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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hello, my friends and welcome.Today I've been challengedto build the tiniest gaming PC I canby our friends over atXbox Game Pass for PC,who wanted to sponsor a videoto help promote theirbrand-new game, "Grounded,"in which you are anincredibly tiny characterin a very large world.So my first thought is tonot focus on the performance,but really to try to get thesmallest system that I canthat will still run the game,which is where I had the ideato buy this Lenovo ThinkCentre PCwith a Ryzen 5 processor anddecent integrated graphics.Now, my thinking is thatthis will be my best optionto get the smallest PC I can, however,the ability to play the gameis a little untested right now.- So I found out theconcept and it turns out,it had to be really small,which meant not a lot of power.So of course that meantthat we had to put a lot ofcreativity into it, to sorta amp it up,and naturally, that wason me to figure out.So, I'm thinking thatwhat would be the coolestfor this is if weessentially built a diorama,you're sort of lookingat a chunk of grass with some dirt,maybe there's a little fakepuddle or something like that.So if we're looking down at our base,so if we had an Etch A Sketch, right,so we could take the glassright out, and in theory,I guess we could fit amonitor inside of there?- My only concern, we have tomake sure this's small, right?It's gonna be a really fine balancing actbetween cool and small,but I think if it comes down to it,we need to lean a littlebit more on the small side.All right, so it isnow time to test the PCto see if it will even workand if I can even play "Grounded" on it.So the only thing differentbetween the last time we spoke and now isthat I have now upgradedthis to 16 gigs of RAM,which, especially consideringthat we have those integratedVega graphics, meansthat that extra bandwidthshould make a big difference.- It'd be helpful if I couldmake sure the heat sink isactually fully attached to the processor.- I got you.- Yeah, if you just putyour finger right there,thank you, appreciate it.Oh no, I'm at nine FPS.Hold on, lemme check mysettings, wait, wait.- Hold on, I gotcha.- So, sometimes whenyou're doing a project,you have to do what is known as a Plan Bwhen your first plan doesn't work.I also probably should've mentionedthat I have a $2,000budget for this video,which is a good thingbecause I can now buy some more componentsand build a PC thatactually will work better,on the downside, I havesunk $500 into this PC,which I now realize Icannot use for this project.Wes, can you tell me whatyou've been working on?(uplifting instrumental music)- All right, so we've cut the meshand we've secured it tothe inside of the box.I would say it's plaster time.(uplifting instrumental music)Plaster time!(uplifting instrumental music)While this first layer dries though,we have the next thing, which right here,we want a little fake footprintwith some fake water in it.So, I have an old boot, (laughs)and we're gonna cast this in plasterand then put it down thereand see what happens.(uplifting instrumental music)- So, a day of furious work later,we've actually made some real progress.So this actually looks really cool though.- Thank you.- When you first showed me this,I was so upset with the ideathat my portion of this buildhad been a complete and total failure,but thankfully, I've rectified that.So I have a few components here.Okay, so we have Ryzen7 3700X, 16 gigs of RAM,as well as an X570-I Gigabyte board.So I have a Noctua NH-L9a cooler,so this is not the mostpowerful cooler in the world,but the thing that Ireally wanna be careful ofis actually if we sort of mock it up.The motherboard doesn'thave a lot of space,so something like this, right?So when the board is living like this,we're basically gonna haveto route the PCIe riser cablearound here, we still needto get that exactly sorted,but, the thing is, I wannamake sure this is no tallerthan it needs to be because we don't havethat much space in the back.- So we have thepower supply in there.- Which is a...- 650...- 750, it's a Corsair SF750,So it has a small formfactor power supply,that saves us a lot of space on the insideand we can sort out allthe cables and modularsso it's all nicely routed.- Yep, I kept everything elevatedso we have all this cooling underneath.- Another major component hereis our ZOTAC RTX 2070 SUPER.Now this is important becausethis is one of the mostpowerful small graphics cards you can get.So if we really wanted to go really tiny,we could've gone ITX,we would've had to gofor a much less powerful card.This is only, I think, seven inches long,or eight inches long?It's much smaller than a normal card.- It's very dense though.- That is going to livesomewhere like this, right?Something like that?- Yeah, again we're gonna haveto shave off a little bit ofthis extra plaster, but yeah.It's gonna poke out, theboard's gonna poke out,and then once we have ourartificial grass in here,it's gonna look like it's-- It'll be nicely buried in-- Yeah, we'll have some nice depth.- So, do we actuallywanna just plug things inand make sure that allthe cable runs are fine?- Yeah, that wouldprobably be a good idea.- So this is gonna be an interesting run.So, this is about as long of a riser cableas I feel comfortable running.So, actually, you know what?We could do a test boot if youwanna hold all the componentsor keep them on the tableso they don't all come crashing down.- I don't know if we haveenough slack to put it,can you grab the iFixit kit?- I can shimmy that under.- Yep, right here.- Look at that testbench provided by iFixit!Power supply on, run.(perky techno music)They're spinning.- Can I see,is the CPU fan spinning?It's not, but giveit a second, it's posting.Yeah, there we go.- There we go, alright.Hey, look at that!- All right.- Oh, it's actuallyposting into Windows right now.- If I wear a green suit,you can just key me out.(Austin laughs)- All right, all right, all right.Lemme just kill the power onthis guy really quick here.(tool whirring)(calm upbeat music)Yeah.- All right.(air spraying)(Wes laughing)- It's good, if we can get thisto stay in place, it's done.- You wanna hold this guy?- Yeah, I'll hold on both, actually.- Okay, cool, I'm gonnaget some coffee real quick.(calm upbeat music)If you let me twist this around here.- So, that positioning isgood, if it's up a little bit.This I think we justneed to tilt it one wayor probably tilt it a little like this,just to sorta match the angle,and I think we're prettymuch set on the computer.- Yeah, and I'll give it a little bit moreof a riser underneath to support it.- How do we take apart an Etch A Sketch?- I don't know if I wannaactually take it apart.- I was gonna say, like,why are you taking it apartwhen there's already one on the table?- That's a good point,why do we have two Etch A Sketches?- I was afraid I was gonnareally mess the first one up,so I bought a second one just in case.- Oh, this was just for fun?- Well honestly, I don't thinkI messed this one up too bad.- Let's just use that one then!- Okay, does that mean I getto keep the Etch A Sketch?- Sure.(Etch A Sketch rattling)- So, I think step one is I'mgonna put that guy in here,we're gonna take some measurements,and by measurements, I mean,I'm gonna ballpark it with a Sharpie.So now we're gonna try gluing it in.- Okay, you got super glue?- I have super glue.- I'm gonna let you bein charge of super glue,'cause I still glue myfingers together every time.- Would it make you feelbetter if I just did it too?Just give you solidarity.- Can you build it there?Are you just dropping it in?- Yeah.- That's it,that's all the glue?- Yeah, sure.- Are you surethat's okay?- Yeah, we'll find out.- Just a measure, was it?"A good tailor measurestwice and cuts once?"- Measure twice, cut once?Yeah, no, I have not measuredand I'm about to cut.Okay, hold it, here we go.(fast-paced instrumental music)- Look at that.- That actually doeslook really good, wow.That looks so legit,look how good that looks.So we're gonna have a little bitof overscan, that's totally fine.- So we have this right-angleadapter to help us out,and this is the USB-C power cable around?- It is right here.I'll plug intoone of our USB three portsjust in case it needs to touch more power.- So, walk me through this.So I'm gonna basically run it over the topof the power supply andthrough that little hole?- Yeah, we're going to scoot it through,and I'll help you pull it apart.So we'll grab that,and then we're gonnathread our HDMI through,this is something...- Oh, dude!- Which will rotate.- Very gently rotate.- Very gently.- Alright, I think it's time.Can we fire it up and see themonstrosity that we built?- Yeah, where is the...(calm upbeat music)All right, is it coming up?Yay!- All right.- So now I need to tweak the display,make sure our setup is all up-to-date.We have "Grounded" downloaded,and then once we're done decorating,we're ready for the final reveal.(calm upbeat music)And so, with some decoration done,we have our "Grounded"tiny gaming PC complete.Wes, I am so happy with how cool this is.- Yeah, no, I am stoked.Just, all of the littletouches really came together.My favorite is still thelittle people in the canoes,and it's kind of an Easter egg,so you have to look for it,but you can see the boot print in there.- We still have a littlebit of room for airflow,so we actually cleared alittle bit of a pocket hereso the graphics card can breathe,the CPU, while maybe not running ice cold,is still completely within spec.Ultimately, I love thelayered effect here.It has a good sense of depthand you get a real goodsense of scale of everything.And just, overall, for somethingthat came together prettyquick, I'm really jazzed.I think this is honestly oneof the coolest-looking things I've built.- So, of course, this entireproject has been sponsoredby Xbox Game Pass as well as "Grounded."So if you guys are not familiar,Xbox Game Pass is availablefor only $4.99 a monthand it gives you access toover a hundred amazing gamesincluding not only "Grounded,"which we'll talk about in a second,but also major new titleslike "Halo Infinite,""Flight Simulator," allof which is availablefor $4.99 a month.- Now I think it's actually timeto give "Grounded" a try sinceit's the first time I'm playing the gamesince it didn't work with a previous plan.- Yeah, I hope it works.Between you and me, I hope it plays.- So, the idea with "Grounded" isthat it is a first-person gamethat is all about puttingyou in a tiny worldwhere a baseball is the size of a house,and that's what we werereally trying to go forwith the build, right?With the small people, withthe grass, with the wood,especially these sprigs ofgrass, almost perfectly match,I guess we could have had like a baseballor we could have had somemushrooms or something,but I'm really happy with this,especially the way that we'veintegrated the screen inside.So we're actually running itslightly less than 1080p right now,we had to do a custom resolutionbecause the screen's not fullybeing shown right now,but we've got like 90frames per second on "Epic."Whoa, what is that?Is that a baseball?Oh man, all right, what arewe doing here, what is this?Pebblet? Okay, I'll take a Pebblet.Oh, I can attack with it, oh, word, okay.- There's some motion blur too.- It's really nice-looking game,no wonder we couldn'trun it on the first PC.I think I probably needto build something.Oh, what is that?That's an ant, okay.Do I attack the ant?I think I attack the ant, right?Then he sends his buddies after?Oh, I got him, I got him.Then he sends his buddies after?Uh-oh, he's mad, he's mad, okay, okay.Oh, all the ants are attacking!Okay, all right, oh no,no, no, no, no, no, no.That was a bad idea, bad idea, bad idea.Go away, go away. go away.All right, did I outrun them yet?Nope, didn't outrun them.Oh, I'm about to die, aren't I?Oh, hello, little bug.What is this?What is that?Is that a shoe, is that a rock?What is that, what is that?I don't like that.Oh, those ants are not happy.What is this?Okay, we're friends, right?The ants are trying to find something,I'm just gonna oh, okay, that's a spider.That's a spider.Got him, got him.I got some spider silk.I'm so lost now.Oh, I am not going down there.Oh, hell no.Oh, wait, here's a computer.Okay, I need to analyze some things.(cheery music)Oh, what the, I can go third-person?Oh, I'm totally living in third person."Threat engaged," what was that?Oh no! I died!No!(cheery music)So that is "Grounded" andthis is the tiniest gaming PC.Well, okay, it's maybe a little bit biggerthan it could've been, but honestlyI think the aesthetic kinda really helpsto sell the entire package.So what are you waiting for?Go sign up for Xbox Game Pass right now,it literally is the best deal in gaming.Anyway, again, huge thank youto Xbox Game Pass forsponsoring this videoand let me know in the comments below,what tiny/slash giantPC should we build next?Please make it not hard to build,'cause this was a lot of work.(relaxing music)They're not gonna do that, are they?- Probably not.(resounding music)