Two Cores and a Gigabyte of VRAM... 

The ridiculous thing is that we are in a chip shortage where everything computer-related has skyrocketed in price. Yet, at the same time I have been able to dig up two perfectly functional computers in our apartment complex's recycling room. The first computer, a Core i5 4770k, 16GB DDR3, GTX760, 550W 80+ Bronze 1TB SSHD, No problem, whatsoever. Second computer: Core i3 7100, 8GB DDR4 GTX1050Ti, 500W 80+ Bronze, no HDD. Very filthy, One of the fans on the GPU seems to have started to fail (probably due to dust buildup or something), making the computer twice as loud as it should be. I bought two SSDs, and replacement fans+shroud for the GTX1050Ti (13$ on eBay)... I dismantled every component, cleaned them up. Now the computers look and feel like new. It absolutely BLOWS my mind that people are throwing away good computers like these without hesitation. Just the amount of unnecessary e-waste people cause in the west is mind blowing and gets my blood pumping. xD

I like how you keep things simple, down to earth, and not obnoxious. Your content is a breath of fresh air.

This is the thing with old systems like these; they can still be enjoyed by someone rather than being needlessly disposed of, if expectations are managed. Something like this, for example would also make a great emulation system (MAME, etc) as well as playing less-demanding or older PC games.

Damn! I built this exact system back in 2014, it originally had the I3 2120 with 4gb ram and later upgraded to 8gb and added the 750, same case and all. It served me well for many years. Thanks for the nostalgia!

Everyone "All PC parts are so expensive in 2021!" RGHD "Hold my tea, I've got this."

thanks mate for considering low budget gamers like us , nowadays gpus are hard to comeby ,i really like this kind of videos which give hopes to gamers .a great lesson learnt today no matter what system you have you can still enjoy some games .

The 3450 looks like a weapon lol

Love the personal touches with your story in the end. Keep it up mate! Thanks for making great videos :)

Fun fact : Almost all games released between 2007-2010 have some sort of yellowish filter for example GTA IV ,Far cry 2 , GRID ,Colin McRae Dirt 2 , COD World At War etc.

Your videos are 10/10, absolutely addictive. Asmr-like voice, concise important information, respect for older gen hardware and a vibe like I've been watching for years. I love it!

Really enjoying you more and more lately. Hoping thats reflecting in your growth!

I really enjoy your videos. Far more entertaining then watching some high end builds tests, the same thing for 157th time, only difference is it intel or amd. Keep up the good work!

That Radeon card looks brand new and really cool. I would keep it as a collectible. Edit: NOOOOOO! you sold it.

i remember you talking about fujitsu pcs in some viewerpc video glad you finally got one :D

Funny how when prices are high, older games are the default.

You're one of the youtubers who I truly believe deserved their success and also didn't forget who they are and where they came from. Respect!

hello there sir all the way from california long time subscriber love the vids and as a budget gamer respect this build..

I think older PCs are more capable than people believe they are, and I can’t blame them with all of the marketing crap everywhere for new PCs and parts. Thanks for keeping it real and showing people that older tech doesn’t mean obsolete!

Man these video's are so satisfying to watch. Simple. To the point. Easy to digest. No "funny" business like most tech channels out there. Trying to outdo themselfs in terms of: how many led lights can i cram into my shots making my face look good. Answer: yes...

i personally like alot to have lots of usb ports on the front of a pc, that case for me looks spectacular

Genuinely impressed that FS2020 ran at all on this system. Great video

Thanks for the vid man!. Ngl made me tear up I still have my old Acer aspire. In fact, I've been using it lately cause 15 year old me was very happy with this little bastard. I give up on the Aspire and put it away as soon as I got my hands on an A8 cpu and an R7 360 (2017 ish). It was the awakening of my passion for cooking that drove me away from drawing and 3D modeling, but when i turned it on it gave me chills seeing my old Aspire filled with Maya and Blender files, i can't believe ho much time i spent, 800gb wort of 3d stuff, 12 gb of doodles. I ended up selling the entry level am4 pc and not too long ago i found MY (I laser etched the shroud) R7 360 at 280 usd lmfao..

Short and to the point. makes a refreshing change ! Would make a fair base build for a staggered upgrade...

That PC would have been a nice upgrade for me until 2019, I was using an i3 550 with 4GB of RAM and a Radeon 5570HD that cannot decide, if its an AMD or ATI Radeon.

Man, I remember the i3 2120 being a little beast back in the day, I got one when they came out and the price-performance was great and ended up lasting me about 4-5 years until I found a cheap i7-3770

Now this is kinda nostalgic. Before I got a gaming pc I had a pc just like this one. It was a old acer office pc. Core i3 2nd gen and a radeon 6850 1GB

Sounds to me like a perfectly useable PC for occasional gaming

This is a really very good computer case, I really like it.

Better than i expected

Man I love this guy all about the gpu I was lucky to get a 3060 but I have enough for a 3080ti or 3090 if I can get it at retail, here’s to hoping best guy does another drop this month

G'day Random, That is a great build for £70, getting a GTX750 in that price was a good find as down here in Australia you would be lucky to find just a GTX750 under $100AUD at the moment

honestly i have the same thing. i see 3rd gen and 4th gen systems and just want to build a ton of budget stuff but its just not the same as 2-3yrs ago. you have to dig through the dirt to find deals now . great video

I had sold my one of these recently, more difficult to upgrade with non standard power connector. I ran it with an i3-3230 and GTX770 and the little PSU coped fine. It can run an i7-3770.

0:03 wow, your home sure looks sharper and more modern nowadays... I still remember the older videos with those carpets/moquette... 🙈🐒

I actually own and daily one of these. Slapped a 2600k and a 1650 to it. Works like a charm in my Bedroom Setup. A quite poweful backup PC or cheap gaming Setup, when on a budged.

I remember building a new budget computer when skyrim came out. My gf was playing it on the 360 and I thought it looked like mud after seeing what a $500 pc could do. That 5570 and phenom x3 kicked the snot out of a 360.

Damn I've been gaming like that, on 2 cores and 1GB of VRAM on a GT630 for years!!!

Nice joke with the glasses. xD And great style of content, keep it up! :)

This system actually suprises me out of all pcs ive heard of

I actually had a similar system like this, it was my brother's old system he wasn't using anymore, It was an i3 2120 paired with 8gbs of 2666mhz ram and a 2gb RX550, i still have that card to be honest, but the system is still in use by my dad while he saves up for a new build he's planning, it's still perfectly serviceable for those older titles and some of the newer games.

I really like jujitsu cases those always looked modern Even the old ones And a good thing they don't do priority stuff all normal formfactors

I also bought a used fujitsu when I didn't know much about computers yet and it taught me not to buy prebuilt office PCs for gaming lol.

I just got the deal of the day. Aorus elite, 9900k, 16gb-ddr4 3600, samsung evo 970 256gb in a thermaltake view 32 case and rm1000 psu for €500. slapped in my old 1080ti. man im so happy.

Watching this 30 minutes after finding a Precision 3620 that my school threw out that had a i5 6500, 16gb of ram(albeit single channel), and a 512gb nvme drive, i would say this is way more lucky than what I normally find, but it really reminds me back when a brand new rx570 was only $120 on Amazon

The cpu cooler made my day XD

A video where u upgrade it ? It would be so great

I have a i3 2120 system with 16 gb ram as a backup to my main system - tested assassins creed odyssey on it and managed 30 fps with a Gtx 1050 - Note that it required me to disable spectre and meltdown and tweak windows settings to reduce background processes ( also everything was placed into high performance mode with a clean install of windows as well - it just about barely runs. It is still useful to test pc parts on and use as an basic pc for watching videos and browsing the web and playing some older , esports as well as indie games

The sad thing is a 2015 macbook air had a dual-core proccesor, that's the one my sister uses for college xD.

The funny thing is that I got the same PC in 2016 as a gift (i3 2120, 8gb of ram but with a nvidia gt 630 with 2gb ddr3). Fast forwarding today, I still have it but I upgraded the cpu to a i5 2400 and the gpu to a gtx 1050ti. The experience is still great, even in 2021! There are some benchmark videos on my channel, everything at 1080p with pretty decent graphical settings. If it wasn't for the chip shortage, I would've upgraded by now. Anyway, still a decent PC for 2021!

I remember when i had hand me down prebuilt and i got a 1g amd gpu put into it so I could play source games and quake engine games and such. Couldnt touch skyrim though and I was too technically illiterate to mod/config files. It did fine though 1g dedicated is tons better than old integrated intel. I am talking when Garrys mod had that toybox for mods. Probably 2011-13. Probably a amd 6870 or 7700 etc. It does feel weird going back mentally to when i didnt feel comfortable taking apart and putting together a computer. Its really not difficult its only a issue when BIOS/mobo starts protesting. Oh and sometimes i bruise myself inserting some cpu coolers due to clamp being too tight.

Awsome video I just subscribed

That PC looks surprisingly clean

i find it funny how it used to be that building your pc was a lot cheaper and prebuilts were overpriced now that is the exact opposite

Love the low spec builds

I used the exact same system to make a budget gaming pc for one friend in 2018. Came with a celeron and no ram(30€) started it off with an i7 2600, gtx 1050 ti and 8gb ram, later upgraded to 12. Videocard choice was pretty limited due to the proprietary non upgradable psu, also I remember that we used an arctic freezer 7 rev 2 cooler for the i7 and had a pretty difficult time mounting it on the mainboard, it was running quite hot with that cooler as well. Overall it's allright for the money but it's definitely somewhat limited. The stock cooler that it comes with is very bad btw, it can't cool down a cpu over 65w.

That case looks slick!

Tonight after three months i played a older title on my laptop and it ran at 60fps and i was shocked im used to 100fps but three months really makes you appreciate 60fps etc. So i feel my inner pc snob was killed due to graphics card depravity so yeah.

Interesting machine, similar to my old Fujitsu P500 E85+ 2100, 4 gigs of ram and a GT 420

You're outside has some nice weather effects. That's probably VRAM heavy.

Gotta say, looks a nice, clean system. Gaming a bit limited, but very good for general office use and media consumption

Ayee i still have a Fujitsu laptop! Man those pc are very durable, runs on i7 640M and runs with intel hd graphics. As always, i game on it and sometimes watch movie with it

I have an I3 530 1st gen with 6gb of ddr3 1333 ram. Still rocking at year 2021.

Can you make video about how to sync the RGB of different brands of peripherals which sync together with each other.

The 750 Ti was my first graphics card and it ran games very well for the price I paid for it.

Had old core duo PC and takes forever to load windows and browser. Replacing the drove C with SSD is a HUGE IMPROVEMENT and add a lease of life to old PC.

Remember when the Fujitsu FM Towns was the PC every gamer wanted in the early 90s?

Now this... is a true tale of horror.

I rocked a 2120 in my old Optiplex with a 5450 for a couple months. After upgrading to a GT 1030 and an i7-2600K, using toothpaste as thermal grease while I wait to afford some of the real stuff, it is so much fun to put life into old systems, no matter how poorly it goes.

The asus gpu heatsink is sick

This really is a good puchrse for the price. The i3-2120 is still good enough for web browsing and everyday computing. It is also fairly inexpensive to remove the CPU bottleneck by installing a Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge i5/i7 or Xeon e3/e3 v2 CPU.

"Hello everyone and welcome..." Stress levels : -50%, My face: :o)

How nice of this chap to enable 'Beach eyes blur effect' in the game for us...

It is interesting to see what counts as cheap where you live and where I live. Here this pc would be sold for 150 euros easily. I have seen the same pc with that same i3 being sold for 60 euros but that graphics card will increase it waaay up (it also had only 4 gb of ram). You are lucky to live in a country were pc parts are plentiful and cheap. Trust me compared to a lot of places in the world, the things you get a super cheap compared to our prices.

Wow, I had almost same machine with i5 2400, Somehow I undervolt rx 560 4gb and it worked perfectly (prevous owner soldered 6 pin to the sata )

The least to consider in buying any new PC or even a used PC . You need to always look for the 4 cores with 4 threads least to have less problems in system If you are a gamer IMO. I work by the way on a Pentium dual core which is E5700 3.00 GHZ and on board ASUS P5G41 C-MLX not bad for making PC work smooth on a NIVIDIA GT710 DDR3 2G and tried without the card and work on the Intel card which for a game like online games are never worked example like [warframe] this game could only play it on low at the GT 710 card. I am like enjoy having still support on this card and for the price of components . I start the look for monitor first to upgrade from IPS60 monitor to 144 and this will be a lot of difference. Enjoyed the review man.

Just fine for older games and other lighter stuff - eg indy games etc. Absolutely fine for office work and surfing etc. Nothing to dislike here at the price, really.

Hi random thank you for being a great content creator been watching for four years and the only disappointment that I've had is how terrible some gaming pc are 😂 thanks for the entertainment threw lockdown and thx for buying rubish tech so we don't have to

Cool!

I feel so spoiled with my Threadripper 1950x and R9 Fury. Was looking to upgrade to a RTX 3060 ti. Maybe one day.

Does remind me of the good old days. We shouldn't lose hope as we are one cryto crash away from the market being flooded with 2nd hand GPUs.

“Another gigabyte of ram should do the trick.”

I've been playing a lot of older games on my 2016 dual core Intel HD laptop recently. Torchlight for example runs solidly. So do a lot of 2D games like Space Colony, or the old Sierra city builders, or even newer titles like Terraria. Then games like Sins of a Solar Empire can be tweaked down to run decently as well. 3D FPS titles tend to be a bit more demanding but UE2 engine titles run pretty well, haven't tested it with UE3 yet though, and while I wouldn't run Doom 3 on it I can sure as hell run GZDoom or PRBoom for that more classic gameplay. Works good for most titles on DOSbox as well. It helps that a 15" screen doesn't look too bad at 1360x768 so I can take a lot of strain from higher resolution off the GPU (and save some battery during blackouts). It CAN do 1080p, but why bother if it looks fine at a lower resolution (and in some cases has a far more readable UI)? A good gaming machine can be made even from potatoes, if one's willing to stick behind the curve and replay (or play for the first time) games from an older era.

WOW What a clean PC. did you get it like this ? Looks brand new inside. Keep up the good work. Cheers

I bought Fujitsu esprimo on ebay half a year ago for just 100 euro. It has Core I5-4460, 2x4GB RAM and 1TB SSHD. I put SSD in there as well. I only have to buy GPU for this PC and it will be pretty good piece of hardware.

Nice! This is pretty similar to the PC my brother is using at the moment, except it got the i3-2100 & 4GB of RAM. I wonder if you were to upgrade the CPU to a i5 like the 2400 or 2500, maybe a i7-2600, how would it perform with the 8GB of RAM & GTX 750 1GB. Edit: another possibility then would be something newer than the GTX 750, like maybe a RX 550 2GB?

What a great video showing kids / parents etc that you needn’t spend $£€ thousands for young kids to get into basic gaming with many free to play titles 🥰👍🥳 and older titles which can picked up for a few $£€ 👍☺️

This seems pretty similar to system before I did a bunch of upgrades to it. i3-2100 and an RX460 in a Dell Optiplex 990. For some reason I expected it to perform worse, but no, that's exactly how I remember it :3

Looks like there could be some upgradeable parts in there - that power supply looks SFX-sized, which is a shame as those are so expensive. I wonder if it's possible to fit a small ATX power supply in there, like a Corsair CV 550? You mentioned the motherboard is proprietary - will a mATX board from, say, MSI, fit instead? Or are the motherboard fittings in stupid locations that won't correspond to standard mATX fittings?

One time I found a dell g5 5000 with an i3-10100 and 16gb ram with a 1tb hdd for only $100. So lucky I had a spare gpu. Best $100 system I have experienced.

Fujitsu, I love the brand simply because my brother's first laptop is from it.

I haven't heard any reference to EMA in years.... Damn I feel old...

I had the same PC a year ago. i3-2120 but with GTX 750 Ti. Bought it for 260$

I gave away my old "gaming" laptop to my niece when he was a 5th grader. Now in HS, he is a strategy game specialist! Games like stronghold crussaders, age of empire, red allert, etc, old games that can be played for long hours (thus, many strategy games) 🔥🔥🔥

please man we want to see more fujitsu computers new and old, also what do you think about asus vivobooks ? i got one with128gb of nvme ssd and a ryzen 3 with vega graphics for 150 euro it was sold as unwanted gift on facebook marketplace

I'd love to see you put linux on some of this old stuff

makes me curious what a cpu upgrade would do or if it is even possible with that board ...good audio and subject though

Got a gtx 960 for 150 before shipping and handling and it works great!

Does kinda remind me of a slightly updated old tower I had - e8400/gtx 260 with 2x2gb ram

I swear, we had these exact PCs minus the GPU at my school a couple years ago

Couple months ago I picked up a hp z420 workstation on eBay for 150. Threw in some cheap server memory to bump it from 8 to 32 gbs in qaud channel mode and threw in a ssd for a boot drive and a bunch of sketchy hard drives for game storage and now I have a 6 core 12 thread monster 😂 Also had to pick up a gpu, managed to find a gtx 960 4gb for 100 and it plays everything at acceptable fps and settings for under 500.