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[@blaviken252]

guy actually, trully downloaded more RAM

[@forwhomthebelltrolz]

lmaooooo

[@apotex1223]

ngl fr

[@duplicake4054]

Yeah

[@tomekxde]

Lmao this might be my favorite comment ever 😂 this channel is just amazing

[@Lurch-Bot]

There is an exception to every rule.

[@JoshLeGrow]

Never thought I'd see CS2 on a VHS tape

[@homelessEh]

i believe the cs2 frame rate being so bad is because the bots are utilizing gpu resources... resources the gpu needs all of just to do the graphics. let alone the thinking for the bots.

[@homelessEh]

also bet it was thermal throttling To HELL..

[@ALQST]

it is because of the upscaling option that he set to performance

[@BigTylt]

POV: You're a professional Counter Strike player

[@prodazzda]

@@homelessEh he joined a online match to not load the bots himself

[@lalala13131315]

Bro starts typing in "X" in the search bar so confidently. I could never 💀

[@llliiimmmeee]

I would. I use Firefox private tabs with uBlock Origin and ProtonVPN for my business. Both are free. It does not cost money to jack off without worries, only a small amount of one-time effort. Make sure to turn them both off afterwards and tell your FBI agent goodnight.

[@bacondingo]

That's because he's on Incognito Mode 😬

[@ahmetrefikeryilmaz4432]

@@bacondingo wait, isn't incognito mode for that?

[@rafaelhines1178]

​@@ahmetrefikeryilmaz4432incognito doesn't save or display your search history

[@johnh9661]

It was a fresh windows install. He knows he’s good

[@Beokabatuka]

Seeing a "Trinity" APU brought me back to my early PC gaming days. Rocked an A10-5700 which had 2 cores, 4 threads, 10GB of RAM (no idea why they added that extra 2GB stick) and the best integrated graphics I had ever seen. I could play Minecraft without being stuck to Low view distance! Then I popped in a 750Ti a few years later and I was really living the dream. Good times.

[@SudosFTW]

Hey! I'm the one that put that archive up! I'm glad I had the foresight to do that. Most of these devices got sold to hospitals and healthcare centers in Colorado and other major cities. The sandforce SSDs die when you submit them to the usual DOD wipe resellers are forced to do to be legit. Back when I made that archive, Steam was just getting ready a month prior to kill XP support, and I was sitting there, with an Xi3 X5A, complete with 2GB of RAM, an Athlon64 X2 3400e, and mobility HD3650 graphics... and a 16GB Sandisk SSD because I was broke. it was AMAZING that they even had XP drivers to begin with, but even to this day I always wanted one of the higher end boxes to play with. I even thought about using the box as a makeshift home server with the eSATA port hooked to an external enclosure that never materialized. A little bit of background, the CEO was retired military turned business tycoon and I have no doubt in my mind that the end game was to make ruggedized small modular PCs for the military as well as "upgradeable" PCs for the consumer market-- why else would the sides be removable after all? especially the port end... wouldn't have been hard to make one whole board with all the inputs and outputs a military application needed to survive, after all. He had ambitions set too high for maximum bank. And that's not to even note that if memory serves, one of the other ventures run by him was a military contracting company of some flavor. In the end I'm glad the files I painstakingly downloaded and archived helped someone with a model much newer than mine.

[@dm12e]

Thankyou

[@handsoffmymacaroni102]

Thanks man!

[@EndermanInASuit7]

You saved the Hypercube.

[@ChlorideCull]

The case is made from extruded aluminium, and the machine has a design that's pretty common for that. Extruded aluminium cases are used because they are basically the cheapest metal case you can make.

[@theKashConnoisseur]

It's the hidden heroes like you that make preserving and archiving our digital history possible.

[@hydroponicgard]

Here's a good way to... Either stress test, or explode your devices: 1) GMOD 2) get a dupe with at least 50 ragdolls with thrusters 3) press any key to continue. or just, spam explosives. Physics in gmod generally thrashes those old cpus.

[@glennglog22]

Pardon the "um ackshually" but I don't think it'd be a great performance metric because the code of the source engine is simply so unoptimized that even on my PC with a Ryzen 5 and RTX 2070, gmod will scream in pain without causing so much as a stirr on the part of the CPU. Unless you run it on an Intel Atom or some Dell laptop from 2013 or older, it'll perform the same either way Could still cause a memory leak tho

[@sarcasticmcspastic]

@glennglog22 most old or small computers can pass the half life 2 test pretty easily these days despite it hammering the average dual core no graphics business brick Gmod is a great stress test specifically for machines from industrial applications because %90 of the time they have some dual core i7-5600u type APU On newer machines like yours, Blender and Geekbench are indeed better benchmarks

[@shoug8387]

​@glennglog22 That's only the case for the OG 32-bit version, there's a newer 64-bit build which runs WAAAAY better

[@Hnkka]

Yep, i remember XD My friend always crashed me if i made him mad by doing random shit

[@kyiscray]

​@@glennglog22the game runs on a single thread so it won't do much to any modern cpus

[@MainInternetUser]

My dumbass thought is was a literal steam machine, like water vapor

[@TechnicLegoEngineer]

Same

[@adovka2]

When i found this channel, i just started just non stopingly watch all of Bringus videos, and today after 2.5 days i watched every Bringus video on this channel. Cant wait to see more Bringus videos!

[@LyricRelics]

That's some crazy level of ... bringe watching 🫠

[@Jwalk9000]

I'd love to see this machine with OG SteamOS compared to one of the newer SteamOS flavors.

[@bland9876]

However considering the fact he could not get any flavor of Linux to install I wonder if og steam os will even install?

[@QuestionableEngineering6969]

nah, put MacOS on it LOL

[@QuestionableEngineering6969]

if it will let him

[@Jwalk9000]

@@QuestionableEngineering6969 I would totally try it!! The first AMD hackintosh I did was a really bulldozer build. This has got to be just about as powerful as a 2011 Mac Mini....

[@Jwalk9000]

@@bland9876 might now that the BIOS has been updated.

[@ZacharyRodriguezVlogs]

“The more stains we add to the table, the more rich the lore is.” That quote reminded me of DankPod and how many scuff marks he’s put onto his iPad cases.

[@andrewdriver3318]

The whole schtick was a dankpods ripoff

[@MildlyUpsetMax]

Yeah, he's pulling A LOT of inspiration from DankPods' style, but I guess he gives it his own touch. Throwing in way more memes and such. I guess it works, KZbin is just copying other people's shit most of the time anyway.

[@c4sualcycl0ps48]

Dankpods and Bringus Studios probably have met at LTX, I think that’s where Dankpods got the triangle man sticker from

[@gustiwidyanta5492]

​​@@MildlyUpsetMaxhonestly Bringus is like if you mixed James and Dankpods into a pot, and sprinkle a bit of memes into it.

[@laurensnieuwland4657]

This thing deserves another shot using the newest SteamOS from Valve itself instead of a fork.

[@MyouKyuubi]

Valve's steamOS hasn't been updated in forever, their debian-based version is largely discontinued, i'm pretty sure.

[@laurensnieuwland4657]

@@MyouKyuubi What about the version used on the Steamdeck?

[@MyouKyuubi]

@@laurensnieuwland4657 I've heard the one they use for the steam deck is actually just a lookalike version made by ChimeraOS, that uses 99% of the code from the official steam version. So ChimeraOS is allegedly in charge of the current, most up-to-date version of "SteamOS" or more commonly known as "Holo". Then again, there's a fair bit of conflicting and/or unclear information about all this, so i could be wrong.

[@NathanButh]

Man, I remember they had a ton of these at CES 2014. If memory serves correct, one of the intents beyond steam os was for these to be modular server pcs or something like that. They had like a whole wall of them.

[@RADish-official]

I love how bringus’s biggest challenge by far isn’t getting a game to run on a literal pregnancy test, but installing any os onto an actual honest to god computer.

[@scoutdy6547]

Not only that, one made specifically for steam.

[@TomBom292]

"actual computer" is a bit of a stretch

[@Ryanborambo]

It be like that, once it took me 3 hours to install windows 10 onto a laptop that came with windows 10

[@smollmoth6376]

Using a glue gun to hot glue it's own wires is a bold move.

[@Hnkka]

Like doing surgery on your self

[@pingasbungus4517]

do not teach AI robots to use the glue gun

[@doubtful_seer]

@@HnkkaI mean, a guy in Antarctica did it. lol

[@adamlarussa5243]

*Atom BIOS BK

[@RoundyBoi5162]

mmm yes, the Jimmy Neutron Hypercube with the Subaru OS👌

[@blaydex158]

When I was doing IT ~10 years ago in a school, these were our "computer lab" machines. Just Vesa mount em to the back of the monitor, and they were pretty slick installs. Also, fun fact! The chassis isn't grounded -at all-. I'm a static-y person, and I killed probably a dozen of these things by pressing the power button and zapping them with static.

[@coreymartin9630]

Seeing TF2 chug like that really brought me back to when I used to play on my super cheap 2010 laptop that my parents bought me

[@BringusStudios]

I got good memories playing it on a single core Compaq laptop that ran at under 1GHz. I literally installed a model and texture pack that made it look like a PS1 game. Fantastic times.

[@sulfur2964]

People still play with n64 graphics in tf2 and they usuall have like 10000 hours

[@Landjrin]

​@@sulfur2964Dude said "People" like that isn't just b4nny lol

[@ccricers]

Good times playing it on 480p with a Nforce motherboard (back when Nvidia put integrated graphics in motherboards :-o )

[@MUSiCK9]

Using FPS Configs really saved me in those days..

[@bitum21]

You are actually the first person on the internet that successfully downloaded RAM! Be proud!!!

[@BringusStudios]

Oh my God you're right I did I didn't even connect the dots lol

[@Jean-Denis_R_R_Loret]

How bad was the original UEFI on that thing to literally let half the RAM unusable ? 😂

[@gatto_furry]

Probably cause the GPU was a shared GPU.​@@Jean-Denis_R_R_Loret

[@CommieGIR]

So I had one of these, an earlier model - it had a fully socketed AM3 socket in it. You could, theoretically, upgrade it to some crazy CPUs for its time,

[@ta2ulk]

I watched three videos of you and my day is not ruined anymore, thx dude 👍

[@CaptainRex332]

This thing took “GameCube” to the next level

[@OfficalGTVNetwork]

Gaycube.

[@SanicConnoisseur_91]

This thing probably cant even emulate gc

[@WohaoG]

well it's barely cubical

[@OfficalGTVNetwork]

@@WohaoG So Is The "GayCube"

[@SanicConnoisseur_91]

@@OfficalGTVNetwork The Nintendo ShitCube I feel ripped off 💀

[@marluna_x]

Hot glue tips: 1. It is actually pretty easy to repair a hot glue gun. It's literally just a hot thingy and a feeding mechanism. It literally just shoves the hot glue stick in one end of the hot thing and hot glue comes out the other side. Oh, and there's a little thing that stops the stick from escaping. 2. If you get hot glue on your hands, simply rub the glue as much as possible, thus making giving it much more surface area to cool off. This is so effective that if you do it fast enough, you can actually use it intentionally to shape the hot glue without hurting yourself. Speed is the key. 3. Hot glue gets more powerful the hotter it was. You can go from basically useless to harder than wood or crappy plastic. In most cases, you don't need full heat. 4. Stop the strings by wrapping them around the front part of the hot glue gun.

[@Hnkka]

Man why my gluegun didnt come with tips like this on the manual :D

[@BeefIngot]

Pretty sure he wanted a fancy new one

[@illegalcumtrader56]

​@@Hnkkayou read your hot glue guns manual??

[@Marc83Aus]

the plastic lever mechanism is probably just worn out after god knows how much friction.

[@lignitesdie4989]

Let the legend rest

[@Protoplosion]

the "quick change the settings!" brought me back when I still played on a potatOS. the entire video goes so hard

[@imbe.]

This video right here. This amount of dedication is what IT is all about. Managing devices you have never seen before and making them work.

[@servissop151]

1:36 I love the Scion xB reference, totally unexpected

[@BringusStudios]

we do a little shitbox posting

[@servissop151]

@@BringusStudios I would watch you trash talk cars or f-cking uh, spin over a car engine with a dualshock vibration motor by bypassing the ECU with 12 jumper wires or some sh-t, sounds like something you would do

[@BringusStudios]

@@servissop151 If I ever find myself in a position where I have a garage to keep my very own bringus hooptie, you bet your ass it'll happen

[@servissop151]

@@BringusStudios glad to hear that, keep the good content up

[@DavidFrostbite]

The 2nd gen xB's were great little toasters. I miss Scion

[@cardboardcomputing]

play counterstrike on a digital TFT multimeter pls

[@cardboardcomputing]

i have some wierd one that runs windows 10 arm haha

[@johannesviljoen9656]

damn, defusal about to get real...

[@Ironyum99]

lol run steamos on it

[@cardboardcomputing]

@@Ironyum99why not the thing could actually take it

[@stanb1455]

@@cardboardcomputing video?

[@thyonlychief]

This was such a great video that you got me to subscribe 8 minutes in... your humor is also top notch as well my fellow

[@rometherevenant8749]

I always wanted one of these. It made me want a steam machine, but after that didnt work it just made me realize that I really just loved the mini pc form factor.

[@EmpoweredRabbit]

Holy shit as soon as you said “the piston” you unlocked memories in my brain. When I was younger, my best friend’s dad worked for some large company that made computers. Not sure what it was, but I remember my friend telling me about the Steam Piston, something his dad knew about. I’m pretty sure he actually had one at one point, but it’s been years

[@SajtosNokedli]

True story, bro

[@domesticcanadian]

Micheal MJD and Bringus Studios brothers in "Something went wrong" and "This was supposed to be a quick video..."

[@tristanraine]

Micheal MJD, Bringus Studios and MattKC would be a insane "stuff wasn't supposed to take this long" blunt rotation.

[@bavarianblessed]

Dude your commentary is like listening to my head while I do stuff. Subbed

[@OrangeDied]

"inside this very box, is the most secrety secret in all of secretdom.."

[@raqnick8133]

Tyler McViker jumpscare got me absolutely laughing, especially the bassboosted sound

[@long_chin_man]

22:52 *TYLER MCVICKER*

[@makramc]

The USB-C thing is pretty neat, i use it myself to charge my laptop in the car. You should also note that you need a USB-C power delivery compatible charger/power supply.

[@cha6_6]

This was a well made video, love this type of content

[@jamesalewis]

Whoa! The Xi3 out in the wild! My dad actually worked on these twelve years ago, I think. I thought the concept was really cool. It was supposed to be a modular system that could be upgraded with additional storage and compute units later on by just plugging the units together. The model you have doesn't have the ePCIe port (literally "external PCI Express", like a thunderbolt port before thunderbolt was more than just Apple), and that port was supposed to be the new extensibility, rather than needing to open up the unit to add components.

[@jamesalewis]

I anyone was wondering what he did at CISC (original company who created this), he did the BIOS using cutting edge UEFI framework, so that BIOS update link in the description probably has his fingerprints on it.

[@kylehazachode]

eSATAp is quite handy. Monoprice's eSATAp cable is like $7. Plugs directly into a SATA drive. Get full SATA-III speeds. No need to fuss with external drives or power bricks.

[@deaft_shot4489]

wait no external power? dose this work with 3.5 drives?

[@kylehazachode]

@@deaft_shot4489 So on desktops and laptops with eSATAp Expresscard, almost 100% yes. When it comes to laptops with built in eSATAp, 12v compatibility is hit or miss. If your 3.5in drive can run off 5v, you're good. If it requires 12v, you might have a compatibility issues. My favorite use for eSATAp is sticking an eSATAp pcie card in my NAS and having quick access to sata drives without power bricks.

[@cj.wijtmans]

you realize there are SATA +power to usb adapters right?

[@deaft_shot4489]

@@cj.wijtmans thats why am wondering if it works for 3.5, because 3.5 requires extra power when using usb.

[@cj.wijtmans]

@@deaft_shot4489 no it doesnt.

[@Catlight]

My grandfather worked for valve back when they used to give these out to people before entering the lithium mines! He would tell me tales of how they throw them at the ground and if it sparked there was lithium in the rocks. They always had to hand them back at the end of the day since valve would sometimes harvest the ram chips from them to build new smart phones

[@RealLifeZatoichi]

"This is more than playable this is straight up a good time." I LOVE HOW YOU SAID THAT! And anyone who's ever even tried their hand at PC gaming knows what you mean.

[@visura5149]

good to know im not the only one still rocking tha cherry trackpad keyboard lmao gotta love those function keys

[@NeonBeeCat]

This guy is the Valve gamer version of DankPods. Obscure nuggets and all.

[@elizabethagudelo7179]

ok so fun fact the fsr1 CS2 uses in performance mode as you set up renders at half the resolution on each axis, so at 640x480 you're actually playing at 360x240 that's why the film grain looks like that

[@Lu-db1uf]

I love seeing old retro computers like this!

[@junelawson5719]

Torx screws are great. Good torque without cam-out, pretty resistant to stripping. Love it.

[@twistedtxb]

I love the form factor. Pretty crazy performance for a 2013 device

[@BoboFerre]

no its still awful for a 2013 device

[@thenoddingturtle]

@@BoboFerre 2013 device this size*

[@thegeforce6625]

@@thenoddingturtleagreed.

[@JemaKnight]

Presumably whole RAM pool is basically... GDDR. Like a console. This is like a proto-PS4 chipset.

[@SteamPlayLEET]

I don't understand why he never ran gpu-z, that would explain everything.

[@hikkamorii]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding how memory sharing works, but is there actually a point in that considering it uses DDR3 RAM? I also don't see a reason why it would need more than 2GB of memory for such a weakling GPU, speaking of which, according to 16:01, it seems to use up to 768MB of memory @SteamPlayLEET

[@EllAntares]

@@hikkamorii meory and CPu power aren't connected at all. It depends on the bus width and how much paging you want to allow

[@NHH009]

You got me to burst out laughing when the computer lagged at the Windows image. I am so glad I didn't end up buying one of those.

[@TheCcway]

I knew those steam machines we're gonna flop when it got announced lol. But its super nice to see someone rediscover it and explore it without the fake enthusiasm for it.

[@Fenrir414]

@19:40 When updating the BIOS is the equivalent of the once known problem but now known as a meme, of downloading more ram.

[@davidtanner3848]

Og Steam OS! We want it! Honestly I've never been interested in this type of KZbin video, but gosh dangit are you entertaining. RIP Thermogrip. All hail Ryobi glue gun! That thing is a beast!

[@S3IIL3CT]

"more like waste of sand force" is brilliant lmao

[@kevonmanuel]

I have never been so entertainted watching an OS install. Well done.

[@Gunbudder]

those APUs were legit! i built a very similar build using an APU back in the day (2010's) and i set my budget as the cost of the xbone. i ended up building a PC that was better than the xbone for the same price, all built around the consumer version of the APU that went into the bone.

[@majapaja_]

Which apu was that?

[@hiddenguy67]

hm

[@ozzyrockin]

I have one of these and I absoutely love it. Its my baby. I bought it off of ebay listing it as a raspberry pi subsitute (I think 3b+ was newest at the time). I never had any ram issues with it and now I will have to check out the bios update. I will say if you populate both msatas and boot a linux live cd (I use lmde) you will notice one is msata and one is marked as "removable". Only the one marked as "removable" will boot (don't ask me), It will also not boot from the INTERNAL SD card slot you missed. The thing turns into a fireball if you put pressure on the gpu, even noctua fan replacements cannot tame this beast. Any cpu load is fine though its just the gpu. Oh and my ethernet port is straight up broken so I just use usb 3 ethernet adapters. I also have the original power supply, cool I guess it has a light and branding

[@blendpinexus1416]

yeah, the more i look at the basement bargin sff and usff computers the more i am realizing that if desktop needs are needed a pi is not the way to go. i still run mine hard though

[@nery2981]

just wanted to say you're a goat for providing the link to those drivers in the description.

[@splycer172]

This man now knows what it's like to play Counter Strike in animated GIF form. The things we do for science.

[@Synaelle]

I love how this video has actual LORE, an adventure, especially when you discovered that was a steam cube.

[@kentslocum]

I'd honestly just like to keep that cube on display in my house, not connected to anything; it just looks cool. Imagine what it would look like to have a whole pyramid of those things stacked on top of one another! 😊

[@bowsergunner9680]

I agree! i have 4 of them!

[@smiteclips4325]

i wanted one of these back in day but ended up build my 1st gaming pc instead. the golden years of gaming lol

[@mechanicalmonk2020]

I unironically love the design of this

[@ffwast]

Like the trashcan mac this is the steam brick

[@sylveoneevee]

As a friend once said: THE GREATEST TECHNICIAN THATS EVER LIVED 🤣

[@DeadBaron]

Man remember the Steam Controller? I still have one and use it sometimes, it's great. The batteries last forever, the trackpads were very accurate, overall I love it. I really wish they would try again since now they can implement buttons on the back of the controller again. Supposedly they stopped making them because of a lawsuit, but now the steam deck has the same type of buttons?

[@neolordie]

I got one for like 20€ last year and it's pretty cool !

[@lolcat]

Steam deck doesn't have paddles it has buttons

[@septaka]

been following this series for a few days now and i think it needs to be called: "Will It SteamOS?"

[@skyty0]

Bringus has Jimmy Timmy Power Hour on the brain 24/7

[@redgouf]

I love all of your videos from multiple perspectives: The tech, the DIY, and definitely the comedy. Your comments are absolutely hilarious! I always find myself laughing through the entire video.

[@WaveIan]

Well done! That BIOS move was clutch, and something I was crossing my fingers waiting to come up with the nature of this beast. Really love these videos, and I'd also like to see your idea at the end of this video come to fruition!

[@snjert8406]

Man, I enjoy the heck out of your videos. Watched a bunch of them on my 3DS hahaha

[@jjc032681]

This was a splendid journey on a rollercoaster of emotions. +1

[@lordxmugen]

Im sure someone else has already said it, but that thing you showed off was called i believe, the "Piston". The reason it had all of those UI ports was the thing was meant to be a modular PC. Which would come with a bunch of extra stuff like an external GPU and hardrive and the like. It was shown off briefly when Steam Machines were gonna be a thing but then disappeared into the ether like most of Steam Machines. EDIT: LOL its in the vid. but whatevs. I explained the rest.

[@BringusStudios]

Yeah since I discovered all of that like halfway through the video it makes it a bit awkward to watch lol

[@lordxmugen]

@@BringusStudios Yeah. When I first saw the picture i was like "Oh shit! its THAT THING. I remember that." Cant believe its been 10+ years. I now feel way too old.

[@jarnobot]

I think this still might could be a very nice emulation system. I would love to see a video with Batocera running on it. Low end emulation should be easy for this thing, but see how for you can push it in terms of emulated systems :)

[@old_liquid]

I am afraid 7660G gpu will say hello Both in therms of driver (amdgpu will not work as it is descendant of hd5000 line of gpus, and firegl driver is long dead) and performance. But light cpu-based emulation up to PS1 is possible.

[@oimateusaqui]

I would for sure use this little cube as a home server 😂

[@gamefreaknetunofficial]

5:49 - Legit though my mans was boutta run a PC off a mini portable power bank gaddam 😅😶

[@PenguinEconomics-st2ws]

I love your editing style Mr Bringus. Usually I don't find this hyperactive editing style appealing but you manage to pull it off in a real fun way.

[@KOSAMAGAMES]

I remember seeing the Piston shown off, I was so excited for Steam machines but the reviews were so horrific I stayed clear, now I own a Steam Deck and man crazy looking back at Valve trying to break free of Windows chains with actual final success ( I love the Steam Deck). I remember during the Steam Machine craze there were 3, The Alienware one, zotac (which i wanted initially), and a spaceship looking one by Cyberpower one.

[@PeachIceCreamy]

That DP/HDMI port is actually revolutionary. You can actually plug either an hdmi OR a displayport into that one port.

[@jacksonlatch2165]

“64 bit is coming soon” The prophet

[@Kempan]

This is the first video I see of this channel and 18 minutes in, so far I feel blessed

[@KiraSlith]

Oh man, Xi3. These computers were hyped up so hard back in 2010 alongside Alienware's Steam Machine, and then one day the company evaporated after people started having trouble with the chipset. It's a neat design, and modern AMD APUs are far better suited to this kind of thing. The new 780m iGPU on the 7000 series is shockingly on par with a GTX Titan X Maxwell, for a tiny fraction of the power draw, so it's be a pretty solid indie/light gaming box.

[@ffwast]

I wonder if a 780m can be cajoled into working with Windows XP like a Titan X Maxwell 🤔

[@big-wade]

really good sound effects i subbed for them alone

[@4thechivostreamsarchive586]

This guy is just gamer icecreamsandwich. And i love it

[@onelazynoob15]

It'd be interesting giving linux another try on this thing, the BIOS flash might have been necessary to allow linux secure boot or some shit like that.

[@Turgineer]

23:54 Oops... The bot crisis still continues in TF2.

[@generic6099]

at this point playing ow2 is a viable option

[@RiCKY-zt3tl]

No ​@@generic6099

[@DazePhase]

And just when I though my mini-ITX RTX 4060 build can't get any smaller. xD Had so much fun, this content is gold. 😂😂

[@13lasterboy]

Fun fact! I got two of these in a goodwill eight years ago for five dollars a piece and have slept on them ever since because I couldn't be bothered to find a power cable for them! Mine also don't have USB 3.0. Instead, it has what it claims to be DL-DVI+VGA ports which are clearly just DVI ports.

[@JSReaL]

when the only thing between you and extra RAM is a random file from the internet, and it works xD

[@TheJukebox.]

The fact that I can recognize all the TF2 sound effects in this video makes me sad

[@smashpro1]

I actually had one of those Alienware Steam Machines, though it was rebranded as the Alienware Alpha, and ran Windows out of the box. Was actually my fist gaming PC, and served me well until the Xbox Series X came out.

[@rustirab3465]

25:09 Ai grandpa with glasses with 3 lenses? And six fingers LOL!

[@POPCORN454545]

Fuckin love the fellow source engine half life brethren putting consistent sounds effects and soundtracks in the vids man. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@Mask_Guy]

27:37 "this is pretty bad" me, who plays most games on that resolution: pathetic

[@ThePC007]

21:35 "An Intel HD3000 or whatever" - welp, that did send me down memory lane. Although Portal 2 worked flawlessly on that thing, lol.

[@Razerin]

This is my first time seeing this video and channel. But I got hooked on the tf2/source sound effects.

[@SullBhit]

10:08 bro didnt want to enter "X" into his search in front of the camera. had to use incognito

[@MrHazbin]

💀

[@Herewegooo.]

Aw hell naw💀

[@Tatefail]

Best Mike Tyson video ever uploaded

[@HFkepley9312]

The USB 2.0 ports with the lightning symbol also means that it can provide power to connected devices while the computer is off mostly used for charging devices

[@brickman409]

I remember being really hyped for these when they were first announced.

[@colormitz3]

i see that sneaky invisible qr code at 1:03, i wonder what you have put on it

[@k_86]

www (dot) youtube(dot) com/watch?v=jA2hWPyTk00

[@hikkamorii]

it's a link to jA2hWPyTk00 (idk if youtube links are allowed, but you can figure it out), don't know what it means and too lazy to figure out.

[@colormitz3]

@@hikkamorii how did you manage to figure that out? I was just gonna recreate it since my camera couldn’t see the qr

[@hikkamorii]

@@colormitz3I took screenshots of the frames with a table and qr code, and then substracted one from another in gimp. You may want to also increase contrast, but for me it worked as is.

[@WWIA7062-2]

15:00 it probally is from the bulldozer architecture meaning that AMD prioritized the number of cores compared to the actual performance of them so budget CPUs had like 4 cores in them back in the day. plus its probably shared memory with the GPU and other parts

[@zero-pixelated]

First time watching this guy and what I can say is that he is like the perfect mix of Linus Tech Tips and Dank Pods XD

[@skittlesryan7862]

You know it is a good crafting channel when there is an eulogy for a hot glue gun in the first minute of the video.