How Las Vegas Killed Our Brand New Editing PC - CES 2024 Finale

**Behind the Scenes at CES 2024: A Journey with Paul**

CES 2024 coverage is brought to you by Cooler Master, Kioxia, Asus, and Gigabyte. As we reflect on the week that has passed, it feels like a blur—filled with meetings, new technologies, and reconnecting with old faces. The excitement of CES is palpable, but as the week draws to a close, there’s a bittersweet feeling in the air.

### Arrival in Vegas

The journey to CES 2024 began with packing up the truck and hitting the road. After a 3-hour and 15-minute drive, we arrived in Las Vegas. The decision to drive instead of fly was deliberate; it allowed us to bring more gear, including our editing equipment. While flying might have been faster, driving gave us the flexibility to transport everything we needed for the trip.

Upon arrival at the hotel, we were greeted by luxurious rooms with a view of Treasure Island and the Las Vegas skyline. The eighth-floor suite provided ample space for setting up workstations and relaxation. Despite the convenience of flying—only about 40-45 minutes from home—the drive was worthwhile for the extra gear and the experience it offered.

### Setting Up at the Hotel

Unloading the truck took three trips, with each load showcasing the extensive equipment we brought along. This included Joe’s computer, a beastly system equipped with an RTX 3080, multiple monitors, including an Asus ProArt 32-inch 4K monitor and a Cooler Master 4K micro LED. The setup was almost complete, but one hurdle stood in our way: our main editing system wasn’t powering on.

### Technical Challenges

As we began setting up, disaster struck. Joe’s $10,000 computer—a high-end build with an impressive setup—refused to power on. Despite troubleshooting, including bypassing extra components and attempting to jumpstart the system, there was no response. The frustration was palpable, but Paul joked about using a backup system for editing, noting that “$10,000 PC is not working I told you so.”

The team theorized possible issues: an electrostatic discharge, a faulty motherboard, or a failing power supply. Given the case’s glass side panels, which lack full metal protection, static discharge was a likely culprit. Though we were forced to rely on backups for editing, the experience highlighted the importance of having contingency plans.

### Mid-Week Activities

Midweek found us deep into video production. Joe was diligently editing in the corner of the room, while Paul juggled multiple video shoots. Despite the chaos, there were lighter moments, including a midday snack of beef jerky and trail mix for one team member and a birthday celebration for another.

Joe’s birthday was marked with a cake delivered to his hotel room—a sweet gesture that brightened an otherwise hectic day. The week-long event tested our social stamina, as Paul humorously noted: “I’m not all that social. I’m kind of introverted. So it's nice to come to these events, get lots of FaceTime, but then I go and hide in my garage and make videos for the next five months.”

### Reflections on CES

By the end of the week, our focus shifted to the Las Vegas Convention Center—the heart of CES. While many might associate CES solely with this massive venue, PC hardware manufacturers are actually less represented here compared to events like Computex. The team spent most of their time at the Venetian Expo Center, where tech companies showcase their latest innovations.

Nonetheless, a visit to the convention center was essential. The visually stunning displays and brand installations drew attendees in, even if they weren’t necessarily focused on PC hardware. It’s a reminder that CES is as much about the experience as it is about the technology.

### Conclusion

As Paul wrapped up his coverage, he reflected on the journey—both literal and metaphorical. Despite the technical challenges, the camaraderie, and the whirlwind of activities,CES 2024 was a success. The team expressed gratitude to their sponsors (Cooler Master, Kioxia, Asus, and Gigabyte), Joe for his birthday milestone, and the fans who supported their work throughout the week.

Looking ahead, Paul hinted at upcoming content, including coverage of new CPU launches. He urged viewers to subscribe, check out his merchandise store, and stay tuned for more tech videos in the near future.

And so, as the lights dimmed on CES 2024, we bid farewell with a collective “Bye CES!”—already looking forward to what next year will bring.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enmy coverage of CES 2024 is brought to you by Cooler Master kioxia Asus and gigabyte how  close am I do I need to like get closer to you or you're good good okay I cannot believe the week  is already over CES 2024 gone and just a Flash and even though the week is like a whirlwind of  meetings and new technology people you haven't seen in Forever lots and lots of people came  up and said hello to me thanks to all of you guys who did it's still just a little sad when  it all ends but since this is the finale video we're actually going to go back in time to the  beginning of the week to cover how we got here a little behind the scenes and of course the  greatest tragedy of CES 2024 well thank you Paul from a week from now all smug with the  work done and everything but you're right guys let's do a little recap how' this week go we're  starting from the beginning cuz uh it's time to head out we just got the truck packed let's  go to Vegas I'm just fueling up did you bring your wallet yes I brought my wallet this time  sure yes oh the IDE show the money I just I just filled it with cash for gambling and debaucherywe made it to the room we like staying here cuz the rooms are nice and big plenty of room in the  lower area done there to set up for editing and all that Joe's bed my bed we have reasonable view  we up on the eighth floor so we can see out to the uh Treasure Island over there and you can  see like the Mirage and little and out to the mountains there in the distance pretty nice  sometimes people ask me why we drive to Las Vegas rather than flying you can fly here in  about 40 45 minutes from where we live the trip today uh if just the driving part was 3 hours  and 15 minutes so if you take the time it takes to get to an airport early like hour and a half  two hours early for a domestic flight add in a bit of Transit time in between I feel like it's pretty  much a wash and it also means that we can drive my truck and we can bring a lot more gear including  all the stuff that's still down in my truck which I guess we better go unload and here we are lastload yeah you can do that video people unsubscribing last load here we are here's  kind of a a rough look at the stuff that we got we got uh Joe's computer here my computer over  here bags and stuff you know with like clothes and things we need to wear we brought three  monitors this one's actually really nice it's an Asus Pro art 32in pa32 UCR which is like 4K and  really really good color reproduction and all that stuff so Joe's going to be mainly editing  on that one we also got this Cooler Master 4K micro LED and then there's one more supplemental  4k monitor down there bringing all this stuff up to the suite took us three trips and now  we get to take this area down here and start to reconfigure it for video editing and I've  got a couple videos to shoot there as well that you guys have probably already seen by  this point so our beastly system here was not powering on actually no response at all power  supply connected and everything not the type of troubleshooting you want to be doing like right  at the beginning of a trip but I maybe maybe I have fixed it let's see there might be a short  somewhere else then all right we got to unplug more stuff a few moments later uh a few moments  later and um guys I hate to admit this but we also don't want to try to pretend like we're  hiding anything from y'all as you can see I've bypassed a lot of the sort of extra stuff that  we had in here like the strimers we removed we managed to retrieve a small piece of metal so  I could jump the uh 24 pin cable here and the power supply is turning on and the LEDs are  turning on but when we plug it back into the system turn it on like there's just nothing  it's dead there's no indication from the power button here that anything's function so uh it's  still like a big question mark what's gone wrong with this system between when we put it in a box  this morning and brought it out here but either something with the motherboard possibly the power  supply possibly just Las Vegas hates Joe's new computer but you know what this is why we have  backups and so we're going to be relying on this computer for now the backup system and you know  this still is a 550x and we just dropped the RTX 3080 back into it so it's what we edited on lastyear I told you I wouldn't point the camera at him cuz he's I'm just F**ing P*ssed it's okay  it's okay so that's all right we're going with the handheld system again for now and  we'll still get it done see this system works $10,000 PC is not working I told you so people  can be like sorry wow guys I think that was a top comment sorry your $10,000 computer is not  working guys people feel really bad the next day it's the next day now it's day two of our trip  uh Day Zero per the CES calendar and schedule and just wanted to update you guys that uh we  weren't able to get Joe's system up and running CES brings Joy but it also brings great tragedy  and I'm sure all of you guys are very sympathetic that our $10,000 computer here this not working uh  we got to do further troubleshooting uh that is kind of beyond our uh what what we're capable of  right now thankfully though we were able to stay up till uh one or so last night using our backup  PC we did get a couple videos made and posted so there's a look at the sort of workstation  area for Joe and Paul in progress we are about to head down to one of our first Like official  meetings which is with gigabytes and it's a lovely lovely day outside although it is really cold I  mean relatively cold depending on where you live it's like in the mid-40s today so we're obviously  terribly sad that we weren't able to use Joe's brand new $10,000 is editing system that we so  carefully built and crafted over the past week the best assessment we have so far is that it  was probably electrostatic discharge which is actually something The Temper glass side panel  cases have a little bit of an issue with they're not as protected as cases with full metal side  panels so we're going to be coming back to that build we're going to get it back up and running  it again we might be making some changes to the build layout as well so if you guys have  any suggestions for that of course leave it in the comments comment section down below but what  about the middle of the week when I was busy making lots of videos there was a few random  moments that we captured then as well here's a midweek look at what our hotel room looks like  right in the thick of things it's Tuesday Joe's diligently editing over in the corner I just  had a lunch of beef jerky and uh trail mix now I'm headed down to shoot like four more videoscool I almost never go to k it's see guess but maybe I should sounds exciting how's  it going oh I'm sorry see you man hi I'm uh Robbie from signal RGB Robbie  okay how you doing what up man oh good to see youagain I have a 1:00 noproblemhappy birthday to you happy birthday to to you happy birthday dear Joe it's Joe's birthday  sure is happy birthday Joe what better way to celebrate and editing all day and a chicken  Caesar wrap just what I wanted hand delivered hand delivered only the best all right everyone  say happy birthday Joe thank you I've told multiple people this week that I'm not all  that social I'm kind of introverted so it's nice to come to these events get lots of FaceTime but  then I go and like hide in my garage and make videos for the next five months but  CES and computex is kind of where I do that the end of the week we typically try to make  our way over to the Las Vegas Convention Center I actually spend most of my week not here even  though this is the spot that a lot of people associate directly with CES funny thing about  CEs a lot of people associate CES with this area where we are right now this is the main CES show  floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center they have three massive halls and this is where lots  of Manufacturers come to show off their wees but PC Hardware manufacturers actually aren't  often here so we don't spend much time here a lot more time over in the Venetian Expo Center  but as part of every trip I like to at least stop by here because even though there's not  a lot of PC Hardware to look at there is lots of visually incredible stuff because a lot of the  displays are made to catch your eye so you can look be like wow look there's a brand so to cap  things off for you guys we're going to do a little Montage of our walkthrough of the CES show floorand that is all for my coverage of CES 2024 I want to say huge huge thanks to my sponsors for  this event Asus gigabyte kioxia and Cooler Master big thanks to Joe it is his birthday  today as of the filming of this video it'll be in the past when you guys see it but happy  birthday to Joe who's very gracious to do lots of work on his birthday although he's back in  in Las Vegas now for a birthday celebration so cheers to Joe a big thank you as well to  everyone who came and said hello over the course of this week and a big thank you to all of you  guys the fans who have watched the videos who have given a thumbs up who have posted comments  given me feedback it's a great way to start off the year I'm going to take just a short  little break for a couple days and then I'll be back at it because we got some launching  soon got some CPUs launching soon so we got more Tech videos coming at you guys really  soon so subscribe if you're not already check out my store paul.net if you want to help buy  some merchandise and support the channel and we'll see you all in the next video. bye CES!\n"