 Hup! Hey! This is a super weird man cave, man. On the last Intel Extreme Tech upgrade, where my staff get kitted out with $5,000 tech makeovers, Dennis showed us the true meaning of stretching a dollar. Not to be outdone, Andy has taken it a step further, not only spending his entire allotment on what is going to be a sick man cave, but even soliciting free labor from his boss. Yes, my friends, I am going to be painting Andy's basement. So if you'll excuse me a moment, I just have to undergo a transformation here. Wow! Smooth, let's go. This is your current man cave. This is my PC setup. A baby really does change your life, doesn't it? Yeah. You see, I have no keyboard, and this place is like so dusty because I don't have time to clean them. And that PC haven't been turned on for like three or four months. Oh my God, what the hell, dude? This room used to be our room, and I have like the king size bed. Wait. Right now it's just like- So the baby ended up with this bed, and you got that one? No. One of the best pieces of parenting advice I ever got was you gotta hit them while they're young, okay? That way they fear you, but they don't remember why. Okay, yeah. Hold on a second. This is a sick machine. Yeah, it is. You got like a, what is this, 2080 Ti? 2080 Ti in there and 8600K. But how are we supposed to upgrade this? Uh, 3080. Okay, fair enough. Hey Linus, you say you love peel, right? Love peels. No. Wait, what the hell? When there's this much dust on top of something, it's too long for the peel to still be on it. Even when you bought a thing, then after one year you peel, you have, oh, I just bought a new thing, that type of thing. There's a special place in hell for people who don't peel the covers off their electronics. Speaking of peels, that's medical tape. I probably wouldn't put that on paint, by the way. Stolen from office. Doesn't surprise me. Is your baby a light sleeper at all? Yeah. You got one, two, three, oh my God, this layer's the best. The cardboard. I just don't want to wake him up. He cries so loud. Last time it showed on my Apple Watch, it was like 1 12 decibel. Okay, so this is where you've been doing your gaming. No. Oh, that's an iMac. I switched to Mac since 2009, I think. After that, I had no gaming PC and all my monitor, including that one was 60 Hertz. Okay. We're gonna get this sorted out for you, Andy. We're gonna get this taken care of here. This is number two. This is strike two for stolen from the office. I've stolen that because we're building a PC today. I haven't seen this at the office in a while and I always recognize it. It's got the green tape on it. Is this- You're not feeding that. That will lose the value of it. It'll lower the value of it. It'll lower the value of it. How much will it drop the value? It's like a couple hundred bucks. That's a price I'm willing to pay. No, no. Thing is, Andy, why do you really need like a sick home theater set up downstairs? You've already got one here, although I have to confess, I'm a little confused that you have the PS4 sitting collecting dust upstairs, not having anything. Oh, that's the thing. I borrowed that. And the PS3. Yeah, it's also collecting dust. Up to the TV. No, it's not. It's just decoration. Yeah, decoration now. All right, cool. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, you found it. Oh, you found it. So why do you need to set up downstairs then? This seems pretty good. This is 1080p. This is the first thing- And it still had a peel on it? Yeah. You see, I have a theater set up here, but I can't really use it because my in-law sometimes just like lay down here until maybe 12-ish. You can't make noise because the baby's a light sleeper. You can't be here because the in-laws occupy this space. Yeah. All right, I understand now. Hey, Linus, you see? Are you kidding me? I'm sorry, you're right, I give up. I can't remove all of these stickers. Okay, that wasn't from me. That's from my in-law. If I didn't know better, Andy, I'd think you're some kind of camera equipment hoarder. Yes. This is a filming monopod. Yeah, so the baby, when he like, you know, eating here, he can just, you know, look at all those cute animals. It's on my way to start painting. I'm pretty sure this is stolen from the office. Yes. And our last stop before we get started is taking a look at Andy's hall. He's gone with an LG C10 65-inch OLED TV, a pretty sick looking, of course, small form factor gaming setup. So we've got a Z490i gaming, 10850K. We've got 32 gigs of 3,600 megahertz Vengeance LPX, and of course, an RTX 3080 Founders Edition. And he's got a few non-PC upgrades as well. You've gone with the Oculus Quest 2, so. Yeah, that way I can play, you know, Beat Saber with you guys and also onward with that. Very nice. And then, what is this? This doesn't even look brand new. It's film scanner. There's no way you can get that brand new. You know, I can finally, you know, scan my phone film, because I developed at home, and also I scan it all by myself. Right. So this just seems a little bass-ackwards to me though. If you want a digital copy of it, why don't you just shoot on digital? You know, I like grainy, you know, those film grain, but I don't like noise. It's different. And we've also got some NanoLeafs. Cool. And I have no idea what's in these boxes, but we'll get to that after. This is the case. What, really? This is the case. That's your case? That's my PC case. Oh, I see. It's gonna be interesting. From Ikea? No. Tell me something, Andy. You did the prep for this. Did you sand this putty at all before you painted over it? I was opening this like at pretty late night. So I sanded it down, but probably not. I didn't do a good job. Paint does not fill. Paint just colors. So this basement used to be a work area for the previous owner. He does a lot of like wooden work. So he just like have the shop back on that way and run the PVC pipe this way. I'm not gonna run a shop back, so I'm probably gonna take those now. I can see why you asked me to bring my own painting supplies. Also, this is all, Andy, you didn't... What? You gotta put it in the bag. I don't really know how to store them. You got two gallons of paint to do that couple walls? Washable flat. Most people put eggshell on the walls. Oh yeah, because I want to have no reflection. I want that setup to be a color grading, then slash entertaining. Okay, all right, all right, I'm doing it. More stolen goods. What? These skateboards from Channel Super Fun. That's on the, yeah, like the, yeah, donate pile. Uh-huh, you've got more stuff from the office than Dennis even. That's a race. How long have you had this paint? A couple days. Oh, okay, it's separating a little bit, but it should be fine. How'd you settle on this color? Because this thing is 50% gray. It doesn't really have any hue in, so, you know, photography nerd. Is that how you shake your paint? Is that how you shake? No, this is how I shake it. It kind of makes me feel like there's no point brushing along the top. There's already roller marks on all these beams. So this is the Form D T1, which is another custom like small form factor case. Is there a manual type of thing? Like I don't see any like documentation. You need some tech tips over there, Andy? You want to go take a look of the case? Sorry, I'm busy. Pro tip, never hire a painter that puts painting tape all over your trim. Wanna know why? Because anyone who needs to use painting tape is not a very good painter. So this is a back plate of the case. It's like full-seam seed, very beautiful design. I'm pretty sure Alex will love this. The paint store loves selling you all these accessories to do a professional job. You know, they get you like a trim roller, you know, special thing to put in your bucket. You know what a professional needs? This, that's it. So on top, you can either put a 240 radiator with thin fan, but today I'm building a air-cooled system, then I'm gonna just have like those two not-so-fun sitting on top of there. Yeah, like that. Never do with a brush what you can do with a roller. Get in there. Yeah, there we go. Look at that. Unlike the conventional PC, this thing has some power button of a, you know, waterproof thread. So, thread that in, just like that, nice and flash. Hey Andy. Yes. First coat's done, you wanna see it? All right. Now I know you said I didn't need to do a great job. Wow. But I did it anyway. Look at that perfectly cut line. So you didn't use like energy painter's tape? Of course not, we're professional, see? I'm impressed. Look at the perfection. I know you're a professional, but I don't know you're that professional. So then motherboard. Why'd we go with this motherboard? Very simple. It's small. It's fully featured, fits in the case. Supports 10th gen Intel CPUs, and we're not gonna use the, doesn't have dual M.2 on this? It has dual M.2. But yeah, we're just gonna use a SATA drive because Andy had a lot of hardware kind of lying around already. This machine's gonna be freaking crazy. You're totally gonna be able to game like 4K 120. Yeah, anyways. Deal the damn thing. God. So for the CPU, I'm going with the Core i9-10A50K. Even though I'm not gonna overclock, but because the higher base clock and also 10 core, which means I can do my professional work and also play some high refresh rate gaming. For the cooler, I'm actually going with the Nautua NH-L12S, which is like L-shaped, low profile type of cooler. So pretty much this is the best cooler that can actually fit in this case. For the RAM, I'm going with the Corsair Vengeance LPX because it's low profile and that can fit underneath the cooler, so that's why. And also- It starts to sound like a broken record. I went with this one because it fits in this case. Yeah, and also like 3,600 megahertz. Not bad. It's fast. I think we have a little bit of a situation here. There's the clearance problem. The RAM side is okay, but this side is like slightly taller. So we need to use a smaller fan. It's fine. Like the one that I use in my goals, it has like a 92 millimeter fan. We could also just remove that shroud. Uh-oh. This might all be one piece with the VRM cooling. It's fine. I can use that other cooler. Oh my God. There's a heat pipe with the whole thing. Yeah, okay. It's not coming off. So do you have another fan? Yeah, I do. Oh. Oh. Oh, why did you- I told you. I told you twice. But I thought you meant there was just like another one that was an option. I didn't think you like had it on hand. No, like it's in my ghost. Well, look, I've been over there painting walls. Okay, I didn't- You know what? Thanks for your hard work. You've definitely got a type, Andy. Yeah. ROG motherboard, Intel CPU, Corsair RAM. Did you go Corsair power supply again? Yep. Same, I'm gonna take this one and put it in. Oh, you're staying in the room. I'm reusing it. It's gonna be the same thing, but like most, like beefy though. It's like when your new girlfriend meets your ex-girlfriend and it's like looking in a mirror. Okay. What's sick about the C10 is basically everything. It's OLED, so you've got those perfect blacks. It's high refresh rate, so you get that smoothness when you're gaming. It's got support for variable refresh rate, which means G-Think baby, no tearing. I mean, what's not to like? It's expensive, but hey, Andy. Did you pay for it? No. Okay, cool. Thanks, Intel. Yeah, exactly. So everything's taken care of. It occurs to me though, hey Andy, do you have a couch down here or what? No, I don't have a couch, but I'm gonna have a bed here. You know those professional color grading room? They just have like all the directors sitting on a couch, but I'm gonna replace that couch with a bed. Oh my God. What kind of fancy bias lighting is this? ISV color accuracy certified? Hey, hey, it's also like 98 plus CRI. That thing is 80 bucks. I pay my own money on it. What, why? It's professional. Nerd. I was pulling the power supply off. Oh my God. I may snap the SSD. Don't get too relieved here, but I think you are probably okay. It did not snap off in here, so it's possible that it's just bent, but not broken. One thing I will say is cool about your fancy LED strip, Andy. Hey, hey. Is they use kind of a flexible PCB, so you can actually go around corners with it. Wow. Oh my God. I've already cable managed things on top of the peel on the back. I guess it's staying on. Hey, get wrecked. Oh, oh God. This is not equally cool. Okay. Is that about the same distance? Yeah, that's pretty close. What? It's not that bad. It's pretty good. It's good. It's pretty even. Yeah, to your standard. Oh, shut up. So David, I got an update for you on the 3080. Yay. So I already put the power supply and SSD in there. Same thing to the 3080. This is the only card that can fit in this case in this configuration. I bet you could have fit a cheaper card in there. Yeah, but like 3080, you know, who's gonna say no to a 3080? Here we go. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Don't drop my TV. I know you drop things. I'm gonna. Hey, hey, hey, like this. I got a helper here. I gotta do the maneuver. Hold on. It's not. That's painful to watch. Hold on. I'll grab it. It's a little high, Andy. Or I can just drink more and get high. Wait, what? Andy! Andy, do you have a plan for like a floor covering in here? Nope. Really? Yeah, I just blew all my money on tech, you know. I'm Asian, I wear a slipper. So the bed will be somewhere in this area. Like right up next to it. Right in the center. Where's the PC go then? The PC is gonna be sitting on my desk. Oh, it goes way over there. Yeah. Oh, oh my God. Andy's office thieving saves the day. Absolute mad lad. Oh my God. Is there enough room? Oh God. Hold on. I'm just gonna tuck myself into a wall here. So Andy, tell me something. Yeah. Has Ariel like kicked you out of the bedroom? I found the mattress and I also found some more stolen goods from the office. No, that's like you donated those to me. Oh, is this from the office too? Yeah. Oh, okay. How much stuff do people just like take home from the office? Huh. Hey. This is a super weird man cave man. I don't even know what to tell you guys, but like it's not my place to judge. I just, I've just come to help. That's it. Andy, do you have power? Yeah. It's from the office, but like I don't really have time now to grab a extension cable. You're officially the new winner. Look at this thing. It's like not much bigger than an Xbox Series X. Like it is bigger, but it also got a 10 core at like five point, whatever gigahertz and a 3080. It's freaking crazy. That GPU is not powered on. Andy. You said you were 100% sure the PCIe power was in. Yeah. What's this? What is that? PCIe power. God damn it, Andy. Why do you people have to stress me out in this manner? Hey David, is this level or light? It's close. Yeah, it looks good. Okay. I really like the photo. Oh, thank you. I can send you one if you want. Is that your photography? Yeah. Oh, wow. I love it. This is Highway 1 and this is Yellowstone. What, really? Yeah. Highway 1. I hope we're not like in the city. The California Highway 1. Oh, cool. Yeah. So lighting wise, I also got the BenQ Screen Bar Plus. It's a on monitor light that I can just hang it on top of monitor. You know, I still remember when BenQ launched their like home lighting series. I was a product manager at NCIX and I was like, who the hell would buy a BenQ desk light? You. I'm buying it. I finally found someone. Eight years later. The color temperature can go from 2700 Kelvin to 6500 Kelvin, I believe. 6500 Kelvin is the monitor white point, which is why I'm so picky of those LED strip and also the screen bar. Got it. Because I want color accuracy. You talk about gaming a lot, but this really feels more like an ultimate setup. You got the bed in front of the TV. You got the VR headset. And this is my own space. It's all quiet and everything. Look at him. Look, look, look at him. What? He's turning red. What? You're really red, Andy. The drive is not showing up, which means we might not be out of the woods on that bent connector just yet. Did I break it? Well, I don't know. It's also possible you just didn't plug it in. I'm 99.9% sure that I plugged it in. It's not plugged in, Andy. I must be like, it must be like. You're killing me here. I think that's a good sign we're loading. Yes, that is a very good sign. Linus, I'm sorry. I damaged your wall. Okay. I mean, my wall. Well, whatever. The good news is you're putting the Nanoleaf thing there. So, okay. Yeah, that's not exactly a 6,500 Kelvin, whatever you're talking about, though. No, no. I thought you said there was no RGB in this setup. No RGB in the PC, but like I want RGB on the wall, you know. Who doesn't really like RGB? Fine, whatever. I just don't like RGB in my case. Where do I help you sleep at night? I'm gonna sleep at the Did we pull it off? Is this it? I think this is. How's the experience? You know what? It needs to go on. It's this pegboard. Yeah. And since I've got Wancho half an hour ago at home, not here. Oh, he's got lighter. Yeah. We can put that on later. It's fine. It's game time, you know. Yeah, yeah. I'm gonna play a game right now. I'm gonna put it there. People can imagine what it'll be like once that's there. Oh, god! And then you drop it. Yeah, of course. Linus! Did you just break my bed? Like this is. Oh my god. For the purposes of finishing the video here, we'll just fake it. Well, it's time for a couch. I can't watch anymore. Cause you destroyed my bed. This is bad. All right, how's the gaming experience, Andy? Oh, it's great. Like never seen before. Oh man. Like even crashing the wall feels like Smozer. Yeah, that actually looks fantastic. The only thing remaining then is this. That's right, Andy. I'm doing it. We're not leaving that on. In the meantime, guys, thank you Intel for sponsoring this extreme tech upgrade. This is the Andy edition. Thanks to Andy for allowing us in his home. I'm a bit of a bull in a china shop sometimes. And as we clearly saw today, go back and watch the rest of this series. Make sure you subscribe so you don't miss future ones. Andy, I guess I owe you one bed. Don't worry, I'm good for it. I'm good for it.