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Does SSD Speed matter for Cine Cameras? - Lexar SL100 Pro vs Samsung T5

If you own a cinema camera, and you don't like paying for CFast 2.0 cards, you likely do all of your filming to a USB-C SSD. But is it worth paying for a faster drive, or will standard SATA speeds ...

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Substance or just Style? Fractal Design Celsius+ S24 Prisma Review

Fractal Design is releasing SIX all new models for their Celsius line of AIO liquid coolers... and of course RGB is on the menu. But is this update all Style and no Substance?


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THIS is what VR should be! Benchmarking Half Life Alyx and other things...

Last week, I put together my new Living Room VR PC, just in time for the release of Half Life Alyx. Did I make all the right decisions?


But first... What am I drinking???

In ...

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Living Room VR PC Build! - Fractal Design Era ITX

As soon as I saw the Fractal Design Era ITX, I knew exactly what I wanted to build with it. But will everything fit into such a small case?


But first... What am I drinking???

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Chinese x89 Motherboard??? Piledriver or just a pile?

Buy enough odd products and you're bound to get a dud eventually. Introducing the Jingsha X89 motherboard for AMD Opteron CPUs.

It sucks.


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Fixing my $1,150 Gaming PC with a be quiet! Shadow Rock 3

A few weeks ago, I put together an $1,150 gaming PC with the goal of overclocking my Ryzen 5 3600. I overspec'd the cooling with a be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4... and completely lost the silicon lotte...

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Fractal Define 7 Review - The ultimate home server chassis?

Gaming cases filled with RGB are a dima-a-dozen these days. Fully-featured workstation cases with full water cooling support that can also support a metric ton of hard drives? Those are more rare. ...

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nVidia GRID/Tesla Gaming Server Pt.3... IT WORKS!... kinda...

Part 3 is finally here! But is it mission accomplished?


But first... What am I drinking???

Two days of filming means two beers to enjoy! First up, Samuel Smith's (Tadcaster, ...

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$1150 Gaming PC Build... mistakes were made.

Today, I'm going to put together an $1150 gaming PC, but did I choose the right parts?

But first... What am I drinking??? Furious IPA for Surly Brewing Co, generously sent from Patron novella...

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BEST Gaming Monitor Under $500??? - BenQ EX2780Q 1440p Monitor Review

Thanks to BenQ for sending this one out for review. As with all of my reviews, my opinions are 100% my own, and BenQ did not have any say over the content of this video, nor did they see this video...

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Threadripper Video Editing Rig Upgrade... Two Years Late...

This project began almost exactly two years ago in December 2017. The project evolved, but never really gave me the performance I wanted. That changes today.


But first... What am I...

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EVGA RTX 2060 KO. Ray Tracing for less than $300?

Thanks to EVGA for sending over the RTX 2060 KO for review. EVGA introduced this card last week at CES 2020, bringing RTX Ray Tracing down below $300 for the first time... but is there a catch?

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The Best and The Rest of CES 2020

Thanks to our Sponsors who made coverage of CES 2020 possible.


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A $79 Home Server Chassis??? - InWin and Creative - CES Day 4

Thanks to our Sponsors who made coverage of CES 2020 possible.


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Apache Helicopters and Affordable Platinum PSUs! - ThermalTake Booth - CES Day 3

Our visit to the ThermalTake booth was met with a few unexpected surprises.  Like losing half of the B-Roll we shot there... Don't know what happened.


ThermalTake's new ToughR...

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I WANT THIS SCREEN! - CES Day 2 - Patriot, Gigabyte, Asus, Zotac and EVGA

Patriot's new gaming mice in the V550 and V551 and their VPR100 RGB NVMe drive, to EVGA's price dropped RTX 2060 KO, to the Asus ROG Swift PG43UQ 43" 4K 144Hz monitor, there's something for everyon...

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IT'S A TRANSFORMER! Console and PC in one! - MSI, Corsair, Origin, AlphaCool, FSP from CES Day 1!

Official Day One of CES 2020 included visits to MSI, Corsair, Origin, Elgato, AlphaCool and FSP.


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ProxMox and FreeNAS C-C-C-COMBO SERVER! With a bit of Chinese x79...

Thank You to Fractal Design and the new Vector RS for sponsoring this video. Click here for more info: http...

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LET THERE BE LIGHT! Moving VLOG Day 2!

 Today's Studio Update is all about lighting... or the lack thereof in this room. Let's fix that.

Lighting from this video Kihung T5 LED 12-Pack - 2019-12-20 16:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post

I BOUGHT A HOUSE! Moving Vlog - Day 1

 I BOUGHT A HOUSE! Today is all about getting the new studio set up and ready to shoot. Desk building, wall decorating, and the beginnings of my home wet bar. Let's do this thing.

Desks/...

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I'm back! Asus ROG Strix 5700 Review

Between selling my house and buying another, I missed the releases of all custom AIB cards for AMD's RX 5700 series. Today, I take a look at the Asus ROG Strix RX 5700 and see if at $400, it's the ...

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A New Challenger! DeepCool Assassin III vs Noctua vs be quiet!

Back at CES 2019, DeepCool announced a new premium air cooler to compete with the likes of the Noctua NH-D15 and be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4. Now that the Gamer Storm Assassin III is here, how does i...

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nVidia GRID/Tesla Gaming Server Pt.2

Huge success goes hand in hand with epic failure. And in this video, we've got both.


But first... What am I drinking???

Speyburn 10, a delicious speyside Scottish whisky. Eve...

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Fractal Design Vector RS Review

Introducing the Fractal Design Vector RS.  It's all new... at least on the outside. And that's not a bad thing.


But first... What am I drinking???

I was in the mood for ...

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Ryzen 3700X + 1080 Ti Gaming Build. And maybe some RGB...

If there is such a thing as too much RGB, the InWin 309 is flirting with that line. But have they gone too far?


But first... What am I drinking??

Stone Farking Wheaton W00tst...

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I have lost my mind... nVidia GRID/Tesla Gaming Server

A Patron of mine sent over a link to purchase a Tesla K10 card for only $40. And that's when the trouble all started...


But first... What am I drinking???

Lompac Brewing's (P...

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Ryzen 5 2600 to 3600 Upgrade - Worth it?

You're got yourself a pretty great Ryzen 5 2600 gaming system, AND your motherboard will support the new Ryzen 3000 series CPUs... but should you upgrade???


But first... What am I ...

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$130 for this? AverMedia Live Gamer Mini Review

Just because capture cards can handle 1080p/60 capture doesn't make them equal. The AverMedia Live Gamer Mini is a $130 capture card that really doesn't live up to the competition in this price poi...

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STAR TREK GAMING DESK!

I love two things in life... Gaming, and Star Trek (don't tell my wife and kids they're not tied for first on this list). So when Arozzi reached out and asked me to review their Arena Laggaro Star ...

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100k Subscribers! ... and the worst timing EVER!

Is Craft dead?


Find the parts I recommend on my Amazon store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/craftcomput...

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