You can really see Linus' morale dive off a cliff when he realizes he's being asked to kludge in a stack of hard drives in the least elegant or aesthetic way possible, and that the person asking him to do it truly isn't bothered.
Loved that part, Linus should see my previous server it was just a motherboard + power suply + hardisks and ssd's on a shelf who needs a case, ran it for 12 years like that :)
I collect vinyl and already know how ungodly expensive that hobby gets.... but this guy also collects Magic: The Gathering cards?!?!?! I mean... I know we all got some form of expendable income, but dmn. This dude must the brokest MF'er on the block... Hey, whatever facilitates that pop of happiness in your life.
if youre just playing casually, it's cheaper and more fun to just print the cards out lol. but some cards you still just have to have...because reasons
@@lukeswan9042 shit man. That sucks. I played for awhile (Scourge - Alara) but I definitely didn't have that kind of money into it. Just recently bought some cards though because I taught my daughter how to play and I spiffed up a couple of my old decks for us.
@@randomz2290 some people don't really care about looking at it all the time as long as it works. people shouldn't put it on carpet for cooling purposes but tbh bro it will be fine people always really over react about having it on the floor or close too as long as there is something under it like a board or anything just to keep it off the carpet you will be fine man definitely.
Because they are grown adults that probably spend most of their time with family / working. When you have responsibilities you tend to care less about a gaming setup as long as it works.
Nick is Linus’ nemesis, I have never seen Linus so triggered by someone to this point, he felt helpless and he looked hopeless. Linus tried several different tactics, pointed everything that was wrong, Nick gave *_ZERO F%$#_* which drove Linus even crazier! Then Linus gave up and went for immature warfare but what really kills Linus is the fact that deep inside he knows that Nick might not even undo the mess he created on purpose.
You can be triggered, but to act like a jackass because of how you feel, it’s on you. Nick welcomed him into his home, but to abuse that and be juvenile, even as a boss that is nasty. I like Linus, but there is a certain minimum level of decorum.
I love it when linus goes over to someones house, you can see their fear the whole time as linux runs around and starts going through their stuff. Like a bull in a china shop constantly hearing “Careful.. Watch out for.. Dont…” 😂
@@CharlieQuartz I have, actually, on two separate occasions. When I was broke and in college, I sold all my expensive cards and started playing draft almost exclusively. And again a few years ago, prices on Reserve List cards spiked as game stores started opening back up and online stores needed to restock, ended up selling almost $10k worth.
@@geffreycaruso2411 people who need it don’t have the same reach as linus asus does the rog rig reboot, intel can’t do something like that on this scale
@@geffreycaruso2411 no one needs a 5000 pc get over yourself it's a want not a need and wants come to anybody at anytime and it's unfair because life is unfair
There was a recent one (probably multiple over the series) where he had a list. He knows what they have because they check it out. I wonder if he would recognize items that weren't checked out. What would his reaction be if he did?
He simply picks one of his employees at random by means of dice. The fact they are all massive weird nerds is surely completely circumstantial and you have committed a massive slander, sir.
The intel extreme tech upgrade series is one of THE best tech formats on youtube/LTT. I just love it. It shows real and genuine nice people and how they all spend the money on quite different ways. I enjoy seeing their homes and interests. Linus has a great team and the dynamic is so damn funny. Please do many more of these and hire new people to never let it end!
I lost it when David said "He is jankier than me! How do I learn this power" the way he did. Laughed so much of that. This is my new favorite Intel Extreme Tech Upgrade as of now. :D
What I have found interesting is that people who tend to be like mostly care about things I would deem more important, things like kindness and empathy.
As for the screw driver, I used to work in aerospace and we used to use chromed snap on tools. One day, a flek of chrome broke off and got into some very sensitive equipment. After that, they changed ALL the tooling to mate black. Long story short, if the black finish scratches off, you do not want that anywhere near your electronics.
The more i see intel extreme tech upgrade, the more i wanna work at lmg, not for the 5000$, but just for the amazing cheerful atmosphere of this company and its boss
Same. Also, I know it’s _Intel’s_ $5,000 upgrade, but has anyone spent that on a Ryzen system? Or must it be spent on Intel platforms? ‘Cause if I worked at LMG I’d probably be the first and only to go AMD Ryzen lol, and then probably be fired 😂
I've literally looked up their job openings multiple times just to be sad that I'd have to not only career change (maybe, maybe not?) but definitely move to be there.
This is BY FAR my favorite content series LMG has ever done. I actually rewatch these videos when I'm feeling a bit down and it really helps. Thanks :)
it's like when you shop for tech stuff you know you're never gonna buy, or browse setup pictures on the internet, and then you add another dimension of the LMG employees' characters and Linus and all the fun stuff. love itttttt
I think one of the things I love the most about these intel extreme upgrades is Linus learning and getting angry at his employees for everything about their lives.
I could never let Linus in my house. It would be panic attack inducing. I own so little and he'd mock it all. Then promptly break something I couldn't replace.
@@5at5una My anxiety is pretty high without something like a video being made. I could have so many uses to better my life with a good pc for work and fun. But I do think I could do it. Especially the mocking as someone who is poor as well.
lol this isnt his last "end game". i thought my endgame was a 120 dollar base kit, turns out i needed to buy 3 more 500+ boards to find my endgame... and im still not satisfied lol
Biggest lie in the hobby, lmao. Endgame is getting to build keyboards for others and being able to charge enough to make it worth your time. I built some unattainable keyboards (like, literally 5 figures) for free before, there's a few around I'd still build for free, but since people who buy those buy them to flex so they send them to the big streamers I stopped.
With how much he pays out on people for even the smallest amount of dirt, I would literally turn my whole house upside down before filming day and clean EVERYTHING. My shit would be cleaner than that Intel microprocessor fab he toured.
As a homelabber, the harddrive placement in the NAS was painful to see, especially when he had a perfectly fine Define R5/R6, which is a really good server case.
@@PoulWrist also have the meshify c, i removed it because im ssd only and can put 3 fans in the front if i remove the hdd cage. But if you use it as a nas, whole different story
Best part is watching Linus riffle through all this employee's personal stuff totally without boundaries and with no restraint. And then changing how they literally do everything in their setup and the computer activities.
Bro this guy rules. He has great taste in keyboards. I see that Zoom65 he's using, nice spare switches, and the ones he's not using are cool. The John Avon full art prints are sick too. Linus simply doesn't understand.
I also felt a little offended when Linus said his place was filled with "all kinds of weird stuff" and it's literally just a wall of Unstable basic lands. Like wtf those are some of the best best basics in magic.
I love how even Linus doesnt want to fit all those hard drives in in a such a jank way. Im with you Linus, I'll do a lot to make things easier but thats a bit too far XD
I cannot believe someone can make such a big mess in a single room of that size. It hurts just to look at it, having to be in that place for a few days would turn me insane...
I think Linus meant like ash residue and discoloration from that. I have my own and the very tip is definitely well blackened by now and scrubbing doesn't make it come off either.
I absolutely love the new Intel tech upgrade segment intro. It looks so amazing! This employee seems like he'd be my friend IRL 😆 OMG this guy needs a keyboard making channel!!
Just a note on the screw driver. Put some "extended" bits with it or a smaller precision screw driver in the set with it. Its very common for some screws to be deep in a hole and having those small bits into hex end wont go in far enough down the hole to extract screw. I see this allot on Laptops, controllers that kinda thing. Sunk in screws suck.
Especially relevant for keyboards. Saw another youtuber who scratched up the anodization on a new board because the bit was too wide for the screw well.
@ 4:26 I have a Jelly Key as well, mine is my tab key. Super neat to see another keeb nerd on the LTT team I've also got a GameBoy keycap as my escape key, with north facing LED's it lights up the screen, so cool.
One of the best Intel Extreme Tech upgrades ever! I simply love the randomness of it all! And I completely relate to the *coff* *coff* *furball* cat's hair all over the intakes! But... using the server for crypto mining? Is that still a thing after the crash? Or does he just continue to do it for the "nostalgia"?
I have a friend who stopped mining Bitcoin with its brand new ASIC in 2018 when it went from 25k (CAD) to 8k because it was "not profitable anymore". He was kind of mad at himself when it went back to 80k recently. Maybe he continues mining knowing the value may increase in the long run.
@@Seskoi For anyone reading this, if it isn't profitable to mine, but you think the value of whatever is going to go up. It's better to just straight up buy the coin. Not hating on anyone who likes crypto. But it doesn't make sense to mine a coin if your cost of electricity is higher.
@@ivibivivgig6425 I’m still mining ETH with 36 GPUs at home and I’m profitable. $52 per day profit on avg, 2.3 Gigahash total hashrate. until the ETH devs fk us over and switch to PoS (yes proof of stake has the same acronym as piece of sh*t, that’s what it will be at that point) so I don’t think your blanket statement about buying the coin makes sense, those who mined thru the last bear market came out on top because they yield so much more of the coin in downtimes, and that coin multiplies in value like crazy on the next bull run, which will come sometime in late 2024 MAYBE 2023 if we are lucky. I would advise anyone interested in mining to consider getting into it during the bear, hardware is cheaper, everything is just easier because there’s less noise and less distractions. It’s fun! And it’s also how I help support my family. Miners aren’t evil, don’t listen to the bitter RUclipsrs who want to turn tech enthusiasts against one another, we are all the same!
Thanks so much, this video was life-changing! After watching this video I have completely re-evaluated my purchasing and hoarding habits so I do not end up like this guy. Thanks again
With how much Nick tinkers with keyboard parts, I wonder what kind of work he could do with arcade stick buttons. There are some that use keyboard switches.
Tbh, for the most part you won't notice the characteristics of the switch. I built my stick with Crown 301/302s? that use keyboard switches. But since the pushbutton itself rubs so much against the housing, you don't get much benefit from lubing or using different switches.
The Meshify 2 Compact comes with a drive cage that can hold 2 hard drives. Since Plouf is a hoarder it's gotta be somewhere in the house. It just might take you a week to find it.
Best thing about the keyboard hobby is that I spotted his current in use keyboard is the Zoom65 Olivia dark edition. I have the same one beautiful acoustics
At this point I think that the whole point of labs was to fill it with more employees so that we never run out of Intel tech upgrades I will buy as many screwdrivers as it takes to pay their salaries plz just give me more Intel extreme tech upgrades
I'm looking at these upgrades and thinking... wow, I really should do videos of what I have in my house, as THAT is a) janky and b) fucking kick ass. What these guys are doing is just so mainstream and unoptimized.
Nick is awesome, MTG and custom keyboards? Hell yes! I love the full art John Avon land prints. I cringed so hard when Linus was tossing the Odin up in the air, I know it’s for memes but he has like no respect for the employees property lol, throwing the glass switch containers around, flipping the artisan case upside down causing them all to tumble around, I would never let Linus in my apartment haha
It's crazy that Linus is hell of awesome boss. Normally you wouldn't want your boss knowing how jank you are and yet he just rolls with it and not think twice on why they hired them.
Well Plouffe is a legend, he actually didn’t pay for any of those Magic cards in money, he just gave the store a photo of himself as payment. Chuck Norris tried the same thing one time and was walked out of the store. I know, I was there on both occasions
8:12 worlds greatest compressed air tool. I have one too, i've saved dozens of dollars if not hundreds on compressed air cans since buying that thing over 10 years ago.
I actually love all the hobbies but my god, I'm with Linus when it comes to sticker placement. Stickers aren't my thing but the slightly off-centre lonely stickers are driving me nuts 😂
Ahh yes another keyboard enthusiast with more chassis and switches than one should ever need with copious amounts of desk mats and a stupid number of novelties. I feel a sense of kinship/bad financial decisions.
the community truly shines whenever we realize how financially screwed we are and seek comfort from one another but keep on going anyway because... HEY NEW PRETTY DESKPAD/SWITCHES/KEYCAPS!
@@TR-qf2gt that and the fact when people call us out, we would only say stuff like "Yes I know it was a bad financial decision but I will definitely do it again" xD.
23:39 i love how the rest of the room is like, yeah man ... all of us are like yea man that fine ... linus is having a breakdown this is true PC nerd rage moment ... love it
Me watching Linus poke fun at keyboards: "B-b-but the feel and the looks and the things. My lube and my springs and my Group Buys. You just don't get it man!" *Proceeds to storm into room with multiple $500+ keyboards just to stay in MonkeyType for 7 hours In all seriousness the custom mechanical keyboard hobby is super cool. Some of the most wholesome fun and people I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Really glad to see someone who bought the Kinetic Labs' magnifying glasses 🤣🤣
Fun Fact: even though the employees get $5,000 for an upgrade, it usually does not cover the cost of the things Linus breaks.
😂😂😂
i thinks its not true and linus will pay for the thing he breaks
😭🤣
@@akd-R no flies on you ana
Perfectly balanced
You can really see Linus' morale dive off a cliff when he realizes he's being asked to kludge in a stack of hard drives in the least elegant or aesthetic way possible, and that the person asking him to do it truly isn't bothered.
He looks soo damn Heartbroken 😄
Loved that part, Linus should see my previous server it was just a motherboard + power suply + hardisks and ssd's on a shelf who needs a case, ran it for 12 years like that :)
@@hebbocake HDD's are pretty rugged, really not that sensitive
@UnjustifiedRecs i do too, and perfectly fine rack inside the case, i just dont use it XD
he would have a heart attack if he saw my hard drive just hanging from the cable completely loose 😅
“Once you spend 5 to 10 grand on magic cards you kinda don’t wanna pay for them anymore” really hits home for me.
I collect vinyl and already know how ungodly expensive that hobby gets.... but this guy also collects Magic: The Gathering cards?!?!?! I mean... I know we all got some form of expendable income, but dmn. This dude must the brokest MF'er on the block... Hey, whatever facilitates that pop of happiness in your life.
if youre just playing casually, it's cheaper and more fun to just print the cards out lol. but some cards you still just have to have...because reasons
@@hoofhearted4I’ve lost (to fire or burglary) at least $10k worth of cards over the last 20 years.
@@lukeswan9042 shit man. That sucks. I played for awhile (Scourge - Alara) but I definitely didn't have that kind of money into it. Just recently bought some cards though because I taught my daughter how to play and I spiffed up a couple of my old decks for us.
Also might buy some of the new Kamigawa stuff. That was my favorite block. This is a cool spin on that.
"those are cheap keycaps, bit I have the expensive ones coming" - the entire custom keyboard hobby summed up in one sentence
Obviously he’s waiting for a group buy to fulfill.
And he is even calling it his endgame
Hold up Gb Gmks are coming
The whole keyboard thing is so cringe. "ThOcK.... iT's sO hEaVy..." Crinnnnnge.
@@harrytsang1501 and we all know he is lying
If I had $5 for every time "I'm gonna....." was uttered during this process, I'd have my own $5K Extreme Tech Upgrade
like to have $5 for every time Linus drops something in all of his videos I have billions more than I do much higher net worth
💲💰💵💶💴💷💰💵💶💴💷💰💲
It's almost impressive how many LTT employees even with a $5k upgrade have the jankiest setups I have ever seen.
...and he puts it back on the floor and aims the intake fans at the cat tree.
again.
Their just lazy and don’t improve anything
@@electrontube It looks so cool too and it's never going to be seen. So pointless.
@@randomz2290 some people don't really care about looking at it all the time as long as it works. people shouldn't put it on carpet for cooling purposes but tbh bro it will be fine people always really over react about having it on the floor or close too as long as there is something under it like a board or anything just to keep it off the carpet you will be fine man definitely.
Because they are grown adults that probably spend most of their time with family / working. When you have responsibilities you tend to care less about a gaming setup as long as it works.
"You know that one man can only use one maybe two keyboards at once?"
Taran: "Yeah sure"
@@studded8054 report don't reply
Fuck bots on yt
Taran: linus, i don't have enough keys...
Taran is no mere man
LTT Extreme Tech Upgrades will never not be absolutely funny and (somewhat) informative :)
They are informative :D
Someone PLEASE acknowledge the "Our guests of honor will be here any minute, get ready!"
yeah informative about how LTT only hires the strangest people :D
Very True
Best series
At first, I was like, "Damn, Plouffe has great taste, love his setup."
Then I learned he was a monster when he put the Mako sticker on crooked af.
I'm surprised he wasn't fired on the spot for that. It ought to be some kind of workplace code of conduct violation.
@@dutchuncle2716 not in your own house
The tech upgrade series is easily my favourite by a tech channel on youtube, and A lot of it is due to the quirky people of LTT!
I love how much stuff all of them "steal" from the LTT office 😂
This is such a brilliant series indeed Really damn good
Almost as good a scrapyard wars
I like seeing how "everyday" people would spend 5k on tech
Easily your favourite? Oh no, there are still people that didnt watch Scrapyard Wars? You will have a lot to watch my friend...
Nick is Linus’ nemesis, I have never seen Linus so triggered by someone to this point, he felt helpless and he looked hopeless.
Linus tried several different tactics, pointed everything that was wrong, Nick gave *_ZERO F%$#_* which drove Linus even crazier!
Then Linus gave up and went for immature warfare but what really kills Linus is the fact that deep inside he knows that Nick might not even undo the mess he created on purpose.
im triggered too lol
You can be triggered, but to act like a jackass because of how you feel, it’s on you. Nick welcomed him into his home, but to abuse that and be juvenile, even as a boss that is nasty. I like Linus, but there is a certain minimum level of decorum.
Chillax, hes playing it up for the camera
@@SirDamatoIII I'm 99% sure Linus prolly plays that role up for the video
Actually I thought the Colton upgrade was hilarious. They went straight for each other.
I love it when linus goes over to someones house, you can see their fear the whole time as linux runs around and starts going through their stuff. Like a bull in a china shop constantly hearing “Careful.. Watch out for.. Dont…” 😂
Dennis and Colton are really going to have to step there driving Linus crazy game up to compete with my guy
With the amount of times Colton gets fired, it's on Dennis to step up.
Phh... If only you could see what happened if I worked there
25:44 "I'm reaching the volume knob. not your knob" What a beautiful sentence 🤣
I love how Nick has 100s of thousands of dollars in weird and random shit thrown all over his place but has foldable chairs and table.
Priorities man, how important is a chair or end table it's just a place to put shit. But Magic cards and keycaps are for life...or are life for him
Exactly this. He has got some interesting priorities over sitting comfortably and avoiding a risk of backpain in the long run to say the least
Listen, I've spent more in 12 years on Magic cards than I have on cars, and the cards held a lot more resale value
@@targetbuddy5 For sure, could you ever actually bring yourself to part with them?
@@CharlieQuartz I have, actually, on two separate occasions. When I was broke and in college, I sold all my expensive cards and started playing draft almost exclusively. And again a few years ago, prices on Reserve List cards spiked as game stores started opening back up and online stores needed to restock, ended up selling almost $10k worth.
Easily the cheapest bang for their buck marketing Intel could do. Love this series
Is it? Barely counts as advertising... Plus I'd rather see them give it to people who actually need it.
@@geffreycaruso2411 people who need it don’t have the same reach as linus
asus does the rog rig reboot, intel can’t do something like that on this scale
@@AcridDragoon hahahaha well nothing stopping Linus from actually finding people in need versus just giving it to his already decked out employees...
@@geffreycaruso2411 No one needs it.
@@geffreycaruso2411 no one needs a 5000 pc get over yourself it's a want not a need and wants come to anybody at anytime and it's unfair because life is unfair
This has to be the most disjointed, chaotic Intel extreme tech upgrade that's been made. This has to be up there with Dennis' and David's.
@@droidsucksatwarthunder oh yeah how could I forget about big man Linus breaking beds. That was great as well.
he's so humble to literally everything legit seems like a really nice bloke
Its honestly very impressive how linus still knows exactly what came from the office with the amount of stuff they have
I'm pretty sure they have a sticker on their stuff for inventory
Bar coded or qr coded identification.
yes because it isn't just a repetitive joke....
There was a recent one (probably multiple over the series) where he had a list. He knows what they have because they check it out. I wonder if he would recognize items that weren't checked out. What would his reaction be if he did?
@@-opus it isn’t. lots of stuff can be “checked out”. yes he intends it as a joke, but it’s impressive he knows that inventory in general.
God Linus is so great at finding the most esoteric person in the tech hobby. Really excited to see more him involved.
Nah. The most esoteric people you don't see. LMG is more like mildly eccentric.
He simply picks one of his employees at random by means of dice. The fact they are all massive weird nerds is surely completely circumstantial and you have committed a massive slander, sir.
3:23
Nick would be an insane best mate to have. The knowledge and passion would be killer in the work environment at LMG.
The intel extreme tech upgrade series is one of THE best tech formats on youtube/LTT. I just love it. It shows real and genuine nice people and how they all spend the money on quite different ways. I enjoy seeing their homes and interests. Linus has a great team and the dynamic is so damn funny.
Please do many more of these and hire new people to never let it end!
intel on episode 100; uhhh did me make 500,000 on this?
"this is my endgame keyboard"
we all know this never will be ur endgame
Well it's _usually_ his endgame tho
The pain Linus expresses with the HDD situation is real. Had me rolling.
The chemistry between Linus and employees should be the standard for work places
too bad we’re humans, non of us are perfect, grow up in different environments, have different motives and mood fluctuations. Not possible man
@@GUY-on-Earth just being nice is a good step 👍🏽
My boss feeling he has the right to step foot into my home and publicly comment on how I live? I quit, and I'm contacting my lawyers.
@@puish i’m a very negative person, i see the world for what it is but thanks for the positivity 👍 everyone needs more of that
@@r.5813 I would guess they have the option to opt out of this if they aren't comfortable with it, though obviously I can't say authoritatively.
Watching Linus handle them jars had the anxiety levels raised.
@DONT go to my home page! I refuse to read your name! Read your OWN name!
Same he really does just throw shit around and treats other peoples stuff disrespectfully
@@battlecamry5821 he also gets intel to give them $5k -_-
With those little hands
@@b1oo71 and? That doesn’t mean he shouldn’t still be careful with other people’s property
vampire survivors is so fun and they have been adding so much so quickly. These videos are so great, this series was such a good idea.
I love how Linus got 69% consistency on his typing test. He doesn't even have to try at this point, everything turns out memes.
nice
I was gonna thumbs up this comment but... nice
After this Linus is going to start wearing a Hazmat Suit to do the Intel Extreme Upgrades.
At least a face mask, like come on
"I'm reaching for the volume knob, not your knob!"
Linus’ character flaw of dropping things is one of the most beneficial things that makes his content incredible. It’s amazing. 😅
I lost it when David said "He is jankier than me! How do I learn this power" the way he did. Laughed so much of that.
This is my new favorite Intel Extreme Tech Upgrade as of now. :D
What I have found interesting is that people who tend to be like mostly care about things I would deem more important, things like kindness and empathy.
Truly knocks out Dennis's upgrade, but you know Live Laugh Liao!
I couldn't stop smiling the whole time!
As for the screw driver, I used to work in aerospace and we used to use chromed snap on tools. One day, a flek of chrome broke off and got into some very sensitive equipment. After that, they changed ALL the tooling to mate black. Long story short, if the black finish scratches off, you do not want that anywhere near your electronics.
so it's more than just aesthetics, good to know
AS far as I know ( he said some things in a wan show) it's not chrome plated but that is the stainless steel itself
I cant believe how alike I am to Nick, the MTG, expensive hobbies, the meshify upgrade to torrent, even the cross legged sitting and footrest 😂
The more i see intel extreme tech upgrade, the more i wanna work at lmg, not for the 5000$, but just for the amazing cheerful atmosphere of this company and its boss
Same. Also, I know it’s _Intel’s_ $5,000 upgrade, but has anyone spent that on a Ryzen system? Or must it be spent on Intel platforms? ‘Cause if I worked at LMG I’d probably be the first and only to go AMD Ryzen lol, and then probably be fired 😂
@@TH3C001 the point of intel tech upgrade is to upgrade you computer with intel tech so obviously no amd here, at least not on the cpu part
@@mathieuderooster I figured lol, I knew there'd be caveats to the $5,000 budget.
I've literally looked up their job openings multiple times just to be sad that I'd have to not only career change (maybe, maybe not?) but definitely move to be there.
@@TH3C001 how is it a caveat? They’re doing it to PROMOTE INTEL products
Love it when Linus has chemistry with his build recipients, the laughter alone is worth the watch!
24:37 linus realizing he just unleashed the keyboard demon by saying that "mine's more expensive" line
This is BY FAR my favorite content series LMG has ever done. I actually rewatch these videos when I'm feeling a bit down and it really helps. Thanks :)
this should cheer you up...Rx 5700XTt's are $300 buy it now price on Ebay...$200 for a 5600 XT(throws confetti in the air)
it's like when you shop for tech stuff you know you're never gonna buy, or browse setup pictures on the internet, and then you add another dimension of the LMG employees' characters and Linus and all the fun stuff. love itttttt
I think one of the things I love the most about these intel extreme upgrades is Linus learning and getting angry at his employees for everything about their lives.
I love that guy, his hobby dedication is what I wish I could afford
This guy lives like I wanna live
Full of questionable decisions but total confidence
you know he doesnt have a partner lol his house looks like my house with all hobby shit in every corner haha
I could never let Linus in my house. It would be panic attack inducing. I own so little and he'd mock it all. Then promptly break something I couldn't replace.
even for 5k upgrade?
Makes me glad New York State is so far from Linus. Social security disability doesn't pay enough for me to pay for the damage.
well at least you got a baller computer out of it.
@@5at5una My anxiety is pretty high without something like a video being made. I could have so many uses to better my life with a good pc for work and fun. But I do think I could do it. Especially the mocking as someone who is poor as well.
I feel like Linus mainly mocks people who’s got a lot of redundant useless crap. Not a lack of things.
I like how in these Intel Upgrade series the dogs get no attention while the cats get their sweet camera time. Cats rule the Internet.
This episode has me cracking up hard! Love the rabbit hole that Nick has gone down with the keyboard mods. Respect.
4:04 "This is my endgame!", yet a true keyboard enthusiast knows he will be back for more soon.
lol this isnt his last "end game".
i thought my endgame was a 120 dollar base kit, turns out i needed to buy 3 more 500+ boards to find my endgame... and im still not satisfied lol
"This is my endgame keyboard!"
2 weeks later
"This is my new endgame keyboard!"
2 more weeks later
"Oh damn new switches?"
When I heard that phrase I was like "Ive definitely said that a few times before..." LOL
Biggest lie in the hobby, lmao. Endgame is getting to build keyboards for others and being able to charge enough to make it worth your time.
I built some unattainable keyboards (like, literally 5 figures) for free before, there's a few around I'd still build for free, but since people who buy those buy them to flex so they send them to the big streamers I stopped.
I have declared war against Linus 3:15
LET THE WAR BEGIN
The amount of employees you have who can go _months_ without using a vacuum cleaner is blowing my mind!
With how much he pays out on people for even the smallest amount of dirt, I would literally turn my whole house upside down before filming day and clean EVERYTHING. My shit would be cleaner than that Intel microprocessor fab he toured.
Well, I mean I haven't vacuumed in a decade or so. I just mop.
@@ChristopherHallett pretty sure they are asked not to. It’s pure content and got a lot of engagement.
@@swimmerboy172 exactly
I'd pay a professional cleaning crew to come in before. You're getting $5k of free stuff - spend a few hundred on a cleaner
As a homelabber, the harddrive placement in the NAS was painful to see, especially when he had a perfectly fine Define R5/R6, which is a really good server case.
I was physically cringing at that whole part. Absolute madman
Same. I'm fucking screaming.
Why did he do that tho? Why not just keep the old NAS, keep the other case as the computer for her gf and then made the main one?
Especially considering that the case comes with a hard drive cage that there is little reason to remove..
@@PoulWrist also have the meshify c, i removed it because im ssd only and can put 3 fans in the front if i remove the hdd cage. But if you use it as a nas, whole different story
if the editors didn't mess with the image and Linus really typed with 69% consistency that is hilarious
Nick’s face when Linus is trying to put the panel down is hilarious
Best part is watching Linus riffle through all this employee's personal stuff totally without boundaries and with no restraint. And then changing how they literally do everything in their setup and the computer activities.
...and people on RUclips complained when they were sassy or uncomfortable with that.
Bro this guy rules. He has great taste in keyboards. I see that Zoom65 he's using, nice spare switches, and the ones he's not using are cool. The John Avon full art prints are sick too. Linus simply doesn't understand.
Always hyped to see a new intel extreme tech upgrade video come out!
@DONT go to my home page! nah
As a budding keyboard enthusiast, MTG player, and vinyl collector I feel personally attacked. And thoroughly entertained. Can't wait for the next one!
I also felt a little offended when Linus said his place was filled with "all kinds of weird stuff" and it's literally just a wall of Unstable basic lands. Like wtf those are some of the best best basics in magic.
I love how even Linus doesnt want to fit all those hard drives in in a such a jank way. Im with you Linus, I'll do a lot to make things easier but thats a bit too far XD
I feel like Nick is the kinda guy who would rent an appartment for 30 years, but has 200k worth of random shit in his living room.
@Kevwe Patani Texas
@@oldveryveryoldmanfromthe1900s shhhh don't let the other states in on it, we already have such a market issue with the mass California migration
Lololololol
"I want to spend a lot of money, and the result to look like shit" - everything this guy is into
Exactly what I was thinking. It's like he read the first 5 top posts of every hobby subreddit and said yep good enough.
I cannot believe someone can make such a big mess in a single room of that size. It hurts just to look at it, having to be in that place for a few days would turn me insane...
@@kharjai5433 Everything feels surface-level and like he doesn't really care about any of the things he claims to be into.
"i need a 3090 to play vampire survivors"
Linus: "You know that one man can only use one maybe two keyboards at once."
Taran: "Well actually..."
Linus: Do you even use the dough shovel? It's suspiciously clean
Also linus after seeing the some remains: this is gross
I think Linus meant like ash residue and discoloration from that. I have my own and the very tip is definitely well blackened by now and scrubbing doesn't make it come off either.
I love how the LMG team is just a bunch of madmans. Amazing chaotic energy, what i absolutely need.
Love the zoom65 olivia on his desk! Love to see more people on the lmg team into keyboards
I like seeing you treat your employees. It feels good seeing everyone so excited and playful.
RPCS3 also heavily leverages TSX support. I remember unlocking TSX functionality in my 4690k to get better performance.
I absolutely love the new Intel tech upgrade segment intro. It looks so amazing! This employee seems like he'd be my friend IRL 😆 OMG this guy needs a keyboard making channel!!
Just a note on the screw driver. Put some "extended" bits with it or a smaller precision screw driver in the set with it. Its very common for some screws to be deep in a hole and having those small bits into hex end wont go in far enough down the hole to extract screw. I see this allot on Laptops, controllers that kinda thing. Sunk in screws suck.
counter sunk screws >>>>>>>> screws half an inch down a hole 🤦♂️
Especially relevant for keyboards. Saw another youtuber who scratched up the anodization on a new board because the bit was too wide for the screw well.
@@urmom-_ Except you don't know what hes talking about...
2:20 "Our quest of honor will be here any minute. Get ready!"
looks like somebody was excited about the upgrade
7:19 ''you're right, it's not a full L but it is a bit of an L'' 😉🤣🤣😂😂 #subtle
"Some of those are several hundred dollars." Ah, budget magic.
Not sure but i think it's before txs and in us$...
@@brunovilleneuve5831 Just my dual lands are worth upwards of 40k...
I bet he meant thousand and didn't want to scare linus
@@biod8998 that's scary
As someone who buys several collections per year and plays weekly, for most $100+ cards are actually pretty special. Most collections don't have them.
@ 4:26 I have a Jelly Key as well, mine is my tab key. Super neat to see another keeb nerd on the LTT team
I've also got a GameBoy keycap as my escape key, with north facing LED's it lights up the screen, so cool.
Not even 4 minutes in and Linus is dropping breakable things. I love this man.
One of the best Intel Extreme Tech upgrades ever! I simply love the randomness of it all! And I completely relate to the *coff* *coff* *furball* cat's hair all over the intakes!
But... using the server for crypto mining? Is that still a thing after the crash? Or does he just continue to do it for the "nostalgia"?
It's possible this was recorded prior to the crypto crash.
@@bigk777 Look at Linus' haircut, it was.... just like the KallmeKris video
I have a friend who stopped mining Bitcoin with its brand new ASIC in 2018 when it went from 25k (CAD) to 8k because it was "not profitable anymore". He was kind of mad at himself when it went back to 80k recently. Maybe he continues mining knowing the value may increase in the long run.
@@Seskoi For anyone reading this, if it isn't profitable to mine, but you think the value of whatever is going to go up. It's better to just straight up buy the coin. Not hating on anyone who likes crypto. But it doesn't make sense to mine a coin if your cost of electricity is higher.
@@ivibivivgig6425 I’m still mining ETH with 36 GPUs at home and I’m profitable. $52 per day profit on avg, 2.3 Gigahash total hashrate. until the ETH devs fk us over and switch to PoS (yes proof of stake has the same acronym as piece of sh*t, that’s what it will be at that point) so I don’t think your blanket statement about buying the coin makes sense, those who mined thru the last bear market came out on top because they yield so much more of the coin in downtimes, and that coin multiplies in value like crazy on the next bull run, which will come sometime in late 2024 MAYBE 2023 if we are lucky. I would advise anyone interested in mining to consider getting into it during the bear, hardware is cheaper, everything is just easier because there’s less noise and less distractions. It’s fun! And it’s also how I help support my family. Miners aren’t evil, don’t listen to the bitter RUclipsrs who want to turn tech enthusiasts against one another, we are all the same!
Thanks so much, this video was life-changing! After watching this video I have completely re-evaluated my purchasing and hoarding habits so I do not end up like this guy. Thanks again
How does Linus find a way to drop something in every one of these videos and it still cracks me up.
With how much Nick tinkers with keyboard parts, I wonder what kind of work he could do with arcade stick buttons. There are some that use keyboard switches.
Tbh, for the most part you won't notice the characteristics of the switch. I built my stick with Crown 301/302s? that use keyboard switches. But since the pushbutton itself rubs so much against the housing, you don't get much benefit from lubing or using different switches.
I know, right.
@@duckadence What about the Hitbox variant that uses keyboard buttons?
@@Neoxon619 If you're talking about the mixbox, then it's basically a keyboard WASD
The Meshify 2 Compact comes with a drive cage that can hold 2 hard drives. Since Plouf is a hoarder it's gotta be somewhere in the house. It just might take you a week to find it.
Best thing about the keyboard hobby is that I spotted his current in use keyboard is the Zoom65 Olivia dark edition. I have the same one beautiful acoustics
Congratulations, this is the first Extreme Tech Upgrade video that has given me pure anxiety.
I love watching linus get free interrogations and home visits while almost ruining his employees new parts : )
It's not free that 5k sponsor money could go to his pocket
@@alexdavis9324 What would the video be if it went to his pocket?
0:36 seconds LMAO at his enthusiasm going from 76%excited to 59% concerned
13:31 You can feel Linus's soul leaving his body
At this point I think that the whole point of labs was to fill it with more employees so that we never run out of Intel tech upgrades
I will buy as many screwdrivers as it takes to pay their salaries plz just give me more Intel extreme tech upgrades
I'm looking at these upgrades and thinking... wow, I really should do videos of what I have in my house, as THAT is a) janky and b) fucking kick ass. What these guys are doing is just so mainstream and unoptimized.
We ran out
Linus making his editor bleep his curses.
but then doesn't blur out a word right there behind 5:22
Laughed so many times in this video, one of the best of the series.
Nick is awesome, MTG and custom keyboards? Hell yes! I love the full art John Avon land prints. I cringed so hard when Linus was tossing the Odin up in the air, I know it’s for memes but he has like no respect for the employees property lol, throwing the glass switch containers around, flipping the artisan case upside down causing them all to tumble around, I would never let Linus in my apartment haha
Yeah, but considering how much LTT (and therefore Linus and his wife's) property ends up with employees...
This episode was amazing Linus killed it, so funny😂
I love how much of a dad linus has a become, like every word coming out of this mans mouth at this point is some form of lecturing lmfao
Fastest fingers in the west when this popped up xD
7:50 "I usually clean it but I'm building a new computer", this thought must have came to him about 3 years ago. lol
It's crazy that Linus is hell of awesome boss. Normally you wouldn't want your boss knowing how jank you are and yet he just rolls with it and not think twice on why they hired them.
Well Plouffe is a legend, he actually didn’t pay for any of those Magic cards in money, he just gave the store a photo of himself as payment. Chuck Norris tried the same thing one time and was walked out of the store. I know, I was there on both occasions
8:12 worlds greatest compressed air tool. I have one too, i've saved dozens of dollars if not hundreds on compressed air cans since buying that thing over 10 years ago.
What's it called?
@@SaladSomeone Datavac Electric Duster
I actually love all the hobbies but my god, I'm with Linus when it comes to sticker placement. Stickers aren't my thing but the slightly off-centre lonely stickers are driving me nuts 😂
Ahh yes another keyboard enthusiast with more chassis and switches than one should ever need with copious amounts of desk mats and a stupid number of novelties. I feel a sense of kinship/bad financial decisions.
the community truly shines whenever we realize how financially screwed we are and seek comfort from one another but keep on going anyway because... HEY NEW PRETTY DESKPAD/SWITCHES/KEYCAPS!
i keep all 4 of my builds on my desk cause god forbid something happen to my precious babies. All keyboard enthusiasts have issues :V
@@TR-qf2gt that and the fact when people call us out, we would only say stuff like "Yes I know it was a bad financial decision but I will definitely do it again" xD.
If anything, the community does have to get credit for being fully aware how wasteful their investments are.
Dude spends more on his keyboards, stupid stickers and cards then some people on their cars...
I love how they're self aware of the "I do to have a girlfriend. She's from Canada. You don't know her" trope. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Nice keyboards :)
Lmaoo
I honestly love the G305, I bought one for went from iron to gold in valorant in under 2 months. amazing mouse
We all need a friend like Linus
Every IETU video starts with 5 minutes of Linus looking at all the stuff they stole from the office.
01:20 an Attack on Titan fan. NOICE!!
As bad as i thought my set-up and cable management is, these always show me that it can always be much worse
23:39 i love how the rest of the room is like, yeah man ... all of us are like yea man that fine ... linus is having a breakdown
this is true PC nerd rage moment ... love it
Me watching Linus poke fun at keyboards:
"B-b-but the feel and the looks and the things. My lube and my springs and my Group Buys. You just don't get it man!"
*Proceeds to storm into room with multiple $500+ keyboards just to stay in MonkeyType for 7 hours
In all seriousness the custom mechanical keyboard hobby is super cool. Some of the most wholesome fun and people I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing. Really glad to see someone who bought the Kinetic Labs' magnifying glasses 🤣🤣
Also got the Kinetic Labs magnifying visor 😂😂😂
@@lawrencetchen Yes!! I talked about it in mi og comment 🤣🤣
@@Prism_JTN Ope, I meant to say *I* also purchased them, haha
@@lawrencetchen Ohhhh. Niceee!!!!