Are we just gonna glide over the fact that Linus fixed 10+ bent pins on an Intel board in a cramp room with a phone flash light and a pocket knife?? How did he even achive that? That is incredibly impressive
Two things. He has been with the company since fairly early days. As much fun as they have firing Colton, he is not someone who is easily fired. The other is that he actually has a fairly high position at LMG. While you need to respect your boss and the chain of command, at some point you also become well in tune with what you can and cannot do.
Can we talk about how steady his hand was while fixing the pins. Man is fixing something that needs so much precision with a tool that is not meant for fixing pins and he makes it look so easy.
I know they couldn't focus too much on the repair for a sponsored video, but how many people would willingly, and could actually pull off a repair like that in the basement of someone's house on a flimsy plastic table with a phone for a light? And succeed on the first try!? That was a complete badass move and could've easily stolen the show if not for all the other madness going on. Linus is a Boss in all the best ways.
as a guy who helped a friend build this same themed build ASUS did NOT bung up, that power supply/AIO is meant to be theme for the company that made the mechs in the anime and the rest of the components are meant to be EVA 01 the mech that the main character uses. as a note he is using the MSI case which is not part of the full build collab and is the reason the thor power supply was not fitting properly ASUS has a custom full tower to go with the rest of the build
Take pity on poor Linus, he knows not the Evangelion, if he did he probably would of been pining and whining in the corner like the main character. Lol
Nope, they still bunged it up. Them being themed to something else, as you said, just explains how they managed to bung it up. Its a completely different color scheme that clashes with the rest of the things in that theme. Some underlying theme doesn't matter if your colors clash for no other design reason. It's a pretty basic aspect of theming.
@@Dexx1s I’m 100% with you, and I would’ve swapped out that power supply and desk pad for the aesthetics alone. I never watched that Anime, but I had friends who did, but even without the associated IP, I would’ve bought those parts purely for the color scheme. Black, red, orange and blue are so played out when it comes to PC parts. It’s nice that just about everything matches, because everything is black white and grey with an accent color or two-but that purple looked sick with that green.
@@SwirlingDragonMist to be honest true and im not harping on him direclty it was more of an information type thing so it can be understood why they did it like so
@@Dexx1s the reason for the power supply and AIO being the way they are is a call back to when the mech is in its hangar connected to all the machinery having the motherboard, GPU, being the mech held in its hangar by these wires while it waits for its next deployement so yes it is in theme but you are correct they should have added some red accents to represent it more on the other pieces aswell, the case is like its stall since the stalls for the EVA mechs were collor coded
16:18 I can't stop laughing at the part where he questions Colton and his reply is "Yeah dude how funny was it? _Did ya chuckle?_ " and Linus' reply is just "you piece of sh**" lmaooooooooo I've watched it back like 10 times now lmfao Have to edit in the timestamp so I can just rewatch it _faster_
The extra long cable for the CPU connector actually makes a lot of sense given that power supply was intended to be used with ASUS' Evangelion Helios case. The Helios is so tall that a normal length cable can only just barely reach motherboard and even then only if you run it straight there without cable management.
@@0000Tiberius0000 that's got me thinking, it would be really funny (but totally pointless) if someone made an Evangelion themed UPS that had the countdown timer on it for when an EVA disconnects from external power
Like any true Evangelion fan, I can pick out meaning from the accidental symbolism! The red power supply represents the blood that exists in EVA due to their bio-mechanical being. The deskpad is a mural for when MAGI system at NERV was being hacked by the Angels.
@@Alpha4Sierra In reality, "Can you unplug it and plug it back in" and "Can you turn it off then on" are great basic troubleshooting questions because they verify that it is in fact plugged in and turned on.
The only downside to this setup is that not everything was purple and green. Not sure why there were different colors even though it’s from the same lineup.
Purple and green is the Eva 01, the red is from the Eva 02. Haven't watched more than a 30mb mpeg off WinMX back in the day so not an expert, but I can tell you that much :D
15:30 the red wiring color actually realistically ascentuate the EVA 01 mech if you remember, theres do be red power supply cords to the mechs in the anime, it complements the theme even more to me. NERV logo was also red/blood orange-ish
The transition to the living room in 20:47 is so funny - the workaround they do, the way Linus talks and the mother-in-law frying food in the background, makes it look like they were doing a school project instead of being a company with 15mln subscribers haha. Love it! 😄
the other one was only 650 watts it would barely run everything. he Should of taken the cable at least from the other power supply so it would had the black cables instead of the red ones
Not really, it has the Nerv logo in it (the main organization that builds and manages the Evas in the series), and Nerv always goes with red graphics and themes in general.
@@lukeangels NEVER switch power supply cables unless you're 100% positive they're compatible between models. It's a great way to fry you components otherwise.
The fact that Linus had to do surgery on an Evangelion board is top tier irony. Almost every single episode ends in massive repairs xD I've actually used Linus' advice on socket surgery a few times recently. Revived a B460, H170, as well as a 5600G and 5800X. Lighting and angles are the absolute most important bit!
Honestly figured lighting and angles was a pretty monkey thing to want to do lol its human nature in my brain to do this sooooo idk why people are like omg soooo smart like wtf
"Well the walls could use a coat of paint, that's all I'm saying." "I - I'm told that you do painting?" "Not today" The way that I took a sip of water and nearly CHOKED. One of my favorite and funniest intel upgrades to date!
To anyone who built a PC and couldn't connect to wifi due to missing drivers: Just share internet through USB with your phone. You can connect your phone to wifi and it basically acts like a antenna so you don't have to move your whole rig.
This is super useful when doing wacky stuff with laptops. I installed Linux and while using WiFi for setup is an option (but its bit of a pain and can have issues) wire is king and this gets very close
The motherboard was about $30 above the non-eva themed one when it was released iirc- he did not pay too much of a special markup if he's been sitting on the parts for "6 months"
I had a dog named Purple that died at 16 early this year, so when he said "performance is temporary, but purple is forever" I really loved that. Thank you
Watching these makes me really happy, too many companies don’t do enough to take care of their staff and it’s great to see Linus taking care of his own.
The PSU's color scheme is in fact correct! (canonically at least). NERV's color scheme is red and black, and the cables represent either Tang or blood. Still, I'd have gone for a full purple/green theme.
I think the issue is more, he could've gone for a NERV (black/red) theme or a 001 (purple/green) theme. I do think it's kinda weird to go the a single theme 90% and 10% not. Pretty much proof that he just looked up "evangelion" computer parts and shoved them all into his cart since he got TWO power supplies.
@@astrofavilla for transformative allegories, personally I believe that's what the RGB is for. otherwise, I like the hard color scheme to match. I'm just glad it's not my build, that random extra red would constantly nag at me in the back of my mind. I would've eventually HAD to either go with the purple 650 power supply or found another just to match the theme. lol
Probably didn't want to spoil anything. I think its why he referred vaguely to the shows "themes"
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Specially calling the "Evas" mechs already feels wrong to me, if he wanted to be vague to not give away main plot points is ok but he described it in such a lazy generic way and using the congratulations scene that I feel he knows eva more from memes than anything. Also not even a mention that the red PSU and cables were because it was matching the EVA 02 color scheme while the purple and green were for the EVA 01, at least a mention that different colors are for different characters if he doesn't want to go into specifics.
This guy seems so wholesome. And Linus for 2024. He is such an amazing person with incredible values. He's an unbelievable boss. I'd be so much comfortable in my workplace with someone like him.
To be fair, I'm farily confident Geoff is gonna be able to re-sell that maxed out EVA PC even when the hardware is literally e-waste. A full set like this is gonnna be a high value collector's item.
They've got over 100 people on staff now, probably 10 of those have had their shot, and it's lottery based. Assuming you're drawn last in the monthly lottery, you could be waiting nearly 10 years for yours
Now that he told him that Evangelion is about "mechs fighting monsters of the week", i'm pretty sure Linus will never touch it with a bargepole for the rest of his life. Sad indeed.
I know Linus says that the red is killing his vibe, but honestly I kind of like the way the small splash of Asuka red to break up the whole Shinji purple/green theme. With the cable management, it's not an overwhelming amount of red, and I think it provides a nice contrast.
Linus finding out he ended up paying for the body pillow and turning around to "repo" Geoff's stuff was gold. The body pillow has done its job multiple times over.
It'd have been perfect if he had shown Linus the hospital scene in complete silence, then launched into an explanation of Shinji's state of mind and how important the series was for anime, all with the closeup of Shinji's hand on the screen
It's been a long time since I've seen any Evangelion, but isn't the red tied in via the NERV logo and HUD inside the mechs? If that memory is right I totally get where ASUS was coming from, since the desk mat was a HUD display and they put the red on the PSU that has a literal display on it.
@@AvocadoBondage Wifi module varies from motherboard to motherboard, therefore drivers are different. USB tethering is a standart and does not vary between motherboards, therefore built-in driver should always work (drivers for tethering are not required since windows 7)
The power supply combo is actually pretty neat. The red is the logo of the base that the purple stuff leaves from. So the PSU powering the rest of it fits thematically.
3:28 this is the moment Linus realised he is finally old. it s got such 'kid telling his dad about the cool in thing that all the kids love these days' vibes. It felt really similar to when my 12 year old niece tries to explain the characters of Genshin Impact to me.
Linus' comment at 24:00 about how the art was going on permanently because it was a command strip and they don't actually come off easily...... that makes a *whole* lot more sense with the semi-recent realization of Linus having no idea how to use command strips lol.
Completely off subject here, Linus, but could you possibly do a video about how common shader and asset stutter is becoming in PC gaming? I've noticed it myself and have seen more and more threads about it recently. Would be great to have creators start pointing it out as well.
@@blacknester That's not SSD issue, shader stutter is 100% issue of bad dx12 implementation and assets sutter when much more rare it's an issue of outdated streaming assets streaming.
TBH I would just be happy to have shader compilation happen when you first install the game, when its happening on the fly it really ruins the flow of a first play.
Would be great to get more people talking about this. It’s been a huge topic with Digital Foundry, but more people need to know about it. It’s common in all the Unreal games, and even persists in the latest UE5.1. Also exists in other titles, and is such a blight on PC gaming.
7:28 The socket pin surgery is my favorite part of the video. It is not something I would want to do on an expensive piece of equipment, but it is something I'd like to do to placate my OCD
The body pillow of his boss is the best bit of any of these extreme Tech upgrades so far I love it
Too bad Colton got fired for that purchase.
i love colton so much for stuff like that :DD
I hope it makes a Sly appearance at the next one just because.
I was dying.
Live Laugh Liao is unbeatable for me.
Are we just gonna glide over the fact that Linus fixed 10+ bent pins on an Intel board in a cramp room with a phone flash light and a pocket knife?? How did he even achive that? That is incredibly impressive
13 years of pin repair experience and counting ruclips.net/video/EdDccsbv5hA/видео.html
He's the MacGyver of pc's! Joking aside you are right that is kind of impressive.
Just imagine how many has he broken already to be able to do that.
Seriously: That segment deserves a video in its own right. That is EXACTLY the kind of situation most of us are actually in when we need to fix stuff.
I’ve done it on lga 1151 board there was 24 bent pins but nowhere with speed took me like 7 hours
this man flipped the script on Linus and made him feel uncomfortable. he is now my new favorite LTT employee.
Bruh 😂
@@Noah-lj2sg Colton lmao
Watch the "My most painful PC Build... - ROG Rig Reboot 2019" episode if you want to see Linus absolutely suffer. It's so painfully funny
seriously...
@@NikkiBudders ikr? Geoff is my favorite LTT crew since Mads
Linus: Carefully fixes bent CPU socket
Also Linus: Yanks a cable out and knocks something on the ground, breaking it
he wouldn't be so good at fixing stuff if he wasn't just as good at breaking it
*fifteen* bent pins
ADHD baby
I laughed my ass off when the pillow was flipped over and Colton was on it!🤣
I thought it was funny how Linus didn't know he himself was on the other side too. Definitely worth the 150 bucks for the gag, so many layers of funny
I did not see that coming.
I need a complementary weighted Anthony blanket
God i love Colton. Imagine getting an angry call from your boss and responding with “Yeah dude how funny was it did ya chuckle?”
I’m sure he’s fairly experienced in dealing with angry Linus😂
Two things. He has been with the company since fairly early days. As much fun as they have firing Colton, he is not someone who is easily fired.
The other is that he actually has a fairly high position at LMG. While you need to respect your boss and the chain of command, at some point you also become well in tune with what you can and cannot do.
Can we talk about how steady his hand was while fixing the pins. Man is fixing something that needs so much precision with a tool that is not meant for fixing pins and he makes it look so easy.
I would NEVER remove that CPU if this computer manages to post after the bent pins surgery
well... unless you are replacing the board it's self.
@@LevSco
Why would you remove the CPU???
Me too, and no OC ofc (all core turbo something something)
I know they couldn't focus too much on the repair for a sponsored video, but how many people would willingly, and could actually pull off a repair like that in the basement of someone's house on a flimsy plastic table with a phone for a light?
And succeed on the first try!?
That was a complete badass move and could've easily stolen the show if not for all the other madness going on. Linus is a Boss in all the best ways.
@@user9267you could use the CPU as a parachute, not a well working one, but a parachute indeed
"Performance is temporary, Purple is forever." is now my absolute favourite LTT quote !
that and "live laugh liao"
At this point Colton is trying so hard to get fired but Linus is just too nice to do it 🤣🤣
Canadians ... just canadian things.
He knows Linus agrees it made the video better but would never admit it.
Im pretty sure Colton gets fired quite regularly
As if being fired has ever stopped Colton.
Body Pillow
Colton: Yeah that’s not part of the budget lol
Linus: What!? tHaTs pArT oF tHe BuDgEt!!!
Me: Lol Colton’s getting fired!
I've always wondered why no one has ever bought a Ryzen so far but then it hit me...
It's a good realization. It took me five seconds to interpret your lacking conclusion, too. _"AMD Extreme Tech Upgrade."_
Huhuhahaha I did not expect that.
Then they wouldn’t sponsor him, wouldn’t they?💀
i mean he could build a second computer with amd, i mean one of them did a amd graphics card, but yeah i was just sad this wasn't amd xaku build
I wonder when they'll have to get Intel GPUs as well...
Linus's experience with dropping CPUs has made him quite the expert at fixing broken pins.
kind of ... if you re watch he already had the cup in before he did the fixing part , he installs that cup wile talking about 1 min before hand ...
as a guy who helped a friend build this same themed build ASUS did NOT bung up, that power supply/AIO is meant to be theme for the company that made the mechs in the anime and the rest of the components are meant to be EVA 01 the mech that the main character uses.
as a note he is using the MSI case which is not part of the full build collab and is the reason the thor power supply was not fitting properly ASUS has a custom full tower to go with the rest of the build
Take pity on poor Linus, he knows not the Evangelion, if he did he probably would of been pining and whining in the corner like the main character. Lol
Nope, they still bunged it up. Them being themed to something else, as you said, just explains how they managed to bung it up. Its a completely different color scheme that clashes with the rest of the things in that theme. Some underlying theme doesn't matter if your colors clash for no other design reason. It's a pretty basic aspect of theming.
@@Dexx1s I’m 100% with you, and I would’ve swapped out that power supply and desk pad for the aesthetics alone.
I never watched that Anime, but I had friends who did, but even without the associated IP, I would’ve bought those parts purely for the color scheme.
Black, red, orange and blue are so played out when it comes to PC parts. It’s nice that just about everything matches, because everything is black white and grey with an accent color or two-but that purple looked sick with that green.
@@SwirlingDragonMist to be honest true and im not harping on him direclty it was more of an information type thing so it can be understood why they did it like so
@@Dexx1s the reason for the power supply and AIO being the way they are is a call back to when the mech is in its hangar connected to all the machinery having the motherboard, GPU, being the mech held in its hangar by these wires while it waits for its next deployement
so yes it is in theme but you are correct they should have added some red accents to represent it more on the other pieces aswell, the case is like its stall since the stalls for the EVA mechs were collor coded
That Colton flip was amazing 😂
At what minute of video ?
I laughed harder at the body pillow phone call portion than I have at any LMG video ever.
Exactly 😂
I can already see the next employee to punk Linus pulling out an AMD cpu. Lol
@@Beremotetrue. But damn was it funny.
Same here. I freaking died at that call 😂😂
That was great 😂
16:18 I can't stop laughing at the part where he questions Colton and his reply is "Yeah dude how funny was it? _Did ya chuckle?_ " and Linus' reply is just "you piece of sh**" lmaooooooooo I've watched it back like 10 times now lmfao
Have to edit in the timestamp so I can just rewatch it _faster_
Honestly Colton is goated for that
A Trash Taste hoodie and anime figurines. A man of culture.
hoodie is fyeee NGL
@TrashTaste
Trash Taste gang
Absolute Gigachad. Prolly likes bone-in chicken too.
Boneless Gang ayo
It's incredible that even after Linus not so kind words about Intel, they still finance expensive rigs for his staff
The fact that they say the not so nice words when they need to be said is what makes them reputable, thankfully intel seem to understand
Also, millions of viewers / subscribers
because that's supposed to be how businesses should work
These video's get viewed by ~2 million people every time. It's worth it, otherwise they wouldn't do it.
yeah i like intel tbh
17:00 this is by far the best bit in all of extreme tech upgrade
The extra long cable for the CPU connector actually makes a lot of sense given that power supply was intended to be used with ASUS' Evangelion Helios case.
The Helios is so tall that a normal length cable can only just barely reach motherboard and even then only if you run it straight there without cable management.
i though it was reference to the eva power cables
@@0000Tiberius0000 that's got me thinking, it would be really funny (but totally pointless) if someone made an Evangelion themed UPS that had the countdown timer on it for when an EVA disconnects from external power
@@chdn
If I don't see cable popping off like off EVA I'm not considering it lol
That thing looks huge
Like any true Evangelion fan, I can pick out meaning from the accidental symbolism! The red power supply represents the blood that exists in EVA due to their bio-mechanical being. The deskpad is a mural for when MAGI system at NERV was being hacked by the Angels.
still does not fit the color scheme. no matter what meaning it has. just looks bad.
naw man, it's Shinji X Asuka. :P
$1700 for a gpu. Its an old tech too 3080 from september 17 2020. After 2 years the price shouldnt be that high.
Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well.
@@fynkozari9271 it was bought 6 months ago, and the video was probably filmed a month ago, so the stupid hiked price. Maybe.
If I had a dollar for every time they built a setup for someone moving I could build my own setup
That’s due to Linus hiring such young people. Young people move a lot.
Ha ha nice, I’m moving too lol
Makes it feel like they do it intentionally to not reveal where they actually live in.
I feel like 80% of all houses sold are to LTT employees
@@falsemcnuggethope true, they've had the parts for half a year. Probably timed it just before the move.
Linus is channeling that "dad being explained his son's fave anime series and the merch he bought" energy very well.
To Colton’s credit Linus reacting to the fact he paid for the pillow was hysterical
I love how the "power it off and back on again" is STILL the first go to fix for the last 20 years lol
To be fair, it's been the first thing to try since the birth of capacitors and ICs.
"Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and on again?"
20 years? Make that 150.
@@Alpha4Sierra In reality, "Can you unplug it and plug it back in" and "Can you turn it off then on" are great basic troubleshooting questions because they verify that it is in fact plugged in and turned on.
The only downside to this setup is that not everything was purple and green. Not sure why there were different colors even though it’s from the same lineup.
Purple and green is the Eva 01, the red is from the Eva 02.
Haven't watched more than a 30mb mpeg off WinMX back in the day so not an expert, but I can tell you that much :D
@@AlexTheStampede you are of course correct. Asus managed to suck at merch. Either that or this guy sucks at being an Eva fan.
@@xmlthegreat i dont think he is an eva fan or maybe he just watched it 20 years ago
@@MayankJairaj Look at his face. That boy was in diapers 20 years ago.
I think the red accents looked nice
15:30 the red wiring color actually realistically ascentuate the EVA 01 mech if you remember, theres do be red power supply cords to the mechs in the anime, it complements the theme even more to me. NERV logo was also red/blood orange-ish
Don't forget that unit 2 is also red lol.
yes looks great, also the NERV theme in general is red and black
The transition to the living room in 20:47 is so funny - the workaround they do, the way Linus talks and the mother-in-law frying food in the background, makes it look like they were doing a school project instead of being a company with 15mln subscribers haha. Love it! 😄
The fact he went with the red power supply is killing me lmao
the other one was only 650 watts it would barely run everything. he Should of taken the cable at least from the other power supply so it would had the black cables instead of the red ones
@@craiggerhardstein7305 Yeaaaaah I knooow.. But it does look weird. I think you’re also not really supposed to switch power supply cables
Not really, it has the Nerv logo in it (the main organization that builds and manages the Evas in the series), and Nerv always goes with red graphics and themes in general.
@@lukeangels NEVER switch power supply cables unless you're 100% positive they're compatible between models. It's a great way to fry you components otherwise.
@@choppings54 its within the evangelion theme....
The fact that Linus had to do surgery on an Evangelion board is top tier irony. Almost every single episode ends in massive repairs xD
I've actually used Linus' advice on socket surgery a few times recently. Revived a B460, H170, as well as a 5600G and 5800X. Lighting and angles are the absolute most important bit!
Honestly figured lighting and angles was a pretty monkey thing to want to do lol its human nature in my brain to do this sooooo idk why people are like omg soooo smart like wtf
Is it irony or is it poetic? 🤔
The eva computer parts, the fact he's wearing a Trash Taste Hoodie, and the fact that he knows what a Dakimakura is? Love this
Him not choosing for the purple PSU has got to be one of the most frustrating things I've watched this year.
total chad move, like when people let guys dress themselves
It is the Nerv colours though, so it's acceptable
It looks fine stooge
Already massive respect for this guy for his hardware choices and then I realise he has a Trash Taste hoodie, literally could not get trashier
IT'S PURPLE!
"Well the walls could use a coat of paint, that's all I'm saying." "I - I'm told that you do painting?" "Not today"
The way that I took a sip of water and nearly CHOKED. One of my favorite and funniest intel upgrades to date!
Would have been hilarious since they'd paint the walls green and purple.
To anyone who built a PC and couldn't connect to wifi due to missing drivers:
Just share internet through USB with your phone. You can connect your phone to wifi and it basically acts like a antenna so you don't have to move your whole rig.
As someone who had the same issue recently and remembered what you just wrote and felt like a genious, i can wholehortedly approve of this message.
This is super useful when doing wacky stuff with laptops.
I installed Linux and while using WiFi for setup is an option (but its bit of a pain and can have issues) wire is king and this gets very close
Yeah, this is the best way if you don't have another computer/laptop you can download on.
I don’t think it’s possible with iPhones tho. I always needed to install iTunes to be able to hotspot.
@@zsobikaa you don't need to install itunes but you need drivers
The twister of emotions (shock, anger, irony) going through Geoff's face within an instant was hilarious.
wait, is he wearing a Trash Taste hoodie ?
Looks like it 😂😂😂
A real man of culture
Hell yeah I have the same sweatshirt!
I think he is!!!
You can clearly see it in 1:46 if you zoom in
The motherboard was about $30 above the non-eva themed one when it was released iirc- he did not pay too much of a special markup if he's been sitting on the parts for "6 months"
I mean… Colton was right, Linus finding out that he paid for the pillow was absolutely hilarious 😂
The body pillow of his boss and other boss and how linus handled it is the best bit out of every extreme tech upgrade ever existed 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I almost $#!T my pants after laughing so hard when he pulled that pillow out ! Then Linus Drags the Pillow off Bed,I just Died !🤣
How linus yeeted the thing into the abyss in the closet
Once he realized he paid for it 🤣. Was very funny situation
BRO, HOW DID HE STEAL MY BODY PILLOW OF LINUS?!?
Ayo😳
lol you guys should go on the Mauri Povich show to have the DNA test revealed.
I had a dog named Purple that died at 16 early this year, so when he said "performance is temporary, but purple is forever" I really loved that. Thank you
17:12 to be fair to Colton I just laughed out loud so hard my fucking neighbor heard me
This guy is definitely into the anime community a lot, cause he even has the trash taste merch
I mean. It's purple
I was wondering if it was tt merch
I wonder if he attended their tour. The TT tour was fantastic!
He didn't know shit about Eva and showed Linus the worst scene . Why not the OP?
@@omarsabeur9039 Somebody needs to touch grass...
16:47 I would have loved the iconic "You are fired!" at the end of the phone call xD
That build looks so good. I like to imagine Linus deciding to watch Eva after this expecting a typical mech action anime.
Watching these makes me really happy, too many companies don’t do enough to take care of their staff and it’s great to see Linus taking care of his own.
The PSU's color scheme is in fact correct! (canonically at least). NERV's color scheme is red and black, and the cables represent either Tang or blood. Still, I'd have gone for a full purple/green theme.
get a life
I think the issue is more, he could've gone for a NERV (black/red) theme or a 001 (purple/green) theme. I do think it's kinda weird to go the a single theme 90% and 10% not. Pretty much proof that he just looked up "evangelion" computer parts and shoved them all into his cart since he got TWO power supplies.
@@Zhajn He can say the this is EVA 01 Pseudo-Evolved since in Rebuild 2.0, Eva 01's green does switch to red when Shinji's trying to rescue Rei.
You could think of it as nerv(psu) powering the eva(the rest of the computer) via cables
@@astrofavilla for transformative allegories, personally I believe that's what the RGB is for. otherwise, I like the hard color scheme to match. I'm just glad it's not my build, that random extra red would constantly nag at me in the back of my mind. I would've eventually HAD to either go with the purple 650 power supply or found another just to match the theme. lol
I would have expected someone who dropped so much money on Evangelion merch to explain the plot a little bit better
What's better than explaining the ending of Evangelion's anime as a power point presentation 🤣🤣🤣
Probably didn't want to spoil anything. I think its why he referred vaguely to the shows "themes"
Specially calling the "Evas" mechs already feels wrong to me, if he wanted to be vague to not give away main plot points is ok but he described it in such a lazy generic way and using the congratulations scene that I feel he knows eva more from memes than anything. Also not even a mention that the red PSU and cables were because it was matching the EVA 02 color scheme while the purple and green were for the EVA 01, at least a mention that different colors are for different characters if he doesn't want to go into specifics.
seeing as he said sinji instead of Shinji, pretty sure it was all bout that aesthetic
The funny thing is I don’t think most Evangelion fans could do much better😅
Ah man, im about to watch all the tech upgrade videos again. They are just such a nice twist with the personal touch of each and every employee.
Imagine buying a body pillow with your half-naked boss on it and making him pay for it.
Sick move, not gonna lie
I love that the upgrades have gone to other crew members this year and we really get to see more get the new equipment/meet the staff, etc
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>Comedy body pillow
>Megumin figure
This dude knows what's GOOD!
megumin best girl
This guy seems so wholesome. And Linus for 2024. He is such an amazing person with incredible values. He's an unbelievable boss. I'd be so much comfortable in my workplace with someone like him.
To be fair, I'm farily confident Geoff is gonna be able to re-sell that maxed out EVA PC even when the hardware is literally e-waste. A full set like this is gonnna be a high value collector's item.
These intel upgrades make me wanna work for LTT😂
Same
Same (it's lmg/Linus media group fyi)
They've got over 100 people on staff now, probably 10 of those have had their shot, and it's lottery based. Assuming you're drawn last in the monthly lottery, you could be waiting nearly 10 years for yours
@@daylen577 7.5* let's not round thst far please.
To get free Linus body pillow?
There actually is a whole host of official Asus ROG eva products including monitors, key boards and headsets.
Disturbingly fun. I love these upgrade videos. Body pillow worth the fun and cringe for the video. Linus y0u got your moneys worth.
i would have spent all $5000 to force Linus to sit down and watch every piece of EVA media in one shot.
Including all the 80's Doujin stuff that got animated and the games including Girlfriend of steel I and II .
fantasitic idea bro
Fr it should've been a big ass OLED, some fancy chairs, and just a marathon.
Now that he told him that Evangelion is about "mechs fighting monsters of the week", i'm pretty sure Linus will never touch it with a bargepole for the rest of his life. Sad indeed.
@@draxrdax7321 true dude
My man rocking the Trash Taste merch
A true man of culture
👍
He`s a fan of the bois
I know Linus says that the red is killing his vibe, but honestly I kind of like the way the small splash of Asuka red to break up the whole Shinji purple/green theme. With the cable management, it's not an overwhelming amount of red, and I think it provides a nice contrast.
He is a man of culture as well. Demon slayer and Konosuba figures
EXPLOSIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
9:20 was my favorite part- Linus stunned silence and then Brandon's really quiet, "For a 3080?"
Never a dull video with Intel upgrades
From Linus/Colton Dakimakura, to emergency socket surgery, to double power supplies
This one's jampacked
Geoff with the trash taste merch 👌
respect
It hits different.
Glad I wasn't the only one who caught it
Not only did he get the EVA collab PC but he also has a Trash Taste Hoodie, Geoff is a Man of Culture
I’m actually surprised I had to scroll this far to find someone calling out the drip.
One of Us! One of Us!
The body pillow, Colton's phone call, all of Linus' reactions, I was dying throughout the entire video
Linus finding out he ended up paying for the body pillow and turning around to "repo" Geoff's stuff was gold. The body pillow has done its job multiple times over.
I would describe Eva as animated mental breakdown, but he did a good job too, all without mentioning the hospital bed!
It'd have been perfect if he had shown Linus the hospital scene in complete silence, then launched into an explanation of Shinji's state of mind and how important the series was for anime, all with the closeup of Shinji's hand on the screen
-Shinji what did you do！
-I c*m on Asuka
Colton always makes me laugh, making linus pay for the linus/colton body pillow was a great choice
That call with Colton about the body pillow was the funniest thing Ive ever seen on this channel. And Ive been here since NCIX.
I would never have imagined to see a collectible figure of Megumin on Linus Tech Tips. What an honorable man of culture Geoff is
Purple for Shinji's bot, a little splash of red for Asuka's - I think it works!
A little splash from Shinji for Asuka.
I don't get the reference, but I actually like the red accent.
@@ZNotFound This is a violation and I'm reporting it 💀💀💀
@@BesWag Have you watched Evangelion? That's a reference. lol
@@ZNotFound It needs a bit of white
lol
“Yeah dude it was funny did you chuckle??” Colton’s 3 seconds from being fired
I haven’t laughed that hard at a yt video in a while lol the call when Colton asks if he chuckled killed me😂😂😂
Linus:" Your built is dumb"
Jeff : "Thanks intel"
Man of Culture
that pc build is sick! congrats Jeff!
Geoff**
this is exactly how id spend 5000 on a tech upgrade, I love Eva
that or the Gundam collab stuff
Yeah just downgrade the CPU, get the non K variant
It's been a long time since I've seen any Evangelion, but isn't the red tied in via the NERV logo and HUD inside the mechs? If that memory is right I totally get where ASUS was coming from, since the desk mat was a HUD display and they put the red on the PSU that has a literal display on it.
i will go with amd zaku edition
@@Xanthelei yeah its nerve as well as the spear that the eva 01 uses. Red still looks good too with the colors even if it isnt specifically "eva 01"
20:20 The pillow in that position makes him look like Beaker
I'm shocked they didn't think to try USB tethering the PC to a phone for the internet activation... instead they moved the whole setup lmao.
Considering it didn't detect the wifi drivers I'm hesitant USB tethering would work out of the box either
@@AvocadoBondage Wifi module varies from motherboard to motherboard, therefore drivers are different. USB tethering is a standart and does not vary between motherboards, therefore built-in driver should always work (drivers for tethering are not required since windows 7)
@@AvocadoBondage If mouse and keyboard works, tethering will work.
@@AvocadoBondage it does - win 10 had stock drivers for this
@@PPoverwhelming no...
as an eva fan i think the red just makes that setup to a whole new level
The power supply combo is actually pretty neat. The red is the logo of the base that the purple stuff leaves from. So the PSU powering the rest of it fits thematically.
no
LTT, this was the first ETU video I've enjoyed from start to end. *waves at Jeff*
Imagine, your boss asking you to show him some nge and not immediately showing him the scene with shinji standing over best waifu hospital bed
Lol
=_=
There isnt a scene like that with Rei
@@Phantom-kc9ly there's no scene like that with Misato either but you still knew exactly which scene I was talking about.
best scene ever.
3:28 this is the moment Linus realised he is finally old. it s got such 'kid telling his dad about the cool in thing that all the kids love these days' vibes.
It felt really similar to when my 12 year old niece tries to explain the characters of Genshin Impact to me.
Except that the anime is from 1995,so it's not a question of age
the fact Linus was willing to do pin repair on an LGA socket for his employee is amazing, I wont even do it for my boss XD
Linus' comment at 24:00 about how the art was going on permanently because it was a command strip and they don't actually come off easily...... that makes a *whole* lot more sense with the semi-recent realization of Linus having no idea how to use command strips lol.
EVA gear speaks to my heart. All that damm purple is amazing. I really wish another company would do Eureka Seven, those color schemes are nice too.
Completely off subject here, Linus, but could you possibly do a video about how common shader and asset stutter is becoming in PC gaming? I've noticed it myself and have seen more and more threads about it recently. Would be great to have creators start pointing it out as well.
@@blacknester That's not SSD issue, shader stutter is 100% issue of bad dx12 implementation and assets sutter when much more rare it's an issue of outdated streaming assets streaming.
TBH I would just be happy to have shader compilation happen when you first install the game, when its happening on the fly it really ruins the flow of a first play.
I heard UE4's handling of these things is what sucks but idk. Would be interested as well!
For that kind of topic you'd probably have more luck asking the Digital Foundry guys or 2kliksphilip.
Would be great to get more people talking about this. It’s been a huge topic with Digital Foundry, but more people need to know about it. It’s common in all the Unreal games, and even persists in the latest UE5.1. Also exists in other titles, and is such a blight on PC gaming.
I used my phone camera on zoom with a flexible arm,to fix my cpu bent pins. worked awesome!!
Modern problems requires modern solutions. Macgyver is proud.
This dude is by far the coolest person working for Linus. Super chill.
Goeff is now my favourite LTT member hands down. No question about it. Sweater on point!
17:03 I almost never laugh out loud but this was hilarious
I had to rewind and watch it again 😂
Another wholesome Intel tech upgrade with your boss helping you out, and get to joke and laugh during builds. Thumbs Up!
7:28 The socket pin surgery is my favorite part of the video. It is not something I would want to do on an expensive piece of equipment, but it is something I'd like to do to placate my OCD
This has been one of the best Intel extreme tech upgrades. The pillow was hilarious.
the Colton bits in this video ARE GOLDEN!!!! we must protect Geoff at all costs.
1:20 I love EVA, so I had the same facial reaction as Geoff when that happened 😹
Linus: “Thanks Intel!”
Geoff: *war crimes intensifies*
As a huge evangelion fan, I kind of like the 02 cables