I Bought a $40 Mystery PC!
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I bought a $40 mystery PC on eBay! With only a few photos and no listed specifications, will this prove to be a sensible purchase? Let's investigate! We'll start by unboxing the rig, followed by some extensive testing!
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That post is more legit that those BS listings that say things like
"MASTER RACE GAMING PC PLAY AT 300 FPS PWN NOOBS ON ALL AAAAA TITLES WILL NOT PART, INCLUDES WINDOWS 11 WORTH 300 DOLLARS, INCLUDED MOUSE AND KEYBOARD, ASKING $5000, TAKES PETS LIKE NO PROBLEM, THAT'S A GREAT PC RIGHT HERE"
Takes me back to the good ol' Savage Studio days of roasting ridiculous Craigslist ads 👀
takes pets like no problem,
🤣
i won't even buy a pc unless it takes pets.
Greg, the seller probably purchased a pallet of old office PC's missing the hard drives. Then tested each one to see if they worked or not. Then made listings just like what you found. Very common practice and I've done it myself. The seller doesn't care if they work or not and listing them as parts or not working keeps the seller from being liable for their condition. The last pallet I bought had 35 Dell office computers for about $230. Then I sold them for $30 each. Easy way to make a few bucks.
was about to say the same thing. they get these things in MASSIVE loads sometimes. just easier to do what this seller did
Where can I find a pallet like that?
@@CakePC_Jake86from Erecycling companies usually my First job like 12 years ago was rehabbing these old office PCs and my boss sold them on EBay it was a awesome job minus when I cleaned and tested Printers Toner gets everywhere
@@robert1975031 Exactly. One time I snagged up 300 brand new socket 7 MB's for a couple hundred dollars. They weren't name brand or fancy but sold them on eBay for $5 a pop and made bank. Just sold them in small batches and people did the buy it now price every time. Just got to be vigilant and ready to snag up the good deals.
yea i doubt it was worth 40 dollars being honest.
I was a military postmaster. There is no such thing as 'too much packing' material. There is only one rule: Pack it like you want to see it again.
It's great seeing old systems on this channel, cause it's usually modern systems
Agreed, shows what we started with compared to technology now a days
Lol
or anyone can someone help me one night I finished watching CZcams and then woke up the next morning and I turned it on and it jus went straight to bios and idk why I have had it for 2 years and all good it’s been 2 days I’ve tried clearing the cmos taking the battery out disconnecting and reconnecting. Ram wires, GPU m.2ssds both of them they both work I try f10 esc pressing the x in the top right restarting everything idk what to do can some one tell me how to fix it msi mb
@@yt_miguel1264 like windows os uninstalled itself?
@@SkateClipsAndTips um well I don’t think so and also I’ve never heard of that but I installed a key from vipcdkeys or sum like that everyone uses it it should be fine like I said I turned it on one morning and it jus sent me in to bios and I’ve tried everything possible 2 days of research and dis plugging things and connecting them back all Ik is that all my parts work is sum type of software issue I think and idk what to do Yk anything about it every time I turn it on it always brings me to bios and i can’t get out of it I’ve tried everything
These systems can bring a lot of value to a home as Fileservers/NAS systems (Depending on how many drives you can add). Alternatively, if you wanted to start a Home Lab you could use this thing as a Domain Controller. Run an E-Mail-Server, Smart-Home apps. Etc. Old Hardware has some good uses. Restrictive is the power costs most of the time. But better than E-Waste.
A PC like this is perfect, since a lot of the best PC games of the 2000's would run no problem on that. Would be great as a retro rig, especially with the integrated DVD drive.
on low this might run COD, I know it could run apex or fortnite with no problem.
Perfect Emulation station
yh was about to say @@anthonylong5870
A retro rig , or a Home Theater PC.
I got a dual core Pentium (3d gen I think) , paired with 6GB of RAM and using an RX 460 with it, and use it as an HTPC (my TV may be android TV , but some things are much better run off this PC ). It does the job just fine, Just a cheap-o SSD in it (A Patriot Burst I think) and it's completely fine.
Yep, you could get a like a GTX 1650 and have an awesome emulation machine...
I love this channel. Unfortunately a service like yours doesn't exist in my country (Italy)... yet it would be a very useful service for everyone!!
Sounds like an opportunity for you to start a service like Greg's. If you have watched enough of his videos you are probably qualified. 😉 Ciao!
@@vinlandviking I assure you that I have thought about it but unfortunately I don't have the time to do these things... we would need someone already qualified, with a suitable structure (a shop) and perhaps with some sponsors, who would try to do something similar.
Not only do I learn stuff from your videos but you are an amazing human being for reaching out to the owner. I salute your mentality.
Greg saw this -- challenge accepted. Edit: I watched to the end and I just knew you were considering giving the machines back. It's exactly what I'd expect from you. Someone grounded and genuine, I wish there were more tubers like you. Not looking for likes or a comment -- this is how I feel and thought you should know it. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Later Greg!
I am with you on this one. being honest and true is rare these days. Happy to see this spread instead of taking advantage of people just because you can
To be honest I doubt anyone would like to get back over 10 years old computer that they just got rid of🙅♀
@@jarnovilen5259 It would be like getting back that Ouija board you tried to throw away.
@@jarnovilen5259 Nailed. Absolutely nobody wants that thing. Its like an old flip phone. Every kid wants a 4090, or at least something that isn't older than a couple years. I don't get why so many computer channels buy this cheap crap in order to create content. Now, Mr Matt Lee creates real art with his builds. Then again, content like that takes dedication and can't be rolled up in one afternoon.
Love to see this kind of content, Greg. Would you consider doing a full hot-rod rebuild on the next one? Re-case the motherboard, etc.?
I deal with computers like this all the time, companies upgrade their hardware and for the most part will give their old systems out for free. I would argue that $40 is actually a spot-on price for what you received, at least in comparison to my local market regarding old business computers. For instance, I regularly sell i5/i7 3rd generation, windows 10 pro, 256gb ssd, 8gb-16gb memory fully functional rigs including monitor, keyboard, mouse and speakers for $100. i5/i7 4th generation with the aforementioned for $150, i5/i7 6th generation for $200 and i5/i7 7th generation for $300.
That CD eject scene cracked me the hell up for some reason.🤣
I do these systems all the time for senior citizens and such!! I've actually got 22 PC's that run the gamut from i7-3770 to a Ryzen 5 3600x. There is a market for these pc's.. Hey.. I love this video!! I have been called "King of the budget box"!!! Keep up the good work Sir!
Pretty cool video! Maybe you could do a series on what things this rig could be turned into? A HTPC? Maybe turn it into a box full of HD or SSD for media or data backup?
Thank You Greg for the awsome content and your honesty.
Greg. A proper bloke. You're really one of the best on here.
Great video Greg. I've bought a few of these towers in the past and I guessed you might have had a 4th gen system but 3rd gen is still viable too. If you stick a cheap 4 core 8 thread xeon processor in there it will still be able to play some newer titles. The power adapter cables for these are also quite cheap so upgrading the psu to add a better gpu is also easy to do. Of course you can only go so far with an older pc before the money you spend is ridiculous, but with used parts I've upgraded a few similar pcs for friends and family who would have probably thrown them in the trash. They are great for tinkering with linux too as they are so cheap. Looking forward to seeing the other system you got. That was also a nice message from the seller after you contacted them.
Great win on he sale and was happy to see you reach out to the seller. Shows the character you have. Keep it up
Great deal! Love the video!
Greg, make this a series. This is absolutely fun to watch!
I provide free PC/electronics repairs to a couple of my friends who then bring me every PC carcass they can find in town. This was a good find indeed.
Finally you got something I can relate to! It is the same vintage as my daily driver! Only wish I could afford the new stuff. Like your fix or flops keep it up .
I work in IT and we have these at my job and one of them died recently, currently trying to create a sleeper build inside the case.
It's also impressive how these still hold up with just a simple SSD upgrade!
or anyone can someone help me one night I finished watching CZcams and then woke up the next morning and I turned it on and it jus went straight to bios and idk why I have had it for 2 years and all good it’s been 2 days I’ve tried clearing the cmos taking the battery out disconnecting and reconnecting. Ram wires, GPU m.2ssds both of them they both work I try f10 esc pressing the x in the top right restarting everything idk what to do can some one tell me how to fix it msi mb
I have a near identical Lenovo PC that I took out of rotation earlier this year when I upgraded to a newer office PC for mid-level gaming. It still works. I expect that the seller or someone else will get some use from this rig. As long as they don't expect too much from it.
I'm a fan of these repurposed office desktops. I recently purchased a refurbished a SFF Dell Optiplex 7010 (16GB/250GB) from eBay that had the same CPU as your unit. I installed a GPU that could be powered by the 75W PCIE slot and have been having fun with it ever since.
I’ve had an experience like this with a PC for my dad that’s used every day. For $50 I got a Dell XPS with an i7 4770. It came with a 460 watt PSU with pcie power so I got a gtx 1060 and it’s been a nice $140 PC that can essentially run all games
Your a good guy Greg. Your doing those people a solid 👍
I was gonna comment you should send it back since was so simple but then I saw you already tried! That is super awesome of you.
We love all PC’s round these parts. What a fun tinker.
“Cmon man, don’t make me look like a chump on front of my friends” made me giggle like a little girl. Great find Greg!
Pc like this (with the ssd) may suck for games but is still good for office use like some basic web, typing, accounting, inventory. Glad you got it running, would have been sad to see a functional machine in a trash heap somewhere.
I don't know why but i freaking love this video. I have a stashed unused hardware feels like rebuilding those with moderate components and see if its actually working! Can't wait for the next one!
Great episode I think this could be a new series for you
I actually have a ThinkCentre with this exact chassis (although with a 2nd gen Intel instead of 3rd). I got it for 75 dollars off of marketplace, slapped 16 gb of ram and a Quadro P2000 in it, and currently use it for a somewhat overkill Jellyfin media server.
From another standpoint, recycling used electronics does cost money so it was basically free to ship it for them assuming they don't have a recycling center nearby. But also because the parts in it are super old, it would probably make sense just to give it away for the cost of shipping.
Good man for sending it back mate 👌🏻💪🏻
do you even listen on what he said xD
Nicest guy in the world man huge respect to you for the message at the end
Felt it was the right thing to do 👍
I have a feeling the seller got a bunch of these kind of systems when a company or school or something was dumping them after upgrading or closing down. It happens all the time, and would explain why this one at least had a v-Pro enabled i5 in it, which isn't typically included on the consumer SKU's of the same CPU model. It would also explain the lack of drive, which as you say is good security practice. Never sell a used system with a used drive! Even if it's been wiped! Unless you're fine with whatever being on there at some point being recovered (even if that scenario is very, very unlikely). A 2.5" SSD is cheap as hell these days too so hardly going to be an issue for most people to slap one in.
Love how you think Greg, good to know there is still honest people out there.
Sleeper build incoming?
ahhhhhhhh Greg, u awesome dude and geek - I love you man, thanks for the entertaining video brother. Godspeed with your new big home.
Interested to see a clean-up or "pimp my pc" version with these old pc. :)
These videos are what I enjoy
Fun video. A stranger left a slim desktop on my gallery step. Though it was full of dirt inside which a compressor easily rectified, all it needed was a drive. That was eight years ago, and my wife still uses that Core 2 Duo to this very day.
I think I nerded out a bit while watching this LOL. Seeing the Intel case badge I knew it was 2nd or 3rd gen. Then seeing the USB 3 ports at the back I confirmed it was 3rd gen.
Only thing I saw that was off was around 3:15 of the video with the Intel case badges the one you mentioned Ivy Bridge is actually the first gen Nahalem.
Apart from that its a solid vid and nice to see it was a simple problem to fix and it was very nice of you to offer to send it back to the seller and let them know it just needed a drive and an OS install.
I used an 2500k for about 12 years and I added an ssd in November 2019 and it was still fine for internet and Skyrim so I was happy. I thought about selling the working parts with the 16gb of good ram but have not yet. I have picked up a base of an 10100f and MSI Z490-A Pro for $105 and another 13100f with MSI Z690 Tomahawk for $185 since April.
Good stuff Maynard. I ran into a similar situation but I found one on a curb LOL
Years ago I bought a at that time pretty new Toshiba C660 (Sandy bridge i5-2430M I believe it was) off of eBay for €25. The seller stated that the laptop wouldn't power on AT ALL. Sure enough when I received the laptop it indeed did not want to power on... Because the power button was stuck. That was the only issue. A jammed power button. Sometimes you really get lucky!
Enjoyed this as much as a standard fix or flop. I think it would make a great series where you buy a random broken PC from someone then get it going.
That’s what we used to do sell off incomplete/partially working units as parts/repairs that came from computer surplus pallets just to clear out the junk in our warehouse. Our cost was generally around $15-20 a unit and the cost of the missing parts made them uneconomical to refurbish and resell to make a profit on it so they were sold as scrap online.
Do more ! that was cool
At first I'm like: OMG! You didn't. 😅
Later on I'm like: Hey, not bad for a few bucks, Greg.
I'll bet it would make a decent emulation rig. Older retro games would probably run great. Good job. 👍
I want to see how far you can beast up this rig!
It'd be fun to see a video of you updating the tower with newish components from ebay.
Kudos for offering to return it and explaining that it was still working albeit missing a boot drive . Many others (like your viewers) would flip it for profit
or anyone can someone help me one night I finished watching CZcams and then woke up the next morning and I turned it on and it jus went straight to bios and idk why I have had it for 2 years and all good it’s been 2 days I’ve tried clearing the cmos taking the battery out disconnecting and reconnecting. Ram wires, GPU m.2ssds both of them they both work I try f10 esc pressing the x in the top right restarting everything idk what to do can some one tell me how to fix it msi mb
yay new video
Nice to see that hair being given some love. High and tight. 😀 Oh, and great video too!
i found one exactly the same in the garbage and got it going with a few spare parts i had laying around and it works great the only problem is the CPU fan starts off quiet but revs full tilt so it's a bit loud but for a second computer i can't complain .
You genuinely made me laugh with the CD-ROM mustache 😂
I got a Lenovo with a i7 7700 with 8GB DDR4 the other day for 55. Again like yours no hard drive and onboard graphics. But runs good for the price. Good video :)
For security purposes what you should consider is securely wiping your drives before sale. For modern NVMe it's a couple of seconds for the drive to rotate the encryption keys safely and erase it with no damage. For HDDs it takes a while but you can just boot DBAN and leave it running until it's done. Somewhere in the middle it's a bit annoying, but if you're sensible and use full disk encryption always you don't really have to worry about it either.
VGA port with Display, leads me into thinking Ivy Bridge. I'll find out soon.
Haircut looking ✨sharp✨
I did almost exactly the same thing except I got four thinkcentres with I5-4570 and ddr4. So I combined the ram, threw in a couple of ssd’s and added 1630ti slims. Now my kids both have decent gaming rigs!
9:57 - Nice DVD mustache ;)
This should be a new series!
Love your haircut😂😂
Wow, $40.00 and free shipping! I have several older pc's similar to this and would sell them, but shipping usually cost more than the rig is worth. Great deal. Thanks for sharing.
Wow shipping is crazy in you area! Around here i could ship it across the country for €5 and neighbouring,west-Euro, countries for less than 15
Man seeing 3570 brings back some memories, I built a pc with the 3570k when it launched was a good computer man thinking back to when quad cores were actually good enough.
Have found a few pcs like this at the thrift store for single digits and was able to turn them into decent flip pcs and make pretty decent profit, especially looking at it from a percentage standpoint.
Great value pc!
Quite the gamble for a normal person, but a gem for a builder.
Greg, a mystery to you is just something else to us! Looking forward to watching!
or anyone can someone help me one night I finished watching CZcams and then woke up the next morning and I turned it on and it jus went straight to bios and idk why I have had it for 2 years and all good it’s been 2 days I’ve tried clearing the cmos taking the battery out disconnecting and reconnecting. Ram wires, GPU m.2ssds both of them they both work I try f10 esc pressing the x in the top right restarting everything idk what to do can some one tell me how to fix it msi mb
I recently got a PC with Gtx 950, phenom 1090t, 16 gb ddr3, 650w chieftech psu and a premium board + very nice case and a 1080p monitor for around 120 USD. Did some testing for fun (6 core phenom!) paired it with a 6950 xt and so on. Love those old beasts❤.
G'day Greg,
I bought 2 DELL PCs both 3rd Gen like this one for Home Schooling my niece & nephew during Human Malware, one was just a Tower with i5 + 8GB for $30AUD & the other was a complete PC with i7 + 8GB + Monitor & ⌨🖱for $90.
From my spare parts I added a RX460 for the i5 & 8GB + GTX1060 6GB for the i7, worked great for School work then some gaming while kids were waiting to be picked up.
a good casual lightweight gaming rig/minecraft/etc along those lines. semi-useful for basic web use and office stuff, still. excellent for linux purposes.
I have two great systems, but for hours and hours of just watching Videos and Facebook browsing, i like to use a third old system, that can work all day for simple stuff, and not add up hours of abuse on my thousand dollar systems, love DVD drives to convert old DVD to digital, but that DVD Tray Mustache was hillarious Greg, have an awesome day. i look forward to your fix or flop videos over any other tech channels from the last 6 months.
keep up the great work Greg
Old school ps1 n64 emulator material right there lol. Cool video.
You can use these old systems for all kinds of stuff! I buy them at yard sales all the time for $20-$30...They are usually Dell Optiplex computers with an i7 3770 and they usually have displayport instead of HDMI just like yours, i'm guessing it's an old office thing...I used one to make a DIY NAS last year for dirt cheap!
I've always wanted to do a sleeper build in one of those Lenovo cases, cuz of the handle
My suspicion is they get these basically free in bulk from offices and stuff that are upgrading or shutting down and it would cost them more in man hours to check all machines with working windows installs so they just do a basic power on test then list them on ebay as broken so they dont ahve to deal with annoying customer returns and such
Greg, you should do a crazy retro refresh
Love this Video Greg, that would be a great rig to rip the billions of dvd's and blue-rays i own into a digital library, sadly modern pc's dont come with optical drives.
Old OEM systems are great fun if you can get them before they go to recyclers or get a cheap "parts" PC like you did. You can get a drive cage to turn the 5.25" bays into a bunch of 2.5" or 3.5" bays and make a NAS/webserver/HTPC/whatever you need. Snipe an auction for a 3770 for like $10 and it'd be even faster.
thinks center was a good line , ive always liked the look of them.
Bryan from Tech Yes City is probably breathing heavy right now. Great find!
This should be a playlist “bargin basement builder” 😂 it would be awesome content
A few years ago I went from a Core2Quad Q9550 to a Ryzen5 2600X. I remember those tempting Ivy Bridge i5 cpu's. I skipped a lot of generations pinching pennies raising kids. Thx Greg for the video.
Could've been part of office buy where the seller according a stack of computers and just did a basic test to see which worked and which did not. Then sold them based on whether they could boot.
I guess these systems were decomissioned from an old office or something and hard drives were removed before retiring these but anyways nice to see ultra budget builds
I'm currently using a 1050ti, and honestly it's a pretty good.
My computer has a 4670 I5, and 12gb of slow ass ddr3 ram, i was able to run VRChat pretty good with oculus link. and it runs rocket league very well.
But yes, newer game titles and more demanding applications, it certainly isn't a power house.
Good video Greg, it'd be fun to see more older computer videos.
Wow Greg you're such a nice guy, it's very nice that you contacted the seller thinking you got a steal but people have been buying this old work stations for budget PC builds for a long time and many content creators did vids on it too like gaming PC under 200$, usually they sell for a bit more 60-80$, yeah 40$ is a good deal but not a steal, the seller probably just didn't want any headaches with returns that's why the "for parts" listing + when you have a lot of them it's better to sell for less $$ but fast as they take a lot of room too and that cost $$.
I loved this video, I'm currently looking for an older platform to maybe 10th gen intel to help a mate who is currently running a 4th gen platform. He cant afford to do it him self so a 2nd hand 10th gen will be a huge step up
About a year ago, I had the same experience with someone selling an old HP for $40. It came with an i5-6400, 16GB of RAM, 500GB SSD with valid windows 10. All that was wrong was the power supply. I used until last week when I migrated all the parts into a server case and upgraded the motherboard and RAM. I love finding a good deal.
"I had to sweet talk it, but it worked!" Been there so many times lol
2010's gaming, emulation, MAME arcade cabinet... this is a great system for the money. The SSD makes it run even better than it would have when it was new. Excellent find IMHO.
That's a new one on me... Making an optical drive opening & closing funny. 🤣
I have a system like this one that I got from work as they upgraded all the PCs in the office. I made it into a NAS server. got 3 500GB HDD drives for free from work as well (fully formatted) and 8gb DDR3 RAM. while a bit loud its a champ!
nice b-roll at 9:58 lol
i would use that system for emulating older games. it seems like it would handle it perfectly.
I think you got me on those auctions if they were last week 😅