There are reversible fans now, I do not recall the band thats making them. It's done to show off the RGB of the fans from the side panel reather than them being blocked by the fan frame.
I just put together a pc for a friend in Canada that was on a budget of around $250 Cdn, a Dell i7 6700, 16gb ram, 1tb drive pc ($120 cdn), I upgraded the psu (650W Bronze, $40 Cdn) and put in a gtx 1080 ($100 Cdn). I bought all 3 on a used parts site for $260Cdn total, (About $200 U.S). This person plays at 1080p, I was surprised what it could do for the money. (It's been a LONG time since I've bought any used pc parts for myself.)
But why would you? You would surely spend the extra 50 to at least put a 1060 in there. So many better gpus's you could put in there for not much money.
@@bignigincoming8774 I'm in the UK. so prices aren't quite as good. But yeah definitely worth splashing the extra cash for something better. I mean even when it came out the rx550 wasn't a gaming card. A 1070ti is still a great card for 1080p and older 1440p especially with fsr. You can even do some light vr gaming on one.
Since I wouldn't buy this I find it hard to recommend to someone I know. If I was buying from this company I'd be looking at the system with an i7 and a 580 for $439.99.
I would also never recommend this, in my country PC's are a bit pricey because of shipping fees and companies wanting the most profits. But my pc that i sold with an i3-8100 and 1050ti with 12gb ram in the vostro 3670 with pereferals all for under $250. And i felt like i was selling it for more than it's worth 😅. And you see a pc that's a lot worse than mine for almost double the price of mine
Yeah and then again.. for that $440 youre basically building a r5 5600 with something like a 1070-1080 these days and it will put all these prebuild pieces of crap to shame. I Enjoy watching these channels but they all should really just stop recommending People to buy 15 year old tech when theres cheap modern options available. It feels kinda shady and scummy to even tell anybody to buy this and recommend it as a serious option when nowadays we can get like a b450 board for like $30 used which will have infinitely more options for upgrades and compatibilty
@@ZEDDEN0 prices are different around the world in my country the cheapest amd processor is over $90 for a r3 3400g. And i consider this a deal. Rx5700xt isn't available and the 1070 costs over $130
@@ZEDDEN0 , yea but there are a lot of people who don't want to assemble a PC or bother learning about all of the different components, future upgradability etc. They just want something that "plays this game, runs that software program" and hopefully does it reasonably quickly/efficiently. I have a family member who feels that way. I explained the differences in assembling a computer by researching and purchasing individual components versus one of these "ready to go PC's!" especially when they're being priced so low it makes you question the obvious WHY?! And then you find out why when things stop working, you see lines in the display or it doesn't even turn on!
naah for 430$ you can build a PC with ryzen 5 3600 and RX 5700 used and if you search for pre-built minimum GTX 1070 on a 400$ budget and a ryzen 5 2600 or i7 7700 or i3 10100
Some chap cases are known for dead or miss wired front I/O. I had a cheap $30 DeepCool and several DIYPC branded cases with dead, or flaky front IO. Covering the port is probably easier than trying to return the case or dealing with a customer mad their "new" PC had a flaky front USB 3 port.
@JordosTechShack, to me it says something about them then if they don't mention that fact in the listing and reflect it in the price, otherwise they should repair/replace before putting it on the market to a customer. It's as bad as buying a very low-priced car so you know it's exactly "new" but they never told you the driver's side windows will need fixing before you can roll the windows down otherwise you just have to open the door to conduct drive-thru transactions etc.
I like the idea of super cheap prebuilt gaming PCs like this as a "my-first PC" for middle/highschool age kids. Sure it's not gonna pin anyone's wig back but ya gotta start somewhere right?
Honestly you can buy a 5600xt or 5700xt for reasonably cheap now, and it would be a serious upgrade to this machine and pair reasonably well with the i5. So basically for around 500 bucks you would have a triple A gaming rig for medium to high 1080p or definite high with AI scaling.
@@toyotamarkIIjz And no GPU. Remember even the 6600 and 5600xt and so on are 100 bucks, or so, all the way through to 200. So you are talking having 300 to 400 for every other piece of the computer. A case is going to run you 50, so is a power supply. So you are now down to 200 to 300 for the rest of your machine. Cheap motherboard for say am4 is going to be 70-100, storage is going to be 70, ram another 50-60, so lets take the averages of some of those and say you spent 85 for your motherboard, 55 for ram, and 70 for storage. You are now running up against your 300 dollars left. Prices on used components are a bit odd right now, and if you go much cheaper than the prices listed you are getting into the same class as whats in the system they have already.
@@mizinoinovermyhead.7523 you should be able to get a 3600 or 10100 build with those cards for probably 400 - 500. you can get decent 3200mhz 2x8 ram for like 30 bucks and for storage you can get a 512gb ssd for 20 or 1tb for maybe 30 or more. just buy used stuff also lga 1200 motherboards are somewhat cheaper now
I’m only buying this PC for content creation, productivity, school work and maybe for soft games aswell like roblox, valorant and apex, but i have a ps5 which is why i need a pc to level up my content, this video came with just what i needed. i’ll be buying this pc within a few weeks
Thank y’all so much I was looking at this wanting to get it and was hoping y’all would review it so thank y’all been a follower for a while love the vids
@@richie_richiee I’m new to pc I wanna get one but my budget is $400 u knw wat I can get with that ?? Just need something for good performance & fps just need it for apex fr
You might be right. I just scowed my local used market for deals and made a ryzen 1600 with rx 580 and a quality used psu for 270$. I had storage on hand so I didnt need to payfor that.
@@charlieellison5677 4790k is still slaying 1080p games with good framerates. Takes a decent overclock too without degrading the life of it really. Games have sort of been stagnant the last 10 years
just a tip to anyone, i got a used dell pc for €50 off ebay and just upgraded it with a gt 1030 for €94 and it got really similar gaming performance if not slightly better
imagine losing to the guy with $350 pc used to gaming with 30 to 40 fps with drop to 10 fps from time to time. still doing great in game, just to show that yes experience might not be great but if it work, it work and i enjoyed my childhood with whatever my family could afford
Recently upgraded my 2nd computer that friends gets to use, went from delid OC 4790k 2x8GB 2400Mhz to: 3600 36$ b450 50$ 2x8 3600cl16 46$ Did not buy SSD/PSU/CASE/GPU since I already had RTX A4000, average case, 850W PSU and couple of decent drives but lets say: basic ssd 20$ basic psu and case 30$ Meaning left over for GPU 168$ You telling me you can't land a better deal than 4590 and rx550 for 350$? Might be unused parts but holy hell that's some real struggle for price to performance.. Every used market differentiate from every country no doubt and so does retail, I think you should be focusing on more whats best used to performance value wise generally to get viewers a glimpse on what to aim for and what to watch out for. These pre-builds in my mind are getting a bit tiresome, sure they make 1080p playable but what you left on the table could mean huge gains even up to 1440p gains. Seems like this is more of a review of pre-build to buy with amazon affiliate links at this point than actually making tech/upgrade suggestions but if that's your thing well who am I to judge, keep up the huzzle.
1h of research and i completely agree with you. Those specs for what they tried to do makes absolutely 0 sense and feels like they didnt even try. Almost feels like these RU-vidrs get paid by some of these workstation dumps when they happen. Looking on ebay right now (some parts are obviously second hand) R5 3600 = $30-40 Asus Rog b450-f going for = $30 Cheap pc case + psu + couple of fans(can even get rgb if u want it that badly) approx = $100 500gb SSD going for around $20 these days 2x8GB DDR4 3200mhz = $30 That comes down to around $210 after which the only thing thats left is a gpu. For around $100-110 right now you can get a gtx1650-1660. Total cost = $310-320 This pc will put the one in the video straight to the garbage so stop showing People some dusty old workstations when you can do a lot more with the current market. This is straight garbage and i know the guys in the video know what they’re talking about which is even more confusing. Must be smoking some straight dick if you think recommending People to buy something like this is reasonable.
Okay just curious. I'm looking for a computer that can run All the Sims DLC, and Mods. Also I do photo editing and video editing I'm looking to take those off my laptop because I would rather have the desktop for gaming, and everything I have mentioned. Would this handle that if that's all I did on it? I know some things about computers, but sometimes it's a bit confusing.
I bought a Skytech Archangel that came with a gaming mouse and keyboard but I didn’t know it and it’s membrane, not mechanical so I ordered a Hyperx Alloy and Haste. It’s my first gaming PC in years and I’m very happy. It performs better than I expected. Also Ryzen 5 3600 smokes an i5 and probably cheaper. Lol
@itzmejav995, yep that's what they "include it in the bundle!" I wouldn't be surprised if within a few months the keyboard lights will start malfunctioning, the letters will rub off the keys etc. So much cheap junk being made by China & sold online under a "thousand" different "company names" on Amazon and elsewhere by Chinese sellers pushing it & people buy it up for the "lower price" and "flashy lights" then it in 6 mos to a year need to buy new ones, likely quality products that cost a bit more under name brands. America used to make some good things but they went the way of greed too such that near everything is coming from China anyway. The only thing "made in the U.S." anymore is political BS!
gotta love for such an old CPU it's still so powerful that a 550 (a fairly more recent GPU than that CPU) is the bottleneck instead of the usual other way around
The 550 was a trash tier GPU when it was released. A 7850 easily beating the shit outta it, which is from 2012, and it wasnt a flagship card in any means.
@@CrocoDylianVT You cant compare like that. Back in the days you could get a 4830 for less than 150$, and it was literally a lower top tier card. The 550 was really bad, just for a little more you could buy a 460, which was much, much faster. Or just bought a used card. If you didnt need the speed you bought an apu. It was a card without a real meaning.
And he could upgrade the CPU to a i7-4790k down the road and put a used 2070 in there and it will be a very capable 1080p gaming rig, probably using the same power as the original.
LightForgePCs has a prebuilt with an i7, 16GB RAM, and GTX 1660 for under $600. Plus, there's an even more budget-friendly option at $580 with an i5 and RX 580 8GB graphics card
I bought this exact system as my first PC. It's a good starting PC for anyone looking for a budget way to get into the PC world. I do recommend upgrading the graphics card to something (like I did,) a 10 series like the 1050 ti.
@@mrowl7838 Yeah, the wi-fi adapter is pretty bad. I heard about this before I bought it and ordered an ethernet cable with it, that allows me to run at 25 ping. I highly recommend it
Would I buy this? If I had a kid and knew nothing about PC building I would consider. What I do like is the SSD and ram. Cheap PCs have a habit of being 8gb ram and/or 250gb SSD. I would want a warranty, which I don't know if this has one or how long it is. Also I would want my PC to come with child safe software to protect my children so if the company offered to set that up would be a plus. The other option is to just buy an Xbox.
I put an rx 550 inside of a thinkcentre M83 for literally $100 combined just to have a decent computer to plug into my TV. Came with an extra 8gb of ram from seller so 16 total. Only downside is that it’s HDD storage. Lol. $350 is crazy
@@funluckyluck JUST WATCH A GUIDE WHEN U GET OLDER AND GET A JOB AND BUILD ONE. sorry caps lock. ive built like 8 pc now dont be afraid of static just build it barefoot and ull be fine. better than nothing just go to 720p and most games will run even new ones. been playing diablo 4 and the rx 550 would definitely run it.
lol bro don't bother if you have to buy internationally, and that's for literally everything because it can cost more than the item itself🤦. Also the plugs will cause problems since they won't go into your outlets.
I'm in the UK. The link for the $350 pc took me to a PC costing £2,799.96. That was when I stopped the video 2 minutes in and wrote this comment before changing channels.
lol I got a pc for 200$ and it works good for me I don’t like laptop because they dont do good on much games you should sell that and get a pc instead of a laptop or keep it and save up money let me
Built my PC wrong years ago. No exhaust or intake fans, just open mesh. My 12400 stays at 60-62 while gaming, and my rtx 3070 stays below 63 degrees. People don't always need their cases full of fans. And my case isn't open at all it just has some exit holes for air.
Hello Toasty Bros! I don’t know a lot about PC’s and I was looking to get one around 300. So would you say this is good or are their better ones on the market?
What are a few GPU’s you guys would suggest as a suitable upgrade for this PC that wouldn’t be overkill but yet allow it to preform at its best? Love the vid!
Probably an rx590 8GB card, probably gonna be bottlenecked a bit but it's double the vram and would probably be a decent upgrade that wont break the budget
While that's true, not everyone likes used parts. Some people will hard headedly insist on only using brand new "still in the original sealed retail packaging" parts.
@@Apollo-iq1vx hard to call the parts used in this build new either though. there simply arent remanufactured cpus so that part is used. the "remanufactured" motherboard uses chipset components from used and recycled boards, honestly the heat of desoldering and resoldering those is worse thatn simply buying a used board in certain regards. the same goes for those rx 550s, no telling what crypto mine or never cleaned gaming cafe computer those things originally came from.
@@Vegatablez yeah, that's true. If you dislike used or refurbished parts you're pretty much shit outta luck on a budget PC build, you'll need to spend at least a cool $800-1000 on one.
@@Apollo-iq1vx not really. At least in the US you can get a ryzen 5500 and rx 6600 32gb ram pc for under 600$ all new. without deal hunesting, probably under 500 if you get 16gb of ram and use a cardboard case 🤣 Not quite as fast as a series X or ps5 but plenty close or and extra 100$ for a 6700xt
I need some opinions. Dell precision 5820 with xeon 2145. 64 gb ram, 1tbssd, 5tb hd and rtx 4000 for $625. PC would be for gaming and audio production. $625 is bumping up close to getting a newer system with much less RAM and hard drive space and a regular desktop video card. Hmmmmm?
Honestly it's a nice looking PC and if aesthetic is important this wins, But Less than a 100 more (it's actually cheaper if you include shipping costs) can get you a Ryzen 7 5000 series with 32 GB of RAM a 1TB SSD and iGPU that performs better than this rig... Personally I do think it's nice and for RGB and case builds it's probably best for price but sheerly in terms of performance It's not all that competitive with even APU set ups, especially with the slower CPU. Although the inclusion of all the peripherals along with the RGB casing does make this a good deal, just not the best deal in terms of performance. I guess the more flashy stuff is included the slightly slower components to offset the cost.
i was able to semi build my own pc, you could buy a cheap pc for 60-80 then upgrade it with ram, storage, and gpu, then soon enough you get a better psu, next move is better motherboard and cpu, or better and nicer case, boom you ended up with a really good gaming pc for under $400 or $500
@toasty Bros this was a very good review video. I would recommend your PC reviews to other people. This $350 PC seemed alright throughout the video, though I would not recommend it unless you are totally desperate and don't have much money for a PC. The rx-550 was not a very great card indeed, but I would have to say it's a bit better than a 710 LOL..! Thanks for the video and review!
You guys should be testing minecraft on these low cost gaming pcs. A lot of kids wanting a "cheap" pc are mainly concered with minecraft. I have 5 and 7 year old boys so trust me i know
@@LPCSparc yea. Crank the number of black simulation distance. Turn the f.o.v. up to like 110 graphics on high and see if it renders nice while exploding 60 dynamite
I currently have a decent laptop, Dell XPS 15 with an icore7 16gb ram and a Nvidia GeForce rtx 3050ti. I do a lot of 4k video editing in davinchi resolve but wanted to dive deeper into vfx and such. The stock 4gb vram Nvidia that has just isn't enough. So I'm looking to possibly build something on the cheap that could handle the load of that program. Is this a decent product or a good start for a build? Thanks
bro build a setup with these specs and u can basically do it all: ryzen 5 5600x / intel i5 12400f 16 gigs of ddr4 ram ( 2 x 8 ) 3200 mhz nvidia geforce rtx 3060 8gb / amd rx 6600 you can basically run everything with this but defo dont buy prebuilt pcs the pc in the vid has some pretty outdated tech , and a shady power supply is probably the worst thing you can have in a computer, you should steer clear of products like these
@@HlfEtnBread Hi there! we just inherited a desktop computer and I was wondering if it would be worth turning it into a video editing computer. It has a smaller housing, so I would have to see if it would fit an upgraded gpu. I will have to add ram as well. My main concern is the CPU. I would be using davinchi resolve, and if needed, I would think about using the Studio version, which pulls more from the GPU than the CPU. I would take the ram from 8 to 32gb ddr4. I know some basic things, but I am reaching out to someone who knows better to see if it would be worth trying to upgrade or just start a new build. The specs are as follows, and I really appreciate your time! HP desktop pc 570-p0xx Intel(R) Core(TM) i3-7100 CPU @ 3.90GHz 3.90 GHz 2 core Ram 8.00 GB (7.89 GB usable) Mother Board HP 82f2 A01
intel i3 12100f gtx 1650 super / rx 570 or rx 580 16 gigs of ddr 4 ram ( 2 x 8 ) ( the ram i use is corsair lpx its really nice ) get a good but affordable motherboard and for the love of god dont cheap out on your power supply and thats it.
I literally have the same PC except I have a old Dell optiplex 7020 and all I had to do was buy 2 sticks of ram for 20$ so I had 16 then I had to buy a rx550 and it is a pretty good budget gaming PC I get 60 fps on rust when I drop the res down to 990p or even 80 fps on 900p overall buy a old Dell optiplex for 50-100$ then spend another 80-120$ to get you the same PC but no RGB, RGB doesn't. Mean more proformace trust me rx550 are pretty cheap I got mine for 70$
Would u recommend this pc? I’ve been trying to find a prebuilt that’s not gonna break the bank but I’m also willing to update any parts if need be like u said in ur comment but I’m pretty new to this pc stuff so idk if it’s like worth buying it or if I should keep looking for something else 😓
I’ve been wanting to get a pc for a long time and I’m always so intimidated by all the lingo and such. I wanna get a prebuilt pc as my first bc I don’t know much. However, with that being said, I don’t mind not having a top tier pc bc I just wanna play simple games like Overwatch and other smaller online games. Any more affordable pc’s I could potentially look into ?
i have a ryzen 3 3200g , a320m motherboardm, a rx570 gpu, 16gb ram, 500gb ssd and 1terabite hdd and a 24 inchest dell monitor i got it for only $245 do you guys think its worth it?
thank you guys so much now i can buy and optimize this pc with lunar client and noping for the best gameplay for little money my whole gaming setup will cost a little over 500 dollars which is really cheap and good thank you guys so much for all the content:).
This video really opened my eyes to why this $350 gaming PC has become so popular! The author went into detail about the features, benefits, and potential drawbacks, allowing viewers to make an informed choice. It's amazing how technology is becoming more affordable, allowing more people to enjoy quality gaming without spending a lot of money. Great job explaining all the nuances you need to know before buying. Valuable information for anyone considering buying an affordable gaming PC!
I live by an old truckers adage... "Chrome don't get you home." Someone will have a most clever retort about that but who cares what is blinking inside the box with a window in the side? No RGB, and a plain black case for me, please.
@@Vegatablez its not lie i got the GTX 660 and RX 550 GTX got 10 more FPS in games like dying light + for price RX you can have GTX 780/950 with is so much better option But yea RX still have driver support
A relative of mine bought me a gaming PC bundle from Ebay about 2 years ago, used it last year it was doing fine and used it this year again however it was doing fine until the 3rd attempt of testing the PC out it stopped working went blue screen death and won’t repair or fix itself and won’t actually restart either neither options seem to work whatsoever The monitor was terribly small and seemingly outdated while the PC seemed alright so far however didn’t know what was wrong from it it also was also on sale since 2019 with hundreds of saved folders from 2019 that didn’t work either and I couldn’t play particular games like Minecraft with addon mods nor download them without any issues due to the settings and softwares preventing me from playing games and the screen opening to the PC looked like a regular work computer not a gaming one The rest that came with the bundle worked fine so far except for the USB which didn’t seem to activate anything and I couldn’t use a disc that came with it since my PC lacked a internal or external disc device part.
Would specs like this work for huge open world games that might not be optimized well..or games that are small studio open world beta games. (Just learning about pcs)
Hey Toasty Bros I have a request for you, can you guys rate the Acer nitro 50 and test it am trying to find the best budget Pc for me and for gaming I play fortnite :)
Yo toasty bros can you tell me did I do an goo upgrade I used to have and i5 4th gen and the gtx 480 so after 2 years I upgraded to an rx 5600xt and an ryzen 5 3600 what do you think 😅😊
Really depends on what software you are using cuz some pcs with xeon work better than the I series but some softwares work better with I series. But for high workloads xeon would work better
Hey gang, I am a complete PC noob and I would like something like this to be my first PC to Game/Stream on Twitch/YT. Was wondering if it was good? Our what upgrades can I include? It's on sale right now for $314 USD so it doesn't seem too bad?
System will come with a 4th generation I5 or I7, which is more then a decade old and has recently met it's "End of Servicing Updates" (Wednesday, June 30, 2021),. expect it to be a paperweight come Windows 12 or so,. Memory can only use DDR3-1600,.. while we're now on DDR5.. and you'd be capped at 32gb (its the most the processor will support). Is it worth $300? Sorta-ish,. $300 now and then a get forced into total rehaul in a year or two- or just spend $2000 or less building something current, that should last the next 10-20 years...
