- Even I'm tired of
watching me upgrade the TV in my living room at this point, which is why today's
video is very exciting. This is the very first in
what I'm planning to be a very long running
series sponsored by Intel. I'm calling it Intel Extreme Tech Upgrade, and the premise is simple. One by one each of my team members is gonna get a 5,000 U.S dollar budget to tech makeover their space. First up, Anthony. Let's see how he spent it. (upbeat electronic music) Now you might be thinking, $5,000? With that, you could buy the
most balling gaming PC ever, but the PC is only one
part of a setup upgrade. So Anthony had to make some tough choices. - An obvious path would
have been to just build a top of the line gaming
PC courtesy of Intel and call it a day. But I already have a
pretty sweet gaming setup, and this is an opportunity
to splurge on something I wouldn't normally buy for myself. Now, I've never been thin. And while I lost a fair amount of weight before moving to BC, the
early days of the move caused a shift in my habits, no pots and no pans meant no cooking. So the solution was often to
eat out, but it became a habit. And while my job isn't
stressful in and of itself, my mind still finds ways to
make it that way sometimes. And when I'm stressed, the thing I've always
turned to has been food. So one of my plans was to use the HTC VIVE that Linus lent me so that
I could game-ify exercise a little bit as part of a plan
that I had to be more active. But the VIVE is still in the bin. Not for lack of trying, I'd been putting together a
little ITX rig piece by piece, it just hasn't happened yet. I managed to lose some of what I gained, even though I haven't been using the VIVE, but it's not happening fast enough, and I fear I've plateaued. So my tech upgrade is
going to revolve around transforming my media setup. I'm talking new TV, new
stand, new soundbar. And of course finally installing
a sick new VR gaming PC, powered by Intel of course. - The gaming PC is still at
the heart of the setup here. So, Anthony, do you wanna walk me through some of your parts choices here? Starting of course, with the CPU. So you've gone with a Core i5-10600K. - I chose the Intel Core i5-10600K for its high clock speeds,
which should help in VR. - For RAM, you've gone with
16 gigs of DDR4 3200 C16, I noticed there's no RGB, not only on the RAM, but
anywhere in this system. - Yeah, if it's gonna be a living room PC, I don't especially need RGB and I don't really want it either. I don't really need lights
distracting me from the TV or anything else I might be
doing in the living room. - That makes sense and I can actually see those aesthetic choices
throughout the build here. So if you wanna un-box the case and maybe get the power supply installed, I'll take this over here. Then we don't have to
wear these annoying masks. - The Phantex P400 is actually
from what I can gather a really good case for
noise to performance ratio. - And the same can be said
for the Noctua NH-U12S. This is a compact air cooler, but still gives up very little
in terms of performance. I'm expecting the CPU to
be running at max turbo all the time with a cooler like this one. - I really appreciate the
understated look of this case. And the fact that the front
mesh here is extremely fine. So what this allows me to do is have the machine set up in the living room with good air flow, so the
fans don't have to ramp up. I'm just checking to see if
I've got enough fan headers to run these fans without using
the internal fan controller, that could save me from
running an additional cable from the power supply. One fan header here. This one is for AIO pump, I don't think that can be used for a fan. - I'm a big fan. (laughs) Sorry, of having fan headers
along this edge of the board, but this is a more value oriented Z490, so, you don't have anything,
unfortunately, along this edge. I think you missed one though, there's actually two at the bottom, chassis fan two and three are down here. - [Anthony] Oh, I did miss one. - Then you wouldn't have to fool around with any of the profiling nonsense. You could just go one, two, three, and use all chassis fan headers. - These fan cables are very short though. - Only one way to find
out, here you go, boss. So far, everything you've chosen
has been purely practical. It's amazing how the choices change once they're spending
their own money, right? The one exception is the all black version of the Noctua cooler that
costs about an extra 10 bucks. But I also noticed that your power supply, you went with a modular model instead of just a fixed cable one, what would be the rationale behind that. - Cable management. I mean, to be fair, a semi-modular
would be perfectly fine because everybody needs the ATX 24 pin, at least until the ATX
12-volt becomes a thing. But- - Oh, you know we have
one of those, right? - Oh. - I got a board and power supply. So, guys get subscribed,
you're gonna see a video on the new motherboard power standard. Carry on. - The reason I went with the
RMx 2018 650 watt actually, is because I don't need that much power. And it's one of the better
rated power supplies on our forum thread, the PSU tier list. They're actually considered
one of the best in class. Okay, I think this is a
job for your tiny fingers. - [Linus] I did prove that
I'm a faster PC builder than Anthony. Oh yeah, and better gamer. - I don't know about that. But the RTX 2080 SUPER is basically, I think the best value for
like high end VR right now. Since I'm going to be
using it with a VIVE, it's a probably not actually
even going to be used to its full potential. So with it, I should be
able to handle anything that I throw at it. - Oh yeah. I'm gonna plug in his case RGB. Just gotta get, yep, okay, sh. - [David] Hey, Anthony. - That's it, right? - Yeah, I guess so. We don't necessarily need
to cable manage the back, I can do that later. - That looks about as cable
managed as I would make it. - [Anthony] Yeah, the best cable managed as you would make it. - [Linus] Yeah, yeah. - Now, my basement apartment
isn't exactly in great shape and it's pretty cramped too. So that informed a lot
of my decision making. Because I don't have much
space for high end audio, a good soundbar is what I was after. While I wanted to use the Sonos Arc as a standalone bar, I just
couldn't get one in time. So I went for the Samsung HW-Q90R. Which comes with a
subwoofer and satellites. Reviews place it among the best soundbars that can handle Dolby Atmos right now. And while I'm not sure if
it's strictly an upgrade in terms of sound quality over my Audioengine
A5+ bookshelf speakers. In terms of sound stage, it
should be a huge step up. The TV is rather special. I originally was looking at the LG NANO90 but it lacked some features
that I really wanted, like multiple HDMI 2.1 ports
and more than 32 dimming zones. And then Vizio launched their 2021 lineup and their new P-series Quantum
X ticked all the boxes. Four HDMI 2.1 ports, eARC,
480 local dimming zones, auto-game mode with quick response time, 120 hertz native panel speed
with variable refresh rate from 48 to 120 hertz. I mean, basically for my
use case of mixed gaming and content streaming it's perfect. The only problem is it's not for sale yet. So we managed to get
a pre-production model straight from Vizio themselves. - All right, buddy, got your
delivery, where you want it? - Oh, well that's rude. That's a very good question. - [Linus] This is kind
of a lot of stuff here. Like is this TV even gonna fit? - No. - Tell you what, why
don't we build the stand and see where that gets us? - [Anthony] Okay. - This is going faster than
it was that's for sure. I still have my doubts about whether anyone's gonna be
able to get past this stand if it's installed here. So we may have no choice, but to go with our backup TV
location plan there, Anthony. Why don't we leave the VR space here then? - Okay. - What I might do though,
is take off that mount and do it this corner
to that corner though, because that way you could actually go all the way from here,
all the way over to here. If you wanted to play like
a bigger game like GORN is a ton of fun to play
with a little bit of room to move around so you can punch guys. It's like a physics based arena brawler. My location here is actually really good to watch this whole space here. Little bit tighty tighten there. There we go. While Matthias finishes up the TV stand, I think what you and I need
to do is clear some space. Apparently we're taking
it one step further and we are disassembling the desk. Now I'm really glad I
don't have to be part of that conversation. Even if we're gonna make it better after we temporarily destroy
this home office setup. It's worth pointing out by the way, Intel's not just giving
us special treatment. They've been helping
their staff transition to working from home, with
budget for tools, equipment, and resources so that
they can keep working through these tough times as well. And where the crap am I
supposed to put this exactly? - Wherever it fits. - Okay. And... That's where it goes. - [Anthony] We'll figure
out the clean up afterwards. - Yeah, that's not my problem, I guess. Not my problem, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun. The good news is we're making progress. Matthias, are we ready
for me to unbox the TV so we can put it on this mount? How close are you? - Believe we are quite close. Looking pretty good. Oh. Oh (beeps) - Oh. - Did I catch it? All good, everything's fine. I stomped on the back of the packaging and that bought enough
time for Anthony and David to get over and stop it from
whacking on the counter. Cool. Now all we need to do is
actually mount the TV to it. This whole assembly is
gonna weigh like 150 pounds by the time we're done. Should we center it a bit? Yeah, that would be better. - That is massive. (chuckles) Yeah. Wow. - (giggles) Okay. Ooh, not bad, okay. - There's a lot of range of
motion on that amount actually. - A do-do. Oh yeah. Gaming rig time. A UPS isn't the most glamorous
piece of hardware ever. You know, leave it to
Anthony to pick smart things to spend his budget on. It's a great idea when
you have unstable power and apparently they get
frequent brownouts here. So this is just a wonderful
way to protect the gear that's attached to it. So how heavy is this puppy? - It's pretty heavy, I don't
think you're gonna lift it. it's in three pieces. Probably best to like, kind of- - [Linus] yeah, sure, okay, here we go. (Linus groans) - [Anthony] Oh, whoa, hang on. - [Linus] Oh boy, it's
plugged in, isn't it? - [Anthony] Yep. - You know you must be at Anthony's house, when under the couch you
might find normal things like popcorn debris, but
also a key cap puller. we can run power for the
couch off the island now, which means all we gotta do is kinda shove these bad boys under here, and cable managed. - [David] Now that's a tech tip. - [Linus] That's a free tech tip for you. - [Anthony] Tech tip,
if you can't see them, they're managed. - That's right, that's management. For a soundbar, this thing
is pretty crazy town. It's all Atmos-y and
all that, so it's 7.1.4. And basically that means you've got like four channels up top, one subwoofer, and then seven either
virtual or true channels. The soundbar itself, which
Anthony has over there, the subwoofer, and then this right here is a couple of rear satellites that we're planning to put
on these speaker stands. I've got three things that
I just brought over here that need to plug into the wall. Both of the rear satellites. And then I've also got
that VIVE lighthouse. Unfortunately, I think
that means this shelf has gotta kind of shovel off a little bit away from the wall, so, here we go. Oh boy. Here we go again. Ooh boy. Oh, okay. I'll try not to break your PS3. - That's a first model too, it's got PS2. - [Linus] Ooh. - And the card reader and stuff. - Yeah, I really gotta be careful not to break that one then. - I've repaired it myself
and I'm very proud of that. - Yep, there we go, oh, yep. if it's back here and we
can't see it, then it's good. Okay there, bud. It's TV AF. - You ever seen a TV as TV as this TV? - [David] Nah, this is the
TV-est TV I ever TV'ed. - I've got the subwoofer packed
back here behind the couch. I know that's not ideal for acoustics, but Anthony preferred
it in terms of looks. So we're gonna at least give it a shot. The soundbar itself, I
haven't actually plugged into the eARC port on the TV yet, but I'll do that in just a moment. And I was just about to
plug in power to the UPS. I did move a network
switch over here though, so we should be good to go for networking for all the gear that Anthony
is about to cart over. - If you have electronics
that take five volts, get one of these things,
USB to barrel plug, plug it into a USB port somewhere and you can power these things. So you don't have as many wallboards and it's a lot more efficient. - I'm accepting all the
terms and conditions. Your life is now signed away to Vizio. - [Anthony] Sounds good. I am gonna use literally
none of its smart functions, I'm pretty sure. - [David] Anthony, why do you
have three Super Nintendos. - I don't, those are Luke's. - [David] Why do you have three
of Luke's Super Nintendos? - I don't, I have four. (David laughs) One of them is in pieces in a bag, and yeah, basically he
wanted me to fix them up, but I haven't ever really gotten around to setting up my soldering station. - I was surprised to see those too, I thought you were a Sega loser. - Well... I was a Sega kid, that doesn't
mean I can't appreciate other things unlike Nintendo fans. - Oh, yeah. Okay, So I need a keyboard
and mouse, if you don't mind. - [Anthony] Well, one moment. - Getting all the foxes together to cover up those patched
holes in the wall. Hey, wait a minute. Hey, that's not a fox! No, you're done, it's out. - [Anthony] All right. - This one's ugly. - [David] That's a red panda. - Oh, okay. Hey, what the, get outta here, red panda. Deceiving me. Polar bear. Oh. - Well, look, red pandas
are called fire foxes. - Nope, they're out. Look at all my friends. This is the closest thing I have to them. Where did that Red Panda go? - Oh, you dropped kicked it. - I take it back, the red Panda can return and the Pokemon can come back. I need a solution for
the patches on the walls, but like, hey, look at that. - This is something very special that I've been waiting for a
long time to get my hands on. It's the Open Source Scan Converter. And it's not something
we've like had a need to cover on the channel. Basically what it does is
it takes component video or European SCART, which
can either carry a component or a composite signal, and converts it into HDMI. It can also take a VGA here. And it can line double it. So basically if it's an old game that runs at 240p for example, newer TVs don't know what to do with that. So this will line double
that, output it at 480p and the TV will basically
just accept it happily. It also, I think can
upscale further than that. And it has open source firmware as well. So it can actually apply
other things like filters, different kinds of scan
lines, that kind of thing. So I'm looking forward to adding this and kind of making it the centerpiece of my retro game collection
as I expand upon it. Most of it's still in Newfoundland, but it's a small detail. This HDMI switch, what
I'm gonna use that with is this mCable Gaming on the output end. What that lets it do is
any of these four inputs can then be pushed through the mCable without having to, you
know, unplug and re-plug and all that kind of stuff. And yeah, so I'll just plug the PS4 or Wii U or PS3 or anything
like that into this, and it'll be upscaled for me. No need to worry about the
internal upscale in the TV. The only problem with this thing is that it's a little
bit like loud color wise. I guess I could like
Plasti Dip it or something, I've already put some capped
on tape on the front of this to kind of take the edge
off of these lights, they get really bright. So we've got the Quantum
X P-series TV from Vizio, 75-inch 2021 edition or
whatever they're calling it now. We've got this Samsung Atmos soundbar. We've got all of Anthony's
console set up here. He's probably gonna add
more, but you know how it is. And most importantly, we've got the wireless VR set up that theoretically, I
should be able to pair now. So do you wanna hold on to that? Have you ever done this before? - Nope. - Okay, cool. So basically how it works is, nope, you don't put that on yet. I know, I know, it's exciting,
but you can't yet, you can't. So you just walk around the room and just draw where
there's no obstructions. So where the safe space will be. Achievement unlocked, you're ready? - Cool. - Give it a shot, Anthony. Boy's a gamer. - Ah. - But it's harder than looks. (laughs) How's the experience
though, how's the wireless? - It's good, like I'm
not impeded whatsoever. - You can tell he's got music
in his ears a little loud. We've got the VR working. Do you wanna also experience the soundbar? Maybe throw like some kind of content up on the Apple TV before we go? - [Anthony] Sure. - Okay. Not bad. - Yeah. - All right, well... I'm gonna go ahead and
turn it down a little bit. - We're definitely not
gonna have it that high. - Yeah, I think the upstairs probably wouldn't
appreciate that too much, but hey, at least it's got the capability. So... Thanks for letting us destroy
and also upgrade your house, and thanks to Intel for
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