so this is something new it's called Tech Showdown and if you don't like it
TS get it thank you for that so the
challenge is simple two contestants build computers around a particular
theme with some help from Cooler Master the sponsors providing the master case
Pro as well as some other stuff Intel gskill and ASUS also provided some of
the hardware and the judges determined who has best captured the theme of the
episode which this time is Christmas yes just in time for well not the
holiday but the CHR well the Christmas holiday all right let's get
going oh I'm building my computer here so I don't need to go
anywhere I hear this guy opening boxes but uh I actually have other
plans okay yep just working over
here what the [ __ ]
hold
on this is my actual
plan I can reveal it to the camera but Luke can't know the Brilliance of my
plan this will be the
happiest computer that ever exist existed have to be very careful with
this thing cuz it does stuff that I really don't want him to know it does so
that's going to stay there and I need these
guys okay so this my friends is the key the
secret
ingredient yes that is over 3 lb of
glitter 3 lb 3 lb of
glitter okay garbage
can tidiness is
key I didn't know it did that okay well that's fine so like any
Master fle constructed build it starts with the
motherboard and I do have some very
interesting plans for the motherboard we really don't have a lot
of time for some of the stuff that I have planned actually so this module I don't really
think I'm actually going to be able to use this will all be used as snow so all
can go right in there or wherever else I do decide to place it so basically I'm
just harvesting these things I guess I
guess this doesn't need to be a super secret anymore so let's see
yes I don't even know if that sound can end up in the video probably not it's
Tech Showdown not make the most obnoxious computer
Showdown this is going to be like you know that that thing that goes on a
front of a ship a lot of times it's like a lady or a horse or whatever this will
be my version of that so it's going to go right up here I'll see if I can show
you guys I don't know how I'm exactly going to fix it there yet but it's going
to go right there I think that looks classy as hell so we'll figure that out
later uh maybe a little bit more classy than three l pounds of glitter but I
don't know we'll see glitter is as classy as it
gets I am really not sure how quickly
I'm going to be able to put all this together okay what this looks like a
prime candidate for some gussying up if you know what I mean bright orange paint
bright green paint everything we do is primer or fluorescent orange pink yellow
or green yeah what did I
do well I'm kind of at a
stop good I I have no idea where the screws
from my case are I'm going to waste my whole 3 hours just trying to find these
screws did I even do anything with them the threads for the spare screws that I
had do not match I have literally no
idea at all where the screws for my case are so
I don't really know what to do really going to help
me so I just found the accessories box for another case it's supposed to be
rail mounted in here because it has rail
mount things on here it did not come with
mine so I'm still trying to find motherboard standoffs and stuff and
can't even start
see it's supposed to be in the drive rail right
here the key to any successful paint job
is masking so this will be our experiment
this is where we're going to find out if this is going to work at all go around
that side uh sure just avert your eyes oh
man how does this work okay so it goes
on kind of a little something like that sure I guess you just kind of go
ham I'm getting it on my hands that's hopefully fine immediately sprinkle on
the decorations and allow it to dry oh what the
crap it's closed oh
no okay I'm sure all the uh crafty people
in our audience are telling me how much better I could be doing this right
now okay I think I'm getting the hang of this this you just you put the thing on
and then you put the okay there we go I'm liking
that oh I did it the wrong color now we're doing these guys this is
why I want to put the power supply in because we have special cables from
cable mod and these oh they do look
awesome check this out yes those are
great
hey we are in business
here so I'm trying to tape his hat to that
cable hoping that uh I can make him actually stay there
that's more like it we're focusing our Sparkle power and
the last thing I want is for any of this to not look
tasteful yep I think we've got our technique
down cable management is crap but they
shouldn't be able to see this so I don't really care I'm a little bit worried cuz
I think mine is going to come out more refined looking and his is
going to come out more balls to the wall looking and I think that really might
come down to what the judges decide and that scares me so this one we're going
for the red it is very very fortunate
that I'm a genius and thought to set up
this uh canopy here because my project
relies very heavily on the tasteful
application of glitter if anyone's ever poking around behind the warehouse
they're going to wonder why all the Rocks Sparkle all right so we're going
right away right away with the red with the tasteful red I should put this on my
Plenty of Fish profile I know my way around a glitter bottle wait why do you
have a Plenty of Fish profile don't worry about it I had to meet my wife
somehow so why were you thinking of updating well you never know I might
need to meet a new wife somehow no way to do tasteful glitter my
ass how does that look I'm thinking
about putting maybe the one that's on the left here and the one that's on the
right here as left and right along these side columns I think that could look
pretty cool so I'm going to got to do
that so Brandon pointed out that of
course there is a grid on the back of
the wrapping paper so just like the bomb
when I had to draw or cut something out I have no idea what I'm doing those
edges are way more straight now which is
good it's much more clean is it seriously too short it's too
short what a waste of time
okay this is starting to come along it's
still not perfect for sure but it is starting to come along I need to fold
this thing over and then cut it the ne side will go a lot faster than this
because now I kind of get how to do
it if this seems like a very
weird oh man I might have to ditch the
this idea I don't think it's going to work
again I think I'm just going to move on the front is fine it's not great but
it's fine so I'm going to move on to something else just to make sure that I
can get everything done so if glitter were to get into the slots on the
motherboard which it won't because I'm a professional that would potentially be
an issue yes this is the professional way to remove the excess glitter from
your hands now I have a shiny butt so I'm going to do my patented work on a
motherboard from the underside with a counterweight technique this time I will
not be using Titan X's as my counterweight I think that would be
allowed if you want to go get them I have taken enough Flack for using
Titan X's as counterweights in my
time wow look at that if you're not
having the experience of how awesome that is maybe you need it from my angle
oh you're getting fli everywhere uh we all knew that was going to happen I
thought you said it was supposed to be precise it's very precise calm down it's
very precisely every very precisely everywhere I intend it to be oh where
did that screw go okay so I just
realized we've used a third of our time
already I might do a full thing across the whole panel what if we just give it
a wreath
now looks like that um I'm getting
rather close actually to this being
ready to go ahuh I think that's all right that
worked better than I thought it would okay nice I think I like that more than
the other one actually don't have a plan for the pipe cleaners I was just walking
through the store and I kind of saw them and I was like oh wow those are amazing
I must have them if I could get sort of a candy cane effect I think that would
be quite tasteful so I have an idea for
how I would do that I'm really not sure if it's going to work
though wait I had not considered how to mask off okay hold on hold on just just
wait just wait okay okay hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on everyone
just wait just wait okay actually freaking out a little bit right now what
am I what am I going to use for this I just need something to I need something
to cover that side while I'm spraying a
divider so wish me luck oh oh I oh I
contaminated my oh crap I'm supposed to
do the oh I'm supposed to do the silver over here this may yet
work holy CRA it's no guarantees but this may yet work
oh my goodness this is the stupidest thing I've
done it's actually not bad
now it's beginning to look a lot like he
doesn't know what he's doing but he's going to fake it all the
way I don't think there's any getting around this I think the whole thing has
to come apart so I better move
fast yeah making green for the body red
for the back plate silver horses or Christmasy he's trying
to distract me but I'm not going to let him do it unlike some people I have an
awesome build to complete yeah exactly pretty awesome
that's not what I said I didn't need a qualifier with
mine so I secured it the back and the
front now I'm just trying to like hide the method that I use for securing it
because it looks really
ghetto man these are going to
shine oh no okay oh oh super
balls come
on okay that is not a good
approach a spectacular trying to get some of the
glitter off my damn hands Ah that's cold man that's cold okay that's cold I feel
like if I can finish I have a shot at
this
okay so we're going to go green around the borders and red for the spinning fan
in the middle silver this this is kind of the centerpiece of the build and
Silver's is kind of the you know the tertiary Christmas color so to get right
around The Fan Hub there that's
important actually oh that looks great kind of the snowy like not quite covered
effect on the top I'm liking
that so this is a glitter spray instant
Sparkle finish quick drying flower safe that is H wow that is that
is a very subtle glitter
effect
okay yeah
well see I'm going Fran Al as well but I
actually cared about the Aesthetics of
mine might allow them to appreciate it a little bit
better you're just so boring this whole
side's just black hey we're walking this way no
we're not that door is blocked that's how you he's he's not allowed to look
now that he moved right close your eyes yeah go go go go you got to look over I
got I didn't see nothing I didn't see
nothing oh my God this is so shiny look
at this I like the Snoopy you look is
that Snoopy that I I can't tell if
that's actually Snoopy or just a knockoff I like this one okay is is it
possible for the fan to even work with all the that's my question how how well
is that kind of ooh how well is that stuff
is that a snoop not it's not this glitter is the herpes of the craft world
it's going to be all over the place red and green is that some sparkle on the
top are we judging oh it is oh I hope
they appreciate the attention to detail of doing component of my of my graphics
card the striping on the oh my God this needs to shut up the striping on the
graphics card is insane uh you mean the power supply yeah sorry s yeah so that
candy cane effect took way too like there's a few things I did that took way
too long thing that pull this way but it would
they would still the parts would still I'm assuming these systems actually work
yeah but snoop's pretty cool oh look they both used so they both used cable
mod for uh red and green yeah I really like that that's a nice touch on both
they both they probably both did that independently you know I mean I really I
got to say I like this one a lot better because this one I mean they both used a
cable mod this one is just glitter it is all glitter all the time even the power
supply is glittery you know
not all that Glitter gold say smash M
okay so three would it be so wrong for me to plug this in and turn it on and
get glitter all over the place no it would not be be visually interesting you
know what we should use that as part of our judgment this RAM and stuff going to
get so hot and like melt okay I'm going to go find I that's an interesting point
that's a pretty interesting point keep going on
Burl I thought this was going to go the other way I thought John was going to go
for mine and Burl was going to go for yours Well mine's also not as tacky as
you assumed it would be that's true that's very true if I had done the
entire outside I really want oh I really wanted to do the outside I don't even
know if they've noticed the subtle like glitter frosting that's on my fan girls
fire up okay yall ready for
this oh my god oh
no bring the camera he is going
everywhere I I is this going to destroy the hardware it should be okay I should
Hope Oh there's even glitter on the fans on this GPU oh my God this is oh they
stopped spinning that's fine they stopped spinning not they're not
supposed to be spin is that one spinning good see thank goodness John's there
he's like oh they're not supposed to be spinning everywhere oh that's Fancy
Fancy Fancy glitter means good hey burk's coming around to me yeah
that fan looks ridiculous wow it does yeah like you're
the chip is it possible to outter
glitter I did each component of the motherboard separately that's why the
motherboard took so long too yeah yeah well it does seem to work okay it does
seem to work it's more that it just makes a mess which so practical I wonder
if someone checked if it was exhausting glitter out of the back probably okay uh
what what do we like about the glitter One graphics card
dang graphics card D I like the nice
justos of different
colors I like the justos of the different colors layer like where the io
panel is is silver and then it's the same thing on GP you have righted here green here and silver on the fans you
know what I think this is luses because what what like guy in his 20s who
doesn't have a wife or kids knows how to use glitter properly I think this is a
Luke you think so I think this is a line well I mean is this is this properly
like I don't know that looks pretty properly
catastrophically there's noots that are skipped it well it's more that the whole
effect strikes me as a little bit messy you know yes yes but they supposed to be
coming up with things they like right now I think the execution on applying
the glitter itself could have been better I would not have put it on the fans that's what I don't like they
should not be on the fans I like more I want more glitter okay okay the negative
from tan is glitter all over the place what your negative glitter was all over
the place till he turned it on uh the outside lack of oh yeah it's like the
outside was outside yeah yeah okay what do we like about it okay yeah ter um the
glitter I like the glitter I just don't like that it's going to get all over the
place I would have gone way toned down and I would have actually done a lot
more you're turning this into what you don't like what do you like about
it I don't know it's kind of funny cuz
even though like I said the overall effects a little bit messy there's clearly there's clearly some time and
thought that went into this with how whoever this is we think L this is but
whoever this is put the colors together so I do like that thanks John this one
item number two what do we like about it
um I I mean I don't know I I I like that
it's more of a more of this doesn't sound great so far uh it's pretty tacky
but at the same time it's Christmas with a little tackiness yeah I like the
tackiness I like the snow yeah I like
that it might light on fire if it has to ex
sometimes you got to take actually fire hazard does seem more likely with this
one fire hazard is more fitting with Christmas cuz how many houses go up from
you have that cotton right next to the power supply I ran it like the whole
time what the hell wooden dry but the power supply fan
is facing down it goes out here it still makes me nervous it makes me a little
nervous too but it's not as bad as it could be imagine if they put the cotton up here that would be a lot worse I
think okay maybe there's some thought into it well for me it's the to detail
here you look at this case compared to the first one almost every part of the
case and of the build ties into the theme somehow you have wrapping on both
sides this is very well because to put
this side as the one you're going to look at you have green here you have
green here it's a very nice effect even inside the case you look at the choices
of components even beyond the obviously Christmasy stuff you have like red heat
spreaders on the RAM it goes with the rest of it that's really interesting
just figured it out Taran figured it out he's like they both have the same compon
I'm I'm thinking my negative would be there's like three different Hues of
green on here you know they could have put a little more detail into that but
then again that is kind of tacky and that does make it kind of fun uh would
have like to see a little more glitter oh you just got points deducted
for not enough glitter
what wow that is ridiculous that is
fantastic litter isn't even a Christmasy thing oh it when it's red green and
silver it is I mean the colors were right but like here here's a Christmas
bow yeah that doesn't yeah glitter oh
fine okay well is it time for us to reveal our glitter build glitter build
score reveal time now all right okay so
on the count of three we reveal our cards okay 1 2
3 okay there's that we have six five and was a
little so 19 out of 30 for the glitter build okay okay and now the next
one present
build show
them
so the Luke's was the present
one all right yes Yes mine was the present build glitter build is me so the
present build by two points is guess we guessed the glitter was you yeah I heard
Burl say I don't know what guy in his 20s who know how to use glitter I was
like oh man all right just saying I don't I learned a lot as I I still chose
the glitter as the winner I like that Glitter so let us know guys in the
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