The last ASUS ROG rig reboot brought to you by ASUS went pretty well. We built
him a computer. He was entertaining on camera and boom, beautiful video for you
to enjoy. Uh, this one might be a little more challenging. See, Xavier here needs
a new computer for 3D animation, which is great. We can use ASUS's entire pro
art lineup to build him a sick rendering machine. Unfortunately, based on his
submission, it seems he can't speak. He only knows how to communicate in the
style of silent movie.
No, no, that's okay. Uh, you know what? I'll get into character and join you.
>> Okay, we can drop the silent act now.
Fine. Sorry.
Why don't we clear away everything we don't need just yet and let's get this
started. I'm going to ask you the first question that I ask all of my victim
helpers. >> Okay. >> Co-hosts. Have you ever built a computer
before scratch? >> Really? >> I have built
one and a half with help too. >> At least I didn't ask if you've ever
performed surgery. I swapped my brother's and my own
>> motherboard and CPU and RAM. So, I don't
necessarily consider that a full build, but >> it did kind of happen.
>> So, that was the one and a half. >> Yes. Well, that was the half.
>> Let's start with the CPU. >> Okay. >> Because this is more of a creator PC,
right? You're doing some 3D rendering, animation,
>> right? >> What else? >> I will do some gaming. >> What kind of games do you want to play?
>> Uh, you're not going to like this. Minecraft.
>> I like that. Minecraft. >> Well, it's not like it's needs this.
>> No, but this will be able to handle it just fine. >> That's true. >> As for your motherboard, we've gone with
the Z890 Creator Wi-Fi from Asus. This
is part of their ProArt lineup. >> Can I ask how much it costs?
>> I'm going to be honest with you. I haven't bought a motherboard in almost 20 years. I have no idea.
>> $500. >> $500.
$500. >> Is that too much? No, not for you. I
mean, after that incredible submission, by the way, I love that the chair
reappears at one point and blows into you again. >> It was a choice that I had planned to
do. I had actually planned to do it three times, but I ran out of time to
finish the submission. >> Can we lose the hats now? >> Yes, you can lose the hats now.
>> No, no. I want to get I want to make >> While you install this CPU, why don't
you let us know what kind of software you're planning to run on it? That way, we'll know if it's a good choice. I
mean, it's locked in now, but >> yeah, too late. Uh, I'm planning to use
Premiere Pro, Photoshop, I am a video editor currently, and also Blender and
Maya because I want to go into 3D animation.
>> Okay, very cool. This will actually be a perfect choice for you then because in
addition to its eight performance course, which will be perfect for Minecraft, it's got a whopping 16
efficiency course so you can spread out your workload across all of the well,
the course. >> Okay. I've also heard that Intel is
pretty good with reliability in Creative Suite apps. >> I don't know about reliability, but what
I can say is that Puget Systems published a report where they said that unless you're going with a workstation
platform, they strongly recommend Intel on the consumer side.
>> Well, then it's a great choice. >> A great choice to go on our ProArt Z890.
Why am I doing the work? >> Thank you again. >> Well, it's because you just stand there.
>> I don't know which way it goes. >> Oh, there's a hint.
>> Yeah, I I bet there is. Oh, maybe this the notches. Let's see.
>> Sure. No, the corner. >> Sure. >> Yes, the Wait,
>> it's amazing how many people watch our channel for years and still don't know
how to build a computer at all.
>> Thank you. >> That really says more about me than it does about you. You're backwards, by the
way. >> I am backwards. >> Oh, yeah. >> No, no. The CPU was right. You're
backwards. Turn around. No. No. The CPU is wrong. Oh my god. You just put it in
the socket. Uh, okay. It still looks good.
>> That was on you, Lionus. >> Is he joking? Is he not joking? You'll
never know until your computer's dead. >> I'm probably doing it right. Right.
>> Watching you work on this is so tempting to leap in and rescue you.
>> Did I That's supposed to come off.
>> Okay, that's supposed to come off. I thought it was like Linus drop tips for a second.
>> How hard were you pushing? >> Oh my god, this arm is like flexing.
>> No, no, it's fine. >> We're playing those kinds of games.
>> Oh yes. >> Oh yes. Okay. Can we do the peel now?
>> Absolutely. >> Okay. >> Oh, not that one. >> No, you're messing with me again.
>> Ooh, nice. IO. Got them dual Thunderbolt
ports. Wait, what the hell? Are there three Thunderbolt ports on this board?
There are three. Not to mention 10 gig
networking, 10 gig USB, and 2 and 1/2 gig networking for good measure. Not to
mention Wi-Fi 7. Oh, sick. This has the
like proper Thunderbolt. So you can see
there's a DisplayPort on the back here. That's not an output. That's an input.
So you go out from your GPU right into there. And then your Thunderbolt port on
the back of the board is actually using the DisplayPort from your GPU instead
of having to go through the PCIe bus and
then output over the like um integrated graphics. It's basically a little bit
better for performance if you're outputting a display over Thunderbolt to
a dock or to a Thunderbolt monitor. >> I'm glad you explained that because I
barely understood any of it.
>> This good, good. Why don't we put our SSD in
and I can show you where all the slots are. >> ltstore.com.
>> Nice. Did you make that before you came over here? >> I did.
>> Very nice. I like your color scheme. >> It is pretty, isn't it? >> It is pretty. Now, is it good in the
hands of me? I don't know. >> Well, for starters, you don't need a screwdriver for this.
>> Hey, thank you. >> Look at that. Four M.2 slots. You can
fit so much M.2 in this bad boy. Don't
worry. It looked like I was hitting the motherboard, but I was actually hitting this heat sink. Oh my god, there's a
fifth one. Good gravy. Now, we get to play a really
fun game. Which slot do you think it goes in? Remember, they're gonna judge
you. >> Yes, they are. How about the cool one?
This one? Wrong. >> The reason it's wrong is that this is a
PCIe >> Gen 3 >> SSD. And this is your only PCIe Gen 5
slot. So, if you were to ever upgrade with a Gen 5 SSD in the future, you'd
want to put it in here. >> So, did I say the only wrong answer?
>> Mhm. >> That's great. >> Realistically, it's more about
convenience, though. If you were to put this here and then go to expand your
storage with a Gen 5 drive later, you would have to take out your GPU, lift
this off, put this one in here, then install the other one. Whereas now, you
can just already have this down here and you can put your new SSD in without
taking out your GPU. >> Okay, that's a fair point. >> Anyway, feel free to install an SSD
anytime. Looks like some kind of clever little toolless mechanism.
>> Toolless. Okay. >> Yep. They didn't count on us being here.
>> Oh, I think I got it. >> Thank you for that.
Hey, nice. Stop. I'll give you a hint. Read. Read.
Okay. Oh, I'm supposed to peel those off.
>> Okay. >> Don't worry. It's only millions of people who are going to watch.
>> Wow. Thank you, Lionus. You make me feel so much better about myself. >> That's the wrong one.
>> Okay. Even though it was the wrong one, is it really detrimental to remove them
all? Yeah, because any of the dust and junk that's floating around in your
computer will get stuck to them. >> Okay, >> which probably doesn't matter.
>> Okay. Well, I'm going to remove the correct one this time.
>> Let's do that. Also, I do think that
this is at least partially on ASUS. Do they really need to have all their
branding in there under a heat sink? Could they just have a giant remove on
this? Might make it a little easier for first-time builders. I know they
sponsored the series, but that doesn't mean we can't give them constructive feedback. Now I'm going to close it for
real. And that was like just step one.
>> Oh yeah. Where you from? >> Chicago.
>> Cool. >> Are you judging me? >> Nope. >> No. >> I mean, I'm not American. I don't know
American city stereotypes. Hey, I'm from
Chicago. I'm walking here. Who the knows? I don't know. >> That's New York.
>> Yes. >> We've gone with some 6,000 mega transfer
per second vengeance memory from Corsair. And you got 32 gigs. So, go
ahead and install them in the correct slots. >> I'm going to assume the one closer to
the CPU is the correct one and then skip and then next.
>> That is a smart assumption.
>> Too bad it's wrong. >> Nope.
>> Yes. >> Yeah, buddy. >> So, what's next?
>> You think you can lift that? >> No. All right, I'll give you a hand.
>> Oh, that was that was a joke. Thank you, Lionus.
You are doing it wrong though.
>> I want to tip it sideways. >> Nope. >> No.
Look down. >> What? Right there.
That there. You're literally The instructions are right there. >> Oh, thank you.
>> In Xavier's defense, I have made this mistake so many times with so much
larger, more cumbersome items, and you guys have been just as mean to me in the
comments. So, I'm paying it forward, you could say. You ready to see your new
rendering machine? I am. Let's render it to your eyeballs. Oh, it's black wood.
That looks sick. It's subtle. Just a
little bit of wood grain. >> I thought it was metal at first.
>> Kind of gorgeous.
>> Hey, progress. >> Progress. You showed me how, so it's
kind of cheating. >> No, we all stand on the shoulders of giants. Well, I don't. That's why I'm so
short. >> Yeah, I'm like 5'2.
>> You What? Wow. Elijah, where do you find
these guys? Why are they all mean to me? I have done nothing to deserve this.
>> Have you used a screwdriver before? >> What kind of name is Xavier?
>> Too bad it's wrong. Think you can lift that? >> Does this have wheels? It does. Oh,
>> dude. Check this out.
They see me rolling.
Sorry, boy. Afraid we're going to have to put you down. Wow, those are big
fans. What are these? 200 mil. What's that in freedom units? Like half a
gallon, maybe.
>> The way you're throwing this.
That's really nice. I like that. It's going to be a really clean install. So,
are you planning to route all the cables like through the bottom of the case to
the back of the motherboard? >> Oh,
my god. This is so much better. Wow, that's
nice. Thanks, ASUS. They got little labels on my baggies. I don't have to
guess what kind of threading there is on the standoffs. Those
Oh, did we not give him the full bit load out? >> Oh, I didn't. They're right here.
They're right here. I was going to say I thought maybe we were worried he'd hurt him.
I'm going to do this so I can show the folks how to use a screwdriver that they
can actually get at ltstore.com, our new transparent. So, we want to start it
with the nurling and finish off with the ratchet.
What would you like to do next other than go home and get away from this man?
Power supply. >> Sure. >> That is the power supply.
They don't have a ProArt power supply. So, we went with the ROG Stricks 1200 W
Platinum unit. It's efficient. It plugs into the wall. It's modular. What else
could you want? I'll give you 10 points if you know which cables we need.
>> Uh, we need at least this. >> Wo, that's two points.
>> I know we need at least one of these. >> Two points.
>> No, there is no hard drive, so I don't think we need this. >> Two points.
>> Similar reasoning for this one. >> Two points. >> Okay. Yes.
>> Minus nine points. >> Okay. We don't need this is good. Yeah,
you won. >> I just thought nine's kind of a funny sounding number
>> cuz it's like no in German. So n would
be like yes. >> Yeah, but we're speaking English.
>> Well, some of us are. >> I mean, I'm I'm speaking here.
Put it in. >> I'm set it up incorrectly, right?
>> No, you're actually right.
>> Thank you.
You doing okay back there? Oh >> yeah. You doing okay? You getting it out?
>> Trying to. >> You working on it? Is it going to come out? >> You You What are you doing, Lionus?
>> What? >> I I saw the screwdriver in your hand.
You tried to have my screwdriver in my hand. >> Nuhuh. What were you doing?
>> No, I was trying to help you. I was trying to kind of pry it, but I want you
to figure it out on your own. I want you to figure it out on your own. Okay, go ahead. Go ahead. You remove it.
So now power supply. >> Now power supply. Oh lordy.
>> No. No. No. H. >> Upside down.
>> No, it's not upside down.
Because why would you read it upside down?
>> That is a really good question, ASUS. Why would I read this upside down when I
install my power supply fan side down like this? That's a actually a legit
question. All this is upside down, too. But you can see that this is not. This
really does say more about me than it does about you. This is amazing. We
turned the camera off for like five minutes and you start doing things properly.
>> Sort of. >> I think it's your fault, Lionus. >> I mean, you're plugging them into the
right spots, but we're going to have to unplug them all because you didn't run them through the cable management holes.
Hey, there you go. Wait,
>> dude. Okay, aside from this looking like ass,
we have to put the basement thing on. >> Oh, yeah. You actually cannot run this
cable like this. Here, I I I can do this this time.
>> Can you? >> Yes. Please let me try. I'll let you
try. Okay.
Nope. Wow. He didn't need to try. That was
only two attempts. That's by What would you like to do next?
>> Graphics card. >> Nope. Maybe when you're cooler, you'll be able
to figure it out. >> Oh, CPU cooler. Thank you, Lionus. So,
what kind of cooler do we have? We have an Asus ProArt liquid cooler. Man, that
is a pretty slick looking little rad.
Triple 140 mm fans. And not just any
fans. I'm talking Noctua industrial PPC
2,000 RPM fans. Boom. They go on like
that. Oh, or like that. Or like that. Or like that. Four whole options. Now,
under normal circumstances, I would love to set this up in a pull configuration,
okay? So, that cleaning is simplified, but I don't think that Xavier is capable
of holding the radiator in place, threading the screws through the top of
the case, managing to line them up with the holes, all while having all of the
fans positioned and all of that. I'm just being honest. So, what we're going
to do is we're going to pre-attach the fans. Then, we're just going to screw
the rad into the case. And next time he goes to clean it, he can do it the fancy
way. >> I'm probably not going to clean it if we're being honest, Lionus.
>> Radiator goes in from the top in this case after you take out the mounting
bracket. And we're just going to do a quick checky boo here and see which way
we want the tubes going. I'm kind of feeling this vibe, but we could also go
with this vibe. Oh, I think I'm feeling that vibe better.
>> I also like that. >> And you know what?
This is pretty nice because this makes that really challenging thing I was
talking about before much much less
challenging. So, we could actually line everything up and install it the lower
maintenance way that I had wanted to.
Good job, Jesus. All right. Well, I'll tell you what. You can do the next part.
Oh. Oh, hamsickles. The manual says to put
the radiator on top. >> Yeah, but I don't want to do that. cleaning it now because we're pulling
air this way is as simple as just like
going like that on the radiator just to get all the cat hair off. Not that I'm
assuming you have a cat. >> I do not >> yet. Okay. Now, because it's not really
intended for the fans to be up here, there's no real way to get the cables
down. >> Are you cheating it?
>> Cheating? I would never cheat. Do I seem like the sort of man who would pull out
a thermal camera for a friendly game of hide-and-seek? Yes, he would.
>> Okay. Well, we'll figure this out, I think. Oh, that hurt.
Okay.
Probably deserved that. Must have done something.
Okay,
I got this. >> Okay. >> Can you go around to the other side if I pass it?
>> Yeah, I'm fine. Hit my knee pretty hard. Can you see it?
>> I can see it. >> Okay. I'm trying to grab it.
>> Uh-huh. >> I got it. >> Yeah. Okay, good. We got the dual eight
pins for the motherboard and our three fan cables all threaded through this
hole up here. Sick. And we only scuffed the heat sink a little. Now we just go
ahead and plug all these fans into our beautiful little integrated fan hub
here. Look at that. Just a little something like that. Beautiful. Gorgeous. What is this? What have you
been doing back here? Oh my god. What did you do? Oh, you ran the 24 pin
through this one wire on the 8 pin. Now
you can go ahead and put your CPU block/pump unit onto the CPU.
And that, my friends, is how you install the ASUS PRAAT
liquid cooler. Praert?
I mean P R O A R T. How would you pronounce that? Do you like fish or
something? Like prot's
fishy about this. >> Heck yeah. What's next? Graphics card.
>> Sure. That is a fine piece of GPU.
GeForce RTX 5080. 16 gigs of GDDDR
>> seven memory. All the CUDA cores that you could possibly imagine.
>> Well, no, there's one with more. >> Yeah, but he couldn't imagine it. Look
at him. I have affantasia.
>> Triple fan design overclocked and all
the peels that you could possibly imagine. Well, if you could imagine
peels. You want to take them off? I would. I
do. Speaking of 4K, you got a new monitor as well. I think these are the
same ones the editors use. Do you need help installing the GPU?
>> I do not. No, I was uh waiting for Lions to get off the floor, but
>> you do need help. >> You're in charge of the video now. >> I am in charge. Yeah, you you you missed
something. What did I miss? >> No, no, let him do it. Let him do it. >> Okay. Sorry,
>> Elijah. This is his video. Can you just like let him have his time to shine?
>> Sorry, sir. >> Lionus gave me a hint earlier. The GPU
is supposed to go in the top one because this could have been an issue. The uh
AIO. >> Nice. >> Oh, we got to remove these.
>> Sure do. See, he can do it.
>> Sorry, sir. I have no idea how much of this is going to make it into the final
cut. LMG.G. GG/flat plane if you need to see more of this dumpster fire. Do you
have any idea what this is? I think it like goes on there or something. What?
Oh, yeah. Look at that. So, you can have the ROG logo or you can just have like a
diffusion layer. I'm going to stick with the ROG logo. Thanks, ASUS ROG. You know
what? You did a great job. >> Thank you.
>> On something, I assume. >> Oh, >> no, no, no. You did.
>> This is This is perfect. Wicked. I got a good feeling about this. Xavier, you
want to plug this in at the back? >> Yes, I do. goes in the USB port.
>> The one shaped like a rectangle. >> Thank you. >> Oh, you never know.
>> Okay, come on around. It's time to do the honors.
>> Press the power button. >> Go for it.
That's a technique that I've perfected. The silent second switch.
Did we ever plug in those fans? Woo! There she goes. Do you want to turn the
monitor on so we can see if it powers up? Did you also plug in the HDMI or
DisplayPort cable? >> I did not. >> I did not hit her. >> Did not hit her.
>> That did not. >> I did not. Oh, hi Mark. >> Hi Mark.
>> Mark's shooting today. >> Okay, you ready? I am ready. 4K 160
hertz. You won't even be able to feel the pain anymore with that much hurts.
Turn on XMPP. Put that on.
Yep. You have a working computer.
>> That's awesome. Thank you, Asus.
>> This is so awkward. >> Yes. Fan controls all working. She's
buttoning up real nicely now that we've got the bottom shroud in. Dude, that is
a nice looking build. Good job, Elijah. >> I do my best.
>> Can I take that off? >> No, that's ASUS's marketing. 98% DCIP3
160 Hz smooth motion 4K HDR lux pixel
low reflection self-calibration USB type-C monitor autovia monitor hood.
>> Yeah, but I can't see like half the UI. >> Okay, well now we can take it off cuz I
read it. >> Uh, render render image.
>> Mhm. >> 8 seconds for that. >> Yeah, most of it was spooling up.
>> I mean, that's still pretty crazy. >> Yep. >> This computer is literally too fast for
the BMW blend to be like really meaningful.
>> I mean, I animate. I render in Blender, so this is
>> Okay. Do something then. >> I want a big robot, too. >> You want You want a big robot? Sure.
>> I want a big robot. Nice. Yeah. Give him Give him two of them. Make it a big
buttocks. >> Nice. >> Okay, go ahead. You can render me.
>> It literally looks like Among Us. 25 seconds for this scene is phenomenal. I
This is crazy. Uh way better than my old PC.
>> You said you were going to do a little bit of gaming as well. Do you want to touch some games? >> Yes. Man, these freaking fans, Elijah,
they freaking go. Like, I'm sitting here and I'm like, "My eyes are cold." I
don't hear them at all. Jibus.
Yes. Right. Exactly.
What did you do to him? >> Uh, I mean, it was a minivan driver.
They probably deserved it. Oh, roll over. It's okay. It's okay. It's okay.
>> Is this where we're supposed to arrive to? >> Yes. >> Okay. And it doesn't matter what kind of
condition we're in. >> No, it doesn't. I won >> just like you won this computer courtesy
of Asus ROG. This bad boy has got so much Blender in
it. I'm going to play so much chess on that thing. If you guys enjoyed this
video, why don't you go check out our last ROG rig reboot from this year. It
somehow was almost as awkward. My Little Pony was involved.
>> Oh, thanks ASUS. Thanks ASUS for
sponsoring this video.