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Poor Nick, Linus has him working as slave-labour over the weekend... Well now when he's away on vacation, chaos ensues or maybe Linus is the source of the chaos as seen with the excellent WAN-shows when he's out of the house :) 

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This is a really good format for non-review/informal videos (but then again everything is informal at LTT...)

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Please make more DIY project videos like this one. they will be useful when i finally get a desktop lol

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This format is very good. I'd like to see more DIY stuff too. I remember, when I just started watching your videos like 3-4 years ago, back when you used to unbox stuff at the parking lot I didn't even know what CPU socket was. I've learned so much from you and DIY is a great way to share some knowledge.

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Having my whole desk backlighted with LEDs while the system is on :D

 

But having glowing watercooling pipes should be even more dope... Add something to the water that it's glowing under black- or UV-light :D

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I had some 5V USB strips laying around so I tried it out and I love it. But mine is also not that sticky, so I added another two sided adhesive tape.

 

Thanks for the great idea

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What top notch jokes. :lol:

 

Nice video! I want to get some LEDs but I have no more USB ports in the back, will have to look into that USB header thing.

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Can you link to the exact one Linus used?

The first one on the amazon link has a usb port.

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wouldn't it be claener to stick the LED's to the underside of the I/O? This way you don't have the screws the bother and a really flat surface to mount the LED's on.

 

i do like this format a lot!

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The first one on the amazon link has a usb port.

it's a cord not a flat strip. Least the one I get

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Can you link to the exact one Linus used?

 

I expect it's the second one down on the Amazon page.

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Do you guys know my braaaaaaaain!?  

 

Every single upload is awesome 

 

Edit 

It was great but maybe a option that more widely available  

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ok, I get that its an easy solution for average joe, and its great to see the old style back once in a while,

 

but seriously, for you guys its just pathetic, you could have easily run it down the bottom of the rear io, cable managed it 10x better and done some custom wiring..... this seems like you were just desperate for an upload....

 

at least in the old style video's things were done properly!

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I like the format, it reminds me of the olden days of Chest Mounted CameraTM. For this kind of videos it's perfect, and I'm sure it reduces the time needed for all the pre-production (like writing a script) or doing retakes.

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Cool Idea nice format more please 

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I like this style of video and would like to see more like it! Keep up the good work! :D

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I posted this as a YouTube comment also but might as well put it here:

 

Hey Linus, If you know me on the forum (probably dont) you know that I have a bit of an LED Fetish... Anyway, I recommend that you use a small strip of hot glue instead of the adhesive on those strips, the strips that you find for really cheap on Amazon/ebay don't use real 3M Adhesive and it won't stick for long, also, make sure to check on those LED's periodically because they can short out (i speak from experience).
 
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This kind-of has the same not fully thought out problem as the NZXT i/o lights on like the P630 where the light is on at power up and can't be turned off unless you shut down the PC. I have been through two sets of LEDs because they burn out way too fast, maybe it is from being on all the time or just cheap LEDs idk. I know the newer NZXT cases has fixed this in where you can turn off the lights and put them on as you wish.

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Definitely would like to see more DYI's from you. Good video!

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I did it the easy way and brought one of these of ebay LINK & used adhesive to stick it in place, only cost £3 
 

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I really liked this video. It reminded me of the older LinusTechTips videos. It would be cool to get more DIY videos as well.

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