I Bought a $300 Amazon Gaming PC!

I bought an affordable $300 gaming PC from Skytech Global (not to be confused with Skytech Gaming) on Amazon! Is it any good? Let's take it apart, discuss component choice, and put it through a small mix of games to assess its viability in today's tech market!

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[JusstDexx]

This is close to my current computer. I have an i5 2400 and a gtx 1650 (the non 6 pin card) along with 8 gigs of ddr3 ram. Runs fine but is diagnosed with asbestos

[phgu]

4:30 - Great placement of the sticker, blocking 90% of the exhaust port.

[JeffDeWitt]

If $300 is all you can afford this is tough to beat. It gives you something you can really play games with plus do actual work, which you can't do on a console.

[riovannes]

That technically a win in my book, I see pcs like this alot. It's a soso base to start on, lots of *cough* room to grow

[hennox]

Any pc at this price that can play games at a playable fps is a win

[RadNitro]

I enjoy these videos for the nostalgia element. There was a time when I had to "Budget" my computer setups like this one. They did the job as needed. Glad I am much more fortunate now but know a lot of people can't afford custom systems. Happy people have a place that is affordable to jump into my passion for PC's. If all you have is $300, why not?

[TherealBlackheart]

I actually really like the hp prebuilds. My girl games on an elitedesk that came with that cpu.
Got it local for super cheap. Does really well for what it is

[nbrowser]

Alternate title of this video, "Florida Man drives over PC Mouse with his Ram TRX in the name of destruction." :)

[Andrew-kyoccqn]

Please, Crystal Mark disinfo or something similar so we can see the amount of hours used on that hard drive and any smart errors.

[Blind-Ambition]

A cheap Xeon E3-1230 v3 upgrade would balance this old PC out quite nicely.

That being said I literally picked up that HP without the GPU with a Xeon E3-1271v3 for £70, and has a 256GB M.2. SSD and 1TB HDD.

[BlueSparkzVideos]

I bought one a year ago. Mine had a i7 4770, 16Gb ddr3, 1660 Super, 256SSD, and 3TB HDD for $330 + Tax. As long as you know what you're getting it's fine. I'm primarily using mine as an HTPC. I added a Blu-ray drive and 4TB of SSD storage...and I swapped out the OEM PSU. No complaints.

[subrock]

Thanks Greg ... this video was really well done and I appreciate the fact you kept referencing that this a budget gaming PC that just gets the job done for the money.

[Miniputt_]

Nice crunch sound from the mouse. 11/10, would run over it again.
Also the pc is pretty nice. for 300 dollars, thats still alot of pc to make use of.
Looking forward to the next video.

[coolbusterreal]

You know its a good video when Greg buys a PC from amazon.

[victortorres]

Thr bad frame rates could also be a result of mixed ram speeds. Just one ram chip being slower even by just a few mhz could also give you the stutter you experienced

[ewasteredux]

Hi Greg! I appreciate videos like this not just because it's better to re-use older equipment when possible but also because most people looking for something to game on are on a budget. I mean, my son is happy running roblox and minecraft and something like this would be perfect for those titles.

[poproxxx]

I have done this multiple times and came out on top BIG TIME. No issues what so ever in any components. I need to do something like these videos.

[seanlacroix]

I'd grab a used i7-4790k and throw it in there and it would be a way better pairing for that 1660ti.

[kgonepostl]

Thank you for covering stuff like this Greg, always interesting, and always a pleasure.

[thedungeondelver]

It absolutely has an upgrade path. You could put a Xeon of i7 strength, probably go up to 32gb RAM, definitely newer storage, a 1080ti will run most anything you can throw at it. 4th gen is shockingly solid still, today.