Reacting to our Best PC Builds Ever
Summary
TLDRIn this entertaining and nostalgic trip down memory lane, the team revisits their most memorable PC builds over the years, as voted by their community. They discuss the creativity, design, and functionality of each build, sharing personal anecdotes and rating their favorites. From the intricate and artistic to the practical and powerful, the spectrum of builds showcases the team's evolution in design and engineering, all while injecting humor and candid commentary throughout the discussion.
Takeaways
- 🤖 The team has built numerous impressive computers over the years, with community submissions highlighting their favorites.
- 🏆 The pyramid PC was a fan favorite, although it had some design flaws like the big overclocking button.
- 🎮 A custom desk was created to accommodate the pyramid PC, showing appreciation for the team's work.
- 🖼️ The team had mixed feelings about certain builds, such as the rock-embedded PC, with some finding it innovative and others less appealing.
- 💻 The team's personal computers have also faced issues, like leaks and failures, despite being built by themselves.
- 🎁 Sponsor messages were integrated into the discussion, promoting products like Ridge wallets and key cases.
- 🛠️ The team's modding capabilities have improved over time, allowing for more creative and intricate builds.
- 🎥 The quality of the team's video production has increased, with better b-roll and more engaging content.
- 🌟 Some builds, like the Glamfoot PC, were particularly memorable and well-received by both the team and the community.
- 🔧 The team has experimented with various cooling methods, including phase change cooling and subambient cooling with a chiller tower.
- 💡 The team's builds have inspired others in the community to create their own unique and personalized computers.
Q & A
What was the community's favorite computer build mentioned in the transcript?
-The community's favorite computer build mentioned was the pyramid PC, which was also in use and had a custom desk created to accommodate it.
What issue did the speaker have with the pyramid PC build?
-The speaker did not like the big Gody overclocking button on the pyramid PC that turns it off, considering it a design flaw.
How did the speaker rate the pyramid PC build?
-The speaker gave the pyramid PC build a rating of seven and a half, but personally would rate it a four out of ten.
What was the main criticism of the rock-glued computer build?
-The main criticism was that the rock-glued computer build looked half-ass and had poor execution, despite the cool idea behind it.
What was the speaker's personal rig like?
-The speaker's personal rig was mostly assembled by him, but it failed due to leaking, leading to it being built again for the third time in a month.
What was the price tag of the Glam Footage build?
-The Glam Footage build had a price tag of around $100,000, but it was considered quite conservative, with the actual cost being closer to $150,000 if accounting for the machining.
What was unique about the full bom PC build?
-The full bom PC build was unique for its crooked 3D print and paint work, which was a result of the internal components pressing against the walls and deforming the shape.
How did the speaker feel about the teapot PC build?
-The speaker loved the teapot PC build for its creativity, especially the use of an actual teapot and tea, giving it a rating of at least nine out of ten.
What was the main challenge in building the aluminum PC?
-The main challenge in building the aluminum PC was getting the release mechanism to work correctly, which took a significant amount of labor hours and even resulted in the speaker growing facial hair during the process.
What was the purpose of the tank PC build?
-The tank PC build was a unique case design that was shaped like a tank, and it was included in a compilation video where the community voted on their favorite weird cases.
What was the speaker's opinion on the monitor used in one of the builds?
-The speaker thought the monitor was super cool and considered it one of the best things they had ever done, even though it looked like a normal computer.
Outlines
🌟 Top Builds: A Trip Down Memory Lane
The paragraph begins with a reflection on past computer builds, highlighting the team's collective achievements. The speaker confesses to forgetting some of the builds, but the discussion quickly turns to a specific favorite: the pyramid PC. Despite not being a fan of the Illuminati pyramid meme, the speaker appreciates the build's design and gives it a rating of 8 out of 10. The conversation then shifts to a build with glued rocks, which the speaker criticizes for its poor execution but acknowledges its cool concept. The paragraph ends with a mention of a sponsor, Ridge, and their 11th-anniversary sale.
🎮 Gaming Rigs and Collaborations
This paragraph focuses on gaming PCs and community reactions to various builds. The speaker discusses the community's preference for either high-end builds like the M. Deluxe or budget builds with cardboard. The conversation includes a review of the Fallout build and the Amethyst build, which inspired others to create their own. The speaker also mentions a Minecraft-themed build and expresses a favorite build done by Carl Jacobs and his team, which was both aesthetically pleasing and functional, despite its high cost.
🚧 Custom Cases and Creative Designs
The paragraph delves into custom computer cases and the creativity behind them. The speaker talks about a tank-shaped case and the lack of customization within it, while also discussing the community's vote on weird cases. The conversation then shifts to a highly detailed and impressive build from the community, which the speaker rates a 10. The paragraph also touches on a collaboration with Nerd Forge, resulting in a vending machine build that was auctioned for charity, and the speaker's admiration for the level of detail in the community's work.
🔧 Modding and Memorable Builds
This section discusses various modding projects and memorable builds. The speaker reminisces about a copper tube PC, a tank case, and a heavy, expensive single-piece aluminum case. The conversation includes a story about learning to bend copper pipes and the creation of a highly effective cooling system. The speaker also talks about a favorite collaboration with a company called Nerd Forge and the creation of a unique computer cooling system using a brick of raw GPU.
🎥 Reflecting on Past Videos and Projects
The final paragraph reflects on past videos and projects, including a gaming PC built with misleading information and a creative use of an Xbox console as a case. The speaker discusses the challenges of past builds, such as a cheese grater design and a phase change cooling system. The conversation also includes a mention of a sponsor, Delete Me, which helps protect personal information online. The paragraph concludes with a mention of a previous video where the team reacted to their worst videos.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡pyramid PC
💡overclocking
💡custom desk
💡Illuminati pyramid meme
💡rocks in computer
💡Minecraft
💡赞助商
💡SLI
💡水冷
💡RGB
Highlights
The team has built numerous impressive computers over the years, with some being fan favorites.
The pyramid PC was a popular choice, but it had a controversial overclocking button.
A custom desk was created to accommodate the pyramid PC, showcasing the team's dedication to their builds.
The speaker was not a fan of the Illuminati pyramid meme, but appreciated the build's quality.
The speaker's personal rig was mostly assembled by themself, but it failed due to a leak.
The Glam Footage build by Carl Jacobs and his team was a standout favorite, with a $100,000 price tag.
The full bom PC had an issue with its shape due to internal pressure, but it was still appreciated for its paint work.
The speaker reminisces about the challenges of building a small form factor machine with limited hardware choices.
The community's preference for builds was either high-end or 'jank' with cardboard, not anything in between.
The Fallout build and the amethyst build inspired many in the community to create their own.
The speaker discusses a build with a teapot cooling system, filled with actual tea, showing creativity in cooling solutions.
The tank PC case was a community favorite, despite the speaker's lack of personal attachment to it.
The speaker reflects on a copper tube PC that was not mentioned in the list of favorites.
The speaker and their team had to learn how to bend copper pipes for a build, showing their commitment to innovation.
The speaker discusses a build with a phase change cooling system in the basement, emphasizing the team's technical prowess.
The speaker expresses their love for a particular build with a cheese grater design, highlighting their appreciation for unique aesthetics.
The speaker talks about a mineral oil computer build, which they used for years despite it leaking.
The Chiller Tower build is mentioned, which uses evaporation for subambient cooling without a compressor.
The speaker reflects on their first gaming PC, which used onboard graphics and was affected by misleading information.
The speaker discusses a build inside an Xbox console, noting the difficulty of the task and the final result's cool factor.
The speaker talks about a passive cooling system they built, showcasing their ability to innovate with cooling solutions.
Transcripts
Okay it definitely wasn't all me these
guys helped but as a team we have built
some pretty sick computers over the
years and as we were going through your
guys' submissions for your favorites I
got to confess I had totally forgotten
about some of them me too I believe it
starting with number one oh I didn't
forget about this one this is number one
the pyramid piecy like this was
everyone's favorite no this is just
number one everyone's favorite is the
last one oh it's in reverse order well I
thought the pyramid PC was pretty cool
it was pretty cool does he still use
this not only is it in use but a custom
desk was created to accommodate it shut
up that's actually legitimately pretty
cool it's nice when people like
appreciate stuff I actually don't like
this one really really I've never really
been like the Illuminati pyramid meme
kind of guy I give this an eight out of
10 easy how much I like it it's a four
it would do a lot better for me if it
didn't have the big Gody overclocking
button that turns it off that's sucks
it's a me there's a power button there's
literally a power button I have a cat
yeah but it's just cat would be like oh
I'll I'll give it a seven and a half I
think we should have to do integer
numbers okay eight two no
way there's no way this is top 25 he
literally glued rocks into a computer
and you guys are like oh my God who's
done it before there was imitators
afterwards I don't think anyone did it
did it for a reason I had to wash lips
rocks did you actually I thought did
that myself I don't think you washed my
rock maybe we did it together this is it
looks so half ass the idea is cool the
execution is like a SI and a half I
think it sheded a lot of rocks yeah but
I kept it for 6 years you wash them
better credit to I think it was Brandon
who shot this b-roll for making this pig
look lipstick it's not a pig come on
it's Nots he hates it cuz all his
computers are ugly is your current
computer even built by you his personal
rig was mostly assembled by me and then
it failed why did it fail because it
leaked why did it leak we unplugged the
pump and then he built it again for the
third time in a month it is built by me
though I still think it looks great I
think it counts as extra built by me if
I paid someone to build it then I did it
again myself he paid his paid friend to
build it and then did it again himself
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savings this is a four for me I gave it
a 6 and a half but four I'm going to go
with six okay
11 yeah not at all
biased sure thing geod
dude uh this one is okay deserving and
should have been number one to five am I
the only one who was very surprised to
see what a spectacular job Carl Jacobs
and his team did of Glam footag this
thing it looks so good in their video so
he plays Minecraft on a box and then the
climax is playing it on this Godly piece
of computing art if I had to pick I
think that this is my favorite build
that we've ever done and it's nice cuz I
didn't have to do any of it we spend so
much money on this I think the $100,000
price tag ended up being quite
conservative yeah it was like 150 if you
like account for the Machining that
sounds really expensive compared to my
rocks I did say this is my favorite LTT
build ever it's not very practical
though I'm going to go with a nine I
agree nine eight I don't like desk PCS
all right oh it's the full bom PC
speaking of piece of builds that
Lo again I also love it wow look at that
paint workor oh this is a 3D print yeah
so why is it that it's crooked because
the stuff inside is pressing against the
walls so it's deforming the shape so
either way you just did a bad job I mean
it wasn't going to fit I I challenge you
to do a better job what purpose did
these serve
Luke I don't remember those ended up
being if I remember correctly a platform
so I could put I think power supply and
storage or something in there our
modding capabilities internally have
really improved a lot this whole entire
thing was also I think two days uh I
think you mean two days and two nights
yeah you Brandon were here twice in a
row until I believe 2: to 4: in the
morning shooting this mess I love it
when Luke does arts and crafts oh my God
you made a stencil and it still looked
like that why did you make more than one
stencil you know you can just reuse them
God this is insane to think that we did
this to Luke's credit it was not that
easy to put together a super small form
factor machine back then the hardware
choices were extremely limited and there
weren't nearly as many inspirational
guides to follow along with the whole
reason why I wanted to do this was to
kind of show off that graphics card
actually cuz that was a sick card oh
yeah I had to use pieces of cardboard to
stop it from shorting
out so what the community is saying is
they want our builds to be either M
Deluxe or Jank garbage with cardboard
not garbage nothing in between looks
great there's no way that this ran
anything other than thermal throttled up
the butt oh yeah but it functioned not
only did multiple people get inspired by
The Fallout build and build their own
but multiple people were inspired by the
amethyst build and build their own why
you so defensive you're trying to trash
on all my stuff but so far I more builds
in here than yeah he's 50% of our top
builds right now let's see some builds
you've done I I think that's all of mine
though oh you've got other builds I
expect the pizza warming PC to make an
appearance here the engineering
Excellence is fantastic okay like three
three 11 thermal throttles to Hell
impact runs harder than an actual bomb
your PC to be highly performant this is
not it look at the hole it needed the
hole it's not even close to straight it
looks like you spent time to make it
crooked is the PC you've got some
serious like emo band hair going on look
at that look we're not raiding
hairstyles today he was going through
some things the KN to a box fan was my
idea and I think that that actually
added a lot to the video I think it's
still deployed today I think we have it
still it's great this ended up being
such a greater than the sum of its parts
build everything on this table looks
like and then the finished build it was
kind of awesome I love the fans on the
ram I agree with Jake actually those
little Ram fans add a lot and if you
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LTT store.com I can only really give
this a seven cuz it's not that
imaginative but personally eight or nine
four what you just painted stuff beig
and brown yeah like at seven let's say
really out of all the sleepers the Sony
voo are you helped with this this is an
Alex buil his brainchild for
sure what was that for I believe it's
for VM moding this
GPU of course it is Alex is like hm
computer that works how about 700 Watts
on a graphics card shout out this being
just about the most gorgeous GPU block
that I have ever seen yeah it's pretty
looks looks like a nightmare to assemble
wao yeah that looks I guess it's hidden
it doesn't matter that right
there that's what I think of that why is
there a desk there's a desk because
there was no room to put Cooling in this
chassis sweet computer I love that you
utilized the desk to cool it cuz there
was enough space in the thing all yeah
that's sick it doesn't look super
sleeper to me I still think this is a
super cool build this is seven and a
half out of 10 I agree with L 72 you
said a whole number I did seven then
seven yeah seven sweet build though here
it is
the number of labor hours that went into
building this aluminum days and
nights so many more than two days night
that's crazy that's weird it was like
Five Nights at
Freddy's this build took so long that I
now have facial hair one of the biggest
challenges was getting this release
mechanism to work correctly so it was
had a relay so could make it so the head
blew up oh wow kind of thing
if we hadn't tried to do that it
probably could have been done in half
the time what a cool build though really
cool did it overheat no it's got an AO
for fooling and it's got ample it's a
little bigger than the bomb airow yeah
it's a little
bigger that's a feature not a bug I
think the objective was that if you died
in Minecraft we would have some kind of
API something that would make it did it
do that no hey my childhood Minecraft
craft heart is given this like an eight
I I really like this one I think a nine
can you stop stealing my scores what I
was going to say nine oh you're all
eight I'm like oh I have a different
score from Jake for a change oh God
glorious this one is great look at your
hair I think this is better than the
like emo banded hair I don't know is
this about my hair now your hair minus
five I aess six six come on really he's
had so much worse I'm right here what is
going on well we wanted to repurpose a
board that we didn't care about
so we grabbed one that we had already
used for subambient cooling I did not
think he was going to be able to pull
this off this was so Co I went to go see
this like in person because I thought it
was so cool the very best part about it
is either that it pours directly from
the spout of the teapot onto the GPU or
the fact that we filled it with actual
tea there was no movie magic isn't that
amazing that looks like tea I don't know
oh it's tea dude look I brewed this tea
sure yeah that's terrible this whole
thing was fantastic this is an eight for
sure for me it's at least a nine for me
yeah I love this a lot of creativity
into it both sides of the back panel
hilarious using an actual teapot
fantastic using actual really stand out
their designs and everything that
British flag just the every single part
of this is sick it's it's at least a
nine for me this man really okay ainus
build and it's the tank piec not the one
I would have chosen yeah tell us about
this case lus it's in the shape of a
tank what what did you do for this build
I built it you put parts in a case yeah
it's just a case but there's no like
customization there's nothing cool that
you did it's very RGB there no real
expertise correct no skill it was a
little no creativity well I wouldn't no
design work it's very creative I mean
look at that though bang bang I mean the
case is neat if you're like 11 you're
hating on our community not on me I
didn't choose it we did a weird cases
compilation video and then the community
voted how does that work for the one
that they wanted yeah those fans don't
do
anything they are up against a glass
panel they are for show full show it's
definitely better than the bomb build I
disagree those fans also do
nothing yeah we didn't rate that one oh
we didn't rate that one but I don't know
if it's worth a rating this is okay this
is a 10 yeah yeah this is easily a 10
this was Far and Away the top Ed one
from the community couldn't believe the
level of detail look at this b-roll you
can't even tell it's like miniature this
makes me feel bad about
myself don't watch any of my builds in
this one in quick succession God pleas
look at that vending machine most of the
coolness was not done by us this was all
nerd Forge all the way they did an
amazing job it was one of those things
where they said it's our gift to you the
machine and I was like oh my God I want
someone to daily drive this thing so we
ended up um auctioning it for charity at
LTX raised a bunch of money for charity
so massive shout out nerd Forge for that
as well I do agree with the community
vote here 11 yeah and not a Luke 11 like
a real
one yeah we should do another build with
them I think what we should do right now
is talk about which builds we think are
missing from this list where's your
copper tube PC that was not that
exciting compared to the tank oh my God
I had to learn how to bend Co pipe in a
way that didn't look like I ended up
getting the actual final method from Bob
and Rod I think the big thing was
finding a bender that actually had the
same diameter as the outside of the tube
and then filling it with sand so it
doesn't Crush well okay awesome at the
end after all the sanding and polishing
he actually used this as his daily
driver workstation here at work for like
two or three years years until the DDC
died okay this build what I mean I built
it you put a kit together good job
congratulations everyone can play Lego
yeah audience let us know whose build is
this Hey look it's me wow I wonder why
why I am there oh look it's me again wow
this case is this is like the stupidest
case ever but also I love it it's so
cool it weighed a ton it's a single what
was it just cast aluminum thing hand
finished hand polished I think it was
$5,000 or something like that and they
only made a hundred part of the original
idea of the compensator series was for
them to be bad yeah well I mean you hope
it's not bad but was it bad well the SLI
was bad yeah and the case was stupid it
was completely immobile I mean the whole
point is spending the most money you can
on every single thing like in the
consumer like off the shelf standard I
would have daily drove it if I had space
I couldn't lift
it also they gave us number 93 I think I
asked for number 69 look at this I could
have blown out my rectum what seven
Gamers one CPU is this the OG one boys
hold on when I started you see this is 8
years ago I've been here for 8 years one
of my first tasks was taking these water
blocks apart and putting the normal
coolers back on I lied on my job
application and said that I had water
cooled many computers and said that
straight to his face and I didn't break
a single one they were I don't know if
I've ever told you that before yes you
have really oh yeah I totally lied why
am I the one with the nickname liess
yeah I didn't lie about anything you on
the
other the resume fraud Duo this brick of
raw GPU delighted me more than I could
have possibly expressed in the video
plugging in seven gpus one movement all
at once I haven't done it before I
haven't done it since it's so cool that
was like hard never done before yeah at
the time that was really cool remember
when lonus used to do cool things yeah
see he actually built a computer for I
do cool stuff yeah I mean sure this was
one of my favorite collabs this was
really cool yeah shank is so cool and
this build is amazing I missed it I
wasn't able to be here for this I was so
upset I'm pretty sure he SI I mean he's
looked like that in one of the videos we
were watching earlier yeah you want to
rate my hair again oh my God the monitor
so cool I forgot about the monitor this
is a 10 I really like that it's like the
whole thing it's glorious isn't that
monitor like stupid expensive it's an
alien wear thing right it's stupid and
stupid expensive oh yes this thing is
awesome this looks like a normal
computer yep everything's fine it looks
way better than the amethyst machine cuz
it's not full of stupid rocks disagree
it looks boring I'm bored oh yeah are
you bored now son no oh the wig oh yes
there we