Should Linus Give Away His Personal Rig

[Riddler356]

So given the backstory with Linus' rig, it feels like it's got a fair bit of sentimental value to him (especially the case).

 

I'm just wondering what all your thoughts are on whether or not Linus should actually give away something so personal.

Only if he swaps the case for a different one, because his wife gave him that old school temjin case.

[elecxonica]

I doesn't Linus has a new personal rig? Isn't that why he painted that x99 rog board blue?

I'm pretty sure that is the same personal rig, and it's more the case has been kept through upgrades, if that makes sense.

[ShadowCaptain]

At the end of the day, the choice is up to Linus

 

he feels that he owes the community and wants to give back, by telling him you don't want it, you are denying him the opportunity to give back to his audience which is vitally important to his happiness and success

 

Refusing a gift is rude, at the end of the day, its just an old pc. I doubt he even uses it anymore.

 

I am sure Linus cares more about his audience, than a box of metal, I thought it was a really nice sentiment and would love to own a piece of LTT history to look after and care for

[TWells27]

What happened to the thread, it is broken.

[Joey2Sites]

This will be a long post, so tread lightly; these are my opinions.

 

When I saw Linus say he was going to give away his rig I swear I thought he was going to cry.  I don't think he wants to; I think it's a calculated decision because he's so unsure of how his fanbase will react and he just wants support in the transition.  The first thing I did when I saw that video was tweet Linus to say, "LINUS NO, don't give away your rig!"  

 

For those that don't understand, Linus' wife gave him the case.  He said in a video that it was the first "big ticket" item she bought him.  If I remember correctly, around the time Linus bought himself his T-Virus reservior he was going to put it in a Corsair 800D.  I don't know if that was going to be his rig, but I assume he wanted the TJ-07 but couldn't bring himself to spend the $350 it costs.  So, his girlfriend at the time must have known how much he wanted it and bought it for him, because after that video I never saw the 800D again.  Maybe it was actually for another build, but whatever.  The bottom line is it was a very personal gift from his now wife, and he spend well over $1000 upgrading, painting, chemical bath stripping, re-powder coating, etc. that damn TJ-07.  There's a reason that the TJ-07 is what they use for MurderBox rigs.. it's gorgeous.  So it's not about the money.  It's about the hours and hours he spent building in that rig.

 

As far as Vessel goes.  Reading through the cesspool of youtube comments is infuriating.  Do half of the people watch these videos on mute?  Nothing is changing as far as YouTube free content.  Shows and hardware releases will be accommodated.  Aside from that no one would even notice a change if Linus didn't tell them about it.  If he didn't say anything on Youtube or the WAN show no one would have ever even noticed.  I wish people would pay attention. He said it like a dozen times just to reassure everyone.  I see a lot of comments about "Vessel sucks".  So don't watch it.  Go sign up if you want to support Linus, but shut up about it.  Holy balls.

 

Lastly.  This change is a big deal to Linus, but not us.  It's honestly not a big deal to any of us; our lives are not changed.  Our Linus addiction will still get it's daily fix.  Linus is obviously having a rough time making this decision, but I don't know why his "fans" have to be such crybabies.  I also don't understand why Linus needs seven employees, and maybe that's part of the problem but I don't know what goes on there. They're obviously very busy, but he could save about $100,000 a year by having four employees instead of seven.  Linus, Edzyl to edit, Brandon to camera, Slick for benchmarks, shows, builds, etc.  Another four guys might help them, but it hasn't increased the number of videos put out.  The quality has improved but I don't know if it justifies the tens of thousands of dollars it cost.

 

Anyway, that's not my business, I just really don't understand.  And I'm not a kid or an idiot.  I'm 29, I work for a business that has 5 employees and makes $5 million a year; so I'm not just naive and have no real world experience.  I just think it's not bright if you're going to have to worry about your revenue source not cutting it.  

 

Just my thoughts.  

[Joey2Sites]

But if I won, I would try to talk to Linus about it.  I'd want to ask him, "If I refuse it, will you just give it to the next person?"  "can you just keep it and say you gave it to me?"  Or maybe give me a different type of prize?  Maybe a graphics card or something.  If I talked to him and he said it's really ok, he's ok with giving it away, then maybe I could accept it, but I don't know.  I'd really want to know how he honestly feels about it.

[Brookyz]

Nooooo ! don't giveaway His Personal Rig plzz The Hardline Watercooled PC build enough for us

 

[Virus__]

If it got to the stage where it did become part of the give away I really hope whoever won it would politely say so, as everyone else has said it's something special to him. You can clearly see that in the video updates he has done about it. As awesome as it is, I think it wouldn't feel right owning another person's PC which meant a lot to them from the time, effort & specific detail that went into it to make it their own personal thing.

[cragger89]

to be honest, if linus is willing to give away his personal rig than he and his wife might have broken up. im just saying

 

Errr....yeah.

 

A case was gifted, yes, but it is just a PC.

[Tiby]

Guys, he is not giving it away for free. 100k target will mean a lot of support for him and his family, a step forward with the business he wants to run. 

It is sentimental but at some point in time you have to define your priorities straight to keep moving forward. Looking back is not healthy even if it defines your own safe zone. I will actually congratulate the person who will return LInus personal rig if this should be in place. That's what it takes to be a true person..

[Hydroin]

So I went back and visited his personal rig series and he stated that there wasn't a better case out yet... So he might've found something better than his tjo7

[topsu]

I would happily take it.

[AdamPinnock]

Yeah it would be a definite 'return to sender' for winning that rig, although a post-it with 'pint and a chat?' written on it would be stuck to it when he re-opens it. Just for the lengths he's willing to go to show his viewers he does give two shites. Top man.

[Pesmerga]

Well I doubt the 100.000 mark will be reached but that aside, I think he shouldn't give away his personal rig. I'm a very sentimental guy, I get attached to my stuff and I have troubles parting from it (my preciioouuuusss) so I'd never giveaway my personal rig especially if it means a lot to me. It was a gift from his wife, he loves it and its full of memories, he should keep it. What if it will end up in the hands of one of those assholes on youtube that just vomit shit all over the comments, I'd be so mad D:

[mustafaali61]

I agree with you guys, but i think he wants to giveaway his old rig and get a new rig, and selling it or storing it for parts that he is never going to use, doesn't seem like a good use of a rig that he loved. This way he can give it to a community that he knows will take care of it. 

[insayan]

I'm wondering how well it would even hold up during shipping

[RogueCow]

I think he should give away "Linus's pc", but maybe one he rebuilds as a replica ??

[TheMidnightNarwhal]

If he voluntered to give it to us then maybe he don't wants it anymore... anyonre thought of that.....?

[christianled59]

I don't know how I would react if I won. I'd feel like I was stealing to accept it.

[MrMendes]

As some people here said, just the fact that he is willing to part with it for us, shows how much he cares, and ultimately how much he feels we have given him in return.  

 

But on the other end, the willingness of the individuals here saying they would pass on something so EPIC because they know how Linus feels about his rig, also show that we care, not just that we are techwhores who care not from where these prizes come from. From my perspective, this is the ultimate prize, the community. The helping hands, the understanding, the foolishness and general fun,... LinusMediaGroup already gave us  a lot, and  because of that my answer is no, let him keep it, as a memento. A memento of something personal to him, but also of the importance this community grew to have.

 

My hat is tipped off to you all sirs. 

[dadasmithywinkle]

I would accept it but keep it (not sell it) and send it back if he ever wanted it  

 

Shouild he give it away? That's up to him.

[Sinykal]

Linus probably wants an updated rig. I think he should keep it, give it to his firstborn, build an overkill new one and bond like true gamers!

[Octagoncow]

I would be fine with him giving away the internals; but, it doesn't feel right for him to give away the case. If the thread reaches 100,000 then hopefully someone who wins will tell him to keep the case.

 

edit: After looking at the post count there's almost no possible way of reaching 100,000. I think we'll  be lucky to hit 25,000.

[waggythegeek]

@LinusTech don't give away your rig, just put together a somewhat decent build for the winner.

[Ivan6k]

He shouldn't give away his personal rig because it has way too much sentimental value to him