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Hey Eli7877,
 
Thanks for sharing your experience with FlexiSpot. We take our audience's experience with the brands we accept sponsorship from very seriously and would love to assist as best we can here. Sending you a DM to continue the conversation.
 
Thanks,
 
Geoff

Hey! I reached out to my FlexiSpot contact and they said they have fixed the issue and the code should now be working on the Italian and German stores as well 🙂

Hello!  I wanted to make a post (my first on LTT forums!) after following a new sponsor LMG used today in Flexispot. I didn't want to make this in the form of complaint, more like feedback.
 
As someone looking into a standing desk, I found the options provided by Flexispot compelling.  I still may make a purchase (I always wait on these things).  However, I found the website to contain many things I do not like and I know Linus have complained about these tactics on WAN shows in the past.
 
Firstly, the site is hard to navigate as there are many pop-ups, overheads, noises, and displays that make actually looking at the desks difficult.  They have "limited time offers" with hours and minutes left on their sale.  They misrepresent the price by showing their desk picture display on the home page show with a desk, but the price displayed is only for the frame, which you will not see until you click on the link, which you can't r-click but click to open a new tab.  And if you try to close the page, you get a browser pop up to confirm you wish to close the page.
 
Honestly, the fact they offer a frame only option to be fine, as I live near an IKEA, and the price all in all appears to be a good value, but the website design concerns and based on what LMG has stated in the past is not up to their standards.  I do not wish to bash, simply if LMG can make a request to Flexispot it would be greatly appreciated.

Irrelevant video as I think it completely missed the point. I agree that the dash cam market right now isn't in the best spot because it's extremely uncompetitive but making a video like this is like making a video about buying $400 pre-builts and then complaining that it can't run Cyberpunk 2077 smoothly at max settings. For a normal dash cam don't look below $150 like you wouln't look below $1000~ for a brand new PC to play the latest games at highest graphics.
 
Also irrelevant cause Garmin's normal line up isn't in the video. No one buys the mini as it overheats in the first place.

My name is Magnus so....
 
 
I'd probably make it into a rig for my girlfriend. That way she would have two Magnus(es) in her life. Twice the awesomeness.

It would be nice to have a computer that we can travel with. Little more power than a laptop.
 

Thanks for another great giveaway! With enough giveaways I'm bound to eventually win

I was definitely crushed that I didn't win. The coolest part would have been winning and building a setup together with Linus. Especially since I'm moving back to America soon and I will be needing a new setup. But, it was fun making it and everything so I really do appreciate the opportunity to win. Can't wait for more opportunities. Congratulations to the winners!

All of Linus's picks were clearly very good at making videos. A little disappointed that there weren't any people that maybe made a bad video but you could tell they put in some effort. I'm watching Lew's and one of his pics is a terrible video of just a guy talking and then telling us he will buy a nice new Mac if he wins the $10,000. Glad to see so far that you don't have to be good at making videos to win; BUT A MAC?!?

Congrats to all the winners. I must say, the way the way I interpreted the point of the contest, I was surprised to see some of the videos chosen as winners as well as many submissions I saw that didn't make it. 
 
Based off the analytics, I feel like I didn't even make the initial cut though 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiwDZWLGNWk

I´m glad to see that you took time to clarify those issues, as it may have been our fault as well ,and sure didn't want to be in you shoes these days, but nonetheless i still think that it is something to improve next time, "you" and us both!
And i *DID* say NEXT TIME!!  
THANK YOU Linus for the oportunity and time you gave us , because as you said those kind of contest are LITERALLY hope to a lot of us, as i am sure you can relate, but as any competition, there are winners and losers and we all must cope with it, you included! haha
And you sure did make some happy dudes today   So, keep them coming!
Once again thank you and congrats to all the winners, keep the good work, and see you next time! (hopefully soone)  
 

Thanks to everyone who participated. It was really really hard for me to pick out the winners and honestly if I had 30 monitors to give out myself I could have easily found 30 deserving people
 
I want to clarify a couple of points
 
1. I *DID* say the submission requirements may vary for the other YouTubers and I didn't judge anything longer than 30 seconds.
 
2. A huge thing for me was presenting your rig in an entertaining and creative way, so all of our top 25 entries have been watched by at least 2 members of our staff and by me at least 5x to ensure that it didn't just stand out to me the first time, but also after repeat viewing.
 
One of the reasons I don't run these contests more often is that there can only be so many winners and I hate seeing all of that work go into something in hopes of winning only to have it not happen, but if it helps at all I genuinely enjoyed watching all the entries and I plan to go through and re-watch a good number of them now that the stress of judging them is over.
 
Linus 

Hi everyone!  Finally the long waited confirmation of the 30 finalists as come, and congratulations to them all!!  :lol: If they made it, it certainly was because they deserved it ,nothing is achieved without effort, and for that i tip my hat to you guys! The only thing that saddens me, was the fact that, i think that for future competitions the inspirers as well as the promoter must give better information to the participants, as well as being more cohesive between them about the regulations, because it seemed to me that the information stipulated about maximum lenght, deadlines and what needed to be included in the videos, was not well specified and given, by both the inspirers and the ultrawide festival website.  And it ended up in diferent length videos, excluded details, and late (or not) entries, as well as a lot of confusion between us all. Please don´t take this as a sore loser, I am sad yes, but not because I din’t won or think my video is better than others, it is just that i made the best video that I could make with what I thought was the criteria and time that I had left, and I made mine in, give or take , one day and a half because I saw the competition in the 23th of September and supposedly had till the 25th, and maybe, JUST MAYBE! , if I had all the right information (and i did looked for it!) I would have made things differently (or not!) as well as others I’m sure! Sorry for the long post and once again congratulations to all the winners, really i mean it!     P.S: Sorry for the bad English     

Thank you for saying that. I was excited for an opportunity to work with Linus, honestly. The monitor would have been neat and the computer extremely helpful, but the fact that I most wanted to work with him and it didn't make it to his list was really gutting. I didn't even bother submitting anything to Lewis or Jahova.

I Agree, i was hoping for some software walk through too with pfsense but no... just hardware fails.

I used to think that I had a chance because alot where kinda aweful but after seeing some of the really good ones, I don't think I've got a chance anymore

that email gave me a mini heart attack. thought i didn't make it. welp
Good luck to all!

My entry below.
 
Good luck everyone!
 

Here is my Mad Max inspired UltraWide Festival Entry: 
  https://youtu.be/gp82AnxAkbI   #UltraWideFestival, #UltraWide, #DreamSetup

Jeeze Linus. I know the internet can suck sometimes, but man you really sounded like you were having a bad day there in the p2 video and the scorn was a bit too strong for my liking. (I had little to no comments about the first part, and the video won't affect my viewership, but lordy lordy that was snappy.)

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The entry requirements make my wonder:
How do they associate my LTT account with my YT account?

So first time posting but I work in IT for a living and I really enjoyed this a lot!  It was quite amusing really!  I am going to post what parts I think would would better for your build and go into detail why I think they are smarter buys then what you currently are using.
 
 
Heat Sink (URL)
first off I would like to point out that your 1U passive CPU cooling is for an LGA 1156 and NOT an 1155 ( the socket type for your CPU)  This is why in the video you had to cut parts of the back plate off to make it fit onto your motherboard.  You should get a different passive heat sink.  I would Recommend this one. It is expensive because it is made almost entirely of copper.  When you are dealing with passive heat sinks you shouldn't skimp on price and you should be getting the best.
 
 
This is the only major Change I would make to the build if you wanted to keep costs down and not replace more parts but that being said I do have a few more recommendations.
 
1U rackmount Chassis (URL)
The next thing I would consider buying is a new chassis to fit into your 1U server rack.  This Case comes with pre-installed with a 200W Power supply and I know that a lot of people dislike that idea and I also have the feeling you liked the idea of having a Redundant power supply option on it.  A redundant Power Supply I feel for this kind of build is not necessary.  It will be a waste of space, excess heat and noise.  My last point for recommending it is This case is not as Long as the one you currently have so it will use up less space!
Chassis Specs
 
 
Mother board (URL)
Last but not Least I would Recommend a Larger form factor for your Motherboard.  I have server things I dislike about your motherboard pick and the big one is airflow.  More fans will not make up for the lack of airflow over the passive Heat Sink.  Yes I did notice that you got the smaller form factor to make up for that but the CPU will run a lot warmer that it needs to because the RAM is in the way.  By using this Motherboard you have the Ram off to the side where it won't get in the way.  The SATA ports are to the other side of the board for better cable management and Board near the CPU socket is generally devoid of any major obstructions compared to the MoBo you picked that is so compact that The heat sink was impossible to install correctly.  Also this board comes with more features than the one you picked up and also for the same price!
Mobo Specs
 
 
Closing Thoughts
One thing to keep in mind is that the Motherboard and Case both came from the same company.  This means the Motherboard is Optimized to for specific cases.  I did not pick the best optimized case for this build and opted for a different case instead but the form factor remains the same regardless.  In terms power you should be ok for the system but if you fear 200W is not enough I would consider upgrading to one of their other cases then.
Overall i really Enjoyed watching this video and I hope this info was helpful to you!
PS: If you need a systems admin let me know!
 
Edit:
If you decide that after all this You want a powerful switch with all the things a Systems admin would need then I would recommend the following Managed Switch.
 
TP-LINK TL-SG3210(URL)
why This Switch?  well it is a very high quality Level 2 Managed Switch with enterprise style features without the enterprise style Price.
It supports QoS, has options to prevent Typical DoS attacks, has ACLs (access Control Lists) and will even allow you to setup your own VLAN.
And Finally the switch supports 802.1X authentication whitch is used in conjunction with a RADIUS server (as mentioned in the Comments).
I know a PFsense Router is a cool idea but this is ultimately what you need.
 
Edit2: This Switch can be rack mounted with Mounting rack ears so it will fit!

Love the idea, but man I hated this video. I was so excited when I heard you were doing this video. You should have done much more research into the parts. As entertaining as it is sometimes, it would be nice to look up to you and your projects. I think people should look at your projects and say "Wow that is cool. I want to do something cool that works." I don't think people like thinking "Wow, Linus keeps failing/doing a terrible job at these projects." Not that you have been failing a bunch, but failure of projects/the number of technical difficulties are increasing and it's just getting more frustrating to watch. This Part 1 should not have been posted. Should have scrapped it all and started over once you had an actual idea about what you were doing and possibly changed the parts so they actually work and aren't freaking hot glued, ground down, and ripped apart! Some people would like to do the projects you are doing but don't want to take these big risks like majorly modding/hacking their materials. Some people just want something that they can put together without a workshop and possibly ruining their hardware. I love the creativity but want something that we can possibly do as well without a team and a bunch of extra hardware.
With that being said, I do really appreciate your videos (almost every time) and please ignore the haters and just be your self; but be a little professional please.
*end rant

Linus, the one question that kept coming to mind watching the first half of this video was simply this: given how much others consider you an expert on hardware, how were you able to screw up so phenomenally? Did no one vet the hardware you were using to make sure everything was going to fit? I mean having to hack the chassis alone so you could mount the power supply when you should've known before purchasing the power supply whether your chassis supported the PSU's standard. That's kind of... oh I don't know... part of the process of planning a build.
I mean if you have to hack the chassis to make the power supply fit, someone screwed up. Someone seriously screwed up.
And then there's the mainboard. Given in every build log you've had on the channel you emphasize building the system outside the chassis to make sure everything works, why did you not do that here? You would've discovered the board was dead before expending all that time and energy. You could've used a standard cooler that didn't require hacking the back plate or cutting pins off the mainboard to fit to guarantee everything worked before trying to build into the chassis.
And the riser is likely what killed the board. Because ribbon cable risers are problematic -- powered ribbon cable extenders even more so. The pins and cables are so close together that the risk of having pins shorted by solder is very, very high. Instead what you should've bought -- and hopefully what you actually ordered this time around -- is a 1U PCB-based riser card -- you know, what's actually used in a server -- with an extension if you need it to ensure you can seat the NIC. Heck I have one laying around. It's yours if you want it -- just send me a PM and I'll drop it in the mail to you. Test the NIC and the CPU to make sure they still work before another attempt at the router.
On your hypothesis about the power supply and that one connector providing power instead of just an RPM reading, was there no documentation that came with the unit, or documentation you could look up online, to tell you about those connectors? Talk about FAIL on numerous levels in this build...

My 2 cents... why are you using a backplate in the first place? Just get some nuts and rubber washers and screw it into the board. The backplate is to spread the stress of the cooler across the m/bd when it's vertical. In the 1U it will always be horizontal. No stress.
 
See? The answer is to quit dicking around and use your nuts.