1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:02,280 We've seen all the comments. 2 00:00:02,520 --> 00:00:07,540 Linus, please, focus on budget parts for a change. 3 00:00:07,700 --> 00:00:09,060 Something we can afford. 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:10,840 We've heard your cries. 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:12,560 In fact, here at Linus Media Group, 6 00:00:12,700 --> 00:00:14,820 we take your concerns very seriously. 7 00:00:15,300 --> 00:00:16,680 So here it is, my friends, 8 00:00:16,980 --> 00:00:19,860 the build on the tightest budget yet. 9 00:00:20,240 --> 00:00:26,040 Bask now in the glory of the $69 gaming PC. 10 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:38,280 The be quiet! Pure Base 600 features a versatile design, 11 00:00:38,740 --> 00:00:41,340 noise insulation, and optimization 12 00:00:41,340 --> 00:00:44,620 for different liquid-cooled radiator configurations. 13 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,180 Learn more at the link below. 14 00:00:48,150 --> 00:00:50,570 Okay, so I guess before moving forward, 15 00:00:50,830 --> 00:00:53,170 we should give credit, or rather, 16 00:00:53,390 --> 00:00:56,830 absolve ourselves of credit for this build 17 00:00:56,830 --> 00:00:58,230 where credit is due. 18 00:00:58,770 --> 00:00:59,750 A little while ago, 19 00:00:59,830 --> 00:01:02,510 while perusing the PC Master Race subreddit, 20 00:01:02,510 --> 00:01:04,270 we stumbled across a thread 21 00:01:04,270 --> 00:01:07,470 where a user wanted to build a gaming PC 22 00:01:07,470 --> 00:01:09,150 for under $100. 23 00:01:09,550 --> 00:01:13,090 And Anonymous really came through for him or her, 24 00:01:13,270 --> 00:01:16,610 specking out probably one of the most astonishing PCs 25 00:01:16,610 --> 00:01:20,430 we've ever seen for a mere $69. 26 00:01:22,410 --> 00:01:24,850 Disclaimer, if you actually need to build a gaming PC 27 00:01:24,850 --> 00:01:26,570 for under $100, it is possible. 28 00:01:26,670 --> 00:01:28,050 Get an old Dell Optiplex or something 29 00:01:28,050 --> 00:01:29,530 and throw a used video card in it. 30 00:01:29,590 --> 00:01:31,650 I can guarantee that'll be a better experience 31 00:01:31,650 --> 00:01:32,490 than what we're about to see. 32 00:01:32,510 --> 00:01:35,050 But come on, maybe that's been done 33 00:01:35,050 --> 00:01:37,250 a thousand times on YouTube already. 34 00:01:37,510 --> 00:01:40,690 And we were far more interested in finding out 35 00:01:40,690 --> 00:01:44,070 just what kind of gaming experience could be had 36 00:01:44,070 --> 00:01:47,070 for exactly $69. 37 00:01:48,130 --> 00:01:53,370 So then, the backbone of any PC is the power supply, 38 00:01:53,610 --> 00:01:55,130 which is why we recommend 39 00:01:55,130 --> 00:01:59,030 the incredible DiabloTech DA Series 250 watt 40 00:01:59,030 --> 00:02:02,370 to always be in close proximity to one another. 41 00:02:02,510 --> 00:02:06,010 So let's take a look at one of these. 42 00:02:06,010 --> 00:02:09,010 RAM, we've got covered by this one gig stick 43 00:02:09,010 --> 00:02:14,010 of Kingston DDR2 running at a rapid 667 million hertz. 44 00:02:15,010 --> 00:02:19,770 This will occupy all of the one memory slots 45 00:02:19,770 --> 00:02:23,610 in our VIA VB7001, which by the way, 46 00:02:23,610 --> 00:02:27,770 is still more memory slots than a Razer Blade 2017. 47 00:02:28,270 --> 00:02:32,070 Now for our motherboard, we did end up with a slightly 48 00:02:32,070 --> 00:02:34,070 different than the original post, 49 00:02:34,070 --> 00:02:36,070 but it has the same basic features 50 00:02:36,070 --> 00:02:39,070 and most importantly, processor. 51 00:02:39,070 --> 00:02:44,070 The VIA C7 is the heart of our build. 52 00:02:44,070 --> 00:02:51,070 A small, low power, single core CPU from 2007. 53 00:02:51,070 --> 00:02:54,070 Running at a whopping 1.5 gigahertz 54 00:02:54,070 --> 00:02:57,070 with VIA Unichrome onboard graphics 55 00:02:57,070 --> 00:03:01,070 with support for the latest DirectX API. 56 00:03:01,070 --> 00:03:05,070 If by latest, you mean DX8. 57 00:03:05,070 --> 00:03:09,070 Even at the time, this was far from a powerful solution. 58 00:03:09,070 --> 00:03:14,070 And 10 years later, it hasn't exactly aged like fine wine. 59 00:03:14,070 --> 00:03:18,480 So let's get this party started, shall we? 60 00:03:18,480 --> 00:03:20,580 We started with plan A, 61 00:03:20,580 --> 00:03:23,580 building up the machine in the only case we could afford. 62 00:03:23,580 --> 00:03:27,580 So the cardboard box that the motherboard shipped in 63 00:03:27,580 --> 00:03:29,580 and installing our operating system 64 00:03:29,580 --> 00:03:31,580 on the only boot drive we could afford. 65 00:03:31,580 --> 00:03:33,580 A USB boot drive. 66 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:37,580 But we were quickly foiled by trash Windows XP booting support. 67 00:03:37,580 --> 00:03:40,580 So we moved on to plan B. 68 00:03:40,580 --> 00:03:42,930 Puppy Linux. 69 00:03:42,930 --> 00:03:44,930 Only one small problem with that, 70 00:03:44,930 --> 00:03:47,930 we couldn't even get the machine to post 71 00:03:47,930 --> 00:03:51,640 with the single-sided stick of memory 72 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:52,640 that we got for the build. 73 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:58,640 So fortunately, this dank AF OCZ gold XTC memory 74 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:01,640 that we had lying around to the rescue. 75 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:04,640 And more problems. 76 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,640 Steam wouldn't run due to 77 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:10,640 minimum requirements issues on Linux. 78 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,640 So we caved, grabbed a hard drive 79 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,640 and a CD drive off the shelf 80 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:19,640 and began to install Windows 81 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,640 only to have disaster strike. 82 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:27,560 All of this excitement was actually too much 83 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:31,560 for the venerable C7 on our original board. 84 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,560 And during the Windows XP install, 85 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,560 the poor thing died. 86 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:37,560 Never to post again. 87 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,560 So a month later, 88 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,560 we have our second board from China 89 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:45,560 that quite frankly looks a fair bit rougher. 90 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,560 And the fact that it came without a CMOS battery 91 00:04:47,560 --> 00:04:50,560 didn't lend much credence to the 92 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,720 tested working claims. 93 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,720 But who knows, maybe we'll get lucky today. 94 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:59,720 This time, we aren't taking any chances 95 00:04:59,720 --> 00:05:00,720 with the Windows install. 96 00:05:00,720 --> 00:05:03,720 So we completely broke the price limit 97 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:06,720 and connected the whole thing to an SSD 98 00:05:06,720 --> 00:05:09,720 in order to speed up the process. 99 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:12,720 Where did you find PS2 keyboard in mines? 100 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:15,400 Plug this in, flip the switch. 101 00:05:15,400 --> 00:05:16,400 You wanna do the honors? 102 00:05:16,400 --> 00:05:18,970 Yeah, there we go. 103 00:05:18,970 --> 00:05:19,970 All right. 104 00:05:19,970 --> 00:05:23,290 It's alive! 105 00:05:23,290 --> 00:05:26,990 There it is. 106 00:05:26,990 --> 00:05:29,120 We got the post screen. 107 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:30,120 Let's keep this right here between us. 108 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:33,530 That way it's equidistant 109 00:05:33,530 --> 00:05:35,530 and either of us can grab it easily. 110 00:05:35,530 --> 00:05:38,530 Oh, that beautiful Windows XP boot screen. 111 00:05:38,530 --> 00:05:41,000 Okay. 112 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Wow. 113 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 What the hell is this? 114 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,040 Are you really young enough 115 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,040 that you don't even know 116 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:51,040 how to change the position to at least... 117 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:53,040 I mean, if you're gonna make it scary, 118 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,200 you gotta make it full scary. 119 00:05:56,200 --> 00:05:57,740 What game first? 120 00:05:57,740 --> 00:06:00,030 Should we start with the synthetic benchmark? 121 00:06:00,030 --> 00:06:02,030 No, that's probably good for last 122 00:06:02,030 --> 00:06:04,030 because it might break it. 123 00:06:04,030 --> 00:06:05,030 Cool. 124 00:06:05,030 --> 00:06:06,030 Rainbow Six, maybe? 125 00:06:06,030 --> 00:06:07,030 Rainbow Six? 126 00:06:07,030 --> 00:06:08,030 Oh, wow. 127 00:06:08,030 --> 00:06:09,030 I went to just start typing Rainbow Six. 128 00:06:09,030 --> 00:06:11,030 I forgot how the old start menu worked. 129 00:06:11,030 --> 00:06:13,030 Now, my friends, 130 00:06:13,030 --> 00:06:15,030 this isn't Rainbow Six Vegas 131 00:06:15,030 --> 00:06:18,030 or Rainbow Six some other suffix. 132 00:06:18,030 --> 00:06:25,400 This is Rainbow Six OG. 133 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,070 Wow, look at that cut scene. 134 00:06:29,070 --> 00:06:32,250 It's beautiful. 135 00:06:32,250 --> 00:06:34,250 Wow, those graphics. 136 00:06:34,250 --> 00:06:38,340 Wow, that fan manages to be pretty loud. 137 00:06:38,340 --> 00:06:40,340 Yeah, I think the bearings are bad on this one. 138 00:06:40,340 --> 00:06:42,340 Because it didn't sound like that on the other one. 139 00:06:42,340 --> 00:06:47,710 That's actually running not bad. 140 00:06:47,710 --> 00:06:51,410 I mean, all things considered. 141 00:06:51,410 --> 00:06:52,410 Look at those animations. 142 00:06:52,410 --> 00:06:53,410 It's beautiful. 143 00:06:53,410 --> 00:06:55,410 The whole Rainbow Six concept 144 00:06:55,410 --> 00:06:57,410 just didn't make a ton of sense to me. 145 00:06:57,410 --> 00:07:01,080 Like the idea of relying on AI, 146 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:04,500 which is inherently garbage, 147 00:07:04,500 --> 00:07:05,500 to complete the mission 148 00:07:05,500 --> 00:07:07,500 rather than being a super soldier. 149 00:07:07,500 --> 00:07:14,240 Did it just crash? 150 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:15,240 Oh, you just suck. 151 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,560 Okay, this game's no fun. 152 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:19,560 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4? 153 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:21,560 No, that one doesn't open. 154 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:22,560 Okay. 155 00:07:22,560 --> 00:07:25,480 Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 works. 156 00:07:25,480 --> 00:07:27,800 All right. 157 00:07:27,800 --> 00:07:29,800 Do you remember game demos? 158 00:07:29,800 --> 00:07:31,800 We're running demos. 159 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:33,800 It'd be so good for our job, too, 160 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,800 because then we wouldn't have to buy games 161 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:36,800 to benchmark them. 162 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:37,800 Oh, wow. 163 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:38,800 This is actually running... 164 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:43,080 Okay, this is legit running pretty smoothly. 165 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,080 I mean, that doesn't help me much. 166 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,080 I even got some blood effects 167 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:48,080 when I fell down there. 168 00:07:48,080 --> 00:07:49,080 He's a really good skater. 169 00:07:49,080 --> 00:07:51,080 If he can take these directions. 170 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:53,080 We're playing Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. 171 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:55,080 Yes, that was my childhood. 172 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:57,080 Okay, how do you play this game? 173 00:07:57,080 --> 00:08:00,080 I think I did it on console. 174 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,080 Okay, okay, okay. 175 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,660 Whoa, he did a 360 no comply. 176 00:08:05,660 --> 00:08:07,660 Oh! 177 00:08:07,660 --> 00:08:08,660 Oh! 178 00:08:08,660 --> 00:08:11,640 You lost all the points. 179 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:13,640 Okay, so V does something. 180 00:08:13,640 --> 00:08:14,640 How do I get up speed? 181 00:08:14,640 --> 00:08:16,640 It keeps beeping whenever you press a key. 182 00:08:16,640 --> 00:08:18,640 Yeah, if I press too many keys, 183 00:08:18,640 --> 00:08:20,640 do a thing and jump out of it. 184 00:08:20,640 --> 00:08:21,640 Oh, yeah. 185 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:22,640 Oh, no! 186 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:23,640 Oh, yeah, I landed it. 187 00:08:23,640 --> 00:08:25,640 Taren was good at a video game. 188 00:08:25,640 --> 00:08:26,640 Yeah. 189 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,640 What the hell just happened? 190 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:32,640 Okay, what's next? 191 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:34,640 You installed TF2 on this? 192 00:08:34,640 --> 00:08:36,640 Yeah, I could've told you that wasn't gonna happen. 193 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:37,640 Well, it has a DirectX 8 mode, though, 194 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:38,640 so I was hopeful. 195 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:41,640 Ah, well, let's find out if Quake 3 Arena will run. 196 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:42,640 All right. 197 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:44,640 Oh, okay. 198 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:46,680 Now this... 199 00:08:46,680 --> 00:08:50,220 Okay, what res do you think we can run at? 200 00:08:50,220 --> 00:08:51,220 800 by 600? 201 00:08:51,220 --> 00:08:52,220 Should we go for it? 202 00:08:52,220 --> 00:08:55,410 Might as well push to the, like, max at first. 203 00:08:55,410 --> 00:08:58,640 Well, I mean... 204 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:01,240 Okay, here we go. 205 00:09:01,240 --> 00:09:04,310 Yeah, no, I'm not gonna go any further than that. 206 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:05,310 Okay, here we go, here we go. 207 00:09:05,310 --> 00:09:10,890 Hey, that's running not bad! 208 00:09:10,890 --> 00:09:16,160 Oh, damn it! 209 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:19,650 Go away! 210 00:09:19,650 --> 00:09:25,050 I haven't even managed to kill him once yet! 211 00:09:25,050 --> 00:09:26,050 Oh, I'm almost dead. 212 00:09:26,050 --> 00:09:29,330 If I had any shame whatsoever, 213 00:09:29,330 --> 00:09:31,330 this would be really humiliating. 214 00:09:31,330 --> 00:09:33,560 Okay. 215 00:09:33,560 --> 00:09:34,560 Let's fire up 3DMark2001. 216 00:09:34,560 --> 00:09:36,560 3DMark2001 SE. 217 00:09:36,560 --> 00:09:37,560 Benchmark. 218 00:09:37,560 --> 00:09:40,440 All right. 219 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:51,530 Car chase, low detail. 220 00:09:51,530 --> 00:09:55,720 Okay, 14, 13 FPS. 221 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,720 Okay, so quantitatively, 222 00:09:57,720 --> 00:10:00,720 this is not the best experience you can have with a gaming PC, 223 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,720 not even under $100, 224 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,720 but was it a blast finding a three-year-old Reddit post 225 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,720 that someone obviously created kind of tongue-in-cheek 226 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,720 to make fun of someone for not having a big enough budget 227 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:15,720 and recreate it and bring it to life? 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