Can’t afford a Gaming PC? This one's $169

After spending $69 on a gaming PC, where can we go from here? Let’s look at how we can get the most bang for the buck in all your favorite AAA games

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MUSIC CREDIT
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Intro: Laszlo - Supernova

Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High

CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:01 Upgrading the GPU
2:54 Testing out some games
4:04 But what about the CPU?
6:47 Errors aplenty
8:38 Capital One Shopping!
9:21 How to fix CPU cooling error
11:56 Speed holes!
12:40 Time to cRAM in some more parts
15:10 More storage = more games
19:33 Conclusion
20:23 Outro

[Stavex]

I want more budget projects like these. It's really fun to see what you can build with a low budget if you play your cards right.

[morgadox]

This is just like watching Top Gear. Their segments of “here’s 1200 bucks, buy a car and travel across the country” were always the best and much funnier then seeing some new HyperCar from Rivian or whatever. These budget PC builds are a joy to watch. Keep ‘em coming

[Motorboatasaurus]

I have an over $2000 computer and I still love watching these budget builds. It is so cool to see how much can be done with so little. Gives me something to recommend to my friends to get them off of consoles and actually able to play games with me.

[Corristo]

HP is a nightmare regarding using non-standard components in their PCs and workstations. They literally don't want you upgrading ANYTHING without getting their whole upgrade package OR just getting a new PC or workstation. To be fair, Dell and Lenovo are up to the same tricks. The worst it typically using a non-standard PSU, meaning that you can't replace it with a standard model in case you need to upgrade or if it breaks.

[DrDuke]

Budget builds are always really cool to see!

[Keptains]

VERY IMPORTANT: 12:26 if someone is actually doing the same in a similar way (drilling or removing metal parts from the case) make sure to sand it down or atleast use a vacum cleaner to remove all of the metal dust to avoid the chance of any of them falling on the motherboard or get sucked up by some fans, this could kill your components as it could short some stuff or it can cause other damage to your hardware and potentially start a fire

[nemoy]

I had no idea M2 adapters like that existed! Definitely going to be useful next time I spot a really good deal on a drive.

[barkter]

I love watching these. I really wanna build a bunch of low budget PCs so my friends can come over and lan party classic games. Maybe an emulation station.

[josiahsage]

I have never heard a sponsor segment with the sponsors name in it so much. After Linus' commentary on the WAN show about the whole "thanks for sponsoring THAT part of the viceo" makes this segment hilarious.

[hahalolha]

Another top tech tip: Search around because *sometimes* there are modified BIOS images which can bypass arbitrary locks/blocks. Not always recommended but can be useful for those really annoying error messages which don't need to be there

[AverageGamerDad]

Rare thing for a huge channel to value every last bit of $ spent on a gaming PC. I approve the effort man :D

[johncollins]

I love that you don't just edit out all the frustrating moments we all experience when the Bios says No! I don't wanna allow you to upgrade without a fight.

[Razear]

Incredible how you can even include an SSD into a system of this calibre if you plan carefully enough and know how to deal hunt. The level of responsiveness going from spinning rust makes such a world of difference.

[ipodman]

As someone who nabbed an old dell server and threw a rx580 8gb into it for a quick and cheap gaming PC. I had no idea about clover, and I've been using a pcie m.2 adapter for years. It's like this video was made specifically for me. Thanks Ltt.

[fboomerang]

LOVE these budget build videos. Well done! According to AnandTech this CPU's MSRP was $2141 in 2014. Damn!!

[TheRokkis]

I used to do stuff like this before, still love watching this. Time can be turned into money, but when you can't you still can turn it into saving money and better performance. And the emotional attachment to a computer you hacked the hell out is just something else. And it makes you appreciate the expensive stuff later on much more, because you have experienced times when it wasn't that easy or even available.

Besides things like this teaches you a shitload of stuff you probably never would learn otherwise.

[H_elios]

So BRAVE of Capitol One to sponsor that ENTIRE segment of video.

[someguyoninternet]

It fun more fun to watch these budget builds than "super high end" kind of builds

[EddieEd]

Very nice i always enjoy your videos i wish i could do what you just did because i try to build my first gaming PC and thing didn't go to well thanks you for all the info keep up the good work take good care of yourself and your love one stay safe.

[Kaseychambers]

"All we need is 20 adapters"