The FINAL Hunt | Used PC Parts Bargain Hunting in Japan | Tokyo

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1. Isnt 12v with 3rails pretty bad? Can someone explain ive heard thats super bad or something
2. i've bought a system with 64-bits windows 10 pro, an amd fx 4300 with a ASUS M5A78L-M motherboard and a gtx 650TI, iwht 240gb harddrive and 8gigs of ddr3 1333mhz memory for 160 EUR.
   i thought it wasnt a bad pc at all.
3. You vs linus vs luke! Scrapyard wars!
4. I found someone selling second hand parts from Warner Brothers Games in my area. They had family that worked there and promised me some great stuff. When I arrived, I was not disappointed, at least at first. I was given an Intel DX79T0 LGA 2011 Motherboard, an I7 3930k Hexacore clocked at 3.2-3.8ghz turbo, 8gb of Kingston Value DDR3 1333, and my beautiful baby, a Nvidia Geforce GTX 780 Reference 3gb card that had been installed for a week before the 980tis came out. It still had the plastic dust protector sheet on it. He also threw in a free case. This all was handed to me for $300 flat. Only catch was that he had not tested it. I picked up a Rosewill Hive 750w Semi Modular PSU and grabbed the Ram from my AMD Athlon 2 Dual Core rig and threw it together.
   
   Then came the pain. The motherboard gave me all kinds of errors. From not being able to read the HDD to not posting and just black screening to getting stuck in a recovery loop. I even had to downgrade to 10gb of RAM from 16 total because it just refused to accept some of my DIMMs. I cleaned every contact thoroughly. I replaced the Sata cables, I tested my PSU, RAM, and Processor in separate rigs, and finally just struggled to update the bios. Sometimes it would boot on the first try and sometimes I would have to fight with it for hours, but the payoff was worth it. I ran Bandicam, Pandora, Facebook, and Fallout 4 on Ultra all at once, only hitting a max of 60% CPU load when shit hit the fan in game. And this was while connected to a 1080p 60Hz 42 inch LCD TV. The board worked like a charm once booted.
   
   This motherboard continued to cocktease me clear until two nights ago when I popped it on a test bench for the last time and it booted fine on the first try. I was so excited that I bolted it into my only case and began working on it. It was able to defrag without crashing on reboot. It finally finished it's bios upgrade, etc. Just running like a dream. Then I decided to test my newfound success by a spontaneous restart and ran into the same slew of errors.
   
   I did extensive research on the cost of a new motherboard and I found one at about $200 and the rest of them that are available are about $500. Having a non V3 variant LGA 2011 is a deathtrap in 2016. In my anger, I took my I7 to a local PC shop yesterday that I've done some work for in the past. I was able to pick up an LGA 775 ASUS P5K Deluxe mobo and a 3.0ghz Core 2 Duo in trade. I told them my only stipulation was that if the parts didn't work when tested that I be allowed to get more. I just wanted everything to do with this mobo out of my sight. That extra value made them pretty happy and they said they would be able to make some Christmas money off of it.
   
   Now I'm not one to enjoy destroying things, but I was so mad at this motherboard and the literally days or weeks worth of time I wasted on it only to be constantly let down that I took a screwdriver and a hammer to it. Every workable port, slot, and even some resistors were ripped out or damaged beyond repair and it felt surprisingly good. I'll make about the same on it from the recycling place either way, but this board did not deserve to function any longer. I mounted the pieces of ornamental metal with the Skull Canyon and Intel logos to my case like the head of a trophy animal and it actually looks pretty neat.
   
   I'm still running my GTX 780 and I plan to buy an AMD FX 8350 with the new wraith cooler as soon as my student loans come in. But this was an absolute nightmare. Buy motherboards used only if you can afford to replace them I think. I love Intel, I'm not bashing them, and I've bought used all my life, but some builds can be a money pit if you don't really know what you're getting yourself into.
5. Ok so this is on its way but through the strayan buy sell/swap fb page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/bsscomputers/) I managed to get my hands on a i7 930 and a fully water blocked Asus p6x58d premium for $90 AUD including postage so some where around $75 this was the post were i got the deal https://www.facebook.com/groups/bsscomputers/permalink/1899074453654247/?sale_post_id=1899074453654247
6. 6:53 the Kernel ;)
7. i build my first pc just by going to these stores Hard off is the place to be
8. May I ask what cam you use for mobile recording? The in-car footage is really crisp. Great vid, keep up the great content!
9. picked up a Asus z170-a mother board with 4x4gb 3000mhz corsair vengeance ram for $115. more overkill than what i was looking for but for the price i couldn't pass it up
10. That pc that you picked up i almost have the same one
    With an intel dual core
    and an 1 gb msi gpu
    lmoa
11. do u have any suggestion for me to buy pc cables mood in Japan?
    
    Some places in Akihabara maybe?
12. 980Ti for 320 euros :O How is that not a bargain?!
13. Found an i5 6400 desktop with 8gb ddr3 @1600mhz, 1 tb WD hdd, and a gtx 760 for $340 on craigslist, so i bought it and replaced the psu with a 600w evga and a gtx 1060 sc that i bought for $150 on ebay and now i'm playing all games @1080p
14. visit albania, you will get good deals!
15. Why don't we have computer resellers like this in Oz :..O
16. the shops called hard off, but those deals got me a hard on
17. 7870 for £50, is that any good?
18. song name 11:30?
19. If you wantef pc bargain in japan, you SHOULD'VE go to Akihabara
20. Is that Mark Little's voice in the clip at the end?