WEBVTT 00:00:05.279 --> 00:00:12.240 sup guys i'm in denver colorado at micro center and this time around the concept 00:00:10.400 --> 00:00:16.400 for our sponsored video sounded simple enough Linus all you got to do is build 00:00:14.559 --> 00:00:19.600 a pc i've got what six and a half hours till 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:23.279 you guys close and you picked out all the parts for me 00:00:21.359 --> 00:00:29.439 so i don't even have to like go shopping like last time what kind of a system 00:00:25.439 --> 00:00:29.439 could take more than six hours to 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:35.920 you have got to be kidding me what even 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:41.440 is this multiple NVMe drives dual graphics cards hardline water cooling 00:00:38.960 --> 00:00:45.120 why are we putting an nvs810 graphics card in this what am i even looking at 00:00:43.120 --> 00:00:48.960 here this 00:00:46.160 --> 00:00:53.600 is no simple gaming rig this is supposed to be 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:57.199 the showcase build for AMD's unreleased 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:59.920 threadripper 64 core 3990x 00:00:57.199 --> 00:01:04.080 processor and i've got only six hours to build it 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:11.240 wait what are you doing there's no time for that this is a speed build now but first here 00:01:07.520 --> 00:01:11.240 are the parts we'll be using 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:21.119 come on we gotta get this thing ripped open get the motherboard got the zenith 00:01:19.040 --> 00:01:24.880 two extreme alpha but you're just gonna stand there and hold the camera david 00:01:22.960 --> 00:01:27.520 expect you to pitch in today no i'm just no i'm kidding i'm kidding 00:01:26.320 --> 00:01:33.280 we actually do need to make a video about it step one let's get the CPU out 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:40.119 of the nondescript brown box that it shipped here in with the tamper evident 00:01:35.680 --> 00:01:40.119 tape oh we tampering boys 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:46.880 costs a pretty penny don't it look at that it's ten dollars cheaper than four 00:01:44.320 --> 00:01:51.520 thousand dollars i mean it's outlandish but when you talk in terms of the 00:01:48.799 --> 00:01:55.680 performance and price of anything comparable it's right in there because 00:01:53.600 --> 00:01:58.240 there's nothing comparable that was close 00:01:58.799 --> 00:02:05.920 ooh it even smells fresh the craziest thing about this CPU to me is just how 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:11.760 utterly unnecessary it is they already won this is just like grinding your 00:02:08.720 --> 00:02:15.200 opponent into the ground for no reason 00:02:11.760 --> 00:02:16.800 use my debaur edition case as a chair 00:02:15.200 --> 00:02:20.239 what's up roman i'd be curious if one of you just like 00:02:18.720 --> 00:02:26.480 showed up and was like yeah i really just want to buy that and take it out of the store right now what they would do 00:02:23.520 --> 00:02:31.040 how many freaking m.2 slots are there on this thing so it's got a dim.2 module up 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:35.280 here which will hold two it's got two more in here and then they snuck another 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:40.160 one on the back freaking love it i mean i guess if you've got what is it like 88 00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:43.599 pci express gen 4 lanes or something stupid like that coming off the CPU you 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:49.519 got to find some way to use them we're using PCIe gen 3 drives in this system 00:02:47.680 --> 00:02:53.360 for desktop use anyway the performance won't make much of a difference 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:57.360 especially if it's a good gen 3 drive like these it's funny to me to think 00:02:55.440 --> 00:03:01.519 about you know what the headspace of someone building 00:03:00.000 --> 00:03:05.280 something like this would be like you'd have to basically be i'm not the kind of 00:03:03.680 --> 00:03:10.959 person that has to ask how much things cost so just build it right 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:15.519 wow it needs like almost this entire tube of the included ectotherm all 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:18.959 thermal compound applications look the same once you put the block down and 00:03:17.360 --> 00:03:23.519 mash it on there okay deluxe white mini valve with black 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:28.239 handle these fittings appear to be to link the gpus together but i don't see 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:31.040 any GPU blocks was there a rhyme or reason to the fittings that were 00:03:29.440 --> 00:03:34.400 selected does anyone know like were these fittings picked for a specific 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:39.760 reason or no oh was the 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:39.760 goal to water cool the gpus 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:46.400 so we are just liquid cooling the CPU with 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:52.159 uh 720 millimeters worth of radiator i 00:03:50.480 --> 00:03:58.159 don't know what's more crazy the fact that we've got a 550 power supply 00:03:56.080 --> 00:04:02.640 or the fact that we've got a system that might actually justify it 00:04:00.480 --> 00:04:08.000 four thousand dollar CPU three grand worth of GPU 00:04:05.439 --> 00:04:14.239 even when we're done we will be nowhere near the price of like a mac pro 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:17.600 front panel connectors these look like 00:04:14.239 --> 00:04:20.000 drive cages that's nice having these 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:23.759 rear accessible drive cages that's pretty sweet they could also be power 00:04:21.759 --> 00:04:28.520 supply mounts let's throw the power supply in first let's do that 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:38.479 i don't know how to get it out maybe i don't have to 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:40.400 and we definitely need to remove it 00:04:38.479 --> 00:04:43.759 so i think you have to remove the drive cages 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:46.880 and then put that in there 00:04:45.919 --> 00:04:52.240 wait you just take off these screws 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:56.320 these ones stay on why would why did they do it like this 00:04:55.040 --> 00:05:00.000 i'm getting very frustrated with this case 00:04:58.479 --> 00:05:02.560 feels less like installing a power supply more like installing a power 00:05:01.600 --> 00:05:07.680 plant poor hard drives i remember when they used to have some sex appeal and now 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:10.960 it's just like all right i guess i probably need a hard drive for like the 00:05:09.280 --> 00:05:17.199 games i don't play that often pro tip by the way guys for when you're doing your next build based on this exact spec the 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:20.560 zenith 2 xtreme alpha has a missing mounting hole here because it's two 00:05:19.280 --> 00:05:27.280 covered in vrms so i had to remove that standoff 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:29.199 just you know one more little thing 00:05:27.280 --> 00:05:33.199 to go wrong during this build i got to give some thought to the loop 00:05:30.960 --> 00:05:37.440 layout here i feel like i'm going to end up putting 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:39.360 this one towards the front just because 00:05:37.440 --> 00:05:43.680 it's going to interfere with my GPU if i have the water coming out right over here you 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:47.840 know what i think six screws is plenty to hold in 00:05:45.759 --> 00:05:47.840 a 00:05:51.680 --> 00:05:57.039 i radiator how much this thing is 200 bucks 00:05:54.880 --> 00:06:00.080 man these things are sick though where does it go 00:05:58.479 --> 00:06:03.759 i thought it went to the front but i i don't see anywhere to mount that 00:06:01.759 --> 00:06:07.199 no it doesn't look like it goes there oh if you're advanced enough to buy this 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:10.720 thing you should just know where it goes idiot so you throw it in here screw it 00:06:09.440 --> 00:06:15.120 in from the back and the only problem is that it's really 00:06:13.280 --> 00:06:18.400 designed for you to have graphics cards connected to it and if 00:06:16.880 --> 00:06:23.199 you'll recall we didn't have blocks for our graphics cards fortunately we went 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:28.319 and got different graphics cards these are supposedly using reference pcbs so 00:06:26.080 --> 00:06:33.199 we can just use some standard ek vector rtx 2080 ti RGB blocks and we should be 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:37.440 pretty much good to go what even is all this 00:06:35.199 --> 00:06:42.720 oh cool so they include their own fan power hub and a separate fan RGB hub 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:47.680 that i just about snapped the connector off of and it's bent back cool 00:06:45.440 --> 00:06:50.319 if the objective is lots of RGB and airflow this seems like a good way to 00:06:49.039 --> 00:06:54.000 achieve it i feel like i'm using some primo zerg 00:06:52.800 --> 00:07:02.360 tactics here you know you just got to get the creep everywhere and you worry about building later time to install the 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:02.360 top rad oh please fit 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:08.960 okay i'm sure glad i took the time to put all these fans on here before checking to 00:07:07.280 --> 00:07:13.280 see if it actually fit in there do you guys have a thin triple rad while we 00:07:11.360 --> 00:07:16.639 sort out the radiator situation i'm gonna go ahead and do some more of the 00:07:14.960 --> 00:07:21.599 wiring that i need to get done like our front usb 3. 00:07:18.960 --> 00:07:26.080 man these usb 3 connectors are bulky front audio there it is wow that's a 00:07:24.000 --> 00:07:29.599 long front audio cable wait don't look at that side david it's uncomfortable 00:07:28.000 --> 00:07:35.680 you're making everyone uncomfortable right now how will i manage all these cables 00:07:33.199 --> 00:07:40.240 i am going full raw dog cable management back here i am so sorry everyone i feel 00:07:38.000 --> 00:07:43.599 like as long as i keep making an excuse and saying oh i'm gonna have to do that 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:47.759 this time the people who don't watch the videos regularly might think that 00:07:45.440 --> 00:07:52.080 usually i do a good job oh my goodness there's so much SATA 00:07:50.080 --> 00:07:55.840 power back here i want one with less than four SATA connectors on it where 00:07:54.160 --> 00:08:00.560 the heck am i gonna put this RGB controller no 00:07:58.400 --> 00:08:05.120 no no 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:06.080 nothing is on fire don't say that no 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:11.599 no how ridiculous is that no 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:17.120 how could i really this one's getting four screws i don't 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:20.960 give a [ __ ] we've got a lot of tubing to bend but 00:08:19.440 --> 00:08:24.319 but i'm not gonna cable manage it until i actually see this thing turn on which 00:08:22.720 --> 00:08:28.639 we can't do obviously until we plumb it up theoretically it should be relatively 00:08:26.960 --> 00:08:34.399 straightforward oh my o-ring just went in the garbage i give up holy crap david 00:08:31.840 --> 00:08:40.640 we might be screwed it looks like just to clear the RAM we already need one of 00:08:36.880 --> 00:08:43.360 these extenders and then to clear the 00:08:40.640 --> 00:08:49.920 extender we're gonna need like double gigantor extenders this feels a little 00:08:46.640 --> 00:08:51.600 ridiculous would you say that's too tall 00:08:49.920 --> 00:08:54.320 the line is special we need to start putting the graphics 00:08:52.959 --> 00:08:58.640 cards in and we're not going to have any idea where the fittings are going to 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:02.480 line up with our distribution block so well that's a little tighter than i 00:09:00.800 --> 00:09:05.120 might have hoped why 00:09:04.160 --> 00:09:12.720 why right here boom does that line up oh not quite 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:17.600 that is gonna be a bit of a tough shot that's a shame natasha here from micro 00:09:14.959 --> 00:09:21.839 center has generously offered to help us out i think she felt bad for us she does 00:09:19.760 --> 00:09:26.399 things kind of by the book though so i'm just going to be like bending stuff by 00:09:23.839 --> 00:09:33.399 hand so can anyone cover the phones for natasha 00:09:29.040 --> 00:09:33.399 15 mil what is this tubing 00:09:36.160 --> 00:09:42.560 i don't know if we do have 15 mil tubing i mean if we do i've never needed to go 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:46.160 find it okay so i have no idea what fittings are actually installed on 00:09:44.160 --> 00:09:51.760 anything because apparently i somehow ended up with a mix of 15 and 16 00:09:49.200 --> 00:09:56.399 millimeter fittings if we even manage to get this thing to post i will be 00:09:54.320 --> 00:10:00.800 you haven't posted lord no heavens now 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:07.360 you should do that before yeah you should it's a free tech tip for me 00:10:05.120 --> 00:10:10.320 so that would be a 15 mil wonderful 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:14.720 whoever micro centers water cooling product manager is let me give you a tip 00:10:12.160 --> 00:10:18.399 just two sizes small and compensating for something just 00:10:16.000 --> 00:10:22.320 get rid of stuff that doesn't work with each other because there's enough 00:10:19.600 --> 00:10:26.640 variants of like colors and extenders blah blah blah blah but your life is 00:10:24.240 --> 00:10:29.600 difficult enough as it is ah 00:10:27.920 --> 00:10:37.680 if they wanted it built properly they would have had you do it sideways 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:41.360 oh man i'm so triggered right now 00:10:37.680 --> 00:10:41.360 you look at it and you just feel bad 00:10:41.760 --> 00:10:48.560 all right fine this is the ocd triggering build officially 00:10:47.120 --> 00:10:52.320 wow since we're committed to this concept now we've decided we're going to 00:10:50.240 --> 00:10:56.160 take it to a whole other level they actually got a shipment of soft tubing 00:10:54.640 --> 00:11:00.399 fittings in but natasha over here isn't going to stop 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:03.920 hardline tubing either so if it's not going to look great it might as well be 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:07.600 horrible what do you think david if we're going 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:11.600 to go soft tubing should we go soft tubing i think it's not wild enough i 00:11:09.680 --> 00:11:14.800 think it's well remember i got one more okay all right all right i'm into it 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:19.920 we're doing it a wise woman once told me every pc has 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:23.680 to have a theme the theme of this one is oh [ __ ] it's eight o'clock and we've got 00:11:21.680 --> 00:11:27.760 an hour left to finish you need to be more wild more wild cause i could do 00:11:25.760 --> 00:11:31.600 yeah there i could do that oh no i kind of want it to go up the other way what 00:11:29.600 --> 00:11:36.399 do you think of that that's it is that it that's it okay nailed it 00:11:34.800 --> 00:11:42.800 okay how's it feel to be taking directions from a monkey 00:11:40.240 --> 00:11:47.040 i like the 87 degree bend you've given me to work with here by the way we have 00:11:44.480 --> 00:11:50.320 a theme you got to go all out someone at corporate's gonna be so mad it's fine 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:55.519 what are they gonna do take their business elsewhere uh you've been double checking my loop 00:11:53.279 --> 00:11:59.360 order right no why would you not do that you think i'm gonna get it right i could 00:11:57.279 --> 00:12:03.920 have easily moved that fitting oh is that so that is so sorry you want me to 00:12:01.680 --> 00:12:08.079 sign the case i can do that but i do have a condition and that is that you 00:12:06.160 --> 00:12:11.839 guys don't fix it when i'm done it's a conversation piece 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:19.120 accidents are soft while my plan to have the water come in 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:24.800 at the top of the reservoir is a good one we have these two openings here that 00:12:22.240 --> 00:12:28.560 were supposed to be for the radiators so we decided we're just gonna run an empty 00:12:26.800 --> 00:12:33.360 tube there forty dollars worth of fittings to carry nothing 00:12:30.720 --> 00:12:36.000 um how's it look it's more crooked than the other side 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:41.040 i'm sorry it's definitely a piece of something 00:12:44.399 --> 00:12:51.399 all right should we fill it ah there's a swivel fitting in here that 00:12:48.160 --> 00:12:51.399 is very annoying 00:12:52.560 --> 00:12:55.760 oh that's a big loop 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:07.680 new plan anywhere it leaks we're gonna replace the hard line with soft 00:13:06.079 --> 00:13:12.079 all right this is going to take a lot of water ladies and gentlemen here we go 00:13:12.720 --> 00:13:15.120 all right 00:13:16.959 --> 00:13:23.600 is it RGB enough please tell me there's water flowing 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:28.240 through every component david nope what not funny it's actually kind of cool 00:13:28.560 --> 00:13:35.040 what the i actually really like this 00:13:33.040 --> 00:13:38.480 i'm a monster should we see if it actually posts that'd be nice 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:43.120 unfortunately we got eight minutes 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:48.639 so uh i'm just grabbing a test drive gotta throw on our rtx envy link 00:13:46.399 --> 00:13:54.720 whatever they call it these days no you gotta be kidding me vga's stupid 00:13:52.560 --> 00:13:59.120 thing overhangs the thing come on 00:13:57.199 --> 00:14:02.399 by the way does anyone have any idea why this is here should we throw it in we 00:14:00.959 --> 00:14:07.090 could put it along the bottom no okay don't do it 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:12.880 give it a minute it can do it uh-oh 00:14:11.279 --> 00:14:17.199 watch pot never boils watch pot never boils please stop doing memory tests 00:14:15.199 --> 00:14:21.040 please please does this board have a memo k button 00:14:19.680 --> 00:14:25.199 we didn't make sure that we have the latest BIOS supporting this chip on the 00:14:22.959 --> 00:14:25.199 board 00:14:27.360 --> 00:14:33.440 so that is as far as we are gonna get by the time you guys drop by the micro 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:37.920 center in denver colorado this will be up on display natasha will have used 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:41.839 their usb BIOS flashback feature to throw the latest BIOS on there it's not 00:14:39.839 --> 00:14:45.680 a conventional build but in my opinion that's kind of the spirit of diy isn't 00:14:43.680 --> 00:14:52.920 it for better for worse what you built is with your own two hands so you know 00:14:48.160 --> 00:14:52.920 you kind of got no choice but to love it 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:10.000 neat huh all right i'm back at the office with an 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:13.680 update for y'all natasha from micro center was able to update the BIOS for 00:15:11.839 --> 00:15:17.600 me and it's working great so you can go check it out if you're not in the denver 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:22.399 area though natasha did screencap some crazy pants benchmark runs on it that 00:15:19.760 --> 00:15:27.760 we've got loaded up here for you now as we talked about in our review the 3990x 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:31.519 isn't really a CPU for typical gamers but if you've got a creative workload 00:15:29.519 --> 00:15:37.040 that needs this kind of horsepower it crams more CPU cores in a single socket 00:15:34.399 --> 00:15:42.160 than the competition is putting in two sockets in the workstation space so in 00:15:39.760 --> 00:15:45.760 summary always allow more time than you think you need for an advanced build 00:15:44.079 --> 00:15:49.519 like this so thanks for watching this video massive shout out to microcenter 00:15:47.760 --> 00:15:52.160 for sponsoring it and we will see you guys at the next one if you're looking 00:15:50.880 --> 00:15:56.320 for something to watch right now maybe check out the last build we did at micro 00:15:54.399 --> 00:16:00.959 center that was also a one day build but i didn't try to 00:15:58.399 --> 00:16:04.079 full custom loop water cool it so it was a little bit easier