I'm Embarrassed For Her... - PC Build with NCIX Esther
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Yvonne's sister Esther needed some help with the family computer, so of course she called Linus. Well it turns out it needed a lot more than a light dusting and some minor tweaks, so he built her a new PC on one condition: we get to roast her current PC first.
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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
2:24 A Light Roasting
4:50 CPU
6:35 Motherboard
7:46 Memory
9:55 Storage
12:08 CPU Cooler
13:35 Case
14:15 PSU
17:50 Wiring
21:40 GPU
23:00 Monitor
24:00 Booting Up
25:10 Gaming
27:22 Outro
It’s so nice to see Jake’s husband and Yvonne’s sister working together on this project.
wait, i thought jake was linus' son
SWEET HOME ALAB- wait, wrong song
Jake is Luke's and Linus Son. He got Linus' lame jokes and Luke's crazy laugh.
I had to pause from laughter when I read this comment this destroyed me
Wait what 😂
Finally. An upgrade to a system older than Linus's kids
@hello I mean, I agree, I liked the old case more, but propaganda? Why do you say that?
@hello love it
Family is important, but how important 😂
@@Weroleytor well ye I wouldn't say boring. Also the torrent is one of the best performing cases on the market (in terms of airflow)
@hello I had prodigy and now I have torrent compact, torrent series is on different level of airflow
Linus I'm ur long lost cousin and my pc just died
wtf Arent you my brother?
He's telling the truth. I'm the pc that died
He’s not lying I was there
Im a witness
Wait... Aren't you my son?
She is like the exact opposite of her sister and I love it
She's like the epitome of a younger sister. = )
'The Cute Sis' strikes me as the kind of chik who makes a big mess then just walks away expecting others 2 clean it up 4 her 'just because' she's pretty, & obviously IT WORKS! HAHAHA
Linus hit the right nest, but the wrong bird😅
@@TokaSFC Right?? She is extremely attractive in every way. But I guess to each his own, and I respect Linus for that... Plus we wouldn't have all this amazing content without Yvonne. She does a lot of behind the scenes stuff that we almost never hear about. But yeah. Her sister's an absolute bombshell.
Married the wrong sister LOL, this one is much more attractive physically and intellectually.
Things are starting to make a lot more sense....Linus is actually the tall one in this family.
😂
I should have known that live hack too... when you are short - marry a chinese :D
@@acmenipponair They're Vietnamese
@meekmeads oh, you don't understand. Yvonne is a decoy. Linus is actually married to Kyle from Bitwit.
@@Kitulous Kyle isn't married (was). Foiled again.
It's hard to believe that it's been 800 years since Esther has built a PC 🤣.
Ikr? I could've sworn it was like 1200 at least!
The more time passes the more years It's been
Yeah the last time i remember seeing her building a pc was when I was riding a t-rex.
she must have known about the void century !!
@ThatBassistK I liked this comment, but then I took away my like to keep it at 800.
This was amazing to watch. I was at NCIX when Linus first started there and got to see how it all started for him. Worked beside Esthers office so this was a memory lane video for me. Linus built my first computer for me in a Silcerstone Sugo series case. Non gaming.
Wow, that's cool! Was she a bimbo back then too ? :D
Cool! Maybe Linus should make a former NCIX worker reunion video, with some fun storytelling and tidbits, both tech-related and non-tech-related.
@@MyAmazingUsername bro???
How dare you call her a bimbo! Haha she's adorable!
@@Arexodiusdon't say union too loudly lmao
The computer is not dirty, she is just going for consistent color scheme. Both white and black components are slowly being adjusted to same hue of gray.
Honestly, it's not really "dirty" at all, just somewhat dusty. Nothing a bit of compressed air won't blow away. (Mine was just as bad the last time I cleaned it!) You want minging? A PC from the house of a heavy smoker- in either sense of the word- is likely to be *far* worse. I don't repair computers for a living, but I work with people who do, and the buildup of sticky, brown "dust" gunk I've seen inside some of the worst examples is disgusting and fully justifies the extra charge for cleaning! :-6
Genius
@@NotATube As someone who works on cars. Smokers who keep their car's beautiful... it's all fine and good until you have to get under any interior to fix something. The amount of nicotine contact high is just dangerous. I was like, I need gloves on more to protect my hands here than I do under the hood! Super sticky and gross.
Aww, I've missed Esther! Those early LTT/late NCIX days were such a blast to watch. And Linus and Esther still have such amazing screen chemistry. What a blast from the past!
damn you're old too 😂
@@swapnilpatidar7522 so is your dad
Ancient. From the before times.
I guess you're a part of "The ones who came before" 🔥
This is so wild, I didn’t know Esther and Yvonne were sisters! I remember back in the day of learning everything I know with the NCIX channel with Linus and Esther and the Newegg channel with Paul. To see this mash up brought back memories.
I think Ester and Linus might be proof that sitting by the computer all day long is the best anti-aging solution
Well to be fair she is the very much younger sister
what do you mean?@@belethon
I can confirm this is true... plus any strain of non caucasian dna helps too
im a hardcore gamer and i dont age too, so i guess you are right for real lol
Linus looks mid 30s to late 30s. I dunno his age, but unless he is beyond 40 i guess he looks normal aged to me? Keep in mind they dont have a hard days labor, therefore they wont get the usual age signs that normal workers do.
The Plouffe bit is just oh so good. 😂 It was really great to see Esther again after 45 years.
Holy, I spit out my food while reading this, 😂 got me on the second half ngl
It’s only been 45?
65* years...
It's been 75 years now, due to Esther inflation.
come on guy!
I love how whenever the camera pans to Plouffe he always has a concerned look on his face
RCF Resting Concerned Face
that wasn't the same take? lol
Like "What did I do?"
I think they just kept re-using the same clip lmao
i need timestamps
Am I the only one that just straight out fell in love with Esther? She is such a fun and down to earth person.
You and Linus both 😂
Simp
Linus, a tip for Fractal cases: There are two screws on the side chassis at the top. Undo those and you can remove the top frame, giving you access to the MB and all the screws and cables.
Bump
I told Linus and he said “tell him I said thank you”
@@crossingdragon5032you work in lmg?
plouffe reacting in shock every time they judge him is the funniest shit
the zoom-in and his reactions were 👌
😂😂😂😂
13:30
exacly
I kind of wish we could start calling him "The guy who had to leave". There's something unnecessarily melancholic about it that makes it sound pretty funny
Watching Linus get roasted by family members is in itself a whole series I am here for!
We need a new roast with all his family members.
I agree tlwitu you sir.
imagine being his family member and getting all this for free lol. my whole PC was $1200.. and the monitor they gave her is 1100. i didnt even know they made monitors that expensive LOL
About 15M subbers are :D
Is she Linus's wife? Good for him!
i remember back in the days when Esther was doing video's she always had a great energy i am glad she is still like that it was good seeing her again !
I enjoyed this so much. Pretty much the only half hr. I smiled and laughed constantly non-stop this entire month.
Linus' family videos are hands down the best content on the channel. After janky cooling stuff with Alex, obviously.
I would say the extreme tech upgrades are up there with those videos as well. And the rog rig reboots are pretty great.
Yeah the family videos are one of the best ones
honestly any content with Alex in it is a must watch
Don’t forget all the server build shenanigans with Jake 😂
They should just make a series called ‘janky tech tips’ and it’s just linus and alex…
I'd love to see Esther back, with Linus's sister, for the two of them to teach him to do something he doesn't know crap about.
Make up 😂
Drawing on chalkboards!
Channel Super Fun special or something!
Not dropping things.
Making cookies
10:10 "and i love you but i don't love you as much as your sister" dude same 😭
I keep coming back to this video time and time again. This is so good 😁
"You don't get to be the 'very much younger sister' and call me a punk kid" Respect for Linus +100
That and its only been -10- -20- -30- -40- 45 years since she built a computer last.
„And i love you, but don’t love you as much as your sister“ -50 Respect for linus.
@@champy5095lol why
@@champy5095tf lol why
@@champy5095You take issue with him loving his wife more than his sister-in-law?
God this was an experience. I remember watching NCIX a LOT with Esther, Linus and Riley. It's insane how long ago that was at this point
Now they got kids who are the “main audience”
Like, 50 years ago!! 😁
The old times when tech 'tubers worked for computer stores, like TigerDirect featuring Logan or Newegg with Paul.
@@ccricerslol tigerdirect is old? More like Circuit City :( fuck im old
Indeed
NCIX Esther, did a great job! Thank you. Very entertaining.
really sweet seeing the ncix staff again. awesome video and Esther was great.
When Linus slams the CPU down at 6:07 I had a mini heart attack, as an AM4 platform user.
My dad accidentally bent the pins on one of his ryzen cpus when taking it out of the system because it came out of the socket with the cooler. Carefully bending back the pins with a knife was not how he wanted the spend the evening lol.
@@TheDarthChungus I dropped a Ryzen 3600 a couple years ago. Bent about 1/4 of the pins. Took a long while, but I got them unbent using a small flathead made for glasses and a debit card. It was painful.
@@hatchetman3662 I couldn't even imagine... It's hard enough to tell if everything's uniform in the first place.
@@TheDarthChungus I did that with my 3900X a few years back, that was not a fun evening
@@blargd my dads cpu was a ryzen 7 or 9 chip I do believe. It was a while back so I cannot remember which generation or model just that it was a scary moment because of how expensive the chip was.
You guys got absolutely AMAZING synergy on camera, no wonder Esther also worked a social media manager position at NCIX!
Yeah, if anyone thinks the family upgrades are just nepotism, they haven't watched the videos. Some of the best content they have because of the depth of banter (even if it brings up childhood trauma)
@@StewPedassle Yeah, the video with Linus' sister was also a lot of fun.
@@StewPedassle Absolutely. You don't have to worry about how a new employee or some random person and how they act when on camera when you already know how the family member acts. And how to make them feel comfortable on camera if need be.
He has such a great relationship with his family, so nice to see :)
Esther really was one of the best defining attributes of ncix back in the day. Amazing to see this
I like how she kept adding time to her having built a computer.
Heh at one point i thought “wow she looks good for…. 60?
@@wenziz87nd she's the younger sibling, I didn't realize Linus was eighty.
@@djbrouwer7712 i know running a business ages you so…
I think that's how long it took them to build the computer
It's so funny cus I read this in the middle of the video after she said 15 years and was like "it's not that bad just few years added" and immediately she said 20 years and I'm like 🤦😂
Esther was my favorite host on NCIX's news channel. Great to see that she's doing well!
You're a true OG, wow. I'm sure I'll feel that way in 5-10 years, haha.
Man, I remember those days. I missed watching NCIX Tech Tips. Those videos were pretty fun too. It would be cool to see some of the old gang brought back for a catch up like this.
I think LTT needs one more host, this one just to cause more chaos than even the others manage :D
45 years ago, those were the good times!
@@KalebSDay missed your opportunity to say 50 years.
Man i remember the NCIX Langley days, Rushing out there from Surrey after work to grab a new piece of tech, with the off chance id get to see Linus, Ivan or Esther for a quick hello.
18:57 By the end of this video, she did build her last computer before WWII. Or WWI. Or 1812.
I love these kind of videos. We definitely needed more stories tbh
You know it's bad when you are embarrassed FOR somebody.
Second hand embarrassment fr fr
@@knot126 It's exactly what cringe is lol.
@@knot126 embarrassment is a bit different as it is a feeling you get when someone is doing something is wrong. Cringe is more broad and can be caused by literally anything and isn't tied to a specific scenario. Also Cringe is one specific feeling. Embarrassment can be cringe, shame, awkwardness etc
It's not even that bad.. most people's computers are dusty inside
he should be embarrased cause very similar genetics got put into his own children. XD
I love watching Linus deal with anything involving his family! This is him at his most comfortable I think! Awesome and entertaining content!
This is awesome, more Esther please this gave me so many laughs
Esther is really funny, I hope she appears again on the channel at some point lol her increasing the years was so funny
She seems like a great fit for LTT even after all these years. Really good on-camera vibe.
Within the 1st min I could tell she was going to be fantastic on Camera. Her eye contact with Linus was A+
She's adorable and smoking hot. I can't believe I'm not seeing a flood of comments about that.
@@TheMugwump1thats because most people arent weird
@@ariefrifqymjn lmfaooooooooooo
@@ariefrifqymjn 😂😂
Holy shit this was a blast from the past. I had totally forgotten about Esther but hearing the voice again I was like wait a minute this voice sounds familiar then put two and two together. Glad to see that she's doing well.
I actually like how the cooler blocks the itx board. Just looks like a cooler in a box. Honestly a cool looking build.
I watched her pc build video back in the day, and I remember the most of NCIS Ester, leaving So good to see her back, even if it was just for a visit
Please do more stuff with the family. I love seeing Linus getting grilled by them 🤣🤣🤣.
WDM? Linus gets roasted daily from his employees 🤣
Didn't know Riley's origin story. Kinda cool to know she was the reason we have the quirky techlinked we get each week
Our poor guy Riley keeps getting exploited by Linus' family. The first was from Esther that offer him to work at NCIX and the second is from Linus to work at LMG. 😂
Also, he's the one who stayed until the last breath of NCIX. Gotta respect his loyalty.
I've got the same case and putting a BeQuiet Pure Rock 2 in it was tight enough that the little retention clips for the fans aren't actually held in by the groove on the fins but pressure fitted between the fins and the PSU shroud. My front fan had a flickering LED and started making a grinding noise. Fractal sent me another fan out for free after they ensured I destroyed the fan instead of sending it back. That thing probably weighs more than those new metal fans fron Alphacool, and I tried snapping the fins but had to settle for cutting the cables as it was so darn tough to break them
Great video! it's great to see you helping the family u know normally a lot of people don't do that nowadays!
Linus plz reply!
Esther has a maxed-out charisma level.
Best comment
For real, I even wanted to help her just watching, what a sympathic person!
yall are funny
Rizz-god maxed out stats lol… 😂
I love these kinds of videos the most , the computer building ... sure, it's nice and seen a million times, but seeing family and the interactions , and the memories are the best part !
I ve just been out of the game similar timeframe like this lady. Im about to build one for my son.this was helpful
I love it the PSU is at the top instead of bottom, absolutely Cooks the room
The bitfenix prodigy was such a vibe in the early 10s. Loved that case
I built my mom an itx build with the prodigy
that plastic gpu shroud
@@EddyA1337 So did I! lol what stylish case when it came out.
It was the go to Hackintosh case for a good while too because it resembled the old Mac Pro towers.
It still looks pretty good from the outside.
I'm glad to watch you help your family.
Why is the title and description in Spanish for me? I'm in the UK. Good job KZhead 😂
Damn man, seeing Ester was a blast from the past. Thanks for the long years of entertainment Linus.
I built my first computer in this case!
really thought, i was like damn why does she look familiar. picture from ncix...... ooohhhh yeaaa
having linus as an uncle must be so fun lmaoo
yeah i need a pc
@@Luhiner 🤣🤣🤣🤣 no doubt
@@Luhiner Rule 1 & 2.
Or as a grandpa too. His kids get the best tech, but also get heavy parental controls. His nephews and grandkids probably get a bit of good tech too, but without the control.
Imagine having Linus as your uncle and he gets you 4070ti with i5 cpu. Yikes.
Sheesh, I truly laughed 😂 love Linus' builds so much. I have a secret hope that one day I'd be able to participate in either video of building a pc with Linus and guys from LTT, or at LTT's busyness :3
So nice to see Linus n sister-in-lawn smiling so much 😂 we need more smiles n laughs everyday!
I remember Esther being a fan favorite back on NCIX, surprised to see her back here and doing very well
yea she was... ;) ;)
@@heins4745 😏
Seeing someone named Esther being so youthful feels like a glitch in the system
You must not be a vlogbrothers fan.
well she has been around for 45 years ;)
It's true, I guess all those old Esthers gotta start somewhere though.
Whatever you say, Ruth :P
What about Esther Povitsky
Esther is a good reason to resubscribe. New favorite sister, and I have two of my own. 😂
As an old customer of NCIX Esther this episode rocks ❤
20:03 alright that little text should be at least a bit bigger lol
Great to see Esther! Hope it’s not another 45 years before she makes another appearance!
I'm sure we'll see her in 175 years. It'll be fine.
I can only be happy that minecraft has managed to transition its player base very well. I remember playing it for the first time in 2010 and its awesome to see the game still thriving today
She still looks amazing after all these years! It was great to se her back on the show the interactions were hilarious.
I love how the time since last PC build just kept increasing as the video went on. Esther was always pretty funny.
That panicked look at 13:30 when Esther says "Come on guys !" tho. Absolute gold. Edit : And it returns, not even 5 mn later. I love this
it made me laugh out loud each time hahaha it's priceless
And when he said "He couldn't have done it" at 18:17
Just ragging on his employees
@20:10 and you wondered why your sister brought this boy home... xD
There are some companies on youtube that understand the balance between business building and customer interaction. And they use youtube in the best way possible while remaining entertaining and up to date. you can usually tell who they are by the amount of subscribers they have. Which in turn then gives them more sponsors, and better income. This channel is one of the best for that. You're such a great example for would be business startups.
I love the ongoing bit where she keeps on adding years since she last built a PC 😂
Especially once the number of years was so big that she wasn't a gleam in her mom's eye yet the last time she built a computer!
Plouffe's reaction when esther told him "come on guy" was hilarious 13:30
I love how they seemingly had just ONE reaction shot of him, but reused it like 4-5 times whenever she mentioned him throughout the video, even during the outro!
@@nickybakes Linus is cheap so gotta keep production cost down😉😆
Esther was freaking awesome back in the NCIX days, would be awesome to have her back in the crew!! XD
Funnily enough, I was looking to build almost this exact same computer yesterday. Great and entertaining vid!
It warms my cold, dead heart to know that success has not made Linus snooty about going slightly cheap where it's reasonable to do so.
22:35 The moment Linus finally realized the sheer amount of "That's what she said" moments there are in this video.
Love seeing Linus rockin' the Pebble Time w/ Weatherland by Reno!
I love how Linus found a way to supply epic gaming machines for everyone he loves at the cost of the supplier and still make bank from it in the end!! Epic 😎 he's always happy during these types of videos
OMG! Esther i remember watching her fist time in NCIX channel back in 2011, i shocked after watching this video am so happy she is okay Thank you so much for bring her to your channel Linus, i hope you all have a good day always! 🤗
“Linus is very sensitive about the size of his tech tip” 😂😂 I about died hearing that! That was hilarious! 😂😂
amn that monitor tho OO wowzers! congrats Esther, and thx LMG ^^
20:02 the most savage dialogue from Linus 🔥
Linus: You can call me any time you want. As long as it isnt for tech support. Esther: Whats the point of that? LMAO
Rule 3: Family ignores rule 1 and 2 so free tech support for life lol.
So borrowing money is OK 🤣😂🤣😂
Cringe
"Linus is very sensitive about the size of his tech tip" Linus you legend!
I genuinely love the family content. Edit: I mean, Crucial’s SATA SSDs are really reliable too, so I feel like they are an excellent choice for this build.
You can definitely tell Yvonne and Esther are sisters, they are so much alike.
thats racist
@@tomazevic007 …how?
@@tomazevic007 how?
@@tomazevic007 It's Esther's and Yvonne's personality, not everything is about race and the fact your mind went straight to race is disappointing.
@@tomazevic007whoa, buddy what r u smokin?
I loved her on tech linked great energy. I was mentally voting for her and Riley for joining ltt
netlinked?
She realllyyy doesn't look very enthused about tech in any way though. Not sure she would even want to do it.
Surprised she doesn't work for LTT in some capacity...
The NCIX days were great. That was right when I got into building PC's, 2009 maybe? I miss the very straightforward outdoor bench reviews lol
I have the same Bitfenix Prodigy case (only in black) from 2012! I do love it, but that PU coating on the plastic surfaces deteriorated over time and became sticky. I see the dust on the white in the video, so I guess it's not just mine. I would buy it again though if it was still available. I also chose the Torrent Nano as replacement.
Ester was absolutely amazing in this vid. Would love to see her around more often.
NCIX died a long time ago, she probably has a job somewhere.
@@KubeSquared if you watched the video you’d know what she does
Something I've noticed about refresh rate: people mostly don't notice the difference going from a low refresh rate to a higher one, but if they have to go back to a lower one, they notice right away.
I notice instantly, even going from 60 to 75 Hz. That's why I stick with CRTs -- high refresh rates, no sample-and-hold, and better colorspace. Plus, resolution independence so going from, say, a 1600x1200 desktop to a 1024x768 game to get a nice 120 Hz refresh and better framerates on, say, an RX 570 or, in the future, an RX 6600 or 6700.
100%. It's one of those things where all of a sudden certain stuff just gets easier and less taxing on your eyes/brain. Even if the untrained eye can't perceive exactly why.
i went from 60 to 144 and it was greatest
@@mcmystix same, also an asus monitor. I recommend them honestly
@@BringMayFlowers I mean on CRTs the refresh rate matters but that's different from the frame rate. I have a problem with 60Hz PC CRTs but even though I refresh at 120Hz when gaming the 30fps from my Voodoo seems perfectly smooth to me. 60fps on a half-decent LCD looks smoother than real life.
Wow, talk about blast from the past for that Bitfenix Prodigy case. I was very, VERY close to building my first ever PC in one of those cases. Can't remember why I backed out
"I love you, but I don't love you as much as I love your sister" is a sentence that needs a carefully chosen recipient. Be careful lad.
Esther is great. You guys should bring her on more often.
shes jacked in that one pic
Someone who I haven't seen in 10 years from outta nowhere.
i love how honestly happy the kid at the beginning was
Ester's reaction about the high refresh rate is a spot on impersonation of my wife when I geek out about anything lol
I love the princess auto mallet in the back ground
Linus on camera: not bad, not bad at all. Linus on camera with people he knows or otherwise gets along really well: Top tier entertainment.
The shot of Plouffe looking up is the gift that keeps on giving