This OLD PC Needs HELP! - Gear Up S1:E1

Welcome to our Gear Up series! In this episode, we meet with Jason at the Marietta, GA Micro Center to upgrade his old gaming PC! He's currently rockin' an Intel Core i7 4770K and GTX 1080. Let's see what budget he wins and how he spends it!

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[GregSalazar]

Thanks so much for watching! Our goal is to carry this series all across the country and (potentially) the world! Partnering with Micro Center has been a blast and we appreciate their hospitality. 3 more episodes are on the way! We'll be posting them back-to-back!

[theyoungjawn]

This guy was as happy as a kid in a candy store. You’re so awesome Greg for improving people’s PC experiences through your work.

[jdocgaming]

My name is Jason (the winner in the video) and I had a really fun time hanging out with Greg and McLovin' filming this and seeing 'the other side' of the process! This was so much fun and I am honored to have been chosen to not only be a winner in this series, but also to be the FRIST video in the series! Thank you so much, Greg!!!

Also for those of you interested in the build specs before upgrade:
CPU: Intel i7 4770k (83w TDP) LGA 1150 Socket
MB: Asus Maximus VI Hero
GPU: Nvidia GeForce Asus Strix 1080 8GB
Cooler installed: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo
RAM: Corsair Vengence DDR3 1600C9R 9-9-9-24 (8GBx2)
SSD #1: Samsung EVO 860 500GB (Win Boot Drive)
SSD #2: Samsung EVO 860 1TB (games collection)
PSU: Corsair AX860 Gold PSU (860 watt power supply)
Wireless Card: Asus PCE-N53 PCI-E adaptor Wireless N (450/300+300Mbps)
Case: Corsair Obsidian 750D (full size tower)

New platform upgrade:
CPU: Intel i7 12700k w/ Thermalright Intel 12th & 13th Gen LGA1700 CPU retention bracket
MB: Asus TUF Gaming Z690 Plus Wifi D4
Cooler: be quite! Dark Rock 4 CPU Cooler 200W TDP
RAM: GSkill Trident Z NEO 32GB DDR4 3600Mhz CL16
Boot Drive: Crucial P3 Plus PCIe Gen 4 M.2 NVME SSD 500GB

[brahimvlogs]

the best decision ever !
i'm glad that he decide to upgrade his rig instead of throwing
the whole budget on the graphics card
i feel that is Greg advice

[TeeGaddy]

i ran into you at the Marietta store without even knowing you guys would be there. the $100 gift card really was a godsend and the 6950xt i bought has really reinvigorated my motivation in pc building. i seriously cant thank you guys enough for that whole thing. really cant put into words.

[jooshiii]

Not sure about the 12700k choice, but depending on current components and his use for the pc, maybe it’s the right choice.
12600k looked like a better deal to me though.
Amazing series btw, can’t wait for more ❤

[steveseybolt]

Greg, I really cannot express how AWESOME these Videos are. You Make people so happy doing what you love to do. Thank you

[lastnamechico]

Man, McLovin really is the person that brings light to the video, I just hope he gets to be in more of these

[Cutie_Yuri]

As someone who used to work at Micro Center once upon a time, this is an awesome series collab!

[BuckeyeNut]

100% made the right choice on upgrading the platform.

[ZERONEVERSEVEN]

Platform change was the way to go, you really set him up well. Kudos Greg.

[chrisp]

Micro Center is awesome. Kudos to them for allowing filming in the store.

[NKO_]

My gosh that shop is a dream! I wish we have something like that in my country.

[BuzzTec]

❤ the new micro center series. I'm looking forward to back to back episodes.

[mclytesabr]

Good call with the platform upgrade. Also, shoutout to the Thermalright Contact Frame.

[johnhowarth]

This is a million times better than just building a rig in the store plus it’s helps people out

[gurthquake]

I love this series, keep ‘em coming. Another great option too is that Microcenter has a bundle for a 5600x and b450 mb for 199. That would’ve left him another $450 for a gpu and ram etc… a 6700xt or 6750xt and 16 gb of ddr4 3600 should be obtainable for that price, especially since Microcenter usually has a plethora of open box gpus that are safe and certified by them. Not to mention, going full amd platform would allow him to take advantage of SAM.

[vivalaram]

This was great! You all looked like you had such a blast filming this and getting the new rig going. I'm def looking forward to more of these videos. Keep up the solid work, Greg!

[goodcitizen]

This was awesome of you! I know he was bummed to not get more to spend, but that's $650 he didn't have before!

[parahandy]

T-Force VulkanZ 32GB DDR4 3600Mhz - $73
R5 5600x & Asus B450 - $200
Powercolor RX 6700XT - $370

Total $643
Leaving $7 for a coffee.
And a good bit faster than what the winner left the store with TBH.
The expert advice was hmmmm.