@@RandomGaminginHD I get it but I’ve had a brother laser jet for 8 years or so and it’s absolutely amazing. Cheap to run, wireless always works. It replaced a wireless printer that I had to trash.
Great content as always brother! Fun fact: The R9 360 is actually just a rebranded R7 360, in fact if you google the specs of each card they are IDENTICAL and are in fact placed in the same performance segment.
I'm still running an i7 6700 after all these years and it's great. Modern gaming at 4k rarely pushes it passed 70% usage while having other stuff running in the background. For budget builds skylake shouldn't be overlooked.
@@samoerai6807 Indeed, only game I've played at 4k that my cpu is the bottleneck is Cyberpunk 2077. GPU only reaches 80-90% but I'm still able to reach 60 average on high settings so it still doesn't matter I guess.
@@Simmonsumers35 what gpu do you pair with the 6700? Also you could try a bit higher settings to make it more of a gpu bottleneck. It’ll give you better graphics, can reduce stutters, and in some rare cases it gives your more performance in fps. This is when your gpu is faster then your cpu and it’s not the bottleneck. By shifting the load to the faster component (the gpu) by increasing graphics settings, it may result in more fps
@@samoerai6807 I'm aware of all that but in CPU bottlenecked conditions at 4k the bahavior isn't as predictable from game to game. Sometimes higher settings just run way worse becuase in certain games it just can't get passed the weaker CPU no matter how hard you push the GPU. I run a RTX 2080 TI and like I said, only Cyberpunk 2077 has shown a bottleneck scenario where getting to 60 fps takes a bit of fiddling with settings. Any other game I don't struggle to get to 60 so upgrading my cpu seems unnecessary at 4k unless games suddenly get way more CPU intensive in the coming years which I doubt as the consoles are pretty weak this generation.
You still need the 8 pin PCIe power to the newer GPU for it to work with those GPUs. You first need to get an adapter from amazon since those Dell's are all proprietary.
It is normal for thermal paste used by manufacturers to be very dry, because this reduces the pump out effect which avoids the need to replace it for up to ten years.
This machine with the red trim was actually my first desktop computer. A friend of mines folks that had more money than they had sense had this machine in their office of the business they owned. Windows corrupted and needed to be reinstalled, and his son asked for my help fixing it,. By the time I had gotten to it, they bought a new system and let me keep the inspiron. It was a massive step up from the i7 4510u / GT 730m laptop I had, and I was thrilled. I eventually went to upgrade to a GTX 1060 3gb, but not only were there no additional power connectors, the internal power supply wouldn't keep up either. So, I bought an EVGA 750W PSU on marketplace, put a paperclip in the ground and green pins, and was rolling. I eventually harvested the CPU and GPU to put in a new case, bought an MSI H110m gaming mobo, and that was when I realized that the prebuilt was using DDR3 after I had everything taken apart. $50 later for some funky mismatched ram off of marketplace and it was alive and I could play CS and transport the PC with much more ease. I ran that rig with the i7 from the prebuilt and a 1070Ti in a couple different chassis until a couple of years ago until I had proper justification to upgrade. So many memories taking that pc, side panel off, second PSU duct taped to the top. That machine taught me so much about computers. Thanks for taking me down memory lane.
Dell and HP prebuilts, especially their workstation lines, are solid, no frills work-horses. I'm using a Z220 I've had for 10 years since new, right now. Used every day and I've only ever swapped the HDD for an SSD.
I've had similarly positive experience with Fujitsu prebuilts & mobos (save for the custom PSUs & PSU connectors they had later, kinda annoying). You could even overclock CPUs in their 775 mobos thru SetFSB and I even managed to get a gaming-stable overclock on a Pentium E5800 from 2.8 GHz to 3.5 GHz, then swapped the CPU for a quad-core Xeon thanks to the G41 chipset it came with which allowed pretty crazy combinations.
It would be interesting to see what would happen if you installed a 7700k and something like a 1650 or even an rx6600 in here. The ram could be upgraded to 16 gigs of ddr3 2133 too. As the 6600 only pulls about 130 watts, it would be just fine with something like a sata to pcie power adapter. Or you could just upgrade the PSU while you're at it and basically you would just be left with the old shell and the motherboard.
You don't wanna put a 7700k or a 6700k even in there because you'd need a better cooling solution, which can't be done with that particular case/motherboard. Besides, the 6700 is still a very capable 1080p, 60fps gaming cpu. The videocard would be the best upgrade, and a 1650 could do fine with that, or a 1650super with a sata to 6pin adapter. That and make sure you have 16gb of ram and you an play any game in that computer, i assure you.
I upgraded one of these for my nephew recently but his had the i5-6400. I put one of those weird 1050ti that needs a 6pin in it (wouldn't boot into windows without it). I used the dual sata dell cable GP2JM with a 2xSATA-to-6pin adapters and didn't worry too much since the pcie slot should provide enough power. Alternatively, i found out after that the VX372 dell psu is compatible and has a 6pin but it's only 315w.
@@darthwiizius True but I found out about that psu after the system was up & running back with my nephew. May consider it for future upgrade if he holds on to that pc.
@@txslacker6179 I suppose it'll come down to the overall cost to benefit thing, a 6600 is about the highest performing card in that set up and the CPU may well bottleneck it. It's a good card for the cash and pretty efficient, but that's now. Who knows in a few months or a year though?
I have an almost identical system to this! Only difference is its an HP, it has 16gb DDR4, and the XFX R7 360 which has a 6 pin and I overclocked it to the max! You will most definitely see an improvement with DDR4 over DDR3L. The i7 6700 is still respectable and it pairs nicely with a GTX 1060 or RX 580 for 1080p
There's an idea for a video if it hasn't already been done. Skylake x DDR3 vs DDR4... how much difference does it make? Right now I have a Haswell and if I were to upgrade I would probably try to get something newer than Skylake, but prices can dictate purchases... but doesn't Windows 11 generally require 8th gen/Zen 2 or better?
@@SeeJayPlayGames I feel like the only quad core worth upgrading your whole system would be the i3 10100F/B450 combo is way cheaper than investing in Skylake. The i3 is quite a bit faster than the i7 6700 and you have a lot more upgrade potential with 10th gen.
@@yeetus59 B450 is for AMD. I think you mean B460. And for the same or less money, one could get a B560 instead and be able to go 11th gen later - if it's worth it, which I understand it isn't. But, either would require getting DDR4 memory, which I don't own any of right now. So maybe the cheaper option would be a B85 board and a i7-4790K or something, but those are a bit expensive. But at least I have RAM - 2 4GB sticks I'm not using right now and 2 8GB sticks that I am. All 1600MT CL9, so not great, but at least they're not 1333MT. Maybe a better route to repurpose my old 3020 would be to move the i5 and 16GB RAM to a B85 board, and get a cheap i3 to plop into it along with an SSD and 8GB of RAM. The idea is to set up a "better" computer for my wife as a side effect of my upgrade. She has an old Ivy Bridge Celeron 1007U (1.5GHz 2C2T) laptop, ugh - but hey, it was dirt cheap, like $50 and then I spent $70 on accessories for it, which can move to a new system. I think an i3 with 8GB and an SSD would be okay for her needs. She's into emulation (SNES/PSX/N64/GC), web surfing and light video editing (VirtualDub). Maybe leave the GT1030 in it as well, or at least put it in whenever I can get a real GPU and use the GT1030 for an interim solution. Meanwhile, I will have the option of going to an i7, but is it worth it over what I have? I think maybe not, not in the 4th gen. And maybe boosting up to 32GB RAM, but as it stands I've yet to max out 16GB. And with 4th gen intel, I might as well not bother with anything faster than GTX 1070/1080 or RX 590/5500XT, so that keeps things cheaper as well. Not trying to spend a fortune here. And yeah, 1080p is fine for my old eyes.
Used to have 6600K around 2016 and got 6700K later, they clocked 4,6 and 4,7 GHz respectively and ran everything with high fps (excl. Battlefield 1 and onwards).
There are still plenty of 6-7 year old components out there that will game at low settings 1080p just fine. I just recently got rid of a Dell Alienware x51 R2 that I had bought USED in 2017 that had an i5 and a GTX 745 with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB mechanical HDD and a 240W power brick that over the years needed upgrading love. I paid $300 USD for it, and straight away I bought a 1TB SSD and adapters to install it. That sped it up tremendously. I then bought the highest PSU 330W, and a 1060 GTX 6GB video card, along with 16GB of matching RAM. Last year, I found a i7 4th gen that was the final upgraded part for $60 USD and after doing that, I had some great benchmark numbers on a 9 year old PC! It would play 75% of any games today @ 1080p no problem.
I had one of these. Complete nightmare to do anything with. Almost all the parts are dell made or dell built and cant be swapped (Like the PSU and motherboard) so upgrading was stupidly difficult unless I got another dell made part, which are rare to come by and expensive. The BIOS is super outdated and supports none of the newest features, even security ones, and Dell refuses to update it. The model I got was a bit different and promised to have an AMD RX560 in it. Turned out it actually had an RX460 in it, but with a 560 bios flashed onto it. I was pretty much scammed. Long story short I will never be buying from them again. Glad I built my own PC.
Like you actually bought it from Dell and not secondhand ? How/why would they pass off a 460 as a 560 ? Though back in the day some cards were basically the same and could be flashed, so It's definitely a thing. Just seems a bit scummy for Dell themselves to do, but it is Dell.
@@Gatorade69 From what I recall they have the same die, the RX 460 just has some CUs disabled, perhaps flashing the vbios did get the whole chip working? I do actually have an HP OEM RX 460 on hand, perhaps I should see if this works sometime.
@@Gatorade69 They flashed the bios and disabled some cores which effectively gave it the same specs as a 460. Comparing my benchmark scores on that system to a real 460 gave equal results.
i worked at a rural golf course last summer, and in the golf cart barn there was one of these coated in dust. asked boss if i could have it and he gave it to me. pretty annoying little computer honestly but I can't complain. I put more ram, a better cpu and a rx 6400 and gave it to my little cousin. he liked it, but eventually he was on vacation and it fell into the ocean never to be seen again. we're from kansas. I dont know man. live and let live
Whoa! That's the same CPU I have that's stuck inside a MSI Z170 M5(DDR4) mobo and paired with a RTX 2060 Super. I don't know why but the boost feature from that mobo runs my 6700 non-K speed to 3.8 GHz. Every triple A game I play can hit more than 60 fps 1080p on any high settings, I feel like this setup can still run for another 10 years. (given with proper maintenance of course)
My brother actually had that computer and I salvaged its RAM and GPU for my first gaming rig. I now have 2 R9 360s in my room and I modified them with heatsink on the VRAM modules It’s a tiny beast and it worked but I had to move on.
My main rig is an inspiron 3670. I found it in goodwill for 22 dollars rocking a i5 8400, 16GB, 1tb hdd. I tossed in a 1tb nvme and a gtx 1650. Handles everything I do fast
Good to see this PC being featured! I'm still using this Prebuilt PC as of today! (inspiron 3668 in the asian market I think) You can slap in a good gtx 750ti or rx 460 or even a gtx 1050 to run this baby without a problem but boy oh boy upgrading this PC is a hassle since it's a prebuilt you are limited to any upgrades such as ram(you are allowed to use only 16gb 2400mhz), GPU and ofc the PSU! The PSU is the biggest problem you'll face unless you can buy that 8 pin PSU converter for the mobo but i need to wait for months just to get that thing. So what my technician did when i was upgrading the gpu (rx570). He let the stock psu run for the mobo while there's an external psu to power my Rx 570 and it worked like magic. I play triple A games to Med-High, I can achieve high framerates and a 144hz monitor is capable to this built for esports game like valorant, R6, and CSGO. Been using it for 5 years from now and it's still a beast for all my gaming needs! I may start with the worst pc and the worst decision to buy it since i was a noob back then but with a little touch of internet magic and modding they can take you anywhere my man. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!
A propos 9:09 about the power connector - there are "SATA Power to PCIe x6" adapters available and that's what I use to power my externally powered 2GB nVidia GTX 750 in a Fujitsu P720, which also has a custom PSU & power connector. It has allegedly a 280W PSU, but Haswell & Maxwell seem to be a really power-efficient combo and I have no power stability issues whatsoever even with 2 HDDs, 2 SSDs & a WiFi/BT PCIe Card added. Works just fine, though I had better performance in this machine out of a 1050Ti which required no external power cable.
Can you upgrade the GPU in these or is the PSU and size of the case too small ? I’d be interested in if you put something like an RX 6400 in this to see the I7 push itself a bit more
RX 6400 would be great in this system, I'm using one in an Optiplex 9020, i7-4790, 16GB DDR3 1600 and it does great. This i7-6700 is better with the same PCIe 3.0 slots so should perform a bit better in 1% lows. CPU-limited games like AC:Ody simply do not get 60FPS thanx to CPU bottleneck even with gfx at lo and the GPU far from 100% load, but most others with medium CPU load like H:ZD and SotTR keep the 6400 at 98+%
Actually just did that with a dell optiplex small form for my niece, got it for about 120 used. Came with a WD m.2, threw in 32gb of ddr3 to fill all the slots. Hooked up a new Kingston ssd for extra memory and threw in my used rx6400. Everything running while gaming only using a little over 100 watts and it works great at medium settings 1080p, also threw in a i7 6700 just because I found a used one for cheap. All in all I was very surprised on how well it gamed, only thing is heat because the gpu gets up to about 75 degrees C at 50 to 60 percent usage but should still be good.
@@lewzealand4717 that’s interesting, I love the budget side of the pc world. I was thinking of getting an optiplex system for my nephew and was thinking of GPUs small enough for them. Obviously the RX 6400 is the first to come to mind
@@Crayonmuncherrrr I figured she is going to play less intensive games anyways. The only thing is the space, the card is pretty close to the PSU but it's a front to back airflow psu so no extra heat from the unit reaches the card. Cpu won't break any cinebench records but it was running at like 55 percent on Skyrim at medium to high settings.
I don't know if this system has a 6/8 pin power connector, but a 1660 would be a nice fit, otherwise even a 1650 would be an improvement, though maybe the rumored 3050 without a power connector could be the perfect candidate for the upgrade, assuming pricing isn't ridiculous for that card, which i'm sure it'll be.
I don't know if your opener was a hit by accident or if you're a career IT guy, but our worst enemies are printers, especially when people want them wireless. Our second worst are prebuilt Dells hahaha
That is specced extremely similar to my first pc which was also a dell inspiron I bought in 2016. The only thing different was it had a i7 4790. I put a new psu, a gtx 1060, and a ssd in it and used it for six years. Its still going as my server pc, it hosts modded minecraft servers for my friends.
0:03 "Man's worst enemy, the wireless printer" :D I do agree that Canon Pixma's are useless - they use up a lot of ink, their ink is horifically expensive, and the model I had didn't even have very intuitive controls on it either. Epson printers are way better if you ask me, you can get cheap ink for them :).
When messing around with some older machines, I did notice games like Forza Horizon 5 didn't like a HDD. It would be waiting for textures to load quite a lot, changing to a SSD solved the issues.
2:39 i can confirm this. i recently reinstalled windows 10 to a used laptop from the original oem dvd, yes you heard that right. it took a good couple of hours and several restarts to get up fully updated. i don't think i'm doing that again if i can avoid it
I took delivery today of a HP Compaq 8300... £20 delivered, i5, 4gb of ram half a tera HDD, built in graphics capable of 1440p... then I find out HP only used VGA or DisplayPorts... but other than that the machine is like brand new, not a scratch, dustbunny or anything to say its actually been used and I only wanted it to power my USB microscope and use to read watchmaking technical sheets in my watch working area but it will do me and is quite a potent little machine. For all intents and purposes its basically what I call half a laptop as it uses laptop memory and layout pretty much, still £20 and I am happy, also means I got something to use whilst I upgrade me main rig up with water :) Oh and the HP has a fancy DVD/Blu-ray dual layer writer which def was a bonus :D
One thing I noticed on the 8300 is the 10 USB ports on the thing, two wired in DP ports which can work with the onboard VGA, I am seriously thinking of hooking this up to me 51 inch telly and use the my HP Elitebook for my microscope instead, thing is absolutely silent even when running stuff heavy load, its running on my insomniac 1080p monitor not a problem as I found a converter dongle to turn it from DP to HDMI, damn and I just bought an android box for the front room telly :S
Back in 2016 my family picked up this PC with the AMD R9 and AMD 8800p. Let me tell you, *the computer is a nightmare!* The 15w latop cpu pared with a stunning singular sata port makes this computer very hard to repare. Not to mention the fact that Dell configured the BIOS to reject a clean windows install. Overall it lives up to the Dell name if you ask me, lol
Solid system. That GPU is pretty interesting to me. Sold performance for its age and not needing a power connector. Maybe with DDR4 RAM the CPU also would do slightly better. Shame that most Dell prebuilts became all propriety parts starting from here. The Dell Optiplexes did too. I'm curious if the i7-6700 can beat a stock i7-4790k.
i still using a older hp with i7 4790 with 16gb ddr 3 ram and a gt1030 2gb video still pretty quick with a ssd. these machines still have life left i only have to use low profile cards because i have a small ssf case.
For that super mega Stutter/loading issue with spiderman, is it possible that it was the HDD that cause it? I never experience anything like that on that scale. But what prompted me to upgrade to an ssd a few years ago, was that games like AC Odyssey, FF15 are stuttering whenever I moving around at a very fast phase. It was like the hdd can't keep up with the read/load speed require for the game.
Bad language is a fix for every single issue in the world. For "adapter" for 6-pin best bet would be IMO to open PSU and solder 6-pin cable directly onto 12V/GND lands inside.
Love these vids. That appears to be the same chassis as a Dell Optiplex 3040 which I'm using for one of my setups---i5-6500/full size OEM GTX 660 blower card from an old Alienware/16gig DDR3L/SSD. There is a slightly higher output power supply available that comes with a 6-pin PCIe connector but the mounting screws do not line up. I use another Optiplex 3040 at work with an HD-7700 Sapphire 1gig which pairs surprisingly well with the i5-6500 and SSD for MMO playing. I love finding ways to game on OEM prebuilds.
Even with the Dellness you have to put up with £120 for that PC is an absolute bargain. Upgrading the GPU would be something well worth trying, perhaps grab a SATA to 6 pin adapter to open up more options.
using an xps 8900 with a 1060 and my girlfriend uses a optiplex 7020 with a 960 both with ram and ssd upgrades god bless dell and all the super weird problems i have to deal with these systems :)))
Use a PCIE power to 6 pin adapter to power something relatively low powered in terms of graphics and stretch the CPU more. Something like an RX 470 or 1650 Super, perhaps?
I waited for a PSU DIY hack adding a 6PIN power adapter, because of good quality of PSU and max 240W and finally of course a VGA exchange to GTX 1060/1660 (Super/Ti)/RX 470/570 with a tiny undervolting to keep the overall 2x12V rail power consumption under ~180W. CPU should be max. 60-70W under heavy CPU load games, so we still whould get 110W for GPU that is quite lot with a tiny undervolt.
DDR3 on Skylake is pretty cool, you could get a 32gb kit on the cheap and have a pretty good beater workstation. From what I remember that Cinebench score is around where my DDR4 system had; the 6700 just doesn't clock very high in exchange for its low power draw. Though, it's silly to have a low power CPU in a full-tower case with no 5.25" bays. Dell should've just stuck to the SFF Optiplexes.
Nice little find. It's annoying how dell does the internal of the case as a PSU upgrade and a gtx 1070 would have been a perfect upgrade. Maybe with the adapter to make a 6pin something like a gtx 1060 6gb or 1660 super could be added.
Instead of a 1050ti, I think a GTX 1650 or Rx 6400 would be a more suitable upgrade for this PC. Or even better yet, the rtx a2000, if only one could be found at a reasonable price lol
You inspiered me to mod a dell optiplex 390 sff. It had an intel i5 2400 but the motherboard died. Only spare mobo I had laying around was an am3+ board with a dual core athlon CPU. I am trying to source a fx 6100 but so far people are trying to sell them for 60-100 USD which is way overpriced. When I get a CPU, I'll get a low profile cooler. My whole idea is to build it up and give it to my mother for her birthday next month. I am using the i5 2400 in my main PC at the moment and she's sitting with a 2400g but that 2400g is gonna get upgraded reason I am building this dell optiplex for my mother. PS: first time modding a case and it works like a baws but only GPU I have that fit is a gt 730 hp OEM 2gb card but she plays browser games so it's way to much tbh.
i have this same exact computer from dell with the only difference beeing the gpu, mine is a R9 370 4GB. ive already installed a 1TB SSD and im planning to upgrade to the RTX 3060 (idk if the cpu will handle it well but i dont have money to upgrade both)
I'm not sure how thermal paste dries so fast- I recently cleaned out my pc from 2013 and the cpu's thermal paste was still goopy(changed it anyways because 13 year old me didnt properly put it around)
I tested the R9 360 in Forza Horizon 5 at 720p Medium settings and it actually gives 55- 60fps average, not bad actually. Tested GTA 5 with the Remake graphics mod and Acer's Photorealistic Reshade preset at 900p High settings with High textures and that gives 60fps average too but at night it dropped to 40fps cause of all the street lights and stuff. Horizon Zero Dawn at 720p Original settings gives 30-40fps as well. So peeps could still have fun with this card for now if they don't got the money to get a better GPU, but I think in a few months they gotta try to get an upgrade
Continue to love the down to earth nature of this channel
Ikr I love how he showcases everything outside on the ground or in his garden
Literally in the garden
Thank God we don't have to endure:
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@@DaveOJ Also over editing or the fake energy/excitement they show.
This is why I love your videos. Simple no fuss practical tech dweebery, and your adorable accent is just icing on the FPS cake.
😁
He sounds like my irish uncle
Nono you were right. Wireless printers are humanity’s greatest enemy.
all my experiences with them have been awful haha
Not just wireless printers, printers in general.
Genuine evil
@@RandomGaminginHD I get it but I’ve had a brother laser jet for 8 years or so and it’s absolutely amazing. Cheap to run, wireless always works. It replaced a wireless printer that I had to trash.
@@AgentLazarus dot matrix works well.
Great content as always brother!
Fun fact: The R9 360 is actually just a rebranded R7 360, in fact if you google the specs of each card they are IDENTICAL and are in fact placed in the same performance segment.
thank you! I was wondering the deal with that!!!
"Identical" isn't an acronym
I'm still running an i7 6700 after all these years and it's great. Modern gaming at 4k rarely pushes it passed 70% usage while having other stuff running in the background. For budget builds skylake shouldn't be overlooked.
i really wish my i7 would game like this but its so sluggish and i cant even run ow anymore 🥲
When gaming at 4K the GPU becomes a(n) (even) bigger bottleneck. So yea therefore the cpu probably doesn’t do much
@@samoerai6807 Indeed, only game I've played at 4k that my cpu is the bottleneck is Cyberpunk 2077. GPU only reaches 80-90% but I'm still able to reach 60 average on high settings so it still doesn't matter I guess.
@@Simmonsumers35 what gpu do you pair with the 6700? Also you could try a bit higher settings to make it more of a gpu bottleneck. It’ll give you better graphics, can reduce stutters, and in some rare cases it gives your more performance in fps. This is when your gpu is faster then your cpu and it’s not the bottleneck. By shifting the load to the faster component (the gpu) by increasing graphics settings, it may result in more fps
@@samoerai6807 I'm aware of all that but in CPU bottlenecked conditions at 4k the bahavior isn't as predictable from game to game. Sometimes higher settings just run way worse becuase in certain games it just can't get passed the weaker CPU no matter how hard you push the GPU. I run a RTX 2080 TI and like I said, only Cyberpunk 2077 has shown a bottleneck scenario where getting to 60 fps takes a bit of fiddling with settings. Any other game I don't struggle to get to 60 so upgrading my cpu seems unnecessary at 4k unless games suddenly get way more CPU intensive in the coming years which I doubt as the consoles are pretty weak this generation.
Whenever I watch your videos, I think "wow, I'd really like to have the channel this man has, reviewing tech and having so much fun"
Keep it up!!
Glad you enjoy it!
You still need the 8 pin PCIe power to the newer GPU for it to work with those GPUs. You first need to get an adapter from amazon since those Dell's are all proprietary.
It is normal for thermal paste used by manufacturers to be very dry, because this reduces the pump out effect which avoids the need to replace it for up to ten years.
it would be cool to see how itll perform with a 1650 or something that doesnt need external power
I also wondering how this will perform when combined with rx6400
@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 Not so great since it is PCIe 3.0, but better than this
@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 rx6400 will need PCIe 4.0 which this doesn't have
@@TheSpotify95 does it slower than 1650 without pcie gen 4 ?
@@mrbobgamingmemes9558 probably
This machine with the red trim was actually my first desktop computer. A friend of mines folks that had more money than they had sense had this machine in their office of the business they owned. Windows corrupted and needed to be reinstalled, and his son asked for my help fixing it,. By the time I had gotten to it, they bought a new system and let me keep the inspiron.
It was a massive step up from the i7 4510u / GT 730m laptop I had, and I was thrilled. I eventually went to upgrade to a GTX 1060 3gb, but not only were there no additional power connectors, the internal power supply wouldn't keep up either. So, I bought an EVGA 750W PSU on marketplace, put a paperclip in the ground and green pins, and was rolling. I eventually harvested the CPU and GPU to put in a new case, bought an MSI H110m gaming mobo, and that was when I realized that the prebuilt was using DDR3 after I had everything taken apart. $50 later for some funky mismatched ram off of marketplace and it was alive and I could play CS and transport the PC with much more ease.
I ran that rig with the i7 from the prebuilt and a 1070Ti in a couple different chassis until a couple of years ago until I had proper justification to upgrade. So many memories taking that pc, side panel off, second PSU duct taped to the top. That machine taught me so much about computers. Thanks for taking me down memory lane.
Amazing. Always great hearing about some janky diy system that actually works
I am so happy that I found his channel 😄
Thanks :)
glad to see you upload at this time, really helps me not get bored at 2:30 in the morning with nothing to do. keep it up man!
Dell and HP prebuilts, especially their workstation lines, are solid, no frills work-horses. I'm using a Z220 I've had for 10 years since new, right now. Used every day and I've only ever swapped the HDD for an SSD.
Yeah they are, and an ssd is sometimes all the old beasts need to get a new lease of life!
I've had similarly positive experience with Fujitsu prebuilts & mobos (save for the custom PSUs & PSU connectors they had later, kinda annoying). You could even overclock CPUs in their 775 mobos thru SetFSB and I even managed to get a gaming-stable overclock on a Pentium E5800 from 2.8 GHz to 3.5 GHz, then swapped the CPU for a quad-core Xeon thanks to the G41 chipset it came with which allowed pretty crazy combinations.
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Love your videos, sense of humour, and delivery. Well done all around.
Thank you Steve. Always love your humor and comments.
Thanks :)
Yesterday I spent 2hours looking at old videos of yours where you check old computers, this is a gift today
It would be interesting to see what would happen if you installed a 7700k and something like a 1650 or even an rx6600 in here. The ram could be upgraded to 16 gigs of ddr3 2133 too. As the 6600 only pulls about 130 watts, it would be just fine with something like a sata to pcie power adapter.
Or you could just upgrade the PSU while you're at it and basically you would just be left with the old shell and the motherboard.
putting a modern GPU in this would be perfect the CPU isnt a bottleneck
@@dakotajones8010 you can't put a modern cpu in this computer the motherboard won't support it
@@jponz85 GPU a graphics card
@Dakota Jones gpu sure. My gf has an alienware aurora r4 and has same cpu but has a 1070 and runs games just fine 1080p high settings
You don't wanna put a 7700k or a 6700k even in there because you'd need a better cooling solution, which can't be done with that particular case/motherboard. Besides, the 6700 is still a very capable 1080p, 60fps gaming cpu.
The videocard would be the best upgrade, and a 1650 could do fine with that, or a 1650super with a sata to 6pin adapter. That and make sure you have 16gb of ram and you an play any game in that computer, i assure you.
Reminds me of when i built my i5 6600 pc in 2016, and it’s still going strong with a 1070
1070 is still relevant for 1080p
I upgraded one of these for my nephew recently but his had the i5-6400. I put one of those weird 1050ti that needs a 6pin in it (wouldn't boot into windows without it). I used the dual sata dell cable GP2JM with a 2xSATA-to-6pin adapters and didn't worry too much since the pcie slot should provide enough power. Alternatively, i found out after that the VX372 dell psu is compatible and has a 6pin but it's only 315w.
315W is enough to run an RX6600, just sayin'.
@@darthwiizius True but I found out about that psu after the system was up & running back with my nephew. May consider it for future upgrade if he holds on to that pc.
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I suppose it'll come down to the overall cost to benefit thing, a 6600 is about the highest performing card in that set up and the CPU may well bottleneck it.
It's a good card for the cash and pretty efficient, but that's now. Who knows in a few months or a year though?
I have an almost identical system to this! Only difference is its an HP, it has 16gb DDR4, and the XFX R7 360 which has a 6 pin and I overclocked it to the max! You will most definitely see an improvement with DDR4 over DDR3L. The i7 6700 is still respectable and it pairs nicely with a GTX 1060 or RX 580 for 1080p
There's an idea for a video if it hasn't already been done. Skylake x DDR3 vs DDR4... how much difference does it make? Right now I have a Haswell and if I were to upgrade I would probably try to get something newer than Skylake, but prices can dictate purchases... but doesn't Windows 11 generally require 8th gen/Zen 2 or better?
@@SeeJayPlayGames I feel like the only quad core worth upgrading your whole system would be the i3 10100F/B450 combo is way cheaper than investing in Skylake. The i3 is quite a bit faster than the i7 6700 and you have a lot more upgrade potential with 10th gen.
@@yeetus59 B450 is for AMD. I think you mean B460. And for the same or less money, one could get a B560 instead and be able to go 11th gen later - if it's worth it, which I understand it isn't. But, either would require getting DDR4 memory, which I don't own any of right now. So maybe the cheaper option would be a B85 board and a i7-4790K or something, but those are a bit expensive. But at least I have RAM - 2 4GB sticks I'm not using right now and 2 8GB sticks that I am. All 1600MT CL9, so not great, but at least they're not 1333MT.
Maybe a better route to repurpose my old 3020 would be to move the i5 and 16GB RAM to a B85 board, and get a cheap i3 to plop into it along with an SSD and 8GB of RAM. The idea is to set up a "better" computer for my wife as a side effect of my upgrade. She has an old Ivy Bridge Celeron 1007U (1.5GHz 2C2T) laptop, ugh - but hey, it was dirt cheap, like $50 and then I spent $70 on accessories for it, which can move to a new system. I think an i3 with 8GB and an SSD would be okay for her needs. She's into emulation (SNES/PSX/N64/GC), web surfing and light video editing (VirtualDub). Maybe leave the GT1030 in it as well, or at least put it in whenever I can get a real GPU and use the GT1030 for an interim solution. Meanwhile, I will have the option of going to an i7, but is it worth it over what I have? I think maybe not, not in the 4th gen. And maybe boosting up to 32GB RAM, but as it stands I've yet to max out 16GB. And with 4th gen intel, I might as well not bother with anything faster than GTX 1070/1080 or RX 590/5500XT, so that keeps things cheaper as well. Not trying to spend a fortune here. And yeah, 1080p is fine for my old eyes.
Used to have 6600K around 2016 and got 6700K later, they clocked 4,6 and 4,7 GHz respectively and ran everything with high fps (excl. Battlefield 1 and onwards).
There are still plenty of 6-7 year old components out there that will game at low settings 1080p just fine. I just recently got rid of a Dell Alienware x51 R2 that I had bought USED in 2017 that had an i5 and a GTX 745 with 8GB of RAM and a 1TB mechanical HDD and a 240W power brick that over the years needed upgrading love. I paid $300 USD for it, and straight away I bought a 1TB SSD and adapters to install it. That sped it up tremendously. I then bought the highest PSU 330W, and a 1060 GTX 6GB video card, along with 16GB of matching RAM. Last year, I found a i7 4th gen that was the final upgraded part for $60 USD and after doing that, I had some great benchmark numbers on a 9 year old PC! It would play 75% of any games today @ 1080p no problem.
This kind of videos is so original and very enjoyable to watch.
Thanks :)
The Inspiron 3650 is exactly my first desktop computer! Added a GT 1030 and played some games on it before selling it away.
thanks for the 900p vids great stuff one of my favourite youtubers on here and one that listens to the viewers.
thank you.
I had one of these. Complete nightmare to do anything with. Almost all the parts are dell made or dell built and cant be swapped (Like the PSU and motherboard) so upgrading was stupidly difficult unless I got another dell made part, which are rare to come by and expensive. The BIOS is super outdated and supports none of the newest features, even security ones, and Dell refuses to update it.
The model I got was a bit different and promised to have an AMD RX560 in it. Turned out it actually had an RX460 in it, but with a 560 bios flashed onto it. I was pretty much scammed.
Long story short I will never be buying from them again. Glad I built my own PC.
Like you actually bought it from Dell and not secondhand ? How/why would they pass off a 460 as a 560 ?
Though back in the day some cards were basically the same and could be flashed, so It's definitely a thing. Just seems a bit scummy for Dell themselves to do, but it is Dell.
@@Gatorade69 From what I recall they have the same die, the RX 460 just has some CUs disabled, perhaps flashing the vbios did get the whole chip working? I do actually have an HP OEM RX 460 on hand, perhaps I should see if this works sometime.
@@Gatorade69 They flashed the bios and disabled some cores which effectively gave it the same specs as a 460. Comparing my benchmark scores on that system to a real 460 gave equal results.
Man everything aside but your humor is off the charts, that's for sure.
i worked at a rural golf course last summer, and in the golf cart barn there was one of these coated in dust. asked boss if i could have it and he gave it to me. pretty annoying little computer honestly but I can't complain. I put more ram, a better cpu and a rx 6400 and gave it to my little cousin. he liked it, but eventually he was on vacation and it fell into the ocean never to be seen again. we're from kansas. I dont know man. live and let live
Love the content here... This channel hasn't changed even after almost half a mil subs! Keep It Up❤!
Thanks :) I still have loads of fun making videos so no plan to stop yet!
@@RandomGaminginHD Thats nice to hear☺ Good Luck & will be looking forward to the 500k-sub special vid👍😁😉
Whoa! That's the same CPU I have that's stuck inside a MSI Z170 M5(DDR4) mobo and paired with a RTX 2060 Super.
I don't know why but the boost feature from that mobo runs my 6700 non-K speed to 3.8 GHz.
Every triple A game I play can hit more than 60 fps 1080p on any high settings, I feel like this setup can still run for another 10 years. (given with proper maintenance of course)
I like your dog coming to investigate the GPU, like, 'is it something I can eat?'.
My brother actually had that computer and I salvaged its RAM and GPU for my first gaming rig.
I now have 2 R9 360s in my room and I modified them with heatsink on the VRAM modules
It’s a tiny beast and it worked but I had to move on.
Nothing like a middleingly average Dell prebuilt to start a Friday
😂
My main rig is an inspiron 3670. I found it in goodwill for 22 dollars rocking a i5 8400, 16GB, 1tb hdd. I tossed in a 1tb nvme and a gtx 1650. Handles everything I do fast
Actually sold one od these with a RX 570 4gb and a Lenovo equivalent with a GTX 1060 6gb. Both buyers were very happy
I have a similar pc that I keep in my living room. It's running a gtx 1060 with a data to 6-pin adaptor. been holding up fine for about 2 years now.
Good to see this PC being featured! I'm still using this Prebuilt PC as of today! (inspiron 3668 in the asian market I think) You can slap in a good gtx 750ti or rx 460 or even a gtx 1050 to run this baby without a problem but boy oh boy upgrading this PC is a hassle since it's a prebuilt you are limited to any upgrades such as ram(you are allowed to use only 16gb 2400mhz), GPU and ofc the PSU! The PSU is the biggest problem you'll face unless you can buy that 8 pin PSU converter for the mobo but i need to wait for months just to get that thing. So what my technician did when i was upgrading the gpu (rx570). He let the stock psu run for the mobo while there's an external psu to power my Rx 570 and it worked like magic. I play triple A games to Med-High, I can achieve high framerates and a 144hz monitor is capable to this built for esports game like valorant, R6, and CSGO. Been using it for 5 years from now and it's still a beast for all my gaming needs! I may start with the worst pc and the worst decision to buy it since i was a noob back then but with a little touch of internet magic and modding they can take you anywhere my man. THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!
A propos 9:09 about the power connector - there are "SATA Power to PCIe x6" adapters available and that's what I use to power my externally powered 2GB nVidia GTX 750 in a Fujitsu P720, which also has a custom PSU & power connector. It has allegedly a 280W PSU, but Haswell & Maxwell seem to be a really power-efficient combo and I have no power stability issues whatsoever even with 2 HDDs, 2 SSDs & a WiFi/BT PCIe Card added. Works just fine, though I had better performance in this machine out of a 1050Ti which required no external power cable.
Can you upgrade the GPU in these or is the PSU and size of the case too small ? I’d be interested in if you put something like an RX 6400 in this to see the I7 push itself a bit more
RX 6400 would be great in this system, I'm using one in an Optiplex 9020, i7-4790, 16GB DDR3 1600 and it does great. This i7-6700 is better with the same PCIe 3.0 slots so should perform a bit better in 1% lows. CPU-limited games like AC:Ody simply do not get 60FPS thanx to CPU bottleneck even with gfx at lo and the GPU far from 100% load, but most others with medium CPU load like H:ZD and SotTR keep the 6400 at 98+%
Actually just did that with a dell optiplex small form for my niece, got it for about 120 used. Came with a WD m.2, threw in 32gb of ddr3 to fill all the slots. Hooked up a new Kingston ssd for extra memory and threw in my used rx6400. Everything running while gaming only using a little over 100 watts and it works great at medium settings 1080p, also threw in a i7 6700 just because I found a used one for cheap. All in all I was very surprised on how well it gamed, only thing is heat because the gpu gets up to about 75 degrees C at 50 to 60 percent usage but should still be good.
@@lewzealand4717 that’s interesting, I love the budget side of the pc world. I was thinking of getting an optiplex system for my nephew and was thinking of GPUs small enough for them. Obviously the RX 6400 is the first to come to mind
@@Chevymonster203 I was thinking of doing something similar for my nephew 🤣 it’s good to hear as they are fairly cheap now after the shortage
@@Crayonmuncherrrr I figured she is going to play less intensive games anyways. The only thing is the space, the card is pretty close to the PSU but it's a front to back airflow psu so no extra heat from the unit reaches the card. Cpu won't break any cinebench records but it was running at like 55 percent on Skyrim at medium to high settings.
I miss the earlier dell cases, the best one was the xps 710 in my opinion and the 420 case as well. Why did they looks so much better than today's?
I don't know if this system has a 6/8 pin power connector, but a 1660 would be a nice fit, otherwise even a 1650 would be an improvement, though maybe the rumored 3050 without a power connector could be the perfect candidate for the upgrade, assuming pricing isn't ridiculous for that card, which i'm sure it'll be.
Its funny you posted this video i just got in the mail a Dell Inspiron 3668 MT with a Intel Core i5-7400. Just waiting on my rx 460. Great video.
Awesome. Enjoy your new PC
@@RandomGaminginHD Thank you hope to see follow up videos of your machine as well.
I got my wife's in 2015. 4790, 16gb HyperX, 600 watt psu, GTX 980 and an SSD. It's still amazing.
I don't know if your opener was a hit by accident or if you're a career IT guy, but our worst enemies are printers, especially when people want them wireless. Our second worst are prebuilt Dells hahaha
That is specced extremely similar to my first pc which was also a dell inspiron I bought in 2016. The only thing different was it had a i7 4790. I put a new psu, a gtx 1060, and a ssd in it and used it for six years. Its still going as my server pc, it hosts modded minecraft servers for my friends.
0:03 "Man's worst enemy, the wireless printer" :D
I do agree that Canon Pixma's are useless - they use up a lot of ink, their ink is horifically expensive, and the model I had didn't even have very intuitive controls on it either. Epson printers are way better if you ask me, you can get cheap ink for them :).
When messing around with some older machines, I did notice games like Forza Horizon 5 didn't like a HDD. It would be waiting for textures to load quite a lot, changing to a SSD solved the issues.
I think a 1060 would be a better choice. A molex adapter would easily carry the 30W since molex standard is 54W.
2:39 i can confirm this. i recently reinstalled windows 10 to a used laptop from the original oem dvd, yes you heard that right. it took a good couple of hours and several restarts to get up fully updated. i don't think i'm doing that again if i can avoid it
I took delivery today of a HP Compaq 8300... £20 delivered, i5, 4gb of ram half a tera HDD, built in graphics capable of 1440p... then I find out HP only used VGA or DisplayPorts... but other than that the machine is like brand new, not a scratch, dustbunny or anything to say its actually been used and I only wanted it to power my USB microscope and use to read watchmaking technical sheets in my watch working area but it will do me and is quite a potent little machine. For all intents and purposes its basically what I call half a laptop as it uses laptop memory and layout pretty much, still £20 and I am happy, also means I got something to use whilst I upgrade me main rig up with water :) Oh and the HP has a fancy DVD/Blu-ray dual layer writer which def was a bonus :D
One thing I noticed on the 8300 is the 10 USB ports on the thing, two wired in DP ports which can work with the onboard VGA, I am seriously thinking of hooking this up to me 51 inch telly and use the my HP Elitebook for my microscope instead, thing is absolutely silent even when running stuff heavy load, its running on my insomniac 1080p monitor not a problem as I found a converter dongle to turn it from DP to HDMI, damn and I just bought an android box for the front room telly :S
No joke, I watch this channel so I can appreciate my current hardware
I'm still running an I7-6700. Its still enough to play most of the 3A games out there.
i really like the silver interior with red n green pcb's
Back in 2016 my family picked up this PC with the AMD R9 and AMD 8800p. Let me tell you, *the computer is a nightmare!* The 15w latop cpu pared with a stunning singular sata port makes this computer very hard to repare. Not to mention the fact that Dell configured the BIOS to reject a clean windows install.
Overall it lives up to the Dell name if you ask me, lol
Solid system. That GPU is pretty interesting to me. Sold performance for its age and not needing a power connector.
Maybe with DDR4 RAM the CPU also would do slightly better.
Shame that most Dell prebuilts became all propriety parts starting from here. The Dell Optiplexes did too.
I'm curious if the i7-6700 can beat a stock i7-4790k.
I’d like to see the. 4790k vs 6700 vs 7700hq
I really enjoy your content. Always a joy to watch. Thx.
i still using a older hp with i7 4790 with 16gb ddr 3 ram and a gt1030 2gb video still pretty quick with a ssd. these machines still have life left i only have to use low profile cards because i have a small ssf case.
I just found an HP Envy today with an i7-4770 an 2tb hard drive. Its practically in perfect condition too, probably barely ever been used.
Mankind worst enemy, the wild wireless printer!!!
For that super mega Stutter/loading issue with spiderman, is it possible that it was the HDD that cause it? I never experience anything like that on that scale. But what prompted me to upgrade to an ssd a few years ago, was that games like AC Odyssey, FF15 are stuttering whenever I moving around at a very fast phase. It was like the hdd can't keep up with the read/load speed require for the game.
Did the upgrade help?
Damn I was expecting a wireless printer review instead
😂 I wouldn’t have the patience for that
Bad language is a fix for every single issue in the world.
For "adapter" for 6-pin best bet would be IMO to open PSU and solder 6-pin cable directly onto 12V/GND lands inside.
Love these vids. That appears to be the same chassis as a Dell Optiplex 3040 which I'm using for one of my setups---i5-6500/full size OEM GTX 660 blower card from an old Alienware/16gig DDR3L/SSD. There is a slightly higher output power supply available that comes with a 6-pin PCIe connector but the mounting screws do not line up. I use another Optiplex 3040 at work with an HD-7700 Sapphire 1gig which pairs surprisingly well with the i5-6500 and SSD for MMO playing. I love finding ways to game on OEM prebuilds.
I believe there is a power connector adapter from using the SATA power to what ever....I I had some from amazon, works great though.
The gaming variant of this PC is the 3656, which instead of the i7 had a Carrizo AMD FX8800P, with the same R9 360 GPU.
A lot of old builds PC looking interesting. I wish I have more money for experiments
Love mine PC.
I7-7700
Corsair vengeance lpx 32gb ddr4 2666mhz
Asetek 92mm Aio with noctua 92mm slim fan
Corsair SF750 PSU
MSI 3660 TI ventus 2x
500gb Samsung 870 evo & 4TB Firecusa 120 ssd.
4 extra 80mm fans.
Even with the Dellness you have to put up with £120 for that PC is an absolute bargain. Upgrading the GPU would be something well worth trying, perhaps grab a SATA to 6 pin adapter to open up more options.
There are sata to pcie adapters but be careful to make sure you not going over the max wattage of 54W
using an xps 8900 with a 1060 and my girlfriend uses a optiplex 7020 with a 960 both with ram and ssd upgrades god bless dell and all the super weird problems i have to deal with these systems :)))
Use a PCIE power to 6 pin adapter to power something relatively low powered in terms of graphics and stretch the CPU more. Something like an RX 470 or 1650 Super, perhaps?
I waited for a PSU DIY hack adding a 6PIN power adapter, because of good quality of PSU and max 240W and finally of course a VGA exchange to GTX 1060/1660 (Super/Ti)/RX 470/570 with a tiny undervolting to keep the overall 2x12V rail power consumption under ~180W. CPU should be max. 60-70W under heavy CPU load games, so we still whould get 110W for GPU that is quite lot with a tiny undervolt.
Pimping out pre-builts are fun
You can get sata to 6 pin connectors for dirt cheap
Thanks for being "normal" like the rest of us RGHD. Meanwhile "other" RUclipsrs-"HERE'S THE BEST 4090 BUILD!!"
Yeah some stuff right now is hard to get excited about. Mainly because of pricing
DDR3 on Skylake is pretty cool, you could get a 32gb kit on the cheap and have a pretty good beater workstation. From what I remember that Cinebench score is around where my DDR4 system had; the 6700 just doesn't clock very high in exchange for its low power draw.
Though, it's silly to have a low power CPU in a full-tower case with no 5.25" bays. Dell should've just stuck to the SFF Optiplexes.
a core i7 6th gen and you paid only $120 for it!? WOW! people in your area are generous!
Yeah no shit. My PC costs a $151 and it only has a 3rd gen i5. I wish you could get PCs like that for that cheap in my country.
Nice little find. It's annoying how dell does the internal of the case as a PSU upgrade and a gtx 1070 would have been a perfect upgrade. Maybe with the adapter to make a 6pin something like a gtx 1060 6gb or 1660 super could be added.
"After submitting a cheeky offer and knocking off 30 quid of the asking price.." you are one British fella mate
that system with a more powerful gpu would still run new games pretty well in my opinion, love your videos man keep it up
Thabks :) yeah it would the 6700 is still pretty good
The CPU temperature should vary that much? It's kinda worrying imo. But a part from that perhaps a Rx 6400 or 1650.
“Mans worst enemy” I still have no idea how to connect to my printer, I ended up buying a 3m usb extension cable 😂
Oh,i'm so much like them old machines.
You should give the 6700 a test to see its capabilities in 2023. I have the 6700T which is 4C/8T and lower TDP.
You can get male sata power cable to 6 pin gpu connectors for a couple dollars
Love the video!! I bought a similar one and transformed it into a better gaming pc 😁
Ah yes, one of those skylake dell's where they did them with ddr3 instead of ddr4
Yeah I didn’t realise they existed until I bought this
Instead of a 1050ti, I think a GTX 1650 or Rx 6400 would be a more suitable upgrade for this PC. Or even better yet, the rtx a2000, if only one could be found at a reasonable price lol
Yeah good call
just have a gpu swap(ideally a 1660ti or a 3050 would be ideal) and it will be a solid budget gaming beast, 6700 still holds quite well
nicee please keep up with this type of content !! best of luck
There is actually an adapter to get a 6pin u can look it up its sata power connector to 6pin gpu
You inspiered me to mod a dell optiplex 390 sff. It had an intel i5 2400 but the motherboard died. Only spare mobo I had laying around was an am3+ board with a dual core athlon CPU. I am trying to source a fx 6100 but so far people are trying to sell them for 60-100 USD which is way overpriced. When I get a CPU, I'll get a low profile cooler. My whole idea is to build it up and give it to my mother for her birthday next month. I am using the i5 2400 in my main PC at the moment and she's sitting with a 2400g but that 2400g is gonna get upgraded reason I am building this dell optiplex for my mother. PS: first time modding a case and it works like a baws but only GPU I have that fit is a gt 730 hp OEM 2gb card but she plays browser games so it's way to much tbh.
I’m using an i7-4790 for fortnite. Still does surprisingly well on that game. Have an rx 6600 gpu.
Nice :)
software acquisitions for chopped down architecture not just one run for all and adapt // also changing the chip
i have this same exact computer from dell with the only difference beeing the gpu, mine is a R9 370 4GB. ive already installed a 1TB SSD and im planning to upgrade to the RTX 3060 (idk if the cpu will handle it well but i dont have money to upgrade both)
great vid as always.
Part 2 with a GPU upgrade? Maybe a 1650 or a 6400?
I'm not sure how thermal paste dries so fast- I recently cleaned out my pc from 2013 and the cpu's thermal paste was still goopy(changed it anyways because 13 year old me didnt properly put it around)
i love this series
I tested the R9 360 in Forza Horizon 5 at 720p Medium settings and it actually gives 55- 60fps average, not bad actually. Tested GTA 5 with the Remake graphics mod and Acer's Photorealistic Reshade preset at 900p High settings with High textures and that gives 60fps average too but at night it dropped to 40fps cause of all the street lights and stuff. Horizon Zero Dawn at 720p Original settings gives 30-40fps as well. So peeps could still have fun with this card for now if they don't got the money to get a better GPU, but I think in a few months they gotta try to get an upgrade