Don from earth

Video I'd like to see: Comparison of different builds for gaming which helps me answer the question which is best strategy to get PCIE4? Upgrade, Build New (and sell old), Wait and suffer a bit longer for next series of CPU / PCIE versions? The Control PC (current 3yo system build late 2019). 3YO i9-10850k (never overclocked and won't in the future unless there is a compelling reason), ideally runs silently except when gaming with moderate fan noise. 32gb ram 3600 DDR4 3TB SSD (2tb newer +1tb older) (not sure if PCIE 3 or 4) , MSI z490 Gaming MPG PCIE 3 (or 4? cpuidz gives confusing info), RTX3080 Different Builds To Try Different combinations of cpu & mobo & ram & ssd, including some AMDs. All must produce PCIE4 system. What type of gains can be expected for lowest cost choice? Should not spend more than 1500-2000 unless performance jumps by insane amount. Should I build new (and sell current build) or upgrade my 3 year old system? Hate waiting for games to load. Currently addicted to MechWarriorOnline (i believe it is 100% made in Canada! in BC in fact!) I assume moving to pure PCIE 4 system will solve this, and greatly shorten my waiting times for games to load. Bonus: would like the final build to have several extra USB ports (version 3 or better) built into main case instead of having to deal with 2 or 3 external USB hubs cluttering my desk.

I really enjoyed the battery repair episode where Linus made his own welder! So I am imagining an LTT episode about building a custom webcam. Here's why I need one: My daily driver for work is a 4K 55" TV/Monitor on my desk. I love all that screen space for having multiple spreadsheets, docs, and browser windows open at once. But if I place the webcam atop the big monitor, during web-meetings people are looking at my forehead most of the time, (and if I’m not wearing pants!). And if I put the webcam lower than the monitor, people are looking up my nose! And then I have to choose between either looking at the camera or looking at the screen, which might look to viewers as if I’m not paying attention. So, I've found for web-meetings the best place for a webcam is at eye-level, dead-center, in front of the monitor, so I can look straight into the camera. If I need to look at something on the screen, my eyes stay more inline with the camera. I currently have a Microsoft LifeCam Studio, which is only about an inch wide, on a pretty slim flexible camera mount. But the LifeCam still ends-up obstructing stuff on screen that I want to see, so then I need to either lean to the side or look further away and drag the window on the screen so I can see what I need, like the other attendees faces, or the presentation, or my notes. So I started shopping around for a narrower webcam to replace the LifeCam. But, today, it seems most good webcams are wide-body designs with a mic array, meant to sit on top of the monitor. My narrow webcam searching has been so far in vain. Ideally for me the minimum width for the camera should approach that of a smartphone's front-facing camera, so 2 to 4 millimeters. Max acceptable should be about 1cm. But no such webcams exists! So I've been thinking maybe I need to build a custom narrow-body webcam and stand. At this point, I don't know what makes more sense: modding an existing webcam, or ordering webcam components and soldering them up myself, and crafting some type of thin case and stand. I assume webcam components are fairly simple to put together, and can be ordered as parts without spending too much. It does need to work on Windows 10 but I have no idea what I would need to do for drivers for a custom build.

apologies in advance for 50+ guys using current lingo but I'm Dead, Linus,... your relationship status with this device is "It's complicated". lol!! Your hilarious++ techtainment shows are "the new 11 on all my dials". #NewbBingingLTT