Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Budget Builds Episode, todays one is a bit of an on the fly one...As CS:GO is mysteriously back on steam, so while I refamiliarise myself with how it all works, why dont we take a look at how the game runs across four different systems. Everything from a modern gaming PC, through to an old Budget Build Core2Quad. Is Legacy a bit of a performanfce saviour, or has that legacy code been holding us back. Why dont we find out. Enjoy!
CS:GO is back! - 0:00
Lets give this a go on a modern system - 0:29
Moden System Benchmark - 2:07
A CS:GO Contemporary PC - 5:50
Contemporary PC Benchmarks - 6:54
Classic AMD Phenom + Terascale System - 9:03
Classic AMD PC Benchmarks - 10:06
Will it run on garbage (The Divorce PC) - 12:01
Running CS:GO Legacy on a bad PC - 13:04
Overall Performance Summary - 15:02
Conclusion 16:30
Systems Tested in the video:
Modern PC
CPU: 3700X
GPU: 6700XT
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz
OS: Windows 11 IOT
Contemporary 2014-2018 PC
CPU: Core i3 4170
GPU:GTX 750Ti
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz
OS: Windows 10 IOT
Classic AMD PC
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
GPU: Radoen HD 5850
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
OS: Windows 10 IOT
Literal Trash (The £10 Gaming PC)
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9450
GPU: R7 450 Limited by PCI-E 1.0
RAM: 4GB DDR2 800Mhz
OS: Windows 10 IOT
Patreon: patreon.com/BudgetBuilds
Twitter: twitter.com/Budget_Builds_
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/budgetbuildsoff...
Second Channel: youtube.com/@budgetbuildsliveunofficial7896
Discord: discord.gg/YUCPJWqjRE
Hello everyone and welcome back to another Budget Builds Episode, todays one is a bit of an on the fly one...As CS:GO is mysteriously back on steam, so while I refamiliarise myself with how it all works, why dont we take a look at how the game runs across four different systems. Everything from a modern gaming PC, through to an old Budget Build Core2Quad. Is Legacy a bit of a performanfce saviour, or has that legacy code been holding us back. Why dont we find out. Enjoy!
CS:GO is back! - 0:00
Lets give this a go on a modern system - 0:29
Moden System Benchmark - 2:07
A CS:GO Contemporary PC - 5:50
Contemporary PC Benchmarks - 6:54
Classic AMD Phenom + Terascale System - 9:03
Classic AMD PC Benchmarks - 10:06
Will it run on garbage (The Divorce PC) - 12:01
Running CS:GO Legacy on a bad PC - 13:04
Overall Performance Summary - 15:02
Conclusion 16:30
Systems Tested in the video:
Modern PC
CPU: 3700X
GPU: 6700XT
RAM: 32GB DDR4 3200Mhz
OS: Windows 11 IOT
Contemporary 2014-2018 PC
CPU: Core i3 4170
GPU:GTX 750Ti
RAM: 16GB DDR3 1600Mhz
OS: Windows 10 IOT
Classic AMD PC
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 955
GPU: Radoen HD 5850
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz
OS: Windows 10 IOT
Literal Trash (The £10 Gaming PC)
CPU: Core 2 Quad Q9450
GPU: R7 450 Limited by PCI-E 1.0
RAM: 4GB DDR2 800Mhz
OS: Windows 10 IOT
Patreon: patreon.com/BudgetBuilds
Twitter: twitter.com/Budget_Builds_
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/budgetbuildsoff...
Second Channel: youtube.com/@budgetbuildsliveunofficial7896
Discord: discord.gg/YUCPJWqjRE










