WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.580 old computer hardware doesn't slow down we've proven it multiple times so then 00:00:05.460 --> 00:00:10.320 why does your old PC feel so much slower 00:00:08.580 --> 00:00:14.880 than when you first got it the answer lies in the software and it's the same 00:00:12.780 --> 00:00:20.939 reason that your phone feels slower as it ages each subsequent Windows update 00:00:17.760 --> 00:00:23.640 adds features and bloat that can drag 00:00:20.939 --> 00:00:27.180 down performance so then well what do you have to run an old operating system 00:00:25.320 --> 00:00:33.480 full of compatibility and security issues no there's a new kid on the Block 00:00:30.180 --> 00:00:35.520 its name is atlas OS and thanks to Acer 00:00:33.480 --> 00:00:39.480 sponsoring this video to promote their recent earthion green initiatives we're 00:00:37.800 --> 00:00:46.559 going to be taking it for a spin with some Hardware that is so obsolete that 00:00:42.840 --> 00:00:49.160 we paid less for this entire box than 00:00:46.559 --> 00:00:55.440 the cost of the included Windows license let's see if we can get this puppy 00:00:51.840 --> 00:00:58.079 running like new spoiler we can and it 00:00:55.440 --> 00:01:02.879 is super awesome our adventure begins with a bog standard obsolete Big Box 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:06.299 store PC we wanted something from Acer of course since keeping old electronics 00:01:04.920 --> 00:01:12.799 out of the landfill was a huge motivation for them to sponsor this video and we settled on the Aspire 00:01:10.340 --> 00:01:17.340 tc780. it's in that weird anti-goldylocks Zone it's too new to be 00:01:14.820 --> 00:01:21.600 retro and too old to be current and most businesses would basically just pay a 00:01:19.619 --> 00:01:27.240 recycler to haul these things away by the pallet full which is good because it 00:01:23.880 --> 00:01:29.939 means they go for cheap we paid 150 00:01:27.240 --> 00:01:34.799 Canadian dollars or about 110 us and that included the keyboard and mouse 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:37.079 which weren't amazing but let's say we 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:41.939 could flip them for 10 bucks giving us a total of a hundred US dollars for our 00:01:39.119 --> 00:01:47.040 Tower internally I don't know it's probably oh 00:01:43.740 --> 00:01:50.600 seen better days Anthony you're fixed 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:50.600 for the dead fan is still on here 00:01:50.960 --> 00:01:55.439 spoiler spoiler we have to fix a dead fan I'll get to that later one moment 00:01:54.659 --> 00:02:03.479 please overall nothing a can of dust off can't fix and 00:02:00.060 --> 00:02:05.759 she powers on 4 pin CPU power 24-pin 00:02:03.479 --> 00:02:10.920 motherboard connector oh front USB 3. that's nice to see and four pin for our 00:02:08.220 --> 00:02:15.180 CPU fan also standard matx motherboard and ATX power supply this is going to 00:02:13.560 --> 00:02:21.900 make the process of refurbishing this thing a lot easier well isn't that just 00:02:19.080 --> 00:02:27.900 fantastic wow does this even have m.2 support Anthony it does 00:02:24.239 --> 00:02:30.660 what that's awesome 7th gen had m.2 00:02:27.900 --> 00:02:35.160 support yeah oh I guess this is as good a time as any to talk about the CPU in 00:02:32.520 --> 00:02:40.080 here it's a core i5 7400 so it's four cores four threads 3.5 gigahertz Max 00:02:37.319 --> 00:02:44.700 boost it was kind of the seventh gen's bang for the buck CPU with higher core 00:02:42.780 --> 00:02:49.860 clocks than its predecessors but at the same cost Not only was it less expensive 00:02:47.040 --> 00:02:55.260 but compared to higher end chips it had a 65 watt TDP and could easily be cooled 00:02:53.040 --> 00:02:58.620 with low cost heatsinks making it a great choice for a budget system for 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:04.340 that reason we're not actually going to replace this almost Intel stock cooler 00:03:01.319 --> 00:03:04.340 in here we're just gonna 00:03:05.420 --> 00:03:12.360 destroy our lungs by wiping it down and we're going to put 00:03:10.440 --> 00:03:16.200 a new fan on it I wonder how many people worth of dead skin cells I've inhaled 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:21.300 over the years of doing this it's a really uncomfortable thoughts what's not 00:03:17.940 --> 00:03:22.980 uncomfortable is that 400 class core i5s 00:03:21.300 --> 00:03:27.780 have long been considered excellent value for gaming with the more recent 12 00:03:25.200 --> 00:03:33.060 400 and 13 400 being solid contenders for entry and mid-range Gamers for us 00:03:30.239 --> 00:03:36.840 though there is absolutely no need whatsoever to change anything in here 00:03:34.980 --> 00:03:40.980 we're just going to get some zip ties put this just random fan we found it 00:03:39.720 --> 00:03:44.220 happens to be in Knoxville but yours doesn't have to be put this random fan 00:03:42.720 --> 00:03:47.700 in here and we should be Off to the Races look at this I found an 80 00:03:45.720 --> 00:03:51.840 millimeter fan kicking around and I don't even need to zip tie it anymore 00:03:49.620 --> 00:03:56.580 totally lines up twice now we just plug this into the CPU 00:03:54.360 --> 00:03:59.940 fan header and no need to change anything here in time you might find 00:03:58.620 --> 00:04:03.659 that multiplayer games are going to demand more cores but it's certainly 00:04:02.400 --> 00:04:08.700 enough for a responsive desktop experience today and could even be 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:11.040 upcycled later into a Home Server solid 00:04:08.700 --> 00:04:17.940 investment moving on our current RAM configuration 00:04:14.000 --> 00:04:20.100 is a little suspect we've got a four gig 00:04:17.940 --> 00:04:27.360 stick and an eight gig stick for a total of 12 gigs which is a lot of RAM but not 00:04:25.320 --> 00:04:33.300 ideal because we're not getting dual Channel and the speeds of these sticks 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:35.400 are mismatched at 2133 and 2400 Mega 00:04:33.300 --> 00:04:39.720 transfers per second unfortunately the BIOS of this machine does not support 00:04:37.380 --> 00:04:44.040 XMP or setting the RAM speeds manually so it will simply match the speed of the 00:04:42.300 --> 00:04:49.259 slowest stick to ensure compatibility our best course of action then is to 00:04:46.199 --> 00:04:51.900 pull out our four gig stick here see you 00:04:49.259 --> 00:04:57.840 later and replace it with another 8 gig similar speed dim time Tech these can be 00:04:55.500 --> 00:05:03.060 found online for about 20 bucks since their slower speed makes them not super 00:05:00.180 --> 00:05:07.259 desirable now you could potentially flip that four gig stick to recoup a little 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:11.400 bit of your cost but I think it's probably worth more as a spare for 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:16.199 troubleshooting so I would probably hold on to it now let's power this up and for 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:22.080 a total of 30 bucks for a stick of RAM and a generic 80 millimeter fan we 00:05:18.720 --> 00:05:24.180 should have 16 gigs four cores and a 00:05:22.080 --> 00:05:28.139 working cooler there are still some things we need to do yes we're going to 00:05:25.800 --> 00:05:33.120 do hard drives but first we're gonna do power supply now the 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:38.759 power supply that's in here is an fsp unit good brand rated for 300 watts 00:05:36.060 --> 00:05:42.840 continuous which is probably fine too like this was a perfect fit for the 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:48.900 original hardware and probably perfectly reliable with the CPU's 65 watt TDP and 00:05:46.320 --> 00:05:54.840 no GPU it probably never ran at more than 50 percent of its capacity but the 00:05:52.020 --> 00:05:59.639 lack of PCIe power and the possibility that it's deteriorated over time to 00:05:56.880 --> 00:06:04.139 become less efficient means we should probably replace it proactively if we 00:06:02.220 --> 00:06:09.000 have space in our budget with that said don't throw it out you can still totally 00:06:07.080 --> 00:06:14.460 use this thing as a hobbyist benchtop power supply if you're so inclined and 00:06:11.460 --> 00:06:17.220 personally I use what I call doorstop 00:06:14.460 --> 00:06:22.440 power supplies for all kinds of things like just running fans for example to 00:06:20.940 --> 00:06:27.120 cool something outside of a computer like they're just very very useful one 00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:31.680 nice thing about the old school ketchup and mustard style cables is that they're 00:06:29.039 --> 00:06:35.520 color coded for voltage red is 5 volt yellow is 12 volt and black is ground so 00:06:34.139 --> 00:06:40.139 you can put whatever connectors you want on these things as long as you don't overload the rails which are 00:06:38.460 --> 00:06:44.880 conveniently labeled on the side and power whatever you want for a replacement we don't need something 00:06:42.840 --> 00:06:48.539 super powerful we just want to make sure that we do our homework and get 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:54.139 something decent so we settled on this EVGA 400 watt unit that is a power 00:06:51.960 --> 00:06:59.340 supply I mean I mean it doesn't really we're 00:06:57.600 --> 00:07:04.259 not recommending the cheapest possible thing EVGA does stand behind their 00:07:01.500 --> 00:07:08.220 products rip EVGA graphics cards which they still existed it doesn't have 00:07:05.940 --> 00:07:12.600 modular cables and you know ketchup and mustard make a triumphant return but 00:07:10.860 --> 00:07:16.020 it's more than enough for what we're going to be doing this is actually an 00:07:14.340 --> 00:07:20.580 older unit but as the lab ramps up their testing we're going to be building a database of the performance 00:07:18.539 --> 00:07:24.479 characteristics of every budget power supply so that whether you're refurbing 00:07:22.380 --> 00:07:29.819 an old machine or building a new budget machine from scratch you can get 00:07:26.340 --> 00:07:32.340 something decent without overspending oh 00:07:29.819 --> 00:07:37.199 on that subject are water bottles on lttstore.com are all the same price 00:07:34.380 --> 00:07:41.280 regardless of capacity you can get any size you want without overspending now 00:07:39.599 --> 00:07:48.180 while I pointed out earlier that our board supports m.2 drives we don't 00:07:44.520 --> 00:07:50.639 necessarily need the fastest drive you 00:07:48.180 --> 00:07:56.099 can get an inexpensive 500 gig SSD for about 40 bucks on sale or even a one 00:07:53.220 --> 00:08:00.840 terabyte for around sixty dollars ssds have gotten shockingly inexpensive 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:06.660 lately for us we're going with an old WD blue 250 gig and the main reason is that 00:08:03.599 --> 00:08:08.639 you can pick these up for even cheaper 00:08:06.660 --> 00:08:13.280 on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace thankfully Acer included mounts for two 00:08:11.400 --> 00:08:18.780 and a half inch drives are they toolless nope all together now the correct number 00:08:16.560 --> 00:08:23.759 of screws for a two and a half inch SSD is 00:08:20.400 --> 00:08:25.080 one that's good enough right yeah she's 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:29.580 not going anywhere this is an extra screw now 00:08:27.780 --> 00:08:33.779 the place for an extra screw is not inside the chassis that's true that's 00:08:31.860 --> 00:08:38.099 true that's bad what I showed you just now in fact I'm gonna punish myself by 00:08:36.180 --> 00:08:43.140 making myself put in another drive for the SSD so add a data or say to data 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:46.880 there's gonna be a war in the comments tonight everyone typing it it's 00:08:45.899 --> 00:08:53.180 it's a data I can't tell which one it's a 00:08:50.220 --> 00:08:57.420 little late in the day we all just want to go home now there 00:08:55.800 --> 00:09:01.740 are many gpus available on the second hand Market that would suit our needs 00:08:58.920 --> 00:09:06.839 just fine we could go super low end here 1050 tis can be had for under a hundred 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:12.420 dollars but the bang for the buck of the 1660 TI is hard to argue with it should 00:09:09.959 --> 00:09:17.339 be able to gain at 1080p medium at least in this system and it fits within our 00:09:14.700 --> 00:09:22.860 thermal power and space constraints these go for around 200 new that's a lot 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:26.820 but this is the E-Waste PC so realistically we would suggest picking 00:09:24.839 --> 00:09:33.000 up a secondhand one on eBay for anywhere from 100 to 150 US Dollars the 1660 TI 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:38.399 doesn't have av1 codec support but it'll accelerate h.264 and h.265 and has the 00:09:36.420 --> 00:09:43.080 higher quality nvank encoder whatever value GPU you end up going with though 00:09:40.380 --> 00:09:47.279 be aware that some require resizable bar to reach their full potential and older 00:09:45.120 --> 00:09:51.240 systems like these don't always support it fortunately Acer still has the full 00:09:49.500 --> 00:09:55.920 support side up for this desktop which is great and super important for helping 00:09:53.040 --> 00:10:01.740 looks like us extend their life spans step 00:09:57.260 --> 00:10:03.180 power oh and also this I guess why is 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:07.440 this not clipping anymore did I break it 00:10:04.740 --> 00:10:14.880 did did you break it okay bro it was all working oh I bent it I bent it real good 00:10:11.880 --> 00:10:17.940 nice plug the HDMI into that now 00:10:14.880 --> 00:10:19.740 obviously this isn't gonna boot until we 00:10:17.940 --> 00:10:25.320 configure our SSD with an operating system let's talk about that thankfully our 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:28.860 system has USB 3 otherwise this process would be a little on the slow side we're 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:34.500 just going to fire up the media creation tool plug in a USB drive and while this 00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:39.420 is Imaging Acer sent over their Vero laptop full disclosure I have a stake in 00:10:36.959 --> 00:10:43.500 framework a competitor but Acer has clearly been making great strides of 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:48.779 their own when it comes to sustainable computers starting with an easy to open 00:10:46.019 --> 00:10:53.100 chassis and non-soldered components this is what they're calling a green PC and 00:10:51.420 --> 00:10:57.779 it's part of their earthion initiative it's Acer's Mission platform for a 00:10:55.260 --> 00:11:03.019 Greener future and it's literally green which is because this is super cool you 00:11:00.720 --> 00:11:07.200 can actually see the flex of post-consumer plastics just kind of 00:11:05.399 --> 00:11:11.100 mashed together in order to make this chassis I actually kind of like it 00:11:09.300 --> 00:11:14.640 earthion encompasses everything from product design and packaging all the way 00:11:12.779 --> 00:11:19.200 through to production Logistics and recycling this particular one is powered 00:11:16.980 --> 00:11:23.399 by Intel's 13th gen core processors that is Intel Evo verified there's enough 00:11:21.300 --> 00:11:26.820 horsepower on tap to handle most tasks while maximizing battery life meaning 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:30.600 you need to charge less often which prolongs battery health when you do need 00:11:29.040 --> 00:11:35.820 to charge its fast charge capability means you can add four hours of endurance with just 30 minutes on the 00:11:33.660 --> 00:11:38.940 wall and their ultimate goal is to bring in their business partners and use their 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:42.120 shared technology to change the world for The Greener you can join the 00:11:40.860 --> 00:11:46.260 movement by advocating for sustainability wherever you can or 00:11:44.040 --> 00:11:50.339 simply by living a Greener life we're doing our part today by pulling 00:11:48.000 --> 00:11:53.459 potential E-Waste from the landfill but if you're not up for all this work 00:11:51.720 --> 00:11:58.560 choosing to support initiatives like earthion and machines like the Vero can 00:11:55.920 --> 00:12:01.620 help of course you still want to see what this little thing can do though 00:11:59.700 --> 00:12:05.880 right and you're saying the trackpad is made of ocean plastic yeah it's made 00:12:04.140 --> 00:12:10.560 from Ocean bound plastic the entire chassis is 30 post-consumer recycled 00:12:08.339 --> 00:12:13.920 materials so that is super cool yeah you might be wondering why not 100 post 00:12:12.480 --> 00:12:18.839 consumer materials we've actually been learning a lot about this for our 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:20.760 acoustic panel project you just can't 00:12:18.839 --> 00:12:25.860 because of the unpredictable way that little shrink after molding but 30 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:31.380 percent pretty darn good especially post consumer because I think we were able to 00:12:27.959 --> 00:12:33.360 get as high as like 45 but that was just 00:12:31.380 --> 00:12:38.399 re-ground new plastic that wasn't post-consumer well you want to know 00:12:35.700 --> 00:12:44.160 what's even better yeah the keycaps are 50 percent sure shut up they don't even 00:12:41.040 --> 00:12:46.620 look or feel like bad yeah even the 00:12:44.160 --> 00:12:51.060 keycaps 50 PCR I don't know how they managed that yeah that's super cool here 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:55.680 while this is doing its thing I'm just gonna open it because it looks like it's 00:12:53.279 --> 00:13:00.779 that easy right it's all Phillips screws see the thing is I don't care if my 00:12:58.200 --> 00:13:05.220 investment wins or if everyone else just does better 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:08.459 I just want more stuff like this in the long term I want to see this kind of 00:13:06.720 --> 00:13:13.260 concept make its way into their higher tier products but I understand you've 00:13:10.920 --> 00:13:17.459 got to start somewhere and obviously you've got to mitigate the risk of the 00:13:15.480 --> 00:13:23.100 development somehow so starting with something that's relatively small is a 00:13:20.040 --> 00:13:24.720 way you can do that I just need one clip 00:13:23.100 --> 00:13:29.100 to release so that I can get under it did you get it open Anthony yeah oh okay 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:32.760 I wonder if part of this is just because of the Plastics that might be that might 00:13:31.380 --> 00:13:37.079 actually be why there's so many clips and screws yeah because there's the 00:13:34.740 --> 00:13:43.620 tolerances are going to be not as tight with this post-consumer plastic there it 00:13:39.779 --> 00:13:46.019 is socketed RAM socketed SSD everything 00:13:43.620 --> 00:13:50.760 very easy to access in here actually socketed Wi-Fi which you can't even take 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:54.720 for granted anymore these days that didn't used to be impressive but now I'm 00:13:52.260 --> 00:13:59.820 seeing a lot of soldered Wi-Fi two screws on the battery total that's it 00:13:56.519 --> 00:14:02.339 very cool I gotta say this started out 00:13:59.820 --> 00:14:06.600 as just sort of sponsor talking points and has turned into I'm pretty impressed 00:14:04.680 --> 00:14:13.980 this seems to be more than just paying lip service to Green this is like super 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:16.560 serviceable okay uh editor good luck 00:14:13.980 --> 00:14:21.899 before we gain though I feel like we should do a peel here oh ew this is very 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:26.399 old electrical tape it's icky oh what why did they why did they put on tape to 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:29.639 keep the peasters and you know who you are 00:14:27.839 --> 00:14:34.200 because nobody else put on tape quite like you did let's play some games oh 00:14:32.399 --> 00:14:41.160 wait well first I guess we should just sort of navigate the operating system 00:14:36.300 --> 00:14:42.839 right you know Chrome launch uh yeah all 00:14:41.160 --> 00:14:46.320 right and we're not screen recording locally it's an HDMI pass-through to a 00:14:45.000 --> 00:14:51.199 separate PC so it won't affect performance in any way things are 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:56.820 definitely a little bit hitchy this is a standard Windows 10 00:14:54.120 --> 00:15:01.079 install fully up to date with some mild manual decluttering so we uninstalled 00:14:58.500 --> 00:15:06.180 OneDrive Skype Etc it's chugging a little whether we're talking alt tabbing 00:15:02.820 --> 00:15:09.600 out of games launching programs I mean 00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:12.420 even start menu animations it's chugging 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:16.740 a little there's no denying that while we wait for this to load is a perfect 00:15:13.920 --> 00:15:22.139 time to talk about Atlas OS you might remember the video we did on Windows 10 00:15:19.079 --> 00:15:24.019 ameliorated a project that got pulled 00:15:22.139 --> 00:15:29.880 because they were technically Distributing Windows isos without 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:32.519 Microsoft's approval well Atlas OS used 00:15:29.880 --> 00:15:38.220 to do the same thing but thanks to the efforts of ameliorated Dev actrons is 00:15:35.519 --> 00:15:43.100 now using a new framework called AME wizard that lets you do all of the 00:15:40.380 --> 00:15:49.260 ripping and tearing out of excess bloat post install meaning that they can do 00:15:46.680 --> 00:15:53.279 what they used to do but they no longer need to distribute pre-modded isos so 00:15:51.779 --> 00:15:57.480 the whole thing is fully above board we've actually got an early access 00:15:55.320 --> 00:16:01.740 version of it here and by the time this video goes live you should be able to 00:15:59.100 --> 00:16:07.500 download it for yourself it'll work not only on older Hardware but also on 00:16:04.500 --> 00:16:09.420 Modern Hardware which is super cool okay 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:13.160 we're gonna try our little Halo game then we're gonna fire things up with 00:16:11.339 --> 00:16:18.959 Atlas OS double kill 00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:22.220 okay well there's no denying it it's a gaming machine for gamers 00:16:27.540 --> 00:16:33.480 Rage Quit let's fire up Atlas OS we did 00:16:31.620 --> 00:16:38.279 some movie Magic Anthony's the one who set up Atlas OS ahead of time I haven't 00:16:35.579 --> 00:16:42.199 touched it yet I am super stoked check this out the E-Waste PC love it 00:16:42.540 --> 00:16:47.459 all right Google Chrome 00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:52.440 interesting why don't you take a look at the process list is that it 00:16:50.839 --> 00:16:54.920 whoa whoa 00:16:57.240 --> 00:17:03.660 this is markedly more responsive I don't 00:17:00.839 --> 00:17:08.699 even need the side by side this feels like a brand spanking new machine 00:17:06.600 --> 00:17:15.319 look at that look at her go you know this basically 00:17:11.699 --> 00:17:15.319 kills Linux as like 00:17:15.980 --> 00:17:21.959 well right because that's what people use Linux for is getting more life out 00:17:20.280 --> 00:17:27.360 of old Hardware that can't run Windows anymore if you can run Windows with this 00:17:24.120 --> 00:17:29.700 kind of performance Jeepers Creepers I 00:17:27.360 --> 00:17:36.360 mean even NVIDIA control panel launches without being dog slow with that said I 00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:41.340 am not expecting markedly better performance in games 00:17:38.460 --> 00:17:46.140 that's really just constrained by your GPU however you know we might get a 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:50.760 little less stutter if our CPU is less busy working away at background crap I 00:17:48.780 --> 00:17:56.299 just got rid of my last Windows 8.1 embedded industry Pro I'm just going to 00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:58.820 use this why not right this is awesome 00:17:56.299 --> 00:18:05.700 oh man what this is on a quad core from seven 00:18:02.340 --> 00:18:09.360 years ago quad core four threads 00:18:05.700 --> 00:18:09.360 she's responsive 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:15.120 you're losing Telemetry automatic updates 00:18:13.620 --> 00:18:19.980 that's probably something they turned off I don't know I actually haven't looked that closely at it let's talk 00:18:17.940 --> 00:18:24.539 memory usage right now look at how quickly I can check that we're at five 00:18:22.380 --> 00:18:30.660 gigs with Halo infinite running and that's 2.4 gigs so we are sitting at 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:33.600 just over two gigs of total system use 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:42.179 other than no because another over 200 Megs is also steam this is 00:18:37.860 --> 00:18:45.179 incredible our RAM usage outside of Halo 00:18:42.179 --> 00:18:46.740 and steam is like negligible I know this 00:18:45.179 --> 00:18:51.059 is a lot of Hoops to jump through to extend old Hardware shelf life and you 00:18:48.900 --> 00:18:54.780 can obviously only go so far before you are adding to the E-Waste problem just 00:18:53.100 --> 00:18:58.080 like buying more stuff to what be greener that's why it's important to 00:18:56.580 --> 00:19:01.559 think carefully about the computers you buy a machine with enough power to 00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:05.760 handle what you need today and a bit of room to grow into tomorrow always a good 00:19:03.840 --> 00:19:09.120 bet and recycled material construction and packaging are huge bonuses if you 00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:14.220 want to be environmentally conscious equally important is that old Hardware 00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:18.539 like this doesn't have to die just because software keeps getting more 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:23.340 bloated for less than 350 bucks here we've got a machine that may be a little 00:19:20.340 --> 00:19:25.080 old but is still totally capable of 00:19:23.340 --> 00:19:28.799 handling modern titles at decent settings this is 1080p medium life 00:19:27.120 --> 00:19:31.799 doesn't always have to be about the latest and greatest especially when the 00:19:30.419 --> 00:19:35.940 environmental cost can be so high remember the three R's reduce use and 00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:41.039 recycle are in 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reuse and we're going to have this 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:20.340 length down below now it's time to play some more Halo 00:20:18.840 --> 00:20:24.780 infinite here oh it's Capture the Flag uh well thanks for watching guys if you 00:20:22.679 --> 00:20:30.360 like this video hit like And subscribe um maybe go check out the video on 00:20:27.679 --> 00:20:35.760 reusing your old computer as a server that's a good one a really good video I 00:20:33.059 --> 00:20:39.059 really liked it I hosted it but uh not biased at all right not biased at all I 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:44.989 didn't write the video it was somebody else who wrote it