I just bought a bunch of better bike recording equipment for the future. The next few videos will still be with this setup, but it'll get better. I'm getting more serious about it now. Rear shock was super messed up during this trip and it also leaked most its oil, so I was basically riding a spring and nothing else. I've bought a replacement, but also sent this one in for repair (assuming it's affordable to do so). Doesn't hurt to have a backup, at this point. Sorry for the rattle.
@@TrailFeatures Definitely the biggest downside to doing more of these. Sometimes you just want to ride, but as long as I don't push as hard as I am for GN and keep it a side project, it'll be OK.
Cant wait to see videos with the new recording equipment! What did you go with? Many mtb video makers still use hero 4's with chest mounts and/or a gimbal plus custom mic setups since they appearently provide better audio than the hero 5 and newer gopro cameras.
I'm super interested in your choices for bike recording equipment. The trend now seems to be a gopro 7 and a chin mount on a full face. Any chance for a review?
You could try keeping 'testing limitations' to the wrap-up. Anyone who's watching case reviews to help with decisions is going to watch a lot longer than your average troll.
That probably is the best solution. Could go the other way though with ppl now pissed because they have "wasted" time on a "flawed" review and now there is nothing left to do but chat shit. I think you're always going to get the odd pleb (like me) that feels the need to voice his opinion but at this stage your methodology is way above others in the industry and I actually can't see any issues with a standardised test set up. It makes compassion easy.
I feel you on the love/hate towards comments. Best intentions often get thrown back at you for not meeting someones criteria. On the plus side, when you see that you legitimately helped a lot of people it really does make your day.
The exact reason i come to GN to watch factual review content. Not promo brand driven spin. Keep producing the quality stuff you do ....... and for the love of god get the shock serviced..... its making me cry just hearing that bike in pain :) . If you ever come to Australia ill take you riding.
people comment before they watch the entire video , or before they even take a second to think about it. I have to whole-heartily agree that no testing is EVER perfect. The rage of the internet has blown up to such a proportion its really sad. We should all be here to better ourselfs and others with a community to learn and share from. I appreciate all your work and the work of the GN crew. You guys are really awesome at what you do, and keep making that amazing content. I love to watch!
I appreciate the comments discussion but this video is epic. It's like a 14 minute roller coaster ride through the woods. Your Flying and having a causal chat, haha. Good job man.
Shrodinger's Comment(er?) could potentially be your next swag shirt graphic? :D Take it easy man, sorry to hear about the stress. I get why it grinds your gears, and it's hard to ignore when it has a domino effect... You've just gotta trust that there'll always be enough people to look past the bad ones. I think the fact your (main) channel has had the success it has in general with its style (all fact, basically no "show" / cheesy entertainment / leaning on hot topics) is a testament to just that dude.
You sound exhausted haha but at the same time, out in the fresh air, away from people and alone mostly with your thoughts and nature is amazing! This makes me want to start wandering around again. Really helps clear your head a bit and just makes things sometimes feel less shitty.
Just discovered this, but it was your review of the Dynamic XL that got me to purchase it. GN remains one of the most transparent tech reviewers on YT. I feel like you gave a good review even for a case that might be made for water cooling builds. You addressed the points appropriately in the video as well.
I really enjoy this content. It's always nice to get some candid chat, but also it's not often I find two very different interests of mine intersect. I look forward to the next one, whenever you're ready. Don't work too hard, this one isn't the day job!
Having watched the channel for at least three years, I am confident that I am always getting thoroughly researched and thoughtful content, when I Gamers Nexus or read your articles. I have the highest respect for Gamers Nexus' dedication to reviews and analysis that is impartial and grounded in good science. As with any published science, you will be subject to peer review. As you noted, during your rant, you respect and appreciate the opportunities you have to learn from your peers, so that you can gain knowledge and improve your testing methodology. Unfortunately, America is fostering a culture of distrust in science, and American society seems to actively encourage science illiteracy. Uneducated, negative comments are and unfortunate side effect of this phenomenon. These comments are too often made in an authoritarian voice that attracts a certain demographic to fall prey to the logical fallacy of appealing to authority and upvoting the negative, but uneducated, comments. Steve, I know that it is emotionally draining to read and fight against the negative, and purposefully damaging (i.e.: trolling) comments; however, you are dedicated to doing great science, in a climate of science adversity. Keep true to yourself and the ideals you have set for GN, and keep educating us with fantastic content! I hold you in high esteem, as a fellow science educator. By the way, I love the bike trails. I can't stop botanizing, as you ride.
The fools that post non-constructive, negative comments are always the ones who shout the loudest, there are lots of us quite ones who really enjoy and respect your open honest approach. Please keep it up. The XL review was very informative. Funny to hear you swear properly in this bike vid.
I know it's not much coming from one person like me, but I appreciate your reviews. Good stuff! An education and I get to see products that I didn't even know existed. Remember every job has a down side so keep your head. Take care.
Yeah the internet brings out the trolls, but I think the majority of us appreciate the pretty extreme lengths you go to present thorough testing results. For the O11D/Air, I was just surprised at how well the O11D did for being a water cooling aimed case, and how not well the Air did. Aside from those two specific examples, I find all of your content extremely well done.
In born and raised in the interior of BC. The heart of mountain biking (Whistler is like 8 hours from me for the record). And yet, I've never been mountain biking.
Thanks for the roller-coaster ride. I am terrified of them so my heart skipped a beat or two during your ride down the hill. How you are able to talk at the same time just blows my mind. There will always be "know it all's" who like to argue and complain about everything and nothing. And the more subs you have, the more of those it will be as well. However, most of the comments I see is the ones who are positive, or just funny. Don't take the "know it all's " comments to serious, and don't feel like you are punching down if what they say is outright wrong. It's important to point out wrong information as well. Concentrate on the positive comments, and the constructive criticisms (if there are any). There is no need to linger on the negative when there is so much positivity in your comment section. Also remember to take a time out and relax from time to time. Again thank you for all your hard work.
Hey Steve, hope you see this, just wanted to say what you do means a whole hecking lot to me and it really hits my g-spot of computer stuff. You guys are much more analytical and technical than any other tech media that I've seen and it works well for me since I have a really technical and no-compromises way of thinking about the data and such. This comment went on much longer than I originally thought it was going to...just...thanks a lot and never stop never stopping. PS. you fucking better keep that hair until it all falls out you beautiful bastard
Yeah I feel that... I studied performance impact of memory on csgo by playing deathmatch for long enough to variance even out as I don't agree that benchmark maps or demos are representative of actual gameplay. I laid it in table that the method has statistical variance but the performance difference was large enough to offset that (~20%) but my reddit post was shot down immediately. But I appreciate transparency in your videos and I'm certain I'm not alone with that. We just don't rage as much in the comments I suppose.
Hey I enjoyed the trip downhill thanks.. and i'm very sympathetic about the your comments' comments :-) - (see that's where apostophes go). The World takes all sorts and those that can listen to everyone else and still form valid, well balanced, informed opinions, and can see through the woods for the trees, even doing 50mph on a deserted ski slope, without skis, is a good person in my book. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger and that must include all comers. Even when someone is talking shit at you, you can still rise from it and be better informed afterwards. Keep up the good work... it is good work. Rattle of a duff rear shock is quite bearable compared with some noises.
G'day Steve, That looks like an Awesome Bike Park, Thanks for taking us all on your ride, 100% equal case comparisons is impossible & I think You, Snowflake & All the Patricks do an Awesome Job trying to create a fair comparison, also I think Offhand has a great idea about leaving the limitations till the wrap up, Keep up all the Excellent work
I love hearing the behind the scenes stuff about GN and what not being a fan of your main channel, but as a fellow mountain biker it pains me to see you try to narrate while mid run. I'd love to see some more content of just riding or maybe lift ride discussions followed by epic shred. Good stuff man, keep up all the good work!
@@KillaBitz mash potatoes, add spices, make rolls about thumb size, put in batter ... then fry them -> croquettes. tater tots are kinds "smaller croquettes" with different spices/batter i guess.
That looks like a lot of fun. (Referring to the bike ride, not to the comments situation.) I don't know if I could handle the ride now; I definitely could when I was young. However, there is no point in my life that I could make that kind of uphill ride. Even when I was skinny, even the slightest incline was normally too hard for me and I had to walk the bike up. (As a kid, I was always the last person to finish that "long" run in the annual physical fitness thing in school.) The scenery looks great there. I love trees.
Schrödinger's comments.... that's a good one. Mr DownhillNexus your top of your game because of your approach to methodology. Unfortunately TH-cam comments are what they are (anyone and everyone including me feels the need to talk shit here)
FIRST. lol sorry. happy to see more on the channel. GN we come to you because you are deeply scientific in approach. you have more credibility than most and aren't afraid to admit your lacking in a subject. you then proceed to actually learn because your need to know. we follow along and learn with you. I have gone from just able to put a rig together to knowing why I should prefer this over that. I pick parts and devices based of the deep and wide reaching pool of experience. haters gonna hate but the learning will come back for more. p.s. very creative square space ad. much enjoyment. thanks
Thanks! It's not even just "lacking in a subject," it's more about no test is perfect, so every test is always lacking. The difference is those who understand what they're lacking, then going forth and noting it. That said, you're correct -- we do try to avoid topics we don't know about.
@@gnsteve8846 I would say you still seek knowledgeable people, so just don't let your reach exceed your grasp. I understand why you take your time and test to the degree you most comfortably and time costing do. it's watching it grow that keeps me here.
dude how you even manage to talk while doing this astounds me really pacing at some points there lol looks like a cool hobby I'd get involved but I don't need the extra expense right now lol little fishing on the side of the hardware obsession is enough for me lol
The simple "solution" that comes to mind is to ignore comments. Not turn them off, but ignore their existance. Then again, and like you said yourself, there are some very well writen and well informed comments. I think the approach L1T (wendell) takes works quite good: Ignore TH-cam comments, actively reply to forum thread for the video on the L1T Forum.
Last time I tried to ride I seriously jacked up my wrist. THEN I learned you're supposed to get your bike fitted. Mine is a Gary Fisher freeride, probably a 2005, hard tail...but the distance from the seat post to the handlbars is just too far so I end up with too much weight forward. Everything else at Trek was too short, oddly enough. I'll have to replace mine at some point...and probably full suspension.
I love your reviews. Sadly, work has been super busy and I have 2 boys under 18 months old!so I missed the lian li case review. I'm looking forward to the r9 3950x review (if amd ever releases it!) and was helped greatly by your rx 5700xt aib card reviews. The other cards were selling out before I could get one, so I nearly bought an msi with their memory cooling issues. I think I'm going to get the gigabyte or asrock although i was waiting for the asus tuf 5700xt. Thank you for your thorough reviews. Love watching your rides. Keep up the great content... on both channels.
I am new to actually building PC's, and I believe GN is one of the best sources I have discovered in helping me make an educated decision on PC parts for my 1st build. GN is one reason why I want to build instead of buying one out right. Btw I always wondered why there were bike frames in the studio. Huh.
if you want to reveal shortcomings, possibly might be worth putting them in the video details, or on the website linked in the video details. Did you stick around snowshoe check out the races?? \m/ Also i'm almost surprised that you dont try and repair your own shock. but then i also remember how little free time youve got to tinker with fiddly mechanical bits when there are fiddlier electrons tinker with.
I feel like I would crash into about every tenth tree if I tried to ride a course like that and think and talk about technical things at the same time. :D
are you going to go for a chin cam set up? Myself and other MTB youtubers get good results from it. Wind noise is easy to combat too. Only works with a gopro hero 7 black mind you. I got 40s into this and my GPU caused a crash :( god dam navi drivers
To sum up: Facts are triggering snowflakes who can't form rational thought. I (and I'm sure many others) appreciate how you critique things instead of letting things slide. I like attention to detail and I don't like reviewers ignoring downsides to a product. I think many people these days prefer to live in a false reality where nothing is ever negative instead of confronting the facts. They want to pretend like everything is amazing. I'd rather have all the information available than not; that's why I'm watching the video. I think people who watch your videos watch for the same reason and we all support the way you create content. The case reviews are probably the main thing that attracted me to begin with. Nobody does case reviews like GamersNexus. I like the presentation consistency too (much like Redline Reviews for vehicles). Finally, extra credit for the laughs (like the references to the h500 -- no not THAT one, or THAT one, the one that fell apart when you tried to pick it up!) Keep up the great work, please :). PS - I also like how you remain out of political topics and stick to technology, even when discussing things where political discussion is able to be inserted. You don't insert little snarky remarks or make jokes about your personal opinion on a topic. I love discussing politics but it's a bit irritating when tech channels start bringing that in (I'm looking at you LTT).
I'd imagine the people that complain after you're honest about the shortcomings would, if you didn't say anything, probably buy the product then complain that you didn't mention the shortcomings. Some people just want to complain
Worst thing i find in the comments are people not getting the in-joke of the videos naming and comment before even watching it. Then don't delete that bs or even rephrase ;) Also those who can't take that someone is criticising their "idol of the week"... Just keep up the great work! Some people are just idiots ;)
We should tar and feather then run out of town on a rail the H8ers that shitpost. I watch your videos along with Paul, Kyle, Jay, Aussie Steve etc and usually they all are very close but each sometimes presents a little different look. That way I get all angles and can make up my own mind about a product or game etc. Thanks for the videos Steve, they are always enjoyable.
That rear shock must be completely blown up if it's making that much noise. Kinda curious how that happened. Also, what kind of bike do you ride? Looks like some sweet trail.
Canfield Jedi! It was pretty blown up. The body was twisting about its axis, which it's not supposed to do (according to Cane Creek), and most the oil leaked out during the ride. I've got a DHX2 coming in to replace it, but also sent this out to Cane Creek to try and recover.
Sweet frame. Gotta say, I love Cane Creek's stuff when it works but I've been seeing a lot of people with Cane Creek stuff breaking lately. But that may just be because no one here bothers to overhaul their stuff until it's already broken. Never seen one of their shocks break hard enough that it could twist on it's axis though. That's a heck of a failure mode.
Badge of pride that sound of a rear shock blown out, well done. Thinking new shock or rebuild? Nice ride. One thing I find with life in general is everyone is at a different point in every way including emotional, educational and physically, the mind changes as we age and it's hard to see people at different ages in their progression and for me I find it reminds me of either parts of me I don't like, use to be or work hard not to be. The weed helps, I really appreciate your work and your reviews and I wish I was at your level to give you valuable feedback but you have a skill and I appreciate you sharing it.
It reminds me of reading product reviews online. There may be a few dumb ones that totally trash it, but they're so ignorant and poorly written that normal people don't buy into their shitty opinion. So I'd like to think that most people read those stupid YT comments and walk away knowing they're just a few rando idiots. Still, it sucks you all have to even deal with it. Us normal people (not to be confused with normies) appreciate your honesty and transparency though.
You know what they say, Haters are going to Hate! Focus on the Positive and Properly constructed criticism! Love watching on my 32"Curved Display, it's Almost like IMAX when I put you in Full Screen! LOL!!
Somebody could still buy a custom loop focused case because they like the look or the features and not build an open loop in it (I considered it until hearing the price). The tests are still useful. People are indeed being idiots to be idiots.
If you reply, you're punching down and people think you're wrong. If you don't reply, people assume it's because you know you're wrong and don't want to admit it. No matter what, you're wrong. Hurray internet comments!
Comments should have timestamps of how much of the video was watched, would also make it a lot easier for people to show highlights Be like "1 second in - Steve crashed 5 times in this video! Does he still have training wheels?" I would know, all the crashes were in the 1 second I watched XD
Well at least the wildlife will hear you coming. Re: that particular case review. The comments were a hoot. That one guy. Like a rabid dog. Something about anything is someone's sacred cow somewhere. This is not cause for suspending the slaughter. I guess as an afterthought it's also worth mentioning that people don't know how to swallow their pride and delete their comment when they are wrong or something later in the video upends their walltext's premise. Human nature.
To be fair, TH-cam comments aren't exactly the font of wisdom. There's a good layer you can skim on the top but if you start digging you're only ever gonna hit brown sooner or later.
Hey Steve! FYI your methodology is great, not the best, but consodering the sheer amount of variety of things you're reviewing, makes it more than good enough. Thank you! But I'd still like to request 1 thing. For future acoustic testing, please please either include frequency graphs or sone measurements. It's not perfect, but helps making a more broad view on the suspect. Espescially with fans (mostly gpu) and pumps, it helps identify slight differences in build quality. Obviously, if it was horrible, you'd immediately notice and tell us, but in some cases you'd have like a laing ddc by say ek vs alphacool and in general they have similar dbA values, but one has noticeably more humming, sone and frequency do make it visually easier to identify. Cheers!
No methodology is "the best." That's the point of this video. There is always a bigger fish. We're interested in frequency spectrum, but not really sure the best way to go about it. If you have suggestions on equipment and links to where we can read more about interpreting the data, that'd help a lot. The biggest limiter is likely going to be the room, but with a noise floor of 26dB, we might be in "good enough" territory.
@@gnsteve8846 I really only have some high-level knowledge that I obtained from a school assignment I had a while back. I don't feel comfortable recommending equipment(as in brands/models) , as my information might be outdated or even plainly wrong. I remember you, at some point, were visiting a graphics card manufacturer, that had an in-house anechoic chamber. Perhaps they can share some information. There are set standards in most industries and I did not meddle with those. Quick heads up on what one would usually need. - 2-4 identical microphones or one of those handy multidirectional (I can't remmeber the correct term) microphone setups. - An oscilliscope (both software and dedicated hardware are reliable nowadays. (You already have a setup to measure dbA so in theory you should be able to also measure frequencies.) A sound level meter used to measure frequencies - A decent environent. It does not need to be soundproof, it just needs to isolate the most common frequencies. -A few days worth of setting it up. Here is a downloadable in depth article I used in my assignment. It explains various equipment types. www.researchgate.net/post/Which_instrument_can_be_used_for_measuring_frequency_in_Hertz Here are a few interesting explanations of sound itself. DIY anechoic chamber (courtesy of Tech Ingredients). It is large and bulky, for your use case a much smaller and simpler setup will be more than enough. th-cam.com/video/fqodnHxRJ7c/w-d-xo.html Some basic information regarding how sound travels. The first few minutes explain it using examples. That helps getting a clear understanding of the physics regarding sound. th-cam.com/video/--c0tiIZG6o/w-d-xo.html More information regarding how sound travels, mentioned in the video above. Read just the "How Sound travels" part. www.explainthatstuff.com/sound.html I hate to do this, but some terminologies are outright confusing and complicated. In that case I actually recommend looking very specific things up on Wikipedia. It isn't scientific or accurate, but it is helpful to get into it. If you need a quick summary of a "category" Wikipedia can be helpful. Mainly the "definition" and "physics" sections are helpful. Everything else isn't really any easier to understand than the actual scientific article. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound This is kind of hard to understand, I personally can't follow everything in the article. There are certain bits and pieces that are crucial, so I'll link it. www.britannica.com/science/sound-physics
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I just bought a bunch of better bike recording equipment for the future. The next few videos will still be with this setup, but it'll get better. I'm getting more serious about it now. Rear shock was super messed up during this trip and it also leaked most its oil, so I was basically riding a spring and nothing else. I've bought a replacement, but also sent this one in for repair (assuming it's affordable to do so). Doesn't hurt to have a backup, at this point. Sorry for the rattle.
Soon you too will master the skill of over complicating a perfectly good bike ride. 🙃
Yo shout out to the new bike recording equipment. New gear is always a fun time!
@@TrailFeatures Definitely the biggest downside to doing more of these. Sometimes you just want to ride, but as long as I don't push as hard as I am for GN and keep it a side project, it'll be OK.
Cant wait to see videos with the new recording equipment! What did you go with? Many mtb video makers still use hero 4's with chest mounts and/or a gimbal plus custom mic setups since they appearently provide better audio than the hero 5 and newer gopro cameras.
I'm super interested in your choices for bike recording equipment. The trend now seems to be a gopro 7 and a chin mount on a full face. Any chance for a review?
You should take jay mountain biking next time you're in CA.
Jay's weakness is slight inclines.
I think a huge amount of viewers appreciate the honesty and integrity of your reviews, even though many of them/us don't comment on most of the videos
You could try keeping 'testing limitations' to the wrap-up. Anyone who's watching case reviews to help with decisions is going to watch a lot longer than your average troll.
Very good point. Probably the best solution.
Then you get people commenting before watching the end. You just can't win
That probably is the best solution. Could go the other way though with ppl now pissed because they have "wasted" time on a "flawed" review and now there is nothing left to do but chat shit.
I think you're always going to get the odd pleb (like me) that feels the need to voice his opinion but at this stage your methodology is way above others in the industry and I actually can't see any issues with a standardised test set up.
It makes compassion easy.
I feel you on the love/hate towards comments. Best intentions often get thrown back at you for not meeting someones criteria.
On the plus side, when you see that you legitimately helped a lot of people it really does make your day.
Do not get discouraged. Keep up the great work!
You have extremely well refined methods, unmatched by anybody else.
Agreed, don't let the bastards get to you. Your work is phenomenal and hugely appreciated.
I love how you are absolutely shredding these trails while full on talking. You're a beast dude
The exact reason i come to GN to watch factual review content. Not promo brand driven spin. Keep producing the quality stuff you do ....... and for the love of god get the shock serviced..... its making me cry just hearing that bike in pain :) . If you ever come to Australia ill take you riding.
people comment before they watch the entire video , or before they even take a second to think about it. I have to whole-heartily agree that no testing is EVER perfect. The rage of the internet has blown up to such a proportion its really sad. We should all be here to better ourselfs and others with a community to learn and share from. I appreciate all your work and the work of the GN crew. You guys are really awesome at what you do, and keep making that amazing content. I love to watch!
I had no idea this channel existed, honestly it makes me miss riding haha
ahhh, here we see a rare steve in his natural habitat
I appreciate the comments discussion but this video is epic. It's like a 14 minute roller coaster ride through the woods. Your Flying and having a causal chat, haha. Good job man.
I love hearing the more uncensored opinions on this channel, also makes me want to try riding :D
Shrodinger's Comment(er?) could potentially be your next swag shirt graphic? :D
Take it easy man, sorry to hear about the stress. I get why it grinds your gears, and it's hard to ignore when it has a domino effect... You've just gotta trust that there'll always be enough people to look past the bad ones.
I think the fact your (main) channel has had the success it has in general with its style (all fact, basically no "show" / cheesy entertainment / leaning on hot topics) is a testament to just that dude.
Thanks for the support! Schrodinger's comment(er) would be a good one...
You sound exhausted haha but at the same time, out in the fresh air, away from people and alone mostly with your thoughts and nature is amazing! This makes me want to start wandering around again. Really helps clear your head a bit and just makes things sometimes feel less shitty.
Just discovered this, but it was your review of the Dynamic XL that got me to purchase it. GN remains one of the most transparent tech reviewers on YT. I feel like you gave a good review even for a case that might be made for water cooling builds. You addressed the points appropriately in the video as well.
I really enjoy this content. It's always nice to get some candid chat, but also it's not often I find two very different interests of mine intersect. I look forward to the next one, whenever you're ready. Don't work too hard, this one isn't the day job!
I am a Lab tech and I feel your pain. I always enjoy how in depth you are about your testing methodology and its potential flaws.
Really enjoying the bike content! Keep up the great work on both channels. I remember the sub 300k days so it's nice to see you almost at 1M!
I could hear that rear shock crying for its life. 😥 do you have a video on the shock swap? that would be cool.
Bike Riding Diaries with Steve. Who knew it would this interesting.
Having watched the channel for at least three years, I am confident that I am always getting thoroughly researched and thoughtful content, when I Gamers Nexus or read your articles. I have the highest respect for Gamers Nexus' dedication to reviews and analysis that is impartial and grounded in good science. As with any published science, you will be subject to peer review. As you noted, during your rant, you respect and appreciate the opportunities you have to learn from your peers, so that you can gain knowledge and improve your testing methodology. Unfortunately, America is fostering a culture of distrust in science, and American society seems to actively encourage science illiteracy. Uneducated, negative comments are and unfortunate side effect of this phenomenon. These comments are too often made in an authoritarian voice that attracts a certain demographic to fall prey to the logical fallacy of appealing to authority and upvoting the negative, but uneducated, comments.
Steve, I know that it is emotionally draining to read and fight against the negative, and purposefully damaging (i.e.: trolling) comments; however, you are dedicated to doing great science, in a climate of science adversity. Keep true to yourself and the ideals you have set for GN, and keep educating us with fantastic content! I hold you in high esteem, as a fellow science educator.
By the way, I love the bike trails. I can't stop botanizing, as you ride.
The fools that post non-constructive, negative comments are always the ones who shout the loudest, there are lots of us quite ones who really enjoy and respect your open honest approach. Please keep it up. The XL review was very informative.
Funny to hear you swear properly in this bike vid.
I know it's not much coming from one person like me, but I appreciate your reviews. Good stuff! An education and I get to see products that I didn't even know existed. Remember every job has a down side so keep your head. Take care.
Yeah the internet brings out the trolls, but I think the majority of us appreciate the pretty extreme lengths you go to present thorough testing results. For the O11D/Air, I was just surprised at how well the O11D did for being a water cooling aimed case, and how not well the Air did. Aside from those two specific examples, I find all of your content extremely well done.
You're doing good work man keep it up. And nice trail. Makes me want to find some time off to get out there
Aw man! I knew I should've gone to snowshoe last weekend! I was just in Fayetteville doing some deep water soloing in Summerville!
I love all of your videos, I respect you and learn a lot from you guys. I think it's important to keep that in mind :) Keep that chin up my dude!
In born and raised in the interior of BC. The heart of mountain biking (Whistler is like 8 hours from me for the record). And yet, I've never been mountain biking.
kudos to you for still riding with your rear shock the way it is. i blew up my forks last month so i know the pain
Thanks for the roller-coaster ride. I am terrified of them so my heart skipped a beat or two during your ride down the hill. How you are able to talk at the same time just blows my mind.
There will always be "know it all's" who like to argue and complain about everything and nothing. And the more subs you have, the more of those it will be as well. However, most of the comments I see is the ones who are positive, or just funny. Don't take the "know it all's " comments to serious, and don't feel like you are punching down if what they say is outright wrong. It's important to point out wrong information as well.
Concentrate on the positive comments, and the constructive criticisms (if there are any). There is no need to linger on the negative when there is so much positivity in your comment section. Also remember to take a time out and relax from time to time.
Again thank you for all your hard work.
Hey Steve, hope you see this, just wanted to say what you do means a whole hecking lot to me and it really hits my g-spot of computer stuff. You guys are much more analytical and technical than any other tech media that I've seen and it works well for me since I have a really technical and no-compromises way of thinking about the data and such. This comment went on much longer than I originally thought it was going to...just...thanks a lot and never stop never stopping.
PS. you fucking better keep that hair until it all falls out you beautiful bastard
Thanks for your support!
Yeah I feel that... I studied performance impact of memory on csgo by playing deathmatch for long enough to variance even out as I don't agree that benchmark maps or demos are representative of actual gameplay.
I laid it in table that the method has statistical variance but the performance difference was large enough to offset that (~20%) but my reddit post was shot down immediately.
But I appreciate transparency in your videos and I'm certain I'm not alone with that. We just don't rage as much in the comments I suppose.
Every time I watch these I want to go mountain biking. It's an expensive free video.
Hey I enjoyed the trip downhill thanks.. and i'm very sympathetic about the your comments' comments :-) - (see that's where apostophes go). The World takes all sorts and those that can listen to everyone else and still form valid, well balanced, informed opinions, and can see through the woods for the trees, even doing 50mph on a deserted ski slope, without skis, is a good person in my book. What doesn't kill us makes us stronger and that must include all comers. Even when someone is talking shit at you, you can still rise from it and be better informed afterwards. Keep up the good work... it is good work. Rattle of a duff rear shock is quite bearable compared with some noises.
Guessing you were at snowshoe for the world cup? What a race to end the season!
G'day Steve,
That looks like an Awesome Bike Park, Thanks for taking us all on your ride,
100% equal case comparisons is impossible & I think You, Snowflake & All the Patricks do an Awesome Job trying to create a fair comparison,
also I think Offhand has a great idea about leaving the limitations till the wrap up,
Keep up all the Excellent work
That looks like so much fun! Dude. Love your your work.
I love hearing the behind the scenes stuff about GN and what not being a fan of your main channel, but as a fellow mountain biker it pains me to see you try to narrate while mid run. I'd love to see some more content of just riding or maybe lift ride discussions followed by epic shred. Good stuff man, keep up all the good work!
The chattering is your LTT water bottle Steve!
lol. Linus dropped the LTT water bottle shock, lol.
Really like these bike runs/rants.
That sea saw is sick, ive been looking at making one that is larger then any i have seen
How do you feel about comments about tater tots?
That's a meme we can support! Great seeing you in the stream!
@@gnsteve8846 A good croquette goes a long way. Somewhere i got a receipe for creem cheese filled ones ;)
I suspect Steve will be fine, until the number reaches 666
Is that roast potatoes? Ive always wondered what that is.
@@KillaBitz mash potatoes, add spices, make rolls about thumb size, put in batter ... then fry them -> croquettes. tater tots are kinds "smaller croquettes" with different spices/batter i guess.
You are spot on Steve! Both with your riding...and on the many commenters. The internet seems self-anhialating in some ways.
That looks like a lot of fun. (Referring to the bike ride, not to the comments situation.) I don't know if I could handle the ride now; I definitely could when I was young. However, there is no point in my life that I could make that kind of uphill ride. Even when I was skinny, even the slightest incline was normally too hard for me and I had to walk the bike up. (As a kid, I was always the last person to finish that "long" run in the annual physical fitness thing in school.) The scenery looks great there. I love trees.
Schrödinger's comments.... that's a good one.
Mr DownhillNexus your top of your game because of your approach to methodology.
Unfortunately TH-cam comments are what they are (anyone and everyone including me feels the need to talk shit here)
FIRST. lol sorry. happy to see more on the channel. GN we come to you because you are deeply scientific in approach. you have more credibility than most and aren't afraid to admit your lacking in a subject. you then proceed to actually learn because your need to know. we follow along and learn with you. I have gone from just able to put a rig together to knowing why I should prefer this over that. I pick parts and devices based of the deep and wide reaching pool of experience. haters gonna hate but the learning will come back for more.
p.s. very creative square space ad. much enjoyment. thanks
Thanks! It's not even just "lacking in a subject," it's more about no test is perfect, so every test is always lacking. The difference is those who understand what they're lacking, then going forth and noting it. That said, you're correct -- we do try to avoid topics we don't know about.
@@gnsteve8846 I would say you still seek knowledgeable people, so just don't let your reach exceed your grasp. I understand why you take your time and test to the degree you most comfortably and time costing do. it's watching it grow that keeps me here.
I am amazed at your multitasking skills.
dude how you even manage to talk while doing this astounds me really pacing at some points there lol looks like a cool hobby I'd get involved but I don't need the extra expense right now lol little fishing on the side of the hardware obsession is enough for me lol
The simple "solution" that comes to mind is to ignore comments. Not turn them off, but ignore their existance.
Then again, and like you said yourself, there are some very well writen and well informed comments. I think the approach L1T (wendell) takes works quite good: Ignore TH-cam comments, actively reply to forum thread for the video on the L1T Forum.
Last time I tried to ride I seriously jacked up my wrist. THEN I learned you're supposed to get your bike fitted. Mine is a Gary Fisher freeride, probably a 2005, hard tail...but the distance from the seat post to the handlbars is just too far so I end up with too much weight forward. Everything else at Trek was too short, oddly enough. I'll have to replace mine at some point...and probably full suspension.
I love your reviews. Sadly, work has been super busy and I have 2 boys under 18 months old!so I missed the lian li case review. I'm looking forward to the r9 3950x review (if amd ever releases it!) and was helped greatly by your rx 5700xt aib card reviews. The other cards were selling out before I could get one, so I nearly bought an msi with their memory cooling issues. I think I'm going to get the gigabyte or asrock although i was waiting for the asus tuf 5700xt. Thank you for your thorough reviews.
Love watching your rides. Keep up the great content... on both channels.
I appreciate the struggle you went through to talk:)
unrelated to the topic of the video, what is the worst wipe out or fall you've taken while mountain biking?
Woohoo! Time to bike with Steve. Totally got some exercise outside today because of this.
I need someone in my life that talks to me the way Steve talks about case standardized testing while riding down mountains
Your lokal place is Snowshoe? Did you attend the World Cup race? The most awesome race ever?
Dude plz come ride in NH. You would love it.
I am new to actually building PC's, and I believe GN is one of the best sources I have discovered in helping me make an educated decision on PC parts for my 1st build. GN is one reason why I want to build instead of buying one out right.
Btw I always wondered why there were bike frames in the studio. Huh.
there seemed to be a tag on his handle bar, lift ticket?
How do you like those spank rims? thinking about getting some. my sunringles have had it
if you want to reveal shortcomings, possibly might be worth putting them in the video details, or on the website linked in the video details.
Did you stick around snowshoe check out the races?? \m/
Also i'm almost surprised that you dont try and repair your own shock. but then i also remember how little free time youve got to tinker with fiddly mechanical bits when there are fiddlier electrons tinker with.
I feel like I would crash into about every tenth tree if I tried to ride a course like that and think and talk about technical things at the same time. :D
Glad you didn't fall at 5:56
I had a flash over going over the bars in my mind, but managed to hold on!
@@gnsteve8846 Glad you did. That looked sketchy...
are you going to go for a chin cam set up? Myself and other MTB youtubers get good results from it. Wind noise is easy to combat too. Only works with a gopro hero 7 black mind you.
I got 40s into this and my GPU caused a crash :( god dam navi drivers
I have a Trek Xcalibur 8 and it’s the beat investment I’ve ever made-that things a beast
Bike Twins bike twins! too bad I'm out with a broken wrist, from mountain biking.
Your downhill biking videos always impress me. I lack the skill/cajones to do this.
To sum up: Facts are triggering snowflakes who can't form rational thought. I (and I'm sure many others) appreciate how you critique things instead of letting things slide. I like attention to detail and I don't like reviewers ignoring downsides to a product. I think many people these days prefer to live in a false reality where nothing is ever negative instead of confronting the facts. They want to pretend like everything is amazing. I'd rather have all the information available than not; that's why I'm watching the video. I think people who watch your videos watch for the same reason and we all support the way you create content. The case reviews are probably the main thing that attracted me to begin with. Nobody does case reviews like GamersNexus. I like the presentation consistency too (much like Redline Reviews for vehicles). Finally, extra credit for the laughs (like the references to the h500 -- no not THAT one, or THAT one, the one that fell apart when you tried to pick it up!) Keep up the great work, please :).
PS - I also like how you remain out of political topics and stick to technology, even when discussing things where political discussion is able to be inserted. You don't insert little snarky remarks or make jokes about your personal opinion on a topic. I love discussing politics but it's a bit irritating when tech channels start bringing that in (I'm looking at you LTT).
a video with Steve cursing is a cursed video
Agree fully Steve,you do great work.
haha, "it's like schrodinger's comment"
I'd imagine the people that complain after you're honest about the shortcomings would, if you didn't say anything, probably buy the product then complain that you didn't mention the shortcomings. Some people just want to complain
even heroes need to vent at times and get active. keep it up steve. :)
Steve, sometimes replying to stupid comments can be good or even funny! Out of the box thernals meme was one of them 😂
I like this video format
Worst thing i find in the comments are people not getting the in-joke of the videos naming and comment before even watching it. Then don't delete that bs or even rephrase ;) Also those who can't take that someone is criticising their "idol of the week"... Just keep up the great work! Some people are just idiots ;)
What's the elevation change on this run?
I enjoyed this content and would like to see more
Love these videos, whether or not they're related to GN.
Would you call this an air cooled open loop?
We should tar and feather then run out of town on a rail the H8ers that shitpost. I watch your videos along with Paul, Kyle, Jay, Aussie Steve etc and usually they all are very close but each sometimes presents a little different look. That way I get all angles and can make up my own mind about a product or game etc. Thanks for the videos Steve, they are always enjoyable.
That rear shock must be completely blown up if it's making that much noise. Kinda curious how that happened. Also, what kind of bike do you ride? Looks like some sweet trail.
Canfield Jedi! It was pretty blown up. The body was twisting about its axis, which it's not supposed to do (according to Cane Creek), and most the oil leaked out during the ride. I've got a DHX2 coming in to replace it, but also sent this out to Cane Creek to try and recover.
Sweet frame. Gotta say, I love Cane Creek's stuff when it works but I've been seeing a lot of people with Cane Creek stuff breaking lately. But that may just be because no one here bothers to overhaul their stuff until it's already broken. Never seen one of their shocks break hard enough that it could twist on it's axis though. That's a heck of a failure mode.
Badge of pride that sound of a rear shock blown out, well done. Thinking new shock or rebuild? Nice ride. One thing I find with life in general is everyone is at a different point in every way including emotional, educational and physically, the mind changes as we age and it's hard to see people at different ages in their progression and for me I find it reminds me of either parts of me I don't like, use to be or work hard not to be. The weed helps, I really appreciate your work and your reviews and I wish I was at your level to give you valuable feedback but you have a skill and I appreciate you sharing it.
i can picture your hair majestically flying in the wind as you bomb it down 🚲🌄
thanks Steve
Is that a 10G Yeti you’re riding? DH or trail?
Canfield Jedi!
That looks so fun!
It reminds me of reading product reviews online. There may be a few dumb ones that totally trash it, but they're so ignorant and poorly written that normal people don't buy into their shitty opinion. So I'd like to think that most people read those stupid YT comments and walk away knowing they're just a few rando idiots. Still, it sucks you all have to even deal with it. Us normal people (not to be confused with normies) appreciate your honesty and transparency though.
You know what they say, Haters are going to Hate! Focus on the Positive and Properly constructed criticism! Love watching on my 32"Curved Display, it's Almost like IMAX when I put you in Full Screen! LOL!!
Somebody could still buy a custom loop focused case because they like the look or the features and not build an open loop in it (I considered it until hearing the price). The tests are still useful. People are indeed being idiots to be idiots.
If you reply, you're punching down and people think you're wrong.
If you don't reply, people assume it's because you know you're wrong and don't want to admit it.
No matter what, you're wrong. Hurray internet comments!
Great stuff
Dude you are my hero bro
Comments should have timestamps of how much of the video was watched, would also make it a lot easier for people to show highlights
Be like "1 second in - Steve crashed 5 times in this video! Does he still have training wheels?"
I would know, all the crashes were in the 1 second I watched XD
GN Steve's: Pro BMX with RTX ( it just works ) when?
when it comes to cases i dont care too much, i just want it too look nice and thats why i picked the evolv x lol
5 people were annoyed by the rattle *after* you mentioned it...
Well at least the wildlife will hear you coming. Re: that particular case review. The comments were a hoot. That one guy. Like a rabid dog.
Something about anything is someone's sacred cow somewhere. This is not cause for suspending the slaughter.
I guess as an afterthought it's also worth mentioning that people don't know how to swallow their pride and delete their comment when they are wrong or something later in the video upends their walltext's premise. Human nature.
To be fair, TH-cam comments aren't exactly the font of wisdom. There's a good layer you can skim on the top but if you start digging you're only ever gonna hit brown sooner or later.
Hey, uh, your bike is rattling (this is a joke, love your content)
Hey Steve! FYI your methodology is great, not the best, but consodering the sheer amount of variety of things you're reviewing, makes it more than good enough.
Thank you!
But I'd still like to request 1 thing. For future acoustic testing, please please either include frequency graphs or sone measurements.
It's not perfect, but helps making a more broad view on the suspect.
Espescially with fans (mostly gpu) and pumps, it helps identify slight differences in build quality.
Obviously, if it was horrible, you'd immediately notice and tell us, but in some cases you'd have like a laing ddc by say ek vs alphacool and in general they have similar dbA values, but one has noticeably more humming, sone and frequency do make it visually easier to identify.
Cheers!
No methodology is "the best." That's the point of this video. There is always a bigger fish. We're interested in frequency spectrum, but not really sure the best way to go about it. If you have suggestions on equipment and links to where we can read more about interpreting the data, that'd help a lot. The biggest limiter is likely going to be the room, but with a noise floor of 26dB, we might be in "good enough" territory.
@@gnsteve8846 I really only have some high-level knowledge that I obtained from a school assignment I had a while back. I don't feel comfortable recommending equipment(as in brands/models) , as my information might be outdated or even plainly wrong.
I remember you, at some point, were visiting a graphics card manufacturer, that had an in-house anechoic chamber. Perhaps they can share some information. There are set standards in most industries and I did not meddle with those.
Quick heads up on what one would usually need.
- 2-4 identical microphones or one of those handy multidirectional (I can't remmeber the correct term) microphone setups.
- An oscilliscope (both software and dedicated hardware are reliable nowadays.
(You already have a setup to measure dbA so in theory you should be able to also measure frequencies.)
A sound level meter used to measure frequencies
- A decent environent. It does not need to be soundproof, it just needs to isolate the most common frequencies.
-A few days worth of setting it up.
Here is a downloadable in depth article I used in my assignment. It explains various equipment types.
www.researchgate.net/post/Which_instrument_can_be_used_for_measuring_frequency_in_Hertz
Here are a few interesting explanations of sound itself.
DIY anechoic chamber (courtesy of Tech Ingredients). It is large and bulky, for your use case a much smaller and simpler setup will be more than enough.
th-cam.com/video/fqodnHxRJ7c/w-d-xo.html
Some basic information regarding how sound travels.
The first few minutes explain it using examples. That helps getting a clear understanding of the physics regarding sound.
th-cam.com/video/--c0tiIZG6o/w-d-xo.html
More information regarding how sound travels, mentioned in the video above. Read just the "How Sound travels" part.
www.explainthatstuff.com/sound.html
I hate to do this, but some terminologies are outright confusing and complicated. In that case I actually recommend looking very specific things up on Wikipedia.
It isn't scientific or accurate, but it is helpful to get into it. If you need a quick summary of a "category" Wikipedia can be helpful. Mainly the "definition" and "physics" sections are helpful. Everything else isn't really any easier to understand than the actual scientific article.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound
This is kind of hard to understand, I personally can't follow everything in the article. There are certain bits and pieces that are crucial, so I'll link it.
www.britannica.com/science/sound-physics