Gaming With a $10 Optiplex
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- Опубликовано: 18 окт 2024
- Today we will be taking this $10 Dell Optiplex that I got off of Facebook Marketplace, and try to see if it is a viable Budget Gaming PC. Join me as I attempt to get Windows 10 running on this! In a later video we will be installing Linux, so stay tuned!
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Great video, Gabe! One thing that I would do is install the h264ify extension to your browser, this will help with the RUclips playback. I am not sure how much it will help, but others have used it on similar hardware and it helps fix the issue with dropped frames. As others also mentioned, I would update the CPU and ram and see how it goes. I also think your trying out different operating systems and emulation for older consoles is a good idea too. Looking forward to seeing the next video. Keep up the good work.
Should that extension only be used on lower end pcs?
Bro Thank you so much for this advice i have the same issue with the same pc he has in this video and it helped me alot with youtube playback THX.😃
I have an Optiplex 780 with 4GB Ram running latest Linux Mint. Runs fine for everyday tasks and can play some light win games...
Same bro i put linux mint too bcs it has old kernel and can install old gt 730 driver
Are you alright bro? Are you holding back tears? You ok?
4x2GB of DDR2 @800Mhz, A Core 2 Quad, and an RX 6400 would be a hell of an upgrade to see on that system!
My first gaming rig was with a Core 2 quad and a GT 1030
odds are it'd overheat with that in that case (maybe even opened up lol), unless he does ghetto fan cooling to help it
Id just keep it as a retro system
Great video, Gabe!
Windows 10 with 4GB of DDR2 must
of been pretty painful, even with an SSD, haha.
I would love to see this PC with a
Core 2 Quad, (Q9550 Maybe) 8GB of DDR2
and a better GPU in the future, if possible.
I was thinking of upgrading this in the future! I’m used to slow loading lol, I never had the best technology growing up!
@@gabecapps
Haha, same here!
I use to own the Dell Optiplex
755 a few years ago, had the Pentium
E2160, 4GB of 667 MHZ and 80GB
HDD. Yes, I hated how slow it was,
but appreciated what I had regardless.
Since he's running Windows 10, the 8 gigs of RAM would help out in spades. A better CPU would be nice also. However, since the PSU in that thing can't be very powerful, I think for a GPU upgrade he should use something like a Radeon HD 7750. It's low wattage but still powerful and will allow for Direct X 12 (feature level 11_X).
Yeah if he can find a low profile version. Might be easier to find RX 550 or GT 1030 in low profile, and those are true DX12 cards.
Also Radeon Pro WX 3200/4100 are DX12 and can be had for about $40 on eBay, might be the best option.
Reminds me of my own excessively upgraded Optiplex 745, which now has a Q6600 (it only supports the 65nm CPU models, not the later 45nm).
A R7 240
8 GB RAM
really cool project...it was fun back in the day scraping pcs and parts together and getting things going on a budget!
Sweet old school! You got lucky that it had 4GB in there.
If you can play solitaire, it counts as a gaming PC right?
I have a bunch of floppy disks, let me know if you want some.
I hope to make a floppy disk video in the future.
why do people doubt optiplexs so much this one could easy run csgo 420p low res
So, that is a floppy cable and is not the same as an IDE cable. While they are both ribbon cables, they are not the same and are not interchangeable. IDE cables are only used for magnetic hard disk drives. As for the "integrated graphics" there are no integrated graphics on the Core 2 Duo. What you are seeing is the south bridge. These older boards would have two "chipsets." The north bridge and south bridge. The south bridge, would also perform the basic function of video output, but that is not it's sole purpose.
Thank you for sharing that! I haven’t seen a chipset like this before, so it confused me a little bit!
Have this same PC, upgraded to 8GB RAM, for GPU I have a GTX 750TI (a 1650 can be a good option), and for CPU I used an Intel Xeon X3363 which is basically an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 (Modded from LGA 771 to LGA 775) with the latest BIOS update to get the CPU microcode.
Always a good day when homie Gabe posts videos like this but personally I'd go for Windows XP, play anything that released before 2007 with that thing
Good video
I plan to try out other operating systems!
Hey Gabe have you considered buying gtx 750 ti?
It is budget friendly and it doesn't need external power.
Great video btw!
It has crossed my mind! I plan to get more gpus for future videos!
I think a Core2 Duo would bottleneck a 750Ti. Maybe it would be better balanced if it was a Core2 Quad, but the BIOS may or may not support such an upgrade. I had a Vostro 200 some years ago with a Core2 Duo and it wouldn't support a Quad.
Floppy drives use their own interface, it's not IDE. Anyway, subbed!
This is an awesome video. Most of us are so tempted to start throwing better parts and upgrading instead of just seeing what it can do as it is. The SSD is almost a requirement these days, spinning drives are just so painfully slow that it would make the process unbearable. Besides, a 128GB SSD can be bought used for about $5 used if you are patient, so it really doesn't distract from the fact you are working with a $10 PC as it was found.
That was roughly the cost of this! I buy my ssd’s in bulk, so I get a pretty good deal!
People always say an ssd will fix everything, but people always forget other components being much slower and using a hard drive there would be fine since it would match the speed of the system. Ssds these days are just a gimmick
I actually have a Dell laptop with a core2duo. Swapping the 80GB HDD to a 256GB SSD didn't make it fast, but it did make it far more useable. I have a couple of programs that require a 9 Pin serial port and Windows 7, a USB to 9Pin won't work, and compatibility mode doesn't work. The SDD and upgrading to 4GB of RAM made it pretty useful, when I used it before it took 3-5 minutes to boot, now it boots in less than 30 seconds, and the programs open instantly, before it took a long time for them to open. @@RusRus72
I have one of these 755 Dells! I maxed out the ram from 3 to 8 GB and upgraded the cpu from a E4400 to a E6750, all from Ebay for $15 CAD total. Installed Linux Mint, and it runs excellent. This is something I bought used about 10 years ago and just shoved it into a closet when I found it couldn't run Windows 10. Now the upgrades are so cheap, it's worthwhile to bring these old tanks back to live another life! (And an old 128 GB SSD I had laying around)
A lot of people are mentioning Linux Mint, I will have to try it out!
This era of dell is known to have poor quality capacitors that will need to ne replaced before they go bad, theyre not expensive and its just a half hour soldering. A 1050ti should work in this system.
My first pc:
Hey maybe you should try tiny11 or a similar windwos 10 version, I think this could improve performance. Good video!
understandable
I have a 760, put a intel core quad in it (the strongest cpu that that motheboard supports) 8gb of ram, 240 gb ssd and 1 tb hard drive, a GT720 and windows 7. It's pretty good honestly, considering that the WHOLE computer cost $25. It runs photoshop 2015 good, web browsing is smooth. You should have put windows 7 on it. many games still support it
Steam requires Windows 10 though
I believe that chip you are calling the integrated graphics is actually the southbridge controller for storage and pci. I think this is back before memory controllers were integrated into cpu's and were built on a MB northbridge chip.
this old dell PC's are way suited better for being repurposed for Linux PC's. I did have an old PC like that and ran Linux Mint for a few years. Highly recommended that Linux Mint XFCE edtions, Linux Lite or Fedora would be perfect for this.
I plan to try Linux on this sometime in the future! I just wanted to see how Windows 10 ran, and if it would even be worth it!
I’d definitely rock XP on that. Does Dell even host the drivers anymore?
I am unsure if they do! I want to try other operating systems on this, and XP is definitely on that list!
@@gabecapps just don't put XP on the internet, that's a quick way to get malware
Hey, I recently got a 755 off ebay for £10! It's got a second gen i7 and 2gb ddr2 but found for it 8GB ddr2 800mhz with orange heatsinks for another £10, now which GPU to pair it with? All the fans including psu fan are super quiet, this is a keeper :D
0:44 That is a SATA and SATA power cable. IDE cables look like a 30-pin power supply plug, but smaller. The cable would also wide.
Floppy disk cables are 34 pin but the floppy disk shown in the video is most likely a rare mini pc one
@@RusRus72 i sure do love rare form factors
@@RusRus72 Dell did a bunch of propriatary stuff back in the day, they still do, just not to the extent they used to imo. It's a little tricky to tell, but it's likely one of two options, either a dell flex circuit connector or a more standard micro floppy disk drive connector, that was used in SFF PCs and laptops at the time. 2004-2010 was pretty wild time in OEMs almost every one had some propriatary connector it made working on OEMs more of a pain than it is now.
You should try Valorant. That game is pretty easy to run. Also did you do any optimizations in windows?
Not any in this video! I kinda just wanted to see how windows would have ran normally!
you really CANNOT complain for the price!
I know right! And it was only like a 5 minute drive as well!
I would have bought it, but I have a question. If I ever get as lucky as you to get a pc like this, what can I do to it to upgrade it enough to run Windows 11? And could I actually upgrade the internals to make it a newer pc? I don't play games on any pc, I use a console, senior here, lol. So I would use it for work purposes, such as read email, surf the web, Office 365, fix some photos...etc. Simple things like that.
I really feel like Windows 11 would not be possible with this specific machine. Upgrading is definitely possible in many prebuilts, you can look up what the system you bought supports! With doing basic tasks like that, Windows 10 should be fine, and a low budget pc would be very friendly for that! You would be wanting to look for 3-6th generation i3, i5, or i7 if you’re lucky enough! And pair that with atleast 8gb of ram and a 1gb graphics card, you should be good to go!
You can run PICO-8 virtual game console. It's an Atari style game console that doesn't use hardware. It runs on anything. You can play it free thru the web browser but if you want to own the software to make your own games it's only $15.
Hello again Gabe. Did you finally end up being able to sell that PC on marketplace?
I haven't gotten any at this moment, I plan to retake the listing photos and description soon! But I have been checking on Facebook, and many pc's have been sitting for the past month or two, so I think it is just slow or in low demand as of right now! If they don't sell, I will try listing on eBay!
Im very curoius: what are you gonna do with this pc? Isn't it too bad to sell?
I think I might install Linux, maybe upgrade the ram to 8gb, and turn this into an emulation machine! If I need to, I can sell the parts online! But I want to see what I can do with this!
@@gabecapps Check my comment, you'll like my idea. Sell it for someone who is into retro gaming.
@@gabecapps remix os or pheonix os are pretty good for older pcs or one of the random android os should work nicely on this also .
@@gabecapps if you're just going to do emulation you could probably get away with 4GB. Batocera doesn't require a lot of RAM. If you want to use it as a Linux desktop, yeah 8GB might be good.
Can you make upgrade on this pc. Add E8400 cpu and some ram. It will be great to use.
Good video but how did you record the windows install?
I use an external capture card to record it! I have an Elgato as of right now!
@@gabecapps cool. i never knew that was even possible!
Man I can't describe the feeling I got seeing this pc, I got one of those back in 2015 and I used it until 2021 with 4gigs of ram and a GeForce210 gpu it's needles to say it was terrible but because of that I discovered a lot of great underrated games like dungeon defenders, crashday, pcsx2, dirt 3 and many more! I played most games on 25-30fps but it was a decent experience, however I built a new pc in late 2021 and sadly lost the optilex while moving to a new apartment
Great job. Keep it going 😊
I found a Optiplex 780 from the recycling depot's tech bin, still looks alright, gonna do some diagnosing but if it works that's all profit if I sell for like 70 bucks as a cheap workstation
Floppy had its own connection, smaller than the IDE sockets for HDD and Optical drives
I just have never seen it before in person! I wish I was able to test it!
The RUclips playback problems aren't the fault of the CPU. A 2.4Ghz Core-2-Duo with a decent graphics card can play 1080p video from a local x264 file just fine. It's just that the implementation of whatever player is used in browsers is crap.
On this old machines you can boost your youtube performance by using the h264ify-Addon. It makes you stream H.264 videos instead of VP8/VP9 videos
my grandfather has that exact same desktop
now now. i would love to see an overclocked q6600 (bsel mod, aka overclocking it with electrical tape) + a decent low profile gpu. if the motherboard supports 4 slots, it should work with 8gb ram, in theory
Would you mind upgrading it to the max (Q9450) and 8 gb, then trying out League of Legends? Maybe it still works, despite the higher requirements. Costs like $20 total i think
1:42 did you leave on the old thermal paste?
I probably wouldnt have bought it, but Im impressed it runs as well ax ot does. It seems to work better than my old Dell that ran Vista where I had to keep upgrading cheap GPUs.
when he said he said he couldn't find out what gpu is it I don't really believe it cause there's a label at the back of a gpu that tells you what gpu it is and if it's already erased due to its age you can know that by reading it in the pcb itself and is also written on the chipset itself
I know that I could have looked up the numbers on that label, but it did not say straight up what graphics card it was! If it didn’t tell me which one it was in the updates, then I would have had to do that!
For 10 dollar its something you can enjoy with,maybe some old school emulations, or boomer shootas here and there. All good. Be grateful with what you got. Try Dual Xeon build dude.
I did a build in same case. I7 4790 16 gb ram and rx 6400.. would be fun to see the performance maxed out to see the diffrens
its a proprietary floppy cable as its not standard (relative to floppy drives)
With a bit of modification, you can play most games and do A LOT more with that system, trust me. ANY SYSTEM can play a game, you just gotta know the right changes to make
Yes, a Core2Quad Q6700 will give you a way better experience (more threads, bigger cache, higher speed). Maybe plus a GTX 650 (its a card without an exta power connector) - that will be a nice little machine
You can upgrade it with core2quad
I have a Hp Compaq DC5800 micro tower im using a core2 quad 9505 with a gtx 1050 and 8 gigs and it does play World of Warships
i would have bought this and upgraded it to core2quad q6600 or better plus installed 8 gigs of ram and gotten with gtx 750 ti low profile and ofc the 128gb ssd.
It's always a blessing to see these old machines not turn into E-waste what I would do if I had this machine is put a Linux destro like arch Linux and try some emulators like some ps2 emulators and Mabey try and upgrade that GPU Mabey a GT 1030 If it fits into that PCIE lane. (correct me if I got any information wrong)
I plan to try out other operating systems with this PC! I know that this could be an amazing emulator, possibly even up to ps3/xbox 360!!
In the next video, I dare you to download cyberpunk 2077 without upgrading any hardware. Just do some tweaking with it. Also u earned a sub. Please pin this comment in the next video:)
It wouldn't even load to the menu is what would happen.....
How did you screen recorded that without using an application for that pc ?
I used my elgato capture card!
You can turn it into a storage server
this is so interesting because i got a dell optiplex gx620 and it looks the same inside! it doesnt show video and it does 6 long beeps so i think thats a gpu issue so ill put a gpu in it. ill install linux and it might be good for some simple computing like doing office programs, email, web browsing and some 720p video watching even maybe!
I tried to fix up my ex gf 760 but was a waste of time due to bad capacitors on the mobo, a common problem , you can see them blue cylinders that swell up as they go bad over the years.
They are cheap to replace if you order them online and solder them yourself but its easier just to buy another pc for 10 bucks😆🤷♂️
@@johncollins5552 I actually did notice the capacitors but i didnt really see anything wrong with them. The person who i got the pc from said it worked so im not sure. It should have integrated graphics but nothing showed up just 6 long beeps. Ill try to get my hands on a simple old gpu and see if it gives video.
Great vid 👍
i have the core 2 quad model. got it from a customer not that long ago.
Get Batocera on that beast
my dads friend has a pc with same cpu but it runs linux and is generally used for playing music videos on youtube
wish I could find such steals
You just have to keep looking!!
@@gabecapps South Africa this ppl stingy...the only thing u can get for close to 10usd is an old dusty case
@nabgains I’m sorry to hear that!
can you please try a optiplex 960
you could put a better cpu in maybe
i have dell optilex 745 and played minecraft bedwar's even with texture pack to above 100 fps (amd radeon r5 240) and got 500 win's half a year ago
You can probably use a sodium mod on minecraft to get wayy better fps tbh
Upgrade it with xeon e5450, ssd, 4x2gb rams and gt1030 lp not bad for 900p 2017s games experience
Will a Dell bios support any Xeon? Dell ist very picky. My Optiplex 780 would not.
Retro emulation or Linux machine is the way
Bro it's south bridge, not integrated graphics
That’s used to be in my school bro
if this is a optiplex 755 you can modify the bios and buy xeon cpu to get better performance
I wonder how it would compare to the Core 2 Extreme
1,3K Views in 19 hours pretty good!
I am very surprised with how well this video is doing! Thank you for the amazing title idea!
You can actually upgrade this cpu to a core 2 quad
with a bios update
Q6700 will fit
@@jensputzlocher8345 Yes
I can tell you what to do with this install Linux and make it an emulator box for older retro games you could probably find a 4 core cpu for that
I would go for XP or Windows 7 and play old games. Do not go on the web with XP. I would not mind a spinning HD with XP and use the SSD elsewhere. An experiment: You could try dual boot with XP if some games do not play with Windows 10. You could browse the net with Windows 10.
To clean dryed thermal paste: use first lighter fluid ( it melts the paste ) then wipe, then clean with alcool.
Linux would give this one a second life and you also then can go on the internet!
@@DCM777. I thought about Puppy Linux or Linux Mint.
@@st-gelaisrene3287 or MX Linux
Id use batocera linux on a little box like that lol
i have that
I had a PC like this but one version older... With an ATI card, it was great for Windows XP, but far from perfect... Today I got an almost perfect Windows XP machine, but far better than this...
Funny tho, I used this PC to make videos, record and even stream
Oh wow! That’s really cool!
Try upgrading to Windows 11
I might try Tiny11, but I could definitely see issues with drivers! I will definitely consider that!
Win11 24H2 will not boot any longer this old machines. So you have two problems: support for win11 23H2 will end in november 2025, also the supoort for Win 10. Dont ride those dead horses any longer. I switched to linux these days and was surprised how much of my games are playable via steam.
Slap XP on it ad call it a retro gaming PC
For me who have hd 7670m i had to go to other site to get drivers
the newest amd driver for this card is from 2016
@@jensputzlocher8345 I know I finally got them from AMD site it wasn't there before for some reason
add a q9550 cpu it is a quad core
The bios of an optiplex 755 will not recognise a q9550 - a q6700 will fit.
Finally I got my new PSU lol, then i just need to buy a GPU 🗿
What are you thinking of getting?
@@gabecapps Idk, depending on my budget
Why Windows 10?! Windows 7 tops on that machine
I just wanted to see how it would honestly run!
It was not necessary to put new thermal paste on that lame-ass graphics card LMAO
First!
Windows 7 might work better!
YOu are supposed to install windows 8.1 man !!!!!!!!
Windows 8.1 is perfect for hardware like that
I just wanted to see how Windows 10 would be like!
@@gabecapps yeah I guess so but please try windows 8.1 trust me steam works still
Even at $10, there really is no reason to keep this Core 2 Duo alive any more. First through third gen Intel systems can be had for literally dirt cheep and the performance will be much better on every level. Anything less than DDR3 is really a waste of time, effort and money because the limitations of older tech will do nothing but frustrate you from non-existent device drivers to compatibility issues with...well, just about everything! If you're doing this for nostalgia purposes then great, enjoy but if you really want to game on a PC you can do much better for just as cheep!
dont install normal windows please use custom iso :)
the core 2 quads play games better
upgrade it with an new graphics card! 😊
I plan to give this computer a nice budget upgrade!
@@gabecapps its motherboard has pcie×16 or not?
I believe it does!
@@gabecapps wait imma see video again and i will tell you it has pcie ×16 bus or not!!
@@gabecapps well i watched the video again and here are some few points you should know before upgrading your Dell optiplex
While the Dell OptiPlex 755 with a Core 2 Duo processor does have a PCIe x16 slot for a GPU upgrade, there are some considerations to keep in mind:
1. **Power Supply**: The OptiPlex 755's power supply unit (PSU) may be limited in wattage. High-end GPUs require a substantial amount of power, so you need to ensure that the PSU can support the new GPU. You might need to upgrade the PSU as well if it doesn't provide enough power.
2. *Physical Space*: Depending on the form factor of your OptiPlex 755 (Mini Tower, Desktop, or Small Form Factor), there may be physical space limitations. Ensure that the GPU fits within the available space in the case.
3. *Cooling*: High-performance GPUs generate a lot of heat. Make sure your system has adequate cooling to prevent overheating.
4. *Compatibility*: Ensure that the GPU is compatible with the motherboard and that there are no BIOS limitations. Older systems like the OptiPlex 755 may not support the latest GPUs due to BIOS restrictions or lack of UEFI support.
5. *Performance Bottlenecks*: The Core 2 Duo processor is quite old and may bottleneck the performance of modern high-end GPUs. It is essential to balance the GPU performance with the capabilities of the CPU to avoid significant bottlenecks.
For these reasons, it's usually recommended to upgrade to a mid-range GPU that offers a good balance of performance and power consumption, such as the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1650. These GPUs are relatively power-efficient and offer a substantial performance boost over the integrated graphics without overwhelming the system's power and cooling capacities.
Or you can buy an new case and arrange components in an new case!
Install Linux on this pc😂
really good video!!!!
Finally I got my new PSU lol, then i just need to buy a GPU 🗿