WEBVTT 00:00:04.000 --> 00:00:09.840 okay it it's in 00:00:07.680 --> 00:00:15.360 in our recent secret shopper series agent sarah determined which pc builder 00:00:12.320 --> 00:00:17.760 delivered the best balance of cost price 00:00:15.360 --> 00:00:21.359 and customer service but one thing we didn't explore was 00:00:19.680 --> 00:00:26.240 what if she had just researched the parts herself and put it together 00:00:23.840 --> 00:00:29.199 creating her own gaming rig could she have saved money could she have gotten 00:00:27.840 --> 00:00:33.840 more performance would she have had a good time 00:00:31.359 --> 00:00:39.120 today we are going to answer all of those questions we have set agent sarah 00:00:36.239 --> 00:00:43.040 out to sea with only three lifelines to get her through the process of 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:48.160 independently researching and building her dream gaming rig 00:00:45.360 --> 00:00:52.800 let's see if she still thinks diy is a good deal at the end of that ordeal and 00:00:51.120 --> 00:00:56.719 let's see if you guys think our sponsor glasswire is a good deal glasswire 00:00:54.879 --> 00:01:01.199 allows you to instantly see your current and past network activity detect malware 00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:05.920 and block badly behaving apps on your pc or Android device use offer code Linus 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:08.920 to get 25 off glasswire at the link down below 00:01:15.760 --> 00:01:21.439 i know the CPU is quite important i know the GPU is quite important and if the 00:01:19.520 --> 00:01:25.360 motherboard is like the number one piece that i need then i think that that would 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:29.920 also be important so maybe those are my top three that i should spend the most 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:32.400 money on i know ryzen is a good CPU 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:36.320 brand so i think that's where i'm gonna go but they might be more expensive than 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:39.759 Intel i don't know 00:01:38.000 --> 00:01:44.880 i don't know that goes to show you the kind of mix of information sarah got 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:50.720 from the pc builders this one looks cool it has wi-fi and RGB 00:01:48.479 --> 00:01:55.759 yeah that's a really easy way to spend way too much on a motherboard she's not 00:01:52.399 --> 00:01:57.600 way off like CPU GPU motherboard that's 00:01:55.759 --> 00:02:00.640 not a terrible list of you know your top three most important components of a 00:01:59.119 --> 00:02:04.560 computer it's just that with the motherboard because it doesn't affect 00:02:02.240 --> 00:02:08.160 performance it basically comes down to does it have the features you want like 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:13.280 is it the right form factor to fit in your case or does it have the i o that you need i don't know let's just write 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:16.800 down the number one motherboard for now honestly if i was buying something i'm 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:22.160 not familiar with like a paintball marker for example i might just google 00:02:19.680 --> 00:02:24.720 what's the best marker for woods ball and 00:02:22.959 --> 00:02:27.520 who cares i guess if they know anything about me or my play style or my skill 00:02:26.640 --> 00:02:34.959 level because i don't know apparently on amazon it's 00:02:31.640 --> 00:02:38.879 255.99 but let's see how much it is on 00:02:34.959 --> 00:02:40.560 pc picker oh okay yeah it's 255.99 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:44.800 i guess i'll add that google what's next 00:02:42.400 --> 00:02:49.680 CPU like i know we want something that's high speed does the CPU even control 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:53.280 speed it's central processing unit maybe it just controls 00:02:51.519 --> 00:02:57.920 some other stuff i mean 00:02:55.519 --> 00:03:01.280 yeah if i was a gamer and everyone told me hey you need a great graphics card 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.280 that's the most important thing for gaming i'm 00:03:03.280 --> 00:03:10.239 i might not even realize what a big deal that is maybe the ryzen 5 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:13.760 5600x it's oh 00:03:12.239 --> 00:03:18.720 it's already it's already gonna be more than half 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:21.720 i think of my budget oh maybe not 341.49 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:28.959 she's gonna blow this budget real fast at this rate it's supposed to work with 00:03:26.319 --> 00:03:32.400 my motherboard i think so i don't know 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:36.959 the fact that pc part picker exists does make this process a lot easier if you 00:03:35.360 --> 00:03:41.040 know to use it because it'll actually flag you if you pick a CPU that's 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:44.640 accidentally not compatible it'll even tell you if the BIOS of the motherboard 00:03:43.040 --> 00:03:49.840 might not be compatible out of the box and might require a flash i mean usually 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:54.720 what's the difference what does 5600 versus 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:56.879 3600 versus 3700 what does that mean 00:03:54.720 --> 00:04:00.080 that's a really fair question it really was easier when we could shop 00:03:58.400 --> 00:04:04.239 by gigahertz i don't want to go Intel 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:07.920 but Intel is cheaper there's no shame in going Intel you 00:04:06.480 --> 00:04:13.439 gotta take advantage of that supply and demand boys and girls five thirty six 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:15.840 hundred x okay i'll add the 3600x then 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:19.840 she is way overspending on motherboard and underspending on CPU right now 00:04:18.239 --> 00:04:23.040 i'll look back into it later i think we should just get everything first i 00:04:21.359 --> 00:04:26.080 actually support the idea of just getting everything thrown into a cart 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:29.120 and then playing around with it after the fact because that way at least you 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:33.440 can post to our slash build a pc or to the 00:04:31.440 --> 00:04:37.600 Linus tech tips forum and people can at least kind of help you tweak it as 00:04:35.520 --> 00:04:40.479 opposed to just going i don't feel like doing any work and just dumping the work 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:44.560 on someone else Corsair vengeance 00:04:42.960 --> 00:04:48.080 i really like the white ones 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:51.520 are they more expensive and we're shopping for RAM by color i have a 00:04:50.000 --> 00:04:54.840 friend who shops for badminton rackets by whatever has the prettiest paint job 00:04:53.120 --> 00:05:01.440 and i'm just like best SSD 00:04:57.440 --> 00:05:02.880 for gaming top ssds in 2021 a data i've 00:05:01.440 --> 00:05:08.320 literally never heard of that company before oh no the samsung one is quite 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:10.080 expensive as well i trust samsung like i 00:05:08.320 --> 00:05:14.160 i've heard the company name before and i feel like when 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:17.680 you can trust a company you are more likely to go with their products you 00:05:15.919 --> 00:05:22.320 know it's funny that she would say that because samsung has a long and proud 00:05:20.320 --> 00:05:27.360 history of kind of coming in with a very mediocre product like their earlier 00:05:24.320 --> 00:05:30.080 optical drives for example terrible and 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:34.000 then just through sheer brute force making it better or competitive with 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:38.000 everyone else and then pushing everyone else out of the space 00:05:35.600 --> 00:05:44.560 so eventually yes i trust a samsung product i trust a mature one samsung 970 00:05:41.520 --> 00:05:47.680 pro but it's 250 dollars 00:05:44.560 --> 00:05:51.039 wow that is a really expensive SSD 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:53.280 what are we at now 874 and we still need 00:05:51.039 --> 00:05:56.560 the graphics card and the case and the power supply 00:05:54.880 --> 00:05:59.759 she is in for a real rude awakening when she tries to fit a graphics card in her 00:05:58.080 --> 00:06:03.440 budget you know you work around here and you just like see these cards being used 00:06:02.160 --> 00:06:09.120 in projects and you're like oh they can't be that expensive 00:06:05.440 --> 00:06:12.960 yeah 30 80 pretty pricey 1660 super six 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:15.360 Gigabyte that's 749 00:06:12.960 --> 00:06:20.400 that's why gamers are so mad right now because a 1660 is costing what a 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:24.000 freaking 3080 is supposed to but shipping is for you 00:06:21.919 --> 00:06:28.960 what i have no idea how i'm gonna do this uh 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:35.199 maybe the SSD is 250. maybe i could find a better SSD 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:36.800 for that price this one is 119 i don't 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:41.280 know if i would have gone with SATA you can get some really good value m.2 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:45.199 drives these days but i do agree with saving some money on the storage maybe i 00:06:43.280 --> 00:06:49.360 could downgrade the motherboard here what does does the motherboard just 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:53.520 connect to the pieces it's like the puzzle piece that holds everything 00:06:51.039 --> 00:06:57.919 together 84. or 113. if it doesn't have wi-fi then i 00:06:55.840 --> 00:07:01.360 have to get a wi-fi connector sarah you can get a wi-fi dongle for like seven 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:05.199 dollars this looks way more sensible given the 00:07:03.280 --> 00:07:10.720 other constraints on the build like the GPU shortage 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:12.400 169 dollars but at 750 watts 00:07:10.720 --> 00:07:16.400 power supplies are few and far between right now too especially any that are 00:07:14.000 --> 00:07:20.639 high capacity enough for mining we are under budget right now 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:25.520 but my case has to be less than 50 dollars i mean you can get 00:07:23.120 --> 00:07:29.360 cases for under 50 bucks i might have balanced the budget a little differently 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:32.880 they're small cases for small pieces and big cases for big pieces i don't know 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:38.800 the size of my my pieces my components do i get like a 00:07:36.080 --> 00:07:42.319 really big case just in case or do i just yolo and pick a case and 00:07:40.880 --> 00:07:47.199 hope everything fits i feel like at LMG we just yolo we don't 00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:52.639 yolo what does that even mean ah that one's 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:57.919 ugly that one's ugly actually that one's not bad cool case is just not a priority 00:07:55.520 --> 00:08:01.759 when you're this far over budget part picker doesn't have it 00:08:00.080 --> 00:08:05.840 or do they just order from other people i don't understand she thinks pc part 00:08:03.440 --> 00:08:08.960 picker is an actual store does pc part picker not have cases you see part 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:12.720 picker not have pieces they don't have anything what are we at here 00:08:11.599 --> 00:08:18.639 okay i i only need to go down 00:08:15.919 --> 00:08:22.479 85 dollars and 92 cents with the motherboard change and dropping 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:26.560 to an 870 evo SSD this is looking reasonably well balanced 00:08:24.960 --> 00:08:31.199 with the only thing that's out of whack being of course the graphics card but 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:35.919 what is sarah supposed to do about that i'm on the ltd forum i'm gonna post the 00:08:33.599 --> 00:08:38.640 parts that i've picked for my new pc hopefully 00:08:36.959 --> 00:08:43.599 somebody can suggest how we can get my budget down to fifteen hundred dollars 00:08:41.839 --> 00:08:50.560 no fifteen hundred dollar pc should have a 1660 super and an a a 520 board okay i 00:08:47.920 --> 00:08:56.240 agree but like it's not helpful what is she supposed to 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:58.400 do about it madison oh those are my best 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:59.760 zoomer friends over here 00:08:59.760 --> 00:09:06.320 is this seriously madison doesn't she have work to do 00:09:04.320 --> 00:09:11.200 flush your money down the toilet and flex on the haters this person replied 00:09:08.800 --> 00:09:15.519 with quite a long post uh they said i understand the urge but unless you look 00:09:13.040 --> 00:09:21.600 out at getting a card at msrp um this is frankly a bad idea now that 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:25.839 is a pretty helpful response unfortunately we gotta make a video so 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:29.279 you would think working in this office you just pick up a thing about computers 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:32.240 here or there but the wing of the office she works in 00:09:30.640 --> 00:09:37.279 actually has very little computer conversation that takes place in it 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:41.760 i'd strongly recommend getting a b550 board instead of an af520 the chipset is 00:09:40.240 --> 00:09:47.680 better and you can get them for the same price okay is it b550f 00:09:45.279 --> 00:09:52.000 this video is proof that manufacturers could do a way 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:56.000 way better job of improving clarity for the average consumer i think it's more 00:09:53.680 --> 00:09:58.800 expensive but this one for sure has wi-fi 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:02.320 and it doesn't have those ugly orange axes why are you so obsessed with wi-fi 00:10:00.640 --> 00:10:06.720 sarah okay i guess i'm downgrading my case again just buy a dongle now the 00:10:04.880 --> 00:10:11.440 funny thing is she was so determined not to go Intel but if she'd gone Intel she 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:15.200 could have used onboard graphics while she waited for a decent deal on a 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:18.640 graphics card i wish that AMD had their best apus available here like isn't that 00:10:16.800 --> 00:10:24.560 ridiculous all the motherboards still have like video outputs so where do i 00:10:21.200 --> 00:10:26.640 start off from where we left off i 00:10:24.560 --> 00:10:30.880 essentially need to figure out how to assemble it i've heard a lot that 00:10:28.640 --> 00:10:34.640 building a computer is like adult lego if all the pieces were made by different 00:10:32.800 --> 00:10:38.880 manufacturers and there were eight different sets of instructions that 00:10:36.160 --> 00:10:42.399 don't really match up so yeah sort of we'll see how this goes here we go 00:10:43.839 --> 00:10:48.720 i don't know what parts i need to be gentle with and what parts i can be 00:10:47.200 --> 00:10:53.839 rough with so i'm just gonna be gentle with everything the a520 board is fine 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:57.680 if you need to save a buck but one thing you're really missing out on is of 00:10:55.279 --> 00:11:01.600 course pci express gen 4 which might end up important for gaming in the future 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:04.640 but for now she's not really giving up any performance 00:11:02.880 --> 00:11:08.640 i think it's safe for me to grab it from the bottom yeah just 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:10.959 one hand all over it um 00:11:12.640 --> 00:11:15.640 motherboard 00:11:15.680 --> 00:11:20.079 okay um so with this i know the CPU is the 00:11:18.959 --> 00:11:24.800 next step uh just from watching our videos every once 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:28.399 in a while so i will grab that 00:11:26.880 --> 00:11:35.279 she found the CPU that's better than some of the rg rig reboot contestants uh 00:11:30.959 --> 00:11:36.880 this is the AMD ryzen 5 3600 xt 00:11:35.279 --> 00:11:41.040 i don't know what any of that means other than this is the processing unit i 00:11:39.519 --> 00:11:45.519 think what it means is we didn't have a 3600 x in the warehouse so we grabbed an 00:11:44.160 --> 00:11:51.600 xt and i also know from illustrating the 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:54.720 stealth CPU shirt that these little guys 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:57.600 have triangles and i know the triangles 00:11:54.720 --> 00:12:03.040 line up with the triangle on here uh but i don't see one 00:12:01.040 --> 00:12:06.560 maybe that they really could make the triangles bigger hey 00:12:04.640 --> 00:12:10.399 there's probably no good way of doing this other than just trying to line it 00:12:08.160 --> 00:12:14.480 up best as possible we mean no good way of doing it no no there is a good way 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:18.560 oh i did it and then this 00:12:16.160 --> 00:12:22.639 must go down that seems pretty secure wait 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:29.360 let's check why it's on there 00:12:25.600 --> 00:12:31.360 yes i think next is the RAM 00:12:29.360 --> 00:12:36.399 but i'm not sure what order they go in in the slots it does look like there's 00:12:33.760 --> 00:12:41.200 two slots here that are open oh that's so cheating because we built on this 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:47.200 board before press oh my gosh i don't want to break it i'm 00:12:43.920 --> 00:12:49.519 i'm so scared by this every time 00:12:47.200 --> 00:12:49.519 press 00:12:50.560 --> 00:12:57.519 oh i got one click but not two two okay wow why does she check things 00:12:55.360 --> 00:13:02.000 like this you don't have to like heave on the RAM and try and shake the 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:06.399 CPU out of the socket it's in i i really hope i'm doing this in the right order 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:10.240 i'm kind of just going off uh what is she doing now what what uh 00:13:08.560 --> 00:13:14.240 what i remember from watching our previous videos even if it wasn't in 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:16.959 right that wouldn't tell you oh that's nice we found one that still has the 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:21.279 pre-applied double compound on it that'll save her some trouble fragile oh 00:13:19.279 --> 00:13:28.720 my god uh should i put it face down maybe yeah 00:13:24.959 --> 00:13:30.160 okay here wait let me put it here 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:33.920 um it doesn't look like there's any thermal paste in here 00:13:31.839 --> 00:13:38.000 she's looking right at it there's no instructions 00:13:35.680 --> 00:13:41.440 is there supposed to be instructions is this 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:47.360 this can't be the thermal paste hey there we go oh i touched it 00:13:44.880 --> 00:13:51.600 i think why i'm gonna look this up 00:13:49.519 --> 00:13:55.600 i'm just gonna assume that this already has thermal paste or is already thermal 00:13:54.320 --> 00:14:03.040 paste should i touch it and we're not supposed to touch it stop touching it it feels 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:05.680 like it doesn't belong there 00:14:03.040 --> 00:14:09.760 this little little doing here we'll clip both of them in 00:14:08.639 --> 00:14:14.720 i got this i don't think she got this i believe it 00:14:11.839 --> 00:14:19.839 would have to go somewhere on here so maybe i want it to be facing that way 00:14:17.920 --> 00:14:23.920 i can't even i can't even breathe i'm just like i'm 00:14:22.079 --> 00:14:27.600 so tense right now oh man i want to help so bad 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:33.440 because like it's not hard but it's tricky 00:14:31.680 --> 00:14:36.639 you know what i mean the distinction once you've done it it's like swamp 00:14:35.040 --> 00:14:42.240 swamp here we go she hasn't done it before so it's not swamp film here we go 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:44.560 it's it's this it's stuck 00:14:42.240 --> 00:14:48.480 oh okay wait oh okay you gotta watch out for that ladies and gentlemen if your 00:14:45.920 --> 00:14:51.440 thermal paste is suctioned onto your CPU and you just 00:14:49.360 --> 00:14:54.880 pull your CPU cooler off you can pull your CPU out of the socket and then it 00:14:52.959 --> 00:14:59.600 can fall and bend pins now we gotta figure out how to clip it 00:14:56.839 --> 00:15:02.399 in no without breaking it the other clip on fur 00:15:01.360 --> 00:15:05.839 first i'm gonna break it i'm so scared i'm 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:10.399 gonna break it i'm so scared you're gonna break it too i got tiny fingers 00:15:08.800 --> 00:15:15.760 should i use something to like pry it down i feel like you're not supposed to be 00:15:12.639 --> 00:15:17.760 able to do that what you need to use 00:15:15.760 --> 00:15:20.720 is a lifeline right now oh wait wait wait wait wait if you put the clippy 00:15:19.360 --> 00:15:24.639 thingy down if you know this isn't the hardest part 00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:32.079 right i push it i did it oh my god i did 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:32.079 it wow there was no point 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:36.240 i'm like a good luck charm 00:15:37.920 --> 00:15:43.120 all right well that's that's one of your three that's one of your three hints 00:15:41.760 --> 00:15:49.040 that's really not what i would have used it on i have my case and i'm gonna lay it down 00:15:46.800 --> 00:15:49.040 flat 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:58.320 hopefully that doesn't do anything bad uh 00:15:55.920 --> 00:16:01.600 wait oh yeah she keeps watching being so aggressive 00:15:59.680 --> 00:16:08.000 please it's probably fine i think this is fine okay 00:16:05.040 --> 00:16:10.880 wait let's do my my test and see if this is improperly 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:19.680 okay it it's in 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:23.839 do i need to take this out is she about to start disassembling the 00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:26.880 drive how oh 00:16:27.360 --> 00:16:34.639 is this not gonna work did i buy the wrong SSD 00:16:32.399 --> 00:16:39.040 it'll force it in 00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:43.759 i don't want to break it no 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:48.160 i just want to know what i need to do one into your SSD 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:50.720 and the other into your motherboard why is she not watching lightness tech 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:55.600 tips come on we have a video on how to 00:16:53.360 --> 00:17:00.800 install an AMD cooler for example i kind of hate this doesn't this look tacky but 00:16:58.079 --> 00:17:04.400 it's not supposed to be there like that this spot right here 00:17:02.800 --> 00:17:07.679 looks like it fits a power supply unit wait did she just 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:11.760 decide we're gonna put the power supply in the five and a quarter inch base what 00:17:09.360 --> 00:17:16.720 is even happening i'm wrong it doesn't go here it goes here 00:17:13.919 --> 00:17:21.520 because this needs to be facing outwards and this doesn't allow that 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:27.280 which means it go this way ah yes assuming that we want to blow this part 00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:31.440 i would want it facing out oh no she's now she's overthinking 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:35.840 it but then that would make this upside down i'm going with my gut and saying 00:17:33.280 --> 00:17:39.520 the fan needs to be facing towards and not downwards 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:43.600 because most of the airflow is going this way either way is honestly 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:50.080 yeah this is right is it bad to plug in things into the 00:17:45.520 --> 00:17:51.760 wrong yes places yes it is 00:17:50.080 --> 00:17:57.039 am i gonna destroy this computer by accident maybe i think oh shoot no this 00:17:54.400 --> 00:18:01.440 matches that one so 00:17:59.039 --> 00:18:05.440 i'm gonna try the scariest part of this is that you can actually get it in there 00:18:03.600 --> 00:18:11.120 i proved that when i did my blindfolded build they should have just done a 00:18:07.600 --> 00:18:12.720 10-pin pci express connector just to 00:18:11.120 --> 00:18:16.320 not have this happen after examining 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:21.039 it's wrong but this one 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:27.600 this one maybe nice let's try it so this one says uh power led plus and 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:30.480 this one says power led minus and i can see here 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:36.799 that this is plus p led and minus p led 00:18:33.280 --> 00:18:40.080 so i'm gonna assume from that that the 00:18:36.799 --> 00:18:42.400 plus one goes here 00:18:40.080 --> 00:18:48.240 and the minus one goes here gigi serum 00:18:45.840 --> 00:18:48.240 damn 00:18:53.679 --> 00:18:59.360 oh stop wobbling wiggling things hey it didn't really click but it's in well why 00:18:58.000 --> 00:19:06.000 don't you check and see if it's in by shaking the computer and seeing if it falls out but no don't oh this cable 00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:08.880 probably i shouldn't move that yeah i should move that 00:19:07.919 --> 00:19:14.799 oh the fact that it was that easy to pull out maybe it doesn't mean it was 00:19:12.080 --> 00:19:14.799 improperly 00:19:18.400 --> 00:19:25.320 okay that was a good snap not a bad snap 00:19:21.520 --> 00:19:25.320 you can never really tell 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:32.320 it's in it's in i have 00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:36.240 successfully installed the GPU i guess we don't know that until we get the 00:19:34.320 --> 00:19:41.760 computer running let's just guess so 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:43.280 uh i have kind of realized this cable is 00:19:41.760 --> 00:19:47.039 in the way and i could remove the graphics card to 00:19:46.080 --> 00:19:53.039 kind of slide it down the back here but i'm trying to decide if it's worth 00:19:50.559 --> 00:19:57.280 the hassle for me because the last time i tried to remove a GPU it really didn't 00:19:55.200 --> 00:19:59.600 turn out for literally anybody involved in that 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:05.880 but i really want 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:22.080 i think if i just if i just push this okay she found the clip okay it made a 00:20:19.520 --> 00:20:27.120 click now pull oh that's yes wow i did that yeah wow 00:20:23.760 --> 00:20:29.280 why wasn't it that easy the first time 00:20:27.120 --> 00:20:33.200 we're gonna go back now and do this once more 00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:36.880 and this is lined up please just push it in straight now push 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:43.280 there we go uh i'm gonna 00:20:41.200 --> 00:20:48.720 i'm gonna see what i can do about this there's our SSD still just hanging there 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:52.640 i have no clue what to do with this manual 00:20:50.400 --> 00:20:57.280 duct tape duct tape i'm grabbing duct tape 00:20:53.520 --> 00:20:57.280 duct tape fixes everything 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:04.000 yeah yeah there we go double sided i don't want that to be visible i can't 00:21:02.000 --> 00:21:07.679 see it i realized i have this little plate thing that's supposed to go 00:21:08.159 --> 00:21:13.679 here i'm gonna try to get it in now cringing 00:21:11.760 --> 00:21:17.760 out my face and see if that works that i didn't even no you can't put it in oh no 00:21:15.919 --> 00:21:22.159 i i i was supposed to put it in beforehand it's too late it's not gonna 00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:24.080 work at all who cares about that stupid 00:21:22.159 --> 00:21:29.200 silver backplate anyways i pressed the power button and it turned on 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:33.840 uh there's a light which is good we got lights we got fan spin 00:21:31.760 --> 00:21:41.880 my CPU cooler looks like shrimp looks like um 00:21:37.840 --> 00:21:41.880 that doesn't help me here 00:21:45.679 --> 00:21:54.720 no it says no dp detected i think this is what i was talking about okay AMD 00:21:51.360 --> 00:21:57.120 doesn't have proper top tier apus here 00:21:54.720 --> 00:22:01.600 in north america all the motherboards have video outputs 00:21:59.679 --> 00:22:05.520 this is the kind of confusion you end up with i have received a hint 00:22:06.320 --> 00:22:14.480 i don't think this goes into the motherboard it goes into the graphics card 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:18.159 oh no that says dp butts like clenching just watching her 00:22:17.200 --> 00:22:22.240 like jam things into things 00:22:20.720 --> 00:22:26.640 like there's a lock on the cable does she 00:22:23.760 --> 00:22:30.240 know this is this is the hardest part is figuring out what's wrong oh she's 00:22:28.960 --> 00:22:35.200 got to do this just give it a quick power cycle displayport does not hot 00:22:32.640 --> 00:22:38.840 plug as well as some other interfaces so i have a computer if it doesn't 00:22:37.120 --> 00:22:44.640 compute is it a computer i mean 00:22:41.360 --> 00:22:46.640 according to my last logic 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:49.600 it is not a computer right now because it's not computing 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:56.000 at all uh so you see when i turn it on here yes 00:22:52.320 --> 00:22:58.650 we've got RGB everywhere 00:22:56.000 --> 00:23:01.729 good that's the first step but then 00:23:03.919 --> 00:23:09.280 am i magic or what i didn't even have to touch it 00:23:07.280 --> 00:23:14.240 i don't even got magic fingers today this is just magic presents 00:23:11.280 --> 00:23:14.240 all right see you later 00:23:16.799 --> 00:23:25.520 you're welcome thanks and select proper boot device how do i 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:29.280 do that whether you're installing with the UEFI Windows or whether you need to 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:33.760 enable csm in the BIOS or whatever it's 00:23:32.159 --> 00:23:40.159 really frustrating for even semi-experienced builders her google foo 00:23:36.159 --> 00:23:41.360 is quite strong download tool now 00:23:40.159 --> 00:23:46.960 okay it's been at 97 for like 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:52.240 two minutes but does that mean i did something wrong 00:23:49.679 --> 00:23:55.600 or does that just mean the computer is well i guess that still means i did 00:23:53.760 --> 00:23:58.159 something wrong reboot 00:23:58.400 --> 00:24:08.000 the computer restarters you told me it would be fine 00:24:04.080 --> 00:24:08.000 i feel as though i belong here 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:19.279 i'm coming all right yes i think i did something wrong 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:23.279 uh so this is actually not my fault uh i blame 00:24:22.000 --> 00:24:28.159 new guy uh 00:24:25.120 --> 00:24:30.880 right now what we're doing is we are 00:24:28.159 --> 00:24:35.600 reinstalling Windows so i'm choosing the boot device which is your Corsair 00:24:33.760 --> 00:24:39.760 voyager thumb drive where the hell is your course oh there it is and we're 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:44.640 just gonna take a fresh go at that okay it should be fine 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:46.960 i have my good luck dinosaurs no no 00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:50.810 i'm the good luck we determined that these are lucky but you're lucky so 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:54.799 you're also a dinosaur 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:58.120 uh lttstore.com 00:25:07.360 --> 00:25:10.000 i did it 00:25:12.320 --> 00:25:19.279 i built a computer now all that remains to be seen is if 00:25:17.600 --> 00:25:23.679 she feels like it was worth the additional stress compared to having 00:25:21.760 --> 00:25:30.080 someone else build it for her it was a struggle you have no idea how much of a 00:25:26.640 --> 00:25:31.919 struggle it was i had way more fun 00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:38.559 trying to build my own computer than i did making phone calls or trying to buy 00:25:35.200 --> 00:25:40.480 one online which was easy yes but i 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:44.640 really think that this is just something that you need to do in your lifetime 00:25:42.240 --> 00:25:48.000 build a computer it's fun i feel like i've learned a lot next time i build a 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:52.000 computer i'll know what i'm 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