How NOT to Build a Gaming PC in 2018

**Ken Bolido Productions Presents: The Most Suspect Gaming PC Ever Built**

We're in a rather unusual situation here. A gaming PC that's been set up on a bag, with the cooling solution being a Velcroed fan. Yes, you read that right - a Velcroed fan. It's leaning a bit, and it might not be the most stable thing.

This is a gaming PC, folks, and it costs under budget at $750. The specs include a Core i3 eighth-gen processor, an NVIDIA GTX 1050 TI graphics card (which is bus powered with a cable), and an SSD drive that's been cleverly hidden away.

The creators of this masterpiece have managed to get everything working together seamlessly, despite the questionable design choices. They've even added shoulder buttons to the keyboard (because who needs a mouse or controller, anyway?) and have somehow managed to get Fortnite running smoothly at 60 frames per second.

But wait, it gets better. The PC has been rigged up in such a way that you can actually just put it on the bag like this, so you always can game on the go. (As long as you don't mind the risk of overheating, that is.)

We're not sure what's more impressive - the fact that they managed to get everything working together or the sheer audacity of building a gaming PC on a bag.

So, if you ever find yourself in need of a ridiculously suspect gaming setup, just remember: this is actually pretty impressive. (Don't do this, but it's cool, right?)

The real test was whether they could play Fortnite on this behemoth, and the answer is yes! They managed to get everything working together and even added a Hyperkin Xbox controller to the mix.

In conclusion, we'd like to thank everyone who contributed to this video for all their hard work in creating this amazing (and utterly ridiculous) gaming setup. Don't ever do this... actually, do.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey guys, this is Austin!And today we're doing somethingjust a little bit different.Last week I took a day off,I left everyone at the officewith one simple mission,to get a back to school PC.I'm curious, what didyou guys actually do?(lighthearted music)- Austin wants us tobuild a back to school PCfor around $750.- Which he gave us way more of a budgetthan he did on Halloween.(laughs)I just wanna point that out.- What do students want in a computer?In general.- Obviously productivity.- So it needs to run Google Docs.- Right.- Also, it has to run Fortnite- It has to game.- You wanna game on it.- Yeah.- Okay.- Yeah, you have to be able to in college.That's all you do.You don't have to doanything other than game.- Ideally you have this all-in-one thingwhere it has the power of a desktop,but in the portability of a laptop.- We're here at Micro Center.Let's go find some PC parts.- With a world of potentialcomponents ahead of us,things were looking up, that is,until we were met with ourfirst setback of the video.- I'm sorry guys,there is no recording in the store.- We just came back from Micro Center.We couldn't film in the store,but that doesn't matterbecause we're here now.Look at this smorgasbordof computer parts.We got a Core i3, theeighth gen ones, yeah.We have really cheap MSI motherboard.But most importantly, the power supply.We made sure that we gotone that was much better.By much better I mean muchcheaper at not $14.99,this is not the real price,we actually paid $13.99.Look, if you're a student,you're not really in aposition to be picky, right?$14 power supply, that's what you get.We got other computer parts,obviously, to make this,but we decided we wanted tomake this a portable setup.Instead, we got this reallyawesome Mickey Mouse Backpack.- Yeah.- I'd use it.(laughs) No, I'm joking.- The blessing in disguiseabout us using a bagis not only saving money on a case,but we won't have to deal with thingslike lining up IO,or screwing in the power supply,or the motherboard to the standoff.You just throw it in the bag.- It's ready to go.- Also as I found out, you havenever built a PC rig before.- I have not.- Well if you're working here,you better learn how to make one.So, go (laughs)- I have a lovely score ofzero on the PC simulator.- And so began Matt's initiation process.I gotta hand it to him,he did a pretty good job.For an SSD, we went with the professional,the young professional, SSD Solid State.A whopping $24.99 for 120 gig storage.Really can't beat it if you're a student.- Next step was to seehow the motherboard wouldeven fit into our backpack.Look at that!- Awh, man.- There's so much room in there!- So much room for activities.- With that out of the way,the next step was to see ifour build would even turn on.But we may have had a slightoversight in our plan.- Power LED, hard drive,power switch there it is.- The one big benefit to acase is it has a power button.- The funny thing is, we don't.That wrench in our plandidn't stop Wes and his actual wrenchfrom jumping the board to boot.- Hey,- What?- Now that our PC powered on,it was time to assemblethe rest of the kit,including some of theon-the-fly modificationsto our soft shelled case.- We can actually screw itright in to at least there.Oh, and down there too, that'll work.- With a bit more cardboard,zip ties, and Velcroto hold the remaining bits inplace, it was finally done.We're in the set, don't worry it's fine.We're good.- Oh.Ken, why is there a power supplysticking out the side of a backpack.- Not only is it a power supply,but it is, in fact,an 80+ power supply.- Not it's not!- It is, it is.- That's a lie!That is a lie.That looks like a $12DiabloTech power supply.- No.- It is actually DiabloTech?- Yes.- Okay, that's cardboard.- I think you mean our chassis.- What's with all the cables and stuff?So, you're meant to like,- This is an all-in-one kit.If you want the power ofa desktop, you have it.- Is this more powerful than a laptop?- It can be!- What's inside here?It looks like an mITX board.It is an mITX board.It is powered by Intel,eighth gen Core i3.(laughs)- I promise you this is betterthan you probably would ever imagine.- The word 'better' does not come to mind.(laughs)Okay, hold on.- Look, we've thought this way through.It's literally an all-in-one PC setup.This piece of Velcro right hereis to hold our power strip.- That's clever!- Yeah!- What's this?- That is our power button.Fun fact about this.Something that a backpackdoesn't have that a case does,is a power button.- Is a power button.- Is this actually wiredto the motherboard?- It is.- Really?This looks like somethingyou shouldn't take to school, right?If a teacher saw this,you're gettin' like straightto detention or expelled.This looks very suspicious.I think,- Dude, look at the cabling!Look at that!This is the cooling solution?You put a fan,- Yeah.- Oh, it's Velcroed.- It's velcroed in, yeah.The bag props the fantogether with the Velcro.- It's leaning a little bit.- It's leaning a little bit,it might not be the most stable thing.- My next question,- Yeah.This is a gaming PC?- Yes.You know how laptops these dayshave Thunderbolt ports.- There's no Thunderbolt on this.- Yeah, I know that.We may or may not have gotten,(laughs)- Hold on, how are youplugging it in, though?Are you just, you plugthe graphic card in?It is, in fact, a GTX 1050TI,and it is bus powered, with a cablethat you can plug into, (laughs)I mean, look.- Can I ask how muchthis whole setup costs?- We are under budget.- Okay, how much was that?- $750.- How much under budget are you?- $740.- Oh, look at that!- You should put like a $10 bill in here.- No.- You've got a Core i3.It's eighth gen so you'reactually gonna havea reasonable amount of power.You've got 1050TI, whichis not a bad graphics card.Wait, where's the drive?You have an,- An SSD?It's buried in there, don't worry.It may or may not be storebrand, but it's fine.- You coulda gone to four gigs of RAMand gotten a better power supply, right?- Nope.- No, that's not how it works?- The best part about this,you can actually just putit on the bag like this.So you always can game on the go.(laughs)- There you go!- You guys did some reallycool stuff here, for real.This is actually pretty impressive.No one should ever do this, but it's cool.I guess you could say thatabout like half of our videos.Don't do this, but it's cool, right?Right?- Oh, I heard something.- It's LED.- Hey, we're spinning.- Yeah, look, it's LED, too.- Hey!- It works.So much louder than Ithought it was gonna be.So far, everything'sactually working pretty well.But the real test is gonnabe can I play Fortnite?I just realized, I have to play on this?- It has shoulder buttons.- It's got two shoulder buttons.Wait, this isn't even,- It has WASD keys.- No, I'm not doing this!- Why not?- Look at how tiny this keyboard is,one finger covers up half of it.- I just hear whining and,- Whoa, look at that!Alright, I'll press that.- This computer has morefaith in this than you do.- It's running nice and smooth.The graphics card is not on fire yet.Wait hang on,- Yet? What, no?It's fine, it's fine.- I gotta make sure.- It's fine.- I gotta make sure.- It's fine.- The game is totally playable.If we actually had a mouse and keyboard,or even a controller,- Actually, included in the budget,we did add this Hyperkin Xbox...- This is actually areally weird controller.I got all excited at first,I was like, 'Oh, sweet.I don't have to use thisstupid little keypad,'but now I'm like,It's also the cheapest Xboxcontroller we could find.Which I think is a requirementfor Fortnite, right?- And we're getting a solidsixty frames per second,for the most part.- There we go.- It dips a little bit here and there,but this is a very playable PC.- You could tune down the settingsand get it consistent.- What was that?- Whoa!- What's going on?- It's okay, it's a quirk.- I think the screen was just dying.(laughs) That's what that looked like,that did not look like a graphics issue,that looked like ascreen catching on fire.- It'd make me feel a little bit better.- Just keep an eye on this, okay?- Nope, nope, nope!- Oh my god!- No, no, no, no!- Oh my god.- It's your PC's fault, your PC was,- That's pathetic. That's really pathetic.- Hopefully you guys enjoyedthis wonderful Ken Bolido Production.Thanks to everyone whocontributed to this videofor all the work that you guys didon this amazing Fortnite setup.Don't ever do this.- Actually, do.