 yrs ago ---> so much fun with Half-Life series woohhoo
Cameron H I’m guessing you’re too young to realize how space age a smart phone is and how foreign it is to people even in their 50’s and 60’s, much less in their 90s. Try showing your grandma how to use a smart phone. It’s not that easy.
My pc is this one but I have quite a few upgrades
And I can play rust and tf2
"Who's got time for this?"
"I mean, you know, Gamers"
It seems like Linus just like showing off his computers and not actually gaming lol
The Verge: 2000$ to run lol on 120fps
LTT: buy a pc for 120$ to play 150fps on lol...
I mean who tf would cap lol at 120 fps lmao
@@spawn_dawn3657 before I upgraded my pc I had to
@@Macauley7272 wouldn't be the monitor? Srry idk much about it but as far as i know, people cap it so it doesnt stutter their monitors, like having a 75hz but ur game is at 200fps you would have to cap it.
@@spawn_dawn3657 nah I play on a 75hz with 240 FPS I could play on 30hz with 240 FPS and it would be fine it’s all dependant on pc components so I used to have for example I had an apu ( a cpu that had built in graphics) but now I was lucky enough to get a 3080 and a ryzen 7 so I can cap higher ** I didn’t actually get them but you should get the point **
Dw that was an example I don’t have them specs but you get the point
This has been my dedicated streaming pc setup for the last 2 years and has performed very well over this time to run OBS . SSD, 16gb Ram and 1650 upgrades helped in keeping a solid broadcast but it did run close to 100% on the i7 3770 most of the many streams undertaken! . The Dell was given to me to see if I wanted any parts and turned out to be a very capable machine. Replaced with an i5 12th Gen and Rtx 3050 build recently but the advice on this video to not write this old tech off is invaluable! It's now being repurposed to run as a dedicated ARK pc (it's the only Steam game I play) resulting in a very playable game on high settings even in 2022. Back in early 2020 the Gtx 1650 was only about £135 in the UK!
Man im loving the "new" intro.🔥
same lol
The RTX - ON intro
It looks like shit
Now if they just change the damn song for once
The new one's worse imo
Slapping a 1050ti in almost everything will make it faster
my oldest sister has a pc exactly like that, and she told me she just slapped a 1050ti in it lmao
*cries in gtx 1050*
Yes thats true
@@user-we8dt8gj7q same
Rx 570 actually. 20% faster than a gtx 1650 even for half the price sometimes.
I bought my PC 5 or 6 years ago (i5 4th gen). After watching this video, I bought a ssd with dram cache, made my 8gb(ddr3) ram 16gb and a gtx 1650 (because of budget). MAN!! My PC is real fast now. So definitely worth upgrading . Thanks linus😁😁
whats ur toughts on the gtx 1650? i have it in y current ( and first ) build and it hasn't been amazing but compared to my dads laptop from 2012 with an i5 integrated graphics id say its a HUGE upgrade. what do you think of it so far?
@@arson9009 well actually if u look at gtx series, 1650 is not very good choice(but currently graphics
Cards are all stock out so its actually lucky to have a card in ur PC now).I would've rather bought rx 570(it wasn't available and it was a little old at that time)at my budget but gtx 1650 is good to go if ur gaming at 60hz or have a low budget (like I had).I also had a very old PC and 60hz monitor. This card is very good upgrade choice. I am playing on 60 hz and everything is just fine u can also game at 144hz at low graphics.
I bought my PC 7 years ago it had rx 270 GPU. I upgraded(ram,gtx1650,ssd)few years later. So, as a first build gtx 1650 is not very bad choice at a low budget .Chill & Game 🤗🤗🤗
what do you mean by ssd "with dram cache"? does the dram cache help you with pc performance?
@@wantedlynx1482 Dram makes your ssd faster, it works like the ram for your cpu. It handles stuff with a small but super fast storage buffer. So while it does not increase your fps in games (for now), it does help with booting your system faster and you can fill up your ssd more without it losing preformance.
lol im still playing gta v on 4gb ram and gt 730
I recently got an optiplex 790 from a friend and got a 400w psu and 250gb ssd from another friend who basically had it just lying around and then a gtx 1060 off eBay for just under $100. I went from running absolutely nothing to pretty much running anything I want in like a week. It was one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Now all I really have to worry about is a cpu upgrade down the road. These are a pretty solid deal though if you're just gifted the prebuilt machine or something. I love this thing.
"How's the easy AI so smart?"
Welcome to Dota 2
Elon Musk
In my experience even hardest bots don't play well early game but in late game they always stick together and instantly launch all their stuns within ms of sight. Its easy to win with heroes that have AoE though.
@Str8DV8 lmaoo in this one
lol, they haven't updated the AI in almost a year and it still crushes Linus. It has god-tier reflexes and last-hitting mechanics. It's fairly shit when it comes to the overall course of the game though.
If its an enemy AI they're smart but if in your team, well you know exactly what I mean.
is funny because that’s literally my pc lmao
can it run roblox doe?
Me too
Just got mine yesterday. The best PC for a sleeper build.
THE blackmask gamer youtube bros can it boot up doe?
Yeah same I have a gt 1030 and 710 in it
9:12 he really hated that GPU, just pulling it like that while the cable is still plugged in lol
Can relate to. Bought and used a Gt 620, while waiting for my GPU from RMA. After 3 weeks getting constantly BSODs, even at Win 10 boot screen, pulled the trigger and bought a 5700. Besides of one game no problems so far. Garbage Nvidia drivers...
MasteryOff i mean it was a gt 620
@@MasteryOff u havent seen the amd drivers yet lmao
@@MasteryOff I had an Asus Gt 640 and had no problems at all.
MasteryOff sounds more like someone realized the card wasn’t working well and quickly sold it for a quick buck
If you do buy one of these cases, be aware that some graphics cards will be to long, so either use different parts or remove the drive bay.
linus pro pc builder: tears out a graphics card when the HDMI cable is still in there
I do that every time.
No clip on that cable, falls right out, like a brother pulling out of my mother. Now if it was DVI or DP, yeah, don't do that.
AluminumHaste r/holup
@@AluminumHaste "Like a brother pulling out of my mother", DUDE? On an unrelated note you can get DP cables without those stupid retention clips.
yeah I still do this from time to time... the shame
Linus: "Hey you're harming the experience of the other players"
What they meant was joining the server not trying to leave.
Oh DAMN
“Ew, look at that 640!”
_Cries in Intel Integrated Graphics with only OpenGL 1.4 support_
AJAJA exactly lol
cries in core2duo
cries in out of stock
Cries with INTEL INTEGRATED HIGH DEFENITION GRAPHICS CARD FOR PREVIOUS GENERATION INTEL PROCESSORS which only has directX 10 support...and can maximum play 720p videos
Cries in 2008 motherboard graphics
5:23 “Who’s got time for this?”
*You know, gamers*
Leage of legends is running at a higher FPS than the verge 2000$ PC build
To be fair, they did not "build" that pc. More like throw some stuff in a box, jiggle it, and hope for the best.
I didnt watch the video, but did they play an actual online math of League or just the custom match with AI
@@DigitalEWhore they just play a league vid i guess
I have a gtx 960 and the game pvp runs at 70fps - 100fps, in practice tool runs at 300 - 340 fps
He was playing a solo custom, that’s why, with 9 more players it wouldn’t have been playable
"Is that a GT 640 card, That is nasty"
-me with GT 650 😎
It’s a GTX 650
@@EvilTurkeySlices shhhh dont ruin the joke
-me with my RTX 2080 Laptop 🤯🎉🥰
@@Gaetano.94 r/woooosh
@@Gaetano.94 i've got a GTX 570 :o
"GT 640 its nasty"
Give me that nasty graphics card. that could be gold for me
You could buy a used Rx 570 tbh
ok.. want my old nasty gt 610 2gb gpu too? i mean it might even run youtube in hd..who knows.. :P
@@chloeprice8 bett ill take a massive upgrade i don't even have a gpu
I would give you my gt 710 for your good internet that isn't .5 mbps and 1200 ping
@Quinula should've bought an RX570. It's wayy better and faster
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I bought myself one of these and I love it, I upgraded the power supply by going through my grandfathers old pc and got a 500w evga psu. and i also got myself a 1660ti, it runs warzone easy. ram kit is 16 gigs, thats what i got from the seller.
I also have one, put an ssd in it, upgraded to 16gb ram. Have an i7-4770 and Gtx 1080 arriving. I also have a 600w power supply already. I can’t wait to finally upgrade this horse. It’s a good pc on the cheap especially since you can drop a 75w GPU in it like a 1650 and its a good pc.
Mine has 4th gen i7 with a zotac gaming 1650 in it and it is pretty decent
@@fishstream1 you put in a new cpu?
@@therealfatfinch I have a optiplex 9020 I think they all came with i7 gen 4
But one small issue with that is it has a 6 pin motherboard power instead of a 24
"In fairness to it, it was born tired"
This speaks to me on the deepest level.
Uh bad day?
@@deutschelehrer69 Uh bad day?
@@deutschelehrer69 well the past 30 years haven't been great. But I'm still here.
PC: Getting 150+ FPS
Linus: We're barely on spec here.
Because those are baby numbers
@@sturm2186 anything more than that is overkill my g
@@shubhabrataray1313 Maybe if you're a hyper competitive top-level gamer. 144hz is what I would consider pretty fucking fine for just about any average schmuck.
@@shubhabrataray1313 cries in 60-150 fps in csgo with gt 730 and i5 2400 hdd
because im on a budget i will replace it with gt 1030 and ssd very soon
It's fucking league.
when your grandma accepted cybernetic enhancement to prolong her life...
**Chippin' In plays**
When your actually not funny...
@@vyanldn well 222 likes prove your statement...
Vyan, when your comment is pointless because the comment is funny
This made me think about grandma ;n;
I've been working in an electronics repair shop for about 8-9 years now. We always get dozens of these 3/4th gen Intel Optiplex systems and slap SSDs in them to sell as general purpose computers. Something we used to back in about 2016/2017 was throw 1050Ti's in them. With a 1050Ti in one of these suckers you could totally play pretty much any game on the market at mostly high or all high settings and still get a very respectable 40-60 FPS at 1080p. The other huge benefit of the 1050Ti for this task was it required no additional power. So there was no need to try to swap out the PSU, it just pulled what it needed from the PCI lane. At the time, you could get a VERY reasonable "gaming PC" for about $100 (for the Optiplex system) plus a 1050Ti, so maybe around $400 with an SSD? Most of the time you did not even need to buy Windows either, as you could just use the existing COA and key that resides on the case itself to activate Windows 10.
Who else knows the Glasswire script by heart?
Me lol
Glasswire is the shittiest software out there.
I didn't know glasswire was a song
Yay! Finally someone agrees with me. (Person who liked my comment)
Linus made it a song, I mean he gets sponsored by Glasswire several times
When you realize that this old pc is better than your current pc
Ik 😭😭
The 3770 was a beast of a CPU, and still is. Helped along by Intel's stagnation, and AMD only recently becoming relevant again.
when you realize you spent $700 on a good PC. there’s no in between
nah, the GPU maybe lol.... I got a radeon 290 that can still keep up with most games
I'm glad when I get 30pfs xD
Linus just called my desktop "Grandma's old computer"
Would like to ask what your idle, average, and max cpu temp reading on your i7-3770? Are you guys using fan cooler or Liquid cooling?
This video came perfectly timed.
Kinda hurt though when it was called a grandma computer since I've been looking highly of this i7-3770 recently cuz
I've actually been planning to upgrade my i5-2400(Gtx1050) to i7-3770(Gtx1060) since they have the same 1155 socket.
You can check out how my pc looks on my channel. Looks cool outside, but the insides is lol...
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Hisuye same
Same, sadly
I don't even got a pc
Sorry to hear, I'm going to drink bleach after watching this.
Can you recreate this build? comparing the cost, how it handles newer titles and conclude this build's practicality?
new title: Linus roasts your computer for 15 minutes straight
I mean, that PC ran lol at 130 fps meanwhile my laptop runs it at 27/0
@@twb0109 keep in mind he played in Training Mode, not a real match, without more players.
My Ryzen 5 1600 could do around 300 fps in Training or even Coop, but went down to 140ish and, as the game progressed, 80ish in real games, even with freezes. It was so funny to play The Witcher 3 2K Ultra and LOL at the same framerate....
@@a.realracecardriver.5009 *spanks you*
I had a i3 4130 Dell office pc and I had a gt 1030 and HTC 1050 ti (different times)
the intro has changed from my grandma veggies
linus looks like hes going to grab his axe and chop some wood
He should wear a red plaid flannel.
He looks like a Barbar in the Clash of Clans
lol just because he has a beard? he's frail and wears hoop rings
He gearing up to be the next top model for Brawny Napkins.
He's just a man. Finally having a beard. As all men should.
“Ew, look at that 640!”
Ayo stop harrasing my GPU!
same
i bought 3060 for my first ever pc build lol
@@upsideduck9165 damn
@@upsideduck9165 on my 2nd pc and first time I paid for it completely has a 3060 as well. How has it been doing for you? I only have a 1080p monitor so ofc it's gonna stomp
@@andrewprince5143 same i only have 60hz 1080p monitor at the moment. i mean imo gaming in pc is way way wayyy much better. You can turn of vsync in games where in console youre stuck with horrible input delay. and on the competitive side (warzone specifically) it feels damn good! i should have switched to pc sooner , i thought consoles could catch up
There's 2 obstacles to resolve before you can put a high powered video card into these type of Dells:
1) As the video mentioned, the power supply needs swapping out with something that can power high end cards.
Dell has not used a proprietary 20-pin connector since the P3 era, but look at it anyways (24 pins now) and make sure the wire colors match a standard ATX just to be sure. Then look for any funny proprietary connectors that a standard ATX PSU doesn't have. I don't think that's generally an issue in this family of Optiplexes/Precisions , but look close at pictures before buying one.
2) The drive cage in these Dells will block longer video cards. 10.5"/267mm cards (a common length for higher end cards) will not fit.
There's videos on youtube about how to drill out the drive cage and get rid of it.
Honestly if I was on a really tight budget I think I'd prioritize RAM and video card before the SSD. Half the time these resold office PCs have bad hard drives in them though.
A well designed game shouldn't run much different on a hard drive (other than taking longer to load, big deal) as long as you have enough RAM. I don't have experience gaming on Win10 though, I use Win7 which doesn't do as much stupid crap so it's not as abusive to the storage.
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As for budget PSUs: If you are knowledgeable with PSUs and study details while shopping, you can get amazing deals on eBay for power supplies that came as OEM from other prebuilt systems. People are afraid to buy them and they get dumped in volume, so their prices end up cheap. The quality of these PSUs is usually very good, you just need to find the ones with high wattage ratings that were made for ATX compatible professional workstations and such. This is the "sweat equity" alternative to throwing down Benjamins for an equivalent quality retail PSU.
The risk is ending up with something nonstandard that you can't use. That's why you have to understand PSUs well, study the pictures, and research part numbers carefully before buying.
When it arrives, it's a good idea to probe voltages with a multimeter to make sure everything matches the expected pinout so you don't blow anything up with it.
If you can solder, it may open even more options to adapt PSUs that weren't wired for a standard ATX/PCIE gaming system but do have the power capacity to handle it.
If you want to keep it simple, foolproof, etc, then stick to retail brands and spend more money.
There is also the option of getting simply a small ssd just for the os while still keeping the original hard drive in there. Put the games on the hard drive while keeping the ssd for the OS. It's not expensive and you're not compromising storage space
Linus: *Gets 180 fps*
Also Linus: *I mean I guess it's sorta playable.*
Me is lucky to get 5 fps.
Idunno It kinda plays
This is Linus when he doesn’t get 240 FPS
It's hilarious how Linus reviewed Fatty Dove's SSD with the intention to mock it but instead he's now recommending the product in this video.
Fatty Dove wins.
I mean any SSD almost is better than a hard disk
dickbutt
"Grandma's old computer that she bought seven years ago on clearance" > *Pulls out old, but business grade Dell*
I have an old Optiplex 9020 with an i7-4770 so I’m definitely gonna give it some new life! Did the same for my dad’s old Sony VAIO laptop and man, that thing could hardly boot before and now it’s up and running quick thanks to an SSD instead of the old HDD and double the RAM it had off the shelf. It’s honestly impressive what old processors can still do today when you give them decent components to use.
Linus: "I can barely even tell where the towns are"
Me: ... you're supposed to be able to see them?
Linus: “just get a cheap name brand 16 gig kit”
*cries in CAN pricing *
But Linus is Canadian >:c
Ain't computer parts cheap in _all_ of North America, which includes Canada?
in Brazil, a brand new 8GB stick of ram right now costs R$300
just for context, the minimum wage is R$1045/month
@@this_is_patrick If it costs 1 dollar US, it will cost between ~1.50 and ~1.70 Canadian at a time when the exchange rate is 1USD is about 1.40CAD. Canada prices are not as bad as some nations, where the cost differential is more than our 10% to 30% over exchange still it is very shocking to watch someone talk about a "50 dollar" cpu/ram/sbc etc and you can not get the same item (manufacturer/part number) for less than 90 here.
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Linus: "I don't remember green-lighting that segment"
Crew: "He'll read anything you put on the teleprompter. Any. Thing."
Cant wait for it
The real question is, did Nicholas just get fired? lol.
As long as he can monetize it with an offer code.
optiplex 790 was my first gaming build, got one for $100, slapped a $100 gpu in there and a $100 cpu, played tarkov at over 60 fps (map dependent)
"We're upgrading Grandma's old PC!"
*expects pentium or core i3*
"iTs GoT a CoRe i7!"
... of course it does...
You'd honestly be surprised, about a decade ago I worked in electronics in Walmart and most elderly people understood that a stronger pc would last then longer. It's generally the people in their late 20s to early 40s who don't understand that shit 200-250$ laptop won't even be decent out the box let alone 1-5yrs down the road
Core i7 was definitely cheating I was also expecting a i5 or Pentium cpu
*I* never owned a core i7...
@@Beregorn88 it's bullshit, all the old pcs all my family have are shit i3s or celerons. The i7 was too easy a start
@@billy-waynejeffcoat4828 Lol, you perfectly described my father and my grandmother.
Today's PUBG on low looks like Early-Release PUBG on high
still looks better than PUBG mobile
@@vishalchowdhury9658 its pubgay mobile
Pubg mobile less bugs
PUBG, the most unoptimized game on the planet
@@ViciousAlienKlown ark survival evolved would like to have a word with you
everybody: *gaming pc running modern games*
me: *playing minesweeper on library computer*
I feel for you, bro, I use a Intel Xeon 2.00Ghz on socket 775 with 4 Gigs of DDR2 RAM, a cheap SSD and a 550Ti and I was struggling to get decent framerates on Mass Effect 1 and CS:GO and, well, it tanked bad, so now I'm only playing Ferrari Virtual Race, CS 1.6 and Battlefield 1942.
well i played warcraft 3 on school computer to play lan
@@liviubita4238 will terraria or rimworld work for your pc?
everyone getting new gaming pcs
me still on a 2013 laptop still beating a lot of peoples gaming desktops
I have a Dell optiplex 790, i5 2400, 16GB 4x4 ram 1333mhz, GTX 1060 6GB, 1TB SAMSUNG EVO SSD, 1TB HDD seagate, 144hz Monitor Acer adaptive sync, Corsair CV550 bronze cert PSU.
This pc is a beast and can still play any game from MID to ULTRA settings. You guys can upgrade your computer too!
My dad's been gaming on one of these 3010's for years. Slapped in an ssd and GTX950, works great!
Though we're finally upgrading him to Ryzen this month!
Humech that’s great!
Epic! Which Ryzen?
3, 5, or 7?
Nice!!
@@fatihnri2484 5 3600x
This video actually got me into desktop gaming. I've only had laptops but this made me decide to build a desktop on the cheap, and it works amazing. Got a 7020 with i7-4770k and gtx 980. Love it
Did you upgrade PSU and case?
Linus: "I always forget just how easy it is to run this game"
Me: *gets 40fps with lowest settings* "oh..."
Dude the Intel iGPU on my (not even gaming) Laptop can do 50-60fps medium settings in LoL, what the heck are you playing on?
Me too bro
@@Yuzuki1337 Sapphire Radeon 5450 1GB, Athlon II x2 240, 1x2GB DDR2 800MHz
What are you using? A netbook?
@@batuhanytho5072 dude wtf
playing this on repeat since uploaded
_"I'm averaging 120 FPS and that's only because I've actually _*_locked_*_ the game to that frame rate"_
That reminds me of me as a kid where I tried to lock csgo to 60fps so it couldn't go under 60fps.
@@okuspokus4742 He's quoting verge's pc with brand new top of the line parts(not top of the line PC tho)
@@okuspokus4742 I feel you man
My old guy 12 yr old computer gets 130fps on Minecraft easy with its old graphics card and 8gb of ram core i3
Are LTT comment sections just battles for who’s the poorest?
Yes.
Who has the worst specs not poorest
Yes yes it is and forever I will be on top
Yes, they want validation that they're so poor and have it so bad.. someone's gonna give it to them when they post enough comments.
yep
NEW INTRO IS SO NUTS!
I watched the intro like 5 times lmao
Dude I was looking for this comment
its on the Minecraft with RTX video already. Nevertheless, a well made one.
Merke Remember no one fucking cares
Wow the last one ran for so many years..
too much flashes for epilepsy people. still looks awesome tho
I got 2 of these from work for free ,and 3 more pcs, i mainly use them to 3d print , but i did want to upgrade one to play games , thanks for the video
6:28 signs of a real gamer: saying ow when you get shot in game
XD
Or tilting your controller when racing
@@alieffauzanrizky7202 yes
I do this all the time
Yes those are faxs
I'm impressed how you support the continuance of dated technology. I completely agree with the philosophy that because a technology is "obsolete" by industry standards, certainly doesn't mean that it's incapable of performing. It does mean that the performance will be less refined but where is the point that a number becomes just a bigger number? Yes benchmarks can show a difference between high end cards but in real life gameplay, can any one of us truly say that we can see the difference between 256fps and 268fps? No, and if anyone was to say they can, well they are super human then. I find it awesome that you support reviving and prolonging the use of capable technology rather than support the e-waste industry. As well, the support for those of us on a budget is a necessary niche that you fill quite nicely without being condescending to those of us wanting to get the most out of our existing PC's. Well done LTT!
Yeah, It's all about the purpose of the build, i7 3rd or 4th gen maybe really dated for content's creator like for editing video, but for just gaming I think it's comparable to 10th gen i3 or 1st or 2nd gen Ryzen 3, so It's still really capable for gaming.
Processer improvements have been so stagnate that you can pretty much just skip out on processor upgrades as long as you are quad core and just drop that $$$ into a gpu and be pretty much good to go for gaming applications.
My only major grievance with older hardware is it has a higher power draw, but that is not always a deal breaker.
Amen. I agree with the philosophy. I built 2 gaming PCs using obsolete hardware. I bought a PSU, extra RAM, and an SSD for each PC. I added my two GTX 980Ti cards.
i5 6600 w/980ti
the only problem i had with these is a sooner motherboard failure
There should be no "motherboard failure". Motherboards aren't consumable.
him : intel i7 (not satisfied)
me: *cries in intel celeron 1st gen
press f to pay respects
Well i am lucky enough to have intel i7 8550u with 8gb RAM
Cries in intel core 2 duo
Cackles in Ryzen Threadripper 3990x
Me: Intel E7500 :(
You can get some really great deals on these old optiplexes, I've used them as cheap server computers. I got one with a i5 3570 and one with a i5 4570 for $150 including tax and shipping. add more ram and an SSD and you have a pretty decent rig. The only downside is the lack of m.2 support and the need for a new PSU and PSU adapter for the motherboard power if you wanna add a decent GPU to the case. (I guess you could get around this with some dual psu jank but your tower will look like a mining rig lol)
189 avg. fps on Lol is better than the verge’s 2000$ computer on 120fps
to be fair LoL is a bad benchmark game
Logan Brunette you can still go above 120 fps on a monitor that can only handle 60 or 120., you just wont see a difference.
@@douglassalerno8970 thats the most retarded myth, ofc youll see a difference, for one your input lag will be way lower
LTT really needs someone who actually knows how to play these games do the bench marking. Your League FPS will go 3x down in a team fight where 10 players are actually using up to 40 spells all at once. You can't get much info from just 1 player who isn't doing anything
Jack W true
I made a gaming pc for my son with one of these. Swapped the power supply to 650 W stuck in 16GB memory, 1050ti gpu, and 500 GB SSD. Works a treat.
That's cool
wish i was ur son
Chad dad
@@Dragon-xd9em why do you assume dad🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬😡
@@glub1381 Yeah he is only 10, I bought that so I could upgrade gpu in the future when he is older.
Linus: "A GT 640 graphics card? That is *nasty!*"
Me with a GT 550M: "If it runs games, its fine with me!"
damn, that's...i think an integrated gpu has better performance than your card. why don't you get something like an rx 570(at least)? those are really cheap.
GTX 550 probably...
me with Microsoft Basic Display Adapter: "c'mon all i want is ONE FRAME!"
@@sirgalahad4861 if you press update on it you can get it to your actual graphics driver
@@sirgalahad4861 update the driver lmfao
BRO, I HAD THE SAME PC LIKE 2 YEARS AGO. It had 1050 ti and i played alot of games on it.
Top half of face: Linus
Bottom half of face: Chuck Norris
cannot unsee. =/
Obi-Wan Kenobi
All that's missing is his Karate Kommandos
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