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Personal Interest: Conservation Effort behind the scenes

Hey everyone,

I figured I'd just share this here. This may not interest all of you -- but that's OK. You are welcome to skip and check out the next post. This is not related to computers or technology.

This may be helpful for you to understand my goals and objectives in life in general, as it gives some perspective on why I'm pushing so hard at GN. It's not technical or computer content, but it gives you some backstory. I've always thought understanding my favorit...

GN HQ Building Progress

Hey everyone,

It's been about one year of my life now since I started seriously looking at our new space. The structure existed, but the renovation required was immense due to decades of age and little upkeep. I like that as a project, though, because it fits our style and it means we could make something new again with minimal impact on land elsewhere.

I can't give all the specific details, but it's been the majority of this year (so far) that we've been working on plans, enginee...

Bonus for Patreon: Diagnosing a Faulty Power Supply

Well, attempting to diagnose it.

Hey everyone! Hope all is going well. We recently pushed the NZXT H510 Flow behind-the-scenes video to you as a Patreon exclusive (fun fact: initially typed "explosive" instead of "exclusive," but maybe that's because I'm about to write about a Gigabyte power supply).

Today, Patrick Stone looks at the Gigabyte Aorus power supply -- this one has actually been good to us for years and isn't the same as the GP series -- to try and diagnose its behavio...

Bonus Patreon Preview of NZXT H510 Flow

Hey everyone,

We're actively working on the NZXT H510 Flow now. We weren't aware of its launch until after it came out, so we'll be a little behind the others in our review -- but it's in now, and testing has begun. We got the initial build complete yesterday, and today it's going to start going through thermal benchmarks.

Thus far, it appears to basically be an H510 Elite with holes in the front, but our initial Patreon-exclusive hands-on will go over the interior and exterior of...

Please Help Us Get a PS5 CFI-1100B01 Model

Hi everyone,

This post will be deleted once we get what we need, just to reduce confusion.

You've maybe seen some of the coverage of the Sony PlayStation 5 Digital, with a particular focus on the "new" version ("CFI-1100B01") versus the "original." We would like to evaluate the thermal performance of these two units to determine whether one is meaningfully different from the other. We plan to test them properly, with the usual care taken to control for variables.<...

PSU Tests Behind the Scenes: AresGame Power Supply

Hey everyone!

Another behind-the-scenes for you: We'll probably publish the full (public) review later this week, but you get an early and different look at it. In this one, Patrick Stone will be walking you through some of the initial information on the AresGame PSU that we're reviewing. It's one of the best-selling Amazon power supplies, and we initially entered this questioning some of its claims. The review is actually really interesting. As a sneak preview for you, we already got t...

Behind the Scenes with Patrick on the Fractal Torrent

This is just a quick BTS video with Patrick Lathan talking about the Fractal Torrent. Our review is rendering right now and will be up soon. Definitely watch it when it's up, but this will give you some of his thoughts!

BTS: Some Cool Scope & PSU Testing Equipment

Hey everyone,

Here's a behind-the-scenes video for you! Shot this one with Patrick Stone on the team. He walks through some of the PSU testing corner, tools we have, and other stuff that I recently brought in from storage.

We shot two other BTS videos yesterday. Those will be cut together quickly next week and posted soon.

Thanks again for your ongoing support!

Challenging year (for time), building upfit, plans, & Patreon shipments

Hey everyone,

First: Patreon shipments just got sent to distribution. Those will ship out this coming week for reward tiers. Thanks for your patience. The delay is just on me for trying to keep up.

Second: People regularly ask for a link to Discord for Patreon. If you want to join and haven't yet, please follow these instructions: https://support.patreon...

Our Insane RAM Timings Animations & Behind the Scenes

Hey everyone,

We've decided to not only run a part 2 to our old RAM timings series, but just straight-up overhaul the first part altogether. Andrew has done some crazy work. He basically built RAM inside of Unreal Engine, to the extent that we can accurately calculate timings in ways that represent reality. It's not hard-baked animations, but accurately programmed ones. The stuff is crazy. He and Patrick Stone walk you through the plans for the series in this piece. We still have a few ...

GN Free Wallpaper Pack for Everyone

Hi everyone (this one really is going to everyone! It's a public post),

The free wallpaper pack is attached to this post! Some previews are above (but download for full quality). We put together a few wallpaper packs for everybody! We actually originally intended to release these when we hit 1 million subscribers, but that milestone hit right in the middle of chaos at the end of last year. We're finally launching them!

Our Patreon backers earlier got notified of 2021-05-11 13:58:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Patreon GN Desktop Wallpapers (16x9 & 21x9)

Hi everyone,

(Updated with attachments)

We've had a lot of requests for wallpapers over the years. Andrew put together a few packs for you all. We have one free pack that'll go up with the next HW News video, but also one exclusive pack just as a thanks to our Patreon backers. You can find the Patreon pack in this thread. I've uploaded it to the post.

Wallpapers were entirely made in Blender. We actually made these back when we hit 1 million subscribers, but...

PSU Testing Lab w/ Patrick Stone: Gigabyte Series

Hey everyone!

First, the usual reminder: If you are seeking Discord server access for Patreon, please follow the instructions at this link: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Get-my-Discord-role

This video is a behind-the-scenes look at the PSU testing lab. In this one, Patrick ("Stone," lest we be confused with other Patricks) walks through the ...

We're buying a lot of pre-builts, but there's a challenge

Hey everyone,

I think I have a way to get our Patreon backers some access to some pre-builts at a slightly discounted price, but I'm not sure about it. Please stay with me:

I've always really liked doing "sting operation" reviews of pre-builts -- basically, we show up unannounced in a physical retail store or order from a website to an alias, then get the real customer experience. We did this for Walmart, Cyberpower, iBUYPOWER, NZXT, and others over the years, and now is a perfect...

Power Cable Fire Testing Procedure (Behind-the-Scenes)

Hey everyone,

Spoiler alert! The video accompanying this Patreon BTS video isn't live on the main channel yet. It will be over the weekend. We have some content coming up where we've tested a series of popular cables that had concerning specifications and characteristics. We put our PSU testing equipment to use to try and root-out some specific failures. Although we have no comment or position on mining, we know that a lot of people are doing it right now -- and our concern is that some...

Patrons Ask GN 43: 5600X vs. 5800X = 4690K vs. 4790K? Riser Fires?

New Patrons Ask GN! This one has some really fun questions. I liked answering the one at 05:56 ("toughest job in the DIY PC industry?") a lot. That's something we think about a lot and it's a fun industry topic. Keep the great questions coming. Saw some new ones in Discord very recently and will be working on answering those this week.

I'm curious: For the second question about the "new 4690K vs. 4790K" debate, do you think that'll be the R5 vs. R7 in a few years? Or R3 vs. R5? Somethin...

Patrons Ask GN 42: What's the Most Time Consuming Thing to Review?

Hey everyone,

New Patrons Ask GN is up. There were two filmed back to back. Next one goes up shortly. As always, feel free to leave your questions in Discord! We really like the questions like the second one ("what's the most time consuming thing to review?") because some of the behind-the-scenes stuff doesn't get talked about in main channel videos. You might find that one interesting!

Thanks for the questions and support!

00:00 - Patrons Ask GN
00:39 - What's the Most ...

Behind the Scenes: PS5 Fan Mod, Corsair 5000D, Arctic Freezer

Hey everyone,

We're starting to push more Patreon videos right now -- hope that's OK with you all! It's just some extra behind the scenes and Patrons Ask GN content. This one talks about an impressively horrible PS5 aftermarket cooler we bought, our upcoming work on the Corsair 5000D, and dremeling the Arctic Freezer. Enjoy!

- Steve

Patrons Ask GN 41: Secret Scythe Agents, DDR5 for Gaming, Bottlenecking

Hey everyone,

New Patrons Ask GN is up. Will go through more questions over the next few days and film another one! As always, you can post your questions in the Patreon Discord and join via these instructions: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Get-my-Discord-role

We're planning to film another behind-the-scenes video this week as well. The last...

Patrons Ask GN 40: Mega Passive Heatsink, Software vs. BIOS OC, Snowflake vs. Chairs

This Patrons Ask GN talks about the below topics. Thanks for submitting your questions! As always, you can Google search "connect Patreon to Discord" to join the Discord channel, then post questions in the askgn-questions tab.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - Intro
00:31 - Mega Passive Heatsink
02:06 - Software vs. BIOS Overclocking
04:56 - Secret Scythe Agents
11:48 - Noctua vs. All
15:26 - ASUS Liquid Metal Application
16:00 - Snowflake Chair Testing

Thank you all for ...

BTS: What I think about when arranging the workspace (& organization)

This talks about things I consider when trying to make a workplace that  is both efficient and comfortable from a human factors perspective; in  other words, if putting a shelf in one spot would feel intrusive or  crowded, I try to figure out where might be better so that we don't feel  like the walls are closing in on us. Beyond that, this video is just  going through some organizational stuff, where we donate broken or 'expired' hardware, and general policies on try...

Behind the Scenes: Organization, Processes, & Testing Room Updates

Hey everyone,

I feel like we're finally getting some level of control back after months of nonstop reviews. We're making a lot of organizational changes and other behind-the-scenes updates to try and improve processes. Just to give you a look at the past couple weeks, we hit Thanksgiving with the usual Black Friday / Cyber Monday buyer's guide content, which is a lot of work, then ran into the 3060 Ti and 6900 XT reviews. I went in for a surgery for an old injury on the same day as the ...

Patrons Ask GN 39: Ray vs. Path Tracing (ft. Andrew), Undercover Snowflake, Zen 3

Hey everyone,

New Patrons Ask GN below. This one features Andrew! You can post your questions in the Discord. If you don't know how to join, just follow this link: https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Get-my-Discord-role

Timestamps:

00:00 - New Episod...

BTS Update & Rewards Shipped for $20 Tier

Hi everyone,

First up: We just sent our shipping team the manual shipment requests for the $20 Reward tier dating back to September, so you should be getting a tracking email in the next few days if you've been waiting for one. On the upside, Patreon now has an export CSV function for addresses. Believe it or not, I've been personally gathering the addresses and emails for all those Patreon shipments because there was no clean integration, but Patreon has updated its CSVs to include eve...

BTS: 3D Imaging of Coldplates for GPU & CPU Coolers

Hi all,

We just bought a very expensive scanner with a NIST-traceable certificate and third-party lab validation for imaging pressure paper to create images that gauge exactly the PSI at a given spot on a heatsink. This will also make it easy for us to create heightmaps and provide an idea for surface flatness, but in actuality, it's technically a measurement only of pressure to a given area. This doesn't necessarily mean a surface is unflat if there's low pressure -- it could just be b...

Updates & Patreon Reward Tier Cubes Shipping

Hey everyone,

First off, all the Patreon reward tier cube addresses ($20 tier) were just sent to our distributor, and those will go out next week. We hope they'll ship by Wednesday. You will receive a tracking notification via email. It looks like about 19 are going out, dating back to beginning of August. Second, if you're new and need a Discord link, please follow these instructions: 2020-09-05 05:57:22 +0000 UTC View Post

Patrons Ask GN 38: Do Manufacturers Push Back? Future VR Testing? What Tools Do You Use?

New Patrons Ask GN is up! This one was filmed 3+ weeks ago, so questions between now and then will be looked at for the next one!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Third of three! New questions next time!
00:49 - Online GN Test Data Database?
2020-08-25 05:54:28 +0000 UTC View Post

Patrons Ask GN 37: What Happens if Bench Hardware Dies? Intel Cache vs. AMD IF?

Hey everyone,

New Patrons Ask GN is up! This is 2 of 3 filmed recently (others are in the Patreon feed). The timestamps are below, along with the asker names:

00:00 - Intro to Patrons Ask GN
00:46 - Tellos: Air Purifier vs. PC for Dust
2020-07-29 04:53:39 +0000 UTC View Post

Patrons Ask GN 36: Max Safe Liquid Temperature? Cooler Torque? Tubes at Top?

Hey everyone,

New Patrons Ask GN is up for Patrons exclusively!

TIMESTAMPS  

00:00 - Patrons Ask GN
01:01 - Wormwood on maximum safe liquid temperature
03:34 - CheddarBrats on torque for CPU coolers
07:18 - n3cron: powering a computer with bikes
08:28 - Korgul.jr: running an OS on only the GPU
09:29 - Rusty: Dune Case Pro review
10:42 - xbit: tube orientation with a CLC or AIO 

Patreon Early Video: Cool Modular Computer, GN Award Tiers Shipped

Hi everyone,

Two things for you today: We've got a pretty cool stackable projector we found at an e-waste facility, but we also shipped award tiers. We'll eventually publish the stackable projector video publicly on the secondary channel (GNSteve), but for now, it's exclusive to Patreon. The only reason we want to push this one to public eventually is to help support and promote Kramden Institute, which is the non-profit that gave it to us.

First off, we just shipped all the award...