Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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Now that Ray Tracing is becoming a REQUIREMENT for new titles like India Jones and the Great Circle, it's time to see how we can turn an old Dell Optiplex 5050 into a modern RTX budget gaming PC!

*Also note the $243 price is in USD, but in the video I mention what I paid for each part in Canadian dollars :)

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I'm a nerd who codes and hacks around with old and new(ish) hardware.

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🔖 Chapters 🔖

0:00 Intro
0:31 The base Optiplex
0:52 The RTX 3050
01:31 The build...and the problems
04:07 Bazzite
05:08 Benchmarks and game testing
07:05 Windows 11 is still possible!
07:42 What do I wish I'd done differently?

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