The Art of Building a Computer: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Candy

Bob and Rod, two self-proclaimed tech enthusiasts, sat down to brainstorm their next project. They had no solid plan, but that didn't stop them from getting started. As they began to assemble their monitor and prepare for the build, it became clear that this project was not just about building a computer, but about exploring new ideas and pushing the boundaries of what was possible.

As they worked on their plan, they couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and nervousness. They knew that they had some big shoes to fill, as they would be working with a dynamic networking system that would detect the best route based on their setup. This meant that they would have to figure out how to always run in the background on all their operating systems, without disrupting other tasks.

One of the first decisions they made was to opt for ssl encryption to protect their keystrokes from attackers. They also decided to use dynamic networking, which would allow them to detect the best route and ensure that their computer could adapt to any changes in their setup. This meant that they would have to be prepared for a range of scenarios, from slow internet connections to fast ones.

As they continued to work on their plan, it became clear that they were not just building a computer, but creating a system that would be able to adapt to changing circumstances. They discussed the possibility of using clipboard sharing, dragging and dropping files, and copy-pasting as features of their build. They also talked about the importance of lock screen synchronization, which would allow them to keep their desktop organized and clutter-free.

Despite their enthusiasm for these ideas, Bob and Rod couldn't shake off the feeling that they were in over their heads. They had no experience with fabrication or painting, which was a crucial part of their build. They knew that they would have to rely on others to create custom parts and design elements that would bring their vision to life.

As they worked on their computer, they couldn't help but feel a sense of awe at the complexity of the system they were building. They marveled at the intricate details of the case, the precision of the components, and the sheer power of the processor. But despite their admiration for the technology, they knew that they had to be careful not to get too caught up in the technical aspects.

As the hours ticked by, Bob and Rod found themselves growing more and more hungry. They joked about their hunger, and how it was affecting their focus on the task at hand. But as they worked, they couldn't help but feel a sense of excitement and wonder. This build was not just about creating a computer; it was about exploring new ideas and pushing the boundaries of what was possible.

As they delved deeper into the build process, Bob and Rod found themselves getting more and more creative. They started to brainstorm ideas for custom parts, such as foil-wrapped components and candy-themed decorations. They discussed the possibility of using multi-colored keycaps and adding a chocolate bar-shaped computer case. They even talked about using brown and cream accents to create a unique design.

But despite their enthusiasm for these ideas, Bob and Rod couldn't shake off the feeling that they were in over their heads. They knew that they had to be careful not to get too carried away with their designs, or risk compromising the performance of their build. They discussed the possibility of using a gold foil-wrapped exterior, but worried about how it would affect airflow.

As the hours turned into days, Bob and Rod continued to work on their computer. They encountered setbacks and challenges along the way, but they refused to give up. They were driven by a sense of curiosity and wonder, and a desire to push the boundaries of what was possible. And as they worked, they couldn't help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment. This build was not just about creating a computer; it was about exploring new ideas and bringing their vision to life.

The Journey Continues: Bob and Rod's Next Move

As Bob and Rod continued to work on their build, they found themselves at a crossroads. They had decided to go with a golden wrapper exterior, but were still unsure about the interior design. They discussed the possibility of using brown and cream accents, but worried about how it would affect airflow.

In the end, they decided to go with a more conservative approach. They opted for a brown base with cream accents, which would provide a clean and simple look without compromising performance. As they worked on their build, they couldn't help but feel a sense of satisfaction. This build was not just about creating a computer; it was about exploring new ideas and bringing their vision to life.

But despite their progress, Bob and Rod still had doubts about their build. They wondered if they would be able to turn in a computer that met their expectations. Would the foil wrapping affect airflow? Would the candy-themed decorations compromise performance?

As they worked on their final touches, Bob and Rod couldn't help but feel a sense of trepidation. They knew that they had taken risks with their build, and that it was possible that things wouldn't turn out as planned. But despite their doubts, they refused to give up. They were driven by a sense of curiosity and wonder, and a desire to push the boundaries of what was possible.

And so, Bob and Rod's journey continues. Will their build be a success? Only time will tell. But one thing is certain: this duo has brought their vision to life, and created something truly unique and special.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhoa we're resurrecting tech showdown we were thinking we should call it something else but then we were talking about other names and one of them was in use by a law firm or something so tech showdown it is except we're changing the format now it's two teams competing to build a themed pc okay that's exactly the same as before but now we've got four days so we're going to build something totally kick-ass this season is brought to you by synergy and the theme is candy now in a stunning turn of events it was brought to my attention this morning that rather than each luke and i being paired with a professional modder luke and i will be squaring off against two professional modders so i wish us the best of luck building a candy themed pc and a candy themed full desk setup to look freaking awesome or at least be tasty failing that yeah and there's no real clear rules so uh go tech showdown is brought to you by synergy2 in partnership with g skill be quiet and cable mod synergy 2 makes sharing your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers so simple that anyone can use it learn more at the link below so in fairness to you guys you should understand who you're building the system for we've got three celebrity judges our minor celebrity judges are going to be riley from ncix tech tips and steve from gamersnexus and then our um sort of headliner celebrity judge is actually ijustine so she's coming all the way up here and the three of them are going to contribute to who actually wins so keep that in mind you've got okay okay can we take this board yeah we have markers we got markers baby we got three markers we got all the markers oh yeah that's one big difference there's no barrier hey we don't need markers everyone everyone can see what everyone else is doing this is like tripping me out like i want to hide stuff but okay i think the first thing we have to deal with though is your uh your sponsor logo shirt here that okay so you got to do one of two things yeah you got to start eating these to fill in or we could find some tape or something you look ridiculous i think these belong over there don't they oh yeah they're called dum dums yeah these go over here you guys these are dum-dums there you go you know here you go here you go smart guy you don't have those in america do you i think no don't they call these rockets down there or no our smarties no wait our rockets are your smarties and you guys don't have our smarties you have the lame like powdered candy smarties so okay my my grand idea okay see you are everything that is wrong with us staying organized you just put a not working marker back in the pile of working markers yeah it has to be um okay so where this can go though is another level there's one where it like comes out of the top of the computer and flows down and then there's like a little river but then how do you recycle that that's gonna be pretty uh pretty bonkers but one thing that i observed about these tables that we're using already is that they could actually be configured that way but how do you get it back up okay um so here's the thing there's no fixed budget for tech showdown it's all within reason so i don't really see any reason you know that's not within reason why we couldn't obtain something to help us do that now here's how we take it to like a crazy level though this is i believe what a 180 watt cpu okay i know you're going with it that would be awesome i mean what could unlock the power more than this i feel like that might be hard to communicate to judges and then we could have like an info like this is how it works card that's worked in the past yeah we could oh man oh okay having like four days to work on this in some ways is actually like like like ah too much pressure yeah yeah yeah okay okay and this is actually you know i haven't even looked at what hardware we're using yeah okay okay this is not attached so these are just like saw horses so let's open our case first and then we'll worry about how to plan it's a big tower basically blank canvas yeah it's a big tower okay okay so here here we go like i don't want them to know too much at this stage but we need um river okay so we have to yeah yeah we could probably buy a thing that would come with that but it would have to be continually which makes a little bit difficult yeah and how do we keep it from like gunking up probably needs to run for a little while if we okay so these like are designed that it won't matter but our extra stuff we will have to be pretty careful about sure but like the the river part i wouldn't actually worry about it too much but we just have to get it back that's the part that i'm really worried about because yeah you can like slant the table and stuff oh no we can't do that because that would make a terrible user experience i imagine that they're going to get really creative and do all kinds of crazy stuff and that might hurt them okay so cotton candy idea it would be it'd be difficult to get cotton candy that you could apply and it starts to like you know to keep it that clean fluffy yeah stick it yeah we've got it so the desk the desk has to we have to do some paint work with the desk oh my god okay the desks kind of remind me of like you know when they pull taffy at the fair they're always on a big workbench and stuff and sometimes they've got those big machines that like stretch the taffy like automatically it's like how cool that's to build that if we have this big table area what if we created a game like candy land like a candy land candyland or candyland game where it's like a board game where you have to move spaces and then we incorporate el like lions detectives or something or whatever on the top we could paint this white and then do like some sort of a like um like a big game board or something maybe no problem okay can you help me yeah okay priorities priorities let's get you not looking like a smack tool what is that it's well it doesn't sound dumb i mean then mission accomplished whoever ordered the t-shirts may have ordered the wrong one for luke colton okay and i'm definitely touching your butt i'm okay with this which is definitely a little weird but that's hopefully fine i mean it's all right yeah it looks not as bad but it's definitely still kind of bad because like look at this look at this endlessly look just start eating candy then i tried but you didn't try which is why we're here wow let's do that let's do that let's do that so this pretty much goes on this side what about like regardless of what else we think what's that not sure yet where is this gonna sit like if this is a complete battle station your two big objects are gonna be your case and your monitor so if your case sits on this side you know it blocks off so much then your monitor say sits on the front like do we do vase amount like on the monitors the monitors on an arm how do we keep it like super clean do we mount the chassis like underneath or something yeah does it fit inside the the sawhorse things or something like that yeah i mean you want to be a showpiece so you don't want to hide it but it's huge i mean it blocks off yeah do we really want to have it and then also you got the back here i mean you're going to be looking at from this side but on the same side i mean you can do this we're incorporating the cable so then you monitor your battle stations here it doesn't have to be just candy though right like we could we could incorporate like ice cream i mean ice cream is technically yeah candy right like what's our like four things we're doing right so like are we putting a gumball machine in this like that's a major you know cut grind that seems too easy though it's i hear ya you know okay like how does a gumball machine and a reservoir work together like what if one displaces gumballs and one dispenses aurora fluid like it's a two loop system but it's not one's candy and one's coolant so should we stay away from stay away from doing crazy paint because there's no paint booth here there's no yeah the only thing i'm thinking you got this white canvas on these sawhorses i think that is something that we do so so we could paint we could paint this whole tabletop white as a starting point too i like the i mean i like the maple but if it doesn't work in the theme then no so these are standard regular keycaps so we might even be able to buy a keycap set for this but get them in time if we can get them at like maybe ncax or something or yeah or just amazon prime so it's just the caps of the keys that we can replace the black ones with some color synergy 2 is designed to be easier and more seamless to use than synergy one features include sharing from anywhere with automatic control of any other computer without reconfiguring ssl encryption to protect your keystrokes from attackers dynamic networking so it detects the best route based on your setup and being able to always run in the background on all your operating systems so you can set and forget and it even works across vpn's and tricky home networks if you get the pro version you can get access to other cool features too like clipboard sharing dragging and dropping files copy pasting lock screen synchronization and lots more okay so bob and rod are starting to get a few good ideas but just because they don't have a solid plan yet doesn't mean they've been sitting on their hands they've already assembled their monitor and are well on their way to painting their case and now time for a little cable management this thing can route you know all the way over drill holes route route everything down through so it's like perfectly clean i'm really hungry uh wait this is their plan yeah distracting dude this is their whole plan they know i like candy so they put all this candy here to keep me from working on the computer that's the whole plan no you guys are mean why you don't think i can sit here with all this candy and what if we put a res like on the corners and then straight anything between anything water cooling is probably coming from the supply here oh okay so we we have to go see what they have oh wait yeah which we could go we could go look at that yeah um okay we still need we need a good solid feeling though i know okay so the mouse i'm taking off the question mark there uh we can decide on colors later uh we may go together or you know what we may have to stay split up on all of this just send pictures yeah we'll just go we'll pick something really fun we definitely need to spend some time doing what they're already almost done doing which is taking this baby apart and figuring out but we need the overarching theme first i'm gonna be stress eating for the next four days i don't think our mods gonna be on par because neither of us has the fabrication or the painting experience that those guys do like they do this all day what i was mostly counting on going into today was luke having some kind of a kick-ass idea like mad max or whatever i mean he's behind me so this is a little awkward to say but like his idea was okay it wasn't like game breaker you know i'm having doubts about the foil i think we should go back to the original plan it's gonna rip yeah yeah i hope at this point i hope that we at least turn in a computer i mean it we'll have something yeah we'll have something oh my god what time is it it's two yeah should we build it no because we have to take this all apart to like we have to paint this they're obviously painting we can't not paint it maybe this is the gold foil and chocolate thing so gold all on the outside and then try to chocolate as much as you can on the inside so that it's a candy bar computer interesting okay and then we go with other candy for all the rest so we get those multi-colored keycaps and we go with other candy for the rest and we go with chocolate bar for the computer and then do we still do the brown desk or no i don't think it's i think we could because there would be enough contrast of the outside of this being gold how gold can we go though without ruining like airflow and how good of a job can we do of that this is a super modular case this whole look at where they're at because like i'm worried about stuff like this i'm pretty sure that yeah but how are we going to put it back in tidally because whatever kind of foil we're using is not going to be that strong we could do that we can do foil for some parts but i think a lot of it's gonna be like this is definitely gonna be paint this would be easy okay okay okay okay so we go golden wrapper outside and then inside all brown we could do uh cream and brown so we could do cream accents with a brown base we can mask off these fans and we can go like brown frame cream spinning so we are we are we are brown and brown and creamy i don't think this is an incredible idea but i think it's a doable idea and then we might be able to spend more time doing crazy things with the rest of the build it took us until two o'clock to even sort of have an idea it wasn't finalized by any stretch frankly our whole value add on this one is the idea because our execution isn't gonna be better so yeah i'm really worried right now will linus and luke continue sucking next week don't wait to find out you can watch part 2 right now on floatplane follow the link in the description belowwhoa we're resurrecting tech showdown we were thinking we should call it something else but then we were talking about other names and one of them was in use by a law firm or something so tech showdown it is except we're changing the format now it's two teams competing to build a themed pc okay that's exactly the same as before but now we've got four days so we're going to build something totally kick-ass this season is brought to you by synergy and the theme is candy now in a stunning turn of events it was brought to my attention this morning that rather than each luke and i being paired with a professional modder luke and i will be squaring off against two professional modders so i wish us the best of luck building a candy themed pc and a candy themed full desk setup to look freaking awesome or at least be tasty failing that yeah and there's no real clear rules so uh go tech showdown is brought to you by synergy2 in partnership with g skill be quiet and cable mod synergy 2 makes sharing your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers so simple that anyone can use it learn more at the link below so in fairness to you guys you should understand who you're building the system for we've got three celebrity judges our minor celebrity judges are going to be riley from ncix tech tips and steve from gamersnexus and then our um sort of headliner celebrity judge is actually ijustine so she's coming all the way up here and the three of them are going to contribute to who actually wins so keep that in mind you've got okay okay can we take this board yeah we have markers we got markers baby we got three markers we got all the markers oh yeah that's one big difference there's no barrier hey we don't need markers everyone everyone can see what everyone else is doing this is like tripping me out like i want to hide stuff but okay i think the first thing we have to deal with though is your uh your sponsor logo shirt here that okay so you got to do one of two things yeah you got to start eating these to fill in or we could find some tape or something you look ridiculous i think these belong over there don't they oh yeah they're called dum dums yeah these go over here you guys these are dum-dums there you go you know here you go here you go smart guy you don't have those in america do you i think no don't they call these rockets down there or no our smarties no wait our rockets are your smarties and you guys don't have our smarties you have the lame like powdered candy smarties so okay my my grand idea okay see you are everything that is wrong with us staying organized you just put a not working marker back in the pile of working markers yeah it has to be um okay so where this can go though is another level there's one where it like comes out of the top of the computer and flows down and then there's like a little river but then how do you recycle that that's gonna be pretty uh pretty bonkers but one thing that i observed about these tables that we're using already is that they could actually be configured that way but how do you get it back up okay um so here's the thing there's no fixed budget for tech showdown it's all within reason so i don't really see any reason you know that's not within reason why we couldn't obtain something to help us do that now here's how we take it to like a crazy level though this is i believe what a 180 watt cpu okay i know you're going with it that would be awesome i mean what could unlock the power more than this i feel like that might be hard to communicate to judges and then we could have like an info like this is how it works card that's worked in the past yeah we could oh man oh okay having like four days to work on this in some ways is actually like like like ah too much pressure yeah yeah yeah okay okay and this is actually you know i haven't even looked at what hardware we're using yeah okay okay this is not attached so these are just like saw horses so let's open our case first and then we'll worry about how to plan it's a big tower basically blank canvas yeah it's a big tower okay okay so here here we go like i don't want them to know too much at this stage but we need um river okay so we have to yeah yeah we could probably buy a thing that would come with that but it would have to be continually which makes a little bit difficult yeah and how do we keep it from like gunking up probably needs to run for a little while if we okay so these like are designed that it won't matter but our extra stuff we will have to be pretty careful about sure but like the the river part i wouldn't actually worry about it too much but we just have to get it back that's the part that i'm really worried about because yeah you can like slant the table and stuff oh no we can't do that because that would make a terrible user experience i imagine that they're going to get really creative and do all kinds of crazy stuff and that might hurt them okay so cotton candy idea it would be it'd be difficult to get cotton candy that you could apply and it starts to like you know to keep it that clean fluffy yeah stick it yeah we've got it so the desk the desk has to we have to do some paint work with the desk oh my god okay the desks kind of remind me of like you know when they pull taffy at the fair they're always on a big workbench and stuff and sometimes they've got those big machines that like stretch the taffy like automatically it's like how cool that's to build that if we have this big table area what if we created a game like candy land like a candy land candyland or candyland game where it's like a board game where you have to move spaces and then we incorporate el like lions detectives or something or whatever on the top we could paint this white and then do like some sort of a like um like a big game board or something maybe no problem okay can you help me yeah okay priorities priorities let's get you not looking like a smack tool what is that it's well it doesn't sound dumb i mean then mission accomplished whoever ordered the t-shirts may have ordered the wrong one for luke colton okay and i'm definitely touching your butt i'm okay with this which is definitely a little weird but that's hopefully fine i mean it's all right yeah it looks not as bad but it's definitely still kind of bad because like look at this look at this endlessly look just start eating candy then i tried but you didn't try which is why we're here wow let's do that let's do that let's do that so this pretty much goes on this side what about like regardless of what else we think what's that not sure yet where is this gonna sit like if this is a complete battle station your two big objects are gonna be your case and your monitor so if your case sits on this side you know it blocks off so much then your monitor say sits on the front like do we do vase amount like on the monitors the monitors on an arm how do we keep it like super clean do we mount the chassis like underneath or something yeah does it fit inside the the sawhorse things or something like that yeah i mean you want to be a showpiece so you don't want to hide it but it's huge i mean it blocks off yeah do we really want to have it and then also you got the back here i mean you're going to be looking at from this side but on the same side i mean you can do this we're incorporating the cable so then you monitor your battle stations here it doesn't have to be just candy though right like we could we could incorporate like ice cream i mean ice cream is technically yeah candy right like what's our like four things we're doing right so like are we putting a gumball machine in this like that's a major you know cut grind that seems too easy though it's i hear ya you know okay like how does a gumball machine and a reservoir work together like what if one displaces gumballs and one dispenses aurora fluid like it's a two loop system but it's not one's candy and one's coolant so should we stay away from stay away from doing crazy paint because there's no paint booth here there's no yeah the only thing i'm thinking you got this white canvas on these sawhorses i think that is something that we do so so we could paint we could paint this whole tabletop white as a starting point too i like the i mean i like the maple but if it doesn't work in the theme then no so these are standard regular keycaps so we might even be able to buy a keycap set for this but get them in time if we can get them at like maybe ncax or something or yeah or just amazon prime so it's just the caps of the keys that we can replace the black ones with some color synergy 2 is designed to be easier and more seamless to use than synergy one features include sharing from anywhere with automatic control of any other computer without reconfiguring ssl encryption to protect your keystrokes from attackers dynamic networking so it detects the best route based on your setup and being able to always run in the background on all your operating systems so you can set and forget and it even works across vpn's and tricky home networks if you get the pro version you can get access to other cool features too like clipboard sharing dragging and dropping files copy pasting lock screen synchronization and lots more okay so bob and rod are starting to get a few good ideas but just because they don't have a solid plan yet doesn't mean they've been sitting on their hands they've already assembled their monitor and are well on their way to painting their case and now time for a little cable management this thing can route you know all the way over drill holes route route everything down through so it's like perfectly clean i'm really hungry uh wait this is their plan yeah distracting dude this is their whole plan they know i like candy so they put all this candy here to keep me from working on the computer that's the whole plan no you guys are mean why you don't think i can sit here with all this candy and what if we put a res like on the corners and then straight anything between anything water cooling is probably coming from the supply here oh okay so we we have to go see what they have oh wait yeah which we could go we could go look at that yeah um okay we still need we need a good solid feeling though i know okay so the mouse i'm taking off the question mark there uh we can decide on colors later uh we may go together or you know what we may have to stay split up on all of this just send pictures yeah we'll just go we'll pick something really fun we definitely need to spend some time doing what they're already almost done doing which is taking this baby apart and figuring out but we need the overarching theme first i'm gonna be stress eating for the next four days i don't think our mods gonna be on par because neither of us has the fabrication or the painting experience that those guys do like they do this all day what i was mostly counting on going into today was luke having some kind of a kick-ass idea like mad max or whatever i mean he's behind me so this is a little awkward to say but like his idea was okay it wasn't like game breaker you know i'm having doubts about the foil i think we should go back to the original plan it's gonna rip yeah yeah i hope at this point i hope that we at least turn in a computer i mean it we'll have something yeah we'll have something oh my god what time is it it's two yeah should we build it no because we have to take this all apart to like we have to paint this they're obviously painting we can't not paint it maybe this is the gold foil and chocolate thing so gold all on the outside and then try to chocolate as much as you can on the inside so that it's a candy bar computer interesting okay and then we go with other candy for all the rest so we get those multi-colored keycaps and we go with other candy for the rest and we go with chocolate bar for the computer and then do we still do the brown desk or no i don't think it's i think we could because there would be enough contrast of the outside of this being gold how gold can we go though without ruining like airflow and how good of a job can we do of that this is a super modular case this whole look at where they're at because like i'm worried about stuff like this i'm pretty sure that yeah but how are we going to put it back in tidally because whatever kind of foil we're using is not going to be that strong we could do that we can do foil for some parts but i think a lot of it's gonna be like this is definitely gonna be paint this would be easy okay okay okay okay so we go golden wrapper outside and then inside all brown we could do uh cream and brown so we could do cream accents with a brown base we can mask off these fans and we can go like brown frame cream spinning so we are we are we are brown and brown and creamy i don't think this is an incredible idea but i think it's a doable idea and then we might be able to spend more time doing crazy things with the rest of the build it took us until two o'clock to even sort of have an idea it wasn't finalized by any stretch frankly our whole value add on this one is the idea because our execution isn't gonna be better so yeah i'm really worried right now will linus and luke continue sucking next week don't wait to find out you can watch part 2 right now on floatplane follow the link in the description below\n"