this is going to be quite a short video is this $4,000 of Starbucks are you
serious hey LT Welcome to My Crib let's
go check it out Sarah this is the
bathroom that's right ladies and gentlemen Intel extreme Tech upgrade is
back the one and only Sarah butt got a $5,000 budget from Intel for the
ultimate Tech makeover and we are going to be checking out not her front door
for obvious privacy reasons so we use
this
door hey Arlo do you want to come with us oh come here
you this is going to be quite a short video I present to you my upgrade wait
what so I got of course my 12th gen
until CPU yeah got i7 12 700k $4,000
Starbucks gift card who signed off on this is this $4,000 of Starbucks of
course what do you expect I get money I need coffee like are you serious I can't
tell I'm not serious oh my God so this is actually my regular setup
I did install these shelves yesterday okay wonderful uh let's go check out
what I actually got let's do that
I sorry before I give my boss a heart attack she actually got me sorry I'm
still reeling it's not like it's technically against any kind of
established rules that's what I thought I still got the CPU I bought a CPU I put
it on a shelf and now I'm going to chug coffee for the next 10 months I
literally got everything I could possibly need for the Perfect Graphic
design/ gaming and streaming setup that is sick yeah already loving some of
these choices like so many people didn't think of stuff like this where do I keep
my laptop and when I need my Apple systems I can just plug my computer in
or my laptop into my monitor and ready to go the peach Edition from Red Bull is
this part of it though yeah it actually is so I figured if I was going to really
be a gamer I'd need my energy drinks so I invested some of my funds into that I
noticed you are one of the first to go relatively modest in terms of G so break
it down for me what's your intended mix here for like graphic design versus
gaming time versus streaming time so I
just want to make sure that I can get a good mix of all three my system doesn't
need to be super overpowered it just needs to be able to handle the Adobe and
Creative Cloud programs um but as well as like run Steam run some games that I
enjoy playing like Apex or Minecraft I
think this will handle Minecraft okay yeah I think so too might be all right o
maybe not actually actually I'm kidding yeah so what I'm going to have to try
and get her before this video is done we're going to have a crap ton of cable
management to do we're doing microphones like studio monitors yeah laptop ARM we
better get started let's gather the yeah load me up computer okay beep beep beep
I am passing no yeah who that's a heavy
mother yes so everything I got is new computer parts except for the power
supply we going to use the old power supply from my previous computer
computer there's way more stuff here than I thought are you sure you're
within budget I am I didn't even see the chair I bet you didn't pay for this no
of course not I I designed it for good to sake that was stolen from work 100%
is this part of the Intel extreme Tech upgrade so this I bought myself but all
of the paint and art supplies are part of the upgrade and you know as an artist
I really wanted to be able to put some of the money into buying some nicer art
supplies for myself so I got a set of all new acrylic p paint some new paint
brushes some new sketchbooks all of the fun stuff
oo and of course how can we forget the
brand new LT store cable ties that's right now they are a 50 pack for the
same price and available in a bunch of different colors yeah I had to get the
white to match my upgrade buddy that's not your chair if you hang there you are
going to get budded at some point okay let's get you all of the computer I'll
stop getting distracted by the cat oh my God there's so much stuff here I've got
a new keyboard A new mouse a wcome tablet I got some merch from my favorite
film production company a24 because when you design merch you also enjoy other
people's merch right you got it oh no no
I'm good my nose is flat I cannot
see originally I wanted to build the computer but I think that might take a
lot longer than we want to so that's okay we got all day all right Sarah's
building the computer okay let's do it new LTT screwdriver oh I think this is
the intended use right for this new screwdriver yeah I think so can you tell
there's a bit of rivalry between the like fashion graphic design team and the
engineering team the way they treat each other's products shameful oh my God she
wants the he wants the the thing hanging off of the light I think I have a better
chance of jumping into orbit I'm not calling your cat fat I'm just it's okay
he's got a lot of fur weighing him down oh yeah it's fur for sure I'm thir for
computers so is Arlo yeah so I know
after being an experienced computer
person I know you start with the motherboard so I will get to opening
that okay oh oh so I did get the Z 690a
motherboard to kind of match the white the Black and White theme that I'm going
for one nice bonus that I don't have on
my he just knocked it over you do have
wow it comes with a little a little keychain some stickers this is the stuff
that really matters who cares about this that is a spiffy motherboard some really
good features on this motherboard okay we've got support for PCIe Gen 5 along
with 12 gen Intel core processors got
the nice little PCI Express release button here which is super cool if you
ever need to get your graphics card up got lots of power phases this is a
freaking sick motherboard there's the a little triangle right there and see I've
got the little triangle here mhm go ahead and stick it in oh my God you're
shaking so much okay hold on hold on hold on hold on hold on it's not uh no
no that's not a triangle so the triangle's here
oh and also there okay so we got to flip
it the opposite direction this is actually a really good opportunity though for us to talk about the other
way that you can Landmark your CPU because we'd really never mention it so
there's the triangle method right where you've got the little Golden Triangle in the corner and you line that up with the
triangle that's either on the socket cover or silk screened onto the
motherboard but Intel CPUs are also
keyed see that you've got these little notches in the side of the Chip And so
you can check that and you can validate them against The Notches that are also
here in the socket to make sure that you've got it in the right spot all
right I did it nice all right and now we
close it that's am I not supposed to do that how I would have closed it sure
maybe took me two tries but I did it you did it what's next RAM yes so I'm taking
two RAM from my old computer and I'm also installing two new RAM don't worry
I made sure that they're all the same so we're not going to have any issues there
two RAM for you my lady thank you after doing secret shopper I would say I'm
pretty good at putting RAM sticks in I know to look for The Click but I don't
want to jinx myself a little Pro tip for installing
RAM on cameras you want to populate from farthest away from the camera operator
it's okay don't worry Arlo pardon me
thank you next I believe is the SSD
correct correct so you've got multiple options in terms of your SSD install you
have a really high performance SSD we've got a saent rocket 4 plus this is a Gen
4 SSD so while you could install it here
here or here goes here there's a total of four m.2 slots on this mofo uh you're
going to want this one yeah awesome exactly okay SSD so this part goes in
here so what you're going to want to do is you're going to want to turn this clockwise to lock it into place oh yeah
it's a really cool little tooless mechanism that ASUS has now oh I just
have wow what did you do I'm sorry can
we like press it no no stop stop touching
it stop I have this aiio from Ek I was
promised there was going to be a 12th gen bracket in here but it doesn't say
that that there's one on the box so I actually am a little nervous that that's
not going to happen Matt if you're watching this and you're
wrong bad news you're fired you don't have that
power Sarah we're actually making really good progress so far you're going to
curse it oh knock on fake wood is it working uh I think so yeah but not
because the correct mounting hardware was included so uh you can let Matt know
that yeah Matt's fired was not no that's not what I
said I'm just going to move this yes it has a built-in IO Shield so
we don't have to worry about putting in the ow Shield you're good to put your motherboard in there we go perfect like
a pranal beautiful Arlo's tired from
helping it's a tough life you know eat sleep and poop what a
life where's my scissors
really yeah totally easy yeah yeah the
easiest I I do love to like teasy Von
like that like if you can't open a jar or whatever I'll like I'll totally go
over my my way to make it seem like as easy as possible be like yeah oh yeah oh
here you go hun oh wow that's crazy it almost looks kind of cool this like
pattern on here but yeah you've got a dust pattern on your power supply I
often get uh like allergies when I'm cleaning I think I have some kind of
well I tell my wife it's cuz I'm allergic to
cleaning sorry H I really want to help I just can't
clean hold on on a second is his food up there or something no I have no idea why
he's trying to get in there your butt is so wide the cat I think he has a wider
butt than me definitely get over here Arlo any who uh I have this uh gmmk Pro
keyboard that I bought I really wanted to try assembling one on my own so I got
all of the pieces here I decided to go with blue keys because that's what I
have in my keyboard that I use now there's more stickers I love when things
come with stickers you know if you buy from LTT Store your package will likely
come with stickers designed by designed by Mah now I've noticed this keyboard
like the base of the keyboard is really heavy oh wow yeah that's a machined base
yeah how much was that keyboard I actually don't know but it looks nice
thanks Intel I won't need this cable because I actually bought like the
iconic keyboard style cable how does this so you just take this and line it
up and give it a little okay I've got a lot of these to do you do yeah 100 times
what is he doing he's just laying on his back um
hi I'm actually like not far from
finishing this machine it's nice it's kind of been like a painless process so
far other than why would you say that I'm sorry everything has gone so
smoothly you're still doing it you're still to all of my switches are in my
keyboard and I guess next I put the keys
on or the key caps tediously put 100 things on again oh I have to do this in
the right order too I didn't think about that I mean you don't have to a b c no
I'm joking oh we're going to need to mod this again basically there's magnets on
this front piece but you're supposed to hook these bad boys into the bottom okay
but because there's a radiator there oh they can't go in so these need to come
off do you have a pair of like needle nose pliers or something we might have
to um like heat up a knife and cut them
off I says pardon um well I couldn't
find any pliers and I figure that may be
the next best thing I do want to point
out that we are not at work so if anything bad happens Sarah is in her own
home doing her own thing we we got a little bit of brown on there I might
paint it I don't know did you wait did you ever put the GPU in oh no I didn't I
got sidetracked by doing fun craft projects I always love holographic
packaging our new sticker packs actually have holographic stickers okay we're
we're getting very hung up on stickers today when we got this GPU I didn't
realize that the little stickers on top of the fans are actually like a really
weird yellow color it's a big
problem hey is that in yeah wow there
was almost no crunch wow that is a
beautiful computer this is it this is the moment it's loud I love it are we
ready to head up stairs and try and post this machine yeah do now do you want the
silver or the black dial not going to lie I'm not really feeling the silver
yeah I'm not feeling it either it does not match byby buddy um it's is it in
there I wasn't pretending I'll totally go out my my way to make it seem like as
easy as possible be like yeah oh yeah oh
here you go hun holy crap that is we need David what
are you what are you implying sorry here hold on let's get a shot of these arms
you can do it you can do it you can do it well Sarah at least there will be a
story behind why your keyboard doesn't match yeah no it's in there possible
let's take this show upstairs shall we let's do it all right oh side panel you
know what we'll put the side panel on later this Sarah is why you will never
be allowed to design a white mouse pad again never I've already spilled on it
literally I'm not even joking within putting it down 2 minutes spilled coffee
on it these I've borrowed from somebody and I have my own now that we're going
to install got it so this has to yes got
it but okay I also have two monitor arms that we'll also need to install when
Show's going to be late and you know whose fault it is worth it am I
right yeah yeah for you I've never set
up a monitor ARM before and I really have no idea what I'm doing well the
first thing you're doing wrong is mixing your parts and with mine hold on
uhoh thank you by the way Sarah this is Super Cross threaded those screws are
never coming out Oops I did get this monitor as part
of my upgrade but this one I own previously cool this is a BenQ 32 in
like srgb calibrated design monitor so this is what I use in like my day-to-day
work and this is this is a gaming monitor so that I can game and have it
look nice 2560 X 1440 yeah so I have a
tremendous number of things here from my mouse to my wome tablet to my Nano Leaf
panels so I'm just going to start unboxing everything I don't even know
where to start ideally for a stream setup obviously you'd want a microphone
so I did get the PSA OnePlus mic ARM
wow you have a lot of monitor lady I
didn't plan for the PC to be on my desk so we can also move that down what I
want to be able to do is have my laptop also on here and if the PC is there I
also have speak ERS so yeah after lots
of discussion with a few people throughout the office I was recommended
this Audio Technica microphone I guess
it's just really standard and good for streaming so is it the at2020 it is yep
yep okay Linus agrees so that's a good sign wow it comes with a little pouch
you're impressed by the wrong stuff look at it's so cute so you're not even going
to spend any time looking at like my beautiful cable management job
you know I wish I could but that wouldn't be optimal for the setup that
I'm going for it is a shame I just got dumped in the nicest possible way so you
just kind of move it till you're happy with where it is uh okay I think there
oh oh wait these are these should be like beside each other right so does it
need to go over more now uh nope that seems fine are you very sure I'm pretty
certain okay I like it all right that's awesome let's start getting things built
up on here yay oh I want to know this computer turns on oh the button the the
on button do the honors okay I see glowing lights that's
a good sign is that enough RGB Sarah oh absolutely all right especially cuz you
won't be looking at it ever 32 gigs RAM
12 700k storage is detected all we need is
a keyboard I got this desk pad from grov
made I'm sorry I am a Trader to LT store but I really just wanted something
simple so what makes a grov made special anyway it's just black
uh-oh maybe once we put the 10 lb keyboard on top it'll stay down oh my
gosh it's beautiful except for that but everything
else I sent you to get one thing and you man to not bring it oh I need the mic
ARM oh no that's on here oh jeez okay
great perfect we went with the beautiful Pro super light from Logitech that's not
why you choose a pro super light how light it is oh I don't really care about
that it's white that's what I bought it for wow I've never felt a mosis light start
contrast from the keyboard it is pretty though yes that is beautiful confirmed
pretty I almost think it's prettier than the computer itself whoa I'm joking I'm
joking Kanto what made you choose oh my
God I know the answer they're white oh
uhoh Arlo one of those is uh not attached to the wall oh buddy yeah the
top corner on the right side oh oh no no no no no no no okay I'm so
sorry come here come on he's taking it
with him Arlo come here okay I'm sorry
down you get for streaming the webcam that I was recommended was the c920s by
Logitech so that's what I went with oh my God the nend key is not
working huh um
oh back uh it's okay I have an idea okay
oh who needs a keyboard right gaming
stand show me your best gaming stance I got to scooch in a little all right I'm
gaming I'm gaming David I'm we need to show her how it's done thing okay this
is your gaming stance you got to get in like this close to your monitor no I'm
I'm kidding you don't actually you game like this with your mouse backwards I'm
that I'm that advanced otherwise it's too easy I am really into this game
whatever I'm playing okay so we're and I'm talking because I'm streaming we
don't have to talk children should be seen not heard you know just did you
break it wouldn't be the first time you broke somebody doing one of these videos
broke somebody something the same yeah of
course if you go with an XLR mic you're not going to be able to just plug into a
USB port on your computer so I'm not actually familiar with this particular
brand of audio interface it's white it looks pretty and it matches those are
all the same thing and I've been told it's good okay where do you want this
bad boy you're not going to have a ton of options this is a pretty short XLR
cable so yeah it's 6 in I think um close
enough yeah that's 6 in sorry 6 feet if
this is what you think 6 in is wow now is that suitably out of your
way absolutely okay yeah so that's it that's Arlo buddy okay you know what it
doesn't matter the point is there it's there I've had this computer for 5 years
now and the cable is starting to die so
as part of my upgrade of course I just got a couple of new cables and a new
little block too it really makes you wonder why Apple tries to make anything
white when they can't keep it white for longer than disgusting I know right how
much was this piece of metal I think it was around $70 because it's for Mac yes
and I couldn't get white but the black still matches the Black and White theme
oh yeah I think you're good this is really coming together that's sick this
is like a command station now it is beautiful this is an actual thing you
can buy does Google actually sell this yes I have been eyeing this for probably
2 years well they actually came out with one that doesn't glow in the dark but
then they launched the dark mode one and I knew as soon as I found out I was
getting an upgrade this is going to be part of it it's the real life dyo game
it's pretty cute I will give that to you I find it a lot easier doing work using
a wome tablet instead of mouse and keyboard so I also picked one of these
up for myself I guess it really does add to making the ideal like graphic
designer/ gaming setup cuz you can use it for a lot of different things I can't
say I've ever heard of a24 what do they do well they're a film production
company they honestly have produced some of my favorite films like Midsummer and
hereditary and some Award winners like Moonlight and ladybird so I picked up
these screenplay books because I already have some and I wanted to complete my
collection okay look at how beautiful they are like as a graphic designer I
love books that do a lot of like visual play with typography and phot
photography and these like really tickle that like design Funny Bone uh what's
this now then that's just a blanket oh
it's ra yeah it's the ratios oh that's
fun and upside down here let's get that fixed for you look at it oh it's so cool
that is really cool and then what are these those are t-shirts okay very
simple logo design oh cool okay I also got a mug I already have the
hereditary one of those and I wanted to pick up the midsummer one so so I guess
we'll put that oh no I'll put it on top of here you got a bit of a thing for
dinosaurs hey I love dinosaurs if you walk around my house we've got hidden
dinosaurs everywhere we got dinosaur faces dinosaur rumps dinosaur so these
pieces actually I commissioned an artist from Saskatchewan he specifically draws
like dinosaurs and stuff and I really loved his style so yeah I commissioned
three pieces from him and I thought they would be a great addition to my gaming
room in order to make this kind of like a sanctuary for myself I bought a
diffuser because I really love essential oils and they help you know kind of
create an Ambiance and while I'm streaming I definitely will get stressed
out and hopefully this will help I am liking it I could get comfortable here
this is awesome we do need to figure out why the nend key is not working you know
what um why don't we try a new key switch cuz like that's a
thing whoops there it goes oh you mushed
it oh that's why this is an
amazing setup right I've got everything
Arlo agrees I've done an okay job with the
cable management that's fine I'm not going to say it's my finest work but
it's and this is apparently supposed to come this way I I don't care I'm at the
end of the day lonus we've got those speakers hopefully they work well
haven't tested them yet oh yeah right a wonderful microphone a new keyboard
mouse desk mat and two monitors are you going to stream tonight yes yes I'll be
streaming tonight it's been a long day
and it's been a lot of fun thank you guys for tuning in this has been the SAR
butt edition of Intel extreme Tech upgrade we've got lots more coming down
the pipe and if you guys enjoyed this we've got a lot more for you to watch
some of my personal favorites uh Dennis Andy man they've all been good Riley's
was great DAV I'm right here David was
great so Jank though so go watch guys and thanks again to Intel for sponsor
ing extreme Tech upgrade this setup is flipping amazing