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Whoops, I just finished watching the 'What do we do now?' video. Possibly the most serious video ever published by LTT. Perfectly exemplifies my post. A script full of jokes and product placement. Bravo. LTT can't even produce a decent script setting the right tone for their own apology video. I guess a week of 'housekeeping' will have to deal with that...

I just watched the recent 'Why is EVERYONE Buying This Mic' video, and it left me with some thoughts. Linus states he never encountered FiFine before, but featured one of their products in 'Top 5 Mics Under $50' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIQfDFARBLQ) where it did really well. I understand Linus may have forgotten, buy a simple word search trough previous scripts could have avoided this, is that not the job of LTT's professional writer team? Linus then says the boom arm 'could break at pretty much any time' even though in the product demonstration it works perfectly fine, holding the microphone in place even with exaggerated movement, where the much more expensive premium solution next to it falls on the table after being touched. The Amazon reviews also do not back up this claim and it feels like the price point is completely ignored, just to be able to add something to the 'cons' list of the review. The included cable ties are not shown, but people are recommended to buy 15 dollar LTT ones instead. For a super low budget mic? Why? I get promoting LTTstore is good for business, but that's a pretty tone-deaf statement for such a low cost product. At 9:35 Linus mentioned the downside of an omni-directional mic, but was it that hard to actually demonstrate how much this mic picks up keyboard and mouse clicks? Maybe so the audience can hear for themselves and compare it to some other mics? At 11:20 three 5-star reviews shown on screen, but two of them are the same review. Not a huge deal, but another indicator of a lack of care and oversight that was missed at several stages; during editing and (presumedly) during the review process of the final video before uploading. At 12:00 Linus says there aren't too many bad reviews but they are a 'red flag' and a reason people might want a more expensive version. Is this claim substantiated? Any popular Amazon product will have a number of bad reviews. Where is the comparison to 1-star reviews from the premium brands to support this claim? What about the 'it's fine as long as the company makes it right' attitude? This is just one video, and probably a filler video. It's meant to be a simple product review, but this is not how to do a proper review. Adding some graphs and other data from LABS did not elevate the standard of the review itself. Sorry for the long text, but to get to the point I would like to make: why focus so much on writing a catchy script rather than focus on what makes a good review? Like listing pros and cons based on actual experience? And drawing a conclusion from that? Comparing the product to similarly priced options, rather than Apple EarPods and pro-grade equipment? We need experienced reviewers, not experienced writers who don't know how to structure a basic product review. Thoughts?

I think we all would like to see @LinusTechthe way he made it big on Youtube, just a guy, a goofy tech-loving guy making silly videos with an enormous talent for entertaining his viewers. But over the last few years it has become clear LTT is now a big business, with big business turnover and running costs. To me, again and again, every step of the way seemed like almost too big of a leap. Too much of a risk. Things like the move from the house to a commercial space, the insane expansion of the team, buying cinema quality cameras and gear, and now settings up Labs, etc. Really? All that, just for Youtube? I have so much respect for Linus (and Yvonne) for having that vision, and being able to pull it off. Many years ago, Linus said he wanted to make content about tech and computers the way Top Gear made content about cars. And I think they've succeeded. . So, would you ask Clarkson and co advice on what car to buy? No, me neither, but I can still enjoy the show, right? LTT banks on entertainment, on a broad viewership. Not on being the channel with the highest integrity or most in-depth technical detail. That space is filled by channels like Gamers Nexus and Level1techs. I'm certain they would never consider an Amazon sponsorship. Those channels also will never reach the viewership or engagement LTT has. And that's fine. We can have both, Sponsored videos are ads. When someone says 'I've been paid to tell you this' maybe don't believe them.

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@Origami Cactus I know that's the safest way, but it's a miniITX system, and also that would be way too impractical for me. @Mira Yurizaki Thanks for your reply, buto I'm not sure that's actually safer than disabling the drives. I was looking for something that makes it impossible for the OS to access my personal drives, or even completely hides them from the OS. Also, I need an account with admin privileges, and not everything works perfectly in an VM.

I have a system that I use for work as well as my own personal things. It has 4 SSD drives (2 with Windows 10, 1 Linux drive and 1 for storage) I often have to test software, open files from customers, and use customers' external drives and USB devices on my system. I'm a little afraid of getting a virus or ransomware or something. I already have a separate installation of Windows 10 just for work, but ideally I'd want to completely block access to all other drives. What would be the safest way to go about that? Just disabling my personal drives in Device Manager? Or is there a better method?

Why did you have to blur out the Vivo Apex in a Vivo X21 video?

The 8600k is probably faster in most games. You didn't really state what you use your system for, but I'm sure you can look up relevant benchmarks. You do know that the 8600k won't work in the same motherboard, right?

I think you're talking about the 4790 and the 4790S. The latter is a lower TDP chip, with a lower base clock. The fastest one you can get is still the 4790K, even though you can't overclock it the baseclock of that one is 4 Ghz with a turbo of 4.4.

How about the Phanteks Evolv Shift X? Not the smallest case, or the most versatile, or best layout and airflow, or the cheapest. But the best looking in my opinion.

Use a toothpick. It might eject the sim tray with the needle, or the broken bit of the needle might penetrate the wood , like a tiny nail, and you could pull it out that way.

Recycling centres, surplus property auctions, shops like FreeGeek, charity shops and thrift stores, PC repair places, websites like Freecycle for really old hardware, etc. Plenty of places where you can get free or really cheap parts like that, things that for most people aren't worth their time to sell on ebay. You'll have to put a little effort in and call places and ask people.

'Registry cleaners' are absolute nonsense and never solve a single problem. Ever. In fact, what they label as 'problems' never even causes any issues. Unless you're running Windows 95, don't use these silly apps. Or avast.

I don't think there's an official name for that exact layout, usually they're classed as compact or mini. Sometimes they're called '87-key' but that's without the numpad. I would just search Amazon for something like 'compact keyboard with numpad' as a lot of sellers on Amazon add keywords like that to the title, makes it easier to find the thing you want. Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M is a little like what you're after, although quite pricey

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Coil whine is caused by tiny vibrations in electronic parts, so it can make a lot of different sounds. Doesn't always sound the same. There's no other parts on your GPU that can make any sound anyways. I wouldn't worry about it, especially if you can't even hear it with the case closed. Don't know what your PSU has got to do with anything? Use this simple guide to find out exactly what hardware you've got (sounds like reference design 960) if you're not sure: https://www.wikihow.com/Find-Hardware-ID

Bit of a vague description, but if it's not the fan I guess it's coil whine? Check some videos on coil whine on Youtube to see if it's similar. If you want to be sure it's not the fan just hold it in the middle to stop it spinning. just don't get your fingers in the blades.

The main reason I used to partition drives was to save certain data when reinstalling Windows. And sometimes just because it seems more organised to me, like music on one partition, video on another. Unless you want to dual boot off that drive, those are still the only reasons I can think off why you would partition it in your case.

Difference is obviously more cooling and/or less noise. If you're willing to pay 150 dollar for 3 fans, might as well spend a little extra for something that actually makes a difference to the noise levels and temps of your system. Not sure where you're buying them from as on Amazon it's only $100 for 3 https://www.amazon.com/Corsair-LL120-120mm-Light-Lighting/dp/B075VGN4M1

It's normal to heat up quickly, and 70C max temp under load doesn't sound all that bad to me. If you still want to go through with it, all quality thermal pastes perform within a degree or so of each other, so doesn't really matter.

For gaming in the near future, say the next 2 years, the 2600X will be fine. After that, it's really hard to say. Are more games going to properly use all the cores of the 2700X? No one knows at the moment. There are some rumors of the next Playstation coming out maybe the end of this year and more cores on that system could mean ports to the PC would also utilize more than 4 cores effectively. However, none of that is confirmed. If you really want to keep your hardware for 5 years, I'd say buy the best you can get because it will be almost obsolete at that point, and the extra cost per year is very small. That said, I would get the 2600X and upgrade the CPU near the end of the AM4 lifecycle.

I'd be wary, why would he sell it for 250 if he can easily get 2 or 3 times as much? Even a pawn shop would pay more than that. Do you have a local police station that acts as one of those safe trading places? I'd at least make sure you can thoroughly test it before buying.

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Ryzen doesn't support DDR3 RAM

So the board is rubbish because you don't know how to change a setting? Just look for something labeled 'power management', or 'Intel speedstep technology', or 'Enhanced C1' or something. You could just look it up in the manual. Why would you want to do this? It will just waste electricity, generate extra heat and won't increase the performance...