- Karl Jacobs, a Minecraft youtuber with more money
than brains reached out to us,
because he wanted to beat Minecraft
on a $100,000 PC.
I can't help him beat Minecraft,
but I can sure as shoot build a $100,000 PC.
It took 6 months, and our bill actually ended up
exceeding the $100,000 payment we received from Karl,
but I'm extremely proud of the product our team delivered.
This desk PC, is an ode to opulence,
a portrait of prosperity, a ballad to the bourgeoisie.
You guys get the point.
It looks freakin' awesome.
But, beyond the looks, every single detail
of this build was meticulously thought out
and executed.
Let's have a closer look...
At our sponsor!
Huge shout out, FlexiSpot, for sponsoring this video.
We've decided on their E7 desk legs,
and if you stick around, you're gonna learn more
about the build and see just how much weight
these legs can support.
Karl was very particular that the PC
needed to cost $100,000.
The only problem with that, is that gaming computers,
even fancy ones, don't cost $100,000.
Now, we could just cheat and build a server
with a bunch of 30 terabyte Kioxia SSD's,
or we could build an AI work station
with half a dozen GPU's in it,
and then just as many terabytes of RAM.
But, the thing is that, none of those things
would make it any better for playing Minecraft.
In fact, it would probably be worse.
Now, Minecraft does technically support SLI,
as does NVIDIA's workstation line of GPU's.
So, if we could toss four of those into a computer,
that would eat up a lot of our budget.
- But, when I test out QUAD-SLI on the Comino Grando RM,
it was a mixed bag to say the least.
We tripled our FPS in Rise of the Tomb Raider,
but the frame times were so bad and inconsistent,
the experience was actually worse,
and when I tried to run Shadow of the Tomb Raider,
the system blue screened so hard,
I needed to completely reinstall Windows.
- So, for components then, we just picked the fastest
gaming stuff that exists.
A Core i9-13900KS.
RTX 4090.
64 gigs of DDR5 memory,
and a premium Z790 Motherboard from EVGA.
All of which came to $5,000.
That's it?
$5,000?
How are we going to spend the rest of the money?
By building something to put those parts in,
that is so damn expensive it will blow your mind,
and what better way to showoff a top of the line PC
like this one, than a desk PC.
And, it kinda makes sense, right?
Like, furniture's crazy expensive.
Like, look at this thing.
You can't even put a computer in it.
What a ripoff!
So, with that solved, we had a new set of challenges
to overcome.
We were very concerned about our fancy desk
surviving the 5,000 kilometer journey to Karl.
We didn't want another PewDiePie situation.
- Linus, I need tech support.
- But, what if we could kill two birds with one stone?
By creating a desk that is both absurdly expensive,
and also nearly impossible for FedEx to destroy.
But, don't try.
By milling it out of a single, solid block of aluminum.
Now, designing something like that is a lot of work.
So, I assigned it to Alex, who also decided
that it was too much work, and assigned Gary
to hire a new employee.
Meet Tim.
- I spent the next 2 months in my life
staring at SolidWorks, and coordinating
with our machinist, Amish, to design a computer desk
that feels like you're sitting in a Thai fighter.
And more importantly, it's possible to machine.
We decided against doing it out of a single block
of aluminum, because if there are internal stresses
in the stock, the whole thing could banana
when we take it off of the mill.
And also because, if we break it into 3 pieces,
Amish would be able to get extra fancy
with the machining, using his 5 axis mill.
Many, many, many revisions later,
we were ready to start machining.
(upbeat music)
- The desk was machined by SS Cadcam in Squamish,
and over 4 weeks, Amish's machines removed a total
of 1,075.2 pounds of aluminum.
Don't worry, it's all getting recycled.
Leaving us with possibly the most beautiful
computer case ever made.
Make sure to get subscribed, by the way,
'cause we're gonna have a full build video
for this bad boy coming out soon.
It was just way too much for one video.
- [Speaker] What all are you even doing over here?
- No!
Now, when you order from a boutique system builder,
the computer comes with a checklist
where they verify that everything was working as intended.
For instance, this one came with the Origin
we recently made a video on,
and because, we here at Linus Tech Tips
strive for the upmost and professionalism,
we have created our own checklist
that will be filled out by myself, the CEO,
and will be included in the package,
so that Karl can trust that we have tested everything
that is interesting to show in a video.
Starting with the sound system.
In total, $12,000 was spent insuring
that the auditory experience of this PC
could blow the doors off of Karl's streaming room,
with incredibly accurate sound.
To achieve this, we've used two Genelec 8341 A,
three way point source studio monitors.
Now, normal speakers look a little something like this.
We've got our woofer and we've got our tweeter,
here and here.
But, the distance between these two
can actually cause minute phase problems.
Well, not on the Genelec.
Here, the tweeter, the mid and the woofer,
all come from exactly the same spot.
Which, in theory, improves imaging.
But, what these can't do, is play really low notes.
Which is why we've also included the 7360 A subwoofer.
This should be able to faithfully recreate 20 hertz,
which is widely considered to be the lowest note
that humans can hear.
- Oh, we're getting some harmonics in there, weird.
Oh, that's Minecraft.
- And, pass.
Next up, Genelec claims that this system
should be able to reach 110 decibels without distortion.
So, to verify.
(upbeat music)
We're at 98!
- That's pretty good!
- Whoa! That's really loud.
We settled on FlexiSpot's E7 as the base
of our project for two reasons.
One, obviously we want to stick with the best
of the best for this project.
And two, we needed something that was capable
of holding up all this weight.
Since these legs can support up to 355 pounds.
As you can see here, within the actual weight limit,
it has no issues.
But, in this case, we underestimated
just how much our end product would weigh.
Our PC desk ended up being about 380 pounds.
So, it needs a little bit of help adjusting the height
since we're pushing it to it's limits.
But, unless you have a 370 pound plus desk at home,
it shouldn't be an issue.
It's built with a thicker, solid carbon steel frame
to make it extra durable, and extra sturdy.
Like, check this out.
You guys alright up there?
Which is really important when your desk weighs
as much as this one does, or actually,
just really important in general,
so your monitor doesn't wobble while you're typing.
The E7 also features a convenient built-in
USB charging port, that allows you to charge your phone,
or tablet while you work, and what else can I say?
You're welcome, Karl.
Since we're here, we can verify that the KJ
on the wings is still beautiful.
Oh, and that the sides make that satisfying ping.
It's like music to my ears.
Glass top still immaculate,
and if you're wondering why it cost over $11,000,
I need point you only at the etching on the back,
the chamfered edges to make sure that Karl
doesn't cut himself, and these fine cut outs
for our monitor arms.
This kind of thing ain't easy,
but Hopewell Works did a great job,
and I think Lloyd and Sarah did a fantastic job
with the design, too.
Since we're back here, by the way,
one thing that I'd recommend, Karl,
is that you insure that you have at least
two power circuits for this PC,
because it consumes a lot of power.
To deliver all of it, there are total of 4 power supplies.
This Seasonic SPX 750 handles power to the motherboard
and the CPU.
This second SPX 750, delivers power to your RTX 490 GPU
and the pumps on this side of the desk.
And then, over on the right side of the table
we've got the power supply for the standing desk,
and on the left, we have a dedicated power supply
for the RGB lighting.
This is because in addition to all the typical gamer RGB
that we've included, we've thrown in 5 Astera Helios Tubes
at $800 a pop.
These are filming grade lights that deliver
both the brightness, and color accuracy
that you would expect from such a thing.
No gaming grade RGB could ever hope to come close.
And, what's really cool, is that they're controlled
through Bluetooth, so you can use your phone.
Just make sure that you pair your phone
to the 3 that are inside the desk,
before you put the glass panel on top.
All four power supplies working.
Finally, for our physical, let's just insure
that the power button works.
Feels like nuclear launch, not Minecraft.
(bomb exploding)
We're mostly in here to talk about how our memory
has an XMP profile of 6,000 megatransfers per second.
But, we ended up having to slightly slow it down
to 5,600.
Since then, it's been rock solid.
You might lose 1 or 2 FPS, but given how many
you already get, I don't think that's going to be an issue.
Let's go ahead and fire up Windows.
Okay, latest BIOS installed.
Now, we're going to have to verify
some of the hardware, here.
Karl, the password is, "Roblox."
Oh, yeah I can use a mouse pad.
Oh, my God.
Please tell me we're sending this to him.
Now that we're in here, we just need to verify
that the specs are as our customer ordered.
Which basically just means the absolute best.
Yes, yes.
2 terabytes of Samsung 980 PRO, mm-hm, mm-hm.
Another 2 terabytes.
Seems pretty good.
Ooh, Nvidia RTX 4090, curtesy of ASUS.
There's TRIX model.
Looking very RGB in there.
And, what you're probably wondering at this point,
is how on earth are we cooling all that stuff?
Ah, fear not.
For inside this computer, is one of the best
and most complicated loops ever created.
To make sure that a frame is never dropped in Minecraft,
we have a total of six radiators, six pumps,
and three fluidically separate loops.
On the right, we have three radiators and two pumps
that are dedicated just to cooling the CPU,
and the same goes for the GPU, over here on the left.
Did I mention that the pumps are gold plated?
Now, it's pretty rare that you would have a task
that would hit both the CPU and the GPU equally.
Playing a game would mostly be on the GPU side,
while rendering a video out might be all on the CPU.
So, if the water in one side were to get more than 5 degrees
hotter than the other, our third loop would activate
in the middle.
EK custom made this gold plated heat exchanger
that pumps water across the tubes for both the CPU
and GPU loops to equilibrate the temperatures
of the CPU and GPU cooling water.
How effective is it?
Well, to find out, we grabbed the MainGear MG-1...
Thank you.
From Short Circuit, that despite having nearly the same
components, automotive paint, and a custom front panel,
costs $93,900 less than Karl's PC.
To compare the cooling solutions of each machine,
we fired up Prime95 and FurMark simultaneously,
and if you just looked at the CPU temperatures,
you might come to the wrong conclusion.
Our MainGear MG-1 topped out at 80 degrees on the CPU,
while Karl's desk got all the way up to 89.
This isn't a problem, though, because the desk
was able to sustain a power bill inflating
310 watts on the CPU continuously.
Even after 30 minutes of FurMark, the...
I wasn't going to drop it.
Oh, I dropped that.
Well.
Even after 30 minutes of FurMark, the RTX 4090
in here, only reached 57 degrees.
That is a massive 28 degrees lower than the MainGear.
And this one, the front panel won't even fall off like that.
Solid. Ow.
Unfortunately though, performance doesn't scale
in nearly with Power Draw, so even though our cooling
allows Karl's CPU to draw 47 percent more power
than the MainGear, it's Cinebench score
is only 5.4 percent higher, and in 3D Mark,
the desk was only able to pull off a 3.9 percent
higher score.
So, Karl's desk is faster than a high end pre-built,
but we are certainly seeing diminishing returns
at this point.
The real test, though, of course,
is how good it is at playing Minecraft.
Okay, are we doing Java edition?
- [Alex] No one plays Bedrock, Linus.
- Maybe we wanted to test RTX, I don't know.
Wow.
That looks freakin' awesome.
God, that looks good.
Like, shadow doesn't just look like dark light,
it looks like shade.
We are using 13 gigabytes of RAM running Minecraft?
- [Alex] Press Escape.
- No, I won't.
- [Alex] No like, we can make it more beautiful.
- I don't think anything could look better
than what I already saw.
Not even my own children.
Do they have path trace lighting on them?
I'm sorry, did my memory usage just hit 35 gigabytes?
Oh, my God.
This is running on a 4090.
It looks absolutely magnificent, though.
My kingdom.
Simba, everything that light touches
can be yours.
Oh no, Elephant Graveyard.
Minecraft so beautiful, it brings a tear to your eye.
Pass.
And, we would fire up something else,
but one of the requirements was that no game
other than Minecraft can ever have been played on it.
- I might play Forza on it later, though.
- Alex, you can't...
For Minecraft to look this incredible,
the computer not only has to be good,
but so does the monitor.
Here for the main screen, we've got the ASUS TRX-PG40 TUQ.
A 4K, 135 hertz, 41 1/2 inch monitor
that basically spanks pretty much everything else
in existence.
Our display guru from the lab did a quick
and dirty calibration on it, and here are the settings
that he found were best.
And, with a measured Delta E of just 1.49,
this thing is more than good enough for gaming.
More than color accurate enough for professional work.
Now normally, going with an OLED display,
means a drop in brightness.
But, thanks to a massive heat sync on the back,
we actually verified that this thing can sustain
700 nips of brightness on 10 percent of the screen.
Meaning that HDR content, is gonna look properly HDR
on here.
Then, I mean these are no pleb tier side monitors.
Each of these is a PG32 UKR, capable of 144 hertz
at 4K resolution.
Now, they're not quite as magnificent as the main display,
but they're color accurate, and more than good enough
for Discord, stream monitoring,
and completing the ultimate battle station look.
Now, we didn't fully calibrate all of the monitors,
but we did ensure that the white balance
and gamma were matched between the three,
because that's the most important thing
for making sure that your multi monitor set up
looks matched.
Now, we've already made sure that the speakers work well,
but, we need to check out the rest
of the streaming peripherals.
For an audio interface, we went with the FireFace UCX 2,
which delivers such a clean sound,
that it will make nearly any set
of half decent headphones sound incredible.
But, when you connect it to the Sennheiser HD 800 S,
you get sound so good, that the menu music in Minecraft
is gonna make you emotional.
Now, we weren't 100 percent sure how quiet
Karl's streaming space was,
so hopefully it's not too loud,
because these headphones are open back.
So, any ambient sounds go straight through them.
We also included an Electro-Voice RE20 microphone
and a Sony ZV-E10 camera to act as a webcam.
How do they compare to one of the best webcam-mic
combos in a laptop?
Well, not very close.
What won't be included, though,
is the mouse and keyboard, and I would like to explain why,
because that was a call that I made.
What? Me? - [Tim] Yeah.
- I didn't make that call.
- [Tim] They were too personal.
- Ah, too personal, that makes sense.
The last thing then, is to have a little chat
about warranty and support.
This desk comes with literally none of that.
I don't want to say who, but there have been creators
in the past that we made PC's for,
and then people in our office
become their personal trouble shooters
for a couple months, something we will not be doing again.
Many of the components in here were graciously sent
free of charge, like the RTX 4090, power supplies,
CPU, even that absolutely amazing, work of art
distribution plate from EK Water Blocks.
But, it also means there is absolutely 0 warranty
if something breaks, so you will just have to go out
and buy a new one.
We'd also recommend getting a good multimeter,
sold separately, since troubleshooting
any of the wiring in here is going to be non-trivial
if something goes wrong.
Our final bit of laying down the law.
Dear Saudi Princess, this desk is one of one,
and we will never build another, and in the future,
any clients are going to have to pay for engineering time
since having Tim work on this for 2 months...
More than 2 months.
He has other stuff to do.
With all that said, we hope you love it, Karl.
An extraordinary amount of effort was put into making this
literally the best, over the top gaming system
to ever exist, and I think Tim, Amish, Alex...
- I did a thing.
- Hopewell Works, everyone involved,
did an utterly phenomenal job.
Have fun beating Minecraft on it.
Over all, I'm super happy with the way this collaboration
turned out.
Our members have been using the E7 legs for a while now,
and have been thoroughly impressed
with their remarkable stability,
and I'm sure Karl will be as well.
It really is astonishing how little shaking there is,
even when you're typing while standing.
Their unique embedded junction, and solid built
carbon steel desk frame make it rock solid.
And, what's really cool, is that even though our creation
weighed too much for the E7,
FlexiSpot later released the Odin E7Q legs
that can support up to 440 pounds.
We weren't able to switch out the legs
at the last second, since the PC desk chassis
was custom made for the E7s,
but we're going to be keeping the Odin legs in mind
for any future heavy builds.
The E7 comes with a cable management board,
and cable ties to keep your workspace tidy.
It's easy to assemble and can be setup in minutes,
and with it's sleek and modern design,
the E7 is a perfect addition to any home,
office setting, or wildly expensive PC desk.
Don't miss FlexiSpot's brand day sale event
from May 23rd to May 25th.
You can get up to 60 percent off,
and use code LINUS50 to get an additional $50 off
your purchase of $500 or more.
Plus, you can try your luck at winning
one of the free orders they're giving away
during these days.
Check them out at the link in the video description.
If you guys enjoyed this video, maybe check out
the last time we made an over the top PC
for a rich person.
The Pyramid PC for Dbrand.