That's a perfect use for it! Why throw something out if you can keep it and still use it

@@anthonytech yup! Works like new too after new thermal paste and memory

You can so still game on that thing too. Don't expect anything crazy, but I will say I'm in the middle of a RDR2 phase recently and I had to replace a 6800Xt with an rtx 3080 and I played through almost the entire game jumping between 720p and 900p (mostly 900p) to maintain a steady 60 fps average and used the HUB optimized settings and the game looked stellar, so you don't have to play every game at 1080p if you are okay with that, or you can play most at 1080p if you don't mind a below 60 fps average, and i was WAY above 30 at 1080p but I hate games even at 50 fps so 55 wasn't cutting it lol.

Thank you for the support!

I enjoyed reading your comment I'd like to replace the silly "AIO" with a low profile air cooler

Yes that is a bit more repair friendly with as many standard parts as possible Proprietary components are cringe

Yeah my buddy ended telling me I can keep it but I don't really have a use for it to be honest

That's good it served you well and was reliable for so many years Yeah building a rig is so much better. You have full control over the quality of parts and can build a system tailored to your needs

HA! I like that My buddy ended saying I could keep it so just trying to find a use for it

Thank you I'm glad you enjoyed Hope to see you around!

Thank you! I try to make videos that are entertaining and informative I also have greatly enjoyed responding to comments from people all over the world. So cool!

@@anthonytech keep it up :)

I just went purely off of sound and it sounds like there isn't much fluid in it Going to try and replace it with a low profile air cooler soon

Thank you! It truly means a lot

Sounds like a good little system you had I miss the Pascal era Nvidia cards I loved my EVGA 1070 SC

Thank you! The growth of the channel has blown me away but I'm thankful people are enjoying my content

@@anthonytech For sure, its cool when it starts taking off. Keep it up it will grow even more. On my channel i do less hands on like you and mainly do tutorials. I will keep on watching your content

Yeaahh it really does I've heard people who don't know much about computers get all excited and say "it has liquid cooling!" When I saw what a rinky-dink cooler it had I thought "this shouldn't be aloud to be called an AIO"

Yeah lots of proprietary stuff I put new thermal paste on the CPU and GPU Not sure what I plan to use the system for I'd like to put a low profile air cooler in it like the one you mentioned

1080Ti is a legend Back in the days when the top tier card looks like $700 Nowadays to talk to your card is around $2,000. It's crazy! I put together a parts list and for me to build a computer that's actually worth upgrading to is so expensive I'll hold on to mine a while longer

Yeaahh I suspect Dell has put power limits in place to keep thermals in check

I could but really windows 11 isn't much different than 10 Plus it's kinda like why strip out TPM and CPU requirements when one of the focuses of Win11 is to be more secure Even though Microsoft says Windows 10 support ends in 2025 my bet is that they'll extend it for another year or two. A lot of devices are still running Windows 10

Hmm that's interesting Yeah I found a small PCB that have the power port on it for the power brick and then a cable ran off of it which was a 6-pin to power the motherboard

I'll try to keep that in mind in future videos My channel is actually growing though. When I started being more committed about 2 months ago I was at 380 subscribers and as of writing this I am at 546 That seems like pretty good growth to me

It works fine Just kind of a proprietary way to power a PC

Yeah you're exactly right there is not much room at all for airflow And when you're paying so much for a PC you want it to last and with a machine like the X51 that's just a big heat box, it's a huge question mark of how long it'll actually last

Yeah I thought it was a bit strange that it had a 970 because when I found the spec sheet on Dell's website there were one of three options for the GPU: GTX 745 GTX 960 R9 370 (I think)

@@anthonytech Well, it seems I may be wrong and Dell's as trustworthy as ever. I looked up second hand X51 R3s in my area and I found one with a 1070 installed. I asked the guy if it's an upgrade that he made and how it's running. He told me that's how he bought it and never opened the case for more than a dusting. I'm genuinely confused

It would make a fine office PC Maybe pull the 970 out of it to lower power consumption

​@@anthonytechyou can still game on those...

Nope. Upgraded last year from a gtx 970 and a i7 920 to a 7900xt and a 7700x. The 970's 4 gigs of ram doesn't cut it anymore, not even on 1080p. Older titles, OK, but new AAA, no way. It now serves in my emulation rig.

Oh nice What kind of specs does it have

@@anthonytech start specs is now i5-3450 , 8gb ram , gtx 750ti , samsung 500gb ssd with windows 11 pro , intended to upgrade little by little ;p

I might have got my clips a bit out of order I shot 25 different clips Either way it needed a fresh install. If I work on a PC that has a windows install more than 2 years old I recommend to reinstall

It’s a good shirt isn’t it haha

Yeah it kinda was haha But it was a learning experience

I know it's crazy isn't it I'd say it's worth a bit more than $50 though

Yeaaahh definitely over engineered I hate proprietary components I always try to guide people into building or if they want a pre built get one that at least use a standard parts

It's not It held an all core of 3.5 in cinebench which I'm pretty sure is the advertised all-core frequency I wouldn't be surprised if Dell has power limits in place due to the super barebones motherboard

Yeah haha My little nephew thought it was a PS5😆

The memory is only 2133Mhz I looked at the sticks I tried to bump the speed a bit but it didn't like it

Sounds like you've got a good workflow

The cooler is still awful in terms of repairability. The problem is when it goes bad (and it will) you can't replace it with a standard component. I actually didn't "rip it off" that was your assumption. Once I realized I broke a tab I watched a video. You must've just overlooked the part where I said if it were a customers PC I would either knock a portion off the labor or compensate them in some way. If I make a mistake on a customers machine I let them know. I wouldn't want to work in your shop where you immediately jump to a condescending manner instead of actually trying to teach your techs.

@@anthonytech I'm not saying the cooler is an optimal solution if you have the freedom to adjust other parameters around it, any AIO with a bigger radiator would be better, but there is no space without adjusting the case volume and/or design substantially. Regarding the broken tab, the correct way to handle that in a shop setting is to replace the broken assembly without cost to the customer. In reality alternative solutions are often found for a number of reasons, no1 being cost, no2 time, no3 customer likely doesn't care that much or really understand. But the underlying fact is that the shell of that thing has a potential to cost quite a bit more than the labor you put into doing whatever it is you're doing in there, I think you can guess how I know this. Anyway, most of my critique is based on this coming across in the video as a very tiny issue while it is a major one if you're doing this work in a shop setting, because of the reasons I've already stated. I haven't worked as a tech in about 30yrs, I migrated to software development working as a full stack dev where I control all the aspects of the whole process of doing customer work from speccing it to final product delivery. That way I'm able to ensure every bit and byte gets given the right amount of consideration through the whole process 🙂. I work solo - you already know why.

Yeah the AIO made me cringe too haha

Thank you! I try to keep my videos entertaining and informative

I meannn their customer service is pretty bad and a lot of their systems are wayyy overpriced