this pc building guide that verge made is unbarable

[seon123]

10 minutes ago, Trik'Stari said:

I've only seen one video of thermal paste application that I can objectively call worse.

 

 

I can't say who, but this is a training video from a major OEM.

Oh yeah?

Spoiler

https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3346-thermal-paste-application-benchmark-too-much-thermal-paste

[Trik'Stari]

25 minutes ago, seon123 said:

Oh yeah?

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https://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/3346-thermal-paste-application-benchmark-too-much-thermal-paste

I should have been more clear, "the worst that was actually recommended" as in the person doing it thinks that's how it should actually be done lol

[Salacious B Crum]

Oh they took a beating so much so they shut down comments and no longer show likes/dislikes

[Salacious B Crum]

1 hour ago, Trik'Stari said:

I was going to make a news topic on this since they decided to disable comments and the ability to see the like/dislike ratio, but I guess I have no need to.

 

 

This whole thing is f**king hilarious.

 

This video has me dying laughing.

My jaw hurts from laughing so hard he really needs to make a side channel with Lyle!

[JackBeQuick]

10 hours ago, ZacoAttaco said:

LYLE is ruthless

 

Hopefully the guy starring in the Verge video doesn't get too much hate, it's not his fault the company doesn't know its facts. Knowing the internet though...

I mean, come on. A cursory search of PC build guide can give way more information. Or even just checking the manual. They had to KNOW that they did a terrible job because they definitely re-installed the radiator with the fans and still posted the video. As in, the Stefan guy KNEW that he messed up and either he or someone more experienced/who actually read a manual fixed the mistake. 

[SolarNova]

So i watched it via a react vid .. didnt want ot add to the views lol.

 

its TERRIBLE, this HAS to be a joke. The guy has no clue ..he screwed rad/fan screws ALL THE WAY THROUGH the rad .. with no fans !..the fk was he thinking ?

 

There is just so much wrong ... the RAM .. the PSU comments... the TIM application ... ...uhhhh so cringe worthy.

 

This vid ..i dont even...

[Shreyas1]

I found the verge article: https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/13/17828092/gaming-pc-build-custom-how-to-asus-intel-geforce-cost

 

It seems like they corrected some of the mistakes ( for example, calling zipties zipties )

[Ed.Venture]

I'm sort of just sitting in awe of this. I'll watch a lot of youtube but I've never really been drawn in to comment on much. As someone who has built PCs as a hobbyist and works in IT professionally... I just can't even deal. The RAM is installed wrong, he forgot to thread down one side of the CPU cooler (which means he didn't bring it down with even pressure on all sides), the wire management is a joke, the PSU fan is blowing INTO the case... I'm just scratching the surface. You all watched it so I know I'm just preaching to the choir here, but holy hell this was so bloody bad.

 

I've seen people on other forums defend this guy "oh poor that guy, their picking on him. PC enthusiasts are so elitist". ...Dude works for a channel with 2.2million subscribers and he is spreading bad information. That's not being elitist. That's putting him in check and holding him accountable. Dude should have checked himself before he wrecked himself.

 

Himself is wrecked.

[SolarNova]

The worst part is, i doubti the vid will be taken down.

And if they do take it down, they will try do it under the radar, they wont make a new one.

 

Im suprised it got through editing.....no im not.

[seon123]

13 minutes ago, Ed.Venture said:

PSU fan is blowing INTO the case

You wot m8? The rear of the PSU is the exhaust, not the fan side. 

[Ed.Venture]

2 minutes ago, seon123 said:

You wot m8? The rear of the PSU is the exhaust, not the fan side. 

Yeh. I'm flustered here. Call it a symptom of my extended disbelief. Either way then. It's drawing warm air from the inside of the case for no particular reason.

 

I skimmed the article that Shreyas linked to and I caught an image and a highlighted blurb from the article that seemed like they should be placed together.

[itsdeonLOL]

And this is why I don't trust The Verge...

[WkdPaul]

Just found out that the producer of that video got into a Twitter fight with GN, it started by him saying that tech YouTubers aren't journalists ; 

 

After some back and forth, he replied that sponsored content isn't journalism ... But weren't they sponsored by Capital One for that PC build??? lollll

 

 

 

[Trik'Stari]

27 minutes ago, Ed.Venture said:

Yeh. I'm flustered here. Call it a symptom of my extended disbelief. Either way then. It's drawing warm air from the inside of the case for no particular reason.

 

I skimmed the article that Shreyas linked to and I caught an image and a highlighted blurb from the article that seemed like they should be placed together. 

 

-snip

That "cable management" makes me DoomGuy levels of angry.

 

Especially for a "big time" media outlet using it as "hey look what we built".

 

 

@LinusTech You guys should do an exact copy of this build, but start it off with "here's how you do it right" lol

[YaBoiWill]

9 minutes ago, Trik'Stari said:

@LinusTech You guys should do an exact copy of this build, but start it off with "here's how you do it right" lol

Ha that would be brilliant. 

 

Their tweet about sponsored content just being content and not journalism, their video is sponsored, right? by capital someone, so what their making is content, not journalism, so they just discredited themselves. What tools

[LinusTech]

11 minutes ago, Trik'Stari said:

That "cable management" makes me DoomGuy levels of angry.

 

Especially for a "big time" media outlet using it as "hey look what we built".

 

 

@LinusTech You guys should do an exact copy of this build, but start it off with "here's how you do it right" lol

I tweeted at them offering to come in and help with a do-over, but never heard back. 

[Trik'Stari]

Just now, LinusTech said:

I tweeted at them offering to come in and help with a do-over, but never heard back. 

At this point, with them doubling down and disabling the comments and like/dislike ratio stuff, I wouldn't hold my breath.

 

I'm more amazed that they have the balls to have the picture of the "completed" build on their website in the article. Terrible cable management and all.

[aezakmi]

12 hours ago, itsfranko said:

I was surfing the  twitter comment and noticed this. Putting aside the bad cable management, they forgot one screw. smh

 

you think that's a cable mess you should see mine lmao

[Sakkura]

"Why would we need help from this random youtuber."

[Trik'Stari]

7 minutes ago, YaBoiWill said:

Ha that would be brilliant. 

 

Their tweet about sponsored content just being content and not journalism, their video is sponsored, right? by capital someone, so what their making is content, not journalism, so they just discredited themselves. What tools

Capital One is a scummy bank well known for doing huge layoffs to people who are at the 9 year mark and about to get their pension status.

 

They did that to my mom and a few thousand other people back in the early 2000's. Class action lawsuit ensued.

[seon123]

7 minutes ago, Trik'Stari said:

I'm more amazed that they have the balls to have the picture of the "completed" build on their website in the article. Terrible cable management and all.

They can't be embarrassed if they don't know what they should be embarrassed about. They might not know that poor cable management is something to be ashamed of. 

[Trik'Stari]

3 minutes ago, seon123 said:

They can't be embarrassed if they don't know what they should be embarrassed about. They might not know that poor cable management is something to be ashamed of. 

On watching this Lyle video for the fifth time, it would be hilarious to see him get a segment on the WAN show, for particularly idiotic news items.

 

I was unaware Kyle had this persona in his back pocket lol

[akio123008]

I just can't get my head around how on earth this made it trough the entire bloody production process without anybody noticing all of those terrible mistakes. Due to this, the following theory has started to form in my mind: Perhaps many more terrible mistakes were made which they have corrected/edited out in the video, the ones that are in the final video could actually be ones that the editors decided were "acceptable", and therefore probably not even the most terrible ones. The editors must have been like "ok so we've managed to fix most of it, hopefully this will do just fine".

 

[YaBoiWill]

4 minutes ago, Trik'Stari said:

Capital One

Wow I thought they were some new/niche tech brand/website. 

Where have they even got that sponsor from? its tech ffs, not investment banking

it doesn't make sense

[Trik'Stari]

3 minutes ago, YaBoiWill said:

Wow I thought they were some new/niche tech brand/website. 

Where have they even got that sponsor from? its tech ffs, not investment banking

it doesn't make sense

I mean, they're fairly well known here in the US. They have commercials with Samuel L. Jackson.

 

Not sure why anyone would want them as a sponsor. They're a shitty company to work for. Maybe I'm just biased because what they did seriously impacted my family's life, negatively. And the payout from the class action was pathetic.