@@josephmills9031 what? No? You barely got 20% more performance in gaming and like 25% in synthetics. That doesn't even make up anywhere close to damn near two and a half times more the price just for the CPU. Not including the motherboard.
this is why you buy $100 used parts, since everything else will be obsolete within a couple years anyways. An i7 7700k is barely holding up better than i5 7600k
When I first got my own PC, thiw was approximatively my config (i7-7700K, 16GB, GTX 1070), it was legit the 3rd most powerful config a consumer could buy with a reasonable budget. Seeing it here, now, gave me a serious reality check
@@RandomGaminginHD i gave the exakt config just this year to a friend of my sister as his first pc after i build my new one. PS pls change the PSU i upgraded only because mine well....did catch flames just to be on the save side and the new ones with this watt range are cheap.
@@PhilipKerryyou can use it just fine even below any 8th gen CPUs, but it might cause some bugs when you try to upgrade your OS in windows update and many exceptions when you try to install a new build automatically. You only have to install as a fresh copy for new build..
Seems like yesterday these parts were "still-on-the-menu" for builds...I think the "human malware" event fuzzed away a couple of years from our collective minds!
im still rocking my 7700k in this exact case overclocked at 5.0 with 280 rad. I bought a 6800 amd card and i can run cyberpunk at 4k with medium settings at 60 fps stable and smooth. Cpu is still a beast
Bought a 6700k system, minus GPU and PSU for $75, it is cleaner than most new PCs I have bought, the Motherboard is an MSI z170a xpower titanium, 32GB 2400 RAM 2X16, and a ginormous Antec gaming case that really looks the era complete with blue led fans. I love the MB, I have never had my hands on anything like it, a dedicated overclicking daughter board with buttons, dip switch to switch bios, and buttons for power, reset and bios flash where the front panel header normally is. I have received more than $75USD worth of entertainment from it already, so losing money will be impossible. I threw a 2GB rx550 in it, and it came with a stock CPU cooler, so I haven't been able to turn the Game Boost knob yet.
The 7700k not having *official* windows 11 support is a crime. Prematurely turning into e-waste. Linux could save it, but most regular people wouldn't even know that's an option. Edit: had to add the *official* disclaimer because a few people have been coming in saying "I have it on my 7700k" which is not the point.
Explain why it would be e waste for lack of win 11 support. Besides you can get win 11 running on them anyways. Common sense ya should research b4 ya make a post.
@@josephmills9031 Most regular people will see that their devices are not supported for windows 11. Unless they have knowledge in computers, they will most likely have to get newer hardware. Pair that with Windows 10 needing a subscription for long term use for security updates, many usable devices will be thrown away and turned to e-waste.
Man, I've been subscirbed to you since your initial sub 100k days and never got around to saying this; thank you for making these videos. Your content always bring a smile to my face as. Extremely chill and ever the more informative. Keep up the good work. Miss Dave.
Wasn't he supposed to do a Bungee Jump or something if he reached X amount of subscribers? Can't remember if it was 100K, or 250K or what, but it was definitely less than 527K.
@@pashabiceps95 You're right, not useful for gaming, dad here uses his PC for more than gaming... Blender and code compiling takes ram. Also I got for free so I'm going to just display it in the shelf?
I'm still running my 7700K + 2x1070 SLI rig and its still going happy. It can even output 4K 60 (the most it can) with sensible settings on older games.
The GTX 1070 was one of the best buys back in 2016. Hitting 8 years now.. and still capable. It has borderline GPU power to handle graphics settings that utilize all 8GB though. But if you can live with 30ish FPS, you can apply lots of eyecandy @1080P in modern games.
I miss the days of late 2000's and early 2010's PC cases. It was the golden era. HTPC cases were also pretty sick. I have the windowless version of this somewhere and still use my Cooler Master HAF XB cube for my gaming system and the Silverstone Grandia ones for living room and small server PC's. There were lots of different designs and now we only have same looking Aquarium towers with bad airflow and before it was just beige boxes.
My man! Cooler Master cases from 10-15 years ago are really something, aren't they? I still have my HAF 912 Plus and have been using it for 12 years now. I've pushed four different configs through it during that time and right now I'm in the process of collecting parts for the 5th one. It might need some modifications this time to keep up with thermals of these components but nothing that'll ruin its external beauty. Can't get enough of seeing people's reactions when I show them this old case and when I tell them what's actually inside. It's a proper sleeper PC at tths point.
I game on an i7 8700k, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and a GTX 1060 6GB. I've gotten comments about needing to upgrade and I agree that I'll need to upgrade to a newer system soon but for now the PC meets my needs. Someone even asked if my specs can run PowerPoint. I don't use PowerPoint and didn't see the "point" of that comment. 😂
Oh, the things kids will say. The people telling you to get a new system are probably teenagers that have not even built thir first system yet. They prob have a dozen builds saved on PCpartpicker or they're part of the Bottleneck Police force. I could see adding more RAM and upgrading the GPU, but the i7-8700k is still a solid CPU. Overclocking it will get it very close to the Ryzen 5 5600.
Don't underestimate what a 8700k could do under the right 2x120 tower cooler at 1.275V ;) Playing COD W3, over 200fps with a 2080 super and a kit of 3200mhz ram with proper tuning. You have a beast in your hand, unleash the power!
haha, I feel you on not wanting to sell it. I recently picked up a retired CAD work station with a 6700K, ROG Maximus board, and a Quadro K1200, (minus cpu cooler, psu or any hard drives), for about that same price you picked this up for. All in a gorgeous brushed aluminium case with a clear side panel. I picked it up to flip but after getting it up and running with an EVGA 2060 Super, I've kind of fallen in love with the old beast. It's still a fantastic machine in my eyes!
I suck at flipping because I love the history. Recently picked up a Z77 sabertooth with a i7 3770k and a Fallout 4 970 all inside a Silverstone FT02 and it's just a thing of beauty. All for $50!
I got my first computer in 2017. was a Dell Inspiron that had an i3 7100 in it. I wanted to upgrade to the 7700 non K because that was the highest chip that was supported by the motherboard, but i ended up switching platforms entirely and purchasing a 3700x instead in early 2020. I’ll never forget my i3 7100 and what it could do. I played Oblivion at 1080p with medium high settings with the UHD 630 graphics, and managed a playable 40-50 fps. There was something fun about having a limited machine, because you have to figure out how to get the most out of it and still have a good time.
nowaday the newer i3 12-14th gen is way better then any i7 and i9 from the 6-8th gen. the i3-14100f itself has same or little bit better performance then a i7-9700k and i9-9900ks😅even in some muitcore cases too which is crazy, even tho they have more core and thread count
Still use that case (white) today with my new setup. Cpu 14900/ Ram 64gb / Gpu AMD 7900XT / Cpu watercooled. Beast setup. Only use it for my photoshoot photo editing in 1440P on a 34” Ultrawide ❤
Currently running an i7-8700 and GTX 1080. It is my friends old Gaming PC he built 7 years ago and it’s kicking ass. I play on 3440x1440p and am able to max out most games I play and get 60 FPS or greater without upscaling. I’m even able to play newer games like Hogwarts Legacy and Jedi Survivor no problem. Literally the only games I have to tweak substantially and upscale are Starfield and Cyberpunk. Get this, when I first turned the PC on it ran like shit and I assumed the 1080 was inadequate. I purchased a 4070 Super and found it sort of surprising how little the rasterized performance truly was… I mean for 7 years it’s insanely unimpressive. I still have to use upscalers in the biggest of games and have like 90 instead of 60 frames with no scaling… woo? I put my 1080 back in to double check I wasn’t tripping and realized it was actually just OVERHEATING. I repasted the 1080 and got 30 more frames and its honestly only like 60-70% of my 4070 Super in real world performance… WTF. So something from 2016 that cost less in todays money is only 30% slower than a 4070 Super…. Nvidia is out here scamming.
Swear to god man, you're reading my fecking mind. You did a video on the i7 7700k a few days ago which is the processor I'm planning to get for my old PC. I was going to get a PCIe powered card for it, but after seeing none were really hitting the spot that I wanted for cost/performance/power consumption I just thought "ah bugger it, I'll pinch my brothers old gtx 1070 and shove that in" and here it-bloody-is in a video!! Though I do think I need to hunt down an evga one. I got an asus and one of the fans just fell off...
Having only recently upgraded from a 4th gen i5, hearing you say a 7700k is old tells me the timing was right! Still impressive performance you are getting with that set up.
I just built a new PC in the Montech King 95 Pro case. Its a large fish tank style case with loads of room to work in. In my opinion its the best looking case available. The all white build looks amazing.
Love the video, love the irony even more that for under $500 USD You still created a PC that plays games as well as any console Thus disproving the myth of PC Gaming hardware "Needing" an upgrade every 3 years
That case is massive, I have an identical one but only have been able to identify the "razer" on it, got it used for 25 dollars, best case I have had, really liked the massive room it offers
You should consider covering the Coffee Lake mod for 7th Gen boards. They can support 8th and 9th gen Intel chips with a bit of tinkering, and it gives them a few more years of useful life. Guides for this can be found everywhere including the LTT Forums, but only do it with stuff that you can afford to lose.
Mine is still working great in 2024 surprisingly. I was going to build a new PC, but I might just keep my 6-year old system if it's still running this well. For whatever reason, it's just a very stable, reliable system that gives me less problems than my 13th gen laptop, and my Rog Ally. Can't remember the last time it's ever crashed on me, and I don't think it's ever BSOD'd me, maybe once back when Windows 10 was new and not updated yet, but rarely if ever since. No point in building one of these these days, simply because there is no upgrade path, but if you still have one, it's a good system and will probably last another 2 or 3 years before I run into any weird compatibility/support issues, hopefully.
Seriously man...here you are at it again...reviewing exact the pI am building with. So crazy. That CPU is super hot for no reason though. Love that case. I sold one a few years ago for next to nothing and regret it.
8:57 HP did an OMEN cube case. Those are pretty rare. I have a White Aerocool X-Predator cube case. It has a horizontal motherboard location, which allows the GPU to sit vertically in view through the side window. Still regret selling my Aerocool dream box though 😢
Man, this was really similar to my first buid. I was so pumped to get the 7700K and so annoyed there was no upgrade path afterward... Those were the bad old days when Intel released a new platform for virtually every new generation.
I've got a 6700K, and 1080ti. I delidded the CPU and and tossed some liquid metal on it and my GPU. I'm very impressed with how well it still performs, even with newer titles. I might finally build a new system when the 50xx cards come out, I heard the 7850x3D is where it's at currently on the CPU side, I'll have to do more research though when it gets closer to purchasing.
A couple of months ago, I "accidentally" came across a "brand new" (still sealed in the antistatic bag) GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK motherboard. So, I bought an i7-4790K CPU, delidded it, added some Thermal Grizzly liquid metal, Corsair 4x8GB ***2400Mhz*** (32GB total) DDR3, an EVGA 1080Ti FTW3, and a Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVME, with a fresh install of Win10 Pro. 🤯🤯🤯 This thing is a BEAST!!! My next project is to confiscate my son's i7-7700K/Asus Z270-AR/16GB DDR4/1080Ti, delid it, add liquid metal, an RTX 4070Ti Super, and 4x8GB DDR4 3600Mhz (32GB total), and migrate a Kingston 4th Gen 1TB NVME that I recently bought, into that machine. I don't play AAA games. So, I'm expecting to get "about" another 5-years out of these upgraded systems.
Man, this video brought so many memories, especially the PSU. Been using VS550 for idk how many years, and sadly, it did blow up back in late 2021, but didn't take anything with it thankfully(maybe it's a good thing I was using the integrated graphics on my old i5 7600 back then and didn't have a GPU). The GPU I had before that was 1060 3GB. First PC I built with my own money(well, the PSU was my father's old one he "gifted" me back in 2013-2014 I think). Kaby-Lake CPU and Pascal GPU combo was masterclass.
That's an amazing deal mate that case alone still goes for around £100. Still an amazing case love the second compartment for the psu and cables it makes cable management even easier and some nice drive space in there too would love to see more cube cases like that around now.
In 2017 I did a lease to own thing with an i7 7700. 16GB of DDR4 2133 (One stick, so single channel), 1TB spinner (No SSD or M.2 SSD), GTX 1050 2GB. The board was an H110. This was an Asus Pre-Built. I ended up sending it back. It would have cost me $2300 after interest. No monitor either. At the time I had an FX 8350 w/GTX 1080 and I could tell there was a CPU difference but I couldn't see me putting my GTX 1080 in that case. In the end I bought a used i7 3770 and Intel DQ77MK board for $50 and put the GTX 1080 and the 16GB of Kingston HyperX Genisis memory into it with a 120GB SSD. At the time I played in 4K 60 Hz so the GPU always needed to be the most powerful it could be. I had a 1TB spinner for games in there too. Which even today you can do so long as you have a fast OS drive for temp files and a good amount of memory. Although I went all SSD in 2021. What a ride that was. I thought the 7700 would have mattered more. It didn't. I thought the 3770 was going to be a side grade, instead it was a legit upgrade from an FX 8350.
I want to ad a bit of context to your helldivers results. The game is extremely cpu intensive at higher difficulties because all the enemy ai is calculated locally and there are way more enemys. From personal experience with an 8600k at 4.7ghz the game will drop to around 20fps with horrible and intensive lows at difficulty 8. Lower difficulties fare a bit better but are still exhausting to play. The rest of my setup is 16gb ram and an rtx 2060 at lower settings than in your video. I can confirm that this is to 100% a cpu bottleneck.
It may not be shredding world records, but those average FPS figures were really good. I'd say "for the money," but honestly if your monitor is 60FPS this is gonna do it for you in most games. (Settings being a bit lowerd from max, but still. Older games will run even better, presumably.) 1% and 0.1% lows may not be perfect, and there I'll say it is good "for the money". If this is your rig from back in the day and you're sticking with it, I don't see why you'd really need to upgrade, and the environment thanks you for keeping parts going longer.
Still have the same case, don't feel the need to change. Airflow is absolutely great. Cable management is also great since you tuck them in the other chamber.
My Cpu is WAY older than this and i still run games decently. Im looking into a budget upgrade because my cpu doesn't support Windows 11. This PC became my main rig because I had gotten this machine second hand. I just had extra parts laying around making it decent. Cpu: Intel Core i7 4790 Graphics: GTX 1660 Ti Ram: 32GB DDR 3 Storage: 500gb ssd, 3 - 1 TB Hard Drives Them old Intel i7s are kind of crazy.
I am wondering where you got this PC from for 120€. I have been eyeing the i7-7700k for ages on Ebay and it usually goes over 100€ in price (the CPU alone). I still got a i7-6700k myself, and this guy overclocked and with proper ram is crazy fast even in modern games. The only real issue is that it only has 4 cores, otherwise in single core performance this guy still outshines many processors that came afterwards (specially if overclocked).
I've had a suspicion that a lot of these 'budget pc' channels fudge their figures a bit lol. I'm also in the UK and no chance you'd get those sort of specs for that money. Either that or they get hookups from a PC recycling type place. Which is fair enough but I wish they'd do full disclosure. At the current time on ebay, an i7 7700K CPU alone is gonna cost 80 quid. Searching for the completed items the cheapest one is for 50 quid (well done to whomever scored that one) but the average price is much higher. Anyway no hate towards the dude who owns the channel.
@@veeeks2938 I am in mainland europe and i had a HP omen (with i7-6700k) so one year or so ago I decided to finally break the chains of my i7-6700k. I bought an asus motherboard (costed me 70€ but you can get it perhaps a bit cheaper), but I have always been eyeing an i7-7700k since it probably has better ram support and uses less voltage per clock, enabling even higher clocks. Thing is, at the price of 100€ or more, there is no reason for me to make the upgrade, and I check prices every once in a while. Sometimes the chip alone is even around 150€. Similar (complete) PC builds are usually around 400€, depending on GPU present. The one the used on this video has a crazy pc case, which alone would be worth a penny. Either buyer got lucky or seller just wanted to get rid of his product and/or just didn't understand the gem he was getting rid of. Prices in the USA are also better in almost every product btw, so channel owner is probably from the USA.
You might get some good use out of a hot swap drive bay since you don't need the optical drive. Corsair used to make some real bangers. I just got myself a vengeance c70. This 7700k setup is near identical to my kid's pc except I used a workstation board and put a $20 xeon equivalent in it. All together I think the board, xeon and ram cost around 80 us which isn't bad considering the i7 still sells for about that much by itself.
That's actually an awesome case, I've been looking for one for my years now, but can't find one. with it's dual chamber, it has good airflow, while still having a cdrom that won't interfere with the front fans.
This is the EXACT same build I first did on my own when I had saved up money to buy a 7700k and a 1070 and it was amazing at the time and still is! I used this PC up until last year when I got the income to upgrade to a used 3090 and 5800x3d, I still use the 7700k for my backup NAS! after watching this I'm tempted to grab a cheap 3060 and take the old 7700k back to make a spare rig! that chip is still surprisingly powerful...
I got my pc when the intel 7th gen was still new, I'm very glad that I went with a ryzen 5 1400 instead of an i5 at the time though, since it had the same core and thread count with an actual upgrade path. When I upgraded to my r5 5600x the i7 7700k was still more expensive.
I have that exact same PSU and have been using it for years, it is currently running a Ryzen 5600 and a RX 5700 system. I also read those same articles about it being unsafe, so I replaced it for a 650W 80 Plus Gold, which then cables melted inside it after a year or so and I spent two months trying to get a replacement under RMA from the manufacturer, and so the original PSU ended up back in the machine and it still is running fine. So I'd not worry too much about it lol
I had a very similar build. I used a Air 240 case, 1070 and an 8700k instead of a 7700k. Served me very well, and now serving my sister's needs. I did not really need to upgrade, but I did on impulse and was using a widescreen 1440p monitor instead of a 27" monitor.
The Air 540 is a great case. Mine is currently empty (once held a 6850K 980Ti SLI custom loop rig) but will very likely get an AM5 or LGA 1851 production build once we get those new CPUs.
Nice build, I think you got the mix of components about right too. Also really nice case, I'd buy the case itself because you can fit pretty much anything in there, along with plenty of airflow, plenty of SSDs/HDDs and also a couple of 5.25in slots too - a rarity nowadays!
OMG! That was my exact CPU and GPU config until a year ago! Was very satisfied with it. Was expecting a sligltly better result in BG3 and Cyberpunk, though. It is only held back by lack of DLSS support and no mesh shaders. My cousin is still happily playing on it.
I had a 6500 cpu I wanted to upgrade to 7700 at some point, I ended up using the 6500 for several years but if I did have this 7700 I would still likely be on it, what a beast for it's time.
I still have my 7700K. I don't own any gaming consoles so I repurposed this chip with my back up graphics card (3060 12 gb) and built a living room box. It's good enough to play games that I'd rather play on a couch with a controller.
My exGF is still gaming on a 7700k/GTX980ti. It was struggling with 16gb of DDR3, but 32gb helped tremendously. Though it is starting to show its age. In Ark Survival Ascended its under 30FPS at low settings, but still fairly smooth and stutter free. Other games like Enshrouded, Valhiem and RUST it runs really well, I think once more Unreal 5 games come out she is going to have to look at a new PC, but that PC has had a nice long run.
I had that case I loved it. It looked good and kept everything chilly. I switched the fans for Corsair 2x HD140 for the front a 120mm industrial Noctua for the back with an Alphacool Eisbaer 280 on the top. I eventually got a 1070ti mini and water cooled that with the Eisbaer. I loved that PC. The 1070ti ended up catching on fire a year and a half later.
I just built a new PC with a 7800X3D to replace my 7700K system. I kept the 3070 GPU for the time being and saw huge gains in all games. For example, I went from 60-120 FPS in PUBG to a stable 200+. When I originally built it, I had a 1080 and it rocked but over the last couple of years I've had nothing but trouble with it. Sure, it was able to play a lot of games, but stability was terrible with black or blue screens common.
Go back to including SotTR in your benchmarks. I know it's not recent but it's a well known benchmark and especially with old systems like this is makes total sense.
My current build is rocking this exact case from 2013 with i7 4770K, 32gb ddr3 ram and a GTX 1080 (sli GTX 780ti's fried so they were replaced 😢) Still going strong \m/
All things considered, the I7 7700K and the GTX 1070 Ti would have been a pretty good pairing in 2017, which both of these pieces came out. If I were into PC gaming back then as I am now. I'd definitely use this combo for running triple A Titles.
Thats a very wide case but kinda looks cool. I picked up the classified version of that GTX 1080 gpu with the only main difference being leds for £119 a couple of weeks ago so you got a good deal there.
I still want that case Lol. it's awesome and it's not just a fishtank full of fans like the new dual chamber cases. Would love to find a solid condition one in white.
Wow i did not expect that performance in baldurs gate 3. I guess the game prefers high frequency single core performance instead of lower clocks with more cores.
Hehe the good ol' 7700K, came and watched this to see if I'd been wrong to part with it a couple of upgrades ago. Perhaps so, perhaps not. That being said, respect for HDDs - even Corsair's newest case(s), the 2500D, still has dedicated space for those.
8:56 The case is excellent. chunky, blocky lots of space, SSD, HDD, optical drives, airflow, cable management, AIO support, no RGB crap. Why anyone need another case beside that don't know. My Silverstone Raven 03 consider Corsair Carbide a worthy competitor, at one point i was considering to replace it with Corsair Carbide , but at the end SS 03 is great. But if i could find that Corsair Carbide for cheap i would get it, its that case that i would to have, just like HAF X that i grabbed for cheap 5 years ago.
It wasn't even 5 years ago that the 7700K was still King amongst used CPUs. Crazy
Yeah still holding up surprisingly well!
Definitely not the king the i9 7980 xe would eat 3 or 4 7700ks.
@@josephmills9031 what? No? You barely got 20% more performance in gaming and like 25% in synthetics. That doesn't even make up anywhere close to damn near two and a half times more the price just for the CPU. Not including the motherboard.
for real I remember around this time I had just upgraded from an hd6950 to a 1060 3gb
this is why you buy $100 used parts, since everything else will be obsolete within a couple years anyways.
An i7 7700k is barely holding up better than i5 7600k
That case is what you paid for, the pc is just a bonus!
I have carbide 740. Same money at a time...
When I first got my own PC, thiw was approximatively my config (i7-7700K, 16GB, GTX 1070), it was legit the 3rd most powerful config a consumer could buy with a reasonable budget.
Seeing it here, now, gave me a serious reality check
It’s still pretty capable to be fair
@@RandomGaminginHD i gave the exakt config just this year to a friend of my sister as his first pc after i build my new one. PS pls change the PSU i upgraded only because mine well....did catch flames just to be on the save side and the new ones with this watt range are cheap.
omg the i7 7700k was my dream cpu back then
zen1 cpus don't have windows 11 support...
@@gentleman2292 what?
@@gentleman2292 He was using Windows 11 in the video ...........
@@PhilipKerryyou can use it just fine even below any 8th gen CPUs, but it might cause some bugs when you try to upgrade your OS in windows update and many exceptions when you try to install a new build automatically. You only have to install as a fresh copy for new build..
I feel old now... the 7700k is still a new beast 😭
Seems like yesterday these parts were "still-on-the-menu" for builds...I think the "human malware" event fuzzed away a couple of years from our collective minds!
@@Doobie3010 stop smoking crack then. Your time conseption will return some day
@@MrTheSuperfatman * Your conception of time will return some day.
@@MrTheSuperfatman Conception,I believe you ment,no?
im still rocking my 7700k in this exact case overclocked at 5.0 with 280 rad. I bought a 6800 amd card and i can run cyberpunk at 4k with medium settings at 60 fps stable and smooth. Cpu is still a beast
Bought a 6700k system, minus GPU and PSU for $75, it is cleaner than most new PCs I have bought, the Motherboard is an MSI z170a xpower titanium, 32GB 2400 RAM 2X16, and a ginormous Antec gaming case that really looks the era complete with blue led fans.
I love the MB, I have never had my hands on anything like it, a dedicated overclicking daughter board with buttons, dip switch to switch bios, and buttons for power, reset and bios flash where the front panel header normally is. I have received more than $75USD worth of entertainment from it already, so losing money will be impossible.
I threw a 2GB rx550 in it, and it came with a stock CPU cooler, so I haven't been able to turn the Game Boost knob yet.
The 7700k not having *official* windows 11 support is a crime. Prematurely turning into e-waste. Linux could save it, but most regular people wouldn't even know that's an option.
Edit: had to add the *official* disclaimer because a few people have been coming in saying "I have it on my 7700k" which is not the point.
Windows 11 will cause so much e-waste! There is still so much life left for these older components!!
Most regular people would say... IT'S HARD!
I agree.
I have one in the laptop with a gtx1060.
Still Run fine .
Explain why it would be e waste for lack of win 11 support. Besides you can get win 11 running on them anyways. Common sense ya should research b4 ya make a post.
@@josephmills9031 Most regular people will see that their devices are not supported for windows 11. Unless they have knowledge in computers, they will most likely have to get newer hardware. Pair that with Windows 10 needing a subscription for long term use for security updates, many usable devices will be thrown away and turned to e-waste.
Man, I've been subscirbed to you since your initial sub 100k days and never got around to saying this; thank you for making these videos. Your content always bring a smile to my face as. Extremely chill and ever the more informative. Keep up the good work. Miss Dave.
Wasn't he supposed to do a Bungee Jump or something if he reached X amount of subscribers? Can't remember if it was 100K, or 250K or what, but it was definitely less than 527K.
Still comfortably gaming with an i7-7700K, GTX 1080 and 32 gigs or DDR4 RAM
Same but upgraded to 64gb of ram.
@@dovahkiin2108why😂
@@pashabiceps95 I got a spare kit from someone and I use it.
@@dovahkiin2108 just curious what would you use it for. Didn’t see games require more than 17 so far. While working saw 24 once
@@pashabiceps95 You're right, not useful for gaming, dad here uses his PC for more than gaming... Blender and code compiling takes ram. Also I got for free so I'm going to just display it in the shelf?
Now that's a handsome PC mate
I'm still running my 7700K + 2x1070 SLI rig and its still going happy. It can even output 4K 60 (the most it can) with sensible settings on older games.
I really hope it doesn't break or suddenly die. This is really wonderful.
The GTX 1070 was one of the best buys back in 2016. Hitting 8 years now.. and still capable.
It has borderline GPU power to handle graphics settings that utilize all 8GB though. But if you can live with 30ish FPS, you can apply lots of eyecandy @1080P in modern games.
I miss the days of late 2000's and early 2010's PC cases. It was the golden era. HTPC cases were also pretty sick. I have the windowless version of this somewhere and still use my Cooler Master HAF XB cube for my gaming system and the Silverstone Grandia ones for living room and small server PC's. There were lots of different designs and now we only have same looking Aquarium towers with bad airflow and before it was just beige boxes.
My man! Cooler Master cases from 10-15 years ago are really something, aren't they? I still have my HAF 912 Plus and have been using it for 12 years now. I've pushed four different configs through it during that time and right now I'm in the process of collecting parts for the 5th one. It might need some modifications this time to keep up with thermals of these components but nothing that'll ruin its external beauty. Can't get enough of seeing people's reactions when I show them this old case and when I tell them what's actually inside. It's a proper sleeper PC at tths point.
Do you even look dude? So many good cases. Look to gamers nexus computex videos on all the cases.
I game on an i7 8700k, 16GB of DDR4 RAM, and a GTX 1060 6GB. I've gotten comments about needing to upgrade and I agree that I'll need to upgrade to a newer system soon but for now the PC meets my needs. Someone even asked if my specs can run PowerPoint. I don't use PowerPoint and didn't see the "point" of that comment. 😂
Oh, the things kids will say. The people telling you to get a new system are probably teenagers that have not even built thir first system yet. They prob have a dozen builds saved on PCpartpicker or they're part of the Bottleneck Police force.
I could see adding more RAM and upgrading the GPU, but the i7-8700k is still a solid CPU. Overclocking it will get it very close to the Ryzen 5 5600.
Your cpu is great. A gpu upgrade would help. An rx 6600 might be a good option. Sell the 1060 and it will be a pretty affordable upgrade
Don't underestimate what a 8700k could do under the right 2x120 tower cooler at 1.275V ;) Playing COD W3, over 200fps with a 2080 super and a kit of 3200mhz ram with proper tuning. You have a beast in your hand, unleash the power!
haha, I feel you on not wanting to sell it. I recently picked up a retired CAD work station with a 6700K, ROG Maximus board, and a Quadro K1200, (minus cpu cooler, psu or any hard drives), for about that same price you picked this up for. All in a gorgeous brushed aluminium case with a clear side panel.
I picked it up to flip but after getting it up and running with an EVGA 2060 Super, I've kind of fallen in love with the old beast. It's still a fantastic machine in my eyes!
I suck at flipping because I love the history. Recently picked up a Z77 sabertooth with a i7 3770k and a Fallout 4 970 all inside a Silverstone FT02 and it's just a thing of beauty. All for $50!
You're a true tech enthusiast to put such builds together. It's a capable machine to run a variety of titles.
that smooth transition at 7:12
I like how you integrate nature into your builds
I got my first computer in 2017. was a Dell Inspiron that had an i3 7100 in it. I wanted to upgrade to the 7700 non K because that was the highest chip that was supported by the motherboard, but i ended up switching platforms entirely and purchasing a 3700x instead in early 2020.
I’ll never forget my i3 7100 and what it could do. I played Oblivion at 1080p with medium high settings with the UHD 630 graphics, and managed a playable 40-50 fps. There was something fun about having a limited machine, because you have to figure out how to get the most out of it and still have a good time.
nowaday the newer i3 12-14th gen is way better then any i7 and i9 from the 6-8th gen. the i3-14100f itself has same or little bit better performance then a i7-9700k and i9-9900ks😅even in some muitcore cases too which is crazy, even tho they have more core and thread count
Still use that case (white) today with my new setup. Cpu 14900/ Ram 64gb / Gpu AMD 7900XT / Cpu watercooled. Beast setup. Only use it for my photoshoot photo editing in 1440P on a 34” Ultrawide ❤
Best case ever. Phenomenal airflow - unparalleled.
Currently running an i7-8700 and GTX 1080. It is my friends old Gaming PC he built 7 years ago and it’s kicking ass. I play on 3440x1440p and am able to max out most games I play and get 60 FPS or greater without upscaling. I’m even able to play newer games like Hogwarts Legacy and Jedi Survivor no problem. Literally the only games I have to tweak substantially and upscale are Starfield and Cyberpunk. Get this, when I first turned the PC on it ran like shit and I assumed the 1080 was inadequate. I purchased a 4070 Super and found it sort of surprising how little the rasterized performance truly was… I mean for 7 years it’s insanely unimpressive. I still have to use upscalers in the biggest of games and have like 90 instead of 60 frames with no scaling… woo? I put my 1080 back in to double check I wasn’t tripping and realized it was actually just OVERHEATING. I repasted the 1080 and got 30 more frames and its honestly only like 60-70% of my 4070 Super in real world performance… WTF. So something from 2016 that cost less in todays money is only 30% slower than a 4070 Super…. Nvidia is out here scamming.
i just got 6700 k and Z270 mobo from my closet and put it back to life works like a charm ,nice vids as always mate
I love your little garden, it is so cozy-ish :D
Not even cozy? Just cozy ish?
You should add Ghost of Tsushima to your benchmarks, it's a really good PC port.
Swear to god man, you're reading my fecking mind. You did a video on the i7 7700k a few days ago which is the processor I'm planning to get for my old PC. I was going to get a PCIe powered card for it, but after seeing none were really hitting the spot that I wanted for cost/performance/power consumption I just thought "ah bugger it, I'll pinch my brothers old gtx 1070 and shove that in" and here it-bloody-is in a video!!
Though I do think I need to hunt down an evga one. I got an asus and one of the fans just fell off...
Having only recently upgraded from a 4th gen i5, hearing you say a 7700k is old tells me the timing was right!
Still impressive performance you are getting with that set up.
2:04 Really lovely Shasta Daisies in the garden!
I've always wanted a big square case like this. Great video and please give my regards to Harry the scourge of pigeons.
😂 will do!
I just built a new PC in the Montech King 95 Pro case. Its a large fish tank style case with loads of room to work in. In my opinion its the best looking case available. The all white build looks amazing.
Were gonna need more updates on this pigeon situation, hopefully your security pupper has things handled 🐾🐾💚
Love the video, love the irony even more that for under $500 USD You still created a PC that plays games as well as any console
Thus disproving the myth of PC Gaming hardware "Needing" an upgrade every 3 years
Nice video bro, but did you know you can put a Coffee Lake chip on a Z270 board using a modded BIOS?
I didn’t but now I’ll have to try it 😁
That case is massive, I have an identical one but only have been able to identify the "razer" on it, got it used for 25 dollars, best case I have had, really liked the massive room it offers
You should consider covering the Coffee Lake mod for 7th Gen boards. They can support 8th and 9th gen Intel chips with a bit of tinkering, and it gives them a few more years of useful life. Guides for this can be found everywhere including the LTT Forums, but only do it with stuff that you can afford to lose.
Or just get a x299 mobo they support 7th to 10th gen socket 2066 out of the box. Also support resizable bar in the 10th gen.
I suggest you that you keep this system forever.
And then reviewing it again 20 years later from now.
Who knows maybe something interesting can happen
Mine is still working great in 2024 surprisingly. I was going to build a new PC, but I might just keep my 6-year old system if it's still running this well. For whatever reason, it's just a very stable, reliable system that gives me less problems than my 13th gen laptop, and my Rog Ally. Can't remember the last time it's ever crashed on me, and I don't think it's ever BSOD'd me, maybe once back when Windows 10 was new and not updated yet, but rarely if ever since. No point in building one of these these days, simply because there is no upgrade path, but if you still have one, it's a good system and will probably last another 2 or 3 years before I run into any weird compatibility/support issues, hopefully.
Seriously man...here you are at it again...reviewing exact the pI am building with. So crazy. That CPU is super hot for no reason though. Love that case. I sold one a few years ago for next to nothing and regret it.
5:47 the way you said "on modern hardware or older hardware" 😂.
I like the look. The case is pretty cool.
I am still using a ROG with a 1070 as a backup in the other room. It is very, very capable even nowadays.
8:57 HP did an OMEN cube case. Those are pretty rare. I have a White Aerocool X-Predator cube case. It has a horizontal motherboard location, which allows the GPU to sit vertically in view through the side window. Still regret selling my Aerocool dream box though 😢
Man, this was really similar to my first buid. I was so pumped to get the 7700K and so annoyed there was no upgrade path afterward... Those were the bad old days when Intel released a new platform for virtually every new generation.
I've got a 6700K, and 1080ti. I delidded the CPU and and tossed some liquid metal on it and my GPU. I'm very impressed with how well it still performs, even with newer titles. I might finally build a new system when the 50xx cards come out, I heard the 7850x3D is where it's at currently on the CPU side, I'll have to do more research though when it gets closer to purchasing.
A couple of months ago, I "accidentally" came across a "brand new" (still sealed in the antistatic bag) GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK motherboard. So, I bought an i7-4790K CPU, delidded it, added some Thermal Grizzly liquid metal, Corsair 4x8GB ***2400Mhz*** (32GB total) DDR3, an EVGA 1080Ti FTW3, and a Samsung 970 EVO 500GB NVME, with a fresh install of Win10 Pro. 🤯🤯🤯 This thing is a BEAST!!!
My next project is to confiscate my son's i7-7700K/Asus Z270-AR/16GB DDR4/1080Ti, delid it, add liquid metal, an RTX 4070Ti Super, and 4x8GB DDR4 3600Mhz (32GB total), and migrate a Kingston 4th Gen 1TB NVME that I recently bought, into that machine.
I don't play AAA games. So, I'm expecting to get "about" another 5-years out of these upgraded systems.
@@curtis.albrecht.79 yeah that'll be a very capable system for a long time. Emulating games won't be a problem either for that.
Man, this video brought so many memories, especially the PSU. Been using VS550 for idk how many years, and sadly, it did blow up back in late 2021, but didn't take anything with it thankfully(maybe it's a good thing I was using the integrated graphics on my old i5 7600 back then and didn't have a GPU). The GPU I had before that was 1060 3GB. First PC I built with my own money(well, the PSU was my father's old one he "gifted" me back in 2013-2014 I think). Kaby-Lake CPU and Pascal GPU combo was masterclass.
Old school budget pc building videos were delightful. Wish PC gaming becomes charming like that once again. A man can dream.
Im still on an 8700k with a 1080ti.
For the most part im still good.
That's an amazing deal mate that case alone still goes for around £100. Still an amazing case love the second compartment for the psu and cables it makes cable management even easier and some nice drive space in there too would love to see more cube cases like that around now.
Ahh the 1070 :) have been in some VR cafes in NL in 2023 and all used 1070 for VR rigs still working just fine.
In 2017 I did a lease to own thing with an i7 7700. 16GB of DDR4 2133 (One stick, so single channel), 1TB spinner (No SSD or M.2 SSD), GTX 1050 2GB. The board was an H110. This was an Asus Pre-Built. I ended up sending it back. It would have cost me $2300 after interest. No monitor either. At the time I had an FX 8350 w/GTX 1080 and I could tell there was a CPU difference but I couldn't see me putting my GTX 1080 in that case. In the end I bought a used i7 3770 and Intel DQ77MK board for $50 and put the GTX 1080 and the 16GB of Kingston HyperX Genisis memory into it with a 120GB SSD. At the time I played in 4K 60 Hz so the GPU always needed to be the most powerful it could be. I had a 1TB spinner for games in there too. Which even today you can do so long as you have a fast OS drive for temp files and a good amount of memory. Although I went all SSD in 2021. What a ride that was. I thought the 7700 would have mattered more. It didn't. I thought the 3770 was going to be a side grade, instead it was a legit upgrade from an FX 8350.
I want to ad a bit of context to your helldivers results. The game is extremely cpu intensive at higher difficulties because all the enemy ai is calculated locally and there are way more enemys. From personal experience with an 8600k at 4.7ghz the game will drop to around 20fps with horrible and intensive lows at difficulty 8. Lower difficulties fare a bit better but are still exhausting to play.
The rest of my setup is 16gb ram and an rtx 2060 at lower settings than in your video. I can confirm that this is to 100% a cpu bottleneck.
It may not be shredding world records, but those average FPS figures were really good. I'd say "for the money," but honestly if your monitor is 60FPS this is gonna do it for you in most games. (Settings being a bit lowerd from max, but still. Older games will run even better, presumably.)
1% and 0.1% lows may not be perfect, and there I'll say it is good "for the money". If this is your rig from back in the day and you're sticking with it, I don't see why you'd really need to upgrade, and the environment thanks you for keeping parts going longer.
Still have the same case, don't feel the need to change. Airflow is absolutely great. Cable management is also great since you tuck them in the other chamber.
Great kombo this CPU and GPU.
In 2017, i've bought myself also a GTX 1070 & Ryzen 7 1700x , back then i was really happy with that config.
My Cpu is WAY older than this and i still run games decently. Im looking into a budget upgrade because my cpu doesn't support Windows 11. This PC became my main rig because I had gotten this machine second hand. I just had extra parts laying around making it decent.
Cpu: Intel Core i7 4790
Graphics: GTX 1660 Ti
Ram: 32GB DDR 3
Storage: 500gb ssd, 3 - 1 TB Hard Drives
Them old Intel i7s are kind of crazy.
One of my favorite cases!
I am wondering where you got this PC from for 120€. I have been eyeing the i7-7700k for ages on Ebay and it usually goes over 100€ in price (the CPU alone). I still got a i7-6700k myself, and this guy overclocked and with proper ram is crazy fast even in modern games. The only real issue is that it only has 4 cores, otherwise in single core performance this guy still outshines many processors that came afterwards (specially if overclocked).
I've had a suspicion that a lot of these 'budget pc' channels fudge their figures a bit lol. I'm also in the UK and no chance you'd get those sort of specs for that money.
Either that or they get hookups from a PC recycling type place. Which is fair enough but I wish they'd do full disclosure.
At the current time on ebay, an i7 7700K CPU alone is gonna cost 80 quid. Searching for the completed items the cheapest one is for 50 quid (well done to whomever scored that one) but the average price is much higher.
Anyway no hate towards the dude who owns the channel.
@@veeeks2938 I am in mainland europe and i had a HP omen (with i7-6700k) so one year or so ago I decided to finally break the chains of my i7-6700k. I bought an asus motherboard (costed me 70€ but you can get it perhaps a bit cheaper), but I have always been eyeing an i7-7700k since it probably has better ram support and uses less voltage per clock, enabling even higher clocks. Thing is, at the price of 100€ or more, there is no reason for me to make the upgrade, and I check prices every once in a while. Sometimes the chip alone is even around 150€. Similar (complete) PC builds are usually around 400€, depending on GPU present. The one the used on this video has a crazy pc case, which alone would be worth a penny. Either buyer got lucky or seller just wanted to get rid of his product and/or just didn't understand the gem he was getting rid of. Prices in the USA are also better in almost every product btw, so channel owner is probably from the USA.
This video makes my 6700K feel old. Still runs great though
You might get some good use out of a hot swap drive bay since you don't need the optical drive. Corsair used to make some real bangers. I just got myself a vengeance c70. This 7700k setup is near identical to my kid's pc except I used a workstation board and put a $20 xeon equivalent in it. All together I think the board, xeon and ram cost around 80 us which isn't bad considering the i7 still sells for about that much by itself.
The last 4 core/ 8 thread I7 before Intel started to make good products again. Wasn't bad but the 8700k was a big jump forward.
That's actually an awesome case, I've been looking for one for my years now, but can't find one. with it's dual chamber, it has good airflow, while still having a cdrom that won't interfere with the front fans.
This is the EXACT same build I first did on my own when I had saved up money to buy a 7700k and a 1070 and it was amazing at the time and still is! I used this PC up until last year when I got the income to upgrade to a used 3090 and 5800x3d, I still use the 7700k for my backup NAS! after watching this I'm tempted to grab a cheap 3060 and take the old 7700k back to make a spare rig! that chip is still surprisingly powerful...
I got my pc when the intel 7th gen was still new, I'm very glad that I went with a ryzen 5 1400 instead of an i5 at the time though, since it had the same core and thread count with an actual upgrade path. When I upgraded to my r5 5600x the i7 7700k was still more expensive.
I have that exact same PSU and have been using it for years, it is currently running a Ryzen 5600 and a RX 5700 system. I also read those same articles about it being unsafe, so I replaced it for a 650W 80 Plus Gold, which then cables melted inside it after a year or so and I spent two months trying to get a replacement under RMA from the manufacturer, and so the original PSU ended up back in the machine and it still is running fine. So I'd not worry too much about it lol
I had a very similar build. I used a Air 240 case, 1070 and an 8700k instead of a 7700k. Served me very well, and now serving my sister's needs. I did not really need to upgrade, but I did on impulse and was using a widescreen 1440p monitor instead of a 27" monitor.
@RandomGaminginHD Garuda Linux 'GAMING EDITION' on these older machines would be a cool video...
The Air 540 is a great case. Mine is currently empty (once held a 6850K 980Ti SLI custom loop rig) but will very likely get an AM5 or LGA 1851 production build once we get those new CPUs.
Nice build, I think you got the mix of components about right too. Also really nice case, I'd buy the case itself because you can fit pretty much anything in there, along with plenty of airflow, plenty of SSDs/HDDs and also a couple of 5.25in slots too - a rarity nowadays!
Wow, i have this exact case with an FX 9590 and RX 580. Still going strong.
i remember being a young teen not having money yet wanting to have a similar set up to this pc maybe replace the 1070 with a 1080
OMG! That was my exact CPU and GPU config until a year ago! Was very satisfied with it. Was expecting a sligltly better result in BG3 and Cyberpunk, though. It is only held back by lack of DLSS support and no mesh shaders. My cousin is still happily playing on it.
I had a 6500 cpu I wanted to upgrade to 7700 at some point, I ended up using the 6500 for several years but if I did have this 7700 I would still likely be on it, what a beast for it's time.
I still have my 7700K. I don't own any gaming consoles so I repurposed this chip with my back up graphics card (3060 12 gb) and built a living room box. It's good enough to play games that I'd rather play on a couch with a controller.
Thats a beautiful build, man I love watching your vids while eating, keep it up 👍
I'm currently running an I7 4790k with a GTX1060 3GB
Up it to 6 and you will be set for another 2 years🤣
My exGF is still gaming on a 7700k/GTX980ti. It was struggling with 16gb of DDR3, but 32gb helped tremendously. Though it is starting to show its age. In Ark Survival Ascended its under 30FPS at low settings, but still fairly smooth and stutter free. Other games like Enshrouded, Valhiem and RUST it runs really well, I think once more Unreal 5 games come out she is going to have to look at a new PC, but that PC has had a nice long run.
GTA:V always been weird for not utilise whole hardware for some setups. Still glad you include that on tests, because it's still played.
I had that case I loved it. It looked good and kept everything chilly. I switched the fans for Corsair 2x HD140 for the front a 120mm industrial Noctua for the back with an Alphacool Eisbaer 280 on the top. I eventually got a 1070ti mini and water cooled that with the Eisbaer. I loved that PC. The 1070ti ended up catching on fire a year and a half later.
I'm still rocking the 7700k on our living room VR rig, and it still runs great!
My guy really took the risk of using that PSU when one of those have popped on you before.
Nice rig for the money. Yeah... I like my DVD drive as well. still use it now and then. Take care. Cheers
Just upgraded from a 7700k to a 7700x. Literally double the FPS in every game. Depends what GPU and games you play, but it's 100% worth the upgrade.
I just built a new PC with a 7800X3D to replace my 7700K system. I kept the 3070 GPU for the time being and saw huge gains in all games. For example, I went from 60-120 FPS in PUBG to a stable 200+. When I originally built it, I had a 1080 and it rocked but over the last couple of years I've had nothing but trouble with it. Sure, it was able to play a lot of games, but stability was terrible with black or blue screens common.
GPU,case and CPU are all pretty much classics for their generation.Corsair's "cube" cases were always really interesting,but expensive items.
2:45 somebody took a bite out of that power connector 😅
I haven't regretted buying that awesome Corsair case, it serves my RYZEN build well.
Go back to including SotTR in your benchmarks. I know it's not recent but it's a well known benchmark and especially with old systems like this is makes total sense.
I remember when the i7 3790k was still a beast. This chip being considered old makes this 37 year old feel very old. That and the back pain, lol.
I wish evga never left the gpu market they had the best designs
My current build is rocking this exact case from 2013 with i7 4770K, 32gb ddr3 ram and a GTX 1080 (sli GTX 780ti's fried so they were replaced 😢)
Still going strong \m/
7700k is still a decent chip. I’d love to see a review using a 1080 Ti (or Titan Xp) instead which would make this a best pc of 2017 revisit.
All things considered, the I7 7700K and the GTX 1070 Ti would have been a pretty good pairing in 2017, which both of these pieces came out. If I were into PC gaming back then as I am now. I'd definitely use this combo for running triple A Titles.
Thats a very wide case but kinda looks cool. I picked up the classified version of that GTX 1080 gpu with the only main difference being leds for £119 a couple of weeks ago so you got a good deal there.
back in 2017 when I was thinking on the parts to choose for my first PC build I originally wanted to go with the i7-7700K and a GTX 1080 Ti
I normally remove the faceplate from the DVD drive and just glue that in. No need to have the dead weight of a drive you will never use.
I still want that case Lol. it's awesome and it's not just a fishtank full of fans like the new dual chamber cases. Would love to find a solid condition one in white.
Wow i did not expect that performance in baldurs gate 3. I guess the game prefers high frequency single core performance instead of lower clocks with more cores.
Hehe the good ol' 7700K, came and watched this to see if I'd been wrong to part with it a couple of upgrades ago. Perhaps so, perhaps not. That being said, respect for HDDs - even Corsair's newest case(s), the 2500D, still has dedicated space for those.
Had the smaller air 240, gave it to my brother about 2 years ago when I found a crystal 280. Both great mATX cases.
Try modding the board's bios and get an 8th gen CPU on it!!! There are tutorials online ;)
With cards of that age, probably advisable replacing all the pads as well as paste.
8:56
The case is excellent. chunky, blocky lots of space, SSD, HDD, optical drives, airflow, cable management, AIO support, no RGB crap.
Why anyone need another case beside that don't know.
My Silverstone Raven 03 consider Corsair Carbide a worthy competitor, at one point i was considering to replace it with Corsair Carbide , but at the end SS 03 is great.
But if i could find that Corsair Carbide for cheap i would get it, its that case that i would to have, just like HAF X that i grabbed for cheap 5 years ago.