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So I used to go out on a fairly regular basis

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and game at LAN parties with my friends on the weekends.

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But now that I'm self-employed and I have three kids,

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I have neither weekends nor friends.

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So, the solution?

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A LAN gaming center that I don't have to travel to.

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One that has participants

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that I'm already paying to hang out with me

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here in our office.

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And thanks to our sponsorship from Intel,

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today, that dream begins to become a reality.

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Though clearly we do have some work to do.

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All right, so our not at all wild idea

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is to convert this corner of our warehouse,

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the one that we had wired up and cooled up for crypto mining,

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yeah, you can see how well that worked out,

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into a full-on gaming center, something truly useful.

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So what we're gonna need is proper power, proper cooling,

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proper networking, and most importantly,

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some solid gaming rigs so that nobody, including me,

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has lag as an excuse.

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Now, the purpose of this part one video is twofold.

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We're gonna lay out the plan, such as it is at this point,

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and we're gonna get your feedback about it

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so that we can make any necessary changes

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before going all out.

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And before even cleaning up, apparently.

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So there's our transformer box.

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There's our electrical panel.

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So then right about here is where we've got outlets times 16.

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Yep.

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Can we run 10 gig over here?

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I don't see why we wouldn't.

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Is it too long?

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It's expensive.

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So is each system gonna be 10 gig

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because we have the capability or no?

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I don't know.

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I mean, we could.

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Those cards are only like a hundred bucks.

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That would be sick.

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Yeah. Like our system would be like a hundred bucks.

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Our caching server would not be able to keep up,

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but it would be sick.

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So basically power is gonna kind of depend

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on where we want the tables.

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We could have Brian move the outlets if we wanted,

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depending on how we wanted to do.

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Okay, so here's one thing.

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This wall is really ugly.

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Also, technically that wall doesn't have to be there, right?

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It's just, it's not supporting anything.

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It is supporting the electrical panel right now.

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We could even have like a TV there or something.

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I think we should have a table, like a countertop here.

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A countertop?

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That would be nice.

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Just like, so you can put stuff there.

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Like maybe even a sink.

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Probably not a sink.

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Just a countertop would be nice.

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As part of our initial planning,

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we need to design and build up a prototype

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of the actual systems that we're gonna be rolling out

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because you wanna make sure everything about them is perfect

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before you run out and build 16 boxes.

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Oh yeah, our plan is 16 seats.

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Anyway, we wanna not only be able to game on this setup

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for a long time,

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but we'd also love to have it available

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for Linus Media Group and Floatplane Media staff

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to stream off hours,

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or maybe we could start doing some Let's Plays

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over on Channel Super Fun, resurrect that.

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Like, I don't know.

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So with that in mind,

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our builds were designed to be good enough

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for high refresh rate 1080p

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or normal refresh rate, like 60 Hertz, 1440p gaming.

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We haven't actually chosen our monitors yet.

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So we're definitely open to your feedback on that.

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What do you guys think we should go with?

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Anyway.

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With Intel sponsoring this video,

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our prototype will be using their excellent 8700K processor,

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which from our recent testing is untouchable

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when it comes to gaming performance.

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The only thing faster than this

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is Intel's own limited edition 8086K,

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but well, Cannot has 16 of those.

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Now for our boot drives,

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we're gonna be using Intel's 760 series NVMe SSDs.

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These are 512 gigs with read speeds

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of up to 3,230 megabytes per seconds.

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And then about half of that on writes.

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Then we're gonna be using an Optane module accelerated

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12 terabyte Barracuda Pro in each of our systems

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to give our game drive.

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So our entire Steam libraries will have SSD like performance.

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You can actually check out our recent video

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about that up here.

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We need to figure out how,

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like let's say everyone comes down

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at the end of the day or whatever,

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and wants to play the same game.

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And we don't have it.

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We need a way for everyone to be able

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to download the game really quickly.

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The caching server.

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But if we already have one,

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I think we should make a second one.

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A second one?

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I don't think our VM one is gonna be able to support this.

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Oh, come on.

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No, there's no way.

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We only have like two gigs read.

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What's your performance goal?

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Gigabit each.

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That's not even that unreasonable, is it?

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Yeah, so we need two 10 gigs into the server.

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But there's not like a compression overhead

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on the caching server, is there?

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So we just need to have like two 10 gigs.

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We need lots of network.

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Lots of network.

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RAM would be good.

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What if it could be a dedicated server

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for, you know, like running our own?

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Yeah, that could work.

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Okay, oh yes.

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So now that makes sense.

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And then we just have dedicated servers running all the time

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and then it can also act as a cache.

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Yeah.

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I want it to be quiet!.

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That's fine.

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So yeah, we'll have to like water cool it or something.

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It doesn't have to be that quiet.

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Hell yeah.

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The rest of our machine is a solid balance of mostly dash,

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but with a touch of flash.

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So we chose the ASUS.

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ROG Strix Z370G MATX board,

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in part thanks to its compact size and dual M.2 slots.

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And we went with a matching Strix GTX 1070,

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not wanting to overdo our prototype,

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just in case NVIDIA dropped a new GPU on us.

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And we ended up wanting to go with something else.

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Each station, we're gonna have a limited amount

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of actual floor space to allocate to each one.

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But obviously,

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better to have the system up on top

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from a dust management perspective.

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So one way or another, not on the floor though.

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Remember what the Wancho PC looked like after a year?

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At DreamHack, they put all the PCs above the monitors.

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Where did you come from?

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I just walked in

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because it seemed like you guys were coming

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to the wrong conclusion, so.

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So here's where we're at.

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Towers either behind the side or on top, but not ghetto,

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but not down here.

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Since the systems are gonna be highly visible,

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we hit up our buds over at Corsair,

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send us over their new 280X micro ATX chassis.

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It's compact, it's got tempered glass,

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and it's compatible

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with their new iCUE RGB lighting control software.

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For that matter,

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so is the Vengeance Pro RGB RAM that they sent over.

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And in white to match this gorgeous color scheme.

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So what are we looking at here?

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So right now,

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we have a very poorly designed fresh air cooling system.

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One that brings fresh air in, but has no exhaust for it.

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Do we roughly know

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how many feet we have in the system?

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Probably 5,000 watts total.

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So we have 350 per,

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and then like what, a 500-watt server?

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Yeah, sure.

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Oh God. Oh my God.

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Oh God.

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I don't know how.

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I don't think it's fair.

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This would be a six, wouldn't it?

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Okay, you know what?

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Whatever, 5,000.

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Yeah, screw it.

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Screw it.

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Screw mask, right?

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The final components of the system are the power supply.

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So for this, we went with an RM650X.

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It doesn't have any kind of flashy RGB or anything like that,

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but it's got it where it counts,

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providing enough power for any config

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that we could put in here.

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And it's got a modular interface.

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So go ahead and get that installed.

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And for CPU cooling,

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we've gone with the H100i Pro, but with a twist.

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We took off the maglev fans that are included,

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sacrificing a little bit of performance,

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and swapped on light loops.

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This cooler zero RPM mode,

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which can be configured in Corsair software,

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means that we can actually have the systems,

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when they're idle, be completely silent.

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So if there's only a couple of people gaming,

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there won't be any noise pollution.

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So what I'm proposing is we turn this area

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into like console gaming zone.

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Honestly, what I would like, ideally,

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is to kind of have two couches,

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and I'd like to have a big old CRT

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that we could have on like a rolling cart

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with some old consoles or an emulation box.

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And then you could have like,

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cause realistically, if you're playing more modern games,

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they're not that sensitive, too.

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They're not gonna put a leg anyway.

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So you play those on the projector,

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and then you could have a big CRT for anything else.

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You're still missing a huge category of games.

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It's like any first person shooter.

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You're not gonna wanna play in a CRT.

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Well, you're gonna wanna play first person shooter

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over here, idiot.

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So here's our finished prototype rig.

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It's not over the top or anything,

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but I still think it looks really good.

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And because of IQ, we'll have functionality,

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like having the whole thing turn red

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when someone dies or whatever.

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And then in terms of the layout of the room,

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basically,

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this is the wall where we wanna put the projector.

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Jake will have to move his paint booth.

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Here's where I want kinda like couches

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for console gaming or CRT gaming.

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Here is where we're gonna put the,

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I don't think we're gonna get three rows in here.

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So I think it's gonna end up being probably two rows

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of gaming machines with the chairs in the middle,

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back to back or something along those lines.

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I don't know.

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I think three feet per person,

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we're gonna kinda have to make it work.

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You know, we really wanna get

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a bunch of ideas from you guys.

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Do you guys have any ideas for monitors, peripherals?

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Is there any feature that you think we're missing

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from like a networking or power or cooling perspective?

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We are wanting to do this like crazy awesome.

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So don't be afraid to give us your wacky ideas

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in the comments below.

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So huge thanks to Intel for sponsoring part one

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of this project as part of their Gamer Days initiative.

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Gamer Days 2018, which runs from September 1st

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until September 16th is more than just a great time

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to shop for gaming gear.

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And like you saw in this video,

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it'll also include prizes, giveaways

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and other amazing experiences.

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So make sure you click the link

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in the video description to check it out.

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