I'm the guy at 15:08! The laptop is actually mounted with thick double-sided tape, not just masking tape. Thought it made it look extra sh*tty so I kept it on there. Thanks for featuring me!
truck driver here, and you should see some of the sick setups other truckers have. I've designed more than a few myself. making stuff that'll survive the bouncing and vibrations is harder than you think.
yeah how do you do it? Do you just clamp the components inside to the case? I think a heavy graphics card or a heat sink could do same damage once you hit its resonance frequency.
Watching all these LTT reactions to other people's setups, I now realise that my setup is a mix between cool, interesting, a hoarder's den and absolute insanity.
It would actually be pretty cool to have you guys do a segment on furniture shopping. Kinda like scrapyard wars, just going thrifting or to discount stores and trying to build a cool setup.
im a gardener by profession and at 7:23 i just want everyone to know that those are known as air plants, which have no root system and can subsist very well without direct watering in a lot of cases. great for desk setups, and I highly recommend them even for folks who forget to water like yourself linus
I rarely comment ,media creation manager here, but this edit has to be talked about. For all the ltt reacts video made so far this is the best one. The flow of the two separate recordings put together is just amazing. To whoever did that montage : Great job!!
LTT should do a new series called, "Battlestation Duels". Two LTT employees are randomly chosen to compete with each other to create the best battlestation room setup in their homes. They are each given the same amount of money and a specific amount of time to finish their room setup. Linus and two other judges get to nitpick and critique their setups and the new room decor that complements their battlestations. The winner is chosen by the LTT audience. The player with the most votes gets to keep their battlestation. The loser has to tear theirs down and gets nothing.
@cadon_slayer4285 Not even close. No one said buying used or 2nd hand. There's audience voting instead of just testing mostly. It's mainly based on quality for the amount of money given, who knows how much. They need either time OR money though. And this is one of those times where LTT could make use of companies that do short-term contracts between LTT and volunteer workers they vet (the company does all the finance, tax, contract writing, etc. to your specifications), and have a dedicated employee for that, or people who can cover for whoever is working with the external programs (technically this is more of a CEO thing I guess, though I don't know what his workload is like otherwise) and have outside contestants if they don't want to be limited by the workloads current employees have. Otherwise, you get a lot of these things being very hasty and having major 'what even was the point?', in this case, they'd barely get together monitors and PCs, when the vision is for an ENTIRE themed setup for gaming that someone would have in their room and show off, not 'look at my PC I cobbled together from third world e-waste'. 😅
I do like the dynamic of Elijah and Luke. I do miss when they would do things like this and you could tell the whole group was looking at it together, versus having 2 in there at a time.
I think it's so they can get more, different reactions and reduce "groupthink". Plus, when both groups say the same thing it's kind of cool to see. But yes I agree. It's missing part of the dynamic for sure.
I wasn’t expecting this video to resonate so much, but it did! It reminded me of some ideas I recently read in Uncommon Paths to Wealth by Borlest. It’s interesting how some approaches to success don’t get much attention but can really shift your perspective
4:23, I've seen the original post for this setup and yes, it's either a render or an AI generated image. When multiple people raised the same doubts on the comment section, OP where answering with different variations of this image so either he was iterating on the AI generated image or swapping assets on a 3D renderer.
Ive seen multiple setup pic's where I've actually done digging to prove it was a render. I really believe that ppl attempt to pass off PC setup renders as being real as a way to convince themselves they are good 3D artists, but all they actually do is buy assets that someone else actually made and throw some color on, they always lack texture maps, I actually wonder how many of these are renders.
I realize it's a joke, but the "remortgage your house for RGB lighting" joke actually trends in the opposite direction: at this point, it's so built-in that when I'm weighing options, the one RGB can end up being the cheaper one.
Stumbled across this absurd reality recently while looking at CPU coolers, same model, only difference being RGB vs no RGB. The latter was more expensive.
RGB adjacent... I was literally unable to find a reasonable case without a glass side panel in my area in a pinch. They are very rare. You either need to get it delivered from afar, or lower your standards (foil thin metal, unpainted insides, inconvenient mounting layout, sharp metal edges) or overpay for the "privilege" of no glass.
26:55 That setup is in a garage. The reason many people don't paint their garage walls is because if you paint them, then your garage is considered "furnished" and it DRASTICALLY raises the price of your house...but unfortunately your property tax too. Its a loophole in the property tax code you can do any refurnishings in your garage but by not painting the walls saves you $100's on property tax per year, because under law in the U.S. its considered "incomplete". I did a bunch of improvements on my house and it had to get reassessed by a guy my county sent out and I mentioned I might paint my garage, and he said "dont do that", and explained all this to me. 😑
6:03 Wow, that's a cool set of classic speakers. Recognized them immediately as a pair of B&W DM620i speakers from the early 90s (I have the floorstanding bigger brother DM630i that I would still be using today if not for lack of space in my apartment). They still look great 30 years later, and I bet they sound excellent as well.
24:04 - This is an amazing idea for people with limited space. Dude build his setup in the closet of the room! I love this and will be rebuilding my setup in the closet of my office this weekend.
Yeah, agreeing with Luke. Once I got a second monitor in 2017, it was hard to ever go back to just using one. Being able to have a game on one monitor and a web browser / chat windows / media player on the other is super useful.
I recently went 3 monitors and I'll never go back to anything less. But I'll never watch something else while gaming, that's just too ADHD for me. I use all three as a "we have an ultrawide at home"-kind of setup instead.
For the longest time I would have agreed but having switched to a single monitor setup for a while now I can definitely see the appeal for some people. I'll probably go back to a dual setup again when I can as I like the extra flexibility. Given the choice between a single really good monitor and two okay but not as good monitors I'd take the single monitor. The roasting of people who choose to use a single monitor is IMO a lack of understanding.
Since switching to a dual monitor arm with a single monitor and my laptop next to it I've actually noticed that I've started using the second monitor much less. The laptop's screen is actually better than the monitor, but I actually only really use it for apps like davinci resolve that really make use of that extra screen space. I just don't do lots of things at once on my computer
10:45 so I worked with 2 monitors for years, and would never have gone to one. Until I had to due to the results of a severe concussion and the need to upgrade to a modern display without the flicker. I went from 2x 21” to one 27” extra wide. Making it work pretty much as good as the double monitors.
I recognized Millie immediately. Based on the username that posted it, they’re likely attempting to pass Trent’s hard work and craftsmanship off as their own.
Don't know how it is in Canada. but here in the USA, a unfinished space, like the garage in the second to last setup, or a basement don't count towards living spaces, and so aren't taxed. so buddy should totally not paint his walls XD
@@peterparker-zy9oe An unfinished basement or garage typically does not count towards the livable square footage of your house and thus influences both market value and assessed value. The assessed value is what your property taxes are based on.
14:17 back in college, I used a big ass box for a coffee table. My tv was too big to fit the little “side table” type thing we had, so I used the box the tv came in to make the table top “bigger”. Worked great. Needless to say, “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it”. We kept our box coffee table and tv box table top for over a year.
More videos like this please. Seeing so many different setups gives you ideas. I've never heard of headphone amps until I saw this video! You already have done one video of decluttering one persons bedroom for better workspace, that I saw at least. But more of those would be cool too, I think clutter and space is one of the areas most people face and battle with. So ideas in those areas would be welcomed too. What about inspiring people do declutter themselves and they send in pics before and after. You guys pick the winner and runners up. At least this way heaps of people inspired clean up their clutter, at least once. You probably could do a video about which of those before were staged/fake too. I personally would like to see how clever people can get with making use of space without being too cluttered. Some people have high ceilings. I wonder if there has been clever solutions of using that vertical space. Another episode idea there, maybe.
5:45 I can relate to this. After being 1 turn from winning, 3 games in a row, and being beaten by the person before me in the turn order, I no longer play Catan.
10:52 - are you not all familiar with those Creative Pebble speakers? I was under the impression those are actually pretty slick for their price, MORE than reasonable for 90% of set ups.
10:00 going from 1 monitor to 2 really was such a life changing difference. I remember games crashing and it would just lock up my whole PC, and I would just have to restart. That's my main benefit for having a second monitor, the other little things like having Spotify, a baseball game, or other miscellaneous windows open on the side is just a plus
Let this be a lesson to always save pictures of set-ups, you can tell so much by someone haha. These videos are always my favorite out of everything, not why i follow Linus, but definitely the cherry on the top lol
10:24 funnily enough, I went from 2 24'' monitors to a single 34'' ultrawide monitor recently and so far I don't miss the second monitor. I feel like if I need to multitask, the ultrawide gives me enough space for multiple windows. If I'm gaming, It helps me focus and not be enticed to have a video playing on the background all the time.
@21:40: Linus, roasting a desk for it's literal purpose, providing a space to put things down on. (And then, presumably, removing it, instead eternally gathering random crap like junk mail.)
Ya, I like having empty desk space for stuff. Worse, imo, is that he keeps "roasting" for not allocating funds. I bought a $200 keyboard and a $120 mouse with other crappy parts bcuz I upgraded them later. I don't want 10 mediocre purchases. I want 2 quality items and I'll upgrade the crappy 8 items later. Most of my setup is quality stuff now.
@@blad... I can kind of see their point though. I just recently upgraded my desk to something bigger and to get the computer off of the cardboard I had it on, on the floor. Swapping everything around, building the new desk, and cable managing everything took way longer than I would've liked it too. Still worth it though. Finding an actual desk is fairly cheap nowadays too, especially if your willing to buy used.
@@Dijitz23 It's way too subjective for them to try and tell people what to do. Maybe you'd rather have a nice big desk and a crappy GPU. I, personally, rather update my desk much later than other components. In fact, if it wasn't for my significant other buying me a desk as a gift, I'd still have a crappy one and I only need about three more components to have a quality setup (second monitor is crap, speakers are crap, and no monitor arms)
@@blad... You act like a decent desk is $500 or more. You could find a decent desk for like $50 and possibly less. Even the one I got now was only $160 new from amazon. If you can afford a really good gpu, it aint really that much of a stretch to assume you could afford a basic simple desk. If you can't afford that then maybe, just maybe you shouldn't be buying high-end components and really take a look at your financials. Hell a friend of mine found a really nice computer desk with 3 levels of shelves for $20 just looking on facebook marketplace. It's just weird your acting like a desk is expensive.
10:40 Having two monitors, especially for gaming is really convenient, especially if you're doing VC with friends while gaming or if you're streaming and want the chat to be more accessible
Been watching these kind of videos since I was a broke child, seeing these makes me feel so grateful to have an actual desk, chair, decent monitor, xl mousepad, and mid grade mouse now. Also hey printers can be used for non boomer uses, shipping things being the main one.
Windows is still way too janky with two monitors. Lots of games don’t work properly minimized, some refuse to let go of the cursor. The workflow while gaming is never seamless, it sucks. Either a second device, like a tablet, or just single monitor for me.
Linus: "What's with the trend of people having clocks under their monitors?" Me: *Looks at my clock under my monitor having not known this was a trend at all it's just hella useful*
Agree. I have two dispaly, though the way I game I can really see the time on the second monitor. I'm gonna buy an amazon display clock with USB port. I just need to double check how that will works when computer is off.
so the person at 25:40 i follow his channel his name is trent the traveler thats his dog millie ive been subbed to him just as long as you linus and he also games out in the woods sometimes playing horror games honestly sparked my idea for living inna van
I almost threw up laughing when Elijah started assigning different brain rot content to each of the first ultimate battle station’s monitors. Now I can’t stop hiccuping, and I haven’t had hiccups in years.
21:30 the PlayStation looks like a wifi router. I don't hate it, but I don't think it really deserves much praise. It looks like an architecture student's first project on its side. If someone designed a console in a way that you could set things on top of it without them falling off or blocking vents then I'd like that.
14:04 it looks like buddy just moved into that house and the furniture hadn't arrived yet. I mean, as if they've just taken possession of the house, and want to game. Had to buy a lawn mover for the new place and saw the opportunity with the box. Especially if you're working full time, it can take months to get unpacked; with my adhd butt it took me over 8 months to finally unpack an set up my one bedroom apartment.
21:07 That's a Last of Us quote. Ellie says that as she's getting her first view of the city after leaving the quarantine zone. Makes sense considering the art at the top of the photo.
Regarding the first setup, as a physicist coding with the keyboard on my lap would be a special kind of nightmare. I need a proper desk and chair to be able to keep my sanity.
I literally came to this video right after watching the guy with the van setup, had never even heard of his channel just happened to come across it and watched one video before I saw this.
That's me :) Switchfoot is my favorite band and thankfully they've signed some albums (most recent one being The Beautiful Letdown this summer) Commenting on an alt account to not dox my reddit account lol.
10:24 It really depends, a second monitor is basically useless if you don't need it to work or stream. I've went back to one and had absolutely no issues
@@Reahreicmost work tasks on a computer are improved by having 2 monitors. writing, editing, research, coding, visual art and music, etc. it's good to have one monitor constantly displaying the main task while the other one can be used for secondary tasks like references.
@@Reahreic "a second monitor is basically useless if you don't need it to WORK" keyword WORK, which is why you have a use for a second monitor. Simple as
27:02 i miss LANs so much man, everyone i use to game with as a child went their separate ways in life. I think i'm the only one that never had kids, making me the one who can afford decent computers. I still kinda lug mine around but i'm disabled and my pc weighs about 50-60 lbs without the glass lol. the last REAL lan we had was when Destiny 2 originally launched and we all camped out in my cousins living room with our playstations, drinking liqour, leveling up our fireteams and the day the leviathan raid launched it was some of the most fun I have had in recent memory. We sort of did the same thing for borderlands 3 but it was over discord and it just didn't have the same vibe. I would do a SFF build if LANs came back in popularity in my area; i don't know how i would fit a 7900xtx in a SFF case but i'm sure i could figure something out hahaha [
Linus, I _loved_ it when you saw that uber telephoto lens on the left side of that battlestation and quipped, "Who you creeping on, boy?!" That was priceless! 😅
hey linus, here's a neat use of a monitor lamp! If you're not using your pc, but you want to use your desk for some writing or drawing, just turn on the monitor lamp! It doesn't use any space, and lights up things at a good angle, no weird hand shadows from a lamp in the corner while you draw, just light from above!
12:30 I most certainly have been there before. In 2011 I was stationed at Minot AFB North Dakota and the town of Minot flooded. My apartment with my gaming PC was on the second floor of our apartment the water got up to about the ceiling of the first floor I heard, so my PC survived, but I had to spend weeks living on base with my supervisor before I could go back and get my stuff. I was playing WoW sitting on his living room floor and sleeping on a blow-up mattress. Also at 27:00 SOME PICTURE!? Come on it's the cover art for Blade Runner! :O
26:56 In many new homes these days, especially ones built to keep the prices reasonable will not come with painted walls in the garage to cut costs. It can cost anywhere from 4-7k to finish a garage and they pass that on to the buyer. I know this from working as a leasing agent for a home building company who buys some of their own builds to rent out. They have their main brand which are homes built with all the fixings and then they have their budget brand that makes some strategic money saving measures and have simple floorplans to keep the new home price down for first time home buyers. These more frugal built homes are super popular for not only purchasing but for people looking to rent because you can rent them for anywhere 1,250 to 1,400 for a 3 bed 2 bath brand new house. That’s very comparable to 2 bedroom apartments in the area. These homes don’t feel cheap either they make good use of quality where it’s needed and find clever ways to keep costs down. Like most of the cheap homes don’t come with a fence.
The workbench is the "Winner" hands down! I only worry about dust collection and case filters. Any cutting, but metal especially feels like a nightmare scenario. My next place will be void of guest space, so I can have more tools.
Ever since I became computer literate, that "Light Side" dev setup is the most immaculate setup I have ever seen in my entire life. the vibe its giving is soo peaceful almost the same as when you walk into a cathedral.
Pro tip for portable setups: Get yourself a folding desk from home depot. It folds the sides in, and the top down, but it's large enough that I can comfortably fit a tournament-size keyboard, a mouse, and a dual monitor stand on it.
I voluntarily went from 2 monitors to only 1 after 3 years of dual monitor setup. It looks cleaner and its honestly nice to only have one monitor with what you're doing on it. Sue me Luke.
it is still so freaking stupid. You want light on your desk? why not get a normal light like anyone else which DOESN'T make the screen look horrible? Shining brightnlight at a very low angle onto your matt screen is just a horrible idea
@@MHWGamer I dont know where the idea started, but from what i know, Originally the purpose of monitor lights is to have a dark room and light that ONLY shines on the Desk. Its called monitor lamp because its a lamp mounted on a monitor, not because its supposed to shine on one. Why not just use a normal desk lamp? Well that I dont know.
At 4:36 I sent a DM to this person wondering if it was ai generated, and they admitted it was, however originally they said it was their husband who was a 'passionate photgrapher' and they were interested in setups and this person tried to convince me that it was real and shot on a Nikon Z6 with a 24-120mm lens, however I then got them to admit it was ai generated after showing a lot of suspicion
I’m pretty sure they just said it to shut you up, there’s just no way this is AI generated - the phone is an actual phone with a perfect logo, ai usually messes this up - there’s this nice imperfect stitchline on the deskpad, ai would make that look more perfect - the text behind the monitor is an actual readable thing, ai messes this up so easily - all shadowing and lighting is correct - the aio watercooler on the cpu is not only VERY new, but also very special. It allows for these cool 3d effects, which you can see displayed here too. No way ai generated that correctly. Also notice the text on it is readable and makes sense - all icons in the windows dock look correct.
Also, just look at his other posts. There’s no way ai generates a perfect replication from another angle. A render, i would understand, but definitely not ai
@@DaRealMaus yeah the comments in her posts said render and ai, i asked both and she said ai, she mat=y have meant render, and no she did not try and shut me up as she was further trying to steer the conversation
yooooooooooo 22:19 is me. Commenting on an alt account but it's a 200-600mm lens :) I mentioned it in the ltt forums but I shoot wildlife photography with it and I want to take it out to shoot some surfing and sports photography here in the LA area. The reason the cable for the keyboard is a little loose is because I also use it to charge my dualshock 4 when playing Rocket League :) And yeah, Switchfoot is my favorite band and thankfully they've signed some albums (most recent one being The Beautiful Letdown this summer).
Did not expect to see my favorite band pop up on this channel lol. I have quite a few of their merchs. The album arts spaced across like that is a vibe that I might copy a little bit (most of my decor is literally displates, books, an old working ps2, and my first graphic card).
Say what you will, but none of their computers have been flooded by their pools lol
LTT, heart OP's comment!
The pool is separated from the cooling loop...
apply water to burned area. .. wait..
@@Muxeroth brother it was a joke
0:45 my favorite game Genshin Impact
I'm the guy at 15:08! The laptop is actually mounted with thick double-sided tape, not just masking tape. Thought it made it look extra sh*tty so I kept it on there. Thanks for featuring me!
@@moolanman it does look extra shitty! Great job!
Are you still using it? 🤣🤣
I always tought of doing that with my laptop
That is amazing
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27:10 Linus' defeated "Yea" after being told that those people could work at LTT is glorious
the front-rightmost person looks like the guy (forgot the host's name) who said that too
@@illuminoeye_gaming david
truck driver here, and you should see some of the sick setups other truckers have. I've designed more than a few myself. making stuff that'll survive the bouncing and vibrations is harder than you think.
Imagine having a hard drive in there. (Despite the fact one should be more worried about other stuff in there that are of higher value.)
yeah how do you do it? Do you just clamp the components inside to the case? I think a heavy graphics card or a heat sink could do same damage once you hit its resonance frequency.
@@OptiplexAircraft hard drive is a no no for that kind of setup, m.2 is the way to go
Do you have starlink for online games? If so, how does it do?
@@r.l.strange1897it does pretty well actually. I've played HD2 with friends with no issues. ?
25:30 is Trent the Travler! He's a TH-camr and the doggies name is Millie!! Cool to see him post!
Love watching Trent game in that van. Spooky games are so funny. He has upgraded his chair and his computer since this photo.
Yay, Millie! She’s also at :34 ❤
I was just about to comment that the first image shown is Trent's!
Love Trent's setup. He does some cool TH-cam vids too.
I Love Trent's setup
"How many keyboards is that?!" that's rich coming from the person with TWO Belle Delphine keyboards at their main setup.
Got em'!
Watching all these LTT reactions to other people's setups, I now realise that my setup is a mix between cool, interesting, a hoarder's den and absolute insanity.
@@danwhite3224 but mostly absolute insanity above the other
I‘m with you there 😂
Mine is somewhere between cluttered and "a pile"
It would actually be pretty cool to have you guys do a segment on furniture shopping. Kinda like scrapyard wars, just going thrifting or to discount stores and trying to build a cool setup.
LTT IKEA sponsorship??
they kinda did that in 2016?
im a gardener by profession and at 7:23 i just want everyone to know that those are known as air plants, which have no root system and can subsist very well without direct watering in a lot of cases. great for desk setups, and I highly recommend them even for folks who forget to water like yourself linus
I rarely comment ,media creation manager here, but this edit has to be talked about. For all the ltt reacts video made so far this is the best one. The flow of the two separate recordings put together is just amazing. To whoever did that montage : Great job!!
LTT should do a new series called, "Battlestation Duels". Two LTT employees are randomly chosen to compete with each other to create the best battlestation room setup in their homes. They are each given the same amount of money and a specific amount of time to finish their room setup. Linus and two other judges get to nitpick and critique their setups and the new room decor that complements their battlestations. The winner is chosen by the LTT audience. The player with the most votes gets to keep their battlestation. The loser has to tear theirs down and gets nothing.
Battlestation Wars!
AMD Ultimate Tech Upgrade gladiator's edition
So basically scrap yard wars?
they should just work upon the AMD 5000 dollar makeover and whosoever has a better setup should get extra 1000 dollar or something cool
@cadon_slayer4285 Not even close. No one said buying used or 2nd hand. There's audience voting instead of just testing mostly. It's mainly based on quality for the amount of money given, who knows how much. They need either time OR money though.
And this is one of those times where LTT could make use of companies that do short-term contracts between LTT and volunteer workers they vet (the company does all the finance, tax, contract writing, etc. to your specifications), and have a dedicated employee for that, or people who can cover for whoever is working with the external programs (technically this is more of a CEO thing I guess, though I don't know what his workload is like otherwise) and have outside contestants if they don't want to be limited by the workloads current employees have. Otherwise, you get a lot of these things being very hasty and having major 'what even was the point?', in this case, they'd barely get together monitors and PCs, when the vision is for an ENTIRE themed setup for gaming that someone would have in their room and show off, not 'look at my PC I cobbled together from third world e-waste'. 😅
19:54 wow I didn’t expect that at all. I’m the owner of the setup, thanks for everything, glad to know you liked it!
Dude, that set up looks AMAZING. You did a freaking good job!
@@CheemstheBoomer that was definitely my favorite setup here. Was trying to figure out what speakers those are though
Absolute beauty! Love the lighting and the overall space! Super cozy! All that's missing is a whiskey on the rocks on that desk.
that vibe goes hard as fuck
Very nice setup!
I do like the dynamic of Elijah and Luke. I do miss when they would do things like this and you could tell the whole group was looking at it together, versus having 2 in there at a time.
Who care, grow up
@@doomer8102how is your comment edited and you still missed the s in cares
elijah seems very negative, i wish jake replaced him on screen
@@brighamgarrett7000 I deleted the S because I thought it was wrong lmao
I think it's so they can get more, different reactions and reduce "groupthink". Plus, when both groups say the same thing it's kind of cool to see. But yes I agree. It's missing part of the dynamic for sure.
19:45 "oh you just named yourself"
I've been rewatching this trying to figure out how and where.
There's something in the center of the favourites bar that's blurred out, likely censored by the video editor
The post has, in fact, been deleted
I wasn’t expecting this video to resonate so much, but it did! It reminded me of some ideas I recently read in Uncommon Paths to Wealth by Borlest. It’s interesting how some approaches to success don’t get much attention but can really shift your perspective
4:23, I've seen the original post for this setup and yes, it's either a render or an AI generated image. When multiple people raised the same doubts on the comment section, OP where answering with different variations of this image so either he was iterating on the AI generated image or swapping assets on a 3D renderer.
Its still possible to have this Setup. Looks really nice and a good Inspiration
the desktop background is AI generated, the image itself has just enough imperfections to make me believe it's real.
Ive seen multiple setup pic's where I've actually done digging to prove it was a render. I really believe that ppl attempt to pass off PC setup renders as being real as a way to convince themselves they are good 3D artists, but all they actually do is buy assets that someone else actually made and throw some color on, they always lack texture maps, I actually wonder how many of these are renders.
Obviously AI, just look inside PC
Theres an iPhone with 4 cameras on the mouse pad
Lets gooo Trent The Traveler 25:30
Just posted a comment haha!
omgg ikrr Sleeping milly too demm
I noticed millie before the van
@@smok3sho587 me too 😂
I too noticed Millie before the can xD
I realize it's a joke, but the "remortgage your house for RGB lighting" joke actually trends in the opposite direction: at this point, it's so built-in that when I'm weighing options, the one RGB can end up being the cheaper one.
True lol. So many cases with RGB fans are cheaper than the counterpart with high performance non-rgb fans
Stumbled across this absurd reality recently while looking at CPU coolers, same model, only difference being RGB vs no RGB. The latter was more expensive.
RGB adjacent... I was literally unable to find a reasonable case without a glass side panel in my area in a pinch. They are very rare. You either need to get it delivered from afar, or lower your standards (foil thin metal, unpainted insides, inconvenient mounting layout, sharp metal edges) or overpay for the "privilege" of no glass.
True.... 3 years ago when I built my pc around Black Friday sales I got RGB everything since it was the cheapest lol
@@Vladimir_Kv like the Antec Performance FT 1. $20 more for the metal side panel
26:55 That setup is in a garage. The reason many people don't paint their garage walls is because if you paint them, then your garage is considered "furnished" and it DRASTICALLY raises the price of your house...but unfortunately your property tax too. Its a loophole in the property tax code you can do any refurnishings in your garage but by not painting the walls saves you $100's on property tax per year, because under law in the U.S. its considered "incomplete". I did a bunch of improvements on my house and it had to get reassessed by a guy my county sent out and I mentioned I might paint my garage, and he said "dont do that", and explained all this to me. 😑
The Datsun neon 😍 sooooo sick
23:04 - dear Linus. I'm left-handed and still use my right hand to use a mouse cuz it feels more natural. We can be trusted
He ain’t left handed iykyk
I’m the guy with the breathtaking view at 18:50, thanks for the feature guys 🔥🔥
What monitor is that?
@@whatthecrit LG C3 42 inch version.
@@TKDVL please turn around your katana your blade edge is dulling
sick view, what city/skyline is that?
I'd love to know where to find that clock
6:03 Wow, that's a cool set of classic speakers. Recognized them immediately as a pair of B&W DM620i speakers from the early 90s (I have the floorstanding bigger brother DM630i that I would still be using today if not for lack of space in my apartment). They still look great 30 years later, and I bet they sound excellent as well.
If only they were actually facing the listener...
At 13:52 that field bed is harder than a sheet of plywood, he will in fact not be sinking in to it.
Yeah, I was gonna say. Nobody is sinking into a cot lol
my back hurts every time I see one of them now. you'd think the civilian market would improve at all on the original design but no.
That's my setup, and it's actually really comfortable haha.
@@britishroyalist5067 YAARHFHHFHH
@@waywardscythe3358not only that, they are literally always green. Why green?
24:04 - This is an amazing idea for people with limited space. Dude build his setup in the closet of the room! I love this and will be rebuilding my setup in the closet of my office this weekend.
Yeah, agreeing with Luke. Once I got a second monitor in 2017, it was hard to ever go back to just using one. Being able to have a game on one monitor and a web browser / chat windows / media player on the other is super useful.
I recently went 3 monitors and I'll never go back to anything less. But I'll never watch something else while gaming, that's just too ADHD for me. I use all three as a "we have an ultrawide at home"-kind of setup instead.
For the longest time I would have agreed but having switched to a single monitor setup for a while now I can definitely see the appeal for some people. I'll probably go back to a dual setup again when I can as I like the extra flexibility. Given the choice between a single really good monitor and two okay but not as good monitors I'd take the single monitor. The roasting of people who choose to use a single monitor is IMO a lack of understanding.
Since switching to a dual monitor arm with a single monitor and my laptop next to it I've actually noticed that I've started using the second monitor much less. The laptop's screen is actually better than the monitor, but I actually only really use it for apps like davinci resolve that really make use of that extra screen space. I just don't do lots of things at once on my computer
That American flag thing above the racing simulator is actually a gun case
Was wondering if it was one of those for sure.
Based
the most american thing ever lol
because of course it is xD
🇺🇸🦅🦅🇺🇸🦅🏈🗽🦅
"It's a night elf Mohawk". "I never played wow". "He's not gonna understand" 😂 I feel old now 👴🏼
12:57 cdawgva viewer? must be part of the SEA gang
93%?
@@nadkudo1798Yup, that dude.
I was thinking the same thing lol, def SEA
FELLOW CONNOR FAN RAHHHHHHHHHH
WIth that setup, defo SEA.
Absolutely love TrentTheTraveler's van setup @ 25:30 that's obviously an older picture though of his setup. Great youtuber btw
10:45 so I worked with 2 monitors for years, and would never have gone to one.
Until I had to due to the results of a severe concussion and the need to upgrade to a modern display without the flicker. I went from 2x 21” to one 27” extra wide. Making it work pretty much as good as the double monitors.
Anybody else recognize @TrentTheTraveler's van setup at 0:34 and also 25:30!
Yeah did he put it up or someone steal it lol, do love his van though!
noticed it immediately. Had to come down to the comments to see who else saw it
I recognized Millie immediately. Based on the username that posted it, they’re likely attempting to pass Trent’s hard work and craftsmanship off as their own.
@@FaddaJoe I'm pretty sure that's Trent's old youtube channel name. He only recently changed it to Trent the Traveler.
I forgot that he had the old kitchen table chair back in the day!
Don't know how it is in Canada. but here in the USA, a unfinished space, like the garage in the second to last setup, or a basement don't count towards living spaces, and so aren't taxed. so buddy should totally not paint his walls XD
That's... a very good point.
Bro I sleep in my garage 😭
wait, what do taxes have to do with walls?
Cause idnyou dknt paint its unfinished, loopsholes basiclaly@@peterparker-zy9oe
@@peterparker-zy9oe An unfinished basement or garage typically does not count towards the livable square footage of your house and thus influences both market value and assessed value. The assessed value is what your property taxes are based on.
8:48 Best part is Master Chief holding the controller.
14:17 back in college, I used a big ass box for a coffee table. My tv was too big to fit the little “side table” type thing we had, so I used the box the tv came in to make the table top “bigger”. Worked great. Needless to say, “if it’s not broke, don’t fix it”. We kept our box coffee table and tv box table top for over a year.
More videos like this please. Seeing so many different setups gives you ideas. I've never heard of headphone amps until I saw this video!
You already have done one video of decluttering one persons bedroom for better workspace, that I saw at least. But more of those would be cool too, I think clutter and space is one of the areas most people face and battle with. So ideas in those areas would be welcomed too.
What about inspiring people do declutter themselves and they send in pics before and after. You guys pick the winner and runners up. At least this way heaps of people inspired clean up their clutter, at least once. You probably could do a video about which of those before were staged/fake too. I personally would like to see how clever people can get with making use of space without being too cluttered. Some people have high ceilings. I wonder if there has been clever solutions of using that vertical space. Another episode idea there, maybe.
14:16 Real. Look how new the carpet is. Bro is still waiting for the moving truck to show up.
5:45 I can relate to this. After being 1 turn from winning, 3 games in a row, and being beaten by the person before me in the turn order, I no longer play Catan.
Some of those setups... Mind-blowing. Both in a good, and a bad way 🤣Love to watch these roasting vids. Great stuff ❤
ngl everyone seems a lot happier and genuinely enjoying their work in the moment instead of under the pump
10:52 - are you not all familiar with those Creative Pebble speakers? I was under the impression those are actually pretty slick for their price, MORE than reasonable for 90% of set ups.
19:35 the "Fairly tall keyboard" looks like it might be made out of Lego, which is awesome.
15:35 *sees Deep Rock Galactic*
ROCK AND STONE!
ROCK AND STONE, BROTHER!
ROCKKKKKKKKK AND... *coughs* STONE!
For KARLLLLLLL!!!!!!
Rock and stone!
10:00 going from 1 monitor to 2 really was such a life changing difference. I remember games crashing and it would just lock up my whole PC, and I would just have to restart. That's my main benefit for having a second monitor, the other little things like having Spotify, a baseball game, or other miscellaneous windows open on the side is just a plus
Let this be a lesson to always save pictures of set-ups, you can tell so much by someone haha.
These videos are always my favorite out of everything, not why i follow Linus, but definitely the cherry on the top lol
10:24 funnily enough, I went from 2 24'' monitors to a single 34'' ultrawide monitor recently and so far I don't miss the second monitor.
I feel like if I need to multitask, the ultrawide gives me enough space for multiple windows. If I'm gaming, It helps me focus and not be enticed to have a video playing on the background all the time.
@21:40: Linus, roasting a desk for it's literal purpose, providing a space to put things down on. (And then, presumably, removing it, instead eternally gathering random crap like junk mail.)
Ya, I like having empty desk space for stuff. Worse, imo, is that he keeps "roasting" for not allocating funds. I bought a $200 keyboard and a $120 mouse with other crappy parts bcuz I upgraded them later.
I don't want 10 mediocre purchases. I want 2 quality items and I'll upgrade the crappy 8 items later. Most of my setup is quality stuff now.
Word!
@@blad... I can kind of see their point though. I just recently upgraded my desk to something bigger and to get the computer off of the cardboard I had it on, on the floor. Swapping everything around, building the new desk, and cable managing everything took way longer than I would've liked it too. Still worth it though. Finding an actual desk is fairly cheap nowadays too, especially if your willing to buy used.
@@Dijitz23 It's way too subjective for them to try and tell people what to do.
Maybe you'd rather have a nice big desk and a crappy GPU. I, personally, rather update my desk much later than other components.
In fact, if it wasn't for my significant other buying me a desk as a gift, I'd still have a crappy one and I only need about three more components to have a quality setup (second monitor is crap, speakers are crap, and no monitor arms)
@@blad... You act like a decent desk is $500 or more. You could find a decent desk for like $50 and possibly less. Even the one I got now was only $160 new from amazon. If you can afford a really good gpu, it aint really that much of a stretch to assume you could afford a basic simple desk. If you can't afford that then maybe, just maybe you shouldn't be buying high-end components and really take a look at your financials. Hell a friend of mine found a really nice computer desk with 3 levels of shelves for $20 just looking on facebook marketplace. It's just weird your acting like a desk is expensive.
Fun Fact: Simeon II of Bulgaria is the only monarch to be deposed and then democratically ELECTED Prime Minister
he was only around 7 when he was deposed though
@@yaboi672still counts
that is fun
@@AtomicSub yep, shame he couldnt fight his deposition by the soviets
Thank you AtomicSub
10:40 Having two monitors, especially for gaming is really convenient, especially if you're doing VC with friends while gaming or if you're streaming and want the chat to be more accessible
Been watching these kind of videos since I was a broke child, seeing these makes me feel so grateful to have an actual desk, chair, decent monitor, xl mousepad, and mid grade mouse now. Also hey printers can be used for non boomer uses, shipping things being the main one.
8:39 ahh thank god I can now finally focus on the battlestation
Love Luke’s dual monitor rant - would like to call out Linus only has a single monitor setup at home 😂
Windows is still way too janky with two monitors. Lots of games don’t work properly minimized, some refuse to let go of the cursor. The workflow while gaming is never seamless, it sucks. Either a second device, like a tablet, or just single monitor for me.
@@CanIHasThisName pretty sure any game doesn't work properly while being minimized :)
19:37 That keyboard chassis built out of curved LEGO pieces is sooo clean... 😮😍
its the kbdcraft adam if im not mistaken
What a treat this video is, I need this more often in my life
I love how Linus has these very specific gripes like "I hate monitor lamps." 😂😂
woooo Trent's setup at 25:35 never thought I'd see my vanman here of all places
right?!?!
It kinda ironic that Elijah is the only guy complaning about the amount of keyboards 7:58
If they were Belle Delphine keyboards he wouldn't complain
@@nostrace”collectible” he’d say
Linus: "What's with the trend of people having clocks under their monitors?"
Me: *Looks at my clock under my monitor having not known this was a trend at all it's just hella useful*
Agree. I have two dispaly, though the way I game I can really see the time on the second monitor.
I'm gonna buy an amazon display clock with USB port. I just need to double check how that will works when computer is off.
There's a clock on your taskbar, although I get it, an actual clock is likely easier to read.
@@kingzach74Not really if you're in the middle of a fight in full screen.
@@PyroBlaster I have a wrist clock below my monitor...
@@kingzach74 I like my taskbar hidden though. It doesn't help telling the time when I'm in a fullscreen game on my center monitor.
so the person at 25:40 i follow his channel his name is trent the traveler thats his dog millie ive been subbed to him just as long as you linus and he also games out in the woods sometimes playing horror games honestly sparked my idea for living inna van
11:53 I'd like to think they all purposely ignored the elephant pipe and jar of weed proudly sitting there.
nah, they saw the other post with the massive bong in it
18:32 Behold... The Linus note.
@@arithmechick My pleasure! However my setup has grown a bit since then ... but the Jaguar XJ-S handbrake ghetto wired into a G27 still lives on!
Jokes on you, I don’t even have a setup for you to roast, because all I have is a phone and a tablet.
Me runnong gta 4 on my phone from 2022
@@june_senpai9846 A phone from 2022 can play that better than most shit tablets and laptops lol
You just roasted yourself its ok me neither..
Is the brand new Redmagic© Nova 144hz gaming tablet™ ?? 👀
I almost threw up laughing when Elijah started assigning different brain rot content to each of the first ultimate battle station’s monitors.
Now I can’t stop hiccuping, and I haven’t had hiccups in years.
21:30 the PlayStation looks like a wifi router. I don't hate it, but I don't think it really deserves much praise. It looks like an architecture student's first project on its side. If someone designed a console in a way that you could set things on top of it without them falling off or blocking vents then I'd like that.
15:26 - Linus I thought the exact same! As you said 'its permanent enough' I was like yessss!!
14:04 it looks like buddy just moved into that house and the furniture hadn't arrived yet. I mean, as if they've just taken possession of the house, and want to game. Had to buy a lawn mover for the new place and saw the opportunity with the box. Especially if you're working full time, it can take months to get unpacked; with my adhd butt it took me over 8 months to finally unpack an set up my one bedroom apartment.
21:07 That's a Last of Us quote. Ellie says that as she's getting her first view of the city after leaving the quarantine zone. Makes sense considering the art at the top of the photo.
post-apoc vibes can be pretty cool, I'd like to do something like those hydroponic walls. make the room look like it's being reclaimed
Regarding the first setup, as a physicist coding with the keyboard on my lap would be a special kind of nightmare. I need a proper desk and chair to be able to keep my sanity.
dude i respect the setup at 13:50 so much. iykyk them temp moving setups thrown together in a haste in order to make raid lmao crazy times.
I literally came to this video right after watching the guy with the van setup, had never even heard of his channel just happened to come across it and watched one video before I saw this.
@22:22 (I need to be this guy; No apologies.) Switchfoot, psch! Audio Adrenaline was where it was at! 😎
That's me :) Switchfoot is my favorite band and thankfully they've signed some albums (most recent one being The Beautiful Letdown this summer)
Commenting on an alt account to not dox my reddit account lol.
10:24 It really depends, a second monitor is basically useless if you don't need it to work or stream. I've went back to one and had absolutely no issues
Same, i had a second monitor but i didn’t find a good use for it
Same here. Not only I didn't find good use for second screen, it was distracting for me and my setup felt too cluttered.
I code, my IDE is always on my second vertical while my main ultrawide is split for resources and active scene work.
@@Reahreicmost work tasks on a computer are improved by having 2 monitors. writing, editing, research, coding, visual art and music, etc. it's good to have one monitor constantly displaying the main task while the other one can be used for secondary tasks like references.
@@Reahreic "a second monitor is basically useless if you don't need it to WORK" keyword WORK, which is why you have a use for a second monitor. Simple as
27:02 i miss LANs so much man, everyone i use to game with as a child went their separate ways in life. I think i'm the only one that never had kids, making me the one who can afford decent computers. I still kinda lug mine around but i'm disabled and my pc weighs about 50-60 lbs without the glass lol. the last REAL lan we had was when Destiny 2 originally launched and we all camped out in my cousins living room with our playstations, drinking liqour, leveling up our fireteams and the day the leviathan raid launched it was some of the most fun I have had in recent memory. We sort of did the same thing for borderlands 3 but it was over discord and it just didn't have the same vibe. I would do a SFF build if LANs came back in popularity in my area; i don't know how i would fit a 7900xtx in a SFF case but i'm sure i could figure something out hahaha
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LANs are one of the things I feel nostalgic about even though I never personally experienced them. There's just something magical about it.
That was my LAN in the pic! We still try and do it every year. I'm actually the only one with kids but I try and make sure we do one every year.
Linus, I _loved_ it when you saw that uber telephoto lens on the left side of that battlestation and quipped, "Who you creeping on, boy?!" That was priceless! 😅
13:50 those army fits are really sturdy, you don't sink at all. Not great for comfort though.
This is the best series :D
Love these types of videos!
- 7 years ago: No
- Linus wife: 👀
- It is just about Starlink
David said if not married
hey linus, here's a neat use of a monitor lamp!
If you're not using your pc, but you want to use your desk for some writing or drawing, just turn on the monitor lamp! It doesn't use any space, and lights up things at a good angle, no weird hand shadows from a lamp in the corner while you draw, just light from above!
12:30 I most certainly have been there before. In 2011 I was stationed at Minot AFB North Dakota and the town of Minot flooded. My apartment with my gaming PC was on the second floor of our apartment the water got up to about the ceiling of the first floor I heard, so my PC survived, but I had to spend weeks living on base with my supervisor before I could go back and get my stuff. I was playing WoW sitting on his living room floor and sleeping on a blow-up mattress.
Also at 27:00 SOME PICTURE!? Come on it's the cover art for Blade Runner! :O
It's a nitpick, but the mousepad at 19:20 isn't curling up, that's just the light reflection off the picture frame.
21:25 says the guy who has two bell delphine keyboard and mouse combos. We saw your apartment, so watch your mouth
Get rekt lol🎉
25:50 looks like @TrentTheTraveler and his beautiful dog Millie.
Or am i going crazy here?
just checked. definitely trents setup. found a video of him playing that pc and the arm mount is the same.
26:56 In many new homes these days, especially ones built to keep the prices reasonable will not come with painted walls in the garage to cut costs. It can cost anywhere from 4-7k to finish a garage and they pass that on to the buyer. I know this from working as a leasing agent for a home building company who buys some of their own builds to rent out. They have their main brand which are homes built with all the fixings and then they have their budget brand that makes some strategic money saving measures and have simple floorplans to keep the new home price down for first time home buyers.
These more frugal built homes are super popular for not only purchasing but for people looking to rent because you can rent them for anywhere 1,250 to 1,400 for a 3 bed 2 bath brand new house. That’s very comparable to 2 bedroom apartments in the area. These homes don’t feel cheap either they make good use of quality where it’s needed and find clever ways to keep costs down. Like most of the cheap homes don’t come with a fence.
The workbench is the "Winner" hands down! I only worry about dust collection and case filters. Any cutting, but metal especially feels like a nightmare scenario. My next place will be void of guest space, so I can have more tools.
20:08 am I the only one annoyed by the colour difference of these displays
3:23 why does he have a framed picture of Joji hanging in his living room!!!
Because he's a man of culture, of course.
It's actually the album cover of BALLADS 1 at a 90° angle for some reason. There's also Gorillaz right on top of it!
Ever since I became computer literate, that "Light Side" dev setup is the most immaculate setup I have ever seen in my entire life. the vibe its giving is soo peaceful almost the same as when you walk into a cathedral.
Pro tip for portable setups: Get yourself a folding desk from home depot. It folds the sides in, and the top down, but it's large enough that I can comfortably fit a tournament-size keyboard, a mouse, and a dual monitor stand on it.
The last LAN party at 27:10, the mousepad - it's the movie poster for Blade Runner.
7:14 those are air plants, not succulents. and contrary to what linus said, they don't need to be watered 💀
Yah, routine light misting or soaking (esp if you have low humidity), but they have no real roots so there's nothing to "water".
I voluntarily went from 2 monitors to only 1 after 3 years of dual monitor setup. It looks cleaner and its honestly nice to only have one monitor with what you're doing on it. Sue me Luke.
Only if you have at least a 40 inch tv for a monitor, it's not enough
@@Fantastika its is, learn to focus you zoomer, you dont need to stream family guys clips and youtube while playing a game
How has no one explained to Linus yet that the point of the monitor light bar is to put light on your DESK not the SCREEN!
@@attackJattack why wouldn't you just use a normal desk lamp for that?
@@MrJakson112 Probably style points & not having something in the way - I don't like them either but hey, if it works it works
it is still so freaking stupid. You want light on your desk? why not get a normal light like anyone else which DOESN'T make the screen look horrible?
Shining brightnlight at a very low angle onto your matt screen is just a horrible idea
@@MHWGamer I dont know where the idea started, but from what i know, Originally the purpose of monitor lights is to have a dark room and light that ONLY shines on the Desk. Its called monitor lamp because its a lamp mounted on a monitor, not because its supposed to shine on one. Why not just use a normal desk lamp? Well that I dont know.
@@MrJakson112 A normal desk lamp takes up desk space and spills light onto the monitor. Good light bars don't shine light directly onto the monitor.
23:15 Well Luke, devs uses dark mode because light attracts bugs!
2:55 those Logitech speakers are awesome. They come with a subwoofer. They sound so good I ended up setting them on one of my living room tvs.
At 4:36 I sent a DM to this person wondering if it was ai generated, and they admitted it was, however originally they said it was their husband who was a 'passionate photgrapher' and they were interested in setups and this person tried to convince me that it was real and shot on a Nikon Z6 with a 24-120mm lens, however I then got them to admit it was ai generated after showing a lot of suspicion
I’m pretty sure they just said it to shut you up, there’s just no way this is AI generated
- the phone is an actual phone with a perfect logo, ai usually messes this up
- there’s this nice imperfect stitchline on the deskpad, ai would make that look more perfect
- the text behind the monitor is an actual readable thing, ai messes this up so easily
- all shadowing and lighting is correct
- the aio watercooler on the cpu is not only VERY new, but also very special. It allows for these cool 3d effects, which you can see displayed here too. No way ai generated that correctly. Also notice the text on it is readable and makes sense
- all icons in the windows dock look correct.
Also, just look at his other posts. There’s no way ai generates a perfect replication from another angle.
A render, i would understand, but definitely not ai
@@DaRealMaus yeah the comments in her posts said render and ai, i asked both and she said ai, she mat=y have meant render, and no she did not try and shut me up as she was further trying to steer the conversation
@@DaRealMaus I think it was a render with also AI - that wallpaper was 100% AI generated minimum.
20:48 could just look in the cormer
Not while gaming
19:45 what did they find...
I'm guessing their name was in one of their bookmarks
@@jabphin yea, one of the open tabs in the browser. They blurred it.
yooooooooooo 22:19 is me.
Commenting on an alt account but it's a 200-600mm lens :) I mentioned it in the ltt forums but I shoot wildlife photography with it and I want to take it out to shoot some surfing and sports photography here in the LA area.
The reason the cable for the keyboard is a little loose is because I also use it to charge my dualshock 4 when playing Rocket League :) And yeah, Switchfoot is my favorite band and thankfully they've signed some albums (most recent one being The Beautiful Letdown this summer).
Did not expect to see my favorite band pop up on this channel lol. I have quite a few of their merchs. The album arts spaced across like that is a vibe that I might copy a little bit (most of my decor is literally displates, books, an old working ps2, and my first graphic card).
"picture on a mouse pad" you just lost all respect forever. how do you not immediately recognize Blade Runner.