We UPGRADED the $69 Gaming PC and it ROCKS! 

I thought i was on the wrong channel till he dropped the cpu

3:56 Linus "Wow 90%" Me with my laptop at 90% cpu and 100% drive

Next Scrapyard wars: You start with a PC that was decent 3-5 yrs ago, plus 500 bucks. You have to sell some of the original PC. Score based on RGB factor and performance.

Me who still owns a celeron and a 512mb ddr ram: that pc seems nice, If it's not overpriced in my country.

I think you need to partner with JawaGG to bring back the $69 gaming PC series.

i got a thrown away pc for free with with a psu and a socket 775 motherboard in it. the mother board had ddr3 support so i put in 8 gigs of ram, ssd, 750ti and a q6600 processor witch is half the price of a q9550 used. overclocked it to 3 ghz and it work great! another cool hack is to buy a very cheap socket 771 processor and make notches for socket 755 and use a conversion kit for a dollar to maket work with socket 775 ultra cheap. you can get a 771 processor for under 10 bucks that has the same performance as the q9550. ihave found out that if you have the time the local flee market is the cheapest way to get pc parts. cheaper than ebay. i got a 24 inch 5ms 60hz 1080p monitorfor 5 dollars at the market. every kid wants to play fortnite. fortnite is free so why not making ultra cheap gaming riggs so everyone could play fortnite!

Optimized For RDR2 144FPS (in 100x100 resolution)

Linus: "There's some good news for those of you who are allergic to jank by the way" Me: "Oh, they must've found a card to fit the mini-PCIe slot" Linus: "We can get rid of that SATA to 6-pin PCI express power adaptor, because they can draw all the power the need from the slot. We're still gonna need that PCIe adaptor" Me: *shoulda known better*

fun fact i bought a 6700k quad for 14 dollars once

me: handles my i3 9100f like a bomb that will explode linus: drops his cpu

I love how even though Linus looks like a poor college student, he spends money like a millionaire and talks like an old guy from the IBM and Apple 2 Era

"Buying new PCs is dead.." *Little over two years later and a massive parts shortage/price increase* This video is actually has the right idea for 2021.

BUT CAN IT RUN NOTEPAD?

"Look at that usage! 90%!" Those are rookie numbers

Petition for LTT to upload compilation of Linus dropping things

I know this is OLD, but, I love when you do these "scrapyard" "junker" updates and make them keep up with modern machines. It really is fun to see how much actual performance you can eek out of your 10 year old computer rig. it is really my favorite kind of thing to watch.

I have been waiting for a good Linus Drop moment for a while. Thank you for not disappointing.

Linus : Holds 3 GPU's like they're used toilet paper Me : *Gets a heart attack*

Plot twist: This is the workstation Linus gave Riley.

linus: Look at the cpu usage! 90 percent?! Me who gets 100% usage by just opening task manager:

Linus: spends thousands of dollars per build and goes absolutely insane Viewers: BUDGET BUILDS PLEASE Linus: builds a PC under $100 Viewers: *pikachu surprised face*

Luke looks mad weird now...

How do companies trust Linus with all their tech when he drops everything

This makes me so sad, seeing these cards at this price. I just want a low end gpu but the world is a dark place now. FeelsBadMan

Rain drop drop top linus dropped the laptop

69$ pc needs to get back in 2019 with overclocking adventures

This new bro-mance is golden

Riley is so awkwardly charismatic I love him

XD those guys look like the guys in techlinked!

Even budget pc parts are not safe from Linus dropping them!

Those were the days... when you could get a 1050ti for $150 🤤

Feels bad when even the keyboard he was using cost more than the computer XD

That's weirdest Scrapyard Wars season yet.

Can someone make a compilation of every time Linus ends up dropping something.

when your eyes get so good that you can see frame tearing on a 25 fps vid

Will there be a $6,969 build in the future? Asking for a friend.

I wonder how many times Linus has dropped his poor wife during things.

But what if I can't afford newegg? What if I want to buy from *used* egg?? Hm?

When you realise that 120$ gaming pc is better than your 500$ laptop

We UPGRADED the $69 Gaming PC and it ROCKS! Part 9, *$2500 in the thumbnail* All jokes aside, it would be interesting to see you guys keep upgrading that pc, it can inspire people with low budget to keep upgrading their potato pc.

I really like riley. He's the best addition to the channel in a long time.

Wait a sec... this is just scrapyard wars without the war! Booooo!

8:02 wait, no thermal paste?

This channel inspired me to upgrade my 10 year old, crappy laptop (with witch I am writing this now...) - Core i3 (2. gen) to Core i7 (2. gen) - 4 GB of RAM to 16 GB of RAM - 1Terrabyte of HDD to 240 GB of SSD - CD drive will be replaced with drive tray in the future (and house the old HDD) Most parts from ebay, because I wanted it to be cheap. I had no idea what I was doing, but thanks to this channel (and Linus, who seems to have no plan most of the time - just like me), I started it. The Laptop is working quite nicely now. The project is started and i'm looking forward to seeing where this will lead. Many thanks for the inspiration and the nice content. Keep it up, guys :)

Upgraded the PC, Downgraded the meme. Next time $420 PC pls Edit: Oh wow! Thanks for the likes guys. I feel important now :)

Well, looks like Linus isn’t going to stop dropping things anytime soon...

i remember watching these when they came out and i was amazed at how shit my laptop was

i love how those old quad cores still have some gas left in the tank

2 screwdrivers, 1 socket...

Or you could have just gotten some rgb to increase the fps

I love the sounds that linus makes when he games “BLEEEH BLAAAAAAHHHHHHH” 4:01

LinusDropTips

It plays games better than my $2,000 MacBook Pro...

Close your eyes and you’ll hear Mr. Beast

I like that you guys aren't being douches to low-end hardware. I've been working as a PC repairman for more than 10 years now, and you'd be surprised how much more people use low-end or few generations old hardware. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who use 750ti or 1030 with pentium and celeron to game successfully. I recently unsubbed to Kyle's BitWit cause of what an inconsiderate douche he can be when speaking of any medium and low-end hardware.

The way that the sponsor is more expensive than the actual pc...(great target for budget pc builders...xD)

Maybe you should rename your channel “drop it like it’s hot”.

Great to see more videos with Riley

Watching this while RTX 3090Ti is rocking the world.

Hey guys, as mentioned before, running a CS server locally with 9 bots hits the CPU EXTREMLY hard, and is not even remotly close to what perfomnace you can expect from joining a server, as 99,999% of players are gonna do.

The 4gb ram limitation is probably due to that computer MOST LIKELY originally shipped with a 32bit version of windows.

I’m legitimately surprised DDR3 was compatible with a 2007 board

14:54 Riley playing with the photos in the background, making Linus wink. Genuinely loled.

7:34 you cant make this sh!t up

We upgraded the $69 gaming PC ... ... and now it's a 42U high, nitrogen cooled, high-density "RTX Titan" based compute/render cluster with it's own HA SAN

Why didn't you just download some extra RAM and extra graphics? You could have saved some cash!

Lmao that's the funny number.

You can get a Kingston 120GB SSD for $18 on amazon Just for the totally broke guys ;)

I'm 8 months late, but make it 420$ or 399$ _And that's a great price_

Anybody got a parts list for this whole build I’d love to know

aw shit son... the q9550 was old when I bought it (still over £100), but still a nice lil chip, in fact its still in a friends pc right now... nice to see it getting some love.

Put a rtx 2080 in it! Rename it the bottle.

get your "before 2 years upload date" ticket here

So um heres my VERY budget story. I got my first pc when I was 9 it was nice an assembled compaq(hp) presario, with pentium E5500 and integrated VGA graphics. whaaaaa So anyway fast forward 8 years, I got into CS and wanted to play it, so somehow convinced my parents to get me an EPIC GT 1030. I fit it in all joyous and ecstatic but I get all of 60 fps and 30 when the fighting gets intense. I wait for 5 months more, collect some cash from here and there and get myself a 450W PSU and an intel core 2 quad q9400 with the help of my friends and relatives. And here we are i get more than 80 fps and sometimes crosses the century mark. I know I sound so dumb, but this is kinda my first build and is literally held together by duct tape at this point. I love it tho. edit: damage was about 7000 INR (excluding the gear) or approximately 100$ for the upgrade. Taxes are shit down east brother

Kids, don't buy socket 775. Sandybridge is the same price and has 2x's + the performance.

You definitely can't get by on a core 2 duo anymore but the core 2 quads still have some life in them

While I do enjoy seeing the hottest new thing that's coming out, these (and scrapyard wars) are some of my absolute favorite videos because it reaches out to a far larger percent of the population who are rich kids and helping to teach people that older materials (be it computer or otherwise) aren't always just throw in the trash worthy one they are a year old like the cell phone cycle.

So, what you're saying is that these old machines can be retrofitted and still perform satisfactorily for most casual work cases? Sounds like a good charity right there! Get donated PCs, upgrade the RAM and put in an SSD, install Linux and give to those in need! :D Edit: Just mentioning why I said Linux, it'd be because sometimes older hardware would run better on something like Ubuntu Mate instead of Win10. Not saying "never install Windows", just keeping in-line w/ the whole charity theme :)

I bought a Optiplex 9010, 200$ for i5 3570, 16 GB of RAM, SSD 256 GB + 1TB on ebay. I mounted a 1050 and I got 60 FPS 1080p at Max settings for all the games before 2015, and medium-high for the new ones. For graphic comparison look the video on youtube about what a 1050(ti) can do! For 320$ I couldn't ask more :D (Update 2019, I bought a 1050ti, for 130$ and I sold my 1050 for 115$, the Ti worths all the 10/15 bucks more!) No PSU change is needed Look for these one! :D (With a 1060, all the new games run at 1080p and 60fps if not more, but you need a new PSU, but we move around the 400/450$ range, all used as always of course, I made it for a friend, terrific!)

I've seen boatloads of these kinds of PC's at the Uni I attend, they sell them at their Property Surplus Department for literally 5-20 bucks apiece. Sometimes they are missing hard drives but if you just go for the SSD right out of the gate that's not too much of an issue. If anyone here wants to try and replicate this build maybe call a nearby university and see if they have a Property Surplus Department, might save a few bucks and skip the shipping!

Can i please have the broken graphics card that you took out of it?

Missed a great opportunity for a smooth ad transition. "Now that you have a great budget gaming pc, you can get great, not-outlandishly expensive headphones for your rig with the Massdrop...yada yada." Love this type of video though. Thanks LTT

While I love these potato builds, these days ya can find refurbished ''office'' PCs, with an i5 or even i7 CPU + 8GB RAM, for around 200$/€. Slap in one of those sub-100 bucks low power GPUs, and there ya go: a fairly modern, 1080p/60fps capable gaming PC, for the current lowest price of the consoles!

Now I definitely need a new computer, when the computer plays cs go at 100 FPS when mine runs at 0-2 FPS

If even Linus can kIlL people in fOrTnItE That says aLoT about this gAmE

@7:33 as soon as it went slow-mo I knew Linus was gonna drop it.

Thanks for making this video, i now have upgraded my Optiplex 380 MT and it runs perfectly. The specs are as follow:- Intel Core2Quad Q9650 3Ghz Gtx 750 ti low profile 8gb ddr3 250gb ssd 2tb hdd

I have a theory that having extra cores helps get back some of that overhead from the OS. On Linux with a single core amd 3500+ cs go doesn't chop despite the hardware being around 15 years old. I have a dual core 3800+ cpu in a very similar rig, fps is higher thanks to source engine being able to use 2 threads, and only 2 threads. Source won't take advantage of anything more than 2 threads. If a dual core is chopping playing a source game, its the os eating into the performance.

I bought an optiplex 9010 with i7 3370 for $10. It had no PSU, no RAM, no HDD. spent $50 on SSD, $45 on 8GB of RAM, $30 on a PSU, and $100 on RX460 GPU. A total of $235 where I can play BF1 50-60 FPS on 1080p with medium-high settings. Cant ask for more.

These old office boxes made for secretaries of secretaries are great bang for the buck if you shop savvy and are willing to fiddle with them. I built my PLEX server out of a Dell 755 I picked up for $20 out of the "u-fix it" pile at Goodwill. I put that same processor Linus used in it after $25 and a dice roll on eBay. I scrounged up a 1TB hard drive, partitioned it out, and installed Ubuntu on it (12gb system partition and the rest is storage for video). The largest outlay for recording and streaming OTA TV was the PLEX lifetime membership ($120), an exterior antenna ($80), and a compatible tuner ($60.. a short list of hardware because drivers under linux are what they are). Only other thing I used was a couple Amazon sticks, which we already had in the kitchen and bedroom. My old PS3 does fine for the TV in the living room. These old Optiplex's are very cheap to run on idle and don't draw that much at full throttle. I did some maths and I think I pay $3 a month for the electricity for that particular box. This, with free Netflix from my cell provider, beats the heck out of Dish Network's monthly bill. I can run three 1080 streams out with no problem and I can record one and watch a different one (only two tuners in the USB TV tuner stick) easily with no hardware bottlenecks with that setup. $300+/- up front and no more TV bills = win for me.

There's still really no better SFF bus powered GPUs out than when this came out two years ago...Eagerly waiting on an update to this space. Hopefully RDNA 2 is power efficient enough to dethrone the 1650 here.

optiplex are funny I know an office that ordered them and they got the "Highest number". They didn't realize that model has a low end buildout. bunch of 2.4 ghz core 2 duos with no hard drives. Each person was issued a 1tb usb and that was their "PC". I was offered a job in their IT office (was at this guys house offsite) and declined. P.S.: yeah he stole all the hdds and sold them. Got caught two years later.

7:36 HAAAAAAHAHAHAJAJAHHAANANAHAJAAJAHAH!!!! *NOT AGAIN LINUS!!!*

For a guy who used a 4gb ram, 56 gb hard drive laptop for gaming for 3 years, I think anything looks good.

Hook this bad boy up to a 16K monitor .

I really liked you guys presenting as a duo! Please do that more often!

Might as well face it, you're addicted to Jank... :-)

It’s just so funny how he always drops one of the important parts once every few videos.

12:02 Intel Core 2 Duo Quad Q9550, nice

For people watching this, instead of having to hunt for a new CPU, just buy an HP Pro 8300 with the i5-3470 @3.2Ghz as your base model for $90 on newegg (+$20 shipping). Get a low profile 1050ti for $180 on amazon, and a 240GB SSD. You'll spend around $340 for a decent gaming rig. Toss some ram in later when you can afford it, and maybe a 1TB HDD for games.