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[@roberttomsiii3728]

2:20 that 8k camera in action. What it's really for.

[@erikbarsingerhorn4485]

To edit your stuf and keep the quality.

@@erikbarsingerhorn4485 um... okay

[@dpreston8831]

Robert Toms, III Because they believe having it makes them better than everyone else.

[@leo-hao]

3:36

[@maddmethod5880]

pretty gross

[@nateroy4042]

10:45 "It's for perfect for those who are prone to drop..." Sometimes, it pays to watch till the end.

[@TYKUHN2]

Someone didn't read the sponsor text before saying it.

[@zachh6868]

Or click on this comment's timestamp

[@BuildTimeMC]

Lol

[@dead_head]

Flash forward 2 years and the AT&T Guy just offered me a residential 10 Gig line for the same price I was paying for 1 Gig 5 years ago

[@TdrSld]

Hell we have Frontier deploying fiber right now into my rural subdivision. For what I'm paying right now for 400Mb (they just bumped it to 500Mb a week ago) on Spectrum (was Time Warner), I can get 2g in rural Texas. As it is now I can't fully use a 2g connection so I will be going 1g for less than half the price I'm paying now. But I am looking to rebuild my home network to 10g as the cost has drop a bit so I don't mind spending money knowing I don't have to do it again in 4 to 5 years times.

[@TotemoGaijin]

That sounds nice. Personally being able to move from 1Mbit to 30Mbit has been fun for me too.

[@CaptainFSU]

That doesn't mean you need it, I'd rather pay less for 1gig then the same for speed I can barely utilize.

[@dead_head]

@@CaptainFSU Speak for yourself. Some people are hosting servers.

[@ryanmalone2681]

I have a 10G internal network, a 2.5G gateway, and a 2G fiber internet connection, and I’ve never seen it go faster than 1G. I have 3 NAS’, 2 Proxmox servers, 300TB storage and I download a ton of shit too.

[@silence8205]

2:20 Whoever edited this deserves a raise.

[@kashdashortsman8327]

haha! lol

[@bartolomejrota4264]

A good one! ❤️ 🤣🤣🤣👌

[@bartolomejrota4264]

This deserves like Linus!

[@gordofandelbudin]

I'm pretty sure it was our Premiere Lord and Savior Taran.

[@troelsvilladsen9114]

Look at 10:54 It says who the editor is.

[@solomioist]

Sweden: offers 10GBit/s Internet connection Germany: offers 50MBit/s vectoring via old copper wire and calls it new technology

[@GeFlixes]

*sad Panzer noises*

[@cortex6065]

Happy ikea noises

[@vallassy]

As an Australian, I feel your pain.

[@dennis4985]

Germany (Vodafone/Telekom) is offering and building up FTTH right now...

[@Gravarty]

I'm glad that this meme can finally die now since this is not the case anymore (at least in Westphalia). I just upgraded from 150MBit/s to 1GBit/s and pay even less now :)

[@JuneNafziger]

When the “where to buy” card popped up while Linus was talking about nudes, it killed me.

[@litapd311]

gotta plug the "merch"

[@syedm.sameer2078]

HAHAHA XD

[@samg1158]

Linus Only Fans?

[@nathanielcruz2078]

Where?

[@FunnyMuffins]

China gear backed up so no merch $$, I heard he's starting a FANSONLY page... ahahaha

[@SilverKnight16]

"They were talking about gigabit connection TWENTY YEARS AGO." Me: "Oh, they were talking about that in the early 90s?" *realizes it's 2020* "God I'm old. :("

[@jjss488]

Ha! You're old!

[@tuna_land]

don't remind me

[@Vatharian]

10G Base-T is 14 years old.

[@evelyngracealdrich4124]

I saw the opening subtitle - "tfw gigabit ethernet is older than Jake". Jeez, I remember using BNC connectors / 10Base2 in my youth. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/10BASE2

[@Obscurai]

@@evelyngracealdrich4124 Back then, the choices were thick, thin or twisted.

[@fishysquidman5689]

"In some cases dozens of megabits per second" *stares in 2mbps*

[@cm01]

2 megabytes per second maybe, but 2 megabits per second is basically unuseable for modern browsing and streaming.

[@accomplishedmedic8]

@@cm01 Dude. That's my internet. I live in the US and this is literally the only ISP in this growing city I live in. ISPs are scum.

[@shubhchaudhary6562]

Stares at 210mbps

[@TheScrubmuffin69]

@@shubhchaudhary6562 stares harder with 400mbps because you should stop trying to flex with average internet speeds

[@C0Ntro11Da7rail]

that made me chuckle because thats what i have where i live mind you just getting 40mbps costs me like my d being ripped and thats not even stable with much more limitations like daily mb limits and such thats its not even worth it hell like 10 to 40 mbps are locked to the same limits

[@omxls]

The best way to bottle neck every device is getting 15mb wifi.

[@theswaff699]

Also known as spectrum

[@grimaxemopher7308]

I get 1mb/s

[@bendythedemon5413]

20kb*

[@CeyIonn]

I have 2mbit/s Ethernet

[@CrivMizzet]

I like 56k, it's free in some countries

[@devcrom3]

Linus: "Waiting 30 seconds never killed anyone." Me: "My insulin!"

[@deathsyth8888]

(person has a heart attack, falls over and their heartbeat has flat-lined) Doctor: Just give him a moment. They might be fine.

[@Matter655]

@@deathsyth8888 he rebooting

[@DarthVader1977]

@@Matter655 He's*

[@dobber43]

Me: "My EpiPen !"

[@supremeoverlordetna]

Gotta download that insulin faster

[@donrosmarin1812]

When Linus talks about his nudes and the Where to buy infobox shows up

[@dankbeast9013]

Don Rosmarin I saw that too and was like “why?!”😂

[@socarlax6570]

Xddd me too

[@sinom]

Yup. Thought the same thing.

[@goku445]

What the hell is "where to buy infobox"? Are you using Internet Explorer?

[@personperson8563]

goku Lmao you sound really dumb

[@paulgray1318]

"waiting half a minute never killed anyone" - Said no paramedic :(

[@lyingriotman2220]

Oh shit! I don't know how to save this guy! Quick, I have to copy over the medical manual from my NAS! 30 seconds later: *Patient dies* Damn, if only I had a 2.5 GB adapter.

[@bruhmcbruh4098]

Proof?

[@paulgray1318]

@Bruh Mcbruh Do you wait 30 seconds in the middle of the road when crossing it? So please don't prove me right.

[@daa3417]

How can you really be sure it’s arterial?

[@TheGigaMan]

Underrated comment.

[@Dr_Axton]

Normal people: hide nudes Linus: “We’ll use nudes as a measure unit cuz science”

[@edwardblom2661]

Dr Axton “Science”

[@ugetridofit]

All he did by doing that was to basically say I dont give a crap about insulting my wife, and that he is a guy you don't want to shake his hand after he's been locked up in the office with the door closed for a while.

[@michaelesposito2629]

ugetridofit shut up

[@MrMebigfatguy]

To be fair, the nudes are just linus modeling his underwear

[@Loachie90]

Tim please joke like that around your spouse

[@420BulletSponge]

"No one ever died waiting half a minute for something" (unless it's a tourniquet)

[@kawaiichi]

@@tambarlas5248 damn you'd twist that knot so fast you'll be taking off that limb instead of saving it

[@AgentLokVokun]

2.5GbE is also GREAT for doing local backups to a NAS much more quickly. Pair it with a "QNAP QSW-1105-5T 2.5GbE switch" and you're off to the races.

[@ralfl.k.5636]

2.5 GbE neads low power and it's similar to 1 GbE for the same size of data's. It makes no sence for more Speed, equipment becommes to expensive and needs to much power for mobil devices.

[@AgentLokVokun]

@@ralfl.k.5636 The cost of equipment is marginal as proven by the QNAP 2.5GbE switch linked. Even better pricing now that 2+ years has passed since my OP.

[@AdamBrackney]

Linus on Techquickie: "2.5gpbs is going to make your Internet faster" Linus on LTT: "2.5gpbs won't make your Internet faster" Split personality confirmed.

[@nilswegner2881]

That stupid tech quickie channel still exists?

[@LaZZeYT]

@@nilswegner2881 yes, and it's got even worse.

[@nilswegner2881]

@@LaZZeYT with even more false information?

[@AdamBrackney]

@@avenged110 Oh yeah, he's losing his mind for sure. Lol

[@handlemonium]

Wait, doesn't he mean that it WONT make your internet cheaper? Cuz a 2.5Gbps over USB-C will make the interwebs go faster. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@helios9486]

When he was talking about nudes the “Where to buy” prompt popped up....... I know what I’m wasting my tax refund on 😤

[@Muxeroth]

Same 😂

[@maxhammerum7705]

Waste? Money well spent

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

Buying nudes is stupid when you can get plenty of them on google images for free.

[@UKgamer87]

tax refund? Why not just pay the right amount?

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

@@UKgamer87 better yet don't pay anything. I never have and never will, they can put me in a hotel with bars and lose even more money feeding and housing me at their own expense if they don't like it. I guess some dummies just love giving the gov't interest-free loans.

[@itsTomate]

2:30 Linus: folder of spicy nudes. Info card: “where to buy?” 🤔🤔

[@lego_minifig]

LTTstore.com

[@Jutsch80HD]

The video reminds me of the fact that my ISP, up until 5 years ago, had 150Mbit/s internet speed offerings bundled with a modem that only had 100Mbit/s network ports.

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

My current ISP offers real Ethernet connections - to a "fiber interface box" on the side of my home. I'm currently at 100MB for Internet, could upgrade that to 1GB easily. I'm on the same physical ISP as Microsoft/Yahoo/a few others use for their "Quincy" Washington data centers....

[@louistournas120]

I have a DSL modem, down = 8 Mbps up = 1 Mbps The router has 100 Mbps ports. I assume my motherboard has a 1 Gbps NIC.

[@pr0xZen]

"Don't buy 10gig cards they're expensive even though cable is dirt cheap" "Oh yeah you need this $500-$1000 switch for 2.5gig".

[@pr0xZen]

@@photonicpizza1466 Dafuq no dude. I can buy a *managed,* 16 port (half SPF+, half 10g Ethernet) 10gb switch, including a rack mount kit, right now for about $680, _including 25%(!) sales tax._ That's not even a discounted price.

[@jaeeboom]

@@photonicpizza1466 What? You can buy a new UniFi Switch 16 XG for only $599.

[@CC-vv2ne]

He was wrong, there are switches for ~110 Euros if you dont need dozens of ports. mikrotik.com/product/crs305_1g_4s_in This one works perfectly. and has 4x 10Gbit and 1x 1Gbit Also it has router software that is no bit worse than what enterprise routers like cisco has.

[@CC-vv2ne]

Mikrotik is really nice, for example i use NordVPN inside router. to control what data goes through VPN and what goes incorrectly

[@rawdez_]

@@CC-vv2ne this is SFP+ switch. find RJ45 one.

[@friedelectronics]

This video needs to be drastically updated for 2024. It's hard to imagine that the cheapest mult-gig switch was around 500 dollars back then. They are only around 30 to 50 USD now.

[@looijmansje]

Recommended by KZbin: Techquickie "Your Internet Is About To Get FASTER - 2.5 Gbps explained"

[@GGray.]

Did you watch it? Oh wait you just read the title... Maybe try watching it till the end?

[@apadgettski]

"In some cases, dozens of megabits per seconds." Frontier's 1mbps: *sweating*

[@fr3324nic8]

@Valithor Some of us don't have much of a choice.. Hell where I work still has a T1

[@EustaceFPS]

I got 4mbps

[@Mobliz]

500/500 at Frontier is $40/monthly here. 940/880 for $74.99/mo. They cream the only other real competition (Comcast) where their $40 plan gets you only 100mbps download. While comcast does offer up to 1000mbps download, it costs $80/month and at Comcast the upload speed is always massively lower than download. Wired as low as 5mbps. No thanks... Comcast upload speed is so bad they don't even mention it in writing anywhere on their detailed plan info. You can only find out if you ask them directly... where as Frontier offered upload speed generally matches download speed offered.

[@jamescollins6085]

@@Mobliz All of the main UK ISPs do that scummy practice, too. Most connections are ~200/20.

[@lunartigersora4690]

Mine's 200/200 for $60 🤣😅

[@anime_reference]

"hundreds or in some cases dozens of megabits per second" *laughs in 5mbit*

[@andyandy3881]

Laughs in 250 kb/s

[@billrea4841]

Before I retired I was the technical program manager for Intel's network products division and managed the development programs for Intel stand-alone 1G Ethernet devices (such as the I350, I210, 82576, and others). I was advocating for single, dual, and quad port 2.5G silicon about 5 years ago but there was a huge imperative to build 10GBaseT, 40G, and 100G parts and we just didn't have enough engineering staff to do it all. I think the same is likely for many of the leading developers. We liked the idea, but we couldn't make it happen unless the switch silicon guys would support the idea too. Alas, they were concentrating resources on the great Ethernet speed race and were not able to commit resources either.

[@Sean_Sell]

If I’m looking for the fastest dual port network card out today from Intel or another brand, what would it be?

[@bricefleckenstein9666]

Plenty of support for 2.5G and 5G out of Netgear and Ubiquity switches - and has been for a while now.

[@deepspacecow2644]

​@@Sean_Sell I think the mellwnox connectx-7 has two 400g ports

[@tomtherealpom]

Linus, copying nudes: "I want them on my local device so I can, erm, manipulate them in, erm, lightroom...or something."

[@Loachie90]

Dude he’s married

[@Loachie90]

Jeremiah Yonemura please joke like that when you have a spouse and children and see how that works out

[@saddlesore_adventures]

as 10gig is out of reach by restrictive pricing and unavailability in consumer segment, i am really looking forward to 2.5gig standard becoming mainstream as soon as possible, as 1gig had become a bottleneck a long time ago (if you want to drop files across your home network faster).

[@majorgear1021]

Still waiting. FML.

[@phychmasher]

@@majorgear1021 I can't believe we had 10G, then went back to 2.5G and now today in 2023 it's still not cheap or ubiquitous to have 2.5G... let alone the already (now old) 10G!?

[@c0ldw1nd27]

And I am watching this with a laptop that only supports up to """fast""" ethernet. I get better speeds with WiFi.

[@mrn234]

how old is that brick ? O.o even my now 11 year old laptop that i use for discord n stuff supports gigabit.

[@c0ldw1nd27]

@@mrn234 7 years, and it may not have gigabit, but it has 5GHz WiFi and 2 SSDs, weights 1.6 Kg and it's thickness is 18 mm, so it is not a brick at all. Fast ethernet is only a small tradeoff, for a laptop with normal usage is more than enough, I've only used it a couple times.

[@cookiemonster-ky9ru]

@@c0ldw1nd27 does it have usb 3

[@gunlord97]

Only "fast" ethernet on a 7 year old laptop, are you sure you don't just have to tweak some settings from the network adapter? I have had a simular problem.

[@CheapBastard1988]

Depends on how far you are from the access point. At the outer range of wifi, "fast" Ethernet (100Mbps) is still faster.

[@B5031-s1e]

Worker: just downloading the latest update Linus: FASTER FASTER!!!

[@soosenschein1928]

Techquickie: _“Your internet is about to get faster - 2.5 Gbps explained”_ Also Techquickie: _“2.5gbit is awesome, but it won’t make your internet faster”_

[@oscar-bc9yk]

>"100s or even doesns of mb/s" 3MB/s take it or leave it, in the uk

[@kodidavis2819]

I'm lucky to get a few hundred kb/s

[@itsgood9984]

@@kodidavis2819 so I'm

[@eliepvp1276]

3MB/s = 24 Mb/s so when he said dozens, he was right.

[@The117th]

on a brilliant day I see 40Mb/s Down and 5.0Mb/s Up, also I love this but seriously can anyone afford the network switch for this project alone? XD

[@CarrierBagKyle]

I have sky fibre and use a cat6 cable and I can barely get 60mbps down and 25up

[@nickiebanchou]

"or even in some cases dozens of megabits per second" there's a lot of people around me that DREAM of having a single dozen of megabits , linus .....

[@mikecrapse5285]

Tell me where you are, I can probably get you guys close to a gig residential services. I run an ISP

[@iP1sano]

I live in Italy and I have a 5mbps down, 1mbps up ADSL with no plans for optical fiber in the foreseeable future :( And I live in a decently densely populated area too.

[@Sam-er6up]

@@iP1sano hah bich please 1.5 downloading 0.5 upload, I quit KZbin cuz of it

[@A2363-i2k]

Laughs in australian

[@LeonisYT]

Fiber ftw. 500 mbps up and down.

[@YouVidTuber]

"Waiting half a minute for something never killed anyone" Yeah, well..

[@bruhmcbruh4098]

BanChunk proof?

[@SScozzari]

BanChunk I can think of a lot of things that would kill people of it gets there half a minute later

[@natecook06]

Breathing?

[@shakibm1558]

Nate Cook your lung capacity is... actually idk what the standard is.

[@haseenabadshah5381]

69 likes lmao

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I'm more bothered of the fact that his wallpaper is just himself zoning out while wearing headphones.

[@ridakesserwan8712]

thanks, now i can't unsee it

[@JunkyVirus]

It's a side by side with a Cyberman, because those headphones look dumb as fuck.

[@decoohh]

@@JunkyVirus he's being upgraded

[@isuzuke]

the last time i saw this guy he had 23k subscribers

[@DarthVader1977]

with* the fact

[@tijn001]

Good for upgrading in your house to work faster on home projects Also linus: let's pull up some RED 8K footage

[@DaSharkCraftMC]

In fairness, didn't he say he was playing at quarter resolution?

[@camerons.8322]

Linus: "I'm going to show you guys how crazy affordable it has gotten to get faster local network speed." Also Linus: "The cheapest switch is $500."

[@PhysicsGamer]

@@mikeycrackson Hence the specification of local networking

[@spla5h627]

The cheapest 10 gbit, 2.5 is cheaper

[@JimmyZeng]

You might not need a switch in some setup, like a direct line between your workstation and storage server, in a home office, this is very applicable.

[@camerons.8322]

@@spla5h627 He only said multi-gigabit switches that support 2.5, 5, and 10Gb/s.

[@camerons.8322]

@@JimmyZeng That's true, but host to host connections are limited to a single PC unless the NAS has a second connection to the network or the computer is shareing the NAS. Edit: At that point you should just go Thunderbolt 3 for 40 Gb/s. Good luck saturating that.

[@Th_RealDirtyDan]

"It's perfect for those who are prone to dropping thi- 😐"

[@fghsgh]

I had to scroll for way too long to find this.

[@stankiah]

We need more 2.5Gbe home routers, they are charging hundreds of dollars for them but are still stuck on 1 gig ports.

[@larrylarrington9229]

and this is why you buy separate modem, router, switch, access point

[@jondonnelly3]

@@larrylarrington9229 Who the fuck got time for that rats nest of cables at home?

[@jondonnelly3]

@Darwin I came up with a better solution, it's nothing to do with lazyness it's do with having a uncluttered home, one unit to diagnose if there is a problem and lower power consumption.

[@SilverCymbal]

I got a call abut my computer being sued by the IRS from Microsoft and they said I need to pay $500, is it ok to pay?

[@ChadDidNothingWrong]

Yeah let me give you my acc---the account information.

[@rotojo2]

No, scam

[@foxbox2879]

Yeah it's cool.

[@rotojo2]

Dont forget to pay interest rates too on this fee! I would send them $1000 just to be safe. Dont forget: "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" You dont want IRS coming after us!!

[@techhelpportalextras3007]

No its a scam

[@nildev]

Anyone going to point out the misspelled title? “AWERSOME”

[@shlokbhakta2893]

There are no mistakes -master oogway

[@Xi_Jinping_is_Pooh]

What the heck is aweRsome. Getting sloppy Reilly?

[@blarghmcblarghson1903]

I figured it was a Canadian thing, like how you'd hear "out and about" as "oot and aboot".

[@TheScrubmuffin69]

It's like when southern people say warsh instead of wash

[@crazyman2177]

I think your using a Samsung 😂

[@Braiam]

11:00 "Affordable 8k video editing NAS" Data not found.

[@phijkchutato]

Sounds like a floatplane vid for now

[@Braiam]

@@phijkchutato Yeah, that would explain it.

[@franzpleurmann2585]

They teased a NAS building vid several times but I never have seen one on the yt channel.

[@awesomestuff9715]

4k*

[@trevorjohnson7093]

I was looking too. Glad to see it was not just me.

[@boblast5582]

"most people will have to upgrade their switch" - most people don't have switches, they just have routers... this still isn't worth the expense for average in home use where you're not losing money waiting on files to copy over.

[@ondrejbrandejsky5592]

Well i have a gigabit router and a 10-port gigabit switch just for my room

[@nonameuser3180]

@@ondrejbrandejsky5592 pointless info fuckwit

[@boblast5582]

Ondřej Brandejský you’re obviously not most people

[@nattankress]

My fucking ISP router is fucking 100 mbit ethernet, I had to buy another gigabit switch just to make the NAS worth the hassle

[@ondrejbrandejsky5592]

@@nattankress mine is too, had to buy a second router, and the funny thing is that my ISP will give you a 100mbps router even if you pay for a 250mbps connection...

[@norman7334]

meanwhile in Sweden: gigabit connection included in the rent

[@treborrrrr]

Sure, maybe in some places. But let's be realistic, that's certainly not available everywhere, not even close.

[@samtherat6]

Linus: Want to hear my baby bird impression? Linus: 4:46

[@samcq5088]

Shitty joke

[@hafizahmad4631]

Linus: waiting half a minute never kill anyone. Me: thinking about strangling someone to prove a point

[@x511100x]

3:35 you're welcome

[@guilhermegabriellifracalos724]

3:36 real reason why they use a 8k camera

[@WinterStoneRacing]

I love looking back at this now. When a year ago all I could get was 12 mbps and now just one year later AT&T finally upgraded my area to 10Gig for “business”.

[@kennyc1375]

10:08 $32 a month for 10gb/s in Sweden... Dang..

[@Koppakuoriainen]

Published 21-21-2018 I don't know what that month is but yeah. I saw on their homepage that it cost's 499sek/month now. Still awesome and i want it.

[@ChrisP978]

@@Koppakuoriainen Around $50 a month? Holy heck that's cheap for that kind of speed.

[@Matthew-.-]

Currently paying twice that for 1Gb/s. That being said I wonder what the data cap is.

[@EnRIz27]

@@Matthew-.- Data caps on private connections isn't a thing here in Sweden. I did double check the terms, it says unlimited. :)

[@npgrx3381]

@@Matthew-.- data cap is more of a America thing I think, I don't know anyone outside the us that has to deal with that

[@jovan4470]

0:43 that was smooth af

[@hankwest5662]

Hey guys, it's me, I'm 3 years in the future. Switches are now affordable and you can do this for pretty cheap!

[@TooFurious4]

Linus: These cards can be had for as little as $30. Me: Whoa, Mr. Moneybags over here.

[@Devastator21]

Lol

[@good2die223]

3:35 my new background

[@KTSpeedruns]

My PC might only get 400 down from the ISP, but I want communication from one PC to the other PCs on my own darn network to be as fast as possible.

[@MageThief]

10:02 yepp, that's good old Sweden :)

[@ohdung]

Banhof

[@esbjornssonjesper1797]

Yea i live in a student apartment and gigabit internet is included in the rent... Sweden ftw...

[@girlsdrinkfeck]

shame they have a relgiion peace problem there

[@elvistsang832]

@@esbjornssonjesper1797 too bad mine only comes with 100Mbps non-upgradable internet :(

[@darkceptor44]

"i dont want to download these games again" isnt that why they made that steam server?

[@sky0kast0]

Yeah I backup my (noods) ahem Games lol

[@wisico640]

I am stuck with 100mbps at home but gigabit in home so I downloaded all my games and acces them 10x faster localy to avoid the headache of 8h downloads with modern games :)

[@NITROjkee]

@@wisico640 Same here. But I even host them on a network drive. Gigabit seems to be enough for that. Though Steam works with a network drive (tested), better to mount an iSCSI LUN instead, and host the library there. So, any computer from my local network can access it. The only drawback is that loading screens take longer, but I am using HDDs in a RAID anyway. Once game is loaded into RAM and VRAM, everything works just as expected. I also noticed a slightly higher FPS for some titles while playing from a network drive, but I am not sure wheter it is related or not.

[@wisico640]

@@NITROjkee my htpc and pc are all SSD so I prefer to transfer it but I already had my library on my nas; wasn't best for lans with more than 2 pc tho 😂

[@NITROjkee]

@@wisico640 I've got SSDs in my computers as well. And my laptop can reach up to 2000 Mb/s in reads and writes, but 500Gb isn't that much, especially for modern games. I've got a NAS with 10Tb storage. Gigabit network is limiting read/write to 125 Mb/s, so having SSDs in NAS is pointless, because the HDDs in RAID can do up to 300 Mb/s. Other than waiting a few extra minutes (sometimes even seconds) on splash and loading screens I don't see any performance issues playing from a network drive. The choice is obvious for me :) Down the road, I would love to upgrade at least to 2.5G, which won't limit my NAS HDDs, but my router, NAS and switch has only 1G ports - the upgrade just for NAS itself will cost around 1200 USD (I like Synology and that's what cost the model with pcie slot in my country). Or I can use link aggregation with NAS and get 2G, but I am not sure how to set it up, and how much it will cost for a new router and switch. So I will just stick to gigabit for now, because it just works, could have been worse if I had only 100 Mbps 😂

[@rushboardtechuk]

I see a small flaw in your plan: whilst most 10Gb adapters cost twice as much as that 2.5Gb card, they are still four times as fast. I can understand users with 10+ PCs on their network would be expensive - that said, if they just had 3-4 PCs, a 10Gb card for each would likely be a better investment (less if the motherboards in some probably already have them).

[@Killerspiderpig]

There's a few times a year when I would actually transfer photo or bulk files like that at home. Realistically there is no reason for the average consumer to need it at home.

[@CommodoreFan64]

Agreed not at this point in time with the cost of the network switches still being so dang high, and I could be wrong(please be kind if I am, and don't reply 4 years later saying but there is) but I don't think there is a WiFi router with 2.5G Lan ports of when I type this post.

[@Gamerzsociaty]

@@CommodoreFan64 I believe you have to get a 10 gig switch that is compatible but I think 2.5 gig switches are coming soon

[@1Hippo]

@@CommodoreFan64 Look at the FRITZ!Box 5550 and 5530, they have one 2.5 gigabit port. You probbaly would need a switch behind it though...

[@J0k3r399]

The new FRITZ!Box 6660 Cable also has one 2.5. The Puma 7 SoC it uses has it integrated, no dedicated controller chip needed. I'm expecting this to be the case for basically all higher end router SoCs in the future and there should be barely any cost increase.

[@simonj48]

@@CommodoreFan64 I have the netgear ax12, it has one 2.5gbit port + five 1gbit ports.

[@LouisianaBurns]

3:36 screenshot meme in the waiting !

[@pompersuf5214]

Im gonna do it

[@SirSicCrusader]

I ended up buying two of those qnap switches and diving into this, the one MAJOR f me in terms of cost, was getting an rj45 compatible nic that was also compatible with freebsd, and that had to be (at least in my searching) a £300 starlink one (although I got it for 50 off) with an intel x550, that's actually a 10 gig card, but backwards compatible with 2.5, that leaves me ready to go to 10 gig in the future whilst staying functional with pretty much any nas os I throw at it. So yeah, if you are doing this with home built network storage, that's one to look out for, otherwise if all you need is to connect up a few normal computers 2.5 is a steal.

[@mrk2938]

My brain: there is no such thing as a sleep paralysis demon: the demon in the corner of my room: 3:36

[@glent3568]

3:36 -i just ... I have new wallpaper

[@Vincent-mc4wt]

😂same

[@vendybirdsvadl7472]

Why Wait when you dont have to - big Brain linus

[@gino3286]

i truly love the aspect ratio of your videos It provides a movielike feeling Great choice indeed

[@ishtimal]

I love the mikrotik device in the background

[@zzco]

My RB-915-TnHD is weeping :p

[@ishtimal]

@@zzco I assume you mean the 951? we use it's bigger brother, the 962 a lot for low-mid load routing, 3011/4011 for mid-high. hugggeeee fan of the CRS 326 though. ANDDD they just released a 48-port switch too, which i cannot wait to get my hands on

[@zzco]

@@ishtimal er yeah. the RB-951-2nHD **

[@zzco]

@@ishtimal nice! and yeah mine is crying because of the three IKE tunnels it uses routinely, lmao.

[@d23e23dsd]

“Internet speeds in the hundreds or maybe even as low as the dozens” me with my 0.8mb download speed😢

[@DrRulRul]

same here

[@charlie7mason]

Bruh! How are you even watching this video? 240p?

[@gabemerritt3139]

3 take it or leave it

[@DrRulRul]

@@charlie7mason I use a plugin. I let the video puffer in 720p while I´m working and watch it then fully loaded in my break

[@d23e23dsd]

CharlieMason yep 👍🏻

[@maulerrw]

God damn brutal editing. Whoever you are you're a spicy angel to be sure.

[@lordairivis]

10:08 298 SEK is about $32 USD. I pay about 3x that for 1/33 of the speed with Comcast.

[@ravenlorans]

I pay $99 for 10Mbps... The Fastest available to the Public and 100Mbps for Businesses.

[@ravenlorans]

@@nrvhj795 that means I am getting Screwed and so is everyone else in the area because we only have 3 providers. 1 for North of the Railroad tracks and 2 for the south but 1 of those uses the others equipment and lines. The one North of the RR Charges $74 for 1.5Mbps just enough they say to Stream Netflix. I have a Hell of a time Streaming with 10Mbps. DISH wants about the Same for the Same. Our Infrastructure in my area Can't handle more Unless they Upgrade to Fiber Optics then they said we could get 100Mbps but at a hell of a lot more than $99. Suppose to happen within the next year or so.

[@98ahni]

Well, I guess Bahnhof actually outdid Comhem!

[@SkullIndieZ]

You are the most consistent youtuber I have ever seen. Good job....🤗🤗🤗

[@kashashk]

2:00 "Waiting half a minute for anything never killed anyone." *People in life and death situations*: Are you sure about that?

[@EastDallasKicks]

MSORPG People who try and *bold* there comment but fail.

[@alexipeck4201]

@@EastDallasKicks People that unnesessarily that a stab at people

[@EastDallasKicks]

Alexi Peck I’m sorry I can’t read that broken wannabe sentence what are you trying to say?

[@specodhec341]

10:15 Linus shuts down a laptop using only his mind

[@rochobodato]

Editing is so creative lately, but not distracting - good balance

[@thatoneguy2470]

My preferred solution to >1Gb speeds: quad port NIC with teaming/link aggregation for under $25 USD used.

[@tubastud06]

Yeah, but even then you have to have a switch capable of doing aggregation on the other end. Unmanaged switches won't do that.

[@Knee-Lew]

@CipherBytes not to mention that you have to buy twice of the cable length.

[@korgied]

Intel X520 on Ebay is also about $25. You can get a Qnap switch with 3xSFP+ ports for something like $160 (though I got a Mikrotik with 4 SFP+ for like $200). A SFP+ module can be found for many switches for $5-15 on Ebay. Teaming 1Gbps connections isn't as cost-effective/good as it used to be when compared to newer solutions. (Though it's still often "fine")

[@fakepixilord]

Plus LAG able switches... And for what? To your nas? So there has to be at least the same setup.. not as cheap as you think

[@thatoneguy2470]

@@fakepixilord Cheaper than a 500 dollar switch. 48 Port Brocade used does more than fine for under 100 USD.

[@danieledg94]

9:41 is that the new xps 13 9300? Hope a review will come soon!

[@xeniamorph]

Damn, the editing was good in this video. Good job, editor.

[@no1bandfan]

Linus: Use 2.5 gbps! Monopoly ISP's: Let us stop you right there!

[@RBFR01]

crazy how 2 years later and my motherboard has a 2.5 and a 10gig ethernet port

[@snakedad]

10:03 That's Bahnhof, one of many Swedish service providers. 298sek is about ~$30(taxes included).

[@pjuppi]

det är väl dock bara för villor, än så länge....möjligtvis att vissa stadsnät i sthlm/gbg eller liknande har det också. håller tummarna för framtiden :D

[@Kathdath]

I would love to see video looking at the newer 'ethernet over power' adapters. I have some from when 56Mbs and 128Mbs were the max, and they were great when I was on an (Australian) ADSL2 connection, but the new ones seem to be promising a 10x-20x improvement.

[@GrantZaitchick]

I appreciate this video. While these options will be less expensive, the only way we are going to see true adoption is when 2.5G ethernet is added to home and business-use routers, as well as when it is integrated into motherboards. The add on cards are much less expensive (than 10G), but I don't see many aside from enthusiasts or professionals who need it going out of their way to install the extras.

[@Acer0c]

Ahhh the cybermen desktop background.

[@johnmadsen37]

The new doctor who sucks huh?

[@myrmidon111]

Linus references an "affordable 4K video editing NAS" video at end. Has that video not been uploaded yet? I can't find it.

[@UltimateByte]

Yep, thats what I found too. It looks like a Fractal Define 7 build, the case is new so since we didn't see this video likely, this is likely upcoming. :)

[@OliverKehm]

yeah i saw it on a YT story so guess they just made a mistake

[@YTmurphy]

@@OliverKehm I saw that several times already. when bingewatching a bunch of LTT videos at a time I often get "announcements" at the end for the following video or the video after that ;) happens when they screw around with their upload schedule and things go live in a different order than planned. I bet it's available on FLOATPLANE already, though ...

[@Andrew1B20]

I love the editing in this video!

[@fredichon]

3:35 is the stuff nightmares are made of.

[@zedosbois8000]

big brain

[@Sithhy]

10:04 - That's true. In my country, a certain ISP offers symmetrical 10Gb/s for households for quite a cheap price

[@keoki82]

2:52 Linus: let's copy a folder of spicy nudes. I want to "manipulate" them on my local "device" Windows: these files might be harmful to your computer

[@chuck7024]

I just upgraded to 2.5 Gb internet and can only handle 900mpbs so this is very nice to see.

[@PeeHooo]

You just proved me again that average user have absolutely zero use for over 1Gb/s speeds.

[@danielt91]

An average person probably only has a single PC/laptop and doesn't even need a NAS. LOL

[@mrkitty777]

For now I agree.

[@petelee2477]

@@danielt91 The even less tech savvy households probably only have a cellphone, a tablet, a few Bluetooth accessories, and a game console. So suffice to say that this video probably isn't for that demographic

[@danielt91]

@@petelee2477 Ok, but you don't have an animal avatar like the rest of us in this section :/

[@Ayyy-lmao]

I think you'd find average people are using wifi me included

[@mechrior]

when he said "waiting half a minute never killed anyone" there were so many things I could say, but I respect the man and dont wanna bring anyone down! great content.

[@jejeroy]

2:22 omfg did dennis really edited a zoom on it ...

[@shush-ant]

Alex edited this...not the Alex we see as host... Alexander potvin 🤗

[@BrianPvanOers]

2:00 "Waiting half a minute never killed anyone" Eh, there were probably some medical emergencies where it did

[@dankelteufel193]

whoever did the editing deserves a raise

[@CordeliaAurora]

3:35 when someone sneezes at you in 2020

[@gordonlawrence1448]

Just so you know, the first network I helped install was 25kbit. That was way back in 1984 and was BBC model Bs. The network mass storage device was a whopping 10MB. Chuffin huge thing as well - full height 5.25 drive + card etc.

[@plagosus]

Fast forward 3 years later, 2.5GbE cards are as low as 20 EUR and switches are available at around 80 EUR.

[@John_Locke_108]

Yeah, I needed a new network card so I bought a 2.5 GB card today for 26 bucks.

[@Inpersona64]

"This will not make your internet faster" We'll see about that 😏

[@WarriorsPhoto]

I was one of the people that thought 2.5Gbps was a ploy. After watching this video I see a lot of reasons to network my house with a 5Gbps switch and 2.5Gbps NIC cards. Thank you Linus and team.

[@mrmotofy]

Maybe consider the jump to 10Gbe instead, the difference isn't much. Look into a used X540-2 NICs and a cable between 2 devices like a NAS and PC

[@WarriorsPhoto]

mrmotofy I am helping a buddy do this at his house now. We’ll see what kind of results we get. ;)

[@samtherat6]

For a second there at the end, I genuinely believed they had no sponsor for the video.

[@BenedictBerganio]

2:24, I almost spit my coffee.

[@type_40]

Okay but can I just say I am LIVING for that Cyberman!Linus desktop ?