$26 Budget PC from eBay (HP Compaq Elite)

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In this video I take a look at a PC I recently got on ebay. I paid $26 for this HP Compaq Elite Small Form Factor PC with a Q9505. I give it some upgrades and test out it's performance.

00:00 Intro
02:11 Upgrading
03:44 We have a problem
04:26 Windows 10
04:42 Street Fighter 5
05:21 Spiderman Remastered
06:01 Minecraft
06:31 Fortnite (issues and why it won't work) :(
07:47 Emulation - Sega Genesis
08:13 Emulation - Wii
08:54 Dreamcast
09:15 Heaven Benchmark/Outro

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[bigbrawler]

man i really enjoy your channel. i always tap instantly the moment i see a notification. as someone without a dad myself, i feel like u are giving me all the tech knowledge a dad should be giving to his child. u live upto your channel's name. thank you! i am always learning and always grateful :)

[SilverX]

a Q9505 in today's world is ok for basic stuff or older games/lite emulation and windows XP stuff too, but i mean ya can get a SFF system with a Sandy Bridge chip or Ivy Bridge or the Nehalem and Westmere chips for the same amount witch all have SSE4.2.
Maybe something to look into for a future project.

[ChrisThedudenurse]

Man I really dig these super low budget builds. I use the wx3100 on my hp ProDesk 600 g2. I got the idea to look into the wx cards from watching you.

[nickdolin]

Nice find man, as long as expectations are in check, these older systems can be a lot of cheap fun.

[SeeJayPlayGames]

4:38 There were Core 2 Quad motherboards that supported DDR3? IDNKT. At first I chuckled to myself when you said you were going to put 16GB of DDR3 into it... and thought "he gon' learn today." Little did I know that I would learn as well!

[Eff_One]

This is the beauty and benefit of older machines like this: The ignorant would say that such a machine has nothing going for it and should be scrapped, but a machine like this can clearly still be enjoyed as you demonstrate in this video, if expectations are managed. An older machine like this one is perfect for emulation or for playing older and less demanding games. It can still very much be enjoyed. Can it play the latest and greatest games at full detail? Of course not, nor should it be expected to. Furthermore, anyone who does expect that, and thinks it should be scrapped because it can't is missing the point.

[BlueSparkzVideos]

I clicked because I was curious what applications you'd use for this PC. Gaming is a tall order for a Core2Quad. I was thinking you would use it as secondary capture device, kiosk, home server, etc. A Q9505 is also still good enough for a HTPC for 1080P content too. All-in-all, I still like this sort of content. Just be mindful of choosing an appropriate machine for any given project/use-case scenario.

[mrderrickmay]

Did the bios need an update to the latest version? Curious if you were able to troubleshoot the ram issue to get it back to 16 gigs.

[JohanlastZa]

Good build for a retro type machine but seeing that most of the games played are old, sticking to Windows 7 on a Windows 7 based CPU might be a better choice. I build a lot of rigs for retro type gaming. I dont touch anything above Windows 7 for it. The only Windows 10 machine I use for my Launchbox is way overkill for the emulation stuff mostly because it is my main gaming rig. I only use Windows 10 when the CPU starts at 4th Gen Intel CPUs

[marksmith]

Still using a Celeron from 2012 in Lenovo laptop. Using 6 GB of memory to get usable performance. Running Windows 10.

[vampiro]

Unless you're a hardcore gamer you dont need an expensive PC. I have an older PC which I got off of eBay with a quad core i7 and put a video card in it and I use it to play world of warcraft and retro games and it works perfect.

[gaveintothedarkness]

I think the most amazing thing is that you only had to pay $13 for shipping!

[victordehaciendas]

im watching this on my hp 8000 Elite with an rx550 4g

[mattivirta]

i has buy same PC before have perfect machine use linux and i has use build linuxcnc machine this. perfect cheap and good machine run CNC machine. paraller port have gold, important can use paraller port perfect build many automation machine or cnc and can add second pci paraller port card and can use more in/out pins.

[akudimensional]

I have an HPC Elite with an i3-2100, or a similar second gen i3 model. It's the worst PC I own. My other SFF HP computers from the same series are much faster. I had an Z220 with an Xeon an E3-1245 V2 for a while, and then I used a Z230 with an Xeon E3-1225 V3. I initially used a WD Blue HDD to run my games until I upgraded to a Crucial MX500, and I used a GT 1030 for graphics on both machines. I played games on them without much issue, but I eventually had to upgrade for better graphics and higher CPU performance for gaming.

[Mirra-fs]

I love how this processor can somewhat run Spider Man at a playable rate but Fortnite refuses to run with 10 times more shittier graphics lol

[johnmichalek]

I’ve always found HP’s to be picky about ram. 🤷‍♂️

[DraidK]

are you gonna upgrade the cpu in a later video?

[shephusted]

for double the money you can get older hp with 4th- 6th gen - yeah you spend 50-60 but get a massive jump in performance and efficiency. older hp gear is excellent - good choice in general

[mircconpetko]

Legendary ..but obsolete...I3 2ng gen is gonna destroy q 9505 anytime, so..no use for 2009 processors.
good video keep it up man!