You can't see me. You can't see this desk. You can't see this PC. You can't
even see this screwdriver. But you can finally see these. That's
right. To celebrate our new legally distinct colored transparent
screwdrivers. We have rrestled up enough
transparent tech to build the all transparent setup. But Lionus, you ask,
where's the color? Well, don't you worry because with some help from our sponsor,
Nothing, another purveyor of sturdy transparent tech, we're going to bring
their futuristic minimalistic style to this PC with RGB elements that reflect
our new screwdriver colors. I just can't wait to Huh.
Obviously, not every component in our build can be fully transparent. While
there are some very cool transparent PCBs out there, transparent substrates
are limited to about two layers, while a
modern motherboard like this ASUS RG Stris B850A, it's going to need more
like eight. So, wherever clear isn't possible, we've chosen to accent our
build with white components that will a match our white Nothing Phone 3 and B
help reflect our lighting, making our transparent cases lasered side panel
glow more evenly. We've paired our motherboard up with a Ryzen 7 9800 X3D,
which might not be clear, but it is a clear choice if you want an extremely
performant gaming CPU. to go with it. A 64 gig kit of course our Dominator
titanium memory and a 4 TB Kingston KC3000 SSD. But a pretty thing like you
won't be easy, will you? No. No, it
won't. Was there an option for this to be preassembled?
>> Nope. And if there was, I wouldn't have
taken it anyway. This flat pack case might have no instructions, but hey,
that's future Linus' problem. Screw that guy. It's much more important to me that
it'll fit better into our laser, which we're going to need to really get the
most out of our nothing inspired design.
Let there be a very specific wavelength
of light.
They're upside down. >> WO! This is freaking awesome.
See, if it was fully transparent, it wouldn't actually glow. with our
etching. Ah, pretty cool, right? We'll
throw the design files down below if you guys want to do something similar. All
right, it's all yours, future Linus. Thanks, Future Linus. Now, to just
figure out how to put this thing together with a little help from some
old friends. Hello. One of these days, someone's going to invent easy peel
acrylic protectors, but it is not this day. Oh, yeah.
>> Oh, man. I peeled this and this already has a crack in it. >> Well, that's something he and I have in
common. >> Yeah, every man has a crack.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> Can you figure out which piece is which? >> Well, this is clearly the front.
>> No, wait. What? >> Uh, first thing that we actually need to
do so that we can get further along is all of these spots that have hex's, we
need to get one of the midsize studs in there and then a screw through the back
to hold them in place. Want to grab a
transparent colored screwdriver from ltstore.com.
Wow, that really uh when this case is a
knock and don't come a rocking. >> It inspires confidence.
>> Dude, I'm not going to lie. All the skepticism from earlier aside,
this is going to look kind of sick. Eh, >> it is going to look really good.
>> This is more of a test fit since we're probably going to have to take this off later anyway. But
this is going to come together freaking awesome. We're going to have to cable
manage it perfectly. Why did they go to all the effort to put a USB 3 header on
it and then do only one of the two ports? Wow. This is not going to go in
here. Uh, have we ever tried mounting the motherboard?
>> Yes. It's not a nice fit, but it's a fit. >> Yeah. >> So, we still got to stick the power
supply in the bottom there. Oh, we still got to look at the power supply. But
before we do that, no, we're going to talk about water cooling. Water cooling
is one of the few categories of PC components where you'll always find
plenty of acrylic options. For our CPU, we've gone with this nickelplated
copperbased job from Vixski. And for our
Zotac Gaming RTX 580 AMP Extreme Infinity SEO Word solid GPU, we're going
to be cooling it with this Alphacool Core GeForce RTX 5080 solid plus amp. It
is so beautiful. Next step is to throw our
GPU in then. >> Not quite. We got to throw in the power supply first.
>> Oo, which means choices. Check this out.
There used to be both power supplies with acrylic covers and aftermarket
acrylic enclosures that you could put on your existing power supply, like this
sick UV green one that I had in my rig. But it turns out both of those things
are really stupid and dangerous because acrylic is not only flammable, but it
even gives off toxic fumes when it burns. What could go wrong, right? Well,
with an RTX 5080 hooked up to this relic
of the past, a lot. So, if we want a
modern acrylic power supply, we're going to have to make our own. It's It's
glorious. And it's not even our only option. We also got this demo unit that
Corsair made for a trade show that shows off the internals of their HX1000i
Shift. Which one do I want?
Let's go for the Corsair. That's pretty sick.
>> Hey, at least you can see what you're doing, though. >> Yeah.
Noctua is obviously too classy for clear fans, so we grabbed these addressable
RGB 120 mm fans off AliExpress that,
wow, feel really cheap. Um,
I guess this is actually a perfect illustration of how transparent plastic
can create a lot of challenges in product development. Not all plastics
are the same. And I mean, look no further than Valve's limited edition
transparent steam deck for the kinds of problems that this can introduce. So,
how do you do transparent plastic, right? To find out, we're going to have
a quick fireside chat with the king of the three-year product development
timeline, Kyle from Creator Warehouse.
Over the last few years, we've learned a lot about plastics, particularly
transparent ones. Can you talk us through some of the journey here?
>> Funny enough, transparent has existed for longer than regular screwdriver.
>> I remember that. I green lit transparent before we'd even gotten to market. So
why did it take so long? >> Because we dropped it. And when we
dropped it, it cracked. >> What was the plastic that was the
brittle one? >> 100% ABS. Our original screwdriver, the
one that you can buy right now, is a composite of ABS and nylon. And that
nylon helps it be just a better plastic
overall, >> right? And you can't get that mix in clear.
>> No. Else it would be easy. >> So, talk us through the other plastics
we explored. >> Everyone has its pros and cons. Acrylic's brittle. Nylon looks yellow at
the start and will just continue to yellow as it goes on. We really relied
on our manufacturer to suggest something that would be usable with the least
amount of change to our existing mold. >> Right. Because even if you could just
steal someone else's homework, that doesn't mean that it's going to flow properly in your mold.
>> Funny you should say that actually because we kind of did borrow somebody
else's homework and we did end up using what is called Triton C-olyester which
is specifically engineered to [music] not yellow as well as being extremely
strong. However, trying to put it through molds that were designed for a
different plastic was a freaking nightmare. You cannot hide any
imperfections with transparent. To solve this problem, we artificially thicken
the walls in some areas and thinned it in others,
>> right? >> What that does is create a united flowfront of plastic as you injection
mold. >> From there, what about the color though? >> That was easy. We just gave them samples
of what colors we want. They found it and because the percentage of colorant
you're putting in is relatively small, it made no conceivable difference to any
of the process parameters. So, for once it was easy.
>> If you guys want the extended version of our fireside chat about plastics, maybe
check out LMG.gg/flowplane. Your choice of plastics can affect a PC
build as well. Hardline tubing, for instance, is readily available in both
acrylic and PETG, each of which has its own trade-offs. Acrylic is less prone to
scratches, but is considered harder to work with, while PETG offers superior
impact resistance, but is known to cloud or react with some coolants. As for our
radiator, well, there's not much we can
do to make this giant Bixky external radar. But what we can do is cut a
transparent LT side panel to complement our build. And voila, big cooling, small
visual obstruction. We're going to bend some tubes in a minute, but first we've
got to get our GPU installed, which is going to require this vertical GPU
mounting bracket. It's not clear, but it
allows us to show off our clear GPU, and it covers up the not clear top of our
power supply. See? Brilliant. And me explaining our rationale, I think adds a
lot of transparency to this process.
Boo. Hey, this is coming together. Okay,
where's our GPU here? Do we have our stoppers in the wrong spots?
>> This is where I was going to ask you what we should be doing with the outlet
in particular on our GPU because we've got a really crazy run that needs to go
in the inlet right in the center of the CPU block. >> Let's have a look see here, shall we?
That is very spicy. >> The other option is pulling it off of
the front and then wrapping around.
>> That's pretty cool. Let's do that. We
just need one of the longer snakeier extensions. Oh yeah, buddy. That's the
one. [snorts] Uh, all right. Want to hit me with some tubing?
Heck yeah. Oh, she's straight.
Let's go. All right. Now, we have a couple of pre-cut tubes from Pancrats.
Now that the tubing's done, all that's left is to fill up our reservoir and
game on it is what I would say. Except this isn't the transparent PC. It's the
transparent setup. So clearly
there's more to do. Starting with a quick trip to Best Buy Canada to pick up
a Nothing Phone 3, Nothing Headphone 1, and a Nothing Ear 3 to match the vibe of
our setup. If you want to grab some of Nothing's Transparent Tech for yourself,
their phones and audio will be on sale in Best Buy Canada from November 19th to
30th. Nothing, by the way, asked us very nicely to point out that they take great
pains to use transparency tastefully to highlight key features and use non dumb
transparent materials like the Gorilla Glass on both the front and back of the
Nothing Phone 3 and glass filled nylon in the Nothing Headphone 1. This is
going to be awesome. Except the chair. Oh my god, the chair. Actually, not that
bad. And it's so clear. It's like I'm sitting on nothing at all. Nothing at
all. It doesn't matter. The point is, let's
acknowledge something way cooler. How about this incredible desk? I wish that
I could take the credit for creating it, but this was actually lent to [music] us
by Renzo, who helped us out with that recent underwater speaker video. We
noticed it in his shop and it was too perfect for this project. So, we traded
him a transparent screwdriver for letting us inconvenience him for a
couple of days that stretched into like a couple of weeks, I think. But hi,
Renzo. Anywh who, we're not done kitting out our setup. And our next piece is
this sick Pulsar X2 gaming mouse, super
clear edition, [music] which we love for its great ergonomics and feather
lightweight. One aspect of it that wasn't perfect though was mouse tracking
on a perfectly clear surface. So solution, we picked up this frosted
glass mouse pad that matches our aesthetic. The WallH hack SP00004.
Yeah, it's not clear, but
it's clear that we needed to cut this
corner. Where we won't need to cut any corners is our keyboard. Look at that.
Four corners. All of them. We actually had a few
options for keyboards and settled on the Red Dragon Elf Pro K649.
It's wireless. [music] It's transparent. It's hot swappable and gasket mounted.
And it feels
slippery. [laughter] It sounds really nice though. Ooh.
Something just occurred to me. How are we going to find a clear monitor? You
didn't buy another one of those transparent OLEDs, did you? We had to
practically give away that last one.
Whoa, dude.
This works on so many levels. This 27in
gaming monitor from ASUS has [music] clear rear accents, but also uses a
tandem OLED panel, which actually has multiple light emmitting OLED layers,
one of which shines [music] through the other in order to boost brightness and
apparently improve longevity. Wicked smart and wicked cool. Now we just have
to figure out a not horrible way to cable manage this power cord. Given the
theme of the build is transparency, we should probably acknowledge that the
power supply randomly changed.
Turns out that that Corsair unit was really for demonstration purposes only.
So here's one that uh Justin jerryrigged
together with a working CIC unit and some pieces of acrylic.
How's that look? Huh? >> It's about as good as we can get.
>> I think you mean awesome. >> Could have had clear cables with copper.
>> Clear cave have you ever seen a clear C13 [music] cable?
>> No. Just go the extra mile. Dip it in epoxy. >> Okay. How about we [music] fill it with
some clear water? >> Power cycle, man.
Oh, yeah.
Dude, that's sick. We got to put the side panel on. I know it's bad GB's, but
I want to see it in all of its glory. This is sick.
Wow, this is awesome.
Oh, you set up with signal RGB. That's a
[music] nice touch. It cycles through all the transparent colors that the LTT
screwdriver will be available in. We've got orange, purple, teal, and
uh well, okay, we couldn't make a black light, but no,
>> you get the point. You get the point. Now, we just need to know if it games.
Does this say 540 hertz? This monitor is
nuts. And it does over 700 hertz if you
put it in 720p mode, which I suspect
most people wouldn't do in the age [music] of, you know, full high
definition, but still.
That's wild. Now, we just got a pair of headphones,
courtesy of Nothing, who I might remind you, sponsored this sick build.
Seriously, dude, it feels like I'm just kind of I don't know how to describe it.
It's like I'm gaming on air. Like it's so clear. I'm looking right
through the whole thing. And it reminds me we need to clean our studio.
Damn, that smooth. I got distracted by how beautiful my
monitor was and ran over a bunch of civies. [music] My bad. My bad. My bad. Sorry, officer.
You know what? This game's not for me. I
prefer more transparent games like Carry
the Glass. This is a game. Is it co-op?
>> Yep. >> Oh, okay. Well, let's carry the glass.
>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. OH, DAMN.
We're fast now. Let's go. >> Where are WE GOING WITH >> OH, DANG. CLEARLY, we are not very good
at this. Thanks again to Nothing for sponsoring this build. Their products
are now available exclusively at Best Buy in Canada and will be on sale for
Black Friday from the 19th to the 30th. We'll make sure to have links and all
the details in the video description. And super grateful to all of the fine
wonderful people out there who are checking out our now available soon
available >> soon available >> transparent colored edition LT
screwdrivers. Sign up for a notification using the QR code on the screen or at
the link down below. If you guys enjoyed this video, why not check out the
original video we did on the creation of the original non-clear LTT screwdriver?
It was a three-year process and was more complicated than you'd think, which
really gives me a lot more appreciation for all of these fine, transparent
products, except for you. You could be more user friendly.