Ultra Budget $175 Gaming PC Build Guide!

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Despite some mishaps, in today’s video, we managed to overcome some unforeseen obstacles to create a $177 PC with a clean, white sheen that can play any game in 2023! We started with a Dell Optiplex OEM PC from an office, added a GTX 1650 Super and spray painted the exterior to create this beast of an ultra budget build. It only took drying off the rain we left it out in to get there.

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Surprisingly it came with 8gb in dual channel that makes it better than 80% of most prebuilts

NemusDark

I got a renewed 7020 with a 4th gen i7, 16GB ram and 500GB SSD + 500GB HDD for 125 dollars and the best part is it runs windows 11 pro. Was it a good deal?

AaronPeris

Glad to FINALLY see some common sense around the use of a 6-pin adapter. As long as you are using a card with a power draw that is within spec (1650S, 1060, 1660) and ALWAYS use a dual SATA to 6-pin, this is perfectly fine. I have done it dozens of times, stress testing the system for 12+ hours each time and I have never even had a cable get warm, much less burn up. People need to stop with the "fire hazard" histrionics and educate themselves on safe current draw.

drawdeep

I was inspired to build a PC when you posted the $190 gaming pc with the Dell OptiPlex 5040. So, I bought a 5040 with a i6500 and 8GB of ram and 1tb of HDD storage just like the one you have. But I paid $100 for mine. I also up a 500 nvme storage for the m.2. I also bought a GTX 1650 super and had to buy the adapter 6 pin thing. The thing about my GPU is where the 6-pin power connect is in the side, so it didn't bother the side panel, so it closed perfectly find. Overall, I spend at least $290 dollars on my PC! Thank you for inspiring me to build this.

Tablita

The fact that you only charge $50 for consulting is a good deal. And we appreciate your price transparency.

DengueBurger

I used the power adapters on an Rx 5800. It's been working solid for years

capoman

Do you ever get any issues with the paint chipping or coming off and how durable do you think the paint is?
Which paint is it by the way? I’m working on a similar flip. Thanks!

ramtek

You can get an angled pcie adapter to fit the original gpu if that is the only issue fitting that gpu. Also, the optiplex 5040 uses ddr3l not ddr4, only the 7040 uses ddr4 in that generation.

nicolaspastrian

hey zack! i want you to know that because of you, i finally have a pc that runs everything i want it to, an upgrade from my laptop. i have an optiplex with a 1660 super, 1tb ssd and 16gb of ram:)

BazzyWasHere

i5-6500 is the processor that my gaming PC has, was good but not mind-blowing in 2015ish, and it hasn't really slowed down. I can count on one hand the number of times that it caused me any issues. Between crypto mining and the advent of the switch/steam deck, very few new games are released that can't be comfortably played on a i5-6500 and a decent GPU/SSD.

rosly_yt

This Dell seems to have the same power delivery solution as the new HP business minitowers, which was a nightmare for me to upgrade its PSU.
I ended up doing so, but it was an absolute nightmare.

modrribaz

i made the exact same build but i am just too worried about the power supply, what should i do?

cybergamer

im in the process of building my dell as well..i found that if you carefully pry the mesh front comes apart from the front bezel. i painted mine white and silver.

TheBigern

oh my lord that sata power cable almost made me give up the ghost

The 1650/1660S use the PCI-E power for most of their components. There may be a single drmos for the core, but usually all of the other power rails are powered off of the 6-8 pin power cable. From what I've seen, most 1650 Supers (without LEDs) have 3-4 DrMOS that are powered off the 12v rail generated by the 6-pin power cable (6 pin may be only 2-3 phases), as well as 5v, 1.8v, and Memory power rails. The 6-pin 1650 Super uses about 100W total under full stress. Even if 20-25w of that power is drawn from the pci-e slot, that would mean that about 75-80 would be drawn from the 6 pin connector, and that's without factoring in power spikes that happen during gameplay. You generally don't want to run at the thermal limits of wires as they tend to get hot, become less efficient, get hotter, rinse, repeat, and then they melt.

chrisoverton