1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,640 So here we are, a long, painful seven months 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,360 after we first teased the concept 3 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,840 of building the first ever Linus Media Group gaming lounge. 4 00:00:11,840 --> 00:00:14,920 And ironically, pretty much everything else 5 00:00:14,920 --> 00:00:17,480 about this space is done. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,040 So we've got our side table here. 7 00:00:19,040 --> 00:00:20,800 This just arrived. 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:24,120 It's still got all the protective stuff on it. 9 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:26,920 We've got our board games table here. 10 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:28,800 This is actually a bit of a placeholder, but whatever. 11 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:30,120 We could play board games. 12 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:31,960 We've got the media lounge. 13 00:00:31,960 --> 00:00:34,560 That is like, it's fricking awesome. 14 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,040 And the one part we haven't actually started on yet 15 00:00:38,040 --> 00:00:41,400 is the actual LAN gaming center. 16 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,660 Fortunately, everything's here! 17 00:00:44,660 --> 00:00:47,710 Those are, oh, yeah! 18 00:00:47,710 --> 00:00:48,590 Oh my God. 19 00:00:48,590 --> 00:00:53,350 So it's time for us to finally build the first real system. 20 00:00:53,350 --> 00:00:55,390 Except that we had a small problem. 21 00:00:55,390 --> 00:00:59,310 We were having trouble getting the Core i7 processors 22 00:00:59,310 --> 00:01:00,710 that we had intended to use. 23 00:01:00,710 --> 00:01:03,390 It was from our prototype system way back when. 24 00:01:03,390 --> 00:01:05,110 So we figured, you know what? 25 00:01:05,110 --> 00:01:08,230 Well, we're only running RTX 2070s anyway. 26 00:01:08,230 --> 00:01:11,350 Would AMD really be that much 27 00:01:11,350 --> 00:01:13,270 of a performance compromise here? 28 00:01:13,270 --> 00:01:14,110 Let me hold this. 29 00:01:14,110 --> 00:01:18,070 Well, there's only one way for us to find out. 30 00:01:18,070 --> 00:01:20,790 The MOS Grande backpack is the perfect companion 31 00:01:20,790 --> 00:01:22,630 for laptops of up to 17 inches 32 00:01:22,630 --> 00:01:25,670 since the bag is water resistant and padded for protection. 33 00:01:25,670 --> 00:01:27,470 Also, it has an orange interior. 34 00:01:27,470 --> 00:01:37,720 Check it out at the link below. 35 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:38,960 So before we get 36 00:01:39,320 --> 00:01:42,120 to building our actual final spec rig, 37 00:01:42,120 --> 00:01:44,080 I guess a bit of a haul video 38 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,450 is kind of in order here, isn't it? 39 00:01:46,450 --> 00:01:49,410 Man, this is a lot of hardware. 40 00:01:49,410 --> 00:01:53,210 Every system is getting a G903? 41 00:01:53,210 --> 00:01:55,370 No, it's actually worse. 42 00:01:55,370 --> 00:01:56,810 We went a little further than that. 43 00:01:56,810 --> 00:01:58,770 We went even further over the top? 44 00:01:58,770 --> 00:01:59,970 Those are extras. 45 00:01:59,970 --> 00:02:01,290 Every system is getting one 46 00:02:01,290 --> 00:02:04,370 of Logitech's Pro Wireless Gaming Mice. 47 00:02:04,370 --> 00:02:07,730 Okay, as if half the people that are gonna be using it 48 00:02:07,730 --> 00:02:09,210 are even skilled enough to know 49 00:02:09,210 --> 00:02:10,210 the difference. 50 00:02:10,210 --> 00:02:12,890 Everyone's getting a G513 Carbon 51 00:02:12,890 --> 00:02:15,410 with their Romergy linear switches. 52 00:02:15,410 --> 00:02:18,210 Everyone's getting a G935 headset. 53 00:02:18,210 --> 00:02:21,410 And thanks to Logitech's recent acquisition 54 00:02:21,410 --> 00:02:25,330 of Blue Microphones, a Yeti Nano mic. 55 00:02:25,330 --> 00:02:28,570 Because, you know, the built-in headset mic. 56 00:02:28,570 --> 00:02:29,410 I mean, we've got it. 57 00:02:29,410 --> 00:02:32,010 It's not like it's not a super high-end headset, 58 00:02:32,010 --> 00:02:34,770 but we're gonna use an off-board mic, you know, whatever. 59 00:02:34,770 --> 00:02:37,330 Then moving into the systems themselves, 60 00:02:37,330 --> 00:02:39,050 we're running Ryzen 2700. 61 00:02:39,210 --> 00:02:43,210 We're gonna be using the Ryzen 2700X processors. 62 00:02:43,210 --> 00:02:46,090 So yes, we lose a little bit of single-threaded performance 63 00:02:46,090 --> 00:02:49,210 compared to the 8700Ks we initially spec'd, 64 00:02:49,210 --> 00:02:51,450 but we can probably overclock them a little. 65 00:02:51,450 --> 00:02:53,490 And quite frankly, in the e-sports titles 66 00:02:53,490 --> 00:02:55,330 that we'll be running for the most part, 67 00:02:55,330 --> 00:02:57,450 I don't expect it to make a difference. 68 00:02:57,450 --> 00:02:59,890 Although, we will be testing that out today. 69 00:02:59,890 --> 00:03:01,210 And then cooling them, 70 00:03:01,210 --> 00:03:04,690 we're gonna be using H100i RGB Platinum Water Coolers 71 00:03:04,690 --> 00:03:05,810 from Corsair. 72 00:03:05,810 --> 00:03:08,210 We're gonna be pairing them with 16 gigs each, 73 00:03:08,210 --> 00:03:13,210 a DDR4 2666 megahertz RGB RAM from also Corsair. 74 00:03:14,130 --> 00:03:18,210 Every system gets an MP300 480 gig boot drive. 75 00:03:18,210 --> 00:03:19,810 Do we have hard drives for these? 76 00:03:19,810 --> 00:03:20,730 Yes, and Optane. 77 00:03:20,730 --> 00:03:23,370 Oh nice, everyone's getting a Brio 4K Pro webcam. 78 00:03:23,370 --> 00:03:25,330 So everything's gonna be stream ready. 79 00:03:25,330 --> 00:03:27,010 And Optane, all the Optane. 80 00:03:27,010 --> 00:03:28,490 All the Optane. 81 00:03:28,490 --> 00:03:29,730 Oh wow, okay. 82 00:03:29,730 --> 00:03:30,810 So that's pretty cool. 83 00:03:30,810 --> 00:03:34,550 That means our 480 gig SSD is gonna handle OS duties 84 00:03:34,550 --> 00:03:36,090 and any critical applications. 85 00:03:36,090 --> 00:03:38,210 And then our hard drives are actually 86 00:03:38,210 --> 00:03:40,250 gonna have accelerated caching 87 00:03:40,250 --> 00:03:42,610 so that the games that are played most frequently, 88 00:03:42,610 --> 00:03:44,710 even if they are on magnetic storage, 89 00:03:44,710 --> 00:03:46,030 are still gonna load faster 90 00:03:46,030 --> 00:03:48,290 than if they were just on a hard drive. 91 00:03:48,290 --> 00:03:49,890 Also pulling cooling duty, 92 00:03:49,890 --> 00:03:53,590 Corsair sent over a whole bunch of their Lightloop 120 fans. 93 00:03:53,590 --> 00:03:55,390 First, let's talk about what they're gonna be driving. 94 00:03:55,390 --> 00:04:00,390 So ASUS sent over 12 of their VG279 gaming monitors. 95 00:04:00,890 --> 00:04:05,890 So these are 1080p IPS with three millisecond response times 96 00:04:05,890 --> 00:04:08,130 and they run at 144 hertz. 97 00:04:08,210 --> 00:04:11,990 So these are basically, you're kind of no frills, 98 00:04:11,990 --> 00:04:15,030 but still looks really great gaming monitor. 99 00:04:15,030 --> 00:04:16,270 They don't have G-Sync, 100 00:04:16,270 --> 00:04:21,270 but now that NVIDIA has enabled G-Sync on FreeSync displays, 101 00:04:21,810 --> 00:04:24,250 we're not expecting that to be a problem 102 00:04:24,250 --> 00:04:29,070 for our GeForce RTX 2070 graphics cards. 103 00:04:29,070 --> 00:04:31,090 The whole thing's gonna be hooked into 104 00:04:31,090 --> 00:04:34,690 ASUS's TUF Series B450M Plus gaming motherboard 105 00:04:34,690 --> 00:04:38,090 and installed in a Crystal Series 280X case from ASUS. 106 00:04:38,210 --> 00:04:39,590 And the only thing new, 107 00:04:39,590 --> 00:04:40,490 is that this is the first time 108 00:04:40,490 --> 00:04:43,530 Nintendo has launched the QCAM Corsair. 109 00:04:43,530 --> 00:04:46,350 For power, we've gone way over the top. 110 00:04:46,350 --> 00:04:47,210 See Sonic sent over 111 00:04:47,210 --> 00:04:52,010 their Prime Titanium at 1,000 watt modular power supply. 112 00:04:52,010 --> 00:04:53,910 I told them like 750 plus. 113 00:04:53,910 --> 00:04:57,630 This is literally three times the power we actually need, 114 00:04:57,630 --> 00:04:59,130 but cool. 115 00:04:59,130 --> 00:05:00,490 Thanks, I guess. 116 00:05:00,490 --> 00:05:04,090 Actually, a couple of things I forgot, minor details. 117 00:05:04,090 --> 00:05:07,810 Aquantia sent over their 10 gig Nix. 118 00:05:07,810 --> 00:05:11,350 actual gaming experience, but while installing games 119 00:05:11,350 --> 00:05:13,050 off our Steam caching server, 120 00:05:13,050 --> 00:05:15,630 which you can check out the video about up here, 121 00:05:15,630 --> 00:05:17,930 this will definitely make a difference 122 00:05:17,930 --> 00:05:20,590 while we're pulling down from all these machines at once. 123 00:05:20,590 --> 00:05:23,110 So that's gonna be sick. 124 00:05:23,110 --> 00:05:27,410 And these chairs from Maxnomics. 125 00:05:27,410 --> 00:05:29,810 So we haven't actually reviewed one of their chairs 126 00:05:29,810 --> 00:05:34,590 in quite some time, but this is still my daily driver 127 00:05:34,590 --> 00:05:36,590 in my office, actually not quite this one, 128 00:05:36,590 --> 00:05:37,850 but a similar model. 129 00:05:37,850 --> 00:05:40,630 And I'm super excited that when we're here 130 00:05:40,630 --> 00:05:43,490 for hours after work, we are gonna be sitting 131 00:05:43,490 --> 00:05:46,350 on something as comfortable as their classic office chair. 132 00:05:46,350 --> 00:05:47,770 We got the black one, right Jake? 133 00:05:47,770 --> 00:05:49,270 Yeah, and it's embroidered. 134 00:05:49,270 --> 00:05:52,370 Oh, that looks awesome. 135 00:05:52,370 --> 00:05:55,550 As the kids would say. 136 00:05:55,550 --> 00:05:57,530 I'm not a kid anymore, I'm not saying it. 137 00:05:57,530 --> 00:05:59,290 I just wanna hear you say it. 138 00:05:59,290 --> 00:06:00,370 It's lit, it's lit, yeah. 139 00:06:00,370 --> 00:06:01,210 Lit AF. 140 00:06:01,210 --> 00:06:02,330 Lit AF, thank you. 141 00:06:02,330 --> 00:06:03,150 Thank you. 142 00:06:03,150 --> 00:06:03,990 See, I knew you were gonna say it. 143 00:06:03,990 --> 00:06:04,810 Damn it, I said it. 144 00:06:04,810 --> 00:06:07,530 Okay, so while Jake puts together a couple of the chairs, 145 00:06:07,530 --> 00:06:10,030 which we're gonna need for our head-to-head 146 00:06:10,030 --> 00:06:12,390 mano-a-mano gaming session, 147 00:06:12,390 --> 00:06:16,010 I'm gonna put together one of our final AMD-based rigs 148 00:06:16,010 --> 00:06:19,150 so we can find out when we put it head-to-head 149 00:06:19,150 --> 00:06:22,950 against our original Intel-based prototype over here, 150 00:06:22,950 --> 00:06:26,410 how much, if any, performance we're leaving on the table 151 00:06:26,410 --> 00:06:28,670 with our 2700Xs. 152 00:06:28,670 --> 00:06:30,330 You know what, I think I'm gonna mix things up 153 00:06:30,330 --> 00:06:31,490 for this build. 154 00:06:31,490 --> 00:06:36,150 I'm gonna start by getting everything ready in the case. 155 00:06:36,150 --> 00:06:38,950 Then I'm gonna put together my core platform 156 00:06:38,950 --> 00:06:40,530 on my motherboard here. 157 00:06:40,530 --> 00:06:42,550 I haven't even gotten as far as putting the fans 158 00:06:42,550 --> 00:06:44,810 into the case, and we've already found a problem. 159 00:06:44,810 --> 00:06:49,230 Because we changed from an Intel board to an AMD board 160 00:06:49,230 --> 00:06:51,450 sort of midway through this project, 161 00:06:51,450 --> 00:06:54,330 we might've overlooked a small compatibility issue. 162 00:06:54,330 --> 00:06:59,780 Now, it's nothing sort of game-ending here. 163 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,860 We still have room for our triple-slot graphics card 164 00:07:03,860 --> 00:07:04,100 and our 10-gigabit NIC, but what we are looking at right now, 165 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:06,140 is we're gonna have to figure out how we're gonna do this. 166 00:07:06,140 --> 00:07:08,760 What we are losing is the ability 167 00:07:08,760 --> 00:07:10,240 to put in our Optane module, 168 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:14,420 because this board only has a single M.2 slot. 169 00:07:14,420 --> 00:07:16,780 And yeah, there's no additional one on the back 170 00:07:16,780 --> 00:07:18,120 or anything like that. 171 00:07:18,120 --> 00:07:20,520 Yeah, that's a little disappointing, actually. 172 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:23,700 Hey, so Jake, how are we arranging the fans on these things? 173 00:07:23,700 --> 00:07:28,300 Because we can either design it for optimal airflow 174 00:07:28,300 --> 00:07:31,400 and have two in, two out, 175 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:35,140 or we can have our light loop rings all visible externally, 176 00:07:35,140 --> 00:07:36,140 and it can look bad-ass. 177 00:07:36,140 --> 00:07:41,590 And then it'll be like highly positive pressurized. 178 00:07:41,590 --> 00:07:43,250 But they're all filtered. 179 00:07:43,250 --> 00:07:44,490 Two in, two out. 180 00:07:44,490 --> 00:07:45,330 Two in, two out? 181 00:07:45,330 --> 00:07:48,690 Yeah, you gotta. 182 00:07:48,690 --> 00:07:50,250 Better than the system's overheating. 183 00:07:50,250 --> 00:07:52,240 He's not gonna do it. 184 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,080 I just wanted to check something real quick with you, though. 185 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:55,640 However I build this first one, 186 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:57,680 that's how we'll have to build all of them, right? 187 00:07:57,680 --> 00:07:59,780 Well, I could always just fix it. 188 00:07:59,780 --> 00:08:04,260 All right, I guess this one is done now, hey? 189 00:08:04,260 --> 00:08:05,200 Not bad? 190 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:06,040 Pretty good, man. 191 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,940 I mean, I have this exact same chair at my desk, so. 192 00:08:08,940 --> 00:08:09,840 Oh, yeah. 193 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:12,500 Avivo sent over their, 194 00:08:12,500 --> 00:08:14,800 so they don't actually sell a complete desk. 195 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:15,640 They just sell- 196 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:16,480 Oh, I think they do. 197 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:17,300 Do they? 198 00:08:17,300 --> 00:08:18,140 Yeah. 199 00:08:18,140 --> 00:08:18,980 Well, that's not what we got. 200 00:08:18,980 --> 00:08:19,820 We needed a big one, right? 201 00:08:19,820 --> 00:08:21,200 That's not the one that I bought the other week either. 202 00:08:21,200 --> 00:08:24,680 Yeah, they sell just like a standing, sitting, 203 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:27,480 like leg assembly. 204 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:28,900 So that's what we're gonna be putting 205 00:08:28,900 --> 00:08:33,900 these custom dbrand skinned MDF tabletops on top of. 206 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:35,940 I'm actually super stoked for how good that's gonna look. 207 00:08:35,940 --> 00:08:37,100 Those things are really heavy. 208 00:08:37,100 --> 00:08:38,540 Please be careful. 209 00:08:38,540 --> 00:08:40,000 So this is a pretty cool little piece 210 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:40,840 of kit. 211 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:42,600 This is a Corsair Commander Pro, 212 00:08:42,600 --> 00:08:47,500 and it plugs in using SATA for power and then USB for data. 213 00:08:47,500 --> 00:08:50,540 And then it's got all your LED ports here. 214 00:08:50,540 --> 00:08:53,720 You've got up to six fans that you can plug in directly. 215 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:55,280 It's got temp sensors right here, 216 00:08:55,280 --> 00:08:57,820 and then two USB internal headers 217 00:08:57,820 --> 00:09:00,160 in case you have a motherboard that only has one, 218 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:02,560 and then you're taking it up with this thing. 219 00:09:02,560 --> 00:09:04,640 Well, this way you can plug your front panel USB 2 220 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:07,960 into this or any other accessories like, say for example, 221 00:09:07,960 --> 00:09:09,800 one of Corsair's own CPU coolers, 222 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:13,000 which we are probably gonna need to do in this case. 223 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:18,160 So we're gonna replace our existing fan hub with this guy. 224 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:21,160 Yeah. 225 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:22,570 Cable management. 226 00:09:22,570 --> 00:09:24,890 Man, I tell you the adhesive that they used 227 00:09:24,890 --> 00:09:28,430 to hold the original LED and fan controllers in, 228 00:09:28,430 --> 00:09:30,130 it's ridiculous. 229 00:09:30,130 --> 00:09:32,800 I should barely get that thing off. 230 00:09:32,800 --> 00:09:35,340 Sounds like something a beta male would say. 231 00:09:35,340 --> 00:09:38,010 Ah, holy crap. 232 00:09:38,010 --> 00:09:39,750 Ow. 233 00:09:39,750 --> 00:09:40,810 Like look at my fingers. 234 00:09:40,810 --> 00:09:42,170 What are you gonna cry to? 235 00:09:43,450 --> 00:09:44,930 You know what? 236 00:09:44,930 --> 00:09:46,450 You take it off. 237 00:09:46,450 --> 00:09:48,550 Show me how it's done, alpha guy. 238 00:09:48,550 --> 00:09:50,750 Oh man, that's pretty on there. 239 00:09:50,750 --> 00:09:55,020 Holy . 240 00:09:55,020 --> 00:09:56,380 It was really loosened a lot. 241 00:09:56,380 --> 00:09:57,220 Uh-huh. 242 00:09:57,220 --> 00:09:59,160 Why did they put that much adhesive on? 243 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:00,820 Look, I love you guys at Corsair. 244 00:10:00,820 --> 00:10:03,800 Great, great people sent us a lot of hardware 245 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:05,300 for this project. 246 00:10:05,300 --> 00:10:06,140 Okay. 247 00:10:06,140 --> 00:10:10,160 Yeah, we're going full RGB ringness here. 248 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:12,280 It's taking me as long to do the RGB wiring 249 00:10:12,280 --> 00:10:14,600 as it would to build a normal computer. 250 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:16,300 Of course, it'll be all worth it. 251 00:10:16,300 --> 00:10:20,620 But like, we've got the two, we've got the Commander Pro, 252 00:10:20,620 --> 00:10:22,380 we've got the RGB hub, 253 00:10:22,380 --> 00:10:26,760 we've got the leads for all the strips and all the fans, 254 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,280 two power leads for the whole thing. 255 00:10:29,280 --> 00:10:31,320 I think we're finally ready to put a motherboard in it. 256 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:32,360 Look at the chairs though. 257 00:10:32,360 --> 00:10:34,990 But the chairs are done. 258 00:10:34,990 --> 00:10:35,910 God damn it. 259 00:10:35,910 --> 00:10:36,890 You know, the funny thing is 260 00:10:36,890 --> 00:10:38,970 I've always just kind of used whatever. 261 00:10:38,970 --> 00:10:42,800 Like, brand loyalty is not a thing for me. 262 00:10:42,800 --> 00:10:45,800 But because the community's perception of me as some kind of, 263 00:10:45,800 --> 00:10:46,700 brand loyalty is not a thing for me. But because the community's perception of me as some kind of, 264 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:47,680 But because the community's perception of me as some kind of, 265 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:51,140 fanboy one way or the other is so strong. 266 00:10:51,140 --> 00:10:54,060 It feels a little bit naughty building an AMD system. 267 00:10:55,160 --> 00:10:55,980 See, check this out. 268 00:10:55,980 --> 00:10:57,620 This is what I love about this case. 269 00:10:57,620 --> 00:10:59,880 This side, like, look at that. 270 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:01,780 It's not look clean or what? 271 00:11:01,780 --> 00:11:04,280 And then this side, in typical Linus fashion. 272 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,180 I'm like getting pretty close here, actually. 273 00:11:08,180 --> 00:11:13,140 I just got to pop the power supply in, wire that up. 274 00:11:13,140 --> 00:11:15,740 And then I need my graphics card, network card, 275 00:11:15,740 --> 00:11:17,420 and then I'm good to go. 276 00:11:17,420 --> 00:11:18,840 I don't know who would use this 277 00:11:19,400 --> 00:11:22,900 but maybe if you're like an NBA player or something. 278 00:11:25,700 --> 00:11:27,820 Well, I wasn't sure if I could do it, 279 00:11:27,820 --> 00:11:30,420 but after giving it my best effort, 280 00:11:30,420 --> 00:11:33,420 I think I've succeeded in making the contrast 281 00:11:33,420 --> 00:11:35,880 between my cable managed side 282 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:40,530 and my non cable managed side, even more stark. 283 00:11:40,530 --> 00:11:42,600 Good job, Linus. 284 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,920 It's a real shame about that video card saggage. 285 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:48,140 That's actually not that bad. 286 00:11:48,140 --> 00:11:49,360 It's not great. 287 00:11:49,360 --> 00:11:50,260 I was expecting it to be a lot worse. 288 00:11:50,260 --> 00:11:51,340 It's a lot worse than that. 289 00:11:51,340 --> 00:11:57,440 I'm also a little upset about the one yellow accent. 290 00:11:57,440 --> 00:11:59,020 Can you just get the T out of there? 291 00:11:59,020 --> 00:11:59,860 Finish the T off. 292 00:11:59,860 --> 00:12:01,460 So it's just off gaming. 293 00:12:01,460 --> 00:12:02,850 Gaming. 294 00:12:02,850 --> 00:12:04,130 It's the gamers. 295 00:12:04,130 --> 00:12:06,310 You have to do this, like this. 296 00:12:06,310 --> 00:12:07,150 Yeah. 297 00:12:07,150 --> 00:12:07,990 Like this. 298 00:12:07,990 --> 00:12:10,890 Otherwise it's not, you don't get the white out. 299 00:12:10,890 --> 00:12:15,050 Look, look how beta his writing game is here. 300 00:12:15,050 --> 00:12:16,620 Look at that. 301 00:12:16,620 --> 00:12:17,740 It's gorgeous. 302 00:12:17,740 --> 00:12:20,120 Thanks to Aki for sending these mouse pads. 303 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:20,240 Excel. 304 00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:21,400 Mouse pads. 305 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:22,240 Very nice. 306 00:12:22,240 --> 00:12:23,900 With the braided edge. 307 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:31,260 This is the moment we've all been waiting for. 308 00:12:31,260 --> 00:12:32,100 Nice. 309 00:12:32,100 --> 00:12:32,940 Okay. 310 00:12:32,940 --> 00:12:33,780 So my NIC is showing up. 311 00:12:33,780 --> 00:12:35,700 My 16 gigs of RAM's all showing up. 312 00:12:35,700 --> 00:12:39,630 My hard drive is not showing up. 313 00:12:39,630 --> 00:12:41,550 Oh, it might be a SAS drive. 314 00:12:41,550 --> 00:12:43,210 I just grabbed something off the shelf 315 00:12:43,210 --> 00:12:46,110 cause our drives didn't actually arrive. 316 00:12:46,110 --> 00:12:46,950 Okay. 317 00:12:46,950 --> 00:12:48,850 I will figure that out later. 318 00:12:48,850 --> 00:12:50,690 But we still have a couple of things to do here. 319 00:12:50,690 --> 00:12:52,570 So I'm going to set our DOCP. 320 00:12:52,570 --> 00:12:56,190 So that's AMD's XMP equivalent, 321 00:12:56,190 --> 00:13:00,840 which should configure our RAM to its optimized settings 322 00:13:00,840 --> 00:13:03,120 and then install Windows. 323 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,170 So this is it. 324 00:13:05,170 --> 00:13:06,010 Ish. 325 00:13:06,010 --> 00:13:11,010 Finished AMD system versus the old concept Intel system. 326 00:13:11,550 --> 00:13:12,390 On a test bench. 327 00:13:12,390 --> 00:13:14,910 I mean, really the point of all of this is to find out 328 00:13:14,910 --> 00:13:18,880 how much we compromised by going AMD. 329 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:20,980 So I think we're two and two right now. 330 00:13:20,980 --> 00:13:21,900 Aren't we Jake? 331 00:13:21,900 --> 00:13:22,740 Does that, does that sound right? 332 00:13:22,740 --> 00:13:23,580 Okay. 333 00:13:23,580 --> 00:13:24,400 Also. 334 00:13:24,400 --> 00:13:27,200 I'm pretty sure that while I was pretty far behind before 335 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:28,140 you're dead again. 336 00:13:28,140 --> 00:13:31,260 And my kill count is pretty close. 337 00:13:31,260 --> 00:13:33,120 Oh, oh, would you look at that? 338 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:34,640 Am I out ahead now? 339 00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:35,480 Huh? 340 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,900 Cause I remember you talking some smack 341 00:13:36,900 --> 00:13:40,410 about how you're like a young, hip gamer or some . 342 00:13:40,410 --> 00:13:42,710 Ah. 343 00:13:42,710 --> 00:13:43,550 Oh, nice. 344 00:13:43,550 --> 00:13:44,390 Haha. 345 00:13:44,390 --> 00:13:45,230 Spawned right behind you. 346 00:13:45,230 --> 00:13:46,340 You like that? 347 00:13:46,340 --> 00:13:48,280 Performance wise. 348 00:13:48,280 --> 00:13:50,360 Oh, it's, it's not making a difference. 349 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:52,260 It literally doesn't matter. 350 00:13:52,260 --> 00:13:53,780 Uh, what are you at in terms of FPS? 351 00:13:53,780 --> 00:13:55,340 Oh, like around 300, 250. 352 00:13:55,340 --> 00:13:56,640 250. 353 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:58,320 It really depends on where you are on the map. 354 00:13:58,320 --> 00:13:59,160 Yep. 355 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:08,690 I'm anywhere from like 150 to 250. 356 00:14:08,690 --> 00:14:09,530 Okay. We're here. 357 00:14:09,530 --> 00:14:10,370 This is me. 358 00:14:10,370 --> 00:14:11,210 It's me. 359 00:14:11,210 --> 00:14:12,050 It's me. It's me. 360 00:14:12,050 --> 00:14:12,890 Okay. So let's just look down the, look down the thing. 361 00:14:12,890 --> 00:14:14,790 I just want to know what the FPS difference is like. 362 00:14:14,790 --> 00:14:15,730 Okay. 363 00:14:15,730 --> 00:14:16,570 Mine's higher. 364 00:14:16,570 --> 00:14:17,410 What? 365 00:14:17,410 --> 00:14:18,250 Yeah. Yours is quite a bit higher actually. 366 00:14:18,250 --> 00:14:19,530 Do you have anything in the background? 367 00:14:19,530 --> 00:14:20,650 No. 368 00:14:20,650 --> 00:14:25,630 I mean, remember CSGO is a notoriously Intel favoring game. 369 00:14:25,630 --> 00:14:26,470 Right. 370 00:14:26,470 --> 00:14:29,760 So yes, there's a difference, but like, I didn't feel, 371 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,620 I didn't feel for a second. 372 00:14:31,620 --> 00:14:34,020 Like I was affected by the difference. 373 00:14:34,020 --> 00:14:38,320 And you know, when we're talking 150 versus 240 FPS, 374 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:39,560 I'm, I'm all right with it. 375 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:41,600 Okay. Well, I'm gonna try a different game. 376 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:42,440 GG. 377 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:43,640 You can't alt tab out of this game. 378 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:45,960 Yeah. I won. 379 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:46,800 Okay. 380 00:14:46,800 --> 00:14:49,600 Man, I haven't played on 1080P in a hot minute. 381 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:52,420 It's a little different than 1440P ultra wide. 382 00:14:52,420 --> 00:14:54,900 Yeah. Like it's, it's like a 10 FPS difference. 383 00:14:54,900 --> 00:14:56,900 Well, remember CSGO was behind. 384 00:14:56,900 --> 00:14:58,860 So I was thinking about it for a second, 385 00:14:58,860 --> 00:15:01,360 but like CSGO was behind in the context of like, 386 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,320 160 versus 240 FPS. 387 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:05,500 Like it's not. 388 00:15:05,500 --> 00:15:06,620 I don't even, it wasn't that much. 389 00:15:06,620 --> 00:15:08,680 I feel like it was like 30. 390 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:10,810 No, it was a little bit more. 391 00:15:10,810 --> 00:15:11,890 Oh, there's two. 392 00:15:11,890 --> 00:15:12,730 Crap. 393 00:15:12,730 --> 00:15:13,950 Okay. Well, sorry. 394 00:15:13,950 --> 00:15:16,450 Oh, we got wrecked. 395 00:15:16,450 --> 00:15:18,090 Oh. 396 00:15:18,090 --> 00:15:19,130 That wasn't bad. 397 00:15:19,130 --> 00:15:20,190 No, the frame rates are good. 398 00:15:20,190 --> 00:15:21,030 I mean. 399 00:15:21,030 --> 00:15:23,370 Yeah. Dang it. 400 00:15:23,370 --> 00:15:24,550 You did more damage. 401 00:15:24,550 --> 00:15:25,970 All right. All right. 402 00:15:25,970 --> 00:15:28,570 So you're better at the game that only you play 403 00:15:28,570 --> 00:15:29,650 and that I don't play. 404 00:15:29,650 --> 00:15:31,070 So, okay. That's good. 405 00:15:31,070 --> 00:15:31,890 That's good. 406 00:15:31,890 --> 00:15:33,190 Well then that's our takeaway. 407 00:15:33,190 --> 00:15:35,330 Jake isn't actually that great at video games 408 00:15:35,330 --> 00:15:37,130 in spite of being one of the young kids. 409 00:15:37,130 --> 00:15:38,650 Actually, depending on, you know, 410 00:15:38,650 --> 00:15:39,690 what game you're playing, 411 00:15:39,690 --> 00:15:42,230 you might even get a better gaming experience 412 00:15:42,230 --> 00:15:43,450 with the 2700X, 413 00:15:43,450 --> 00:15:46,190 which did surprise me in Apex Legends anyway. 414 00:15:46,190 --> 00:15:48,250 And that's like a hundred bucks cheaper. 415 00:15:48,250 --> 00:15:49,550 No regrets then. 416 00:15:49,550 --> 00:15:51,810 Now we just have to build 11 more. 417 00:15:51,810 --> 00:15:52,850 That's my regret. 418 00:15:52,850 --> 00:15:58,270 That's my only regret is doing it 11 times. 419 00:15:58,970 --> 00:16:00,130 Having this idea. 420 00:16:00,130 --> 00:16:02,470 All right. 421 00:16:02,470 --> 00:16:05,400 So I guess all that's left now, 422 00:16:05,400 --> 00:16:09,360 other than preparing ourselves to do this 11 more times 423 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,980 is to thank our sponsor for this video, FreshBooks. 424 00:16:12,980 --> 00:16:15,500 So if you're a small business owner or a freelancer, 425 00:16:15,500 --> 00:16:18,940 FreshBooks is the counting solution for you. 426 00:16:18,940 --> 00:16:21,040 It's a simple way to be more productive, 427 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:24,060 more organized, and to get paid faster. 428 00:16:24,060 --> 00:16:24,900 With FreshBooks, 429 00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:27,220 you can create and send professional looking invoices 430 00:16:27,220 --> 00:16:28,760 in less than 30 seconds. 431 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,680 You can set up online payments to get paid off, 432 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:32,500 paid up to four days faster. 433 00:16:32,500 --> 00:16:34,880 You can see when your client has seen your invoice 434 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:36,400 to put an end to the guessing games. 435 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,800 And you can take the whole experience with you on the go 436 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,980 with their fully featured apps for both iOS and Android. 437 00:16:41,980 --> 00:16:43,180 So don't take my word for it. 438 00:16:43,180 --> 00:16:45,580 Try out FreshBooks for free for 30 days 439 00:16:45,580 --> 00:16:47,940 at freshbooks.com slash tech tips. 440 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:50,020 We're going to have that linked in the video description 441 00:16:50,020 --> 00:16:51,940 and just make sure you enter Linus tech tips 442 00:16:51,940 --> 00:16:53,920 in the how did you hear about us section. 443 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:54,940 So thanks for watching guys. 444 00:16:54,940 --> 00:16:56,680 If you disliked this video, you can hit that button. 445 00:16:56,680 --> 00:16:58,360 But if you liked it, hit like, get subscribed, 446 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:00,060 or maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff 447 00:17:00,060 --> 00:17:00,680 we featured. 448 00:17:00,680 --> 00:17:02,960 All the links in the video description. 449 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:04,300 Also down there is our merch store, 450 00:17:04,300 --> 00:17:05,860 which has cool shirts like this one 451 00:17:05,860 --> 00:17:08,560 and our community forum, which you should totally join.