Building a PC Using Only Amazon's 'Overall Pick' Products

[@LinusTechTips]

There are a couple of typos at 3:24. It should read "Ryzen 7 7700X" and "4.5GHz." Sorry about that!

[@brioldiee8387]

thank you LTT you are a sponsor a sponsor a sponsor

[@claiminggnat8188]

Linus give me a GPU

[@nathanfaith1341]

@@claiminggnat8188 have fun with your GeForce 256

[@manvantarah]

no worries man, we all make mistakes.

[@tnt_champ1002]

Literally unplayable

[@tim_mueller]

One small suggestion, in videos like this, show what you typed into the store's (amazon's) searchbar, so the viewer has a better idea how the suggestions vary. So e.g. if you typed in pc Power supply, Modular PC Power Supply or 650W power supply. Because for me its not clear if the bigger power supply is just because the system doesn't need as much power and it's just the go to wattage for Amazon or if you got suggested a bigger one then you searched for. Same thing for the higher end motherboard.

[@grigoriskapr]

@@tim_mueller nice proposal. I think I remember in the previous one they said they put in as small a search query as logical + compatible (eg "CPU", "GPU", "AM5 motherboard") although I haven't gone back to see it plus I don't know if it would be quite so clear on the PSU wattage difference that you bring up.

[@slendydie1267]

they probably search the general term "motherbaord" and pick whatever pops up

[@DarthRambo007]

Probably but that's an assumption and most viewers would prefer actually seeing the term they used eg for a storage drive did they type SSD,storage,HDD,1tb etc all these could have different results or suggestions​@@slendydie1267

[@CentreMetre]

@@slendydie1267 I wonder what they did for storage though? "Computer storage"? "SSD"? "Hard drive"?

[@reniervandermerwe]

English... Do you speak it?

[@jordcoerse]

My guess is that the Crucial SSD is the 'Overall Pick' because it's often used in storage solutions where multiple drives are added. This makes it more likely to be sold in larger quantities per order compared to M.2 drives, which are usually bought one at a time for specific builds.

[@gokkiyoutube]

Good point. I agree that most people in this situation will buy a very nice Samsung SSD for 1TB-2TB and fill the rest with these cheaper Crucial ones for additional storage.

[@manuelh.4147]

They could've added 'nvme"' to the search and found an "Overall Pick" for an NVMe SSD. Being unspecific is nice for KZbin content, but not good buyers advice.

[@DominicRuiz23]

my guess is that it was because thats what they had in the warehouse

[@Ozuhananas]

@@gokkiyoutube Yup, that's exactly what I did, got a nice Samsung M.2 drive as a boot drive and the rest is more basic drives for additional storage for games and movies

[@damstachizz]

I run 2x of them in RAID0 exclusively to hold games, they're dirt cheap even in 2tb and are more than fast enough, i've also yet to ever have a crucial ssd fail on me, unlike both sandisk and samsung

[@larrylobster333]

i just wanna thank Plouffe for adding the other PC it really helps people who are actually looking to use amazon to build a PC

[@Thurgosh_OG]

I think it's more the question of, Why would anyone use Amazon for a PC build, if they know what they are doing, enough to build one?

[@Alyks_the_Emerald_Sage]

@@Thurgosh_OG if i had to throw a guess out, probably the convenience of having a one stop shop.

[@gorkskoal9315]

There's nothing wrong with sourcing some (or all?) parts from them. Though IMO maingear (seems to?) do a good job with builds, it's all off the shelf parts. Hell I got a email saying they tested intels latest attempt to remove the oven and glave DLC from my CPU and that the new microcode is good. They did a stress test and found the MOBO I picked sucked and gave a discount. Not chilling at all! the case itself is meh (kind of jank to be honest). lol well I mean, just for sourcing parts: they beat out neweg, and who ever is left in the custom PC parts space.

[@tumultoustortellini]

@@Thurgosh_OG amazon has decent prices and things are always in stock, compared to new egg.

[@DuyLeNguyen]

@@Thurgosh_OG In a lot of places Amazon have very quick shipping at low cost compared to other online retailers (plus their customer service/returns are also decent)

[@AdmiralRex]

This should be fun. We all know that recommendations aren’t at all influenced by anything at all! Ever!

[@raminpro9765]

guys dont use cheap ram on amd (high boot time,hang) ,amd need best ram, AMD SPECIAL RAM like = GEIL ORION V AMD Edition 6000mhz gskill royal neo z5 6000mhz cl28 (amd edition)

[@itsmealextheme6259]

@@raminpro9765what are you?

[@FlyboyHelosim]

@@raminpro9765 aMd SpEcIaL rAm

[@PoliPantev]

​@@itsmealextheme6259 userbenchmarks' evil twin

[@Unboundmakesvideos]

@@raminpro9765 why not 8000mhz?

[@ChrisFaulkner]

10:47 no one gonna talk about that 97c CPU temp?

[@AlexHMusic]

that's interesting considering they're both using the same cpu

[@gentle285]

Maybe the fans were manually set to a low RPM, so they're not noisy during filming? Idk

[@Senpaization]

I feel like someone forgot paste on the CPU lol no way those temps are that different in the same scenario with a Peerless Assassin

[@waynemarsh7775]

😂 I was literally scrolling to make sure someone else noticed the temp differences!!! Crazy!

[@justzac8467]

@@AlexHMusic and cooler

[@bhavaybsingla]

The SSD is the overall choice because not all pcs support nvme. There are people with old computers who want to throw in a ssd to just that faster boot time. I actually bought 4 sata ssds for all my computers in my office.

[@noredine]

or secondary SSDs. also, good choice, OS disk needs to be SSD at least, especially for windows 10/11, using HDD on those is torture

[@opfipip3711]

@@noredine It is quite tolerable if you use use linux and disable fsync. You often will barely be able to tell the difference between HDD and SSD (provided you have a decent ammount of free RAM). The effectiveness of the RAM caching Linux does when you prevent forced disk waits is absolutly mindblowing. It's not really worth the increased risk of data loss tho, as ssd are priced quite competetively these days.

[@gorkskoal9315]

Am I the only one that can' tell a huge difference in boot time from a hard drive vs SSD. now my nvme drive on the other hand is a rocket.

[@glmchn]

it's the overall choice because they need to sell the inventory

[@Elyygee]

you can buy pci-e expansion card for the m.2 ssd they aren't that expensive ether.

[@cavewulf956]

Hi, MSI Tomahawk x670e Wifi owner here. The SSD issue comes with some of the newer BIOS updates. Lower BIOS versions don't have that issue. I have an WD SSD and had to downgrade my BIOS. Now it works fine.

[@dreamerlotus]

I have the 650 Wifi and had no issue with my WD SSDs 😊 BIOS is on latest versiob. Hoping it stays that way 🤞

[@jackthompson2582]

Are there any other issues with the older bios versions? I’ve ordered the x670e tomahawk and have a wd black sn850x, I’d be fine just using an older bios if there aren’t other issues but if you know of any I could return the board or the drive (this is the first I’ve heard of this issue annoyingly didn’t even think to check it)

[@245trichlorophenate]

I love how the Labs site has come along. Recently needed to compare some cards and the Labs site had by far the best in-depth coverage on the cards I was looking into. I'm really looking forward to where this is going, and in the end good media coverage is what will lead to people making better choices than what Amazon recommends them. Even as a techy person not being deceived by tech companies can be hard.

[@Maverick842]

Especially with how bad naming schemes have gotten

[@noredine]

@@Maverick842 your reply unearthed painful experiences

[@Aria_Saarkia]

Damn I just checked it out - it's come so far, the graphs are so nice to read

[@crsnhppr8256]

Ever noticed the top gpu influences usually only compare GPU performance to their ability to play AAA games? And you think you aren’t being led around , somehow?

[@zalyster]

@@crsnhppr8256 Most indie games don't push performance like AAA games do, and it's easier to compare between cards using harder to run games. Those are also the games most people are playing and would want to see graphs for.

[@kwerboom]

This video is why spending even just 15 minutes on the Tom's Hardware GPU Benchmarks Hierarchy page is worth it when doing a cursory search for a new graphics card. The RTX 3060 12GB was a great choice 2 or 3 years ago when it came out based on performance and VRAM amount, but really as of about a year ago, there are better options on the market depending on price and performance preferences if one looks a little bit.

[@Jalex0021]

Not on the Nvidia side there isn't. Jumping to an RTX 4070 for the same 12GB is quite the price leap.

[@kwerboom]

@@Jalex0021 You're comment kind of misses my point and the point proven in the video. In the video a RX 7700 XT with 12GB VRAM is beating a RTX 3060 with 12GB VRAM. It's good to have enough VRAM to act as a frame buffer and HD texture storage, but more VRAM won't make up for a GPU that's too low end to utilize all the VRAM effectively. The reason I said it was a great choice back in 2021/2022 was because it was the one of the few times Nvidia didn't short change a SKU in the VRAM department.

[@deividasma7343]

If anything they were better off with 3060ti It just outperforms 12gb one even with less VRAM

[@kwerboom]

@@deividasma7343 The Covid-19 Pandemic, Supply Chain Crunch, and a Cryptocurrency Bull Run were going on at the same time. Prices were equal parts insane and stupidly high. In that market, the RTX 3060 12GB was the "better" deal.

[@nathanielr8098]

I'm on the toilet

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Skibidi

[@redexx13]

Remember to wipe

[@Cylonknight]

I saw this while also on the toilet, at work 😅

[@jaybee-f9x]

Word

[@HansenLaMoose]

same

[@hamizbackup]

The "overall pick" is for most selling for specific search term you searched and "best seller" is given to most consistent selling product in the category.

[@vera9230]

maybe im crazy but if the methodology for selecting the SSD was searching "SSD" on amazon. I would expect a 2.5" SATA SSD every time. Maybe this is just me being old fashioned but "SSD" without "NVMe" preceding it always means that SATA form factor.

[@atwood7fan]

I was thinking the same thing; if you want a NVME drive, that needs to be part of the search criteria.

[@mb9023]

searching just 'ssd' on amazon gives me a 980 Pro 2TB nvme. Not sure what they were searching for

[@Athasin]

@@vera9230 I searched SSD in my Amazon search engine and the top 3 results were a *sponsored* Lexar external SSD, a *sponsored* nvme KingSpec SSD, and an *overall pick* Samsung 980 Pro 2TB. I’ve only ever used Samsung SSDs so I’m convinced we have different search algorithms. Mind you a SATA only showed up in my search after the 8th m.2 and after “customers frequently viewed” and “Black Friday deals” horizontal ads.

[@Athasin]

@@mb9023Same

[@kingchangling]

I agree, but I'm also confused why their overall pick was a sata ssd. I went to go search for myself both in my main account and in a private window, and the Samsung 980 pro appeared for me both times. I wonder if the sata ssd at the time of filming and procurement was that crucial sata ssd. I'd like to see some extra information on what and when they searched in these videos.

[@WayStedYou]

4:48 probably due to sales numbers of people replacing their laptop SSDs and older PC upgrades pushing it to the top of the list since its compatible with everything available

[@bilawalm1]

Have to give props for Linus keeping sponsor bits fresh even after a decade . Crazy creative dude for sure.

[@dscarmo]

He does have lots of writers helping him but the compliment still stays

[@mrglock568]

This comment is in literally every video multiple times

[@demetter7936]

Too bad his content is bad now. He's made these exact same "Building a pc using only x parts" so much in the last few months. They're lazy content and quite boring because the result is very predictable - It will run perfectly well.

[@lego_minifig]

4:23 I can confirm, Corsair support when it comes to RAM is excellent. Bought my brother a kit of 32GB for Christmas a few years back then it started spitting out memory errors after two years of use. After confirming my order, the pin number of the kit, and sharing the results of a memtest they sent me a replacement kit.

[@izzetkstr]

@@lego_minifig love it too. One of the fans on my 4000x had a broken rgb led 23 months after purchase (europe 2 year warranty) they asked for a pic of the fan and of the sticker on the back of the case and my adress, a couple days later i had a new in boxed fan in the mail. All this while amazon was asking me to return the whole case and refund me😂

[@Faizan1206]

I don't know what it is but whenever I'm mad at someone or something or just frustrated watching Linus building a pc and educating me at the same time it feels comforting

[@raafmaat]

yes, i get very overloaded by noise, little kids yelling, traffic, work .... at night i really love to just chill out and watch a bit of linus before i boot up some nice games :)

[@dhruvchackravarthi8960]

A good tip here: add commas when giving contrast. Here it should be "frustrated, watching", as it allows the reader to realize that you are talking about something else

[@gehtdinichtsan309]

@@dhruvchackravarthi8960 it's "let's eat grandpa!" vs "let's eat, grandpa!" all over again.

[@dhruvchackravarthi8960]

@@gehtdinichtsan309 exactly

[@schottischfuranfanger6724]

I was wondering why Linus building a PC, was so frustrating for you.

[@makimoke]

5:54 Missed opportunity to say that the Peerless Assassin comes with... ... a killer price. 😎

[@qusaifarid513]

2:52 X670E tomahawk owner here, i have both a 990 pro and a WD Black SN850X never ran into any issues with both SSDs in my motherboard

[@pearism]

I have a SN850X in mine and it'll disappear every few days, even on the latest BIOS firmware. The only fix was to restart Windows.

[@miraith3774]

I also have both sn750 tb and 2 990pro 2 tb and never ran into any issue too

[@raptortown]

Same mother board and same. Also, just bought a 4TB 990 pro on Amazon so I'm not worry

[@KayleighOwO]

tomahawk tuah

[@m-Parsa]

For the love of god don't use WD, like EVER.

[@chanm01]

Sure, min/maxing is going to be better, but considering that this was basically like going into a setup wizard and smashing the "next" button, I'm actually impressed by how well things turned out.

[@bigbrainb4662]

This segue really had a nice bonk to it!

[@2810Mad]

I genuinely thought it's spelt segway

[@Omabatfartsbruh]

linus' programming was broken so a soft reboot was in order

[@MrTarakan]

@@2810Mad same

[@KevinCopley-v5y]

I know right. And the second one absolutely slaps...

[@mbsfaridi]

@@2810Mad The segway scooter is though.

[@brandonpayne1207]

I typically stay away from sponsored items on Amazon, but their overall picks and best sellers have been decent. I typically go to 1-2 star reviews and see why, if it's for damage or DOA and that's it, I'm more inclined to buy it. I would like to see a video on cables, different USB cables, display port and HDMI cables, and see how they perform and then cut them open to see if they are shielded wires or not or what gauge wire was used.

[@twoloavesofbread]

LTT made a hdmi cable testing video a few years back! it doesn't have everything you ask for, but it does get in depth about the quality of the cables they had. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnfFe3dsh6pne7ssi=JORzOkUzJ6CcVh_p

[@HenriqueCavalcanti]

12:28 how many companies allow an employee to slap a boss in the face and keep their job?

[@AadiKattyayan-ib1jt]

What is the refrence here?

[@smallbutdeadly931]

is there a lore reason behind this?

[@Metal_Maxine]

@@smallbutdeadly931 There's a cross over with the slow mo guys where Edzel really whacked Linus one. It was spectacular and the look from Linus was totally "I said hit me, not HIT me"

[@gorkskoal9315]

UFC, Pride FC, One FC, Aew, WCW, ECW, WWF, The bengels, and the cowboys.

[@AadiKattyayan-ib1jt]

@@Metal_Maxine where is the video, I can't find it

[@EthanObi]

11:30 I'm so glad LTT is making a habit of mentioning in their videos that if 4K gaming (Or Even Upscaling/Frame-gen free 1080p/1440p) is your goal, allocating your budget to a Flagship GPU and using an entry-tier current-gen/mid-tier old-gen CPU will get you significantly better performance than having a mid-tier GPU and CPU paired.

[@LatvianVideo]

3:24 The graphic says Ryzen 7 7000x :)

[@bahamutbbob]

Was about to say lol

[@Meus_Artis]

Don't forget the 4.5HGz

[@LvlUpNick]

Its a cpu...

[@slgundam]

QC still needs some work apparently.

[@3vlogs487]

Yea I have that cpu I was like what

[@zerreat]

0:59 I knew it Linus is just a robot and the LMG consists of AI robots trying to convince us technology is good for us 😔

[@MeepMeep88]

Mark this day when Linus voice has finally hit puberty lol

[@SnakeSolidPL]

Was looking for this comment

[@jordan.trahanov]

I'm running 3 970 EVOs on the same board. Never had any issues. It's a solid choice.

[@colbysmith3013]

I built a pc last Black Friday from Amazon for around 1200-1300 including mouse, keyboard, two monitors, and a mouse pad. Brand new pc, no used parts and I am able to run any game I want just fine. You don’t have to go crazy to get a good setup

[@TheOneAndOnlyOuuo]

A budget of 1200-1300 sounds very crazy to me, especially since that will barely get you a mid-range gaming PC nowadays compared to how things were not too long ago. Not even 10 years ago for that kind of money I could get a current gen HEDT and dual graphics cards in the nvidia xx70 tier. On my current build I spent 250 on mobo(X99)+cpu(14core)+ram(64GB DDR4)+gpu(quadro 8GB vram), just to give an idea on how ridiculous spending over 1000 sounds to me. Not even considering the fact that I would lose features and functionality making it more of a downgrade despite higher cpu performance and ram clocks.

[@colbysmith3013]

@ I can send you the receipts if you want XD 3060 and Ryzen 5 7600x with ddr5 1tb ssd corsair 750 watt

[@colbysmith3013]

Keep in mind, this was all Black Friday pricing

[@TheOneAndOnlyOuuo]

@@colbysmith3013 Ryzen is the consumer platform :) My workload needs more PCIe lanes. Especially motherboards, PSUs and GPUs have become quite expensive

[@ariap3t]

Good job on mounting the thermalright cooler correctly Linus. Plouffe shows his excellence like always by getting 97C on his CPU. Keep it up!

[@Croc1579]

Yeah, that's running real cool

[@DeanDong]

I was coming to the comments to see if anyone else noticed that!

[@TestTest-co5iw]

Thats a feature

[@StewChicken42]

Circuit, tree. Circuitry. COME ON DAN!

[@General_M]

Circuitree

[@memediatek]

The crucial ssd makes sense, theyre cheap enough for people to upgrade their old laptop and get a decent performance boost. Ive installed at least a hundred of them at this point

[@talkalotsonius]

Well something in "defense" of the amazon picks. I think that these encompass more than just "wanting to build a new PC"? Of course SATA SSDs or even a one generation (good new market value) will be more popular than the newest/most up-to-date components. These are more typical upgrade parts&paths for existing older machines. Just due to comparability reasons or possible "over-budgeting" in terms of performance, meaning bottle necking. But please correct me if I am wrong here in my analysis! :)

[@kantando1]

I heavily agree with this. i thinks NVME came around 2016 ish, some PC's from 2012 will probably have that extra sata slot for an older SSD, i mean, if you are on your work PC that is only ever used for some excel, e-mail reading and some calls, i'd say it's a really great upgrading from a HDD to an SSD

[@Falllll]

I'd imagine you could be buying more SATA SSDs than NVME drives too. I have an NVME, but I also have a SATA, and I'm thinking about adding another. But I can't add a second NVME with my current motherboard.

[@neofox411]

Nice choice of power supply. FWIW I used a RM750x for my build back in 2018 and I have zero complaints at all.

[@midaboll]

2:06 Billy Talent pog

[@crimsonfreak0027]

Canada Rocks

[@fozzythealbino]

This TBH

[@SabreSour]

Glad to see it. haven’t heard anyone talk about these guys state side since 2012.

[@JaaySnipes]

BILLY TALENT IN A LTT VIDEO IS WILD

[@requiemcollectiblesgaming]

It would be cool to see productivity benchmarks between these two computers.

[@puccionicolas7763]

losing build was at 60C, while winning one was at 95C, u can see at 10:20

[@therealdonchelios]

If you're in the UK, buy all your parts from CEX. You can trade in to save money, the parts are cheaper than most places and you now get a 5 year warranty!

[@Jay_See_Ess]

I'm surprised the 7700x is the top pick not the 7600 or 7600x and surprised an x670 chipset is top pick not a b650.

[@colbysayre8097]

built my first pc with amazon and used a lot of overall picks. so far so good. spent about 1200 bucks that included 1440p monitor.

[@spencergates5766]

Shift happens 6:31 this got me😂

[@varunh2o]

It makes sense for that SSD form factor to be recommended. I assume most people buying an SSD from Amazon are buying it as an upgrade for their existing systems and might not have an M.2 slot free. It was the case with my ITX build.

[@nike9971]

LTT was kind of an "overall pick" recommended to me by KZbin in 2020 😅

[@LRM12o8]

9:39 who made that flawless dub?! It actually looks as if Linus himself spoke in that deep, raspy voice! 🤯

[@RafaelSilveira42]

Zen4 FTW It is incredible what AMD is doing now This is basically my build

[@XuroX.]

Zen5 FTW

[@BenLinford30]

I have a 4000D airflow. The HDD cage is only held in by 2 screws and has 2 mounting positions to accommodate for longer PSUs/give more room for cabling. Or, if you're not planning to install any HDDs, just take it out completely, like I did.

[@Vedant9710]

Did anyone notice that Plouffe's CPU was overheating? It hit 96 Degrees if you look closely at 11:22 whereas Linus was at a chill 52 Degrees. That's weird?

[@gonxking7597]

@@Vedant9710 it's probably cuz the cpu is bottlenecked by the GPU much more in linus's build causing the overall temp to be pretty low also the case effects the airflow a lot and the exhaust fans with them too, especially since linus's case selection was much more on a premium side

[@mikeycrackson]

​@@gonxking7597 more like someone forgot paste, incorrect mounting (pressure) or forgot to turn up the fan curve

[@rayok_zed]

96 degrees isn't overheating. That's still within spec.

[@archimedesamazonas5379]

Not overheating though.

[@rayok_zed]

@@mikeycrackson that would show in abysmal throttling though, wouldn't it? 🤔

[@joshuabutler2983]

I have that GPU, bought it last December and it broke with the same reason from that review in about September. Amazon accepted the return straight away after a 10 minute text chat. Might be slightly different in uk to wherever that review was from but very happy with the service new one was shipped for free next day!

[@toetie2019]

7:58 very decent card didn’t even knew they had a 12 gig variant

[@vincentpeterson3253]

the vid came out 2 min ago how

[@apocalypse0000]

bro the video came out 3 mins ago, how tf are you at the almost 8th minute

[@Benjaminchelin]

How did you even get to that timestamp already

[@neonkapawn]

Video skipping andy

[@Pumciusz]

12GB is the default first released version. 8GB came out few months later and was criticised for not only having 4GB less VRAM with the same name, but also being slower.

[@AKagNA]

That Crucial BX500 is an engineering marvel with how reliable it is

[@OrionCV1]

Plouffes CPU casually chilling in the mid 90s

[@Nostalgia_Realm]

0:05 the fact that they're selling a NEW RX580 with "NVIDIA RADEON AMPERE ARC" on the box tells me everything I need to know about shopping on Amazon. I just can't understand how anyone would want to buy from a website so scummy that that is the first sponsored result. Not to mention everything else that is bad about Amazon..

[@nithingandhisimanand6211]

00:34 "Of course on the other hand..... Reality"

[@commandstring]

@@nithingandhisimanand6211 😂😂😭 yyyyeeeessss

[@randyowen86]

This explains why as an amazonian myself I have packed multiples of this particular set up

[@DeaconSmithGames]

8:22 if your item has any sort of failure within it’s warranty period you just need to contact Amazons customer support and they will create a return for you

[@noneofyourbusiness4294]

This. And in my experience they're pretty quick and stress free about it

[@MTGeomancer]

Amazon customer support has gone to complete and total crap in recent years, to the point of being one of the worst (if not the worst). Do not even get me started on talking about the long and arduous process I had to go through to get refunded on a return that they admitted from the start was their fault.

[@TheTekknician]

I had that motherboard with the BIOS-es since the beginning of june 2024. Had a 7800X3D in it, *never ever* did I have problems with my Samsung SSD 980 - 1TB drives (or Corsair and Lexar NVME's). The Samsung 980's were my 50GB+ games drives and one of them I used for generative AI. I haven't noticed boot-problems nor other type of problems. All the drives ran the latest FW on them too.

[@ElectroVenik90]

SATA drive probably just because people buy it for expansion when their M.2 slots are used up. Aside from premium MBs you usually get what, 2 M.2?

[@hueluca]

And if you get more than one M.2 Slot, you get it with Lane Sharing 🥲

[@josephoberlander]

Small, fast m.2 for the OS, large drive for Steam and other stuff. :)

[@Unknown_Genius]

Idk, I feel like people who want extra space for datagraves would go with usually cheaper external drives - sure, some may take internal SSDs but I honestly think the majority of the sales come from people who are upgrading older PCs to SSD or generally picking them when their system doesn't support NVMe.

[@philipbernstein1]

the lack of space near the power supply in the corsair 4000d is super easily remedied. The HDD trays come out with the removal of 2 thumb screws.

[@babalonkie]

Corsair is one of the few old skool brands that delivers in a vast spectrum of prices.

[@iggy880]

I have to agree. They cover a range of prices, generally with pretty consistent quality. And, as Linus mentioned in the video, their support is at very least solid. They're a brand I usually have little qualms with buying for my PC

[@MatteoCriminisi]

0:47 Do dap doo doo doo dap doo doo doo shwoh

[@CarbonPanther]

Conclusion: Stop buying the 3060 or 4060 oh my god just get AMD if you are on a budget the PC will last so much longer for the same price!

[@gtleshow]

Building a PC entirely with Amazon’s 'Overall Pick' is such a wild concept! 😂 It’s like trusting a Magic 8-Ball for tech decisions.

[@hislittlecuzin]

You can remove that buzz in the side by side audio in audacity by isolating a part of the audio and using one of the removal tools.

[@victorkreig6089]

Ah yes, telling people who have been doing video editing for over a decade how to do their job Never change comment section

[@hislittlecuzin]

@@victorkreig6089 Ahh yes, people have been editing for over a decade and still leave in amature mistakes that can be resolved in 30 seconds with free software.

[@MITCHELLPollack]

Diving into Alemio Network's whitepaper - the innovation and technology behind this project are mind-blowing!

[@khaida_]

i tought it was my iphone lmao 0:13

[@spencergates5766]

The 7700xt is such a great buy for budget builds right now.

[@DanielVidz]

3:38 bent pin..? or just a bit of lint?

[@FrederikEngelmand]

saw that too

[@jeremyfiggins4176]

It's not common that I yell at the person in the screen, but in this case I was screaming "Linus! Stop!"

[@mannydcbianco]

Oh man that gave me anxiety when I spotted it.

[@0xTJ]

I've got exactly that motherboard, and have both Samsung and WD NVMe drives in it, and have personally never had any issues at all.

[@AyushBakshi]

11:44 that's a pretty phony footage from a big camera

[@NatesHomeTours]

One of the things I've found helpful is if you look at the description of the item under the price, it will let you know if the item is frequently returned, regarles of the star rating. Another good thing I have found is a Firefox feature that will give you a rating of the reviews and let you know if they are legit or fake somehow. Alomst at the end of the video, I guess I did pretty good in picking my parts by hand. Other than the ram and the fact I went with a Coolermaster water cooler, I have the same case, CPU 5700x, GPU 7700xt, and MB. I transferred bot my 2TB WD black NVME drives over from my old PC along with my 16TB 3.5 old school spinner. (my raw data drive). I didn't have any problems with my PSU. But I did install the cables before I put it in.

[@Mo-gk9qb]

I work at an SI, not massive, but not that small either, we order most of our products on amazon for prebuilds lmfao

[@connor040606]

@@Mo-gk9qb That's wild, not buying wholesale direct vendor is profit lost.

[@ryangray600]

@@connor040606depends if they have the scale to order at whole sale

[@Mo-gk9qb]

@connor040606 we aren't really big enough to be doing that, only around 30 PC's a day, and we get our stuff without tax via Amazon business accounts

[@nicinicinici]

​@@connor040606 for a smaller company that's not buying massive volumes, retail can be cheaper than direct wholesale. And probably also faster and more flexible.

[@theblueberry8585]

i love these janky (or not janky) pc build vids

[@Jan12700]

4:50 Yes if you have a M2 Slot available, but if not they are the best. I got three 4TB drives, two in my Gaming PC as Storage and one in my Home Server for VMs.

[@johnsherby9130]

I think he means for less techy first time builders. It’s much simpler to install and easier to manage. If you want 12TB of storage and are an experienced builder you’re probably gonna mix and match all sorts of drives.

[@SeabooUsMultimedia]

Prince between the two power supplies is the bearing on the fan is maglev on the newer version. There's some other minor differences like the high wattage power connector for gpus but that's about it

[@daniel7547]

What happend to the LTT Channels? (Mac Adress and the other one)

[@orlagh277]

Writers canned, channels on hiatus

[@nephatrine]

The channels are on hiatus as addressed by Linus and Luke on WAN show. Speculation is those channels weren't seeing much viewership and it just wasn't worth keeping them going and some staff were let go. We know Jonathan Horst isn't with LTT anymore, though the LTT folks have a policy against talking about personnel changes so that can't/won't address questions related to that.

[@smashed_penguin]

​@@nephatrineadd to that that Canada is going through a bit of economic turmoil.

[@felixoghina553]

The reason why it recommended a SATA SSD is probably compatibility - a lot of folks shopping for *just* an SSD might not have an M.2 on their motherboard if they're upgrading an older system. Amazon has no way of knowing what you'll be plugging it into or that you're building a new system.

[@TrainsRightsThomas]

This is the third UGreen ad I’ve seen today

[@FreidaGaribay]

The best ICOs emerge during alt runs, and Alemio Network is proving to be one of the strongest candidates this season.

[@aguyyouwillneverseeagain1178]

Why are you all commenting? It’s not even 6 minutes!

[@FFLORO_45]

A lot of people literally pause to comment, and sometimes literally just comment straight away, same as you did xD watching at 1.5-1.75x helps as well

[@Playerk125]

I like to make prediction, I say Linus ends up with a good okayish PC, but he could do better himself

[@chandlerm2571]

HE SAID THE DANKPODS WORD 12:11

[@QuietToad]

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[@chandlerm2571]

@@QuietToad Cromulent

[@Ninetaled]

I know it from digital foundry lol

[@Moskeeto]

Cromulent was invented by The Simpsons in 1996.

[@Poylo]

linus oil up

[@Ghozer]

I have personally purchased 3 of those BX500 (a 1TB and a couple of 2TB's) Very good to stick in a PS4, or upgrade an old(er) laptop, or just for bulk storage, or creating an external USB drive on the cheap :)

[@karan3952]

10:30 that CPU is cooking itself. LOOK AT THE TEMPS

[@LordManhattan]

Educate yourself: "AMD Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs have their thermal target set to 95°C, which means the CPU will boost as much as it can, until it reaches that point, to maximize performance. Unlike on Intel, on AMD it's not possible to increase the 95°C limit."

[@MultiMrAsd]

@@LordManhattan LOL If you CPU hits 93C @45% load it will throttle under full load. It might already do. Just because the part is save to use at that temperature does not mean you should. It will boost less, therefore perform worse and shorten the lifespan of the part.

[@problemschueler]

Yeah literally at 97°C a few seconds later and downclocking below 4.9 Ghz. They fucked up the mount of the cooler I guess, because the other one is running 40°C cooler on the same Aircooler.

[@josephoberlander]

@@problemschueler My 5600x while not being the fastest option out there, barely budges from 65C with a $25 aftermarket cooler. Def. a problem somewhere. EDIT: Yes, they should have gone with an older gen CPU, IMO. There's no way any older 3D chip isn't going to be within a few frames of the newest stuff. But massively cheaper motherboard and ram as a result. My cheap CPU? Waiting about 6 more months to just drop in a fast one once prices drop a bit more. Spent the money on a better video card. lol.

[@1pcfred]

All that matters is the FPS haven't you been paying attention? You can't see them, but they're the most important thing. Trust me dude 200 FPS is way better than only 114 FPS.

[@cmdr_stretchedguy]

Overall pick usually means "highest sale volume", which is typically the lower priced items.

[@danmar007]

Tech KZbinrs don't know what to do anymore but have to make videos anyway because ... money.

[@Mb_Drei]

Tech Enthusiasts don't know what to do anymore but feel the need to write salty comments anyway because... attention.

[@happytorrentt4500]

It's partly AMDs fault that chips go missing at amazon, mainly because it's SUPER easy to slide the plastic tray out of the older Zen1/Zen2 boxes especially on an item that's made the rounds through returns, resell, redistribution. So between employees carelessly throwing the box around and sticky fingers, we'd often get a lot of empty CPU box returns.

[@griz3245]

Ive had the same exact 3060 for a while and its still chugging along with no probs

[@velixare6199]

That cpu fan and gpu are solid. I've been using them since dec

[@RyanLBC]

That circuit design on the hoody reminds me of the Timberland logo very nice !

[@lordratatosk8]

While I can understand the complaints about the ssd being sata, personally I can only sing praises of the BX500. We use it at work in almost every modern machine, and that is heavy industrial 24/7 use with high temps and sometimes permanent reading and writing. We had no DOAs so far and some have been even running for just about 6 years now without problems.

[@L0tsen]

The sata drive is probably recommended since you can always slap a sata SSD in a old laptop and make it feel faster. It's also a good storage upgrade for consoles like ps3s and ps4. Many people still rock older hardware and a ssd is always a good upgrade.

[@rainmaker709]

Linus' build was buying a suit at Men's Warehouse. Plouffe's is buying a bespoke suit. They will both work but one will feel so much better.

[@danielalexander8402]

Gotta say I like the grabbing parts off the shelf instead of buying extra mentality.

[@kristiaanstolt6931]

A fun challenge would be an all Amazon basics build, I think in a short time they’ll have enough of the actual internals for a PC that are Amazon basics, right now the only internal I can find is a fan. But they also have a monitor and a ton of peripherals

[@smallbutdeadly931]

Do note that with the 7700 XT, you should also have access to AFMF 2, which is basically AMD's Driver-level frame gen. It is actually pretty good, as it doesn't significantly reduce latency nor have that much artifacting. I even use it for some games on my 7900 XT when I need that extra little boost in frames to reach my monitor's refreshrate.

[@SFinDal]

I recently managed to build a PC that was near equal performance to both of these PCs for only roughly 780 something dollars. Mostly cause newegg was having 2 INSANE deals on a motherboard and RAM combo, as well as a 7600x that came with a free nvme drive. All these prices not on sale would have costed about 670 dollars but I managed to get them all for 360 dollars!

[@JaleTechAndGaming]

The Crucial BX and MX 2.5 inch drives most likely get sold as an SSD upgrade or hard drive swaps for older PCs and laptops. It would make sense that they sell a lot of them if considering that angle.

[@christopherkidwell9817]

Loved that joke about Linus needing some percussive maintenance. The rest of the video was very good as well.

[@cristinelcostachescu9585]

I was never a fan of these "recommended parts" builds, because I knew beforehand that they were shift. But this one actually surprised me. Also, the video editing and filmed scenes seem quite a lot better on this video. Did you guys do anything in particular?

[@SkyrimOnTop]

I have my pc parts coming and i cant stop thinking about assembly. Its my first pc and im sooo excited. I cant wait any longer

[@XuroX.]

Make sure you watch a lot of good building videos first to not miss something stupid and damage something. No metal bits touching the back of the motherboard once powered on, etc.

[@SkyrimOnTop]

@XuroX. i will, thank you