I designed my perfect gaming PC, then threw it away - 1U PCs for My New House Part 2

[@LinusTechTips]

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[@Checkmate_Edits]

Please don't drop it again 😭

[@Tech.Closet]

😅

[@AZombieWizard]

Linus thought having engineers on staff would get rid of the jank, but little did he know we do jank too. We just do it with tighter tolerances 😂

[@kittyshyla]

linus jank tech tips 2023

[@ZeFoxii]

Should you manage to make this for cheap I would consider moving my personal pc to this solution.

[@autofocusphotos]

Episode 9000 of Linus trying to convince the government that his house was a business expense

[@cXspXr]

Linus Tax Evasion Tips

[@DeathSeed32]

making videos out of it sure makes it look work related

[@thebarnave]

You could say the same of Twitch streamers playing video games at home though

[@manuelsputnik]

He's suceeded

[@amansawhney4382]

@@thebarnave if you wfh you can write off a portion of the mortage

[@jgames01]

As a homelabber that is constantly flabbergasted by the price of things for a server vs. consumer PC's, the line, "It's a server, man. It's for businesses, not normal people" hit me DEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPP

[@green-cash]

Yeah i mean wtf, 400 for some bended metal sheets, come on where is the competition there.

[@insu_na]

😭I felt so attacked, but it's true...

[@freazyknight]

​@green-cash yup it doesn't make any sense

[@antonisautos8704]

I stick consumer parts in my server boxes. 2U 3U and 4U all work with off the shelf consumer parts. Just make sure chassis supports atx

[@insu_na]

@@green-cash Anything in Business-IT is expensive as heck. An Nvidia L4 which is functionally equivalent to an RTX 4070 costs $2500 before taxes. And if you want to do some AI stuff with it, you gotta license it from Nvidia for a measly $4000 per year per GPU. It's insanity. And it's the reason why Nvidia is leaving the consumer market.

[@lostskull7467]

Every time they play with water cooling the idea that I should stick to air cooling gets reinforced. 🤣

[@Uncle_Smidge]

Happy AIO peasant over here, I ain't flying any closer to the sun than that

[@phuzz00]

You'd be surprised how much water you can get in a running computer and it still works ;) I had a leak which was dripping water down the side of the CPU socket, down the whole motherboard, and into some sata ports, and the only way I realised was because one of the sata ports stopped working. It was fine after I dried it out (still running great4+ years later). I'll admit air cooling would probably have worked just as well, but I like fiddling with computers so this was all extra fun for me.

[@fredwupkensoppel8949]

Water cooled my gaming PC. For that it's fine, but I would never EVER put water cooling near my rack.

[@esaedvik]

Linus should, not you.

[@a.pigeon]

I don't see a reason to switch to water when air is just as good and way cheaper. My dark rock pro 4 will be more than enough for any cpu I use in the near future. I have a 5800X3D right now and even it doesn't go much further than high 70s at 100% utilization.

[@AadidevSooknananNXS]

I absolutely love including David's comments from behind the camera, it adds a lot of energy and sarcasm to the video and makes it overally more engaging!

[@DasGanon]

"It's fine!" David: "Okaaaaaaaaaaaay"

[@wobblysauce]

He normally is on point and notices before things fail

[@jbritain]

It's a bit like Riley and James yelling to each other from behind the camera when they do TechLinked

[@TheLastCustomer]

It's the cameraman memes but real!

[@bbking006]

I find the flamboyance actively irritating but to each their own, I suppose

[@ChristopherHallett]

Linus: *buys McMansion with dozens of rooms over three stories* Also Linus: *still builds computers on the kitchen counter*

[@CLOYO]

✨ privacy✨

[@TAMAMO-VIRUS]

Can't run from his roots

[@patg108]

Linus is a McTroll in a Mcmansion tech trolled

[@Shadowdoctor117]

I think Linus straight has a mansion. He is at least in five guys tier.

[@redthorne2836]

This is the way

[@sobaannaseer7155]

linus - placed a server rack in basement to make the house cool and silent, also linus - started living in the basement

[@pmr1049]

Its a tech-cave after all XD

[@sobaannaseer7155]

Maintenance*

[@FatJesusLive]

Nope. Do you know why he's using a server rack? I will tell you. He lives in a Mansion; in the mansion, he has an automated system that opens and closes his blinds, heats the pool, Runs the air conditioners, and Has all the movies for the movie theater, he also needs a computer for the bowling alley, and now he needs a laptop for each room of the house. Instead of installing a computer in the room, he only runs a DHMI Cord a few 100 feet to operate the monitor.

[@sobaannaseer7155]

@@FatJesusLive Yeah I know, but they are all on VMS. So you don't need many. He is only making 5 of these because of anticheat issues.

[@larrimus4309]

@@FatJesusLive "he also needs a computer for the bowling alley" are you trolling us right now?

[@alexcrouse]

The silverstone thing is using a single transistor to turn the unit on and off. That makes it polarity sensitive.

[@alexcrouse]

To be more nerdy(engineer), the non-energized transistor acts as a diode, so when installed "backwards", it acts as a short, causing the held-power-button-like behavior.

[@Blitzbogen]

Thank you, are there any reasons for having it designed that way?

[@alexcrouse]

@@Blitzbogen it's an extremely low cost way to switch a small DC signal. When connected correctly, i can't think of a single down side to the design. A single 2 cent JFET can do this job perfectly.

[@king_james_official]

@@alexcrousewhat would make you use a jfet for this design? is it more cost efficient with a fet?

[@alexcrouse]

@@king_james_official it actually doesn't remotely matter what type of transistor you use here. Pretty much any would work.

[@remghoost]

1:38 - Heyo, you might wanna replace that clear vinyl tubing NOW instead of later. You'll be fine in the short run, but I've seen that tubing fail with minimal pressures going through it because of water hammer (if your pump turns on/off at all). Not to mention that you're running warm water through one run of it. That clear stuff WILL eventually start to bulge to a diameter greater than when it started. If you're going vinyl, you'd be better off with braided reinforced vinyl tubing. Can be found at the same hardware store you got the clear stuff from.

[@esaedvik]

Even just the look of it is horrific. Literally looks like it's going to fail any minute.

[@Spiker985Studios]

Considering that they had a plumber at the house recently to fix the rest of the loop that they put together the other day/week It may already be fixed They just filmed 3 (at least) videos at once that day

[@BotBrendan]

I think they already got redone if it’s the same loop from the recent pool water cooling video.

[@Allurade]

But if he does that, he can't make a video where he's panicking because he flooded the room.

[@g1expert102]

Watercooling with linus once again convincing me to never go with water cooling

[@JarrodsTech]

11:16 You know it's serious when Linus is the one that says it needs to be turned off right now

[@BustinJustin951]

I sure hope Linus plans on living in that house forever lol. Can you imagine trying to move all that our or moving into this house AFTER Linus?

[@atcatcatc]

he said he wants to buy a mansion a while ago...

[@Aluny]

he will have to build a house from scratch with all the custom stuff he wants

[@MrInstinctGamer]

Oh Id move in with all the tech upgrades they did and troubleshooter LOL

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@atcatcatc pretty sure that was a joke.

[@SquintyGears]

what do you mean? the pool is already built and the house is wired up for ethernet. getting the house after he did all the annoying work would be so much better. and if he moves... it's always a massive headache. unless you live with a single chair and table and your mattress on the floor...

[@UnexpectedInquisition]

I would think it easier to fit two PC's in a 2U server tray, than to fit one PC in a 1U tray

[@PrograError]

well... it's linus... when did he go for the easy...

[@karl3647]

easier to fit, harder to service

[@insu_na]

You would *very* surprised. You can fit 6 gaming PCs into a 1U chassis easy. It's just gonna be expensive

[@stephencoakley]

That kinda sounds like a great idea.

[@Uszaty]

in one of videos he said he dont want to put out two systems while only one need maintenance

[@AJXD2]

Give the cameraman a raise. He deserves it

[@zerozeros5246]

found the camera man

[@prateekpoddar1890]

Your comment is at 69 likes, so rather than disturb such a perfect thing, consider this comment to be my like

[@greyareaRK1]

Thanks, mom. -The Cameraman

[@ceco987]

I love it that you showed who exactly came up with the idea for the case. As a company grows, the individuals in it tend to fade back and everything becomes a "we", so it's refreshing to finally see something different.

[@ThatDeadGuy]

Linus: wants to keep to a budget also Linus: uses $1000+ fiber usb extenders

[@CanIHasThisName]

That's exactly why he's keeping a budget.

[@teknonmy7210]

Exact same thought. I have had the option to move my computer far enough away that I couldn't hear it both in my current and previous apartment. If that setup was maybe 200$, I'd think about it. The thunderbolt hub alone is 200$.

[@humy20]

Fun to watch but this builds are so pointless and expensive

[@tommygunnnn1770]

Yeah it’s kinda annoying cause he has more than enough money to do things properly. It’s like he’s trying to be relatable but it’s not coming off well

[@kahtyman7293]

@@tommygunnnn1770 when they said about 3d printed parts... it's where "available" ended for me

[@ParotandArmorfinish]

I love that all of the problems he’s trying to solve aren’t even real problems. It seems like everything is planned around having to redo everything in 6 months

[@bleachedrainbow]

You want something that breaks just enough for content but not too much you dont get to enjoy it for a while

[@ian3426]

infinite content farm, jank = content

[@DizzyBusy]

Isn't it just for the video? He's keeping his old system and all the items in the video will go to logistics?

[@og_killa2482]

Yeah I seem to agree all this seems pointless but its content lol

[@mikexkennedy]

Yeah the 1U constraint is wild. He's got a 42U cabinet for crying out loud. I'm sure 10U ain't a biggie to lose to 5 gaming machines. Not like he doesn't have room for a 24U cab under a desk or something.

[@cornbreadcuban5456]

It still blows my mind that he has that entire server rack sitting next to a wet wall and then in addition, points out the flimsy 1 inch flexible tubing that’s full of water and dangling above it. He needs an additional cabinet for his rack to prevent water intrusion for when a pipe eventually ruptures.

[@mamba101]

But how will they make the “oh no my server rack is hosed, watch this to see how I solved it”

[@deepblue812]

It's okay, I'm pretty sure the entire pool is going to drain itself into this room at some point....

[@polluxkwok]

​@@deepblue812don't worry it is already expected and they are just waiting for it to happen for a video

[@noodlelynoodle.]

@@deepblue812 but the pool itself isn't connected to the room whatsoever just the piping under the pool which is completely separate from the pool water

[@AshsToAshs]

This is like the 5th video I've seen on this server rack/fiber home computer setup. This seems such a massive headache to setup and maintain. Plus, if anyone else in the home has an issue that requires troubleshooting (which i'm sure there has to be SO MANY), there is no way anyone else in that house would be able to easily solve it themselves. You'd constantly have to be acting as IT support for even the most basic of issues.

[@sbushido5547]

/shrug And some people like to fix up old cars. Everyone needs a hobby.

[@logipilot]

Just hand out a bunch of steandecks...

[@altokers]

I mean it's not really, All these videos are him updating not fixing things.

[@r.t.1077]

@@altokersHmm updating things that maybe don’t need upgrading

[@AshsToAshs]

@@altokers sure. But let's say one of his kids computers has a blue screen crash and the system needs to be power cycled. That's not super uncommon. And if his kid had a computer tower, then they could probably solve that themselves. But because this is so overly complex, any future issues would basically require Linus to be on hand to solve it.

[@tbrooke3016]

I love how excited linus is over a 3d printed backplate. It is very relatable

[@RockTouching]

Linus: 1700 $ for a pc case is too much, also Linus: spends 700$ on a z690 board

[@ed5407]

More like Linus being a cheapskate to his own family

[@nightmarerex2035]

also has a 100m studio according to one his vids.

[@mura_saki]

Okay but that still saves him 1700$

[@noahfleschman7259]

I don't care how much money Linus has; Not wanting to buy multiple $1700 computer cases doesn't make him a cheapstake. @@ed5407

[@unpersonableme1805]

@@rutoojinn content

[@GayNeekOG]

When Linus sells this house, I hope he has mountains of documentations for all this crazy shit he is doing. Or at least point them to this channel. Like good luck to who ever ends up buying this house after Linus.

[@JoshuaCasey]

pretty sure this is his "forever home" (as in...I'm living here until I die)

[@TheWaslijn]

@@JoshuaCasey even so, someone will buy it after he is no longer alive, lol

[@uuu12343]

​@@TheWaslijnand the person selling wont be him

[@s8wc3]

@@TheWaslijnTo knock it over and build apartments maybe

[@davefish2280]

I would gut the whole thing if I bought it. rip the rats nest of HDMI cables and fiber optic from the walls and start again. I would have ethernet and only ethernet. The only thing I'd keep would be the underfloor heating, that was lit. And professionals installed it.

[@kevbo423]

I'd really like to see a bit more planning go into these kinds of projects. The last several have felt extremely rushed. I have no problems with jank, but would prefer it to be planned jank versus "Oh we thought this was going to work, but we didn't test it enough so now we need to switch gears to complete the video." Makes it feel like the end result doesn't matter as long as you get a video out of it.

[@treborrrrr]

Seems that's a big complaint with the employees as well judging by that video they released a while back. It's always rush rush rush to get new videos out.

[@Dell-ol6hb]

I agree I feel like they should’ve planned this out a lot more than they did. Also they went over the budget multiple times even though the whole point was to reduce the cost of making these server rack case units since he has to make like 5 of them. At the same time this reminds me of the level of jank and poor planning they had in the old days 😂

[@randomstuff508]

Tbf, this was probably filmed before/after LTX, so they had very little time *to* plan these out.

[@kevbo423]

@@randomstuff508 I don't think it matters whether it was before or after LTX. They should put in the time necessary to make an acceptable video prior to releasing it. If they didn't have time to do that before LTX, they should have put off the video until they could.

[@wojtek4p4]

I'm actually completely on the other side of the argument. Having jank on one-off projects is realistic, and hiding all the testing and planning off-camera is just not how most amateur's projects go (or at least - how my projects go). The only thing I mind is the starting choice of motherboard and chassis - most people wouldn't plan for the expensive option from the start, and would switch to it only if there was no other option. I kinda appreciate Linus going against the initial choice of the MOBO, since the entire point of this video was to go cheap-ish.

[@privacyvalued4134]

A really nifty trick with key fobs is that you can get a huge increase in range when you put the key fob against your chin and press the button. On a brand new battery, the range jumps from 30 feet to up to half a mile away. Your head and body becomes an antenna. Great solution for locating your car in a crowded parking lot by pressing the lock button a bunch of times to get your car to honk. In this case, it would allow you to reach all areas of your house.

[@shooburshune]

Wow, really? Never heard about that before

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

14:04 Whonnock 1: _spins fans faster in happiness at seeing dear old Dad_

[@leviathanx0815]

Alphacool has Serverrack Cases from 1U to 4U which already are prepared for Watercooling and even has fitting watercooling kits for them ready to purchase.... I got a 4U one and I am really happy with it.

[@ianzerotwo]

I love that they lean into the jank, they really are a tech channel for the people

[@ivy7642]

I mean, kinda. But we are still talking about a guy who's cooling his PCs with an entire outdoor pool. In Canada.

[@vincentvega3093]

@@ivy7642 soon: freezing watertubes killed my 5 pcs

[@pingtime]

Linus version of jank always cost an arm and a leg

[@LautaroQ2812]

For the people you mean other Linuses? You'd get lucky here if you could find used parts that are in good shape and actually not stolen.

[@p_serdiuk]

​@@pingtime The heater core custom waterloop was pretty cheap. Cheaper than an AIO.

[@eldibs]

It's nice to see that, even though Linus has money now, he hasn't forgotten his broke roots. Reminds me of the time I was on my last day in Cancun at the airport with literally $3000 to spend, and telling myself "Nah, I can't get that, $20 is a lot of money."

[@madman4043]

@@ssl3546 He's definitely got a comfortable salary, lol.

[@Scarlet_Soul]

@@ssl3546 Don't forget the well over 100k car

[@ryanmilbrod2386]

@@ssl3546 his net worth is like 85 million, he has money

[@eldibs]

@@ssl3546 Dude bought a whole new house and paid for a bunch of contractor work like installing a cooling loop in his pool and running tons of cable through the house. He's doing fine.

[@PrograError]

@@eldibs fine enough... still doesn't stop the taxman knocking...

[@Music-sw7eg]

Adam just stood there baked as fuck, linus did all the talking

[@brokenicelight]

I really like that you Stay with your Focus to Budget oriented Systems. That really helps to rebuild that for the everyday man. After the last video i thought: Wow that such a beautiful case and while looking at the pricing for the custom Build i nearly fell from my seat 😵‍💫. So nice that we actually get the chance to reproduce this.. its still far from cheap but its not over 8k lol. Please keep such videos up. You have really often such great ideas but there nearly everytime far from realistic for a normal working person. That does not mean that you should stop with making crazy and crazy expensive Projects... they are still very interesting and fun to watch.

[@gregorysheppard9392]

Oh man, that ending! Like a bloody TV series! Side note you probably have looked at this but I have a small rack at home with two gaming systems installed and it's a 3u pc case that holds 2 itx systems. Still uses a little more than 5 1u systems but it gives you much more flexibility on options 👍🏻

[@blahorgaslisk7763]

One of the things they talked about was that Linus didn't want more than one computer in each chassi. This way it's possible to take down one machine while the remaining four are all operational. Now if he were to go full professional server parts it would be possible to build 2U chassis with two systems where they can be unplugged individually. But then we are talking server class money again.

[@Crawfishness]

Linus is a man who always has a project going on. I can't imagine keeping myself that busy, I need some god damned downtime.

[@matthewjohns825]

It helps when you're project is also work, you can call people in from work to help out it and have a fairly unlimited budget.

[@enderduck4253]

Some people just like to stay busy. I know a bunch of people like that, who can't just take a day off and relax and are constantly searching for tasks, even during their free time.

[@Drops7100]

Build his gaming pc in a 1U chassis, so that it doesnt take up as much space, while his other 3U gaming pc is in the rack aswell lol:D I´m really wondering how he filled up the rack so easily

[@blazewardog]

If rack space is available, new rack mounted devices will appear in the mail until it is full.

[@Weneedaplague]

@@blazewardogcorrect. And then you end up with 3 racks in your room😂

[@-B.H.]

Love all of the 3D printed parts for this system! Also

[@penaltebbv]

Wake on Lan home Assistant plugin and then any WiFI/Zigbee/Zwave button to wake/Turn off the computers. that is what i doo never fails. 👍👍 the best thing is home Assistant tell you when it is on or off and you get access out of your home.

[@heyspookyboogie644]

I used a 90° USB 3 header adapter for a while but they’re hard AF to get the cable in and out of, so you better be sure it’s the right direction and you’re going to leave it permanently (or are okay with breaking it to get it off if you’re not extremely delicate)

[@danytoob]

Yeah ... I had read about that glitch so just shaved down the little nubs on the connector till they still gripped the header but I can still remove them. Seems like it's a really common manufacturing spec bork.

[@attackeight]

The editing at the end was amazing!! Great work editor!

[@AspringCornstar]

I read this as “the ending at the end” Ah yes the end 🤔

[@imbadatgames568]

Love that the silverstone key fob thing got a bit of a spotlight. not exactly what I would ever think to use it for but I can say that its great for HTPC applications and if you keep your PC either in another room or just far enough under your desk that reaching to hit the power button is a bit inconvenient.

[@ekognaG]

Can't wait for this to all come together. 1U rackmounted gaming PCs cooled by your pool is such a cool concept. I LOVE this!

[@micahflack]

Home Assistant plus a zigbee button and an RF repeater will fix your remote range issues; works like a charm for RF outlets too

[@castleXgeek]

I have so much respect for Linus!!! I am appalled with the shortcuts that this man takes when money shouldn't be an issue for him, but he has stated time and time again that LTT is for the benefit of his TEAM and the viewers and not for him... and he would probably say that janky is more entertaining as a more humble defense than "despite how successful my company and I have become; I'm still cheap." This video had me laughing out loud. Great work

[@davefish2280]

He's just an obsessive narcissist. It's not that the $1700 1U case was too expensive, it's that he just didn't want to pay for it, he always has to feel like he's "winning" against the big computer parts company or whatever.

[@charlessale409]

I’d have more respect for Linus if I never saw his awful, awful house.

[@clintony3000]

​@@davefish2280That, and he knows he'll make a few thousand dollars making this video. Linus looks for any, and every way to turn anything into content.

[@jessiethedude]

@@davefish2280lol right. I mean I think he still drives a Civic and his wife has a minivan

[@TheHyperGamerVideos]

The side commentary from David makes these so much better

Watching Linus build a computer is so satisfying even though I never plan to build a computer myself 🤣

[@SnifferSock]

I find it fun and very satisfying. As long as it functions when you're done putting it together anyway 😂.

[@guts2048]

How do you have 181k subs with a username of f?

[@tyzone]

@@guts2048 he's clearly the best letter on the alphabet

[@Tech.Closet]

username of f

[@RovelStars]

Pc building satisfaction>>> working on car and bikes satisfaction 😃

[@LazerWolfProductions]

loved the music transition during "the leak" part. great editing :D

[@philiprobar]

You could easily build five SSF PCs in this space and shelf mount them (with the fiber boxes) for a small fraction of the cost.

[@joelconolly5574]

Linus one year later, later: I Designed My Perfect House, Then Threw it Away.

[@jonpolor]

why even go cheap for 5 PCs when you built a "non normal person" basement and a water cooling swimming pool?

[@carbonthief]

Now we're feeling like classic LTT. Too many successful projects in a row, time to go back to their roots.

[@DRSDavidSoft]

16:42 This happens because a normal push button essentially works by just shorting out the PWR pin to GND, also known as ground. The ILO/KVM works by sinking the pin to ground, so its ground must be connected to the PC's ground, and the other must be connected to the PWR pin. If you reverse the pins, the ground of the device will now always be connected to the PWR pin, so it simulates a push button always being pressed. One solution to fix this is to use a small relay that would actually emulate a button being pressed, however, this is not needed since the correct connection will do the job just fine. That is why connecting a normal push button doesn't have any orientation while these devices do.

[@GS0CK6]

Those Silverstone remote starters are awesome until a week later the battery in the fob dies, you replace it and its the same next week again. The remote chews through the battery.

[@Tarnished707]

Women: He didn’t cry during the titanic. Do men even have feelings. Men watching Linus throw away the perfect gaming pc: 😭

[@SpunckyJew6969]

3:36 poor guy had to wait half an hour to talk 💀

[@yashmax28]

Linus 20 years in the future: "My house is now 69% finished"

[@BanditLeader]

He uses a smart house with some some cloud services. So more like 20 years in the future: my house is dead

[@aaronj3245]

Linus 20 years in the future: 🤖🤖

[@fredwupkensoppel8949]

That NVMe NIC is awesome - is that an LVDS connector carrying the signals between the port and the M.2 daughter board? Love it when companies don't unnecessarily re-invent the wheel.

[@JayGroh]

One thing I have never done is water cooling. I dont overclock and a good heatsink like a noctua has never failed me. I dont trust water being around expensive electronics. I have four 4u standard ATX rack mount cases for my servers. Plenty of space for full ATX motherboard, power supply, RTX 4090, 8x 3.5 inch hot swap bays, and 2x 2.5 inch hot swap for ssd. I can fit whatever I want in them. Plus my rack has 3 rack UPS, 1u KVM, 2x 48port 1gb POE switches and room for a shelf for cable modem and other stuff. I still need a good cheap rack multi SFP+ 10Gb switch for fiber/DAC. 1Gb is getting to be too slow anymore.

[@gwop827]

Another video where linus gets sponsored rennovations and I love his entrepreneurship. It's honestly commendable how he managed to do this

[@fredwupkensoppel8949]

13:40 Those quick disconnects are Koolance QD3s if anyone's wondering - expensive, but you only get a single tiny drop when disconnecting them. Edit: On my system, I placed the part with the collar on the hose's side and the solid part on the PC's side - makes disconnecting and reconnecting a bit easier.

[@jeffreyeaton5214]

They're definitely nice. I have multiple M.2 in the garbage position of being directly under my GPU, so I have some QD3's on my GPU so that I can easily take the GPU out to access the M.2s. Realistically, most of the time I literally don't even get a single drop, at least, none that drips out. Collar side on tube, solid part on GPU water block here(For both inlet and outlet)

[@michaelmiller3012]

All of my computers use the Koolance QD3s as well, but mine are installed in such a way that I cannot accidentally get the flow backwards. Male connectors are always on the pressure side of the loop.

[@fredwupkensoppel8949]

@@michaelmiller3012 ...oh. Well apparently it works just fine with one fitting reversed, been working for a good six years now, but I will definitely fix it next time maintenance comes up. Thank you for that info! Edit ooooh wait I'm stupid - you mean on your particular system, right? That's clever - in my case it doesn't matter since I'm only using them to connect the radiator.

[@michaelmiller3012]

@@fredwupkensoppel8949 In my system, the CPU, GPU and 10G NIC are all water cooled and each have their own set of QDCs. I had it set up this way years ago to facilitate easy upgrades and it has been a god send. Swapping parts in and out is not much more difficult than with a traditional air cooled system. It was a bit more expensive to set up that way since those QDCs are definitely $$$, but it has saved me a LOT of time and effort over the years. Totally worth it. Since the wife and kids are all set up the same way, it also makes trickle-down upgrades super easy as well.

[@cjurdjlmao]

loved this video. finished it in the first 10 seconds

[@m3lv1lle]

The reasonable way? That is not my LTT as I know and love it! At least make it gold-plated.

[@Benefits]

LTT water cooling videos are the best possible advertisement for air coolers that could ever exist. They always have problems/ruined equipment in every video dealing with water cooling.

[@Henlo2448]

Great video! I loved the first 5 seconds

[@PedroHassan]

We really need a season finale comparing Linus original house video to the final setup. All the promises, plans, changes and issues.

[@JohnSmith-is8nq]

Why?

[@anubhavsingh8197]

​@@JohnSmith-is8nqwhy not?

[@JohnSmith-is8nq]

@@anubhavsingh8197 You can't eat an LTT video. An LTT video will not fix inflation, cure cancer or stop the wars. A video about Linus' luxury home will not solve the homelessness problem that plagues Vancouver. No. No one "needs" an LTT video. That's why not.

[@woubs]

Another day of asking would my kidney be a acceptable form of payment for a desk pc?

[@kobeandgary]

Just work and buy one.

[@spiketamara2007]

i love seeing this stuff where you run into issues that most may not ever see but maybe we some day do and yet you show us how to fix it or what a possible problem is and show solutions showing that not everything even in your world is perfectly just this part goes here and all works fine. i love seeing the on the spot fixes and such like how this needs to be fixed or worked on to solve issues.

[@johngaltline9933]

This seems like the perfect real world used for the 8 gamers 1 PC builds from several years ago. A single 4U chassis would do the business and be a lot easier to work with.

[@heyspookyboogie644]

I get Linus wanting a rack mount system, but I’d think the kids would rather have a cool system right next to them that they can actually see all the RGB / water cooling, etc.

[@kameljoe21]

not really RBG stuff is mostly for people who want to waste money. You can buy RBG stuff for the walls and desks. Oh wait he already has all of that.

[@PayMeToThrow]

If they want to see the water cooling they can go jump in the pool

[@kevin_huynh]

I mean truly a LTT in 2023 solution for your kid's computer room haha, but I feel like they might be deprived of the "big glowing RBG box" experience of having their PC on the desk and being able to see all of the components inside

[@pimi8522]

I refuse to believe Linus' own PC is only 1700CAD

[@Dell-ol6hb]

He was talking about that custom 1U case 😂, that’s not counting the rest of the components. That’s why he wanted to find something cheaper

[@pimi8522]

@@ssl3546 OH BOY

[@VVOPOL]

i actually right now playing with LAN trying to connect computers at home together and have a small raspberry pi based server-kinda-thing would love to see more videos related to such an ideas, may be one day i will grow up to have a reck system )

[@zizimugen4470]

17:12 hold the fob up to your skull. Chin or temple. Your skull acts as a radio amplifier.

[@jonatanrullman]

I rack mounted all my PCs with remote consoles about 16-17 years ago. Needless to say it didn't work very well, though it did work enough that I kept it for a few years.

[@festival3rocker]

shouldve had a family photo with Dennis in it somewhere...

[@cpljimmyneutron]

I used a similar power system for a media center, except I actually connected it to an IR receiver that 100% works to turn on the computer from completely off. As well as works as an RC6 remote the rest of the time.

[@TobiasMH1992]

That silverstone Wireless power button works great, I’ve used mine for a long time not, but beware. The remote devours buttoncell batteries like Its candy. They could have fixed it since I bought mine. But if they haven’t you should know it before buying

[@hirefoo2605]

I’m still using a 15 year old PC I found in the trash. Unfortunately, can only play limited games. But better than nothing. Great videos!

[@h4x0rm1k35]

Alphacool fittings like that usually come with a metal collar that has 'teeth' that goes just over the end of the tubing and when you put the rest together the pressure causes the teeth on the collar to dig in to the rubber of the tubing and hold it securely in place, they're not quite like the regular water cooled barbs so use that metal collar.

[@choochooChuy]

hard drive cages literally fall apart awesome!!!

[@Premier-Media-Group]

As someone who fulltime RVs and HATES 2x ATX gaming PCs, plus media center NAS - ALL heating the tiny interior space of the rig - we've been searching for a compact 2U solution for each PC (running in the RV "basement" instead). THIS video has my jank wheels a-turnin'

[@natieklopper]

17:02 placing the remote against the temple of your head will increase its range.

[@emu071981]

I was planning on doing something similar for the PCs here but cost of living crap has delayed the implementation. The nice thing about these videos is that Linus is going through the issues that I might experience when I do my setup so now I know what to expect and plan for those hiccups before I spend money. My eventual setup is not quite the same though as the distance between the computers and the monitors is only a few metres for me which means that I can bridge the gap with shorter cables and not have to worry as much about doing optical USB/DP cables. For what it is worth, my planned setup is aiming at consolidating 4 PCs and a server into a smaller footprint using a rack rather than removing the heat sources from the area. I plan on using Silverstone rack mount cases too but I will likely stick with 4U cases so I don't have to spend money on buying new PSUs.

[@TheLazyJAK]

Very cool to see the Log Off shirt in the wild!! What a nice surprise

[@UCrI2YIzorZsY3rozzKH9U3g]

Linus could use a water-to-air heat pump, use it to warm the pool and cool the server room with normal PCs in it.

[@nicholascrow8133]

I love how since stepping down from CEO you have time to do more projects like this. Now with covid (mostly) over, bring back scrapyard wars!!!

[@brl5755]

A freestanding heat pump water heater would've been perfect for this job just soaking up all the heat into the hot water you use at near-400% efficiency. It's more efficient than gas and I've seen flow-through options that are placed before a tankless unit so the tankless only kicks on when you've burnt through all the cheaply-heated water with return-from-event mass-showertime, large tub filling, or power outages where powering a tankless is downright easy.

[@apr1l-813]

First time ive seen an ltt video with a clif hanger. Great job!

[@TheHighlyannoyed]

Remote power on solution: Set the bios to Power on after a power fail, and use Z-wave switch modules. You can then assign control of that module to a button, event, or your control method of choice. Do it with my desktop as well. Bonus points: power monitoring, remotely enforceable bed times, etc...

[@alex.c7231]

Ive used many of those Silverstone remotes before and found theres a limited amount of unique signals the remotes use and would find one remote would turn on multiple nearby systems.

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

just because of the headaches you give your self every time you do this I will ever consider a server set up for my systems, I will gladly be directly connected to my rig for all time.

[@madmax404]

I just use smartplugs to have 100% power control over my machines. Even works with "google turn on primaries/secondaries" etc automatically. Have used this to power cycle my hardware when I'm on the other side of the country. 25€ per one of those plugs and having anydesk installed and I haven't had control anxiety since I started doing this on all my work and home machines. Just note yo have to set the "turn on on AC power" from BIOS and voila. In addition I also use a special app I created to completely turn off the relays when power use goes below 5 watts to prevent windows from autostarting, updating and bricking itself (has happened), and allowing turning those machines on through google assistant which became a half-accidental feature and easier than just using the power button.

[@donkeydelux640]

haven't watched a full video in a while, this was great. perfect combination of cool tech and jank.

[@Daunlouded]

The late blur for the server made me lol, thanks editor!

[@nacheems8047]

it scares me to see pc parts lying on the kitchen counter so casually in the vicinity of a sink.

[@rarapas]

What an adventure! Such a cliffhanger ending! Excited for the next episode in this saga! :D

[@WARGASM180X]

Instead of the remote control (which I have used in the past) I used an esp8266 micro controller as part of my smart home to turn a relay on and off. I was able to control it via an alexa voice command (developer account shenanigans) I imagine you could have a big ol' wifi/zigbee button on the desk which uses Home Assistant to turn on and off the computer

[@mattsnyder4754]

At this point the better move would have been to have the plumbers run some extra pex lines through the wall and just move the machines into LAN center and dump their heat into the central water loop

[@lordsomniferous]

Powering those rack mounted computers can be done with Wake on LAN. There is an app for smartphones which will be more convenient than this remote control. Also it can be improved with a simple NFC tag that is placed on the desk and programed to power on the computer when a phone is placed on it. Shutting down the computer can be done by the shutdown menu in the computer's OS. @dm1i mentioned an Arduino powered control panel, that seems complicated to produce but it will be more convenient in the long run. Since phones and apps change, also there are occasions when you don't have phone on you, or your buddy needs to power your PC and their phone is not configured, my idea seem a bit dumb. But it can be modified and tweaked to be more suitable for many more situations. For example NFC tags can be programmed to power the PC with any NFC enabled phone, that can be security issue if it wasn't for home use. In a smart home with voice assistants (depending on the openness of the system) there can be added a Wake on LAN as well excluding the need for phone interaction. And many more "smarter" solutions.

[@Brurgh]

i think people forget that Linus is a PC Enthusiast. He isn't doing this to be practical or efficient. He is doing it because he loves it. The fact he can make it into a job & business is very impressive! You can see all types of enthusiast on KZbin that do super unnecessary things because they love doing it.

[@TootNuggetEdits]

I love One U Servers, I had big hopes for it working out! It reminds me of the Chenbro NR12000, CloudOOP 12000, ASRockRack 1U12LX-14S. I hope you keep it or find a use for it in the future and not junk it ;( But thank you for the inspiration and the tips for 1U building. This server came out badass though

[@Registered55]

Love the video, down to earth, really nuts and bolts... and it feels so real...thanks, really enjoyable, different to what you usually do. Love the MacGyver format.

[@cytius5p0]

For remote turn on you could do some Homeassistant WoL with a button in the app or a physical zWave/Zigbee one.

[@chievo72]

or just use magic packet from your phone.