The WORST PCs Linus Tech Tips Ever Built

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 lol kinda cringe
0:47 Hand-me-down PC 2002
2:26 Tyson's PC
2:54 Linus' first gaming PC
4:42 UV Paint Overload
7:39 First Surround Sound Setup
8:51 One of Linus' Dumbest Decisions
9:38 Rainbow Spaghett
10:30 Big Desk Energy
11:36 Dual Monitors
12:48 First Rattle Can Paintjob
13:09 First Water Cooled Setup
14:09 Most Expensive PC Component Purchase
14:34 First SLI Setup
14:47 First Custom Water Cooled Setup
16:20 First Chiller Test
17:42 This Was A Mistake
18:10 LAN Setup
18:43 Yvonne's Bedroom
20:05 First Water Cooled PC For NCIX Client
21:07 Swag Build
22:35 Couch Monitor
24:41 Side By Side Gaming Setup
25:46 First Wifey PC
26:17 Box Office
27:36 Back At The In-laws'
28:04 Radical Linus
28:59 Gnarly Linus
29:25 Cringe
30:01 Linus Steals From Work Too
30:20 Outro

[@theBoomerDoomer]

What I learned from this video: Yvonne's parents are absolutely deserving of sainthood.

[@BobSentell]

To the unsung heros: her parents.

[@legendaryhero90]

Honestly right?

[@aaronrobinson2121]

They're watching 23:10 just on a constant loop

[@Validole]

They got a Tesla out of it, plus free tech support and wireless internet on an island, IIRC

[@crbrearley]

He went from the "sad son-in-law" to "do you know our son-in-law had an offer of 100 million for his company?" Yvonne for the win.

[@grizant]

The key takeaway from all these "started from the bottom now we here" videos is just how much of a saint Yvonne is.

[@gamagama69]

this was a dumb take that i regret

[@kevinwells9751]

​@@gamagama69he said he grew up in shanty town, meaning they definitely didn't have much money. Having a room to rent out doesn't imply having that much money

[@GameTimeWhy]

​@@gamagama69 that's a dumpster take. It isn't Trump's dad giving a "small $1M loan" here. Linus grew up with very little and worked hard (and got lucky) to get to this point.

[@wrth]

@@gamagama69 his family were essentially in a village/farm area if I'm not mistaken. owning property/land doesn't mean you have spare cash.

[@downbad_gamerz5136]

@@wrthhe grew up in maple ridge

[@snows2211]

It would be amazing if you guys made a series about "remastering" old PC builds you did in the past where you build everything with modern hardware while preserving the original vibe of the builds (or the entire setup).

[@FreshSav]

This cracks me up so bad. In my awkward teen years, I used to always see Linus on G4 and his early YT days. It's funny seeing how far things have come, changed... but Linus hasn't. Never change. Alex, Riley, Jake and everyone else are all great. You could do nothing and let all your employees host, work - but you still do it. One of the biggest things that has me coming back - the feel hasn't changed after all these years. It doesn't feel like some big commercial YT channel. Even though you're a multi-million dollar business now. Enjoy the same goofiness that has always been present- 10+ years now, shaking my head as you vertically build PCs, and the outlandish things you love doing with tech. Never change. PS. You never looked like a lesbian, don't let some stupid kids bully you on the internet.

[@KaiFulci]

Linus was on G4? Didn't know that.

[@mCreecher91]

@@KaiFulci yeah I don’t remember that and I used to watch g4 constantly. I assume he would have been on the screensavers? Maybe attack of the show. God that was such a great time to be alive.

[@Wunderwicz]

@@mCreecher91 the fucking best. I'd come home from school and just binge G4. AOTS, Screensavers, X-Play, Cheat! The list can go on!

[@schqrr]

That’s amazing😂😂

[@charliewenthe4411]

@@Wunderwicz I always remember Mr. Sark from g4. god dammit I miss sark

[@JThein1989]

The "pirating" software you saw was Nero cd burner. I still remember that darn UI. The top meter is either the read buffer if ripping a cd, or the write buffer if burning.

[@briandadams]

I literally came into comments to find this. That red Nero logo is *burned* into my head.

[@kyo2004]

Yep... Same here, that was Nero CD Burn process, ingrained in my brain from many, many people/clients who burn their CD's for projects, photo albums, etc from 2004... (I was a net cafe admin on those times)... XD

[@Ayrshore]

I came here looking for this - because I still use it now.

[@cluealmost]

​@@Ayrshore it should be quicker now with modern processors 🤩

[@Sobbsy]

I thought it was CDBurnerXP lol, but Nero, wow that takes me back

[@p3nguin11]

Linus said he lubricated his back door, and no one flinched

[@ReGGiN11.9]

the hinges he meant. What were you thinking?

[@schumisx1399]

That Arctic Cooling GPU cooler was legendary. I had one installed on my old 9800SE (soft modded to 9800Pro) and it worked so much better than the stock cooler.

[@miner5251]

Luke isn't just a "Self proclaimed Neo." This man should be called the, "Savior of LMG" for the amount of times he's saved the company from Linus

[@AwesomePowerCat]

ikr I lost it at that lmao, he was doing more than just dodging bullets

[@alfiegordon9013]

@@AwesomePowerCat he's been dodging ICBMS this whole time

[@HairyNun]

Hard R

[@otherssingpuree1779]

It is like the shot of Neo stopping bullets.

[@luizansounds]

Linus Popping ideas like q machine gun and luke doing his best to not let someone die by accident

[@melangeken]

"I used it to lubricate the back door" I see what you did there.

[@zgmattie]

How did they not react to that one 😂

[@Nickscassera]

​@Zgmatty yeah idk lol served on a platter

[@internetguy7319]

ok but that can literally happen, we had to do that at my house not everything is a sexual innuendo

[@FuzzCheck]

@@zgmattie If James were there, he totally would react.

[@ThisManzzz]

@@internetguy7319 was your partner happy to have their backdoor lubed?

[@SUPREETH.]

This is computer history, biopic, romantic comedy and ads all combined very wholesomely. It didn't need to be a roast, such a fascinating story!

[@AngryAnt0]

I love how as someone who got into PC gaming around the same time, I'm totally in the Luke camp of "I dig this". There's something about mid to late 2000's mods that just hit differently.

[@daemonx99]

Moral of this ENTIRE video: Thank you Yvonne, and Yvonnes' parents. Without the tolerance of Yvonnes parents and the love of Yvonne, LTT never would've happened. 🙏🙏 Many thanks, many thanks.

[@ThatBeTheQuestion]

I think Linus made this exact point a couple months ago on the WAN Show. Couldn't agree more.

[@MatthewCobalt]

Linus’ nature and the support of his loved ones are what make his life the best.

[@robertwiley8458]

So true 👍

[@jassie138]

We might have gotten LinusPaintTips instead

[@pastedtomato]

Yvonne being extremely supportive and her parents having the patience of saints has to be the best part of this video.

[@misanthropicsophist]

well like yvonne her parents must have seen the potential in linus. the dude is basicly a self made millionaire.

[@Partyweeb]

@@misanthropicsophist no no one not even linus would of suspected he would be a millionaire when he was older

[@xxdalionxx]

​@@Partyweeb he didn't say they saw him to be a future millionaire. He said they saw potential in Linus. They most likely saw his passion for tech and saw how hard he worked while doing extracurriculars. They were investing in him as a person to support him to become something. No one knows what the something is.

[@unknownpotato8691]

@da best Yeah, I would think that would've made him more tolerable. There's a distinct and obvious difference between a lazy dead-beat living in his girlfriend's parents' house and someone who is genuinely passionate about something and works hard on it (despite being what most would consider "unproductive" in society).

[@chuchushoeTW]

Some of those early builds were like: "So you wanna be a player, but your PCs ain't fly?"

[@GRADAN31]

Wow, an unexpected visitor?!

[@BrittDurbrow]

"What kinda chip you got in there, a Dorito?" - Weird Al Well, at least he had the good taste to not put a PC in his PC so he could Windows while he Windowsed...

[@FishThatDavidBlaineSwallowed]

Pimp My Rig

[@weenusdeletus8068]

bro commercials in the 2000s were something else

[@SonicBoone56]

Gonna pimp my rig!

[@MungaiTheOne]

I like how Linus blends the ads into the videos instead of assuming I'll watch a 2min ad at the start of video(or the end which is a lot of faith in the viewers) for something I probably won't buy or even afford if I was interested.

[@phil_matic]

Honestly, this is great. I haven't built PCs for long, but seeing what other people had to go through before my time, it's a humbling experience for me for sure

[@Neoxon619]

You can tell how supportive Yvonne is of Linus when she lets her bedroom be used as a workspace.

[@DantesGrill]

Or how supportive Linus is for letting Yvonne's parents live in his workspace

[@0NeeN0]

are you surprised? young Linus would definitely be a fck boy if he had game and different character/hobbies. I bet girls were all over him until they talked to him xD jokes aside Yvonne and her parents are saints

[@poggerfishie4755]

Yvonne being super supportive of Linus is so sweet, super great to see where LMG turned out today cause they deserve all their success!!!

[@cvbattum]

But Linus too. Absolutely adorable how he still wants to point out she's a keeper when they've been together for some 20 (?) years.

[@norkshit]

@@cvbattum there are tons of couples who are together for their whole lives, and have relationships more toxic than middle school flings. Linus has a point in saying she’s a keeper.

[@aduItpikachu]

u do understand that this video is fake right? and his fake old rigs and this pics are taken this year probably along with script

[@basil127]

True

[@Haze_E1]

@@aduItpikachu damn man what a reach haha

[@GeorgeKakos]

I identify multiple (similar) builds of my own during the same time. And that's why we LOVE Linus, you a pure pc enthusiast just the rest of us. Keep going man!!

[@LegionIscariot]

7:47 I like the picture circled with a heart ❤️

[@snipeyopipe4163]

I had no idea you and Yvonne have been together for so long. It's honestly so amazing seeing you two grow up together and being into the same things. I loved this video.

[@_marlene]

yeah im a hater and i loved this vid

[@Eagle3302PL]

Most of my married friends who are in stable long term relationships either met each other in high school or university. Seems that entering adulthood with a partner builds a strong bond, understanding and respect when done well.

[@iKingRPG]

@@_marlene if you're a hater then why are you here

[@jessiejames1681]

Yvonne's sister, Esther, tho from NCIX? Cute

[@chowrites6179]

Learning Yvonne has been there from the beginning is just amazing! I'm happy you found someone who has been through it all with you

[@MatthewCobalt]

She earned the right to be co-founder of LMG.

[@loldoctor]

@@MatthewCobalt I believe she provided a significant portion of the funding. Someone can correct me if I'm misremembering.

[@Un1234l]

Very, very... very very, very very very very, very rare in today's time. Still rare back then but much less so than today,

[@ixupi04]

I remember the black light setup, had a few of my own. Crazy looking back and thinking about what I thought was cool then. Of course back then there wasn't RGB lighting so we had to do what was available.

[@dmotogearhead2245]

Had that same aluminum Antec case, one of the best I've ever bought except the drive blank covers kinda sucked. Built a water cooled system in that case with an external radiator outside mounted to the rear over the rear fan perforated grill with a fan inside and radiator connecting through the case. Memories!! 😊 Great nostalgic video!

[@PvtPuplovski]

Shoutout to Yvonne for being consistently the best thing to happen to Linus (and the rest of us, by extension!) :)

[@rigon63]

These days that might go to Luke lmao

[@Szanth]

And her parents goddamn what champs

[@onemorescout]

@i2Sage bro what

[@ERRORCODE616]

@@Szanth Right? Not really liking him at first but being supportive enough of their daughter to let her boyfriend move in and blow up their living room with computer stuff.

[@flyingtentacle7631]

Are you implying that Linus is the best thing to happen to you? Bro that's a big cringe.

[@bytesizeclu]

Linus lubricating the back door made me laugh more than it should 😂

[@natywubet2175]

eyebrow moment for sure

[@matthouse99]

Damn, you beat me to the comment. I was going to say "lubricating the back door". 🤨 What is wrong with us? 😂 Props for FF6 on the screen.

[@Ginger_Chin]

It got nothing from either of them lol

[@FandangoJon]

Lol it made me mad no one took the obvious joke!

[@jujocom]

Oh shoot. It just hit me now. lmao

[@Darduel]

this is such a nostalgia trip I used to build my PCs with my dad and I was broke af had to improvise, all these builds are like high-end shit for me but those monitors and janky setups just fun to remember, we really come a long way from a much more simpler times

[@origionalwinja]

cpu fan on your first build with dedicated graphics card , i had the exact same fan! super high rpm tip magnetic drive (TMD) fan! i loved that thing even though it sounded like a fighter jet at takeoff

[@abnerpena6743]

I love how Linus looks so happy at all his builds being showcased as if he was waiting for them to get the attention they deserve. I love this man

[@stevedoesnt]

Absolutely! And the DIY spirit of it all? Like, that’s how we got stuff done in those days. I have not one ounce of roast for this dude.

[@stevedoesnt]

Well, maybe for the tums part, which I was waiting for from the beginning.

[@WolfSheep]

This is the best type of content. Hits the nostalgia and diy spirit really well. Linus was genuine and happy. Need more like this

[@nickkasen4753]

All those early days stuff from the QX9770 (Linus had a q6600) to the 3D IZ3D monitor i had used. Crazy times in the industry.

[@kolt9051]

omg 24:42 I have that standing lamp but in white. I'm dead rn. its from my Mom when she was in college in the 80s. I fricken love it, I cannot believe you had the same thing.

[@joshuaspromise]

This 100% explains why he's so chill when he sees company stuff in his peoples' setups.

[@kyles5960]

Why

[@prungupta]

@@kyles5960 because he did the same when he worked at ncix

[@AbsolutionArmament]

@@prungupta "It's company policy at this point"

[@Un1234l]

Exactly what I was gonna type. I was wondering why he didn't care that company stuff kept showing up in his employees' homes. Man was the pioneer.

[@ChakatStormCloud]

I absolutely agree, the "borrowing things from work" is absolutely just part of their company culture now XD

[@MRSTU1210]

Linus's PC builds were totally boss for the time, he was the ultimate PC enthusiast, maximum respect 😇

[@makedaevilmage]

ohh man this takes me back to when i was like 15 and decided to build my first computer. was stocking shelves in a local supermarket and bought some parts every month untill I could finally build the entire thing ... and learned the hard way the use of motherboard stand-offs ... lol. Ran Windows Vista business and an AMD Ahtlon x2 I believe and an X-gear? case. Some silver-plastic case with some giant red logo on the front.

[@ngs2683]

Linus is still lubricating his backdoor with the same lubricant after all these years. Truly inspiring!

[@murkje]

"his backdoor" 🧐😳😳

[@OMFGXeno]

I came to the comments to find this, and I was not disappointed.

[@ronaldomirashi5499]

@@fendi-bull8167kooooooooooooooooooooooooo😊

[@ronaldomirashi5499]

@@fendi-bull8167i😊kooooooooooooo

[@Taabituubi]

I've had a can of gunlube for like 15 years that I still use to lube door hinges and other creaking things.

[@nanashivii9237]

I get that this was intended to be a roast.. but honestly? The real tale here is how incredibly wholesome it is to have someone who is like-minded and supportive of your passions. And look how far you've come. You the real MVP, Yvonne. Thanks for the trip down memory lane though. I kind of yearn for this era of PC DIY because it was so unique and personal. A lot of builds these days seem so cookie cutter with all the trends and matching product lines and brand "ecosystems".

[@H3LLMAU5]

I remember he said this on a WAN show, that LTT Media Group wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Yvonne, she told him to drop college if he wasn't happy doing it and go work for NCIX, which he did and the rest is history.... The PC Gods looked at Yvonne when she told that to Linus and said "hold on, let her cook"

[@damanwithaplan8056]

Nothing against her personality but Linus is the breadwinner. I always find it disturbing when women get undue credit. It's the man that has the real life struggles while the women sit comfortably at home cooking and cleaning. It's important sure but it's much easier to be the woman in the relationship. Anyways it's good that you learned something today. Carry on.

[@_horizon_]

@@damanwithaplan8056 Lmao, I don't know if you are a troll, or just don't know the story of LMG. Yvonne worked as a pharmacist and funded Linus' company when they weren't earning anything. She paid Luke and Edzel's salary from her own paycheck, looked after their kids, and went to work as a pharmacist, all while working as a self-taught accountant for LMG. So don't assume stuff about things you don't know.

[@siwulf7539]

@@damanwithaplan8056 the company is 50/50 ownership between them, stop discrediting women cuz u have a gross view on gender equality

[@damanwithaplan8056]

@@siwulf7539 LMAO what does that even mean. Explaining women roles and duties is not discrediting. If anything I was giving her immense praise. She doesn't let you take your balls out of her purse very often I take it.

[@StrikeEagleCinema]

I loved the part at the very end where Luke said to hell with it, we are going down memory lane the meeting can be a couple minutes late. Yvonne and Luke were the best parts of Linus when it came to LMG. Without their unwavering support and endless dedication, we would never have the tech media giant we enjoy today.

[@ghomerhust]

omg i had those same UV green IDE cables in my old WoW build in like 2006. very early dual core AMD rig with a pair of GT 7300 GPUs in SLI i still have a working logi G15 keyboard in great shape. the orange screen is so fun, and you can still get it to show CPU stats and stuff on modern equipment

[@nickpanacci3055]

13 years ago in the NCIX days, Linus helped me unlock my Phenom Ii X3 to an X4. For the $400 invested in the entire build, this was the worst and best computer I've ever built. So much so I keep it set up in my basement to play D3.

[@thef1obsessed]

that's frigging sick

[@mach2922]

Respect

[@Wintersdark]

Lol me too! Mine was a mITX build (my first and last) which ended up becoming an htpc for many years. Killer value.

[@XenonG]

Doom 3? Diablo 3?

[@slime_v2]

@@XenonG Diablo 3? 13 years ago? Are you on crack?

[@skyyra3456]

I had some of those light tubes at 6:24. This was pre-led so they were like some kind of fake neon or very early bad LED tech. The 12v adapter cord would shock the F out of you when you were trying to position them like sticking your tongue to a 9v battery. The tubes were unyielding plastic definitely from a very short era between old style LEDs (Radio Shack days) and the great stuff we have now. I don't miss these tubes. The low voltage remote controllable cut-able LED strips we have now are better in every way.

[@bobfuscator]

I think I still have that Logitech keyboard around here somewhere. It might even still work. I think when I got it, it was replacing a Yahoo Internet Keyboard that had almost entirely stopped working and was basically an enormous two-port USB hub. Man, that Yahoo keyboard had SO many extra buttons.

[@brandonwirtz2308]

Loving how quiet Jake is being in the first half of the video. It’s like he’s listening to his parents talk about how they met.

[@FreshSav]

😂

[@balmashev93]

Probably should remove "it's like" 😏

[@level102pikachu]

I really think Linus should do a retro build with the helix coil cooler and demonstrate to fans how to paint everything. That would be such a great episode.

[@nicka5040]

Too late now, but I would genuinely enjoy an April Fool's joke of Linus renaming the company to Linus Paint Tips for the day and posting a full-blown painting video of various stuff. They could up it by DBRAND sponsoring it with their new home wallpapers.

[@SavageAirguns]

Second this

[@forivall]

Paint a noctua fan for extra trolliness

[@bhco]

Very similar jounary for me as a 1988 kid in UK. Loved the a7n8x-deluxe board. I watercooled that bad boy with uv green back in the day with danger den compoents. Its crazy how I remember this as like it was yesterday, but cannot remember anything else around that time in my childhood

[@rogan-nptbcmediatechnerd9659]

Dude this is nice! Takes me back when i was little when my dad was around, we lived in a small town in Oklahoma, i had me a Pentium 4 Dell Dimension 3000 running Windows XP. One year for my birthday if i remember right, my grandparents got me a CD with a shortcut to the 3D Pinball on it saying it’s a new game for my birthday, little me never knew until later on.. but still made me happy. I loved spending time playing random online games and such with my friends. This takes me back to simpler times.

[@IanNubbit]

I'm glad Luke is making his way back into videos, his on screen personality had improved drastically over the last few years!

[@portgax]

To me luke always been like a cherry on top of the videos, he's just the perfect complement

[@pirojfmifhghek566]

On one hand, I agree that it's great to see Luke in more videos. However, I'm gonna say that the perfect person to include in this video would be Sarah. She would've had _so much to say_ about all the hideous design and color choices.

[@telotawa]

I agree, I've always liked the Luke videos but they're a lot better

[@deepinside9477]

bro he's on WAN every week. you clearly don't watch this channel very much huh.

[@joekenorer]

@@deepinside9477 It was a long time before I let myself sit and watch a Wanshow, his statement is legit.

[@ClaytonSayer]

I remember seeing Linus and his ridiculous AC-cooled computer at CapLan way back then. I thought that he was still using his massively-overclocked Barton CPU at that time, but maybe I'm remembering wrong. After he lugged it in he had to run the air conditioner for a while to chill the loop before he could turn it on. What a machine it was.

[@BrendanGeormer]

Everybody gangster until Linus shows up to the LAN with a dedicated AC unit attached to his PC.

[@dakotathehooman]

Love this video, seeing the MX Duo peripherals was like a freight train of nostalgia.

[@bryku]

Man, this takes me back! the early 2000s had the craziest adons from lights, fans, speakers, and drive bays. You could create some monstrousities.

[@Bultizar]

"I used it to lubricate the back door, a month ago!" Luke and Jake's face in that moment was priceless.

[@IainCloss]

just scrolling down to find the first person to comment on this ;)

[@matthewhall9692]

WTF are you talking about? Their faces literally did not change or react at all. They TOTALLY did NOT even catch on to the accidental innuendo Linus just said. Completely unhinged comment.

[@psychoticapex]

James would have totally caught on that based on his experience with glory holes.

[@ilpotus]

Sounds still like a euphemism to me :D

[@benjaminorr964]

​@@IainCloss 😢

[@krishnav5122]

The fact that Linus remembers this like it was yesterday is impressive - including the motherboard model names.

[@jeremyg9305]

TBH, at that age I'd be researching components for weeks before making a purchase, I remember my first 4 motherboards by name too because of how many times I read about them and then walking to the computer store with a piece of paper with the correct mobo name.

[@bebokRZly]

​@@jeremyg9305 Damn, true! If you are making upgrade once for a very king time, for not youre money, you better be sure that it is going to be good! :D so you read it so many times, check it, and then OC it, etc, you can have these models next to youre name on grave :D

[@Ouging]

Yet the « worst pcs » are actually better than mine

[@suqmaddiqq]

Or he's probably only pulled up the pictures he can account for and/or could research.

[@christianstonecipher1547]

Linus just has an absurd memory/knowledge of PC components. There's a This Is video where Austin Evans quizzes Linus on old technology to show my point. The video is titled "I showed You My Tech Tip" for any curious.

[@pandabytes4991]

The 1st computer I ever built I opted to use CCT lighting because I thought LEDs were dumb and too expensive at the time. I still don't really use LED, normally turning off any of them that can be easily turned off.

[@saigaikwad415]

This was sooo wholesome to watch. A huge thanks to Yvonne and her parents for everything they've done that has made Linus and LMG into what it is now

[@justxigoldenix9909]

Linus found an absolute unit of a wife, good for him! Always makes me super happy to see two people deeply in love with each-other, super cool to see the window of time into the past PC tech too. The neon/UV stuff was very much so a culture shock.

[@gordon7478]

Oh man, the early to mid 2000's were such a ridiculous time for custom PC stuff. I can't imagine what it must look like to someone who grew up on post- like, 2010 or so actual nice stuff.

[@sparkyenergia]

@@gordon7478 Especially the cold cathode lighting. Which used to draw a non trivial amount of power iirc. And that brief time where 'EL wire' got used instead.

[@chriswright8074]

@@sparkyenergia fun times

[@slimjim1125]

"Absolute unit of a wife". That.. uh, that means something very large in my mind 😅

[@corner_store_bill]

We got into computers about the same time. I remember all this stuff and really wanna do a new school rig with old school aesthetics like cold cathode and the old water cooling stuff. I still have my old uv ide cables and a few cases from back then

[@atlys258]

Awe Rocket & Rumble made me cry. My old cat Roxas always used to sleep on my tower, except during the winter when he'd sleep on my sub directly behing my tower to feel the warm air. RIP Roxas.

[@eonbart]

3 things to mention here: - These builds were not trash but just according to the time they were built. We make fun of it now but I have seen far worse from that time. - What rly sucked were the desks. Holy crap Linus! Just dont spend a fortune on UV stuff and get a desk that can fit your peripherals :D - Yvonne must really love Linus

[@TalesOfWar]

Getting a decent computer desk back then wasn't as easy as you'd think. Lots had a bunch of cubbies and shelf things built in that just got in the way with pretty tiny keyboard trays. A lot kind of expected you to use the mouse on top of the desk and not the same level as the keyboard, which is an RSI problem waiting to happen lol. They also had to be far more robust as those old CRT displays weighed A LOT!

[@IanDresarie]

TBF I had a very similar "PC" desk. they were everywhere at the time and sucked absolute ass. The idea was that the PC is the secondary thing on the desk and therefore your primary space is important, but neither shelf was really usable for its purpose. However, the sales pitch very much appealed to my parents, so I had a hard time getting something else until later. :D No escuse for the folding desks though. Jeez Linus.

[@crisnmaryfam7344]

LOL my desk barely fits my mouse, keyboard and monitor. My Thermaltake View 71 case sits on a end table at the end of my desk. It would likely shatter the glass on the desk anyway.

[@jeremydale4548]

I mean…she DOES have three kids with him.

[@MichaelLong777]

I'm currently using a $20 folding table from Walmart as my desk with a computer that cost over $5,000 and an LG OLED as a monitor on top of it

[@branscombe_]

someone who was born in 84, grew up on 90s and early 2000 computer builds, and been subscribed to Linus since 2009… this is easily my favourite ltt video of the year

[@spencertidd]

I've recently started documenting all my old builds, but my memory is lacking. I wish I had taken more pictures which is odd because back then I only really had 2 hobbies - PCs and photography... yet there are literally no pictures of my builds... my genius watercooling efforts from the 90s using automotive heater radiator cores and fish tank water pumps are but a distant memory!!

[@Miszkaaaaa]

Great content! Could you do some kind of "what if secenario" we take current spec mid tier laptop and install software from 20 years ago and put it into productivity scenarios?

[@forgottenalex]

Huge shoutout to Yvonne for embarking on a lvl 99 nerd quest and living to tell the tale

[@AntonioItaliano]

Never would have guessed that the LTT team once played games on disassembled microwaves.

[@Henry-kv7zl]

If I could have thought of the idea, I would probably assume Linus had already done it. Hahah

[@SolveMyStyle]

I love these kind of videos, maybe its the nostalgic feeling I get from see Luke on the channel again but either way they're great!

[@Slash27015]

29:10 is around when i subscribed, my favorite episode is still the 3x 3d projectors wall setup

[@londonkoster3888]

Yvonne is HARD PROOF that you have to support eachother no matter what. I mean these people are running BY FAR the best tech media production firm in the WORLD. Major respects to the wifey👌

[@Jimunu]

​@@sandboy5880 The amount of people that for example took up space like linus at yvonnes parents is more common than those that can do the work, have or can gain the required skills and wills for the timeframe, where building an industry leader in an emerging space of profit is doable even with those skills and wills. And Linus have talked about them discussing their feelings about work life balance earlier.

[@sandboy5880]

@@Jimunu Okay but what does that have to do with "supporting someone no matter what"?

[@Jimunu]

@@sandboy5880 that I agree with you and gave reasons why.

[@sandboy5880]

@@Jimunu Oh I see, I'm sorry then. I misunderstood your post.

[@Jimunu]

@@sandboy5880 No prob. It's easy to misunderstand.

[@storm91229]

Truthfully I started watching this episode thinking this was one of those episodes KZbinrs don't have anything interesting and just do anything to push a video real quick and finished telling myself this could actually easily pass for one of the best videos I've watched on LTT. That's a big complement considering the kind of nerdy stuff you guys put up. Great storyline!

[@ericpop342]

11:44 i think that is nero burning a cd or so...ahhh..the memories

[@Rjmac5000]

This may be my favorite LTT video of all time. Such a great glimpse of Linus’ past and a trip down memory lane. Well done

[@felixbelanger2659]

the sponsor spots sprinkled here and there were a little weird, but still an overall great video

[@burpech03]

I didn't know that NCIX started Hardware Canucks... They obviously no longer own them now. Would be good to have a documentary series about the history of PC enthusiast KZbin with early 2000's Forum's & Website history Wiki style. I enjoy computers so much, they have been a huge part of my life the last 25 years. Surprised I never heard Linus & Luke talk about the this topic before on the WAN Show.

[@mvzpodcast]

I would absolutely love to watch the history of the janky rigs before there was money in the obscure. If not for the nerds of the 90s, I don’t think PCs would be where they are today

[@dafirnz]

I've been around since LTT had ~30k subs and was in other dark corners of the PC enthusiast internet a few years before that. I had no clue NCIX owned Hardware Canucks. Too bad NCIX was bad at business, because they did some interesting things with media.

[@baoquoc3710]

So did Dmitri, Eber and Mike are in fact NCIX correspondents before HC?

[@__dm__]

I work in the electronics industry. I'll never know all of what happened behind closed doors between companies that duked it out back in the day, but I have heard a few industry tales and it's glorious. I'm sad I'll never hear the end of it, but I'm glad I'll be making my own for the future lol

[@DjRjSolarStar]

5:10, I had the same UV reactive power and IDE wires in my 2002 Gateway desktop XD

[@mwurman]

Duuuude that floor lamp at 24:51...I literally have that exact one sitting right next to me right now as I watch this

[@ondramerta2301]

9:35 Linus: i still have the can of lube on the shelf, I use it to lubricate the back door Bro is honest 🥵

[@DerelictDoug10266]

Yvonne and Linus stories always make me happy. They're so good together.

[@NewGuy478]

I will never have that

[@ars3nikatnep]

@@NewGuy478good

[@RedFissionStudios]

Brutal reply section 😂

[@tropg8449]

​@NewGuy478 why would u?

[@ahmadsyazani3315]

Malaysia Flag on 23:22

[@SeismicFrog]

Linus, those Klipsch Planar “Surround Sound” speakers were BANGING. Fully planar, like Magnepans. Brilliant sound.

[@thavith]

I use paper (either an A4 or note pad) for a mouse pad to this day and prefer it (and never taped down). I scribble notes on it, but also my mouse pad. I've only used mouse pads only a few times over the past 40 years (my Apple //c had a mouse)

[@MTGeomancer]

Watching this explains a lot with Linus' behavior in the early years where he'd freak out over the cost of things (before they got everything for free). I'm the same way, extremely frugal, because I also grew up in a family without a lot of money.

[@AlmostLikeHuman]

Even with how many things have been going wrong with the tech house, I think it's safe to say Linus' kids are gonna grow up with slightly less janky tech setups than their dad did 😂

[@philtkaswahl2124]

They're growing up with _high budget_ jank.

[@yerielzamora]

They're growing up in The Tech Tips Man's Jank House though.

[@The_Blind_Gamer]

OMG ! ANTEC PERFORMANCE ONE! the front vents were so slick on that case. My first AMD over clock hack with graphite on the CPU contact pads. i think like 2005 ish.

[@Maxinidas]

That transparent green desk looks awesome! My 2 favorite colors to this day are Bondi Blue (Mac) & Atomic Purple (Nintendo).

[@sportsfamily77]

Make sure you tell Yvonne thank you from all of us! It's hard to say what path your life would've went down without her supporting your tech obsession, but the outcome is exactly perfect and what needed to happen!

[@volvagia6860]

The younger generation will never understand how sick the UV sleeving and paint was at the time. You really had to be there! Looks awesome!

[@greatwavefan397]

Maybe I should consider a UV-reactive Socket 478/775 build for retro gaming...

[@TalesOfWar]

Seeing those old cathode light tubes took me back too.

[@animeloveer97]

@@TalesOfWar same

[@shiro3146]

Would be cool to mix RGB Lights with UV

[@motokid6008]

@@shiro3146 - Better yet ditch RGB all together. Not having to deal with rgb controllers and software would be amazing.

[@yaroslavkurgansky6205]

The blanket on top of the pc reminds me of how I would wrap my modem in a blanket to hide the modem sound from my parents, the internet was somewhat expensive back then and I wasn't allowed to access it whenever I wanted.

[@uNexAPB]

I had that exact zalman cooler in my pc. I did infact, not have neon green cable sleeves or fan.

[@Cracks094]

Linus is so lucky to have had parents supportive of his PC passion. My parents were like "This computer thing is going to ruin your life" and literally forced me away from it all the time.

[@volkerball85]

This mindset from some parents always boggled my mind. Computers and tech rule the world now, and anyone with any foresight saw it coming years in advance, but so many other people looked at the same data and actually said "NAH THIS IS CLEARLY A PASSING FAD." Wtf? 🤷‍♂️

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@volkerball85 you're assuming they 'looked at the same data', when it's more like they never bothered to check and just couldn't see the world past their livelihoods. Pretty easy for someone who does nothing most of their lives apart from office work or manual labor to see this "computer" thing, and this "internet" and be unable to see how that could ever affect them.

[@volkerball85]

@@DanielFerreira-ez8qd That's more what I meant, though. I didn't mean actual data/figures, but rather just that it should've been at least somewhat obvious (imo at least) that computers were set to change the entire world just by looking around oneself, especially as the technology began to spread into homes and businesses. I don't always choose my words as well as I could, but you're spot on.

[@dscarmo]

Just remember that when you complain about kids on the phone playing games or watching tiktok nowadays you are doing the same thing

[@jalex9808]

@@dscarmo Not really the same as building PCs and making a business from it though, is it?

[@sg1trogdor]

lol looking at some of those neon cables takes me back to my celeron D build with my thermaltake bigwater 760 kit. Good times. I think we need to bring the neon back. lol.

[@BlackIceCub]

Linus: I want Warcraft 2 Linus’s parents: ok so you asked for a green table?

[@Metaldad87]

What I learned from this: Yvonne and her parents are amazing people and deserve everything in the world

[@greanhare5270]

World's most patient in-laws.

[@madcatz3d]

@@greanhare5270 it really did pay off for them at the end though. I need to start being more patient myself

[@scottrobinson4611]

Yvonne and her parents are obviously amazing people. Not a chance in hell I'd be able to take up that much space in my girlfriend's room or in her parents' family room.

[@stevesmith8419]

lol I cant even take up room in my own bedroom that I am sharing with my brother

[@stephengris2988]

Damn, San Francisco is a throwback I was NOT expecting today. I remember I bought (and probably still have somewhere) a switchblade style comb there because Fonzie had one (this was absolutely in the late 90s-early 2000s - what can I say? Ayyy👍). I can still picture that cursive, red, backlit sign out front. Good times.

[@Snafu2346]

Man, Linus and I had the same microsoft multimedia keyboard. In fact I still use it on my backup computer, still works mostly okay. I still have my original computer I built back in 2000. What was originally a Pentium 4 with an iWill motherboard, eventually broke, what is still in it now, Is a AMD Phenom II x4 on a gigabyte mobo running windows XP. Still works, its a back up to my backup, and has a 285 GTX in it.

[@MaybeShimo]

Alright, whoever wrote that transition to the sponsor point about the display deserves a freaking raise. That was CLEAN.

[@jeuonly3474]

nah it was a pain in the ass

[@Preske]

You can tell it was NOT Dennis because there was no naked Linus.

[@TheSkyCries1]

This is an odd thought, maybe it's because of the kind of headspace that I'm in right now, but seeing this video made me think of that the only thing I wished I had that Linus does is someone who loves and supports him as much as Yvonne does. It's actually amazing. She's amazing.

[@Sydney_2011]

A woman like that is top tier and quite rare. Anyone can find someone who loves them, but that level of almost unconditional support is extremely rare. Most women might have said “babe this is a bad idea. Just get a job”.

[@jon5470]

Don't give up hope. Walk tall, smile, and be your genuine self. Be brave when you attempt to approach and introduce yourself. "getting someone's number" is nearly impossible nowadays as far as a genuine approach is concerned, start small and ask for their social media profiles. You got this.💝

[@TAMAMO-VIRUS]

@@jon5470 My genuine self is an asshole with social anxiety. 💀

[@brugvp]

my man not that long ago I was feeling the exact same way.... but i've found my "yvonne" and it's been 1,5 years now. You'll find yours too ;)

[@joekenorer]

Don't undercut Linus's efforts, she isn't with him just because PC. He's actually a dedicated guy to his girl and puts her on a pedastal.

[@f1jones544]

So many desks! I was born in 1967 and the desk I have in my office right now has been in my family all my life; a beautiful Scandanavian design that my parents were into at the time, with a leaf that supports thre monitors, and which I use all day as a home office. It seemed small as desk went when I was little but now it's good sized and vet sturdy. I've used it as mine since about 1985. It's supported probably 8-9 computers in that time starting with an Apple Iic. Can't imagine working from anything else.

[@mikestanley4457]

I had a sick build in 05 with an amd fx55, Radeon x800xl, 4g Corsair XMS pro ddr400, DFI lanparty mobo, RAID setup. Miss that puppy

[@maddog7777]

I would love to see you guys do a modern UV build. They look so cool!

[@Nevakonaza.]

This is why i love watching LTT, Amazing to see the more personal side of Linus too of him sharing with us his memories from back in the day,The chill vibes in this upload are just the best.

[@StellarAudyssey]

*Chiller vibes.

[@ChaoticTabris]

At 11:38 I think it's Nero Burning Rom burning some CD/DVD, not Limewire.

[@walterwhite415]

I like that MB at 18:00, because my first ever gaming PC had a Asus P5W, with a Core Duo E8400, a 9800GTX+ and 3GB of Ram. This thing was a neat machine back then and it could run Crysis! And it had the same blue box you see at 20:15, with red and blue neon lights. xD

[@SEMIA123]

The more I learn about Linus and Yvonne's history the more convinced I am that she can see the future or something. Girl had no reason to stick by Linus as hard as she did but damn did it pay off.

[@jos031arx]

That is love, nothing to do with anything material but her parents are unbelievably supportive.

[@Ostrid1]

Women like that are 1% nowadays

[@inkyGhosty]

it's just called being in love with someone. The only future she foretold was them being together, jesus.

[@arcuz7862]

@@Ostrid1 0.01%

[@umairkhalid2222]

Dude she wasn't expecting it to "pay off" it's called loving someone u god damn robot