ULTIMATE PC Tech Support Challenge - Jayztwocents vs Gamers Nexus

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  • čas přidán 7. 08. 2020
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    Anyone can build a PC - But CAN THEY FIX ONE??? Who will come out on top in today's tech support battle between Jayztwocents and Steve from Gamers Nexus?
    Shout-out to everyone who participated:
    Co-Host: Austin @ / @thisis
    Contestant: Steve @ / gamersnexus
    Contestant: Jay @ / jayztwocents
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  • @LinusTechTips
    @LinusTechTips  Před 3 lety +1637

    Thanks to Intel for sponsoring this Challenge! Enter our giveaway for a chance to win these PC's at geni.us/gcZ7
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    • @naadirbakari8305
      @naadirbakari8305 Před 3 lety +21

      Secret code

    • @KarsonNow
      @KarsonNow Před 3 lety +11

      I do not really check the problems with BIOS setup... You have new RIG, no idea what the problem is... LOAD DEFAULT SETUP and check and set up it properly.

    • @AlexLoVecchio
      @AlexLoVecchio Před 3 lety +3

      This is great, proof that everyone at Intel aren't just bean counters. I just put a system together with an I7!

    • @gusmendez2564
      @gusmendez2564 Před 3 lety +7

      I want to see linus vs Steve.

    • @emmanuelv3702
      @emmanuelv3702 Před 3 lety

      @@KarsonNow same, i just make sure it has the latest updates.

  • @ugorton7345
    @ugorton7345 Před 3 lety +4328

    Austins audio: asaijhdiajsdugfwauhwf
    Linus: Exactly

    • @ugorton7345
      @ugorton7345 Před 3 lety +18

      @@onlyentertainment9424 wtf is that

    • @samueljohnson9022
      @samueljohnson9022 Před 3 lety +10

      🤣🤣

    • @Baz87100
      @Baz87100 Před 3 lety +5

      hahaha

    • @rohitjg
      @rohitjg Před 3 lety +31

      Linus heres another audio I think there is a problem with the stream.

    • @bestbattle
      @bestbattle Před 3 lety +58

      @@rohitjg don't think so. Austin seems to be using a shitty Razer mic.

  • @GamersNexus
    @GamersNexus Před 3 lety +8444

    This was the most fun I've ever had on a live stream. Thanks so much to the LTT team for setting it up and organizing a (very) complicated production setup, to Austin for cohosting and adding fun commentary, and to Jay for joining to put on a great show. Very impressed with all the production crews! PS - Paul vs. Kyle next! (Edit - also, first thing I did was reset bios and second was apply XMP, but seems a lot of people missed this -- it was on the screen when Linus & Austin were trying to fix AV issues.)

    • @88porpoise
      @88porpoise Před 3 lety +120

      Congrats on the win and my best to all the pussycats you are helping.

    • @biffisgreat
      @biffisgreat Před 3 lety +48

      Was awesome, happy your charity won, that'll be Huge for them I'm sure, also big thumbs up for Jay for matching! Great vid guys, I love the pc community! Today was a good day!

    • @FeuerToifel
      @FeuerToifel Před 3 lety +32

      i second your choice of the next duelists.

    • @TurboEncabulat0r
      @TurboEncabulat0r Před 3 lety +164

      Some say Jay is still running Heaven to this day

    • @biffisgreat
      @biffisgreat Před 3 lety +8

      @@TurboEncabulat0r I just felt like running

  • @mitchelllion6052
    @mitchelllion6052 Před 3 lety +1315

    I love how jay and Steve both took the first chance to make a “this looks like a pc Linus built” joke lol

  • @czarinc.6971
    @czarinc.6971 Před 2 lety +395

    Jay’s cameraman is so on point with his reactions and mannerisms it’s remarkable

  • @pgplaysvidya
    @pgplaysvidya Před 3 lety +1907

    I rolled my eyes at the 2 hour playtime but then in 1 minute I was all in.
    This is a great idea for a video and I too am shocked nobody thought of it

    • @Kevko85
      @Kevko85 Před 3 lety +33

      yes it is, but i think they should rethink the commentary. i don`t know why but i think the whole commentary was a bit weird. I think they should treat it like a sport and don`t talk to the contestants. it would take out the fact to spoil it. No questions just a status update. i love the concept of the show but the execution is a bit off
      sorry for spelling and grammar

    • @pgplaysvidya
      @pgplaysvidya Před 3 lety +47

      @@Kevko85 i do see where you're coming from but at the same time I don't want to wait 5 hours for them to figure out XMP is disabled, for example

    • @handlemonium
      @handlemonium Před 3 lety +13

      Well it's pretty much a more "professionally" produced version of the previous challenges LMG has done recently.
      > Yvonne vs. Wifey Sauce race-for-time blind build
      > Yvonne vs Dennis blindfolded
      > Linus vs Anthony PC build race

    • @ProphetC2
      @ProphetC2 Před 3 lety +7

      @@handlemonium I was supposed to be studying and practicing, I added this to watch later and I'm 40 minutes in without noticing when that happened. I'm putting a hard stop now, actually leaving it for later.

    • @Charlieh1989
      @Charlieh1989 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Kevko85 I fear that i'm down on the commentary just because of the technical difficulties at the start

  • @Lishtenbird
    @Lishtenbird Před 3 lety +1396

    "Have you found all the wrong settings in the BIOS?"
    "I just reset it."

    • @RamiKattan
      @RamiKattan Před 3 lety +97

      I'd reset to default settings first thing 🤔
      Neither is as professional as I expected

    • @Lishtenbird
      @Lishtenbird Před 3 lety +251

      "It's always faster to completely do it over than try fixing someone else's mess", the wisest of words.

    • @jooplin
      @jooplin Před 3 lety +105

      "Guess my brain is just really big"
      "What else is really big?"
      "I thought you would never ask.."
      *pulls out Msi RTX2080Ti Gaming Trio*

    • @sriramsridhar761
      @sriramsridhar761 Před 3 lety

      @@Lishtenbird tru

    • @tsjeriAu
      @tsjeriAu Před 3 lety +24

      @@Lishtenbird
      Exactly. Resetting to default should be one of the first things you try.
      This is also why when you have random BSOD's that you can't narrow down, one of the top things to try is simply to reinstall the OS.

  • @Zargo1z
    @Zargo1z Před 2 lety +78

    We need a Jay vs Steve rematch! I can only watch this episode so many times! Please give us another one of these. It's like a game show I never knew I wanted.

  • @tryAGAIN87
    @tryAGAIN87 Před 3 lety +189

    I love Steve's approach to tech support, I can't convey just how satisfying it is. If there is one thing I learned in repairs it was this: Assume the customer is trying to f&*k you over.

    • @Drumaier
      @Drumaier Před rokem +26

      Or maybe assume the customer has no experience about hardware or anything in particular, and that his IQ is around 30. He also has bad sight and clumsy hands and assembled the pc without reading the manual and at night with dims lights while drinking with his friends near the pc. Not to mention he didn't checked the compatibility between parts before purchase.

    • @tryAGAIN87
      @tryAGAIN87 Před rokem +4

      @@Drumaier Either works 🤣

    • @distr1c796
      @distr1c796 Před rokem +1

      @@Drumaier forgot the last where he the customer also elbow dropped their pc from the top of a steal cage 🤣🤣💀... you comment made me die

    • @12Prophet
      @12Prophet Před rokem +1

      Like using a laptop's disc tray as a bagel holder... Why is there crumbs inside the laptop? One has to fathom a guess. That was my logical conclusion at the time.

  • @robertemerson1087
    @robertemerson1087 Před 3 lety +1216

    Pc has a problem:
    Tech Jesus: Just overclock it.

  • @ScytheNoire
    @ScytheNoire Před 3 lety +885

    Disabled XMP, yet, if you enable it, you're voiding your Intel warranty.
    Sponsored by Intel.

    • @JohanFlodqvist
      @JohanFlodqvist Před 3 lety +59

      Only on a Z490-mobo tho, because ofcourse you need to buy a overclocking mobo to be able to void your gurantee by doing what you payed an extra hundred for. Or u can buy an extra overclocking waranty, so that if you break your cpu by "overclocking" (aka run at rated speed) your memory you can get support for your cpu. Makes sense. Thanks Intel, u'r great

    • @johngrave5554
      @johngrave5554 Před 3 lety +13

      @@JohanFlodqvist wait you lose warranty on your CPU if you enable XMP?

    • @Prism019
      @Prism019 Před 3 lety +31

      @@johngrave5554 yep. It's "overclocking" in Intel's eyes.

    • @diatomsaus
      @diatomsaus Před 3 lety +1

      lol good one

    • @TheDeathLove
      @TheDeathLove Před 3 lety +2

      I think their CPUs were K series, so I guess it's fair.

  • @kylestewart4444
    @kylestewart4444 Před rokem +21

    Steve hitting the Cinebench target with 2 cores still disabled. Just T-posing on everyone

  • @AnjanaLK
    @AnjanaLK Před 9 měsíci +17

    1:54:38 Steve is a time traveler! 👽

  • @yatox8
    @yatox8 Před 3 lety +1759

    The hosts were having tech support problems covering the tech support problems

  • @HyranAU
    @HyranAU Před 3 lety +1140

    Austin: *enchantment table noises*
    Linus: “exactly!”

    • @ebolachanislove6072
      @ebolachanislove6072 Před 3 lety +76

      Austin: "He might be expecting **enchantment table noises** which is why he's **enchantment table noises** but i don't know why the motherboard would have to come out for thaat?"
      Linus: "Me neither!"

    • @manbirdcat5246
      @manbirdcat5246 Před 3 lety +2

      Time stamp?

    • @derekwillis8113
      @derekwillis8113 Před 3 lety +2

      @@ebolachanislove6072 XD

    • @toddbfarrell
      @toddbfarrell Před 3 lety +3

      @@manbirdcat5246 8:50

    • @majikmessiah
      @majikmessiah Před 3 lety +2

      @@manbirdcat5246 7:00 - 7:15

  • @elone3997
    @elone3997 Před rokem +11

    I love how Steve knew the evil lurking within and decided straight off that it would be easier to strip/reset everything :D

  • @stxejn
    @stxejn Před 3 lety +54

    It's interesting looking at this in a professional perspective. You have Jay who works with the tools he's given, and knows the results hes supposed to get and works with that. Steve's method is to take the system apart and assemble it on a test bench, identifying the problems as he goes, testing on a bench to see what results he gets, so he knows the potential, and then reinstalling the system in the case and retesting to confirm the results.
    I personally like both methods equally but if I had to pick one, I'd pick Steve's. His method will never fail to identify the hardware problems. Whereas if you get the system booted, you might try to solve a hardware problem with a software solution, which can take a lot of time and may end up causing you to go backwards then forwards again. Steve's method avoids that possibility. It also compares airflows outside the case then inside, so if you're finding issues with your performance, that can help identify any cooling issues.

  • @fhaarkas
    @fhaarkas Před 3 lety +3317

    Linus: Have you found what the problem with BIOS is?
    Steve: I just reset it.
    Linus: Have you found the Blender problem?
    Steve: Overclock it.
    Linus: Hey that's a spare GPU.
    Steve: You sent it.
    LMAO Steve would make a great lawyer.

    • @bhaveshjain6950
      @bhaveshjain6950 Před 3 lety +14

      Timestamp please

    • @Avastor_
      @Avastor_ Před 3 lety +41

      @@bhaveshjain6950 40:48 for the BIOS reset part.

    • @aliancemd
      @aliancemd Před 3 lety +138

      Avastor 14:56 You can see him resetting it here. They went on for half an hour about how Steve didn’t detect things in the BIOS, lol.

    • @nathanwest2304
      @nathanwest2304 Před 3 lety +57

      honestly, it would be kinda scary if he was
      kinda quiet guy with short but very effective answears
      he'd be filthy rich tho

    • @ayushjeevan4612
      @ayushjeevan4612 Před 3 lety +1

      HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

  • @SahilTiwariOnPlus
    @SahilTiwariOnPlus Před 3 lety +550

    What you don't know is that "The Verge Guy" was a part of this video. He was the one who built these two PCs at the first place.

    • @haroldpavon7660
      @haroldpavon7660 Před 3 lety +63

      Fake news...If that were true there’d be more thermal paste

    • @kumarsourav
      @kumarsourav Před 3 lety +1

      lol

    • @TheAtommuffin
      @TheAtommuffin Před 3 lety +1

      hahaha!

    • @TheAtommuffin
      @TheAtommuffin Před 3 lety +2

      @@haroldpavon7660 🤣

    • @piggypooo
      @piggypooo Před 3 lety +2

      @sahiltiwari. Are you being serious? Or are you just screwing around... with confidence

  • @AnjanaLK
    @AnjanaLK Před 9 měsíci +9

    1:37:53 irony 🥲

  • @douglasv5385
    @douglasv5385 Před 2 lety +9

    I just saw this video on June 18, 2021. Absolutely loved it. I appreciate all parties involved as I know this was a lot to organize with everyone’s busy schedule. I can also appreciate the technical issues as you never know what’s going to happen when you go live. It was great watching Jay and Steve work on the problems in their own unique ways. Can’t wait to see more of this type of content for any of the parties.

  • @saiyadulahmad2012
    @saiyadulahmad2012 Před 3 lety +403

    LTT Team: We put a lot of efforts, disabling hyperthreading and Wi-
    Steve: Resets bios 😎

    • @cbflazaro
      @cbflazaro Před 3 lety +11

      that's the first thing i would have done too

  • @ignasanchezl
    @ignasanchezl Před 3 lety +930

    Linus: "haha we disabled so many things in the bios"
    Steve: *Load optimized defaults*

    • @ignasanchezl
      @ignasanchezl Před 3 lety +103

      Without even thinking about it myself, the first thing id do would be reset the CMOS

    • @WilliamHollinger2019
      @WilliamHollinger2019 Před 3 lety +7

      @@ignasanchezl laptops will not let you reset the motherboard bios.

    • @ignasanchezl
      @ignasanchezl Před 3 lety +56

      ​@@WilliamHollinger2019 why is that relevant, anyway, just remove the CMOS battery to reset it.

    • @oxide9717
      @oxide9717 Před 3 lety +17

      That was really smart of him

    • @MichaelClark-uw7ex
      @MichaelClark-uw7ex Před 3 lety +15

      I've resurrected many machines just by , cleaning the Mobo. resetting CMOS and setting BIOS to factory optimum defaults
      Sometimes changing the CMOS battery helps.
      And sometimes CMOS/BIOS just go stupid, funny though, it happens most often in dirty machines.

  • @MasterTeeee
    @MasterTeeee Před 2 lety +2

    1 > Strip it down to components
    2 > Reset the CMOS/BIOS
    3 > Reinstall Windows
    By far would've been the fastest approach. ~40mins.

  • @tryAGAIN87
    @tryAGAIN87 Před 3 lety +29

    I love that jay goes "With what I've seen so far, I was expecting it to have been disassembled and the thermal compound cleaned off and reassembled!" while talking about the GPU lol He still hadn't found the problem with the CPU yet ahahahaha

  • @skug978
    @skug978 Před 3 lety +3204

    I'd like to see the reverse of this competition - Linus vs Austin, with Steve and Jay commenting :)

  • @FixedAU
    @FixedAU Před 3 lety +2131

    I was sceptical that this would hold my interest, but that was riveting. Can’t wait for the next one, gents. Great concept.

    • @JasperSkallow
      @JasperSkallow Před 3 lety +22

      This is the under celebrated component to owning a computer, therefore extremely relevant, and valuable material from the these people who contribute to the community.

    • @MrShimmyshoo
      @MrShimmyshoo Před 3 lety +2

      Odd, I found this super boring.

    • @stephenfoster9571
      @stephenfoster9571 Před 3 lety +14

      Yeah same here, surprisingly entertaining ☺

    • @shawnjhon100
      @shawnjhon100 Před 3 lety +1

      Turn post notifications on

    • @morpheas768
      @morpheas768 Před 3 lety +24

      Same here. In fact, I clicked it, and I just wanted to see if its even worth watching it for a little while, like 20-25 minutes.
      I didnt expect to watch the full 2 hours of the thing.
      Very enjoyable!

  • @gelito81
    @gelito81 Před 2 lety +7

    One of the best competitions I have ever seen. Great for someone with some fair understanding of computers. I truly enjoyed all 2 hours of it.

  • @troyguererro0898
    @troyguererro0898 Před 3 lety +8

    Thank you for this episode. I never thought I'd be interested in troubleshooting PCs-also, massive respect for these tech geeks who participated in this episode for sharing their expertise.

  • @JwFu
    @JwFu Před 3 lety +820

    Tech jesus calling asus software malware, what a legend

    • @mailong.botega3040
      @mailong.botega3040 Před 3 lety +38

      Absolute madlad

    • @brumby92
      @brumby92 Před 3 lety +43

      It robs performance. It is malware. Go Steve.

    • @joeykeilholz925
      @joeykeilholz925 Před 3 lety +4

      FUCK ASUS SOFTWARE OH MY GOD

    • @Aleph-Noll
      @Aleph-Noll Před 3 lety +16

      @@joeykeilholz925 if you think thats bad, HP software is absolute ass

    • @Steamrick
      @Steamrick Před 3 lety +5

      He's right though - in the past, the Asus update software has been hacked and used to distribute malware. It literally was malware.

  • @results4526
    @results4526 Před 3 lety +574

    Steve and Jay attempt to rectify The Verge PC Build.

    • @declaredsnow
      @declaredsnow Před 3 lety +18

      That would probably be a harder challenge than the one on hand.

    • @criznittle968
      @criznittle968 Před 3 lety +25

      Linus should have forced them to only use a Swiss army knife(hopefully with a screwdriver), tweezers aka zip ties, and an antistatic bracelet without any grounding.

    • @cancer_sucks
      @cancer_sucks Před 3 lety +1

      haa!

    • @mangshu21
      @mangshu21 Před 3 lety +1

      cant rectify if psu burns up

  • @IWearShoes31
    @IWearShoes31 Před 2 lety +60

    I love the amount of stream tech issues on a tech support challenge lol
    Jokes aside this was very fun to watch :D

  • @abvtech2054
    @abvtech2054 Před 2 lety

    The amount of knowledge and seeing how 2 very respectable tech youtubers going about it differently to trying to solve the issues is just top tier information. I was not expecting to view the 2 hour long video but im glad i did and it was fun and very informative!

  • @colin_henry1
    @colin_henry1 Před 3 lety +1353

    "there are a total of NINE problems with this system"
    the verge: "those are rookie numbers"

  • @J0hnH4l0
    @J0hnH4l0 Před 3 lety +345

    Austins mic was the real thing they needed to troubleshoot

    • @fireared9244
      @fireared9244 Před 3 lety +19

      I got triggered so hard by it

    • @Ghani_1
      @Ghani_1 Před 3 lety +2

      You won the internet for today sir.

    • @szn00
      @szn00 Před 3 lety +4

      They troubleshooted that on a troubleshoot stream😂

    • @zengrath
      @zengrath Před 3 lety +9

      Yea his mic is driving me insane and i only started watching, and not being able to hear the two in background kinda stinks too.

    • @whatsanobeen
      @whatsanobeen Před 3 lety

      I love this comment community so much

  • @justaskin8523
    @justaskin8523 Před 2 lety +3

    I know this one is over a year old, but it came up in my list just today. Well done all, and Jay, what a good sport you were, sir. Thank you for that!

  • @01ai01
    @01ai01 Před 2 lety +3

    Saw this long after the live stream, but just wanted to say I loved this contest/format. Great work everyone!

  • @tiberiu5284
    @tiberiu5284 Před 3 lety +335

    Austin: So i think the *inaudible sound* is *more inaudible sound* .
    Linus: Yeah that's right.

    • @Xfade81
      @Xfade81 Před 3 lety +10

      As said in the stream, they can hear him fine, just not the public.

    • @kiyoponnn
      @kiyoponnn Před 3 lety

      🤣

  • @slickit86
    @slickit86 Před 3 lety +823

    Linus: Do you think you fixed the issues?
    Steve: i Just overclocked it
    Ref: Ok, I guess steroids are allowed

    • @bonniebishop1608
      @bonniebishop1608 Před 3 lety +4

      This was the most fun I've ever had on a live stream. Thanks so much to the LTT team for setting it up and organizing a (very) complicated production setup, to Austin for cohosting and adding fun commentary, and to Jay for joining to put on a great show. Very impressed with all the production crews! PS - Paul vs. Kyle next! (Edit - also, first thing I did was reset bios and second was apply XMP, but seems a lot of people missed this -- it was on the screen when Linus & Austin were trying to fix AV issues.)

    • @downjesse
      @downjesse Před 3 lety +2

      Lol

    • @pedros7341
      @pedros7341 Před 3 lety

      @@bonniebishop1608 bot

  • @evocybernation8839
    @evocybernation8839 Před 3 lety +8

    Steve's response, "So far, this is about what I expect a computer, out of Linus Tech Tips, to look like so, I'd say this is, Honestly, you guys have improved a lot since the last time you built a computer. So really, congratulations on that. **You've built a good team that can do stuff for you. So, good job Linus."
    OUCH! You didn't even fight Steve's response! Acceptance, of one's performance levels, is the first step in learning.

  • @Zorlof
    @Zorlof Před 2 lety +15

    I watched this a year after it aired but this was so much fun. Thank you Intel and the fabulous contestants JayZ and Steve, the newbie judges (who fairly divulged secret information to both sides). Great show, great troubleshooting.

    • @KilljoyW
      @KilljoyW Před rokem +2

      I'm watching it like 2 years later and it's still entertaining haha.

    • @aorusaki
      @aorusaki Před 10 měsíci

      3 years now

  • @jokeassasin7733
    @jokeassasin7733 Před 3 lety +499

    Looks like the real test was really getting Linus’s mic situation resolved.

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo Před 3 lety +5

      Next episode they should fix the WAN Show setup

    • @RickRokner
      @RickRokner Před 3 lety +34

      Austin's was even worse

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo Před 3 lety +13

      @@RickRokner I found too much irony that in a tech support showdown, they had audio issues. I feel like they have way more problems than normal people lol

    • @codygoh1194
      @codygoh1194 Před 3 lety +1

      Nick Miller keep in mind that they do have better equipment than an average consumer

    • @isaacreicin4836
      @isaacreicin4836 Před 3 lety

      He's been takin a crap on intel lately so they decide to sponsor whoever came up with that needs a pay raise

  • @DaxtonAnderson
    @DaxtonAnderson Před 3 lety +183

    I want to see this uploaded another 2 times with just Jays and Steves audio, with Linus+Austin cutting in when they talk to them. I saw Jay yelling at the camera so many times 😂

    • @thomasphillips885
      @thomasphillips885 Před 3 lety +22

      Yes that would be awesome, so we can see and hear their thought processes

    • @nazgu1
      @nazgu1 Před 3 lety +2

      Yes, please!

    • @rubydoe1997
      @rubydoe1997 Před 3 lety +2

      This

    • @rubbers3
      @rubbers3 Před 3 lety +9

      My guess is that could be on their respective channels, but yeah, I would absolutely love to see that as well!

    • @fghsgh
      @fghsgh Před 3 lety +3

      Jay didn't record it, only streamed to Linus, so you won't be getting that one in any case.

  • @DarrellBraunsLongThumbNail

    You need to do this again. I've watched this one more than a couple times. It's great fun, and great troubleshooting ideas

  • @patd1471
    @patd1471 Před 3 lety +6

    have been a tech repair guy for over a decade, steve earned some respect for sure. absolutely just pull it apart and redo it. You know how to put a system together and thats typically faster than trying to learn what someone didnt know lol

  • @Narutoshippuuden440
    @Narutoshippuuden440 Před 3 lety +504

    Steve searching on "google": Lie nus tech tips.lmao

  • @vinciere3594
    @vinciere3594 Před 3 lety +478

    Jay: Okay, what can I see that's wrong?
    Steve: TEAR THE WHOLE THING APART AND DO IT RIGHT

    • @stagdragon3978
      @stagdragon3978 Před 3 lety +15

      Steve: me on Monday
      Jay: Me on Friday

    • @Enderborn272
      @Enderborn272 Před 3 lety +8

      Jay is a tech support guy getting a customer pc in.
      Steve Is an enthusiast that just got a pre-built from Best Buy.

  • @tripled4me
    @tripled4me Před 10 měsíci

    This was very cool. I honestly tend to go the route Jay does when troubleshooting, and man, I've felt those same pains he was going through, but overall I really enjoyed this. Love the different personalities and approaches.

  • @Ender5529
    @Ender5529 Před 3 lety +1

    This was one of the best things I have watched in a long time. Thank you all! Jay for that donation match, Steve, your awesome as always. Linus pulling Intel's tail, and Intel for playing along :D. Just bought an Intel processor from Micro Center a week ago :D glad I could support the supporter of this.

  • @EverydayLayman
    @EverydayLayman Před 3 lety +266

    This was the CZcams gold I needed for today.

  • @InstaKarma4
    @InstaKarma4 Před 3 lety +514

    Jay: Runs the benchmark without thermal paste
    Intel: My time has come

    • @grasshopperrules34
      @grasshopperrules34 Před 3 lety +12

      I just died 😂

    • @IrakliMosulishvili
      @IrakliMosulishvili Před 3 lety +1

      lol good one

    • @drwrencho4392
      @drwrencho4392 Před 3 lety +1

      Hahaha

    • @Enderborn272
      @Enderborn272 Před 3 lety +1

      A welcome spoiler

    • @chrcoluk
      @chrcoluk Před 3 lety +4

      Cpus have come a long way, I remember installing my first cpu that needed paste, which I didnt put on, a duron, within 5 seconds of posting it went bang. (486 etc. didnt need paste)

  • @TheJbull40
    @TheJbull40 Před 2 lety

    Probably one of the most entertaining tech videos I’ve seen. Nice work!

  • @Cyba_IT
    @Cyba_IT Před 3 lety

    Finally got around to watching this and it was f'n awesome. One of the best live streams I've ever seen mainly because they're all great dudes. Much respect and kudos. :)

  • @ritzmat
    @ritzmat Před 3 lety +98

    Love the concept, 2 participants tries to fix a computer as fast as they can while the host of the event is on par with a same challenge trying to fix their audio as fast as they can

  • @carlwolf5923
    @carlwolf5923 Před 3 lety +131

    "tampered with in realistic ways like a novice might do" such as disabling 2 cores and hyper threading.

    • @kaldo_kaldo
      @kaldo_kaldo Před 3 lety +19

      They were talking about the hardware stuff. The BIOS stuff is super tricky, Steve had the right approach just resetting to default.

    • @ikjadoon
      @ikjadoon Před 3 lety +13

      I think novice like "first-time ever OC!" who 1) opened the UEFI, 2) changed 2-3 settings incorrectly, 3) the OS kept crashing, 4) they rushed back to UEFI and started changing random shit until it stopped crashing so often.

    • @LiLBitsDK
      @LiLBitsDK Před 3 lety +1

      @@kaldo_kaldo yeah that is Bios 101... always reset to default... we done that since 486's

    • @Atlessa
      @Atlessa Před 3 lety +1

      Pretty sure that NVME 'trick' wouldn't happen to a novice.

  • @Sergiocrivelin
    @Sergiocrivelin Před 3 lety +1

    This was actually pretty cool. Looking forward for more of it.

  • @leeskeery
    @leeskeery Před 3 lety

    This was way better than most things on TV. Fantastic around. Great stuff everyone. Look forward to more. Keep up the great work👍

  • @akilahgable950
    @akilahgable950 Před 3 lety +304

    I love that Jay matched Steve's donation to HIS charity of choice, and I have no doubt that GM would've done the same if Jayz had won. These guys are all amazing people and I absolutely adore their human side, humble, lightly irritated, friendly competition personalities.
    Jay, GM, Linus, Austin, I think I can say this with confidence; on behalf of all fans; thank you for your wonderful entertainment and hard work.

    • @anjayl
      @anjayl Před 3 lety +5

      Don't bother, they already gave those PCs away... Nice try tho

    • @Urfcannon
      @Urfcannon Před 3 lety +24

      ah yes, Tech Weird Al's channel, "Gamers Mexus"

    • @JustAaronJoshua
      @JustAaronJoshua Před 3 lety +3

      Spoiler alert much

    • @Cyba_IT
      @Cyba_IT Před 3 lety +6

      Steve gave his personal winnings away so yeah, equally as humble as Jay. :)

    • @George_Bland
      @George_Bland Před 2 lety +2

      Gamer's Mexus

  • @Kisai_Yuki
    @Kisai_Yuki Před 3 lety +67

    The amusing thing is, Steve is doing exactly what techies do. "This thing is broken, fix it" , "OK, let's rebuild the thing and make sure the SI/OEM wasn't incompetent." Where as Jayz is doing what you'd do in business/computer store, where you're trying to do the minimum to not waste time, possibly not finding other issues.
    Steve just straight up reset the cmos before doing anything in the bios, 10/10 would always recommend.

    • @_IHateHandles_
      @_IHateHandles_ Před 3 lety +11

      As an engineer I've had it drilled into me that when troubleshooting you always start with the simplest things first then work your way up to the more complicated solutions. No need to strip down the entire engine and check for cracks when it's just a dodgy spark plug right? I'd say rebuilding the entire PC from the ground up as a first step is highly inefficient and kind of silly. Who's to say that a system that doesn't post simply needs a new CMOS battery, or fuse in the plug? Start simple and work your way up, always.

    • @woodiemarv
      @woodiemarv Před 3 lety +7

      @@_IHateHandles_ real world steve's approach would get u fired wasting time on every computer

    • @smeghead666
      @smeghead666 Před 3 lety

      @@_IHateHandles_ Ahhh the plug fuse, I know your pain.

    • @fleggle
      @fleggle Před 3 lety +3

      @@woodiemarv it's like the people casually saying they've done a clean install to fix a minor issue. How is not their last resort?

    • @Lishtenbird
      @Lishtenbird Před 3 lety +8

      @@_IHateHandles_ Steve explicitly said "I took it apart because I knew it was sabotaged and wouldn't have done that otherwise". That was a choice made in this specific context, and it proved right.

  • @jakemacgregor-boyle6397

    Stumbled across this video and watched the entire 2hrs. Two incredibly knowledgeable IT experts with those PC’s. I learnt a lot

  • @RevNicholasJonsson
    @RevNicholasJonsson Před 3 lety +3

    What fun to watch and learn from you guys. Thanks Linus. Great stuff!! 👍🏻

  • @laureanoalfaro9351
    @laureanoalfaro9351 Před 3 lety +174

    The "Steve just had a Blue screen" was yelled like a Messi goal..

    • @IngwiePhoenix
      @IngwiePhoenix Před 3 lety +6

      And yet, a dozen times more interesting. x)

    • @laureanoalfaro9351
      @laureanoalfaro9351 Před 3 lety +2

      @@IngwiePhoenix hahaha not even close, but I admire his enthusiasm

    • @AliShuktu
      @AliShuktu Před 3 lety +3

      @@laureanoalfaro9351
      Do you find kicking a ball on a mowed grass more fun then troubleshooting computers? 😂😅😆

    • @laureanoalfaro9351
      @laureanoalfaro9351 Před 3 lety +1

      @@AliShuktu jokes aside, how tedious and nervewrecking is troubleshooting computers, more in cases like me that I use it to work...thought when we solve it! ah yeah it feels great

    • @AliShuktu
      @AliShuktu Před 3 lety

      @@laureanoalfaro9351
      Do you work as a computer tech and enjoy it? I did not get your point... English my third language...((

  • @M6a6N4S9oN
    @M6a6N4S9oN Před 3 lety +1

    Excellent community work done here, truly an excellent channel

  • @brianhunt914
    @brianhunt914 Před rokem +1

    Why didn't I find this stream previously, fabulous fun! More of this these guys are great.

  • @um8778
    @um8778 Před 3 lety +552

    The awkward moment when you recognise these problems from The Verge PC Build

    • @alexc8992
      @alexc8992 Před 3 lety +30

      So that’s why Bitwit wasn’t there

    • @munem939
      @munem939 Před 3 lety +39

      @@alexc8992 Lyle probably prevented Kyle from going lol

    • @zerreat
      @zerreat Před 3 lety +2

      Hi hello

    • @tusharbafna1154
      @tusharbafna1154 Před 3 lety +2

      HI HELLO

    • @zerreat
      @zerreat Před 3 lety +2

      Hi tushar kesa hai

  • @SaieshanDadi
    @SaieshanDadi Před 3 lety +260

    I'm sad they didn't react to Steve's hilarious "LIE NUS" jokes at 29:25

    • @trippplefive
      @trippplefive Před 3 lety +18

      because it was accurate? probably hit lienus in the feels. linus tech tips is pretty much a marketing company for PC hardware manufacturers.

    • @tadexas1191
      @tadexas1191 Před 3 lety +1

      Do you when winners are getting announced?

    • @MansBestFriend_
      @MansBestFriend_ Před 3 lety +12

      They were trying to shut him down hoping viewers didn't notice. Steve is truly a martyr trying to expose the regime #LIENUS

    • @alterbr33d
      @alterbr33d Před 3 lety

      I noticed that too, I was going to make a comment, but I hit ctrl f and typed lie and saw someone already did.

  • @AlexALIAScOlman
    @AlexALIAScOlman Před 3 lety +1

    Absolutely the best livestream i watched in a long time.
    Would defenitely tune in for anotherone of these!

  • @bconnable
    @bconnable Před 2 lety

    I have to say that this was VERY entertaining! I watched every minute of it! I HOPE that you guys do more of these. This was basically a Techy All-Star event as far as I am concerned. I watch all 4 of your channels daily. Keep up the great work!

  • @mindgamemax
    @mindgamemax Před 3 lety +89

    I would love a round 2, the friendship killer. Kyle vs Paul!

    • @chaddouglas2136
      @chaddouglas2136 Před 3 lety +11

      I wanna see Kyle vs Lyle.

    • @theFrizzleFry
      @theFrizzleFry Před 3 lety +3

      My money would be on Paul, he has a lot more years of experience and kind of was Kyle's mentor for a while.
      But hey you never know, the student could beat his master. I would definitely tune in for that.

  • @gabrielesh7916
    @gabrielesh7916 Před 3 lety +861

    I feel like this is a sport I could watch when football isn't going... the commentary was hilarious. Lol

  • @g4mery899
    @g4mery899 Před 2 lety +5

    1:52:39 - Steve got into the OS first, actually. Jay got into the BIOS first.

  • @A_Lesser_Man
    @A_Lesser_Man Před 3 lety +2

    amazingly, it was fun to see these guys work (i liked steve's approach best), i can't believe i watched it all!

  • @lyfebytes1857
    @lyfebytes1857 Před 3 lety +178

    21:20 omg lmao. “So far this is what I expected a computer out of LTT to look like, you guys have really improved a lot since last time” 🤣

    • @BUBERMAIL
      @BUBERMAIL Před 3 lety +15

      Steve is hilarious, the whole stream was fun to watch

    • @matthewheben6161
      @matthewheben6161 Před 3 lety +1

      Laughed my ass off. Hole stream was hilarious but suspenseful! Very enjoyable didn't expect that! Regret a little that I didn't watch the actual live stream! Cheers!

  • @gbaysinger
    @gbaysinger Před 3 lety +441

    Steve at the beginning: "I've lost audio" ... little did he know it would set the tone for at least the first 30min.
    Jay's approach is what I'd do for a "I tried to upgrade" case. But for competition I'd have gone more Steve's route if I knew there was purposeful sabotage. Sort of surprised they didn't just reset BIOS as the first boot step. Both of them could select optimal stock BIOS in couple min.

    • @ikjadoon
      @ikjadoon Před 3 lety +40

      Steve set optimized defaults almost immediately, tho?

    • @GamersNexus
      @GamersNexus Před 3 lety +48

      @@ikjadoon Yes, we restored defaults right away.

    • @Dreddy72
      @Dreddy72 Před 3 lety

      @Roenie's Gaming Empire they intended for these to be things that were done accidentally. having the defaults messed with is a bit further than the newbie oppsie could likely do.

    • @imnota
      @imnota Před 3 lety

      Steve did reset the bios really early, yet he still had no networking at first and no hyper threading so it seems like setting optimized defaults doesn't actually reset all of the settings.

  • @IvanFazekas
    @IvanFazekas Před 2 lety +6

    1 year later and this episode is still amazingly captivating

  • @DBShootingSupplies
    @DBShootingSupplies Před 2 lety

    Brilliant! Thoroughly enjoyed this. Well done!!

  • @lukaswilke225
    @lukaswilke225 Před 3 lety +249

    Austin: "You need the results, how you achieve them is up to you"
    Steve and Jay "Can't find the problems with the cooling, start dousing the system in liquid nitrogen"

    • @tusharbafna1154
      @tusharbafna1154 Před 3 lety

      BOIND

    • @pirojfmifhghek566
      @pirojfmifhghek566 Před 3 lety +5

      They say they were sweatin', but I bet they were all freezing their asses off. Did anyone check to see what they set the AC in their shops? GOTTA MAXIMIZE THAT AMBIENT DELTA.

    • @thejusmar
      @thejusmar Před 3 lety +8

      Linus& Austin: "how you achieve them is up to you"
      Steve: *benches outside trash case after fixing fans*
      Linus&Austin: "no not like that"

  • @clintloma6189
    @clintloma6189 Před 3 lety +384

    I like Steve's approach more. It's often times faster to build things from scratch rather than trying to band-aid one thing at a time and retest at every step.

    • @angeltensey
      @angeltensey Před 2 lety +53

      Troubleshooting things that was just made/built by someone else is such a fucking disaster.

    • @DK-210
      @DK-210 Před 2 lety +37

      The problem is you don't know what got fixed. When you do it for a living people want exact explanations why something wasn't working. Good troubleshooters test every step they try. Granted this was a competition, but being thorough will get you consistent results.

    • @buckiesmalls
      @buckiesmalls Před 2 lety +7

      @@DK-210 they wouldn't even understand.. So no point. It's not like a car.. Charging them more for fixing a particular problem.. They do know what got fixed.. The reason they brought it to you.. Not like they are charged for hourly labor. If that were they case they could have just taken it apart and done it themselves.

    • @pvtsonic
      @pvtsonic Před 2 lety +6

      @@buckiesmalls Unless the owner of the rig knows computer. I had my friend trying to find a cause behind my pc because I simply didn't have spare time to do so. Knowing what was the cause helps to prevent similar future incidents.

    • @buckiesmalls
      @buckiesmalls Před 2 lety

      @@pvtsonic Then they prolly wouldn't be there. LOL

  • @williamgallan7573
    @williamgallan7573 Před 10 měsíci

    We need more of these types of video! Think I've watched them all multiple times.

  • @Dj7wiLLY
    @Dj7wiLLY Před 2 lety

    Thank you for this challenge, i learned a lot. They are both great tech guys and good guys in general

  • @danielalmeida4934
    @danielalmeida4934 Před 3 lety +311

    Now I understand how people feel like when they are watching soccer or the NFL

    • @theJesai
      @theJesai Před 3 lety +3

      Lmao, so relatable! 😅

    • @cman820
      @cman820 Před 3 lety +8

      Sam why? He’s just saying he understands when you’re interested in something you wanna watch it

    • @supercoolmunkee
      @supercoolmunkee Před 3 lety +12

      if they had a TV show or series like this. I definitely watch it. I think of a lot of tech nerds out there like me who is pursuing our career as a tech support could totally learn something new from these shows that we haven't thought of in terms of troubleshooting.

    • @dobaayaz
      @dobaayaz Před 3 lety +2

      @@supercoolmunkee with ya

    • @whitenoise509
      @whitenoise509 Před 3 lety +2

      On point, this is a perfect comparison!

  • @biobreaker5009
    @biobreaker5009 Před 3 lety +142

    "xmp is also disabled" well, you are partnered by intel, don't wanna lose any warranties

  • @09RHYS
    @09RHYS Před 3 lety +1

    Absolutely Loved This! Awesome series guys! I watch your videos all the time and find they have really helped me over the years. Thank you for all the help you guys have given us and wish you all the best in the future! LTT FOREVER ❤️

  • @annaczgli2983
    @annaczgli2983 Před rokem +1

    Am new to tech. But, this was really fun to watch all the way through. The way Steve side-stepped through most of the challenges was unexpected, & clever!

  • @CastleBomb44
    @CastleBomb44 Před 3 lety +611

    2hours!?!?! I cant bother to watch this, 5 minutes later: OMG this is such a great idea
    I would def. tune into another live version of this PC tech support. This one was great !!

    • @Mortac
      @Mortac Před 3 lety +15

      I thought the exact same thing, but once I started watching I was hooked and saw the whole thing.

    • @systemdeveloper5266
      @systemdeveloper5266 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Mortac Same here hahha

    • @bromista3759
      @bromista3759 Před 3 lety +5

      Me too. This is the best reality TV I have seen in years.
      I would also definitely tune into another live version of this sort of challenge.
      A shorter version with this similar premise might be an Alienware laptop with Bios and Windows config challenges.

    • @pastorqpiotrbochra8057
      @pastorqpiotrbochra8057 Před 3 lety +1

      i have the same thing like you :D loool :D after 5 min :) cool IDEA :) @Linus

    • @downjesse
      @downjesse Před 3 lety

      Same here

  • @DanielLiljar
    @DanielLiljar Před 3 lety +923

    This should be a new E-sport!

    • @CC-tb8mn
      @CC-tb8mn Před 3 lety +15

      Yes this would be insane esports pc build offs!

    • @premeplug5810
      @premeplug5810 Před 3 lety +2

      This should be a new E-sport!

    • @JohnSmith-bk8yb
      @JohnSmith-bk8yb Před 3 lety +19

      Jay lost the moment Steve tied his hair back :(

    • @oxide9717
      @oxide9717 Před 3 lety +5

      This was really fun to watch 😂😂

    • @KenNakajima07
      @KenNakajima07 Před 3 lety +5

      @@JohnSmith-bk8yb That was an anime plot twist moment.

  • @bendirval3612
    @bendirval3612 Před 2 lety

    Dude, this was so freaking entertaining! Totally worth the time to watch.

  • @leeedwards787
    @leeedwards787 Před 2 lety +2

    That was a great stream and both builders were amazing and good sports. Linus always appreciate what you do and the videos you make. This was a really good watch. Well done guys.

  • @Crotshio
    @Crotshio Před 3 lety +790

    Linus: Why is he removing the Motherboard screw
    Austin: Well I thmmk thmmt he Is lojdjsnsg fdonsnr sabotage...
    Linus: Oh good point

  • @jivewig
    @jivewig Před 3 lety +602

    After watching this video, I know why Steve’s called Tech Jesus.
    Linus: so you think u fixed everything in BIOS ?
    Steve: I just reset it
    SteveOP

    • @buttercroissant9633
      @buttercroissant9633 Před 3 lety +25

      i can relate with god's wrath using flood water as an attemp to reset the world.

    • @jivewig
      @jivewig Před 3 lety

      @Cyclo Key hmm.. I mean he tried to do it with a virus... didn’t succeed. So maybe..?

    • @fourbyfourblazer2
      @fourbyfourblazer2 Před 3 lety +2

      Fallen, sin-cursed world.

    • @itsmrdante6274
      @itsmrdante6274 Před 3 lety +6

      Honestly don't know why they didn't just reset it from the start and then just apply all their usual settings. It is SO MUCH faster than doing what they started doing.

    • @jivewig
      @jivewig Před 3 lety +5

      @@itsmrdante6274 when you’re in the heat of finishing first, you may not realise even the simplest of things

  • @mikailfreitas9812
    @mikailfreitas9812 Před 3 lety

    This was absolutely the most fun I've had on CZcams, ever. Kudos to everyone involved.

  • @Vern180
    @Vern180 Před 3 lety +1

    I clicked on this not realising id be sitting here 2 hours later not even knowing it was 2 hours long!!
    One of the greatest streams ive watched in absolutely ages! All these guys are very talented but never big headed..good people here..
    Please tell me there is more of these!!

  • @tsino2966
    @tsino2966 Před 3 lety +150

    On the next episode of mystery tech:
    *JUST MICROPHONES*

  • @theodionne9370
    @theodionne9370 Před 3 lety +123

    My favorite part of this was Linus and Austin not noticing that Steve just straight up reset the bios.... bruh

    • @isnflsQP
      @isnflsQP Před 3 lety +6

      But they did......

    • @aliancemd
      @aliancemd Před 3 lety +8

      Ivan Santoso He reset the BIOS and set XMP - they claimed the entire time that he doesn’t have XMP and wondering if he caught the UEFI issue...

    • @ikjadoon
      @ikjadoon Před 3 lety +20

      @@isnflsQP Steve reset the BIOS at 14:58, but Linus is still asking him at 25:25. They were understandably unable to watch three different video streams at once due to their own audio issues early on.

  • @sambuji5848
    @sambuji5848 Před 2 lety +11

    Just jumped on CZcams to check out some PSU reviews and 2hours later, it's 2am and I've just watched a fantastic stream. Absolutely loved this challenge. I know its more complicated than that but loved Steve's somewhat turn it off and on approach to it all 😜

  • @LGBTGROOMSOURCHILDREN
    @LGBTGROOMSOURCHILDREN Před 2 lety

    I wish I had seen this when it happened, love seeing Jay go full ADD at the end looking around and fidgeting.

  • @aaroneverett296
    @aaroneverett296 Před 3 lety +80

    One of the most entertaining live streams I've seen on yt! Great job guys!

    • @ikjadoon
      @ikjadoon Před 3 lety +2

      Agreed. One of the few I've watched through all the way. Had so many laughs. I usually do not watch LTT livestreams, but w/ GN here, I was in 100% and was not disappointed. The best livestream of 2020, without a doubt.

  • @sashstaro
    @sashstaro Před 3 lety +202

    When Austin said “S̶h̴s̷k̶a̶n̷s̸h̶j̸s̵j̶”
    I felt that

  • @MadMexism
    @MadMexism Před 3 lety +4

    Man this was great! Love Gamers Nexus, and Jayz two cents. Loved how annoyed Jay was getting under pressure. Never seen him like that.

  • @jw2par
    @jw2par Před 2 lety

    This was fun to watch, I hope you do more