This Ultra Low-Cost Gaming Combo Might Surprise You in 2023
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Today we're pairing a once highly recommended dirt cheap CPU with a budget graphics card. These two components may be perfect for an entry level gaming PC, especially if you just want to play lightweight or esports titles.
0:00 Intro - CPU and GPU
1:46 Apex Legends
2:23 BattleBit Remastered
2:54 Grand Theft Auto V
3:20 Forza Horizon 5
4:03 Overwatch 2
4:30 Fortnite
5:11 CS:GO
5:46 Valorant
6:21 Minecraft
7:04 Final Thoughts
Thanks for watching :) - Věda a technologie
a huge perk of PCs is a gigantic library of amazing older games which you can play through on a cheap low end system. so even if you're not into esports, there's a shitload of stuff to enjoy. hell, even on a modern setup, Diablo 2(with mods) is my most played game by far.
Yeah I mainly play fallout new vegas and the original San Andreas so I could have a core 2 quad and still be happy haha
@@RandomGaminginHD F.N.V.4EVER
@@RandomGaminginHDtale of two wastelands is absolutely unreal
@@RandomGaminginHD true, but there are some great modern games too, like Elden ring for example, so if you can afford a nice PC you get both old and new games.
(...ignoring all the recent botched PC ports, of course...)
San Andreas, Vice City, IV
Mafia 1 and 2
Assassin's Creed 1,2, Brotherhood, Revelations, Black Flag
CoD4, WaW, MW2,3 Bo1 Bo2
Skyrim, New Vegas, Oblivion
Halo CE, 2, 3 ODST, Reach
Need for Speed Most Wanted, Hot Pursuit, Underground
Diablo 1,2
Saint's Row 1,2
Far Cry 2,3,4
Add more to this list.
The i5 2400 was just like Core 2 Quad Q6600 of today. It's basically the bare minimum of gaming and unless devs start taking radical changes that forces the 2400 to become obsolete, it will be a solid very low end gaming system for probably years to come
i5-2400 only downfall is lack of AVX2, which can impact more modern games if you ever decide to upgrade GPU. I'd recommend a used i5-6400 or i5-6500 as the used market is saturated with them.
@@BOXabaca just like Q6600 that got obsolete because many games use specific instructions that the processor don't have.
The Skylake will become the next Sandy Bridge I think
that cpu wont be enough for Dead Space remake or The Last of Us
I'd give that honor to the i7-2600, personally. I reckon you could get a 2600 for the same price of the 2400 if you take your time, and enjoy things a bit more.
@@BOXabacaIndeed.
Prevalence of AVX2 was the end of all Core earlier than 6th gen Core.
ive went from a i3 2nd gen no graphics card to a i7 2600 gtx 750 ti to a i7 6700k gtx 1660 ti, its crazy seeing the comparison between the models, prices and generations and its done me a solid
then is a similar pc to mine, I7 3770 4.1 & GTX 1660 Ti
Mine was a 1060 3GB and a Xeon E3-1230v2 (it's a non IGPU 3770)
@@R3TR0J4N 1060’s are elite cards bro
This is a great combo for esports titles. I personally found it to be a little underpowered for me, so i upgraded it to an i7-2600 and and 1060 3gb and 16gb ram. Plays most games at 1080 low with a 45+ average
I just built/sold a budget gaming PC on marketplace with a i7 2600/GTX 970, bought specifically for fortnite. I haven't heard back from them in a few months, so they must be happy.
Btw, for socket 1155 people really should consider the xeon line. Especially if you have an optiPlex, with a bios update they run without issues. And they're pretty cheap to. Like 25$ for a 4c8t with almost the same clocks add a 3770
Awesome :)
Do the BIOS updates on Dell's site allow for using Xeon's in some Optiplex muthaboards or do I need to find an enthusiast BIOS? I was just thinking of this the other day. I do know that Xeons do not have any integrated graphics so GPU is required.
@@Vile-Flesh I'm using Dell bios with a xeon
@@igorbarbarossa That is good to know. Thank you. =)
@@Vile-Flesh E3 1230s are my favorite for every gen that supports xeons.
Some pretty decent results on that hardware, and if you only want older games then the CPU/GPU combo is not bad at all, nice one!!
You are 1 of the best CZcamsrs. I can see a younger me trying this one out, thanks for always making videos for Budget Segment, you understand the levels in this budget category really well. I always wanted a Gaming PC through my teens, but parents couldn't get it for me, coz it would put them in deep financial burden, so I let it go. These days I work a job, so I got myself I decent PC that can all games and give me a great experience.
This makes me feel so much better. I just put together a similar system for my friend's son who wanted to play simple stuff like Minecraft and Fortnite, except with a GTX980 and 16gb of DDR3.
It's good to know that he'll be able to enjoy all of his favorites with similar/better graphics than the Xbox One he's currently playing on!
nice little entry-level gaming setup
thank you buddy)))
I love how you always cover us budget-poor gamers😅, keep it coming 👌🏿
Er. I'm budget and poor, I used one of the covid checks to build a decent pc. So I have a half way decent system, but I still love these videos.
Dope video! This had me thinking that Warframe should make it onto some of the older card tests etc for a couple of reasons, its very easy to run (sipping resources with some settings adjustments on older hardware as well as new) It's also free much like the esports titles that older systems can still run well but gives people with those machines an option to play a PVE game rather than a competitive PVP one. (:
I enjoy watching these budget gaming setup scenarios and seeing how they stack up today. I have a old i7 930 system, paired with a R9 390X. And it's still a pretty decent rig for playing a lot of older games. Even some newer games play well enough.
I appreciate the beautiful scenery outside when you show the hardware.
Had exactly the same config for years in my slim desktop, upgraded a card from HD 5570 to 1050 2GB and then to 1050 Ti 4Gb first and later on sold it after 7 years of very happy usage. Sandy Bridge was a monster platform back in the days
I've always gravitated towards your content because we like to do the same things. I focus a lot of my customer builds on the same things you like to do. Anyone can builds a brand new top tier rig, but I love used price to performance builds and getting the most out of older hardware.
Lets gooo he uploaded 💪🏾
Another enjoyable and entertaining episode my good chap 🥰😇👍. You voice was made for this content creation work ……very relaxing and easy to listen to🥰😇👍
i actuallly have that exact same cpu and have been trying to get my hands on a cheap gpu for a while now so this is really cool for me to see
Your videos are entertaining.
Beautiful flowers! ;)
But seriously, lovely video as we came to expect from you anyway. :)
This is what you've needed all along. MORE FLOWERPOT!
😂
Nice to see Sandy Bridge still getting some love in 2023! I bought a 2500K at launch and it is still running today. I am using it in a fileserver (running 24/7 in an unconditioned garage) in an old HP prodesk with 32gb ram and a couple old spinning rust HDDs and a cheap SSD for boot. It's especially hilarious to remote into the system in the winter (northern US) and see the CPU temps in the 5c range. Definitely got my mileage out of this piece of silicon!
That is awesome. I love reading how others do stuff like this with hardware they've had for a long time.
OMG stop being so mean to your faithful little computer! At least give it a corner of a room or something, lolz.
I remember back when I had a 750 Ti I dreamed of how great a 1050 Ti would have been. Now I have had a 1070 for a while and am planning out my next PC build.
i love your videos man all the way from South Africa 😁
Thanks for watching :)
@@RandomGaminginHD Yeah yours and zWormz gaming. Love from India.
Really nice video with a great perspective on a budget combo. I would like to see you make a sort of upgrade for these parts.
That were exactly the core components of the pc I used for "office" work (video calls, online teaching, word and pdf files etc.) for about a year. At first I used it with 8gb of RAM but 4-5 months later I replaced it with 16 for some peace of mind. Whenever I had some spare time I played Rise of the Tomb Raider and GTA V with ease.
At the moment I am not really using this PC and I use its parts for testing.
I might put it together permanently again in the near future with a GTX 1070 that a friend of mine might give me after he upgrades his own, and probably a Xeon e3 1240 because the i7 2600 (and the i7s in general) are considered something like gold in my country.
From the 2500 there are basically on the 2600, 2700, 3570 and 3770 and their overclockable counterparts. And the Xeons, which gave i7 performance for i5 price back in the day, but without OC. Not much considering the whole platform is that old already and buying twice is just too much money.
Oh yess, please show us the absolute limits of 2&3rs core series! I got quite a few laying around and wondered what card can I reasonably buy for those to play witcher 3 and rdr2
Love this dudes videos
Thanks :)
Was running i7 2600k 16 gigs of ram and a 1660 ti. Even on that setup, i had very little issue running 1080p. Even cyberpunk at ultra settings, minus screen space reflections set to high, instead of ultra or psycho ran between 30-40 fps on average. Sandy Bridge is one of intels best generations. Not to mention overclocking. 4.6 ghz all cores, with good temps on air with my setup!
i ran a similar combo for a nice while - i7-2600 and a low profile 1050 gtx. had it when Doom Eternal dropped and did quite well!!!
Im all about the budget market, recently forked out for a RX580 8GB from AliExpress and have paired it with a AMD 1700 and they performed great !
Wish you’d run these looow budget tests both with and without FRS. This is where FSR can make or break a game and not all cards behave equally in all games. I know it’s more testing time but I believe it is super relevant information. FSR perhaps even moreso than native in some cases.
What is it you do to your flowers? They are just so vibrant :) Maybe do a vid on upgrading ones petunias etc ;)
One of my best friends had i5-2400 + Gigabyte GTX 1050 2gb, he had great time with it for many years, he still uses his i5-2400 with different GPU though. He plays modern titles with whatever settings he can run those titles on.
If the MB you have supports it, you could try putting a old Xeon on it.
I also respect the strength it took you to use a 1050 instead of a 750Ti. :P
i recently upgraded to an i7 2600 but I admit, the i5 and I had a very good run. Such a magnificent CPU till this day.
Damnn this is getting dope
This was basically my old Pc and I had such a good time. Now I'm with a Ryzen 5 4500 in pair with a Rx 580 8gb, not the top of the line but a very capable system, 1080p and low settings for the newest tittles and it can hit 60fps in most of the cases.
Nice one,
Beautiful backdrop, I'm a bit of a gardener myself.
Insert willemdafoe.jpeg
Lol
I just refurbed an old Z77 tower for my nephew. Stuck a 3770 in with 8GB kit of ram (16 total now) and a 6650 XT. Seems pretty promising.
The i5 4590/4670 is readily available for $10 and includes modern instruction sets (unlike that 2400). Would let you stretch to an RX 470 4gb (or equivalent) for a big performance boost. Same price with a bit of hunting or maybe just a pizza price difference. Motherboard/cpu/ram combos are also all over for dirt cheap. --- Plus, there's a few OEM office PCs of that generation which accept standard ATX power supplies. Which means that it's much easier to drop in a GPU. Can be a better deal sometimes.
I commented this too. Haswell is the entry point imo as it’s a nexus point for budget or entry level systems. It has all the new instructions the consoles have but it can be found really cheap. Avx2 being the big sell. X99 Haswell E also kicks much butt on the cheap.
but does the newer instruction set boost the performance over the previous gen in current aaa games? i have an I7 3770 overclocked and is doing very well compared to the 4770k, been playing Spiderman remastered with very smooth 60 fps
@@DualPerformance - I mean, AVX2 was introduced with 4th gen and is an order of magnitude better at encoding/decoding. --- Are the dozen different instruction sets that were added required for everyone. No, of course not. Only matters if you're doing something that uses them. TSX is a great example as you don't see it used much outside of emulation. Likewise, all games that use Denuvo fequire FMA3. - So, 4th gen or better is a requirement for some things but some people will never bump into the issues. The big thing to notice is that it's little or no price difference for a platform which will never run into those issues. So, why choose to spend the same money for a platform which might?
@@DualPerformance Yes. Especially with newer games. Also an i7 3770 is slower than an i7 4770k from jump, even without an OC on the 4770k as the 3770 can't oc. Unless you meant 3770K in which case you can achieve a higher max OC on the 4770k AND it already has greater IPC than the 3770k at stock.
@@RevDrCCoonansr With Sandy Bridge and its Ivy Bridge successor, Intel allowed limited overclocking on regular Core i5/i7 CPUs that aren’t part of the K series, I have my I7 3770 overclocked to 4.1 ghz on all cores by just setting the multiplier to x41 so should be close to the 4770K at stock settings that would sit at 3.7 ghz at max load on all cores
I like such videos its just a proof that even with lowest end hadraware which is many years old you can still play many games with enjoyable fps
Hi Steve, you express your love for the non-hyperthreaded old i5's, but could you try the i7's of those gens too? I'd like to know how they compare. Prices don't differ much over here
I swapped my old i3 2100 from when i was a kid for the I7 2600 in 2018 for dirt cheap $30 on AliExpress, overclocked it to 5Ghz and that thing ran games smooth AF, most of the time i was GPU bound at 1080p/900p with the 1050Ti.
16Gb of 1333Mhz DDR3.
That socket is great for a cheap esports build. Also recommend 1150.
this is pretty close to what i put together for my 10 year old son - an old HP desktop with a 4th gen i5 with 16gb ram, i added an old 500gb SSD and a GTX 1050 2gb. All in around £100. I already had an old monitor, keyboard and mouse. it runs fortnite very well, which is all he wants currently
Still love my 1050Ti, was about to buy FS:2020 (with new card) but will wait for 2024 now!
Hey thx I have the same setup😊
Earlier this year I found a good deal on a Haswell Office PC: 20 € for a full desktop with an i5 and 4 gb ram. After upgrading it with an ssd, 16 gb ram and a gtx 1060 6 gb it worked surprisingly well, however sons of the forest struggled even at lowest settings at 1080p.
Oh wow steve tbh i didnt expect that number of fps from those pairs haha
Me neither haha
I feel that in some older CPU-bound games Sandy Bridge gets some driver overhead with GPUs newer than Maxwell 2.0. For newer games I don't think it's as noticeable. Still solid performance.
Even the I5-750 or the I7-860 can be acceptable except in new games from this decade.
Very interesting! I wonder how the Haswell i5 will do, they are now also very cheap. There are many Dell or Lenovo PCs that would be cheap to combine with a 1050, much like Sandy Bridge used to be with a 750.
I have a i5 760 and 3470 they're pretty close
I still own a 1050, i've owned it for like 4-6 years, can't really remember, but hopefully by next month i will be able to get a rx 7600, but the 1050 has served me well and its surprising how good it still is, even on non esports titles
I have the now legendary i5 2400, been rocking it since 2014, and hope to upgrade this christmas to the i5 12400f, and the 1050ti, that is in the i5 2400 pc, until I have more cash on hand for a used 2060-2070.
I think I've got a couple of those I5's in my cpu drawer alongside some q8300's and a bunch of Pentium 4's. All out of old office pc's that died.
Hero of budget builds.
4:03 Overwatch has definitely improved. I don't know if it's because of having 1 less hero in game. I had a gtx 1060 3gb back when Overwatch was new, paired with an i5 7400. I could not hold a steady 144+ fps it was mostly over that but will dip down under 144 from time to time, which is why I mever went ahead with the purchase of a 144hz monitor.
But now a 1050 is running it at 147 avg.
The great i5 2400. I used to have one. I was entirely pleased with performance.
You should try a modern low end combo. I suggest the old budget king Pentium G4560 and GTX 1630 or 1650.
1050 is a fantastic card, been holding strong for years now. Bought brand new for $100 when it first came out.
Another interesting alternative is the i7 4820K (4c/8t) which is just 8 UKP from CEX; it has the same 40 PCIe lanes as other IB-E parts and can be oc'd a great deal. I suppose the trickier part is finding suitable X79 mbds, but the 4820K is effectively like having a 3770K with more than double the PCIe lanes and double the mem bw, providing Gen3 PCIe aswell (though the 2400 does have an iGPU which can be handy for diagnosing GPU issues).
Or there's the 6c/12t i7 4930K which is only 15 UKP.
The i7 4960x is around $50. 6 cores 12 threads OCs to 4.5 ghz average.
Around £30
@@RevDrCCoonansr It isn't worth the extra cost (I have one), the 4930K is easier to oc and generates less heat. At the same clock they're basically the same speed. The only significant difference I found was for SuperPI, but that doesn't translate into gaming. At this budget level one is much better off ploughing the cost difference into a better GPU (or mbd). FYI I've done a lot of X79 testing, probably more than most.
Indeed, unless one needs PCIe Gen3 (which for this budget level of GPU is unlikely), the 3930K is even easier to oc, and cheaper, 4.8+ being typical, which makes up for the IPC difference. I have a 3930K @ 4.7 with 64GB @ 2133, driving quad GTX 580 3GB, so the chip can certainly handle a hefty load. If one is going to oc though, then finding a solid mbd is the more difficult aspect. I have lots of ASUS R4Es, P9X79/E WSs and suchlike, with which oc'ing is easy, but these are expensive on the used market now, while even entry boards are typically well above P67/Z68/etc. on the used market. There are Ali boards, but I wouldn't rely on their oc'ing capabilities.
So the CPUs are cheap, but the overall cost equation may pan out in favour of SB, HW, XEON, early Ryzen or something else.
I have this build and honestly, it's ok, the only thing that holds it back is the lack of the sata 6
A rather coincidental video, considering I am currently in the process of replacing my i5 2400 system in a way. I still plan to use it for things like emulation and light gaming on other monitors, or perhaps Linux. However, the chip is definitely starting to show its age. Things still work okay, but I can't say a whole lot of things run what I would call great anymore. It still has its uses definitely, and I imagine anyone using one as any sort of main system should be able to stretch it a bit longer. However it is definitely starting to show it's age just a bit. Considering the age of the chip though, it has aged remarkably well compared to a 12 year old chip when the i5 2400 was new. It is still just fine for basic tasks and as this video shows, even some lighter gaming. I couldn't see myself saying that about a Pentium 3 12 years ago.
6:28 “documents” 😂
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I upgraded my htpc 2yrs ago, from i5-2400 and 8GB ram to Xeon E3-1270 and 16GB ram. Running a 1650 DDR6 clocked to 2075mhz. As a combo its decent but the IPC of the old cpu shows its age,although the 8 threads helped alot compared to i5 2400. For 3A gaming the lowest i would go these days is R5 3600 or a i3 10100.
in my country, for something like 30-40 euros you can get 16 gb of ram, a motherboard and a i5 4690k on the used market. It works quite well altougth the i7 4790k is quite a giant upgrade but also much more expensive atleast in Sweden.
For older games this is still pretty good cpu+pu combo. What kind of storage are you using for older games or everything goes on ssd?
About the Minecraft frame cap, it may be the "variable refresh rate" setting in Windows causing that problem
I have an I5 2400 at 3.6 ghz in a secondary gaming rig and I7 3770 4.1 in my main rig, I have some benchmarks with the 2400 in case you want to see it
nice..btw is it okay to pair a gtx 1060 on a i7 3770 ?
I think a Ryzen 5 2600 which you can get in CEX for 40 quid, and an RX580 8GB which are around £70-80, would be a way better option for not much more money, you cna pick up a decent old AM4 pre built for less than 100 quid with a decent MB/PSU/HD/RAM and youve got a decent system.
one issue im pretty sure you'll have with fh5 is that the CPU probably won't be able to keep up with streaming the map at high speed, I had it happen with a 3770k whenever i went above 250mph for over a minute, as a result your car will stop where it is and the game will just leave you floating whilst the map is streamed in.
I upgraded my i5-9600 to a i7-9700 for the extra 2 cores/threads just to future proof it a bit more. Also picked up 2x8gb sticks of RAM since DDR4 prices have dipped. I should be good for the next decade and a half lol
I respect the 2nd gen and 1050 in the vid but both cores of my gaming pcs are 9th gen beasts that I found on CL for crazy cheap. Patience and a discerning eye have saved me literally $thousands.
CS GO: when it stutters, that means an enemy has spotted you 😂
lol
Hi, would going for the i7 2600 be a hugely better option? I have both here, but i worry about the cooling😂👍🏻
even though i've built a high end system i still love older systems and for some reason am fascinated by them
Same here :)
Thank you for including Battlefield Better edition 😉
I used to have that exact gtx 1050 paired with a pentium g4560
Color me surprised!
I'm a diehard fan of the 2700K. OC's to a freakin' GHz over stock on basic mobos. But these days I would not advise them simply because of outdated instruction sets and compatibility. I'm still on a 9700F and frankly it's still a good choice even for hardcore gaming and I'm sure it doesn't cost that much these days.
Yeah love the 2700k!
@@RandomGaminginHD That's why you're the best RGHD! It's like the 1080ti, the most economical bang for buck to ever happen.
I somehow don't think we'll see those kinds of things happen again unless the computer market slows way down.
I think you'd certainly be better off hunting for 960 4gb for basically the same price, vram is just too important lately to be recommending 2gb cards. As for the cpu lets face it, the i7 2600 being roughly 20pounds as you said in a recent video, they're certainly worth saving up for
In that case, the cpu will be definitely bottlenecked. I had a gtx 1050 ti which gives the same performance as the 960 with i5 2500. It was not the smothest combo because gpu only utilize 50-80% because the cpu cannot handle it
@@EverythingBestHirun that would depend on the title. And yes it would create a bottle neck but it would open up the opportunity to play games that just aren't possible with 2gb, and 8 threads will smoothen out most the remaining hitches in the percentiles. Imo the 960 4gb is the best 4gb card at its price (granted you can find it at the price it should be I know they're less common now) and its incredibly efficient
@@JamesManukonga It is also essentially the last nvidia card with WinXP drivers if you plan on building a retro machine. Strangely, GTX 970 and 980 (including Ti) didn't get official drivers for XP.
hi bro need advice please..
1) n100 cpu is equal with which ryzen cpu? ryzen 5 1600 or which ryzen?
2) how good is sound card quality for beelink eq12 mini pc? is that already equal quality with modern atx pc desktop entry level motherboard nowaday?
Atlast my CPU is being benchmarked.
I used to have an RX 570 4gb with it.
I recently sold it and am probably gonna guy the 1660ti or super.
I've been selling a bunch of similar systems as budget builds. I'll use any 1155 i5 that I have on hand, 8GB DDR3, RX 460 2GB, 512GB SSD. It's a great price to performance option and the parts are readily available to replicate it.
Speaking of low cost gaming, can you try the Aisurix RX 580 8gb ? There's a lot of them on a lot of shopping sites and it's dirt cheap for the performance it brings... although all of them seems to be refurbished cards ?
This is the first gen of intel cpu with AVX instructions, older than this might have compatability issues with a few games. No AVX2 which came with haswell but dont think much require that yet and whatever does probably wont be playable on this setup anyhow.
There is no reason to consider anything older than Haswell.
In fact anything DDR3 is not worth considering. 6400, 7400 are the in-between generations..
The 8400.. now that's an interesting CPU. 6C6T which stomped first gen Ryzen in games.
@@peterpan408 At this price level its really going to be mostly whatever you can randomly find for cheap ideally locally rather than looking for something very specific.
But yeah. Haswell and newer can also be found for very little these days unless you live somewhere with very limited access.
This was pretty much my setup when I first got in to PC gaming back in 2016-2017, I bought a Dell optiplex with 8 GBs of Ram, an I5 2400, with a 500 GB HDD. Then I bought a 1050 2GB off Ebay, it got sent out late so the person sent over a 1 TB HDD for compensation. Now that 1050 is with my ex and the I5 is probably thrown away by now.
I already have a ryzen 5 2600 and rx 6650 xt with 32GB of ram, but I just couldn't resist buying an i5 4590 and gtx 960 for 60€, I don't know what it is about it, but I just have more fun playing on those older systems, of course playing rdr2 at 4K medium and getting 80 fps is definitely not possible like on my main system, but just seeing what it can do before inevitably selling it for a tiny profit is just so much fun... I do gain a lot of experience and knowledge building and testing these PCs even if I don't film it...
I still remember the first PC i build by myself. The CPU was an Intel Sandy Bridge 2400, the GPU was a Zotac Nvidia GTX 760 AMP Edition, the PSU was a Sirtec High Power Element Smart 750 W partially modular, it also had 1 HDD of 500 GB and 2 Western Digital 1 TB Caviar Black hard drives. This PC was an absolute unit and would play games almost maxed out at the time, i had it for 3 years(2015-2018).
It is possible to run Barotrauma on B815 with integrated Intel graphics and 6 (2+4) GB DRR3L RAM. Recently I've upgraded B815 to i3-2370M and it's even better now and also is able to run much more titles. OS is Linux Mint Cinnamon. And so yes, no surprises that this setup is still quite capable.
E3-1230 ridiculous cheap worth a look
almost thought you were doing a video on my exact setup ... i5 2500 1060 6gb 12GB of RAM lol
I have a 2600k with a 1060 3gb about 4 feet from me that I recently retired. What a beast it was
My first properly built computer was a “7th gen” pentium and a 1050 2gb
Make a full video of that Old Motherboard with M.2 NVMe slot please
Yeah will do :)
haswell i5's are cheap enough with motherboards and ram on ebay around £40, but the i5 2400 was a good cpu back in the day ran at 3.8ghz no problem.
my choice for this pc isnt really ideal but for budget and fps per dollar,this is certainly a win
theres a mod that makes a H110 or any 6/7th gen intel boards makes it supported an i3 9100,you can snag these combos already made for very cheap as its used and probably sitting on a desktop for years
the other thing i would find is an RX 580 8gb/P106-100,yes these cards are heavily mined on but these costs not alot of money and it certainly is a good choice for the money wise,i'd recommend the p106 if you have a bad psu since it draws 120w and not the 185w monster like the rx 580
these can run any game on the medium/low settings but it probably wont cover the upcoming game called starfield
I have on my HP Compaq Elite 8300 USDT a 3rd gen i5 3470, I did have an i7 in there but the i7 suspiciously died forcing me to put the i5 back in (don't buy Chinese old processors... shagged out pieces of dogs doings :( ) and to be fair with 16gb of SODIMM ddr3 and a jury rigged 750ti running out the mPCIex port it punches way way above its weight and I have only a couple games as it is a work machine but I did put on LotRO for my daughter to play when she is visiting and some emu stuff and runs pretty darned good.
my previous pc was a i5 2400 with a 1050TI i upgraded to a i5 13400 with a 6700XT 12GB the difference is insane
i had i5 3570 + 1050 2GB, my friend still use that right, and had no complaint.