What does Linus do with all the hardware he is sent? (after he's finished using it)

[SGM]

After Linus has done an unboxing and or review of a product (whether it be a case or a graphics card), what does he do with them after he's finished making a video on it? Does he have to send them back or are they kept indefinitely for future purposes? Once he's recieved something does he then own it or does it still belong to whoever sent it to him?

I've always wondered after seeing his office almost entirely filled with computer hardware and cool tech. I can't imagine what the insurance\security must cost on housing something like that! 

[PixelPips]

Sometimes he sells it, sometimes he keeps it or uses it.

[madknight3]

Sometimes he has to send it back to where he got it (I believe).

[EarthboundHero]

Some he keeps others he sends back. It just depends on the manufacturer. 

[Extingquish]

either sells it, puts into storage, keeps it around for benchmarking (where applicable), or uses it in a system

[NeCoNLive]

Sometimes he hides it. so Slick cant use it.

[Norman_the_Owl]

It usually ends up sitting around/ getting given to someone.

 

Or stolen, in the case of slick

[techswede]

He eats it. 

 

Probably sends most of it back though

[WinNut]

It's either sent back, sold, or thrown in a rig at @Slick so that he can do something with it.

[SGM]

Thanks for the replies!

Must be great having all this awesome hardware arrive on a regular basis! 

[JoaoPRSousa]

Why don't you ask him? @LinusTech

I think he just grabs the giant slingshot and "gives" them away.

[CatCloud]

Sometimes, HE takes them home. "cough" monitors "cough"

[Ghost]

Thanks for the replies!

Must be great having all this awesome hardware arrive on a regular basis! 

It doesn't work the way you are imagining it, the hardware is a tool for his business. What do you think he uses for guides, benchmarks, etc. What if he needs a card to place next to a card he is reviewing to be able to show the entire series or compare cards. 

[LinusTech]

Most of what we don't need to send back we keep around for future comparison. It's only when we're 100% sure that we won't need it again that we'll get rid of it via garage sale or some other means.

 

Also, many manufacturers have strict guidelines in terms of what we can do with samples. Intel and WD are great examples of this. We can't even give them away without prior approval.

 

As for the "awesomeness" of so much hardware, honestly it's less exciting than you'd think after a certain point. How many power supplies does one person need? I don't know about you guys, but for me the answer is three: personal rig, media PC, home server. Anything else just sits in a box until we need to do a case review and put a power supply inside, or we need to build a test bench or something.

[JoaoPRSousa]

garage sale

I would like to be there

[NeCoNLive]

Most of what we don't need to send back we keep around for future comparison. It's only when we're 100% sure that we won't need it again that we'll get rid of it via garage sale or some other means.

 

Also, many manufacturers have strict guidelines in terms of what we can do with samples. Intel and WD are great examples of this. We can't even give them away without prior approval.

 

As for the "awesomeness" of so much hardware, honestly it's less exciting than you'd think after a certain point. How many power supplies does one person need? I don't know about you guys, but for me the answer is three: personal rig, media PC, home server. Anything else just sits in a box until we need to do a case review and put a power supply inside, or we need to build a test bench or something.

How do I mark/vote that as best answer??

[SGM]

I suppose when you look at it that way it sort of looses the 'magic' from the first couple of times you get something, especially when you don't really have a use for it other than to review it before boxing it away again.

Still though, I'm pretty envious! 

[iAsuno]

I would love to have a bucket of GPUs which Linus and the team have. Maybe they have more than one bucket....