Upgrading My LAN Setup + Water Cooled Node 202 Update!

PDX LAN has passed, but here's an in-depth look at some of the changes I've made towards a better OTG battle station. Enjoy!
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[@paulshardware]

Time for the live show Kyle! Bring beer pls

[@tgukmythica3015]

in twitch waiting for you guys hurry up =)

[@blondishasp572]

pls

[@acalek]

where..where..!

[@BRYMMA-]

can't wait!!

[@LoudGuitar14]

Are you bring us beer too? That would be super awesome

[@moti381]

"HONEY!!!... ahh atleast this one is silent" SO SAVAGE

[@TheSFMCreators]

Mr. steal yo girl... and put her back again

[@thompi8]

yea she talk to much hehe :D but i it vas hes way to protect herself from him hehe

[@CaveyMoth]

She probably also tried to get him a fake iPhone 7.

[@AakashMasud]

0:40 if you observe her knee carefully she got injured.

[@Ott4vi4nu5]

haahahahahah the intro

[@stueck9356]

I think his wife skinned her knee when she exited the car. ouch!

[@mrlithium69]

i saw that, coulda been makeup tho. If it was thatd be even better

[@ayush.6083]

i think she did prntscr.com/d503cb

[@diogomarques5493]

dude.. just savage! xD

[@CaveyMoth]

That was the best ad I've ever seen in my life! I feel sorry for WifeyWit, though. Ouch!

[@ronan615]

OMG - That's the monitor I have! Accidentally melted part of it with a lamp but it still works 100% okay, so props to AOC for that!

[@ronan615]

Really? B/c amazon has yours at $319.77 currently, and the AOC one has the other use for AMD card users of being freesync. Also, I've noticed absolutely no hz issues.

[@ronan615]

$199.99 where I live...US. Meaning that the xl2411z is 1.5x the price.

[@ronan615]

No problem, prices change like crazy. Yeah - for $500+ I would never consider this monitor, but for the $200 I got it...it was a steal.

[@BobyTheDragon]

when fractal josh steals your waifu ;-;

[@blujelly2797]

fractal josh is waifu

[@CaveyMoth]

That it, I'm going to steal Fractal Josh. Say, nice avatar, Blu Jelly. I think I've seen that on the homepage of one of my favorite websites. >.>

[@tislumberjack3240]

Thank you BitWit! I don't know why people aren't encouraging LAN builds even more nowadays. We need to resurrect this past time, and these are great ideas for people.

[@jckf]

You show us the display carry bag twice ;)

[@fihn1453]

ikr

[@4guys1gun18]

Jim C K Flaten that is kind of funny

[@jugostran]

Jim C K Flaten is Fractal Josh included with this case?

[@jckf]

He clearly delivers it personally.

[@jugostran]

So,if i order it of of amazon,i am gonna get the case and fractal josh.right

[@JJiG]

So at 17:00 we experience Deja Vu because you repeat the same stuff 2x and just change the words a second time. lol

[@samtompk]

Lol. At 17:00 Kyle forgot to cut out his bad take where he messed up the words. :)

[@samtompk]

And then again shortly after with the carrying case!

[@Bitwit]

+Samuel Tompkins Apologies! The editing for this video was admittedly rushed to get it up before heading to Paul's house for Awesome Hardware. #blamepaul

[@samtompk]

It's all good! Just thought it was funny. Definitely jealous of your new setup Kyle!

[@sirat06]

#blamepaul

[@jesseryder1741]

#blamepaul

[@martticopriv]

Wouldnt it be cool to have a screen in the case of the computer?

[@musaabhasan6450]

Martti Groenen they do they are called laptops

[@yunghart]

Musaab Hasan fuck laptops. I'm not ever gonna spend more money on a laptop that performs 75% worse than my custom desktop.

[@komfyrion]

Check out this Linus video on the subject (well, a particular attempt at executing this, anyway): watch?v=kXQQ2qc45Ng I'd say the "Mono all-in-one" looks way better, though. It's a monitor with slots for computer parts on the back, not a case with a monitor on the side. Personally, I think if you strapped a Node 202 on the back of a 27" monitor you'd get a pretty neat portable rig, if the monitor stand can support it.

[@musaabhasan6450]

Oh my mistake they are called tablets.

[@pumpuppthevolume]

google gechic monitors ....like what he had before.....it's super thin....u can stick it to the case with velcro

[@Garmacon]

Did u forget to cut the first roccat tusko introduction

[@skweej]

That advert was 10/10 Kyle, more of these!!

[@Roysphotos8]

Good ad spot Kyle well done

[@julianendovitski5763]

At least he makes the ads funny and entertaining.

[@abrahamgrams109]

The Ad spot though.

[@knubbelidoo]

Kudos to wifeysauce for putting up with yours & Josh's weird ad ideas...

[@brycemcintosh7947]

You covered the bag twice. Did anyone else catch that?

[@CortMarshal]

Bryce McIntosh no. nobody else in the comments noticed

[@ignas9218]

It would be nice to upgrade to a half-PCB GTX 1070.

[@akashsinha5611]

Ignas i agree and donate that r9 nano to me :P

[@pumpuppthevolume]

there's also a 1080

[@ThierryTheuns]

pumpuppthevolume Link to that half-PCB 1080?

[@pumpuppthevolume]

ThierryTheuns yeah there r small 1070s I got mixed up.........although they r using the so called laptop 1080 in tiny pcs

[@ThierryTheuns]

pumpuppthevolume Too bad, I'm going with a Mini ITX 1070 now, because the 1080s don't exist in that size.

[@Exypnos]

I'm pretty sure if you were to run _any_ GPU at 10,000MHz, you would definitely end up with very _loud thermals_ as you physically hear the card sizzling and melting.

[@DanishNighthawk]

No GPU would run that. If you tried it would just crash.

[@Exypnos]

Nighthawk Yeah I'm aware. I'm just trying to be comical.

[@gaggetusmaximus7105]

For a fully watercooled node 202 use a "Slim" 240 Radiator (25mm) with 2 slim fans (12,5mm), this will fit under a fullsized GPU with waterblock and has round about 10-12mm of free space too "breath" ... i would like to see u build this fully watercooled (and maybe hardtubed for the challenge :D) also there is free space above the cpu now, maybe for the hdd/ssd's or another 120mm Radiator ? plz, maxout the 202 in a optical nice way ...

[@roshansanasam1950]

this channel got the best ads...!! not those lame ones of LTT

[@bot8.1]

"Speaking of lame ones...You know what is not lame? Our sponsors for today's video. Glasswire. Glasswire helps you to do blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah" ===LTT logo animation starts===

[@bot8.1]

@@pokepokepoke64 If you thought I was annoyed by ads, No. I'm always curious how Linus will slip the ads in between explaining something. I see my attempt to make a joke about that has failed. sorry.

[@hananas2]

0:16 Love the guards red color on that 911 one of my favourite cars with my favourite car colour.

[@thevillageidiot70]

hannes something Personally, would prefer a 3.2 carrera or even a 997 over a 991.

[@hananas2]

The Star of China I like the 991, it looks clean. (or at least a 991.1, the991.2 has these weird little vents at the bottom rear)

[@ssm1421993]

That kind of intros is the reason I started seeing your channel regularly! Content's Great too, but intros are just WOW.

[@AlexsMemeDump]

"Please don't shit in this one"

[@LollieHollie137]

How are you able to bring a water cooler? I thought liquids were not allowed on planes except for 8 oz bottles.

[@LAP_Maxwell]

You (or your editor if you have one) forgot to cut around 17:52 where you are telling us about the Tusko two times ^^

[@TheRandomSpectator]

THAT AD SPOT!!!!

[@Charsept]

my college does a con every year and it keeps getting bigger. it's actually going to be in a convention center this year instead of the student hall/building on campus. those were some of my first LAN party experiences and they were really really fun.

[@brodiehenry6618]

i just go deja vu about that carrying bag xD

[@csdn4483]

I'd suggest switching the case with the Silverstone RVZ01 which, while an inch thicker, it means you can put an AIO water cooler and stick a full sized video card in the system as well. More power for the expensive of about an inch in width.

[@HeyDan1983]

Wow, first time seeing a tech youtuber using an AMD GPU.

[@yung8860]

HeyDan1983 You don't watch many tech tubers then

[@HeyDan1983]

Can you send links to other youtbers using AMD GPUs please?

[@HeyDan1983]

Well if no one can point me some examples them I think I have watch too many tech youtubers, but none of them use AMD GPUs, I can actually point another one that no one put him as example and its Erlic from tech of tomorow, don´t take me wrong, Im not a fanboy of any brand, you people just see a comment like this and the defensive comments start to flow. I think that you don´t see that many AMD build because AMD can´t give away hardware like nvidia, that´s all; nvidia invest a lot on marketing, money that AMD don´t have and can´t do the same.

[@HeyDan1983]

I know AMD doesnt have anything to compete with nvidia high end right now, your comment dont have anything to do with my initial comment, it seems like you just want to start an nvidia vs amd discussion....

[@HeyDan1983]

Yeah whatever you said...

[@iliasvelaoras3038]

There also is the option of drilling holes on the other side panel to allow air to just blow straight through the case and the radiator, but I understand many wouldn't do that in a case like that

[@paulkim2455]

did anyone notice he talked about the roccat tusko two times?

[@eddiejohnson834]

Use the thicker fan, whack some cooling vents in the side panel (holesaw + a fancover, or just drill some small holes!) would give you better temps!

[@airsoft736]

That intro was funny as all hell!

[@HBAndrew]

I think you should leave the 120mm fan on the radiator and just use a dremel to cut out another air vent in the case above it to give it direct access to fresh air, that's my plan possibly when I get one. Only difficult thing will be getting it to look anything like the existing vents.

[@wafflesyem]

Why not switch the Fury Nano with the Gigabyte Mini ITX GTX 1070?

[@cockatoo010]

Close performance and the ITX 1070 Throttles a bit

[@asifchowdhury3025]

Sebastian Contreras I'm pretty sure the fury nano throttles a lot

[@ShadowSoldier28]

Asif Chowdhury with the power limit raised it doesn't throttle much, if at all, it's mainly power constrained due to the single 8 pin, unless you break the 80 C temp mark

[@ppca0290]

Freesync monitor......

[@RafaelTelevision]

Waffles Because you won't be able to fit it next to the AIO Radiator... I tried the same with a GTX1060, only to find out that it's 20mm longer and not fitting! I also use the r9 Nano now

[@EverythingisFire]

Next time you upgrade, check out the nifty console sized cases from smaller brands like the "sentry" from Dr. Zaber.

[@johngreen8465]

THAT AD pretty funny actually.

[@tuganerf]

Kyle, the g sync version of that display is actually the cheapest g sync display. Whould you consider taking a look at that? see how the panel itself fairs in terms of color accuracy and the "TNness"

[@samithasheshan8215]

10/10 intro

[@brianlankford3135]

Have you thought about modding in a vent for the better fan on the lid of the case?

[@bradb69]

I'm ASSUMING the wireless headset will remain around your neck? Otherwise the scenario for the mouse remains for the headset

[@a4t976]

Anyone who isn't an idiot would realize that the headset can't operate on it's own before stealing it. It's different with the mouse though, as it doesn't have a huge brick.

[@bradb69]

Johan Ekstrom I don't steal things. I'm such a loser. Let me go get that bleach...

[@flexx.2122]

13:49 Kyle:"Everything is running super smoothly" Unigine: *crashes* Murphy's law strikes again!

[@frederik_holmgren]

You really have to think of a new nick for the wife ... wifysauce is old channel related ... Just to get your ideas rolling ... BitchWit? BitWife? ... just remember to choose one with a low SOTC chance... (Sleep-On-The-Couch) :)

[@IfthiAli]

Frederik Holmgren BitTits

[@totisa93]

BayBit

[@jerryfinger6768]

NipBit

[@nitzanamihai1014]

Frederik Holmgren titwit

[@ashishpatel350]

alot of the chips around the ram and cpu get really hot and over a long time it can melt the cable.

[@ACMHK11]

17:38 Déjà vu

[@legomanTJ]

I was high when I saw it and it had me fucked up

[@TexasTimelapse]

Josh is awesome!! Love the commercial! !These are ads worth watching!

[@shadynasty69]

I've been tasked by a buddy in the navy to build him a gaming rig thats small portable and doesnt weight alot due to restrictions its one thing that doesnt really get covered alot but would it be possible if you could weight the pc on like a bathroom scale or something let me know roughly what to expect? thanks love the vid

[@Rekhan4242]

Jay Rowley That is really cool, good luck with the build!

[@shadynasty69]

yeah its abit of a challenge because weights never really a issue but they have a strict policy on how much weight they are allowed to take on the ship with them

[@Rekhan4242]

What is the limit, I am curious

[@shadynasty69]

25kg

[@TheEchelon]

Jay Rowley Zotac has an extremely compact pc with an 1070.

[@rob4601]

hahaha Your wife is such a good sport. Lucky man, shes pretty, puts up with you, and enjoys/ supports your interests. Living the dream !

[@youridv]

why does he repeat his bit about the bag 2 times?

[@casperunnerup]

Why not drill some venting holes in the sidepanel obstructing the AIO fan. Then you can use a 25mm fan and get cool air from outside the case

[@zachcalvrt1426]

Lmao anyone else notice the Tusko Intro twice

[@KiraSlith]

You can probably get a slim monitor stand to essentially convert the AOC to essentially a proper portable monitor.

[@KurtKloetentreter]

'everything is running nice and stable' *instant crash*

[@MiixDJ]

Fractal Design has the best commercials ever. Hopefully we see them on TV soon lol

[@jacksonmcquade7888]

Anyone else get de javu when he was talking about the monitor carrying bag?

[@brechanfraser5797]

One trick you can do to improve the thermals (or improve the air flow) is to cut a 4 1/2" blow hole into the top/ side of the chassis, this way you can have a standard 25 mm thick fan, instead of the usually loud (and fairly useless) 15 mm fan. The next challenge for this chassis is to install a real water cooling loop into it. I too have the Steelseries Siberia 800 wireless headset; I really like the freedom of being able to move around the apartment without worrying about cables and crap, I just wish that the volume could be raised a bit more than it does, and that the bass be more pronounced. IMO, they're great for both gaming and watching movies.

[@SilverLightGamingHD]

Wait why do you have like two takes of stuff in here? :P

[@thebreatho]

yeah i noticed too, like 2 takes and a half :P

[@AxeonEliteGaming]

Wish I could attend a LAN party in the future! Great video man!

[@Mr.Sequiro]

BitWench is quite hot. She seems to have a good sense of humor as well. My hats off to you. Good thing Fractal Josh is blind.

[@tylerlindberg7881]

The intros are fantastic! Also your wife is a great actor :)

[@obzen33]

best intro you've ever had

[@jacobrzeszewski6527]

I actually bought the lower end model of your monitor (The AOC G2260VW). I got it at Best Buy for $120! With Freesync! Which is one reason I went with an RX 470 for my first PC, but regardless of GPU that's a steal. Why NVIDIA do we have to pay double what Freesync costs to get the same basic technology! I have had my monitor hooked up to my Xbox One for about six months now and have had no issues with it what so ever. The response time is great too, (better on a PC though). And unlike AMD tradition, no overheating! Best (and only) monitor I've ever owned. I would recommend an AOC monitor to anyone who doesn't want to pay three or four hundred dollars for a simple 1080p monitor and still wants to retain some decent performance.

[@eaghra1995]

get wired mouse due to fear of thieves, then switches to wireless headset XD

[@anonymouse3501]

you can keep em on your head/neck when you walk around tho.

[@eaghra1995]

XD yea i know i just thought it was kinda funny

[@anonymouse3501]

Thomas O'Hara At first I thought the same.

[@anonymouse3501]

Cool you figured out how to watercool that tiny case. Maybe you can make a ventilation mesh or something in the panel right over the AIO??

[@Thaddeus_Howe]

Why dont you just get a big gaming laptop like a sager, or something?

[@jacobspadt2567]

Thaddeus Howe Because there's no kill like overkill.

[@diamondfrost1827]

Thaddeus Howe because PC master race

[@pierre6372]

James Jamieson sorry to burst ur bubble but a laptop is part of the pc master race

[@RobloxRandomMadness]

Just get a beefed up GT80, that thing is a beast when you have a mechanical keyboard built into it..

[@KianGurney]

Acer have a 21" ultrawide curved laptop with SLI in the works...

[@rarezer0197]

Will you ever use a Dr.Zaber Sentry case?

[@MexicanPoro]

I remember when he first put out that intro commercial

[@CaveyMoth]

Just like his wife got put out..of the car! HAHA!

[@IamPlainLazy11]

That intro... so good I had to comment before watching the entirety of the video. I'm sorry I'm a despicable person.

[@TechXSoftware]

I wish I had enough money to have 2 gaming PC's :(

[@SerpentineGraphicsOfficial]

TechXSoftware Just do what I did... got 2 jobs and didn't eat for a week lmao.

[@TechXSoftware]

MonsterClown I got 3 jobs lol, not sure about the eating part though, i'm quite fit and need a lot of food haha.

[@SerpentineGraphicsOfficial]

TechXSoftware Do you already have a gaming rig?

[@misterzzz9895]

+MonsterClown you just need to sell one of your kidneys rofl

[@SerpentineGraphicsOfficial]

Tom Hulk If only it were that easy...

[@CorerMaximus]

Kyle, love what you do not can you please link all the parts you used with an Amazon in the description (affiliate link?) on a wishlist maybe?

[@dante3660]

what if u stuck the the monitor to the node 202???

[@amaimonakihiko]

I bought the same AOC Monitor except 27"! Dec 2016. Absolutely love it :)

[@TechKnowScope]

Good video... I totally watched the whole thing before making this comment...

[@Elemino]

Liking my own comment because I couldn't be first... it's the small victories in life... Don't judge me, this is all I have...

[@CaveyMoth]

I totally watched it, too! Well, I watched the intro ad thing, at least.

[@CorerMaximus]

You seem to be around the Seattle area, can you let us know via video or something when a LAN nearby is happening that you would be attending? I (and I guess others) would really appreciate it as we get to meet you and play games in a more social area. Thanks! :) (tickets for pdxlan, a LAN event i never new existed have sold out :( )

[@Chickey]

Shame that monitor is £260 in the UK :-(

[@413xmb]

Have you ever done a guide on how to customize a pc to it's maximum potential? I built mine a month or so ago and I still haven't organized cables, overclocked, or anything. If you haven't would you do a massive all-in-one guide on the extent to which you can customize fan speeds, overclock, and whatnot? I ask you because I found your channel recently and I love watching your videos, you make every one interesting and worth watching. Thanks!

[@fortunatetalisman]

That intro is almost too much for me. But I get your comedy so I'm okay with it.

[@jesseburlison1071]

did you ever think of mounting the node to the back of the monitor? then you could carry it in one bag and it would take up less bench space.

[@xyn9409]

tfv8 tank :)

[@PyaasaBandar]

you could have drilled some mesh holes into the case with the thicker fan in the pull config directly getting air out of the case.

[@pleheh]

im going to buy the 75 hz version of that monitor its 160 euros in my country

[@Atl2s]

dont, buy a low-end monitor and overclock it or put in that extra 40 euros

[@pleheh]

jeppeflame thats the problem that monitor that is 200 dollars is 250 euros here so that same monitor in the video costs me 275 euros or i could go with the 21inch 75hz version for 128 euros

[@Atl2s]

Pelle Sanders what games are you playing?

[@pleheh]

jeppeflame games that are pretty cpu intensive so i probably wont see the benefit of 144hz like planetside 2 currently i have a 60hz 1280x 1024 monitor oced to 77hz and when looking for a monitor i wanted it to have at least 75 hz then im happy i have the i5 6600 and the gtx 1060 6g

[@Atl2s]

Pelle Sanders my 1080p 21 inch 75 hz monitor costs 50 bucks so don't get scammed, please

[@BlueW01f]

You definitely win the award for the best adverts!

[@junelsvtecturbo777]

is not wifeysauce no more kyle is wifbit lol

[@josestechcorner]

Try to get the Dan Case A4-SFX. That would be something cool for you to review.

[@ModrunOfficial]

dont shit in this one :O?

[@rice_puddn5947]

I'm sure this question has been asked before, but don't the chips on your ram and motherboard get a little too hot because they aren't being actively cooled? Typically an air cooler or case fans in a full/mid tower would give those parts at least a little bit of airflow, but that AIO just cools the cpu. Have you run into any issues with this?

[@turboboy0]

Bitwit is like new coke. I don't like it. Go back to the awesomesauce name.

[@turboboy0]

DudeGuyMan99 I don't want to. I want my awesomesauce

[@CoalitionGaming]

Kyle, any idea if there are any LAN Parties of that scale here in SoCal? Us plebs can't afford plane tickets! lol. Otherwise, maybe getting with some people and organizing one locally would be cool!

[@akashsinha5611]

wow, and i still go with my 2nd gen i5 + radeon 6000 series graphics and 4 gb ddr 2 ram with a dell mouse and free samsung earphones. 😒😒 #donate_me_a_$350_pc

[@quadraforest]

fROSTBiTE my desktop pc is unmounted until next holiday and i use a laptop with a 2.1ghz dual-core pentium cpu, 3 gigs of ram and a mobility 4530hd with 512mb of vram. i don't mention the specs of my desktop pc to not look like a douchebag ;)

[@quadraforest]

fROSTBiTE i did,too,to see how some of us are struggling during school

[@akashsinha5611]

fROSTBiTE sorry but i can't remain happy with the 28 fps i get on CS:GO with 4:3 800*600 resolution. Yes the above mentioned specs are that of a laptop and that's the only machine i have. F my gaming 😢

[@quadraforest]

akash sinha you can just replace the graphics card and revive that pc. get an nvidia gt610(at least) and you will be in higher 30's heaven

[@quadraforest]

fROSTBiTE i get on that laptop 31-38 with the lowest settings possible at 1280*720, WTF

[@ol_brendo2350]

that intro oml i m dead "atleast this is silent" XD

[@donnynottim]

thats emberassing editing fail

[@klyded8523]

timothy banks in case you wanted to see the roccat tusko twice.

[@RandomActionProd]

I've been getting a lot of display driver crashes since May. It only started after installing a Zotac GTX 960 AMP! 4GB. Every driver since installing has crashed multiple times.

[@fistcharger2575]

Random Action Productions yea I was having the same Issue.. happend to be a problem with my os in my case...had to reinstall os to fix it

[@Space_Reptile]

the wiredamage looks like you pinched it w/ a screw

[@Kraaketaer]

Just wondering, why don't you cut a vent for the AIO in the case? I get that making it look good might be a challenge, but that should improve thermals massively.

[@damagineer3147]

I like the name bitwit. It's the content that matters anyway.

[@ujiltromm7358]

GeChic should actually release a new portable 1080p IPS panel with sub-10ms response time this month. I'm looking forward to it !

[@MikeGoinglive]

I'm in Canada and I was interested in the Monitor you showed so I looked for it on amazon.ca and its $600 canadian. Gotta love that conversion.