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There won't be a big WAN Show segment about this or anything. Most of what I have to say, I've already said, and I've done so privately.

To Steve, I expressed my disappointment that he didn't go through proper journalistic practices in creating this piece. He has my email and number (along with numerous other members of our team) and could have asked me for context that may have proven to be valuable (like the fact that we didn't 'sell' the monoblock, but rather auctioned it for charity due to a miscommunication... AND the fact that while we haven't sent payment yet, we have already agreed to compensate Billet Labs for the cost of their prototype). There are other issues, but I've told him that I won't be drawn into a public sniping match over this and that I'll be continuing to move forward in good faith as part of 'Team Media'. When/if he's ready to do so again I'll be ready.

To my team (and my CEO's team, but realistically I was at the helm for all of these errors, so I need to own it), I stressed the importance of diligence in our work because there are so many eyes on us. We are going through some growing pains - we've been very public about them in the interest of transparency - and it's clear we have some work to do on internal processes and communication. We have already been doing a lot of work internally to clean up our processes, but these things take time. Rome wasn't built in a day, but that's no excuse for sloppiness.

Now, for my community, all I can say is the same things I always say. We know that we're not perfect. We wear our imperfection on our sleeves in the interest of ensuring that we stay accountable to you. But it's sad and unfortunate when this transparency gets warped into a bad thing. The Labs team is hard at work hard creating processes and tools to generate data that will benefit all consumers - a work in progress that is very much not done and that we've communicated needs to be treated as such. Do we have notes under some videos? Yes. Is it because we are striving for transparency/improvement? Yeah... What we're doing hasn't been in many years, if ever.. and we would make a much larger correction if the circumstances merited it. Listing the wrong amount of cache on a table for a CPU review is sloppy, but given that our conclusions are drawn based on our testing, not the spec sheet, it doesn't materially change the recommendation. That doesn't mean these things don't matter. We've set KPIs for our writing/labs team around accuracy, and we are continually installing new checks and balances to ensure that things continue to get better. If you haven't seen the improvement, frankly I wonder if you're really looking for it... The thoroughness that we managed on our last handful of GPU videos is getting really incredible given the limited time we have for these embargoes. I'm REALLY excited about what the future will hold.
 
With all of that said, I still disagree that the Billet Labs video (not the situation with the return, which I've already addressed above) is an 'accuracy' issue. It's more like I just read the room wrong. We COULD have re-tested it with perfect accuracy, but to do so PROPERLY - accounting for which cases it could be installed in (none) and which radiators it would be plumbed with (again... mystery) would have been impossible... and also didn't affect the conclusion of the video... OR SO I THOUGHT...
 
I wanted to evaluate it as a product, and as a product, IF it could manage to compete with the temperatures of the highest end blocks on the planet, it still wouldn't make sense to buy... so from my point of view, re-testing it and finding out that yes, it did in fact run cooler made no difference to the conclusion, so it didn't really make a difference.
 
Adam and I were talking about this today. He advocated for re-testing it regardless of how non-viable it was as a product at the time and I think he expressed really well today why it mattered. It was like making a video about a supercar. It doesn't mater if no one watching will buy it. They just wanna see it rip.  I missed that, but it wasn't because I didn't care about the consumer.. it was because I was so focused on how this product impacted a potential buyer. Either way, clearly my bad, but my intention was never to harm Billet Labs. I specifically called out their incredible machining skills because I wanted to see them create something with a viable market for it and was hoping others would appreciate the fineness of the craftsmanship even if the product was impractical. I still hope they move forward building something else because they obviously have talent and I've watched countless niche water cooling vendors come and go. It's an astonishingly unforgiving market.
 
Either way, I'm sorry I got the community's priorities mixed-up on this one, and that we didn't show the Billet in the best light. Our intention wasn't to hurt anyone. We wanted no one to buy it (because it's an egregious waste of money no matter what temps it runs at) and we wanted Billet to make something marketable (so they can, y'know, eat).
 
With all of this in mind, it saddens me how quickly the pitchforks were raised over this. It also comes across a touch hypocritical when some basic due diligence could have helped clarify much of it. I have a LONG history of meeting issues head on and I've never been afraid to answer questions, which lands me in hot water regularly, but helps keep me in tune with my peers and with the community. The only reason I can think of not to ask me is because my honest response might be inconvenient. 
 
We can test that... with this post. Will the "It was a mistake (a bad one, but a mistake) and they're taking care of it" reality manage to have the same reach? Let's see if anyone actually wants to know what happened. I hope so, but it's been disheartening seeing how many people were willing to jump on us here. Believe it or not, I'm a real person and so is the rest of my team. We are trying our best, and if what we were doing was easy, everyone would do it. Today sucks.
 
Thanks for reading this.

Well, I solved my issue.
 
I purchased an Asus X99 Deluxe/U3.1 from my local Microcenter for a nice cool $100 and all my issues are gone. Thanks to @stateofpsychosis for his suggestion about the usb power bandwidth. Even though I did not purchase the card, the ASUS x99 Deluxe/U3.1 has tons of USB 3.0's and definitely have solved my issue.

Since you are shooting video, I would look for a 700d used at this point, rather than go with a nikon d3x00. If you can;t get one, the d3300 is a viable option 

Yes using software, it goes through USB

that's not hate, those are called opinions. 
 

not much you can do

Linus has gotten to the point of popularity that its become cool to hate on him on facebook. Same thing happened with Call of Duty, Game of Thrones, and *insert any pop singer here*

he can also sing 

awesome ill look into that.
 
I really want to get my pc sorted before i get some other things that I want. I eventually want to replace my webcam with a DSLR Camera so hopefully eventually that will be eliminated.

I guess I just do not understand the audacity of some people. It doesn't make sense to me. I was raised to show respect to people and generally not be a dick and a crybaby. Maybe it is something to do with people who want things without working for it.

This quote was taken from Facebook. I just do not understand and will not I guess.
 
Kinda show off. We can't even afford one of those yet they brazenly show it "how many we have and you're not having any of these. Laughs on you!"
 
I really hope that people can just stop being so stupid.

So I have been seeing some of the recent posts on Facebook by @LinusTech and it seems that every single time there is so much hate saying Linus is just being a show off and all of that nonsense.
 
What are your guys thoughts on this?
 
My personal thoughts are, that Linus has worked hard to be where he is at today, and If he wants to show off a bunch of GPU's or a 34in Ultrawide with a bunch of dust on it then that is his right. To me its no different then someone here on the forums showing off their impressive builds that they have done.

So I have been seeing some of the recent posts on Facebook by @LinusTech and it seems that every single time there is so much hate saying Linus is just being a show off and all of that nonsense.
 
What are your guys thoughts on this?
 
My personal thoughts are, that Linus has worked hard to be where he is at today, and If he wants to show off a bunch of GPU's or a 34in Ultrawide with a bunch of dust on it then that is his right. To me its no different then someone here on the forums showing off their impressive builds that they have done.

[08/16/2017]
 
Got myself a RX Vega64 (standard).
 
 
Not sure why I am excited to convert this into a single slot GPU when I watercool....But I am.

@CableMod i sent you guys a message on here and directly on your website. Something like this would be something stellar and I think it would really be something unique

I just need to an update. ...been hanging out with the wife and kids.

More picture porn. I ended up getting these yesterday and started installing everything.
 
Lighting Node Pro...I love this little bugger, I wasn't expecting to get this until next week but it came early!!!
 

 
Definitely needed this to ensure everything could be plugged in. Honestly alot of this stuff I need to figure good places for them in the case.
 

 
CableMod cable extensions they are so beautiful. I love them, just wish it had 2 8pin pci-e cables. No worries got it ordered.
 

 
So now the PC is like 99% Done. Just need that last cable to make the build 100% complete. But honestly isn't she pretty!!!
 

 
Red cables really set off the colors and I need to get them changed out asap.
 

 
Well that is pretty much it expect the benchmark videos. I loved this build and working with the S340 Elite. But this already has me planning the next one. 
 
I want to thank @CableMod for making amazing cables and Extensions. I want to thank @Corsair for their amazing lights, fans, Coolers and all the extra stuff that I bought because of it's amazing quality. I was t to thank NZXT for their honestly budget case that is amazing and finally EVGA for making the most dope AF video card on the market. 
 
Thanks to everyone that followed this build log, I cannot wait to start making my YouTube videos and having this wonderful PC in the background!!!

Corsair HD120 Fans Unboxed. Silly dust in the garage, im gonna have to dust my system before its even done being built. Anyhow I love the look and feel of these fans vs all my standard SP120 Fans.
 

 
Got to love the way that ram looks, I am going to find a way to get RGB in there, just have not thought of something practical yet. I may just have to save up for some RGB ram. Looking at this picture im thinking I need to upgrade my motherboard soon as well. Maybe the ASUS Strix X99 will come down in price and I could rock that.
 

 
The Corsair H100i v2 simple but yet effective cooler. I did not really take pictures of installing the fans because who needs that and plus my power was out so there was no light. What I did do though is making sure all the wires come out the same area and had to remove the sticker and place it upright. In the grand scheme of things I may and try to get some custom stickers made of my logo.
 

 
The build is coming along nicely and Im still waiting on parts to come in. The last thing I will probably receive is my lighting node pro, the Newegg Marketplace Seller seems to be god awfully slow. Anyways until the next update!!
 

Some parts came in !!!!

 
Look at all the beauty!!!
 

@CableMod i sent you guys a message on here and directly on your website. Something like this would be something stellar and I think it would really be something unique

I thought so...surprisingly the Pixel was not blacklisted.

I am going to use White Cablemod Cables because for me they will look good for the RGB, the red 24 pin is there just to see how my management would go for that.

Only reason i bought it was because it was an amazing deal, came with a google pixel and a 1440p monitor as well and couple of other cases, guy was clearing out to move to upstate new york into the woods
 

Thanks, I cannot wait to show it off.

Awesome did not even think of that. I think i blew my budget with the 1080ti so I just have cable extensions for now. Sadness I know.