How to save on a PC in 2018 | Featuring Sound Speeds

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I built this computer about 2 or 3 years ago and this actually the computer I started the
Search For Awesome with.
I used it to edit with Adobe Premiere.
I really hate Adobe Premiere.
I found it really wasn't for me.
And so I had to keep looking for other options.
And believe it or not I switched to the 2014 Macbook Air.
I already had it and I downloaded the free trial of Final Cut and I ended up finding
out I liked Final Cut better.
But it was a 4 year old computer, so it could only last for so long.
So then it was time to make another change.
Then about a month ago, I switched to the 2016 Macbook Pro with Touchbar.
And I love this computer - it's really great.
No real complaints.
Battery life could be better.
So why am I telling you all this?
Well sometimes the tools at hand hold you back from what you are trying to do.
So it's time to move up.
And I have a new YouTube friend named Allen and he is hitting a wall with his current
editting PC and that's where I get the honor of coming in.
And by the way, I know how this story ends and I could not believe what I was able to
get within his budget.
This is How To Buy A PC On The Cheap In 2018.
So Allen, we have been talking for about a week or so.
And as we've been talking, I learned there is something that I might be able to help
you with.
Could you tell me a little more about that.
I want to actually upgrade and get a better non-linear editting system.
I used to have one back in the day, before things went 1080p.
Allen bought his current computer several years ago for gaming, but currently it's holding
him back and it's time for something new, but his budget is a bit limited.
I think you were telling me before your budget was somewhere in the ballpark of $700.
Is that right?
At this time yes, and the reason I don't want to necessarily go crazy and over the top is
because I'm about to launch a new series and I'm going to be spending a lot of money on
that.
The good news though is he actually not interesting in editing in 4k just yet.
1080p is just fine.
So yeah, I definitely think it is doable.
I just have one last question for and you can be honest.
Are you nervous?
A few months ago I upgraded Mr Red and the sound system he uses on his YouTube channel
in his videos and after the fact I asked him why did decide to trust me on this.
And he said it's because you exuded confidence and expertise and I guess you can say Titus
has done the same thing in me.
Well I think that is basically it.
I will get to work and you'll hear from me in maybe about a week or 2.
Okay sounds like a plan.
It was time to get to work.
My search started with the usuals - Microcenter, Amazon and Newegg.
But building a computer piece by piece with all new parts for $700 isn't easy.
So here is a Ryzen 5 1600 - a good CPU and it's at $190 which is quite a bite into the
budget.
Then even like a decent graphics card - this is an RX570 - even those start in the low
to mid 300s and then you throw in a copy of windows for $100 and then there is just not
much room left in the budget after all that.
After looking at some of the prebuilt machine options, I mean there were some okay options
but they were at the top of my price range for something decent and it didn't even have
a SSD which I think is kind of a must these days.
I exhausted any bridge of buying Allen a great new PC.
At that price point it just doesn't exist.
So it was time to search used options.
What's great about buying used is that's kinda where the deals are these days.
You watch Luke and Linus where they are facing off in Scrapyard wars trying to build the
best PC under a certain budget and they aren't an appointment at Apple waiting to buy the
latest iMac.
No they are going to Craiglist and eBay, because that is where the savings are.
And that's where the search finally lead me - eBay.
After searching through some okay options.
I think I might have found it.
Somebody had a complete PC listed for a buy it now of $650 but then I saw that no one
had bid on it yet and the current bid was just at $500 and the auction was ending in
just a few minutes.
I waiting until the last 30 seconds and I sent a bid in and I just sniped it.
It perfect too, it had a cool case - it even had a SSD - it had everything Allen needed.
I mean even if Allen doesn't want it, I kinda want it.
So Allen runs a channel called Soundspeeds and if you don't know this about Allen he
is actually a Hollywood professional sound guy.
He is one of those boom guys that holds the mic in front of the actors.
And he has just worked on some amazing stuff.
I actually didn't realize some of the amazing stuff until we started talking.
He has worked on amazing projects like Stranger Things - the second season, he's worked on
Avengers.
He's worked on even Walking Dead - one of my favorite shows.
So when I was talking to him I was just like - could we just be friends - would that be
cool?
Sound is something that is so important to YouTube and I know that there is much I could
learn from him and what was really cool though is in talking to him I realized not only do
we both live in Georgia, he lives 30 minutes down the road.
Yeah it's funny he lives right around the corner from me.
When we talked about doing the collaboration, it still didn't come up and when he gave me
his phone number it was a local area code.
And I said wait a minute are you local to me?
And he told me his city and I said you're the next town over are you kidding me?
Let's go meet Allen - Shall we?
How's it going man?
Hey Allen it's so good to meet you!
Good to meet you in person finally!
Yes finally!
Why don't you come in?
This is palace.
Oh I see another cat.
Yeah, that's colese over there denarius is the puppy on that just ran by here.
So thanks for coming out here on a Friday.
So we got the computer in the car.
So let's check out what you're dealing with right now.
Oh man how much time do you have this thing is so slow.
Come on in check it out.
My main computer right there which is an i3 Alienware Alpha.
I got that back in day when I was just doing gaming.
The only game - I was doing 2 games.
Minecraft because my daughters were interested in it.
And World of Warcraft because I got into it like a few years.
I didn't really need a really powerful machine so why bother overkilling it.
Yeah.
So I would spend my money elsewhere.
And, then I started doing Soundspeeds and of course now editing is crazy on this thing.
You see how slow this thing is even to load up?
And you'll all I did was change the color temperature to slightly more blue.
Because these are kinda Yellowish lights.
I take the exposure down just a fractions.
I bring up the clarity just a little bit.
And I don't really adjust anything else.
I sharpen the edges just a little bit.
And I just add this minor amount of processing to it.
I hit back it's going to back into my editing program and then watch what happens now if
I hit play.
Yikes.
Uhhh yeah that PC had to go.
Allen showed me so maybe things he was dealing with and frustrating it is to work on that
computer.
I could feel the tension building.
The time had come to unveil the curtain on what I was cooking.
Allen was itching to see it.
I was excited but a little anxious if I'm being honest.
This calls for some overly intense music.
Oh dude, those are my colors.
Are they?
Okay that worked out!
Black is my favorite colors and red is like if I have to actually say color.
Red is like - those are my colors man this is it!
So this is a pretty hefty beast.
You gave me a budget of $700 so let's talk about some of the pieces how much this really should
have cost you.
Wow okay.
So this is the GTX980.
Even in today's dollars this graphics card would cost you 300 about $320.
The processor up top right there.
It an i7 4770k in fact this guy who I bought it from - he actually water cools the CPU
alot of people like -
it's kinda an enthusiast things to do.
So basically I took everything in here and priced it before I committed to buying it.
And after it was all said and done, it should have been somewhere in the ballpark of $950
- $1000.
But when I hit buy.
That's in today's prices?
Not like a couple of years ago.
This is today's prices.
So yeah if you bought this a few years ago, it would have been $1500 to $2000 easy.
I got this whole thing for $600 even so with shipping and handling and everything $600.
Wow, that's awesome.
So you're getting a really - that is really awesome.
So yeah we actually came in $100 under budget.
I never in a million years thought we would go $100 under budget.
I kinda feel bad for that guy on ebay, he did not get a good deal.
But I did do one thing to give you a little bit of piece of might.
Acutally when I bought this computer with the shipping it was $540 so for $60 I added
a warranty.
Oh wow, oh cool!
So you have one year.
Where did you buy it from to get a warranty on a used computer.
Ebay.
Oh Ebay does that?
I almost never get warranties, I kinda feel most cases it's a waste of money.
But in this case, I think it made sense.
It's a used PC number 1.
But a PC is a bunch of different parts made by different manufacturers and any one of
them could fail at any moment.
I just kinda felt Allen needed that piece of mind.
It even looks cool.
In all honesty I didn't know what to expect.
I was sitting here thinking you were going to open it up and it was going to be like
an HP Pavilion shell that somebody has souped up.
And I'll be like looking at it like that doesn't look impressive but okay.
You know, but this is like - this is actually this is me.
This is exactly like the kind of stuff I go for.
That's awesome!
This is way overkill, this should be able to edit 4k.
It will definitely edit 1080p.
This new computer has changed my workflow.
Let me tell you how.
In the past with my old computer I would have to start it up wait 15 minutes or so for it
to fully come up.
I could play back 1080p footage at maybe full res for 10 minutes or so - forget about overlapping
2 videos.
Doing a crossfade.
Any kind of transition.
Doing picture in picture effects.
Anything like that.
Now let me tell you about the new computer.
The new computer was able to basically play back any video footage format even 4k seamlessly.
I could put graphics up there and it might on 4k get a little stuttery - but then it
smooths out after a couple seconds - it figures it out.
Now for overlapping, 2 crossfades, seamless.
It's like watching it just play back on the screen.
Tell me that's a workflow change.
You might be thinking like what is here to learn.
Like you just got a sweet deal, man.
But here is what I learned.
If you are patient and persistent.
Eventually you're going to find that perfect deal that meets your requirements within your
budget.
You know I really enjoyed this collaboration with Titus because in the past I have collaborated
with other YouTubers like Podcastage.
Booth Junkie, Mr. Red Dragon.
But they have always been out of town so I've never had that personal face to face interaction.
Sure I have gotten a chance to know them and talk to them and send them messages and whatever
else.
But it has been always been either via Skype or Discord or Google Hangouts.
Or just sending footage reviewing it and getting it back to me.
But Titus is a local.
So I was able to meet with him.
Interact with him.
Chit chat with him - when it wasn't even related to this particular collaboration.
We talked.
Okay you might think it's a little weird helping somebody I barely know with this whole computer
thing.
But here's the thing Allen is seriously a really good guy.
I mention that some of the acoustics in my studio isn't the best and he was offering
me to give me like some panels I could use.
I was like man you don't have to do that.
Like just a super awesome guy.
Allen is definitely a pro and after I got done showing him the computer that day we
started talking about microphones and he just started pulling out the equipment he uses
on alot
stuff.
And he has some of the coolest mics I have ever seen.
Way out of my price range, but seriously awesome.
Allen knows his stuff, if you want to take your sound game to the next level, check him
out at Soundspeeds.
With that said I hope you guys enjoyed the video and Allen I hope you enjoy your new
computer.
Let me know you felt about the video by hitting the like or the dislike button below.
And really cool thing that happened while I was making this video.
We hit another milestone, we hit 3000 subscribers just a few days ago.
Really cool guys, I just want to stay thank you to each of you who have decided this channel
is worth your time - seriously thank you.
But if you want to join those 3000 subscribers you can hit subscribe button below and you
can even ring the bell that way you get notified whenever there is a new video.
I don't post that many videos and the real reason for that is because I'm very persnickety
- I think that's the right word.
And I don't post a video until I feel like it is just done so at most you're going to
get an alert from me once every 2 weeks.
That's kinda, I want to start getting to a point with I launch a video every 2 weeks.
I'm working towards that.
Thanks again I'll cya next time!
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