I think they might've forgotten the Optane... it's supposed to be an M.2 and OEMs are known for forgetting to add custom upgrades from time to time. There are plenty of videos of people buying PCs from say Dell or HP (or any other OEM at that) and they missed an upgrade or more so I mean this is probably moot as you're gonna check the system anyways and get it as bare-bones as possible for the sake of the video series but unless the SSD storage itself and the Optane are on the same M.2 module it looks like the kinda thing where you might have to contact HP unfortunately. Also, on a sidenote those HP Torx/Flathead combo screws are the bane of my existence... I mean I have a Torx-head and flathead anyways but I'm just saying a higher-up at HP must've had a traumatizing experience with a Philip's head (not to laugh at their expense though, it just makes me wonder why they do that...)
I've already had a call with HP and they claim the Optane is supposed to be integrated on to the board (or, as you say, maybe it is integral to the SSD?)... I have my doubts. I haven't yet powered it up, so maybe it is? Come from the Automotive world, I'd pay extra for a vehicle with no torx fasteners. My Jeep is full of them and I've replaced many of them with regular hex heads.
@@TheBrokenTech Come to think of it, the M.2 module used for Optane is blue, same color as the one on the HP. Since the board is proprietary I'm sure the Optane could very well be integrated too. Oof... my knowledge on automotive is extremely limited but I can only imagine how much a pain it would be working with Torx on a car and I'd pay extra too just to have regular hex instead too. Merry Christmas!
Hummmm.... I guess the first thing to do is simply observe the drive more carefully to see if it's an optane drive. This is making more and more sense. On cars what happens with Torx is they fill up with dirt and then immediately corrode.At least in my part of the world, they require removal with a torch most of the time. Yuck. Hard pass. Merry Christmas to you as well!
Sure enough, it says "Intel Optane" in the smallest print known to man on the SSD. I was going to make a quick community post with a pic, but then I remembered channels under 1k subs can't. I'll point it out in a future video for sure. Thanks for the pointer.
Thank you for this wonderful review!😀. I just bought the HP ENVY Desktop (TP01-3147c) from Costco for $850, on sale today. It comes with 32GB RAM, a 1TB HDD and 512GB SSD. I'm hoping it will have a free SATA port for my 8TB HDD from my old machine. I should receive delivery next week. Your video was very helpful for me to see inside the chassis. Thank You 😀
i got an hp envy! Features a intel core i7-12700f, gtx 1660 super, and 1 TB SSD. I can't wait to get blazing fast minecraft performance! (upgrading from dell inspiron 13 7368 gaming)
I wonder if that extra space on that first panel on the left on the exterior front face being wider than the rest has something to do with the optional optical drive
Never liked the fact that OEM machines lack so much I/O and even more expensive 1000$+ computers still lack. 4 USB ports in the back and doesn't even get an optical audio output is not cutting it for me. Not to mention the proprietary PSU and connectors which would make it a pain to replace if it fails. Consumer grade OEM PCs don't really cut it for me
I understand your point, but USB (especially USB C) and USB hubs pretty much fix _most_ of the port problems. USB C really is a gift from technology heaven. I agree that boxed store PCs aren't for everyone. But, for the money, if you buy the cheapest one they build you can almost always get your money back just from parting them out. 🤣
Yeah, I kinda dropped the ball with the "upgrade plan" part of the video other than to say "everything". I'm not sure what I'm doing first. Probably optical drive or HDD.
I do intend to get to that (admittedly running behind with this series), but on mine it's pretty much as easy as plugging it in. I believe my PSU came with a 8 pin power connector and a 3060 was a factory option on mine when I ordered it.
I only buy a wired mouse and keyboard. When your 90 year old parents are on the computer and the batteries go dead, it's more than in inconvenience. It's a Facebook Tragedy.
Hex head screws have been holding computer equipment together for 60 years and should be the industry standard. I will agree that both phillips and torx are bad things, but I will still take phillips between the two. My bias is almost entirely from dealing with torx fasteners on vehicles, which are a complete nightmare in that application.
@@TheBrokenTech Nice! I got two of those, but so far only found one slot on one motherboard that reads both sides of this drive. No optane raid. So I've ordered a 32GB optane module, so I can has OPTANE RAID0 for my root directory!! Then and only then will I happy with Timeshift's timeshare.
mine didn't have the 6+2 adapter and it came with a potato of a power supply 310w I have been talking ot intel for a long time and they say there's nothing they can do, they can't even find the right power supply for it so idk what it's even called
Not every computer that looks like this one will be the same model. At the I time I ordered mine, the PSU it came with was the only option. That said... 310w is plenty to run a modest GPU. I've never tried one, but there are SATA power to PCIE adapters. For a card with a very modest power requirement (under 150w) something like that may be fine.
@@TheBrokenTech Yea u can find some 300w gpus, I have one even, but the problem is it's a closed power supply and there isn't that 6+2 or anything at all to connect it so i need to upgrade the psu, and I know they put different stuff in the chassis, but the upgrade manual says I can slot a gpu in, but it doesn't say a word abt the psu needing to be upgraded, in face I did a file search the words power supply don't show up once in the entire document. It just sucks is what I'm ultimately saying, I need to get a new overpriced PSU bc they decided to go w proprietary software it has to be ridiculously more expensive than it's worth
So after buying one of these with a 5600g and 1660 super that is still under warranty for super super super cheap and taking it apart and going through it. They have a 500w HP Psu upgrade option but realistically.. Not worth it. My end conclusion is. I'm buying a case and motherboard. Swapping everything off the board in the HP into the new case and motherboard. Then I'm tossing out the motherboard and case and psu that came with the APU and GPU/Ram M.2 and SSD
I spent 300$ to buy this HP and I equate that to spending it on a 1660 Super, a Ryzen 5600g, 32gb DDR4 3200mhz Ram, a 512 m.2 ssd and a 2tb SSD when it all comes down to it. The case PSU and Mobo are trash, there is zero thermal fan control its all automated and the bios is so heavily locked down its not worth it. The PSU and MOBO are proprietary. They will not work with anything but the HP stuff they were made for.
Really, it's that's not so bad depending on exactly when you bought it. Just the processor in that machine is currently about 40% of that $1035. That said, I always recommend that people try to order direct from the manufacturer whenever they can. The pricing is usually better and your warranty support odds improve _slightly._ HP is currently selling a higher spec machine than yours for about $100 less than you paid. If you just brought yours home, return it and buy from them directly. Or... Go for a TP01-3025 and save about 30% by choosing an i5 over the i7. The TE01-2260t is also pretty appealing right now. Anyhow, I'm sure your present machine, or any of the others mentioned, will be more than enough to benefit her education for several years to come. You did fine. 👍
@@TheBrokenTech so she got 1k last month to use for a computer or items like books, pens etc stuff that can be used for education however they had specific vendors, so I was going to grab a new mb, 32 g ram and a 13900k, I had a old eatx and a 980 4g so I could have just put together one but they said it couldn't be used to purchase components separately. So this was the only thing avaliable that wasn't a 6-8 gen that was way over priced. But when I seen it had a open 16 slot, I was like okay I will just throw this 980 in there, but didn't realize hp made it so you couldn't just drop one in. Pretty disappointing but I should have known better to think a manufacturer like hp would do anything beneficial to the consumer.
Probably would have to be a hp one as well. If it cave with an open slot, the hardware that came with the desktop should have been able to supply the upgrade.
It does make me think how hard it is to get subs on RUclips. You said you were waiting for the 50k subs and its only 200 after a year. I think one issue is that there needs to be a channel focus where there's a theme. Thats how people sub. And of course the number of videos. Its really hard to grow on RUclips, need to put a lot of work into it. Like any business. Also RUclips should make it possible to subscribe to Channel playlists and not just the whole channel. That would make it possible for a channel to have a wider focus and still get people interested. I wonder what algorthsm RUclips uses to decide what videos to suggest. I think its only regular channels with regular videos. And they probably use various other decisions.
The first half of this year I only released 3 videos on this channel and in 2022 there have only been 8 so far. In that time, 153 people have subscribed. I actually think that's doing pretty well. Had I really been working at it and publishing at least once a week, that would be over 1k subs in the same period of time if the ratio were the same. Usually growth is exponential, so it would have probably been more like 2-3k by now. But... we'll never know. I also don't do anything but RUclips. I don't promote my content anywhere else. No Twitter, no Instagram, etc. That makes things pretty slow too. That said, I have been intentionally slow walking the content here because my monetized RUclips channel (The Broken Life) is financially supporting this one _and_ all of equipment. It paid for the HP, it paid for the AVerMedia capture card, a handful of upgrade parts for future videos, a new camera system that I'm still trying to get my mind around, and all of the operating overhead. At the start of 2022 I decided that I was unwilling to carry the full weight of the businesses' expenses out of my own pocket. It will either sink or swim based on its own earnings (more or less), so this is the pace that has been set by what RUclips can pay for. As regards growing on RUclips, your assumptions are all pretty much correct as far as I understand it. RUclips rewards consistency in pretty much every way. Upload videos on extremely similar topics at extremely similar intervals which people watch a reasonable percentage of and you will be promoted to more potential viewers. Don't do one of those things, and you will be punished. Then there's the odd ball events like RUclips taking one of my 2 year old videos and suddenly pushing it on tons of people who watched it, liked it, subscribed to the channel, and advertisers were paying good rates to run ads on it. Then RUclips basically turned their promotion off after a week or two. I have no idea why they promoted it when they did or what I did to make them stop. It just happened. In my opinion, that video isn't even that good. So... I won't really claim to know all of the magic either. But... More content is better than less, that's for sure. Then there's the 3rd way for your channel to gain traction: get recognized in Google search results. I have been outright shocked that a handful of my videos are now front page Google results as certain search terms. It doesn't happen fast, but it can happen. Most of my content seems to be more of a simmer than a boil, which I'm personally OK with. Anyhow, if you're here for HP content you shouldn't have to wait _too_ much longer. I have a few lined up for this channel that will go first, but I hope to be publishing weekly soon, at least for awhile. With any amount of luck, I may be able to keep that pace for some time to come.
@@TheBrokenTech Thanks for the reply! Interesting thoughts yea. Yea definitely RUclips wants the frequent uploads on similar topics. Ah so you got another channel thats good, I see it now. I've always wished I had RUclips income but it takes a lot of work. Its definitely a full time job and one has to find a passion or a focus. And it takes time for the momentum to grow in order for the money stream to be good and steady. Old videos coming up is probably because of people searching for a certain term or phrase in RUclips or clicking on videos for those terms at that time (if a topic became temporarily popular). And then the fever subsides for that topic or news item etc and it goes back down. Alright that is cool, good luck with this channel! Maybe another of your videos will come up when I search something :D
@@pinecedar180 It does take a lot of work, but once you get going it's just sort of a natural thing to always have it on your mind and have videos in process in your free time. I decided early on that I make videos for myself that I _hope_ other people may like, so it's pretty low pressure for me most days. I never set out to become viral or some huge megachannel. I just do my thing as well as I can and whatever happens, happens. And... I always tell people who are thinking of starting a channel that they should. Today. Right now. People always make excuses not to start, but if you stick to it for a bit someone *WILL* watch your content and by the time you have a handful of subs you'll be someone's favorite channel. It's crazy, but it's true. If you decide to go down that road, let me know if I can help.
@@TheBrokenTech thank you very much! I've always been jealous of people who are able to make a living doing this, I bet everyone would like to be in that position. I would have to have a theme or focus :) and yea. Maybe one day I'll have one. Definitely an interesting topic (making a living on the internet)
If I recall correctly from the video where it was ordered, it was actually pretty tough to get one without an optical drive. This is what you get when you buy the _cheapest_ one. In the next video, I'll be fixing that. I'm going to assume "HD-DVD" is either a joke or a misstatement. 😉
I think they might've forgotten the Optane... it's supposed to be an M.2 and OEMs are known for forgetting to add custom upgrades from time to time. There are plenty of videos of people buying PCs from say Dell or HP (or any other OEM at that) and they missed an upgrade or more so I mean this is probably moot as you're gonna check the system anyways and get it as bare-bones as possible for the sake of the video series but unless the SSD storage itself and the Optane are on the same M.2 module it looks like the kinda thing where you might have to contact HP unfortunately.
Also, on a sidenote those HP Torx/Flathead combo screws are the bane of my existence... I mean I have a Torx-head and flathead anyways but I'm just saying a higher-up at HP must've had a traumatizing experience with a Philip's head (not to laugh at their expense though, it just makes me wonder why they do that...)
I've already had a call with HP and they claim the Optane is supposed to be integrated on to the board (or, as you say, maybe it is integral to the SSD?)... I have my doubts. I haven't yet powered it up, so maybe it is?
Come from the Automotive world, I'd pay extra for a vehicle with no torx fasteners. My Jeep is full of them and I've replaced many of them with regular hex heads.
@@TheBrokenTech Come to think of it, the M.2 module used for Optane is blue, same color as the one on the HP. Since the board is proprietary I'm sure the Optane could very well be integrated too.
Oof... my knowledge on automotive is extremely limited but I can only imagine how much a pain it would be working with Torx on a car and I'd pay extra too just to have regular hex instead too.
Merry Christmas!
Hummmm.... I guess the first thing to do is simply observe the drive more carefully to see if it's an optane drive. This is making more and more sense.
On cars what happens with Torx is they fill up with dirt and then immediately corrode.At least in my part of the world, they require removal with a torch most of the time. Yuck. Hard pass.
Merry Christmas to you as well!
Sure enough, it says "Intel Optane" in the smallest print known to man on the SSD. I was going to make a quick community post with a pic, but then I remembered channels under 1k subs can't.
I'll point it out in a future video for sure. Thanks for the pointer.
Loved the video man!
Thanks! 👍
Thank you for this wonderful review!😀. I just bought the HP ENVY Desktop (TP01-3147c) from Costco for $850, on sale today. It comes with 32GB RAM, a 1TB HDD and 512GB SSD. I'm hoping it will have a free SATA port for my 8TB HDD from my old machine. I should receive delivery next week. Your video was very helpful for me to see inside the chassis. Thank You 😀
You're very welcome! Thanks for watching! 👍
i got an hp envy! Features a intel core i7-12700f, gtx 1660 super, and 1 TB SSD. I can't wait to get blazing fast minecraft performance! (upgrading from dell inspiron 13 7368 gaming)
I just subscribed so I'm catching up on all your videos. Meaning I'm working backwards. 🙂
Ohhh... So you don't know this is a spin-off channel yet. I'll keep you in further suspense. 😂
@@TheBrokenTech 🤣
I wonder if that extra space on that first panel on the left on the exterior front face being wider than the rest has something to do with the optional optical drive
I'm not sure that I understand your question, but I have a video where I installed an ODD in this machine and that may answer it for you. 👍
Never liked the fact that OEM machines lack so much I/O and even more expensive 1000$+ computers still lack. 4 USB ports in the back and doesn't even get an optical audio output is not cutting it for me. Not to mention the proprietary PSU and connectors which would make it a pain to replace if it fails. Consumer grade OEM PCs don't really cut it for me
I understand your point, but USB (especially USB C) and USB hubs pretty much fix _most_ of the port problems. USB C really is a gift from technology heaven.
I agree that boxed store PCs aren't for everyone. But, for the money, if you buy the cheapest one they build you can almost always get your money back just from parting them out. 🤣
I always get rechargeable batteries after those alkaline ones die.
Waiting on the parts upgrade video
Yeah, I kinda dropped the ball with the "upgrade plan" part of the video other than to say "everything". I'm not sure what I'm doing first. Probably optical drive or HDD.
Hey i was wondering if you can have a tutorial in how to install a GPU into this because I have this same one and cant find a way to install a GPU
I do intend to get to that (admittedly running behind with this series), but on mine it's pretty much as easy as plugging it in. I believe my PSU came with a 8 pin power connector and a 3060 was a factory option on mine when I ordered it.
I only buy a wired mouse and keyboard. When your 90 year old parents are on the computer and the batteries go dead, it's more than in inconvenience.
It's a Facebook Tragedy.
Heh. I completely understand where you're coming from on that one.
reason torx is happening, BE FRIEND WITH Torx for those reasons... does not destroy head, and easier to tighten down.
Hex head screws have been holding computer equipment together for 60 years and should be the industry standard. I will agree that both phillips and torx are bad things, but I will still take phillips between the two. My bias is almost entirely from dealing with torx fasteners on vehicles, which are a complete nightmare in that application.
@@TheBrokenTech true. metric hex screws been longer. guess pc manufacturers see and pick screws their way.
@@rynait Yep, and HP really likes torx and they really like to use a ton of them. My Z Book has 11 of them in the base plate. 🙄
The motherboard is extended to the front panel so they wouldn't have to use connectors.
Edit: Err... I was thinking this was a different computer. 😆
I don't remember what I specifically said, but I agree with your comment.
The dark blue 2280 nvme looks like optane blue to me!
It is, indeed! I just didn't know what I was looking at.
Sadly... It's sort of a moot point now since Intel discontinued that technology awhile ago.
@@TheBrokenTech is it 16 or 32 gb? I use the 16s as root drives for linux boxes! Anything bigger gets expensive
@@fanlessfurmark It's a 512GB drive + 32GB of Optane.
@@TheBrokenTech Nice! I got two of those, but so far only found one slot on one motherboard that reads both sides of this drive. No optane raid.
So I've ordered a 32GB optane module, so I can has OPTANE RAID0 for my root directory!!
Then and only then will I happy with Timeshift's timeshare.
@@TheBrokenTech Hey, if you boot that box with a linux live, can you see both parts of your drive on that motherboard?
mine didn't have the 6+2 adapter and it came with a potato of a power supply 310w I have been talking ot intel for a long time and they say there's nothing they can do, they can't even find the right power supply for it so idk what it's even called
Not every computer that looks like this one will be the same model. At the I time I ordered mine, the PSU it came with was the only option.
That said... 310w is plenty to run a modest GPU. I've never tried one, but there are SATA power to PCIE adapters. For a card with a very modest power requirement (under 150w) something like that may be fine.
@@TheBrokenTech Yea u can find some 300w gpus, I have one even, but the problem is it's a closed power supply and there isn't that 6+2 or anything at all to connect it so i need to upgrade the psu, and I know they put different stuff in the chassis, but the upgrade manual says I can slot a gpu in, but it doesn't say a word abt the psu needing to be upgraded, in face I did a file search the words power supply don't show up once in the entire document. It just sucks is what I'm ultimately saying, I need to get a new overpriced PSU bc they decided to go w proprietary software it has to be ridiculously more expensive than it's worth
Alright 🖖 let's 🤙 watch 👋 the ✌️ video 🤚
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Can you add an after market psu or are you stuck with HP’s psu
I'm not sure yet.
So after buying one of these with a 5600g and 1660 super that is still under warranty for super super super cheap and taking it apart and going through it. They have a 500w HP Psu upgrade option but realistically.. Not worth it. My end conclusion is. I'm buying a case and motherboard. Swapping everything off the board in the HP into the new case and motherboard. Then I'm tossing out the motherboard and case and psu that came with the APU and GPU/Ram M.2 and SSD
I spent 300$ to buy this HP and I equate that to spending it on a 1660 Super, a Ryzen 5600g, 32gb DDR4 3200mhz Ram, a 512 m.2 ssd and a 2tb SSD when it all comes down to it. The case PSU and Mobo are trash, there is zero thermal fan control its all automated and the bios is so heavily locked down its not worth it. The PSU and MOBO are proprietary. They will not work with anything but the HP stuff they were made for.
@@DeeKnow Dollar sign goes in front. Get educated.
@@kennymccormick8295 It goes wherever you put it because it's the internet and grammar is the last thing anyone thinks about 9/10.
My daughter received an education grant, and we got a tp01-3066 I think. it was 1035 with tax. I cannot believe they charge that much for such crap.
Really, it's that's not so bad depending on exactly when you bought it. Just the processor in that machine is currently about 40% of that $1035.
That said, I always recommend that people try to order direct from the manufacturer whenever they can. The pricing is usually better and your warranty support odds improve _slightly._ HP is currently selling a higher spec machine than yours for about $100 less than you paid. If you just brought yours home, return it and buy from them directly. Or... Go for a TP01-3025 and save about 30% by choosing an i5 over the i7. The TE01-2260t is also pretty appealing right now.
Anyhow, I'm sure your present machine, or any of the others mentioned, will be more than enough to benefit her education for several years to come. You did fine. 👍
@@TheBrokenTech so she got 1k last month to use for a computer or items like books, pens etc stuff that can be used for education however they had specific vendors, so I was going to grab a new mb, 32 g ram and a 13900k, I had a old eatx and a 980 4g so I could have just put together one but they said it couldn't be used to purchase components separately. So this was the only thing avaliable that wasn't a 6-8 gen that was way over priced. But when I seen it had a open 16 slot, I was like okay I will just throw this 980 in there, but didn't realize hp made it so you couldn't just drop one in. Pretty disappointing but I should have known better to think a manufacturer like hp would do anything beneficial to the consumer.
@@ryanforbes8775 What did HP do to prevent you from putting a 980 in it? Does it not physically fit or something?
@@TheBrokenTech the proprietary power supply won't work i would have to purchase a different power supply
Probably would have to be a hp one as well. If it cave with an open slot, the hardware that came with the desktop should have been able to supply the upgrade.
It does make me think how hard it is to get subs on RUclips. You said you were waiting for the 50k subs and its only 200 after a year. I think one issue is that there needs to be a channel focus where there's a theme. Thats how people sub. And of course the number of videos. Its really hard to grow on RUclips, need to put a lot of work into it. Like any business. Also RUclips should make it possible to subscribe to Channel playlists and not just the whole channel. That would make it possible for a channel to have a wider focus and still get people interested. I wonder what algorthsm RUclips uses to decide what videos to suggest. I think its only regular channels with regular videos. And they probably use various other decisions.
The first half of this year I only released 3 videos on this channel and in 2022 there have only been 8 so far. In that time, 153 people have subscribed. I actually think that's doing pretty well. Had I really been working at it and publishing at least once a week, that would be over 1k subs in the same period of time if the ratio were the same. Usually growth is exponential, so it would have probably been more like 2-3k by now. But... we'll never know. I also don't do anything but RUclips. I don't promote my content anywhere else. No Twitter, no Instagram, etc. That makes things pretty slow too.
That said, I have been intentionally slow walking the content here because my monetized RUclips channel (The Broken Life) is financially supporting this one _and_ all of equipment. It paid for the HP, it paid for the AVerMedia capture card, a handful of upgrade parts for future videos, a new camera system that I'm still trying to get my mind around, and all of the operating overhead. At the start of 2022 I decided that I was unwilling to carry the full weight of the businesses' expenses out of my own pocket. It will either sink or swim based on its own earnings (more or less), so this is the pace that has been set by what RUclips can pay for.
As regards growing on RUclips, your assumptions are all pretty much correct as far as I understand it. RUclips rewards consistency in pretty much every way. Upload videos on extremely similar topics at extremely similar intervals which people watch a reasonable percentage of and you will be promoted to more potential viewers. Don't do one of those things, and you will be punished. Then there's the odd ball events like RUclips taking one of my 2 year old videos and suddenly pushing it on tons of people who watched it, liked it, subscribed to the channel, and advertisers were paying good rates to run ads on it. Then RUclips basically turned their promotion off after a week or two. I have no idea why they promoted it when they did or what I did to make them stop. It just happened. In my opinion, that video isn't even that good. So... I won't really claim to know all of the magic either. But... More content is better than less, that's for sure.
Then there's the 3rd way for your channel to gain traction: get recognized in Google search results. I have been outright shocked that a handful of my videos are now front page Google results as certain search terms. It doesn't happen fast, but it can happen. Most of my content seems to be more of a simmer than a boil, which I'm personally OK with.
Anyhow, if you're here for HP content you shouldn't have to wait _too_ much longer. I have a few lined up for this channel that will go first, but I hope to be publishing weekly soon, at least for awhile. With any amount of luck, I may be able to keep that pace for some time to come.
@@TheBrokenTech Thanks for the reply! Interesting thoughts yea. Yea definitely RUclips wants the frequent uploads on similar topics. Ah so you got another channel thats good, I see it now. I've always wished I had RUclips income but it takes a lot of work. Its definitely a full time job and one has to find a passion or a focus. And it takes time for the momentum to grow in order for the money stream to be good and steady. Old videos coming up is probably because of people searching for a certain term or phrase in RUclips or clicking on videos for those terms at that time (if a topic became temporarily popular). And then the fever subsides for that topic or news item etc and it goes back down. Alright that is cool, good luck with this channel! Maybe another of your videos will come up when I search something :D
@@pinecedar180 It does take a lot of work, but once you get going it's just sort of a natural thing to always have it on your mind and have videos in process in your free time. I decided early on that I make videos for myself that I _hope_ other people may like, so it's pretty low pressure for me most days. I never set out to become viral or some huge megachannel. I just do my thing as well as I can and whatever happens, happens.
And... I always tell people who are thinking of starting a channel that they should. Today. Right now.
People always make excuses not to start, but if you stick to it for a bit someone *WILL* watch your content and by the time you have a handful of subs you'll be someone's favorite channel. It's crazy, but it's true. If you decide to go down that road, let me know if I can help.
@@TheBrokenTech thank you very much! I've always been jealous of people who are able to make a living doing this, I bet everyone would like to be in that position. I would have to have a theme or focus :) and yea. Maybe one day I'll have one. Definitely an interesting topic (making a living on the internet)
@@pinecedar180 Good luck to you!
QBVIOUS points off for no HD-DVD drive!!
If I recall correctly from the video where it was ordered, it was actually pretty tough to get one without an optical drive. This is what you get when you buy the _cheapest_ one. In the next video, I'll be fixing that.
I'm going to assume "HD-DVD" is either a joke or a misstatement. 😉
@TheBrokenTech Those discs existed. Get educated.