1 00:00:02,100 --> 00:00:06,260 If you've ever bought something from lttstore.com, 2 00:00:06,260 --> 00:00:07,340 there's a good chance you've met 3 00:00:07,340 --> 00:00:09,420 our customer care supervisor, Adam. 4 00:00:09,420 --> 00:00:14,140 He's positive, thorough, and a venomous backstabbing snake. 5 00:00:14,140 --> 00:00:17,000 There's a lot of great choices in this tech makeover. 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:18,240 I like this. 7 00:00:18,240 --> 00:00:19,520 Where did you get these? 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,240 And these are a great choice. 9 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:25,220 AMD hooked up Adam with a $5,000 budget. 10 00:00:25,220 --> 00:00:28,260 And I gotta say, he has spent it extremely wisely. 11 00:00:28,260 --> 00:00:29,920 If you were following along from home, 12 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,000 looking for inspiration for your own setup, 13 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,000 you'd end up with something that is A-tier, 14 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:39,100 a great value, and promotes AMD's technologies. 15 00:00:39,100 --> 00:00:40,500 What more could he do? 16 00:00:40,500 --> 00:00:43,920 Well, he could consider me a non-LTT desk pad. 17 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:46,220 Can't even drink your own Kool-Aid? 18 00:00:46,220 --> 00:00:47,300 I'm not using that. 19 00:00:47,300 --> 00:00:51,220 Secret Lab hooked me up, but I got that behind you. 20 00:00:51,220 --> 00:00:52,360 Oh, thank goodness. 21 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,380 Well, okay, that's great, 22 00:00:54,380 --> 00:00:57,160 but it does kind of kill the rest of this intro for me. 23 00:00:57,160 --> 00:00:59,580 You know what, we're gonna do it anyway. 24 00:00:59,580 --> 00:01:01,240 To rebuild our trust, 25 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:01,940 we're gonna do a 26 00:01:01,940 --> 00:01:03,480 roll reversal exercise, 27 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,400 where it's my job to bend over backwards 28 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,040 and make sure you're happy today. 29 00:01:08,040 --> 00:01:10,160 Whatever you say, I gotta do it, 30 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:13,320 which might be a nice little change of pace for you. 31 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:26,630 I have some ideas. 32 00:01:26,630 --> 00:01:29,630 We're back again with another AMD Ultimate Tech Upgrade. 33 00:01:29,630 --> 00:01:31,790 And a new video means a brand new chance 34 00:01:31,790 --> 00:01:33,890 to win some great goodies from AMD. 35 00:01:33,890 --> 00:01:35,770 It's basically a tradition at this point. 36 00:01:35,770 --> 00:01:39,190 This time, they're giving away two Steam Decks. 37 00:01:39,190 --> 00:01:40,950 You probably know what a Steam Deck is by now, 38 00:01:40,950 --> 00:01:43,130 but if you don't, it's a handheld gaming device, 39 00:01:43,130 --> 00:01:44,370 with a simple interface 40 00:01:44,370 --> 00:01:46,110 for you to access your Steam library, 41 00:01:46,110 --> 00:01:47,830 and a battery that's designed to last 42 00:01:47,830 --> 00:01:49,970 throughout those extended on-the-go gaming sessions. 43 00:01:49,970 --> 00:01:54,950 And it's powered by an AMD Zen CPU and AMD RDNA graphics 44 00:01:54,950 --> 00:01:58,230 that provide high-definition gaming, even on a handheld. 45 00:01:58,230 --> 00:02:00,310 So head over to our Twitter to enter the giveaway 46 00:02:00,310 --> 00:02:03,910 for a chance to win your very own new and shiny Steam Deck. 47 00:02:03,910 --> 00:02:06,470 Thanks again to AMD for sponsoring this series. 48 00:02:06,470 --> 00:02:07,850 I'm sure you're excited to tell us 49 00:02:07,850 --> 00:02:09,790 about some of the retro consoles you scored, 50 00:02:09,790 --> 00:02:12,970 but before that happens, we have to do the obligatory, um, 51 00:02:12,970 --> 00:02:15,930 poke-around-in-your-space-a-little-bit-make-you-uncomfortable. 52 00:02:15,930 --> 00:02:18,210 Sure. 53 00:02:18,210 --> 00:02:20,960 He looks uncomfortable. 54 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:23,080 So you're Big Swifty, right? 55 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:24,780 No, that would be my wife. 56 00:02:24,780 --> 00:02:26,000 Mm-hmm, sure. 57 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,300 Then how do you explain this Taylor Swift clock 58 00:02:29,300 --> 00:02:31,080 in your office? 59 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:32,900 This is your computer, isn't it? 60 00:02:32,900 --> 00:02:35,820 Yes, but this is my wife's computer over here. 61 00:02:35,820 --> 00:02:37,320 Wow, she has a way better setup than you. 62 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:38,160 I know. 63 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:40,840 I've neglected it quite, quite a lot 64 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:43,020 in favor of giving her a good enough setup 65 00:02:43,160 --> 00:02:45,280 that she feels compelled to game with me. 66 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:46,120 You know? 67 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,940 Wow, I was gonna say gentlemen move. 68 00:02:49,940 --> 00:02:51,780 Gentlemen like a fox. 69 00:02:51,780 --> 00:02:53,660 Yeah, it's very clear to me who gets the budget 70 00:02:53,660 --> 00:02:55,560 for cool stuff in this household. 71 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:58,660 But no longer will your setup be neglected. 72 00:02:58,660 --> 00:03:00,920 This is amazing. 73 00:03:00,920 --> 00:03:04,560 We've gone with a Ryzen 7 7800X3D, 74 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,240 just about the fastest gaming CPU money can buy. 75 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,160 This chip is such a great choice for gaming. 76 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:12,200 I mean, sure, compared to AMD's top-of-the-line consumer chip, 77 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,540 it has half as many cores, but that's eight cores, 78 00:03:15,540 --> 00:03:18,340 16 threads still, and it has 3DV cache, 79 00:03:18,340 --> 00:03:21,820 which contributes significantly to gaming performance. 80 00:03:21,820 --> 00:03:23,820 And of course, it supports all the latest technologies 81 00:03:23,820 --> 00:03:26,520 like PCI Express Gen 5 and DDR5. 82 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,960 You've gone with a 7900XTX, 83 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:33,580 which is the top-of-the-line 24 gigs of VRAM. 84 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:37,680 And I love this, a practical supporting cast. 85 00:03:37,680 --> 00:03:40,640 If you don't need the extra features of X670E, 86 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:41,600 a B650 is gonna perform well. 87 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,680 It is gonna perform the same for you. 88 00:03:43,680 --> 00:03:45,800 I can't wait to build this machine, 89 00:03:45,800 --> 00:03:46,640 or rather I can, 90 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:48,560 because I want to check out those retro consoles real quick. 91 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:52,500 We've got the N64, got the M Classic upscaling cable, 92 00:03:52,500 --> 00:03:55,860 which works way better than you would probably expect. 93 00:03:55,860 --> 00:03:57,360 We did a video on it a while back. 94 00:03:57,360 --> 00:04:00,060 And then there's a couple that are kind of wrapped up here. 95 00:04:00,060 --> 00:04:01,260 What am I looking at right here? 96 00:04:01,260 --> 00:04:03,260 Yeah, so this is a Wii we scored 97 00:04:03,260 --> 00:04:06,380 at a thrift shop near here for like $30. 98 00:04:06,380 --> 00:04:09,360 It's literally worth it just for the Wiimotes alone, 99 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,100 considering what those are typically worth. 100 00:04:11,100 --> 00:04:12,920 I was still stuck on Wii Wii scored, 101 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:15,000 but yeah, go ahead. 102 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:16,340 Another thrift shop find. 103 00:04:16,340 --> 00:04:19,920 This was in a Goodwill down in Linwood, Washington. 104 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,800 When I bought this, it was $40 USD, 105 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,860 and it had Mario Kart Devil Dash inside of it already. 106 00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:27,760 Wow, that is flipping awesome. 107 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:29,740 Only one small problem. 108 00:04:29,740 --> 00:04:31,000 This is full already. 109 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:31,840 That's okay. 110 00:04:31,840 --> 00:04:34,150 We have a solution. 111 00:04:34,150 --> 00:04:36,070 Oh, cool, the back of a console. 112 00:04:38,030 --> 00:04:39,450 One moment, please. 113 00:04:39,450 --> 00:04:41,820 Ooh. 114 00:04:41,820 --> 00:04:42,960 Woo, nice. 115 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:44,480 Ooh, I like it. 116 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:46,960 An open front for better airflow. 117 00:04:46,960 --> 00:04:47,920 Is that wire? 118 00:04:47,920 --> 00:04:49,620 No, it's just, it was cheap. 119 00:04:49,620 --> 00:04:51,220 Fun fact, I'm not the only one 120 00:04:51,220 --> 00:04:52,520 who's at your beck and call today. 121 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:53,640 Colin will also be helping, 122 00:04:53,640 --> 00:04:56,520 and he's going to get this out of here 123 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:57,720 and the new one in place 124 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,460 while we get started building the PC. 125 00:04:59,460 --> 00:05:00,300 Woo. 126 00:05:00,300 --> 00:05:01,360 We can do it out in the kitchen. 127 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:02,200 That's what he said. 128 00:05:03,980 --> 00:05:05,020 Okay, you know what? 129 00:05:05,020 --> 00:05:06,360 Let's not use any of that. 130 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,120 Maybe it'll make it into a Floatplane exclusive, 131 00:05:08,120 --> 00:05:09,840 LMG.gg slash Floatplane. 132 00:05:09,840 --> 00:05:13,080 The point is, Adam, where do you wanna build this computer? 133 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,320 This, no offense, is a very small desk. 134 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:17,980 There's plenty of space in the kitchen. 135 00:05:17,980 --> 00:05:19,840 David, would you believe this is the first time 136 00:05:19,840 --> 00:05:21,640 I built a computer in a kitchen? 137 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,140 I, no, that's not true. 138 00:05:24,480 --> 00:05:26,520 It's the best place to build a computer. 139 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:27,840 There's always counter space. 140 00:05:27,840 --> 00:05:31,140 It's supposed to be clean. 141 00:05:31,140 --> 00:05:33,480 At least you pretend to have not gamer hygiene 142 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:34,360 when I come to your house. 143 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:36,840 Some people had some gamer hygiene going on. 144 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:38,200 Try to make it look lived in, 145 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:40,840 but not too spick and span, you know? 146 00:05:40,840 --> 00:05:41,960 Yeah, I mean, Riley. 147 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:42,960 I mean, clearly nobody lived there. 148 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:46,420 I realized something just now. 149 00:05:46,420 --> 00:05:48,840 You haven't actually instructed me to build the computer, 150 00:05:48,840 --> 00:05:50,600 so what is it that you want me doing? 151 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:51,680 That's a good question. 152 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:54,160 I mean, I don't get to build computers very often, 153 00:05:54,160 --> 00:05:55,140 and I love doing it, 154 00:05:55,140 --> 00:05:57,600 so I like to take the lead here for sure. 155 00:05:57,600 --> 00:05:59,840 Feel free to advise me. 156 00:05:59,840 --> 00:06:01,560 I mean, we got the master here, so. 157 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:02,400 Yes, sir. 158 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:03,740 When's the last time you built a computer? 159 00:06:03,740 --> 00:06:06,640 Oh, God, like back in 2016, I think. 160 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:10,360 I put a RX 480 in that bad boy way back in the day, 161 00:06:10,360 --> 00:06:11,520 right when it first came out. 162 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:12,360 It was supposed to be $200, 163 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,820 but it ended up being more like 250, 164 00:06:14,820 --> 00:06:17,480 because that was when the whole mining explosion happened. 165 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:19,120 That mining wave, yeah. 166 00:06:19,120 --> 00:06:19,960 The first one. 167 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:20,920 Yeah, not this time. 168 00:06:20,920 --> 00:06:23,180 We thought that was as bad as it could get. 169 00:06:23,180 --> 00:06:25,580 It was not, ladies and gentlemen. 170 00:06:25,580 --> 00:06:27,220 First thing I usually do is the CPU, 171 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:29,700 so might as well get the hard out of the way first. 172 00:06:29,700 --> 00:06:33,160 I am going for primo customer service today. 173 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:34,700 Your CPU, sir. 174 00:06:34,700 --> 00:06:36,540 Oh, boy, you think I can do it? 175 00:06:36,540 --> 00:06:38,620 I mean, if you can take care of some of the demands 176 00:06:38,620 --> 00:06:40,960 that reach our inbox, I'm sure you can handle this. 177 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:42,020 I love our customers. 178 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:43,200 I do. 179 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:45,640 I usually do the RAM next, so why don't we do that? 180 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:47,220 Very wise, sir. 181 00:06:47,220 --> 00:06:51,580 We've gone with DDR5-6000 at CL32. 182 00:06:51,580 --> 00:06:56,840 This is pretty much the sweet spot for seventh gen Ryzen, 183 00:06:56,860 --> 00:06:58,860 and you've got 32 gigs of RAM, 184 00:06:58,860 --> 00:07:00,320 which is enough for gaming today, 185 00:07:00,320 --> 00:07:01,500 enough for gaming tomorrow. 186 00:07:01,500 --> 00:07:03,260 I can't speak to the day after tomorrow, 187 00:07:03,260 --> 00:07:04,100 but it doesn't matter 188 00:07:04,100 --> 00:07:06,100 because I think the world freezes over or something. 189 00:07:06,100 --> 00:07:06,940 Yep. 190 00:07:06,940 --> 00:07:09,380 Yes, that does happen in the famous documentary, 191 00:07:09,380 --> 00:07:10,600 The Day After Tomorrow. 192 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:12,420 Your salons are prepared, sir. 193 00:07:12,620 --> 00:07:14,240 Oh, thank you, sir. 194 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:18,630 Look at that, it's like I've done this before. 195 00:07:18,630 --> 00:07:21,210 Your M.2 standoff, sir. 196 00:07:21,210 --> 00:07:23,510 I don't think it matters which slot we're using 197 00:07:23,510 --> 00:07:27,130 because Adam, being wise, has gone with a Gen 4 drive 198 00:07:27,130 --> 00:07:29,830 that uses high quality NAND, a WD Black, 199 00:07:29,830 --> 00:07:32,230 but knowing there's no performance benefit in games 200 00:07:32,230 --> 00:07:34,630 to Gen 5, which is why you chose this, right? 201 00:07:34,630 --> 00:07:35,470 Allegedly. 202 00:07:35,470 --> 00:07:38,390 Adam has chosen capacity with a two terabyte drive 203 00:07:38,390 --> 00:07:41,110 rather than speed, which means it doesn't matter 204 00:07:41,110 --> 00:07:42,710 which of your M.2 slots we use. 205 00:07:42,710 --> 00:07:44,550 That's where I was getting at with all of this. 206 00:07:44,550 --> 00:07:46,650 Yeah, let's see the one with the heat sink, 207 00:07:46,650 --> 00:07:47,750 just for funsies. 208 00:07:47,750 --> 00:07:49,190 Adam, you're a very different person than I. 209 00:07:49,190 --> 00:07:51,250 I would have Linus do everything. 210 00:07:51,250 --> 00:07:53,430 I would bring out a Swiffer. 211 00:07:53,430 --> 00:07:56,670 No, I actually love doing this, so, you know. 212 00:07:56,670 --> 00:07:58,750 And he had me paint his basement. 213 00:07:58,750 --> 00:08:00,870 You know, I could just put on a little maid outfit 214 00:08:00,870 --> 00:08:02,350 and start cleaning, except that, like, 215 00:08:02,350 --> 00:08:04,110 the place doesn't really need it. 216 00:08:04,110 --> 00:08:07,330 So, yeah, I'll just stand here and look pretty. 217 00:08:07,330 --> 00:08:08,170 Okay. 218 00:08:10,090 --> 00:08:12,450 Did your last rig even use NVMe? 219 00:08:12,710 --> 00:08:13,550 No. 220 00:08:13,550 --> 00:08:14,850 2016, yeah. 221 00:08:14,850 --> 00:08:15,690 Yeah. 222 00:08:15,690 --> 00:08:17,730 Is this the first time you've done an M.2 drive? 223 00:08:17,730 --> 00:08:20,810 Well, I did it in my wife's computer when I built that, 224 00:08:20,810 --> 00:08:23,790 but, you know, this is the first time I've done it for me. 225 00:08:23,790 --> 00:08:25,790 Wait, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop! 226 00:08:25,790 --> 00:08:27,550 Okay, all right, I do have to interfere. 227 00:08:27,550 --> 00:08:29,510 We probably haven't broken it, probably. 228 00:08:30,810 --> 00:08:32,890 Whoops, well, that might have. 229 00:08:32,890 --> 00:08:36,110 So, this is a cool little tool-less mechanism. 230 00:08:36,110 --> 00:08:37,910 Ah, I see what's going on. 231 00:08:37,910 --> 00:08:39,150 Yeah, go ahead and screw that in, 232 00:08:39,150 --> 00:08:41,430 and then, no, no, no, no, you just leave that alone for now. 233 00:08:41,430 --> 00:08:42,470 He's recovering. 234 00:08:42,710 --> 00:08:43,550 Okay. 235 00:08:45,620 --> 00:08:46,740 Don't worry, you're doing great. 236 00:08:46,740 --> 00:08:48,960 So then, now, all you do is you just 237 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,260 flippy-doodle this little plastic thing. 238 00:08:51,260 --> 00:08:52,800 I was wondering what the plastic thing was for. 239 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:54,740 Yeah, it was to help you. 240 00:08:54,740 --> 00:08:55,640 That's new, right? 241 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,140 It's not, I'm not crazy, 242 00:08:58,140 --> 00:08:59,400 because that wasn't a thing 243 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:00,560 the last time I built one of these. 244 00:09:00,560 --> 00:09:03,160 It's pretty new, yeah, okay, go ahead and try again. 245 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:07,040 Put down the screwdriver. 246 00:09:07,040 --> 00:09:07,880 Wow. 247 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:08,720 Perfect, flawless. 248 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:09,720 Hey, that's nice. 249 00:09:09,720 --> 00:09:10,840 Yeah, with no do-overs. 250 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:13,340 It's nice when you know that it's a thing. 251 00:09:13,340 --> 00:09:14,180 Heat sink. 252 00:09:14,340 --> 00:09:16,080 Got the peel. 253 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:16,900 Love it. 254 00:09:16,900 --> 00:09:18,640 You guys ever whisper sweet nothings 255 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,340 at the plastic that you're peeling? 256 00:09:20,340 --> 00:09:21,180 No. 257 00:09:21,180 --> 00:09:22,000 Does anyone not? 258 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:22,840 Oh. 259 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:24,600 We seem to be divided on this issue. 260 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:26,040 What do you mean, sweet nothings? 261 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:27,060 You have to. 262 00:09:27,060 --> 00:09:27,900 Colin. 263 00:09:29,560 --> 00:09:31,400 Who are you people? 264 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,160 Do we wanna plug in the power supply 265 00:09:33,160 --> 00:09:36,780 and do a cute little test boot? 266 00:09:36,780 --> 00:09:39,320 I think you're the first to suggest that. 267 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:41,060 It's a very good idea. 268 00:09:41,060 --> 00:09:41,900 Let's do it. 269 00:09:41,900 --> 00:09:43,500 I feel like I'm the only one 270 00:09:43,500 --> 00:09:46,240 that actually follows your advice. 271 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,700 Paul's advice, Bitwit's advice. 272 00:09:48,700 --> 00:09:51,480 Paul's advice, sure, but Bitwit's advice, 273 00:09:51,480 --> 00:09:53,860 he's got that Lyle guy on the channel. 274 00:09:53,860 --> 00:09:54,700 You gotta be careful. 275 00:09:54,700 --> 00:09:55,860 That's true, that's true. 276 00:09:55,860 --> 00:09:57,060 Actually, if we were really smart 277 00:09:57,060 --> 00:09:58,360 and followed all of my advice, 278 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:00,020 we would have done this earlier. 279 00:10:00,020 --> 00:10:02,520 Had the power supply here, plugged into ground 280 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:03,600 so that we could ground ourself 281 00:10:03,600 --> 00:10:05,560 before handling any of our sensitive components. 282 00:10:05,560 --> 00:10:06,400 I suppose that's true. 283 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:10,200 With that said, the humidity is extremely high right now. 284 00:10:10,200 --> 00:10:11,760 We're not on a carpet. 285 00:10:11,760 --> 00:10:14,420 My concern level is extremely low, 286 00:10:14,420 --> 00:10:16,180 especially after that collab with Electro, 287 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:17,720 boom, boom, boom, where he showed how hard it is 288 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:18,740 to kill a component with that. 289 00:10:18,740 --> 00:10:20,360 Oh yeah, that was very informative. 290 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:21,840 I'm sorry, it's automatic. 291 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,140 I just, computer stuff appears in front of me 292 00:10:24,140 --> 00:10:25,500 and I start assembling it. 293 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:26,440 I'll just, I'll be ready. 294 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,860 Wait, sorry, I need a more butlery posture. 295 00:10:28,860 --> 00:10:30,800 Colin, can you come over here and just slap his hand 296 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,200 anytime he reaches for a computer? 297 00:10:43,550 --> 00:10:46,170 Meanwhile, over here, Colin has cleared this bookshelf 298 00:10:46,170 --> 00:10:48,810 and securely anchored it to the... 299 00:10:48,810 --> 00:10:50,090 No, he has unanchored it. 300 00:10:50,090 --> 00:10:51,570 I remember the details now. 301 00:10:52,450 --> 00:10:53,810 Good work, thanks. 302 00:10:53,810 --> 00:10:55,450 And this is a great time to talk about 303 00:10:55,450 --> 00:10:57,070 how we're gonna get networking 304 00:10:57,070 --> 00:10:59,110 over to the media console here. 305 00:10:59,110 --> 00:11:02,950 You could run a wire, but running wires all over the place, 306 00:11:02,950 --> 00:11:04,890 not really the vibe I'm getting in this place. 307 00:11:04,890 --> 00:11:06,850 So how about you use Powerline? 308 00:11:06,850 --> 00:11:10,750 It uses your power lines in your walls to run networking. 309 00:11:10,750 --> 00:11:13,510 And while it's not gonna do the two gigabits 310 00:11:13,510 --> 00:11:16,530 that they claim here, that's very theoretical, 311 00:11:16,530 --> 00:11:19,350 it'll be fast enough and most importantly, 312 00:11:19,350 --> 00:11:22,430 predictably low latency enough to be great for gaming. 313 00:11:22,450 --> 00:11:25,210 Wait, isn't that the router right there? 314 00:11:25,210 --> 00:11:26,930 Doesn't the networking come out here? 315 00:11:26,930 --> 00:11:27,770 Oh. 316 00:11:27,770 --> 00:11:30,030 So it's a great way to get networking, 317 00:11:30,030 --> 00:11:33,370 low latency gaming to your PC in the other room. 318 00:11:33,370 --> 00:11:35,220 What's that, Colin? 319 00:11:35,220 --> 00:11:37,400 Oh, I see. 320 00:11:37,400 --> 00:11:40,960 So you're worried that because of the shape of this plug, 321 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:43,400 these aren't gonna both fit at the same time. 322 00:11:43,400 --> 00:11:44,240 That's okay. 323 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,920 This particular Powerline adapter has a pass-through, 324 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:50,100 so we can do the full 15 amps of this circuit 325 00:11:50,100 --> 00:11:51,980 just through it. 326 00:11:51,980 --> 00:11:55,120 And as long as we don't put any really gross, 327 00:11:55,120 --> 00:11:57,140 noisy devices on the circuit, 328 00:11:57,140 --> 00:11:59,360 it shouldn't interfere too much with our networking. 329 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:01,540 And I'm not worried about the overall power 330 00:12:01,540 --> 00:12:03,440 because this is retro consoles. 331 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:08,410 I didn't even see like a new Xbox or PlayStation. 332 00:12:08,410 --> 00:12:09,910 No, I'm allowed to unbox things. 333 00:12:09,910 --> 00:12:11,070 I'm allowed to unbox things. 334 00:12:12,070 --> 00:12:14,190 See, the thing is I understand theoretically 335 00:12:14,190 --> 00:12:15,190 how to do all of this, 336 00:12:15,190 --> 00:12:18,370 but because I don't do it nearly as often as you, 337 00:12:18,370 --> 00:12:19,470 it's just not automatic. 338 00:12:19,470 --> 00:12:20,950 Yeah, no, no, I get it, I get it. 339 00:12:20,950 --> 00:12:22,830 We all saw that when you were doing the SSD. 340 00:12:22,830 --> 00:12:24,290 Yeah, yeah, I know. 341 00:12:25,950 --> 00:12:28,370 What the crap? 342 00:12:28,370 --> 00:12:30,490 GPUs have actually reached the point 343 00:12:30,490 --> 00:12:32,670 where they are comically large. 344 00:12:32,670 --> 00:12:34,010 Oh, geez. 345 00:12:34,010 --> 00:12:35,810 This looks novelty-sized. 346 00:12:35,810 --> 00:12:37,830 Look at it compared to the motherboard. 347 00:12:37,830 --> 00:12:39,150 It dwarfs it. 348 00:12:39,150 --> 00:12:42,510 Look at it compared to a totally normal-sized human hand. 349 00:12:42,510 --> 00:12:43,490 That's what my wife tells me. 350 00:12:43,490 --> 00:12:46,310 I have to say that's a lot bigger than even I was expecting, 351 00:12:46,310 --> 00:12:49,110 so it'll fit, probably. 352 00:12:50,230 --> 00:12:51,070 Let's hope. 353 00:12:51,070 --> 00:12:52,550 AMD's X3D chips don't come 354 00:12:52,550 --> 00:12:53,510 with the cooler in the box, 355 00:12:53,510 --> 00:12:55,590 because the assumption is that you're going to want them 356 00:12:55,590 --> 00:12:58,010 to boost as high as possible 357 00:12:58,010 --> 00:12:59,810 with their precision boost overdrive, 358 00:12:59,810 --> 00:13:00,990 and if you want it to do that, 359 00:13:00,990 --> 00:13:03,350 well, you're gonna need some decent cooling. 360 00:13:03,350 --> 00:13:06,930 You have gone so far beyond decent. 361 00:13:06,930 --> 00:13:08,990 This actually seems kind of extravagant, 362 00:13:08,990 --> 00:13:12,730 given how practical everything else has been so far. 363 00:13:12,730 --> 00:13:14,790 The nice thing is that I won it at a Christmas party 364 00:13:14,790 --> 00:13:16,410 instead of having to pay money for it. 365 00:13:16,410 --> 00:13:18,410 You've been holding this for, 366 00:13:18,410 --> 00:13:19,670 was this a year ago or two years ago? 367 00:13:19,670 --> 00:13:20,510 Two years ago. 368 00:13:20,510 --> 00:13:21,670 Two years, it's still brand new. 369 00:13:21,670 --> 00:13:22,510 It's brand new. 370 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:23,330 Yeah. 371 00:13:23,330 --> 00:13:24,170 Just been waiting for, 372 00:13:24,170 --> 00:13:25,690 have you just been waiting for your upgrade? 373 00:13:25,690 --> 00:13:26,530 Oh, yeah. 374 00:13:26,530 --> 00:13:28,370 Playing long game, friends. 375 00:13:28,370 --> 00:13:30,800 Oh, no, Colin, what's happened? 376 00:13:30,800 --> 00:13:33,040 A cat has chewed through the cable. 377 00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:34,180 Actually, oh, wow. 378 00:13:35,300 --> 00:13:37,360 That is much worse than I, 379 00:13:37,360 --> 00:13:43,220 oh, crud, it's the Wii U. 380 00:13:43,220 --> 00:13:47,570 We'll have to call the ambulance. 381 00:13:47,570 --> 00:13:50,490 Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. 382 00:13:50,490 --> 00:13:52,350 No soldering iron, no morets, 383 00:13:52,350 --> 00:13:54,550 but what I do have is enough tape and ingenuity. 384 00:13:54,550 --> 00:13:57,710 I'm gonna need some additional tape and ingenuity 385 00:13:57,710 --> 00:13:59,210 to get us limping along today 386 00:13:59,210 --> 00:14:02,530 until we can make a more permanent fix. 387 00:14:02,530 --> 00:14:06,750 This is definitely not my finest work. 388 00:14:06,750 --> 00:14:08,010 Is it a fire danger? 389 00:14:09,470 --> 00:14:14,560 It is probably not a fire hazard. 390 00:14:14,560 --> 00:14:17,020 Well, I had a dream last night 391 00:14:17,020 --> 00:14:20,180 about a ShortCircuit that caused a fire in my house. 392 00:14:22,020 --> 00:14:23,440 I'm not even joking. 393 00:14:23,440 --> 00:14:25,340 Hey, hey, well, that's good. 394 00:14:25,340 --> 00:14:26,180 What? What? What? 395 00:14:26,340 --> 00:14:27,180 Oh yes. 396 00:14:27,180 --> 00:14:28,000 Of course. 397 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,020 Which nuts? 398 00:14:29,020 --> 00:14:30,300 With these nuts. 399 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:34,520 This is ready to go. 400 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:35,360 Fantastic. 401 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,180 All we got to do is fire it up. 402 00:14:37,180 --> 00:14:38,020 Yeah. 403 00:14:38,020 --> 00:14:38,860 I guess we need a monitor. 404 00:14:38,860 --> 00:14:40,400 Where do I put screw driver? 405 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:41,220 Oh yeah. 406 00:14:41,220 --> 00:14:44,960 Just this is JFP, which is jumper front panel one. 407 00:14:44,960 --> 00:14:47,320 And then you're going to want to do the top row. 408 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:48,160 The rightmost two. 409 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:49,000 You want to bridge them. 410 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:49,840 Yeah. 411 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:50,680 There it is. 412 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:51,520 Yeah, you're good. 413 00:14:51,520 --> 00:14:52,340 You can let go. 414 00:14:52,340 --> 00:14:53,180 It's a momentary switch. 415 00:14:53,180 --> 00:14:55,210 So you just momentarily. 416 00:14:55,210 --> 00:14:56,620 Very good. 417 00:14:56,620 --> 00:14:57,460 Hey. 418 00:14:57,460 --> 00:14:58,720 Hey. 419 00:14:58,720 --> 00:14:59,560 Okay. 420 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:00,400 Well, hey, that's great news. 421 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,000 Now we can go ahead and move forward with the build. 422 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:03,380 Keep them with the pragmatic theme. 423 00:15:03,380 --> 00:15:06,020 We've got the Phanteks G360A case. 424 00:15:06,020 --> 00:15:07,560 Three RGB fans in the front. 425 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:09,440 Got the tempered glass side panel. 426 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:12,380 Reasonable price, about 125 bucks. 427 00:15:12,380 --> 00:15:15,060 So nice case, but not overkill. 428 00:15:15,060 --> 00:15:18,380 And tons of airflow. 429 00:15:18,380 --> 00:15:20,660 It actually came with the standoffs pre-installed, 430 00:15:20,660 --> 00:15:21,500 which is nice. 431 00:15:21,500 --> 00:15:24,100 Yeah, it's very handy, but also risky 432 00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:25,500 because if it comes with ones 433 00:15:25,500 --> 00:15:26,440 that don't match your motherboard, 434 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,120 then you can scratch the back of the board. 435 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:30,620 There you go. 436 00:15:30,620 --> 00:15:31,800 Sick. 437 00:15:31,800 --> 00:15:33,540 I think I stole your screwdriver. 438 00:15:33,540 --> 00:15:34,380 Wait. 439 00:15:34,380 --> 00:15:35,220 Nope. 440 00:15:35,220 --> 00:15:36,060 This one's mine. 441 00:15:36,060 --> 00:15:36,900 You know what? 442 00:15:36,900 --> 00:15:37,920 With Colin and Adam otherwise occupied, 443 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:41,080 I guess I'll just find this to do. 444 00:15:41,080 --> 00:15:42,820 Check this out. 445 00:15:42,820 --> 00:15:44,700 For our reigning frugality champion, 446 00:15:44,700 --> 00:15:46,620 this is a pretty extravagant jet. 447 00:15:46,620 --> 00:15:48,840 The Secretlab Magnus Pro. 448 00:15:48,840 --> 00:15:51,640 A, has way more room for activities, 449 00:15:51,640 --> 00:15:53,660 like moving your mouse at all. 450 00:15:53,660 --> 00:15:55,460 And B, has all kinds of great features. 451 00:15:55,460 --> 00:15:56,280 Built-in cable management. 452 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:58,760 Built-in power distribution. 453 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:00,700 It raises, it lowers. 454 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:03,560 He's got the add-on dual monitor ARM thing. 455 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,780 Let's see if I can move it into place myself. 456 00:16:05,780 --> 00:16:07,160 Well, okay, it's a little heavy. 457 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,320 What exactly is our plan for input switching here? 458 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:13,840 Cause we've got one M cable. 459 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:15,580 Oh, one of these. 460 00:16:15,580 --> 00:16:18,080 Inputs one to four. 461 00:16:18,080 --> 00:16:19,320 All HDMI though. 462 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:22,420 Do we have converters for the not HDMI consoles? 463 00:16:22,420 --> 00:16:24,200 Like, I don't know most of them. 464 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,140 All right, I get it. 465 00:16:25,140 --> 00:16:25,980 I get it. 466 00:16:25,980 --> 00:16:27,100 They're right in front of me. 467 00:16:27,100 --> 00:16:27,940 Fine. 468 00:16:27,940 --> 00:16:29,320 Um, smart guys. 469 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:30,160 Uh. 470 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:31,990 What about N64 though? 471 00:16:31,990 --> 00:16:34,110 Yeah, what about the N64? 472 00:16:34,110 --> 00:16:38,290 Uh, there is little janky adapter that I have for that. 473 00:16:38,290 --> 00:16:39,130 Yeah. 474 00:16:39,130 --> 00:16:39,970 No, not that one. 475 00:16:39,970 --> 00:16:40,810 No! 476 00:16:41,770 --> 00:16:43,110 Wow, it's so light. 477 00:16:43,110 --> 00:16:45,330 A million RetroTINK owners just died. 478 00:16:45,330 --> 00:16:46,610 Yeah, I know. 479 00:16:46,610 --> 00:16:49,390 This is really cool. 480 00:16:49,390 --> 00:16:50,230 Terrible. 481 00:16:51,150 --> 00:16:53,110 Their sales pitch is a bit over the top. 482 00:16:53,110 --> 00:16:54,990 PC gamers are able to upgrade the graphics card. 483 00:16:54,990 --> 00:16:56,830 While console gamers have been limited by locked hardware. 484 00:16:57,230 --> 00:16:58,270 Many more. 485 00:16:58,270 --> 00:17:00,670 This is not a GPU upgrade for your console. 486 00:17:00,670 --> 00:17:03,150 But what it is, is a way to take older consoles 487 00:17:03,150 --> 00:17:06,630 and upscale them for modern displays in a pleasing, 488 00:17:06,630 --> 00:17:10,030 yet not totally awful and inaccurate manner. 489 00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:11,490 And it works not only on games, 490 00:17:11,490 --> 00:17:14,650 but also on low resolution video content. 491 00:17:14,650 --> 00:17:16,290 So what we're gonna do with this, 492 00:17:16,290 --> 00:17:19,410 is we're going to adapt the output of our GameCube 493 00:17:19,410 --> 00:17:21,610 with this retro prism, right? 494 00:17:21,610 --> 00:17:24,370 Then we're going to put this here. 495 00:17:24,370 --> 00:17:27,010 Actually, if we were really smart, what we would do, 496 00:17:27,010 --> 00:17:28,650 is we would take this 497 00:17:28,650 --> 00:17:30,850 and put it on the output of our HDMI switch. 498 00:17:30,850 --> 00:17:32,630 Since everything that's going into it 499 00:17:32,630 --> 00:17:34,610 is either a retro console 500 00:17:34,610 --> 00:17:37,670 or a woefully underpowered modern console. 501 00:17:37,670 --> 00:17:40,590 Wow, great job guys. 502 00:17:40,590 --> 00:17:41,430 Look at it. 503 00:17:41,430 --> 00:17:44,590 It's all oriental related correctly. 504 00:17:44,590 --> 00:17:48,610 And only a small amount of wall ended up on the table. 505 00:17:48,610 --> 00:17:49,830 Yes. 506 00:17:49,830 --> 00:17:50,670 Nice. 507 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:52,410 Okay, it'll buff out. 508 00:17:52,410 --> 00:17:53,750 Of the wall or the table? 509 00:17:53,750 --> 00:17:54,590 The table. 510 00:17:54,590 --> 00:17:56,130 Oh yeah, I mean the important thing. 511 00:17:56,130 --> 00:17:57,010 I realized this. 512 00:17:57,010 --> 00:17:58,450 I was about to tell you guys about the GPU 513 00:17:58,450 --> 00:18:00,250 that I never really showed you the power supply. 514 00:18:00,250 --> 00:18:02,170 It's an EVGA 1000 GT. 515 00:18:02,170 --> 00:18:03,050 It's 80 plus gold. 516 00:18:03,050 --> 00:18:04,150 It's modular. 517 00:18:04,150 --> 00:18:05,950 It's a really nice unit 518 00:18:05,950 --> 00:18:07,530 and it should be a great pairing 519 00:18:07,530 --> 00:18:10,230 for the 7900 XTX from ASUS, 520 00:18:10,230 --> 00:18:11,890 but it's not over the top. 521 00:18:11,890 --> 00:18:14,630 It's even gonna look just like simple 522 00:18:14,630 --> 00:18:16,860 and clean when we're done. 523 00:18:16,860 --> 00:18:19,560 This GPU is big enough to kind of hide these cables 524 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:21,760 or at least draw the attention away from them. 525 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:23,120 It's all in the hips. 526 00:18:23,120 --> 00:18:23,960 Hold on. 527 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:24,800 Whoa, watch out. 528 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:25,620 Okay, don't move. 529 00:18:25,620 --> 00:18:27,180 Do you see the little fingers 530 00:18:27,180 --> 00:18:29,480 on the bottom of the PCI slot back there? 531 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:32,680 Do you see the tiny surface mount components next to them? 532 00:18:32,680 --> 00:18:35,560 It is so easy to be trying to position the card, 533 00:18:35,560 --> 00:18:37,020 moving it back and forth 534 00:18:37,020 --> 00:18:38,960 and knock off some of those components. 535 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,270 Adam didn't, which is good, 536 00:18:41,270 --> 00:18:47,810 but oh, here's why he was accidentally almost doing it. 537 00:18:48,150 --> 00:18:51,470 The height of this card is such that I don't know 538 00:18:51,470 --> 00:18:53,730 if we can actually slide it back into place 539 00:18:53,730 --> 00:18:56,890 without hitting those and knocking them off. 540 00:18:56,890 --> 00:18:58,590 We literally don't have a spare millimeter here. 541 00:18:58,590 --> 00:19:01,210 Holy crap, this might not fit. 542 00:19:01,210 --> 00:19:03,590 Ah, I'm just gonna make sure it's possible 543 00:19:03,590 --> 00:19:05,530 without killing it and then you can do it. 544 00:19:05,530 --> 00:19:06,370 Okay. 545 00:19:06,370 --> 00:19:07,210 Okay. 546 00:19:07,210 --> 00:19:09,960 Yes, it can be done. 547 00:19:09,960 --> 00:19:11,000 You wanna do the honors? 548 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,220 Okay. 549 00:19:15,220 --> 00:19:17,460 It's got a little bit of RGB. 550 00:19:17,460 --> 00:19:18,720 Yeah, it's got enough. 551 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:19,560 And you know what? 552 00:19:19,560 --> 00:19:21,860 It didn't impact the budget much. 553 00:19:21,860 --> 00:19:25,240 Well, especially because you won the AIO with the RGB fans 554 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:29,300 and like, those are really nice RGB fans 555 00:19:29,300 --> 00:19:31,220 to be included with a case. 556 00:19:31,220 --> 00:19:32,300 Hey, there you go. 557 00:19:32,300 --> 00:19:33,600 I didn't even post. 558 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:34,580 Now what's up with this? 559 00:19:34,580 --> 00:19:36,940 I thought we were G710 plus buddies. 560 00:19:36,940 --> 00:19:39,960 We were, but you know, I've had that keyboard 561 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,340 for damn near 10 years at this point. 562 00:19:42,340 --> 00:19:45,080 And I think it's just time for a little bit of a change, 563 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:45,920 you know? 564 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:46,760 All right. 565 00:19:46,760 --> 00:19:49,540 Hopefully my wife never says anything like that to me. 566 00:19:49,540 --> 00:19:50,680 OC explore mode. 567 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,520 What am I even? 568 00:19:52,520 --> 00:19:53,560 Expo, there we go. 569 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:56,010 Bop, bop, bop. 570 00:19:56,010 --> 00:19:57,170 Here we go. 571 00:19:57,170 --> 00:19:58,530 Well, that applied perfectly. 572 00:19:58,530 --> 00:20:00,770 All we need now is a Windows installer. 573 00:20:00,770 --> 00:20:01,810 While Colin's putting in 574 00:20:01,810 --> 00:20:05,410 these cable management things to hopefully keep the cats 575 00:20:05,410 --> 00:20:08,350 from chewing up the power and HDMI cables back here, 576 00:20:09,230 --> 00:20:10,490 we can put things on the shelf. 577 00:20:10,490 --> 00:20:12,850 Taylor deserves to be front and center here. 578 00:20:12,850 --> 00:20:15,810 Adam says that this will not fit on the shelf. 579 00:20:15,810 --> 00:20:19,450 And that assertion has been challenged here. 580 00:20:19,450 --> 00:20:20,850 Hey, there it is. 581 00:20:20,850 --> 00:20:21,870 Oh God. 582 00:20:21,870 --> 00:20:24,150 I'm so happy right now. 583 00:20:24,150 --> 00:20:24,990 Don't worry, Adam. 584 00:20:24,990 --> 00:20:27,370 We're gonna put your games on the shelf too. 585 00:20:27,370 --> 00:20:30,170 They're just not gonna be as prominently placed. 586 00:20:30,170 --> 00:20:31,010 I know. 587 00:20:31,940 --> 00:20:34,960 Adam, maybe I was confused before, 588 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,560 but I never actually saw a computer here. 589 00:20:38,560 --> 00:20:41,420 Was your work laptop what you were just gaming on? 590 00:20:41,420 --> 00:20:42,820 That's just my personal laptop. 591 00:20:42,820 --> 00:20:44,180 Oh. 592 00:20:44,180 --> 00:20:45,680 Oh, wow. 593 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:47,240 All laptop all the time. 594 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,080 Yes. 595 00:20:48,080 --> 00:20:49,120 Laptop gamer. 596 00:20:49,120 --> 00:20:50,720 It's not the best bang for the buck. 597 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:52,620 So I'm a little surprised. 598 00:20:52,620 --> 00:20:54,760 Oh, well, I knew that eventually 599 00:20:54,760 --> 00:20:56,600 I was going to get an upgrade, right? 600 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:58,700 And so around Christmas last year, 601 00:20:58,700 --> 00:21:01,400 I decided to buy a laptop because I was like, oh, well, 602 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:02,740 after I get my upgrade, 603 00:21:02,740 --> 00:21:04,640 I'll still be happy that I have a laptop 604 00:21:04,640 --> 00:21:06,440 because then I can take it with me places and well. 605 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:08,540 But you knew that we had only done like 20 upgrades 606 00:21:08,540 --> 00:21:09,740 and we have like a hundred people. 607 00:21:09,740 --> 00:21:11,340 You were really, 608 00:21:11,340 --> 00:21:13,240 I was, yeah. 609 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:14,080 Gambling. 610 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:15,160 Oh yeah, a hundred percent. 611 00:21:15,160 --> 00:21:16,500 Now to be fair at that time, 612 00:21:16,500 --> 00:21:18,380 I didn't know it was a randomized. 613 00:21:18,380 --> 00:21:20,540 Oh, so you were just counting on us just 614 00:21:20,540 --> 00:21:21,580 I was just counting on seniority at some point. 615 00:21:21,580 --> 00:21:24,060 Thinking you do a great job and seeing your eyes. 616 00:21:24,060 --> 00:21:25,180 Ah, yeah. 617 00:21:25,180 --> 00:21:26,340 Not how it works. 618 00:21:26,340 --> 00:21:27,300 No, no. 619 00:21:27,300 --> 00:21:28,500 I know that now. 620 00:21:28,500 --> 00:21:30,400 Now, how do these come off? 621 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:31,400 Can we check the instructions? 622 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:33,300 What? Check instructions? 623 00:21:33,300 --> 00:21:34,240 Oh, okay. 624 00:21:34,240 --> 00:21:35,520 You're right. 625 00:21:35,520 --> 00:21:37,520 So how silly of me to suggest that. 626 00:21:38,660 --> 00:21:39,780 I mean, I'm sure that is a thing 627 00:21:39,780 --> 00:21:41,120 you have to suggest sometimes. 628 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:43,300 I have to suggest it very often. 629 00:21:43,300 --> 00:21:45,700 Once you say that they always look at the instructions 630 00:21:45,700 --> 00:21:47,520 and then everything goes perfectly, right? 631 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:48,540 Absolutely. 632 00:21:48,540 --> 00:21:51,820 I've never had that interaction go south for me, not once. 633 00:21:51,820 --> 00:21:54,680 I think these are the same ones that I have in the land room. 634 00:21:54,680 --> 00:21:55,980 These things are fricking awesome. 635 00:21:55,980 --> 00:21:57,800 No, this seems to be a revised version 636 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:58,800 that over clocks higher. 637 00:21:58,800 --> 00:21:59,940 They're 1440p. 638 00:21:59,940 --> 00:22:01,340 They support HDR, 639 00:22:01,340 --> 00:22:03,060 but they don't have full array local dimming. 640 00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:06,500 So it's more HDR end, but they're pretty bright. 641 00:22:06,500 --> 00:22:09,140 So they look great in SDR. 642 00:22:09,140 --> 00:22:12,000 Really nice gaming monitors and really good value. 643 00:22:12,000 --> 00:22:15,580 Wait, where's the, yeah, where's the VESA things? 644 00:22:15,580 --> 00:22:17,500 They're out here. 645 00:22:17,500 --> 00:22:19,510 I am VESA man. 646 00:22:19,510 --> 00:22:22,450 I have two extra arms growing out of my neck. 647 00:22:22,450 --> 00:22:23,290 What's the problem? 648 00:22:23,290 --> 00:22:25,590 How did you manage that, Colin? 649 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:32,160 So the adhesive on these. 650 00:22:32,160 --> 00:22:33,000 Very powerful. 651 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,160 Very strong. 652 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,000 Actually had a similar issue at my house on a recent shoot. 653 00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:37,840 It wasn't Colin. 654 00:22:37,840 --> 00:22:39,620 So this is only his first strike. 655 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,040 Well, luckily your boy knows how to patch drywall. 656 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:45,890 All right, see you later. 657 00:22:45,890 --> 00:22:48,310 Before you put that on, we should roll out the desk pad. 658 00:22:48,310 --> 00:22:51,050 Oh, don't you dare. 659 00:22:51,050 --> 00:22:51,890 Okay, good. 660 00:22:53,290 --> 00:22:55,130 He had his hand on the other one. 661 00:22:55,130 --> 00:22:56,070 I could never. 662 00:22:56,070 --> 00:22:57,350 Linus, you know me. 663 00:22:57,350 --> 00:22:58,470 Well, I thought I did. 664 00:22:58,470 --> 00:23:00,210 I thought I did until I saw, oh God. 665 00:23:00,210 --> 00:23:01,050 Jesus. 666 00:23:02,090 --> 00:23:05,690 I kicked a piece off of your radiant heater. 667 00:23:05,690 --> 00:23:07,130 No, that's supposed to come off. 668 00:23:07,130 --> 00:23:08,150 Oh, good. 669 00:23:08,150 --> 00:23:09,050 That looks nice. 670 00:23:09,050 --> 00:23:11,750 That's fricking awesome. 671 00:23:11,750 --> 00:23:13,890 Real upgrade from your old one, honestly. 672 00:23:13,890 --> 00:23:15,010 Your bezels are huge. 673 00:23:15,010 --> 00:23:15,850 I know. 674 00:23:15,850 --> 00:23:17,950 It only displays one color, unfortunately, 675 00:23:17,950 --> 00:23:20,810 but still a big upgrade from the old one. 676 00:23:20,810 --> 00:23:21,930 Thanks, dad. 677 00:23:21,930 --> 00:23:23,050 Right across to the back. 678 00:23:23,050 --> 00:23:24,090 Yep, right there. 679 00:23:24,090 --> 00:23:24,930 Perfect. 680 00:23:24,930 --> 00:23:25,750 That's so cool. 681 00:23:25,750 --> 00:23:26,590 They lock into place too. 682 00:23:26,590 --> 00:23:27,430 Oh yeah. 683 00:23:27,430 --> 00:23:29,110 Where are you planning to put the computer? 684 00:23:29,110 --> 00:23:29,990 Cause I'm a little bit worried 685 00:23:29,990 --> 00:23:32,050 about the DisplayPort cables reaching. 686 00:23:32,050 --> 00:23:34,510 Immediately to the right of the monitors. 687 00:23:34,510 --> 00:23:35,750 Like on top of the desk. 688 00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:36,590 Okay. 689 00:23:36,590 --> 00:23:38,110 See, I saw like a hanger. 690 00:23:38,110 --> 00:23:39,590 Secret lab was very kind. 691 00:23:39,590 --> 00:23:41,950 They sent us all the accessories for free, 692 00:23:41,950 --> 00:23:44,930 but I'm not going to use a hundred percent of them. 693 00:23:44,930 --> 00:23:46,250 Oh, well that's easy. 694 00:23:46,250 --> 00:23:47,570 Oh, is this a new chair? 695 00:23:47,570 --> 00:23:48,410 Yes. 696 00:23:48,410 --> 00:23:49,710 It is the Ikea Marcus. 697 00:23:49,710 --> 00:23:50,910 The Ikea Marcus. 698 00:23:50,910 --> 00:23:52,670 I just marked it with my ass. 699 00:23:52,670 --> 00:23:54,110 I'm turning it on. 700 00:23:54,110 --> 00:23:56,930 There was so much value for the 5k. 701 00:23:56,930 --> 00:23:59,410 You managed to buy a thousand dollar GPU 702 00:23:59,410 --> 00:24:02,390 and then still do the whole setup out. 703 00:24:02,390 --> 00:24:05,750 Multiple consoles, you know, game consoles. 704 00:24:05,750 --> 00:24:08,750 TV consoles, all different kinds of consoles. 705 00:24:08,750 --> 00:24:11,570 We have to console him for his wall being destroyed. 706 00:24:11,570 --> 00:24:13,870 Ah, yeah. 707 00:24:13,870 --> 00:24:16,520 Thanks for that, David. 708 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:17,860 This will probably make a rebuild for us. 709 00:24:17,860 --> 00:24:18,980 That sounds like Mario. 710 00:24:18,980 --> 00:24:21,960 Hey, is the GameCube working out there? 711 00:24:21,960 --> 00:24:23,060 Okay, we'll have to go check on that. 712 00:24:23,060 --> 00:24:25,360 Is this going through the M cable right now? 713 00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:28,060 Cause it's definitely smooth. 714 00:24:28,060 --> 00:24:30,280 But if I was at a reasonable distance from it, 715 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:31,920 like not bad. 716 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,960 There is some artifacting on the fast moving textures 717 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,620 there in the corners, but. 718 00:24:36,780 --> 00:24:38,460 Oh, I do see that. 719 00:24:38,460 --> 00:24:39,480 Yep. Yep. 720 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,080 You're not wrong. 721 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:43,580 It's not the kind of thing that's going to bother me too much, 722 00:24:43,580 --> 00:24:46,780 but let's play some Mario Kart, bud. 723 00:24:46,780 --> 00:24:49,600 These controller extensions are apparently 724 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:50,740 part of the upgrade. 725 00:24:50,740 --> 00:24:52,400 So that's awesome. 726 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:54,880 Cause I was kind of wondering about that. 727 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,560 I have a confession. 728 00:24:56,560 --> 00:24:58,660 I have never played Mario Kart Double Dash. 729 00:24:58,660 --> 00:25:00,360 What? 730 00:25:00,360 --> 00:25:01,200 I played a bunch of Mario. 731 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:02,240 It's the best one. 732 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:07,000 A bunch of 64, a ton of Mario Kart DS, a fair bit of Wii. 733 00:25:07,000 --> 00:25:08,240 I can't figure out what buttons, 734 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:09,840 what the hell is this button layout? 735 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:11,060 I never had a GameCube. 736 00:25:11,060 --> 00:25:14,040 This is probably my third time holding a GameCube controller. 737 00:25:14,040 --> 00:25:15,940 So one moment, please. 738 00:25:15,940 --> 00:25:19,500 I'm impressed by how well that chain link is handled. 739 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:21,280 I don't know what any, oh my God. 740 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:22,740 You have two people on the cart. 741 00:25:22,740 --> 00:25:23,580 Yes, you do. 742 00:25:23,580 --> 00:25:25,040 How do I hop? 743 00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:26,420 You can't hop in this one. 744 00:25:26,420 --> 00:25:27,260 What? 745 00:25:27,260 --> 00:25:28,200 You just drift. 746 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:30,200 How do you drift then? 747 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,340 L or R. 748 00:25:31,340 --> 00:25:32,180 Ah, I see. 749 00:25:32,180 --> 00:25:33,060 Okay. 750 00:25:33,060 --> 00:25:34,720 So here's the real question though. 751 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:36,000 How is it that I'm beating you? 752 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:36,920 A good question. 753 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:38,520 I haven't played this in quite some time. 754 00:25:38,520 --> 00:25:40,680 I haven't played this in since ever. 755 00:25:43,020 --> 00:25:43,860 Oh God. 756 00:25:43,860 --> 00:25:45,380 13 seconds off the winning NPC. 757 00:25:45,380 --> 00:25:47,160 You know what this tells me is 758 00:25:47,160 --> 00:25:49,500 I just need to play this more and now I can. 759 00:25:49,500 --> 00:25:51,040 Hey, it looks really good though. 760 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:52,500 Yeah, oh my God. 761 00:25:52,500 --> 00:25:53,340 It's beautiful. 762 00:25:53,340 --> 00:25:55,640 Of course all the real gaming happens in here anyway. 763 00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:56,480 Come on. 764 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:59,800 How much of a step up is this from the old setup? 765 00:25:59,800 --> 00:26:01,820 This is fricking awesome. 766 00:26:01,820 --> 00:26:03,700 I don't know, that laptop was pretty nice. 767 00:26:05,280 --> 00:26:06,780 The laptop is okay. 768 00:26:06,780 --> 00:26:07,620 I'm sure it was fine. 769 00:26:07,620 --> 00:26:09,000 Sandra will enjoy it. 770 00:26:09,000 --> 00:26:10,320 Exactly. 771 00:26:10,320 --> 00:26:11,540 Exactly. 772 00:26:11,540 --> 00:26:12,780 Why aren't you sitting in the setup? 773 00:26:12,780 --> 00:26:15,280 Well, because I'm adjusting the monitors, okay? 774 00:26:15,280 --> 00:26:16,840 I'm providing good customer service. 775 00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,100 There, now it's ready for him. 776 00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:19,420 There, see? 777 00:26:19,420 --> 00:26:21,420 Luckily, you're like literally almost 778 00:26:21,420 --> 00:26:22,720 the exact same height as me. 779 00:26:24,430 --> 00:26:26,910 While Adam's installing some games on his computer, 780 00:26:26,910 --> 00:26:30,290 I am going to unbox his new espresso machine. 781 00:26:30,290 --> 00:26:32,730 David has challenged me to say everything I know 782 00:26:32,730 --> 00:26:34,510 about coffee while I unbox this. 783 00:26:34,510 --> 00:26:36,130 I know it comes from beans. 784 00:26:36,130 --> 00:26:37,090 I know that some like it. 785 00:26:37,090 --> 00:26:39,330 Some like it dark and some like it creamy 786 00:26:39,330 --> 00:26:41,070 and some people put sugar in it. 787 00:26:41,070 --> 00:26:43,490 I know that it smells a lot better than it tastes. 788 00:26:43,490 --> 00:26:46,530 I know that when we did an LTT coffee roast, 789 00:26:46,530 --> 00:26:48,410 I was very transparent with our audience 790 00:26:48,410 --> 00:26:50,230 that I don't actually drink coffee. 791 00:26:50,230 --> 00:26:54,220 I know that this is not an ice cream scoop. 792 00:26:54,220 --> 00:26:56,000 Anything's an ice cream scoop. 793 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:57,860 Yeah, I mean, I could eat ice cream out of it, 794 00:26:57,860 --> 00:26:59,600 but I think this goes here. 795 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:01,620 I've seen them work it at Starbucks 796 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:02,700 when I order a hot chocolate 797 00:27:02,700 --> 00:27:05,400 and someone else orders a coffee. 798 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:06,240 Oh yeah. 799 00:27:06,240 --> 00:27:07,600 Oh yeah, there we go. 800 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:08,540 Put that in there. 801 00:27:08,540 --> 00:27:12,050 Got other, got the musical instruments 802 00:27:12,050 --> 00:27:13,350 that come inside with it. 803 00:27:14,430 --> 00:27:16,350 Is this like a good one or? 804 00:27:16,350 --> 00:27:17,190 I don't know. 805 00:27:17,190 --> 00:27:18,930 I don't drink coffee either. 806 00:27:18,930 --> 00:27:21,330 Adam's the big coffee nut. 807 00:27:21,330 --> 00:27:22,330 He's behind that wall. 808 00:27:22,330 --> 00:27:25,670 It takes a C13 power cable. 809 00:27:25,670 --> 00:27:29,470 You can take your coffee that you didn't consume this time 810 00:27:29,470 --> 00:27:31,090 and you can put it in here for reuse. 811 00:27:31,090 --> 00:27:33,010 It'll mix it into one. 812 00:27:33,010 --> 00:27:35,590 Kind of like regrinding for shooting plastic parts 813 00:27:35,590 --> 00:27:36,430 and injection molding. 814 00:27:36,430 --> 00:27:38,740 You just reground coffee. 815 00:27:38,740 --> 00:27:39,740 Yeah. 816 00:27:39,860 --> 00:27:42,450 So that's a good coffee thing or? 817 00:27:42,450 --> 00:27:45,770 Oh, it's, I mean, look, 818 00:27:45,770 --> 00:27:47,870 it'll be my first ever espresso machine. 819 00:27:47,870 --> 00:27:49,750 I'm not gonna pretend to be an expert on it, 820 00:27:49,750 --> 00:27:53,050 but it is highly recommended amongst people 821 00:27:53,050 --> 00:27:54,790 who are snobby about coffee. 822 00:27:54,790 --> 00:27:56,350 Okay, so you went on Reddit basically. 823 00:27:56,350 --> 00:27:57,630 I pretty much went on Reddit. 824 00:27:57,630 --> 00:27:59,970 This is gonna be an hour and a half. 825 00:27:59,970 --> 00:28:01,350 Do you have Baldur's Gate on here? 826 00:28:01,350 --> 00:28:02,190 I do. 827 00:28:02,190 --> 00:28:06,800 Do you have like a high speed USB external drive? 828 00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:07,640 No. 829 00:28:07,640 --> 00:28:08,480 Right, brilliant. 830 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:11,580 Oh boy. 831 00:28:12,540 --> 00:28:14,100 Sorry. 832 00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:17,550 There's a faster way to do this. 833 00:28:17,550 --> 00:28:21,550 We managed to download less than 3% of the game 834 00:28:21,550 --> 00:28:23,750 in the time it took me to get this SSD out. 835 00:28:23,750 --> 00:28:24,850 Sick. 836 00:28:24,850 --> 00:28:27,340 Let's shut her down. 837 00:28:27,340 --> 00:28:30,020 Cool. 838 00:28:30,020 --> 00:28:32,540 This is the dumbest thing we've done this week. 839 00:28:32,540 --> 00:28:34,060 No, this is smart, Linus. 840 00:28:34,060 --> 00:28:35,520 Download speed too slow. 841 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:36,960 Rip the SSD out of a laptop 842 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:38,080 that already has the game installed. 843 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:38,920 Let's go. 844 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:40,840 Just as long as it goes back together 845 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:42,440 better than the wall does. 846 00:28:42,440 --> 00:28:44,260 Steam apps common. 847 00:28:44,260 --> 00:28:45,120 Baldur's Gate 3. 848 00:28:45,120 --> 00:28:45,960 Woo. 849 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:46,840 Woo. 850 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:47,660 Woo. 851 00:28:47,660 --> 00:28:48,500 Woo. 852 00:28:48,500 --> 00:28:49,340 All right. 853 00:28:49,340 --> 00:28:50,180 Let's see this install speed. 854 00:28:50,180 --> 00:28:51,000 Here we go. 855 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:51,840 Paste. 856 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:53,880 Woo. 857 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:55,130 Gigabyte a second, baby. 858 00:28:56,850 --> 00:29:00,690 And of course, after our brilliant idea, 859 00:29:00,690 --> 00:29:04,130 there's a 25 Gigabyte update. 860 00:29:04,130 --> 00:29:05,490 Okay, it's not as bad as we thought. 861 00:29:05,490 --> 00:29:07,510 Battle.net was running in the background. 862 00:29:07,510 --> 00:29:09,450 It's only six and a half minutes. 863 00:29:09,450 --> 00:29:10,290 Let's go. 864 00:29:10,290 --> 00:29:11,130 We got this. 865 00:29:11,130 --> 00:29:16,610 I downloaded a cat piano app. 866 00:29:16,610 --> 00:29:26,300 Everyone's coming over here to investigate. 867 00:29:26,300 --> 00:29:28,460 Okay, anyway, I think Baldur's Gate is done. 868 00:29:28,460 --> 00:29:30,520 And then because there's no tutorial, 869 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:32,740 you can have instructions for how to play the damn game 870 00:29:32,740 --> 00:29:33,580 on this monitor. 871 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,840 Holy banana sacks. 872 00:29:37,840 --> 00:29:41,060 Your 1% lows are over 100 FPS. 873 00:29:41,060 --> 00:29:43,020 Oh God, I don't remember how to play. 874 00:29:43,940 --> 00:29:47,180 But look at how smooth the camera movement is. 875 00:29:47,180 --> 00:29:48,700 Yes, it's very smooth. 876 00:29:48,700 --> 00:29:50,920 What settings is this running at though? 877 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:51,740 Good question. 878 00:29:51,740 --> 00:29:54,300 It would, I imagine, probably the same ones. 879 00:29:54,300 --> 00:29:55,720 Oh, that's part of why it's so smooth. 880 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:56,560 Triple buffering. 881 00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:57,400 Gotta love it. 882 00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,300 Turn that off. 883 00:29:58,300 --> 00:29:59,140 We'll talk about that later. 884 00:29:59,140 --> 00:30:00,780 Oh, Ultra. 885 00:30:00,780 --> 00:30:01,620 Okay. 886 00:30:01,620 --> 00:30:03,180 Ultra all the things. 887 00:30:03,180 --> 00:30:04,020 Sure. 888 00:30:04,020 --> 00:30:05,400 Cool. 889 00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,370 Woo, see you later, V-Sync. 890 00:30:08,370 --> 00:30:13,370 1% lows of 200 and 90, 300 frames per second. 891 00:30:14,390 --> 00:30:15,930 Are you kidding me? 892 00:30:15,930 --> 00:30:17,030 That's crazy. 893 00:30:18,070 --> 00:30:20,030 Well, I'm quite happy with that. 894 00:30:20,030 --> 00:30:21,090 I honestly couldn't tell you 895 00:30:21,090 --> 00:30:23,710 which of these room transformations I like better. 896 00:30:23,710 --> 00:30:26,490 The living room looks freaking awesome. 897 00:30:26,490 --> 00:30:28,890 And there's so many options for games, 898 00:30:28,890 --> 00:30:31,590 both retro and modern. 899 00:30:31,590 --> 00:30:36,400 I mean, this is obviously a gigantic W. 900 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:38,080 And honestly, the whole rest of the thing 901 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,660 just looks so much better than when we started. 902 00:30:40,660 --> 00:30:43,300 But then that desk Adam started with, 903 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:45,280 going from a laptop on a desk 904 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:47,400 that barely even holds a laptop 905 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:49,760 to a deluxe battle station like this. 906 00:30:49,760 --> 00:30:52,160 Man, the way it cranks through Baldur's Gate. 907 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:55,980 There is no question that he got one of, in my opinion, 908 00:30:55,980 --> 00:30:58,540 the most efficient AMD Ultimate Tech. 909 00:30:58,540 --> 00:31:00,420 Not a dollar wasted. 910 00:31:00,420 --> 00:31:02,080 If you guys enjoyed this video, 911 00:31:02,080 --> 00:31:04,300 hey, massive shout out to AMD. 912 00:31:04,300 --> 00:31:05,500 Go check out their products. 913 00:31:05,500 --> 00:31:07,040 We're gonna have them linked down below. 914 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:09,040 And of course, you can go check out 915 00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:10,920 previous AMD Ultimate Tech upgrades. 916 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:13,780 Maybe the one with my wife, there's wrestling.