Bill Gates Paid Me to Upgrade his FIRST Computer

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Thanks to Microsoft for sponsoring this video! Learn more about Microsoft Build 2025 at: https://build.microsoft.com/

 

Microsoft partnered with us to celebrate its 50th birthday. And what better way to celebrate than to build a sleeper build in their PC from the great 1970s, the Altair 8800. Not only can you play Oblivion Remastered thanks to the RTX 5090, you can also use the Altair 8800 as it was meant to be.

 

Adwater & Stir Altair-Duino Pro Emulator Kit: https://lmg.gg/7CEYR

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU: https://geni.us/1gGOX7F

ASRock B650E Phantom Gaming Motherboard: https://geni.us/SOLaBYA

ASUS ROG Loki 850W 80+ Platinum PSU: https://geni.us/PJXMR

Asus ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 OC Graphics Card: https://geni.us/fI70Bw

HYTE THICC FP12 Fans: https://geni.us/7pYUq

Noctua NF-A4x20 FLX Fans: https://geni.us/frWr

 

 

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

 

[ToboRobot]

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[jordanbuilds1]

Didn’t bill gates leave?

[MultiGamerClub]

When he said mac mini.. Oh man when i saw linus face, that was ungodly right

 

[Jaw709]

The best executed episode I've seen in a while. From the flashback scenes to old graphics for context, and the comedic banter was above-average laughs.

[Jaw709]

6 minutes ago, Jaw709 said:

The best executed episode I've seen in a while. From the flashback scenes to old graphics for context, and the comedic banter was above-average laughs.

The camera was oddly wobbly though at times

[Senzelian]

I'm not all that impressed with that PC. Surely there was a way to mount the radiator somewhere with a 3D-printed bracket or something. Also, some color matching would've been nice. The brown Noctua fans, the white bezel around the other fans, and all that is in a blue and beige chassis... man, that really doesn't look good.

[ck3ml]

Could we get a curiousmarc credit put in the doobley-doo?

Perhaps a way to load in data to the ‘duino from the PC would have been a great addition for the floatplane cut too?

Edited May 18 by ck3ml
Additional thoughts for ongoing retro content?

[05032-Mendicant-Bias]

What a great build and great video. Using an arduino powered reproduction was inspired.

[danwat1234]

The motherboard IO? I didn't see the solution to reach the back of the case? The back was hidden when gaming

[DaITguy]

This was cool; awesome sponsor for LTT. Is this the first time Microsoft partnered with them? lol especially after all the basically free advertising over the years. Could I look through video history and check? Yes. Will I? No. Will I ask and maybe someone randomly knows off the top of their heads? Yes.