Like series idea. 4/8 cpu is lowest core count that will provide enough cores to run Cyberpunk 2077 with reasonable 1% lows. Older Intel i7 cpus still can bite some recent games.
Full system for the price of a £150 CPU. Besides CPU not having latest security updates concerns. It is still a magnificent build for gaming and watching content.
I'm sure a used xeon would have been cheaper, but I'm guessing the "unbranded" motherboard wouldn't have supported it. Thing reminds me of some weird aliexpress board. I think we need to see the 580-8G in there to back up those claims 🤭
Welp. Looking at aliexpress for an alternative method, doesn't necessarily help save money. A mobo+cou+ram combo. Sandy, Ivy, Hashwell or Broadwell generation. Xeon with 10-12 cores, 20-24 threads. 2x8GB ECC DDR3. Then all one had to worry about would have been the GPU right? Nope. CPU cooler as well. For a LGA 2011 as well. Regardless of budget, when it came to GPU, best bang for buck I've been able to find on Ali, was... say it with me... RX 480/580/580 2048 (OC'd 570). Would it be possilbe to "cheat" a bit, by re-using what you have and add/remove/change some newly acquired bits? :p
x58 and x79 were so much fun! I ran E5 1650v2 at 4.1 Ghz for years on a Asus P9 x79 Pro board. Good times. Pretty solid showing for a stock x79 CPU and no name board without much if an OC capability.
@@TheJamesKF running a 2680 v2 at 3.7 base all core and 4.4 boost all core on a Asus workstation pro with 64gb of vengeance and samsung nvme drives and a rx6800 primary gpu and gtx 1070 ti secondary gpu for obs still chewing up everything I need it to do and keeps the warm cozy in the winter 😁 but x99 will be it's replacement but I'm gonna have to build a display shelf to hold all the x79 stuff first 😂
Big thanks to WnDTech for taking part. Don't forget to go and check out their channel for more PC craziness here: www.youtube.com/@WnDTech
Thansk dude, it's great to be part of this series's, it's quite fun actually.
I found his channel just by chance before this video. What a cool guy!
@RobertFixit he is a cool guy and needs more recognition than YT is currently providing.
@@WnDTech Good thing Im not in the UK, I would be sending over some weird stuff for the challenge.
Great video looking forward to the next build!
This video needs more views, what on earth is going on with YT. It's an awesome series. Literally, no one else is doing this.
That x79 board is fine, but you can crush it for the same price with an X99 build
Another great video. Loving this series so far. I'm excited.
Thanks. Looking forward to the next ones as there's some real competition ahead :)
Logo presentation was clever.
Especially with the voice-over.
I like it :)
I gotta ask.
Who's paying for the hardware?
Because I'd love to give a list, but I cannot afford to buy hardware for you. xD
Thanks bud, thought it would add a little flair :)
@@janwitkowsky8787 For this series specifically the "contestants" are just providing the parts lists based on some rules and I buy them.
Like series idea. 4/8 cpu is lowest core count that will provide enough cores to run Cyberpunk 2077 with reasonable 1% lows. Older Intel i7 cpus still can bite some recent games.
Full system for the price of a £150 CPU. Besides CPU not having latest security updates concerns. It is still a magnificent build for gaming and watching content.
I'm sure a used xeon would have been cheaper, but I'm guessing the "unbranded" motherboard wouldn't have supported it. Thing reminds me of some weird aliexpress board. I think we need to see the 580-8G in there to back up those claims 🤭
Welp.
Looking at aliexpress for an alternative method, doesn't necessarily help save money.
A mobo+cou+ram combo.
Sandy, Ivy, Hashwell or Broadwell generation.
Xeon with 10-12 cores, 20-24 threads.
2x8GB ECC DDR3.
Then all one had to worry about would have been the GPU right?
Nope. CPU cooler as well. For a LGA 2011 as well.
Regardless of budget, when it came to GPU, best bang for buck I've been able to find on Ali, was... say it with me... RX 480/580/580 2048 (OC'd 570).
Would it be possilbe to "cheat" a bit, by re-using what you have and add/remove/change some newly acquired bits? :p
welcome to X79 my friend
x58 and x79 were so much fun! I ran E5 1650v2 at 4.1 Ghz for years on a Asus P9 x79 Pro board. Good times. Pretty solid showing for a stock x79 CPU and no name board without much if an OC capability.
@@TheJamesKF running a 2680 v2 at 3.7 base all core and 4.4 boost all core on a Asus workstation pro with 64gb of vengeance and samsung nvme drives and a rx6800 primary gpu and gtx 1070 ti secondary gpu for obs still chewing up everything I need it to do and keeps the warm cozy in the winter 😁 but x99 will be it's replacement but I'm gonna have to build a display shelf to hold all the x79 stuff first 😂
I don't remember 860 EVO 250GB ever being £11 on CEX
Error in my chart, the SSD on this build came from Ebay.
Aww close.
It was pretty close tbh, some games actually performed better on this system even with the GPU. It was that CPU choice pushing through :)
I'll be back in 12 years when you're building with a 4080 super and ryzen 9800 x3d and we're all like f***, Alan Wake 4 won't even start
lol
ggclose
Was quite close and fun to build/test
Thank you.
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@@Mxmlln. thank you