0:03 I'll admit it I'm a noise snob I will
0:04 sacrifice the performance of my desktop
0:08 PC to keep it as quiet as possible which
0:10 is why I've run a custom water cooled
0:13 system for a few years now overall it's
0:16 been great however the main problem with
0:19 a water cooled system is that it's a
0:22 pain in the Richer to upgrade now I've
0:24 recently upgraded my system and I've
0:27 gone back to air cooled but Brett didn't
0:29 you just say you're a noise knob yes
0:32 which is why I've drawn inspiration from
0:34 Mr Tech tips himself I'm sure if you're
0:37 watching my channel you also watch Linus
0:40 and if you watch Linus I'm sure you've
0:43 seen his video on how he and his wife's
0:45 PCS are running in another room to
0:47 eliminate not only the noise but a heat
0:50 output as well man that's actually like
0:53 a really good idea let's see how he's
0:58 doing that and Jesus each Christmas I'm
1:00 not paying that much to keep my PC in
1:03 another room luckily we don't really
1:06 have to obviously since this video
1:09 exists let's take a look at how I copied
1:12 Linus's setup without spending thousands
1:15 of dollars all right let's talk about my
1:16 physical space first because ultimately
1:19 that's what lets me accomplish this task
1:22 my office is on the second floor of my
1:24 house and shares a wall with my attic
1:27 and directly under my attic on the other
1:30 side of this wall is my server room this
1:33 means that there's only about 15 to 20
1:36 feet between my monitors and my server
1:38 rack itself fortunately this means that
1:42 every cable I Need video USB audio is
1:45 within spec to run that distance this
1:46 means that we can eliminate the super
1:49 expensive USB over fiber solution now
1:51 there are two routes I could have gone
1:53 with route one would have me running
1:57 individual cables for the video USB and
2:00 audio Route 2 would have me running a
2:03 fiber thunderbol cable to a dock and
2:05 then just have all of my outputs work
2:08 off of that which option do you think I
2:10 went with I'll give you a few seconds to
2:13 stop the video and comment below okay
2:15 but for real comment it helps the
2:17 algorithm I don't care if you just
2:19 comment the word potato or something
2:21 also subscribe I don't know if that
2:24 helps the algorithm but it makes me feel
2:27 better and that's cool all right so I
2:30 actually went with option one and ran
2:32 individual cables I really like the idea
2:35 of a single Thunderbolt cable however
2:38 there was basically one real thing that
2:41 stood in the way price I'm not talking
2:43 about just the price of the actual
2:46 Corning Thunderbolt cable that I need
2:48 but the motherboards needed to Output
2:50 Thunderbolt with video are insanely
2:53 expensive now what I'm going to say next
2:56 is gonna sound a bit stupid but I
2:59 upgraded my system to run a 13900k and a
3:03 40 90. I know I I know Brett how can you
3:05 complain about price when you're
3:08 spending that much on a PC look you have
3:10 to make compromises somewhere for one I
3:13 was upgrading from a system with 128
3:16 gigabytes of ddr4 RAM and every single
3:18 motherboard that was compatible with the
3:21 13th series Intel chip and had
3:24 Thunderbolt output was also a ddr5 board
3:27 so not only would I have to spend more
3:30 on the Thunderbolt setup itself but I'd
3:32 have to go out and buy 128 gigabytes of
3:36 ddr5 that's getting up there also I
3:38 wanted to test a setup that could be
3:40 done no matter what your setup is the
3:43 way I'm running this doesn't really
3:45 require anything other than some longer
3:47 cables and can be done with almost any
3:52 system from a 100 rig to a ten thousand
3:54 dollar rig so really is that simple for
3:56 the most part I purchased two
4:00 DisplayPort cables one HDMI One USB 3.0
4:05 one USBC 3.0 or 1 or 2i and one aux
4:07 cable I actually like the idea of
4:09 running individual video cables because
4:11 I wouldn't have to worry about being
4:13 limited on the bandwidth from a
4:15 thunderbolt dock if I wanted to drive
4:18 some fancy displays I was however
4:20 worried about running my peripherals
4:23 over a long USB cable like that would I
4:25 notice any lag would my wireless
4:27 peripherals go in and out these were
4:29 things that had the potential to shut
4:32 down this entire setup well luckily that
4:35 was a non-issue both of the cables I got
4:37 are also powered meaning that I can
4:39 supply power to the docks or dongles
4:42 connected to them without having to
4:43 worry about any weird power issues
4:46 surprisingly I also haven't noticed any
4:48 lag or stuttering either sure it's a
4:50 girthy set of cables that you have to
4:52 run but if you have the space it's
4:55 really not that bad over those short
4:57 distances I actually ran two USB cables
5:00 because I was nervous that having so
5:02 many things plugged in like keyboard
5:05 mouse headset vibrator charging cables
5:07 and phone would overload a single
5:10 connection especially if I'm also
5:12 offloading footage from my camera at the
5:14 same time so far
5:17 no complaints it's like my dad used to
5:20 always say if you've got one long USB
5:24 cable then if you also have a lot of USB
5:27 stuff then you should also have two long
5:30 USB cables and he said that to me a
5:33 graduation I'll never forget it okay so
5:35 it works but what's it like to use it
5:38 honestly it feels exactly like using a
5:40 normal PC the only difference is that
5:42 it's super quiet in here now I mean
5:44 there's no peripheral issues no audio
5:47 issues and no video issues even when
5:50 playing fast-paced games at over 100 FPS
5:53 it's buttery smooth now I have been
5:55 using this setup for a few weeks but I
5:57 can't imagine much will change and if it
5:59 has I'll pin a comment down in the
6:01 comment section so take a peek down
6:03 there and comment what your favorite
6:06 hand soap flavor is one other benefit
6:09 from hosting my desktop PC in my server
6:11 rack is that it benefits from the
6:13 cooling in there as well as being close
6:16 to my networking gear and nice so cable
6:18 runs are easier than me after a few pina
6:21 coladas oh and I can also utilize the
6:24 UPS in there so if the power flickers I
6:26 don't lose any of my work that I'm hours
6:28 deep into so I've been talking a good
6:30 bit about this setup and I can only
6:31 imagine what you're thinking
6:34 if your PC is basically two rooms away
6:38 how do you actually turn it on oh we
6:39 have a solution for that you probably
6:41 noticed when I was listing all the
6:45 cables I ran that a power switch was not
6:48 one of them that's because I don't need
6:51 one so how did I accomplish that well
6:54 I'm actually a warlock and conjured the
6:56 powers of vecnet to telepathically
7:00 transmit the signal from the PC okay so
7:03 for like 20 to 30 dollars you can buy a
7:06 wireless remote startup kit for your PC
7:09 comes two flavors one connects via pcie
7:13 and one connects via the USB 2.0 header
7:16 I didn't want to waste a pcie slot so I
7:18 opted with the USB 2.0 version you
7:20 simply plug it into the header from the
7:21 built-in pin connectors to the power
7:23 slash reset headers on your motherboard
7:26 and then you just use this little key
7:29 fob looking chicken nugget ass device to
7:33 turn on your PC and it connects over 2.4
7:35 gigahertz wireless so you do get much
7:37 better range than if you were using
7:40 Bluetooth I was nervous about this
7:43 because I really wanted it to work and
7:46 it does no issues at all going through a
7:48 wall a floor and through multiple 2.4
7:50 gigahertz access points to send the
7:52 signal oh and it does have a splitter
7:55 coming off the power slash reset pin so
7:57 that your regular power and reset
8:00 buttons will still work overall a really
8:02 cool device that will be linked down
8:04 below along with all of the other
8:06 products I use to make this work so
8:09 while I am pretty happy with the outcome
8:12 of this experiment it isn't completely
8:15 perfect there are a few annoying little
8:17 things that I have noticed first off
8:20 most of the time when I start up the PC
8:23 it tells me that no keyboard is detected
8:25 which can be an issue if you're trying
8:28 to access the BIOS I assume this has
8:30 something to do with the Hub and not the
8:32 cable length but I'll have to narrow
8:35 that issue down another obvious one is
8:37 not having direct physical access to the
8:39 system for whenever you need to change
8:43 cables or monitor a system and the last
8:46 one which is probably the worst is that
8:57 [Music] wait
8:58 wait
9:00 where'd all the color go
9:02 oh my God
9:05 okay that one really isn't a problem for
9:08 me but it it might be for you I I don't
9:10 know your life so overall is this
9:12 something I would recommend probably not
9:15 I mean the niche you have to be in to
9:17 make the specific setup work is pretty
9:19 small if you have a well ventilated room
9:22 within about 20 feet of where your
9:25 desktop setup is and cable runs can be
9:28 done relatively easy then maybe this
9:30 could be something for you or something
9:32 that you want to do for the most part I
9:34 just recommend spending the money on
9:36 better fans to make your system quieter
9:39 and to not go with the most power hungry
9:41 components on the market right now doing
9:43 a custom water cooled system is also an
9:46 option if you have the cash to burn for
9:49 it with that said do I regret my decision
9:50 decision
9:52 absolutely not like I mentioned in the
9:55 beginning I really prioritize noise
9:57 levels with my system so completely
9:59 eliminating the system from the room
10:01 that I'm in is optimal the added
10:04 benefits of having my system on a UPS
10:06 and get dedicated cooling from my server
10:09 rack are another bonus sure I had to run
10:11 a bunch of cables and have to deal with
10:14 a dongle life but that's a trade-off I'd
10:16 make 10 out of 10 tops let me also be
10:19 clear that I would not have done this if
10:23 I hadn't gone with a 13900k and a 40 90.
10:25 both of which need plenty of cooling
10:28 which means plenty of noise I could have
10:30 been sensible and gone with a 12 700k
10:34 and a 3070 but hey what's what's the fun
10:35 in that well that is all I have for you
10:37 today if you like this video then please
10:40 drop a like below if you really liked it
10:42 then maybe consider subscribing so you
10:43 can see more of my content in the future
10:45 let me know down in the comments if
10:48 you're doing something like this or if
10:49 you're now considering it I'd be curious
10:52 to see if there's any other weirdos out
10:54 there like me also want to give a huge
10:56 shout out to my YouTube members and
10:59 patreons you guys are my Noise free
11:01 productivity system that is just about
11:07 I hope that's all for this one if you're
11:10 still watching and you're a real one
11:11 thank you so much for watching and I
