This upgrade DOUBLED our FPS and cost less than $100!

These office/OEM PC builds are one of my favorites. Upgrading old(er) systems into more appropriate gaming machines is so satisfying to watch

I bought a used RTX 3070 off ebay for my son for Christmas, and it's been incredible for him. Please continue doing these used hardware videos!

9:00 "The Greatest Technician That's Ever Lived" Seriously, good video man, thank you for encouraging people to price things fairly on eBay. It's honest people like you that break the cycles of inflated scalper prices. I'm pressing all the thumbs.

Jay, absolutely make more content like this. For the average PC builder this is far more relevant than a completely new build. Even when building a new platform I always reuse something such as the case, drives etc.

Small eBay tip for checking pricing trends: if you select "Advanced" to the right of the search bar, you can select "Completed Items" and it will show you all the expired/sold listings for a particular item. That way, you can see the selling/pricing history to get a better idea of an item's actual sold worth. The rtx 3060 is selling for around $200-230, depending on the size (believe it or not, the smaller ones tend to be more expensive, because that's what people use to upgrade SFF and other weird proprietary OEM builds), so that 3060 would have definitely sold immediately. Edit: Also note when selling on eBay, eBay takes about 10% off your selling price, so your actual net sales would've been closer to $265. Still, $130 for double performance is a damn good deal.

Yes! More of these upgrade path videos.

I did a similar move for my wife 2 months ago. Bought a cheap RX 6600 and sold/replaced a GTX 1060 3GB, as she was starting to tun into issues with her games, mostly Baldur's Gate. Net cost was $80 CAD ($55-60 USD) and it near tripled her performance

I think you should absolutely do more of these. I think it's interesting to see these upgrade pathways played out with tangible, tested results and a realistic take on how much it would cost. For most people trying to upgrade their system it's a hot mess of options and variables out there. It's hard to know what a person should even try to upgrade given the janky disparity between hardware generations.

Usually OEM pc's will have thier windows license tied to the motherboard. You can change anything you want, but as long as you keep the motherboard, windows will remain activated.

Would love more of these, love super high end things but nothing is more satisfying than the price to performance of slightly previous gen parts

I like these videos. Recently my step son wanted to build a PC for a close friend of his. So I donated my 2070Super that’s been on the shelf for a while. He took it to micro center and they used it to build a balanced machine that’s a HUGE improvement over what he was using.

This would definitely be a series I would be very interested in watching. The "over time" being very relevant to current pressures, a lot of my friends just can't afford much currently but are stuck in dead end sandbridge era stuff, so this is very helpful..

I think this is a great series because it helps demonstrate the value of older components. It also encourages problem solving and reducing e waste. You don’t need all the newest components to play games or run a PC. Showing the benchmarking is good too, because it demonstrates performance improvements, which validates the choices made.

JayZ, this panel you took out on 10:45 to install 120mm fan has removable square plates, just remove them and you will have a specialized bracket for 120mm fan, because it is what it for.

Dude is a dope as human for this video. We hurting and finally, someone hears us. Thank you Jay for being the realest where ever you go

Awesome video, Jay! I love the problem solving and using resources on hand to upgrade rather than buying all brand new. Love to see more like this!

Absolutely EXCELLENT video Jay. Please do more of these upgrade videos as these are much more interesting than other reviewers just discussing new and usually, overpriced PC components.

This would make a good series

Hi Jay and team. Love these videos that you have been posting to the masses. I am happy that you remember where your main group of viewers probably have for their daily driver as their systems. Much respect! 🙂

I love that someone is showing how it is possible to cobble together a decent gaming computer on a budget, but something you might have overlooked is Ebay's fees. Just because you listed the parts for what you did does not mean you will end up with that in hand at the end. I usually subtract 20% for a ballpark of how much you might end up with.