WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.560 a portion of this video is sponsored by IBM with inflation running rampant 00:00:06.720 --> 00:00:12.719 PC gaming has gotten out of reach for 00:00:09.840 --> 00:00:19.680 millions of people around the world or has it it's been four years since we 00:00:16.080 --> 00:00:21.359 built our last hyper budget 69 gaming PC 00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:25.740 and I think you guys are going to be shocked by what we were able to achieve 00:00:23.520 --> 00:00:31.619 with some Savvy shopping and a little bit of patience we're talking quad core 00:00:28.260 --> 00:00:33.480 CPU 16 gigs of RAM and enough GPU 00:00:31.619 --> 00:00:40.379 horsepower to play the latest Esports titles with your friends and yes no joke 00:00:36.420 --> 00:00:41.520 for the grand total price of just 69 US 00:00:40.379 --> 00:00:46.440 dollars sounds great let's build it what are we 00:00:44.640 --> 00:00:50.760 waiting for this message from our sponsor thanks to 00:00:49.200 --> 00:00:54.719 IBM for sponsoring a portion of this video IBM believes what business needs 00:00:52.860 --> 00:00:59.219 most to drive progress in this next era is creativity Yes you heard that 00:00:56.940 --> 00:01:03.180 correctly creativity I'm not talking about creativity in a traditional sense 00:01:00.780 --> 00:01:06.720 of artists and musicians now I'm talking about the developers the data scientists 00:01:05.220 --> 00:01:11.939 The Visionaries who are creatively applying technology in business to drive 00:01:09.119 --> 00:01:15.600 change IBM calls them new creators and you can learn more about them later in 00:01:13.500 --> 00:01:21.119 this video thanks IBM for sponsoring that portion of the video the 69 we 00:01:18.299 --> 00:01:25.920 spent last time around is more like 82 dollars today so by sticking to the same 00:01:23.820 --> 00:01:30.000 dollar value we're going to be working with a lower overall budget than the 00:01:28.619 --> 00:01:35.400 Dell based machine that I built with Riley back in 2018. the good news is 00:01:33.240 --> 00:01:40.979 that consumer electronics continue to be a terrible investment meaning that that 00:01:37.860 --> 00:01:43.259 380 tower that we used last time fared 00:01:40.979 --> 00:01:51.119 even worse than the cash stuffed in our mattresses that means we can do better 00:01:46.020 --> 00:01:54.840 me neat the z420 it's a 2012 workstation 00:01:51.119 --> 00:01:56.939 from HP that for its time was Blazing 00:01:54.840 --> 00:02:01.619 fast in that considering our budget still blazes to this day it was 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:06.600 primarily marketed to Industries like VFX that require fatty processors to 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:10.739 optimize their render times which is why its Hardware is fit more for a server 00:02:08.819 --> 00:02:16.319 than the desk of an office worker it's got an Intel Xeon Processor up to eight 00:02:13.920 --> 00:02:23.099 sticks of error correcting DDR3 memory and typically an NVIDIA Quadro or AMD 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:24.780 fire Pro GPU let's take a closer look at 00:02:23.099 --> 00:02:30.540 it well this is yeah this is definitely feeling pretty 10 years old though to 00:02:27.180 --> 00:02:33.180 their credit that is that is damn clean 00:02:30.540 --> 00:02:37.680 for 10 years of dust buildup there's a lot to talk about in here you won't find 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:44.700 support for modern features like m.2 and vme drives or multi-gigabit Lan but what 00:02:40.980 --> 00:02:47.340 it does have is standard PCI Express gen 00:02:44.700 --> 00:02:51.000 3 slots so you could bloat it up with any kinds of expansion cards that you 00:02:49.140 --> 00:02:55.440 would want it supports a whopping 10 drives with these SATA ports down here 00:02:52.800 --> 00:03:02.819 it's got USB 3 both in the front and in the back and this look at this this is a 00:02:59.220 --> 00:03:04.560 20 pin ATX connector I think wait is it 00:03:02.819 --> 00:03:10.800 even 20 hell is this 18 pin motherboard power 00:03:08.099 --> 00:03:16.739 with what appears to be a more standard EPS connector in the top 00:03:13.019 --> 00:03:19.500 HP why you gotta be like that 00:03:16.739 --> 00:03:23.580 just use a 24-pin connector like everyone else this cooler is pretty 00:03:21.599 --> 00:03:27.540 funny it uses three heat pipes and an aluminum fin stack but normally you 00:03:25.920 --> 00:03:31.019 would just bend the heat pipes in a u and you would put the fence tack right 00:03:29.340 --> 00:03:36.060 on top of the socket I don't know why they did it this way and this is cool 00:03:32.940 --> 00:03:38.400 they've actually got this little memory 00:03:36.060 --> 00:03:43.440 cooler that Clips on on top of your RAM slots 00:03:39.900 --> 00:03:46.080 assuming I can actually hello oh this is 00:03:43.440 --> 00:03:49.860 cute Angela B Signs the back of it what's up Angie 00:03:47.940 --> 00:03:54.120 I guess this was your worst station there it goes 00:03:51.780 --> 00:03:58.200 cheese okay there you go got a total of two sticks of RAM in here four would 00:03:56.040 --> 00:04:02.940 have been optimal given that the CPU has a quad Channel memory controller but 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:06.900 budgetary constraints conspicuously absent is a hard drive this was probably 00:04:04.799 --> 00:04:10.920 shredded due to the data security policies of whatever organization this 00:04:09.180 --> 00:04:17.699 machine came from there's a 600 watt power supply 00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:19.919 pretty decent nothing about 80 plus or 00:04:17.699 --> 00:04:25.080 anything about efficiency anywhere and it doesn't seem to be standard ATX so 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:28.979 thanks HP I guess here's a benefit to their proprietary nonsense though this 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:32.720 seems to be a 92 millimeter fan blowing directly through the power supply it 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:37.740 kind of reminds me of antec's attempted CPX form factor power supplies 00:04:35.880 --> 00:04:42.180 probably a pretty efficient way to cool it honestly the power supply and maybe 00:04:40.139 --> 00:04:45.960 the RAM are probably the best cooled parts of this computer looks like the 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:50.780 entire rest of the chassis gets a single 92 millimeter fan here at the back and 00:04:49.020 --> 00:04:56.040 there's nothing in the side panel that oh my god did you put this here nope 00:04:54.060 --> 00:04:58.880 that was there when we got it this was already here 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:06.540 I love it this says November 22 22 wait 00:05:03.180 --> 00:05:08.580 November 2022 what year is it 2023 yeah 00:05:06.540 --> 00:05:12.660 oh yeah so what is this from the future dude it's from the future haha the RAM 00:05:11.040 --> 00:05:17.040 is installed wrong convenient little diagram here showing you which order to 00:05:14.520 --> 00:05:20.520 populate the slots in it doesn't really matter though it'll still be operating 00:05:18.479 --> 00:05:24.300 in dual Channel mode so if it works it works it's just to help improve 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:28.440 compatibility overall I am super impressed this is a ton of computer for 00:05:26.699 --> 00:05:35.280 a few stems more than five Canadian dime bags which translates to 44.49 of real 00:05:32.460 --> 00:05:39.240 American money leaving us with 25 and 20 cents remaining if you're inspired by 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:44.340 our thriftiness by the way and you want to purchase a unit like this for yourself don't be surprised if it takes 00:05:42.780 --> 00:05:48.539 a little while to find one at the right price the availability of these most 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:53.400 chronic of workstations can be a little bit Boomer bust with nothing on the 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:57.720 market for months at a time and then a big office or a school upgrades flooding 00:05:55.919 --> 00:06:01.020 the market and crashing prices for a week or two giving you perfect 00:05:58.979 --> 00:06:04.699 opportunity to sneak in there and make your move it's also not the only 00:06:05.100 --> 00:06:12.900 old models in the hpz line like the z440 620 820 Etc and Dell and Lenovo also 00:06:11.400 --> 00:06:19.560 have similar workstations from this period that are worth watching out for like the Precision t3600 and the think 00:06:16.860 --> 00:06:22.620 station s30 respectively if you know of anyone that uses these workstations 00:06:20.940 --> 00:06:27.180 currently it also might be worth getting in touch with someone from their organization to see if they're planning 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:30.660 to upgrade soon with a little bit of luck you might even be able to convince 00:06:28.860 --> 00:06:33.720 them to give you a heads up when the units are about to find their way out 00:06:31.919 --> 00:06:37.259 the door and if you're a lottery winner lucky and build Good Rapport they might 00:06:35.639 --> 00:06:41.699 even sell you one directly for a low price this is the kind of benign social 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:44.639 engineering that we don't often talk about on this channel but when you're 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:50.100 bargain hunting can be the difference between tens of dollars and hundreds of 00:06:47.520 --> 00:06:53.460 dollars spent to achieve your goal on the topic of social engineering let's 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:57.120 talk about the sponsor for this portion of the video this portion of the video 00:06:54.840 --> 00:07:00.060 was sponsored by IBM as mentioned up front the new creators are The 00:06:58.680 --> 00:07:04.020 Visionaries creatively applying technology in business to drive change a 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:07.919 line of speed group we're always trying to find ways to further our business and 00:07:05.819 --> 00:07:11.100 craft through creativity much like the new creators and one of the new creators 00:07:09.780 --> 00:07:17.639 that we resonate the most with is Stephanie Crothers the chief people hacker for X-Force red team at IBM she's 00:07:15.840 --> 00:07:21.599 responsible for overseeing a global team of hackers hired to break into 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:26.160 organizations and uncover risky vulnerabilities that attackers may use 00:07:23.520 --> 00:07:30.599 for personal gain Stephanie pokes and prods organizations for security gaps 00:07:28.139 --> 00:07:33.960 through social engineering the most fun kind of engineering she's driven by her 00:07:32.580 --> 00:07:38.220 Natural Curiosity and it's why she's always asking how can I take this step 00:07:36.000 --> 00:07:41.220 further how can I test them and we here at LMG relate to her approach because 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:45.539 there's not a day that goes by where we don't think how can we design or 00:07:43.080 --> 00:07:49.199 engineer a better reaction if you want to learn more check out IBM's YouTube 00:07:46.979 --> 00:07:53.940 channel or new creators homepage at the links below thanks IBM for sponsoring 00:07:51.960 --> 00:07:59.160 that portion of the video there's 25 left in our Coffer and two parts we 00:07:56.520 --> 00:08:05.639 still need a hard drive because we don't have one and a graphics card 00:08:01.979 --> 00:08:07.639 upgrade this nvs 510 is a lower end 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:15.120 NVIDIA Quadro that's designed more for CAD or CGI work than playing video games 00:08:11.400 --> 00:08:18.599 to be clear it can play games OverWatch 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:20.520 and CS go ran at 1080p low settings well 00:08:18.599 --> 00:08:25.199 I shouldn't say ran but they definitely walked and bumping the resolution down 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:33.240 to 720p actually gave us better frame rates than the OG 69 PC that's thanks to 00:08:28.680 --> 00:08:34.800 our much faster CPU but in rocket League 00:08:33.240 --> 00:08:42.360 a game that might as well be running directly off the GPU our precious z420 00:08:38.219 --> 00:08:45.000 here gets wallet we can't have that and 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:49.860 unfortunately while it may not be 2021 anymore graphics card prices down at the 00:08:47.519 --> 00:08:55.740 very low end haven't actually dipped that much at least not yet we had wanted 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:59.100 to pick up a 750 Ti to benefit from its more modern Maxwell architecture 00:08:57.240 --> 00:09:04.620 compared to the rest of the 700 series but every time we attempted to buy one 00:09:01.500 --> 00:09:05.880 on eBay the listing vaporized so we took 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:10.080 our search local to avoid a later seasoned scrapyard War 00:09:08.339 --> 00:09:14.220 scenario where the seller recognizes us and gives us a deal we had our faceless 00:09:12.060 --> 00:09:20.160 probationary employee begin scouring local listings to find something legit 00:09:16.080 --> 00:09:22.800 we found this listing for an r9270x only 00:09:20.160 --> 00:09:27.720 30 Canada Federation tokens and it had been up for a month and got an update 00:09:25.380 --> 00:09:31.320 just over a week ago writer boy even talked him down to 25 loonies we were in 00:09:30.360 --> 00:09:35.100 luck until we weren't the luck was a pipe 00:09:33.420 --> 00:09:38.459 dream the seller told us he was out of town for a week and then we messaged him 00:09:36.540 --> 00:09:44.279 on the day he was supposed to return and he had already sold it somehow though we 00:09:40.680 --> 00:09:46.019 had missed a perfectly good GTX 760. 30 00:09:44.279 --> 00:09:51.600 Canadian and we weren't going to make the same mistake we did last time sent 00:09:47.880 --> 00:09:53.160 the email and picked it up hit me 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:59.899 good throw conveniently our workstation already has 00:09:56.700 --> 00:10:03.500 the uh okay tool-less mechanism for 00:09:59.899 --> 00:10:03.500 installing the GPU 00:10:04.680 --> 00:10:10.920 one potential challenge you might run into is that this older power supply 00:10:08.279 --> 00:10:15.720 only has six pin PCI Express connectors and you might find some Modern gpus that 00:10:13.260 --> 00:10:21.120 have a single eight pin instead so we did need to use an adapter but many 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:24.600 8-pin gpus especially from this era actually did come with dual 6-pin 00:10:23.040 --> 00:10:28.740 adapters so it's quite possible that it'll be included with your GPU not a 00:10:26.820 --> 00:10:33.480 bad little upgrade so after our conversion to Freedom bucks how much do 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:37.980 we have left two dollars and seven cents hard drive for two dollars and seven 00:10:35.640 --> 00:10:40.980 cents capable of actually storing games at a speed faster than a turtle covered 00:10:39.779 --> 00:10:48.480 in molasses no problem check eBay on the one hand this one is 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:50.820 two dollars and 250 gigabytes that'll 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:55.500 hold four Zone on the other it's a spinning disc and it's from 2008. that's 00:10:53.940 --> 00:11:01.380 going to be a big fat boatload of nope let's move on five bucks 250 gigs but 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:07.740 still spinning discs and somehow this one is even older eight dollars maybe 00:11:03.920 --> 00:11:09.959 320 gigs Spinning Disk 2011 too slow too 00:11:07.740 --> 00:11:15.060 old okay forget eBay let's go back to the local listings how about Craigslist 00:11:12.660 --> 00:11:19.560 how are people selling these used drives for the same price as they cost brand 00:11:16.740 --> 00:11:25.980 new maybe Facebook Marketplace more expensive than new 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:29.820 alright we'll head to Amazon I guess the 00:11:25.980 --> 00:11:32.220 adata su-635 240 gig that seems good 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:38.279 enough but how do we actually fit it in our budget where do we get 21 from is it 00:11:35.579 --> 00:11:40.800 still a 69 PC if we have to do a special brownie bake sale in order to raise 00:11:39.779 --> 00:11:45.120 funds David seems like the kind of rule bending you 00:11:43.620 --> 00:11:48.720 would engage in oh yeah we've actually got behind the scenes 00:11:46.980 --> 00:11:52.019 brownie eating and more available on Floatplane.com by the way go check it 00:11:50.459 --> 00:11:57.899 out but wait we can't bake brownies but what we do 00:11:54.600 --> 00:12:00.200 have is this extra workstation GPU with 00:11:57.899 --> 00:12:05.640 two gigs of vram that is capable of running for displays what 00:12:03.779 --> 00:12:12.980 that worth on ebay the price of 19.92 that gives us 00:12:09.980 --> 00:12:12.980 21.99 00:12:13.040 --> 00:12:19.980 and there it is the final piece of the 00:12:16.800 --> 00:12:22.440 69 gaming PC okay doesn't exactly have 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:26.279 an SSD mounting point but that's okay we don't really need that we're just gonna 00:12:24.420 --> 00:12:29.220 do that we don't really have any budget left for double-sided tape so we're just 00:12:28.140 --> 00:12:35.820 going to tuck that in there a little something like that oh gorgeous beautiful truth be told if we really 00:12:33.959 --> 00:12:40.019 tried to maximize our budget we probably could have gotten more like 30 bucks for 00:12:37.680 --> 00:12:46.019 our GPU and with that extra nine dollars an SSD with a dram cache like the adata 00:12:43.139 --> 00:12:49.800 Su 760 or maybe you could have picked up a lanyard from lttstore.com with our 00:12:48.060 --> 00:12:54.899 extra budget now the only question that remains is how does this thing perform 00:12:52.079 --> 00:12:58.260 now that we've got all the parts oh she goes 00:12:56.820 --> 00:13:03.660 okay oh uh Escape key for startup menu 00:13:01.500 --> 00:13:07.260 I mean I'm just curious right like do you wanna do you guys want to see the 00:13:05.339 --> 00:13:12.899 uvfi application device configuration our Drive shows up 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:19.139 cool cool it's how to mode IDE uh 00:13:16.560 --> 00:13:25.980 that was default back then I guess so you can turn up the idle fan speed well 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:28.980 there's really not a lot to change in here 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:34.440 you can turn hyper threading on and off though wow me CS go okay this is gonna be 00:13:32.760 --> 00:13:39.540 awesome I'm stoked because we are definitely getting over 120 FPS on 120 00:13:37.980 --> 00:13:47.220 hertz monitor on a 70 freaking gaming computer this is 00:13:44.060 --> 00:13:48.600 absolutely playable how are there so 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:53.399 many enemies what is happening here is this death match or something 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:55.800 oh we're playing death dick did I set it 00:13:53.399 --> 00:14:00.320 to Deathmatch this isn't even just a little bit usable this is completely 00:13:58.200 --> 00:14:06.660 absolutely playable 130 140 170 FPS like 00:14:04.200 --> 00:14:13.740 like what oh I love it I'm being penalized for 00:14:09.839 --> 00:14:16.620 leaving my last match early wow this is 00:14:13.740 --> 00:14:20.639 what this is running great what is it controls the alt Z do you not 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:24.360 have GeForce experience on here if the point is just to see how it's performing 00:14:22.380 --> 00:14:27.860 it's very clear that this is running well enough for me to play the game 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:34.139 did I kill that guy I don't know what's happening here man I stepped in his 00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:39.720 gross blood where'd she go it's a turret 00:14:37.139 --> 00:14:44.360 I don't know how to play this game wait is this set to high this is running 00:14:41.880 --> 00:14:47.279 awesome yeah 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:53.399 just happened I died but that's okay because damn it I died 00:14:49.800 --> 00:14:57.000 in style look at this 90 100 FPS we were 00:14:53.399 --> 00:14:59.339 running at high 1080p uh okay dip down 00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:04.500 to like 80 there for a bit still though come on if I'm getting kills in 00:15:01.680 --> 00:15:11.639 OverWatch it's a good computer okay because I do not know how to play this 00:15:06.839 --> 00:15:13.320 game for crap did I get him I got him 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:19.139 this is pretty look at all good awesome we managed up to Triple the frame rates 00:15:16.199 --> 00:15:23.820 compared to our last 69 PC in some cases even being able to crank the settings in 00:15:21.839 --> 00:15:28.740 some of these games while still getting comfortable frame rates it can even run 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:34.800 shadow of the Tomb Raider and almost play it stably clocking an average of 30 00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:38.940 FPS I think with a slightly better GPU 00:15:34.800 --> 00:15:40.740 recent AAA games could be in reach maybe 00:15:38.940 --> 00:15:45.000 one that's still getting driver updates rather than just security fixes for 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:49.860 example that would also be a big help running newer games that require DirectX 00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:54.540 12 or more than 2 gigabytes of vram titles like Tiny Tina's wonderlands or 00:15:52.079 --> 00:15:58.560 Elden ring won't run at all out of the box though there may be some workarounds 00:15:56.880 --> 00:16:02.220 available like this hack of Elden ring that lets you run it in offline mode it 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:05.639 actually runs pretty well for a game that costs nearly as much as the 00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:10.560 hardware it's running on it might be 720p on low settings but it's only 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:14.639 stuttering occasionally certainly not a bad enough experience to justify such a 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:17.839 quick death on such an early level maybe this section is just less demanding but 00:16:16.860 --> 00:16:24.300 hey this entire gaming rig costs the same as 00:16:21.300 --> 00:16:26.399 the LTT screwdriver at lttstore.com I'd 00:16:24.300 --> 00:16:31.079 say the fact that it can open Eldon ring at all is pretty freaking impressive 00:16:28.800 --> 00:16:35.160 so everything's said and done with a little bit of patience it's clear that 00:16:33.120 --> 00:16:40.199 getting a modestly competent gaming PC for under 70 US dollars is completely 00:16:37.800 --> 00:16:44.220 within the realm of possibility it's not going to play the latest AAA games at 00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:50.220 ultra settings but what it will do is get you up and running in Comedy Sports 00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:51.899 titles at 1080P and even at high frame 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:56.940 rates that will allow you to be competitive go check out our last 69 PC 00:16:55.019 --> 00:17:00.120 build if you haven't already and hit subscribe so you are in the know right 00:16:59.100 --> 00:17:04.140 away when we upgrade this bad boy because yes 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:07.220 we are definitely going to do that again to push it to the Limit