1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:05,920 Over the next few weeks, my wife and I are going to be making some long overdue 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:12,240 techy upgrades to our house. We've lived here for 10 years, but we've never done 3 00:00:09,519 --> 00:00:18,800 much more than throw a wireless access point in and like a Nest thermostat. 4 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:24,160 I'm talking the whole 9 yards. Network upgrade, security system upgrade, DIY, 5 00:00:21,279 --> 00:00:28,800 air conditioning, inseiling speakers. The only problem is that in order to run 6 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:34,160 all that stuff, I've actually got to clear out the makeshift floor that I put 7 00:00:31,039 --> 00:00:37,040 in my attic that I use to store the 10 8 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:42,160 years worth of tech and other assorted paraphernalia 9 00:00:38,719 --> 00:00:44,239 that I have piled up here. So, let's go 10 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:49,920 on a little archaeological expedition and see what we find. 11 00:00:47,200 --> 00:00:53,600 Oh, brought to you by Thermal Grizzly. Thermal Grizzlies conduct liquid metal 12 00:00:52,160 --> 00:00:57,120 thermal interface material offers maximum cooling performance for your PC. 13 00:00:55,680 --> 00:01:03,960 We even used it in a phone once. Not that we would recommend that. Check it out and keep things cool at the link in 14 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,960 the video description. 15 00:01:10,479 --> 00:01:19,200 So, most of that is like sentimental corner. Uh, this is all kind of like 16 00:01:16,159 --> 00:01:23,360 oversized, including a fair bit of like 17 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:25,840 tech boxes and stuff. And then this is 18 00:01:23,360 --> 00:01:33,759 stuff that hasn't been organized at all. Let's start with sentimental box 19 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:36,720 number one. Oh man, this feels like it's 20 00:01:33,759 --> 00:01:40,479 going to be a multi-part video. I hardly even know where to begin with this. 21 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:45,200 Every item in this pile has a story. Here's my NCIX business card. Great 22 00:01:43,439 --> 00:01:49,439 technology selection and service motherucker. MSI made these back when 23 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:54,079 they were doing a big military standard marketing push. It's fun for him and for 24 00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:59,280 her. Agent Ruby broke her sword. 25 00:01:57,280 --> 00:02:06,079 Should I get rid of duplicates? Yes. Okay. So, in that case, I only need one 26 00:02:03,119 --> 00:02:10,160 each of the trendet uh soccer and footballs. Should there be a place for 27 00:02:08,399 --> 00:02:13,760 consumables that shouldn't be consumed anymore? 28 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:17,760 Do we need to keep those? Yeah, they're cool. Our first run of 29 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:22,560 Linus TechTip shirts as a company. That's pretty cool. These are a piece of 30 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:27,200 my DIY Duke Nukem costume from that video that I made. Yeah, these were 31 00:02:25,599 --> 00:02:30,640 actually kind of nice gloves that I got the fingers off of, but I had two pairs 32 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:37,120 of them, so I was like, ah, I could only need one pair of leather gloves. Promptly lost the other pair. This is 33 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:41,360 the NCIX name plate of the original cameraman whose name was never actually 34 00:02:39,280 --> 00:02:44,400 revealed. These are the coolest case thumb screws that I've ever seen. 35 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:49,440 They're from I by Power. This was a swag item at CES one year. Is that as 36 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:54,319 blingastic as you ever did see or what? This is a great story. This was my first 37 00:02:51,599 --> 00:02:59,440 CES badge. Back then, YouTubers didn't qualify as press. So, I was only able to 38 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:04,239 get in because Corsair, who was our first ever sponsor as a company, just 39 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:09,519 signed me up as one of their staff. So, I was there as Corsair Components Linus 40 00:03:06,879 --> 00:03:13,840 Media Group exhibitor, one of the ultra wide dream setup winners. Look how young 41 00:03:11,760 --> 00:03:17,120 Luke looks. More photos. This time, Austin Karen's wedding. This hat's 42 00:03:15,519 --> 00:03:21,920 awesome. This was a gift from LG. Apparently, it says Lionus in Korean. 43 00:03:19,920 --> 00:03:27,120 Oh, this was the failed main board that Lewis Rossman actually had me attempt to 44 00:03:24,800 --> 00:03:30,720 repair the proper way after he saw me reflow a graphics card in a toaster 45 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:36,319 oven. Hold on to that as a little souvenir. We didn't actually manage to fix it, but hey, it's a cool little 46 00:03:34,159 --> 00:03:41,360 keepsake. Here's some of the special Lionus edition black and blue to match 47 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:48,080 the color scheme of my rig memory that OCZ cooked up for me in true OCZ 48 00:03:44,159 --> 00:03:49,760 fashion. Um, most of it died. 49 00:03:48,080 --> 00:03:53,519 Hey, it still works as a souvenir, right? Watch me. Is this you? 50 00:03:52,159 --> 00:03:57,519 No. Should we watch it? 51 00:03:56,080 --> 00:04:01,519 Haven't had to hook up one of these in a while. What do you think's on here? Oh, 52 00:04:00,159 --> 00:04:04,879 I have no idea. This is way less cool than I thought it 53 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:14,560 was going to be. What is that? Whatever. This is just a stupid cringy 54 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:18,160 AMD promotional thing for the uh R9295 55 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:19,919 X2. Like a bad graphics card. 56 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:25,280 This is an extreme graphics card. Cool. Swag. Crucial's memory hog. This 57 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:30,479 is seemingly random, but it's actually the only remaining piece that I have of 58 00:04:27,840 --> 00:04:33,199 our FS700, which was the first major piece of equipment that we bought as a 59 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:38,400 company. Uh, we never really acknowledged it publicly, but it was stolen a number of years ago. This was 60 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:45,440 the one thing that they didn't have cuz we didn't have it on the camera cuz we never used it. This is my Disneyland 61 00:04:41,919 --> 00:04:49,600 pass when I was like six. Oh, my failed 62 00:04:45,440 --> 00:04:52,960 project. NX Fusion. This was my concept 63 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:55,280 to turn NCIX into like a boutique PC 64 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:58,800 building brand. I said we needed like a custom case in order to really get it 65 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:03,360 off the ground. And they said, "Okay, great idea. Let's do it, but without the 66 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:09,360 custom case." I kind of went, "Okay, well, we could make this case badge." 67 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:11,600 How did I forget about this? We broke a 68 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:17,360 Guinness World Record, or rather, we set a new one when we participated in the 69 00:05:14,639 --> 00:05:21,360 world's highest elevation land party. Good old Highlander. We made a video 70 00:05:19,199 --> 00:05:27,960 about it. We had Paul and Kyle and in there and everything. It was a lot of 71 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:27,960 fun, actually. We ready for round two. 72 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:37,280 No, no, I'm good. Oh. Oh, I'm good. I'm good. Ah, yes. The last time I actually 73 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:39,120 won Scrapyard Wars season 5, you played 74 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:43,520 hard and you're awesome. You know, when you give yourself an award, that's cool. 75 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:46,160 Oh, wow. My old DS light is in here. Uh, there's a problem with the shoulder 76 00:05:44,560 --> 00:05:50,560 button because I played a lot of that Mario Kart. Anybody remember Funk mouse 77 00:05:48,479 --> 00:05:54,639 pads? They were like local and this was a custom one. Obviously, they couldn't 78 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:58,800 actually make a Playboy mouse pad because like copyright and all that, but 79 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:03,280 they did a custom one for one of my old friends at NCIX and he gave it to me and 80 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:06,880 I used it until it was completely unusable and warped and like it's all 81 00:06:05,199 --> 00:06:12,639 sticky on the back and gross. Martial arts uniform. That's Mr. L. Sebastian to 82 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:18,479 you ladies and gentlemen. My Happy Bunny calendar. This was a gift from Ivonne 83 00:06:15,759 --> 00:06:23,840 early on in our relationship. And this is a classic. Go back to the earliest 84 00:06:21,280 --> 00:06:28,080 NCIX tech tips episodes. Hand airbrushed. Stylish. You wouldn't 85 00:06:26,319 --> 00:06:32,160 understand. I used to unironically wear this hat like all the time. You can vouch for me, right? 86 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:38,080 Yeah. All right. Down we come. Now, a lot of 87 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:41,360 this is more recent stuff, but some of 88 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:43,120 it is the coolest stuff. This is sick. 89 00:06:41,360 --> 00:06:46,880 This is one of those cool clocks that someone sent me. Unfortunately, one of 90 00:06:45,039 --> 00:06:51,919 the tubes stopped working like shortly after I got it. Oh, you know who sent it 91 00:06:49,199 --> 00:06:58,400 to me was our subtitling group. This holds a lot of sentimental value. It's 92 00:06:54,160 --> 00:07:01,120 just the first piece of YouTuber swag 93 00:06:58,400 --> 00:07:04,720 that I was ever sent by YouTube as like, you know, acknowledgement of my 94 00:07:02,479 --> 00:07:08,800 existence. So, I don't think they actually sent out that many of these. 95 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:12,800 So, it's got bird poo on it. There's those birds that went into our attic. 96 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:17,680 They pooed on my YouTube peg. This isn't disappointing, though. As a troll, 97 00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:19,360 someone printed up Luke Tech Tips mouse 98 00:07:17,680 --> 00:07:23,280 pads to go along with an April Fool's joke that we ran on the forum. Going to 99 00:07:21,039 --> 00:07:28,000 hold on to that forever. I feel bad for not remembering who salvaged this for 100 00:07:25,039 --> 00:07:33,280 me, but this is awesome. What an appropriate sign, right? Closed. Please 101 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:37,759 use another counter. Actually, I think it was at LTX last year, and it might 102 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:41,360 have been these guys. I think it was uh dis might have been disappearing inc. 103 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:45,840 Don't quote me on that one though. Here was my bid card at the NCIX bankruptcy 104 00:07:43,759 --> 00:07:49,680 auction. I tell people at events I'm like, "Oh no, I don't take swag." And 105 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:53,599 yet I have all this swag. But this is cool swag. How could I not keep this? 106 00:07:51,599 --> 00:07:57,520 It's a Microsoft Windows ugly Christmas sweater. Like come on. This is neat. 107 00:07:56,000 --> 00:08:02,960 This is a batch of letters that people sent me. Uh, Jeppe probably wasn't 108 00:08:00,160 --> 00:08:08,000 expecting a reply 4 and a half years later, but uh, thank 109 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:11,440 you for the letter, Jeppe. I do not pretend that you reply me because I know 110 00:08:09,599 --> 00:08:15,919 seeing your videos that you're too busy. I just hope you read this letter. Sup, 111 00:08:13,599 --> 00:08:20,080 Jeppe. This was a wonderful birthday present from my staff. This is a ModelM 112 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:24,400 keyboard that was manufactured in the year that I was born. The badge that I 113 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:28,319 wore at the home show back when I was running that uh, painting company. This 114 00:08:26,639 --> 00:08:33,919 is how I make all my content decisions now. Are people gonna like this video? 115 00:08:31,280 --> 00:08:39,519 Cannot foretell now. What's the point? Thanks, YouTube. Oh, fun. I've only been 116 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:45,360 featured in print media a couple of times, but I have kept them all the 117 00:08:42,800 --> 00:08:51,680 times that I've remembered to get the thing. Hey, there you go. This guy. I 118 00:08:48,959 --> 00:08:56,080 picked the LG Graham for what I'm into back in whatever 2017. Hey, there's some 119 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:59,080 other familiar faces here. Look at this guy. 120 00:09:01,760 --> 00:09:10,560 This is the radiator from my old personal rig. Uh it's got some special, 121 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:14,399 you know, emotional value to me because I got it for next to nothing. It got 122 00:09:12,640 --> 00:09:18,160 dented in shipping and I told my boss, "Hey, like we can't sell this and they 123 00:09:16,160 --> 00:09:21,519 won't take it back cuz we would have to pay more than the worth of the item to 124 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:25,040 ship it back to the UK. So like you should just give it to me for like 10 125 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:29,839 bucks." And he did. Okay, that's not it's not the most amazing story, but how 126 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:34,080 about this one? This is the first water cooling radiator that I ever bought. And 127 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:38,640 I continued to move it forward in my rigs uh until I finally did my rack 128 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:42,240 mounted one just because, hey, there was always a piece of my first ever water 129 00:09:40,160 --> 00:09:47,120 cooled PC. All right, fine. I'll find something cooler. These KEF speakers, 130 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:51,279 great speakers, great sound quality. Something about the finish on these 131 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:55,839 makes them really sticky and disgusting. Ah, before it was super easy to control 132 00:09:54,320 --> 00:10:00,800 all your fans and lighting and everything with one dongle. Uh, you had 133 00:09:57,920 --> 00:10:08,560 to use the MCubed T balancer. This thing sucked. Was a nightmare to configure. 134 00:10:03,680 --> 00:10:10,800 Yeah, paid like $150 for that. 135 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:20,399 But this I am never getting rid of. This was the 136 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:24,240 first big ticket item that my now wife, 137 00:10:20,399 --> 00:10:26,720 then girlfriend, ever bought for me as a 138 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:32,880 gift. She surprised me with a Silverstone TJ07, which was my dream 139 00:10:30,079 --> 00:10:37,440 case, and it's been through a lot of changes. It's actually been painted 140 00:10:34,959 --> 00:10:41,920 multiple times. Got my own glass side panel that was modded in after the fact. 141 00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:45,680 I had to use fan screws to cover up the second power supply mount because it got 142 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:50,160 so eaten away by the process of stripping off the paint one of the 143 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:52,640 times. These are 144 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:57,040 I was really into UV lighting and you can see that uh they weren't very well 145 00:10:55,120 --> 00:11:01,440 designed back in the day. The plastics were not actually designed to tolerate 146 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:08,160 UV light. Other notable inclusions, this was uh a custom created T-virus themed 147 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:13,440 reservoir. You could put a UV cathode down the middle of it so that it would 148 00:11:09,519 --> 00:11:15,200 illuminate the UV uh like double helix. 149 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:18,880 Definitely some imperfections on it, but if I ever built in a tower again, my 150 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:24,079 intention would be to use it again. And this video is brought to you by iFixit. 151 00:11:20,959 --> 00:11:25,920 Their Mahi driver kit includes a hefty 152 00:11:24,079 --> 00:11:28,959 1/4in aluminum driver with a magnetic bit socket, a knurled handle for a 153 00:11:27,279 --> 00:11:33,040 no-slip textured grip, and a silky smooth swivel top. And included are 48 154 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:38,959 quarterinch steel driver bits that are built to handle the toughest and torquiest fasteners in any home or shop 155 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:42,959 project. Every bit is held in place with a laser cut foam case with a magnetized 156 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:48,720 lid that doubles as a sorting tray. 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