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Yvonne's sister Esther needed some help with the family computer, so of course she called Linus. Well it turns out it needed a lot more than a light dusting and some minor tweaks, so he built her a new PC on one condition: we get to roast her current PC first.

 

Check out the parts used in Esther’s new PC!

ASUS ROG Strix B760-I Motherboard: https://geni.us/Bpmb9

ASUS ROG Thor 850W Platinum PSU: https://geni.us/Q0Xwe

Intel Core i5-13600K CPU: https://geni.us/sZSf0Fr

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GPU: https://geni.us/624O

Crucial 4800MHz DDR5 16GBx2 RAM: https://geni.us/9JUR282

Crucial BX500 1TB SSD: https://geni.us/NYIFq

Noctua NH-U14S Cooler: https://geni.us/INsn2

Fractal Torrent Nano Case: https://geni.us/USzAow

 

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

 

 

 

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finally. An upgrade to a system older than Linus's kids

Message me on discord (bread8669) for more help 

Quote me if you want me to get notified

 

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CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 7600 3.8 GHz 6-Core Processor  (Purchased For £175.00) 
CPU Cooler: Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE ARGB 66.17 CFM CPU Cooler  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Motherboard: MSI PRO B650M-A WIFI Micro ATX AM5 Motherboard  (Purchased For £144.99) 
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR5-6000 CL30 Memory  (Purchased For £89.99) 
Storage: Crucial P5 Plus 500 GB M.2-2280 PCIe 4.0 X4 NVME Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Storage: Kingston A400 960 GB 2.5" Solid State Drive  (Purchased For £0.00) 
Video Card: Gigabyte GAMING OC Radeon RX 7800 XT 16 GB Video Card  (Purchased For £448.99) 
Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 205M MESH MicroATX Mini Tower Case  (Purchased For £82.98) 
Power Supply: MSI MAG A850GL PCIE5 850 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply  (Purchased For £99.00) 
Total: £1040.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

Damn this space can fit a 5090 (just kidding, it needs more)

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She forgot the flour while baking cookies... 

 

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But at least the tuna wasn't forgotten in that idiot sandwich. 

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Holy crap I totally forgot about Esther. It was good to see her again, hope she did well since we last saw her  give or take 10 years ago.

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2 hours ago, RandomLegoBrick said:

why didnt you just get a z690 board? then you could've had nvme raid, overclocking, and ddr5 for like 300 bucks

Either because that's what ASUS sent or because they had this one lying around. 

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3 hours ago, RandomLegoBrick said:

why didnt you just get a z690 board? then you could've had nvme raid, overclocking, and ddr5 for like 300 bucks

 

It would be ridiculously overkill (just like ALL of these "flagship" motherboards). He would pay a lot more for NO tangible benefit whatsoever.

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2 hours ago, powertoys said:

 

It would be ridiculously overkill (just like ALL of these "flagship" motherboards). He would pay a lot more for NO tangible benefit whatsoever.

My friend came to me with a PC parts list recommended by forum guys with all the high end overclocking  and ddr5 capable parts when all he needed is a 5600 + whatever B MB as he's going for 1080p 60hz gaming.

 

Sometimes PCMR guys dont realise normies dont need/use all that power 

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3 hours ago, powertoys said:

 

It would be ridiculously overkill (just like ALL of these "flagship" motherboards). He would pay a lot more for NO tangible benefit whatsoever.

1 hour ago, crazzp said:

My friend came to me with a PC parts list recommended by forum guys with all the high end overclocking  and ddr5 capable parts when all he needed is a 5600 + whatever B MB as he's going for 1080p 60hz gaming.

 

Sometimes PCMR guys dont realise normies dont need/use all that power 

No, most people may not need it but b760 (13th gen "budget") boards are the same price or more than z790s (12th gen "high end") with less features, whats the benefit in paying the same amount for less?  The main reason I suggested it is because they gave her two sata drives in raid 1, with a z790 board they could've done two nvme drives in raid one for more of less the same cost and have a much more responsive machine in the end.  No, she doesnt need nvme but it makes a huge difference in the overall "snappiness" of the machine and, imo, would 100% be worth it if planning to use a machine for more than a few years.  The only downside would be needing to flash the bios for 13th gen support but that's only a one time deal.

 

just to be clear, I'm not angry or anything, just kinda curious why they went b760

overall, this video was a great watch 😄

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6 hours ago, swimtome said:

At the risk of sounding dumb, can someone clarify the veggie sub story?  Did not follow....

 

(Second watch: She asked for a veggie sub when it should have been obvious Linus had brown-bagged tuna?)

linus bought a tuna sandwich from a store

ester ordered a veggie since it was cheaper and added her own tuna 

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First reaction: dayum linus got that yellow fever.

 

"she's my sister in law"

 

Well played, carry on.

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2 hours ago, RandomLegoBrick said:

-snip-😄

No offence, I dont mean you when I said "PCMR guys". 😂

 

All the benefits that you mentioned wont affect her in any way significant. She's not going to notice the additional snappiness. I'm guessing the reason they gave her these parts is because this is what they have in their storage. If you're buying new and they are the same price, sure go ahead and buy but LTT is not going to 'waste' 2 nvme drives and a higher end MB on someone who's not going to notice it.

 

I recently upgraded from sata ssd to nvme ssd and I cant tell any major difference lol.

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3 hours ago, crazzp said:

No offence, I dont mean you when I said "PCMR guys". 😂

 

All the benefits that you mentioned wont affect her in any way significant. She's not going to notice the additional snappiness. I'm guessing the reason they gave her these parts is because this is what they have in their storage. If you're buying new and they are the same price, sure go ahead and buy but LTT is not going to 'waste' 2 nvme drives and a higher end MB on someone who's not going to notice it.

 

I recently upgraded from sata ssd to nvme ssd and I cant tell any major difference lol.

most users wont.

but but direct storage...

they will never get off the ground if not for certain storage standards.

people forget that the up to speed. is not the speed you are legal able to get.

Remember the video about 4k and tons of companies lying about 4k content

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Esther has a very nice screen presence, even manages to make Linus look good.

 

I like the idea of building a machine for extreme reliability, it would be interesting to see if has the same longevity as her old build. Sad that they didn't use the old case, that was my dream case back in the day!

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12 hours ago, crazzp said:

No offence, I dont mean you when I said "PCMR guys". 😂

 

All the benefits that you mentioned wont affect her in any way significant. She's not going to notice the additional snappiness. I'm guessing the reason they gave her these parts is because this is what they have in their storage. If you're buying new and they are the same price, sure go ahead and buy but LTT is not going to 'waste' 2 nvme drives and a higher end MB on someone who's not going to notice it.

 

I recently upgraded from sata ssd to nvme ssd and I cant tell any major difference lol.

also remember he gave her a 13600k and a 4070 ti for minecraft, they could've done a $350 5600g apu system and I guarantee no one would notice the difference in game 🤣

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23 minutes ago, RandomLegoBrick said:

also remember he gave her a 13600k and a 4070 ti for minecraft, they could've done a $350 5600g apu system and I guarantee no one would notice the difference in game 🤣

15 hours ago, RandomLegoBrick said:

just to be clear, I'm not angry or anything, just kinda curious why they went b760

It was a sponsored advertisement for Asus products including the Asus ROG Strix B760-I motherboard, Asus TUF RTX 4070Ti, Asus ROG Thor PSU, and Asus ROG Swift monitor that were used in the video. It's likely that the 4070ti and B760 motherboard were just the products that the sponsor wanted to advertise.

 

Linus also mentioned in the video that the goal was for the PC to last the next 10 years, and even though the parts used are overkill for what she is using it for it does mean it should be longer before needing to upgrade than with a 5700G APU budget build.

 

The 13600k was likely based off of the GPU they were using. 13600k is a decent choice to go with a 3070ti, and if they went with a slower CPU people in the comments would be screaming bottleneck "Why did you pair a 4070Ti with an i3 13100!! It's going to bottleneck the graphics card!!".

 

15 hours ago, RandomLegoBrick said:

No, she doesnt need nvme but it makes a huge difference in the overall "snappiness" of the machine and, imo, would 100% be worth it if planning to use a machine for more than a few years.

In my experience there's not that much noticeable difference between SATA and NVMe drives in terms of snappiness. They're both pretty fast. When I upgraded from SATA SSD to NVMe I didn't notice any difference. That may change when things like DirectStorage start to get implemented in to games, but just for general desktop use I don't see much difference between the two.

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22 minutes ago, Spotty said:

It was a sponsored advertisement for Asus products including the Asus ROG Strix B760-I motherboard, Asus TUF RTX 4070Ti, Asus ROG Thor PSU, and Asus ROG Swift monitor that were used in the video. It's likely that the 4070ti and B760 motherboard were just the products that the sponsor wanted to advertise.

Ah, that makes sense.

22 minutes ago, Spotty said:

In my experience there's not that much noticeable difference between SATA and NVMe drives in terms of snappiness. They're both pretty fast. When I upgraded from SATA SSD to NVMe I didn't notice any difference. That may change when things like DirectStorage start to get implemented in to games, but just for general desktop use I don't see much difference between the two.

I guess I'm kindof biased, I use many heavy programs since I do a lot of 3d modeling work. blender, freecad, solidworks and a few others which do load significantly faster on an nvme drive.  I suppose for webbrowsing and light gaming nvme isnt that big of a deal.

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On 4/30/2023 at 11:17 AM, Plouffe said:

Thanks ASUS for sponsoring today’s video! Check out the ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDM at https://lmg.gg/PG27AQDM

Yvonne's sister Esther needed some help with the family computer, so of course she called Linus. Well it turns out it needed a lot more than a light dusting and some minor tweaks, so he built her a new PC on one condition: we get to roast her current PC first.

 

Check out the parts used in Esther’s new PC!

ASUS ROG Strix B760-I Motherboard: https://geni.us/Bpmb9

ASUS ROG Thor 850W Platinum PSU: https://geni.us/Q0Xwe

Intel Core i5-13600K CPU: https://geni.us/sZSf0Fr

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GPU: https://geni.us/624O

Crucial 4800MHz DDR5 16GBx2 RAM: https://geni.us/9JUR282

Crucial BX500 1TB SSD: https://geni.us/NYIFq

Noctua NH-U14S Cooler: https://geni.us/INsn2

Fractal Torrent Nano Case: https://geni.us/USzAow

 

Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group.

 

 

 

@24:24 Missed "CRUCIAL" opportunity. 😄 

 

But seriously, very cool that her and her family got an upgrade! I do actually remember her from the NCIX days, being in some videos here and there. 🙂 

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