What would you say is the best avenue for selling pc's? I build them for a hobby, and I can make a really damn good pc that's not only beautiful, but rocks most games, yet sits for days sometimes a couple weeks before people buy them.

hey at least that system is back from the days when you could do something like that. Try that with a modern one from Dell/HP/etc and you'd be stuck with whatever proprietary attempt at a knockoff 12VO they decided to pull from the bowels of hell on that particular day Edit for clarity: talking about getting a 24pin to 8 pin adapter

@@jeffschultz1338 Where are you selling them? I had pretty good luck on Facebook marketplace. Also, what are you selling them for? I usually priced my lower-end builds at $50 above what it cost me and higher-end builds at $100 above what it cost me. New PCs are easier to sell for a profit than used PCs. People want a good deal on used items, not market price. I also did custom builds more often than pre-built systems, and working with a person like that made them a lot more comfortable and made them feel like they were getting a good deal - I was able to explain the price-to-performance of different parts, and give them something that does what it needs to do and looks the way they want it to, all within their price range.

also be careful which psu you buy, some are to long and end up bumping into that black piece at the top of the case. You can also remove the hard drive cage with a drill and get a bigger gpu to fit in without blockage (I ended up using double sided tape and sticking my ssd to the inside of the pc somewhere, ugly but nobody is looking inside anyways). this dude did it on a precision optiplex but the process is the exact same as it would be on one of these. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eNCko9Ney6_cj4U.html

@masonzero digital i tried posting all the spec of the current build, but youtube keeps deleting it. I changed my profile photo to show the current build I have for sale.

Yeah stores like Best Buy know how to market to parents with "Gaming" on everything lol.

@@Timmycoo Nowadays, You can build an APU system that'll play most everything at low/mid settings at 1080p for like $550-600 that's fully upgradable with a dedicated GPU whenever the shortage isn't nuts.

It's funny how the "gaming" prebuilts are total over priced garbage considering the budget yet these old "office" prebuilts make great gaming machines. I buy/sell locally PC parts and will pair up a PC from extra parts for resale when possible. I have sold 3-4 of the machines in this video since lock down. All new gamers who were happy to spend around $150 on a machine to play a lower demanding game (minecraft/zoo tycoon/E sports stuff) but still get their feet into the PC gaming area.

You dont look under 12 in your pic Paul :)

@@antonybaker it's probably some parent or a big sibling

They'd probably be playing Farm Simulator 51 but it only has 16 pixels

I literally see someone on Newegg is selling a Radeon 7000 64mb...for $150. I checked and yes, it's the card from...2001. Would be great for an Optiplex-based "vintage" setup.

@@soupwizard I would say playing oregon trail

"Remember the heroes of 1776, when they clapped the cheeks of the redcoats at the battle of Tilted Towers!"

Lmamo

1752 was a great vintage for office PC's.

@@DawidDoesTechStuff the peak of Dell optiplex systems

I was apparently born during the roman times since my first PC was a compaq 386....

@@Nilboggen It is still more modern than commodore 64, turbografx 16 or apple II

@@mruczyslaw50 well yeah... I'm not a caveman lol

It's Dawid does tech we want the computer to explode in use

It doesn't melt immediately. It gets hot first, but using an 8 Pin with Sata is just asking for fire.

Quick Math would say 85W, if its evenly split over the two connectors then your fine.

@@capsikseason It uses proprietary connectors how was he supposed to buy a new PSU. Unless Dell offers a higher wattage option he would have to buy one and rewire the connectors if that's even possible.

1050ti would be better for this build 75w but you could replace the PSU and convert the ATX to dell 8 pin

Please give this visibility. DANGER! SATA is rated for 54 watts. After that the connector starts to melt. It is imperative to check how much the graphics card pulls over the 8 pin if you decide to use that cable.

yep fortunately there is the 24pin to dell 8 pin for the haswell era systems from Dell. The cable adaptor runs about 10 cad

@@pauldoutre541 rly??? The cheapest one I could find was 12 dollars usd

Yeah, I had the same problem recently. I chose to use 2 PSUs at the same time and ordered a motherboard, instead of the converter.

I did this with an Opti 7020 tower - I knew going in I was going to need a PSU, so I ordered it, the 24-to-8 adapter, and a proper GPU more or less matched to the i7 CPU the system came with. It's been a great PC for me and unless you need Cyberpunk 2077 in Ultra, it's a worthwhile option still!

You’re a good brother

@@AnnaDoes indeed he is

absolute beast of a pc

what is the specs of the pc?

@@mohamedmostafa-qj5mx id almost bet money its a i7 4c8t with 16gb ddr3 1600mhz

Also the scammers dont profit

dawid does anna

So Dawid's prebuilt addiction grew on you too :D

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@@Kzxhy Dawid does your mom on Anna

Hahajajjajajajajaj yeah that was funny and sus

Yeah windows 11 sucks. I have a supported cpu (8700K) and this operating system just straight up sucks (at least as of currently)

Id just dualboot with linux

yay,no more update to windows 11,guess im gonna bought this pc :D

@@ZygardeCruiser gonna bought? Eh?

@@MrDeadmanwalken1 maybe

This is how I got me and my son started. Dell 7010 sff i5 with a 1050ti and ssd. $240ea for great 1080 gaming.

@@billygilbert7911 I wouldn't even go for SFF, as they tend to not support full height cards, and low profile cards tend to be more expensive than their big versions for that exact reason. Same with SFF power supplies. Sure they're bigger, but that also allows for more options in upgrading.

@@HappyBeezerStudios At the time I could only get my hands on 2 SFF 7k series. I would have preferred a larger unit.

where is your hearted comment

Ah yes... a fellow outrider

How much of a difference does the 4 GB make? It should be plenty for the card I guess?

@@HappyBeezerStudios depends on who you ask, I've seen some people say it doesn't make a difference, the card is too weak for it to be noticeable. Now in my experience, if a game is light to run or you put it on low textures it performs the same 2 or 4gb. Almost all the games released recently require 4gb minimum (now even 6 seems to have become the base) , and in this situation it makes a big difference since the 2gb card dont have enough vram so it dumps off or trades data with regular ram more often, causing stuttering or lower fps. At the time (2019) I bought mine in aliexprees it was like a 10 dollar difference from 2 to 4 so I got the 4gb model, but it was more luck than knowledge or anything like that.

Me too, I paused the video and did the math, it checks out so no magic smoke

Believe it or not, but I also did the math before trying it out. 😅

@@DawidDoesTechStuff honestly I was more worried about the adaptor not being a cheap one and melting by short circuit or something... Otherwise you could attach a fan to it as usual.

Except Dawid isn't a complete nob.

@@buggerlugz6753 🤣 love it

@@buggerlugz6753 True. Although, I wasn't comparing his personality to JC. I was comparing his use of hyperbolic similies.

one hundred bucks plus on eeebaay

It's a losing battle... You will never educate tech youtubers about how computers work.

Dude thats a steal for 30 quid!!

@@DualShockTree it really was!

Awesome! That's a great deal. Glad you could get your hands on a GTX 1650 without having to pay too much for it.

How did you get GTX 1650 LP into 9020 SFF? Is the GPU one slot wide? On 9020 SFF the 16x slot is on the LEFT when viewed from the front, so there is no room for a 2-slot card. Compare this to 9010 SFF, where the 16x slot is on the RIGHT when viewed from the front, so a 2-slot LP GPU can overhang the second slot. I am genuinely curious how you accomplished this. It is making me wonder if you have a 1-slot-wide GPU, or maybe it is actually an MT and not SFF? What am I missing?

Nevermind, I think I figured it out. Must have plugged into the x4 slot for about a 10% - 15% loss in performance. Still much, much better than no GPU at all. Nice.

Dell Executive - "hey guys I just found a way we can save money on all our systems and it will make no difference in the product" Executive 2 - "ok I'm listening" Exec 1 - "what if we cut out 60% of the material used in our cpu coolers" Exec 2 - "brilliant! that will save us a whole 2.3 cents per unit" Dell Engineer - "umm, but that will significantly impact performance under load so we can't rea...." Big Time Exec - "well I'd say that's a done deal then. Excellent work at saving us some money team now can someone get that new good looking piece of ass from accounting to bring me some champagne"

did you actually _make_ money doing that though? I guess maybe if you live in a densely populated area I can see how that might work, but just thinking about it myself, I know in my area I would just be sitting on stock for so long I'd end up having to sell at a loss to get it gone.

@@ram89572 I live in the DFW metroplex, so there's a pretty healthy second-hand market. The PC I described, I would mark up maybe $100 over the cost of parts, and let the buyer talk me down $50 (everyone likes to get a deal.) There are plenty of people around here who just want someone else to build a PC for them. I always tell people they could do it themselves cheaper, but most just don't trust themselves to do it. I do more custom builds too, with standard off-the-shelf parts. I just like to keep something available on the low end, so I can have any budget covered.

laughs in 3rd gen i5 and 1060

@@HappyBeezerStudios laughs in Pentium D with Radeon HD 6350

@@emmettaarontr laughs in i3 3220 intel hd 2500😏

Laughs in i3 4010u 4 core @3.9ghz overclock with Intel hd4400 running 1080p 130fps on GTA 5 all max settungs

@@adzchi9557 Laughs in i3 3220 with Quadro P400

replace the crappy gt 710 with a gtx 745 lol

I've got a Optiplex SFF 7020 with an RX 6400 and a 4570. She runs everything I ask her to. Threw a WiFi card into the other PCie slot. The 6400 gets some low-percent issues due to PCIe3, and the included mechanical hard drive is .... a mechanical hard drive. But I have an SSD ready to install into it, so that's one problem solved, and the low-percents are generally tolerable, since I don't play online competitive games. It's also so ADORABLE and densely packed! It gives me joy.

@@FerralVideo The SSD will help alot - so many perfectly fine computers are letdown by slow mechanical drives. Might even help with the low percent issues since they might not be PCIe related but instead related to slowdowns due to disk access. I saw one KZfaqr do a one component upgrade challenge and the disk surprisingly did make a difference. Also, beware that on the 7020 the x1 slot is PCIe gen2 (x16 slot is gen3). But yeah, lovely little machines - great for HTPC or even a home server (biggest problem there is lack of room for lots of disks, but you don't always need that). They're compact, quiet, reliable, cheap to purchase, cheap to repair, and really quite capable. They're even pretty easy to work on, once you figure out where Dell put the different latches. Some of the later versions, like the 3050, even support M.2 drives. The other fun form factor is the USFF (aka tiny or 1L PC). Dell, Lenovo, and HP make these. Very little expansion, unfortunately, but they're only about the size of a small stack of CD jewel cases. Some of them are really quite capable and even denser packed than the 7020. ServeTheHome has a good recurring feature on those.

I don't want to be one of "those" guys. But Linux is making great strides if you find the right version. I'm not a savvy computer user and I'm at least able to browse the internet and play Steam games on it. Definitely breathes new life into old computers.

Is a 4 gb gtx 960 optimal on that type of build?

Try to get a 960 if you can its better than the 1050

@@MannElite Oh, I’ve been trying ;)

Stick to the 1050. 960 is pretty much the same

Aw man should have held out a few more months, building a pc for a friend and found a gtx 1660 for 150 dollars! Granted it was the one in the dell g5, but I’ve been seeing other 1660 for a similar price

There's plenty of them out there.

I have almost the same but mine a i7 3770k

As someone with a 3570k I know your pain. Got a couple games where the chip just doesn't cut it. And unlike with a weaker GPU you can't just reduce settings to make it run.

That was my first pc and I loved it, I would take that anyday especially over a console like ps and xbox

What model optiplex is it?

@@izunauchiha1202 I think it was a 3020. looked just like the one in this video, had a 4th gen i5 in it. Ive upgraded since. I really don't recommend using those optiplexes unless you plan on keeping everything in the original dell case because I ran into all sorts of issues when trying to put that dell board in a different case.

Especially since the 1050 pulls it's power from the PCI-E port, no worries about SATA to gpu adapter nonsense.

My gtx 1660 super was 250 Euro back in the middle of 2020 now its like 400 more

the shortage is very much still a thing...especially for people who want top tier components. even many retailers have been caught scalping on online markets making it even more difficult for people to get the parts they want.

the fact that GPUs are still twice MSRP means there's still a shortage. Perhaps the only reason you're seeing actual stock is because nobody's prepared to pay that stupid price tag.

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@@rossclutterbuck1060 yea wait my gpu costs 700 euros more now WTF i paid 250 euros in 2020

Haha!! Nah, I got it in the right way around this time. 😂

its also because of more power efficient processors. i7 4770k/4core was around 95w ryzen 3600/6core is 65w i5-11400/6 core is 65w less watts less heat. you dont need as big as cooler.

Or use a small piece of double sided tape. SSDs have no moving parts, so there will be no rattling from the drive anyway.

Use the 5.25 bays, and the case can potentially fit 5 3.5 HDDs along with 4 SATA SSDs. Do a motherboard swap, and turn it up a notch with NVMe drives.

After upgrading I will relegate my current build to that role.

Or a Dell T1700 with a Haswell i7 or the Xeon equivalent.