I was actually surprised about the laptops power, since you got It for free it would be a keep sake Nice video hope you get 1k at the end of the week

Dang I thought RandomGaminginHD was cheap but wow you make him look like Linustechtips.

0:01 "Laptops are usually expensive for weak amounts of power". This statement alone sums up how much technology has changed in such a short amount of time

*insert comment on how this laptop is somehow better than theirs*

There is piece of sotware that you can get that has all the legacy drivers in it. I cant remember the name. I will hunt around for it, I think we both could both utilize it.

As I had one of these laptops, i'd suggest installing a modded driver for the gma950. You'd get much better performance (CSS and HL2 up to 35-40 fps on native resolution, gta sa 30+fps etc)

Had one of these and my acquaintances had them. Awesome Linux workstations - they are still awesome under Linux while original Windows XP/Vista support (include drivers) already vanished a decade ago.

Using Dell Vostro 500 now. I gave it a bit of an upgrade (1 -> 4Gb of ram, 1 core Celeron-> Core 2 Duo T7500, 80Gb -> 750 Gb HDD drive) and now it’s great experience, not gaming machine, but day to day usage is awesome.

Your contents are so good !

Trashtop? I think crap-top sounds better.

been with you since you started so good to see you growing so much

I'm so hooked on this channel, keep up the good work!

For a second i thought it said gtx 950, i was like tf?

Probably still better than my school's computers

I know this video is practically ancient, but I just wanted to comment that I played World of Warcraft on this laptop. I main-tanked through Wrath of the Lich King's entire expansion with this machine. It really sucked honestly! Mine actually had a Celeron M in it, which I eventually upgraded to a Core 2 Duo T7600G and 4GB of RAM. Still wasn't that great, but it got me through one of the hardest times in my life. I used it until it *literally* fell apart. No really, the case cracked from stress and eventually the entire base fell apart! Again, sorry for commenting on such an old video but seeing this laptop again put a big smile on my face!

Amazing video, very informative and nice voiceover, keep up the good work! :)

4:35 "The Oprah browser." "YOU GET A LAPTOP! AND YOU GET A LAPTOP!" 😄

For my part, I prefer using Linux for older systems like this, because it's less prone to get infected with viruses and usually is less resource demanding. My fav pick is usually Damn Small Linux. Anyways, great video, really enjoying your content lately, keep it up man :D

Great video once again! I am getting so inspired by your videos. I hope that when I create my own video seriies it will be enjoyed as much as your videos are. Thanks for your hard work and i look forward to more videos.

Every cleaning part in this channel is super satisfying.

I just saw your comment on RandomGamingInHD's video and was expecting some average wannabe channel but you are a great KZfaqr! Can't wait to see you hit 1k and go even further with this channel :D

I would recommend putting some paste on the gpu dye as well. And also next time you screw on a heat sink make sure you slowly fasten the screws in a cross pattern to make sure you don't apply to much pressure on one of the corners on the cpu dye and crack it.

Love your vids bro, I learn something new!

Gl on 1k subs

Hi budget builds official, love the vids. I was just wondering when you're going to do a setup tour. You've shown your setup in videos but you've never done a tour. Anyways, keep up the good work! Cheers!

Dude you should use Snappy Driver Installer when you have an older system like this with missing drivers. I’ve had tons of luck using it. Phil’s Computer Lab turned me on to using it, and it’s an amazing tool that saved me tons of time by eliminating the driver hunt altogether.

Wonderful video, I've seen a lot like this but yours is the best.

Your channel has tripled in subcribers in just a few months! That's insane! Keep it up!

If finding the drivers for old models and whatnot is an issue, AIDA64 should be more than capable of telling you what specific model it is. It will not give you the driver, but it avoids those crappy free and slow as hell ad-ridden "Driver Downloader" software that I've seen some people use. As long as you can manage your way through Google, this program will be your best friend, new or old hardware. If you need an even older version that doesn't run on a legacy OS, you can use the just as legacy EVEREST software. Same program, just an older version. Best of luck to you!

I am using a Core2Duo and GMA 945 as main PC (laptop) (4gb ram and SSD) -KZfaq is fine at 720p(60 sometimes) -Minecraft runs in like 40-70 FPS -I can play other games with low settings. -Using Windows XP SP3

Great video! I am now your 98Kth exactly subscriber!!!

Aw fair play on using an old 360 hard drive like that. Clever guy. Didn't know it was like that. Cheers. Nice laptop. Really enjoyed this.

Performance for price killer

2:20 *Angry Breathing* "He Didnt Screw Crossway!"

Wow, this was a labor of love :) Very nice of you to save this laptop with the intention of donating it. I used a same-era laptop for 12 years(!) before finally upgrading this year. It was a Dell Inspiron 6400 with Core Duo T2400 (1.83Ghz), upgraded to 2GB RAM. The screen stopped working, and I removed the hard drive to use as external storage. Everything else worked fine (keyboard, wifi, bluetooth) so I sold it for $10 to a techie who just needed it for emails and light browsing. Agreed about youtube, it was fine for 480p (few dropped frames) but when you get to 720p (even with the h264ify chrome extension), it was dropping too many frames and was impossible to enjoy. But for MS Office 2013 and light browsing, it was fine, especially with an SSD (SATA-1 speeds).

Well done with the video, very professional, great content. Best of luck getting to 1k, subbed 👍

That machine can run up to W10 without any issues, I have done so on netbooks with lesser specs and those work fine for productivity and running some old games or console emulators up to NDS despite their modest GMA950.....

ah yes, GMA 950.. i have one n my Asus eeepc.. works well enough, Intel is always kinda a gamble

Suddenly I feel so grateful

The guitar playing in the background was actually cool as fuck, great video by the way been subscriber since yesterday

surprisingly, my laptop is better than this. it has 2gb of ram and a newer cpu, but it was pretty thick. nice video, gl on 1k subs, youre really close. edit: i got it quite a while ago, it was from compaq

Hey Budget-Builds Official! Great Video and Awesome channel. I myself am a low spec pc gamer and greatly appreciate a channel that is relevant to me. I have one question though, how do you make a bootable usb of windows xp? maybe you could do a video on it? I think that would help your fanbase.

Man got nostalgia seeing this video, i used this notebook for almost 7 years

Wow!! That's so old but still it is very cool to see

Its actually a Core Duo. Think Pentium M x2. On the plus side, you should be able to go to a Core 2 Duo. My Toshiba Tecra M5 went from a CD T2600 to a C2D T7600.

when a $25 rasbperry pi runs better

Nice! Liked for that SimCity 2000 music.

Awesome vid! Currently using a Dell latitude e6400, basically a higher spec'd laptop from this same generation. Installed Zorin OS and bumped the ram to 4gb and this thing is actually awesome, just needs an ssd now. Only paid $40 after everything and im happy.

I have a hp omen 17 inch with i7 7700hq, rx 580 8g, 12 g ddr4 and 1080p freesync screen. I got it on sale for 900 usd. I think that because the price of pc parts are so high up it's actually reasonable to buy prebuilds and laptops, especially if they are on sale.

If anybody is watching this in 2019 or early 2020, this machine could likely have been upgraded for far more usability for mere pennies, even at the time. The chipset (GMA945) supports Merom C2D CPUs as well as the older Yonah Core Duo processors. Depending on the manufacturer, it will either support 2 or (unofficially) 4 gb of DDR2 ram. My son used a similarly upgraded Toshiba Satellite A105 (that my brother-in-law found in a dumpster in 2010) up until last year when first gen i7 Dell laptops started falling into "giving them away" territory. A likely cheap upgrade path for this machine would be a 2.16 Ghz T7400 Merom with 4mb cache or the safer bet Yonah T2600 at the same speed but with less cache. Both can be had on eBay right now (October 2019) for less than $5, shipped. 2gb DDR2 SODIMMS of the appropriate speed can be bought buy-it-now there also for less than $2 each, shipped if you don't mind waiting for the slow China shipping... If you're feeling particularly froggy, you can pick up new SSD's in the 128 gb range for less than $20 shipped that would be more than the poor old SATA 1 in this laptop could handle. The rapidly approaching demise (end of extended support) of Windows 7 in January 2020. Means that Windows 8.1 32 bit or, even better, Linux would run acceptably on this machine for light browsing. Unfortunately, I don't believe Windows 10 32 bit supports the janky old GMA950 video and it would be a miserable experience if it did. Windows XP was a risky proposition in 2017 and shouldn't even be considered for a networked machine in the second decade of the twenty-first century.

This makes me feel a lot better about my old laptop.

I have an old Acer with a GMA 950 i used to use, was my first laptop, this video reminds me of the struggle for video games and videos, including even watching 720p60 for youtube lmao, it lasted me 7 years and still works without needing anything fixed, but after getting an ASUS, it's just stored away.

3:40 HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

Ahh, Intel IGPs, the crappiest of the crappy.

Great video. One man's trash is another man's tresure. I picked up a Lenovo Thinkpad Edge for a $1. It has a Core i3 with 4GB RAM, 500GB HDD and a 17" screen

Best method of throwing away old kit (the original harddrive) I've ever seen.

It did Not Have A Core 2 Duo, It Had A Centrino Duo

No offense but your intro makes me want to die.

Perfect for me I want this laptop

This was probably the last era of upgradeable Acer laptops - the Acer laptops that were released after the Core 2 era, such as the 5742 and other 57xx series, were less repair friendly and required motherboard removal for cleaning the cooling system and upgrading the CPU.

that isn't a core 2 duo, it's just a core duo. same cpu as my laptop

I would have just shoved Linux on it.

I worked for intel in 2006-2008. I was the quality engineer for the GMA950 assembly and test production line at Intel's Costa Rica factory. We made them with love.

Thanks for making great content keep it up :)

first view and like. also can I get my free iPhone 5

You should have installed Linux on it...

I use a similar specced laptop, a Sony Vaio with 2GB RAM running Lubuntu and it makes a perfect fit for the workroom while I'm soldering stuff or cleaning up old video game stuff I found at the thrift. There is a lot of value in these old machines, especially in places you wouldn't want to risk much money.

That outro is just... 👌👌👌👌👌

dxtory is the worst recording program ever

My desktop is barely better than this Specs: 1gb ddr3 256gb HDD 1.8ghz single core two threads Intel gma 3150

I remember my 2006 MacBook and 2007 Mac Mini. I never ever want to use a GMA GPU and this video just further supports that.

I have a 17.4” Acer Aspire 9500 from circa 2004-5. It was a junked system as well and my first experience in repairing and upgrading PC laptops. I took the original crippled Celeron out and replaced it with a lower spec 1.7 GHz Pentium M which I then pin modded to get the max stable steed of 2.3 GHz. It flew running XP and even faster when I upgraded the IDE drive to a much faster one. Upgrading to max 2 GB ram it was able to play the original Doom remake quite fluidly on low settings with only stuttering during hard drive loading. Its amazing what old cast off junk can do with a little tinkering.

Stop chewing your nails

That windows xp shutdown at the end was perfect.

I got the same laptop at a dump. The logic board was dead though. Glad to see it's potential!

another great video!

I used to own this laptop (Not this one but the same model), my family gave it to me because it was too slow. I took out the half decent parts and through away the rest. So yes it is very possible to find vintage computers in bins now a days.

I love old laptop design .

THAT XP SHUTDOWN MUSIC! Oh men I love it!

I got a Compaq presario C700 as a Xmas gift about 10 years ago, and as my newer laptop broke, I am now using it for college. I upgraded the T2300 pentium chip originally in it to a T7800 core 2 due, 120GB SSD from the 80GB 5400 Hitachi HDD, and maxed out with 3 GB of RAM from the 1GB originally in it. (no, 4GB will not work!) It runs faster than nearly any modern

I love that Simcity 2000 background music

I had one of these that shipped with Vista 11 years ago, it ran so bad I returned it and got an XP laptop with in a few days. I got it for school with our tax refund while my wife was in the hospital recovering from delivering our first born who’s birthday is Monday. So it has nearly been 11 years to the day, I find it kinda funny a video about a laptop with such a history popped up on my feed for an anniversary review to me.

I have an Acer Travelmate 4000, and it's still running Debian 10 perfectly. Thanks for Linux saving this old laptop

nice vid my dude

Nice touch with the Kelpy G.

nice video man

It's pretty ideal for a retro game laptop - I've a core2duo 1.8 laptop with gma950 - and all the games from the tnt2/voodoo-ish era run awesomely!

Wow just realised that we both have the same keyboard neat

Thanks for the trick on how to get a cheap hdd 👍

I had an ASUS with these exact specs, upgraded to a different CPU, gave it 3GB of DDR2 from a dead Compaq and it ran great for years, just upgraded a few times since then and it got tossed after losing most of it's USB ports.

Thanks for making that laptop alive again! It was so satisfying for me. Found me crazy?

Wow, i would want that FREE laptop you got there!

Your voice sounds so relaxing

I liked the middle finger scene. :D

Daaamn as if you got CE and half life 2 to run on that cast off! Good effort 👌

still have this laptop to this day, it still does its job to this day

Good video! I really appreciate your job here and with other stuff in your channel. I just guess that you could improve the experience for this old laptops with some lightweight Linux distro (for basic tasks as internet, office and old dos games of sure!). there are a few friendly options available over the web. regards!

First ever computer I used was this laptop's older cousin, the travelmate 4062 LCi. Sported 512mb DDR2, Pentium M 740, 60gb HDD and windows XP pro. I was 3 when I first used it, still have it today as a small linux machine. Was my parents' originally.

With 4GB of DDR2, a 320GB HDD, and with that T4400 which has 2.2GHz, Windows 7 x32 or x64 will work with no issues.

I had that laptop very long time ago. It was quite good.