How I turned a 7 year old PC into a $285 console killer

I made 3 cheap and easy upgrades to transform an old Dell Vostro pre-built desktop from 2012 into a capable gaming machine that runs AAA titles at high settings

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[josejuanandrade]

PFFFT. That's nothing dude! I once turned a 7yr old PC into an 8 yr old pc, by just waiting 1 year!

[coffeesugar.]

Him: „Even 7 years old”
Me: ***looks at 17 year old computer laying sadly in the corner***

[stevens]

Me: oh wait that pc looks familiar

Looks at my pc

[meatpopsicle]

1 year later:

“How I turned an 8 year old pc into a $685 console killer”

[tanishqsuryawanshi]

Best corpse to put life back into : Dell Optiplex

[louiefriesen]

Linus would hate this pc...

(left to right)
RAM stick 1: Green with green top
RAM stick 2: Green with brown top
RAM stick 3: Black with grey top
RAM stick 4: Green with brown top

[ElementalSk]

Managing 60 fps in cod modern warfare 2019, apex, even gta (for the most part) with a i7 870(oc 3.7) and a 1060. Budget pc's are still a thing, and im glad that we can still reliably get an avg of 60fps 1080p with 10+yr old processors. Technology really is amazing.

[techyescity]

Kyle getting into Used Price Performance? insta like from me :P, though I was hoping instead of saying TLC you would have mentioned some TYL.

[RayRayIsCoolio]

I went to a goodwill and got a HP Envy with an i7 4770 and 16gb DDR3 for $10. i threw in my old 750 Ti and now my fiance has a dope ass gaming computer for Sims 3

[kevind]

My work had gotten rid of a few PCs. I asked the IT guy if I could take some home. I got two Dell Inspirons with i5 4440s and 8 GB ram as well as another with an i3- 2120 with 8GB RAM. Upgraded the i3 to an i5, and I turned all 3 into budget gaming rigs for family, adding SSDs. Used a 950 on the Sandy Bridge, and 1050ti on the 4th gen models (this was way before the current gen CPUs were announced). Everyone is happy with their performance

[jaysanchez]

Bitwit: "Is there any console under 285?"
Xbox One S at 169 New: "Am I a joke to you?"

[salmonn_gz]

RAM anxiety, cool.
PSU anxiety, nail biting...

[APATHETICENDO]

Should've changed out the thermal paste to see if you got any better temps since corsair sent ya a box full of the stuff lol

[alexalicious]

I always love videos like this bc I work in a store that has an entire department dedicated to PC parts and I'd rather have somebody spend less to help their system along before they're ready to upgrade than have them buy too many upgrades before their actually ready for it.

[amonrei]

I've become SSD evangelist at my office for upgrading our 10yo AMD Phenom X4 PCs. 😬

[doctorlovera]

7:56 wait for the "That's what she said" look...and 7:59
The good'ol kyle 😁👍

[sitordan]

I love these videos, Kyle. They're more helpful to the community than those in which brand new high quality pieces of hardware are being put through their paces. Thank you.

[OutlawedPoet]

I've said it once, and i'll say it again. This is exactly why I love pc gaming. I love how you can turn an office computer into a gaming rig by slapping a gpu on it and maybe upgrading the ram. Since they are office pcs, they'll likely come with a good cpu so you'll be good on that part. You can't really do this with a console.

[TheTechWizard]

I love that Dell Vostro it can fit into any ATX case and the power supply is not proprietary neither is the fan connectors

[michaes]

I'm currently studying to be an IT professional and I gotta say, I learn a lot from your videos. Thanks for being so good at what you do!