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Congratulations Linus Media Group you guys deserve it! About two years ago I was tired of the mediocre performance from my overpriced alienware laptop, so I ordered a barebones kit from TigerDirect.ca and had absolutely no idea what I was doing. At the time I had only vaguely heard of some PC terms, I didn't know the naming guide for cpus, graphics cards or even what performance to expect. I was an all round PC noob. I started my journey of ascension by stumbling into many of the common pitfalls of newcomers. I was a console gamer and did not have any friends with a strong knowledge of the tech community. I asked many silly/annoying questions on the LLT forum and got down voted to hell on the buildapc subreddit. (I fairness - asking if intel or AMD was better for gaming or if my cpu was bottlenecking performance were probably the wrong questions to ask and looking back I understand why people scoffed, but I didn't know any better at the time). There is a ton of information for newcomers but trying to discern what information is accurate requires some time. When I first came across the LinusTechTips channel I found it interesting and exciting to watch, I didn't care about getting my information. The site of seeing a guy and his buddy in a garage providing concise and interesting content about tech is what got me hooked. Linus is a guy that genuinely cares about people, he works hard and the people he works with have the same resonating characteristics. I've learned a lot about computers over the last two years, having built my own, upgrading it a few times and having built now 15+ computers for friends and family. With the knowledge I've gained I can now make good informed recommendations about parts and products, thanks in large part to everyone at LinusMediaGroup. Lastly, I greatly enjoy the WAN show every Friday. I hope that more people will adopt their open and positive world view. Going beyond the content and news, Linus and Slick's opinions on how the world should work never fails to make me smile. If I do win anything. I would like to pass it onto whoever has the next comment. I have already won a 4TB western digital hard drive from their 2013 Computex coverage... which I unfortunately had to sell. But the little bit really did help me get by a more rough time in my life. I have been more of a lurker on the forum and I have not yet donated to the channel, but the second I am finished school and have a more stable job giving back to this awesome community is the first thing on my list. Thank for all your hard work.

I like the design, really sleek looking laptop considering the specs. Oh.. and that it was carried closer to the heavens of our lord and saviour Gaben.

I like the design, really sleek looking laptop considering the specs. Oh.. and that it was carried closer to the heavens of our lord and saviour Gaben.

I like the design, really sleek looking laptop considering the specs. Oh.. and that it was carried closer to the heavens of our lord and saviour Gaben.

The design of the phone really draws my attention. The phone has a clean look, the size of the screen is huge, the black bezel is very slim, the brushed aluminum look is sleek and I really like the fact that I can move around the bottom UI buttons. As someone who is left handed with smaller than average hands the default button placement is not usually optimized for me. Being able to move around buttons so that I don't have to hold my phone with my right hand while I hit the back button with my left hand would be nice. The extra hand movement is a small inconvenience, but I can really see myself loving the phone for this one tiny feature.

RoG Orion PRO headset! Sleek, solid construction and great sound quality. It needs more reviews online! I've only tried it out at a friends place, but I'm in love.

I was pretty surprised by how far the 1045t could be overclocked. I recently upgrade my gpu from a gtx 280 and haven't done much research yet on what has been released and updated over the pasted two years. thanks again for the info!

Hi, I was wondering if it is worth upgrading my CPU for better gaming performance. Any suggestions regarding how much should I be spending and what kind of performance increase could I expect? From what I've read I'm assuming I'll probably have to upgrade my cpu and mobo. My budget is currently around $400, but I could go higher if it's really worth the performance increase. Thanks. :)

Yay! Thank you WD and Steiger Dynamics! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.fonseca1?hc_location=stream Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mike__F/status/354277329557655552