He Couldn't Believe It Was the SAME PC! - Gear Up S1:E3

[@tr4ck3r19]

The AAron got me

[@migalorsdarwin1930]

who or what is that?

[@justalayman77]

Well, you better be sick, dead or mule AARon

[@aaron.blessmann]

im pissed of those guys, but im not mad at greg

[@surferboyuk84]

I know the pain

[@vibernaut]

Thank you so much, Greg!!! The upgrade was very much appreciated!! I loved being on this series. Thank you Microcenter for sponsoring this series!

[@jdocgaming474]

Great upgrade my man! You really maximized that budget, eh? I was the winner on S1E1 (the first episode of the series). This was a blast and Greg seems really down to earth! Thanks to Greg and Micro Center for this amazing opportunity!

[@Joreel]

You did an awesome job of picking out stuff. It's not even the same system as the one you walked in with. Hope you have a blast with your new computer 😋

[@sotg671]

Nice build !!! Everyone seems like they had a great time !

[@joeyboyjoeyboy2]

you got a great looking build there Ethan!

[@vibernaut]

@@joeyboyjoeyboy2 Thank you so much. Greg was so kind. It was an awesome experience

[@ilitsa]

The employees at Microcenter seem so chill and cool

[@GregSalazar]

They really are. We had such great experiences with them at both stores! Super welcoming and friendly - even to the camera!

[@Jerem0y]

Best buy employees x20

[@ilitsa]

@@GregSalazar That's awesome. You can really tell the difference between people that really enjoy their jobs and those that don't

[@matthew.tamasco]

Microcenter NJ employees have always been so helpful. Could not have built my rig without them.

[@theElemDragon]

I frequent the Microcenter in St. Davids, PA quite often. Like.... more than i should for living an hour drive away from it. I managed to snag a 4090 FE back in November or December i believe. Was the best day EVER! Was in no way planning on getting a GPU while i was there... mostly went to look at 3D printer filament. Had recently upgraded my entire platform to a R9 7950X, and was still using my RTX 2070. Was down there looking at the filament thinking "what are the odds they'd even have a 4090 in stock?" and as i'm looking at the filament, i hear someone else ask, and the employee is like "Yes, we have one left, a PNY 4090". I'm immediately thinking "F*CK!". I walk around the components area a bit, start talking to another employee about 3d printers, and I ask him if there are any 4090's left, and he's like "Sorry, they just sold the last one we had". So i start walking around, looking at more filament, and I just decided I looked around enough and was going to start walking up to the checkout line, when the guy i was talking to basically runs over to me with a big brown non-descript box and says "From what my manager tells me, there's a 4090 Founders in this box. If you want it, it's yours." Of course i said yes. They opened the outer box to double check that it was in fact a 4090 FE, which it was (and i kept that brown box, too.... over-engineered to hell it is).... and I think just because of the sheer shock that they receieved a card pretty much STRICTLY ever sold at Best Buy. Other employees came over like "Is that really a FE? We actually got one?" Another customer said he wanted to buy it and they're like "Nope, it's already claimed". Even now, there are some times I'll be wandering around the store, and one of the employees that was hovering around that day will just come up to me and ask "How's that 4090 treating you?" I know they work on commission, and sometimes they can be a bit hounding because of this.... but they're just the most awesome group of people to just hang out and talk to about the most random tech related stuff. You can tell that the people that work there LOVE tech (you'd kinda have to...), unlike at Best Buy which is just a job to most of them.

[@timgraves9787]

I am loving this playlist! Would be cool to see it get expanded to other Microcenters across the country!

[@GregSalazar]

That’s the goal! 😁

[@timgraves9787]

@@GregSalazar You make it out to LA and I am there!!

[@ThePanickedMonk]

Yeah, that'd be fun! I personally just put together a new rig less than a year ago that I'm plenty happy with, so I wouldn't be in line for upgrades, but it's always nice to see your state represented and I know MN has one or two Microcenters. If you do expand and end up making your way North, come mid-Summer, Greg, I think you might find the weather more agreeable :)

[@MAG-Crew]

@@GregSalazar Please tell MicroCentar we need them in Europa badly. They can make so much money if open stores in EU.

[@lentas4921]

would u go to finland in this series

[@evlshoots]

can recognize s2k seats anywhere haha, immediately recognized them in the intro

[@GregSalazar]

A man of culture, I see!

[@infamouslunatic7781]

lmao same but It was that center compartment for me than I noticed the seats lol

[@TM86880]

Lol, the rep when he said 'who uses WIFI?' and the look he gave Greg when he confirmed himself, priceless!

[@wingman-1977]

Hey, I use WI-FI too.

[@TM86880]

@@wingman-1977 :D

[@AelleIti]

Wifi is good if you have puppies, kitties or male dogs that like to lift their legs. Also, you don't have to worry about your rig being pulled onto the floor because someone tripped on the ethernet cord.

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

I use wifi but I don't play online competitive games anyway

[@wingman-1977]

@@iHaveTheDocuments Likewise.

[@stuartlunsford7556]

I feel like an RX 6800 and a 5800x3d would have been a better route. He could make 200+ bucks back on the 6600 (XT?). That would give him still a great CPU, and also a 16GB card...which is already getting relevant.

[@mikillo31]

I thought the same, platform was fine, just throw a 5800x3d and ready to go!

[@jaggsta]

Yeah that's since he already has B550 the 5800X3D is really good for gaming.

[@youknowme2003]

that and a better Cooler, imo they just not tryna be stale with the upgrades but what they're doing isnt the actuall point of the series

[@jungle2460]

I was thinking the same thing, but I bet he upgrades the GPU soon. Hoping he has more options in the coming months too

[@vibernaut]

​@@jungle2460 This was my thought process :) Thank you for clarifying for everyone

[@Joeker8171]

I love this series. It's so personal and just enjoying to watch

[@Nibiru420]

I love these Micro Center videos. Like Greg I too live in FL so I don't have access to a close MicroCenter. I think I did read somewhere tho that they might be opening one in Miami, which im 3 hrs away from , but still would be closer then Georgia.

[@socaldayve6684]

11:16 I legit almost spit-laughed my coffee all over my monitor with the sudden cut to Shaq. ☕😆

[@thegamerreborn55567]

"It's going on the ceiling! It's going on the roof!" had me rolling! Love your sense of humor Greg!

[@DeadlyKiller54]

i have the same pc. great pc to upgrade. i went from a 3600 rx 580, to a 5800X3D and a 6700XT. this is a Phanteks P360A case, great overall pc, and very budget friendly in 2020 when i got it for 750 bucks.

[@jaggsta]

Yeah would of been better upgrade to get 5800X3D $300 since already had B550. Sapphire 6800 16GB is $499.99 at microcenter also

[@Rreeve87]

That A A ron jokes really got me🤣🤣🤣🤣..but he's a cool funny dude also..another great episode again!

[@Averagedude-mi3fl]

Decent upgrade. I’d have been tempted to grab a 5800x3d and a 6800 non xt for right at 800. Keep the current board, sell the 6600 then upgrade ram and psu. But overall should be a decent upgrade especially once the gpu gets swapped later.

[@anthonylong5870]

He would pay half of what he would get for that 6600 just in shipping it to someone. Plus eBay fees and he might end up with $20 😂

[@Averagedude-mi3fl]

@@anthonylong5870 shipping would be about 20 judging by what it cost to ship the 5700xt I sold. But you are correct eBay will take about 15-20%. If you sold forfor say 180 you’d probably get about 140.

[@anthonylong5870]

@@Averagedude-mi3fl The 6600 is only $200 brand new. I don't see anyone paying more than maybe $120-$140 tops for it and that would probably be hard to get.

[@biggranny000]

I did a similar upgrade to this. I had a ryzen 3600, and a b450 msi tomahawk max mobo and 16gb of ddr4. I was going to get a ryzen 5800X3D and upgrade to 32gb of RAM, but this was almost $400. Instead I just got the 7900X bundle from microcenter which was $550. So I jumped platforms, got way more M.2 slots to put in spare drives, PCIE 5, and a lot more USBs and features, along with 32gb of RAM. Rendering performance tripled, and games no longer have microstutters and overall framerates went up a lot. I then built another spare PC for the living room with my old parts.

[@michaelthompson9798]

Great to see sooo many happy upgrades in this series 🥰💪👍🤩. What a great series.

[@freerangemtb]

Shout out to Aaron (I love that Key and Peele sketch). I think he was the most fun Micro Center employee on this series to date.

[@sotg671]

Great video Aaron is the man, grats on the upgrade too !!

[@fire_breathing_hamster]

This is cool. He seems really appreciative of the upgrade. You love to see it!!

[@MojoWrangler]

I feel lucky to have (these) Micro Center stores nearby to shop with. No better place for your CPU/mobo combo.

[@jshf]

looking forward to watching this series everyday👏

[@gpredd1]

God bless you kid, that is a really cool thing you're doing.

[@brandenstone8142]

im absolutely loving the series i am really enjoying another side of you you seem like a very nice person

[@Purity65dos]

Ok, but this dude looked so fucking happy and wholesome. This was great.

[@elijahtinney3435]

New playlist is a BANGER.

[@stevetech1949]

Very smart choices IMO. Nice choice w/ buying the 850W PSU! This should not need much upgrading for many years to come. Enjoy! 😉

[@leighton138]

thanks for helping people out its good to see

[@aaronhill3943]

Dude, I live literally right around the corner from that store - I get all my PC parts from there. I can't believe you were that close, and I didn't get to meet you and say hi! Love the series!

[@bryandiel6773]

We NEED Micro Center in Arizona!!!

[@SKLL3TR]

i hope we get more of this, this is my second favorite series after fix of flop, great work as always greg and these micro center guys are always funny and make the video better such a lovely group

[@jerone116]

I wouldve gone 5800x3d and a 6750xt (possibly a power supply and ssd if it fits in the budget) knowing that he does gaming mostly. Still a really nice upgrade. Nice vid

[@zuzufinke4300]

Start calling you Saint Greg, your so amazing, and generous. Just so good for this world its nice to see.

[@DutyGeezer]

Loving the new series, Greg…I’d love a selfie with ya when you get to Houston Microcenter!

[@jpcoll2011]

Very sensible guy. No bling, no bells and whistles but a solid build that will last a long time. So much less to go wrong with air cooling as well rather than water cooling so kudos to his way of thinking.

[@MaximanLP]

I'm really enjoying these videos so far. The employees have been so helpful and recommend based, which I really appreciate.

[@Dj-sf7or]

Greg seems to be like the coolest person to kick back, drink beers and talk tech with

[@jhendra83]

I considered myself lucky to have 2 microcenters less than 20 miles away from where I live. I'm blessed lol.

[@robertlucke4964]

Congratulations on the upgrades

[@burniesandwich2257]

Looks like I’ll have to wait for you to come around to Duluth after the rest of the MicroCenters. Awesome stuff!

[@florider_hd]

best episode so far! Aaron is hilaious! love that guy!

[@Doughboy3DCreations]

Love you go from "cable management is boring" to " Is Shaq that tall? " :D

[@leocatz]

That was an awesome upgrade for him. Essentially a whole new rig for the price of a power supply!

[@erickjimenezpaulino]

That intro put a smile on my face. Awesome work btw! Love watching your content!

[@bumbaclot813]

The fact it was one away from 600 again was pretty funny. Also what is it about micro center employees being so chill, the first time I ever even got a laptop at micro center the store manager came out and thanked me for buying from them. I don't know if that's just something they do but I gotta say, they have the best customer service around.

[@m8x425]

One time I bought a modestly powerful $1000 Core 2 Toshiba laptop from Office Depot and the manager was irate about the floor employee not trying to upsell any bundles.

[@dayulPH]

That spin again was awesome, you are such an awesome and kind dude Greg. Love your stuff

[@moneysworthtv2410]

Ibreally like seeing this us tech as a tech community sticking together is so cool whenever I upgrade my pc if not all out give my parts to some of my buddies to upgrade there outdated rigs I give em ridiculous deals

[@Punkstah]

Greg is my favorite tech KZbinr!!

[@pradeepchinna5545]

Sales rep is a cool dude, wish my country has Microcenter.

[@Danny_G_5]

Loved the S2K in the Intro!

[@usleadershipareliars]

Nothing better than rebuilding the pre-built, I had the same cyberpower pc even down to the case, great upgrades

[@falkwulf3842]

I love this series, its nice to see. I could never be a candidate for one of your upgrades as I dont live anywhere near a Micro Center the closest one is literally 300+ miles North West or South West of my location. I live in the big dead zone and only have Best Buy or Online to get PC parts from. But it is NICE to see you give other people an opportunity at potential upgrades.

[@joostul]

You know for this series a quick before and after benchmark would add a lot.

[@UToobSteak]

I appreciate everybody appreciating this series

[@frederickpolk]

Best #GearUp episode yet! Fun stuff!

[@buildsworld]

i love this playlist i hope on day i could upgrade my rig

[@jamesvozar1]

Really cool how you gave him another spin Greg.

[@aaron.blessmann]

3:02 I feel with him, you hear it more than you'd like

[@carlosalvavado8998]

This was great I like Micro Center they are always helpful and knowledgeable

[@SilverSurferTDR]

before and after would be great with this series, even if its just brief enough to get a reaction on their commonly played games

[@Pacheenee7]

+1 for the classy lack of RGB

[@logwnn]

The random stares at the camera XD

[@NICKtheMAN2448]

Hopefully you come up north a little more. Loving the series! Come to Ohio!

[@2b2tMaestro]

this is the best one yet because he has so much upgradability. He can easily get a current gen or next gen gpu with no bottleneck

[@Klutch_it]

Can we please see Jacob do a blind build for a $3000 pc? He deserves a PC and that episode would be frikin hilarious. No helping him! Got to let him struggle 😈

[@TheK9music]

That is crazy, going for a Ryzen 9 with a 6600 class GPU?? For a gaming build? He was likely already GPU bound and now he's going to be more GPU bound. Episode was fun as always though!

[@magicmarger]

Had the same thought. Spend the 800 for a GPU and later on get a higher tier CPU from own money. But I Guess that would have made for a terrible 5min video

[@OGruurd]

Most wholesome YT series out there :)

[@nnidza]

Nice looking black case. Lovely. Really like it. I got one too!

[@iskate40]

Love this series, happy for the people involved who get to upgrade!

[@F.A.--]

I can't believe how quickly pc parts get old. a ryzen 5 3600 was prasied so much not so long ago and now it's going to be replaced for something better.

[@greendaykerplunk]

nice to see mclovin back on the channel, i remember watching u build him his first pc lmfao and upgrading it lol

[@MarinosMysteries]

You are not sorry about the wind, that was an afterthought, LOL. I'm so glad there isn't a Microcenter in Maine, I would be so broke.

[@DanieleIlPoeta]

Nice series as well as the other ones. I really like the channel! A "side note": pls Micro Center, come to Italy!! You guys are too cool! 😄

[@danielll342]

Need more content of that s2k!!

[@pdarrell]

Good episode. I liked that he went for at real true upgrade of the platform, Ryzen 7900X really worth it.

[@edwinwelch1946]

i love your channel. thanks for helping people who have less.

[@ScottGrammer]

Come to Chattanooga and bring Microcenter with you!

[@Kelekona_808]

A-A Ron is the real MVP of the one. Yoooooo!

[@marcoachaves822]

Microcenter is so cool! Loving this series!!!

[@TheZombieKillsss]

Love this just as much as the fix or flop. Keep it going and don't stop.

[@ccgert]

Great Series

[@pwn0grapher]

Did anyone else's neck hair stand up when grabbed the card from the top of the fan shroud to yank it out? 😅 Congrats on the upgrade.

[@mrvento_za]

Wish we had Micro Centers (and their great deals), here in South Africa.

[@horchatakevin]

That S2000 though 🤤

[@Jay_the_Caffeinator]

Awesomesauce video Greg!! I will be at this store around the 4th of July. Coming down to see my sister and her boys. I can't wait to see how this store compares to the Fairfax, VA store.

[@bmdshred77]

Great video. Love these

[@weroliera]

Ak620 is just too good man. Been having mine almost since launch

[@CrashPilot1000]

Great stuff and a really good deal on that budget. Having a good platform is def. a right move. I may have gone with a 5700/5800/3D cpu Upgrade depending on the price and a 6800XT and cpu cooler and PSU (probably with own money, like he does). Anyway, he can be very happy with what he got

[@UncleButterworth]

I'm a fan of this series. Kinda interesting to see what people would upgrade with a given budget.

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks for giving it a shot!

[@joshuanaces4453]

congrats to those who have there PC rigs upgraded definitely worth it i cant really participate since im from the PH and i have a 8 year old $180 rig that needs an upgrade as well hopefully it holds up SKL

[@pgplaysvidya]

man i can't believe the first spin. these are so awesome

[@kirby671]

The microcenter dude seems like my kind of dude!

[@m8x425]

I liked the first video in which the guy was using an almost 10 year old Haswell platform. Watching the first one get upgraded was fun. Seeing a rig with a Ryzen 3600 and RX 6600 isn't as much fun to see being upgraded. If you do this again, can you find people with wanker systems that have a FX-6300, FX-8350, or Core i5-6600k along with a 14nm or 28nm GPU.

[@beastrace81]

great series Greg! cool stuff as always.

[@shawnc292]

Make the spin again spots AND the 600 spots "Spin again Add $100 dollars" and make the 1000 and 1200 space $1100! Makes the wheel more exciting AND increases the overall amount people get without major risk to you.

[@garydean1732]

Greg you should allow 2 spins and go with the highest dollar amount spin as their budget. Maybe do a bonus amount on the spin again. That way everyone has a couple of chances to maximize their budget. I really like this series and hope Microcenter will continue with it. It really showcases their deals and makes me want to go shop at my Microcenter.

[@undestiny8744]

Excellent content my boy, love it ! 👌

[@FIVECENTFISH]

ahh the sound of the F20/22 nothing like it.

[@rynosraceroom66]

Awesome man ! 🤘🏼🏁

[@nickgenov]

Great series, keep it going!

[@iSteveGWT]

S2000 sounding great!