I made the deal of a lifetime

I found a dirt cheap ($800) i9 11900k build with RTX 3080 and 32GB RAM. The only problem - it overheats. I find out why.
Fixing an overheating PC requires patience. But that is no problem for Dr. Boris with hammer. The i9 processor in this Aorus Model S is a powerhouse on its own producing more heat than babushka's oven, but putting that next to a RTX 3080 in a small form factor box is just bad.
This video partially edited on that overheating junk but finalised on the final build, running at a cool 32C.
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[@AdamPerson]

Owner: “Yeah the PC works like a toaster…” Boris: “Improvise. Adapt. Overcome.”

[@johnberger55]

nothing can keep boris down

[@CorundumDevil]

*"so you are saying it has 14 Lada power"*

[@Narutojinjuriken]

And make blyns. :D

[@raviolifromiceland6441]

i was like # 666

[@professornuke7562]

@@Narutojinjuriken Not blini. He had shaslik cooking over it in this video.

[@Lucan69]

Boris is back when we needed him the most.

[@SunIsLost]

Yes

[@yugoslavball1945]

VADIM BLYAT

[@dotdashdotdash]

Is Boris

[@kratousek1]

He is still trying but soon he is gonna realize his time has ended i loved boris and his videos so sad that people forgot about him

[@xx_tortle_xx1786]

He is back when we needed him the most

[@brandondye7774]

Comrade Boris never disappoints!

[@primerib7377]

Love his new intro

[@Aelith007]

Very true

[@TubersTubera]

Amen

[@michaelwesten4624]

except when he makes lazy tank videos for money because it's end of month and he is hungry

[@justaramdomkid7404]

THE Boris is bacc

[@Robin_Goodfellow]

For a channel that's not your main job anymore, that was some high-effort, high-quality content. I'm glad that you're still able to make videos, comrade.

[@ariesleo7396]

What is his main job?

[@Robin_Goodfellow]

@@ariesleo7396 A programmer of some variety, I think? Maybe a freelancer?

[@3mmmmmm]

"Not your main job" this aged well

[@jnssmnsn]

@@Robin_Goodfellow Or maybe drafted into the cyka blyat liberating Ukraine ?

[@NadiaClawson24601]

that heatsink holder is genius

[@DawidDoesTechStuff]

This video made me so proud of Boris.

[@LilTachanka]

ITS HIM, DAWID

[@LilTachanka]

this video is subtly sponsored by fractal design

[@thatonecommie8351]

IT'S THE MAN, THE LEGEND HIMSELF

[@kyleeisma7541]

LinoooOOOOOOOOOODE

[@randomslav4721]

i like your vids David

[@DonPatrono]

Boris: "Oh I am not going to do anymore content on this channel" Also Boris: *keeps being awesome here A surprise for sure, but a welcome one!

[@SunIsLost]

Yes

[@davaychyk]

Yeah thats really nice

[@Jeff.78]

Boris did say he'd be back here from time to time as he uploads on his other channel.

[@jaquilynnblaque6888]

I think he said he would still occasionally but yeah, this video was great! Also, nice Door/Dorn quote.

[@silsenova]

Yess! Also, Palpatine quote? XD

[@tonimeier8271]

Everybody: Can we fix it? Boris the builder: Yes we can! Congratulations on the bargain and good work fixing it up!

[@zealot5930]

These last two videos are great, and just give off a really good vibe. I hope you're enjoying yourself, Boris.

[@Althazar1]

The animation is perfect for this type of video - there was so much work that went into it and it paid off

[@EfeFlet]

This was hilarious and I'm not even remotely interested in technology. That's the power of Boris charisma. also it's so nice to hear people talk about their jobs or something they can do really well, so this was very enjoyable :)

[@seraphale]

Agreed!

[@agilitykissa]

I'm not interested in tech, cooking or travel vlogs. Still watch all Boris videos. Amazing man truly.

[@purplebatdragon]

I never thought Boris would become a storytime animator, much less one with better animation than 99% of what's on KZbin.

[@ChapuleTaylor]

his drawings are appalling even he acknowledges it but that doesn't matter

[@purplebatdragon]

@@ChapuleTaylor Nah, he's DRASTICALLY improved since he started a few months ago. But I'm more impressed that there's constant movement and colorful backgrounds, compared to most storytime animators that stand in front of a blank white space with about 4-5 poses.

[@ChapuleTaylor]

@@purplebatdragon I'm sorry, but let's be honest here, it's still shit, but he is improving

[@Cr4z3d]

@@ChapuleTaylor Nah, it's got charm.

[@ChapuleTaylor]

@@Cr4z3d alright so it is shit, but a charming shit no less

[@Driver-qt9jh]

Honestly, re-case'd pre-builts seems like a solid way to save cash on a pc. The nightmare the first owner had to deal with nor withstanding

[@buttnuttz6119]

Exactly. Cards are so expensive nowadays that prebuilts are the way to go

[@frogbutt6627]

@@buttnuttz6119 graphics card prices are down a lot tho. a 3060 is now actually 400

[@GHZZZ1]

This would have been completely fixable. He ruined completely fine pre-built.

[@olutukko2681]

@@GHZZZ1 parempi se silti noin on kun jossain saatanan pienessä designerkopassa :D

[@GHZZZ1]

@@olutukko2681 Ei se ollut se pointti. Noille on luonnollisesti oma kohderyhmänsä. En vaan nähny tollasessa räpeltämisessä mitään järkee jos lähtee tuollaista ostamaan. Liikaa tahnaa ja laitto tilalle tuulettimen joka kirjaimellisesti on yhtä äänekäs. Kyllä tuossa kotelossa ilma kiertää ja tollasesta saa täysin käyttökelposen jos tietää mitä tekee. Siel on vaan edellinen omistaja kussu jotain asetuksia eikä auta asiaan jos seuraavakin on yhtä tunari. :D Olis ostanu alunperinkin jonkun toisen.

[@brittanysaccount4452]

My four year old son was so excited to see that you were posting on here again. He’s grown up watching your videos, slav squats, and says Blyat. His favorite videos have always been of Comrade Cat and your music. Much love from the US.

[@hond654]

Boris: let's buy a cheap PC. A case, a water cooling system later: it is still cheap!

[@gerogyzurkov2259]

Arctic freeze water cooler (which gamer nexus recommended) and a good case (shop a bit) can be had under $300 maybe even $250 for both parts. Still cheap considering the parts going to be in it that cost over $1000. You might as well throw abit more to make it last for your usage as invest a bit more.

[@jordicl4325]

@@gerogyzurkov2259 I bought my pc 5 years ago, is a good case that expensive now?? i bought mine for 45€ and it was one of the best available at the time.

[@okname5335]

it was the deal of the century

[@tommlvanbomml]

@@jordicl4325 Depends. Midrange starts at 60 already. Abd ita questionable if you have proper Airflow in it. The most bought one, the 4000d Corsair one averages around 108 euros, on sale below 90.

[@stagiestpizza]

@@gerogyzurkov2259 I wouldn't have even put an AIO on there honestly. cooling performance per dollar is just better with air cooling, and it looks like he had the room for it around the CPU.

[@matasa7463]

Oh man, Boris the tech tuber is something I didn’t know I wanted. More if you feel like it, please! ITX cases aren’t really made for high power CPUs like the 11900K, which is known to draw power like a cyka, at upwards to 250W, and that case just simply don’t have the required cooling system for it. Some ITX cases like the Hyte Revolt 3 can run a 280mm radiator AIO, and that would be able to cool the 11900K. Prebuilds are often just not really well designed for all specs. They’re too standardized… Oh, please note that with your current fan configuration, you will end up with a lot of dust in your case, because there’s no dust filters over the air intakes in the rear. Maybe get a magnetic air filter for it? You should consider maybe trying to make a soft tubing custom watercooling, and slap a waterblock on that 3080.

[@D3Vlicious]

Maybe we are finally ready for Boris Tech Tips.

[@PopeMcGrope]

proprietary gigabyte card maybe?

[@ffwast]

ITX cases are great, when you have someone that knows what they're doing instead of Gigabyte build the pc to go in it.

[@thynnus2422]

@@D3Vlicious I never knew I needed Boris Tech Tips but I absolutely do.

[@Hypogeal-Foundation]

@@thynnus2422 he is a programmer for stalins sake

[@50shadesofbeige88]

Yeah as an 11950H owner. I can attest to the fact that it doubles as a space heater in the winter months.

[@Wha2les]

Just solved the energy crisis!

[@kefkaFollower]

@@Wha2les electric heaters makers should drop all the technologies they use and just ship their units with an array of unlocked microprocessors.

[@matasa7463]

It's not even close. The 11950H is a mobile processor that has a TDP of 45W at best. The 12900K can go right up to *250W* of power draw *sustained* ... indefinitely. It's insane.

[@ipertatos2263]

The fact that boris keeps making videos after he said he would quit probably means that he is back for good. LETS GOO BABBBY!!

[@mrfuzzypants3011]

It’s so cool to see how much Boris’s animation skills have improved

[@grimshand579]

Really happy to see you still uploading here as well Boris. Hope things keep going well for you.

[@dennisbakker5262]

Here as well? Where else

[@grimshand579]

@@dennisbakker5262 He has another gaming channel he uploads to. He made it back when he said he was done with the channel due to KZbins crap.

[@dennisbakker5262]

@@grimshand579 on yt?

[@StellariumSound]

I know nothing about building PCs but I'm looking to start. Appreciate the insight.

[@amiralingames]

Boris is that type of guy to buy a laptop and assemble the laptop parts in a pc case

[@snizzlephish]

The artistry and editing on this video were so good I would guess Boris used seven fans on the pc while he made it, just to counteract the heat generating by the creativity.

[@darc22005]

Boris making me laugh my ass off. Boris just being himself buying a computer. The charisma of this man

[@Harlequin1103]

god im so glad you are back on life of boris with new video ! I love watching pretty much what ever you put up online . Keep up with the good vibes and just be you , love you buddy

[@slavchick2602]

The kind and correct decision to let Artyom continue his life as an outdoor cat. Happy Birthday, Artyom! We'll still see you when Boris visits babushka, I hope?

[@professornuke7562]

Thanks for not giving up on this channel, Mistah Boris. Thanks even more for the update on Artyom. Is a good Kitty.

[@kwaggs]

My god Boris, your editing is on spot.

[@evilgabe]

Slavic engineering at it's best

[@candygreen785]

Love the videos. I cleaned my KZbin history now I get all the notifications of new videos.

[@alcatraz160]

Boris sounds and feels happy in this video, being able to do all the things he likes doings, animating and doing slavic IT, therefore I am happy.

[@pedrojuan8050]

The animations are top notch, Boris. Very proud of you.

[@humanpacman2.068]

nice to see you doing this style of animation again

[@idknomore1218]

9:29 you can really hear the pain of a missing comrade cat

[@Xeros_VII]

i am absolutely triggered by the bracket holding up the 3080's heatsink Boris, you are a madman and i love it

[@jayfeather001theslav5]

Y'know, it really amazes me that you turned your story into a sort of tutorial on how to fix computer issues. Your knowhow and engineering skills really amazed me as I watched you improve the computer with what you probably would view as simple fixes. Also, sad about Artyom. :(

[@funkysmokee8764]

engineering skills? the man transplanted a pc ...

[@eric_the_egggremlin]

absolutely love how manufacturers convinced the majority of people that desktop PCs are required to be fire hazards, otherwise they lose all the space they need to charge their tablet, their phone, their e-reader, their work laptop, their kid's tablet, etc.

[@kaikart123]

@@nordoceltic7225 but you actually can make a perfectly fine mini itx build with sff case. The manufacturers are just shit at designing a system.

[@DogeCharger]

Dunno, modern CPUs are all basically designed to use all cooling headroom available, Ryzen 5000 series for example regularly runs above 80c and there's no issues Granted I'm fine with a noctua cooler tho with My 5800x and never get above 78c lol

[@DJSekuHusky]

@@kaikart123 This is accurate. I did notice something: the fans need to be rotated, or at least their connections on the board. That top fan should always be spinning, and the GPU can be passively cooled this way until it meets threshold to activate the secondary (smaller=nosier) fan. This unit could very well have been assembled by a new, poorly trained or inexperienced worker who didn't understand the fan setup, especially since many quarantines were ending around that time. If your test procedure is simply to observe both fans spin, it would kinda make sense. Furthermore, I don't know whether this slipped past QC on Gigabyte's end, or if the previous owner tried to do something to it and mistakenly swapped connectors and thought he broke something. Does anyone know of other Model S' sounding like this? Personally, I use a 19.5 liter case for my sffpc; it's running 36C on air cooling at idle currently. It also has a single 140mm case fan, set on a curve, and I've never heard it sound anything like that arse of an Aorus. That's got to be set up wrong. The question then becomes was it an isolated mistake, or a massive oversight? I just can't imagine a company loosing that abomination on gamers and being proud of it, assuming it's all deliberate and with those numbers. Sure, in the back of my mind I wonder if the Gigabyte product team got too hung up on "get everything fitted in 14 liters"; so much so, that they designed it and themselves into a corner with a thermogenic monolith for a final product. Still, for the sake of fairness, I hope Gigabyte issues a product notice of some sort to hopefully clear up what happened and whether more units are affected. Either way, I want to see them properly address the issue for the sake of their consumers.

[@kaikart123]

@@DJSekuHusky I am confused as to why they didn't just took NZXT H1 as design inspiration, instead they do a single heatsink for both GPU and CPU, that has to expel 450W thermal energy combined. It's mind boggling to me.

[@mentosvagabond]

Amen, my now using also a pre-build and about to burn down my house everytime I boot up metro Exodus, so I'm just brought a $15 "colling" fan, BECAUSE FOR SOME FUCKIN REASON THEY DON'T INCLUDE IT IN THE PC BUILD, and I limit to 50 fps max and now it's only top at 71-74 Celsius.

[@shslhopester7349]

ahhh i missed the channel good to see you again komrade

[@xbadjokerx]

so nice of you to mention my favorite game of all time NOTEPAD

[@theodore1403]

That is the craziest cooling customization for 3080 i've ever seen 🤣

[@Fruggggg]

well its not custom if its from the factory like that, so gigabyte must just be crazy

[@Dumify]

@@Fruggggg you mean aorus

[@Fruggggg]

@@Dumify no i meant gigabyte

[@baoquoc3710]

@@Fruggggg aorus is the gaming brand from gigabyte

[@Fruggggg]

@@baoquoc3710 isnt it more just a premium gaming brand? Gigabyte makes non Aorus gaming products too

[@RisottoNero-z1w]

just imagine that processor booting up with water cooling for the first time like: "AHHHHHH, A BLESSING FROM THE LORD"

[@MrSaxybone]

Boris's mere existence is a blessing upon this planet.

[@roachymoment]

yes

[@byne2347]

Boris you diamond! your last two videos made my brother and I roar with laughter and smile throughout. So happy you're back. MORE COOKING!

[@TBeezzz]

I am so happy to see comrad Boris back ! I could watch this everyday honnestly :D

[@heatsflamesman6080]

Boris, that gpu dissipation looks heavy, look out for those metal sticks that prevent bending

[@TensaZangetsu1200]

There was a support already in the video

[@felixfeliyfeliz]

@@TensaZangetsu1200 not enough support

[@IliescuBenyamin]

That cooler wich is supposed to cool both CPU and GPU is a pretty impresive piece of engineering but it's a fail in real life. That's why i love my 2013 self-built desktop PC, full tower case, perfect workhorse, runs like in day one.

[@prfwrx2497]

It may not have fail so bad if it was hooked up to the CPU fan header. SFF and i9/3080 combo is always a bad idea, but at least that's a less bad idea than whatever it came with.

[@etuanno]

Same here, self built with purposefully big case because I knew I'd be upgrading stuff eventually. It runs like a charm too and I know what I'll need to upgrade next.

[@expendablejay9416]

i remember stumbling across your channel with vodka cooled pc and watching a shit ton of videos and now seeing you pulling apart another pc and giving it the boris love made ne so happy

[@saraawji171]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMRADE CAT! Boris! I was so happy to see this video! WE LOVE YOU

[@GoogleUser2311]

I honestly enjoyed the animated and real life mix of the video!

[@dezert956]

Learning tech knowledge from Boris is best way to learn, aside from buying suspiciously cheap tech and fixing it yourself

[@xxjeloneuxx]

Finally the best animator is back ❤

[@Ranakade]

12:58 and onwards is exactly how I think and stare at my DIY built PC after turning it on lol

[@AnimarchyHistory]

Artyom is really the worlds greatest cat.

[@ballsconsumer77]

hey boris, i'd recommend you make your radiator/aio fans as a intake and the rest of the fans in ur case as exhaust, you have a dust filter on your front panel that will filter out the dust and at the back panel which is currently intake there is no dust filters, just turning around the configuration of ur current fans will help with dust

[@taco_poncho_man729]

also pulling air in from the front will allow more air to pass through the system since the front of the case has more room for air to come through which would make it cooler in the case

[@madkills10]

Not to mention that heat rises, use physics to your advantage. Draw cold air in the front, it will heat up and rise out of the rear and back

[@migacz112]

@@madkills10 only really applicable in passive cooling, as soon as you introduce active cooling in form of fans, that effect won't play much importance

[@ninostevic6292]

Yes, turn them arround, and the fan on the GPU is also turned the wrong way

[@Massacrer007]

Water tubes should be coming from the bottom to prevent bubbles from going towards the pump.

[@kroxel6185]

Love Boris’s new style! Blyatiful art Boris

[@knutzzl]

Happy birthday Comrade Artyom!! Be good to Babushka, and be careful when crossing the road

[@napalm5941]

1:55 this audio needs to be turned into a meme 🤣🤣🤣

[@robro2214]

I love watching how far Boris’s animation skill has come

[@trollman1296]

I actually learned something about fan speed and it's relative temperature and how a loud the fans should be.

[@_h3ll]

Great video, as always, Boris! I'd like to point out the orientation of the radiator, though. Now, I can only imagine you don't want to touch the internals of your PC ever again, but I think it is worth mentioning. It is recommended to have the hoses close to the bottom of the case, so that any trapped air doesn't get in the way of the coolant.

[@Hansy995]

There's some truth to this, but as long as the pump itself isn't the highest point of the loop, it should be fine. Worst thing that could happen is, that he's gonna hear tiny bubbles near the top of the radiator. Now if the pump was higher than the radiator, that's a problem.

[@lmbdts5001]

At least there is a video tearing down this machine unlike others who just review it. Still a very honest review of this XBOX Series X PC...

[@CartmanVlaams]

Artyoooom

[@TimmyXaero]

I already knew that you had done it right when you went to boot the machine. All it needed was a big case, room to breathe and stay cool. Nice logic with fan directions on your part too, Boris. Nice bargain hardware for you & a bit of "fun" fixing it. ;)

[@tvenningmedia4334]

I picked a big tower as my first case just because I thought it would be easier to build in. Everytime I see AIO PC's or smaller towers, I'm glad I picked the case I did.

[@SauronThe3rd]

I have a 3080 in a midsized tower that I originally had to house a 2070. Lets just say that the case barely closes, and the plexi-glass cover has to bend around the power cable.

[@IncarnateSable]

Godspeed Komrade Kat, enjoy those large fields and wild mice o7

[@mfc3s]

Boris, help is needed I'm studying for veterinary medicine and economics are not good What makes it worse is that I in fact live on one of those tropical areas mentioned on the last budget cooking video so the components mentioned are not cheap at all I have to live a whole month with around 25.80 you're the best advisor I could find

[@OffiicialSteff]

We can tell you really enjoyed making this video, pure quality

[@davaychyk]

How good to do you want the animation to be? Boris: Yes

[@bigpapadrew]

i have to admit, being tasked with buiding a machine for someone is an enjoyable, if not dying art. cant wait for my next build

[@momkatmax]

Big happiness to see Comrade Boris! Hope to see cameo if Komrad Kat soon.

[@TheManInaHat]

This has been one of the most enjoyable videos you've made in awhile.

[@starwarsenthusiast151]

I have to say I'm very impressed comrade. I could never be able to pull off the stuff you did with that PC

[@Meme_Burst1]

Yo boris i hope you stay well during the mobilization

[@mariedupont7158]

Worried about you Boris, how are you?

[@henrischmidt7786]

He dosent live in russia tho

[@Yultroski]

🥺

[@Meme_Burst1]

@@henrischmidt7786 oh my bad then :skull:

[@mercamia]

boris is most likely an estonian citizen so no need to worry, he should be fine

[@nicova7834]

mmm this battles number 1 spot for the most unhinged solutions with the reverse airflow. once I built my friends pc with the power supply in the optical drive slot so the power cable came out in the front of the case where you'd usually insert CD's instead. Great video, also nice animation :D

[@andriydobrus4722]

Hey! Boris, flip the rad upside down. How you mount can reduce pump life, performance, and acoustics. There is air. And air likes high places.

[@brutpenta]

So I thought my PC was not that loud until I checked the BIOS.. 2400 rpm 🙂

[@hamm3rextreme546]

A good fan at high RPM will still be quieter than a cheap pre-built fan that's running at lower RPM.

[@the_mex_monkefer]

Lad that ain’t computer, its a minigun on jet. Must run very good though...

[@DancingElephantProds]

After watching you accidentally sit on your laptop when you were living in a car, it is wonderfully satisfying to watch you build this pc. Way to go Slav King Boris! May the joys of gaming and video making be yours for years to come. Also happy birthday Artyom…I know you miss him, but you’re right, now he’s lived outside he will never be happy as indoor kitty in apartment. You’re good to let him enjoy the life he loves. Great video, as always! Love seeing Boris be Boris. ❤️

[@emsicz]

That bent rear PCIE IO shield supporting the weight of that cooling abomination adds to perfection.

[@Ashevlyn]

Honestly, the massive gpu block is very fitting for a slav pc. 10/10 build.

[@oppenz3723]

I remember fixing a prebuild during peak 2021 gpu crisis for my cousin. Man that hot garbage is an achievement in being so crap.

[@user-om5st3xv8t]

Boris are u ok?

[@iposhi2Videos]

THE EDITING ON THIS IS SO GOOD WHAT

[@NathanGilliard]

Please keep making videos, we need you!

[@johanlimanjaya7774]

Boris do you get drafted?

[@tokiwartooth09]

13:20 feels like my lungs after i quite smoking cigs

[@winumoritribe8425]

13:32 Happiest day of boris life

[@planet_xyz7451]

It's pretty funny. I had your Good Bye Video in my recommends a few weeks ago. I never was particularly active on your channel, I had friends who were who sometimes sent me links and I enjoyed the content but I never really got to stick around. Watching that video was interesting. Touching, but also incredibly interesting. I was curious to see, what the new direction would be that you were talking about. And the fact that you said, maybe we meet again, through the grace of the algorithm.... well, this video just showed up in my recommends :) I just subscribed now, wanting to see where this new journey goes.

[@vonBelfry]

I waited the entire video for Boris to f**k that case off. Exactly how it should have been from the start!

[@sovietmeow7013]

Boris is still the reigning Slav King and Tech Wizard. Poor Artyom. Komrade Kat loses Boris, but gains Boris's Babushka. Maybe not so poor Artyom. Good food, heaps of fresh air, wide open spaces to run, Babushka's love and pats. Boris, you should keep Artyom, at least sometimes. Someone needs to bite Vadim when he acts up.

[@Winnyao]

The only thing missing is what the end price was after upgrading. The whole video was so cool!!

[@RafaelW8]

Great choice Boris. I have the exact same case and Silent Wing fans! The best of the best.

[@bodgiedodge8667]

Truly a master of Slavic ingenuity.

[@hoya1129]

이 형 징집됐냐?

[@TheSlenderman]

I hope your making your way out of russia.

[@thecanadiandane7262]

Boris could talk about phone books and it would be the funniest thing I’d seen all week

[@feixue1005]

Artyom is 4 years old now and is no longer a kitten I feel old

[@spiderjerusalem4152]

dude, Boris could be a character in a Cyberpunk game. Obvious slav, low life gopnik superstar that also just happens to be a master of futuristic high tech circuitry and components. If I walk in for a cyber-upgrade and a masked beast wearing a yellow track suit was squatting on a table doing surgery on a computer, bliiiiiiiin that would be awesome

[@lespaular]

Hey I got this on my recommended! Proud of you Boris!

[@Elbruz00]

Amazing video, really good editing and drawing friend

[@xuevgermanist]

Now the video was surprisingly informative! Didn't even know they did designer for factors. I thought mini tower, midi tower and full tower was all there is