Gaming on a $30 TV Box at 4K

What about the PC? โ€ข September 20, 2025
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๐Ÿ‘‰ Go to https://lovable.dev/ and use my code WHATPCYT20 for 20% off! Adapters from the video: Oculink: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c4E1BRgL NVMe M.2 To PCI-E 4X: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c3yWnlmn PCIe 3.0 M.2 WiFi A/E Key: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_c4MnXGOb Screwdriver from the video: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_olKWUH6 OCulink Dock station: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oorPb3z Cheaper station Oculink: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_omzbEWJ Liquid metal Thermal Grizzly: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oCL7MYT thermal tape: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_oFAfaVQ High Temperature Heat Tape: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_okLNcSo Pure Copper Heatsink: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_okl1STK SSD Cooler Radiator: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_okZtbD2 Flex ATX PSU: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_on34uBA Have you ever thought that an old $30 TV Box could turn into a real gaming PC? ๐Ÿ’ป๐ŸŽฎ In this video, I show how I bought a cheap TV box computer, completely disassembled it, installed Windows 10, and tested what it can actually do. Full teardown of the hardware: budget Intel CPU Performance tests in classic games (Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Fallout, and more) Connected a dedicated GPU via NVMe slot Launched games in 4K resolution โ€” and they actually ran really well! This experiment shows how you can squeeze maximum performance out of minimum money. ๐Ÿ‘‰ Donโ€™t forget to support the channel with a like ๐Ÿ‘ and subscribe ๐Ÿ”” for more crazy PC experiments!

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