The All-Screen PC

Lets play a game. Quick, count all the

screen

s on this PC. If you said six, you missed almost half. Do not feel bad. You had no way of knowing how many products you can get with one

screen

today. And neither did we when we started getting parts for this build. A screen on each fan? Because? Rather, why not? You can use them to display temperatures, CPU load, FPS graphics, your Twitch chat on the side of your case, anyone? You can even use all your screens to show your friends that you have more money than brains because you're paying extra money for parts that eat up precious CPU cycles, not making your games run faster, but making your memes wetter.

Guys, we're not even going to pretend that this is a version you should replicate, even putting aside cost and worse performance. Getting all the different software to work well with each other was somehow even worse than we expected. But it's definitely a video you should watch closely, just like you should watch closely to see which Linus is transitioning to our sponsor. CableMod, their new StealthSense cables eliminate the need for sensor cables, meaning no more fragile pins on your cables that will bend if you insult them once. Learn more at the link in the description or at the end of this video.

Selecting the motherboard was more challenging than you think, because these seem to be the clear winners. I mean, they already have screens. The problem is that they are missing something that our full-screen PC simply can't live without. And to achieve this, we needed ASRock's Z790 Steel Legend, which was chosen solely for this, its integrated display port or EDP connector. With this mama-jama, we don't have to settle for a small two-inch screen, although my wife says it's enough. Instead, we can plug in this 13.3-inch monstrosity, a side panel kit from ASRock that's specifically designed to mount inside the case and, you guessed it, connect to that header.

Let me think, here, here. Did you know? We'll get to that later. First, we went with Intel's 13900K since, well, A, the 14th gen isn't much faster and B, we started this project like a year ago. It's been a real nightmare to get started and we just don't want to change anything right now. Realistically, we could go for a 14900K. That wouldn't be a problem. But what we couldn't do is opt for a KF variant, since the integrated graphics are absolutely necessary to control all the screens we will have connected to this thing. For RAM, we used two 16-gig devices, of course our low-profile Vengeance DDR5.

More on that decision later. And for our boot drive, we chose the tried and true Cru... The tried and true Crucial P3 Plus, mainly because there are no M.2 drives that have screens, at least not yet. Those boring things aside, we can now take things up a notch with the Hyte Y70 Touch. That's right, my friends. An internal screen wasn't enough for us, so we chose a case that has an integrated touch screen. That's right, 14 inches, 1100 by 3840 resolution at 60 Hertz. I mean, that should be pretty good for Twitch chat, right? Or kick. And the chassis itself has really solid airflow and plenty of room to work with, along with a pre-installed vertical GPU mounting bracket that we won't be using.

Because? Well, how would we see our GPU screen once we have this screen here? So instead, we asked our fabricator, Justin, to install a new mount that will move our GPU, what, Elijah, up here? Yes, it will be vertical. Oh, that's going to be great! Now, we consider going for iBUYPOWER Snowblind. That is very beautiful. It has a side panel with a kind of transparent LCD screen integrated into it. But we've seen it before and felt that the color was not... This is a brighter screen. You will be able to see it more easily. Yeah, not fun enough.

That also ended up being the reason we chose Gigabyte's Aorus P1280 Plus Platinum power supply. Now, ASUS has those Thor units that have a power readout, good quality units built by Seasonic, but we felt the Gigabyte display was simply cooler. It cost us some compromises. Currently the cable mod is not compatible with these units so we'll be stuck with the original cables which will be a little long for our needs and get in the way, but hey, it's worth it, right Elijah? Yes, it was a headache. Positivity, let's go! It's great, I love it. One little thing, is that how it comes in?

Yes, well, no, the screen is on the other side. I know. Yes. Well, no, it can't be like that because this is the entrance. But you want to see the screen. We can't have the input against the motherboard tray. We won't even see this screen. Guys, we're not even halfway through this build and I can't help but think, what are you doing here? All I can think of is desperation, like, aren't you outperforming the competition? Put a screen on it. Don't you have better product support than the competition? Put a screen on it. That was a hard slap.

Well, how else are you going to get the screen to stay? Stop, you're going to break it. I work like this, Linus, please stop. If you thought you weren't going to get trolled in this role, you should temper your expectations. That was a good one. Are you proud of it? I would not do it. I can't wait for the comments on this video. It's a stupid construction. It's like, yeah, we're aware. That being said, these Unifan TL-LCD fans from Lian Li, they might have won me over, man. They are quite sweet. Each of their fans' 1.6-inch screens have a resolution of 400 by 400 pixels, which means they should look pretty good, right?

Very cool. And we'll connect them to an Asus ROG Ryujin 2 360, which has its own 320 by 240 display that needs its own USB 3 header. Wait, this is not a USB 3 header. This is just a USB 3 to USB 2 header adapter That's why it uses USB 2. We ran out of USB 2, so we gave it its own USB 3. I see. Yes. Yes, and we'll talk more about the center later. Buy a retro screwdriver, lttstore.com. Speaking of targeting, will we even see these screens, buddy? If you look below, yes. Because we have other screens that we'll talk about later that will be mounted here on top.

So are we going to have this as input? No, escape. But it's not like that. Because? Because then we wouldn't see the screens. For it to run out we have to put it like this. So yes, it will be an admission. These are great. They have these pogo pin connectors, so you just plug in one of the fans and boom, they're all plugged in. Then we just take the entire block and plug it into the hub. Heck, you can connect up to four blocks of devices to this thing. And this will work for both RGB and LCD products, as I understand it.

Yes, and that's why we really need the six-pin PCIe power. That? The moment when fans are consuming more power than some graphics cards did 10 years ago. Okay, I like this case. Everything requires no tools and is easy to use. We'll put this bad boy here, right? Actually, can we move it a little more? We have some other things we're going to set up. No, we can not. Great, then we'll go here. It just doesn't fit this stand. Oh yes, you have to bend the support. Oh Lord. Do you want to go ahead and ruin it? I always screw it up, man.

That's what my mother tells me. Is she a friend of mine? It's time to do it. Is this the correct orientation or can you just turn it around using software? You can turn it around. I had it vertical. Did you have it vertical? Yes, I had it like that. Oh interesting. Now we can wire our screens. We will start with the EDP cable. We actually got a B-roll shot of me plugging this side in earlier. You must be very careful with these. They are not fragile per se, but they are easy to break. And then we're going to leave the other end more or less here.

I guess let's do all the front panel connectors. Yes. I love these capacitors that hang a little from these 24 pins. Yes, it helps with the curl. I wonder if that's why CableMod hasn't made custom cables yet. Probably an important part, yes. Now, because some of our displays and hubs connect via USB, and our board only has a USB 2 header on there, we'll use this really cool internal powered USB hub that has a combination of headers. I don't see that. And USB-A ports, so you can connect whatever you want. Put your Xbox wireless dongle in there, a little Bluetooth connector, plug in all your stupid fan controller nonsense and it all goes through a single header.

These were a lifesaver when they first appeared. Where do you want to ride this bad boy? They'll just throw it in the back. Oh, how disappointed. Yes, but before plugging it in, we need to plug in this connection cable. Good. On the side of the motherboard. Hope for? Well, one of our devices won't work through the hub. So instead, we need to take, as you can see, the USB header here is actually two USB ports. There are your four drivers for one, there are your four drivers for the other. The funny thing about this multi-connector cable is that it has all nine pins on the other side, but only four of them can be active.

So I guess we have to be careful with the orientation when we connect everything, but that's okay. The point is that one device will connect directly to the head and the rest will connect to this hub, which is connected to the other side. And what device is that? The device that connects to the header is a RAM display. Gosh, oh, I'm glad it was something really important. Yes sir. The Pacific R2 Ultra Memory LCD Monitor Kit, memory not included, 3.9 inch detachable LCD screen, supports DDR4 memory module. Yes. And I guess that's why we needed low profile RAM. 100%.

I think this is compatible with most RAM kits, but to be safe, we're keeping it low profile. Well. You're probably also wondering, how do you attach to this? Sure. Yes, double-sided tape. Very good. There is no way. I don't believe you. It comes with a sticky pad, but since I tried to build this so many times, the sticky pad wore out. Then we need to use masking tape. One small detail, Elijah, we're covering up all the nonsense on the front panel. This doesn't connect to the other side of that leak. This would have to go to one of the hub's A ports.

Well. So you just took the USB 2 connector from the front panel of a box. Yes sir. Trust the science. Witty. That's a long cable. Man, I could run this LCD RAM, using my brain's RAM. We do not report any operations. Alright. You want to make sure it's straight, you know? Yes, because it matters. If it does. We want this, we still want the computer to look good. No, I mean, the tape alignment doesn't matter. The alignment of this is important. Oh no no. So you don't want to plug it in, because we want to route it right.

I was going to do the other end. MMM. Arrest. What is that sound? No, don't do it again. Well, you want to know what it was. No. This is great. Usually it's Zoomer that bothers Linus. One backwards, let's go. What is one? There you go. That is installed. Check it out. It could fit so much screen. No, no, don't move it. Don't move it. Now let's turn on the CPU display. It has its own dedicated SATA. Oh really? Yes, because it needs this hub, because it comes out of a USB-B. So we use the concentrator basically as a power converter.

Only for the screen. Yes. Genius. So we plug the USB hub back in. We go ahead and plug in our four eight- to 16-pin PCIe connectors here and a much longer PCIe extension, which means it's finally time to get to the GPU. Justin's brackets here actually show the 800-by-216 screen on Colorful's Vulcan 4090, which is, wait, where the heck is the screen? It's right here. Used as pogo pins. Oh, wow. Innovation. First things first, we need to place the support that Justin printed. It goes to the bottom. I already left the screws there. Sick. But we'll just screw it in and that will help support it while he's in the vertical mount here.

Good old Justin. You probably didn't know he was with us, but that's okay because he just arrived. Okay, no, stop. Okay, we need this first and you need to come in from this side. Yes, but let's connect this first. OK no. I'm at my breaking point. Oh, okay, I'll see you at 15. Okay, so it's angled. That? Just for now, okay? We then connected all of our screens and moved them into position. Perfect, impeccable. Now wait just a damn minute here. Do you have an HDMI splitter involved? Correct. We are using these EK screens. They are actually 1080p screens.

They are actually of very good quality. We'll mount them near the top here. The reason we used an HDMI splitter is that when we started this build, we had a bunch of different displays and to make these two work, we simply split them. What is the objective of theseUsing this hidden jumper instead of a sensor cable means that there are no small, fragile sensor pins on the cables that can detach at the slightest provocation. And that's good news because dislodged pins can cause problems like 100% fan utilization or black screens that make it much harder to see what your PC is doing and make it sound like a Boeing 747 taking off.

So stop compromising your cables. Get maximum performance, increased reliability, and cleaner aesthetics with StealthSense cables from CableMod. You can check them out on Amazon or on the CableMod website linked below. If you enjoyed this video, why don't you watch the opposite? The easiest gaming PC build. We used an NZXT case that had the same thing, like a brick, connects all the front panel connectors and everything. It was much easier. What a stupid constitution.