I Built a $200 Gaming PC in 2022...
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Welcome to my latest PC build featuring a $200 system capable of 1080p gaming and streaming!
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I remember building so many cheap 150-200$ builds b4 pandemic,crypto mining,scalpers ect… I still have like 5 builds in storage from way back then I love just hunting cheap parts and building them it’s so fun
Can You please sell me one if you are dumping them ?
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@@deepakpatel5986 u can have one if your in mass area
Same but it's expensive sometimes. I think I need a power supply to finish a random extra PC and a GPU I guess and storage damn shit
@@deepakpatel5986 was about to ask for the same lol
I used to add a cheap 120mm molex powered fan to the front of these cases….with the right screws it will easily mount to the front. Adding double sided sticky foam helped to reduce fan vibration too. It’s not necessary but it always benefited temp wise. Great video!
Do you mean between the drive cage and the front of the case on the inside? Or do you mean actually on the outside of the case on the front? Because I was trying to work out if there would be a way to somehow get a 120mm fan between the cage and the front but it kind of seems like there is metal in the way preventing this 11:42 But i'd be really keen to know if you managed this because I still need the drive cage.
These dell cases look so much nicer if you do a good job cleaning everything, taping off the top black front end (all the front IO/usb/etc), rectangular dell logo section of the front, and finishing it up with a cheap white spray paint job. The i7 ivy bridge 3770 is still an acceptable piece of hardware. Using 2 sided tape to mount a front pulling fan can improve airflow quite a bit. Well done. 🙂
A friend and I scrapped 3 of his old gaming PCs and built a budget gaming PC with the extra 1660 Super I had (the build turned out awesome), so I found this video was really interesting!
Fun stuff! This is not cheating. The goal was to keep it as low as possible, getting an Optiplex is the way to go.
My old PC is similar but I didn't upgrade much. HP 3500 Pro Pre-built - i5 3470 12 GB RAM (upgraded to 16GB for dual channel). Added in a MSI GTX 1050 ti (low profile). Played Fortnite, Doom 4, Doom Eternal, CSGO, Valorant & some slightly older Wolfenstein games quite well on it. Have upgraded to a much nicer modern pre-built since then so that HP system is basically a backup for the time being. Re-installed Windows 10 & it's super snappy now. Thanks for sharing. :)
I did the almost same build. I paid 200$ for an Optiplex 9020 with an I7 4790s. Got mine with 16g mem in the deal. Put in a 650 EGA PS and an RX560 4GGPU. A Plextor 500g SSD. Cost me 200 cause all the parts I added I had already owned and used for long enough for them to have paid for themselves. I am happy with it :)
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Let's go! Already know you're going to hook us up with the knowledge us on budget need!
Thanks for this video man, you really helped me understand a lot more than I knew about pcs. I'm 39 and want to build my 1st cheap entry level gaming pc for my sim rig I built for my Xbox but all the fun drifting/racing games seem to be on pc. Definitely gonna copy and paste this to my own build lol
Thanks again bro, you just got a new subscriber today
That CPU is brilliant, I have a very similar chip in a server of mine which I got a few months back, it is a Dell R210 ii and it cost £50. It came with 8GB ECC and a Xeon E3-1230v2 (pretty much i7-3770). I'm very much considering putting a 10gig network card in there and using it as a router.
for PSU's in budget builds like this my first stop is always EVGA's B-stock you can often find 600 Golds and BQ's for $30
Got a supernova 650 gt from there a few weeks ago for 40$
Great budget build there Matt, it’s amazing what you can put together with a little time and patience. Nice to see the 3770 still holding on in there. I’m a massive fan of the later Haswell Xeon’s they offer great performance for penny’s 😎🙏🏼
Got any recommendations haswell xeon wise, I've got an i5 4590 and want to see if I can upgrade without buying an overpriced i7.
I would have added a 120mm fan to the front of the system for better air intake
You removed the cage anyway so there's plenty of room for the fan that will probably decrease the gpu temps
80°C is quite a lot for a gpu in my opinion
Anyway, pretty good video, I enjoyed watching it😊
The beauty of business computer casing is that most of the bracket is quick release... and I love that ease of access
8:19 damn, bro had some STACKS on the table
Got my first pc off you love it so much
Really like this video. I builded a similar pc a year ago and still use it as my main pc. My specs is: xeon 1230v2, 16gb ram, 120gb ssd, 500gb hdd, rx 560 4gb. I swaped out the rx 560 to rx 6600 mining card(160usd) and motherboard to z77pd3(35usd) 2 months ago. I did overclock the xeon by Bclk option(it match i7 3770k now). Every thing working great as long as i crank up all the setting to ultra, because this Ivy bridge cpu will not gain any fps if i lower the setting. Great video, keep it up.
I did something similar with a Dell XPS system from the same era. It came with a Core I7-3770, and I upgraded it to 16 GB of RAM, a 6GB GeForce 1060, and a 512 GB SSD. It plays Fortnite at 1080p decently!
I ran that exact card for 4 years until the prices drop in the last couple of months and upgraded. Great card for the money
I got the exact same computer for $70 on eBay I put a $30 e3-1275 v2 in it, a gtx 1070 FTW, 600w PSU, 512gb SSD with 32gb of ram. The computer does everything I need it to do
Even now... that price is really cheap for xx10 system with an i7, even after shipping. Or maybe I'm just behind the times. I'm going to have to check these out on eBay again, because that's absolutely worth it. And selling components to recover cost is absolutely NOT cheating.
The cool thing about challenging yourself to build cheap PC's like this is that once you sell them you can make a large profit off of them because of how little you paid AND the consumer gets a more affordable option that isn't $1000+
title should be "Build in 200$ with a lot of luck"
pretty damn cool to see 100+ frames for a 200$ pc, easy way to get your nephew or young guns a step into the pc gaming life
The reason people are happy to buy those power supplies is they are made for Dell by Delta and they are rock solid reliable so a 300 watt psu from dell or delta will give you 300 watts comfortably
The 4th gen i7 Dell Optiplex is the ultimate "kit car" of ultra budget gaming PCs!
I love you choosing to test different games besides the standard Valorant, Fortnite...
Could you maybe... benchmark Spiderman with your future builds?
Impressed, looking to put together my first build shortly and this has definitely proven to me i dont need to break the bank
i just realized the listing for the optiplex he got stated for parts, but this man booted it up right away and it was working.
Thanks for the video Matt, I appreciate the performance ratings on current games. Other channels have done this, but try making a video of a case swap for the dell optiplex.
i slapped together a decent pc for only 150, it has an amd fx6300, 32gb ram and a gtx780ti. it is a beast still to this day. i love it so much and i think bundles are great value
I have a secondary custom PC using an i7 4770, 16gb RAM, the same SSD, and an RX 480 8GB that my brother didn't need after I gave him my GTX 1070. Runs well and while the CPU might be a bottleneck in newer games, it's not too obvious.
Very nice! It makes me feel better about sticking with my i7 3770, bought in 2013, after having children. I finally upgraded my GPU to the 580 in 2020, which in hindsight I wish I had waited longer for prices to have dropped. Mine started off with 16GB DDR3, which I’m looking to expand to 32GB. Happy to hear such a system would remain viable.
I have something like that build for gaming my pc specs are:
Dell optiplex 3020-(50$
I5-4690 - 3.90ghz
Rx 580-4gb (120)
16gb ram (40$-new kit)
750w psu- Thermaltake Smart BM2 80+gold (67$-New)
And it runs any game i trow at it some of them game at high settings 60fps some of them i need to put on normal to get 60fps
But it was cheap to build
it's entertaining to watch, don't get me wrong, but if I were to spend as little as possible for a decent gaming experience I would personally buy a Xbox Series S with gamepass. i can find them used for around $165 and after bargaining I could get one for less than $150. I believe it's the best and cheapest method for a budget gamer, Series S + Gamepass
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Very nice video, its interesting to see how $200 in the US doesn't translate to other places. Nonetheles good job
What I do with office computers is make a transparent side panel and add some sort of Rgb/Led strip, ten wrapping top and other side panel in brushed aluminium or carbon folie.. looks good👍
How do you make the clear side panel
@@justjoshin5140 cheapest is pc monitor privacy filters, usually find them for free from second hand monitors. Then 3M double side click tape so it's removable. Privacy filters are dark so if you want clear full transparent try asking some shops if they have left over plexiglass after covid pandemic (if they removed from shops conters)
i also got build for 220e while i was studying about 5 years ago... i7-860(4.0ghz oc) on p7p55d deluxe, 16ram, 128 ssd, few 500gb hdds, rx 470 8gb...
Well done! I got a similar system for my daughter so we can mess with it, take it appart and build it back. But it became her PC so I might, eventually, do updates like this one
The fact that the RX580 still holds up to this day is mind blowing to me.
If it weren't for the super cheap RX 580, I would have voted on keeping the stock PSU. (They're surprisingly reliable. Being deployed en masse in schools and public libraries, Dell wouldn't make a dime if they caused fires in these places.) And grabbing a cheap 750ti - 1050ti type card that either needs no supplemental power, or very little to where you could use a SATA power to PCI-E 6 pin adapter and be well under the 240-300W the stock power supplies are rated at.
Yeah, the RX 580 isn't so realistic in most cases. Used GTX 1050 still sells for 100 usd in my country, we're kinda fucked in here
LOL, I did this EXACT same optiplex / 3770 / XFX RX 580 build about 4 years ago after the last crypto bust on the cheap and had to remove the hard drive cage. Really appreciate your vids on multiple levels. Especially enjoy your custom case vids and was inspired to build my wife a custom windows 11 PC in an old broken radio on the cheap and she loves it.
i did it! in Europe as well.... Lenovo V520, new TFX PSU with adapter cable and an rx460 did the job. it came with 8gb ddr4 and i5 7th gen!
Vg build Matt 🤩😇💪👍. Even to date after 20+yrs of pc building, I sell my older parts to offset my new builds or upgrades so selling them imo is fine to get a better build 😇😉.
Or use angled sata cables that you conect BEFORE inserting the GPU
i kinda did the same thing with a dell 7010. but everything worked i did do a video on it called "Dell Optiplex 7010 No Compromises Sleeper Build" its a bit more then $200 but it packs alot of power (and heat).
Nice build, I had a similar optiplex a long time ago, but on that one I had to buy a 24 to 8-pin adapter because the motherboard didn't use 24-pin. You could get an usb 3.0 header extension with an angled connector so u could use the front usb, or get an usb 3.0 pci-e card with an internal header. And try to use angles satacables aswell. There should be a trick/mod to add at least on 3.5 drive in the front one way or another. These Optiplex cases are pretty neat I think.
Ironically I did a $200-ish Optiplex build just recently as well but a little differently - I started with a 9020 with an i7-4790, 16GB of RAM, and a 1TB hard drive for $105. Then I was able to get an EVGA GTX 1060 6GB with a dual SATA to 8-pin (so I can still use the stock PSU) for $85. All that was left was a cheapo 120GB boot SSD for $17 and I was off to the races for just over $200. It's been a great (and surprisingly quiet) system.
This is great Matt!
Matt: Game sizes are getting larger and larger every year
Me: *cough* *cough* Call of Duty *cough* *cough*
Thank you for these, I'm in a rock and a hard place situation with an HP ENVY. I know I need a short card, but I hadn't considered swapping the PSU like unit (300w) and this video convinced me to get over myself.
I liked the chill music playing during the benchmark sequences. 😊
I bought a pc yesterday with an i7 3770k gtx 970 16gb ram ddr3 128ssd and 2tb hdd and an acer predatorscreen 144hz mouse and keyboard all for 130 euro and it runs great
RX 580 wont die😁
Its still supports DX 12 and still gets frequent driver updates. Cant still believe it can run Cyberpunk at 1080p low settings at 60fps.
Probably going toe to toe with a GTX 1060 6 GB to GTX 1070 8 GB.🤔😉
Would still take an RX 580, RX 570, GTX 1070, GTX 1060, GTX 980 and GTX 970 as my new ultra budget
graphics card line up any day😁😎
Good idea!
that i7 isn't holding back that rx580,......try those titles with the 580 in a modern system and I bet you get the same results.
My 5700xt gets "bored"(lower gpu usage at 1080p) like that too on easier to run titles like those and it's paired with a Ryzen 5 5600
I think you did a great job building this for $200.....and yeah that rx580 was a smoking deal
This build is an absolute beast! The i7-3770 was and still is incredibly good for it's age. Well done!
First time watching your channel. I gotta say this is the best video regarding a budget gaming PC. it's giving me the confidence to do it. Do you have any videos on how to shop for a used graphics card ?
i bought whole non-working build for just about 150 usd with i7 6700k and RX570 and i fix it almost free graphics card stooped working after month but i bought used RX480 for about 80 usd and now is working fine price is still fantastic bcs its not a prebuild pc but normal gaming pc with normal mobo etc...
My former main rig was a 2nd gen Optiplex 790 MT with an i7 2600, 16GB RAM and a 1650 Super. But a couple months ago I built a new 12th gen rig,
I wish builds like this could be made in my country, every part here is liek 3 times more expensive
pretty awesome
thank you for the video
I've been using that exact same video card for 3 years now. I wasn't planning to but right after I bought it prices for GPUs went insane until recently. It's definitely not a bad card.
Love this guy,u never compromice on budget function n performance
you can also sell the hard drive and replace it by an ssd.
optical drive is useless in 2022 to and you can get 20$ from it also.
hey Matt a year ago i had a dell sff and painted the grill plastic black and became so much newer
I would recommend not drilling around the case with components installed because tiny bits of metal from the drill could end up on the electronics and shorting contacts.
After seeing so many of your videos using the Dell Optiplex, I've ended up buying both the MT and DT/Slim build and even though they were both $50 each. MT was able to upgrade power supply, max out memory, install SSD and 1TB hard drive. But still have some room for upgrades like was thinking about swapping out the i5-2500 quad core for i7 2600 and only graphics card to hold me over was GTX 1050 Ti. But for DT/Slim Build even though I was suck with power supply, i5-2500. Besides 2tb, SSD, and 16GB of memory. I gave the RX 550 low profile card a try and it work find but did prove to be somewhat weaker on a few titles. Hoping to give one of those ones with i7 a try if I can upgrade cpu.
Both ended up being $200 to $300. But overall glad to have something to hold me over until I can get something better.
I think I have an i7 2600 if you are interested. Sell it cheap! If interested let me know and I will verify I still have it.
@@garageman327327 Thanks for offer. But I've think I'm fine with what I have for now.
@@garageman327327 please verify I would Like to get it from You, please mention price also
Budget builds rock! Keep making these great videos
The optiplex is goated cant lie
I've done an optiplex build as my first gaming PC and you nailed it haha way better than mine, I didn't know what I was doing and ended up with a SFF 3020 so I had to use a GT 1030 because of the power supply and connections it has available
I have a full custom build now and my optiplex is a tv stand lol
Nice outlook and video on building a budget system.
I have built systems for over twenty years and am really intrigued by mini computers and I'm wondering if you have done any NUC builds or experimenting?
They use almost no power and and available with Amd onboard graphics instead of the Intel low performing onboard
You didn't include the price of the monitor, the price of the mouse and keyboard either that you are playing it on.
cant go wrong at all with these optiplexes ... they all come from business and schools where they were just lab computers, or web browsers... most at minimum will range from i5-3540s-to-i7 4770's (non k)... 8gbs of ram... alot of them will also most likely have quadros k420-620 or firerpos ... the reason for the video cards is because of the DP ports 2 or 4 and run off the pci-e bus power since most schools or business want dual-display monitors...thats why alot of them are quadros and not standard video cards. these intel boards seem to take any kind of mis matched ddr3 memory... the gui bios is a nice feature and they can all ipv4-pxE boot also...they are good standard Admin machines that are easy to deploy mirroring and or deployment pxE servers for mass networks....these are much easier to setup and troubleshoot then any other pc when you got to admin 400+ machines
Local to me these are hot sellers for around 60$! I love messing with them, but whenever they have problems they can be a headache since they're so old! Optiplex's will live on 4ever!
Great video! I just posted my $200 9010 build video. I am not sure how I missed this one, I thought I watched all the optiplex budget builds. Maybe because optiplex was not in the title. But let me know what you think of my build Matt!
Nice build value
I love these vids:) been trying to do something like this, so thanks for the inspiration and awesome vids!
I think it is not cheating. That's a win-win right there. You can get rid of stuff you don't need and add some more budget to your system.
Gotta throw cyberpunk at it. Thats the real test
Got me n 8gb rx580 last month "might not work" for £42 from eBay.
Ran it in my 4690k, 16gb, 500gb ssd system ever since flawless.
Got that system from a dude upgrading when 6th gen came out I'm sure, £120ish from memory. So quite a while ago.
Sure got my money's worth lol.
Hooking it up to the bedroom TV with the rrod 360's controllers, and job will be a good un 😁
What is the best 500$ gaming pc on amazon
you went with a 3rd gen intel cpu though. 4th gen is the minimum because of AVX2. more games wont even boot unless you have a cpu that supports AVX2 and the ones that has a patch to do so run choppy
Getting something like a GTX 1060 6 Single fan and a cheap HDD (because in budget build, i value a good 1tb hdd that i can buy for 20$ CAD at a recycling shop), and there you go! good pc for basic gaming, like ATS GTA RE2R
I have basically the same thing only thing that is different is I have a i7-4770k , twnfozer 3 gpu and a Corsair 450m have a Nocturia low pro heat sink and fan but I turn it on and it burnt out the fan so had too go back to the original
With the GPU utilization at 99-100% is the CPU really holding it back all that much? Seems like it's allowing the GPU to do it's job pretty well
I always wonder why aesthetics of a PC is important if the thing is going to stay inside your house. Don't get me wrong, I like more the pretty cases I dug from trash than the beaten up ones, but every penny saved goes to more gpu or cpu.
wht aesthetics and rgb matters tough?
Looking for a build for movies, music and iTunes backups. At least 1TB ssd or hard drive. Any options under $600??
Nice to see this, that MT tower from Dell is easy to find and cheap - I am hoping to have one soon when we finally retire the legacy systems at my work, as I plan on keeping my tower w/ a 4770 and finding an adapter for the ATX PSU upgrade. I was thinking of possibly turning it into a Media server or another gaming box for my son's friends.
I have the same thing. I want to buy a GTX 1060, but its size is large, and I do not know how to install the storage space connections because the card space will cover the SATA cables. I hope you can help me in solving this problem. It is based on experience.
Bro i using a i7 4770k and it goes hand in hand with n ol gtx 1060 8gb and 16gb ram ( sadly ddr3 becaus no dd4+ support, i couldn't afford better stuff bc recently lost my job so there where no other chance for me to play games bc my Playstation died to . To be honest my expectations where really low for new AAA games but i thought at least i can play ffxiv bc i am a hunge mmo enthusiasts. I don't know why but surprisingly it runs like a good maintained oldtimer, and it cost me round about 100€ !! Dunno if i was just lucky picking those components bc im not really into pc as i was wirh 14 -20 ( now im 33 ) maybe u can write a short massage if its was a good deal or not and if the components are any good? At least im proud that i have a pc again even there are no ddr4 support and no ssd slot beside sata. GPU ist on 61C° but i am not sure about airflow and stuff but i am enjoying comming back to the pc hardware stuff and making researchers how i can upgrade as low cost as possible
I would of added an 80mm fan to the front to bring in cool air. Overall great build !
I....I...really don't know what to say except....interview over! Your hired!
Seriously great video and extremely amazing job with build and budgeting. 👍🏻
i dont find it cheat alot of other youtubers sell the unusedparts of the system they bought to bring the cost down to make it more budget and use the money towards upgrades
Matt, you might still be able to use the sata ports if you purchase some slimline sata cables sold by silver-stone. They're not perfect but I bet they'd do the job in this scenario just fine.
I ran into the same problem with a gtx 1070 on an msi board. Bought a couple sata cables with the 90 degree ends and problem solved less than 6 bucks
Meanwhile in PH, the price of an i5 2400 dell optiplex system here is around $150-200🙃 sometimes 1st gen i5 or 2nd gen i3
Lol the funny thing is I saw the optipex sellers before I saw the video when I was looking to getting or build the cheapest gaming PC because I didn't know how long it will be before I can build mine and needed a backup plan. The only real limitation is for gaming is the pcie bus , DDR ram , and that smart memory thing you need for arc. Next video is you hooking that cpu up to a modern setup
Yeah looking at the in game testing the time the CPU bottle necks you is cyber punk which really does the same thing to brand new setups. Plug in the biggest card and psu you have and try it on 4k or uw
nice build
i love building things like this