The Ultimate Tech Upgrade: A Hands-On Review

As we walked into the room, it was clear that this was going to be an exciting project. The setup was sleek and modern, with a minimalist aesthetic that was both impressive and intimidating. "This is minimalistic," Dennis said with a laugh, "no, it's not." It seemed that our host had a different idea of what minimalism looked like.

The first thing we noticed was the monitor. A white, 4K display that seemed to glow in the light. "How's that?" Dennis asked, and his eyes lit up as he showed off the screen. It was clear that this was going to be the centerpiece of our upgrade. But just as things were starting to come together, we noticed something strange. The speakers were wired.

"Do I need these?" Dennis asked, chuckling. "Yeah, definitely," he replied. It seemed that our host had decided to go with a more traditional setup. We shrugged it off and moved on to the next thing. A massager on the desk caught our eye. "Why does it have an arm?" one of us asked. "So you can push down and get a shoulder massage," Dennis explained. It was clear that this was going to be a unique workspace.

As we continued to set up, things started to get really interesting. A foot massager appeared, complete with heat settings and adjustable intensity. "Does it have a higher intensity?" one of us asked, impressed. "Yeah," Dennis replied. But just as things were starting to feel like they were coming together, disaster struck. The foot massager seemed to have a mind of its own, trapping one of our feet in its grasp.

"Mr. Oh, I wish the desktop speakers were wireless," Dennis laughed. "Why would it be wireless?" he asked, shrugging. It seemed that this was just another thing that didn't make sense. But as we continued to work on the setup, things started to fall into place. The audio connections were sorted out, and the room began to feel like a fully functional workspace.

Just as we thought we were finished, our host turned on his "work" mode. It seemed that he had set up a mini-production studio in his office. A camera appeared, complete with 4K capabilities. "We're talking ultimate streaming setup," one of us exclaimed. But it was clear that this wasn't just about the tech - it was about creating a comfortable and functional workspace.

As we finished up the last few details, our host let out a sigh of relief. "Well, I think that's pretty much it for this one," he said with a grin. A massive shout-out to Intel, who had sponsored this extreme tech upgrade. It seemed that they were all about pushing the boundaries of what was possible. And as we packed up our gear and left, we couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement for what was to come next.

Our next stop would be Andy's man cave, where he would be taking his tech to the next level. A massive upgrade was on the way, complete with 4K cinema cameras and ultimate streaming capabilities. And then there was David, who would be following up with a massive comfort upgrade. His workspace was already looking pretty comfortable, but we were sure that David's setup would take it to the next level.

The final segment of our tour was going to be one of the most epic yet - a showdown between our own humble tech and the ultimate streaming setup. We had no idea what to expect, but one thing was for sure - it was going to be big.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- You spent $400 of Intel's money on this?What do you mean it's ugly?You go (beep) yourself.One thing I love aboutIntel extreme home upgradeis that when I give one of myteam members 5,000 US dollars,sponsored by Intel, toupgrade their home setup,I learn a lot about them.Like some people are more into multimediaand others are hardcore into gamingand still others, like Dennis,spend the money on some really weird shit.(Dennis chuckles)- Charlie, bite him, bite him.That's a bad person.(upbeat techno music)- One of the things Ialready knew about Dennis,is that he knows how to stretch a dollar.And I can't believe how muchstuff you have here, man.- I need a lot of stuff, Linus.My set up is completely...(fart sound effect plays)You will see it in a bit.- So you've got a new chair, new desk,not one but two new monitors,complete new gaming setup,and even like-Where'd the foot massager go?- Where is it?Here, here, here, here.- The RENPHO foot massager and-- That's shoulder massager.- RENPHO shoulder massager.- Know when you're editingall day, eight hours a day,it's like actually hurtingyour neck a lot and your feet,I would like to stay comfort.- Why would your feethurt from editing videos?- Been sitting too much.(chuckles) Yeah.- No! What are you talking about?What else we got?- That's a--- What's the up here?- Fan.- A fan?- I'm not sure.- What do you mean you're not sure?- Nicholas put out the PC list.I was in charge of the comfort stuff,and Nicholas was in charge of PC stuff.- Oh! So it's actually just like, fans?- There's fans.- Oh my God!Why do you have 10 RVP fans?- I have six, I think.I have six. White fans.My color theme is white.- You managed to get a30-80 in this budget?You've got a cable tray, you've got...What is this cabinet?- Officecabinet 'cause I need it.I have a lot of stuff to put away.- And the desktop as...How did you get all of this?Did you blow the budget?- No I did not, I actuallystay within $5,000.- These alone are like $300.What is struck tube?- We also have Intel core i7.- Of course we do, sponsored by Intel.- Thank you.- Extreme home upgrade.What is this?Is this a light fixture?- Oh my God!This light, cost me $100.My theme is modern, clean and minimalist.- No, that's Riley's thing.- Riley sucks.Look at mine will be more modern,and mine is minimalistwith comfort, different.- Comfort?- Yeah you can't be minimalistwith like machines strappedto your shoulders and feet.That's not minimalism.- Imagine this, Linus, Ihave this shoulder massagerwith this headphone.So modern, real futuristic.I'll look so cool in it.- (laughs)Okay, I wasable to imagine it upuntil that last bit.(all laughing)Why don't we look at the current setup?- Okay, okay, Linus, stop.Nothing stolen from work.- Well, at least some of thisdefinitely came from work.I mean, it's got our label on it.- It's signed out.If it's signed out, it's not stolen.- Okay, well wait aminute, hold on, you have-- So okay,let me explain what happenedto this (cock crows)Razor that you gave uslike a couple of years agoat that Christmas party.Look at this, look at this.- You hear that? You hearhow angry he is about-?You know what, maybe Ishouldn't give you anything.(Dennis laughs)Yeah, why don't I give the home upgradeto someone who will appreciate it?- Just not Razor!(technical difficulty beep)Look at the batteries. They've expanded,and I didn't realize it till-- Oh yeah, look at that.- Like last month.And look at here.- Yeah touch pad has like bowed.So you know that you shouldn't keepthat battery in there, right?- I know, but I don't know-- It's a fire hazard.- I don't know how to deal with it.- What? It's like eight screws.You just take them outand pop the thing out.- But I still have my stuff in there.- So?(David laughs)- So now I sign up another Razor.- Why would you-?- Alex recommend Razor 13.- Why do you have two pairs of headphones?You're not minimalistic at all Dennis.- I'm trying to.So this is, I've beenusing this for a long time.It's Logitech. What is this actually?- Corsair.- Corsair! Corsair.(Dennis laughs)Corsair RGB wireless thing. Um, it dies.- I'm so triggered right now.- 'Cause of wireless, it dies.- I'm so triggered right now.Look at this.What kind of monster adjuststheir headphones like this?- Oh what?I guess I have to do it evenly.(David laughs)- Oh my god, no wonder you get-- Don't say it, don't say it.- No, no, no,no wonder you get sore.(Dennis and Linus laugh)Look at this chair! It's metal!- Linus, I told you inorder to let you understandwhy I bought so many massagers for me,- Yeah- you had to try to sit here.- Oh, it looks so uncomfortable.(Dennis laughs)- So we have a pillow.You can have the pillow.- That's not minimalism!- But you have more options.So like you can change-(film crew laughing)You can change the colorlike from a different season.Like this is more like winter color,and this is the kind of winter as well.- That's not winter!- Yeah, it's orange!- Okay, David or Other David, any David,back me up on this is: is this winter?- Absolutely not.- Thank you.- Maybe Halloween.(Dennis laughs)- So let's look at thisminute, cable management.Look at this, it's so-- Your cable managementis dog (fart noise).Let's go look at-Okay, let's go.- Let's go see my guestroom also slash office.- Yeah.Oh, well this is way nicer.- What do you mean?This is all Apple stuff.- Yeah, but it's not like-- Look at the keyboard.- There's onlyone pair of headphones- So this is the kind ofthing that people usuallylike the minimalistic style.- Yeah, and David's desk is a lot nicer,other than that the drawersare all taped togetherfor some reason.- Okay,this is the worst desk,because this drawersopen by itself sometimes.I think my house is haunted.(suspenseful noise)- Are you sure thatit's not just not level?- (laughs)I'm not sure.- Do you own a level?Yeah, it's not (beep) level Dennis,that's why the drawers open.- You are pushing it this way.- I'm not pushing it!- Okay.(upbeat music)(David laughs)(level clatters)- Someone's hidding here.- Anyways, this is desk needs to go.I also like-- This desk looks really nice!- Sit here, sit here.- Well, the chair sucks.That's your problem.- The chair sucks, okay.Look at that, you put yourfeet, look at, do you feel it?Oh, you're too short.This room, you can see it'slike kind of empty right?We need something here to pop the room.- Really doesn't look very empty to me.- I got somethingto pop the room Linus.- Desk, ugly chair.- I got something to pop the room for you.- To pop the room?To pop the room.- Look at this neon signI bought! It's maybe $400.- Live, laugh, Liao.(Dennis laughs)- You spent $400 of Intel's money on this?- Live, laugh, Liao.- No, are you serious?- Yes.- Wait, live, laugh, Liao?(Dennis laughs)How did you afford all of this?- Because I buy this firstand then I figured out,oh, why it needs for PC.So this is more important than PCs.- I'm so sorry, Intel.I didn't know he was gonna do this.That just looks likecomplete gibberish to me.- Well Linus, you don't understand art.Oh-ho! That's cool.Look at that! You don'twanna be on Zoom meeting?Just do this.- You know what the best modefor it, though? That one.(Dennis laughs)Like, this is handmade,look at that hot glue.- This is the part I'm most excited for.That. Look at that.- See with the other ones,like either it was someonecompetent like Anthony,who I could trust toput together good stuff.Or I helped them with their list of stuff.This is the first onewhere I wasn't involved,and look what (beep) happens.Look what happens.Okay, all right, let'sget this show on the road.- Okay.- Don't touch the wall.- I know. I painted yourwalls. I don't wanna fix them.There's nothing wrongwith this desk, Dennis!- I don't like it.- How did youget such expensive stuff?Isn't this like a thousand dollar desk?- Yeah, but this brandis actually pretty cheap.- Oh, wait last.I don't have any tools at home.- Yeah, we've been throughthis, I believe you.- I can call my neighborhaving call for deliver tools.(doorbell rings)My tool guy is here, I think.Tool delivery, you see,you don't need to own any tools.Look at this Linus, this tabletopis so pretty just like dbrand.- It's not just like dbrand, it's...- I think it's probablybetter than dbrand.- Obviously I like, it'sa natural wood countertopis better than a vinyl sticker.I don't think dbrand wouldargue with you about that.- Yes, sure.Look so pretty and white and clean.I'll be so happy to edit on this.- So you told David to roll the camera.Was there a point to this or?- There's no point, Ithink I love it already.- While he hopefully putstogether the desk correctly.I'm gonna build the PC,but since I don't wanna siton his horrible metal chairs,which by the way, oh my godyou have so many of them, Dennis.- What?- You spent a thousand dollarson uncomfortable chairs?- Oh yeah, I have many of them, I(David laughs)but the thing is I bought themfrom festival marketplace.So I got a really gooddeal, I paid $40 each.- You know why you got a good deal?- Why- Because they're not comfortable.- But they are modern, likecomfortable to my eyes.(David laughs)- So I'm gonna build thechair, so that I can sitin the chair while I build the computer.You know you have a drill right there.Why are you doing everything by hand?This is gonna take forever.- They don't have the bits for- Dennis, these are drill bits.These are not screws bits.- Oh my god, I broke it.- None of this has hammed upfor the camera off camera.It's pure, solid gold.Every moment, just like this,I can't even believe it.Did you justhe's like ripping thehandles off his neighbors.- Oh, look at that site they have.- Look at that, look at that,they got everything here.- Is this a main tool.- I know it is.I can tell cause it's not yours,test time, how's this chair.I read a really good review from a userwho said after a while,it was kind of like sitting on directly onthe plastic underneath it.And I can kind of see what they mean.I wished the foam was a little firmer,it would beway better than the metal chairs.You've been in here this whole timeand you put in- Linus first of all- like 15 screws.- When we line up this thing,you didn't line up properly.It was the wrong length.I had to take this apartand readjust it, your fault head first.- All right.- I fixed that.- And you're quite sure that goes there.- Yap. 100%- Why would it go there?- If you could do this?- I mean, that's whereI would put it, yeah.- But this is facing back though, right?- I would think so.Unless you want your cablemanagement holes coming upin the front of the desk?No, wait, that's not right.Cause then how do you see yourphone charger cable come up?- No, this is the back- Are the holes in the back or front.Oh yeah right, right,it's sponsored by Intel.So we've gone with a core i7, 10, 700.Dennis wasn't realisticallygonna be overclocking anything.And for what he's doing,eight cores is freaking a lot.So this is a perfect balanceof like excellent performanceand I'm giving him moremoney to spend on neon signs.(laughs)Motherboard choice makes alittle bit less sense to me.This is an MPG, Z four90 M motherboard from MSIit's an ATX in spite of the factthat we've got a full-sized ATX caseand it's Z four 90 whichis the flagship chip setthat's capable of overclockingand higher memory speedswhich as you may recallwe did not get a case seriesunlocked over clockable CPUand Dennis chipped out on thememory going for DDR for 3000.So I don't, I mean, it's pretty.It's cool and that too gota one terabyte Cybriant.Yes, this is the cheapo QLC onethis was part of the savea buck strategy here.This does look like agen four capable slot.It's got the metal thing on itand this is probablygen 4 already as well.So you've got a good upgrade path, Dennis.- That's good.- He's never gonna spendany more money on this.He's busy blowing it onuncomfortable chairs.Hey Dennis, you said youchipped out on your Rambut this is like RGB stuff.- Yeah, is RGB cheap?- Well, no it would be betterto just get a better spec instead of RGB.Did you, did you tellNicholas you wanted RGB?- I say I want like, not RGBon kind of like a little bit lighting,but I don't need RGB, I need white light.- Well here nothingcomes like that, I mean.- Are they bad?- No, they're fine.- How big are those in group?- 16 gigs total, which is--- 16 total?- Yeah, well you bought chair, neon signlight fixture, footmassager, shoulder massager.- Foot massager.- I know I said that already, mixed up.- Look at this how pretty,- It's very pretty Dennis.I actually liked the old one better.- What, no.- Oh my God.- What?What's wrong, what's wrong.- You put the holes in the back.- Don't, don't fool me.I know what you're doing.- Now that the desk is finally done.Do you want to work on the computeror do you wanna work on something else?- I can work on the cabinet?I have a cabinet.I would really not to touch PC stuff.- Yeah, that's probably best.- Don't all jeez, don't feel the socket.- Wait, there's no assembly,this is just a cabinet.(Dennis laughs)What were you gonna be working on?- Just being lazy.(David laughs)- It's just for that,I'm gonna have you do the light fixture.- Oh my god, that's the hardest part.- Wait.I don't have a ladder.- How are we going to get up there?- My neighbor- Wouldn't you just hatebeing this guy's neighbor- A hundred dollars light bulb.Look at this big ball, Linus.- I see that,(Dennis laughs)filing a complaint with HR.Did you get a, like a bulb for it?- Yeah I got it.- Oh, did you get it open already?- Yeah.Oh my god.(beep)- I mean good save.- Holly, that's why I do in the back.What do I do now?This is connected.- Yeah, you got to disconnect it.Hold on a second.We don't even need the ladder.We don't need the ladder.Here we go.I'm coming to the rescue.- Oh my God,- Oh my God that's really high- well I'm up really high.- Well, you gotta pullthe wires out Dennis.You can't do what you are doing.You pull, yeah you just pull it.Dennis did you turn off the breaker?- I did.- Well then you don't have to likebe ginger about touching itJust grab it.(Dennis screams)You don't have to be like.(Linus screams)(Dennis laughs)- I didn't do that, did I?(playback sound)(screams)- This is a really nice case.I love the O 11 series from lee and lee.Not necessarily like the greatest coolingif you don't configure it, right.But if you do, actuallythe cooling is really solidand lots of tempered glass.I think they look just fantastic.Honestly, it's so nice tohave the time to just sitand kind of relax and do cable managementwhile someone else is doing the hard partof the home rig upgrade.Oh yeah.We went with an RM eight 50 Xfrom Coursera, it's efficient.It's reasonably priced.It's fully modular.So we don't have any extracables that we don't need.Maybe one thing about the setupthat's a little bit minimalisticis the modular power supply.That's about it.I think that's actually all we need for...Oh no,I forgot about all this--You knew where I was goingwith this, didn't you?I forgot about the two boxes of RGB fans.Oh, I have never evenheard of this brand before.Pop here.(laughs)Apparently they're addressable RGB fansare a sync or maybe not addressable.I don't know what they are,but there's a lot of themand they come with a big old controller.Nevermind so much for myrelaxing cable management.Oh wait,it's touching the heat pipes.Oh, it's scratched it.Hi Dennis, what time--- Did you break it?- Nope, see it looks good.- Okay- Just step back and look at it.Look how good it looks.- That's why I drillextra hole on the wall.Who says this I don't drill.I drill more holes than you needed.- Oh my god the extra hole you drill.It's not like(Dennis laughs)hidden.How did you put a hole over there?- Because we are marking with a pen.I think it's just a random mark there.- And so you just drill there.(laughs)- That's my mark, otherwiseit looks beautiful.- It's something,live, laugh, Liao.- So you don't need a light,this all the light I need.And this is the sleeping light.- Sleeping light, okay.Most people turn the lightoff when they sleep, but- Before you go to bedyou watch a moviechill a little bit.You can use that light.- Your TV is out there.We're almost ready toinstall the graphics card.I got really lucky on the fans.It turns out the included hubwhich we gonna go aheadand plug in down here.So we've got one for fan PWM controland then one for the J rainbow jumpers.So these are addressable RGB after all.So go ahead and run that right thereis I don't have to install two hubsbecause even though eachkit only includes five fansthe hub takes up to seven fans.So everything's all wired up back here.You're gonna use this toplay league of legends?- Yeah, 'cause he makes memore powerful in the game.- So wait, you just went 30, 80just to flex because you can.- Yeah,- Okay- to flex is one other thingI told Nicholas to put out the part I wantto flex look good cause it beautiful.- This does, this is actually a pretty- So pretty.- Nice looking card.Gigabyte vision RTX 30, 80.Wait, is this a screen on here?Oh no David, I don't thinkthis is a cheap 30, 80.- Oh yeah.I did ask for a screenon the graphics card,cause I want to flex.- Dennis.- Yeah.- I am actually going to call you a bluff.I am going to check your budget.If you exceeded the budget,I'm gonna take that thing off this walland he's gonna have extrarandom holes on this wall(Dennis laughs)because there'll be no light.- You can take that.- Well Dennis, if you didn't cheat,then you shouldn't be worried.So do you agree?You agree?- I agree.- You agree, if youcheated, I take the light.- You take the ceiling light.- The wall light- No- Okay.Where do you want it?- That corner.- Wait, that's not gonna fit.- Then put it down- No.- I like my cable, my desk space.- Put on that.- On top of this?- Yeah on there.- Its ugly.- What do you mean it's ugly?You go (beep) yourself.(Dennis laughs)- Sorry.Cut, cut.(beep)I think it's beautiful.(Dennis laughs)- No, I'm outugly! it looks awesome.- That's cute.- Cute?What the hell.- It's beautiful, it's beautiful okay.Put it here.- He's gonna move it as soon as I leave.- No we can put it here.Actually that's nice.Whoa.- That's definitely RGB.- Beautiful.- Well good all the fans actually works.Dennis, do you not have a mousepad?- Do I need, why do Idon't need a mouse pad.I don't need it. Do I?- What about LTTSTORE.COM- We're out of stock.- RIp- (laughs)I get, butthey don't have white.- So you need us to bringout a white mouse pad- White one.- All right, Dennis.We'll do it just for you.Look at that you even got the silverand white version of the D 19 TKL.This thing looks,this thing is freaking awesome.Actually David, have you tried this?- NO- I switched to it for mycable management video.Oh yeah.You were there.Yeah I really like it.It's really expensive.I didn't pay for it though.(laughs)Neither did Dennis for that matter.But these fans,I swear.They've aged eight yearsin the like eight minutes.They've been turned on.Why is it on DC mode?(upbeat music)There's your problem?It auto detected DC fan control mode.So it was running these fansat the wrong voltage instead ofpulsing 12 Blocks away.All right, good.Now let's just said X andP and then we're good.- Well, as I thought, thespeakers are wireless.Why do I need this?- No, this is speaker wire.- Do I need them?- Yeah, definitely.This is really coming together, Dennis.This is going to look awesome.I agree that a white monitor.- Yeah.- Oh, white is fine is pretty.- Yeah, okay so we'll sync up the Ram now,two I think, give me a sec.(laughs)There we go,- white color.- Yes.(Dennis laughs)- There, yes- How's that- It matches the sign- Yes it matches the signDoes that complete the look for you?- Yes.- Here it is.Intel extreme tech upgrade.Not minimalistic that's for sure.- This is minimalistic- No, it's not.- And look at, I have my massager on- why does it have an arm?- So it's like, you can push downand get, Oh, you'reshoulder will get massage(laughs)- How are you supposed touse a computer like that?- And you get your headphonesmodern, more like future- This is the least minimalistic setupI have ever seen.You're like the bionic man here.- And do my workcatch on Netflix(laughs)- Dennis, is this your thingfrom paint night- Yes- when we did the work thing?- Yeah.- Oh, that's awesome.We did it paint night on work-cationThis is Dennis'sThat's a building.We know this much.- No, no.That one goes on floor.(thud)(David laughs)- Alright. Oh, fair enough.- But how do you, okayWe need to connect the audio though.- Yeah, we can connect on audio.Yeah. Why is this not a hello?Oh, that's a weird, okay, Denniswhat'd you do with the oxcable that came with this?- Oh, in the box?- Well, I told you it doesn'tcome with extra cables.(mumbles)you said thatbut then I said, it's not- then why does it, whyisn't that wireless?- Why would it be wireless?So give it a shot.I'll see some, see some video editing.- Oh nice.Now I've got to turn on my foot massagerand shoulder massagerOh my God.This is a lot of work before I do work.- Mr. Oh, I wish the desktopspeakers were wirelessbecause I can't stand wires.Hooks on why you're upto it looks like an IV.- (laughs) Oh my gosh.I was so stressed.So stressed.Editing.Oh, Oh also so nice.My shoulder.- You're not actually gonna sitand work with this thing on your head.Are you?- You don't know.- This really does not lookvery convincing, but- Once you use itYou can't go back.- Okay.- So you push now you feelOh yeah.And then put your feet in here.- Yes. Yes.- And now you cannot hear anything.- I don't think it's possibleTo work like this.The foot massage is pretty cool.- Right?- Does it have a higher intensity?- Yeah.There's a median.Is it high air?And it also has heat.So,- I don't need heat for my feet.There's a reason I wear sandals.The heat's not on is it- It is.- Oh, it is. Yeah.- So the winter time you feel like cold,you can just put it on.And it also has heat onthe shoulder massage.- Oh my God my foot is stuck in it.- Oh my God- I can't get my foot outDennis I can't get my foot out(beep)- And I can stand up nowtoo with a foot massager- You can't stand in the foot massager.- Yeah- Wait.- Yeah, I'm looking at- We haven't got likelong wires on it yet.So I was a little worried.It might just rip things out of the wall.- Oh, look at that.- All right.- Look at that.- Not bad, pretty sick Set up- And I can also look back to my namejust feels so nice.(laughs)- Well I think that'spretty much it for this one.Thanks for tuning inmassive shout out to Intel.Of course we're sponsoringextreme tech upgrade.I think our next one is gonna be Andywho is gonna be doing a man cave.And then we're followingthat up with David.- Yeah- Who's doingthe ultimate streaming setup.We're talking ultimatelike 4k cinema camerafor his fricking web cam- Mine's ultimate toomine's ultimate comfort.- It doesn't look that comfortable.\n"