Fixing a Viewer's BROKEN Gaming PC? - Fix or Flop S5:E2

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[betaunknown]

GPU sag kills cards.

When the ATX standard was developed in 1995, they didn't envision dual / triple / quad slot 3kg bricks.

[guiorgy]

Even if there's no visible cracks, with so much weight pulling it, the card most likely flexed and some solder joints cracked, or, even worse, some solder pads got ripped out underneath the GPU and/or memory dies.

Yet another example to remind anyone watching this, do NOT ship/transport your PC with the GPU installed, always remove it first!

[KimBoKastekniv]

So wild fix or flop went from "We can't replace an RX 580" during the shortage to "Here's a top tier card".

[jerrodkoland]

Hey Greg - the jumping in front of the camera bit and saying "hey" at the beginning was pretty freaking funny! Thank you for that!

[teradaddy]

As a guy who has watched every episode of fix or flop religiously I love how you always show the basic clear cemos function like if any day in the future if I have a problem I can just click on any fix or flop video and it will help mad respect to you

[jonathanscherer]

That 4070 Ti Super is worth more than my whole PC. That's one lucky soul getting that rig back. I really need to upgrade. At least she still runs! I can't believe how solid these old systems were. Build something in 2009, upgrade through the years, and it still runs in 2024! I really like the way that TUF Gaming card looks. I don't know why. Maybe the glowy RGB helps? That little thing to prop up the card is a nice touch. I'm glad it was such a simple solution, if expensive. I had to replace my RX560 some years back. It was when even that was going for $200 used due to the crypto mess. So it can really be rough. Glad you were able to get it working again! Greg, you rock.

[tomfordbeauty]

Huge upgrade. People in the comment section only think Greg does upgrades, but I've seen plenty of videos where he downgrades the GPU/CPU because he doesnt have a upgrade or he doesnt want to upgrade.

[joshuafurr]

Thanks for these videos, Greg! I built my first custom PC in 2012 and i was a nervous wreck. My cable management was bad, I made some mistakes in the build initially that was a miracle it didnt cost me to replace the parts. I have since replaced parts over the years to stay fairly modern, so I have gotten some practice, but I have also seen a lot of your videos and they have really given me the confidence to do PC building.

Just two weekends ago Inactually built my wife a new PC from the ground up. No stress, no anxiety, no mistakes this time. These videos of yours were a big part of that.

[brando]

That is a BEAST of an upgrade! Lucky guy! 👌

[Teksers]

PC DC is on hold? Those series really relaxed me. Watching a dirty PC transform.

[ShepherdZ]

That poor little 120mm radiator! Great job, Greg.

[thebossroleplay]

wow that guy got a slick upgrade happy for him.

[crabbypigman]

Repairing it for free is more than enough and upgrading him to a 4070 is just amazing IDK why people complain about you not upgrading non broken things.

[sitordan]

Now that was a beautiful replacement. The owner will surely be thrilled.

[Ladioz]

So he ended up with a free new card that is twice as powerful? Not bad :D

[jeffreygrindle]

Best repair channel on YouTube hands down

[DinoAlibasic]

I was thinking about something... Just for sanity check, if you want and can do, try flashing a fresh bios onto the videocard, the 3070ti (for people not knowing, you can do it even if the card in question is not the primary card of the system)

[RossHouck]

The creek of your chair always spooks me. I'm like "ITS ARCING! TURN IT OFF! RUN AWAY!"

[zellar]

Another great video Greg! You are very generous and I can't believe people give you a hard time about anything you fix or don't fix on a system. Keep doing what you do and I will keep watching and giving you the THUMBS UP! Nice

[DutyGeezer]

I’ll never stop learning with Greg Salazar.