I was too poor to afford this

Asus has noticed some dust on that 2001 motherboard. They are offering repair service for $7,600.00 and will include a new CMOS battery under warranty at no charge.

Linus creates a media group to obtain his Childhood dream.. almost brings a tear to one's eye

18:27 Linus Forgets the YEAR he was born. You were 15 in 2001 Linus.

20:46 “can you shoot down the chute” good to see Linus embracing his Canadian heritage of war crimes 😂

20:37, sir, that's considered a warcrime

1:21 "September of 2001" huh, that date does sound familiar

Buffer underrun while burning CDs was so annoying. I learned from that the importance of having two IDE channels, and having the HDDs on the primary channel and the CD drive on the secondary channel. That way the data wouldn't get interrupted, and would have a clean stream from channel 1 to 2. Writing across the same channel would lead to buffer underruns. And cloning discs from one disc drive to another directly was also a big no no. Instead, clone it to a disc image on the HDD and then burn it back to a disc from there.

my favorite thing about watching videos like this with Linus in them is how He is so completely unabashedly a nerd. he loves this stuff so much, and has so much fun with it. This PC he's building is functionally a relic and yet he's loving every second of it, especially once they start booting up old games.

My Klipsch pro media speakers lasted for more than 20 years before they started making weird noises. I was able to call Klipsch and get replacement subwoofer cones from them to replace the 15 year old rotted out ones for like $30 each. That made me a life long customer, a company that actually stood behind their products. I liked them so much I repurchased them again a couple of years ago, the quality went down a little, but still better than competitors.

Fun fact: The Nintendo 64 also used Rambus RDRAM. The "jumper pak" that's included in the expansion slot out of the box is literally one of those "dummy modules" in a fancy plastic cartridge. (2:44)

So much of this video hit me right in the feels. I was working at CompUSA back in 2001 and that allowed me to get some sweet deals on hardware like this. The only component I still have in my house today, ~22 years later, is my Logitech Z-5400 5.1 THX speakers w/ wireless satellites. Each one had a capacitor fail over the years, but they're still in full working order after some quick soldering.

I had a similar setup around that time. It was my first PC build when I was 15. Not nearly as high end but I played RTCW maxed at 1024x768 with no issue. Had the same steering wheel too, but a couple years later.

15:26 Something people forget is that good audio doesn’t really go bad over time

Truly a miracle that you found a working DeathStar. I can still remember when mine died. Many brilliant MSPaintings were lost that day.

I still have that case. It's hooked up to a Samsung Syncmaster 900NF 19 inch CRT monitor. Great for retro PC games and arcade emulation. Funny that it's just as desirable now as it was back then.

RTCW!!!! Yep you can scale that game up to at least 1080p on the original engine (with INI edits), but it's been remade since too. You can also still play and sometimes even find active servers for the multiplayer sequel/expansion/standalone game called Enemy Territory. It was originally planned as an expansion but due to issues during development, they ended up releasing the multiplayer portion of the game as a standalone, free to play game.

Dude, I remember having that Klipsch 5.1 surround playing World of Warcraft, and a dirty Rogue would make that stealth sound behind you, and it would make you jump because of the surround, because you knew the stun lock was coming. Also, watching a movie on the PC, you could hear the paper burning from a cigarette when somebody would be smoking. Or the scuff of a shoe on the floor when somebody was walking. It was legit, so crystal clear.

20:33 when the second Canadian mode kicks in

In true canadian style, he is applying the Geneva Checklist by shooting at a pilot who has ejected >.<

the Nostalgia on this one! I think I still have that exact magazine laying around somewhere, I remember drooling over PC Mag, a trip to the grocery store would not be complete without telling mom to find me in the magazine section I'll be reading PC Magazine.