WEBVTT

00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:05.920
one of our favorite pastimes here at Linus tech tips is buying weird

00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:11.440
technology off aliexpress waiting the requisite 4 to 12 weeks for it to arrive

00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:14.559
and opening it up for all of you because

00:00:11.440 --> 00:00:17.199
i mean let's be honest it's an adventure

00:00:14.559 --> 00:00:21.760
every time which raises the question Linus how is it even possible that you

00:00:19.520 --> 00:00:25.680
guys haven't thought to build an entire computer with nothing but parts off

00:00:24.320 --> 00:00:31.519
aliexpress well we did

00:00:27.920 --> 00:00:32.320
and we're doing it

00:00:31.519 --> 00:00:36.960
the hell is this

00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:40.160
and why is it brought to you by glass wire with glasswire you can keep track

00:00:38.800 --> 00:00:43.280
of the weird stuff that's connecting to your pc even when you're not using it

00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:48.160
and you can see if a strange device joins your Wi-Fi and block it instantly

00:00:45.520 --> 00:00:52.039
get 25 off today using code Linus at the link in the video description

00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:05.519
the ground rules for our little experiment today were pretty simple

00:01:02.559 --> 00:01:09.200
build a pretty powerful gaming rig without spending so much money that you

00:01:07.280 --> 00:01:13.439
could have bought it somewhere other than aliexpress we went for the best

00:01:11.760 --> 00:01:19.280
bang for the butt components that we could find and in cases where there was

00:01:15.600 --> 00:01:21.439
a tie we went with the more aliexpress

00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:25.360
option we don't actually have all of the parts that we ordered back on june the

00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:28.880
3rd because as i alluded to before shipping time was anywhere from around a

00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:33.040
week to four months to after five months just

00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:37.280
cancelling our order out of nowhere but you don't wait to build your pc because

00:01:35.040 --> 00:01:42.079
your fans didn't arrive so we just grabbed a handful of fans we had kicking

00:01:39.360 --> 00:01:45.600
around that looked kind of aliexpressy and we're gonna get this going we

00:01:43.360 --> 00:01:50.479
actually have to build our own case which of course means that we get some

00:01:48.240 --> 00:01:54.720
very aliexpress instructions oh they must have printed this with their um

00:01:52.880 --> 00:01:59.680
definitely legit version of autodesk education like education like version

00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:04.479
this is a virtual water cooling computer case good cooling function has a good

00:02:01.280 --> 00:02:06.640
diy transform space fantastic so it

00:02:04.479 --> 00:02:11.840
offers for five dollars the option to customize it yeah but but

00:02:10.160 --> 00:02:15.040
they didn't customize it and just gave us our money back

00:02:13.200 --> 00:02:19.800
but sarah had already created the design and we own a laser cutter so

00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:28.800
nude they included gloves that's actually very important for an acrylic

00:02:27.200 --> 00:02:33.920
case because otherwise it is going to look disgusting by the time you're done

00:02:31.200 --> 00:02:37.120
i think there is about a 95 chance that i'm going to finish building the whole

00:02:35.120 --> 00:02:41.280
rest of the computer before you do that not because you suck because that looks

00:02:39.440 --> 00:02:48.720
terrible over here i'm going to begin with the motherboard this is the battle

00:02:44.480 --> 00:02:52.000
axe b450m hd from colorful this puppy

00:02:48.720 --> 00:02:54.080
was 87.54 with shipping which is not

00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:59.280
actually a great deal since uh matx b450 boards can be had for like

00:02:57.040 --> 00:03:02.319
80 bucks on newegg but uh was the best we could do for a

00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:05.519
motherboard from aliexpress we're actually off to a pretty good start in

00:03:03.760 --> 00:03:09.280
terms of fit and finish fits

00:03:06.959 --> 00:03:13.840
nice it doesn't come out or anything so far i have peeled off one of these i

00:03:11.760 --> 00:03:18.319
think the longest part of this whole thing is going to be just removing the

00:03:15.760 --> 00:03:22.159
stupid protective tape our CPU is a really funny one now obviously it's a

00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:28.000
b450 board so we're going to be putting a regular old AMD CPU in it that doesn't

00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:32.400
sound particularly aliexpress until you consider that this ryzen 7

00:03:30.720 --> 00:03:38.159
2700 is 10 cheaper than according to pc part

00:03:35.280 --> 00:03:42.879
picker that has ever been sold for the seller offers a

00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:45.440
lifetime warranty and from the listing

00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:48.879
it seems like it might be refurbished or not we don't know you know what no this

00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:53.760
looks brand new huh like it doesn't come with a cooler

00:03:51.040 --> 00:04:01.040
that's probably that 10 price delta oh now RAM i am expecting to be able to

00:03:56.159 --> 00:04:04.400
find some very very chinese RAM this

00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:06.000
comes with a little tiny broom curiously

00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:09.599
the broom is probably the most chinese thing about this memory because it's

00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:14.080
clearly using micron chips which to my knowledge are not manufactured in china

00:04:12.000 --> 00:04:18.400
so only the module assembly is probably done there superior quality lifetime

00:04:16.320 --> 00:04:23.759
warranty factory wholesale professional service what is 163.com the website that

00:04:21.280 --> 00:04:27.759
you can go on there and to look at news and they also have like their email

00:04:25.919 --> 00:04:32.080
service so this is just like a free email oh yeah i'm sure that lifetime

00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:35.120
warranty is gonna work out great for you 10 bash

00:04:33.280 --> 00:04:41.680
wow it's actually rated at 3 200 megahertz cl 16. that's not bad

00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:43.520
but then 16 gigs of RAM for about 60

00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:48.960
dollars and change is about par for the course off sites like newegg so

00:04:46.960 --> 00:04:52.800
the lesson here is don't buy RAM off aliexpress not because this isn't going

00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:56.800
to work it'll probably work it's micron chips but just because why

00:04:55.199 --> 00:05:02.000
so far the instructions are actually not too bad so i feel like this is going to

00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:03.919
go relatively smoothly the biggest thing

00:05:02.000 --> 00:05:06.560
is if you're not experienced putting stuff like this together it would be

00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:11.840
really easy to like over tighten one of these screws and just blow up all the acrylic so just be

00:05:10.400 --> 00:05:15.199
careful of that and you should be fine is this just completely not the same

00:05:13.600 --> 00:05:17.759
thing you ordered at all i'm so confused did you order two

00:05:16.720 --> 00:05:25.280
coolers i'm going to go see if we have the actual cooler okay

00:05:21.520 --> 00:05:27.039
bye-bye hey we got the snowman

00:05:25.280 --> 00:05:31.520
this pup will run you just under 40 dollars with shipping and that's if you

00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:35.919
select the with deer option but i'm not actually sure oh it's

00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:38.880
picked with a picture of it sure

00:05:38.880 --> 00:05:45.280
that's better this is weird so each of these fans actually has

00:05:43.440 --> 00:05:49.360
five conductors and then two of them are just terminated

00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:54.639
with heat shrink and just hanging off over here and the other four are

00:05:52.320 --> 00:05:57.680
hardwired into a single four pin power connector so

00:05:55.919 --> 00:06:01.840
you don't need a y adapter or anything like that to mount it which is pretty

00:05:59.840 --> 00:06:06.960
cool but i also just i wonder what that wire was for this says right on the

00:06:03.919 --> 00:06:09.600
package AMD and Intel

00:06:06.960 --> 00:06:13.840
but this is clearly an AMD only mount right here and i don't see any other

00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:17.600
accessories it's a good thing we went AMD for our system how little would you

00:06:15.840 --> 00:06:20.880
have to pay yourself to justify assembling your own case versus just

00:06:19.520 --> 00:06:25.440
paying a little bit extra and getting one that's already built i don't know like for something like this i'd prefer

00:06:23.840 --> 00:06:29.840
to build it myself because then i know that like it's all built correctly i'd say it

00:06:27.919 --> 00:06:34.560
mostly just depends on if like you think this looks cool for some reason what is

00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:38.880
a bit interesting is that all of these they kind of slide into like the 80 20

00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:42.960
rails that we have here and then they like have little notches that hold it

00:06:40.960 --> 00:06:48.160
together except for the bottom one which instead of sliding

00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:49.919
in just lays on the bottom oh i

00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:53.919
understand why it's so that there's additional intake room on the bottom

00:06:52.240 --> 00:06:59.199
it's a foot oh yeah

00:06:55.280 --> 00:07:00.479
i see that's not a great approach but

00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:07.280
they also could have just had this come down further they definitely could have the last piece we can assemble before

00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:09.360
alex is done with the case is the SSD at

00:07:07.280 --> 00:07:13.520
60 bucks this can be anywhere from a great deal all the way to a total ripoff

00:07:12.080 --> 00:07:20.639
and we have no way of knowing because the website for

00:07:15.280 --> 00:07:22.160
golden fur's 512 gig NVMe SSD says mm

00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:27.360
the pcb color flash chips type flash chip number may

00:07:25.039 --> 00:07:30.960
different depend on each batch one thing i really do want to know is if this is a

00:07:29.520 --> 00:07:35.280
dram-less design so that's why i'm peeling the sticker off here and it is

00:07:34.479 --> 00:07:39.840
so it's not great dang it i think i lost the bet

00:07:38.080 --> 00:07:44.400
i lost the game i'm gonna do it tool-less style how does this go in

00:07:42.479 --> 00:07:48.800
hey so i won then nice man i love working here

00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:54.160
not from the work the work is yeah it's work but i love you guys

00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:54.160
all right let's uh

00:07:54.240 --> 00:08:00.720
let's go ahead and put this ihope shield in does it only stick in from the one

00:07:58.479 --> 00:08:05.680
side it definitely doesn't grab as well as it did on the other side but it's in

00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:05.680
ah

00:08:09.280 --> 00:08:15.440
hey fortunately we've got that uh

00:08:12.720 --> 00:08:18.639
that other cooler the alzai that we thought was for this build but actually

00:08:17.039 --> 00:08:22.080
we don't know what it's for we can use this yay

00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:24.840
that worked out also RGB

00:08:23.840 --> 00:08:31.039
uh okay now i'm good alex no zip ties

00:08:28.080 --> 00:08:35.440
required it's beautiful hey there it is this motherboard has two fan headers

00:08:33.599 --> 00:08:40.719
including the CPU header but it does have an RGB header on board oh sick this

00:08:38.719 --> 00:08:47.200
lack of fan headers has unexpected consequences so i had to string together

00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:49.120
one molex to four pin and then two y

00:08:47.200 --> 00:08:53.040
splitters in order to get the four fan connectors that i need to plug in all

00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:56.320
the rest of my fans here the best part is that we're not really

00:08:54.720 --> 00:08:59.680
saving any money the only thing i know for sure is that

00:08:57.760 --> 00:09:04.160
the power supply is either going to make this less stable

00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:10.640
or more stable now we're not sure yet if this is 800

00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:13.920
watts or a thousand watts

00:09:10.640 --> 00:09:16.160
we do know that it is non-modular and we

00:09:13.920 --> 00:09:24.320
are expecting it to have all of the cables and connectors we need and wow

00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:25.920
be incredible classy

00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:29.760
this don't hate the game

00:09:27.680 --> 00:09:36.160
hate the game player you ready for the weight comparison

00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:37.920
1200 grams all right um hmm 1900 grams

00:09:36.160 --> 00:09:41.360
also the cables are supported by the table

00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:45.600
also that's an 850. also it's an 850 watt power supply dare me to plug this

00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:49.279
into an rtx 3090 no

00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:52.959
theoretically it'll run it actually it won't

00:09:50.880 --> 00:09:58.320
so much for my theory about it helping with the structural rigidity at all this

00:09:55.839 --> 00:10:02.959
i'm expecting to actually be fine once again colorful is the only

00:10:01.040 --> 00:10:08.000
real like decent brand over in china that i can

00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:12.720
think of that we don't also have access to either in europe or north america so

00:10:10.959 --> 00:10:19.040
this was the most aliexpress thing we could find as for why we went 2000

00:10:15.519 --> 00:10:20.560
series instead of 3000 series well like

00:10:19.040 --> 00:10:26.240
i said we waited a long time for these parts and the 2000 series was relevant

00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:29.600
when we ordered this in fairness i don't think i can get the card out without

00:10:27.839 --> 00:10:34.399
tearing apart the case but truthfully

00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:34.399
that's not saying much

00:10:36.320 --> 00:10:42.320
after some scrubbing it looks like the laser did go through i don't know wait

00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:44.800
there how's that can you see it can you see the shirt

00:10:45.040 --> 00:10:52.320
got him lttstore.com alex

00:10:48.959 --> 00:10:52.320
yeah yeah done goofed

00:10:53.519 --> 00:10:58.399
it's keyed it only goes on one way

00:10:56.560 --> 00:11:01.839
the last thing i want to see before we try out the whole aliexpress gaming

00:11:00.320 --> 00:11:06.480
experience yeah there's peripherals too guys is if adding this other side panel

00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:12.079
helps the rigidity a little bit theoretically it should this is now a

00:11:08.560 --> 00:11:14.000
box instead of uh whatever we had before

00:11:12.079 --> 00:11:18.880
it's better it's a lot better

00:11:15.440 --> 00:11:21.040
you know it's like hey you know

00:11:18.880 --> 00:11:24.959
not even coming apart at all ah that's a case right yeah

00:11:23.040 --> 00:11:29.279
remember my theory about the air intake under the power supply there huh all we

00:11:27.040 --> 00:11:33.440
got is this little sliver right here the rest of it the acrylic goes all the way

00:11:30.800 --> 00:11:38.839
down to the table oh these are these are liar RGB fans like you were talking

00:11:35.839 --> 00:11:38.839
about

00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:47.720
own

00:11:57.279 --> 00:12:03.440
led light mouse pad oh

00:12:01.040 --> 00:12:08.720
my god look at this graphic what even is this

00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:13.519
did you know this had like a giant like undead dragon thing on it

00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:18.880
thick and smooth waterproof and comfortable i think that about describes

00:12:15.760 --> 00:12:20.639
it i've got a keyboard with uh

00:12:18.880 --> 00:12:24.839
g-shan uh blue clicky switches

00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:31.839
uh but when you press it it does definitely have the kakakaka sound yes

00:12:32.079 --> 00:12:40.000
that's not a bad automata pf4 you know

00:12:35.920 --> 00:12:42.079
this is far from the worst like

00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:47.040
cheap aliexpress gaming mouse that i've encountered a bmw 3360 sensor compatible

00:12:45.200 --> 00:12:54.079
with all kinds of motherboard Windows xp7 810 operating system dang this is 27

00:12:51.760 --> 00:12:59.519
it actually feels like pretty good rubber grip like huh this is a little

00:12:57.120 --> 00:13:04.560
less confidence inspiring but hey at least it's got a braided cable this is

00:13:02.160 --> 00:13:08.320
the most hardcore braided cable that i have ever encountered aliexpress gaming

00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:12.959
time we ready boys and girls give it the little reach around here oh is that

00:13:11.760 --> 00:13:18.720
plugged into the wall did you hit the power button oh hey there we go oh no i

00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:23.279
don't think it plugs in all the way alex because of a clearance issue with the

00:13:20.399 --> 00:13:27.600
acrylic it's like almost it almost goes in all right wait i think the mic is

00:13:25.040 --> 00:13:31.680
wait what just happened computer reset we are we are rebooting sir okay forget

00:13:30.160 --> 00:13:35.600
it we're just we're just not gonna have audio all right well one thing down

00:13:33.920 --> 00:13:39.200
already oh is it just

00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:42.480
giving audio to the monitor no i checked yeah it is supposed to be RGB what's

00:13:40.720 --> 00:13:44.639
going on oh hey there it is oh wow that's

00:13:44.880 --> 00:13:50.560
really not very bright um i mean in the dark we'd be able to see

00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:55.600
it you'll have to come get a close-up of that i doubt you'll be able to see it otherwise wait did this just reboot

00:13:53.360 --> 00:14:00.160
again what the crap i don't think it was from plugging in the front panel audio i

00:13:57.199 --> 00:14:00.160
just rebooted again

00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:05.600
i'm back on the sign in screen do you think it's the power supply i think

00:14:04.079 --> 00:14:09.680
there's a very solid chance it's the power supply yes yeah it makes sense as

00:14:07.680 --> 00:14:12.800
soon as we'd start to pull from the GPU this thing probably just

00:14:11.360 --> 00:14:18.800
can't keep up i mean do we have hardware info could

00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:23.680
and that my friends is why you don't buy your power supply on aliexpress.com

00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:27.600
in fact there's really no good reason to buy any

00:14:25.440 --> 00:14:33.839
of this stuff on aliexpress is there i mean if you absolutely had to have this case

00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:37.519
i guess it is unlike other cases on the market and so

00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:42.480
that would be the place to get it but everything else here is available

00:14:39.760 --> 00:14:47.440
for the same price and or less on reputable sites like newegg amazon or

00:14:45.279 --> 00:14:53.279
micro center and you don't run the risk of waiting you know four months or even

00:14:50.160 --> 00:14:55.360
never for your product to arrive so

00:14:53.279 --> 00:14:59.360
there you have it aliexpress it's a thing and that's about the

00:14:56.880 --> 00:15:03.920
strongest endorsement that i can give to it unlike our sponsor freshbooks is the

00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:08.320
all-in-one business invoicing and accounting solution that is built for

00:15:06.079 --> 00:15:11.839
owners it's designed to be simple and intuitive so you can spend less time on

00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:16.320
paperwork and more time running your business with freshbooks you can

00:15:13.920 --> 00:15:20.399
automate tasks like invoicing organizing expenses tracking your time and

00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:25.120
following up with clients and you can accept credit card and ach payments

00:15:22.959 --> 00:15:29.120
right on the invoices to get paid up to two times faster the best part is that

00:15:27.680 --> 00:15:33.519
everything's stored in the cloud so you can switch from the pc to your mobile

00:15:31.199 --> 00:15:37.279
device with ease and pick up exactly where you left off pricing starts at

00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:43.040
just fifteen dollars a month with their 25 a month package handling up to 50

00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:44.639
billable clients so don't wait get 50

00:15:43.040 --> 00:15:48.720
off your first three months of fresh books when you sign up for a paid plan

00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:52.480
at freshbooks.com forward slash tech tips it's amazing the kind of stuff you

00:15:50.399 --> 00:15:56.519
have to clarify you can only get 50 off on a paid plan if you guys enjoyed this

00:15:54.560 --> 00:16:00.880
video you might also enjoy our allwish.com pc which

00:15:59.040 --> 00:16:05.040
last time i checked is actually our top viewed video of all time so wow you know

00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:09.920
what was our agenda for doing an all aliexpress pc gee i wonder i've been

00:16:08.480 --> 00:16:16.120
accused of making videos for views before you know wow let you in on a secret

00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:18.320
you don't make videos to not get watched

00:16:18.320 --> 00:16:24.480
well how about pc what's a full taobao pc bring this hand

00:16:22.880 --> 00:16:29.040
up to cover myself and i whacked the bottom of the table oh so really hard no

00:16:27.040 --> 00:16:33.920
it's okay ow like i dented my hand

00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:33.920
all right