My Recommendations For Buying A Computer

A quick video for beginners on my thought process when deciding on hardware for your first computer.
00:00 Introduction
00:10 Best Operating System
00:47 Desktop vs Laptop
01:19 Which Brand
02:18 Do You Need Watercooling
03:36 CPU Decisions
05:13 PCPartPicker & Compatibility
06:21 RAM Selection
07:16 Display Choices
08:02 Graphics Card
08:36 Motherboard
08:55 Power Supply Unit

[@MmvV762]

from hacking a bot net to linus tech tips

[@DementiaAcerbus]

Nah, Linus would never talk harshly about water cooling lol

[@FaZekiller-qe3uf]

@@DementiaAcerbus wdym?

[@DementiaAcerbus]

@@FaZekiller-qe3uf was joking because Linus famously talks about water cooling everything and Markus recommends against using water cooling in the video.

[@suyogkhanal5542]

@@FaZekiller-qe3uf low sense of humour

[@diego032912]

@@suyogkhanal5542 Bad sense of knowing what is or isn't relevant

[@anyklfasjdas]

One important thing to mention is the M1 macs are a real pain if you want to run older virtual machines. Tons of problems and really not worth it from the research I've done.

[@maxfrischdev]

Hello Marcus! First time viewer here. Great video, thank you for all the tips and Info! 🖖🏻🤘🏻 The abrupt ending was just a bit confusing 🤣

[@andrij.demianczuk]

Let’s not overlook second-hand or refurb laptops. Often you can get them at a fraction of the price. Just make sure to run hardware diagnostics before pulling the trigger (especially on the battery and display). I snagged a perfectly capable Ryzen-equipped Asus Zenbook with 16gb/512gb for $500 off marketplace from a local private seller. A student who bought it last year and was looking to upgrade her laptop for a larger screen model.

[@JarrodsTech]

Good info 👍 I used a 6700HQ + 970M clevo laptop back when I was doing pentesting. Compared to that, modern laptop hardware has gone next level in just the last few years. What I had was plenty for running a few virtual machines, I just needed at least 32GB RAM for Burp suite (thanks Java!)

[@fredricksilas8407]

Wait, you were a Pentester? Woah

[@nagi603]

2:32 Long time (quiet) cooling fan here, air cooling can actually be quieter and perform similarly at least on the CPU, provided you go with one of the most expensive and most massive ones, like Noctua NH-D15 or beQuiet Dark Rock Pro 4. GPU is a different story though, unless you live in a high noise-floor area. Then it's the same: have enough airflow and you're done for most setups. Custom WC: It is only prone to leakage if you are inexperienced (dear reader, if you ask, you are,) if you aren't triple careful with hard-line loops, if you are unlucky enough with a component or you have an accident. It will probably happen at one point, though you might get lucky. Residue is ONLY if you use one of those colored liquids, especially if you use opaque or swirly. Even the manufacturers warn about those lasting less than a year. They do look cool though. Going with clear is dull but should not produce residue, unless there is some manufacturing/formulation problems. Which might happen. Speaking of clear, stay clear of clear soft tubing. Plasticiser still leaks from those and you will get gunk, learned that the hard way, though caught it in time. Black rubber hose is best, if also ugliest. And you are advised to drain, clean and re-assemble them every few years. Yes, full disassembly of individual blocks, cleaning inside as well. Hope you put the gaskets in good and tightened just right, or you will get leaks. So it's a massive hassle. It's also lot of pain to plan and set up (tube bending radius, extra angle adaptors, planning the reservoir placement that may even nuke some of your PCIe slots in many cases, and putting in a well-placed drain port) and way more expensive. Like it's not exactly out-of-the-norm to spend $500-1k on it for a 1GPU+1CPU+1-2rads setup. Oh, and GPUs with WC blocks are double the price or DIY for ~+50%. Only do it if you want to have like 4 power-hungry GPUs in 4 slots and have zero other options.

[@mckdogdrums3543]

Didn't know that about the CPU and BIOS update. Cool to know man! Thanks

[@gonzalesr82]

Great video. Thank you

[@alibinabdulwahab2857]

Hi Marcus! Thank you, very well explained minus any fluff unlike most here.

[@modelminority]

Would you say having dual channeling is better than a 8+16 config? ( my first slot is soldered with 8gb)

[@enkiandenlil]

Do you have a recommendation on a laptop for solely running Kali? Tried on MBP 2017 but wifi no work :( Should have done the pros & cons of the laptops you have…

[@elisansabimana6200]

Greatly appreciated. This video was great, i will try build my own desktop.

[@ryaniw33]

Hey Marcus dude what type of Msi laptop model is that you have?

[@erichanson5628]

Thanks Marcus!

[@kuldeepsingh2983]

Finally someone made this. I have been trying to get a new laptop which fulfill most of the hacking requirements. Thanks for the video.

[@yunggoosbumps215]

Awesome suggestions Marcus! I just got an MSI Creator M16 laptop with an intel i7 cpu, 16gb ram and an RTX 3050 gpu. It works amazing for virtualization thankfully running multiple VMs, and while I'm learning how to hack it provides everything I need with no struggle! I'd definitely suggest a similar spec for anyone looking to make an investment into a tech career and who can't afford a full desktop build. It was $1,400 dollars but so far I've had 0 issues with it and it actually got me a job opportunity into the tech field.

[@trustedsecurity6039]

Like it is the computer who got you to an IT job lol... your high spec GPU isnt needed at all and 16GB of RAM isnt enough for a good AD lab in VM...

[@underdogproductions7750]

I’m willing to bet both of my nuts that your personal laptop did not land you an IT job.

[@happymann1000]

Ok MSI settle down on posting in the comments. I'm happy you got a job just based on which computer you own but settle down.

[@mrusli7673]

Marcus is there downside of limitation with apple silicon macs to do hacking???

[@TheWestAi12]

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. IS THERE A TUTORIAL ABOUT MY BROTHER'S ALGORITHM KZbin BECAUSE I AM A BEGINNER WHO IS PIONEING AND CAN'T FIND A WAY TO DEVELOP MY CHAINAL. THEN I TRYING TO GET A MOTOR SETTING AND MENTIONING. I AM FROM INDONESIA PAPUA

[@IdanBanani]

The thing about overclocking is not just about stability (guess why the computer restarts if you go over the top). You can actually brick/burn some components if you play too much with the settings (min/max current, frequency ),.If you go and learn the physics/math around it you realize that the power consumption (and thus heat dissipation) has a relation of something like ~f^3 . meaning that the cpu temprature etc. will get higher very quickly. but still, it's a nice function for the motherboard and/or memory sticks (xmp)

[@Johna41223]

I actually recommend somewhat customizing the air ventilation on a high end laptop if anyone decides to get one, as someone who owned a gaming laptop, I wish I did this so it wouldn’t throttle at half an fps in anything that requires more intense graphics, it’s a huge pain. Also, as for water coolers, they do help a bit especially with noise but imo a hacking pc should just be something quick you can pop up to 1337 pwn, so watercooling might not be worth it (especially with a custom loop, those things will require more work than calcium mines in the soviet union)

[@0nesNzer0s]

Went with a Dell G5515 with AMD Ryzen 7 and a Nvidia 3060. My desktop is custom built with an i7 10700k, 32GB RAM, and a 2060 super.

[@austinscott4695]

What about the laptop used in mr robot?

[@danplt]

what a calm voice!

[@davidlee50]

I have seen a video about cooling a chip with paste but with diamond dust added for a noticable cool down. It should be somewhere in you tube for you.

[@topvideos6610]

Hey bro I saw a document about your life . But I’m also very interested in building this can you please sent me the link how you build it step by steps

[@bwpetty]

I think all of the Ryzen/Threadripper/Epyc processors allow virtualization. Or at least the R5+ Not sure about APUs or R3 series.

[@graemepennell]

I have a 4770k, yes it's a few years old but she's running at 4.2ghz. The chip is marked as a "d class in relation to virtual, It took a while, but within the past year there has been some update that allows it to perform virtual pc's. Which is unfortunate as it DID make me buy a ryzen 5 laptop.

[@dpsd15118]

i have the same possessor for 13 years overclocked at 4.27ghz from day 1 with a Radeon 560 and is like an old 90s Toyota Hilux with a Katyusha on the bed and giving hell and fire (not for gaming any more except indies)

[@columbo1977]

Great advice Marcus. The video seemed to end abruptly :)

[@balazsfitz7517]

So far, it seems to be the usual way…

[@DementiaAcerbus]

Noticed that too. Don't know if it's because he's tailoring most of his stuff for TikTok so splits it up there and misses it in the final edit for KZbin or what.

[@gcm4312]

used XPS for a good while but recently shifted to a Lenovo Legion and have no regrets. Much more affordable and excellent build quality/components.

[@brandonw7390]

And the Dell QC lately is terrible. I've had 4 users have their Latitude either have the drive crap out after two days of use or the motherboard died after a week on two more.

[@trustedsecurity6039]

Lenovo Legion is awesome, i bought one and i have no problem with it, i have 32gb ram (i added 16gb)

[@ruinedbectorem2254]

I got a Framework. Runs my AD environment no issues. Not a password cracker by any means but for everything else it runs smoothly. Desktop for cracking.

[@SwapnilSingh4u]

I think its all depend on what u want to do with ur pc or laptop.

[@macktheripper7454]

Great video and totally agree with you. I use a MacBook Air and run a shit ton of vms with utm ..

[@Leo-sd3jt]

An M1? How much RAM?

[@tonyb9864]

M1 or M2? Any issues running VMS?

[@davidardo4466]

python is good for bug bounty?

[@nagi603]

6:10 There are advertised features to do a BIOS update without a CPU in.... but in my experience (+jayz2cents) these are prone to not work or fail. Just thought to mention.

[@geniusclips9909]

bro i just bought a dell latitude E7470 with an i7 6th gen and 256ssd and 8 gb of ram and an intel hd 520 is it good? hopefully you will answer

[@cryptoafc7655]

how is it after 1 year?

[@slashingbison2503]

The thumbnail is a bit misleading , it should be ‘what performance pc to buy’

[@djblaster8041]

can you do a vid on things brand new cybersecurty people need to do or get?

[@Hexspa]

My man, your audio will benefit from a high pass filter. Every time you lay your arm on the desk, you get a rumble. Try 12dB/oct @ 80Hz. If you don’t like how that sounds, try a non-resonant low shelf -24dB @ 80Hz. Thanks.

[@alexbecar977]

I don't know about custom water cooling being dangerous, I use some Xspc coolant which is not conductive so maybe it's not that risky

[@V1N_574]

Water cooling isn't purely for looks, a vas majority are but there are some that are required and if you know what you doing and pressure tested, also choose right components and coolant you can run it for years with proper maintenance without leakage or any other issues. However I don't think a open water cooling loop is required for hacking.

[@kimguldberg5676]

I get that question a lot too and my answer is always "the computer you have right now" in my experience is that people procrastinate and use all sorts of excuses for not starting. It's not the computer, it's not the OS, it's not the tools, it is you and the sooner you start the sooner you will achieve some proficiency in what it is you want to achieve. Waiting for the right computer is a waste of time. START NOW

[@guilherme5094]

Nice👍

[@stevemacmanu]

Hey Markus Can you make a video of you building your own desktop or how to build your own desktop.... There's more online though but I'd love to see yours... Thanks

[@zacandrews6348]

Thanks Marcus , really good stuff - any thoughts / advice about best anti-virus software ? Virtually all major ones get rave reviews everywhere, but then slated on trustpilot etc for dreadful customer service, awful auto renews, spammy upgrade emails etc - thanks, appreciated

[@User9681e]

Anything with least surface area and default deny if you can’t use default deny needs something automatic that kinda works With low false positives and is free Then kaspersky unless you have issues with Russia then eset But best advice is not having an av and just using a default deny based security but a default deny setup that’s automatic and free is probably something like comodo with cruel sister config (buggy software but best automatic option)

[@srikeshmaharaj]

YESS!!

[@d1arkness161]

question I don't really know what to choose out of these 3 either a macbook 16 inch with m1 max chip that has 10 cores and it has 32 gb ram, or razer blade 14 with ryzen 9 6900hx with 16 gb ram ,or the asus zephyrus g15 anyone can help will be appreciated

[@pipony8939]

Are you able to afford m1 max chip? It's really powerful but the power isn't the necessary if you aren't use it

[@causeiambonkers]

zephyrus g15 is a great deal overall it's a better laptop than macbook m1 max for price to performance, gaming, better design, and plus you get an extra empty m . 2 SSD slot and you can upgrade the Ram you can't do any upgrades on mac and also it saves you 1500$

[@jwmasek]

if you're looking to virtualize anything, probably skip the m1

[@PicyPoe]

please show us your server rack

[@cziegl3r]

System 76 gazelle owner here. Its nice

[@0x2e2e2f]

Don’t use mac with M1/M2 chips. U can’t create vms for with x86 for hacking. And all the solutions that exists until today, are really slow.

[@subrealz]

My "office" computer is an M1. VMs with parrallels runs great. Kali and Win 11 only tho. But the fact that you can use apps without starting your OS, container like, makes it I really nice tool. But I'd say pentesting requires some capacity and flexibility that no one computer can offer. One good windows desktop and a linux laptop is a strict minimum imo.

[@CashtynSomethingCool]

I spent like 5 minutes looking for a vulnerability in windows and I found a UAC bypass that gets all privileges and antivirus doesn't catch it what the fuck

[@_BangDroid_]

Wise words re: cooling

[@JRocLaHey]

goat 🐐

[@ronin2963]

Water disperses heat 25% faster than air. This means that your T-spikes will be mediate 25% faster for voltage spikes. When you are processing at 3Ghz per second that is important

[@jakke1975]

GHz per second? 🤔

[@borisvokladski5844]

I use my old Thinkpad W520 laptop for hacking and cyber security stuff. It has a Sandy bridge I7 cpu, 16 GB ram and 2x 500 GB Crucial MX500 SSDs in RAID1. Because Im just started to learn hacking and cyber security stuff, I don't want to spend a lot of money (if I lose interest in a year) and I love to refurb my old IT things at home and give them a new purpose.

[@evanderholyfeels]

hows your journey going

[@borisvokladski5844]

@@evanderholyfeels Fine thank you. I use it to explorer Kali Linux + creating an isolated network to see how much telemetry and tracking different software has implemented.

[@damejelyas]

Great video, just one thing you finished the videi mid-sentence 😁😁😁

[@hnielsen123]

I both own a good desktop computer and work primarily at home but I still use a laptop 90% of the time because I like to work on the couch 😅

[@archygrey9093]

Same, although I have a large 17inch laptop docked to a monitor as my desktop replacement. Almost never gets used though, I do almost everything from my little 12inch thinkpad x270 lol

[@lifespringstudios9867]

Please kindly send me one of your systems, I need one.

[@BALJIT147]

If anyone wants to do a custom loop I will give some recommendations since I have been running custom water cooling loops for awhile now. Soft tubing is less likely to leak than hard line. Distilled water with an added biocide like EK CryFuel Clear won't gunk up your blocks. Stay away from the fancy colored or opaque fluids. For the soft tubing go with the black ZMT because the clear stuff will leak and gunk up your loop.

[@SviatoslavDamaschin]

You could also use a piece of silver (.999) in your reservoir as biocide. edit : They sell them under the naming "silver kill coils". Don't use nickel stuff tho.

[@gnet888]

Wow

[@2realist]

am still running windows 7; i feel like a zombie

[@Numb_]

@@yunggoosbumps215 good meme

[@jonwinder6622]

This guy is a celebrity in the cyber sec world

[@minhld8736]

Hi, what is the toy on the table behind you?, the toy looks like a robot.

[@illegaal117]

my previous 3 laptops are literally the same for "work" as he has on its table xD

[@Riborwahz]

To watch this video what do u need *A person inference*

[@shahikulariyan7204]

Yoy are my ##HERO

[@Boxersteavee]

13900k and 14900k essentially require AIOs to reach their full performance.

[@andreujuanc]

New Dell have their webcam moved to the top frame.

[@josephizz4877]

don't even have money for a new one ,but yeah nice video fr 💯

[@archygrey9093]

Don't need a new one

[@jason4275]

I recommend a burner laptop.

[@archygrey9093]

Yeah, I'd never mess around with stuff like that on my daily driver laptop even with virtual machines

[@shredVFZ]

Realy? 64Gb RAM for VMs? Kali can work with 1Gb, do you need 60 VMs opened? Good luck :)

[@bigpickles]

Can* work, especially if you install it to do nothing.

[@archygrey9093]

Yeah but what about things you might do within kali

[@sebastian05000]

5:32 You are right that mostly affects AMD motherboards but you forgot to say that some motherboards have a Q Flash(Gigabyte) button each brand has andifferent name of the button but they all do the same thing. Flash the firmware that is in a USB Flash Drive.

[@sebastian05000]

@@noneofbusiness9764 Def what I mean in a general way there are a lot of brands that have that feature

[@samindunimsara]

i use arch btw

[@hackermans]

2:18 There should be an asterisk that, if you do not opt for water cooling, certain CPUs demand very high quality fans. For instance, Intel 12900K almost requires watercooling if you want its advertised performance without being thermal throttled, and even for water cooling, the 12900K requires bigger, quality water coolers. 8:55 There is a rumor that custom builds with upcoming next-gen GPUs/CPUs are going to demand more power than 850-1000W.

[@namethej9349]

Is sufficient*

[@MygenteTV]

Lets say you have 100k to spend. Write down here what will be your build, what components will you buy. PS; I don't have that money

[@brandonjapol9853]

Apple silicon users: guess I'll just do web development then

[@AviPars]

A VM ;)

[@ssamiragolo3112]

What is with the abrupt endings? Are you trying to break my brain?

[@ssamiragolo3112]

Scammers in the comments. Do not join their telegrams or Whattsapp. Don't call their phone numbers either. To the Scammers: You do know that MalwareTech could track your stupid ass down if he wanted to right. You best not mess with his viewers. Go somewhere else.

[@0xbitbybit]

Dell ftw

[@PhrontDoor]

unrelated to proper topic, what is that figurine appearing to be a girl riding a spider in the background?

[@davidrobinson3236]

hi ! were the hacking?

[@TinkerTech]

RGB is crucial for high-end hacking computers and therefore I recommend a Corsair AIO water cooler. Not only is the hardware great but the software controller is top notch. Jesus, Satan, Tom Cruise and every single extreme level top gun hacker on the planet give Corsair water coolers five stars. When you're alone in your room, sitting in the dark and the FEDS bust in, and Lord knows they will bust in because you have no idea what you're doing, you really want to look the part. So make sure you have a nice black hoodie and top quality Guy Fox mask, and all the RGB you can afford. because nothing is worse than having cops laughing at you while they're arresting you.

[@somebrains5431]

Marcus, I respect your expertise, hardware isn’t one of them. When it comes to hardware I think reaching out to Buildzoid, Gamers Nexus, Hardware Unboxed, and Jarrod’s Tech for their respective expertise would be great crossover material.

[@bigpickles]

Well, he nailed it for the topic. Sounds like he could teach you a few things as you're reliant on those channels!

[@g3volution]

apple sillicon macbooks be like Lulz virtual machines

[@TheStevenWhiting]

Framework laptop. Only because of its upgradability.

[@ygjt76v0-----]

The question is, how to get money for buy a laptop 😅

[@The_k.o.d]

😂😂yh same

[@bigpickles]

Earning it is the usual way

[@ygjt76v0-----]

@@bigpickles its hard to get job here

[@ygjt76v0-----]

@@bigpicklesgoverment in my country is very corupt

[@bigpickles]

@@ygjt76v0----- leave, bro

[@tibimutasunta2132]

Y R we whispering? 🤔🤔🤔

[@internetwarrior666]

That's just how normal people who aren't eccentric are.

[@calculated8115]

Wannacry goes normie

[@internetwarrior666]

Marcus has always been normal it's the rest of you that are fucked.

[@ronin2963]

Are you constantly medicated? You sound like you are stoned

[@aUCLZlstrBh5upnFr7OmhNHag]

M1 Macs are significantly better than windows laptops

[@MalwareTechBlog]

No they are not. You picked basically the only modern computer that can't run Virtual Machines to respond to a video about why running virtual machines is important.

[@virility]

@@MalwareTechBlog What about Parallels?

[@zgeekdiver]

Haha good troll 🧌

[@jwmasek]

@@virility iirc parallels doesn't support cross-architecture, which means nothing x86-64 is going to work on the m1 (which is arm) processor

[@virility]

@@jwmasek but hasn't microsoft implemented a translation layer similar to Rosetta 2 for x86 applicatiins and software?

[@MygenteTV]

I remember watching you talking in a show, where you were saying how fed up you were with youtube kind of not giving you the respect that you deserve. The problem with KZbin is that some content creators made KZbin in a way that if you aren't giving them something, they not going to subscribe to your channel. It sucks, they ruined it for all of us. The first time I hear your name and what you did with the iPhone, I googled you and found all your socials and started following you since those days. You are above any of these so-called "hackers" that are out there just milking the name for their personal gain on KZbin, not TCM he is legit. I want to suggest you something that may help you kick up your channel for real. You can start putting up videos of you doing CTFs. Make a series like "In the road to become HTB number 1" or "how to get me into the 10% in HTB". Using this technique not only will you have daily content but you are giving your followers something, and is something you don't even have to think much about it, just record yourself talking with us and breaking into the machines, you can even set the chat feature to interact with people. This will boost your channel and get you the respect you deserve. I know that not many of your followers that jailbreaks exist today because of you, homebrew for Play station, and so on.

[@pipony8939]

How did he contribute to the PlayStation and jailbreak scene?

[@v380riMz]

Lol George Hotz is responsible for the earliest JB's of iOS and Playstation 3. Marcus found the WannaCry decryption key/killswitch

[@MygenteTV]

@@v380riMz what im saying but people rather follow this fake wanna be KZbinrs instead of helping this man in his quest