We Didn't See This PC Upgrade Coming! - Gear Up S2:E3

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[@SKLL3TR]

Americans are so lucky to have micro center seems like such a great place with actually good deals, Loved the video greg as always incredible content from you sir.

[@josephgood2704]

I feel blessed every time I walk into that place. It's so great. Everyone else apparently doesn't have one. I'm in denver and it's about a 25 minute drive. But well worth it.

[@auntiepha8343]

👍I live in Florida and we don't have a Microcenter, the closest location is in Georgia. I am honestly planning a vacation just to see that Microcenter! LOL Only certain Americans are as lucky as you describe.

[@mocsmore1308]

My closest micro center is 7 hours away. Barely ever get to go there

[@usleadershipareliars]

I'm not sure how it works, but look into becoming a franchise owner, thats how Mcds and obviously micro center can branch out, is franchise owners.

[@nushnume]

Yeah man i feel you....when i built my new AM5 build it cost me nearly 1000$ just for the cpu,ram and motherboard without anything else

[@floydlooney6837]

Tell Kenny to give some feed back on that GPU since many of us are not familiar with those ARCs

[@justagreenguy]

I've owned an Arc A770 for about 3 months now and honestly I've forgotten that it's not an Nvidia/AMD card. Haven't had issues with anything, granted I also don't play many AAA games, so I can't comment on that.

[@Drewkungfoo]

Yeah I’d like to test it out in a budget build for just browsing the web

[@cheizs.]

@@DrewkungfooHhahahaha for browsing the web you don’t need a gpu at all

[@LabCat]

I ran an A750 GPU for quite a while in a i5-12600k rig. My biggest issue was that the drivers were being constantly updated, and the auto-updater didn't always work the way it should. I'd have to go to Intel's website and download/install them. For a company that has been building chipsets for decades, you'd think they could figure something like that out. But the card always performed above expectations.

[@animalyze7120]

Arc A770 is a great card landing in the $300 ish range and stands toe to toe with the 4060, pulling ahead in 2k gaming depending on the title. Solid performer cost to performance. Only drawback is making sure to remove all old drivers and install fresh with each driver update to ensure no wonky behavior occurs.

[@fzmracerx]

Kenny got ripped. He paid $200 for a used board and 253 for a processor when you could have paid $349 and got the processor with the same board new and a stick of DDR5 for $100 cheaper.

[@johncundiff7075]

sorry, but as an old guy who has seen the movie "Soylent Green".. no way I could drink that.... Love your videos!! Keep up the great work!!

[@dakoderii4221]

Soy has estrogen mimickers in it. They are putting soy in everything now from spaghetti sauce, tortillas, candy bars, cans of tuna, etc, etc. It causes men to become emotional and makes breast cancer rates for women skyrocket. The Japanese ferment soy before eating it to remove the excess estrogen mimickers. These companies adding it to almost everything do not. By not doing so it is VERY toxic to the liver. This should be ILLEGAL. Instead they run campaigns to slander people like me who tell others to go read the peer-reviewed studies. Unfortunately, it is very effective since many people are stuck in a child like mentally and mistake insults for science. Also, regarding "soylent green", they are advocating for outlawing meat(elites can eat all they want though). For us common people the solution is to grow meat in the lab. They even have mini kits where you scrape the inside of your mouth for skin cells and use that DNA to grow meat from yourself. Truly something out of the Twilight Zone. Please look into this and spread the word before this becomes our terrifying new reality. Only mass awareness can stop it, mass awareness before it is implemented.

[@bdhale34]

Soon as that inline midroll started up and I saw the brand I was thinking "Do they not know?!?!" IT'S PEOPLE!!!!!!! lol

[@jip300]

Exactly they hadn't seen it right... Right

[@Markuus21]

This channel is gold. It is its authenticity that makes it so. You should be proud of yourself!

[@fabricatedego]

Soylent Green is people!!!!!! Couldn't resist. Love the video

[@Grievous-]

As much as I enjoy your 'Fix or Flop' videos, I am finding myself really enjoying watching you upgrading people's rigs. We get to see more of your personality.

[@JamesRussoMillas]

Definitely not the gpu upgrade I would have gone with. Not even because ARC its just that it's barely a 50% uplift from a 1070. If he went 6700XT he could've doubled his perf and increased the vram :(

[@Mopantsu]

I thought the same. I was like WTF dude. Gregg should have steered him towards AMD.

[@MrTobiKay]

Agreed, 4GB more VRAM and a bit more performance for just about 50 bucks more would have been the better choice. Otherwise the A770 16GB could also have been interesting. Really looking forward to Arc Battlemage

[@catch2030]

“Kenny is not the biggest gamer. He made that very clear upfront”. So depending on what his particular main use case is for his system, the GPU he picked might be more suited towards that.

[@bob_ohms2low75]

A770 is a great card for 1080p, but dude doesn't game. Intel has done wonders with the drivers.

[@akumarus]

Thank you for rubbing it in for all of us who dont have a micro center anywhere on the horizon ! Great

[@EpicFudgemuffin]

Strange choices. Why does he need two 980 Pros? And why not go for the 12700K + mobo bundle to save money for a beefier cooler?

[@garycreasey4453]

Today I visited a Micro Center for the first time because of these videos. Walking in gave me the same feeling I got as a kid visiting Toys R Us! I think I even heard a choir singing in Latin when the doors opened.

[@lewishostetler1292]

Haha Soylent Green is made of people..... it's people!!! Great content. The closest micro center to me is an hour away. Great upgrade..

[@denuua]

Hey Greg! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS SERIES and you get my attention out of all the videos on my homepage! LOVE YOU MAN

[@falkwulf3842]

Sorry Greg BUT.... Soylent Green is People.... LOL.... Jokes aside Thank you for all you do for the community Greg it is wonderful to see someone giving back. I just wish I lived closer to a MicroCenter but sadly the nearest one to me is a 5+ Hour Drive away and our local Best Buy only carries a SEVEARLY limited selection of PC component parts with most of the stock being peripherals... so I am stuck just using the big A or the Egg for my PC parts needs.

[@vinlandviking]

I had the same reaction to the sponsor's name. I'm 71yo and still able to remember, "Soylent Green is People!" 🤣

[@Rohgamu]

It's People????

[@dakoderii4221]

Look into the WEF's plan for the world. They want us to eat lab grown meat(chicken just got approved). They have kits where you can grow your own steaks from scraping skin cells off your cheek and then growing them in a kit you can buy soon. I wish I was making this up. Please look into it and spread the word before this becomes our terrifying future. It is easy to Google.

[@falkwulf3842]

@@Rohgamu Its from an Old Book that was published in the 1960's and later a Movie adaptation of the book in the 1970's.

[@LabCat]

You know that MicroCenter ships, right? I know a lot of their bundle deals are instore only, which kinda saps the glamour, but you know you're buying quality parts as opposed to Amazon, which is rife with copycat products.

[@jonathanscherer8567]

This guy's "old" PC is maybe 7 years out of date. It seems like a pretty well-rounded system that'll still stand up to a lot of modern usage. I hope Greg finds some people who have really old PC's that really are in need of an upgrade. You know what I mean? Some of us keep our rigs for 10 years or more. It happens. A computer is a huge purchase that has to last for a lot of people. Like a car. It'd be feel good stuff to see someone with a truly ancient system get an upgrade. Of course, you might have to replace everything in that case. lol

[@lanceripplinger8352]

Cool series, Greg! I could help but think of Soylent Green when I saw your ad insert there. That company might want to change their name to something besides "Soylent"!

[@JeffDeWitt]

Kind of reminds me of the old Ayds diet candy. It was popular for years, then AIDS came along...

[@RazielXSR]

I see Soylent comes in the green variety for those who miss Nam.

[@Gookrak]

Soylent Green is people!

[@dakoderii4221]

@@Gookrak Look into the WEF's plan for us to "stop climate change". They just approved lab grown chicken meat. They have plans where you grow steaks from your own skin cells in a mini-lab you can buy soon. I wish I was making this up. Please look into it and don't just insult me. I know it sounds insane(because it absolutely is!) Mass awareness BEFORE this is fully implemented is the only way to stop it.

[@AJ-FL]

I was quite confused as to why he went with a separate mobo and separate 12700k which took 500+ of his budget when there is a 12700k bundle with an MSI MOBO and DDR4 Memory for 349.00?????

[@literally-no1595]

that and the intel arc gpu..... makes zero sense lol

[@Bobbaeee]

Free is free bro

[@AJ-FL]

@@Bobbaeee free is free isn’t the point, the bundle I’m speaking off is widely advertised by micro center, I would think the sales team would literally make their best efforts to get the most out of a budget, specially on a video which is literally promoting the store itself

[@Bobbaeee]

@@AJ-FL I agree with you it’s a way better deal lol it’s tough that they didn’t lean him towards it but either way he’s walked out happier with something better than he came woth

[@AJ-FL]

@@Bobbaeee no argument in the fact that he got it for free, my stance is from a standpoint of micro centers associates ability to help everyday customers recommend the best value for the consumer as to be clear, this video is sponsored for the purpose of getting new customers through those door to purchase Hence why the question remains

[@jaybusa3302]

Dude this episode was awesome. I really liked that you got out of the house and then got other people involved in the vid. Great job

[@vikonemedia1]

you have great deals in america with cpus,in my country you would pay around 450$ for i7 12700k and for the intel arc u would def pay over 400$,(i got my rx 470 8gb for 180$ and that was considered cheap) it is what it is

[@stephanemontour3842]

The handshake 😂😂😂

[@dragonman910]

A red and black gpu from MSI is still amazing to look at!

[@jayb2705]

I had a 1080ti with that Gaming X cooler, it performed as well as it looked. Now I have a 4090 Gaming X and it is just a bit bland, MSI used to have such a distinctive style.

[@PHDarren]

You should do the outro with the credits in the style of Police Squad, when they stop in motion doing whatever they are doing like a freeze frame but still live.

[@bikedoc4145]

Does anybody else think Greg would make an awesome Egon Spengler if they did another Ghostbusters? Right now he captures Demons in old Haunted Gaming Rigs from all across the lands 👍👍

[@toufusoup]

I’m curious if these are just filmed on back to back days. I can’t imagine Greg flying out every other day halfway across the country every time an episode needs to be filmed.

[@GregSalazar]

Of course they're filmed back-to-back :-) We've literally put out community posts on KZbin and tweeted about the days we'll be there to film. It's how we line up viewers' rigs ahead of time.

[@NonLegitNation2]

nah, Greg owns a pimped out Airbus A380 with full living accommodations on it, so him and his family live there when they need to.

[@bligh1156]

GregForce One

[@toufusoup]

@@GregSalazar ack! I missed the community post(s). I only started watching early July since recommended did its job in recommending a PCDC. That’s my bad.

[@BigIrishLug]

Okay the Soylent hit me fer an absolute fecking whopper. First flashback was to Soylent Green.

[@ChrisCreats]

When ur advertising Solent shakes all I could think of was solent green lol

[@Splintygames1]

Awesome I'm heading to micro center tomorrow never been doing my first build. Going with a ryzen 5600x but haven't landed on a border yet. Ps I love what you do keep it up!

[@Q3Blue]

Since he picked a Asus board, he could of reused his cooler since it has the holes for both LGA 1700 and 1200. The Z height difference isn’t great enough to make a difference.

[@GregSalazar]

We didn't wanna risk it, but he still has the old cooler if he'd like to give it a shot.

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

​@@GregSalazar In this line of thought,i recently had an Asrock 1155 motherboard, that i've killed by a dead I7-2600. It had a mounting holes for 775 coolers,as well!!!

[@whitemdw]

Soylent has a Green flavor!! That's so awesome!! It's people!! Seriously though, love these Micro Center vids.

[@ionakiddo]

Pretty cool! I have a 6700k and 1070 that’s treated me very well all these years. Just put in a new case to give it some love before eventually going to my daughter as her first PC.

[@TheJms1977]

Love this series regular people with a chance of scoring some nice gear, bring it to the uk please!

[@Zyinxz]

Hi Greg, just want to say I've always enjoyed the gear up series helping people out, including the Fix or Flop Series. It truly shows how helpful, genuine and humble you are! You deserve all the success so far and so much more! Keep up the great work and video contents!

[@perpetualprocrastinator]

It is so cool and refreshing to see an all Intel build. Hopefully Deep Link will assist in Kenny's workloads. Using AMD and Nvidia GPUs with mature drivers is so boring. There is certain kind of excitement and novelty in using Arc GPU and see it's drivers improve month after month which is so rewarding at a user level.

[@abyssalflame6562]

I love this series so much. Thanks for helping people out all the time.

[@GregSalazar]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@sebastienboudreau9028]

My first build ever was a 6700k and 1070 as well.

[@n00blike]

Great video! You don't want a "And there's the reroll..." moment? lol

[@bdhale34]

I'm extra lucky, there are two Micro Center stores within 2 hours of me.

[@doge9347]

lol that ending was hilarious

[@GregSalazar]

:-D

[@SuperDavidEF]

Whatever you do... DON'T DRINK the GREEN SOYLENT!!! 🤣

[@elusivelectron]

Soylent green!!! So glad Futurama started its new season.

[@dindunk]

so nice to see the upgrade! i recently upgraded my motherboard and i owe it to (mostly) you & your videos that im able to do everything by myself. over 2 years i have upgraded all by myself starting with R5 2600 > R5 3600X, stock cooler > ID Cooling SE 224 Xt, XPG D80 x1 > XPG D50 x2, stock case fan > DF CF8 pro, GTX 1650 super > RX 5700 XT + new PSU and latest is MSI B450m to Gigabyte B550M DS3H! Thanks Greg for the amazing content!

[@foxfff123123]

Would probably want to enable resizable BAR for that card to get the most out of it

[@SuperReactionman]

The ARC Control Center will remind you of that ^^

[@TazarZero]

I foresee the Most Epic Awkward Handshake becoming a thing in this series.

[@timothydavy6431]

Soylent is people!

[@iowndvc]

I built a similar rig last year, exceptions are a EVGA RTX 3070 FTW3 GPU and a Thermaltake AIO...and quite a lot of RGB since the ASUS motherboard supports it. I used a Corsair 5000D AIRFLOW for the case. I'm sure he'll be very happy with the motherboard and 12700K, they work well together.

[@tonyo4437]

Great build. I liked this viewers choices.

[@mikenyc1589]

I just love those adds for the Bundle Combos....saving so much money....but its on the original price....your lucky if you save $100

[@gamemaster27]

New Series should be called "Go Broke with Greg Salazar" 🤣🤣🤣🤣👍👍

[@bearg4019]

Looks like our old compUSA...we did have in Orlando..and Altamonte..in Florida

[@Aaron_Jensen]

Props to our man for going ARC.

[@UTFapollomarine7409]

always enjoy your footage Greg sir

[@EnVyAquarius]

Love what you do Greg! Keep doing these in Houston!

[@Michal1982Michal1982]

7:44 "Intel will be amazing" 🤣

[@Jason_Voorhees.]

Solvent green is all I could think of during that sponsored commercial 😂

[@Junior41180]

Soylent Green is people!😅😅😅 Another great video Greg.

[@ixperimental9268]

intros awesome. ill be sure to visit... as soon as they put one in Arizona

[@DuneRunnerEnterprises]

Oh,in the name of Mahdi,Greg!!! Just get the friggin' convertor 6 to 8 pin,you do know,that Keeny gonna use his,you in the one of the biggest PC shopping centres! And,you COULD find an adapter for the cooler,as well!!!!

[@harborcbs]

Soylent green is people !!

[@CrashPilot1000]

"der8auer" would have made you a mounting kit for your old cooler in no time :) . Just to avoid some possible driver-hell I would have gone for an AMD card and even discarded the NVME from the list to get the biggest AMD card for the budget.

[@m8x425]

Can he get a mounting kit for that old cooler?

[@jiegoitontheloose3081]

Another fun video....never thought shopping for new pc parts can be so satisfying and enjoyable!😊

[@Nogamers9057]

The handshake best part. The build was great

[@noxproductions6851]

I remember my first time in a microcenter....it was amazing.

[@bjammin7d]

Greg, I always love the awkward handshake at the end 🤣🤣

[@user-kb3co6mj6e]

Dude the sponsor is soylent brings back memories of the film soylent green

[@teddysurf]

Try the Soylent Green it has a familiar flavor… also, thanks for putting The KZbin commercial right after your commercial on a 13 minute video appreciate it…

[@brandyboutwell9388]

“Soylent Green is people!” - Detective Thorn

[@nextcornerman]

Awesome video once again Greg! Keep them coming!

[@dennistomsen5822]

1:31 "Soylent Green is people!"

[@SuperReactionman]

A lot of love for the A770 ♥

[@artofchang]

Man I wish I had a Micro Center nearby. Closes one is 2 hours away in a different state. I've been trying for years to get them to expand into my state.

[@Salfordshire]

They really named their nutrition brand Soylent? That's like calling your dog Cujo and hoping people will pet it. "Soylent Green is People!!!" lol

[@notarage]

Love your videos! I hope you keep up the awesome work with microcenter. My local one took care of me, when I was having some trouble with a rebuild. Awesome people and service. Any chance you could do a review or recommend(s) video, for different programs? Like best antivirus, driver updater, etc, for your PC.

[@citizenguod]

❤ Micro Center Houston

[@Eddie1536]

@Greg Salazar. Why didn't you get him the 3 in 1 bundle 12700k+Asus Z690 MB+ 16GB ddr5 they have it for $350. All new parts.

[@masoodkearns1797]

You rock always love watching this

[@Jules_Diplopia]

What is it with this confused hand shaking at the end? Never mind, that is a sweet upgrade. And an Asrock Intel GPU... mmmm tasty, I want one of those too.

[@Kris451]

Soylent? I hope there isn't a green drink. Edit: I saw the green... Oh no.

[@aaronshapiroedc]

Just came here to say I enjoy following the watches you're sporting Greg. We see you, and nicely done.

[@thomas.becker]

Getting a 8GB Intel A770 for 299$ over a 4060 also with 8GB would really not be smart for gaming. You only go Intel if you get the 16GB Version for like 330$ and get your value there. But his build is more productivity focused anyway. Plus he's probably gonna change the CPU cooler later ;)

[@FunkyTechy]

Yeah he said he’s not a big gamer but if wants productivity outta that cpu he’s gonna need something a bit chunkier

[@ivegyattocomment]

The ending oh God 😂😂😂😂😂

[@brucepreston3927]

They are finally putting a Micro Center within driving distance from me! It will still be a 3 hour drive, but I have always wanted to go to one! And if I really need a part same day I can always take the ride! lol

[@mysticdre321]

Can't wait for the Miami store next year and Orlando in 2025

[@taimoorshah8230]

Nice upgrade 👍🏼

[@martinslagle3061]

seeing these makes me wish I had a Micro Center anywhere near me.

[@dhgodzilla1]

Soylent Green is PEOPLE!! hahaha

[@x8jason8x]

Bro made the ARC 770 choice. Bravo.

[@januaryleaf]

god damn i can spend my whole day here .

[@ModjoGaming]

Kenny is obviously a Star Wars fan :)

[@Kaikuuuuu]

I wish Micro Center would come to Finland. We barely have any big PC stores here.

[@parayze6220]

Soylent green is people

[@bobfranklin2572]

Ive watched a few KZbinrs do vids in/about microcenter and the staff always seem fantastic

[@jgorres]

Should have pushed for 2x16GB sticks so there's room for expansion in the future.

[@aliensounddigital8729]

Black and Red color scheme woot!

[@feintcobra]

That sales guy is actuallly such a great guy

[@JordanWeyh]

But "Hatcher. You've gotta tell them! Soylent Green is people!"

[@johnmillerjr3646]

Intel CPU build with an ARC GPU. Nice!

[@vn_loc7316]

Requirement for Deep Link

[@Dropsey818]

that Intel Arc card looks fine as hell.

[@alsy342]

Bro have exactly the same system as me lol :D

[@QuantumAssassin]

That is a clean looking build I like the Be quiet coolers.