how is he a sweetheart? dafuk he just sold him his sons rig thats it or do you mean he already promised some other dude the system but sold it to him? idk man i would be really mad if i was the other dude
My mood completely dropped when i heard the true reason behind him selling his son's computer. No parent should bury their child. Thinking back about it, it was probably for the best to sell this computer. When you are a parent who recently had to bury their kid and you wake up every morning to see his favorite item sitting there taking dust and dying, it is probably very painful and sad. This is definitely a great choice from the parents. Because now, they not only gave this computer to someone who might need it, but the legacy of their son would continue and it would be cleaned, taken care of and upgraded over the years. That said... May a fellow gamer rest in peace and I wish his parents the best of luck. And kristofer, if you think that you won't use this computer, or your interest has died out in it, please sell it. Don't let it take dust like it was. This may be a dead, unconscious and old item, but this item has a story and it has character and probably should not be left out of life.
I am glad people agree. After all whoever this kid was, he was a person, he was a part of this community. He was a breathing, thinking and probably a great individual seeing how his father's voice trembled and stuttered when he mentioned his passing. I am in no way shape or form trying to get likes or attention, i just wanted this comment to be seen by kris, because knowing him, he could probably buy whatever pc he needs. but seeing this video, this isnt an ordinary pc. It's a big part of the community now, it belonged to someone who was once a great player you or i played with and enjoyed his presence. You never know. I want to make sure this pc will never see quite and loneliness in its entire life, i want this pc to live up to what it was made for and i want it where it could feel comfortable. Because thats what the original owner wouldve wanted and thats what we as a community, should provide.
@@atorrasYT sold it not thrown away....and as a old retro game collector I was happy when most of my collection went to collectors instead of resellers.
May he respawn in gaming heaven with 100000000000$ gaming PCs and were he may roam in fields of 64gb ram and drink from liquid cooled computers and may he meet the gaming gods who may bless him with eternal life ( and games )
Bro... After hearing that reason I would have given him an honest appraisal and walked away if it was more than I wanted to spend. I have lost a child so I may be biased on this topic, though. Edited: Just saw the update video. What an awesome guy. If you haven't seen it I recommend you look for it. It is a part 2.
I don't know what it's like to lose a child but back in high school my long term girlfriends brother was killed in a car accident and it was heartbreaking seeing her and her parents in that situation. God Bless you man
It was a pretty decent setup for the time for sure. I rocked an i7 3770k @ 4.6ghz with a MSI 770. The only thing that really killed the 770 was the Vram. If you had the 2GB model like I did, it was pretty limited shortly in time. The 4GB model had far better future compatibility and I know some people at my work still using the 4gb 770 still.
Well, actually his consciousness just doesn´t exist anymore, and the energy which was stored in his physical body is now spreading in the world/universe. Mhh. but you can also believe he is playing minecraft next to Jesus and Mohammed.
@@Daniel-ux5st he means history which contains records. windows gets installed in your desired drive. delete other drives :) . sorry for poking honestly. he might have done that, he looks humble.
Holy shit that computer looks like a god damn monster. Tbh you should've really told the dad that the computer would cost more than $450. Rest in peace our gamer.
@@endnwndnehehshshs8174 that just damage control. he should of told him the actual price or tell him how to sell the pieces, but scamming the dude and milking for 2 videos is bs
turtle flippers no he shouldn’t have, he fucking gave him more than he bought the system for, so no he did everything exactly right and he can make as many videos as he wants. You sound salty that you have no views lol. Fucking loser
Yeah, Luckily dude didn't hear that otherwise, it would have been just as bad if not worse than saying a yo momma joke and someone saying "my mom is dead"
amazon is a scam. ofcourse not really, but there are a lot of stuff there that are listed way to expensive. Steam link for example is a small machine that costs like 60 bucks on steam. it costs like 70-100 on amazon. like how?
I think $450 was fine considering that he was willing to search through all the files for anything valuble for the parents. Its better him recieving it than someone else who would just end up wiping the whole thing without checking.
cool , at age 69 my respawn time is fast approaching , but I'll game till I drop . And when I Respawn I'll have a controller or a keyboard and mouse ready to continue kicking your azz . Haha
Bro not even being a jerk but I can't help but feel you took the father for a ride. You told him "its probably because of a gaming craze.". Bro I'm all for someone getting a kick ass deal but it's not like you were getting it from someone who knew what they were selling... the dad literally had no idea of worth and you could have said "look pops, this is worth more than you're selling it for so heres an extra 100.00.". We all know its worth it and you would have done the right thing but feeding him a piss poor excuse like its probably because of the gaming craze wasnt cool. Now some may agree with me and some may disagree.... but these are just my feelings and thoughts.
agree, but at the same time that is not how you get rich. I always get angry with rich people who dont share and try to keep everything for themselves, but then my mom said "people dont become rich from sharing" and she has a point so...
You saying "my mom says" tells me you are more than likely not a full grown adult yet. This has nothing to do with sharing but taking advantage of someone.
Nobody would give favors to sellers that don'T want to put effort to research what's the worth of what they're selling, especially when it's your son' stuff. Don't act llike you're the special dude that would waste 100$ for a good deed. Why don't you jsut go and give a 100$ to a homeless man who needs it more than this man.
This dude's build is almost completely identical to mine, even including the same keyboard and monitor. I built it 5ish years ago and still use it to this day, that's crazy.
I have mixed feelings about this video. I always love your videos and your personality however the fact you knew the computer is worth more than $450 and later that you knew the father's son has passed away... I felt like you should've told the father the true value and probably gave him few more hundreds because he just recently lost his son. But you probably don't have that much money willing to spend more upon ... so IDK how I feel about this
Except that no one in their right mind would pay more than $500 for that PC. The fact that his kid died is extremely irrelevant. 180000 people die a day. It's kinda a thing by now we don't have to make a statue and go beyond our means for every person who dies.
Apastorfield it’s more about having morals, respect and being a part of a good culture. If you don’t have either or don’t belong to a good culture then you wouldn’t relate. I don’t judge you for your opinion... you’re not wrong... just don’t carry yourself like you’re a man, or honorable. Carry yourself like the arrogant, self entitled, spoiled kid you are.
@@Apastorfield you're right, he even paid the full asking price. If someone is selling a house that's worth 500,000$ for 250,000$ ima get that house if my job is flipping houses and I have the means. The return on investment is great, that's what he's doing in the video. Now the real lowdown guy was the one trying to haggle for 400$. Plus he wasn't able to estimate it's true value at the house, that takes testing and time that he just didn't have.
I am actually pretty mad because he didn't even say that the pc was worth way more than 450$ the guy said "probably because of the gaming craze going on right now"
@@theo_7212it would be worth no more than 800 brand new not in it's current condition because parts can wear out if not taken proper care of or are generally old.
Damn man, you made me cry... that's a first for a youtube vid. I lost my dad ~8 months ago. We first started gaming together on atari 2600 and continued on every console until I bought my first computer from Gateway (:D) to play Diablo II and Everquest. He had some Compaq el cheapo that he Frankensteined enough to play. Once when he called Verant for tech support, they literally told him there was no way he was playing on that system :). We raided hardcore, and f'd off in general for the next 15 or so years in numerous games and on multiple comp builds. Those memories are as real as anything we did IRL. And we did a lot together; we were best friends. Wow, anyway, that's gonna get long. His most recent build is probably about 5 years old but he still played on it every day, until he couldn't. The brain tumor took out his mouse hand first. I've kept windows/drivers updated so mom can use it as a HTPC, but I still haven't made myself log into his accounts to update p/w, guild upkeep, etc. As far as i'm concerned, it can sit on his desk forever. .. Yea, yea, I will get around to that. I miss you Orrlok .. but don't really miss draggin your stinky troll corpse :D [Lol, can't believe I'm gonna post this to a youtube video comment. I'm not doing it to garner likes. Idgaf about likes, just seemed like the atmosphere was right to share about fallen comrade gamers. Regardless of whether they are family or extended family through experiences we share in games, there is a sense of belonging and brotherhood that is real and tangible. /salute]
Dude, you should totally upgrade this thing to the max and make it your main computer! I think this is special and I'd love to see a follow up video on some amazing parts being put in this, and made into your main PC.
I think most of you didn't understand. wwjoshdew didn't suggest the father do this. He already sold it. He suggested _KristoferYee_ do this - keep it, upgrade it, make it _his_ main rig. And I do like the thought of that. Even if you just stick with the case and PSU, its still holds on to the story.
@@Milan-qu5ut As it sits as a system that is not a horrible price bought essentially the same tower in April 2018 from the guy who built it for 400. (Not quite as nice of a case no monitor, keyboard or mouse) Thing is that an older used system as a system isn't worth it's components prices parted out. People want the parts to do things like sli, replace their motherboard that lost a capacitor and/or max their ram slots, with matched brand and speed. I Don't know exactly what keyboard and mouse or monitor that is but the monitor as long as it's bigger than a 20 inch works and has only a very few stuck pixels can expect to go for 50 to 75% of retail. The keyboard and mouse is really hit and miss a handful of models end up being what everyone loves and are valuable the rest are basically $5 to $10. So while I think $450 is kinda lower end (because someone can part it out and probably get $650-$750) as a system I would personally take a system like that ask $600 and accept the first solid $400+ offer in hand on Craigslist or Marketplace.
What a beauty... I love that gold pattern on gtx 770. You can tell that the guy was enthustiast who loved good piece of tech. I feel so bad for him... That's was just way too early to go. Damn. My respect for fallen brother.
Revisiting this 5 years later, I still cannot believe how bad the scammers in the gaming community have been stateside the last 5 or 6 years. It is not just individuals, the companies as well, especially Nvidia. I am very fortunate to work in tech and have never paid more than £200 for any gpu and I have never had anything but the latest in my work rigs and my personal rigs always get my work hand me downs. The only times I turned down free cards were the Nvidia 2080 and now the 4090 (went for the the RX 7950 xtx to keep from burning my home down.) I am beside myself how much cards went for pre covid and during. A 1080 ti for $700 5 years ago says something about scalpers and flippers. That was a superb buy you got on the rig. Never pay for windows- rule 1 of people that actually know about their computer.
He did take advantage? He could've been more earnest and told him you know it's worth xxxx amount but I'll pay you xxx... Plus he's doing this all just to make a youtube video.
Not to mention that recording people without their knowledge is a felony in the U.S. You are always required to disclose the fact that an interaction is being recorded. I hope this fucker goes to prison.
I mean back then in 2013? Man most defiantly, espically it being able to overclock... I have a windows 8 tower with a AMD FX-6300 processor, a radeon hd 8570, and 8gb ram from 2013 and it was 800 dollars.. So this late gamers computer must have been at least 2000
Luxary well then he would have to keep it somewhere he wont see it everyday, if I had my son die, and i had to grieve and see his favorite thing everyday, i would probably have lots of breakdowns
@@tadd5936 When my father passed away, he left his 1x1 meter box of mtg cards for me, and i play with those exact cards to this day. It helps to have something to remember your loved ones by.
I saw this video last year, I came back to watch again this year in respect to the fallen gamer. One of best videos on RU-vid - 48 year old life long PC gamer (8 years sober alcoholic/addict)
I know he was asking only $450 but seriously dude, his son died and he knew nothing about computers. I would have given him what it was actually worth or close to it. EDIT: nvm watch part 2
I wouldn't buy it for more than that. I think it's a fair price. For $500 you can build a better PC today. You'd miss out a bit on the flashiness but you'd have better gaming performance. I wouldn't want to pay more so I would at best just not buy it and have wasted my trip. If I told him it was worth more I would be lying as per my opinion of it, and me not buying it means someone else is going to come along and try to haggle it down to $450 or lower.
@@kaldo_kaldo there was 144hz monitor, mechanical keyboard and gaming mouse included what do you mean it worth 400bucks? he could ask like 750bucks for that.. typical selfish person
there's a reason why the father took 1 year before he decided to move on... or try to move on. for 1 year, his mind was thinking his son would come through the door after work to game/watch movie/listen to music. he has'nt gotten over it completely but giving stuff away is first few steps people do to accept loss
Tubercule La patate haha I just now noticed that! I would’ve been freaking out! Now imagine being that guy and watching this video! Now that would be hilarious! 😂
I thought the dad was only going to sell the pc for 450$ but my heart breaks when he sold those mouse,keyboard and monitor along with the pc for 450$ 😭 For me i would buy it cause im broke myself but it hurts me to see this..
I don't judge you for buying this great pc at his asking price, but I personally couldn't buy something from a guy in his situation whilst knowing full well that I'm undercutting him.
@joao soares You don't get what I'm saying. You don't have to like a game, but hating it for no apparent reason is just pathetic. It's a good game, wether YOU or the other guy like it is irrelevant. It's not popular just "because it's free" ;)
Respect to this dad! i can't imagine going through such horrible situation losing your kids, is the worst that might happen to a person, i see a lot of hateful people here, and its just make me even more sad, that could be anyone of you guys, how can you say bad stuff about him, if i had the opportunity , i would pay twice the price , and ill continue supporting the dad, can you imagine a dad selling his son stuff? such decision never made for no reason, he probably really need some cash. selling sons memory is a desperate move, when Kristofer came to his house, he started of his sons death, he has no one to speak to, he wanted to share his tragedy with someone, maybe ask for help, but this all ended up bad , he sold it for a small profit, sons memory long gone, 450$ will cover a bill, and life will go one, no one will pick up the phone, call him, say something cheerful, i bet every Christmas since his son passing is a nightmare!, i would totally try to comeback to him and do something special, waiting for a special episode :D
I get a lot of what your saying but by looking at the area they live in I feel like this is a very unlikely comment I do not disagree that they must be in so much pain just think that it’s not that there struggling it might just be a coping mechanism seeing there sons computer on the table without there son sat there is quite a hard feeling with it just inside the door where he used to sit. What your saying is understandable but I don’t think it’s true
To those people who say for him to give more money: The dad clearly doesn't need the money.. why would you give more money if he doesn't need it? More money doesn't solve his problem. It doesn't make his son alive again, it doesn't cause his grief to go away. Giving money to me makes it look like you are pitying the person. What he needs is some time to reflect and someone to support him through the process, and that is infinitely more valuable than money.
I disagree. He might not need the money, but I think he would be touched by the fact that a stranger inconvenienced themselves for the sake of paying respects to the son. It's the thought.
No omg how can you be so dense... he would not pay him money for pity. He would pay for not screw him. Imagine that dad talk with some of his sons friend and they ask what he did with his sons legendary rig. And he will say "i sold it for 450 to some guy who know alot about computers" and friend would say "if he knew alot about computers as he said, he would also know that that system has much bigger value, so in that moment of selling he knew that he is using your lack of knowledge to get much better price" THIS IS WHY HE SHOULD PAY MORE
This happened to me as well. A parent selling their dead son's gaming computer. In my case the oldest of it was close to 10 years old, which was the case and dvd drive. The motherboard and cpu were also an Asus ROG board and Intel 4960x and only 2.5 years old with a 1 year old pair of titan black graphics cards. And the parent thought it was all in reality 10 years old and was asking only $300. I turned the computer on while I was there, everything including the dual 24" screens worked. I didn't react to what i saw in device manger which also said it had an SSD raid of sorts and another raid of platter drives. I mentioned to the seller however that there was a couple upgrades but didn't make any sort of assessment. After I got it home, it had 2 512 gig ssd's in raid 0 which at the time were worth almost $1300 each and it also had another WD black 4tb drive, and a 4 drive raid 6 with all wd 4tb red drives and hardware raid card. A sound board which the name of fails me at the moment, and was loaded with as much ram as it could hold. The parent thought they wiped everything off of it, but the raid 6 was still intact, and on it had a lot of pictures and other video's. I opted to not flip this computer, and I gave it to my own son who is 13, as he was also saving to build his own dream computer. And the two of us decided that they deserved to get more for this machine. My son had about $1000 saved up and insisted on giving it to the parents I took my son, and we drove right back to their house. They asked me if everything was ok, and we told them all that we found in it, and thought they should get more for it. I also opted to take an extra 500 of my money because even at $1800 I was still getting a steal. The computer even used was worth quite a lot more. They were impressed and quite taken aback at what we said, and the mother was almost in tears. They both however insisted that it was not necessary. And instead expressed that it was going to someone who was going to appreciate it. And asked that we instead donate the money to the charity who supported their son before he died. So that is what we did. I also will say my son didn't hesitate. My son still uses it as it is and I took the raid 6 out to use myself. And I am quite happy at the good life lesson this also taught my son. As he has grown he has become one who doesn't hesitate to do what is right and help others in need. I instead purchased a few other things that week to flip, none with that kind of impact on us.
If you could write this without chopping onions, that'd be great. I admire your actions and even more so how you are raising your son, keep that up and I wish you both all the best! But next time, no onions, they almost got to me.
@@Swooshpragler Thankyou, i will next time. It was almost choking me up writing about it. At the time I promised my kid I would pay for half of the cost of a computer he wanted, and we would build it together. So he could have easily just sat on his money. I did completely disassemble it to clean out all the dust and what not, and more than what I would normally do. As it was used to teach my son how building a computer is done. He did everything while putting it all back together, I only stood behind him sipping beer and giving instruction. So it has made him appriciate the computer all the more. He cleans it out ever few months of dust and what not, makes sure the water loop is maintained... Its awesome. His little brother on the other hand is a bit different lol
@@Azzy5k He was in a similar situation as this video. got an amazing PC for a steal. his son decided theyd go back to give the seller more money. they had a lovely moment with the departed's mother. wishus knight's a good dad. I'm glad he shared it. It's a nice story. In the end all we are is a collection of stories. I get it though everyone online assaults the attention span.
Going into this video, I literally thought either the son was spoiled or the father was a prick. After watching the video, my heart kinda broke hearing the son passed away :(
It’s a shame you couldn’t be honest and tell the real price the father already lost enough right ? Funerals are not cheap probably why he needed to sell his pc and didn’t want to assuming it’s his passed sons... regardless either way this dude is going to fucking he’ll
Yeah but have you considered the guys dad though? Imagine just after your sons death you wake up every day to your childs PC just sitting there collecting dust.
