Normally, we don't do a dedicated video to announce the winners of our
giveaways. And today is no exception.
Because while this video will include the winners of our million subscriber
giveaway, it will also include a special announcement that kind of goes along
with that whole, you know, wow, we're growing a lot theme. It's recruitment
time at Lionus Media Group. We need at least one full-time person for the
glamorous position of benchmarking and script writing monkey. So stay tuned to
see some behind the scenes of building the winner's custom gaming rig here and
the details of the job offer. And if you're not already subscribed, get on
that because we're going to have a video of the PowerUp 3.0, a smartphone
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customization. Click now to learn more. So, the winners of the gaming laptop and
the Surface Pro 3 were Anto Wayne B and
Fediger. Anyway, they've already got their prizes, but the winner of the
custom PC never got back to us. So, we redrew and
Terminator is the big winner this time.
To go along with our Core i7 4770K CPU,
we've got a Define R4 white case with a Newton, 1000watt matching white power
supply from Fractal, an H90 CPU cooler,
16 gigs of Vengeance Pro DDR3 RAM, and a 480 gig Neutron GTX SSD from Corsair, a
Z97X UD5H and painted R9290 graphics
card from Gigabyte. and a badass Myar
mouse and Nova touch TKL Toer keyboard
from Cooler Master CM Storm as it were.
So huge thanks to Josh from Fractal Design, Rick from Corsair, Leo from
Gigabyte, and Raj from Cooler Master for the sweet components that the winner is
going to get in their build. Now, this rig really started with the paint job,
and I had a lot of fun with this. So, we removed the window, masked out the key
areas where you don't want to get any paint, like the front USB ports, and
then I thoughtfully applied paint in the
most artful, tasteful way, you know, the
way a true artist would. And then, you know, I thought, well, how about some
black? And then, uh, maybe some, you know, green and then maybe some more
green. And then when I was done applying it artfully and then I kind of went to
town the way that Lionus would. And the end result is what you're looking at
right now. now and it's pretty polarizing. Some people in the office
hate it and others in the office are like, "Yeah, it looks pretty cool." But
the the people who said that are pretty new here and I think maybe they were
just sucking up. Now, I promised to build the winner's PC personally. So, to
prove that I actually did it. We set up a time-lapse camera and I did just that.
Nothing too complicated happened here other than me forgetting to install the
rear fan as exhaust and having to redo that. And then also the bit where I
discovered that the CPU cooler, which has actually been sitting on a shelf for
almost two years now, I think over a year for sure, was missing a piece of
mounting hardware that someone must have taken from it for another cooler at some
point or something. In fact, we were even so organized. There's a label on it
that says there's a piece missing, but I didn't see that before I started. So
then we had to go steal a piece from another one, and then it's going to cause a problem in the future. Anyway,
that's that's how it is at Linus Media Group. Once the build was done, I had
everyone from the team here sign the side window except Taran because he's on
the injury reserve right now. Which
leads us to the second and perhaps even more important part of this video. Pay
very close attention to this information if you are interested in a job here at
Linus Media Group. So, the job is to work daily with Lionus, Luke, and the
rest of the LMG crew to benchmark and analyze the latest PC hardware and
really anything else that falls into our Labs. You are to write notes and scripts
for Linus Tech Tips episodes and fastest possible episodes. Work on, you know,
reviewing the hardware behind the scenes. You have to understand it is not
going to be glamorous. It's going to be really hard work. It won't pay a lot,
especially at the beginning. And we're not even talking about potential for
on-screen appearances at this time. It would be purely off camera to start. As
far as skills and experience go, we'd be looking for deep familiarity with
benchmarking and troubleshooting PC hardware. So, you better know how to use
Fraps, Future Mark products, SSD benchmarking applications like ASSD and
Anvil, etc. Networking and other general software skills are both also major
pluses. You should be very skilled at Google Fu, so internet research, and
then presenting conclusions in a concise and entertaining manner. And in line
with that, a solid foundation in English writing is mandatory. If you weren't an
A student with solid essay writing skills, it will be very, very, very
tough to get this position. A great sense of humor is a plus. It'll be part
of your job, and you need one to work here anyway. You really do. and solid
organizational skills, the ability to follow detailed instructions, and the
ability to work independently without distracting yourself and other team
members are all necessary. Prominent
members of Linus TechTips forum with a long history of being helpful towards
others will be a consideration and any
trolling and negativity towards other members will work against you and don't
bother deleting anything because we can see that stuff. So, so don't even don't
even bother. Some optional skills, camera work and editing software skills
are a plus, and any maker and web or
mobile coding skills are a plus, but neither of those other things are
mandatory. So, how to apply? Resume and
short cover letter to Linus techtips@gmail.com. The subject line
should be exactly as follows. LMG
expansion 2014 job application colon
your name. Based on past experience, we will receive anywhere from 300 to a
thousand applications. So, please don't follow up your application. If you don't
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