Turning Garbage into Gaming - Mom & Pop Computer Shop Part 2

[@eldibs]

I love the "Slow Down, Kids At Play" sign prominently displayed over the filming area. Props to whoever did that.

[@sid6645]

Timestamp?

[@Sparks0001]

2:18 and 2:43 to start with@@sid6645

[@kziad1]

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[@amLinl]

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[@real151kmh]

​@@sid66453:05 on the highest shelf

[@Lazor226]

Almost scrapyard wars guys! My favorite LTT videos!

[@pradeepdavinci]

Yeah. scrapyard wars in their own backyard.

[@okaydetar821]

If you didn't already know, they have mentioned on the wan show a few times that they have an idea for a new scrapyard wars and are planning on making another one.

[@pluggedfinn-bj3hn]

scrap pile wars

[@vnxzzz]

a scrapyard does not have 2 3080s

[@Sauv_27]

😢

[@unfairbullet]

Linus figured out how to reboot scrap yard wars without calling it scrap yard wars.

[@flowerpot-r4i]

tax write-off wars

[@PajamaSenpai]

The "WHAT" in unison at 17:41 was hilarious. I never knew a single word could express so much disbelief. 🤣

[@MegeGabe_Personal]

I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS

[@ProfessionalProfessorPat]

You clearly have not seen to door monster WHAT skit.

[@fluffyjello]

That was the goofiest sound I have heard lmao

[@Amills50]

​@@fluffyjelloyeah it was cartoonishly perfect

[@AlexanderAdams-he2ir]

ya know thinking about it these are people who have worked together for years and probably have a lot of weird funny moments like these still hilarious regardless

[@aidenchristiansen2680]

The number of “monitors” Linus goes through is actually hilarious

[@mahdi9064]

i mean, if he didn't do that, he would be playing crysis in his mind 😂

[@yellowwinner1]

I noticed at 3:01 when it shows his pick it's just like "iMac?" lmao

[@JoeyMarziano]

As soon as he picked up the iMac I was thinking, it looks too new to be one of the models that lets you use it as a monitor (which admittedly is annoying, they should all have that feature).

[@mikelovesbacon]

@@JoeyMarziano There were a few models that looked like that that supported TDM. Once the retina 5K iMac was introduced they no longer supported TDM, but the 5K used the same chassis as some earlier iMacs that did.

[@ErrorTH]

imac has display DP IN mode staring with some generation afaik. So he could stay with it theoretically.

[@seriouslynotserious7817]

I laughed out loud at this 17:45 😂😂 that " WHAT" was precious.

[@TheGangCraftOFFICIEL]

The transition at 5:54 was so sick!!

[@urmomsahoe1]

Damn I didn't even see that the first go around.

[@WalterMan]

A bot stole your comment

[@Reshiram32Zekrom23]

eh it was low effort. not that great

[@boondoc001]

That was smooth

[@StoneyMaloney1]

It was great.

[@Clevir474]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the editor's *flawless* transition between scenes at 5:50

[@slightlyevolved]

Good lord, I didn't even notice the first time. That was one sick transition.

[@Pablowanjedi]

Very cool!

[@VansSk8r990]

yeah that wipe was so clean

[@dh66]

Wow. Didn't notice, which makes it great

[@FelixEmilian]

Didn’t even notice 😅

[@JustLovett0]

Had to re-watch that wipe transition at 5:50 to fully appreciate it. Thank you Editor for choosing to do that.

[@darke_hunter0238]

Giving scrapyard wars vibes and I'm very happy about it. Please do 1 last scrap yard wars series

[@Krutonium]

They confirmed on WAN show a while back that they're doing another, iirc.

[@cardsfan0776]

@@Krutoniumoh really? I haven’t listened to WAN show in a minute but I remember one a few years ago where linus said that they wouldn’t do another one A. Because he’s to recognizable and he didn’t want “discounts” because of that and B. Because their really aren’t any good options for cheap computer parts at this point, everything is extremely expensive and not very good.

[@LexxDesign3D]

​@@cardsfan0776secondhand PC parts are much more powerful for the same money than a few years ago. I just picked up a 1070Ti for £100.

[@Leet_JN]

@@cardsfan0776 The market crashed and they said they'd use secret shoppers so they wouldn't be recognized. It's not a sure thing, but it's back in the running.

[@cardsfan0776]

@@Leet_JN oh ok well I’m definitely excited for that! Scrapyard wars is my favorite series they do. I

[@dolan-duk]

Jordan is quickly climbing up the popularity charts with his sick burns!

[@kirkanos3968]

And he knows the right why to wear sandals, No kinda of OSHA up there?

[@demon6450]

This really makes me miss the old school scrap yard wars they used to do. Those where fun to watch

[@BBROPHOTO]

This is one of the best series to come from this channel since Alex & Linus create janky coolers and Secret Shopper. Seriously though, I'm so happy what LMG did for the shop owner, he was such a great vibe throughout the first video and would gladly have more videos featuring this haul of stuff if it meant giving more opportunities to others in the future :)

[@Greedsmith]

-Hall of Fame- Haul of Stuff

[@skydivenext]

You burn money help people to get rid of backlash I guess lol Is not bad but I feel this has to be their counter of the hate they been getting hahah

[@TheSpoonyCroy]

@@skydivenext But the video was in the works months before the backlash...

[@Fenderbenne]

Would be really fun to have a checkup on the owner later, see how he fared after that clear out.

[@jeffreyweng9326]

Probably filled his shop with more niche stuff he can’t unload

[@sourcandy69]

@@jeffreyweng9326exactly what i was thinking lol

[@jeffreyweng9326]

@@sourcandy69 that guy now has enough money to change his business into something else entirely. A rare chance at a fresh start. Or sell his shop now that he’s gotten his money’s worth and retire.

[@Cradelikz]

Definitely. I´d love a followup on what updates he´s done on the hardware galore.

[@gemnik]

yes

[@MrBigbmcc]

Linus I have a phone needs repair 24:09 and Linus gets my vote

[@TheHaskoDood]

You should compact some of the more recyclable junk into LTT E-Waste screwdrivers.

[@WilliamHollinger2019]

that would be cool

[@epiphany86]

Make screwdriver handles out of the shredded waste and resin ❤

[@inversemicron]

This is one of the best ideas I have ever heard.

[@heinrichrahm1531]

But people need this stuff all the time

[@HerbaMachina]

Yeah those would cost like $100-200 each, due to the compacting/shredding of the e-waste, and then embedding in resin +machining. Yeah you don't want to pay the cost of that screwdriver.

[@kalimaa999]

So refreshing to see unscripted LTT making a come back... Feels like the good ol' days

[@GameTimeWhy]

Agreed

[@AmateurTroll69]

Agree, I fucking hate over scripted and edited LTT it feels so fake...

[@BobBob-zu2dt]

It felt like when he built a computer for his son, the running around a warehouse filled with crap.

[@Shuruii]

I had that exact buzz lightyear figure growing up, sadly it was in a flood when I was a kid, found out when I was 20 my aunt kept it in her basement for almost two decades, fixed it up and lost it in a move but it was a lovely hit of nostalgia to see it here.

[@TheChemizzle]

Seriously, why isn't Jordan in more videos? His sense of humor and banter is great, plus his chill vibe makes you feel like he has been your best friend since you were kids lol.

[@Sommyie]

He must be replacing someone?

[@pcmasterracetechgod5660]

Reminds me of anthony a bit, I miss him

[@glyakk]

@@pcmasterracetechgod5660 Emily

[@strawbemily3182]

@@pcmasterracetechgod5660 yeah im dissapointed Emily hasnt been in more videos lately

[@TheBacktimer]

I liked Anthony better but Jordan is a good match here

[@-B.H.]

Jordan ftw! Dude was pretty chill on camera and could throw some fun shade back at Linus. Also internal scrapyard wars could be a fun series.

[@slickstretch6391]

He reminds me of Anthony's earlier vids.

[@MyArtificialNostalgia]

I mean its not really scrapyard wars at that point, but I see what you mean. This video definitely gave off similar vibes, in a good way

[@Snay1998]

Yea Jordan won fair and square without having to replace anything Linus took a bit of replacement lol(even if some were out of his control)

[@kiarasimone123]

He gives me the biggest cool dad vibes ever

[@the_undead]

Honestly, at this point I'm convinced one of the writers has a little course to teach people how to insult Linus correctly from maximum effect on video

[@bemenatif]

i would watch every video from this series just to support you for helping the local shop

[@Somtaw420]

After walking by that store for years, it's so wild to see all the stuff I expected to wind up at an SOS somewhere actually being put to use in an LTT video.

[@FunFactsNinja]

I love the chemistry between Linus and his staff

[@zamm7382]

They get paid to pretend XD . I can bet you things are different off cameras

[@Juanni]

@@zamm7382oh yeah because that’s how every company operates

[@dibyaudhdas1978]

I mean....their staff(s) destroyed his bedroom and caused financial losses,but he's still chill with them.@@zamm7382

[@nskubix3196]

you are just jealous that you can have a happy relationship with your boss not like your 9/5@@zamm7382

[@NakedTrashPanda]

​@@zamm7382I doubt it is completely different. But yeah, most definitely not all buddy buddy.

[@rbrookstx]

By far one of my favorite videos this year from y’all!

[@krtirtho]

These are the most real world setups we'll ever encounter. So much nostalgia

[@TheWinjin]

Oh god yes. This is what your average homebrew gamer looks like. It's what was whatever on sale, what he had left, what he upgraded from, and so on. Like I have DDR4 not before I like it, but because the smaller motherboards for my Tower100 case with DDR5 went WAY over budget for me, so I had to reuse half of my old DDR4 with a cheap mobo and ONE DAY I will get a proper DDR5, but for now, I manage "as is".

[@stonemanguitars]

@@TheWinjin What's wrong with DDR4, I used DDR3 up until mid 2019.

[@g00nie5]

@@stonemanguitars I'm still on DDR3 😂

[@stonemanguitars]

​@@g00nie5 Let me guess you also have a massive case with hundreds of drive bays, the only real gaming chair (Dining room chair) and of course, you connect to your monitor with VGA.

[@xenoxdafox2772]

@@g00nie5 Sammeee im running 32gb of 1917hz DDR3 in dual channel with an i5-6600 quad core non k clocked to 5 ghz hooked up to a homemade cooler that has kept it alive for 8 years so far.. an overclocked but not overvolted GTX 1650 with windows 10 pro I also have RGB but.. its one red fan one blue fan and one green fan lmfao! I love my setup even though its old as hell it can still game at 60 fps in any game at my monitors resolution of 1360x768. Linus's videos make me genuinely sad i cant afford the new stuff but i'm thankful i have what i do. I'm fortunate to even have a gaming rig and to not be stuck on console.

[@PHARAOH_89]

helping that shop out was really cool of you guys!

[@PHARAOH_89]

a really good way to help someone out and get good content ! you guys should do that more often !

[@WDMurphy]

The Boombox as flair AND sound make it way better than any other one.

[@Ruudiii]

Omg linus, i started watching you back when i went to high school (10-12 years ago). I was HOOKED on scrapyard wars. This reminds me of those. Its not just the great content, its your personality which really is just a breath of fresh air today. I started a job in IT 1 year ago because you got me into this. Thank you.

[@sharmz7540]

I snuck out of my Amish cabin to watch this computer video

[@thisismagacountry1318]

Thee art SHUNNED

[@1987FX16]

Hope you're doing okay bud.

[@TheMonkeyFlu]

BUT TODAY WAS THE BARN DANCE! YOU CHOSE THIS OVER THAT?... Respect 🤣

[@eggtarts286]

Stay safe buddy

[@darrelldog5]

This deserves a like! Lol.

[@MSI2k]

Man, it must be awesome having a boss like Linus. Dude just seems fun to be around.

[@iwillgethagh]

he aint the boss no more

[@epicmetalness]

there are some who would disagree

[@realkrzaku]

​@@epicmetalnessoh yes

[@Jpcraque]

Tell that to madison!! who got fired for going to HR trying to talk about being harassed

[@Wrathlon]

Jordan and Linus are so good together - they need to do more videos for sure. Oh man I thought Buzz was gonna win for sure but that Rabbit rocking out is a tough choice.

[@stephengrott5916]

Jordan is great he should be featured more

[@devarghyadas]

IKR

[@Spurnski]

Agreed!

[@CyberPirate2008]

He seems like a cool dude. Would be cool to see him on videos more.

[@general_jacob8949]

Really, really enjoyed his vibe here. Would love to see more of him.

[@chroment0962]

Jordans setup running 100+ fps is actually wild

[@hikaritsumi2123]

Gotta give it to Linus on practicality but Jordan's set up is hilarious and it works too! Btw that "kids at play" sign is pretty accurate lol

[@LucaBlightOfHighland]

Man, how cool would it be to have a huge warehouse full of hardware so you can mess around like that?

[@salvadormendoza8535]

I have one, and is not so cool because you are always finding something better to put into your rig, but you have no time to put it so you say "next time i rebuild my rig i'll put this on it" and guess what? you dont remember to do it or worst, you cant find the damn thing that you wanted to put in your rig

[@Kaenguruu]

@@salvadormendoza8535those are true first world problems xD I'd have my warehouse indexed and sorted like crazy just for the sake of it

[@LinniageX]

Start a tech business. I regularly have to dispose of trucks full of old pcs and crap. Seriously, I gave away like 25 computers this year with 8th gen intel cpus.

[@phuzz00]

When I was working at a company building computers (Evesham Micros, they were shit), I wanted to build a spare PC that I could use to browse the internet when I was bored, but I was limited to only the parts that weren't on stock, ie whatever I could find lying around that had been forgotten about. That was a fun day or so, sneaking around when I was supposed to be working. (More fun than screwing harddrives into sleds for a 32 bay NAS anyway)

[@Josh-cw8by]

@@Kaenguruu He's not in a first world country.

[@maxremington9925]

the bunny that does zz top had me on the ground 🤣

[@jeremygodwin8701]

This is the original type of content I came to this channel for. Awesome.

[@j.m.8895]

17:39 I love that unison "WHAT?!"

[@Gamble..]

found you very recently. i’ve been into pc gaming for a while but i’ve recently upgraded and have needed a lot of info. love your vids 🙏🏽

[@LukeTheJoker]

That was a very enjoyable episode! Great interaction between Jordan and Linus. Linus' rig wins, but Jordan's set up is mint!

[@HAFBeast91]

That sponsor spot was hilarious. My Herman Miller Aeron's biggest annoyance is when I lean all the way back, my legs just can't stay in the chair and I end up having to reposition myself

[@raylopez99]

Having sex in a chair sounds dicey; I've never done it that way.

[@ghostnotes5667]

I like Linus even more now. The way he helped out these shop owners is amazing!

[@thecomfyshirt]

It was a close game but I gotta give it to Linus. Not only did his gameplay look better but the sound systems are galaxies apart. Yes, having a boombox as your gaming speakers wins you a ton of style points. But you lose just as many points when you hear it. Oh plus I think Linus’s setup was a little more sleek and looked more like battle station I’d be happy to sit at for hours on end.

[@patrickgronemeyer3375]

lol bro you must be blind

[@rarenathan]

@@patrickgronemeyer3375just you

[@keithmarcus8638]

Linus setup IS better, but is boring AF. I still Like Jordan's

[@CockatooDude]

@@keithmarcus8638 Jordan's is cool for sure, but I'd much rather use Linus'.

[@s8wc3]

I think the boombox is broken, sounding thin is expected but it shouldn't be quite that distorted

[@aaronc5318]

Jordan seems like a cool guy, great to see him in videos recently.

[@yagogalvermerx8466]

"ill take all the cables" "I think thaat is going to be extremely challenging"

[@ddescham]

Jordan has such a great energy, definitely wanna see him in more videos!

[@CarlosKTCosta]

Love this, I'm going through a "vintage" computers phase so these scrappy builds are right up my alley ATM

[@Mad-Lad-Chad]

A lot of this stuff isn't vintage. The majority even, is not vintage.

[@napa5235]

​@Mad-Lad-Chad heck he literally got a rtx 3080

[@edeshkumar9686]

Man, I really wish to work at LTT, it looks so much fun

[@primordiael]

The transition at 5:54 needs to be talked about more

[@charlesgray6703]

Jordan and Buzz! Super fun video. We need more like this!

[@renzauceval]

LTT just did one of the most awesome transitions at 5:59 and no one seemed to notice.

[@VascoBreitenfeld]

This had some serious scrapyard wars vibes! Love it!!

[@aggressiveloaf6900]

Business Team: This video has sponsor spot for a gaming chair. Linus: Uses printer as a chair. Love you guys, love these types of videos.

[@atlasmedia13]

such entertaining yet informative content! beyond glad you guys were able to help out that momNpop shop and still come out profitable!

[@ibanix2]

What, no poll? I have to give it to Jordan on this one. The larger monitor is nice even at lower resolution - 1080p-ish was perfectly fine in Crysis era. The retro jank boombox just wins it for me. It has that "I spent all my money on my graphics card" vibe that is just perfect for this build.

[@ukaszw3451]

This is great content. Loved it! Making it work with whatever scrap you can find and comedic building with banter is beautiful

[@CoalitionGaming]

I enjoyed this unofficial Scrapyard Wars video

[@DoctorSherwood]

This was a fantastic video, nice job LTT team. These videos where the 'hosts' dont really know how its going to turn out end up being great content

[@MrHaggibear]

This was a very fun to watch outcome of a very fun to watch and heartfelt video! :) And yes, also slightly reminiscent of Scrapyard Wars!

[@christophertorres114]

As someone whose company partners with Lenovo, I knew Linus was gonna be ballin as soon as I saw those P24q monitors. 1440p AND reasonably priced, they're great monitors.

[@collinclark6086]

Mom and Pop Shop Part 2! Let's gooo!

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Calm down, dear.

[@Ga11onator]

You can actually change the line out, microphone and headphone outputs on motherboards into the 6 channels needed for 5.1 in windows settings 👌

[@StuffJason437]

Godbless Realtek!.

[@colestowing8695]

Me with a Dell pre built and one 3.5 Jack on the whole back of the PC😞 (it's ok, I solved it (ish) with a splitter from Amazon)

[@goldernie]

Holy shit 🤯 🤯 🤯

[@MrScorpianwarrior]

Woah, really? I can't believe I didn't know that

[@Junebug89]

Yeah this saved me when I accidentally bought a mobo with only stereo support by default when I have 5.1 speakers. I thought I'd have to buy a sound card.

[@SirPerzival]

23:48 Linus's face of approval to the phrase "Size is not everything" killed me hahaha

[@onemangeeksqaud]

The ability to make a video where you admit you are milking something, yet still make it a genuine video that doesn't feel like milking is amazing. You and your team are incredible

[@goodcitizen573]

Such a good video helping them out, even better that you lost alot. Not that I wanted to see you lose money, but it made me feel like you were in it for the right reasons and helped in such a unique a cool way. I loved that video so much and the nostalgia was perfect!

[@disneyeveryday4125]

This was awesome. Should totally turn it into a series.

[@OnlyForTheW3ak]

This reminds me a little of the OG Scrapyard Wars -seasons. Fun and weirdly nostalgic to watch! :D

[@Niraol]

Yooo I forgot about scrapyard warssss

[@maksymiliankuznik4856]

17:44 This "What?!" is brilliant.

[@niquil7800]

The moment he had Buzz AND the BoomBox, this video was done ;-)

[@DrDumplingMD]

The Rabbit playing the guitar definitely saved Linus's build more than anything imo

[@aceous99]

best 300 dollar entertainment money could buy

[@ray-conemod8271]

I just love the jank boombox audio set up. There's something clever about it and of course absolutely hilarious.

[@GDoucet0403]

Jordan should definitively become more prominent on the channel, really fun to watch

[@simon_23-u3r]

Great video man your videos are one of the reasons I’m gonna build a gaming pc

[@the_senate8050]

Kid: Mom can we get scrapyard wars? Mom: We have scrapyard wars at home! *Scrapyard Wars at home*

[@3949zxcvbnm]

I like how Linus can bring a gaming community back to a game we all Love and prolly neglected and would love to play right now... Props to Linus... I miss that game

[@v1x4z]

You should combine the two to see what's the best system you could build out of all that e-junk and maybe dig through it to find a better mobo & CPU too

[@Tricendo]

no😐

[@greenboots5823]

@@Tricendo yes😀

[@jionscott2836]

The way linus carried that printer has me 💀

[@Timeless-wisdom-now]

Around the time that Apple switched to Intel chips I had about 15 G4 cubes in stock. I had the powder coated pink, made pink inserts for the keyboard and monitors and sold them for about £500. Untouched they would sell for half that. They always sold well as they looked cool but the pink upgrade had hair dressers and nail bars lining up to have them on there reception desk! They where great little computers aside from over heating if you put a sheet of paper on top of it and having a power supply that was the size of a small desktop computer!

[@soysol3648]

Wow you guys are going back to the old ways I love this type of content bless you guys at LTT

[@Metal_Maxine]

"I'm starting to really question my life choices" -- Linus, selecting RGB he can't use on his motherboard. Also: special marks to David for enabling

[@RogueWolf_1981]

I love these challenge videos! We need more!!

[@Psycheitout]

Absolutely adorable little Line 6 practice amp sitting there the whole time. Not one of you thought to use it as flair. And I thought you guys knew quality tech.

[@christophercolletta2596]

yep, i saw that too and got all excited

[@3ig3adwol45]

best content in a while... well done boys!

[@animewithcereal]

definitely my favorite ltt video, would love to see something like this again.

[@kyleaegis5613]

17:45 was that a perfectly synched double "WHAT!?"?

[@zeitgeist909]

this was actually very entertaining. Jordan for the win.

[@psychomarauder9351]

I'd say Linus's setup is way better!!! Honestly top tier ngl.

[@theamazingalsome]

I had that 7.1 audio box for an old gaming laptop. Worked really well.

[@AirForceBase]

Id love to see just how many complete PCs you can make out of all that stuff. Maybe build as many as possible, then do a direct performance comparison between them all?

[@Affektlv]

Jordans setup is defo the winner here, i had that same Buzz action figure when i was a kid and i have no idea where it went :(

[@darkeye77]

Great video! Loved seeing what you could get out of the purchase! Also Jordan wins--Buzz Lightyear + Boombox = victory

[@Brildawg]

Jordan is an absolute delight. Also his setup's better. He did have the wireless headphones. And still hooked up a flippin boombox. 😂😂

[@Fromogos]

C'mon, it's Jordan, if there's a competition he solos just by being there, he's the 🐐

[@lofirabbit4055]

This was like scrapyard, good times. Love Jordan Edit: they should do this next time in a random ma n pop store

[@HTownsend]

Jordan definitely wins this! Definitely an interesting way of getting around the problem of recognisability with scrapyard wars. Just buy the entire heap and both pull from the same pool.

[@danielhardy3379]

These videos are some of your best content. I would say you guys need to do this as a battle of build between tech shops or tech shops and Linus.

[@CLASHONYT]

We need more videos like this, loved it :D

[@Amahrodon]

You can make yet another video with the other awesome stuf from the pile, like explain what it is and what´s still good for use :) I love older pc parts and still use a lot that I find at second hand shops online and more ^^

[@CanOfRabbitHoles]

I could watch a whole series of these scrap builds! ace

[@thethingthatshouldnotbe3035]

I love how effortlessly sassy Jordan is xD