I think it is really dependent upon luck and who is letting go things, if you can get you an old pc that works given away, all you might need is a new Hard Drive or PSU.
I got a completely functional Dell Optiplex 755 from an E-waste bin. I also got an AM3 based Dell Inspiron from the same place that just needed the OS reinstalled.
I actually have an E-Machines running in my closet as a local backup server... I may eventually upgrade it but as far as a nextcloud storage server goes it isn't half bad.
I would check if there is a college surplus shop in your area, I've still seen those old HP machines come through the one near me and they are usually anywhere from $20-50USD depending on if they bothered to include a hard drive or install an OS. (I prefer the ones without an OS since Xubuntu runs much better on them than Windows anyhow)
Great video and good take on the 775 and its value. The platform is in a interesting spot. For budget builds, Sandy Bridge offers better value and if you use a quad for Retro gaming, people in forums will complain as it's too modern :D
The good thing about these LGA 775, is that you "practically" can get these for free (or for peanuts). I remember buying a 2nd hand workstation XV4600 HP PC (excellent quality with a quality Delta PSU!) Q9400, 4 GB DDR2-800, for about 20$. Put in a HD 6850 (also 20$) and extra 2 GB DDR2-800, which I had in my inventory, Added a quality 128 GB SSD (30$). Installed Win 10. Here is a 70$ quality tower that played Fortnite at medium totally playable. A Budget build I did for a 10 year old kid. I agree Sandy bridge are way better for modern use, but can't compete with that price you can snatch the good old LGA 775 for :)
When you can use an Pentium 4 540J and PCX5750 on the same motherboard you run a Xeon E5450 and GTX 970, its probably *the* perfect platform for retro gaming. Especially since some motherboards have a FDD connector due to the demand from those still using Windows XP.
Dabombinable Mi Yea, and fast Core 2 Duo will work great wtth Windows XP as well, no need for a Quad. I really dig the LGA 775 platform at the moment, it's cheap fun, especially the LGA 771 modded CPUs. It works great for a Steam / GOG deals box, running older, but not really retro games, really well.
A tip to those who want the i5 2400 but can't find one (For what ever reason), look for a i5 2320, as those are cheaper, have the same core count and are only slower by .1GHz/100MHz. Coming from personal experience, it works well for 1155 builds. I have a i5 2400 in my system, but I have my 2320 on standby just in case my 2400 dies for what ever reason. NOTE: When I went and looked at used prices for the two chips, the 2320 was $4 (USD) cheaper than the 2400. So if you're REALLY strapped for cash, it might be in your interest to look at that.
i5 2400 will be just fine for gaming med/high next 5-6 years because it wouldn`t be botlleneck to your system. You can pair it with nvidia 1060 4GB or stronger GPU and it is very, very good combination for serious gaming. ruclips.net/video/6v3pjF2v5Bs/видео.html
If you can't manage with a system built around an Ivy Bridge chipset (preferably a core i5) at 1080p medium and *at least* 30fps with modern games, then I'm fairly certain it's the developer's fault for not optimizing properly (or the publisher for pushing the game out too soon, depends on how you look at it). And I would say this counts as "older hardware", since this is hardware from like 2012. But keep in mind I'm including an entry-level GPU in the mix, current or up to two generations old.
My old 775 had trouble loading some web pages. It could not handle some CAD operations very well either. So it is not just games they have a hard time with.
NO! THIS is low budget: I am currently building a desktop using ONLY pieces of other discarded computers I had lying around. Motherboard is an ASRock G41M-VS3, with a 80Gb IDE HDD , 2 Gb of 1333Mhz DDR2 RAM, and a shoddy (at best) power source, PS/2 mouse and keyboard and a CRT Monitor
that 9550 and 9650, such beasts they are !!! perhaps, i thought you were using a exclusive x48 platform for yours, since i think they deserved it at that time. with ocz or corsair's ram sticks
What games can you run at 1080p (low, medium, high, whichever)? Legit wanna know, I love it when I hear people managing with old hardware and new games. :)
It'd be interesting to see a slightly upped budget using the xeon 771 to 775 mod and a board with ddr3 compatibility. With some luck, you may be able to keep it relatively close to your initial budget in this video, while smoothing out the limiting factors: the cpu and ram speed. That being said this is awesome man! I'm honestly surprised the PC worked as good as it did :) Looking forward to more content!
Came here to suggest the same idea! Currently running an OEM MSI 7225 mobo that I 771/775 modded with a Xeon X5460. Ram is my biggest ball and chain. Only allows for 4gb of 800 MHZ of DDR2. GPU is XFX Radeon HD 7850 2gb. It’s not incredible. However, it is solid enough. Currently have a XFX RX 470 XXX dual fan 4gb gpu on the way. That is the start of my next eventual build. I’ll always respect the LGA 775 layout. It’s what got me here.
you have another sub my friend now this is my type of content from the philippines XD here in the third world most cant build new or high end rigs "i do own a 9th gen core i 9 with 64 gig rig" but i like building emachines and selling em as my hobby and this type of content is informative" thumbs up"
It's good for a present though. I'm looking at getting my 5 year old sister a computer for Christmas so she can play Minecraft on, so a computer like this would be great.
Why though? I can just buy a similar computer to this as it clearly runs Minecraft decently. I'll probably get a better 775 CPU and more RAM, and I also have a spare 750ti lying around too.
keep up the good stuff man ur honestly one of my favourite youtubers just because who doesnt like an english geezer who builds and knows his stuff with computers AND benchmarks (RandomGamingHD is also a great guy too)
I personally would recommend something used on the X58 platform. 6-Core 12-threaded Xeons perform much better and can be found in old Dell Precision T7500 workstations
I got core i3 2100, 6gb ddr3, gt 1030 2gb, runs fantastic! I can run games like gta v on high settings and battlefield 1 at low, and a lot of other good games it costed me only 90€! And delivered the pc to my home free!
i have an old pc and a dell g3 laptop but would like to upgrade my PC.it has a msi g33m ms-7357 motherboard so what should i do, should i upgrade my cpu gpu only or should i upgrade my motherboard as well, but i'm on a tiny budget. not looking for £1,000 gaming pc performance so please tell me what you would do
2 years ago, 775 was killer value since Sandy Bridge i5 and i7 chips were still around the $100 or Euro mark and up, nowadays, boards are like 30-40 and so are the i5s, which smoke any Core 2 any day. Heck, even 1156 Xeons have more value these days.
I put together an office PC for my mom with old parts i had flying around. An Core2 E5200, 8GB Ram and bought a used GT 710 and put in an old SSD i had lying around. Runs fine on Windows 10, fast enough for Browsing and Office use.
@@GeorgeWilkins there are games that do not need a better PC. In fact they run better on slower PCs. I remember firing up Xroach on a Pentium and the danged bugs just looked like blurs on my screen. There was no way I was going to be able to squash one. I couldn't even see them!
@@cash8068 if I had a 1050ti I'd slap it into this PC which only has a 750ti in it at the moment. Replacing that is far down on the upgrade list though. I think I'd rather a RX570 for the price too.
My lga775 motherboard msi g41-combo can do overclock a dual core CPU to 3.48ghz can play dota2 and call of duty mw2&3 and Black ops 1&2 ,total war Rome 2 & atilla at 1920x1080 with the help of Nvidia GTX 660 2 gb DDR5. It can run older software like window 7 64bit perfectly and you do not need to buy and keep upgrading window 8, 10 or even 11.
That's where you upgrade to something from the Q8*** or Q9***, they are around 15% faster at the same clock speeds with far lower power consumption. And they generally run well with the FSB at 400MHz.
When I first watched it four years go I was going to do my own 775 build, I instead did a Ryzen 5 build cause I needed the extra cores. Since I'm going to start teaching my nephew, this video was the first thing that came to mind & thought I'd re watch it. The specs of his pc are Core 2 Quad Q9450 ($10), a 512gb ssd I found in the trash (it works perfectly), EVGA 450w psu already had, 8gb ddr3 ram which I already had also along with a gt 730.
I got a sff OEM Lenovo 775 based PC from my work for free because it just wasn't handling the tasks it needed to. So when my boss upgraded he let me have it. It had a Pentium dual core in it and 2 sticks of mismatched ddr3 ram one was 4gb 1600mhz and the other 2gb 1333mhz.(thanks to our IT Dept.) I bought a modded Xeon x5450 from AliExpress and threw in another 4gb ddr3 1333mhz along with a hd7570 1gb gddr5 and now my 4 yr old son plays ROMs on it.
I'm shocked, my shotty laptop which cost like 700$ can hardly run a game. I should probably format the poor thing. You sir, are a hero, because I can finally know what to expect from even the simplest machines.
I clicked the shortcut tab to RUclips instead of Netflix and was like crap wrong one and was about to hit the back button but saw you uploaded a video in my recommended and was like never mind I'm watching RUclips now
I got a pentium 4 pc for free. The motherboard is a foxconn with a g31 chipset. After flashing the latest bios, making a "custom" VRM cooling, and putting a Xeon, I could over lock it to 3.66 ghz stable. It even worked out fine with "AMD only" ddr2 ram, so I could have 8 gigs with only two slots. Added a gt1030 and a generic usb 3.0 board, and it got to be a great computer for very cheap.
even if these PCs arent going to be good for modern gaming, soon they will be retro PCs, which i would happily install XP on and run older games like a breeze, also, it would be nice to see a cinebench score on both these parts or for future builds, as it helps compare them to other options etc, if its not too time consuming!
Yeah the Core 2 era is a nice ground for old legacy Windows XP builds - the Core i series can be done but may have issues (my old school downgraded 1st gen i3 Windows 7 laptops once to XP, so it fitted in with the rest of their system - goodness knows how they found suitable drivers!) and earlier than Core 2, you could have issues with performance, as you're then going into the era of single core processors. The Fujitsu Lifebook E8020 laptop that I had, had a Pentium M 760 (I think) in it, which was only single core, and ran The Sims quite badly.
Only lighter esports titles. Modern AAA titles shit on that CPU. Any GPU above a 750ti/GT 1030/RX 550 will be bottlenecked by even some of the fastest Core 2 Quads. You might be able to eek out Max performance from 1050/RX 560/HD7950 type cards with something like a QX9775 overclocked to hell and back.
@@honkhonkler7732 the fastest core 2 quad gets up to 5000 in geekbench compared to the fastest c2d at 3100 that's ridiculous consider a i3, 2120 scores 6500+ how does the c2q bottleneck over a 750 ti
I used to build these types of PCs for around the same price and resell them for $80-120 for some profit advertising them as great as a office/light gaming PC.
For around the same price point I personally got: A Dell Optiplex 790 for $15 which had ~ i5-2400 (LGA 1155 @ 3.4ghz; Quad-core) ~ 8gb DDR3 (1x4gb & 2x2gb 1333hz DDR3) ~ 1tb HDD (2 500gb HDDs, not raided sadly) ~ And an ATI RADEON HD 5450 (Though the port was smashed because they tried to use the wrong cable for it.) ~ (Plus of course, Motherboard, Heatsink, CD/DVD, Case, and PSU) Then went and bought GT 630 (Crappy GPU but it'll do for now), for about 10ish bucks. For basically 25 dollars I'd say that is pretty good. *Edit* I have added 2gb of DDR3 ram and an SSD to it as well. Added about 30 more dollars to the total, however, even without it, the PC is still decent for the price.
great video, i bought a 775 pc for 90e with a q8300, oc mobo, 6gb ddr2 and hd 5850, sold the gpu for 40e, and bought for 60 a 750ti and sold the motherboard combo for 90e and bought a i3 2120, 8gb ram and mobo for 60e...the pc had a lovly coller master case, 1tb hdd and a 600w psu so i gues i made a good deal
Hey budget builds you should do a video on budget ram options in different categories (ddr2,ddr3,ddr4) and take into account speeds , and cas latency? Just an idea.
If you can do it for super cheap, YEAHHH!! Last year I scored a 775 dell for 8 bucks which had the motherboard, 4GB of DDR2, q6600, good enough case, etc. All I did was throw a cheapo PSU in I had on hand and I bought a 560ti for 30$ and it's a monster at 38$. If you wanna count the PSU in the cost (which is fair), it's from another tower I got for 8 so the adjusted price would be 46$. Now not everyone'll be lucky enough to have ways of getting stuff that cheap, but man if you can... Anyways, nice video!
You should do a video on high end LGA 1366 cpus, great buy if you can find them for cheap, literally running an i7-965 on my secondary pc alongside my 80 USD HD7970 and runs Skyrim Special edition with a ton of mods pretty well (when I say a ton I mean around 10 graphics mods and 7 smaller mods for a better time while playing.)
I just got a Gigabyte EP43-S3L from the recycle center here in my town, gonna mod the bios and get a Xeon X5460 and kbooom impresive gaming machine for less than 20€, cuz the heatsink is that cool dual tower triple heatpipe model used by HP back in the day in their prebuild systems, so no need to change it. Plus i just got in the same way a Geforce 9600 GT from XFX completly intact, works like a monster for its age. And 8GB of DDR2 800Mhz ECC memory that i salvaged from a dead server i had laying around (but you can get those same sticks by 5€ each if you look carefully, or even for free in the recycle centers). At this point i will be only paying for the PSU and the PC Case, and everything wont go over 100€ (i just want to get a proper new PSU that i will be able to reuse in future builds, im tired of crappy 10€ PSU's that don't give me the correct voltages). If you look for it you can get really good parts for free, you just need luck, a recycle center near where you live, a screwdrivers kit and a hammer (sometimes you need to "force" your way into the case, people these days treat older hardware like its shit, they should kick their balls instead of the PC), and you can pretty much call yourself a treasure hunter.
@@azureknight777 I just bought me a Dell Optiplex 745 for 30 Lei (ca. 6,5 € or 7,30 $) on the flea market. Ordered 8 GB of DDR2 RAM from China to replace the 2 GB that was in it. Cost 15,20 $ on Ali. Also orderd a Q6700 on Ali for 13,38 $. I have some graphic cards lying around, bought them for 10 Lei (ca. 2,15 € or 2,50 $). Ofcourse I need to replace the 80 GB HDD with something bigger. Would be another 200 Lei (ca 40 € or around 50 $). Maybe I also need a second SATA cable as it needs the longer ones and I have only short ones lying around. Grand totale: 90 USD. Hmm.... more expensive than I thought.
I found a PC that was going to be trashed and installed a modded E5450 with 8Gb ram it is a friends daily office machine. I had to modify the bios an easy enough task. Machine has been running for a year @3.6Ghz and not missed a beat.
Where would one go for cheap PC cases for case modding? I am having absolutely no luck on local sale sites and thrift stores are always picked clean before I get there.
Wow. So happens not long back I got given a motherboard with a q8200 in it, 8gb of ram and a gts250 GPU. Not bad for free. Good upgrade from my old Athlon 6400+ power hungry setup. So with this setup it will run on one 400w PSU, not on a sketch dual supply setup. I'd like to grab a 750ti for it or something. Makes for a good casual game machine to play with a controller on the TV
Well you see 775 isn't the best, but it can be used on the down low, and trust me, you don't want to let people see you using this shit. Lemme catch my son using 775 unironically
I got a 775 pc from my uncle that had an asus p5q board, a core 2 duo, gts 250 and 2 gigs of ram for free. I ended up getting a q6600 for $5 and 8gb of ram for $18. It was a nice pc and i still get it out to mess with occasionally
This is strange my pc has a c2d a gtx 550 ti and a 4gb ram and i can play gta 5 on high 1080p easily And i can play fortnite on the max 1080p somewhere 60 fps pubg still works 30 fps on 720p low
Skap you’re drunk, fortnite maxed out at 1080p uses more than a gig of vram and my gtx 570, i5 3570k and 8gb of ram can only scrap low 30’s with an overclock (mainly due to high shadows)
I got a Dell workstation PC for free off the side of the road one time. The motherboard had a bloated capacitor, so that's probably why it was thrown out. Had a free Core 2 Quad q6600, though, so I harvested that and all the screws.
Just to add to watchers, dont go for Q6600 and beyond, go for Q8XXX and above since you're gonna miss SSE4.2 which matters in some games. As for GPU option, I think GTX 460/470 should come cheap, but as they are powerhouse, look up for good quality 500W psu as OCZ was in video.
Still playing on 775 and X5460@4Ghz and r9 290. All modern games run fine at 30 FPS minimum and some even far more. Control, FC New Dawn, Metro Exodus, RE2, Shadow of Tomb Raider, Prey all on high/ultra settings and above 30 FPS. Only Hitman 2 was pain in the ass sometimes in locations with many NPC like crowds (but still playable), and ME Andromeda had hiccups too at moments. If you go for extreme OC 775 is more than sufficient in gaming if your eyes do not bleed at 30 FPS. Passmark result is 5640 and that is at the same level as Intel Core i5-7260U
I snatched a really good deal last week. The PC came with reasonable specs. i5 4460 RX 560 STRIX OC EDITION and 8GB DDR3 RAM and a 650W corsair PSU. I can run everything at medium 1080p and it only cost me 175€. And it came with Windows 10.
Higher end Core2 Quads can still run games pretty well. Q9400 is the lowest one that i'd recommend getting. On one PC I have a Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.8GHz and on Cinebench R15 it got 428cb which is really close to an i3-6100 (402cb), i5-4430 (448cb), i5-2400 (433cb) etc.
I have two PCs. One is coming, the other is already built. My Ryzen and Vega system is just sick. It does everything and dollar for dollar it is a fantastic value. My other PC will be an old Intel Core i5-3570 based system and I might throw in a Radeon R7 240 or a Radeon HD 7750 since I have no old Nvidia cards. The second system is intended as a backup in case I have another system fry like my last system did, also for use in backing up files and it will be a LAN streaming server mainly until it's needed as a backup PC.
Should I trust a 16.50€ pc with i7 12gb ram ,500gb hdd and gt1030?or should I trust 0,95€ pc with Intel core i3 4gb of ram?and also what does it mean when eBay says shipping not specified?Thank you! Sorry for all this questions.
You built almost the exact same thing as What I have here. This one started as a yard sale find for 3 dollars. The processor had been knocked loose from the heat sink and it would shut off. The thermal paste I bought for it costed more than the computer. Had windows 10, sticker on the case and all. If not for that I might not have even given the 3 dollars for it. I didn't know that glueing the heatsink back on it would fix the thing.
About 3:21 - fitting numbers 😜 - as soon as I saw that pile of crap I KNEW that you were gonna have problems with that. I had that very power supply for my first games pc build, only, it was powering a lesser 9800GT, 4GB ram and an Athlon X2. Within about a year, it packed in. Pile of crap 😆 Like that old saying "buy cheap, buy over and over again".
I have an x5450 xeon on an AsRock G41M-VS3 R2.0 motherboard, and it's a great kit because it supports up to 8GB of ddr3 ram. would it be like having a video about a kit with xeon's? still face the "current" processors at a much lower price. great video!
I run a 1155 with a i5-2400 and it runs basically everything I throw at it perfectly fine with med/high or high settings, even with a midrange graphics card. Can handle video editing & rendering decently well also. Definitely great value there and I plan to continue to run it until it dies.
Here's a comparison I set up on CPU Benchmark: www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i3-3225-vs-Intel-i5-2400/1474vs793 The i3 has a higher base frequency but only has 2 cores, and a lower power consumption of 55W. My i5 is a quad core and it's power consumption is 95W. Overall, i5s are typically better processors than i3s. I originally had an i3-2120 but I needed the quad core power. The 3225 is newer than my 2400, but newer doesn't necessarily mean better. Before I upgraded to the quad core, I wasn't able to run GTA V, my rendering times for 1080p videos were way higher than they are now, and generally my computer was a little more sluggish as compared to now what I'm used to running.
Hi All, nice video the moral of the story is if you want a chep PC you can save some money and get one to run basic day to day items. If you want to game even older titles, just save another $20 and get something with 2 to 3 times more performance I5 2400 is almost the new borderline minimum specs and a complete Dell / HP is very cheap, you done even need a OS asving you money as the Bios / UEFI in these systems will allow FREE win10 install as it picks up the OEM key, i have done this with my HP8200 I5 and Dell system I7 both of ebay and ex office machines sold of cheap ( $100 10/2017 and $125 AU 4/2018 ) Regards George
The Q6600 with the BSEL Mod and also overclocked to 3,5GHz what I have managed to get with the ASUS P5Q Board. Its still useable for budget gaming. The Cinebench score for me was 355. Better than a second gen i5.
I built a system around intel dated 965 chipset coupled with Q9400, overclocked to 3.2Gh(400FSB), with 8GB DDR2-800 ram, 1TB HDD and most important windows 10 - 64 pro. it runs very very well. every day usage in desktop youtube office etc... works like charm. in fact - as good as new pc. that much good. regarding gaming, if its modern gaming you will sacrifice FPS that is true. but is OK for children and non modern gaming environments. recommended GPU is HD5870/6970 or GTX570 for example. The cost is peanuts.
I just picked up a Q9650 (with stock fan) with 8 GB ram and an ASUS p5ql pro motherboard for $25 Canadian. Not bad for a CPU that can hit 4.2 Ghz with a decent fan.
have an old lga 775 mobo with windows 7, as backup storage, and also for playing some old games. with a Q9500 and GT 1030. It can play less demanding games just fine. I play KOF XIV and Nitroplus Blasterz with it. :)
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Drinking game!
I'm 40 seconds into the video, I have no idea what you're talking about.
realistically
I lost count.
LOL beat me to it. :D
Drinking game: take a shot every time he says "realistically"
Respect for the only RUclipsr who tests CSGO in 1024x768, which is the most used res in pro scene.
@Swift - Silver 640x480@20 FPS is perfect.
@Swift - Silver *I N T E L A T O M P R O C E S S O R S*
@Swift - Silver i get 15
@Swift - Silver 1.0ghz dual core apu
@Swift - Silver Ill spend 50$ i already have ram and power supply
I think it is really dependent upon luck and who is letting go things, if you can get you an old pc that works given away, all you might need is a new Hard Drive or PSU.
Really the best case scenario when it comes to 775. As I do see a lot for okay-ish PCs thrown away.
That Dota 2 Game Play was solid :P
I got that motherboard for free from a bin...
Holy sh1t I've never got a comment hearted. :)
I have that mother board ☹️
I got a completely functional Dell Optiplex 755 from an E-waste bin. I also got an AM3 based Dell Inspiron from the same place that just needed the OS reinstalled.
I actually have an E-Machines running in my closet as a local backup server... I may eventually upgrade it but as far as a nextcloud storage server goes it isn't half bad.
I would check if there is a college surplus shop in your area, I've still seen those old HP machines come through the one near me and they are usually anywhere from $20-50USD depending on if they bothered to include a hard drive or install an OS. (I prefer the ones without an OS since Xubuntu runs much better on them than Windows anyhow)
Great video and good take on the 775 and its value. The platform is in a interesting spot. For budget builds, Sandy Bridge offers better value and if you use a quad for Retro gaming, people in forums will complain as it's too modern :D
The good thing about these LGA 775, is that you "practically" can get these for free (or for peanuts). I remember buying a 2nd hand workstation XV4600 HP PC (excellent quality with a quality Delta PSU!) Q9400, 4 GB DDR2-800, for about 20$. Put in a HD 6850 (also 20$) and extra 2 GB DDR2-800, which I had in my inventory, Added a quality 128 GB SSD (30$). Installed Win 10. Here is a 70$ quality tower that played Fortnite at medium totally playable. A Budget build I did for a 10 year old kid. I agree Sandy bridge are way better for modern use, but can't compete with that price you can snatch the good old LGA 775 for :)
When you can use an Pentium 4 540J and PCX5750 on the same motherboard you run a Xeon E5450 and GTX 970, its probably *the* perfect platform for retro gaming. Especially since some motherboards have a FDD connector due to the demand from those still using Windows XP.
Dabombinable Mi Yea, and fast Core 2 Duo will work great wtth Windows XP as well, no need for a Quad. I really dig the LGA 775 platform at the moment, it's cheap fun, especially the LGA 771 modded CPUs. It works great for a Steam / GOG deals box, running older, but not really retro games, really well.
You don't know about the modified 771 xeons do you
does my pc still count as retro pc if im using intel pentium dual core E5700 3.0ghz on 945 chipset motherboard.
A tip to those who want the i5 2400 but can't find one (For what ever reason), look for a i5 2320, as those are cheaper, have the same core count and are only slower by .1GHz/100MHz. Coming from personal experience, it works well for 1155 builds. I have a i5 2400 in my system, but I have my 2320 on standby just in case my 2400 dies for what ever reason. NOTE: When I went and looked at used prices for the two chips, the 2320 was $4 (USD) cheaper than the 2400. So if you're REALLY strapped for cash, it might be in your interest to look at that.
i5 2400 will be just fine for gaming med/high next 5-6 years because it wouldn`t be botlleneck to your system. You can pair it with nvidia 1060 4GB or stronger GPU and it is very, very good combination for serious gaming. ruclips.net/video/6v3pjF2v5Bs/видео.html
@@darcosanti where the sam hill do i get a 4GB 1060????
@@virtualtools_3021 OK, 1060 is 3 or 6 gb RAM, my mistake
@@virtualtools_3021 I thought gtx 1050 4 gb
@@darcosanti 1060 5GB is also a good choice
Older hardware just play older games really. Theres never a PC that can't game its just the games you use.
Unless were talking newer games that are power hungry.
If you can't manage with a system built around an Ivy Bridge chipset (preferably a core i5) at 1080p medium and *at least* 30fps with modern games, then I'm fairly certain it's the developer's fault for not optimizing properly (or the publisher for pushing the game out too soon, depends on how you look at it). And I would say this counts as "older hardware", since this is hardware from like 2012.
But keep in mind I'm including an entry-level GPU in the mix, current or up to two generations old.
My old 775 had trouble loading some web pages. It could not handle some CAD operations very well either. So it is not just games they have a hard time with.
@@LegitCharge that's only if you want the beautiful graphics
Gaming ..... ha ha ha .......my pc cant run windows
Man, that *is* low budget.
Well, the build, not the video. The video’s good.
NO! THIS is low budget: I am currently building a desktop using ONLY pieces of other discarded computers I had lying around.
Motherboard is an ASRock G41M-VS3, with a 80Gb IDE HDD , 2 Gb of 1333Mhz DDR2 RAM, and a shoddy (at best) power source, PS/2 mouse and keyboard and a CRT Monitor
Still rocking a Q9550 with MSI GTX 560Ti Twin Frozr II OC
and 8Gb 1120mHz RAM
Greetings from Germany
Leon.
ΛŁPHΛБΞТ I have my q9550 with a Twin Frozr II card, although it’s a GTX 480. It’s on an asus p5q motherboard.
that 9550 and 9650, such beasts they are !!! perhaps, i thought you were using a exclusive x48 platform for yours, since i think they deserved it at that time. with ocz or corsair's ram sticks
Manuel Newton ML mine is a p45 board. It should be enough to get the chip to 3.5-3.7ghz, although I have it at stock.
I have a Q9550 @ 3.8GHz with Asus GTX 660 DCUII on one of my PC's. Motherboard is an Asus P5KC with P35 chipset and 8gb DDR2 800MHz memory
What games can you run at 1080p (low, medium, high, whichever)? Legit wanna know, I love it when I hear people managing with old hardware and new games. :)
So dying not only decrease your rank but decrease the fps as well
Feels bad man
MAD Noreleco just don't die duh
ultimate motivation for not dying
It'd be interesting to see a slightly upped budget using the xeon 771 to 775 mod and a board with ddr3 compatibility. With some luck, you may be able to keep it relatively close to your initial budget in this video, while smoothing out the limiting factors: the cpu and ram speed. That being said this is awesome man! I'm honestly surprised the PC worked as good as it did :) Looking forward to more content!
If the board is compatible with the mod that is, which would keep costs down
My thoughts exactly got a PC with an Intel Xeon x5460 3.16GHz that works perfect and the CPU only costs 14 Euros
Came here to suggest the same idea! Currently running an OEM MSI 7225 mobo that I 771/775 modded with a Xeon X5460. Ram is my biggest ball and chain. Only allows for 4gb of 800 MHZ of DDR2. GPU is XFX Radeon HD 7850 2gb. It’s not incredible. However, it is solid enough. Currently have a XFX RX 470 XXX dual fan 4gb gpu on the way. That is the start of my next eventual build. I’ll always respect the LGA 775 layout. It’s what got me here.
you have another sub my friend now this is my type of content from the philippines XD here in the third world most cant build new or high end rigs "i do own a 9th gen core i 9 with 64 gig rig" but i like building emachines and selling em as my hobby and this type of content is informative" thumbs up"
How much did that i9 rig cost you in php
C'mon if your budget is £40 you might as well not bother and just save up further imo.
It's good for a present though. I'm looking at getting my 5 year old sister a computer for Christmas so she can play Minecraft on, so a computer like this would be great.
@@johnyuki1691 Maybe go for around 80-100
Why though? I can just buy a similar computer to this as it clearly runs Minecraft decently. I'll probably get a better 775 CPU and more RAM, and I also have a spare 750ti lying around too.
@@johnyuki1691 That's fine then
used market can REALLY get you a good amount of alright stuff
Do I recognise that music from airline tycoon? what a throwback
Bruva Asmodai what a shitty game
I hate to say it but you're not wrong.
keep up the good stuff man ur honestly one of my favourite youtubers just because who doesnt like an english geezer who builds and knows his stuff with computers AND benchmarks (RandomGamingHD is also a great guy too)
I personally would recommend something used on the X58 platform. 6-Core 12-threaded Xeons perform much better and can be found in old Dell Precision T7500 workstations
MrSammy check local college campuses; the ones around me often have property dispositions where they sell tons of them for $50-$100 total
You say 775 PC's are hardly worth it anymore? Well, my oc Pentium d is still blazing through the benchmarks.
Jk
Noob Plays it litteraly sets you'r pc on fire
@@ondrejbrandejsky5592 Literally!
@@ondrejbrandejsky5592 Also, that's why they say feel the burn in PC building. Because all oc CPUs run hot, but none will stand up to a Pentium d
*blazing*
I love how calming your videos are tbh
In estonia theres literally i3 2100 going for about 3 euros so 775 would be pretty useless to get
Ega pole kindel mis see g5400 maksab poes aga see ei tuleks 500 poes välja ise kokkupandes vähemalt.
I got core i3 2100, 6gb ddr3, gt 1030 2gb, runs fantastic! I can run games like gta v on high settings and battlefield 1 at low, and a lot of other good games it costed me only 90€! And delivered the pc to my home free!
I'm from Lithuania!
Yeah the i3 2100 is pretty good at running all games
@@TR2000LT I have a i3 2120
It's all sandy bridge now
or X58
Or X79
This is the kind of pc I'd build for my little brother who wants to play fortnite and roblox :D honestly
Prob wont even run fortnite
I HAVE HOMEWORK DID YOU SERIOUSLY HAVE TO POST RIGHT AT THIS MOMENT
Do you have to write that you have homework?
Do i have to read your comment?
Do i have to exist in this planet?
Do i have to write theese "do i have"?
DO I HAVE TO KEEP BREATHING?
If you only have 15 minutes to do homework, you're doing it wrong.
This was a very realistical build. In reality, it was, realistically, a real bargain. Royal stuff!
Really love the old 90's game background music in your vids. Very theme hospital-esque sounding.
Mobo + CPU for 12 pounds? Come to Asia and these still costs a lot.
i have an old pc and a dell g3 laptop but would like to upgrade my PC.it has a msi g33m ms-7357 motherboard so what should i do, should i upgrade my cpu gpu only or should i upgrade my motherboard as well, but i'm on a tiny budget. not looking for £1,000 gaming pc performance so please tell me what you would do
2 years ago, 775 was killer value since Sandy Bridge i5 and i7 chips were still around the $100 or Euro mark and up, nowadays, boards are like 30-40 and so are the i5s, which smoke any Core 2 any day. Heck, even 1156 Xeons have more value these days.
I put together an office PC for my mom with old parts i had flying around. An Core2 E5200, 8GB Ram and bought a used GT 710 and put in an old SSD i had lying around. Runs fine on Windows 10, fast enough for Browsing and Office use.
This isn't bad for £30. I have an optiplex but it just sits on my shelf. Planning on making into a server of some sort.
My 775 is just sitting around now. Sometimes I think about doing something with it but I always find something better to do.
You can just buy a mid end you like a 1050ti and slap it in and boom
But I already have a better pc for games.
@@GeorgeWilkins there are games that do not need a better PC. In fact they run better on slower PCs. I remember firing up Xroach on a Pentium and the danged bugs just looked like blurs on my screen. There was no way I was going to be able to squash one. I couldn't even see them!
@@cash8068 if I had a 1050ti I'd slap it into this PC which only has a 750ti in it at the moment. Replacing that is far down on the upgrade list though. I think I'd rather a RX570 for the price too.
My lga775 motherboard msi g41-combo can do overclock a dual core CPU to 3.48ghz can play dota2 and call of duty mw2&3 and Black ops 1&2 ,total war Rome 2 & atilla at 1920x1080 with the help of Nvidia GTX 660 2 gb DDR5. It can run older software like window 7 64bit perfectly and you do not need to buy and keep upgrading window 8, 10 or even 11.
Still rocking a C2Q Q6700 4GB DDR3 and a GTX 950 :D I'm, HAppy
That's a bottleneck and a half
@@BudgetBuildsOfficial Add a few more halves...
Budget-Builds Official Similer build to that guy, but I love their performance of it, saying I only paid £70 for my WHOLE system
That's where you upgrade to something from the Q8*** or Q9***, they are around 15% faster at the same clock speeds with far lower power consumption. And they generally run well with the FSB at 400MHz.
Dabombinable Mi I’m getting a FX 8350 soon (and 16GB DDR3) so I should be set for the foreseeable future
When I first watched it four years go I was going to do my own 775 build, I instead did a Ryzen 5 build cause I needed the extra cores. Since I'm going to start teaching my nephew, this video was the first thing that came to mind & thought I'd re watch it.
The specs of his pc are Core 2 Quad Q9450 ($10), a 512gb ssd I found in the trash (it works perfectly), EVGA 450w psu already had, 8gb ddr3 ram which I already had also along with a gt 730.
I got a sff OEM Lenovo 775 based PC from my work for free because it just wasn't handling the tasks it needed to. So when my boss upgraded he let me have it. It had a Pentium dual core in it and 2 sticks of mismatched ddr3 ram one was 4gb 1600mhz and the other 2gb 1333mhz.(thanks to our IT Dept.) I bought a modded Xeon x5450 from AliExpress and threw in another 4gb ddr3 1333mhz along with a hd7570 1gb gddr5 and now my 4 yr old son plays ROMs on it.
You still haven't forgotten the old computer.. You are a great guy..👍❤️🔥
I'm shocked, my shotty laptop which cost like 700$ can hardly run a game.
I should probably format the poor thing.
You sir, are a hero, because I can finally know what to expect from even the simplest machines.
ויאמר סבבה! Laptops aren’t built for games due to laptopsnot having dedicated graphics
@@randomsomeguy156 depends on the laptop
I clicked the shortcut tab to RUclips instead of Netflix and was like crap wrong one and was about to hit the back button but saw you uploaded a video in my recommended and was like never mind I'm watching RUclips now
Still rocking a Q9550 with a HD7850 Xd
And 8GB of DDR3 RAM :P
I got a pentium 4 pc for free. The motherboard is a foxconn with a g31 chipset. After flashing the latest bios, making a "custom" VRM cooling, and putting a Xeon, I could over lock it to 3.66 ghz stable.
It even worked out fine with "AMD only" ddr2 ram, so I could have 8 gigs with only two slots.
Added a gt1030 and a generic usb 3.0 board, and it got to be a great computer for very cheap.
even if these PCs arent going to be good for modern gaming, soon they will be retro PCs, which i would happily install XP on and run older games like a breeze, also, it would be nice to see a cinebench score on both these parts or for future builds, as it helps compare them to other options etc, if its not too time consuming!
Yeah the Core 2 era is a nice ground for old legacy Windows XP builds - the Core i series can be done but may have issues (my old school downgraded 1st gen i3 Windows 7 laptops once to XP, so it fitted in with the rest of their system - goodness knows how they found suitable drivers!) and earlier than Core 2, you could have issues with performance, as you're then going into the era of single core processors. The Fujitsu Lifebook E8020 laptop that I had, had a Pentium M 760 (I think) in it, which was only single core, and ran The Sims quite badly.
NGL I kinda like that case. The brushed black aluminum front looks pretty good!
That would be really nice windows xp retro pc.
I think you realistically say realistically a LOT! Love the video man!
With ddr3 and c2q you can still game today with a good gpu
Real Talk!
Only lighter esports titles. Modern AAA titles shit on that CPU. Any GPU above a 750ti/GT 1030/RX 550 will be bottlenecked by even some of the fastest Core 2 Quads. You might be able to eek out Max performance from 1050/RX 560/HD7950 type cards with something like a QX9775 overclocked to hell and back.
@@honkhonkler7732 the fastest core 2 quad gets up to 5000 in geekbench compared to the fastest c2d at 3100 that's ridiculous consider a i3, 2120 scores 6500+ how does the c2q bottleneck over a 750 ti
I used to build these types of PCs for around the same price and resell them for $80-120 for some profit advertising them as great as a office/light gaming PC.
For around the same price point I personally got:
A Dell Optiplex 790 for $15 which had
~ i5-2400 (LGA 1155 @ 3.4ghz; Quad-core)
~ 8gb DDR3 (1x4gb & 2x2gb 1333hz DDR3)
~ 1tb HDD (2 500gb HDDs, not raided sadly)
~ And an ATI RADEON HD 5450 (Though the port was smashed because they tried to use the wrong cable for it.)
~ (Plus of course, Motherboard, Heatsink, CD/DVD, Case, and PSU)
Then went and bought GT 630 (Crappy GPU but it'll do for now), for about 10ish bucks.
For basically 25 dollars I'd say that is pretty good.
*Edit*
I have added 2gb of DDR3 ram and an SSD to it as well.
Added about 30 more dollars to the total, however, even without it, the PC is still decent for the price.
I got a Core 2 PC.
Not because I need it, but because I want it.
And it's not my main rig. I just love tinkering with that platform.
Did you test the system with 8 gigs of ram? Because it looked like the motherboard had 4 sticks.
6GB of RAM
How can you get 6GB of RAM with 4 sticks?!
2x2gb and 2x1gb
@@simplyinfinity6606it actually started making sense :D
@@simplyinfinity6606 well that's an awful solution, slow and mismatched ram xD but hey, budget tight and way below DDR4 xD
great video, i bought a 775 pc for 90e with a q8300, oc mobo, 6gb ddr2 and hd 5850, sold the gpu for 40e, and bought for 60 a 750ti and sold the motherboard combo for 90e and bought a i3 2120, 8gb ram and mobo for 60e...the pc had a lovly coller master case, 1tb hdd and a 600w psu so i gues i made a good deal
The MIDIs are great.
Even on watches he is the budget king, a vintage seiko 5 is easy to spot any day. Love it. 🔥
Hey budget builds you should do a video on budget ram options in different categories (ddr2,ddr3,ddr4) and take into account speeds , and cas latency? Just an idea.
That would be a very intresting video and helpful too!
What if you replace that GTX 260 with a GTX 560 or an HD 7850?
Don't forget that you can squeeze a bit more performance out of the C2Q for the low low price of free if you use a little tape.
This only applies to the ones that have 1066mhz FSB though. A Q6600 will run at 3.0ghz and the Q6700 will run at 3.33ghz
If you can do it for super cheap, YEAHHH!! Last year I scored a 775 dell for 8 bucks which had the motherboard, 4GB of DDR2, q6600, good enough case, etc. All I did was throw a cheapo PSU in I had on hand and I bought a 560ti for 30$ and it's a monster at 38$. If you wanna count the PSU in the cost (which is fair), it's from another tower I got for 8 so the adjusted price would be 46$.
Now not everyone'll be lucky enough to have ways of getting stuff that cheap, but man if you can...
Anyways, nice video!
You should do a video on high end LGA 1366 cpus, great buy if you can find them for cheap, literally running an i7-965 on my secondary pc alongside my 80 USD HD7970 and runs Skyrim Special edition with a ton of mods pretty well (when I say a ton I mean around 10 graphics mods and 7 smaller mods for a better time while playing.)
10/10 video for realism.
I've used Modded Xeon 5450 quad core processor with this setup and it's crazy good.
And with new parts @ 60 $
I've had a core 2 duo e8600 3.33ghz, 4gb ddr2 1066mhz, and a 750ti build for a while. Still going strong!
A buget build these days pls?
I just got a Gigabyte EP43-S3L from the recycle center here in my town, gonna mod the bios and get a Xeon X5460 and kbooom impresive gaming machine for less than 20€, cuz the heatsink is that cool dual tower triple heatpipe model used by HP back in the day in their prebuild systems, so no need to change it.
Plus i just got in the same way a Geforce 9600 GT from XFX completly intact, works like a monster for its age.
And 8GB of DDR2 800Mhz ECC memory that i salvaged from a dead server i had laying around (but you can get those same sticks by 5€ each if you look carefully, or even for free in the recycle centers).
At this point i will be only paying for the PSU and the PC Case, and everything wont go over 100€ (i just want to get a proper new PSU that i will be able to reuse in future builds, im tired of crappy 10€ PSU's that don't give me the correct voltages).
If you look for it you can get really good parts for free, you just need luck, a recycle center near where you live, a screwdrivers kit and a hammer (sometimes you need to "force" your way into the case, people these days treat older hardware like its shit, they should kick their balls instead of the PC), and you can pretty much call yourself a treasure hunter.
should have gotten a Q6600 and BSEL modded it to run at 3ghz
Then we would have spent enough money to get a Core i3 2120, which is exactly what I say at the end of the video.
Not with local prices where I am. I can build a decent 775 system for about $100 with a bit of luck. An 1155 system will be at least double that.
@@azureknight777 I just bought me a Dell Optiplex 745 for 30 Lei (ca. 6,5 € or 7,30 $) on the flea market. Ordered 8 GB of DDR2 RAM from China to replace the 2 GB that was in it. Cost 15,20 $ on Ali. Also orderd a Q6700 on Ali for 13,38 $. I have some graphic cards lying around, bought them for 10 Lei (ca. 2,15 € or 2,50 $).
Ofcourse I need to replace the 80 GB HDD with something bigger. Would be another 200 Lei (ca 40 € or around 50 $). Maybe I also need a second SATA cable as it needs the longer ones and I have only short ones lying around.
Grand totale: 90 USD.
Hmm.... more expensive than I thought.
First time I've seen someone use Elite Dangerous for a benchmark... legend
A Core2quad likes a £20 Kingston SSD - ;)
Actually, they could make a nice pair.
"I think Moto Moto likes you"
I found a PC that was going to be trashed and installed a modded E5450 with 8Gb ram it is a friends daily office machine. I had to modify the bios an easy enough task. Machine has been running for a year @3.6Ghz and not missed a beat.
Who's watching in 2019?
Me.
And others.
I remember watching this when it premiered that I got the news that I was an uncle.
epic
I payed 800$ for my computer, worth 400$ and not even as good as this....
Where would one go for cheap PC cases for case modding? I am having absolutely no luck on local sale sites and thrift stores are always picked clean before I get there.
Please for older builds use gta San Andreas as a benchmark. like if you agree
and for newer builds use some fancy ass shader (ENB)
Wow. So happens not long back I got given a motherboard with a q8200 in it, 8gb of ram and a gts250 GPU. Not bad for free. Good upgrade from my old Athlon 6400+ power hungry setup. So with this setup it will run on one 400w PSU, not on a sketch dual supply setup. I'd like to grab a 750ti for it or something. Makes for a good casual game machine to play with a controller on the TV
Well you see 775 isn't the best, but it can be used on the down low, and trust me, you don't want to let people see you using this shit. Lemme catch my son using 775 unironically
*fortnite time*
I got a 775 pc from my uncle that had an asus p5q board, a core 2 duo, gts 250 and 2 gigs of ram for free. I ended up getting a q6600 for $5 and 8gb of ram for $18. It was a nice pc and i still get it out to mess with occasionally
This is strange my pc has a c2d a gtx 550 ti and a 4gb ram and i can play gta 5 on high 1080p easily
And i can play fortnite on the max 1080p somewhere 60 fps pubg still works 30 fps on 720p low
I have c2d e8400
8 ram.
Radeon HD7850.
And gta5 and Fortnite are unplayable.
@@RomanD Your specs are no where near similar only you have more ram
@@dontuse10
What?
I have a Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.8GHz with a GTX 660 on one PC. It can run GTA 5 1080p without any problems
Skap you’re drunk, fortnite maxed out at 1080p uses more than a gig of vram and my gtx 570, i5 3570k and 8gb of ram can only scrap low 30’s with an overclock (mainly due to high shadows)
I got a Dell workstation PC for free off the side of the road one time. The motherboard had a bloated capacitor, so that's probably why it was thrown out. Had a free Core 2 Quad q6600, though, so I harvested that and all the screws.
Ew 775 hahah
dot
Just to add to watchers, dont go for Q6600 and beyond, go for Q8XXX and above since you're gonna miss SSE4.2 which matters in some games.
As for GPU option, I think GTX 460/470 should come cheap, but as they are powerhouse, look up for good quality 500W psu as OCZ was in video.
Still playing on 775 and X5460@4Ghz and r9 290. All modern games run fine at 30 FPS minimum and some even far more. Control, FC New Dawn, Metro Exodus, RE2, Shadow of Tomb Raider, Prey all on high/ultra settings and above 30 FPS. Only Hitman 2 was pain in the ass sometimes in locations with many NPC like crowds (but still playable), and ME Andromeda had hiccups too at moments.
If you go for extreme OC 775 is more than sufficient in gaming if your eyes do not bleed at 30 FPS.
Passmark result is 5640 and that is at the same level as Intel Core i5-7260U
That Gainward GTX 260 is sexy. Is it a 192 or 216 core?
216 I believe.
I snatched a really good deal last week.
The PC came with reasonable specs. i5 4460 RX 560 STRIX OC EDITION and 8GB DDR3 RAM and a 650W corsair PSU.
I can run everything at medium 1080p and it only cost me 175€. And it came with Windows 10.
Pretty good👍
*realistically*
love your videos though
thank you for bring me into my first youtube premiere watch..
Higher end Core2 Quads can still run games pretty well. Q9400 is the lowest one that i'd recommend getting. On one PC I have a Core2 Quad Q9550 @ 3.8GHz and on Cinebench R15 it got 428cb which is really close to an i3-6100 (402cb), i5-4430 (448cb), i5-2400 (433cb) etc.
I wouldn't exactly call Cinebench a good measure of performance. 3D mark serves as the closest to real life performance personally.
I have two PCs. One is coming, the other is already built. My Ryzen and Vega system is just sick. It does everything and dollar for dollar it is a fantastic value.
My other PC will be an old Intel Core i5-3570 based system and I might throw in a Radeon R7 240 or a Radeon HD 7750 since I have no old Nvidia cards. The second system is intended as a backup in case I have another system fry like my last system did, also for use in backing up files and it will be a LAN streaming server mainly until it's needed as a backup PC.
Should I trust a 16.50€ pc with i7 12gb ram ,500gb hdd and gt1030?or should I trust 0,95€ pc with Intel core i3 4gb of ram?and also what does it mean when eBay says shipping not specified?Thank you!
Sorry for all this questions.
Still clinging to my q6600 toaster oven , and so far so good. the key is the ssd drive, and fans...MANY fans.
Get a E5450 premodded and try that. You will probably have to mod your bios first.
I love ur videos man, thanks for sharing this
You built almost the exact same thing as What I have here. This one started as a yard sale find for 3 dollars. The processor had been knocked loose from the heat sink and it would shut off. The thermal paste I bought for it costed more than the computer. Had windows 10, sticker on the case and all. If not for that I might not have even given the 3 dollars for it. I didn't know that glueing the heatsink back on it would fix the thing.
DOOOOD! Now do a DOS gaming one like Phil did.
About 3:21 - fitting numbers 😜 - as soon as I saw that pile of crap I KNEW that you were gonna have problems with that. I had that very power supply for my first games pc build, only, it was powering a lesser 9800GT, 4GB ram and an Athlon X2. Within about a year, it packed in. Pile of crap 😆
Like that old saying "buy cheap, buy over and over again".
I have an x5450 xeon on an AsRock G41M-VS3 R2.0 motherboard, and it's a great kit because it supports up to 8GB of ddr3 ram.
would it be like having a video about a kit with xeon's? still face the "current" processors at a much lower price.
great video!
I run a 1155 with a i5-2400 and it runs basically everything I throw at it perfectly fine with med/high or high settings, even with a midrange graphics card. Can handle video editing & rendering decently well also. Definitely great value there and I plan to continue to run it until it dies.
How does an i3 3225 compared to an i5 2400
Here's a comparison I set up on CPU Benchmark: www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/Intel-i3-3225-vs-Intel-i5-2400/1474vs793 The i3 has a higher base frequency but only has 2 cores, and a lower power consumption of 55W. My i5 is a quad core and it's power consumption is 95W. Overall, i5s are typically better processors than i3s. I originally had an i3-2120 but I needed the quad core power. The 3225 is newer than my 2400, but newer doesn't necessarily mean better. Before I upgraded to the quad core, I wasn't able to run GTA V, my rendering times for 1080p videos were way higher than they are now, and generally my computer was a little more sluggish as compared to now what I'm used to running.
Hi All, nice video
the moral of the story is if you want a chep PC you can save some money and get one to run basic day to day items.
If you want to game even older titles, just save another $20 and get something with 2 to 3 times more performance
I5 2400 is almost the new borderline minimum specs and a complete Dell / HP is very cheap, you done even need a OS asving you money as the Bios / UEFI in these systems will allow FREE win10 install as it picks up the OEM key, i have done this with my HP8200 I5 and Dell system I7 both of ebay and ex office machines sold of cheap ( $100 10/2017 and $125 AU 4/2018 )
Regards
George
If you had the option the 775 compatible xeons like the x5450 actually perform much better with less heat and voltage required.
The Q6600 with the BSEL Mod and also overclocked to 3,5GHz what I have managed to get with the ASUS P5Q Board. Its still useable for budget gaming. The Cinebench score for me was 355. Better than a second gen i5.
I run E5450 @3.6
compare the chips here
ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/compare.html?productIds=33083,29765
I built a system around intel dated 965 chipset coupled with Q9400, overclocked to 3.2Gh(400FSB),
with 8GB DDR2-800 ram, 1TB HDD and most important windows 10 - 64 pro.
it runs very very well. every day usage in desktop youtube office etc... works like charm. in fact - as good as new pc. that much good.
regarding gaming, if its modern gaming you will sacrifice FPS that is true. but is OK for children and non modern gaming environments.
recommended GPU is HD5870/6970 or GTX570 for example.
The cost is peanuts.
I just picked up a Q9650 (with stock fan) with 8 GB ram and an ASUS p5ql pro motherboard for $25 Canadian. Not bad for a CPU that can hit 4.2 Ghz with a decent fan.
Was Minecraft run with more than the default 1gb of ram allocated? That can make a big difference on chunk loading.
have an old lga 775 mobo with windows 7, as backup storage, and also for playing some old games.
with a Q9500 and GT 1030. It can play less demanding games just fine. I play KOF XIV and Nitroplus Blasterz with it. :)