Ah yes.. I remember using that on Windows Vista. But after 8 yrs on Vista I upgraded it to Windows 8.1 Still working until now. But Windows 8.1 is not working idk why
I think we need to create a Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to PCs, it's honestly lucky the humidity damage didn't just end up destroying the entire thing.
I'm mad jealous of folks on developed countries with reasonable prices for old hardware. Can't find one of these here in my country for less than 70$. Way too much for a side project Edit:That's just for the C2Q. The GPU would easily cost me an extra 70.
Same even ddr3 still very expensive where i live i got lucky and got a i7 3770 for free with the motherboard and 4gb ram single channel, wanted to put more ram and a ssd but they even used still expensive
$70? That's decent. One of these would be at the very least $300 here. Setups similar to mine are going for $2000+ on FB Marketplace. But I built this before the pandemic for $500.
What I love about your channel is that it always gives me this "I'm stuck at grandma/nan's house for a few days without my gaming gear. Let's build a gaming pc out of desperation!" Vibe.
Apparently the Inspiron 530 is one of the few OEM PCs that can be upgraded with a modded Xeon E5450 if you flash it with a modified BIOS. Add a 750Ti or similar GPU, 8GB of RAM and a 250GB SSD from Crucial or Samsung and you've got a nice 150$ budget Gaming PC.
I actually just bought an Inspiron 530 off of Ebay for just $30 with local pickup. It has a Core 2 Quad 9400 in it, along with 8GB of RAM, and Windows 10. It even has a Radeon 4670 installed. Great deal and a great little system.
Absolutely, I'm using a Q9400 right now, with a cheap DMS-59 dual-screen, 4GB RAM, Win10 and a 240GB SSD. For everyday use, it does everything without any bother.
You should have done the "Tape mod" for the CPU, you know, that mod where you put tape in some specific contacts of that Q6600 to make it run at 3.0 ghz, it helps, I did that to my own before I got the Q9650.
I got a similar PC in early 2009 when I was 15- Q9400, GTX 285, 4GB of RAM, 1TB HDD. Was an absolute beast back then, it served me well until 2015. I bet it would be still usable today for things like 1080p60 (could play it no problem) video, productivity and even playing older games. I have it under my bed as a backup, if my main system failed. Edit: It had Q9400, not Q6600.
I actually bought a custom built machine from my friend with the same CPU and RAM for £30 about 6 years ago. The main issue I had with it was the 4GB RAM limit on the motherboard.
haha, Im glad that I found this video (actually yt algorithm just threw it on my face but whatever...) few years ago I was doing an upgrade from Core2Quad to i5 2500k to I7 2600k to R5 3500x to finally R5 5600x. So at the beginning I need to say that the difference in fps (in games) between I5 2500k (4.5Ghz after OC. OC in 2500k and 2600k series is super easy even for beginners) to stock 3500x using the same GPU (RTX 2070S) was like 10 fps on average in modern AAA titles while playing in 1440p with 2 additional monitors plugged in the same time. The jump from 3500x to 5600x (again with 2070S) gave me - on average - additional 10fps in 1440p. Sometimes it's almost 20fps more, sometimes it's the same as 3500x. So long story short, if you are using Sandybridge CPUs and it's still runs great then just invest in GPU. 20fps seems cool if you are aiming for 60fps. Jump from 2500k or 2600k to 5600x seems cool on paper (20fps) but overall if you change 2070 super to 3070TI you gonna get like 100 fps more in the older games and over 20fps (5-6fps average when changing cpu) in modern AAA titles. If you are just gamer and not streamer, if you are using your PC just for gaming then R5 3500x or 5600x + GTX 1080TI (without ray tracing) or RTX 2070S or 3060TI or 3070 is enough to keep over 60fps on max settings in every single AAA title available on the market.
Surprising what you can find out there if you look long and hard enough, like my Ryzen 3 1200, a320 mobo, 16GB ram 2 x 8, RX550, 2 x 1 tb HDD, 24" Alienware Monitor, keyboard moue and headset all in the lovely yellow lucky Koala case, delivered to me for £160. Keep looking people.
I gamed in a pentium and core 2 duo for some years they could play some games but nothing too new, some months ago i got a i7 3770 with dell motherboard so it was a good upgrade from a core 2 duo
Super happy to see Linux benchmarks! Even if they don't support Vulkan, these old ATI cards might have another trick up their sleeve on Linux in the form of Gallium-nine: an open source re-implementation of DirectX9. It's still experimental and it's a bit trickier to run games with it compared to Proton but it has the potential to really turn some of those graphs around on some systems (especially if you used the old OpenGL renderer on Proton/Wine). Kinda curious to see if that's still the case on a Core 2 Quad though...
GTA V is DX10 and i heard WineD3D still can afford it, but info related is pretty limited. That's why i moved from my A10-5800K to an A8-7650K (the floor to test Vulkan with graphics).
great video, very enjoyable to watch this restoration. one suggestion for these late 2000/early 2010 builds: maybe include a test of a previous gen fighting game on these? like Ultra Street Fighter 4 or Guilty Gear Xrd? fighting games have limited 3D scenes since they essentially have a single viewport of the stage. it could give an idea of what the system is capable outside of mainstream games like Skyrim and CS:GO.
i love the dell inspiron cases. theyre amazing to build in. i especially love the vertical hdd mounts, which are compatible with 2.5 ssds. perfect for mATX builds. love your work budget builds!
For 20 euro i got my secondary pc, I5 3570K, Asus p8z77-v pro, 8 gigs of ram, GTX 470 and a HAF 912. Friends are nice. As the people from the server might know, it now has 16 gigs of ram and a powercolor RX 580 i hate. Oh and replaced the shady no brand 850 watt psu with a Seasonic Focus+ 550
You can try to pick up a xeon e3 1240/70 v2 for what is usually half the price of a 3770k if you don't mind not overclocking but having the benefit of hyperthreading.
The Core 2 Quad Q6600 is still usable for everyday tasks and light gaming. Just needs an appropriate GPU to pair it with. Maybe at most a GTS 450 or HD 5770. Any Q8000 or Q9000 series Core 2 Quad is better in every way from performance to power consumption though and usually just as cheap.
Personally I wouldn't game on C2Q anymore, rather have a Phenom II.. but for general usage, C2Q is still fine. I have a Xeon X3230 (equilent to Q6700) and it's usable.
Odd. The only one see that to be true occasionally is the Q8200, which is the weakest of the 45 nm Quads. It and the Q6600 often go neck and neck. So the Q6700 should be mostly better. I'd still recommend the 45 nm Quads though. They get significantly less hot to my experience despite both families being 95 watts TDP. The Q8000/Q9000 series have SSE4.1 as well. Will you test a first gen Intel Core chip from Nehalem? I've heard they're becoming the new best used price-to-performance.
I love budget cenric builds, I use AM4 at moment but I just tonight upgraded my brothers 8GB 1600mhz DDR3 system to a Ryzen 5600 with 32GB of 3000mhz Corsair RAM. A budget upgrade but such a huge one that it's almost incomprehensible. AM5 would cost me almost £500 at the moment and I don't need it so it's not worth it in the slightest.
Another excellent video mate. Very entertaining delivery and one of the best on a tech channel. You give hope to a lot of gamers who just cannot afford the latest kit.
Your videos are great,I use to see more smartphone videos because it's an area that I understand more,however the PC videos both are great(I'm sorry for my English,I'm Brazilian haha) a hug!!S2
Not the exact PC but when I did Uni 2 years back they were still using Q6600s running on LTSB Windows 10 for their workshop/general use PCs. It is surprising how well the CPU keeps up. You can totally do normal document processing and web browsing.
@@mycelia_ow I think that's to do simply with the age. I completely understand the point of the video was to show it on a budget. However considering its for gaming you should probably aim for the same price as a console. Only issue is the GPU with the silicon shortages.
Being a technician for too many years seeing him drop the fan in the water hurt me a bit haha. But it seemed like he knew what he was doing so I had faith. Great video! 👍
Excited to see what's next for this system, but I would like to see some of the games tested again like GTA V with just a RAM upgrade as I'm really curious how much more performance it could offer with only a RAM upgrade
I had this PC as a kid and I'm going to be a completely honest it's hot garbage it was always hot garbage and the fact that you made it better is honestly a miracle and I applaud you.
Great video - glad to hear that there are still bargains to be had, and that the PC has likely been saved from e-waste. It's very unusual to see high speed hard drives - usually I come across 5400RPM, 5900RPM, or 7200RPM. I agree that the RAM could be upgraded, and if you could find a stronger Core 2 Quad to put in, then that would help too. Also, I did notice that you didn't connect the DVD drive back up! People do still use CDs/DVDs, myself included, which is one of the bonuses of an older system when compared to something more modern. And once again, on average, Windows 7 beats debloated Windows 10, even if by just a few frames.
I was able to game on an AMD FX 6300 with a Radeon HD 6970 up to 2019. Those old Radeons were quite good back in the day but now AMD is stumbling with the past two releases. The AMD FX was definitely starting to struggle back then and I probably would have fared a little better with Core 2 Quad 6600
I still have a few "modded" Xeon 5450 for builds like this that pop up...add an SSD, and an OEM GPU like an R7 240/250...and you got a capable web browser that can handle some basic gaming. Perfect computer for someone to learn about computers with, IMO.
Cool video, I love lower end cheap pc’s and builds. I have a nice higher tier setup but also have a lower end build and I love it! I’m always tinkering with it. Actually waiting on a few parts to do a case swap on my lower end build.
I used to have a similar setup a few years ago and lasted me pretty much through college before swapping it with an i5 3570 and a GTX 1060. The Crimson beta drivers are actually a bit better than the Catalyst ones, you only lose OpenCL acceleration.
The first RUclipsr (been watching for some time) that showed what can be cleaned with soap and water. And I'm still surprised how much electrical components are fine with being cleaned with water and soap. Would be interesting to see how to debloat Windows 10, not sure if you did a video on it. But I'm pretty sure I can find something on the webs about it.
I had a very similar Dell growing up. A Vostro 200 something. It had a Core 2 Duo E6300, 2 GB of ram, and 8800GT. The case was identical to this but black instead of silver
You should absolutely try Windows 8.1 on one of these PCs. It runs amazing well even on low end hardware (It ran perfectly fine on a 600 MHz Celeron in an older laptop of mine). Please give it a try.
that Inspiron 530 is almost exactly what I have, sitting as more or less a backup in case the main computer fails. treasure it for it will serve you well.
The Inspiron 530 has two motherboard revisions, the G33M02 and the DG33M03. The First supports up to C2D (something like E8600), and the DG supports C2Q (probably not much higher than your Q6600). I found this out after finding one in an e-waste dumpster, and was researching how best to upgrade it. I have the G33M02. Ending up getting the lowest CPU I could get that was supported, some single core Celeron! Want it for some very light retro games/apps. The chassis was used in a lot of other Dell lines of the era, just the facia plate was changed to make them look different.
Hello There, a great Video and the project with the upgrades sounds like a great idea, it certainly was a good value PC all things considering. Kind regards Peter :-)
You did great tidying that up. Stick a cheap SSD and a more modern tidy cheap motherboard and cpu and it'll be rocking! LOADS of options on Ebay nowadays. 'Bang for Buck' is the philosophy to go for. Don't get caught in the materialism trap of having "the best" hardware right now, because pc parts advance so quickly it's absurd.
I did have this system (specifically the 530s), used the machine for about 6 years until I got an new PC. This machine has made most of my PC gaming memories. Ahh the time when Dell didn’t had weird ass psu, mother board, and overall very easy to upgrade machines.
Love your channel man awesome content as always relaxing to your video after trouble shooting a laptop that has charging issues when put under load an ASUS G751JY whit a gtx 980M big thumbs up for this video 👍👍
I found one of these not too long ago, I took it’s core i5 530 out and swapped in a Xeon X3470. It and a GTX 580 made for a pretty decent gaming experience.
Ah yes core 2 quad, i recently build a budget pc with this processor, with q9300, pair with rx 550, it's perform OK for modern standard, it's still can run modern game but with low or medium setting.
i actually have a pretty simiar spected pc like the one in the video ( the gpu is a hd 5570 tho ) I finished gta v with 720p low setting ( 20 fps ), still had fun tbh.
Lots of people question this, but I got horrifically Ill off a PC before so take 0 chances on used hardware nowerdays. As long as these cases are left to dry (and I always spray the fans down with WD40) I have never seen it cause any harm to the components.
This pc is punching way higher than it should. I wonder how much just adding a 4gb ram stick would help this thing. Oh, and hey, is that plok music I hear?
My upgrade advice, operating sys W10 Enterprise IoT 2021 LTSC, BSEL mode (CPU overclock with tape) on 3.0GHZ all core, if it has 4 ram slots up to 8 gb ram and cheap 2nd handed ssd. Decent internet pc, gpu what you can find, but i would not go wild, just for older games, lack of modern instructions, it is after all a dead platform really...
I had that 5670 with a phenom ii x4 955 black edition for 5 years before the motherboard dead it was a pretty decent midrange card back in 2010 when i got it
A few years back I 'had a look' at a mate's 510 I believe. It had a C2D, 4 Gb's of RAM and the usual 7200 rpm HD. I have never seen so much dust. He wanted me to upgrade it to game on and it wasn't worth it. I gave him my old C2Q system with 8 Gb's of RAM, 60 Gb SSD, 500 Gb HD and a 5000 series Radeon GPU. It all came in an old black gaming case along with blue LED's and the perspex intergrated into the side panel. He thought that Christmas had come early. He gave me £100 👍. The old 510 was given a 120Gb SSD ans sold for £40. 👍😀 I still have a C2Q with a GTX 750TI, 8Gb RAM and SSD which I put into a custom built wooden box which looks just like an old stereogram.
Great video. Developed countries really are lucky with the availability and pricing for these parts or some system unit could be found laying on the street or something. May I ask what app/tool you used for debloating windows 10? I've lost the tool I've used before and looking for an alternative.
I have a similar spec gaming PC, but it has a Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU with 4 GB of ddr2 ram at 960 mph and with a GTX 570 graphics card. For me, it will handle games from 2015 or earlier fine. Core 2 Quads still perform reasonably well today since they have 4 physical cores. They can also run Windows 11
Is WD40 really safe to use for cleaning computer parts? I've read somewhere that it's too conductive? I have some really old stuff at home that needs cleaning just like in this video so I'm looking for advice.
Regarding the GPU, could it be possible that both the ATI & AMD stickers were used from the factory? While AMD acquired ATI June 2006, they still used the ATI branding until August 2010 with the 5670 launching January 2010 being the 3rd newest HD 5000 card with the HD 5830 a month later in February then a month after that in March 2010 was the 5870 Eyefinity Edition. The HD 6000 series was the 1st after AMD dropped the ATI branding with the HD 6850 & 6870 coming 1st October 2010 with the remaining cards coming through 2011
Literally just built a windows xp 2.8ghz socket 478 pentium 4 with 1gb of ram with the last supported firefox version, it's being made for retro games, anyways it was pretty impressive that you can still browse the web with this thing, youtube struggles on 480p and ads make it even worse, I was able to watch the whole thing with almost less than 10 stutters here and there, the fact that when you get a ''modern classic'' system to do new things, idk it just feels different
Ah, gotta love socket 775. Used to run a tape-overclocked Q6600 and R7 250 with 16gb of corsair ddr3 and a bunch of old laptop hdds in a scrap HP sff that i threw together for under $20 total. like 2 years ago it was able to run Overwatch with good settings and Minecraft and CS:GO. Theyre still lovely machines if you get them at a good price and set your expectations.
back in april i went to this electronic recycling event near by and got an old i5 2500k pc someone was throwing away for free. it had a 1tb HDD, 120GB SSD and an 80GB SSD. its now my truenas box for the home network.
Did you have an Inspiron 530? I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments:
used to have one
it ran ok until the motherboard went pop
I had one where the motherboard died, and one that's quite low spec. This has granted me the knowledge to tell you the cpu fan needs to be flipped :)
very epic gaming pc, Inspiron 530 is very gaming
Ah yes.. I remember using that on Windows Vista. But after 8 yrs on Vista I upgraded it to Windows 8.1 Still working until now. But Windows 8.1 is not working idk why
its really cool how you get all these cheap builds and test them out. really entertaining
Yes indeed
I think we need to create a Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to PCs, it's honestly lucky the humidity damage didn't just end up destroying the entire thing.
But then we wouldn't get this gold content I've found gems in the trash I really need to make videos 😂
RSPCPC sounds interesting
@@LynxBlack nah poctc is the one
I'm mad jealous of folks on developed countries with reasonable prices for old hardware.
Can't find one of these here in my country for less than 70$. Way too much for a side project
Edit:That's just for the C2Q. The GPU would easily cost me an extra 70.
Same even ddr3 still very expensive where i live i got lucky and got a i7 3770 for free with the motherboard and 4gb ram single channel, wanted to put more ram and a ssd but they even used still expensive
$70? That's decent. One of these would be at the very least $300 here.
Setups similar to mine are going for $2000+ on FB Marketplace. But I built this before the pandemic for $500.
@@gtPacheko core 2 quad are still good for web browsing, basic apps and some games that not required AVX instructions.
I was on ebay UK last night and there are a few Dells for £10 pick up only.
There's literally core 2 duos going for $100s here
The price to performance ratio on this thing is about as good as it gets. What a fun little system that punches far above its weight.
its good for emulation up to gamecube///wii for sure
What I love about your channel is that it always gives me this "I'm stuck at grandma/nan's house for a few days without my gaming gear. Let's build a gaming pc out of desperation!" Vibe.
Apparently the Inspiron 530 is one of the few OEM PCs that can be upgraded with a modded Xeon E5450 if you flash it with a modified BIOS.
Add a 750Ti or similar GPU, 8GB of RAM and a 250GB SSD from Crucial or Samsung and you've got a nice 150$ budget Gaming PC.
On the OEM board you can put that Xeon? No way.
Not the base model, only the higher end ones
I actually just bought an Inspiron 530 off of Ebay for just $30 with local pickup. It has a Core 2 Quad 9400 in it, along with 8GB of RAM, and Windows 10. It even has a Radeon 4670 installed. Great deal and a great little system.
Damn, nice find
That 1066 DDR2 and 10k rpm hard drive is one hell of a find man. You seem to have a knack for bringing old hardware back to life. Love it.
Core 2 Quad.. It's quite good for it's price nowadays.
Absolutely, I'm using a Q9400 right now, with a cheap DMS-59 dual-screen, 4GB RAM, Win10 and a 240GB SSD. For everyday use, it does everything without any bother.
I had one of those, it ran surprisingly well with Windows 8.1, still in use today with a friend
You should have done the "Tape mod" for the CPU, you know, that mod where you put tape in some specific contacts of that Q6600 to make it run at 3.0 ghz, it helps, I did that to my own before I got the Q9650.
I completely forgot that existed and that I did it on my 530 with a core 2 duo!
Your channel has inspired me. Cleaned and re-thermal pasted a gtx 8800, a gtx 9800, and an AMD sempron 3800 desktop yesterday.
I got a similar PC in early 2009 when I was 15- Q9400, GTX 285, 4GB of RAM, 1TB HDD. Was an absolute beast back then, it served me well until 2015. I bet it would be still usable today for things like 1080p60 (could play it no problem) video, productivity and even playing older games. I have it under my bed as a backup, if my main system failed. Edit: It had Q9400, not Q6600.
I actually bought a custom built machine from my friend with the same CPU and RAM for £30 about 6 years ago. The main issue I had with it was the 4GB RAM limit on the motherboard.
I know that there was a motherboard in the same case as this that could do 8 GBs of RAM if it had a maximum when it originally only could do 4 GBs
haha, Im glad that I found this video (actually yt algorithm just threw it on my face but whatever...) few years ago I was doing an upgrade from Core2Quad to i5 2500k to I7 2600k to R5 3500x to finally R5 5600x.
So at the beginning I need to say that the difference in fps (in games) between I5 2500k (4.5Ghz after OC. OC in 2500k and 2600k series is super easy even for beginners) to stock 3500x using the same GPU (RTX 2070S) was like 10 fps on average in modern AAA titles while playing in 1440p with 2 additional monitors plugged in the same time. The jump from 3500x to 5600x (again with 2070S) gave me - on average - additional 10fps in 1440p. Sometimes it's almost 20fps more, sometimes it's the same as 3500x. So long story short, if you are using Sandybridge CPUs and it's still runs great then just invest in GPU. 20fps seems cool if you are aiming for 60fps. Jump from 2500k or 2600k to 5600x seems cool on paper (20fps) but overall if you change 2070 super to 3070TI you gonna get like 100 fps more in the older games and over 20fps (5-6fps average when changing cpu) in modern AAA titles.
If you are just gamer and not streamer, if you are using your PC just for gaming then R5 3500x or 5600x + GTX 1080TI (without ray tracing) or RTX 2070S or 3060TI or 3070 is enough to keep over 60fps on max settings in every single AAA title available on the market.
Surprising what you can find out there if you look long and hard enough, like my Ryzen 3 1200, a320 mobo, 16GB ram 2 x 8, RX550, 2 x 1 tb HDD, 24" Alienware Monitor, keyboard moue and headset all in the lovely yellow lucky Koala case, delivered to me for £160. Keep looking people.
I will never understand Ryzen PCs without SSDs.
That's one hell of a deal
A tape mod overclock could help the q6600 in gta V ^^
I gamed on a core 2 quad for years on end, they're such good bang for buck processors I loved that little machine a lot
I gamed in a pentium and core 2 duo for some years they could play some games but nothing too new, some months ago i got a i7 3770 with dell motherboard so it was a good upgrade from a core 2 duo
yeah i played on a i9 12 cores it was very slow it woundet even boot it was a 11th version
@@XSanity. oof that is some slow processor an pentium 3 is faster
Super happy to see Linux benchmarks! Even if they don't support Vulkan, these old ATI cards might have another trick up their sleeve on Linux in the form of Gallium-nine: an open source re-implementation of DirectX9. It's still experimental and it's a bit trickier to run games with it compared to Proton but it has the potential to really turn some of those graphs around on some systems (especially if you used the old OpenGL renderer on Proton/Wine). Kinda curious to see if that's still the case on a Core 2 Quad though...
GTA V is DX10 and i heard WineD3D still can afford it, but info related is pretty limited.
That's why i moved from my A10-5800K to an A8-7650K (the floor to test Vulkan with graphics).
I miss those little dells. They used to sell really well back in the day! The g33m02/m03 motherboard could take a beating too!!
great video, very enjoyable to watch this restoration.
one suggestion for these late 2000/early 2010 builds: maybe include a test of a previous gen fighting game on these? like Ultra Street Fighter 4 or Guilty Gear Xrd?
fighting games have limited 3D scenes since they essentially have a single viewport of the stage. it could give an idea of what the system is capable outside of mainstream games like Skyrim and CS:GO.
i love the dell inspiron cases. theyre amazing to build in. i especially love the vertical hdd mounts, which are compatible with 2.5 ssds. perfect for mATX builds.
love your work budget builds!
For 20 euro i got my secondary pc, I5 3570K, Asus p8z77-v pro, 8 gigs of ram, GTX 470 and a HAF 912.
Friends are nice.
As the people from the server might know, it now has 16 gigs of ram and a powercolor RX 580 i hate. Oh and replaced the shady no brand 850 watt psu with a Seasonic Focus+ 550
You can try to pick up a xeon e3 1240/70 v2 for what is usually half the price of a 3770k if you don't mind not overclocking but having the benefit of hyperthreading.
@@GLDragon93 you also lose out on the iGPU, which is definitely nice to have for troubleshooting reasons(or to use it to flash a GPU bios)
@@EvilTurkeySlices That's pretty minor since he can swap back to i5 3570k if he has to rule out the gpu as faulty.
Woah a HD 5670 whoever used it back then is ballin!
The Core 2 Quad Q6600 is still usable for everyday tasks and light gaming. Just needs an appropriate GPU to pair it with. Maybe at most a GTS 450 or HD 5770.
Any Q8000 or Q9000 series Core 2 Quad is better in every way from performance to power consumption though and usually just as cheap.
Personally I wouldn't game on C2Q anymore, rather have a Phenom II.. but for general usage, C2Q is still fine. I have a Xeon X3230 (equilent to Q6700) and it's usable.
I often found the Q8XXX Series to perform a tad worse due to lack of cache.
Odd. The only one see that to be true occasionally is the Q8200, which is the weakest of the 45 nm Quads. It and the Q6600 often go neck and neck. So the Q6700 should be mostly better.
I'd still recommend the 45 nm Quads though. They get significantly less hot to my experience despite both families being 95 watts TDP. The Q8000/Q9000 series have SSE4.1 as well.
Will you test a first gen Intel Core chip from Nehalem? I've heard they're becoming the new best used price-to-performance.
@@Josue31627 arent core duo’s laptop only though? i think thars what you meant
should have done the BSEL mod tho, would give quite a nice performance bump
This, but only if the board supports 1333fsb
This channel is great. I also really liked the fact that you have the same IKEA tools that I have. That little kit has basically all you need.
I love budget cenric builds, I use AM4 at moment but I just tonight upgraded my brothers 8GB 1600mhz DDR3 system to a Ryzen 5600 with 32GB of 3000mhz Corsair RAM. A budget upgrade but such a huge one that it's almost incomprehensible. AM5 would cost me almost £500 at the moment and I don't need it so it's not worth it in the slightest.
Another excellent video mate. Very entertaining delivery and one of the best on a tech channel. You give hope to a lot of gamers who just cannot afford the latest kit.
Your videos are great,I use to see more smartphone videos because it's an area that I understand more,however the PC videos both are great(I'm sorry for my English,I'm Brazilian haha) a hug!!S2
Awesome! Your videos are worth waking at 5:30 AM for.
Nice use of the Plok soundtrack, sounds phenomenal for a SNES game.
Not the exact PC but when I did Uni 2 years back they were still using Q6600s running on LTSB Windows 10 for their workshop/general use PCs. It is surprising how well the CPU keeps up. You can totally do normal document processing and web browsing.
Use to run that processer back 10 years ago with 2 8800gtx. Use to love it's overclock capability
Problems with older platforms is ram and the chipsets failing. I'm surprised they weren't running old i3s with ddr3/4, they hold up far better.
@@mycelia_ow I think that's to do simply with the age. I completely understand the point of the video was to show it on a budget. However considering its for gaming you should probably aim for the same price as a console. Only issue is the GPU with the silicon shortages.
Bsel mod the q6600
Mostly high end chipsets fail, like nforce or poorly cooled x38 x48
Tip: The Inspiron 580 motherboard fits perfectly in the Inspiron 530 case. Nice of Dell to reuse the same rear IO on a newer board 👍
Very surprised that Dell would do that.
Being a technician for too many years seeing him drop the fan in the water hurt me a bit haha. But it seemed like he knew what he was doing so I had faith. Great video! 👍
I was gifted an identical dell by a friend about a year ago and its now my main xp rig for retro gaming. I really like the dells of that era
This man loves his Fable so much, I'm tempted to buy and try it myself to see what all the fuss is about.
Excited to see what's next for this system, but I would like to see some of the games tested again like GTA V with just a RAM upgrade as I'm really curious how much more performance it could offer with only a RAM upgrade
2:45 I definitely wasn't expecting some Tim Follin!
I had this PC as a kid and I'm going to be a completely honest it's hot garbage it was always hot garbage and the fact that you made it better is honestly a miracle and I applaud you.
Great video - glad to hear that there are still bargains to be had, and that the PC has likely been saved from e-waste.
It's very unusual to see high speed hard drives - usually I come across 5400RPM, 5900RPM, or 7200RPM.
I agree that the RAM could be upgraded, and if you could find a stronger Core 2 Quad to put in, then that would help too.
Also, I did notice that you didn't connect the DVD drive back up! People do still use CDs/DVDs, myself included, which is one of the bonuses of an older system when compared to something more modern.
And once again, on average, Windows 7 beats debloated Windows 10, even if by just a few frames.
I was able to game on an AMD FX 6300 with a Radeon HD 6970 up to 2019. Those old Radeons were quite good back in the day but now AMD is stumbling with the past two releases. The AMD FX was definitely starting to struggle back then and I probably would have fared a little better with Core 2 Quad 6600
the fx 6300 is like 30% faster then a q6600.
Not sure AMD is stumbling with his last last releases.. think Nvidia just makes better ones.. :)
FX bad as it is is still better than core 2 quad
fx 6300 is 3c/6t so it would definitely run better in modernish games than core duo.
@@aleksazunjic9672 Even if they're not proper 6 cores, they're far from 3 cores
Yessss its out finally i thought it was gonna be out yesterday but thank you
I still have a few "modded" Xeon 5450 for builds like this that pop up...add an SSD, and an OEM GPU like an R7 240/250...and you got a capable web browser that can handle some basic gaming. Perfect computer for someone to learn about computers with, IMO.
The 530 was the first PC at home I was allowed to use, and it still holds up visually with modern PCs
Cool video, I love lower end cheap pc’s and builds. I have a nice higher tier setup but also have a lower end build and I love it! I’m always tinkering with it. Actually waiting on a few parts to do a case swap on my lower end build.
I used to have a similar setup a few years ago and lasted me pretty much through college before swapping it with an i5 3570 and a GTX 1060. The Crimson beta drivers are actually a bit better than the Catalyst ones, you only lose OpenCL acceleration.
You give me such green ham gaming vibes which is good seeing as he barely uploads these days
The first RUclipsr (been watching for some time) that showed what can be cleaned with soap and water.
And I'm still surprised how much electrical components are fine with being cleaned with water and soap.
Would be interesting to see how to debloat Windows 10, not sure if you did a video on it.
But I'm pretty sure I can find something on the webs about it.
loved the video . i swear the music at 3 minutes is the same as the grand tour lol
Awesome video. Keep up the great work. Love watching these cheap build tests.
I had a very similar Dell growing up. A Vostro 200 something. It had a Core 2 Duo E6300, 2 GB of ram, and 8800GT. The case was identical to this but black instead of silver
Had Q660+GTX550ti as my gaming rig for a long time a decade ago. That is quite capable CPU on a budget.
I saw the twin ATI/AMD Sapphire stickers and I clicked.
Liking the Plok music haha
You can wash mobo too. After washing put into oven around 30C and let it dry very quickly.
You should absolutely try Windows 8.1 on one of these PCs. It runs amazing well even on low end hardware (It ran perfectly fine on a 600 MHz Celeron in an older laptop of mine). Please give it a try.
Thanks for comparing OSS
That was really interesting
2:42 - PLOK !! What an absolute classic
The Q6600 overclocks very well, I hat the same specifications, back in the day but, I had 8GB ram and it was not a prebuild
that Inspiron 530 is almost exactly what I have, sitting as more or less a backup in case the main computer fails.
treasure it for it will serve you well.
The Inspiron 530 has two motherboard revisions, the G33M02 and the DG33M03. The First supports up to C2D (something like E8600), and the DG supports C2Q (probably not much higher than your Q6600).
I found this out after finding one in an e-waste dumpster, and was researching how best to upgrade it. I have the G33M02. Ending up getting the lowest CPU I could get that was supported, some single core Celeron! Want it for some very light retro games/apps.
The chassis was used in a lot of other Dell lines of the era, just the facia plate was changed to make them look different.
Hello There, a great Video and the project with the upgrades sounds like a great idea, it certainly was a good value PC all things considering. Kind regards Peter :-)
core 2 quad are still good for web browsing, basic apps and some games that not required AVX instructions.
2:45 I wasn't expecting the Plok theme at all lol
You did great tidying that up. Stick a cheap SSD and a more modern tidy cheap motherboard and cpu and it'll be rocking! LOADS of options on Ebay nowadays. 'Bang for Buck' is the philosophy to go for. Don't get caught in the materialism trap of having "the best" hardware right now, because pc parts advance so quickly it's absurd.
I actually still have a core 2 quad in my main pc, I'm definitely going to upgrade soon but it's lasted me forever
Man I love you content its so good relaxed and nostalgic
I'm surprised there are no fried/blown/vented caps on the motherboard. These were notorious for this even after only a few years of use.
I did have this system (specifically the 530s), used the machine for about 6 years until I got an new PC. This machine has made most of my PC gaming memories. Ahh the time when Dell didn’t had weird ass psu, mother board, and overall very easy to upgrade machines.
Love your channel man awesome content as always relaxing to your video after trouble shooting a laptop that has charging issues when put under load an ASUS G751JY whit a gtx 980M big thumbs up for this video 👍👍
I found one of these not too long ago, I took it’s core i5 530 out and swapped in a Xeon X3470. It and a GTX 580 made for a pretty decent gaming experience.
wow a core 2 quad again excited
Q6600 is a beast... Seriously over a decade on can still hold its own!
I assume you plan to OC the Q6600 with the tape mod?
These c2q cpus can be overclocked with the bsel mod, which I wish was a thing for newer cpus to unlock the performance at as well.
Ah yes core 2 quad, i recently build a budget pc with this processor, with q9300, pair with rx 550, it's perform OK for modern standard, it's still can run modern game but with low or medium setting.
even that old pc with core 2 quad with radeon graphic card still beat my laptop with i3 5150U and Intel UHD🥵👍
i actually have a pretty simiar spected pc like the one in the video ( the gpu is a hd 5570 tho ) I finished gta v with 720p low setting ( 20 fps ), still had
fun tbh.
My anxiety when you wash the case with cables and the cpu fan with bucket of water.
Lots of people question this, but I got horrifically Ill off a PC before so take 0 chances on used hardware nowerdays. As long as these cases are left to dry (and I always spray the fans down with WD40) I have never seen it cause any harm to the components.
Love the old Plok music
that's some good tech yes loving you got going on in this episode
This pc is punching way higher than it should. I wonder how much just adding a 4gb ram stick would help this thing.
Oh, and hey, is that plok music I hear?
My upgrade advice, operating sys W10 Enterprise IoT 2021 LTSC, BSEL mode (CPU overclock with tape) on 3.0GHZ all core, if it has 4 ram slots up to 8 gb ram and cheap 2nd handed ssd. Decent internet pc, gpu what you can find, but i would not go wild, just for older games, lack of modern instructions, it is after all a dead platform really...
I had that 5670 with a phenom ii x4 955 black edition for 5 years before the motherboard dead
it was a pretty decent midrange card back in 2010 when i got it
"Tim Follin is a wizard" is the answer to how they get the SNES to sound that good (plus many other platforms).
great video lad keep up with the good work
I look forward to another video. I have one under my desk for Diablo 2 :) Yes, it's a quad. I need to check the processor name.
i still run the very same cpu on my side pc with 8gb of corsair ram. it runs win 10 flawlessly and plays youtube vids in 1080
A few years back I 'had a look' at a mate's 510 I believe. It had a C2D, 4 Gb's of RAM and the usual 7200 rpm HD. I have never seen so much dust. He wanted me to upgrade it to game on and it wasn't worth it.
I gave him my old C2Q system with 8 Gb's of RAM, 60 Gb SSD, 500 Gb HD and a 5000 series Radeon GPU. It all came in an old black gaming case along with blue LED's and the perspex intergrated into the side panel. He thought that Christmas had come early. He gave me £100 👍.
The old 510 was given a 120Gb SSD ans sold for £40. 👍😀
I still have a C2Q with a GTX 750TI, 8Gb RAM and SSD which I put into a custom built wooden box which looks just like an old stereogram.
Great video. Developed countries really are lucky with the availability and pricing for these parts or some system unit could be found laying on the street or something. May I ask what app/tool you used for debloating windows 10? I've lost the tool I've used before and looking for an alternative.
I have a similar spec gaming PC, but it has a Core 2 Quad Q9550 CPU with 4 GB of ddr2 ram at 960 mph and with a GTX 570 graphics card. For me, it will handle games from 2015 or earlier fine. Core 2 Quads still perform reasonably well today since they have 4 physical cores. They can also run Windows 11
Is WD40 really safe to use for cleaning computer parts? I've read somewhere that it's too conductive? I have some really old stuff at home that needs cleaning just like in this video so I'm looking for advice.
The fact that it has better specs than my 300 $ laptop is just mind blowing
Regarding the GPU, could it be possible that both the ATI & AMD stickers were used from the factory? While AMD acquired ATI June 2006, they still used the ATI branding until August 2010 with the 5670 launching January 2010 being the 3rd newest HD 5000 card with the HD 5830 a month later in February then a month after that in March 2010 was the 5870 Eyefinity Edition. The HD 6000 series was the 1st after AMD dropped the ATI branding with the HD 6850 & 6870 coming 1st October 2010 with the remaining cards coming through 2011
Literally just built a windows xp 2.8ghz socket 478 pentium 4 with 1gb of ram with the last supported firefox version, it's being made for retro games, anyways it was pretty impressive that you can still browse the web with this thing, youtube struggles on 480p and ads make it even worse, I was able to watch the whole thing with almost less than 10 stutters here and there, the fact that when you get a ''modern classic'' system to do new things, idk it just feels different
That's literally the pc I have, I have replaced the quad 2 duo for an i7 870 and another board. Nothing fancy but it does the job
Ah, gotta love socket 775. Used to run a tape-overclocked Q6600 and R7 250 with 16gb of corsair ddr3 and a bunch of old laptop hdds in a scrap HP sff that i threw together for under $20 total. like 2 years ago it was able to run Overwatch with good settings and Minecraft and CS:GO. Theyre still lovely machines if you get them at a good price and set your expectations.
back in april i went to this electronic recycling event near by and got an old i5 2500k pc someone was throwing away for free. it had a 1tb HDD, 120GB SSD and an 80GB SSD. its now my truenas box for the home network.
WOO, YEAH BABY! THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR! THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT!