Refurbishing a Tired Old Ebay Gaming PC
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2019
- Today we're cleaning up an aging AMD FX based gaming system that could do with a new lease of life. I'll be making a couple of cheap upgrades to this thing to see what sort of difference we can make on a restricted budget.
Thanks for watching :) 
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"I showed you my crocs, please respond"
Ah I see you overcroc'd it.
hahaha nice one
Lol. Best comment ever! 🐊
Thanks, Lyle! lol
r/punpatrol you're under arrest
But it's clearly undercroc'd. ;p
I like the crocs on the thumb nail, true pc master race
crocs master race
Crocs. Which part of the world are they still popular with adults?
@@zzygyy literally everywhere except wherever you're from
@@JesusMeza3 Los Angeles here. They are good for beach and boating..
haha yes
“Almost like I’m cleaning a crime scene...” *Nervous laughter*
You know it’s a budget channel when he is talking about reusing zip ties!
I've done it.
So have I. All it requires is a small/thin and sharp objects, and some patience.
@@dollarstoredearleader1609 a little flat precision screwdriver is best.
@@1pcfred I just tend to use a knife (a pocket knife of course).
@@dollarstoredearleader1609 I could see that working. I've always used a precision screwdriver so that's just what I use.
AMD FX Series CPU's are like a Fine Wine, They just got better with age especially with Multi-Core Optimization being added into games, It's given new life to our FX Series Chips, especially the "Piledriver" micro-architecture chips.
Yep! Still using my FX-8350 w/32GB of ram and it still does what I need...
true
Absolutely, the first generation fx chips were a bit of a disaster but at least they were cheap, i used an fx 6100 for years and that multi core performance makes it pretty damn stable nowadays in comparison to other older chips with less cores like my other old pc with a dual core i3 2120, that one definitely didn't age as well
I think I like watching videos of older PC's being updated/ upgraded more than a video on $1500 or more high end pc being built lol. Perhaps because I cant afford a high end pc anytime soon 😂
Just put a car radio in and someone complimented me on my very meticulous wiring. Thanks RGHD!
Nobody:
Tech review channel: This, is a cardboard box.
10/10 IGN
The PC inside the cardboard box doesn't outperform the empty box by very much either.
lol
Without a GPU you wouldn’t of seen anything so a 100% improvement
Most chipsets have some sort of GPU but they aren't anything good
First its "have", not "of" and something is not 100% more than nothing....
@@harrym1862 i believe that the fx series cpus do not have any built in graphics.
@@poeskey The chipset itself handles the integrated GPU, the one on the chipset of this board runs at 350MHz and shares ram with the processor.
@@poeskey nah I cant speak for all of them but the fx 6200 has one
The winner of the thumbnail was the exposed toe thru the sock.
You thought we'd miss it?!
If he sells that pc maybe can buy a new pair of socks.
it's right there on wikipedia
Byte Syze I think the PC is now at least 150€ worth
@@mr_tea753 gucci socks
Lol
I think that 1050 might have been my old GPU, I traded that exact model at cex.
Good to see it went to a good home.
I used the FX-6300 w/ GTX 960 for several years, up until last October.
It actually worked pretty well!
I still use a Fx 6300 and GTX 760. Planning to upgrade once new zen CPUs are out
You are starting to become my favorite Uploader. The FX platform is a misunderstood beast remember the FX6300 is just a FX 8320 minus two cores and a slightly less clock speed. I would love to see a video of this overclocked these chips overclock really well . The problem with these Processors is they where out at a time when most games and applications where only using 4 cores i remember arguing with Intel fans on Toms Hardware because they said my PC was shit and i should get a Intel 4670k if i remember right these proccessers are unlocked out the box so you can overclock the crap out of them i had my FX 8320 at 4.2GHZ on air on Ryzen 1700 now but i did have this solid setup for 5 years with zero issues at all
Thanks
Joe
Hello Mate. I like the simplicity of your videos.No annoying useless music, No over acting, no fancy talking- JUST REAL YOU , straight to the point. Keep it up . Greetings from Shillong, Meghalaya, India
I have one in my first gaming pc. It has a FX 6100, 970 mobo and put a rx 570 into it last year. It does good for low/medium setting gaming in some titles. I have it slightly overclocked as well.
AMD heat sinks are difficult? Wha? They are far easier the the pushpin stock Intel ones.
MUCH easier, and safer.
Exactly. Hooking those can be tricky even if you have clearance, but I much prefer those to the Intel jobs.
Oh yeah the AMD ones are easier when you know how to do them.
To bad I'll probably always have Intel.
Although for a few budget builds I might make I do have AMD AM3 CPUs, but for my main PC it will most likely be intel.
@@tilburg8683 what about the ryzen ones
@@virtualtools_3021 I've never seen those, I've only seen FX one( dunno what socket they are) and AM3 coolers and the AM3 coolers are pretty well done, although the specific one I have is a bit better than most of those but they are still much better than the Intel ones.
Or do you mean get a ryzen?
This was some excellent content. The whole process of cleaning and tidying cables up was really satisfying. I'd really like to see more of that! Thanx for the upload and stay awesome!!
I had an overclocked FX-6100 and GTS 450 for a long time... I loved that PC, was very usable even when I sold it.
The little holes on Crocs is where your dignity runs out of.
i found the same 1050 For £45 on Shpock flipped it for £70
Hi rich boi
Good
i doubt you live in the uk then, a 1050 here even second hand is over £100 right now, and someone would legitimately bite your arm off, season it and then consume it for a price close to £70
@@flyde6521 it was a joke because he was making profit and that is a piece of being rich
@@flyde6521 1060 3gb are like £100
Great video man. A silly thing I like to do when I buy old PC's with a HDD is run CrystalDiskInfo. Some of the oldest HDDs ive had have had over 30k hours of use! Might be a silly little test to add to your videos
30k hours is nothing lol, try 60-70k
@@TriforceBiH I have one HDD with 57k hours and it's 10k rpm hdd. One of them still works, but another one died.
@@TriforceBiH Bro did you just fucking brag about using a hard drive more often? Holy fuck my sides 😂
If it can run Just Cause 4 above 15 fps, it's a competent system in my book
These kinds of videos and your hardware retrospectives are why I've become a fan of your channel. :)
I have an FX4100, but I don't really use it anymore when a friend gave me an R5 3600.
That said it's still available to use if something happens to the Ryzen rig.
Just want to say, I really enjoy your content and I hope your channel continues to grow!
Great Video. Still have a few 939 Motherboards around, I`ll have to try them with a 1050 now. Happy Easter.
You can send me one if ya want :P
Just about to retire my Phenom 2 X4 965 (with GTX 750Ti, though it carried the GTX 1060 for a while as I finalized some parts for the new build).
The FX, unlike the Phenom, should also have the instruction set to run Apex Legends
PS. Most awful heatsink fitting... installing a bolt through with multifit mount, with motherboard in the case... I had hair when I started!
May I suggest:
1) Take out the power supply and take it to a local garage and use some compressed air to clean out the dust. It IS in there; trust me.
2) Put a $22 SSD drive in it to run the OS. They are cheap and plentiful now. No 'game machine' should be without one. Use the HDD as a game storage drive. Ready for Steam.
3) Put a decent CPU cooler on it. There is nothing wrong with the FX series. They can take a little clocking if you have an adequate cooling solution.
4) A 1050 is OK, but now that the video card market has too many cards, their prices are falling fast. And used cards are now fairly priced. Pop a 1060 in there with the aforementioned mods and it should work a treat.
5) Use/purchase a $10 DMM and always test the battery voltage. Seen too many people miss this point and it could create problems if that little, cheap battery isn't quite up to snuff . . .
I have two machines with 8350's, and they work quite well, not as good as the 8700K machine I've built; but they hold their own in gaming just the same. Wouldn't mess with the 6100; put in a 4350 - or better.
Waiting for this video! Excited to see the review!
fx 6300 here. Still love this processor but very much looking forward to an upgrade.
That thumbnail..
My brain: WHAT ARE THOSSEEEEE!!
*C R O C S*
An interesting build. Personally, I prefer an RX 560 4GB as a 75 watt budget buy for less money than a 1050.
Interested in those round speakers on your desk. What are they?
They let you hear sound from your PC.
Generic ones, 3.5mm plug, usb powered. meh sound, but loudy. can be found like "klip extreme" or "genius" brands
@Ian Goschman There are a few models that do not require a 6 pin connector
@Ian Goschman Look up the MSI Aero RX 560, it uses no power connector
@Ian Goschman Yes, they are severely downclocked versions
I love my Opteron 6386SE ("16-cores" Piledriver-FX equivalent) and R9 390 build.
Very nice vid about the fx 6 core. Got a 6300 from it's launch until 2018 and was a good purchase. Just keep on mind to test specifically all settings on each game and u got a capable/gaming pc for a low budget. Also consider to test it with Radeon 7950 (I got 2 for long time on crossfire) or even the 7990 u reviewed time ago.With custom settings can handle even Final Fantasy XV at decent FPS rates (30-40) just needs 16 Gb of Ram because of game requirements. Edit: and use CPU core park if possible,makes CPU go into another gear :D
The beginning made me laugh 😂
“Now this is a cardboard box”
Why ur channel so under rated.....u
Got such dope content man.......I hope u hit million soon 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@Melanie L what's wrong with the English plz tell me...son
Mayank Mangla ignore them man, they’re just being assholes
Ur was an old city in ancient Mesopotamia...
@@mattblackbeard Missing verb in first sentence. What's with the "u"? Underrated (is one word...). Missing article in 3rd sentence (a or the million). BTW: a million what? Dollars, Kilos, Miles? And really? 'got'? 'GOT'??
Too lazy or too dumb to use proper English? Sad. 😢
@@eknaap8800 not here to send my resumè to amazon . Just wrote slang language.
im still rocking a FX-4100 got it paired with a passive gigabyte GT1030, this system can play most things up to the last year or so and it barely runs Forza horizon 4 on Dynamic low settings and Apex Legends on lowest but given how cheap the parts im running are its impressive.
Greetings from mid Kent
thos games love single core performance which fx donsnt have sadly
Fx 6100 is 23$ on aliexpress, if you want upgrade
I'll never forget my fx6100 and gtx650ti, I played all kinds of games with those. Sold it to a friend who used it with an hd7770 and played Witcher 3, Rainbow 6 Siege, Dark Souls trilogy... I believe it's still going strong with a third owner and a 1050.
Good idea to buy brushes for dusting harder-to-reach areas. And optionally multi-purpose spray (electronics-compatible). Tech Yes City recommends it.
Minimum I'd recommend for a _pleasant_ minimum experience:
- Older Intel Core i5+ or newer Core i3+, AMD any Ryzen.
- 8+GB DDR3+ RAM (2+channel).
- 2+GB G/DDR5 GPU for 45+ FPS minimum gaming (Crysis maybe 30+).
- SATA 3/SAS/M.2 SSD for games (at least for largest capacity games).
- 720p native for extreme-resource games, 900p native for mixed-resource games, 1080p native for less-resource games.
For older PC(s) you're keeping:
- Optionally mod case by removing unneeded drive bays (drill out 'rivets'?).
- Optionally paint fully or in parts (can tape certain areas for even-more custom graphic/design).
- Optionally add anime/cartoon stickers.
- Optionally change cables for better ones. Like UV-colored SATA or thin/sleeved IDE.
- Optionally add LED lighting fans/strips.
- Optionally drill extra holes for cooling (can use tape to 'map out' where to drill, like sideways or all sides).
- DO change PSU for efficient one to save money, lower heat and noise!
My current rig is an AMD FX-4100 quad-core running at the stock 3.6 GHz, 8gb (2x4) of Patriot EL1600 DDR3 RAM, a Gigabyte GA-M63MT-S2 motherboard, and a PNY GeForce GTX 1050 Ti XLR8 4gb graphics card w/ 6-pin PCIe power connector, all housed in a Thermaltake V3 Black Edition case. A friend gave me the computer, though it originally came with an ATI Radeon X850XTPE 256mb GDDR3 graphics card, a 180gb Seagate Barracuda HDD, and a Thermaltake TR2 430W power supply. I took out the old HDD, GPU, and PSU, put in a 120gb Samsung 840 EVO SSD and a Western DIgital Caviar Blue 1 TB HDD from a previous build, bought a new 1050 Ti for it, and installed a new Thermaltake SMART 700W PSU that another friend gave me since he didn't need it.
I did a slight OC on the 1050 Ti using MSI Afterburner, and I can run Doom (2016) on high settings at 1080p around 50-60 FPS, though sometimes it drops to ~30 FPS when it gets busy. My frames also drop in mutiplayer games with lots of people in major cities, so I'm thinking I'm being CPU bottlenecked. I'll try looking for a used Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, or Haswell K processor and motherboard so I can reuse a lot of my parts.
Just as much satifaction in throwing together a PC using old parts than building a new one. Nice video thanks.
Best way to remove an AMD heatsink without the risk of pulling the CPU off with it is to remove the four bracket screws, twist the heatsink gently in both directions and then the heatsink should come off and the CPU still intact in the socket. This is how I remove an AMD heatsink and it's the safest way too.
I´m still unsing an Fx8350 with an gtx 970. But with 32gb ram...
FX-8350 with Titan Xp here. My GPU has 12 GB Vram, but my system only has 8 GB RAM... If I use Linux, I can use Vram as system RAM, so I guess technically that helps me get to 20 GB total... yarg, you got me beaten in Chrome tabs!
Yuck Foutube The Titan at 4k is incredibly slow and underwhelming. My main system is over 2x the FPS of what the Titan was capable of (TR-1950x and quad Fury). I would have put it on my Ryzen 1700 test bench, but meh...
I’m also doing long term testing on insulation/waterproofing for phase cooling. FX-8350 at 1.7 Vcore is still below 0c core temps full load (-35c block temps under load, -60c idle), and if something happens (I’m testing pin rust in particular, socket is packed with Vaseline, thermal paste or dielectric grease is the typical recommendation for CPU moisture proofing), then I’d rather it mess up a worthless old FX. And since any CPU is basically fast enough for the Titan, might as well put one of my highest heatload chips on it to get greater temperature swings. The Titan was alright for this project (it’s actually like 3x louder than my compressor, yikes!). I basically just needed a “meh” quality GPU for the system that could do good enough in less demanding games that I’d get more useage on this experiment and testing platform, and the Titan was long retired anyways since it’s not really fast enough for 4k gaming, so it was available as the test card.
I've sold my old PC and replaced the Phenom II in it with an FX 6300 and overclocked it to 4.3 GHz. Surely not the best CPU, but fast enough for most titles.
In another PC I've coupled a 8350 @4.8GHz (it does 5GHz, but the cooler can't handle 5) with an GTX1080 and this thing is still a really good gaming machine. Maybe it would be somewhat faster with a modern cpu, but it takes the witcher 3 at 1080p to around a 80 to 100 fps. So i'm ok with that. Even if it's not beating the i7 7700k. I should really sell some of my old Hardware 🙈
i use an fx 6300 with 14gb of ram and a 1050Ti. it works great considering i build the pc from scratch and spent £215 on the whole system
14gb of ram, what is your configuration? Seems like you would be losing some performance.
Your struggles with AMD heatsinks is understandable. My first PC was an fm2+ platform, and the first thing I did with it was replace the CPU. Fitting the new heatsink over it was literally the worst.
I ran an FX 6300 and a GTX 760 on a 900p monitor for about 5 years till the end of 2018. The system still works, though it's showing its age a lot right now.
@6:32
I wouldn't recommend re-using cable/zip ties. The "lever" as you called it is a tension mounted injection plastic piece. Yes, it's true, that with a small flat head screw driver, you can reduce the tension and uncouple a cable/zip tie, but that tension is never quite right after that and in a warm PC case the cable/zip tie can let go of the notch it's engaged in comes loose. Cable/zip ties are extremely cheap to acquire, so I would recommend that if wiring needs to be moved, just carefully cut it off and use a new cable/zip tie. Also, you should never, ever.... Cinch the zip tie really tight, as it can cause damage to the wire inside the wire wrap. Simply put the wire how you want it and leave a few clicks on the zip tie, so you can remove it easily if needed, and you aren't over stressing the copper core of the wire. I've spent years installing internal "low voltage" wiring in businesses and building computers in my spare time, and I've always left just a little slack in the zip ties, for those reasons.
I have a FX-8350 Black Edition here and a few years ago I upgraded it with a Wraith cooler, a lot better than that stock fan, its mainly on light server duty these days
Flexing on us with those crocs huh
Gamer?
Nigga?
I do Sata cables last too. I think because I like getting the power delivery done first. Also sata connectors suck and are easily tugged.
p.s. I have a Phenom II 1100T Black Edition system, if you ever want to test one of those :P
omg,this is a damn great coincidence,just few days ago i was looking at my old FX 6100 and thinking that RandomGaminginHD should have this processor a try too,and i'm actualy using it's Copper Slug heatsink on my overclocked Ryzen 3 2200g at 3.98 GHz and 1.43V very stable on my B450M Gaming Plus. :) Of course i adapted a less noisy fan to the heatsink.
Nice video m8 as always 😊
Ps: My Q8400 @3.6Ghz gives almost same Cinebench score.
My friend still rocks a FX 8320E, I was using a I3 6100 till recently when I bagged a 2400G for £85.
I like the color matched sata cables. I was running a fx 6300 with an rx 470 for a long time. treated myself to a ryzen build recently(mainly just for modern features). I haven't really gamed much recently, so can't tell you how much of an upgrade it was
Honestly really like the budget aesthetics. Thats one sexy red fan and heatsink :o
I think I have the exact same motherboard, but with an intel socket. (I’m about to build a new PC because this one is quite old).
Weren’t the front panel pins too far for cable management?
Can you please test the FX 4300 in 2019? I know it's not good to use out-dated parts but I was wondering how it would handle an RX 570 or GTX 1660 perhaps. Or something like that. It would be interesting to pair it with a used GPU for a budget build considering the FX 4300 costs £18 on CeX also DDR3 ram is so cheap on CeX though it might be hard to get an AM3+ motherboard.
I ran a FX 6120 for like 5 years! It was pretty solid but I do remember it having char marks on it when I installed it in a better motherboard and finally added a proper air cooler. I ran it with a 7850 1 gb(was bummed I didn't get the 660ti later on though) then during that motherboard upgrade I bought a 960 and was happy till 2016 lol I'll be upgrading as soon as I can from my i5 6600k gtx 1060 SSC 6GB build. There is already a handful of new games that can't run maxed out at 1080 60 which is a drag. I would say FF15 is my least playable game it's stutter mania running wild can't wait to be able to play that when I upgrade
I just recently tried to get things running on a old FX 6300. I paired it with a GTX 750ti from Asus I had lying around.
I too struggled with the first clippy flippy cpu cooler retention gadget I dealt with.
We have the same crocs. That's made me strangely very happy. Keep up the good work mate!
SATA cables last is good practice as the connectors on drives break easily if you knock the cables when fiddling with other bits inside
Can't wait to see a more powerful GPU.
Any chance you can give temps without rear fan, rear, then rear + front etc ?
Love the vids
Loved the cable tie tutorial 👌👌
Started with the FX-4100 in August/September 2013, upgraded to the i5-2500k in November 2016 & currently on a Ryzen 3 1200 for the past couple of months, will likely upgrade to the Ryzen 5 2600 or if my ASRock AB350 Pro4 gets the BIOS update for the new 3000 series CPUS then I'll likely go for the cheapest 6 core of those.
My current system is a fx6100 with a hd7770 and 8gb of ram. It works great for normal office work and other productivity. Games work okish. One older strategy game I play on occasion is really hard for the cpu (faf). An upgrade to a ryzen system is on the wish list and coming closer by the month.
I think the mobo would hold that Hexa back as well, just from personal experience I have found GA boards just a leetle bit clunky compared to Asus or Asrock boards more too in that driver support seems to end quite quickly on the GA boards, one of my PC's has the UD3P variant and a 6300 Hexa running 16gb of quite good DDR3 and does cope quite well if I was to put all that into my Extreme4 board but the EX4 board seems to have just faster throughput on everything than the GA UD3P. I got an eight corer in the EX4 and does what I need it to do
My first ever mistake was installing a wrong size fan to the back 😂
Hey Steve, are you going to start using the new Cinebench version any time?
what gpu did you use on the no.4 cinebench at 9:00? im using a gtx 710 & an i5 2320 and im getting 836 on cinebench
Me, sitting in a new pair of croc's, unboxed (packaged, last month). Oh and older pairs still get in use around the front and back garden.
FX6100 is my main system and you can do more with it. I use 16GB 1600Mhz and a RX570 and I can crank up to medium or high in most of games. FX Bulldozer is not that bad.
I am using a ebay combo FX6100+MB+6Gb ram right now, speed set to 3.8 Ghz (to save power it go down to 1.4 in idle), it can reach 4.1 Ghz with turbo in a couple of cores, but I prefer the "fixed" 3.8 to avoid any core going below 3 Ghz while in use.
But my GPU is a GTX650 1Gb, so the bottleneck is always the GPU in the Vram side or the gpu power itself.
I was remembering about you because a computer that I'm refurbishing, an AMD 8 CORE witch a good friend gifted to me a couple of months ago, I tune an old case with spray paint, putted an 120gb SSD + 3TB + 2TB HDD, a 700W power supply and I only need a graphic card to "release the craken". Regards from Paraguay
With the 6100 now being 9 years old, it's surprising how usable it still is. It's not gonna get you much in modern titles, but for a 9yo budget-mid range CPU, it's not horrific. Spending £30-40 on an FX 6300 would be a smart upgrade though, using 1600/1866mhz RAM. I would say the 8300 series, but they sometimes still go for Ryzen 3 money.
This is going to sound crazy but, when I was taking the sticker res off the PC I used WD-40 and noticed that the plastic looked brand new after wiping it away. So I wiped down the whole Dell PC with the WD-40 and after about 8 months the PC looks like there isn't any dust on it and still looks brand new. Now I wipe down all my PCs with WD-40. I also restored my Razer Lycrosa with the rubber coated key. First used Windex, but that turned all the keys kind of white, then sprayed it down with WD-40 and all the keys came back to black. Then I let it sit unused for about a week and the keys were not slimy or sticky and it's been about 4 months now and there isn't ay dust on them and still looks brand new. I got the idea from Tech Yes City and his method works.
what i like doing with used systems is after i wipe it out and get all the dust out, i use some 91% iso alcohol in a spray bottle with a fine mist and give the entire system a spray-down. ill wait 24hrs to make sure everything dried and then ill go ahead and fire the system up. i basically use the 91% iso alcohol in the way most people use Lysol spray. it does a good job from what i can tell and ive yet to get anything from any of the systems that ajax wont get rid of. lol
picking up another pc tmmr. for $150, it has a Haswell Xeon E3-1231 v3 which is basically a i7-4770, 16gb ddr3, 240gb ssd, 500gb hdd, AMD R9 270, and whatnot.
Its allways good hook the top in first them push the bottom of the arm till it clicks, then flip the retention arm over jobs a good one...Love the Channel :)
I see some negative responses and some positive, But I have used fx processors for years. I have one with an 8320e and rx 580 8gb, running vr like a champ. I had a 4350 overclocked run a cb15 score in the mid 400s. I am playing with an old fm2 a10-5700 and 750ti combo for fun right now. I think the 6300/6350 is a great budget cpu for the used market. Just hard to pass up any ryzen.
As someone who has bult many a PGA462 AMD rig (Athlon XP3200+ and Sempron mainly) I'll attest to how much of a pain their heatsinks used to be to install.. You literally had to use a screwdriver to push the locking latch into its designated place on the socket. It required a metric ass tonne of force and there's a damn good chance if you're not careful, you'll put a hole in the mainboard. With PGA939 and onward they changed the latch system because of the smaller, more densely pinned sockets and with that they became way easier to install.
Putting Linus' socks and sandals to shame with crocs and socks
Good work - well explained. I like your routine. Where do you get your hardware? Greetings
DUDE i would watch videos like this everyday
This may be a budget channel, but those crocs are DEFINITELY a humble flex.
I enjoy watching these videos. Makes wish I could find d good stuff cheap but I can't lol
Why don't you mount the 120mm fan in the front? Saw that you have a slot there and will really help this system, it has a small hole to grab air but even so will still help moving air around. Give it a try.
I have a PC that has a FX-8320 and a R9 270 with 8GB of DDR3 RAM running at 1600MHz in dual-channel config, and apparently on preset settings, Overwatch runs decently from what I understand. Unfortunately, neither bringing down the settings nor bringing it up to some higher settings improves it; in fact, it worsens it.
But I think it's still a fine PC.
Picked up a free Athlon x2 system. Had blown psu, installed another old psu I got for A$15, sadly only has 4GB though. Then picked up 2nd hand fx6300 for A$30 :) Will keep my eyes open for a cheapo 1030 or 1050 and 8gb DDR3 and it'll be a sweet system. General desktop is very smooth, I noticed it being sluggish mostly because of running it on an older hard drive. With an added SSD as boot drive it's snappy as and you can pick those up for dirt cheap new now.
Been enjoying resurrecting the old potato pc’s lol I do have a fx8350 running in one of my gamers now but I got an fx4100 out in the garage that I’m thinking about building next. Just finished building up a phenom 2 8590 I believe and it’s fun to goof off on lol
Still using an fx-8130 as my main workstation, they're damn good for the money IMO
I use an FX4300 now at @4.41GHz oc.
is the hp elite 8200 CMT bigger than this ??
I picked up an i3 4130 on an Asus H81M-E motherboard along with 4GB DDR3 and a 500GB HDD all for the sum of £60 (Facebook). Oh and it came with a case and PSU of course. And a pair of speakers, a Canon all in one printer and a crazy old wireless Microsoft Keyboard and Mouse combo!
Me: " looks at thumbnail"
Weird flex but ok.
I have fx 6300(Gammaxx 400) on a low end n68c gs4 fx mobo @3.8ghz with turbo disabled and Undervolted to 1.2v and RX 560. My mobo is only 3 phase i think you can go 4.0 or 4.1 and turbo disabled and an Undervolt as well with your motherboard to reduce the stuttering.
i had FX-4300,FX-6350 and now still using FX-8320E :D
My pc has an i3 2100 6gb ram and a gt 1030 gddr5. Bought pubg yesterday with low expectations but was blown away. It runs at a very stable, stutter free 50-60 fps with medium textures, ultra AA, and medium view distance, and the rest very low at 1360x768 (native).
Witcher 3 aswell with medium-mostly high settings yields 40 around towns and 50 elswere.
Doom 2016 at everything high-ultra, exept texture buffer(?) at Low gets me 60 in demanding spots and 80+ everywere else.
Apex runs like butter albeit on a custom .ini with 70-80 in most places but in some areas it drops below 60 for a bit.
Devil may cry 5 also ran very well with the appropriate settings, above 40fps even in more hectic momets.
Im really surpised that a 7 year old entry-level cpu paired with a below entry-level gpu would give me this good of a gaming experience. Gives me time to save for a big upgrade in the future.
Since you are cleaning up so many old PCs, I was wondering if you have used a 'Compu Cleaner' before. It's a small handheld air compressor meant for PC cleaning. I think it would nice to have to keep my rig clean, because I don't like to use canned air, but haven't bought one yet because I'm not sure if it's worth 60 bucks.