 Okay, so this video is the result of two recent events here at Linus Media Group that have serendipitously Collided. The first is that our search for a new graphic designer is over! The LMG squad has a new member and this person naturally will need a high-performance Workstation that they can use to design vector graphics, edit videos, and potentially create animations. And the second is that LG reached out to us to sponsor a video about their new 27UK850 monitor. It's 4K, it's HDR, and it looks like a great match for our new graphic designer. So you see where I'm going with this? So we decided to use this monitor in this sponsored video to build a workstation for This guy whose face and name will remain secret because he's not passed his probation yet. I'm really liking the look of this monitor. It's got the thin bezels that we've come to expect from LG on all sides which enhances the immersion factor. It's got a 3840 by 2160 4K resolution with 350 nit typical brightness And on the back it's got a textured white finish and a slim stand with 110 millimeters of height adjust and 25 degrees of tilt Which unfortunately we are not going to be able to see or use once we attach it to our crate case. Alright, so as not necessarily an expert on you know creative workstations, I've brought in I think expert would be a strong word. Dennis, thank you for volunteering. Wait, does that person know I'm building this PC for... no? No. Okay, that would be a surprise. Yeah, that'll be one heck of a surprise. So if you guys watched recently, Dennis did claim in his PC building simulator, You know PC building debut that he could build a normal computer just fine. It was limitations of the software that held him back. I know how to build in real life. I know how to do it. Of course. Of course. So Dennis, why don't you start us off here with our CPU? So we're gonna be using a 7980XC. No, first of all use. Thermal compound goes right... No, I know. No, no, no, no, no, no. I know, I know. You have to touch it. No, I know, I know, I know. Do I put it in here or around the pins? You can put it here is fine. Oh! There we go. Okay. Okay, there's no plastic thing. Okay. Yeah, no, that's fine. That's fine. I feel like this is more like kindergarten class. No! Find the triangle. This is triangle. I know this is triangle. Maybe like that. It's... Okay. Turn it. No, no, no, no. Okay, this way. Okay, you put the size of a rice. That's in the video. Like a big rice. Big rice. Sticky rice. Big rice, yeah. Because this is a big CPU. That's what your rice looks like? You say long rice. Um... I know. Yeah, so you have to open the clip first. I know, I know. I didn't do that in the videos, but I know. That's not right. That's an SSD. No, I think that looks kind of different. This is the click sound. Just make a sound effect in the... on post. No! Okay, look, look, look. Okay, stop that. I'm not acting. This is really... Oh, there. I don't think you're acting. Oh, no, no, no. This way. Ha. Ha, ha, ha. I know, Atlantis. Don't you... I would never laugh at you. I'm laughing with you. Okay. Got it, got it, got it. More accurately, I'm laughing with the viewers. They are not laughing. They are learning how to build a PC with me. Yeah, just like that. Just like PC building simulator. Click, click, click, click. How much RAM do we have in here? We have... we have four RAMs. I don't want to do the math again. Okay, ready? Now, we add our HDR monitor. So we can lay that down. Not on any screws. Hopefully. I do that. Wait, that... wait, what? It doesn't fit. Atlantis, this is something. Wait. This doesn't go on that side, does it? Okay, Atlantis, this is like that. Oh! That is going to that. Oh my god. See, you are wrong. I said we were wrong. Did I say yours right? Yes! Seems like such a waste to get rid of a stand that looks like this for one that... Yeah, like compared to this. But this way we can have the computer clipped onto it. Okay, so are you going to put it on? Let me do this. You're going to do the honors? Okay, Casey drops it, Brandon. At the very least, we want to capture it on camera. I'm not going to drop this. For sure. Yes. It's in. Wait. It's not. Only the top is on. You missed the hooks. I was going to let it go. No, you missed the hooks. Can you look at it from the side? Do you see how the hooks go? Oh my god. Oh my god. Yes! Yeah, you're on. Wow, that's cool. This is cool. So believe it or not, this workstation is actually more powerful than your editing workstation. Yep. Okay, so we are making a couple of compromises. We can't especially access the I.O. which is kind of a shame. It's got two HDMI, one display port, all supporting HDR. It's got a USB type C with 60 watts of power so you can run your laptop on the side. Actually, that would be a pretty cool idea. Just having it plugged in permanently and just having a wire like Velcro here or something then you could run your laptop off it. But, um, I mean, you lose height adjusts and stuff. But still, One Piece, full workstation, now it's time for us to test out the HDR-ness. We made our own all-in-one, Dennis. Yeah. Okay, let's find out how good it is for productivity then. Wow. It's smooth. It's actually better than my editing machine, I know. Check out that real-time 8K footage scrubbing. In full. At full. Not bad, eh? Okay, play. Oh, whoops. You can really see my hair thinning at 8K. So what we're looking at here is a testing code at 4K for upload to YouTube. And, wow! That is really darn speedy. Sorry, Dennis, but this is way better than your machine. So we're making this for the new designers, um, their, his desktop background. Desktop. Desk-top. Once he saw this, he will know why we need to hire him. The new desktop background. Where did you get that picture? Google it. I just have it on my phone. What is this? What? I also have a vessel on your face. Wait, wait, I have a question. Is this actually you? Yes. And why? Now, given this is a workstation, it's probably not going to come up that often, but other than playing back HDR videos, HDR gaming is one of the biggest use cases for HDR, and you can clearly see that it's working in Deus Ex Mankind Divided here. This benchmark looks noticeably better on an HDR display than it does on an SDR display. Now, with that said, in HDR mode, sometimes you do run into some odd behavior, like for example, this thumbnail for Austin's iPhone X video, which happens to be an HDR video, is not HDR, so like the thumbnail looks weird, but then the video itself is going to be running in HDR. So, there you have it. Overall, I'm really pleased with this nice compact little workstation that we managed to put together. It is definitely a little bit on the heavy side, but you can't really blame the monitor for that. I guess that's why they stopped making cases out of thick steel or cast iron or whatever else the case may be. We ended up with really nice cable management and hopefully they really like it and are especially proud of having a system built by the one and only Dennis Liao. It works. So, it's fine. I think he will love it. So thanks for watching, guys. If you disliked this video, you can hit that button, but if you liked it, hit like, get subscribed, maybe consider checking out where to buy the stuff we featured. The LG 27UK850 is just $699. We'll have that linked below. And while you're down there, you can check out our merch store, which has cool shirts like this one. And our community forum, which you should totally join. Sure.