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hey guys Austin today we're going to find out can you buy a cheap computer and turn into a gaming PC so this is what we've got this is the dell inspiron i 3650 obviously none of these accessories are really meant for gaming but inside we have the computer itself now well this is a desktop one of the things that kind of jumped out to me about it is actually a really unusual shape inside this guy is walking an Intel Core i three 6180 gigabytes of RAM and a one terabyte hard drive it's actually really not bad the biggest thing holding it back from gaming are the integrated graphics that's where this comes in this is the new AMD rx 460 what makes the 460 an interesting upgrade for a system like this is the low power requirements so because it's only a 75 watt card that means it's able to pull all of its power straight from the PCI slot which with the system like this with a fairly low end power supply makes a big difference so open this up and inside will see this a little bit of an unusual sort of layout so basically we have the hard drive in the optical drive which are mounted vertically in the case that actually is not a big deal for us because that still lives room for a graphics card below ok you know what I gotta say I had really low expectations for a pre-built system like this and strolling the graphics card is really easy all you do is line up with a slot make sure that clicks all the way into place then swing them out the latch to hold it into place and you're good to go so now let's find out did this single upgrade turn our boring desktop into a gaming PC to start with I tried a few games using the integrated graphics in the core i3 it wasn't pretty GTA 5 just really isn't playable even when you turn settings down to normal at 720p we're consistently getting frame rates that dip well below 20 frames per second install the RX 460 however and there is a huge difference we're able to bump the settings up to 1080p on high and we're getting around 60 frames per second moving to dota 2 we're getting a game that's a lot more friendly to integrated graphics so the core i3 is able to run it on the very lowest settings at 720p however we are getting around 60 FPS install the graphics card though and you're going to see a big difference so at a DP at max settings you're gonna get around 90 frames per second rocket League is another game that's fairly easy to run and we are able to get it playable on the core i3 now mind you we do have to turn the settings down to 720p and performance however we are able to get a fairly stable 30fps move over to the RX 460 we're getting much smoother 90 frames per second and that's what the settings turned up to high at 1080p shadow of mordor is a fun game but it's a lot more demanding and the i3 really struggles here even with low settings at 720p it frequently dips to around 15 fps during the action surprise surprise move up to the RX 460 we're able to bump the settings up to high at 1080p and we're still getting around 50 to 60 fps as cool as well this is it doesn't make a ton of sense to buy a pre-built system and then upgrade it to make it a gaming PC if you're willing to build it yourself you can get a very similar level of performance for a lot cheaper however if you already have a desktop at home that could use an upgrade or even an older gaming PC that just needs a little bit more graphics horsepower for $120 the RX 4 60s I should really solid card