Shadowing Practice: Stretching $5000 dollars to the limit - AMD $5000 Ultimate Tech Upgrade - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Normally, when a member of our team gets a $5 ,000 AMD Ultimate Tech upgrade, he buys a bunch of stuff for himself, but not Steve Chan.
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Steve Chan's not like that.
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This gaming PC, that's for your wife, right?
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Yeah. Be honest.
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It's for both of us.
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The laptop.
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That's for me.
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Nintendo Switch.
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That's for both of us.
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Oh God.
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Don't tell me the blender's for her.
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That's for her.
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What about the Steam Scrubber, Steve?
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that's for her
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if it's for her i hope you would have sprung for the electric bidet toilet seat is it weird
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if i say that's for both of us okay
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but the naz is for both of you right yes of course memories pictures it'll be good to have memories
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when you give your wife a blender
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and a mop as a gift yeah it's good content i mean it'll be good to remember roll the intro
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It's got a stupid amount of power that's packed into something you can just toss into your backpack.
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And this chip balances raw power with crazy efficiency too, so you're not glued to a wall outlet.
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and check out our lime day deals today in all seriousness does your wife game
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if you count stuff like the sims and yes I count The Sims.
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Absolutely, great game.
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Okay, so then the tech is actually for both of you to use.
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Yeah, absolutely.
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Before we get started, I gotta say, wow, what a tasteful home.
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So classy, everything about it.
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Be careful about it.
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What the hell are those?
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Are those guinea pigs?
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They were.
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What does that mean?
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They're not around anymore.
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Okay, I'm sorry to hear that.
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Are they supposed to be that big, or are you just that small?
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I'm short on you.
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I love that Steve owns his small stature.
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He doesn't try to compensate state.
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See, another short man might get a big fixed sound bar, but not Steve.
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What is up with this?
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What do you mean?
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It's, uh, looks good.
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Aesthetically pleasing, which is what is most important for me.
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I didn't give him enough credit for consideration.
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He does think of the wife.
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With that in mind, where do you want to get started on our tech upgrade?
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We've got lighting, we've got new furniture, we've got gaming.
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I've never built a PC before, so that's something.
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We should start that sooner rather than later then.
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Yep.
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There's Ikea furniture.
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That always takes like quadrupled amount of time to start.
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Reese!
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Hmm, yeah.
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My wife's car is downstairs.
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That is also for her.
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Oh, that's also for her.
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Nice.
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No, I want to do that.
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That'll be fun.
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We could use the blender.
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Smoothies, smoothies, smoothies, smoothies, smoothies.
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Okay, I think we're making smoothies today.
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I've never made a smoothie before, so someone's going to...
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This is not for...
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It's for my wife.
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Reese, I think this is going to be your workspace.
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Oh, wow.
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I can see why you're replacing this rug.
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We've had that rug for about 10 years, so yeah, it's about time.
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You can see where the old sofa was.
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I can see what it used to look like.
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Hey, this comes with a free boot.
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Oh, yeah, you can put it on your head too.
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How cool is that?
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Why don't we make the smoothies?
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Yeah, right?
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We'll keep all the hair out of the smoothies.
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Wait, how bit?
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Dude, Steve, how much of the...
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Did you measure your room first, brother?
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No, but I think we can make it work.
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Is it this way or is it the other way?
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Yes.
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Whoa Break it break it on me.
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Break it on me.
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I'm gonna do it.
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No, don't hit him in the head.
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Not at work No, don't work ours!
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On my back.
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On your back, Ken.
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Yeah, let's do it.
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I know right what the heck i'm confident yeah reese is confident i believe in reese i believe in reese
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that makes two people who believe in reese
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and only one who believes in i think that the real problem is
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that the rug wasn't too is too big it is a
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big one i blame it steve i will i will take
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the blame yep yep i won this good he does have
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a wife i actually think the biggest issue right now is
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that we haven't resolved the slippiness at all yeah there's uh this thing just oh my god Sorry, sorry.
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You didn't get any underlay or anything.
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Yeah.
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Am I supposed to say a bit?
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Well, you didn't get any underlay.
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I'm Chinese.
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I don't know what that means.
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You've worked here for years.
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You can't just be like, no speak English.
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What the f*?
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It's how I get out of client meetings.
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Do you even speak Chinese?
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Okay, so when we went to Computex last year.
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That doesn't sound like Chinese.
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They put me on the delegation sheet for translation.
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I don't speak.
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I took myself off and I opened it up again.
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I was on there again. So I don't...
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Okay.
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I'm not responsible.
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Note that I assumed he didn't.
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Here, hold on.
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Steve and I each take a corner of the rug.
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Yeah, you guys kind of yank on it?
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Just hold it steady, yeah.
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I'll sit here and yank on it.
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Okay.
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This barely fits.
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Yeah, this looks stupid as hell.
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It looks good to me.
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Adam.
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Yeah?
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You're tasteful.
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Sure.
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why don't we put you on ceiling lights nothing will leak out of these lights you said i'm tasteful
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but what she meant is i'm tall and tasteful and tasty
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time to go see if this is going to be easy to install
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or a nightmare while adam's working on the lights
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and reese is putting together the ikea furniture why don't we
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get you started on building a pc i don't know how well step one is to get all the parts
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that are a pc Grab your case.
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That's a Nintendo.
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You pick the one thing that's not a PC, Steve.
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Steve's gone with the 7800X3D.
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3D V -Cache.
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This is a great gaming CPU.
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What games do you play?
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I think the last game I played was Rollercoaster Tycoon.
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We don't judge here, Rhys.
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There's no wrong game to play.
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Well, there is nothing wrong with Rollercoaster Tycoon 20 years ago.
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30 years ago, almost?
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I don't know.
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A long time ago.
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Okay.
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Well, what games are you planning to pick up? sorry i
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keep doing it you you can keep opening okay okay are
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you planning to try any new games um yes there was
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that mouse pi detective uh black and white shooter looking one
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that was interesting i'm gearing up for
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when titan quest 2 actually comes out of early access interesting
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that do i need this type of system to do
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that probably not
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but future -proof ish yeah no i mean this is a
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this is a great platform hey steve did we uh did we get feed or anything or is this, you got any feet?
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You like feet?
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Why does that keep coming up in my life?
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I don't know why that keeps happening.
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I like different shoes for different reasons.
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Like, do you want feet?
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I have two.
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I think we could use some for that.
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Yeah.
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Um, actually, hold on.
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No. All right.
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Gorgeous.
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So we We went with the B650ME Wi -Fi motherboard because quite honestly with AM5, it just doesn't really matter that much.
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If you don't need some of the higher speed connectivity and extra M .2 slots that the higher end chipset provides, you're not giving up any performance in gaming from their more entry level chipsets.
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So you might as well go with something like this.
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Question.
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Yes.
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Is it a sin if I don't plug this in ethernet?
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If you use Wi -Fi?
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Yeah.
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I mean, it's not a sin it's just like do you like reliability
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no you hate it yep then use wi -fi great i
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assume then this is your first time installing a cpu you
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assume correctly okay have you watched any of our videos yes
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but do i remember anything i my adhb brain does not capture that information
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so imagine like i haven't done this before i know nothing
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about it okay oh god oh god okay you can leave
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that in there for now let's open up the socket do you remember how to do
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that it involves a little metal arm this is a metal
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arm it sure is oh god you really have not done
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this before okay a lot of people say yeah i've never done it before i don't remember the guides or whatever
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but then they like they kind of know you really don't know i was thinking like should i watch
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and do some research
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but like i think this would be an a fun experience for us to go through together okay
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i'm having fun so on the cpu there's a couple little notches in the side you're gonna line in those notches, I'll put the notches in the socket.
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I can do that.
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Oh God, no. Oh geez, not like that, okay.
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I'm gonna slowly put this in here and let me know if I'm doing something wrong.
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Yeah, you're doing great.
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Great.
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Okay, perfect.
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Now you just put this.
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Sorry, now you just put that down You did it.
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I mean, yeah, well, okay, then you fold the arm down.
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Go for it.
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Hold the arm down How'd you get 32 gigs of RAM in this economy?
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It's crazy, right?
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Yeah, DDR5 -6000 CL30 This is a pretty decent little kit.
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Although the hell is PowerX.
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Oh, silicon power.
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Okay, cool I know I know something about like First channel and then separating the channels and something like that.
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So we're gonna use the two spaced out gray slots that are farther from the socket.
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Great.
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Nice.
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Why did you buy a 1300 watt power supply?
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It was supposed to be 850 gold, but Seasonic kind of hooked up a bit, kind of homies.
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So I requested something that was a little lower spec.
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But the way the budgeting works for these things, aren't you supposed to pay for stuff?
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I had to figure that out with other compromises thanks c -sonic okay we'll get to
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that later for now why don't you go ahead
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and install this thermal right peerless assassin
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so only experience i have a coolers is the stock amd one i had my last yeah
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so i have no clue what i'm doing here they're a
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great value i love what thermal rate is doing right now just outstanding value
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great performance quality is awesome the more of these i install the more i love them
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Like for all the warnings about how sharp it is
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and to be clear that doesn't mean that there will never be a sharp one or that it Couldn't cut Steve.
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It just means that in general.
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I have found that the finishing on them is quite good Do you know why I chose this?
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I don't know why Sven told me to choose it.
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Word of mouth is still in the age of online marketing and digital everything The most powerful driver.
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Drivers that goes in the This gets installed in the computer.
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Yeah Yeah, where I was actually heading with that was, I was gonna segue to tell them about our screwdriver.
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Don't forget, Stubby is great for working in confined spaces.
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Lttstore .com, but I like yours too, that's good.
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Steve, shall we see if your house burns down?
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Let's flip that breaker!
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I'm bloody terrified.
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All right, well, I guess I'll be here.
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Oh, it's on!
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We got one.
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We got two.
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We did it, baby.
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Woo.
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All right.
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Thermal compound.
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A syringe.
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So, uh, there's been many debates of like how much you need, how, what patent and that kind of stuff.
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Just put a, about the size of a cooked pea right on the lower part of the middle.
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A cooked pea.
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To your left a little bit.
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To your left a little bit.
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That's your right.
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There you go.
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Right there.
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That's good.
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Wipe it off.
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I'm not going to do it for you.
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I can do this.
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I can do this.
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I can't do it nope i did it this is great
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i think steve may be among the least competent pc builders
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we've ever had in this series that's crazy yeah he's right
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there after how many times along the day like almost broke
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her computer at least i'm top dog at something i'll take
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it all right now these go on the case no these
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go on the cooler i'm gonna see myself out now that's your house where Where did you go?
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Do you want me in here for show?
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No, I want you in here to build the computer.
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Yes, yes, yes.
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I built, I built, I built.
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Okay, plug these together.
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Oh.
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I feel like we're gonna end up with some extras.
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LMG .GG slash float plane.
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Which way goes in the what hole?
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Just start trying stuff.
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Plug into grounded three prong outlet.
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There is no ground prong.
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Are they high?
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Oh, okay.
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I stabbed your wall.
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No, we're good.
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Okay, you're welcome.
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Steve, this is your house.
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Where do you want it? this is really important is he gonna defect to the wife's opinion
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or is he gonna stand up for himself
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and be a man in his life you know how they
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say like see one do one teach one i think i'm
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gonna skip the teach uh after this you're not gonna teach
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anybody how to build a computer no i don't think
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so no no okay this is good good enough good job
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no no this is good good job let's put your ssd
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on okay you went with the crucial p310 two terabyte are you trying to flex on everybody here
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or what future proof okay all right well here don't let
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me stop you what i would do for a gen 4
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drive today is i would probably just plug it into this
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slot okay yeah you don't have a ton of like super high speed io on here
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so you're not going to necessarily run into any bottlenecks by using the chipset m .2 and
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that way in the future like by the time you actually
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go to upgrade your storage on this system i suspect
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that gen 5 drives will be plentiful and cheap
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so you would throw that in there after the fact okay
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if that even is yeah that's a gen 5 slot
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so yeah go ahead and throw it in this slot right here all right
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so you gotta actually get it into the slot okay
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so gently jam okay you know what just leave it yeah
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that's good yep good it's in it's in yay gently jammed
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gently jammed fits a full -sized atx motherboard just all standard
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components decent cooling a lot of the classic fractal noise reduction strategies
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that they ripped off of the ntec p180 all right let's throw this down here you can go ahead
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and throw the motherboard in i think what one of the problems i'm having right now is
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that i'm on my tiptoes and and I can't see. Can I help you?
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You got your fan cable all up in here.
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Okay, this is one of the riskiest parts of building your own PC.
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What do you mean?
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I mean that if you scrape the back of the motherboard across those standoffs that you were just moving around, you can cut the traces and then it no worky.
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Okay, so - I already put it in position.
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Great.
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How are things going over here?
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All done.
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Nice.
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Drag it over.
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That's as far in as it can go.
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Oh, that's horrible there's a giant like brick power outlet back
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here wait that's where these things come in oh i've not seen this before oh what a bizarre design yeah
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so let's go to the wall and then we can run
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that over here okay okay okay okay that's actually kind of cool um okay
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everything's installed the power supply here's your oh these overkill power supply
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that shout out see sonic
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so you spent more on your power supply than any other
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component of your system power supply is one of the most important components in yeah it is so
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if i don't have to worry about one thing i'm good
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i can worry about the rest of the thing yeah i
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still would recommend a more balanced configuration for most of the people watching out there i like a little chaos.
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I actually don't know if that's gonna fit.
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It goes right up against the hard drive cages.
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We're not using those anyways though.
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Oh right I keep doing the work it's just it's so it takes so long when you do it.
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Here tell you what Steve why don't you go set up the Switch 2.
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Did you get the Mario Kart bundle?
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No. yeah it's fine it's overrated um should we film this me ripping out the old switch
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and putting new one in you might say you're switching it out that's okay yeah i was getting ready for
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that joke and i was like one two switch i'm just gonna keep doing the thing
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and then i'll leave yep steve yes we got this shark
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steaming scrub yep this is exciting you got some nice flooring
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in your place assuming you want to keep it clean
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but isn't this bissel over here also
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or is this just a vacuum that's a vacuum
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so now you got then i got the trifecta well the the two the two factor
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yeah demon and scrubbing rolling
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and sucking that's where i go you got everything you need you got the steaming
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and the scrubbing and then you got the rolling and the sucking
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uh you've been following what we've been doing it makes tons
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of sense all right steve i have done the hard part of all the wiring great
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so this is where you get to put your gpu in and have that big, I built my own computer moment.
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Where do we put the GPU?
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Right here.
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Got it, cool.
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This should be pretty straightforward, but I have to remove the thingies, right?
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Oh, I should probably - Oh yeah.
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Yep.
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I could have done that for you.
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I was entrapped.
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You all saw it.
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Got him.
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All right, go for it.
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I believe in you.
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Ooh, that's a lot of force.
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Yeah, you're good, it's good.
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Good job.
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All right, here you go.
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Ooh, Reese is back.
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Reese, Reese, Reese, Reese, Reese.
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Okay, we're taking a break.
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we're finding out if the blender works now what the hell are you chopping to make a fruit smoothie
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you're chopping fruit it was cheaper i thought you got frozen
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fruit no it's cheaper wait you got you're gonna make a
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smoothie out of fresh not frozen fruit the best way possible
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yeah why didn't you get frozen fruit yeah why didn't you
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get frozen the recipe called for fresh fruit i don't know
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you picked up a recipe to make a smoothie well i got one frozen
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that is the most unhinged I've heard in at least a month look up a recipe whoa My foot's never been cleaner
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That tickles actually it's funny shark used to be the like Cheap crappy one.
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Oh, they're good.
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They're go -to now people people love shark.
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I have a question.
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I guess sure I've seen cases were like many many fans.
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That's not really a question Is one fan enough?
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So here's your intake.
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Okay.
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That's gonna put air right across your GPU.
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Okay
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also a little bit for your cpu here's your exhaust sure
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probably fine the only way to know for sure is to just close it up throw it up there
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and then worst case scenario
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if you need some more airflow yeah you can add another fan to the front want to close it up
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and take it upstairs let's do it all right what the
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what is going on here are you putting apples in it it's a recipe bro
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what the is going on here go upstairs And when he's holding that knife, I feel like, I feel inclined to listen.
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Adam, he's putting apples in it!
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Yeah, dude.
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What's wrong with apples?
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There's nothing wrong with them, but like, why?
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Yeah, suck it, Minus!
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Because they, um, I don't know, they add viscosity or something.
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I am not knowledgeable enough in the smoothie game to be able to weigh in on this.
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Me neither, I'm more just enjoying trolling movies.
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Wow, the light in here is brilliant.
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Is that your new Govi light?
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It is!
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Someone really cool installed it for me.
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That's awesome so I'm really appreciating ice.
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Okay, here's your wifi antenna.
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It looks like a little shark fin.
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Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.
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So this is your recipe, so -called.
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Well, not my recipe, it's the internet's recipe.
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Yeah, the internet never gets it wrong.
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I need a plunger.
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Okay, um.
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That tastes like absolute .
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No, I'm scared.
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Actually, that's pretty good.
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That's pretty good, pretty good.
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The apples really let it down.
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You let me down.
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All right, let's go see
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if the computer worked oh hey there we go all right time to enable some expo up in here
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while linus is getting your desktop set up you also got
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a new laptop yes it's an asus vivo book why don't you hold that
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and be like a vana white for a second wow it's
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got an amd ryzen ai7 350 in it with one terabyte
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pcie gen 4 ssd it's a nice machine hdmi can't take
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that for granted these at 40 gigabit per second oh wow Okay, so this is like actually a pretty solid laptop.
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What the frick is this, Steve?
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IEMs.
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So I am just wanting to get into the world of, I don't know, the audiophile world.
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This is not, this is not even close.
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This is designed in collaboration with another influencer, calls himself the Audio Unc B Media.
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And this is based off of, QE is just terrace cable, basically tangle -free, very nice black.
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Oh
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Interchangeable termination points nice you have like
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3 .5 millimeter as well as a forward for and a usbc with a built -in document.
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Whoa, that's pretty sick Uh, you green nas.
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Yeah, that makes everything simple.
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We just huck it in there and then we're gonna set them up in raid one, right?
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Yes
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Raid one is the one where
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if one of the hard drives fails all the data is
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still on the other one i think that's a fantastic idea
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but you get half as much storage space that's okay there's
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12 terabytes here honestly the ugreen software is pretty solid currently you are just in a jbod scenario
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but what we can do is we can use your two new hard drives set them up in raid one
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so that they're redundant
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and you can still use your other drives as a separate
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pool now what is the average life of like a drive i mean i would say like average lifespan
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that you can expect five to seven years
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but you can use smart monitoring to detect the health of your drive
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and that's a far better way to just get an idea of how long it's been on
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or if it has any sort of like unallocated sectors any sort of problems it'll flag those up
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and give you an idea of
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when your drive is starting to go uh i'm just doing some windows updates
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and then i actually installed a couple of games on here
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so we can see how she's running she's man she's quiet
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though hey it's nice I always have my body type represented in a game, you know?
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Attention des collages.
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Attention des collages.
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That's me all the time.
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I did put one demanding game on here, just so that we could kind of...
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We got some gameplay with that.
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But I wanted Steve Chan, I wanted a shot of Steve Chan enjoying.
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Oh yeah, heck yeah.
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Yeah.
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Do you have to use his last name every time you address him or what?
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It just, Steve does not feel like a real name.
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That's crazy.
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What kind of a thing to say is that?
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I don't know you've always just been Steve Chan and not just Steve.
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It's fine.
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Steve Chan, the Asian man, it's me.
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That's amazing.
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Now that's what I'm calling you.
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No, that's gonna get me in trouble.
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Yeah, I wouldn't.
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I wouldn't.
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Listen, if you - I can say it.
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Talking to the new guy, if you have any questions, you need to send it to Steve Chan, the Asian man.
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I can say it.
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Steve Chan, the Asian man.
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Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve, Steve.
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Steve Chan, the Asian man.
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Business rules.
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full disclosure is i haven't touched this in very very long time 10 years to be exact
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so i have no clue where i am i have no clue what i'm doing
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but we're we're doing things this seems like your current system
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is a little overkill a little bit a little bit imagine
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how my current system would do on excel though yeah yeah
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it'll be good this was a comprehensive upgrade i'm trying to
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figure out how you managed to get all of this for
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5k new tower new peripherals laptop some home appliances a dash
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cam what did you not what room was untouched by this upgrade just a bedroom
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no you've got the bidet in there oh you're right you're
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right you're right we got the bidet in there me
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and my wife right because this upgrade was all about you
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and your wife that's correct How could she continue to be happy
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if you didn't have a 9070 XT and a 7800 X3D? powered by AMD.
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Thanks, AMD.
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Thank you, and my wife thanks you as well.
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For sponsoring AMD Ultimate Tech Upgrade.
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Hey, you're gonna die.
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Oh, nope.
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If you guys enjoyed this video, why not check out Nick Harris's from the lab?
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It had a very different sort of vibe.
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Substantially, it was a married vibe.
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Vocabulary and speaking notes for this lesson
This video has 537 sentences and 4649 words to shadow. The speech runs for 25:07. The speaker talks fast, about 185 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. Only 81% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English, so the vocabulary is demanding.
Key vocabulary in this video
15 words from the video worth learning, with pronunciation and meaning:
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| upgrade verb | /əpˈɡɹeɪd/ | To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components. |
| recipe noun | /ˈɹɛs.ɪ.pi/ | Any set of instructions for preparing a mixture of ingredients. |
| slot noun | /slɑt/ | A narrow depression, perforation, or aperture; especially, one for the reception of a piece fitting or sliding into it. |
| freeze verb | /ˈfɹiːz/ | Especially of a liquid, to become solid due to low temperature. |
| installed verb | /ɪnˈstɔːld/ | readied for use |
| laptop noun | /ˈlæp.tɑp/ | A laptop computer. |
| install verb | /ɪnˈstɔl/ | To connect, set up or prepare something for use |
| plug noun | /plʌɡ/ | A pronged connecting device which fits into a mating socket, especially an electrical one. |
| suck verb | /sʌk/ | To use the mouth and lips to pull in (a liquid, especially milk from the breast). |
| component noun | /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/ | A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device. |
| furniture noun | /ˈfɝ.nɪ.t͡ʃɚ/ | Large movable item(s), usually in a room, which enhance(s) the room's characteristics, functionally or decoratively. |
| raid noun | /ɹeɪd/ | A quick hostile or predatory incursion or invasion in a battle. |
| clue noun | /kluː/ | Information which may lead one to a certain point or conclusion. |
| gently adverb | /ˈd͡ʒɛntli/ | Without strong force or quickness: softly, lightly. |
| thermal adjective | /ˈθɜːməl/ | Pertaining to heat or temperature. |
Phrasal verbs you will hear
| Word | Pronunciation | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| go ahead verb | /ˌɡoʊ əˈhɛd/ | To proceed with; to begin. |
| check out verb | To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). | |
| pick up verb | To lift; to grasp and raise. | |
| set up verb | /ˌsɛt ˈʌp/ | To make ready for use. |
| burn down verb | To cause (a structure) to burn to nothing. | |
| figure out verb | To come to understand; to discover or find a solution; to deduce. | |
| find out verb | To discover, as by asking or investigating. | |
| get out of verb | To leave, exit or escape from; to become free of. |
Pronunciation to watch
The speaker uses 168 contractions and reduced forms, such as don't, I'm, gonna. Say them the short way, as you hear them.
- The “th” sounds: thermal /ˈθɜːməl/, thread /ˈθɹɛd/, smooth /smuːð/
- The “sh” and “zh” sounds: sharp /ʃɑɹp/, capture /ˈkæp.(t)ʃɚ/, sheet /ʃit/, reduction /ɹɪˈdʌk.ʃən/, translation /tɹænzˈleɪʃən/
- Long words — get the stress right: necessarily /ˌnɛs.əˈsɛɹ.ə.li/, efficiency /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, comprehensive /ˌkɑm.pɹəˈhɛn.sɪv/, collaboration /kəˌlæbəˈɹeɪʃən/, consideration /kənˌsɪd.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/
How to practise with this video
- Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
- Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
- Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like upgrade, recipe, slot.
Grammar in this video
The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:
| Structure | In the video |
|---|---|
| “Used to” used to + verb — a past habit or state that is no longer true | used to look · used to be |
| Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now | I've never built · I've never made · haven't resolved |
| Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it | was entrapped · is designed · is based |
| Relative clauses who / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing | pleasing, which is · people who believe · one who believes |
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.