WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.160 as part of the renovation on our new house I added this Workshop test bench 00:00:03.780 --> 00:00:11.700 area to the garage which has already come in handy when working on product reviews the problem is that the garages 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:17.340 in Canada and Canada has winter meaning it has been so bloody cold that I can't 00:00:14.219 --> 00:00:19.260 do any workout here so hate the garage I 00:00:17.340 --> 00:00:24.840 hear you saying but that would be expensive and frankly too easy I got a 00:00:22.080 --> 00:00:29.939 reputation to uphold luckily I have a second problem because we often need to 00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:35.100 retest Hardware months or even years after it first releases I have a 00:00:32.759 --> 00:00:40.980 warehouse full of things like random motherboards weird crypto mining power 00:00:37.680 --> 00:00:43.500 supplies and gpus if only I could take 00:00:40.980 --> 00:00:48.120 my two problems put them together somehow I 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--> 00:01:30.000 the random restarting issue that I've been having with the play button PC 00:01:26.939 --> 00:01:33.420 that's interesting it claims that it 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.920 warmed up like three degrees since uh we 00:01:33.420 --> 00:01:38.579 first started taking the temperature but if I go like this you can see it's 00:01:36.659 --> 00:01:41.479 dropping rapidly it's just for me standing here 00:01:42.180 --> 00:01:49.560 well because it's not if I'm whooshing around the air you can see it's dropping 00:01:47.060 --> 00:01:54.360 yeah yeah it's about it's about nine degrees in here which is honestly not 00:01:51.960 --> 00:01:58.860 that cold until you consider what the temperature is outside it is five 00:01:57.119 --> 00:02:04.560 degrees outside the garage meaning that the Delta between outside and inside is 00:02:01.740 --> 00:02:08.280 only about four to five degrees we had a cold snap recently where temperatures 00:02:06.119 --> 00:02:13.140 plunged below negative 10 degrees Celsius meaning that it was well below 00:02:11.220 --> 00:02:17.459 zero in here and not only unpleasant for me but also for my electronics 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:22.080 particularly in my laptop the liquid crystals in the display turns to more 00:02:19.260 --> 00:02:25.319 like gel crystals with extremely pronounced motion blur even just moving 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:30.420 the mouse around it's kind of hilarious obviously in a perfect world I would 00:02:27.720 --> 00:02:34.500 heat the entire space but instead I'm going to be laser focused on the area 00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:38.340 right around this desk and that's for a couple of reasons one it's large with 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:43.200 high ceilings meaning that a lot of the energy is going to be wasted heating up 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:46.980 the areas that I don't even occupy two there is currently no heating system in 00:02:45.480 --> 00:02:52.440 here whatsoever meaning I would have to install something from scratch finally 00:02:49.319 --> 00:02:54.239 three this house was not designed for 00:02:52.440 --> 00:02:58.200 the garage to be heated and therefore the insulation in it is absolutely 00:02:56.160 --> 00:03:03.420 atrocious so enter my solution heavy curtains from 00:03:00.780 --> 00:03:08.220 Amazon which I'm going to put up just around this corner in an attempt to kind 00:03:05.519 --> 00:03:13.019 of hold in some of the heat I don't know that this will work very well but what I 00:03:10.440 --> 00:03:16.920 do know is that I have a second k-type probe and we are going to take our 00:03:14.940 --> 00:03:21.360 temperature in two places at the chair which I showed you before and also kind 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:24.599 of out here to see if we are actually able to maintain a temperature 00:03:22.860 --> 00:03:28.500 difference oh that's right the original plan was shower curtains because the 00:03:26.640 --> 00:03:34.019 plastic would keep the hot air from moving at all at risk of the air quality 00:03:31.319 --> 00:03:39.480 in there not being as good anyway the point is that they were too short they 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:44.780 were only going to go to like here 00:03:39.480 --> 00:03:44.780 um well this seems fine right oh 00:03:44.940 --> 00:03:50.280 why would I take down this stuff 00:03:48.420 --> 00:03:55.440 yeah that's where I keep my chainsaw what it's safe oh my goodness you sound 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:59.040 like people on Twitter okay I post a picture of my garage and everyone's like 00:03:57.120 --> 00:04:03.120 well it is the chainsaw is going to follow you chainsaw's not going to fall 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:08.879 on me look ah hold on 00:04:06.420 --> 00:04:14.700 wait for it ah chainsaw's not falling down don't 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:16.139 worry it's fine yeah come on what the 00:04:14.700 --> 00:04:21.239 hell how are you supposed to get this stuff out of here get a knife ah but 00:04:19.019 --> 00:04:26.100 that's okay because I have a perfectly organized garage meaning that I can find 00:04:23.699 --> 00:04:29.280 something immediately no matter what it is go ahead Brandon ask me to find 00:04:28.020 --> 00:04:36.360 anything here we go my Jerry rig everything that 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:40.040 oh well uh oh crap 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:43.259 wait I actually know the answer to that 00:04:43.259 --> 00:04:49.259 in my backpack upstairs that was a hard one because it wasn't actually in the 00:04:47.460 --> 00:04:54.180 garage we've got a couple of options here we can either go between this post 00:04:51.600 --> 00:04:57.600 and the wall or we can mount it to the front of the mezzanine here I guess I'm 00:04:56.220 --> 00:05:00.979 just not really gonna overthink this I'll just kind of go for it right 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:07.740 yeah because that would keep it as close as possible nope new plan things are 00:05:05.820 --> 00:05:11.220 about to get janky I'm taking the L bracket off 00:05:09.060 --> 00:05:15.900 and I'm just gonna put it in the bottom like this yeah 00:05:13.320 --> 00:05:20.820 good thinking Linus that'll get it as flush as possible what was I doing on 00:05:18.180 --> 00:05:26.280 the ladder before Brandon this is way smarter there we go oh dang it 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:30.860 dang it there we go oh dang it okay there we go 00:05:33.780 --> 00:05:39.419 there we go I guess I I need to put the curtain on 00:05:37.500 --> 00:05:43.380 it uh yeah this seems like a good idea 00:05:41.759 --> 00:05:47.460 hey Brandon Brandon make sure you're rolling if I die I've said it time and 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:51.720 time again but you guys got to monetize that video that'll be my final gift to 00:05:49.919 --> 00:05:55.440 the company it's the right thing to do Brandon 00:05:53.340 --> 00:05:59.759 I have found a small fly in the ointment uh my chainsaw appears to be in the way 00:05:57.840 --> 00:06:02.820 as does my leaf blower now I know what you're thinking Brandon oh thank 00:06:01.500 --> 00:06:08.060 goodness he's going to take down that chainsaw but I've got another idea wait 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:12.600 for it yes 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:17.100 and after only minor trials and tribulations it's done 00:06:14.940 --> 00:06:21.360 not bad right swings open a little something like that 00:06:18.900 --> 00:06:26.220 and look it's even still compatible with my chainsaw storage now 00:06:24.060 --> 00:06:31.139 it's time for us to kick things up a notch and that is where this comes in we 00:06:29.220 --> 00:06:35.580 found this old mining frame kicking around from man that must have been like 00:06:33.479 --> 00:06:40.199 four years ago or something like that anyway from an old video we did and what 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:43.740 I like about this one is that it seems like if we get a little creative we 00:06:42.240 --> 00:06:48.539 should be able to wall mount it because like I said I don't just want to throw 00:06:46.139 --> 00:06:55.560 heat into this area I want to throw Heat at my chair so I'm kind of thinking like 00:06:51.720 --> 00:06:58.199 here or if I can swing it maybe even at 00:06:55.560 --> 00:07:02.639 an angle so it's blowing down this is a perfect time to take our before we are 00:07:00.120 --> 00:07:08.280 exactly not really it's probably because I'm close to it okay well we're at 9.3 00:07:04.860 --> 00:07:10.560 and 9.4 degrees respectively inside the 00:07:08.280 --> 00:07:16.740 workshop and outside in the garage so what I'm going to do now 00:07:13.340 --> 00:07:18.900 is close it because I am expecting there 00:07:16.740 --> 00:07:23.819 to be a slight increase just from the approximately 200 Watts coming from me 00:07:21.479 --> 00:07:28.680 and Brandon combined plus actually this is probably another like 150 watts if we 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:33.300 do see a change in temperature in the workshop compared to the rest of the garage while we're building up the 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:36.780 mining rig that would suggest that the theory behind this is sound and I'm not 00:07:35.460 --> 00:07:42.000 just going to be trying to heat this entire space with a thousand or so Watts 00:07:39.599 --> 00:07:46.080 which would like be negligible wouldn't work at all okay let's build a computer 00:07:44.639 --> 00:07:51.720 shall we Brandon help me decide should I go with 00:07:48.780 --> 00:07:57.440 the Firestarter 5000 or this unit from our reputable brand 00:07:53.880 --> 00:07:57.440 Firestarter 5000. 00:07:57.479 --> 00:08:03.960 with the Bitcoin logos on it sorry Silverstone you're too reputable 00:08:02.520 --> 00:08:07.380 not enough fun now I'm sure the mining enthusiasts out 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:11.400 there are going to be cringing at some of my Hardware choices but let me tell 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:16.440 you something efficiency in this case not actually necessarily a benefit if I 00:08:14.460 --> 00:08:21.060 have a less efficient power supply that just means I'm kicking out more heat 00:08:19.199 --> 00:08:24.720 oh I guess I should talk about the cards that we're going to be using these are 00:08:22.620 --> 00:08:28.440 all examples of gpus that we're not using right now but that I will almost 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:34.620 certainly need at some point in the future so I've got I think this is a 00:08:30.479 --> 00:08:36.180 2080 TI a 3080 now that the 40 series is 00:08:34.620 --> 00:08:40.740 out you're going to see a lot fewer 30 series cards in our projects and then 00:08:38.159 --> 00:08:45.420 I've actually got our matching pair of RTX 2080 supers which we might need if 00:08:43.860 --> 00:08:50.279 we ever wanted to do a retrospective on SLI or something like that so in that 00:08:47.940 --> 00:08:55.019 case I will come up on my ladder rip the GPU off the wall and take it into the 00:08:51.839 --> 00:08:56.519 office for now it Heats my garage I know 00:08:55.019 --> 00:09:00.420 that there are plenty of Gamers out there that could be using these gpus 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:05.640 right now but the problem for us is that the cost of like selling them and then 00:09:03.839 --> 00:09:09.839 reacquiring them at some point in the future when we need them is extremely 00:09:07.920 --> 00:09:15.060 high and it's super time consuming and so we've found it's better to just store 00:09:12.240 --> 00:09:20.220 them I put all the gpus on before plugging in all of these little PCI 00:09:17.459 --> 00:09:23.339 Express Riser boards I mean yeah mining content so out of fashion now you guys 00:09:21.660 --> 00:09:29.700 might even forget these things basically what they are is little PCI Express to 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:32.820 USB adapter so apparently USB has enough 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:34.920 conductors for a PCIe by one link so 00:09:32.820 --> 00:09:39.899 then that goes up to this little board here that accepts a 16x GPU mining is 00:09:37.980 --> 00:09:43.560 not particularly bandwidth intensive over the slot and then you power this 00:09:41.940 --> 00:09:48.720 little board with a six pin PCIe connector unfortunately I screwed in all 00:09:46.080 --> 00:09:52.019 my gpus before installing these so now I get to do this the hard way I'm only 00:09:50.220 --> 00:09:55.800 going to plug in one of these gpus for now because even under the best 00:09:53.459 --> 00:10:00.600 circumstances this mining stuff tends to be a little bit flaky and the more gpus 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:05.519 you run the more chance of encountering instability I do not want this thing to 00:10:02.760 --> 00:10:11.600 shut off because then I'll get cold oh my goodness this thing's heavy and oh 00:10:07.680 --> 00:10:11.600 wow this Frame is just like 00:10:11.779 --> 00:10:18.839 ball mounting this is going to be a challenge but I have good news check 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:25.560 this out there's now a difference of 0.3 degree freeze between in here and out 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:27.240 there that means the theory is sound uh 00:10:25.560 --> 00:10:31.560 hold on a second can this thing even take a 120 volt input I can't remember 00:10:28.920 --> 00:10:35.279 shoot it can't and I just plugged everything in you know what screw it 00:10:32.820 --> 00:10:38.220 let's take lunch and it's done switching the power supply has another benefit 00:10:36.420 --> 00:10:42.300 there's actually one screw hole here that aligns with the PSU so the whole 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:48.000 rack is now self-contained all we need to do is see if it works this is going 00:10:44.820 --> 00:10:49.320 to be a lot of power I um hmm I have 00:10:48.000 --> 00:10:51.380 questions um 00:10:52.440 --> 00:10:58.680 nice uh okay we got display power USB we 00:10:56.640 --> 00:11:01.680 good to go whoa 00:11:02.040 --> 00:11:08.399 uh okay only one of these gpus is actually plugged into PCIe so far and 00:11:07.200 --> 00:11:13.019 you might have noticed I'm plugged into the motherboard for graphics that's why 00:11:10.260 --> 00:11:17.640 we needed to use a g variant of AMD's ryzen 3000 Series so it's the 3400 G 00:11:15.660 --> 00:11:24.839 because we want all of our dedicated gpus dedicated to mining 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:28.680 now Windows isn't necessarily the best 00:11:24.839 --> 00:11:30.779 operating system for mining but 00:11:28.680 --> 00:11:36.480 um it's here how long does this benchmarking process take oh it was like 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:38.700 15 or 20 minutes per card oh my God what 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:43.440 uh you know what no it's it's fine basically I what I had planned to do was 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:46.380 plug them in one at a time instead we're just going to plug them all in and hope 00:11:44.700 --> 00:11:50.040 for the best and we'll let them all do their benchmarking thing we've got another video to shoot here today anyway 00:11:48.839 --> 00:11:54.180 so we'll go do that while we wait obviously we want more but two of them 00:11:52.560 --> 00:12:01.560 are actually mining already and we're sitting at about 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:03.300 975 Watts not too bad but we still have 00:12:01.560 --> 00:12:07.260 some problems to solve like how to put the heat exactly where I'm going to be 00:12:04.860 --> 00:12:11.100 sitting the idea that I have in mind as you guys know I'm something of a ceiling 00:12:09.180 --> 00:12:16.560 and wall mounting enthusiast ah is I want it right here and then I 00:12:14.820 --> 00:12:22.760 want fans that are kind of blowing the heat down what do you think Brandon 00:12:18.380 --> 00:12:22.760 genius or moronic 00:12:22.920 --> 00:12:27.779 okay these are at about 18 inches which 00:12:26.040 --> 00:12:34.440 is durable awesome all I have to do then is just 00:12:31.680 --> 00:12:39.540 drill some holes in the mining frame and put it right into the wall what could go 00:12:37.140 --> 00:12:45.240 wrong wait oh they're all mining now that explains why we're at 1200 watts 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:49.920 man that kicks off a lot of heat exactly what we need all right 00:12:47.519 --> 00:12:54.060 let's shut it down and get it bolted to the wall I would never recommend 00:12:51.779 --> 00:12:56.959 drilling near working Hardware components 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:05.880 oh how did I just break oh the drill bit oh 00:13:03.899 --> 00:13:09.800 there's a hole nope 00:13:07.200 --> 00:13:09.800 got this 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:19.040 oh yeah she bit she bit 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:19.040 please tell me it instead 00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:27.839 did we get it oh yeah that's not going anywhere and 00:13:26.040 --> 00:13:32.639 after only minimal troubleshooting which involved enabling 4G decoding and 00:13:29.820 --> 00:13:37.920 changing all of our PCIe slots to gen 2. we are up and running 00:13:34.220 --> 00:13:40.860 1200 watts from the wall and I gotta 00:13:37.920 --> 00:13:45.600 tell you guys I can feel the heat now all we need to do is let it run for a 00:13:43.380 --> 00:13:50.160 while long story short it didn't our 00:13:47.940 --> 00:13:54.660 temperature Delta is only about a degree and a half which if you guys remember is 00:13:53.220 --> 00:13:58.860 not that much different from just having a person in here working 00:13:56.579 --> 00:14:04.500 I think I know why though we've got our FLIR thermal camera going here and you 00:14:01.200 --> 00:14:07.560 can see that the warm zones around the 00:14:04.500 --> 00:14:10.200 mining rig are actually in completely 00:14:07.560 --> 00:14:15.540 the wrong spots a ton of our heat is kind of leaking away over here a ton of 00:14:12.779 --> 00:14:20.579 it's flying off over this way and we are sending some down but it's clear that 00:14:17.820 --> 00:14:24.420 the position of our fans is not ideal for blowing the heat down toward the 00:14:22.680 --> 00:14:30.060 user it's almost like thermal management is like a whole industry with Engineers 00:14:27.800 --> 00:14:34.560 scientists but who needs engineering when you have L brackets here's what I'm 00:14:32.339 --> 00:14:39.300 thinking three L brackets on the wall I bend them in the Vise and we blow the 00:14:37.320 --> 00:14:45.480 heat that way I had my lovely assistant help me Bend these brackets good job uh 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:50.579 sure how about here I mean at this point I feel like the ship has kind of sailed 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:54.480 in terms of this looking decent I like how this video it's been started out 00:14:51.959 --> 00:14:57.480 like kind of done 00:14:56.100 --> 00:15:00.560 without now this I mean how does that look 00:15:02.040 --> 00:15:07.440 oh crap I just ripped the screw out of the 00:15:06.540 --> 00:15:12.360 wall all good I'll just make a new hole no 00:15:10.019 --> 00:15:17.040 one will ever know except all of you people watching and it appears that I've 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:20.699 put holes in my wall for nothing the grand total difference in temperature 00:15:18.420 --> 00:15:24.060 between the curtained area and the outside is 00:15:22.740 --> 00:15:28.380 one degree at best 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:34.139 oh zap to block but at least there's no bugs I mean is 00:15:31.560 --> 00:15:40.380 it even what about here like it feels warmer okay it is warmer it's like 12 00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:44.820 and a half that close I think for v2 I just need to get it closer at the end of 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:49.199 the day even if it's only a degree it's free real estate though right because 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:53.579 we're making money mining nope we're actually losing a dollar a day but 00:15:50.760 --> 00:15:57.600 that's okay because as the key night among you might have noticed earlier in 00:15:55.139 --> 00:16:01.380 the video our ultimate plan is not to mine on it well the ultimate plan might 00:15:59.579 --> 00:16:05.820 to keep it at all if it's not actually going to hit the space but whatever the 00:16:03.060 --> 00:16:09.899 ultimate plan was to run folding at home we've got a great folding team on the 00:16:07.980 --> 00:16:13.440 LTT Forum 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