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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.
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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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Ddr2/5 stealth probably hottest ever 🔥
I wouldnt buy that waterblock, bad design no doubt and for the price its extra dumb.
I watch LTT videos for the segways, Tech stuff is just icing on the cake.
I love that build more than your previous one because it's a smarter choice! It's a sensible build in relations to your needs and not straight up flexing. As computer enthusiasts we should care about optimizing everything, and optimizing the price/performance/use-case ratio should be a priority too!
Imagine "upgrading to Amd🤢"
INTEL IS KING OF CPU-S
AMD IS A SH*TBOX
Nice
Hey Linus, what are your thoughts on the the EK waterblock design, i.e. the mounting screws?
We were installing mine a couple months ago, and doing it very carefully with the included L-wrench and we still torqued 1 screw wrong. Queue me spending the next 2 weeks trying to figure out how to remove this block from my $1000 dollar motherboard and EK telling me they will refund me for the block but the rest is MY problem. They gave me NO helpful suggestions, you can’t reverse torque it (you’re already doing that and they don’t sell forward torque because why would you do that?) and the top of the block gives no access to the screws, and EK will charge me if I do excess damage to this block. Final solution was using a dremel with a very small attachment to hollow out the screw, then using my ifixit kit with a tapered star attachment, hammering it in, pushing in hard with the screwdriver and slowly backing it out (I swear I heard angles singing when I got it out).
I know EK wants a “clean” look, but it does you no good if it screws over your customer. I mean engineering should know that putting in a STAR hole, on the BOTTOM of a TAPERED screw is NOT a good idea. Then including a L-wrench so you can cause multi directional torque to really f@&$ this boy up. I asked EK about it and they said that customers are having a problem with it and they are “working on it.” I asked if they could include a torque screw driver or allow for an optional add on purchase of a torque screw driver like AMD did with their threadripper. And they said marketing already looked into it and wasn’t going to do it. So basically kick rocks, because it’s not worth our time and money, we would rather deal with the customer returns…
We found the best way to install this is using the i fixit kit screw driver, with the proper star attachment, keeping the screwdriver completely straight with the screw, and only FINGER tighten (NOT HAND tighten). What does that mean? As tight as you can screw using only your pointer, middle, and thumb turning the screw driver, without moving your hand.
Would like if you could do a video addressing EK on this design failure and some possible improvements or educating people on how to properly install it so they don’t mess up their board too! Thanks!
That 10GBe is a 2 lane card.
Hard R, linus, hard R.
building a company in 2022
My problem with the AMD drivers is that windows deletes them.
Yeah Riley, if you’re building a brand in 2022 you need a website. But this is 2023, and we’re wayyyy beyond websites. You need a storefront in Facebook VR
If you do anything get some faster ram or try to tune the timings i think 6000mhz cl30 is the sweet spot got mine at 6200mhz cl30
Case anyone? I wonder why Linus didn't go with four of the Samsung 990 Pro SSDs, they seem like the better/faster choice over Sabrent. Unless I guess he just really wanted that drive storage capacity… but that's what you get other drives for… Oh and that Thunderbolt AIC, so badass. Just sucks how insanely proprietary it is i.e. gotta have just the right special motherboards of which there are hardly any lol. I've always wanted to put a Thunderbolt card like that in my AMD build. ASUS Crosshair Hero VIII mobo just ain't gonna cut it. OK I'm done crying. I guess I'll just have to keep saving up for that eventual upgrade to the 7950x (from my 5950x) along with all that goes with it i.e. entirely new motherboard (like one that can handle that TB AIC) and you name it, everything else. Meanwhile my 5950x build still screams fast to this day, so why upgrade any time soon? Sigh. Lastly wtf is up with that case choice lmao I don't get it. WHY didn't he go over discussing the case AT ALL?!
All AMD here too brotha🤘🏼
10:15 Lol "8TB DDR9 – 9000 UDIMM CL69"
That's some Elon Musk sh*t
“If you’re building a website in 2022” lol
18:45 did nobody tell you to run bcdedit /set {default} bootstatuspolicy ignoreallfailures on every single Windows install since Vista? How did that never come up? Also, when going from RAID to not, preload the drivers. PLEASE hire a real everyday IT technician somewhere on your crew.