I Make Questionable Choices Sometimes... - Linus Personal Rig Update Early 2023

Linus Tech Tips December 13, 2023
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Visit https://www.squarespace.com/LTT and use offer code LTT for 10% off Check out SignalRGB and sync all your RGB peripherals at https://bit.ly/LinusRGBTips Linus hasn't gone all AMD in YEARS, but now that AM5 and RDNA 3 are here it's time for a change. There's just a few problems to sort out first, like the RAID card he HAD to use, and the custom loop that has already changed since he built it. Discuss on the forum: https://linustechtips.com/topic/1493859-i-make-questionable-choices-sometimes/ Buy a SABRENT Rocket Q 8TB NVMe PCIe M.2 SSD: https://geni.us/tdXA5bT Buy an AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Processor: https://geni.us/ckNIPUm Buy an ASRock X670E PG Lightning Motherboard: https://geni.us/59ITB Buy an EK-Quantum Velocity2 D-RGB AM5 Full Nickel Water Block: https://geni.us/oLDB Check out the EK-Quantum Vector² RX 7900 XTX D-RGB AMD Radeon Edition: https://lmg.gg/kpxSJ Buy an ASRock Thunderbolt 4 AIC: https://geni.us/xZK5cE7 Buy an OWC 10G Ethernet PCIe Network Adapter Expansion Card: https://geni.us/uLQjd Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. ► GET MERCH: https://lttstore.com ► LTX 2023 TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: https://lmg.gg/ltx23 ► GET EXCLUSIVE CONTENT ON FLOATPLANE: https://lmg.gg/lttfloatplane ► SPONSORS, AFFILIATES, AND PARTNERS: https://lmg.gg/partners ► OUR WAN PODCAST GEAR: https://lmg.gg/wanset FOLLOW US --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/linustech Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/LinusTech Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/linustech TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@linustech Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linustech MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Intro: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKfxmFU3lWY iTunes Download Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/supernova/id936805712 Artist Link: https://soundcloud.com/laszlomusic Outro: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngsGBSCDwcI Listen on Spotify: http://spoti.fi/UxWkUw Artist Link: http://www.youtube.com/approachingnirvana Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa https://www.instagram.com/mbarek_abdel/ Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/PgGWp Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/mj6pHk4 Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 https://geni.us/Ps3XfE CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:35 The Raid Card 4:45 The CPU 6:10 The Motherboard 8:03 The CPU Cooler 9:50 The Memory 12:04 We Figured It Out 13:50 Water Cooling Montage 14:50 The GPU 15:55 The Thunderbolt Card 17:45 The Network Card 18:40 Will It Boot? 20:00 Conclusion 21:44 Outro

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