What Does A $400 Craigslist Gaming PC Look Like In 2021?
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
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I bought a used gaming PC from Craigslist for $400 and there was a lot about the system that got me SUPER excited!
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Honestly, this is a beautifully weird system. A ghetto gpu cooler, a freaking noctua chonk cpu cooler, 17 gb of ram... and honestly, considering the current market, this is actually a really good deal.
That extra 1 gig of ram ups performance by a 1000 megabytes
Noctua chonk without their signature fans, instead replaced by Scythe
@@humbdedumb6009 I wonder why they swapped out the very good noctua fans for the somewhat lesser scythe fans? Aesthetics doesn't seem to be a huge concern, considering the gpu fan situation and that weird cable jutting out right next to it.
It's a good idea if you want to play certain games now. But the core of the system is going to be outdated in the not too distant future.
@@ttvv90 If I were to guess, it was so they could keep the higher performance Noctua fans and not have to explain to people who may not know about PCs that the off-putting brown fans are actually very good fans
This is a really good PC for $400 especially in this market
that 1060 alone is prolly around 300 bucks
Absolutely!
@@mrducky179 That blows my mind because I bought my 1660 Super for 250 last year. It's probably going for like 600 dollars now.
Ye, great deal. If you took out the cpu and motherboard and RAM, sold it on Ebay and upgraded to a slightly newer 4 core 8 thread CPU (i3-10100f bundle with mobo and RAM), you could upgrade and only spend around $100 more.
No it isnt....its terrible for $400 lmao
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@@DawidDoesTechStuff I love it. Especially the Linode ones.
I've got a $400, local Craigslist equivalent gaming pc. Should be interesting to see how this compares.
what are its specs
What are the specs”
RX570 8gb, 8gb DDR3, I5 3470, Corsair CX 550M, 1tb HDD, 128GB SSD. Not the best specs but I bought it at the peak of the PC shortage.
How did it compare?
I have a PC for sale on Craigslist for a couple months now.
Corsair case, i5 9400f CPU, cooler master cooler, GTX 1060 3gb, ASUS Z370 mobo, 16 GB DDR4, 1TB Sabrent M.2 SSD, Enermax 600Watt PSU for $600.
It won't sell.
For the price, it's pretty decent overall. the RAM issue was pretty obvious up front, you could pick up an ebay / CL extra 8gb stick to round that up nicely, especially with reasonable speed. The GPU is actually not horrible, you could probably sell it in today's marketplace for almost what you paid for the system. 120fps in Fortnite would be enough to make most junior gamers happy.
60fps would, let's be real. 120fps is high tier stuff :-)
A 3gb 1060 for $300 💀
GTX 1060 3gb go for around $200 usd one in that condition will probably go for $180 so no not really.
@@slayer100141 i was able to grab 3gb 1060s for ~80 usd at that time, and I cannot find them for below 180 rn
This computer will go for a thousand on eBay easily.
That rig is a godsend at $400. The 1060 alone makes it fairly worth already but man that Noctua cooler is gorgeous as all hell.
Excellent job knife battling for this one!!!
This is actually an incredible build for the current market considering the GPU sells alone for C$200-300
Yeah it sells for $200-300 without being held together by zipties. Good luck finding anyone who would buy that GPU as-is.
not anymore
@@twizz420Unironically the cooling solution is probably better than stock
And it's not like you should be buying 3gb GPUs for their resale value in most modern cases anyways.
This system is still not that bad for personal use at 300$, would have been a good deal at time of recording.
Hey Dawid, I really like the way your style has grown over the years. Great sense of humor, accessible tech stuff, mainstream level gear (not just the ultra high end stuff) and a good choice of real-life situations in the current pc market. Keep it up, your channel is quickly growing to be my favorite pc tech channel!
Thank you so much! I am glad you enjoy the channel. I prefer buying stuff for content, which helps keep it in line with what is actually accessible for everyone. 😁
Yep, definitely one of my favourite (if not my favourite) Tech RUclips channels right now. Also like Paul's Hardware for his humour, but have had it with Jayz2Cents - all he does is whine about how difficult it is to produce content in the current market conditions while flexing all the high-end kit he is *given for free* by vendors and manufacturers.
@@ThePhoenix198 I prefer Jay over Linus though.
I gotta respect that fan ziptied to the GPU. Reminds me of my own first attempts at achieving better GPU cooling.
The 1 GB RAM stick made me laugh way harder that it should have, though.
you gotta respect a pc that has dedicated sound inside of it :)
I want to see a craigslist knife battle
Totally get to see one at the end of the video, it's Epic.
You don't really.
@@drackar but what if I want to?
@@dauoddoesstuff usually disappointing but fill your boots
Sus name. 😂
I had a pretty similar configuration, a 4670K, 8GB RAM, same Thermaltake PSU and a 1060 6GB. It actually run all my games pretty well until I hit 2 roadblocks. One was stutter while breaking barrels in Demon's Souls on emulator, the other one was 100% CPU utilization and stuttering in Borderlands 3. That's when I decided to switch to Ryzen 1600AF and all the problems were gone, those cores and threads were the solution...
And this machine is still better than most $1000 2021 prebuilts, lol.
RIP though. Ryzen 1000s won't support Windows 11. (If you ever decide to upgrade anytime soon to it).
@@Arakari Who would want that ;)
And not that his old one supported it either
@@HappyBeezerStudios idk lmao. I mean, by dad's still running an old-ass Windows Vista/XP laptop. so.....To each their own lol
@@Arakari Ryzen 1600AF is more like a ryzen 2000, so it should be fine
I legit cable tied 2 arctic p12s to my 1070, now it's cold and quiet. love it.
Oh and that's a nh-d14 not d15. You can tell as the heat pipes all stick out equally on the d14, the d15 has the two outer pipes lower in.
And it looks more like a cheese grater
the corners are rounded on the nhd14 lol
Cable ties are the bee’s knees 🤩
That Noctua is a D14, not a D15.
Hahaha!! Dammit. I got too excited and got the name wrong. Thanks for letting me know.
That CPU cooler must be worth like, 1/4 of the PC. Damn, I want a deal that good on just the cooler.
Haha I know right? That was my initial thought to.
At this point, Dawid is a knife master.
His skills are becoming legendary.
#craigslistknifebattles
I legit love these videos! Dawid’s humor gets me EVERY time!
The lightsaber BIT!! 😂😂😂
I have a deepcool case similar to that one. ABS gladiator 3070 from Newegg. Has an evga AIO as cpu cooler and so far, cooling has been fantastic. Haven’t seen cpu go over 55-60 and coolant is under 40-45 most of the time during heavy gaming.
_This reminds me of the $480 gaming PC I sold on Craigslist 2 weeks ago:_
It had an Asus Prime B360M-A motherboard, i5-8400, 24GB 2133MHz DDR4 ram, 256GB Sandisk m.2 SSD + 1TB WD Blue HDD, OEM Nvidia GTX 1060 3GB, a Corsair HX750i PSU, WiFi + Bluetooth add-in card, inside a Lian Li glass side case with 3 fans and a remote-controlled RGB light strip. The guy also bought a 24" HP FHD monitor for $30 extra.
I'm not sure why, but whenever I come back to your channel, the videos are just so enjoyable. Keep up the great work!
"Knife battling in the craigslist streets" sounds like a great game, or a cool band name.
Yep, the lightsaber routine earned my sub.
Dawid, your video on the Lenovo Leg-ion helped me pick it up for the price. Thanks very much for that!
This is exactly what got me into PC's and PC building. Bought a $500 marketplace PC 2 years ago and got into it from there on.
Every video that Dawid uploads is like going through heaven for the first time every damn time. Its just way too entertaining.
My pre-built pc story was, i got it from a reputable internet cafe locally and it has some meh specs but with the price for its specs was pretty very great. The price was a little below $200 or 10,000php and the specs was a GTX 1050 with an i3 3240 and 2x4gb 1333mhz ram. The case was dog poop but i changed it to a RL01 Silverstone case which made it 1000% better looking. Also added a silverstone tundra AIO 120mm too and it looks DOPER now if thats even a word. Im upgrading the CPU soon since it heavily bottlenecks the gpu which is a pain when playing games but it does the job nonetheless.
I used to run a 4690k @ 4.4 (with a GTX 980 so similar GPU performance) up until fairly recently and it was always a playable experience when I had it. With some tweaking you could lessen the micro stuttering on BF V by a significant amount. I upgraded to a 10700KF earlier this year to play BF2042 and we all know how well that game played...
Dang I love these videos, I love the THE FUTURE dismantling parts, I love the amazing knife fight collage, never stop please.
keep up the great content Dawid, always very entertaining stuff
Nice, a new Dawid video!
@Billy John you can post it in ur channel exdee
Just like my old PC: Squeeze out the last breaths of life by installing a better used graphics card, improving cooling with ghetto methods and throw some RAM- sticks in there :) Worked great :)
Ssd?
@@FS--ew3se SSD's are for losers
@@siqu7071 yes hdd best
I swapped out my 1060 for a 6600 xt. I already had a 10600k and Z490 board and 32gb of 3200mhz. It more than doubled my FPS, and I got the 6600 xt for the same price I sold the 1060 for as I was offered one that was returned. The box was a bit damaged and it had nothing in the box apart from the GPU (not even in the anti-static bag). He sold it to me for £300, a £100 reduction at the time. Now the same GPU is nearly £600 in the UK so I'm very happy with it.
Ghetto methods you say? I literally moded a CPU cooler into my 2012 gaming laptop by drilling holes in its stock heatsink. Had to hammer out parts of laptop's plastic shell so that the CPU cooler could be mounted.
lol..Love the ending! Well done! Love it! !!
After suffering with a low profile PC for five years, $400 CAD got me an orphaned office PC (Core i7, 16GB RAM, GTX 1030, 500GB Sata SSD + 4TB HDD), seller told me it was rescued from the recycling centre. Tack on another $200 to put a 1070-Ti in this thing and I have a very comfortable 1440p gaming rig.
Got one myself recently. (FB Marketplace in the UK) Very happy with it for the other half to use for work.
Intel 9600K
Gigabyte MicroATX Mobo with overclocking
Generic tower cooler with a white led fan - but it works well.
16gb Crucial 2666mhz ram
Generic glass case with 6 RGB fans and a fan controller (quiet enough)
Zotac 8gb 1070 Mini
500gb Crucial M.2
500gb WD Blue SATA SSD
Additional USB card with 2 USB C ports and 3x usb type A
Was fully cleaned and with a clean install of Windows 10 (fully updated) when we bought it.
Real nice.
That's an awesome system! Enjoy.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Yeah. We're happy with it. Obviously had to stress test it before my other half used it for work. 😉 Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Forza Horizon 5 work really nicely.
4690k and 1060 3gb was an ideal build for at least 3 years if you were looking for a budget conscious gaming rig. The next couple of generations in Intel chips were marginal gains in performance making used or even new 4690Ks a massive bargain on eBay. Same story for the 10603gb more or less, everyone wanted the 6gb version making used 3gb 1060s dead cheap. I don't use Steam, but I would have to guess both the CPU and GPU still have impressive representation. Nice work as always thanks Dawid!
I have almost the same setup except I have the 4790k CPU, zotec gtx 1060 3gb GPU, 32gb ddr3 ram, 2tb samsung ssd. Almost done building it I wonder if itll perform better than this set up
Love your content, keep being you brother!
2:04 rear fan is missing two screws. I love how it's just the 2 opposite corners that are screwed in lol
PSU is missing one too. There must be a severe screw shortage at the seller's place. The top slot cover probably is missing, because there was no screw available to hold it.
Sorry to "UM ACKCHUALLY" you, Dawid but that CPU cooler is a Noctua NH-D14, the NH-D15's predeccessor.
Still a hell of a heatsink to have today though! Especially included in a craigslist PC!
Slap a Noctua Industrial PPC- 3000 PWM fan on it and call it a day.
I love the way he says linode everytime
Lol that outro Dawid was pure gold 🤩🏆
Dawid's impromptu lightsaber fights are becoming one of my favorite parts of his videos. That and his passionate love for Vileda FRESH.
"Not Stupid Ram" = best description ever
😂 100% agree
Honestly, this was a really good buy. Should do nicely for someone wanting to game on a pc if they haven't got one, or they have a really old pc :)
As long as they don't mind having 2 1/2 screws holding in the motherboard and can figure out the GPU is throttling and that it needs it's fan curve manually edited....
Congrats you ☝️ are a obvious scammer.
(at the last minute) "Yep... I think I broke the light." That sums up this whole video. :D Keep doin you Dawid, love the content.
Like the one I had to trash. I was given an old Intel build and the board was dead... once I got everything torn down and cleaned, I put the system back together RIGHT and found the board was dead... no biggy, it was an old socket 775 system so I just saved the memory and processor... the board got pitched! transferred my MSI 760GM-P35 board into the case and now it has a nice new home... a Raidmax Scorpio chassis in Blue.... nice chassis! anyway, nice video dawid! Have a merry Christmas!
_Video is barely beginning._
Me: Wait... is that GPU cooler attached with zip ties?
CJ: Aw shit. Here we go again.
i would replace the fan with a 120mm one, it should be fine
AVEXIR, the ram is
WTF was that ending HAHAHAHAH. This video made my day mate thank you so much for it.
Very cool!! It’s cool that you didn’t get scammed. The seller seemed very upfront with what you were buying. You don’t see that to often nowadays. But the system as a whole seemed pretty good.
That's a great computer for a kid. Or even someone who just does light gaming. Plus, for $400... That's a deal right there.
Definitely not a deal for $400 i bought a gaming used pc for 150 that blows this out the water (price to performance) from local pc shop that was amd phenom x4 and ati 5770 lol and i still over paid a little btw
@@mitcrex well not really, that phenom lacks modern instruction sets and is about 2x slower than that stock 4690k and 1060 3gb is like 8x times faster than that potato hd 5770, this 400$ in dawids video is much better deal and just purchase in general
@@mitcrex is this sarcasm?
4th gen Intel are incredibly hard to kill.
I am sitting here, amazed by my 4790K STILL cutting it after like 8 years. Jut tried Forza horizon 5 and as I am a "60 fps max quality gamer" my 2080 Super just about copes at 1440p while the CPu still has some good headroom.
The tied together GPU cables actually imply that this thing originally had a better GPU fitted and they threw the 1060 jank edition in for the sale. Wasn't screwed in either. Stiil, decent pairing.
I was a bit disappointed that you didn't really give that soundcard a glimpse though. Could have at least shown what model it was.
I am laughing cause that means my 3950x will cut it longer then your pathetic quad core
@@raven4k998 So you're saying the CPU you bought like 6 years after I bought mine will likely last longer than mine. You know what? I agree.
But you are probably the only person in the world that finds this absolutely banal fact funny. For reasons only known to you.
@@catriona_drummond way way way longer cause my cpu is four times as many cores as your haha
just saying it will take a lot more crap to slow my beast down then your due to having that much more power on hand
@@catriona_drummond also what happens when windows 10 stop being supported in 3 years your screwed cause that cpu won't run windows 11 haha mine will
you can thank Microsoft for that one dictating which computer can run windows 11 and which cannot
@@raven4k998 Look, I don't know what drug you are on but look for another schoolyard for your weird flexes, please.
Lol on the Star Wars scene at the end, Dawid! That system seems pretty cool and I could definitely be quite happy with it at its price range too.....if I actually HAD money at this time.....or ANY time for that matter! 😕😁👍👍
I've got the same Motherboard sitting in my GFs PC rig. I put in a second hand i7-4790, 16Gb of 1600mhz DDR-3, and a 1050Ti. She is playing most of her games at 1080p med/high settings and they look and play great.
I can't count the super high tech ziptie solutions I've seen over the decades. I remember seeing three case fans attached to a pretty thick CPU HS. That was neato!
The ghetto card is just my favorite thing ever 😹
Ok fine… maybe my real favorite thing is the Craigslist knife battle at the end…
"I think I broke the light" I loved the deadpan, not surprised, just disappointed tone.
It is great to finally see a pre-owned gaming rig where the owner took care of it
"Have they fixed cyberpunk yet" hmm good question. Answer is: yes and no. Followed by I expect they will never actually fix it as I'm sure they've just given up on it XD :). But compared to how it was when first launched, it is better.
@@slayer100141 it’s on sale for $30 AUD on ps4 store I almost bought it 2 nights ago, do you think it’s worth just to play through it or is it an entirely different game on ps4 pro console?
LINOOODE!!!! Soon I'll be watching your videos for the LINODE section 🤣
Ah man Linode needs to pay Dawid more $$, the degree of heart in that sponsored spot is next level.
Considering the current market, that PC it's a steal (insert here the 'take mah' money and shut up' Meme). And IMHO this your BEST VIDEO OF 2021... Keep up the good work and Merry Christmas man! 🎄
Howzit, Dawid.
Not sure if it's been said.. that's the NHD14, bro.
Lekker vid, channel and content.
No notification, great video as always
7:07 Only 2 screws is kind of genius - 2 in the back to hold the mb down, then the video and sound cards are screwed in holding down the front of the motherboard
amazing video keep it up g
Oh, that Dawid and his knife battles! Such savagery!!!
Right before things got rough in Jan 2020 I set a co-worker up with a decent refurbished Dell Optiplex i7-4770 mid-tower system from Newegg.
By the time we snagged a 1tb Samsung SATA SSD and a cheap used GTX-550ti (he's not much of a gamer) it was well under $400 and was actually still pretty snappy when I worked on it the other day.
Throw in a better GPU and it should even do okay with most newer games. (@ reduced detail of course!)
get someone who loves you like Linode loves sponsoring Dawid's videos
I had the same CPU, Motherboard and similar CPU cooler, plus gtx1060 6Gb. Worked fine
I sure loved my 4690K when I got one in 2014. In 2020 I turned it into a Linux box when I upgraded to a 9th-gen Core i7.
7:00 Self aware burn, those are the best :)
cobbled together YET functional! love it!
I fear that one day, you will hit the brown note with your Linode Ad but at the same time, I wouldn't want to miss it! XD Great video as always
Engineering companies are a great resource to get half decent PCs. I picked up a rug that literally matched what I built 5 years ago for $250 from Contech Engineering here in Kansas City. Rig had an i7-4790K, 32GB RAM, 1TB of storage in RAID 0 (I think). And a crappy Nvidia Quadro card. Only difference between this and my rig was a GTX 1070.
Recently bought my first budget gaming pc off marketplace from a local. I7 4770k, Asrock H97, Xfx Rx470, 16gb GSkill DDR3 1600, Antec 750w power supply, Dual Fan Cooler Master CPU cooler, Small SSD, 500gb hard drive in an old iBuyPower pc case for $450USD. I upgraded to a new MATX case (half the size of the old one) $65, and some cables extensions ($20) to make it look slightly better.
Perfect way to start my Saturday.
I've had a few Frankenstein rigs as well. many of mine were left over parts for scavenged pc's and yes, for a long time every dimm needed to sport a ram stick and what I had lying around is what went in the slot. Guilty as charged...more ram is more gooder. I've gone as far as cutting holes in side panels and mounting usb fans for air flow in old office pc cases so, yeah...I totally dig this rig.
Pretty cool rig!
That z97 a is one of my favorite mobos of all time it was my secend biuld and i went from q6600 and a gygabyte ga ep43s3l to a z97a with i7 4790k stayed with it untill ryzen and it was great in all those times
Pretty good configuration! I still use similar one just with i7 4790k on basic clocks with 1080 and I have a good gaming experience even in redemption 2 65-70 fps on 1080 and many others
i have build an modern pc in an old prebuild that wasn't working anymore. just 3 screws are in there. i was needed to buy some screws and now, the new motherboard is good mounted.
hey man good vibes :D what program do tou use to cpu, gpu and others temps? on the screen I mean. Good luck.
Dawid is my overall favorite tech youtuber😩
When I hear Dawid's descriptions of rigs like this one I sometimes wonder if they are the musings of an actual proto-genius or the verbal legerdemain of a David Blaine-level Boardwalk pickpocket.
After some thought, I'm pretty sure it's both. Which is even more impressive to me.
Great video, what are you using for overclocking software?
What's the screen overlay you're using to get the in game stats?
Not bad my cousin is running on a 4690k at 4.8Ghz it's pretty strapped these days for performance but gets the job done for a kid. I managed to pick up a R7 1700 16gb RAM RX560 lenovo pre-built for $220 for our sub unit. Honestly quite a steal for the money even being a pre-built.
Dawid: The next thing that stands out to me is the cable management
GPU: is my FAN a joke to you???
I bought a nearly complete system on Mercari, for $270. Just needed RAM and a hard drive. $80 later, I have a Ryzen 5 2600, 650 watt 80+ Bronze PSU, and a GTX 1080. Once I upgrade the Mobo and CPU, this will be a beast. All for a fraction of the cost of anything pre-built you can get on the market today!
Ive recently built a similar pc. Got a 4690k with a mobo, case and psu from a friend and fitted a 4gb 960, 16gb of ddr3 ram at 1600mhz, 480gb
m.2 nvme ssd and the cheapest tower cooler along with some case fans i could find. All in all i paid 200 bucks for it but considering i got half the components for free i would say yours was a better deal.
I used an OC'd i5 4690k at 4.5 GHz for years and loved it! If for any reason my R7 2700x died, I would have no issue going back to the i5
that purple drive is for dvrs or camera hubs they dont work well for pc unless there is a firmware update that i dont know about.
I saw this exact PC on Craigslist. I was considering of buying but as I saw the cpu cooler gpu I stayed away lol. Glad you got it for testing it for us.
According to my IT guy 2 1/2 screws is more than enough. I recently had to teardown over 100 old towers to harvest parts before sending them off to recycle and I discovered his moto is all or nothing. Each computer either had every posible screw or the absolute minimum to hold them together. A few of them I opened the hard drives and disk drives fell out, not a single screw to hold them in.
That GPU cooler... i've done the same thing years ago with 6600GT. The fan had died and the only thing i had laying around was this chonky 50'ish mm fan and the noise was like a jet engine, but hey, it worked and i was a happy teenager.
My ASRock B450 HDV Rel 4.0 also has the super reliable VGA plug and I use it together with a 24" Dell G2410h at a whopping 1080p at 60Hz.
That cooler is the same from my new PC bought precisely on november 2021.
I did the same thing with a GTX 1050 Ti... runs cooler and WAY quieter with the zip tie 80mm fan mod. Thumbs up.
Hey Dawid, Cyberpunk 2077 performance on an anemic quad core can be increased dramatically by lowering the "crowd density" setting under gameplay, which is independent from any of the graphics presets.
I just bought a $400 PC from Craigslist for my wife for photo editing and light gaming. It was pretty similar to what I was looking to build for her minus the GPU it came with and needing some extra storage. Once I do those upgrades it'll be more like a $900 PC, but that is about what it would have cost to build from scratch, but I have to do much less work and I don't have to worry about the computer not working.
And you gave some components a second lease on life which is awesome!
Hi Dawid what would you say a good cheap gaming laptop is it for my son for Christmas. Keep your videos coming I watch everyone 👍🏻