Are Walmart Gaming PCs actually THAT bad?

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The new OverPowered line of gaming PC's from Walmart got slammed by other reviewers. While they do not sell these in Canada, we went down to US and got one to see for ourselves.
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[@williamh.mic.8712]

Sometimes, I like to imagine I understand what they're saying....

[@mrstealyoclout8429]

pre builts dog shit custom built good

[@atanki5682]

@@mrstealyoclout8429 yup, that's all he needs to know

[@biblemario9875]

Lol

[@Harley_Racing]

Ik

[@lucasalonso2283]

J.s -1126 dude chill you didn’t have to add all those curse words

[@waywardhero1177]

This seems like a computer that was built by someone who knows PC’s but the final decisions are made by Derek at headquarters who thinks the monitor is the computer.

[@edwinng4610]

WaywardHero 117 ha

[@bryan0x05]

@Benjamin Hausmann i think it's like a 15 cent differnece

[@johnjapannn3961]

That’s because the only computer Derek owns is a Mac

[@westtell4]

HEHE yeah

[@bob_kat7160]

But like he probably does

[@bunsenn5064]

“How can you ship a system in 2018 with USB 2.0 front ports?” Alienware: *nervous sweating*

[@knightchalk4920]

lol

[@tankdawg88]

DDR3 in 2018... Apple does it lol

[@Matt-bk2rt]

kinda funny to hear that in 2021

[@user-cr7mn8vy9x]

DDR3 in 2018 (Apple lol)

[@crafterbozo9695]

lenovo: we did it but we stoped it bc it also annoyed us :0

[@gmualum08]

I'm surprised Linus didn't mention how restrictive to airflow the glass front panel is. That kind of stuff cooks your processor.

[@vincentwu2848]

He did mention that the front fans intake air through unfiltered side vents. Side vents are a pretty common feature on a lot of nice atx cases, and having filtered vents is even more restrictive to airflow but will not necessarily cause components to overheat. Its probably not true that true that the processor is getting cooked on the system in the video because he made no mention of thermal throttling in any of the tests.

[@PootisDaLoopis]

Yea i used to have a case nearly identical to that walmart one - looks nice but my GPU was literally cooking inside there. Got a lian li airflow case and my CPU/GPU sit in the mid 50s-60s now. Granted it does need a clean, though.....

[@GreatYamatanoOrochi]

The bigger concern is those poor VRMs. They will absolutely get roasted

[@typicallytheo]

Me: "oh this computer isn't that bad" Linus: "disgusting" Me: "disgusting"

[@daaaduh5]

Jamal Oatman lmaooooo

[@ccitizenn]

Octille yeah it’s a bad copy isnt it

[@atesguclu6029]

Like a gr vid

[@johnnyvo2610]

Hahaha

[@franciscoramirez3311]

I'm dead 😂😂

[@haziqtheunique]

The guy who put this together used glue because his Swiss army knife didn't have a screwdriver.

[@hawken796]

oof that verge reference

[@ballsackgaming2100]

T W E E Z E R S

[@Subaki2K]

T H E B R A C E

[@drummonkeystuffuk1875]

@@Subaki2K Like the hexacire i7 8700k, yes weve got one!

[@invisiblen1nja610]

Screw In with confidence and fight cancer

[@crafciak31]

I feel like Walmart just wanted to make a cheap gaming PC and they we're saving on everything they could, but whoever was putting it together, he wanted this to at least look nice for someone, who seen an inside of PC. If I didn't had any knowledge - this computer is just good.

[@Heruadej]

Walmart doesnt make gaming pcs they are retail sellers

[@braydenhardman3112]

We are two different people

[@wuyi250]

well the problem is they charge like it has RTX 5000 with I9 20th gen, baiting people that only see RGB

[@DirtandDust1]

@@wuyi250 correction RTX 69420 with i9 69th gen

[@lethalityv2]

Facts, it’s Walmart. I got an Acer predator from Walmart but the specs are a lot better than that OP pc. OP: GTX 1070. Acer Predator Orion 3000: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super

[@ejasmith]

(I know this is an old video but) I think you should have retested with a dual channel memory to see if that alone would solve the performance issues and also then be another demonstration of the importance of dual channel

[@tf2engineer106]

it sounds like gordon ramsay criticizing a restaurant but for computers

[@arbiterregnant]

Bruh...

[@brandonpen1165]

Bruh...

[@tatejohnson2281]

Bruh...

[@ayyocam1917]

Hurb

[@lackad]

Bruh... (tru tho I laughed)

[@renancolli3700]

7:00 is how spaceship engineers talk in science fiction movies

[@MatVids2]

I rarely comment on comments, but this is fucking hilarious

[@donatallo23]

You win , that was funny!!

[@tigerzygaming9557]

Your an underrated commenter keep commenting

[@renancolli3700]

That was so kind, thank you!

[@ethansyang8341]

Lol

[@TradeMarcTM]

Dude.. where do I get those rgb fans on the OP pc? I'm actually pretty impressed with those color fx lol

[@gmdking]

A OP Computer?

[@Skoopyy.]

buy it in the trash can

[@nicholasturner2509]

Fr

[@FemtoTheFox]

@@Skoopyy. a can? You need a whole ass dumpster to fit that trash of a PC in a bin.

[@novaverse1716]

@@FemtoTheFox think that's trash wait until you use mine

[@beardedchin72]

Ah yes, nothing says quality performance than being overwhelmed by the OP-ness of the PC X)

[@joshjanes6]

Linus: This PC is bad Me: *Watching on the PC being tested*

[@ogsniper743]

Lol im sorry but that cracked me up. At least you have a PC and some of it was good.

[@user-gc7bi3du2w]

@@ogsniper743 Litterally

[@MrJord1994]

well... slap in a 16gb kit with 2 sticks. a decent psu and a dust cover you got an okay pc.

[@saltybiscuit8949]

Hey dude, it's not bad for the price, he gave some completely useless criticisms that have no impact on anything. For example, he talks about them partitioning the hard drives, that has no impact. He talks about there only being USB 3.0 ports on the back, which has no *real* impact. He criticized the onboard graphics even though your system is running off the GPU, so that HAS NO IMPACT. Just a bunch of garbage and overly critical commentary from someone trying to get views. In the end, do not worry, just put a dust cover on and *you have a good pc* . Edit: the hot glue crap also has no impact

[@ogsniper743]

Either way it's still way better then being on console.

[@addisonkumlien2943]

You know its an honorable compliment when linus called it "not terrible" or "adequate"

[@mex1z]

@lordorangeALT lol

[@KindledBonfire]

half life respect bud

[@zarrowthehorse]

@lordorangeALT a fellow??

[@slysardines5578]

Anthony Fantano of Tech Channels

[@laszlohrabovszky2489]

Oh hey there fellow Black Mesa enthusiast

[@macallanj]

can we just appreciate his into. its the same but its so detailed now. love that

[@maxwell_edison]

Not having onboard video ports beyond VGA has messed me up SO MUCH. Imagine your PC destroying your Graphics Driver every other update and having no way to plug up a monitor when your GPU just gives up.

[@IntrebuloN]

You just buy an adapter for $5. Real tough fix.

[@RiptideAutomotive]

​@@IntrebuloNshouldn't need to

[@clestachra727]

Linus: “Walmart doesn’t sell their PCs in Canada”. Me: ya because they know your there

[@henrylee546]

*you’re

[@Ty-uk4cp]

Cryptid Ash youre’r*

[@pixelfire6121]

@@henrylee546 go fuck yourself lol

[@century768]

@@pixelfire6121 bruh

[@ryanbeev]

You're

[@lnxtc9234]

does Linus ever go play a game then says “my fps is bad” then casually unplugs the pc and plug another pc?

[@Ali-vq8bc]

He prolly doesn’t play that many games now but 2 years ago this might’ve been a possibility

[@dinodare1605]

No because he would just never have bad FPS.

[@anubeia]

not unless that’s the episode’s schtick

[@thelildude805]

aww my fps is bad rn *puts in 3090 and 128 gb of ram*

[@elcejotasxd6020]

@@Ali-vq8bc have you not watched his twitch streams

[@sm0lz]

Imagine getting killed in cod by the guy who bought his pc off Walmart

[@jamessauls7533]

I bought the $500 HP Pavillion with only 8 gigs of ram in store and I have a 2.9kd🤔120fps on modern warfare, same for Apex

[@DankoHidalgo]

I can't even imagine myself playing a fish

[@Bogxs]

My laptop is from Walmart and it was nothing special but for $400 It wasnt bad and I'm still using it

[@Red-Insomnias]

@@jamessauls7533 humble brag much

[@jamessauls7533]

@@Red-Insomnias just being honest. The amount of stupid in people nowadays when some of the best players in any game started with a very poor setup. You don't need a 2k or even 1k PC to compete and only a scrub would suggest that in the first place, granted it would of course be better to have for Rpgs or demanding games but FPs games can be run on a toaster using low settings which should be used anyways in fps

[@stephendavidson4013]

I like how Linus opens the box with a drywall saw hahaha he truly is ONE OF US!

[@baazxd9133]

me: “id kill a baby for that computer” linus: “this is quite possibly the worst thing i have seen in my entire life, i hate it and i want to destroy it”

[@garbagegaming8317]

baaz meh the case is cool I guess but like it’s so overpriced for the hardware inside of I really was desperate for a pre build I’d buy from maingear or omen

[@ExDee419]

do it

[@ploperdung]

Even if the thing kills me it's still worth it to murder a baby

[@jibby4906]

@@garbagegaming8317 honestly the hp omen isnt too bad

[@Comintern1919]

@Milo Harris Well... no offense, but whether or not you can afford it doesn't change the fact it is bad in general ;) . If the only thing you can afford is cheap FastFood, that doesn't change the fact that cheap FastFood is bad, does it? Same with PCs. But I feel you, before I got a good-paying job, I had to scrape the bottom of the barrel as well, so I've been there, oh I've been there...

[@hanspogi6465]

This is one weird cooking show episode but ok

[@tnu7]

xD

[@jasonalwaysmerks5363]

Deserves more likes

[@arkhane2495]

I thought this was a parkour vid

[@the_word.]

Very cool kanye

[@coryindahus7319]

Stop it

[@JohnSmith-cg3cv]

Lmfao Linus sounded like the Gordon Ramsey of gaming PCs. *In Gordon Ramsey voice:* “I just noticed that the only onboard video output is VGA… what year is this?? Oh it’s from October 2018, looks like I *didn’t* go back in fucking time!!” “Where’s the lamb sauce???”

[@SMCwasTaken]

Why didn't he just tell me if the PC is bad or not? I honestly felt like falling asleep in this video because of how boring it is

[@spiedi7272]

HOLY SMOKES I thought there was a reason my storage was divided all these years and because of you I just found out that I can just CHANGE IT??? THank you so muchk, even tho I dont even understand 90% of what you tell me the 10% just changed a LOT for me

[@IntrebuloN]

There are two major types of PC users. Users who accept things as they are and users who will find a better way when something doesn't suit them. The former buys prebuilts, and the latter eventually build their own if they aren't already.

[@genoziderkanine2668]

what the hell who needs performance and stability if you have RGB?

[@austinglass1916]

GreenPawWolf *RGB OVER EVERYTHING*

[@keyozctrl]

Rgb improves performance and fps.

[@ncch7568]

MrMoskillboy2 Very true facts.

[@rilakkumaturd3892]

@@keyozctrl When I installed RGB fans, my GPU clock seeped went from 2050 MHz to 6969 MHz and got 400 more fps.

[@uddhavamaharaj2919]

GreenPawWolf what the fuck is RGB? The friggging lights on the case ?

[@doppelcipher6875]

i bet walmart worked on the lighting for the fans more than the PC itself

[@claudeyaz]

Well imagine a mom buying a game pc. She knows nothing. Likely will buy the "omg 100 lighting options" one

[@eeveeblazelol]

Clooz loooooooooool

[@Amira-rg3sk]

@@claudeyaz that is definitely my mom she got me a PC with a gt 7470 graphics card because it was rainbow colored lmao

[@claudeyaz]

kids companies do things that work

[@cuppajoe2]

Lol

[@hplovecraftmacncheese]

Linus always manages to make these tech videos very entertaining. I don't even care about Walmart PCs.

[@SpeedMalid]

i love this channel and cant stop watching... smh linus, you made me addicted

[@arr0zc0nlech3]

I have 0 idea wtf they're talking about but I watch these damn videos anyway

[@dedsecpetrikov]

Sum Due why is that me

[@joeortiz5177]

Same lol but I'm trying to learn

[@fortclipsbruh9628]

Same

[@aarizshaikh6181]

I am a 10 year old and I got what these thing are but it I have no idea what word like a ssd what the heck is that

[@acidvoid2103]

Same

[@GamersNexus]

Yes. Also, appropriate reaction to the unplugged PCIE cable! "... wow."

[@psychosis1767]

Hey Jesus! Turning coolant into wine?

[@connerp8432]

*Jesus has entered chat room*

[@TintelFruit]

At least Linus got the specs he paid for...

[@aliceWT]

Walmart Over Price series

[@Guill0rtiz]

Hey man, did you have any troubles getting your actual pc?

[@ekayn1606]

You perfectly described Walmart. "There's sprinklings of competence, but somehow, the end product is worse than its components. "

[@spenny9609]

For some reason whenever I hear a KZbinr lives in Canada I always get happy like I think I’ll get to meet them.

[@Lyprin64]

He's like the Gordon Ramsay of gaming pcs.

[@anwaw5663]

lol

[@Cage_U]

*exhales nasally*

[@Dream_Mentality]

nah man thats jayztwocents

[@scoobedoo7481]

Or Simon Cowell. That use to be my favorite gaming pc, now you've ruined it for me. (In my best English accent)

[@JDMilitaria]

I disagree, In a way that he shows passion for what he is doing yes, not in behaviour, Linus is far to calm compared to Gordon... Although I'd love to see Linus get really angry at something.. *Comes with horrible PSU* Linus: "You Stupid fucking sack of shit donkeys" AT LEAST PUT A DECENT FUCKING POWER SUPPLY IN IT"

[@Spectaxe]

Linus Ramsay: Computer Nightmares

[@themilkman2283]

Skyproplayz Ramsay

[@Spectaxe]

Oof

[@CTde110]

Gold lol

[@Pepino8A]

Where is the power supply?

[@donkthedankee8595]

THE CPU IS FUCKING BURNT

[@nequastar1826]

breaks my heart to see that old HP Omen case, Loved that pc, even though the thermals were beyond crap. kept it for years, but it died during some work I was doing on it. (it was already damaged during a move a while back, Motherboard was the issue), It was on it's last legs, and gave me an excuse to harvest it for parts and build a whole new system again. But I loved that case. I still have the case, just got no idea what I'll end up doing with it some day.

[@simoyahya245]

Oh my gosh, I hope to get something like this in the future. great content

[@cgme7076]

Me: I’ve built four computers. I think I did a pretty good job on them too. Linus: How’s your cable management? Me: What? Linus: What?

[@facyual9061]

i've built two and worked on a bunch of my friends and my cable management isn't horrible but could use some work. usually its because i end up having to work with shitty cases and short cheap oem cables. god i hate molex.

[@Silent_Shadow]

@@facyual9061 the friend or relatives computer is always some damn base tier case with no cable space. 9.9 times out of 10.

[@facyual9061]

@@Silent_Shadow yeah or just really old but still ok case that is 1/3 drive bays that are missing all the actual mounting brackets.

[@ninjedi6710]

im all for cable management but I really dont like the idea of choking everything tight. Just in case I need to take apart to troubleshoot/upgrade some stuff.

[@facyual9061]

@@ninjedi6710 thats why i like cases that have special tie downs that make it so you dont have to use zip ties. They make it so much easier to undo if you need to repair/replace.

[@vice86]

Once Linus opened up the PC while still powered to look at the inside, I waited for accidental fan touch. My wait was over at 12:22 lol

[@ekke420]

l0l

[@fightclubalum9934]

@@fjgaming8019 hitting the fan doesn't hurt from my experiences

[@SolidRaiden2655]

resumes like nothing happened.

[@steliostsirdanis3061]

@@fightclubalum9934 I had a cpu fan slicing my thumb open once, it was one of them old fans I had mounted on a Intel core 2 duo. It was awfully quiet and my 11 year old self wanted to see if it was running by touching it. Needless to say I aint touching no more fans

[@hunterlong1820]

@@fightclubalum9934 i touched them all the time and felt the same way until one caught me just the right way and sliced me open lol. now i'm always careful

[@Wavepush]

The videos before the LTT screwdriver were like another era. It feels so wrong to see Linus using a screwdriver other than his own

[@siyzo842]

23th year, still having no rgb or even lights in pc and can play on high all games

[@slapology3277]

3:15 guy walks out of screen just to walk back in on queue. We found the secret sauce for smoothness ladies and gents.

[@jkcc21]

Cue*

[@jkcc21]

@@dontsharee Cue - noun 1. a thing said or done that serves as a signal to an actor or other performer to enter or to begin their speech or performance. "she had not yet been given her cue to come out on to the dais" Google helps

[@bjooste5676]

@@dontsharee Do you are have stupid?

[@MsSa3di]

@@dontsharee BURNED

[@mousse9897]

@@bjooste5676 he deleted his comment, what a shame

[@vmorty]

Linus: Gets mad in tech Me: So this is what it feels like to miss a week of school

[@JuanHernandez-bg3nj]

He's like the Gordon Ramsay of gaming pcs.

[@aasrithkammula5004]

@@JuanHernandez-bg3nj the fact that you copied the top comment makes me lose hope in humanity

[@lebryantjohnson7306]

@@aasrithkammula5004 lol

[@loyaltyabovealllawzco.lilw1232]

@@JuanHernandez-bg3nj nice job coming up with that bro i think u can be a rapper with punclines like that yo yo check it out im the gordon ramsay of rap u can catch me torching panseyies with straps up on the scene im scorching patties no cap yo im about to start flooring the caddy like that

[@streylok439]

@@aasrithkammula5004 oh yeah humanity is gonna be destroyed because comments are now copyrighted and I’m just too sad

[@kinagrill]

RGB is a Tertiary concern for gamers. As in it comes even AFTER proper cable management. At least that's so for me. RGB is like... having a sticker on the Tower itself. It's fun extra you add when everything else is in order.

[@egrighost5073]

4:48 I dont speak much english but that moment of silence and the music with the message give me something that I can't say with words, even on my native lenguage.

[@Action3398]

They forgot to install the PCIE power cable properly* on bitwits system too......

[@bojc21]

yeah i saw that on @Bitwit and was like surely they wont do same mistake again ...

[@akadanohit8220]

I am 99% sure it was a shipping thing

[@MortisLegio]

Starting to think that's a choice and not just a screw up. Why do this? Hell if I know.

[@Action3398]

@@akadanohit8220 ya it totally could be, just a little weird because they are pretty hard to unplug

[@hmoham]

Not forget, they installed it, just did a really sloppy job, they hot glued the USB 3 header but didn't click the GPU power cables in properly. Maybe they have multiple people on the assembly line and the person installing the GPU is incompetent, where the person installing the USB header is obsessed with making sure nothing gets loose in shipping.

[@cesarmendivil3006]

I love how he, technically, doesn't censor the language, his reaction is genuine and just makes it a whole lot more enjoyable to watch even if they do add a *beep* to it

[@AlexisTwoLastNames]

that is technically censoring lol

[@VxctorG7]

*bruh*

[@VxctorG7]

~bruh~

[@VxctorG7]

||bruh||

[@karammarji890]

Walmart watching this: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@I_am_not_pewdiepie]

I think they were intentional with that " no Canada gaming pcs sold x

[@Steelebourne]

And the moral of the story is to NEVER to buy CyberPower PCs at a retail store. However, they do a really good job when it comes to custom builds online.

[@Juhuuu]

Two reviewers got a pc with the pcie power disconnected. That's just incredible.

[@Juhuuu]

@@Farquad76.547 Don't go read the comments before watching the video? Isn't it quite obvious that the comments are about the video?

[@myownsite]

@@Farquad76.547 LOL

[@beaupoopoo256]

Juho Leiniö u.......DICK bag... òwó

[@bromazepam781]

Next batch of Overpowered(R) PC's will have hotglue on those babies, don't worry.

[@poolsideracist9620]

Juho Leiniö torille

[@Ryyxo]

Rgb is what we all need I installed rgb on my old home pc Now it runs pubg on ultra 60fps

[@Retr0_Blues]

Don't forget the DX racer gaming chair

[@Ryyxo]

@@Retr0_Blues i just got that chair Now i can open 4 games in tge same time

[@Retr0_Blues]

@@Ryyxo truly Epic

[@enqoz3384]

Muaz _ Stark Gamer moment

[@notjoeyg666]

really ? im gonna do the same thing

[@StorsteeZ]

Crazy too cause nowadays hp makes a pc with what if i remember right is a 3060 and customizing one to the point where it's pretty top tier for 1600 and honey chops a good chunk off lol

[@SacredMilkOG]

Hey, I partition my drives different so I can keep file storage separate from the OS- in this sense I can reset or even install a different OS without having to move documents or whatever other crap I have on the drive. It's just all there ya know? Easier resets requiring less time backing things up etc etc Wal-Mart computers.... guess they ain't as bad as I'd expect them to be. I'm pretty surprised :)

[@mataznuiz]

No dust filter in a pc most buyers will never even open

[@bI5NISMO]

Dane Berryman clearly doesn’t understand the purpose of a dust filter.....

[@tobylegion6913]

@@bI5NISMO Nope, he is right. Dust filters are there to ease maintenance, not to replace it. Obviously the best solution is air filters + regular maintenance. The filters are faster to clean, but also clog way faster. Which means no air flow and more heat if not cleaned- way before the actual components are clogged.

[@ThePopeSong]

I mean, its' common sense (no offense, genuinely) that a blocked filter won't act as efficient as a clean one, though generally they still offer airflow around the center where the fan is. However, depending on your house/office, you could leave a PC for a couple years and not touch it and you might have no problems, nor notice a thing, because the dust filter is doing it's job. It won't be as efficient and those who pay close attention to temperatures etc will see the difference.

[@Jason-lu3rl]

I don't know about that, this is the second walmart machine where the graphics card not attached lol They'll be opening it up first day :D

[@robertvandeneijk1284]

Even with dust filters I feel I have to clean at least twice a year (although it doesn't show in temp). The really fine (talk powder like) stuff still gets in a bit.

[@2ladin341]

he’s the calmer version of Gordon Ramsay while being the most mean person about PCs on the planet

[@RobinTheBot]

Check out Gamers Nexus. That's gordon ramsey. This is like... Guy Fierri on a bad day.

[@gmdking]

I use, and I quote… A HP OMEN With a crap cooler and good specs.

[@ResidentSleepyJoe]

I like how forgetting to plug in the video card is a feature

[@echnaton192]

I do partition the drives. If I am annoyed because someting fails, I format the system partition while all the data stays. I would not use four partition, but 2 plus the hidden recovery-partition? Every singe time I setup a new system.

[@skrt6615]

are we not gonna talk about how hes testing a pc in his kitchen

[@madarauzumaki5801]

100 subs with no friends nope

[@acxyz1107]

seems normal to me

[@mahammad]

I think that's his studio layout

[@ay045]

He gotta play war zone while he makes his food

[@mattiasbandersson]

Back in the days, they where in a real kitchen though

[@Zebruhfy]

The graphics card was unplugged in bitwits video too.

[@biohazardlnfS]

It seems like they are doing it on purpose maybe to prevent damage while moving idk

[@patx35]

@@biohazardlnfS issue is that you you expect a technologically illiterate user to plug it in without breaking something?

[@jradish]

@@biohazardlnfS what damage would leaving in a cable cause? What the fuck? Might as well unplug the 24 pin and EPS while you're at it.

[@biohazardlnfS]

@@jradish no need to come at me bruh, I do not know, but it does not seem like something randomly forgot at this point. Still stupid, but probably of the same mind of using hot glue gun for the other cable

[@kevinbatts2804]

It must be unplugged by design.

[@alexcarson8305]

You should make a line of midrange gaming pcs, I would buy one for sure.

[@tahsintanveer1808]

Wallmart: Lets not sell our new PC in Canada... In that way Linus can't be suuuuper judgy about it. Linus: *are you sure about that?*

[@diarrheaman8959]

12:22 did he just stick his fingers in the fan

[@DumKilla]

Diarrheaman i think so .-.

[@suzumes6738]

A true expert in his field.

[@Kerem-we9lf]

😂😂😂😂

[@warper6338]

69th like 😉

[@freakingamer2532]

@Reese K it was check again fan made sound when he did that

[@nhrad]

Imagine spending $1500 bucks on a piece of technology that is hot glued together.

[@prfallenstar8968]

Nick Hradisky haha sad

[@32monarch]

shrimpyvfx your right building my pc for 1500 with a Ryzen 7 3700x and a rtx2070 super 8gb

[@nrgbladex7670]

DAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNN

[@Ethan-tw7pv]

now you can get a ryzen 9 3900x and a rtx 2060 for about 1300

[@lihangsu249]

Apple? Hahaha

[@DolphinBoii]

the gpu is definitely bottlenecked by the motherboard and maybe the PSU

[@plump8388]

nope the psu is completely fine, a lot of big brand name PSU's use great wall as their OEM

[@DolphinBoii]

@@plump8388 the cheap chinese no name motherboard is the killer for me, alot of pre builts do this to reduce cost especially on ITX motherboards. but then again, the benchmark showed the cpu was fine so im not sure

[@VVVVV99611]

@@plump8388 Yes. The 300W PSU is... _f i n e_

[@viruscure4677]

Wish i had that op pc case....id strip away all the components, keep the case add in my own....

[@ognjenilic3001]

Dude looks like the human version of Mark Zuckerberg

[@waldotheranger3987]

@@Shinkajo Shut

[@waldotheranger3987]

That's actually kind of accurate. Like if zucc used facial expressions properly and didn't look like his skin was stretched over his face artificially.

[@ruadhanduffy3361]

@@Shinkajo stfu anti Semitic bitch

[@Shinkajo]

@@ruadhanduffy3361 That's rich coming from a guy named Putin, lmao

[@tabicious53]

How is naming yourself Putin bad

[@marktucker1441]

I bet so much that walmart employed somebody who knew what they were doing, let them build a good, well balanced PC for the budget, then turned around and went "well with these parts it would be cheaper, and the RGB makes it look even better!" and ruined it, it would explain why there are dodgy parts while still being put together well.

[@cloudconnected1014]

I bet they hired a cheap company overseas and that was that.

[@the_danksmith134]

I want to know what kind of PSU has been used. A friend of mine had once bought a pc from there and after 7 months the PSU exploded!!!

[@bene12344]

@@the_danksmith134 13:48 it is a Great Wall 500W unit.

[@uknighthuntingvision93]

I came to the United States (early 2000) for a visit and wanted to buy some Post Cards (18 Individual Cards) from Walmart. I went to the checkout and the Mexican lady tried to count the cards. She usually got up to four or five in English and then started again. After a few minutes of this repeat exercise, I got frustrated and counted them out for her! She then took them back off me and started to count them out again. I just looked at my wife and laughed and walked out without the cards. A bit rude of me I know, but heh when I employ staff, I make sure that they can speak English and count......……….. the majority of our customers speak English and therefore English is a must for any employee. Where I was in the USA the majority of the customers would have been able to speak and have as a first language English...…...… so a very crazy situation for a person dealing with customers on a till. Most def I would not purchase a Gaming PC from Walmart! lol

[@IntrebuloN]

You must not be familiar with Dell business practices from the late 90s and early 2000s. All integrators have done this for decades because on paper the machine specs look good but the unlisted components are generally garbage. As an example, I was at a staples and asked what the speed of the RAM in a particular system was. The guy said "says right here it's 16GB DDR4"... That's all they put on the spec list. They don't tell you because it might be single stick, single channel 2400MHz going into your Zen 2 system instead of the appropriate 3200MHz+ dual channels kits on the QVL for the motherboard, if those bargain basement motherboards even have a QVL.

[@_alexcr]

I love how his expression in the thumbnail changes in the case's glass

[@Iceify_]

Still a tradition to come back and watch this video 5 years later.

[@bigfloppacodm1623]

"Yes this is the one my son wants"

[@yuji9323]

And then he breaks it immediately with shady ransom and malware, and next thing you know that's a grand and a half down the drain.

[@Pheonix_-gx4he]

no no shes looking at the hp laptop

[@janfgfdx5165]

@@yuji9323 my parents be like : don/t ruin it with viruses!

[@keroberos2781]

@@yuji9323 Just replace the storage lol. $60 tops.

[@gmdking]

@@yuji9323 3 years ago… I destroy a 7 (Then, now it’s 10) year old HP pc with, FREE MINECRAFT ROBUX GEOMETRY DASH REAL 💯💯 REAL 2017/2018

[@PhantasmXYZ]

The Verge PC, now available at Wal-Mart

[@jakefalcons]

do they include extra tweezers?

[@ccateni28]

Lol, I wish...

[@RoughNek72]

What about magnetic bracelets?? Lol

[@kaeseluchs5771]

wonder if they put as much thermal paste on the cpu too and if they include a swiss army knife (hopefully with screw driver)

[@Mikozee]

Oof, I don't know, I actually think the Wal-Mart one is marginally better than the Verge's, although that's like saying I prefer dog shit over cow shit.

[@imcade88]

with all the tech you have why didnt you have 2 of the same monitors hahahah. LOVE YOU GUYS!

[@Outlaw-Creative-Junior1]

Linus, Walmart definitely needs to invite you down so you can help them fix their computer build problems, most definitely!

[@elmaxter122]

fix? fix what? the pc is doing what wallmart wanted, don't fix whats not broken.

[@Outlaw-Creative-Junior1]

@@elmaxter122 Linus has far more experience than I do and he obviously seen something with the computers Walmart was selling, that is why I was saying they should head up their computer department with Linus as lead project manager and help them crank out even better computers than they have already, that is all I am saying! 🤔

[@msghia5252]

@@Outlaw-Creative-Junior1 that is stupid for several reasons. 1. You think walmart is trying to make the best pc, or cut down on costs to maximize profits. 2. You really think that it’s worth his time? Do you know how much money he makes versus heading their tech department? 3. Why would he even consider it. Is Walmart known for their tech? If he didn’t own this channel which he makes millions every year, would he rather work at Walmart or a company like intel and AMD?

[@hemihemi7780]

This guy sounds like my dentist looking at my teeth 😂

[@reer8890]

"IT HAS RGB!!!"

[@Misthiosis]

@@reer8890 lmaooo

[@massclips6729]

RGB braces

[@patricklee8552]

mine was all happy he said " call my wife, we're going to Hawaii this year!"

[@SuperNaturalOfficial]

I can't like this, I'm sorry, it's at 420

[@OGBeefStew]

I mean if they can run Bookworm Adventures Deluxe it doesn't really matter.

[@actualcommenter5605]

Beef Stew KNACK II BABYYYYY

[@judehamer3727]

This isn’t dunkey. Hey beef stew is Linus giving away 1k copies of bookworm adventures?

[@kevinfontanari]

I really like the fact that you are literally ubiquitous...

[@bookw3rm6]

It doesn’t look up to the test

[@Matthigast]

Oh man, the nostalgia hits me hard with that one

[@icewings_intotheclouds]

take a close look at the thumbnail... Linus' facial expression notably differs in the mirrored image that the pc tower displays. if you closely look at his right arm, you can see that it got heavily blurred. so basically they took separate images of the tower and linus and edited them together. interesting insight!

[@officialblimp]

i can’t stop laughing at the “OP-ness” part

[@rat5945]

Him: "This is a terrible pc" Me: Playing CSGO on a dell laptop. Why is this comment still blowing up tf

[@coreypeart6365]

I used to play fortnire on a 2012 dell laptop

[@HaristheBosniak]

Intel Uhd 620 can’t have disconnection problems... It’s inside the processor

[@pufferfish819]

Same but i gotta wait until my thermal paste arives to put it on my cpu and then put my pc back together and play csgo and mc

[@croissant._.003]

Jack Murray sameeeee

[@morbid333]

I used to play Skyrim on a tablet, I think I used to get around 20fps

[@drazgonz]

How could it possibly be bad? Those RGB fans alone gives you a 200% boost in fps

[@amashaziz2212]

The OP logo itself gives better coooling by 500%....so I don't know why we need those fans 😑

[@Maxrepfitgm]

You can always download more RAM if you need it too!

[@eqeqeqe9547]

@@Maxrepfitgm the powersupply is so underpowered that it doesn't take up 80+ fps! It gives you 80+ more!

[@OmniscientWarrior]

Well, they may have, if they weren't being smothered by glass.

[@zetashackle9600]

It's like if a ricer brought a gaming pc

[@JakeLikesTech]

How was this 3 years ago? This feels like it was actually just yesterday.

[@Velentala]

I come back to this every few months for a good laugh.

[@jimmyl82104]

Whoever built these systems must have learned from The Verge.

[@WiiAgent007]

jimmyl_82104 If it was based on the build from The Verge, imagine Linus’s surprise when it actually POST’d.

[@Rainbow__cookie]

Lol

[@Chris-dy1cb]

Lol ive seen so many videos about this system that ive seen this joke a million times by now

[@alateralus88]

haha true

[@lovelia6868]

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[@kyler247]

I love how mad Linus got when he discovered the hard drive had been split into 4 partitions

[@gemstonegynoid7475]

"Maybe it's for organizing files?" "ITS CALLED A FOLDER!"

[@sirmyself]

yeah... and... that... kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5a4fmehh5tqjrM and this : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqCvioltqc1jgpo so yeah, I partition my hard drives... Both for ease of file organization and for performance optimization of the type of file I want to read... I mean... a 4k movie ain't gonna be fun to watch if it's fragmented all over the hard drive and on the slowest parts, right?

[@kyler247]

@@sirmyself I wouldn't know, I haven't used a hard drive in over 5 years

[@spinyslasher6586]

@@sirmyself right, that's why I use an SSD.

[@revgorodiouttp5119]

I only partion stuff so I can dual boot.

[@JWPSmith21]

Dell also creates 4 partitions to this day. I've seen them even ship computers with 6-8 partitions on them. Always reimage and rebuild the partitions for any computer you get. Don't trust the manufacturer to not be an idiot.

[@dukeofurl01]

It would be awesome if there were an updated version of this video

[@asilva5021]

A billion dollar company makes their engineers cut corners

[@Justfun-xx6xe]

And that's how you get a billion dollars .

[@johnpaulk6769]

Have you ever noticed how a car dealership has a bunch of areas to work on cars, its cause they cut corners and use plastic and aluminum and charge you for stuff like its solid gold, same as seen here, looks ok and starts fine, a month later its falling apart

[@177SCmaro]

@@RZRREDD Mihai Avr Guys, it's what most people want. That's why Walmart has been so successful and profitable. It gave the people want they want - lower princes and time-saving convince. If people valued quality more there would be more quality and higher prices to reflect that. You don't get rich by simply selling shoddy merchandise, you get rich by figuring out and giving people the level of quality and cost they want. And it's not easy.

[@otakucruzers1589]

Try 338 billion dollar company

[@kkaiser.8521]

Hmm 🤔, where have I seen this before

[@WolfofNightMusic]

rgb is like the old turbo button on a 90s pc.

[@marcusshiffler2614]

But when I hit the turbo button, not only did it do something, it made Worms unplayable because the game was tied to the clock speed in a way that responsible coders shouldn't do. I miss that.

[@Freevo_Lowse]

The turbo button on old PCs made them run at lower clock speeds

[@ghostrider5378]

turbo button actually did something zoomer

[@shockthetoast]

Turbo buttons had an important purpose - though sometimes systems were built using cases with turbo buttons but which didn't utilize it. When 286 was king, games were written for the clock speed specifically. When 486s were released, games played on it would run far too fast. The name "turbo button" was of course a marketing gimmick, but it's one that made sense. Putting a "slow mode" button on there would sound ridiculous to most consumers.

[@AurioDK]

My first thought upon seeing the results was that it was running single channel, that´s up 30% performance hit in some games, prebuilt systems still far too often have the same problem in 2021. Otherwise I felt the system was better than much of the crap I have seen over the years, not the best for the money but definitely acceptable apart from the RAM.

[@munroborisenko7278]

And you just know it's a cheaper MB with a slower FSB.

[@Robert.a._]

2:20 made the *best* Ivan interpretation 😂

[@yuriishere727]

Linus: this PC is trash Me: watching on core i3 2nd gen(running chrome at 7 fps and 2 GB ram

[@velocity4739]

Hah! Pathetic I have a Pentium III processor get rekt bc my PC is the best *cough*

[@subswithnovideochallenge-nw7yz]

@@velocity4739 Hahahhah noob in watching this on my 0$ invisible laptop

[@velocity4739]

@@subswithnovideochallenge-nw7yz rip i feel bad

[@joseevb04]

I have a i3 550

[@tnvd.]

Me who has a laptop with Intel Atom processor and 2GB RAM: Amateurs

[@benpickens9918]

I’m looking into a PC, and I found this video thinking it would make it easier to understand and I have *SO* many more questions now.

[@user-dk6lk3xs1c]

don't ever buy a prebuilt. ever. even if u think it's difficult to research. do a lil research, ask a discord pc community to help u. NEVER buy prebuilts and you'll be fine

[@benny3637]

A wtf prebuilds are great if you are familiar with specs and how they are priced. I hope he didn’t take your very biased and crude information

[@Kad__2k]

Benny, I’m mean he’s not wrong

[@benny3637]

Generic Username of course he’s not. But there are great prebuilts out there man

[@magnusaleserchase5040]

@@benny3637 there are definitely some quite high end pre builts out there however sometimes building has its advantages as in you can get whatever you would like to put in it. Just saying tho 😂 And @A buddy there's nothing exactly wrong about buying a pre built also maybe you should have left a discord invite link for the person who originally commented this cause I forgot his username so yeah in short either are good it's just your opinion

[@leafyplus6151]

Bro, Nice cabinets. (Look in the glass case of the computer in the thumbnail lol)

[@HaveYouMetMyFist]

Know this is an old video but, great wall makes some good power supplies. They make alot of Corsairs PSU's. Some other reputable manufactures as well.

[@indietyv2228]

haha Bitwit and Linus both had unplugged GPU's Edit: Jesus, first time I had more than 100 likes on a comment Thanks people :)

[@pokefever524]

Yeh I was gonna say that

[@AllysterRoxetteDalagan]

Me too

[@eross5420]

I am guessing that was intended, because the cable managment on other pc side is really good, if you learn how to manage cables that well than i don't see how can you forget to plug in pci-e in 2 PC's

[@obliviouz]

@@eross5420 Yeah I'm thinking the same thing. Worried about static in transit... maybe? And the issues here are familiar to anyone who's worked in the design/engineering dept of a large firm. You have competent people, but you're often absolutely just hobbled by external or bureaucratic considerations - like "no, 1 x 16GB is $0.05c cheaper than 2 x 8GB, and it's the same capacity anyway!" or "This is a 500W PSU, why get a more expensive 450W one?"

[@Knebebelmeyer]

Bitwit has the same problem with this walmart garbage!.... (at 6:20min) kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3THn3ulZbJsa9k

[@realscout1775]

I’ll take a Walmart pc, because mine comes from an ancient dentist office

[@prfallenstar8968]

Ainz_Z Nice the office is not even there anymore :(

[@e92willard]

I can relate my pc cant even run csgo anymore, but its a family computer from 2007

[@Jay3edits90]

Why don't build a pc cheaper

[@neeteshranchod8081]

Same

[@chocolatewhale3656]

Mine comes from a nearly dead homeless man eating rotten cupcakes

[@WCGwkf]

looking back at these I'm so glad I waited until now to finally get a gaming pc. found affordable deals for a 3080 build, a 4k IPS HDR full gsync flag ship asus rog monitor and a 2k gsync rog side monitor. runs games at 4k with DLSS at 144 fps. MW2 runs a smooth 100 at 4k ultra. My brother was running a 1070 up until about the same time as I got my 3080. not impressed with this 1080p stuff. amazing how far graphics cards have come in just 5 years. the price I paid was probably have of the price everyone is trying to sell identical models of everything.

[@marcuspvxea]

important thing to take into perspective when running benchmarks like this, running the same kind of monitor actually matters alot.

[@IntrebuloN]

It doesn't matter at all. You can run benchmarks with no monitor at all and the score will be identical as with. The monitor does not affect the systems performance.

[@marcuspvxea]

@@IntrebuloN Okay so do it, go ahead and use a 4k monitor and then a 720p monitor. and show me the results being the same. If you use a benchmark that includes a graphic card then you benchmark the quality of the rendering that the monitor is outputting.

[@koye4427]

Interesting how both you and Bitwit got your systems with the GPU unplugged.

[@Victor-eg6bn]

ya i noticed that too

[@RslashDEEP]

Same

[@josehernandezmartinez8719]

I just couldn't believe my eyes seeing another gpu unplugged.

[@bryanjk]

horrible quality control? or a conspiracy? both? who knows!

[@turboflush]

Shows you they don't power up the systems to test them. Just assemble and ship.

[@aidanliaw]

Internal Conversation At Walmart Meeting: Hey, should we spend more on a 3.0 USB and a better PSU Nah, let’s just spend shit on RGB, it looks cool with the smoke that will come out of the PSU.

[@ayyssassin]

Because customers won't ask "Does this come with a reliable PSU?" but instead will ask "Does this have RGB?"

[@PowerUsr1]

Lol..

[@hehehehaw7]

@@ayyssassin "Reliable PSU" my foot, I'd rather have a smoke machine in my PC!

[@SystemBot]

u dumb dumb. It's not any smoke, it's RGB smoke!

[@sam23696]

Right, the builders did a decent job, but the design team has dropped the ball in almost every aspect.

[@ventedgeoduck3016]

I love the fact that it's been 4 years and he is still recording his vids in the same place

[@theknightikins9397]

I like how in the thumbnail, the reflection of Linus is a diffe picture.