BUILDING YOUR PCs

BUILDING YOUR PCs

[Whapoosh]. Top o' the mornin' to ya, laddies! My name is Jacksepticeye, and welcome back to PC Building Simulator! [Instrumental rock playing]
Check out this rockin' intro! It's awesome, I love it! So I played-- it's very loud... I played a small little demo version of this game a while ago- There was very little computer cases in it, there was almost no components. You only get to build a very small little- tiny piece of what you could for a regular PC, umm so there wasn't that many mechanics in it.

But now, it's- it's a more fully formed game now, and they're actually in conjunction, and in partnership with a lot of actual component makers, and case makers and computer building component companies, -what the fuck am I trying to say? They're in conjunction with a bunch of them, so a lot of the stuff from actual PC building is in this game now- Which I find fascinating, 'cuz I love building PCs, I've built all my own PCs for all the YouTube stuff that I'm doing And I love doing it, it's very very fun to do, and I love getting it all perfect, and neat and tidy, and oh~ so lovely and then hitting the power button, and having it all come on for the first time, It feels awesome-- Not as awesome as this music, though! Uhm- So, I didn't realize there was a career in the game... I was just going to go into free build, I've-- Eventually I want to try and make my actual PC, and go through that and put in all the components that I have actually in this one, because I've been using this one for years on YouTube, and I have a few upgrades here, I just haven't moved on to them yet because I have to move ALL the stuff over- Game save files, I have to move over game install folders, all the software that I use- it's just too much hassle, so I haven't done it yet, but I should because this one's kinda showing it's age by now... Let's just go into career, Then. I don't- I need- I don't need to know how to build a PC.

I know how to build a PC. It's like Lego. "Welcome to PC building simulator. To begin, go to your PC (by the doorway) and open the email program on the desktop- -You've got mail." Ooh Oh nice! Wow! This is fun! Look at this nice place! I live here.

I've- THE GHOST FRIDGE!! GHOST TABLE!!! TWO GHOST TABLES!!! I don't wanna live in this creepy ghost world anymore. Okay, "You've Got Mail!" Dude, this is neat! Umm, "Thanks for taking over the PC shop for me, sorry It's not in a better State." I know- -California, what are we gonna do? "A few things! The company isn't doing very well, and there's no money in the bank account" Aces!! *Chuckle* "The rent and energy bills come out monthly so make sure you have enough money for them." Okay. "I had a job on the go-" Oh!! So I'm building PCs for people, aah "I had a job on the  go which should help with the rent (see the email below)." "Remember to use your thermal paste When putting in a CPU. I almost always forget, and the  PC's overheat!" Yeah, you put a tiny little piece on top!
"If you think you're all set up.

It's your company now so run it-" Fuck me! Ok. "I Hope you can-" Oh! "Hi Tim" Hi! I'm Tim, apparently, I'll be your- computer maker "Hope you can help me! My computer has been running slower than usual and I think I might have clicked on something - - I Shouldn't have do I have a virus?" Go to PC, O.... ..Kay, What am I doing? Ok.. I am fixing a PC! *Music gets louder and sean starts playing Air guitar* OH! I feel like I'm- I'm in a country-western game! "PC can boot to OS" "Remove viruses" okay, "click to work on this PC" "press P to power" okay.

*Looks at keyboard and button mashes it* It's not plugged in, got it! *Bursts into laughter* "For this job you need to run a virus scan. Press 3 or the cable button and plug the monitor keyboard-" Oh.My.God. You have to do Everything!! Ok, Do I have to grab the cable somewhere? Ok that's the power yeah, this is keyboard and mouse and shit Okay, what do we got? We got USB 3? Oh wait no. You're the- Ah you're just the HDMI, Ok cool.

"Now you need to put your USB Drive into the back of the PC- -So you can install the virus scanner press 1 or the install button." Jeez man, this is fun! Oh.. In we go! Put in my little dongle! "Now press P or the power button to turn the PC on, click on the monitor to use the operating system." The amount of people out there who make money off scanning people's computers... Like people with bad laptops, or bad desktop. Something you just bring it in and they scan it and remove the shit and then give It back to you, and then it's like yes four hundred dollars, please Probably not that much...

But they make so much money off doing that kind of thing, It's so easy! It's so easy to do! Also, Stop clickin' on weird shit! Also get like malware bytes or something. Umm ok, power! She's on!! Default heatsync and everything. All right, do I have to go over to the computer now? Remove the viruses!! Insta- I forget what it told me to do... Ca-Can-Can I -can i- I Don't Need To Remove stuff!! Oh, I can just go over here, and click on that.

All right! Got it! "Install the virus scanner welcome to Omega OS click add/remove programs to install the virus" D'aaaahhh Lighting, Virus scan! This is fun! *Chuckle* I want to do this as my job! I love PC's! I love electronics! I love getting my-my teeth into like.... Fixing shit like this. There's so many times when parts of my PC have broken or- Stuff has not worked, or clashed, or collide, or something. And I'm like, Okay, how'd we figure this out? How do we get into you? "You must restart your PC restart now?" Yeah,baby! Are-Are we-Are we good? Did you do it? "Start scanning" ah..

Files Infected! Four Hundred!?!? Get off pornhub!! Even though, pornhub wouldn't have viruses on it. Umm, It's all the weird, crazy, websites that no one knows, about that has all the weird shit on it. Ummm!! I've heard.... "You've removed all the viruses and the PC is ready to be returned to the client, pick the PC back up with the right mice button." Hey, that's fucking words..

Okay, just unplug all the shit.. "Collect your reward, Great! Now you just need to collect your pay, go to your email and hit collect." Ah the future!! Umm...Ahh I got $100 for that All i did was plug shit in, scanned for a virus, removed 400 files, and I got $100 for that! You must be paying me for my time! "Hi there i just wanna say. Thank you for fixing My PC. It's booting Faster than it has in years!" Yeah, cuz they just have a shit ton of nonsense on it anymore! "I didn't realize your uncle- -had gone away looks like the business is in good hands, though" Yeah, he left.

*In a whiny voice* He left the whole business to me! I don't know what im doin'!!! * In a normal voice*so this guy needs.. "Hi my graphics card has fried itself and i need- it needs to be replaced the with the same one please-" Didn't know Jamiroquai did the soundtrack for this game? "-An NVIDIA GTX 970 maybe one of those 'Sean' ones?" HOW DID THEY KNOW MY NAME?!?!? 970, So you wanted one of these ones? I'm just gonna get you a base one. I don't know if you have an ATX or a micro ATX Motherboard.. Cool, "Use the delivery options to choose way when best to receive your components.

Often it's better to pay for faster delivery than- -Wait days to receive things" Okay? Oh, buy now, okay. Umm... "Three to five. Working days delivery, Same day delivery"
A HUNDRED DOLLARS!?!? "Next day delivery" please, hundred dollars same-day delivery.

What do you think I do? Remove viruses for a living? Christ! I'm going to the door-I'm going to the door. I need to advance the day! I've left the workshop! I don't care anymore! Ooh. Oh, yeah!! Baby. Okay, fix, scan, Upgrade! This is the one that we were just doing, I'm gonna continue with this one! As I bust out to these sick jams!! Hahahah That's not the fucking one that I need! Alright, let's open this bad boy up, let's remove the side panel!! Okay, Jesus man....

*Chuckle* I have to do every little thing!!! I mean it's pretty cool. I like it. It's fun. It's therapeutic when you're making your own computers! Like actually sitting down.

Unscrewing everything just turning off your brain, putting all the components in, making sure it's all nice, neat and tidy. You kind of have to be a little- You have to be a little rough with it sometimes, you have to be a little aggressive with the PC.. Because sometimes you have to click things in, and sometimes you have to push.. Like the CPU stuff down, and you're afraid, It's gonna bend your pins and all that kind of stuff.

It's not gonna happen unless you're a fucking moron!! It might happen to some people, never happened to me though cuz, I'm a-I'm a genius! Okay, we'll install you, do you actually have different busses? Do you have different PCI slots? Cuz I don't want to put you in an X8 slot if you're going to be putting into an X-an X16 slot Okay, you know wut I mean? You know I'm saying? Umm Oh, And you can filter it by stuff that only fits this PC! Nice! Okay, I need PC parts! And I need the side panel to go back on... There we go! It's just simple! But that's really all it is! Installing a new GPU, and the best part about installing a new GPU is that, you don't have to mess with OS stuff Because it's solving a new GPU is just take out the old one put the new one in plug in your displays And you're good to go for the most part unless your computer decides to be an asshole which Sometimes does, but that's all it is that's all putting a huge amount more horsepower into your PC. That's all it takes Can I not click on you guys? Ok but um Yeah, cuz if you replace your your CPU your CPU is basically your brain whereas your GPU is the muscles think of it that way The very poor analogy but When you replace the brain then it takes a lot more It's a lot more finicky to train like upgrading your CPU is not as easy as upgrading your GPU less put it that way Sometimes it's actually a pain in the ass It's really not that hard, but just that you have to put a whole bunch more shit into it And I don't like it. Okay.

Let's go back over here boot to OS. Works flawlessly Insert USB Drive, and PC to continue, am I done? "Leave by the door". I am done! Okay Shhhhsdskdjf plug out all the shit Nice nice nice nice nice nice nice tight tight tight tight tight tight tight tight I'm actually gonna put you down here there we go This is just a quick scan Oh God Did a family of rabbits live inside this PC? Ewww!! "PC can boot to OS remove viruses clean out dust" this is an all-day job Mother of God compressed air no. I don't wanna be using compressed air okay That'd do it okay.

Oh nice I. Don't use compressed air because I used to use them a lot And then it was just like buy can, after can, after can, which is fine but I ended up buying a it's a it's an electric motorized one that blows air never use a vacuum on your PC by the way ever or Like consoles and stuff console - okay cuz they're usually shielded on the outside for cases But do not stick a vacuum cleaner or a Hoover inside your freaking, PC. Because all that's gonna end up doing is that you create static and you wanna fry your components don't do it It's a bad idea so I got An electric air blower an anti-static one that just blows air all over the place And it's fantastic it really it made it made Cleaning my PC just so effortless ah, there we go looks like brand-new again I Love it! I love it It's rotten!!! Alright, I need to put my USB Drive in the back again install my portfolio of Japanese art let's install a Virus scanner what why our scanner do we have them you also got to be careful about those because some of them are fucking Viruses on their own like what was the one I was using before avast Avast is horrible avast is impossible to remove from your PC not impossible. It's just a pain in my ass 397 files well, I can't remember your name, last time you still win for all the porn.

That was on your computer Are we good? "Leave by the door" hell. Yeah! I love this! This is fun. It's so therapeutic Frick, I need about 500 gigabyte hard drive more Tony easy store It's $50. You're going in my cart, same-day delivery a hundred dollars, okay We're going to incur the cost We're going to incur the cost just to get it right now.

Just so I can do it Okay, cool. Wouldn't that be horrible if I got the wrong one That better not be the wrong one. I swear to God what the fuck Okay, storage put that one in there. Do I have to remove this as well I? I mean that makes sense i dont wanna break the game, but whatever man Nice! Okay, I'm assuming I have to wire you up where's that- Where the hell are the cables for it oh oh that's easy So you need to connect, okay a lot of people who build pcs already are gonna know exactly What's going on But you need to connect the the SATA cable the SATA cable which handles all the bandwidth And then you need to install a like a ribbon cable, or I don't know I don't think hard drives have actually updated a lot Or ever they all use the same power supply, but you install that in the back For the power right okay We need to install back on the PC part site panel you go on here and it boots to OS look at that And leave by the door you betcha Okay, am I good to go? Oh I guess I could have completed the orders here Wow yeah that was worth it that was well worth it The hundred dollars that I used to pay for my shipping.

I just got it back right here now 595 Nice Leveled up! " Congratulation, you've reached level 2 you've unlocked CRYORIG case fans" never heard of CRYORIG. Oh, I unlocked a bunch of i3 and i5 and i7 I. Don't know what I have in my- in in this one. It's an IE.

It's a it's a 4770k. I think it's been ages since I put it in And I think in that one over there. It's an i7 6700 K and then in the other PC that I have yes, I have a lot of computers I like computers It's a risin I'm not familiar with risin's naming scheme very high in risin. It's a 16 core processor Which is a fucking beast! It r- This PC right now the one that I'm using to record this the one that I used for almost everything to edit an hour-long video it takes about 40 minutes to an hour to render that video because this PC is so bloated by now it has everything on it This other one takes an hour to do this one takes 15 minutes to do it on this other one.

It's so fucking fast It's scary, but I've had issues with it so Upgrade to 16 gigabytes of RAM. Okay Remove viruses, okay? And Replace air cooler clean out dust okay? So I need 16 gigs of RAM two of these is also gonna cost less than four of those I really hope that you do not fuck me up by being an XL I mean you need to replace air cooler But you didn't Is it the one on the CPU or just the case fans? I guess these yeah, okay? It's all in here Because if I'm going with the if I'm going with the heatsink on the the CPU. I'm gonna have to figure out. What kind of? Socket you have Because these are like these are AMD and these are Intel okay, you want the cheapest fans, so I guess these they're $10 I.

I don't know how many you need so I'm just gonna get three Buchert next stage delivery Bijizdang, is that everybody? Remove virus okay on to the next day of work. Oh Ding ding ding we have a winner 404 files need to be cleaned oof that's rough, buddy That's a lot of viruses on there Well might not be viruses. It might just be a whole bunch of cookies and shit that I found So this is the this is the RAM one. This is the make or break? Oh nice case! Very nice are you are you 12 and live with your parents? Sick dude alright, we're gonna remove this side panel.

Oh, and I didn't even have to unscrew anything Okay, I don't need to remove the motherboard. I just need to remove the RAM stick. Oh my god. You actually have to do everything It's so weird cuz it in real life, it's all like obviously it's very intuitive.

You just go in you're like Oh, just click like whatever but in this and you like you forget because it's a game you just click on shit, but you actually have to do everything I. Think that's awesome This is by the way this game is Very very accurate to how it is to actually build a PC and one of the reviews I saw on Steam for this game Was really cool because they said they had a computer that their friend built Computer started to mess up on them and because they didn't build it They didn't know anything about building computers they decided not to touch it because they thought they'd break it even further so what they did Was they got this game put all the stuff from the actual computer they had into the game and then they were able to fiddle around all they wanted in the game to try and figure out the Problem and then they learned they learned stuff on how to build computers in real life by playing this game This is awesome. This isn't just a game. This is an actual like Testing tool to see how things look and work and how stuff fits in It's amazing Ok install we are going to memory Alright Do you have colored Channels? No cuz, normally what it is is that well most modern Motherboards you can just put them all in anywhere you want But they have color channels to make sure it's so it's like blue green blue green So you put the in the blues first and then the Greens I dont know if it's- it's been a while since I built my last PC.

Why can't I put you in oh I actually have to open up the clip really hahaha It's weird, but also completely accurate. No close the clip, here we go. Cuz you push it in the clips closed on their own Okay, let's install back on the side panel. She works! Not a bother, even though You could still run into RAM issues later on it cuz it could have still messed up your PC.

Not likely cuz I know what I'm doing okay? More cleaning dust it's so gross What am I wait why am I cleaning that why am I cleaned that glass cuz I know what I'm doing there we go I'm installing the fan, just like they asked, but you didn't even have a fan on the front You just had a dust filter Where was the suction coming from? You need to create a stream from front to back Madness absolute madness You know what I'm installing 2, just so you can have air flow all right. Do you seriously not have power for another fan? Really Son of a bitch! It says broken parts You did mean the CPU!! No!! That means I'm gonna have to pay extra to ship one out now. God damn it. I knew it I fucking knew it M9a or M9i Oh balls, I don't know what socket you have More Tony thermal 100 oh no no no I dont want 2, no no Pay hundred dollars anyway for same-day delivery because I'm stupid Ok thermal paste there you go a pea-sized amount.

That's all you need oh Wait I didn't go collect it. I was like it's broken. How does it arrive broken? Cause it's here My bad! There we go air cooler done. Well.

You know what just for that Audrey anyway I'm putting in a case fan in the front ok It'll keep everything running nice and cool your stuff is getting clogged up and blocked and overheating anyway So it still got clogged and blocked if you don't clean it But at least now you know you- you'll at least have cool parts Not only temperature-wise, but just really dope shit. Boom I'm the fucking wizard. I'm a what? Fucking wizard time to collect my monays 320 200 270 Sick missing thermal paste oh Right that's the next one. I was like I did not forget thermal paste.

I put it in specifically Alright, let's see what happens run 3d America ok no problem Replace motherboard. I'm just gonna get you the one for $100 I should figure out what the next thing is install Sheen power king is 600 or better Well all we have is the 600 so you're gonna have to deal with that Boom your order will arrive tomorrow Nice good night everybody That's a day of PC building in the bag ok well that does it for this video on PC building simulator I could honestly spend hours in this game. I could spend hours Just diddling with computers all day because it's fun and I feel like like, like Because I know what I'm doing I feel like I'm putting some real work in But it's always a case of people being like well you put your own PC together. That's crazy.

I'm like yes Yes, it is. I'm a genius It's really not that hard at all and I'd highly advise anybody who has any interest in making their own computer to just Go for it the first place to start is with a game like this or you can just look up tutorials on YouTube That's what I did when I wanted to start building computers and normally when you build computers you get warranties Well a good pre-built one. You'll get all the warranties and stuff anyway well, hopefully But if you build your own PC you get all the warranties for all the individual parts if something goes wrong Because you put it together yourself You usually have an understanding of how the computer works, and what does what so something breaks? You usually know how to fix it because you've put it together yourself Unless you're just following piece by piece exactly on a tutorial, but I just love this stuff I - I Always love this stuff and when I was looking up the videos and how to do it and trying to figure out how to do It myself and I got my own PC parts I was just in enthralled by it and I just wanted to learn more so I sat down for ages and Just studied how computers work and how different stuff interacts with each other and it was super fun And I wanna build another computer now, but I can't because I don't need one and I don't have space for wine but IF I DO. I'm gonna I might play more of this though and again I want to build my one I want to see if I if my one is actually in the game Can I go back to a save game? Save game can I go back to main menu pre-built? I just want to see if the case that I have is in the game how our on computer to interact Oh my god You know whatever I come back to it again its corsair terabyte err 540 and I love it cuz it's a cube and in one side of the case is all the electronics all the Components and all the stuff that needs air cooling and then in another chunk about this size is Where you put all the cables and the power supply and all the like hard drives and stuff go there so anything that doesn't need Air cooling goes in the back, and I think that does need air cooling goes out in the front And it's super sleek because none of the cables get in the way, and it's all airflow all the time It's amazing even though I have a liquid-cooled, PC here as well Those are a different piece and those are much much harder, and I've never put in liquid cooling myself That actually looks exactly like my the one I'm talking about this is what I'm talking about this section right here is where the electronics going in that sections where the the cables go It's lovely anyway.

Thank you guys so much for watching this episode if you liked it punch that like button in the face LLIKE A BOSS!! And high-fives all-round *WHAPPUSHH* *WHAPPUSH* And thank-you guys and i will see all you dudes IN THE NEXT VIDEO!! Still lovin' the music, rocking out all day.

Xiaomi Gaming Laptop - Worth the Risk

Xiaomi Gaming Laptop - Worth the Risk

Hey, how's it going? Dave 2D here. So Xiaomi recently announced their Mi gaming laptop and it's a product I think a lot of people would be interested in because Xiaomi makes some really good stuff for a pretty good price. This is their Mi Notebook Pro. I've done a review of it.

Really heavy hitter for it's price point We've seen the Mi Notebook Air also a really good product for the price point. So on paper it would seem like the Mi Gaming Laptop would be like hey, you know, that sounds pretty cool. So looking at the paper specs and the photos from the press release, they're pretty impressive. One of the things they do really well is build quality.

I think that's like probably their biggest strength when it comes to what you'd expect at that price. Like, very few laptops at that price point are gonna look like this. This is one of the best built gaming laptops you're gonna see at that price point. And looking at the Mi Notebook  Pro, it's just a really well machined laptop.

Really clean edges. The occasional sharp edge here and there, like on the bottom they didn't do the best job with the machining but it's a really well built laptop. So I expect the Mi Gaming Laptop to be similar. Their design is quite unique.

The hinge looks a lot like that piston hinge we've seen on the HP Spectre and I used to have concerns about that hinge design but it's actually really good. The design of this whole Mi Gaming Laptop looks quite simple. It's this muted look. Grey slab.

No red accents. No logos. The only Xiaomi branding is at the bottom of the screen. Kinda like the Notebook Pro.

And it's a good look. It's actually one of the least gamer-looking laptops I've seen, which I like. The bottom of that laptop seems to have some kind of RGB lighting for some underglow but aside from that it's nothing crazy on the exterior. The screen on the Mi Gaming Laptop is supposed to have a 72% NTSC rating, which is actually the exact same rating as the one on the Mi Notebook Pro and it might be the same screen, it might not I kinda hope it isn't because this screen wasn't -- I mean it's not terrible but it's not [a] great gaming laptop screen so hopefully they changed it up a little bit but the Mi Gaming Laptop was supposed to take a lot of build and design cues from the Mi Notebook Pro which is actually a good thing, this thing had great Dolby Atmos speakers and I think the gaming laptop will as well.

It's gonna have that good keyboard layout, but this time with RGB and macro keys, and it's going to be running a Windows Precision trackpad, which is always good to see on any kind of laptop. The ports look pretty good. Xiaomi does ports well - they kinda stick a whole bunch of ports into most of their laptops and for the most part, people are happy, they don't care too much about the whole minimalism and stuff like that. Performance - they're running an i5 that's comboed with a GTX 1050 Ti Or the i7 with the GTX 1060.

Now that's obviously going to affect the price, but the thing that's kind of extra cool is the cooling. So, Xiaomi's saying it's going to be the coolest, high-performance laptop on the market. And honestly, I believe them because look at this thing, this was the Notebook Pro and Despite this thing only having an MX150, they've designed it well so you can crank the voltage up really easily. Now, that thermal performance comes at a cost, and that is weight.

So if you look at the paper specs and you kinda don't look at the height, it's actually heavier than I thought it would be and I think a lot of that weight comes from that thermal solution because they're running five heatpipes and those things are not light. Ok, the last thing I want to talk about is pricing. And this is kind of the most important part of this video. Xiaomi products tend to kind of capture the interest of people in North America and Europe because they tend to be cheaper than their counterparts and I was surprised at how expensive the Mi Gaming Laptop is, if you look at the pricing of - I guess similarly designed products, so relatively thinner and lighter gaming laptops that are well built.

The Xiaomi Mi Gaming Laptop doesn't stick out as being an amazing value because the gaming laptop market, especially in that GTX 1050 Ti or GTX 1060 segment. That's a very, very competitive segment. Like you're seeing like twenty, thirty laptops in that kind of - performance range so pricing ranging from $800 to I don't know, $2000 at the top end, so this Xiaomi product it's not super cheap - it's not that it's like expensive or anything, but you always take a risk when you're buying a product like this - at least right now - the brand isn't represented well in North America or Europe, you kind of have to be in Asia to obtain this thing, so there's a bit of a risk when it comes to buying something like this. And it's just that I don't feel like for most people that live outside of the Asian market - I don't think it's worth it to really purchase this, this Xiaomi Gaming Laptop.

It kind of took me for a surprise. I expect it to be cheaper. I'm sure it's a great product, and you're getting really, really good build quality with cool underglow and some really great thermal performance, but when you kind of look at the grand picture, and you see the other options that are available, it's not that it's a bad product, it's just not nearly as compelling of a purchase as other Xiaomi products have been where the price is just like, "Wow! That's so much cheaper!" This gaming laptop from Xiaomi, I'm lukewarm about it, so I'll probably do a review when that thing comes in, but - I don't think anyone should be preordering that thing and be like, "Oh this is like the best value," because quite frankly, I don't think it is. Ok, hopefully you guys enjoyed this video, thumbs if you liked it, subs if you loved it.

See you guys next time!.

What can you do with a $20 laptop

What can you do with a $20 laptop

This is a $20 laptop. It was a thrift store find, and I got a little
bit lucky in finding not just an IBM ThinkPad, which are bulletproof machines, but even the
same model that I briefly owned back in the late 90s  a 600X. I jumped on it, despite initially having no
idea what I could realistically use it for. Join me as I find out whether 20-year-old
hardware can still serve a purpose today.

It turned out to be a little worse for wear
than I initially thought. But I knew I wanted to nurse it back to health,
because giving old machines of all kinds a new lease on life is just something that gives
me satisfaction. Id find a use for it later. Back in 1998 computers were running,
well, Windows 98.

And this computer rocks a Pentium III 450
with a fully upgraded 576MB of RAM, so Im not even going to be upgrading to XP. At least Windows 98 runs surprisingly smoothly
in fact, it feels about as snappy as a modern PC running Windows 10. There were a couple of things I knew I had
to do before I could dive in and try to figure out a new purpose for this thing. The absolute first thing was to make a drive
image using Macrium Reflect.

Im sure there are other good drive cloners
out there, but they all seem tailored to a slightly different purpose, and Reflect works
really well for just quickly backing up and restoring entire drives, and keeping multiple
images handy. This is a free download and its a really
useful utility  with a 4GB drive like the one this laptop came with, its easy to
store a bunch of images on your main computer as you do other maintenance, just in case
you mess something up and need to restore one. The second mandatory task was a virus and
malware scan, and I discovered that this laptop had an even bigger infestation of unwanted
pests than my first Manhattan apartment. I have no idea what the previous owner had
been doing on this computer, but he had clearly just abandoned it along with all the software
and files he had on it because the viral infection had gotten so bad that it was affecting functionality.

Even right-clicking no longer worked, and
trying to do things like defragging crashed the computer. I did the virus scan while the drive was still
hooked up to my modern computer for backup  much easier that way  and I did the
image first just in case my virus scanner nuked any system files while cleaning. I did have to try a few different scanners
before I found one that could cure my particular viruses without killing the patient. I didnt get a disc copy of Windows along
with the computer, so I had to keep the one I already had on the hard drive.

And I wanted to keep all the ThinkPad tools
that it came installed with too. The laptop also needed a few hardware fixes. The battery it came with was completely dead
and this can be difficult depending on the model, but I managed to find a reconditioned
one for $15. As far as I can tell, it works just as well
as a new one.

And I ended up spending 8 bucks on Ebay buying
a used 40GB hard drive to replace the one that came with the laptop, mostly because
the noise old IBM Travelstar drives make sounds like somebody spinning a bunch of roulette
marbles around the inside of a teacup. It doesnt install confidence in the drive,
and its also just incredibly annoying. So all told, I really spent about $43 to get
the hardware fully restored, and upgraded. I finally fired it up and...

I was back into the computing delights that
only Windows 98 can provide. Several defrag runs and some Windows patch
installations later and I had a lean, mean and clean machine that was ready for anything
I wanted to throw at it. The question was, now what? It was both enjoyable and satisfying just
getting this ThinkPad back in working order, but I wanted to really do something with it. I found several sites that list various tasks
you can use older laptops for, but most of them are either best suited for systems that
arent quite this vintage and can at least run a modern version of Windows, or theyre
just not things Id ever use a computer for to begin with.

Stuff like acting as a wifi repeater  I
mean, Id rather buy a cheap router for that than leave a computer dedicated to it
24/7. It dawned on me that I have literally several
binders full of old CD games, and as luck would have it, my 600X, despite its age, has
a DVD drive. These computers came with their own version
of IBMs Ultrabay, meaning they could be configured with different drives and end-users
could even swap them out. Most of these shipped with floppy drives,
but mine has a DVD drive and its probably one of the first laptops of any kind that
did.

Now, an important digression here. The PC and Windows standards are known for
backward compatibility, but this isnt totally reliable in fact theres one huge caveat. Back when Microsoft introduced Windows 7 64
bit, they completely broke compatibility with 16 bit applications  they just intentionally
stripped that subsystem from Windows. Nowadays most people are running 64 bit Windows
of some kind, leaving no real path for 16 bit applications or games.

This can be a kick to the gut the first time
youre feeling nostalgic for a game of SimTower or Close Combat and get absolutely shut down
by Windows. There are ways around this, most of which
involve running either a virtual machine and an entirely separate 32 bit copy of Windows,
or DOSBox. I dont begrudge anyone that wants to do
this  its kind of a pain in the butt, but it does mean you can just use a single
modern PC for everything. I ran a virtual machine back when I was testing
Windows 8 on my Windows 7 computer, and Ive tried out DOSbox for some of my older DOS
games.

But virtual machines require a lot of system
resources and can be difficult to set up, plus you need another copy of Windows. DOSbox is an emulator, and like all emulators
it has its problems. Not all games may run faithfully, or at all,
or they may run with technical issues. Also, as its name implies DOSbox is a DOS
emulator; if you want to run Windows games, you again need to run Windows on top of it,
and install all the drivers manually.

Im not slagging off DOSbox here, but its
just always better to run games on real metal if you can. So if you haven't guessed yet, thats one new purpose for this laptop: old games. Its the right CPU speed and its got
the right operating system. An older computer can be as good as any vintage
game console for playing games  there are actually a lot more older games for PC than
any game system, and many of them will really only work on older hardware.

That said, setting this up has reminded me
of how painful the transition from DOS to Windows was back in the 90s. Laptops especially often use non-standard
or at least uncommon hardware, and by the Windows 98 days, they often only shipped with
Windows drivers  perfect for those 16 bit Windows games, but to run DOS games youre
going to need to find and install DOS drivers specific to your hardware, and then manually
edit your autoexec.Bat and config.Sys files (remember those?) Ive been having a lot of trouble with my
sound card drivers, which dont seem to exist for DOS, although oddly I can get MIDI
music to play but not sound effects. If anyone knows where I can get some DOS drivers
for a Crystal Soundfusion PCI card, let me know. But, you might be thinking is there anything
just a little more current that you can do on an old machine than run 20 year old games? Well, yes, to a point  you can install
desktop Linux on it.

Now, most Linux distributions have advanced
to the point that theyre not going to run any better on old hardware than Windows 10
would, but a few are geared towards low-spec hardware. I had to try a few different ones before settling
on Point Linux, which runs pretty well out of the box on this machine and maybe ironically
for me, at least, actually has better driver support than Windows 98. I guess it shouldnt be too surprising now,
but the last time I installed desktop Linux I could not get half of my hardware working
at all  this time I even got wifi straight away, which has been a hellish and so far
unsuccessful experience in Windows 98 because of a lack of WPA support. But old hardware is still old hardware  dont
expect to even be browsing a lot of modern web sites once you get Linux installed.

Heres YouTube running on a 20 year old
laptop  amazing that it even works at all, but its not really what Id call useable. A lot of modern Linux apps also just wont
work at all  for example, the Steam Linux client requires a 1ghz CPU and from what I
gather some sort of 3D graphics card with Linux drivers installed. But even the Opera and Chromium browsers both
require the SSE2 instruction set, which the Pentium III lacks. You could go just a little bit later than
this laptop and opt for a Pentium 4, though youll definitely pay more than $20 in that
case.

Still, with wifi working on Linux, Im able
to download any game patches I may need through regular old Firefox  which thankfully does
work - and then install them on Windows. Its a little bit annoying switching back
and forth between operating systems, but I. Dont do it that often. Of course with Linux you can teach yourself
programming, you can run a home media or file server, you can teach yourself Linux, or all sorts of other things.

Its a modern OS but one with its roots
in Unix, so you can both learn a lot of things by using it and do a lot of fun things with
it. Youre still going to be pretty limited
by the lack of horsepower in an old machine, and even just navigating around the operating
system involves an annoying delay every single time I click on something, but unlike modern
versions of Windows, you can scale back Linux as far as you want to get it to run decently
on any hardware. So you might end up finding yourself wanting
to install it on a different machine too, but its still helpful to have it on an
old laptop since it acts as a bridge between older, DOS-based flavors of Windows, and the
present day. Now, lets say you want go to out and buy
your own old laptop to try some of this stuff out on  there are a few things Id look
for.

First, seriously, buy a ThinkPad if you can
theyre user-serviceable, theyre extremely durable, and theyre everywhere
meaning parts are everywhere too. Theyre also really cheap, obviously, so
a great value. If you cant buy a ThinkPad, try to stick
with one of the big-name, popular brands  just to make it easier to get parts. Second, it is very handy to have at *least*
a CD drive, if not a DVD drive.

A DVD drive is recommended because its
just easier to install Linux  very difficult to find CD-based install images these days. Failing that, a laptop with a bootable USB
port can substitute, although that would have been hard to find in the late 90s. Even my forward-looking 600X cant boot
from its USB port, though you can always look for something made slightly later. That said, an optical drive is still a must
for 16 bit Windows games; by then the gaming world had mostly moved on from floppies, although
having a system with both drives, or at least the ability to swap them out like many ThinkPads
can, would be ideal.

Third, if you want to run any sort of modern
applications, look for a Pentium 4. Youll pay a bit more, though. Finally, most of this applies to old desktops
as well, so if you swing that way, youll find things similar but a bit easier. Ive actually got an old desktop from this
same era that I might do a separate video on as an addendum to this, but the basic gist
of things is that its easier to find old desktops with standardized hardware and great
driver support, or build one yourself.

Now before you rush out to buy your own individual
components, just know that the costs of building your own old PC dont scale well  youre going to spend a lot
more than $20, though you can probably still keep it under
$100. But it might make more financial sense to
just buy something pre-built and customize it. I personally love old laptops like this, though,
specifically because theyre locked in time. Theres always temptation with a desktop
to upgrade it, expand it, and modernize it just to get that one more game running or
get a few more frames per second  and before you know it, youve just got a modern PC.

Laptops are more like game consoles  they
are what they are, and seeing what they can and cant do is part of the fun of owning
an older one. So thats it, I hope youve enjoyed this
look at my ThinkPad 600X, and maybe itll inspire you to try to do something with some
old hardware youve got lying around as well. If youve got any good ideas for repurposing
an old laptop, leave a comment below, and dont forget to hit that subscribe button
if you havent already. See you next time..

Building My New Streaming PC

Building My New Streaming PC

- Hey, guys, this is Austin and today we're building a streaming PC. So we've done a lot of gaming
PC builds over the years but something you guys
have always asked for is a dedicated streaming box and what we're going to be doing today actually has three different criteria. So first of all we need a computer that can actually play games. The idea here is that not only do we wanna be able to stream from this, but we also wanna be able
to play the games on it and stream all from a single PC.

The second criteria is, well, it actually has to be good at streaming. So my goal my goal is to be able to play at 1080p 60 and
to be able to stream to places YouTube Gaming
and Twitch at 1080p 60. Thirdly, we actually need to be able to stream from other
consoles as well as record. So a lot of times when we're doing videos, especially when we're not even
going to do livestreaming, we need to get some gameplay from stuff like a PS4 or even some older consoles and right now we have to
pull out another laptop, a bunch of capture equipment,
it's kind of a pain.

However, with this PC in
addition to be able to stream, we are also going to be
able to capture gameplay. So let's actually see what
we've got for the system. So these are the brand new AMD second generation Ryzen processors. Now AMD was awesome enough to actually hook us up with this to
be able to do a video on but there's a actually a lot of reasons why you might wanna pick
up a Ryzen processor for a build like this.

You guys will probably be familiar with first generation Ryzen. So this came out last year and it really kind of
changed the desktop PC scene. However, with the second generation AMD Ryzen seven desktop processors it's going to be, well,
just a little bit better. To be honest, it's not
gonna be a huge difference but what we should expect is
a little bit more performance for about the same price, so who's going to complain about that? First of all we have Ryzen 5 2600X.

So this is going to be the
six core 12 thread processor or we can go all out with
Ryzen 7, this is going to-- (clears throat) This is going to be the
eight core 16 thread part which we are going to be using
for this streaming build. Now to go along with the Ryzen processors, we also have this giant Velcro box? (Chuckles) I love that AMD goes completely all out on their press kits. We also get the Asus ROG
Crosshair 7 Hero, which is going to be another
X470 motherboard and judging by the heft,
this is a (chuckles), gonna be a big one and last but not least, we have a kit of GSKILL SniperX, which is going to be 16 gigs at DDR3400, so something actually that
is important to keep in mind with Ryzen processors is
that memory is important. For the most part, most
memory's going to be compatible but faster memory is
actually going to make a fairly sizeable difference.

Whereas a lot of times on an Intel chip, it's gonna be a small thing. It's mostly like going
from single to dual channel but with Ryzen, this kind of fast stuff actually does make a big difference. So fast forward a bit and
we have the completed build ready to go and as you can
see, there's a lot of RGB. Now, to be totally honest with you, I think once we actually get this a little bit more dialed in, I'm probably gonna get it
a little bit less flashy but it looks good on camera
and that's the important part.

So this is the Corsair 570X case. Now the main star of the show here really is going to be the tempered glass. So not only do we have a glass side panel but the top, the rear,
as well as the front are all completely made out of (knocking)
tempered glass. And I've gotta say, especially
paired with all the RGB.

And the thankfully pretty
decent looking cable management, thanks to the actual room in the case, I think it looks pretty nice. Take off the side panel
and what you'll see is that the case actually
is not going to be too busy inside, I mean, seriously, with a build like this normally I would want to go for something
like an all-in-one loop or even like just a bigger air cooler but considering that
this comes in the box, I really have no complaints. It's going to be more than
enough for what we need. So in addition to that
Asus Crosshair motherboard as well as the 16 gigs of G Skill memory we also do have an EVGA GTX 1070.

Now because this is going to be a streaming setup that
is aimed at 1080p gaming and I had a 1070 laying around and didn't want to have to
go buy a 1080 or something, I think this should be
more than good enough and as you guys will see
here in a little bit, for gaming performance at 1080, this has more than enough power. For storage, we have a 500
gigabyte Samsung 960 Evo SSD. Now as an entry drive, it's going to give us
plenty of performance and 500 gigs should be
enough for our games, for Windows, programs,
and that kind of stuff with plenty of overhead but on top of that because we are going to be doing a lot of gameplay
recordings with this guy, we do also have in the back a four terabyte WD Black hard drive. Now, this is where all the
recordings are going to live at least until we actually
need to go edit it and then we're gonna use USB.

To sort of dump it out to the editing PC. As far as actual capture goes, that should be pretty much all we need. Now, down here the only
thing that is not black, and matte, and RGB, and cool is our Blackmagic Intensity Pro 4K. Now this is just simply
an internal capture card.

So, around back we have
a pair of HDMI ports as well as we have a
multitude of analog inputs so if we do wanna hook
up an older console, we can record with this
guy but the idea here is that we actually have a single system that is going to be able to
not only capture gameplay that we're actually playing on the system, but we can capture from
those external consoles, PCs, pretty much whatever else we have. This entire setup is being powered by a 1000 watt Corsair RM1000. Now 1000 watt power
supply is wild overkill for this system considering it's probably gonna be pulling well less than 500 watts, however, I had it lying around and so it had the nice modular cables and, you know, why not? No, no, I have real reasons. When we upgrade to another 1070 and overclock the Ryzen processor, I'm never gonna do any of this.

It's gonna be totally fine stock because I'm literally just
needing to place of a 1080. I just like the idea of making it more RGBed and more ridiculous when really I'm trying to be conservative and build something that's reasonable. So first up we have an
easy one, Rocket League. And, of course, here at
1080p on max settings we're getting a solid
220 frames per second.

So, you know, it's gonna be playable but importantly we also do
have support for ShadowPlay. So with a single keyboard command we can get a nice, clean
recording of the gameplay as well. Of course, we can also stream it too but plenty of performance
for a game like this. So while we wait for PUBG to update, like it always need to do
when I need to film a video, this actually is a good time
to talk a little bit about why I'm using Ryzen 7 as opposed to a lower end Ryzen or
something like a Core i5 or i7 and that is entirely due to the fact that we've got eight cores
and 16 threads to work with.

Now, we can definitely
get away with a lot less if we were just doing gaming but the idea that we're going to be streaming
or recording on top of that the extra head room does
make a big difference. As you can see we have, well, it's just nice to look at lots of threads. So, now that PUBG has been updated, what we're getting here
is, as you'd expect, a pretty solid experience. So, again, 1080p ultra settings.

Right now just running around
this little prison yard, we're getting a solid
100 frames per second and this actually is
a good time to mention that I am playing on a
higher refresh rate monitor. Not that that really matters for streaming but it actually does make
it a little bit better for, well, you know, playing the game. This is the ultimate camouflage,
being naked in the desert. (Laughing) They'll never see me coming.

Next up, we have Fortnite
because what else would we be playing in 2018? So, I've got full epic settings at 1080p and we're averaging around
100 frames per second. What's different this time
is that we are streaming at the same time so this
is the exact same feed on YouTube Gaming and it's going to be a full 1080p 60 frame. You can see it's gonna be
maybe a few seconds delayed but it's actually a surprisingly
clean looking signal. We're really not going to
be losing a lot of quality while still getting a super playable game and that's really the beauty
of a system like this.

So if I was going to be a
hardcore dedicated streamer, I would have a separate PC to be able to get the maximum
performance out of the one that I'm using to play the game but the performance
overhead really isn't bad with a system like this. We have plenty of cores, we have a more than powerful enough GPU, which means that I can
easily play the game, stream it all at once, and not really see any kind of serious performance penalty. So that is our brand new streaming PC. As always, I'll have links
to everything we used in the description of this video.

You may want to make some changes, like a different power supply, considering that that's total overkill. But for the most part I actually do think this is going to be a
pretty reasonable set up and I'm excited to get some
streaming going in the future. Anyway, guys, thank you
so much for watching and I will catch you in the next one..

Top 3 Cheap Laptops for Students!

Top 3 Cheap Laptops for Students!

Hey, how's it going Dave 2d here, and this is a video on some inexpensive laptops for students And I know you can get some very cheap laptops out there for like 200 bucks that have Windows 10 on them but those laptops I feel like they wouldn't last for regular use for what a student does day in day out putting it out of your bag Using it everyday. Those are not good laptops I feel for students so what I have in front of me are three very well-built Well priced laptops that all do different things these aren't competitors. There's not going to be a comparison of them It's just three individual laptops and depending on what you do as a student or what you want to do with your laptop You might be interested in one of these and I also have a couple other side picks as well But the three main ones are: the asus ux305 The acer aspire 5 And the lenovo 320s. So let's start off with the Acer first I've done a full review of this thing before this is a great device for students who want to get a laptop for school But also want to do some light gaming basically It's an inexpensive regular looking 15-inch laptop that can handle current gaming titles Reasonably well because of the video card.

It has an MX 150 from Nvidia Which is kind of like the GT 1030 and most current titles are very playable on this machine. If you want a more detailed review I'll link my video below. The configuration with the MX 150 cost $600 and it's a great laptop for the money. Now there were two things like might be an issue for students First is the battery life I'm only getting around five hours of battery life for this so if you want to bring it to school and you have a full Day of class you're gonna have to bring your charger with you.

The second thing is that it's not super thin or light It's not like a really thick gaming laptop, but it has some size to it. Now if you are looking for something That's a little thinner and lighter that is still a good price point It's this thing Lenovo 320 s so this thing starts at I think $550 for the base model, it's a full aluminum build but the chassis has some flex to it the bottom panel is easy to open up for upgrading the RAM and storage the Screen is a little dim and the base model isn't a 1080p screen It's not bad though videos and pictures still look really sharp at normal viewing distances the keyboard is comfortable to use but The keystrokes are little softer than I'd like and there's no backlighting. The trackpad uses Windows precision drivers Which are really and the battery life is surprisingly good as well , I'm getting around seven hours But this thing comes in couple configurations starts at around $500 - $550 depending on sales, but great device for students Okay, next up we have the Asus UX330 Which is the successor to the UX306 which I've reviewed in the past and this thing is a surprisingly good laptop for the money. Now, it's not super cheap It's 700 bucks.

This thing has great build quality and a pretty simple design It has two regular USB ports, a USB C and a micro HDMI. It has a good screen 1080p matte finish And it gets pretty bright. Also has a nice backlit keyboard and windows precision trackpad. Tracking is really good on the surface It's just a nice texture, but the button clicks are a little shallow.

They don't feel bad though, Just really short travel. The speakers on this thing are really good. They're located on the bottom, and I mean for this price It's kind of crazy How good these speakers sound. They have Harman Kardon branding, but usually having branding like this for a laptop speaker doesn't mean anything They usually sound very average, but these actually sound good It still doesn't have strong bass, but it's a very clean, audio, and you'll be happy with these speakers It is a 13 inch screen.

It's a little bit smaller than the other two laptops I've mentioned so far So depending what you do or what you want to do with your laptop this might be too small But if you're looking for a 13 inch device you're on the money The one thing I don't like about this device is actually the fan noise It comes on way more often than you'd like it to and when it does It's pretty loud and actually comes on when you're doing very un-intensive stuff like watching a YouTube video or browsing the web It's kind of weird because this is something that software should be able to fix But it's been out for several months and there hasn't been a change, so we'll see. Now for the price for $700 It's not something that is for someone looking for the cheapest laptop right, there are going to be cheaper laptops on this But if you're in the market for some of that's kind of higher-end like an XPS 13 or an HP Envy Those are like 900 bucks or more. This thing is a lot less But still a really good laptop, now the other thing I want to mention This is not part of the three that I was originally going to talk about is kind of like an off pick so this is the Dell Inspiron 13 7000 now this is a two in one device. I'm not a big fan of two in one devices.

I find that they're a little bit kind of cumbersome for everyday use as a student But I know that a lot of my audience are crazy about two in one devices just because they're so versatile this one's $650 and I think it's the best foldable two in one device at this price point now There's a lot of inexpensive two in one devices and a lot of them suck. Just they're not good as laptops They're even worse as tablets But this one is very usable in both forms the keyboard in particular is surprisingly good for the price It feels like honestly it feels like they're XPS keyboard. It's really good trackpad is good It's a Windows precision driver the whole thing has excellent build quality lots of metal, impressive speakers for the price It's a great two and one the two things that I don't love about it Though are the screen and the battery life The screen feels a little dim and I really wish it was brighter because this is such a good device for media consumption But because of the dimmer screen you can't use it outdoors readily, and the battery life could be better I'm only getting about five hours of life on this thing, but for a cheap But well built two and one, this is my top pick so the last thing I want to talk about are some devices that are well. They're not really on the table here It's kind of like a theoretical device so right now the eighth generation CPUs from Intel have been launched Intel's coffee Lake and those 8th gen CPUs are kind of trickling down into all these devices and everything Is getting refreshed so the seventh generation KB Lake CPUs those prices are coming down a little bit? But there are some sixth generation skylake CPU laptops that are significantly cheaper and they're still available on Amazon and some of those devices are barely a year old so they're actually quite new still it's just a Matter of perception of whether or not you want the brand-new one that's coming out or one That's a year and a few months old ok I'll link all this stuff below And I'll link some Sixth generation skylake CPU laptops down below as well as some of those have amazing pricing like this 510 s that I have over here But yeah, hope you guys enjoyed this video thumbs.

If you liked it subs if you loved it. See you guys next time.

The FASTEST Laptop Weve Ever SEEN

The FASTEST Laptop Weve Ever SEEN

I can see the product development meeting now No one's buying AMD laptops because they're slow... But everyone likes AMD Ryzen desktops with lots of processing cores... Today's video is brought to you by Corsair Their Void Pro gaming headsets feature microfiber mesh fabric And memory foam ear cups As well as custom tuned 50 millimeter neodymium drivers Check them out through the links below [Intro] With its black back panel and red accent lighting, the Asus GL702ZC looks mean But not in an, over-the-top gamer-ey way And opening it up, immediately reveals the stars of the show A Ryzen 7 CPU and Radeon Graphics processor that make this, the first all AMD gaming notebook that we've seen in... Many years, or...

Now that I think of it, ever? And it's no slouch! The Ryzen 7 1700 8-core 16 thread processor boosts up to 3.7Ghz, The RX 580 is a very competent GPU for 1080p gaming, The 16 gigs of RAM out of the box, And, the ample I/O that comes with the territory of a large and in charge 17-inch machine like this one, make the GL702ZC, on paper, One of the most compelling, gaming/workstation PC's that we've ever seen But I'm sure what everyone is wondering right now, is... Can they keep all of that cool? And the answer is... Hell yeah! For a while.. At 3.2Ghz under synthetic load The temps, well...

*BAD PUN ALERT* They just kept on Ryzen At 5 minutes, we hit 80 degrees Celsius After 10 we were above 90C, and then after 20 minutes, it seemed to leveled off But at 95 degrees And, while still remaining super quiet for some reason maybe ASUS needs to do some fan curve tuning here Once my CPU is over 90 degrees, I don't care if it sounds like a typhoon, It needs some TLC. Tender Loving Cooling And remember our testing was done in a climate-controlled room All of that being said, we were impressed to see any laptop maintain 3.2Ghz on eight cores So, to find out how this kind of grunt compares to a more traditional Intel 4 core laptop We put it up against the ASUS G503VM. A similarly priced 15-incher, That packs an Intel Core i7-7700HQ, and an Nvidia GTX 1060 Firing up Cinebench we... Wow.

Oh wow Wow! Oh wow, just... Wow, that's some savage destruction of... I mean, not just our comparison laptop... All laptops! By a lot! Even beasts like ASUS $6,000 water-cooled GX800, And the Acer Predator 21X are no match! For the multi-threaded prowess of the GL702ZC.

And the theme continues in other CPU focused tests like 7-Zip and Blender It's not all amazing though In rendering tasks that can take advantage of the GPU. The gap narrows somewhat with the GL702ZC still taking a convincing lead though And then, when we move from compute, to graphics The RX 580 just can't quite keep up with the GTX 1060 No matter how hard it tries *loud fan noise* Which, judging by the sound of the fans while gaming... Was pretty hard In 3D Mark it loses out by a bit to the 1060, And then in actual games the GL702ZC consistently loses, although not by much To it's smaller, Green and Blue brother Not that those couple of frames will probably be noticeable in actual gameplay But there's more to life than FPS anyway. If you run out and buy a GL702ZC today That's our AMD version here, It's both heavier and thicker than the Intel Nvidia version And honestly, the 702 didn't light any exciting fires for us at this price in general The keyboard is not amazing, it does have a numpad if you're into that and after typing for a bit Getting up to speed accurately won't be a big challenge, but it's a bit mushy feeling And pretty much the same can be said for the trackpad It's serviceable, but un-interesting And the same goes for the screen.

It is IPS, so viewing angles, brightness, and colors were all suitably adequate And FreeSync is a boon for improved gaming smoothness at low frame rates But 60Hz screens are better suited for laptops that don't have to go up against 120Hz models, at a similar price In eSports titles, this amounts to a big difference in the gaming experience Moving on to the webcam. It's not bad by laptop standards, but it's.. Unexceptional. Especially in low light And, you might want the light low since you'll be doing everything you can, to conserve the battery Like...

There's bad, and then there's... One hour and 22 minutes until all the electrons have escaped... Bad To be clear, the performance while it's doing it is good But this still puts the 702ZC on the, worst battery life We've ever seen in PC Mark's test podium Okay, so that last bit was a bit of a downer There's more good stuff though, Opening up the GL702ZC you are greeted with surprising upgradability There's an empty RAM slot, Non soldered solid state storage, and a 2.5 Inch bay And, AND! A mother-freaking full sized, desktop AM4 socket! Now, we can't guarantee that ASUS will provide BIOS updates, but AMD has confirmed AM4 support Until 2020! So it's possible Pretty unlikely, but possible That you could have top-tier AMD CPU performance for years to come with all that being said We're not that into buying this thing as a gaming laptop. It's competent at gaming But if that's what you plan on doing, there are better options right now With that said, we see the GL702ZC with its unprecedented multi-threaded performance as more of a, Powerhouse on a budget mobile workstation That can also game on the side.

And in time, we're really excited to see what other Ryzen 7 designs, make their way to the market. I mean, maybe with a more powerful NVIDIA GPU, or mobile Vega.. Next note, AMD. We could see the ultimate streaming laptop Only time will tell Speaking of time, if you find yourself running your small business or your freelance operation and just not having enough of it Freshbooks can be the solution you're looking for.

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The Core i9 Laptops Have Arrived

The Core i9 Laptops Have Arrived

- Hey guys, this is Austin. If you love laptops, I have
some good news for you. Intel recently invited me out to their event in San Francisco where they showed off a
wide range of new chips, including not only Intel processors that have built-in AMD dedicated graphics, but we're also going to be
getting new laptop chips across the board, including a brand new six-core
Core i9 option for laptops. So, let's start with the
very first Intel processor that has dedicated AMD graphics that are actually built inside the chip or by its short name of the 8th Generation
Intel Core Processors with Radeon RX Vega Graphics, because, you know, that
rolls off the tongue.

So the CPU side of things
isn't all that exciting. You're getting a quad-core
Kaby Lake base CPU. That lives on the Core i7,
can boost up to 4.2 Gigahertz. What really makes this special is the idea that you're getting a pretty much dedicated
Radeon graphics card that's actually going to be
paired inside that same chip, so this is going to be a
custom Vega implementation with between 20 or 24 CUs depending on if you go
with Core i5 or Core i7.

They had a couple laptops
available to demo. The HP Spectre x360,
which looks very similar to the ENVY x360 we
recently took a look at running Ryzen Mobile, as well
as the Dell XPS 15 2-in-1. Now, these are fairly
thin and light laptops. Now, they do have 15-inch displays.

When you consider that they have the CPU. And the GPU all inside a 65-watt TDP, they don't have to be all that thick and they don't need to have
any kind of crazy cooling. It's all going to be on one chip, which means that for
a lot of these things, they can actually be
pretty close to Ultrabooks. Of course, being much, much powerful.

Now, we'll have to wait
until I actually get one of these laptops and to test, but if you do want a sneak
peek at the performance, I recently did do a video on
the new Hades Canyon Intel NUC, which was going to be a
little bit more powerful, does have that same chip inside. There were ton of other
processors announced as well. So, on the mainstream side, the U-Series processors that
go in a ton of Ultrabooks are going to be getting
Iris Plus Graphics. So, while these are going to
be almost definitely found in things like the
next-generation 13-inch MacBook, it's going to be really
nice to be able to have a fairly thin and small laptop that can have, not only
quad-core processors, but also pretty decent
integrated graphics.

Nothing crazy, certainly not going to
touch the Radeon stuff, but it should be a nice step forward. What's really exciting though are the brand new gaming laptops chips. So, these are the H-Series processors and at 45 watts, it's what you find in pretty much any gaming laptop, as well as some workstations. So, there's a big change across the board.

First of all, the Core i5's
are basically being bumped up to what you used to be
able to get as a Core i7. So they're still going to be quad-core but they now have hyperthreading. So, if you have a older
generation Core i7, the low-ends now is going
to be roughly equivalent. The real sweet spot though are going to be the brand
new 8th Generation Core i7's, which just like the desktop, are moving from four cores to six cores.

And yes, having six
cores in a gaming laptop is going to be awesome,
especially concerning that they keep that same 45-watt TDP. It's literally just more free performance. The only little place you lost
out here is with clock speed. So with the base Core i7-8750H, when you're completely maxing
it out with all six cores, the base clock is only
going to be 2.2 Gigahertz.

However, it can't boost all
the way up to 4.2 Gigahertz, so that will be a lot closer
to that for the most part. If you step up to the
higher end Core i7-8850H, these numbers are a lot, that guy's going to be able
to run at 2.6 Gigahertz base or 4.3 Gigahertz boost. On top of that, that 8850H. Does have some slight
overclocking capabilities, so depending on whether the laptop OEM.

Will actually allow you to do it or not, it can, in theory, be boosted
by another 400 megahertz. What I'm really excited
to get my hands on though is that brand new Intel
Core i9 laptop chip. So this essentially builds
on what you're getting on the Core i7 with the six-core design, but cranks up everything to 11. The i9-8950HK has that same six-core hyperthreading design as the i7.

However, it bumps up the clock
speeds to 2.9 Gigahertz base and especially with
their new velocity boost, which will allow an
even higher turbo clock, assuming that you're going to be fairly cool on the processor, you can get up to 4.8
Gigahertz out of the Core i9. Even better is that's
going to be overclockable. So, I feel like it's going
to be only a matter of time before we start seeing laptops with a six-core
five-gigahertz-plus processor. Intel had a few of these
Core i9 systems set up and to be fair, they're
all very, very thick.

A lot of that is because they
all had a GTX 1080 inside, which as you will probably know is not exactly going to be
the easiest thing to cool. However, you don't actually
need dual power supplies for the Core i9 as it is still
going to be a 45-watt chip, at least until you start overclocking. All these processors should be
going on sale pretty shortly but I've got to say, I am really excited for
the new i7's and i9's. Having six-cores in a laptop is going to be a legit game changer.

But I'm curious, which of these processors do you think will make
it into your next laptop? Let me know in the comments below and I will catch you in the next one..

The Best Laptop to Buy Instead of the New MacBook Pro

The Best Laptop to Buy Instead of the New MacBook Pro

Hey how's it going guys, this is Dave 2D, And this is a video on the best alternatives to the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro Now it's hard to find a truly comparable device to that 15-inch MacBook Pro Because it's got some pretty unique features, like the Touch Bar and macOS. But if you're comfortable using macOS or Windows And you're just looking for a premium laptop that has good build quality, has good performance, with a quad-core CPU and has good portability -- this video's for you. Now this is not an exhaustive list, but these are ones that I personally really like These are all quad-core laptops, so no Surface products Or Ultrabooks because those are all two-core CPUs Ok, first up we have the 2016 15" MacBook Pro itself.
Super thin, pretty powerful but very expensive. And it's only equipped with Thunderbolt 3 ports.

Next up we have last year's 15-inch MacBook Pro It's bigger, but it's still a very capable machine.
It has more ports, and it's at a cheaper price point right now. We have the ASUS UX501.
This is the most premium laptop that ASUS makes, outside of their gaming lineup.
Not the thinnest laptop but it has a really big battery The MSI GS63 is one of the most powerful laptops in here since it has a GTX 1060.

It's a gaming laptop, but because it's pretty thin and light, it makes the cut. Next up, we have the Dell XPS 15
It's still one of the best laptops ever from Dell The carbon-fiber finish and the Infinity Display really makes this a strong contender here. We also have the Aero 14 from Gigabyte. Comes in black, green and orange.

And it's also equipped with a GTX 1060, but this is a smaller 14-inch screen. Lastly we have the 2016 Razer Blade. Also with the GTX 1060 One of the thinnest laptops with this powerful graphics chip. It also has a 14 inch screen and it has Chroma lighting So like I've done in other videos like this, I'm going to go through some categories, and then tell you my top picks for each particular category.

In terms of build quality, the MacBooks are the kings here. They're really well-built The Razer Blade and the XPS 15, I would say, are tied for second place The XPS 15, I feel a little more durable, the Razer Blade looks cleaner to me. You can actually get skins for all three of these laptops, from dbrand. They can look awesome.

I'll link them below. The 4K display on the XPS 15 is really nice. It's not the brightest of the group, but it's still plenty bright. It's the most color accurate, and it has super thin bezels.

The 2016 MacBook Pro has lower resolution, but it's very bright, which is great if you use your laptop outdoors alot It has a very wide color gamut but it isn't as color accurate. The UX501 also has a great 4K display. None of them have bad screens though, it's just a matter of preference for resolution and screen size. MacBooks tend to have terrible user-upgradability In fact, the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro can't be upgraded at all.

The RAM and the SSD are both on-board. Now all of the Windows laptops have upgradeable RAM and storage, except for the Razer Blade. You can only upgrade the storage for the Razer Blade. The most upgradeable is the MSI GS63.

It has two RAM slots and two drive bays. The XPS 15 can also do this, but it's a little bit more complex. Gotta order some parts in, to do that. These all have good keyboards.

None of them are bad. Personally, I like the keyboard on the 2016 15-inch MacBook Pro, the most. I know a lot of people would disagree, but I personally can type the fastest and most accurately with it. No joke.

The GS63, the XPS 15 and the Razer Blade with Chroma Lighting are also good. But you know what? You can't go wrong with any of these keyboards. They're all enjoyable to use. The MacBooks are still the trackpad leaders.

The Taptic Engine, the surface texture, the precision. They're still the best It's kinda sad. We're rolling into 2017 here, and Windows laptops still haven't perfected the trackpad. But of this bunch, the one that I like the most, is the XPS 15.

Now any of them that can use native Windows Precision drivers are going to be better, But the MacBook trackpads are still the best. The laptop with the best selection of ports is definitely the MacBook -- No, I'm kidding. I'd say the winner is the MSI GS63 It has a ton of ports but the SD reader is slower. I think it's USB 2.0 But basically all the Windows laptops tend to have a pretty good selection of ports.

The Razer Blade is missing an SD reader. The Aero 14 doesn't have Thunderbolt 3 support But aside from that, they're all well-equipped with ports. The only one here with rock-solid external GPU support is the Razer Blade. So if you connect that to the Razer Core, it works perfectly.

The XPS 15 isn't bad either but the rest of them are still kinda flaky right now with external GPUs. Aside from MacBooks, they're all rocking the Skylake, 6700HQ processor. Very similar CPU performance across the board. The laptops with the GTX 1060s are the best performers.

Between them, they're too close to really say which one is the winner, maybe the GS63. But they're all really powerful. Now thermally, the laptops with the weaker cards are going to produce less heat and have quieter fans. The MacBook and the XPS 15 are the most quiet when they're under load.

The Razer Blade and the Aero 14 are the loudest, when they're gaming. The 2016 MacBook's speakers can't be beat.
No one is making better speakers right now. And to be honest, all the Windows laptops speakers sound similar in overall quality.

I mean they sound different from each other, but it's hard to really label a winner. So if the 2016 MacBook has first place,
the 2015 MacBook has second place. And maybe the Razer Blade for third place? None of them are bad though. In general, battery life isn't going to be amazing on laptops like these.

Skylake processors are reasonably energy efficient, but when you take a quad-core CPU, And you put it into into a thin and light chassis, you can only expect so much. The 2015 15-inch MacBook Pro has the best battery life. It's an older processor but it has a big battery, and macOS is pretty energy-efficient. Of the Windows laptops, the UX501 is the longest lasting here.

The XPS 15, when it's configured with the big battery, is also pretty good. Ok, in terms of value none of these laptops are going to be particularly cheap. They're all premium in some way or another. I think the best value overall would be the MSI GS63.

You're getting really good performance for the price Now, whether or not you need or even want that kind of performance, is something else. But it delivers really good bang-for-the-buck. The UX501 is also pretty well-priced, with its 4K screen. And a used, or refurbished 2015 MacBook Pro, can also be a pretty good value.

Now, you can't go wrong choosing any of these laptops, and there's other really good options out there That aren't in this video. Something like the Alienware 13. It's a little bit thicker and heavier than the rest of them here. It is a great quad-core laptop In terms of like the best overall one, it really depends on what you're doing.

As a video editor, my personal top pick is the XPS 15, mostly because of the screen. I really like the color accuracy and I really like the fact that it has really thin bezels. That just seals it for me. If you need more information about any of these laptops, they're gonna be down below Individual reviews, as well as some benchmarks for some of the video cards Actually one of the video cards -- The GTX 1060 But yeah, hope you guys enjoyed this video.
Thumbs, if you liked it.

Subs, if you loved it. It's been nice.
I'll see you guys next time..

BUILD YOUR OWN PCPC Building Simulator #1

BUILD YOUR OWN PCPC Building Simulator #1

Top of the mornin' to you laddies my name is Jacksepticeye, and welcome to a game called "PC Building Simulator," this could go either horribly well, or horribly wrong, actually there's very slim chance of it going horribly well even though that sounds like a contradiction of itself, but this is the game, it's very very very very very early on by the way, I should mention that, that's only a thing that I found on itch.Io when I. Was when I was wa- when I was browsing around, it was the top,  like, trending game there at the time so I thought: "Hey! This might be cool," because, I often get like asked constantly what type of computer I have, I constantly get asked what type of stuff is in my computer and how I put it together because I b-build all my own computers for doing YouTube stuff, so then everyone thinks that they have to build their own computer to do YouTube stuff, and then they need to know what's in it- and I get questions about it constantly all the time about the type of stuff that goes into a computer and then people asking if it's complex, it's not that hard it's not that hard to do once you know the bits are actually need to go into a computer its head like building Lego, so, I-I wanted to see if this game would be accurate "Press E to change project." What would I change it to so there's a lot of stuff that's missing and a lot of stuff that don-doesn't really work well yet I can rotate my computer if I want this is the shop over here, I have two grand of a balance so I can put in some stuff, em, oh god there's lots of shit aw, there's no cases really we only have basic shit, basic memory, basic storage, motherboards,  and everything so it's not going to be completely perfectly accurate as what's going on because there's a lot of options out there when you're building a PS- uh, building a PC. That's what confuses a lot of people is that they think that there's too many options and then they don't know what they're doing and they're wondering if they're making everything and everything's going wrong, um, but it's not that hard first things first well normally you'd put in your motherboard but we don't even have like standoffs or anything in my mother- miscellaneous stand-offs let's put them in the stand-offs- I don't know what kind of motherboards this is gonna be so I'm gonna put in all the stand-offs stand-offs are the thing that your motherboard sits on, your motherboard will sit on them and the screws go in over your motherboard and down on to this good types any of you who know how to build computers would be like sitting there going "what, the fuck," right what else actually has to go into it because I don't know 'Scout back panel' 'side panels' okay so a lot of these things could be case specific so I don't know about that, drive covers, thermal paste, aaaagh I don't need thermal paste yet, all items? No, yeah see- there's only really like one graphics card and one motherboard so install the motherboard there we go yes! Off to a fucking fly-in start, doesn't that little cpu slot looks like a t-shirt (it does) like a little symbol for a t-shirt so what you want to put in here your CPU goes in here I'm going to I'm going to make this video addressed at people who don't know anything at all about computers and I. Have a 'decent' understanding of how to build computers and I've built many computers in my time, which a lot of people for some reason seem to find surprising so this is where your CPU goes this is where your ram goes this is your memory and they're- they're color-coded so if you put one into blue you have to put the other one in the other blue you don't put them next to each other unless you put in four and then you match like two for two, you get me? You know these are all heat sinks these are just drawing heat away from the motherboard the way from your CPU and everything these are PCI slots, this one here's where your graphics card goes, you could probably put it in an SLI or uh- oh god what's the AMD version called, the ati radeon bridge (It's called Crossfire Jack) I forget what it's called where you bridge two GPUs together and then these are the little flaps that you pull your GPU out so It's all very nice and dandy and then these are just miscellaneous PCI's oh geez this looks like a third one.

Can we fucking try SLI up in this? This is a really good motherboard actually I. Forgot to check which one it is the reason I have, oh wait can I buy more motherboards? No this was the P8P67 right, fair enough. This here is just where your power goes in from your power supply it comes in around the back- um, this is where your SATA cables go these are all miscellaneous motherboard items like your lights and your- I don't know your fucking hard drive... Thing, your power switches like that kind of stuff there's just CMOS battery and these then are just random PCI slots that you can put like you can put like sound cards into them you can put well you know we don't have a PCI.

Express slot, which would normally be one of these tiny ones, it's like one of these but smaller where you put in like like, I don't know- like my Internal Elgato capture card is in there, um, right so what we- what should we put in next I'm trying to think we can let you put in fucking anything, really but I'm trying to think in terms of logistics I guess we can put into CPU next let's put in our dummy CPU gotta love that dummy CPU. You take up the latch and this is the thing whenever you put in your CPU you got to be careful that it's going in right way the CPU normally has this little yellow arrow down on it that tells you that it's going in the right place you'll match it up on the motherboard you put it down and then Bob's your uncle because they have all these little teeny tiny pins all along the bottom of them that coalesce with your your motherboard and if you put them in wrong you bend those pins you can really fuck the cpu and you don't want to do that because cpu's are fuckin expensive what are we got we got an intel yeah we do it's dummy cpu so i don't know what it is there's an i7 in this... In my computer so i7 4770k and then in my other one downstairs I can't remember what is it 'cause I. Have one for youtubing and then one just for general gaming in my in my main room where I play PC games outside of YouTube and then this is the part that scares everyone when you're putting the flap back down because it sits down and then putting this pin down you really have to like push this thing down to make sure the CPU stays in place and then latch it in underneath and if you do that and you have it in the wrong place that's what bends all your pins but if you're afraid that it's not in the right place bending that down you're like that's too much pressure that's too much pressure I did something wrong so don't be afraid don't be afraid to put a little more pressure into it and then you'll get it good and then you get it good I guess we can put a RAM in next RAM is really pretty - pretty easy to put in we only have DDR3 can I can I can I put you in didn't I select you oh actually have to pull off all the pins ah this game is more complex than I gave it credit for I wonder do I have to wire up the entire fucking thing I highly doubt it installing RAM there and then install RAM there I guess I could just put all the RAM in if I want to now the RAM is easy because when you're putting it in it only goes in one way the color code - coordinated thing is something to keep in mind of if you have four doesn't really matter four identical ones that is but when you're putting it in it only goes in one way and then it just slots in and the things clip up on their own it's the easiest thing on your PC to put in the hardest thing I say to put in well your CPU 'cause it costs a lot and it's basically the brains of your entire computer so it's kind of scary putting that in but I'd say wiring stuff is the scariest part and the part that a lot of people tend to freak out about we're going to put in our GPU next what else we have storage power supplies cases cooling cooling is actually a thing we need to put in a stock cooler onto the CPU...

This fucking stock cooler it's so ugly looking! I hate stock coolers they're the fucking worst especially these Intel ones - Do I not have - Do I have to put down these no these are four pins oh shit well I can't fucking take it off now I didn't put any thermal paste on the cpu it doesn't matter it's not the end of the world because there's normally thermal paste that goes on the bottom of their the cooler anyway you just take off a little plastic thing or a little strip or something you put it down thermal paste is something that goes between your cooler and your your CPU because it's a cooler it's normally has a copper plate on it if that goes straight onto your CPU then it's not going to draw heat away from it efficiently so (what) a thermal paste does (you) put a little tiny pea - sized blob on it there's a lot of debate on how to actually apply this stuff properly you put it down and then you close down your your cooler down with these pins and then it draws heat from the CPU to the cooler more efficiently than if you just had direct metal to metal connection so that's important if you don't have that in you probably get really high cpu temperatures and that's not good because your CPU then will overheat and burn out everything uh... What next? Are you bored yet? I'm not I'm having a fascinating time because I haven't put together a computer in ages and when I move soon I'm gonna have to do it and I can't fucking wait because it's going to be really fun I guess we can unlock all these see I'm not familiar with this case I don't know what this is and every case is different so sometimes it takes takes a long time sometimes it takes a quesadilla GPU next GPU - normally your top slot is your most efficient slot it's like a Jesus Christ that's a fat GPU. Dafuq okay I guess I can put in a second one if i want to it's like going on that the white one there because normally your top PCI slot is the one you put in your main GPU into it because some other boards have a PCI a PCI slot that's x16 and that's that's like the bandwidth actually don't quote me on this I don't know the actual computer specifications for this or what it actually does I don't know the actual machinations of a computer I just know where stuff goes and what it does but it's a x16 slot which I think is the bandwidth of the draw on your GPU and then sometimes the - the PCI slot underneath it is like a x3 (doesn't exist) or a x8 or something like that again don't quote me on the numbers so if you're putting in an SLI if your main GPU goes into the x16 one and then if you have a really good motherboard actually because I've never done an SLI. Which is just...

Uh... Aw I forget what it actually stands for it's just put two GPUs together that you put a band (SLI bridge) across the top of them that connects them and then you basically have double the processing power for your graphics. Fuck can we put in two? Um... It only goes across down over here see this pin here and then you merge them together which I can't remember I.

Don't know if any GP -  or any motherboards actually do two 16 slots I think some really really expensive ones might and then you basically have the full draw power out of both of your GPUs and they should work together very very well and then ok so these are like these are an 8 and a 6 slot so these require a lot of power so hopefully boy what kind of power do we have a power supply we have a 500 watt power supply that's not that'll - that'll run it but once it gets up to start actually running any games let's not strong enough especially with the size of the GPUs and the amount of pins that they have we're going to need like a fucking 1000 watt power supply wait what's in mine? I forget what's the mine I think there's a I. Think there's a 900 in this one I think there's a thousand-watt in the one downstairs it's fascinating I love putting computers together they're so fucking cool alright what else do we actually have graphics cards motherboards memory storage I mean I guess we can put in our hard drives cooling yeah I need some miscellaneous Scout back panel okay side panel that should go on the side in the back and saying i love about my case it's the Corsair Air 540 I love my case because it's a cube and normally what happens ok I'm going to talk about this man I just love gushing over computers because what's going to happen now is that the power supply goes in down here on this one and then all your cables are going to go out through this and then they're coming- they're going to come back out through these ones here these slots and holes but what my power supply it does is that there's two chambers in it it has a chamber here and a chamber here which is a cable side where your power supply and some of your hard drives go that it also has the electronic side so all the stuff that needs cooling goes in here and all your cables are in the back except for the very little part of them that comes out the front that needs to connect which I love because it keeps everything super clean but also it makes sure that no cables get in the way of air flow because air flow is very important and the computer that i have has a liquid cooler on the CPU it's not full liquid-cooled it's just one of those ones that you can get on which are put here and has two pipes that go up to a radiator and then the fans attached to the radiator to push all the hot air out are you with me so far those of you who don't know how to actually make a computer this probably isn't helping all that much especially because there's already one type of very many things in this but I think the reason I wanted to play this game was just because I wanted to but also because I think if this game gets a lot of like traction and if it progresses long and it's putting a lot of stuff into it it could be a very good resource for putting in stuff and like troubleshooting the parts like if you want to build a PC yourself you start off this game you get all the parts that you picked yourself that you think are going to work put them into your pc here figure out how it actually works to put it together here as a mock-up so you kinda know what you do when it arrives but also you can get to see the compatibility with everything which I. Think would be a really cool thing if they did that in this game so Barracuda that's your your hard drive there I don't really know what else I could put in right now I mean a fucking DVD Drive I. Guess up there on the top like I have I.

Have a disc right in this computer here I don't even use discs anymore I don't even have one in the one downstairs does everything that I download and use is all digital now okay and the hard drives all go in here we can put a lot of hard drives in this one we're gonna put them in this no we ran out of space so we have four hard drives here Jesus Christ what size are these the better be like two terabytes each it's depending on how much we're actually going to work with thermal paste yeah forgot to put that on my bad a simple fan do I actually to put them in the front I. Don't know if I can even pop like the front off because there's a grill here a dust cover which I love about my PC as well all the stuff just snaps off and everything is magnetic I I mean I guess I could put a fan there like I need one there anyways an exhaust can I put them in here was I supposed to take this stuff off first okay ah shit i don't know if i should put one there I guess like that's an optimal place for - I have always wanted a PC case that's vertical because this is all horizontal which to me has always been a terrible design because GPUs these days are getting very fucking heavy but getting very big and very heavy and there's not a lot of room back here for them or anything like that and some if you have a bad motherboard the motherboard I had is actually is actually pretty good because it sits up in and it's solid and it doesn't wiggle it doesn't move it doesn't do anything but a lot of cheaper motherboards will actually start bending with the weight of the GPUs so I have wanted to try out a vertical one which basically takes this and turns it counterclockwise so all your GPU is are facing up because hot air rises so you want all your air to go out at the top anyway whereas here it's like air is coming in here it's passing everything and then it's going out here and at the top wait I guess we could install some fans up here cannot install a second one come on the fucking cheap ass case is this don't cheap out in your case it's a very important part of your system because airflow is very important so a vertical case kind of I don't know I've always wanted to try it out cuz it has like three fans on the bottom and then all the air it just goes right past everything and all the hot air comes out the top and the exhaust are all gonna stop so but a lot of those cases are actually pretty small and it comes into question like a lot of the venting that goes on at the bottom of them because they have to sit in the ground so I don't know my case is actually pretty cool because you can lay it on its back but it kind of blocks the power supply speaking of which my Segway power supply goes in here is that all coming up do I not like cable anything I mean that's fucking great if I don't have to because that's that's the most tedious part I don't want to do that that's easy to change project I. Don't want to change my project um and this is a little weird because there's no like back plate on the cpu this was supposed to be there's a hole here that you're supposed to be able see the back of your CPU because if you install an aftermarket cooler this doesn't come your CPU then you have the screw holes for all the stuff back here so I guess i'm done I put in the graphics card I put in the CPU I put in the motherboard I put in the memory I put in the storage, power supply, the case whatever I mean yeah I can do this that's the back panel and then the side panel goes here so I guess we could put some more fans on drive cover wait so stuff that I'm putting in is actually getting crossed off so i didn't put in everything perfectly I mean whatever because this is usually the stuff is like oh yeah this thing that you put it on after I mean another DVD drive I can put in a drive cover? No like why no thanks I'm good and thermal paste so all the stuff that I missed not really could it stop your computer from working and then oh wait it's all there we go blocks of these okay and then the beautiful Zen moment of it all that you've been waiting for all this time that you were absolutely fucking petrified of is that you reach over to the top of your case and hit that power button and you hope you pray to the computer gods that everything works and turns on and everything's fine and everything works first time I did that everything actually worked and I was just like I wanted to jizz all over the computer that I built because it just felt so good can I. Put in any simple fans on the side of this there's room for more fans it feels good here's going to make another computer and then you have to install Windows and then it fucking takes another week and a half to actually get everything up running then you install all the drivers for everything install the drivers for your fucking for your GPU anything else you have installed the PCI.

Slots I didn't wire any of this I don't know if you can or so actually going to put that in but again this game is super early oh can I actually oh maybe I. Just didn't have enough of them oh maybe I could have been in another GPU but it didn't have another one let's see I. Wonder can I put on the simple fans now no ok whatever so that's building a computer hopefully you learned at least something about this if anything it was just an excuse for me to go (???) About stuff that makes me sound smart for 20 minutes but I do I love building computers and I. Love the fact that some of the people come to me and ask me for advice and knowledge about computers because it makes me feel like I actually know something about something I mean and that's the thing because I'm smart about a lot of things but it doesn't often come through in my videos and then a lot of people think that I'm just dumb which is not really true I mean putting together a computer anyone who's put together computers knows that this stuff isn't like super complex but when you do it it's like yeah yeah I built that and then people who don't work computers together like you did it yourself how did you do that like not that hard just watch a few YouTube tutorials then you're good haha but I just find computers fascinating i like learning why stuff does stuff why stuff does different things and I think there was actually a button that I could have pressed I think I could have pressed Q on certain items can I start a new one? I want to change the project to start a new one cuz I want to figure out I think I could have pressed Q on different things and would have told me what they did which again is a really helpful useful thing it tells you like how the CPU works and how the GPU works with how the RAM works and how they all pull and draw information to each other and how would all coalesces together and makes the whole system run and why they're all vital for each other which I think is pretty cool um sorry if I missed somethings like putting in the thermal paste and forgot - or maybe you can actually wire stuff up or if you can actually dismantle this again and fix stuff I don't know I try to show a basic for what it is and so go dick around on it see if you can remember any of the stuff offhand even though I kind of highlighted some of the stuff for you but I think it's a - as I said if they continue this game and they make it as complex as it needs to be to build a computer i think that would be really cool especially the compatibility side of things like you put all your stuff in and then you hit a button and you can like hoo - hoo - hook it up to this and then imagine like a VR.

Version of this that would be really cool I would love a game like that just get in and dick around with different cases different compatibility see if they work I mean you don't need to install Windows or anything on them I. Don't know. Was this fun to watch? At all? I don't know Anyway!  Thank you guys so much for watching this episode if you LIKED it, PUNCH that Like button in the face!!! LIKE A BOSS!! And High-Fives Around!! **Whoopsh!!** **Double Whoopsh!!**Thank you guys and I will see you dudes.... IN The Next Video!!!!! **Outro Music*** I'm everywhere by Teknoaxe (:.