My most painful PC build is done.

[AlexTheGreatish]

It took a while, but we FINALLY have everything here to finish the computers for my home LAN setup, now we just need to assemble them. Should be easy, right?

 

Buy an ASUS PRIME B650M-A II-CSM Motherboard: https://geni.us/NnrxMD

Buy an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU: https://geni.us/VA2KHva

Buy an EKWB EK-Pro CPU WB AM5 Rack Ni + Inox Water Block: https://lmg.gg/wd0IN

Buy G.SKILL Flare X5 6000MTs CL30 2x16GB DDR5 RAM: https://lmg.gg/s74eN

Buy an Innodisk EGPL-T101 M.2 10GbE LAN Module: https://geni.us/orL0t1

Buy a Noctua NF-A4x20 PWM Fan: https://geni.us/SIX2Xt Buy an FSP 850W Flex ATX PSU: https://geni.us/XjOmH

Buy a Crucial T700 4TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD: https://geni.us/rBrLWvY

Buy an Inwin RS110-07-650 1U Rackmount Chassis: https://lmg.gg/ZGe0X

Buy an EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Graphics Card on eBay: https://ebay.us/4Z8yzo

Buy an EKWB EK-Quantom Vector XC3 RTX 3080/90 D-RGB Nickel/Acetal GPU Water Block: https://lmg.gg/edNm2

Buy a C-Payne MCIO PCIe Gen5 Device Adapter: https://lmg.gg/5e9PO

Buy EKWB EK-Pro Tubing 6/12mm Reinforced EPDM: https://lmg.gg/v8Eel

Buy a THLY 12VDC to 24VDC Converter: https://geni.us/KCKxS

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

 

 

 

[TheHippiez]

Will you guys release the files for the 3d printed pieces? :)

[Failure 101]

Linuses daughter was asking the real questions 

[venomtail]

13:27 section was great. Feels like something LTT hasn't had much in the older videos.

[The Hope]

Why do you choose a water cooler for a 7600X CPU?

 

I  have the Intel 12600KF which is even slightly faster than the 7600X since I am currently using the fastest operating system.

 

But I must say that I find the ARCTIC i35 cooler I bought for 24 EUR more than adequate.

 

Even when I compile packages and it is thus fully loaded this very cheap cooler stays really quiet.

[RandomLegoBrick]

5 minutes ago, The Hope said:

Why do you choose a water cooler for a 7600X CPU?

 

I  have the Intel 12600KF which is even slightly faster than the 7600X since I am currently using the fastest operating system.

 

But I must say that I find the Arctic i35 cooler I bought for 24 EUR more than adequate.

 

that cooler is way to tall to fit in a 1u server case 

[The Hope]

20 minutes ago, RandomLegoBrick said:

that cooler is way to tall to fit in a 1u server case 

Well the server case costs $750.00

While you might as well have the features you need in a $80 case.

And then you waste an extra $140 on 'cooling the CPU'.

So this is already $810 that you are basically just wasting for no reason. I do understand that people waste even much larger amounts of money on completely unnecessary things.

But is there a reason to buy this kind of expensive hardware if you have a limited budget?

[FlyingPotato_is_taken]

This tool: It's everywhere. Everybody uses it. Nobody likes it.

[DeltaBruggemann]

1 hour ago, The Hope said:

Well the server case costs $750.00

While you might as well have the features you need in a $80 case.

And then you waste an extra $140 on 'cooling the CPU'.

So this is already $810 that you are basically just wasting for no reason. I do understand that people waste even much larger amounts of money on completely unnecessary things.

But is there a reason to buy this kind of expensive hardware if you have a limited budget?

Well the goal of the project is to have all the gaming computers in the server room at Linus' house so I wouldn't say hes wasting money for no reason.

The reason he is going for 1u server chassis is because even with the 48ru Rack that he has in his house he doesn't have the rack space for 5 3-4u cases that could fit tower style coolers.

His cooling solution for the computers is also running them to a "radiator" outside the house to reduce heat inside reducing power use in needing to cool the rooms the computers are in.

But probably just as important as the other points it makes for good content even if its not the most cost effective solution. If you want to set up 6 gaming systems in one LAN room for cheap your way is perfectly reasonable but since one of Linus' requirements are having the heat and noise of the computers away from the LAN room it's probably one of the better solutions for his use case.

[Spotty]

LTT has two videos labelled "My most painful PC build". There can be only one.

 

 

[sub68]

2 hours ago, The Hope said:

Well the server case costs $750.00

While you might as well have the features you need in a $80 case.

And then you waste an extra $140 on 'cooling the CPU'.

So this is already $810 that you are basically just wasting for no reason. I do understand that people waste even much larger amounts of money on completely unnecessary things.

But is there a reason to buy this kind of expensive hardware if you have a limited budget?

First time seeing linus personal builds?

his builds are always over priced for most people.

Not to mentioned server/enterprise stuff is going to be always expensive.

Also his plan is to heat a pool iirc...

[kirashi]

6 hours ago, AlexTheGreatish said:

It took a while, but we FINALLY have everything here to finish the computers for my home LAN setup, now we just need to assemble them. Should be easy, right?

 

Buy an ASUS PRIME B650M-A II-CSM Motherboard: https://geni.us/NnrxMD

Buy an AMD Ryzen 5 7600X CPU: https://geni.us/VA2KHva

Buy an EKWB EK-Pro CPU WB AM5 Rack Ni + Inox Water Block: https://lmg.gg/wd0IN

Buy G.SKILL Flare X5 6000MTs CL30 2x16GB DDR5 RAM: https://lmg.gg/s74eN

Buy an Innodisk EGPL-T101 M.2 10GbE LAN Module: https://geni.us/orL0t1

Buy a Noctua NF-A4x20 PWM Fan: https://geni.us/SIX2Xt Buy an FSP 850W Flex ATX PSU: https://geni.us/XjOmH

Buy a Crucial T700 4TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe M.2 SSD: https://geni.us/rBrLWvY

Buy an Inwin RS110-07-650 1U Rackmount Chassis: https://lmg.gg/ZGe0X

Buy an EVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 XC3 Graphics Card on eBay: https://ebay.us/4Z8yzo

Buy an EKWB EK-Quantom Vector XC3 RTX 3080/90 D-RGB Nickel/Acetal GPU Water Block: https://lmg.gg/edNm2

Buy a C-Payne MCIO PCIe Gen5 Device Adapter: https://lmg.gg/5e9PO

Buy EKWB EK-Pro Tubing 6/12mm Reinforced EPDM: https://lmg.gg/v8Eel

Buy a THLY 12VDC to 24VDC Converter: https://geni.us/KCKxS

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

 

 

 

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"Why cant they just be all the same shape?"

Hear that manufacturer's? Even kids know your anti-repair non-standardized practices are garbage. Do better.  
 

[dogwitch]

2 hours ago, sub68 said:

First time seeing linus personal builds?

his builds are always over priced for most people.

Not to mentioned server/enterprise stuff is going to be always expensive.

Also his plan is to heat a pool iirc...

used enterpies gear thru... last forever mostly

[DeerDK]

5 hours ago, The Hope said:

Well the server case costs $750.00

While you might as well have the features you need in a $80 case.

And then you waste an extra $140 on 'cooling the CPU'.

So this is already $810 that you are basically just wasting for no reason. I do understand that people waste even much larger amounts of money on completely unnecessary things.

But is there a reason to buy this kind of expensive hardware if you have a limited budget?

Isn't the general consensus, Linus included, that these projects are "because its cool and I want to" way above any rational arguments about saving money or time?

Rule of Cool and all that. Not a good video otherwise.

[pronasit]

Will you release the files for the 3D printed components?

[Dracarris]

9 hours ago, Spotty said:

LTT has two videos labelled "My most painful PC build". There can be only one.

Well, this didn't exactly age like fine wine..

 

Regarding the video: So you're not going to show us the deployment of these systems? A POST on one must suffice?

[Lurick]

1 hour ago, Dracarris said:

Well, this didn't exactly age like fine wine..

 

Regarding the video: So you're not going to show us the deployment of these systems? A POST on one must suffice?

I don't think this saga is over

[05032-Mendicant-Bias]

"Why can't all screw be the same shape"

 

*linus explains standard proliferation*

"But Why can't all screw be the same shape"

 

" . . . "

 

Why indeed. Leave it to children to find the obvious glaring flaws.

 

P.S. It was adorable seeing Linus in Dad mode.

 

[mariushm]

Seriously... I would replace that THLY stuff as soon as possible.

 

Those specs are often inflated or may be under certain conditions (like for example 96% efficient at 50w out)... I really doubt it's doing the advertised 96% efficiency boosting 12v to 24v. Hopefully it gets some air blown over it because another thing they don't tell you is how well it needs to be cooled to output 100-120 watts.

 

Don't know what power supply you're actually using internally, you were saying it needs 24v ... but I'd bet it would run with 20v just as well, so you'd have a whole range of laptop adapters you could have used.

 

For example https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/fsp-technology-inc/FSP120-AAAN3/13240515 -  24v 120w laptop adapter style psu ... could just attach it to the case with some zip ties in the back if there's no space inside.

... or 24v 150w here : https://www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/tt-electronics-power-partners-inc/PEAD150C-14/15838907

 

I'm also concerned about how much you're pulling from 5v or 3.3v and if that power supply you're using can produce enough current on 5v - I think the motherboard uses 5v to power the ram and maybe has a dc-dc converter to power the m.2 connectors with cleaner 3.3v

[RandomLegoBrick]

20 hours ago, The Hope said:

But is there a reason to buy this kind of expensive hardware if you have a limited budget?

no there isnt, if you want to do rackmount gaming computers more affordably, just grab a 4u rackmountable atx case off of ebay and put regular sized parts in it lol

[AnonymousGuy]

2 hours ago, RandomLegoBrick said:

no there isnt, if you want to do rackmount gaming computers more affordably, just grab a 4u rackmountable atx case off of ebay and put regular sized parts in it lol

This was my question.  "why is he trying to make 1U systems in the first place?"  Fuck the rackmount, get some shelves and put a stack of narrow ATX cases on it.  

 

Oh look .... it's actually what "pros" do too:
 

 

I see this a lot in my day job.  They're so eager to dive into the "solution space" of cramming shit into a 1U case that they need an adult there to say "hey why are you having this problem in the first place? "  He's not a datacenter where rackspace and floor space is revenue.

[sub68]

18 hours ago, dogwitch said:

used enterpies gear thru... last forever mostly

Very true

[dogwitch]

4 hours ago, sub68 said:

Very true

got 1gb and 100mb stuff , hell i got og heavy duty rain coats there are 40 years old. still nearly looking new

[RandomLegoBrick]

21 hours ago, AnonymousGuy said:

I see this a lot in my day job.  They're so eager to dive into the "solution space" of cramming shit into a 1U case that they need an adult there to say "hey why are you having this problem in the first place? "  He's not a datacenter where rackspace and floor space is revenue.

the point of this channel is not to show whats practical but to show whats possible

(and teach you about it along the way)

[MrMason]

On 10/11/2023 at 7:06 PM, AnonymousGuy said:

This was my question.  "why is he trying to make 1U systems in the first place?"  Fuck the rackmount, get some shelves and put a stack of narrow ATX cases on it.  

 

Oh look .... it's actually what "pros" do too:
 

 

I see this a lot in my day job.  They're so eager to dive into the "solution space" of cramming shit into a 1U case that they need an adult there to say "hey why are you having this problem in the first place? "  He's not a datacenter where rackspace and floor space is revenue.

Is this a joke?
 

You think the instances where people just throw a standardized hp/dell they buy on shelves for loads of compute is somehow relevant to a guy trying to store a quarter as much in one tenth the space?

 

Of course he could get 5 48u racks, the point is it’s his maintenance room for his house but he’d then be spending 5x the space. Then what about all of his networking and other hardware, just slide those sideways on your shelves? Out of all the possible options, you somehow picked the least practical one. 

 

He’s trying to do something silly in a tiny form factor because it’s cool and he has the resources. Just enjoy the pool cooled ride.