Retro Gaming PC Upgrades!! But can it play CRYSIS?!

JayzTwoCents October 25, 2025
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The correct upgrades for the Retro Gaming PC finally arrived! Is it enough to play our target games? Check out JAWA! The PC Gaming Marketplace by gamers, for gamers! - https://jawa.link/J2COct25 ○ Get your JayzTwoCents Merch Here! - https://www.jayztwocents.com ○ Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkWQ0gDrqOCarmUKmppD7GQ/join ○ Join the official JTC Discord! https://discord.gg/jayztwocents ○○○○○○ Items featured in this video available at Amazon ○○○○○○ ► Amazon US - https://amzn.to/43wnUsz ► Amazon UK - http://amzn.to/Zx813L ► Amazon Canada - http://amzn.to/1tl6vc6 ••• Follow me on your favorite Social Media! ••• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jayztwocents Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/jayztwocents Instagram: http://instagram.com/jayztwocents# SUBSCRIBE! http://bit.ly/sub2JayzTwoCents 00:00 Intro 01:22 More info on IDE SATA adapter 03:19 New parts 07:54 BHD but with more RAM 08:51 BF2 CPU bottlenecked 10:03 Installing new CPU 11:00 BF2 with all upgrades 13:35 IDE SATA adapter weirdness 14:54 Can it run Crysis? 17:11 Future retro gaming plans

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