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LinusTechTips - 7 gamers on one PC

He used to work on the "Social media" team for NCIX at some point with a lady (can't remember her name). They were posting a bunch of how-to videos and stuff on the site.

Yeah, I know but even after starting his own company he still stars in their videos from time to time.
 
This is one of the best/coolest builds I have ever seen. That the one company actually manufactured a one of a kind piece just for this build is quite shocking, it probably cost a big chunk of cash. I know no one in their right minds is actually building this for daily use and for good reason lol.

He did say he ran into more issue but wouldn't go into them. He could link to a separate video explaining everything in detail, I hate when stuff is skipped in order satisfy some arbitrary video length.
 
Really interesting build.
It was also good promotion for Caselabs, as that's one nice looking build and it shows how customizable their cases are.
I'd be interested to know if they simply dismantle the build afterwards or use it for some purpose.
 
Not even close.

In this Jayz Two Cents video, he's got an overclocked 3770k, overclocked GTX 680, water cooling, 12 fans, SSDs and hard drives, LEDs, and running GPU and CPU stress tests simultaneously, and only drawing 350W from the wall.

Why are you comparing 980s with 680's power draw?
2 OCed 980Ti alone would be around 600w
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Made me wonder, if this is less than 1600W under full load, Why do people buy over 1kW PSUs for their single CPU, single/dual GPU rigs?

Because of the rating that they gave the power supply.

In the one listed on the video a 1600W 80 plus titanium is used.

At 50% load is the when it actually reaches it's peak efficiency. (96%)

It actually provides a reduction in electricity bills when utilised correctly.
 
I knew a few guys like that, huge hw enthusiasts, wouldn't play games seriously, just 15 minutes to test their rigs.

So maybe it wasn't sarcasm.

I wonder the feasibility of using water cooling in the next generation of consoles. HW big jumps are a big of the past, while thermal limits are a real thing now, so it would be a way to again have a good jump in graphical capabilities.

Must've been sarcasm then

In a video I was watching, he was telling a story how he was at a con, and someone came up to him and asked him what he played to which he replied he wasn't much of a gamer.

He said the guy walked away disappointed.

He's not much of a gamer, no. Not anymore, at least. He'll really get into a game from time to time, like the new (not the new new) Tomb Raider, but other than that he doesn't game much anymore. Which is perfectly understandable. Dude is married with two little children, runs a business with 8+ employees *and* writes scripts / shoots videos every other day. Where'd he even get the time. His 'partner' Luke is much more into it, he streams occasionally and stuff.

Yeah, I know but even after starting his own company he still stars in their videos from time to time.

He's done with that now. They shoot his final NCIX / Netlink Daily video last week.

Dude's a beast. I hope he doesn't get burned out, lol.
 
Well done Linus, you really pulled it out of the bag. Very impressed with those Nano's and water block. Such a neat build for a monster setup and the video is well edited. Lately he has a tendency to over act or go off track which might be okay in the moment or for his regular viewers but it's quite a chore to watch them back over months later.
 
- the "efficiency sweet spot" narrative is overvalued - the difference in efficiently at 50-80% is miniscule and only amounts to a handful of dollar difference per year in electricity bills, hardly worth the price difference of a more expensive larger supply

Ought there not be a moral imperative to use more efficient components even if they don't save you money simply to reduce one's footprint?
 
Ought there not be a moral imperative to use more efficient components even if they don't save you money simply to reduce one's footprint?

Well, unless you're doing a life time analysis of the environmental cost of materials, process, packaging, marketing, etc used in either version - it's kinda difficult to say with much accuracy which one is really using more resources overall.

Sure, if you only account for power draw, a less efficient system is well.. less efficient.

But often good intentions are betrayed by ignorance of facts.

And I'm saying this mainly because the degree of difference appears to be small - rather than obviously and astoundingly large.
 
My 5820k alone draws ~100w under load when overclocked. With my 980 sli OCed (500-600w) and the rest of the components, sub 1Kw PSU's won't be cutting it.

That's difficult to believe considering a single 980 (non ti) has a max power draw of 165W are you really doubling the wattage per GPU? Even looking up benchmarks for a single overclocked 980 the total SYSTEM power consumption doesn't exceed 400W and that's with everything CPU, GPU, RAM, MOBO, Lights etc.
 
My god the computer costs $30.000...

A guy in the comments posted a list:

Full cost of this PC:

CPU: 2x Xeon e5-2697 $5400

GPU: 7x R9 nano $3500

Motherboard: Asus Z10PE-D8 WS $600

RAM: 8x Kingston KVR21R15D8K4/32 32GB DDR4 $1800

Case: Caselabs Mercury S8: $400

GPU waterblock: EK custom made ~$500

CPU waterblock: 2x Ek-Supremacy Evo Elite Edition $252

PSU: Evga SuoerNOVA 1600w T2 80+ Titanium $430

Radiator: 2x EK-CoolStream RAD XT $210

Storage: 8x Kingston KC400 1tb SSD $3200

Total: $16292
 
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