How Bad is This $10,000 PC from 10 Years Ago??

shaved linus, wearing earrings, 980ti's, SLI, this really is a throwback

Man this thumbnail really makes me thought it was 2017 again

As a fun note, at work I'm still running an HP Z400 desktop PC which hasn't turned off (other than the occasional power outage on the Vancouver Lower Mainland), since circa 2012. Yes 12 years up and running non stop 24/7/365. The PC carries on like an old truck, and it's used for remote desktop tasks. Hard drives were updated twice, if I recall correctly.

10 years ago... I might well have had a "Dream PC" wishlist back then with exactly this hardware. It's about the time I started looking at components to build my first

Bro is actually time traveling rn lmao

Getting my dad to understand that the 5k workstation he bought 10yrs ago is essentially a doorstop will forever be the bane of my existence.

up until 2 years ago i ran a old FX 5990 chip with 2x hd7970. your troubles bring back a lot of memories.

If you look closely at the beginning you’ll notice that Linus is not actually wearing a watch. It’s actually drawn onto his wrist to appear as though he is wearing a watch.

at this point linus is just fucking with us with no beard vs bearded linus, he is most CERTAINLY time-travelling via EVGA time travel kit

Holy cow linus even brought back the earrings. What a throwback

I still have this beast, used it for 10 years! It was overclocked to 4.2 with 4x 580's. You needed two people to move the PC it was so heavy. It was an offering so ahead of it's time, particularly when doing Vray renderings with 2x cpus and all those cores. When Vray GPU rendering came out, those quad cards were a blast too, as was rendering videos out of Resolve. A relic no doubt, but so cool and unique.

I built one of these with 580s in SLI in a Mountain Mods case with 6 radiators and 3 pumps... still my favorite build of all time.

YOOOOO THEY BROUGHT BACK THE INTRO

When you held up the 4090 at 9:44 i honestly though it was an edit to make it oversized in comparison to the 980ti but then i remebered how big cards have got over last 10 years.

I bought an SR2 years ago and really wish I kept it. Now it's been sold for way more than it's worth. I'll get it back one day.

that mobo being 10 years old makes me feel like a grandad

Even adding the intro back in…super nice touch to match the throwback Linus and throwback board!

linus slowly reverting back to pre 2020 is great

I remember looking at that mobo when I was a child, desiring to have it. Man time flies.

I really love this video! I’ve been having a blast buying four or five year old computers for my kids and giving them upgrades every other year or so! It feels like a huge performance jump. Every time they get an upgrade, and then learning all about computers in the fun of installing drivers and troubleshooting failures. I’m not raising any tablet kids in this household. Lol but I think really a lot of people discount how much power you can get for a humongous bargain if you just buy CPUs motherboards that are four years old.