Building a CEO-Worthy PC with Sinister Cases

Linus Tech Tips built a custom, blinged-out PC for the CEO of Lus Media, using Sinister Cases and Seasonic's power supply.

### Building a Chrome and Gold PC for Linus Media Group's CEO
* 🖥️  Linus Media Group built a custom Chrome and Gold PC for the CEO of the company, inspired by the Reddit community's choice of the **LG Wing** as Linus' **daily driver phone**.
* 💰  Seasonic sponsored the build and provided the **Focus PX850 power supply** for the blinged-out system.
* 📦  The build was delayed due to the arrival of a **one-of-one case from Sinister Cases**, made of **7075 aluminum with a high polish finish** and **Linus' name engraved on it**.
* 🔧  Linus used validated hardware, including an **Intel Core i5-12600K CPU**, **Alphacool Ice Block XPX Pro Aurora cooler**, **ASUS ProArt Z690 Creator motherboard**, **32GB Trident Z5 DDR5 RAM**, and **1TB Crucial P5 Plus SSD**.
* 🛠️  The 7075 aluminum case featured **42 mounting holes** on the back plate for various configurations and unique aesthetics.
* 🎁  Linus made some surprise upgrades to the build, including a **Chrome and Gold chair**, a **Chrome keyboard with custom keycaps**, and **metal tubing in the liquid cooling loop**.
* 🎮  Linus jokingly tested the CEO-worthy PC by playing games like **Rocket League, Doom, and Cyberpunk 2077**, despite it being **overkill for work-related tasks**.

after reddit's excellent work selecting the LG Wing as my daily driver phone, we decided to ask for their help again. Oh, but this time, thankfully, it's not for me. You see, I need to build a PC for my boss, something worthy of the CEO of Lus Media, and Tong Linus's face all over everything. No, the all-chrome and gold PC. I like the way you guys think, and so did Seasonic, who is sponsoring today's video. We're going to be using their Focus PX850 power supply, the same one that we trust for our commoner work machines, and we're going to be powering the most blinged-out shiny system possible. But why did it take so long to start the build, you ask? Well, because we were waiting for a one-of-one case to arrive, which I've been told absolutely needs the white glove treatment. Oh my God. [Music] Funnily enough, we were actually introduced to Sinister Cases by Taran himself when he emailed me their website and was like, Hey, these look pretty cool.

what he probably had in mind was that we would unbox it on short circuit or something, but uh, he must be new here. We reached out to them, and they were excited to not only send us the first unit made out of 7075 aluminum off their 5 AIS Mill, giving it this super high polish look, but they even went the extra mile and engraved it with his name so that he can get rid of that tacky paper name tag that all the commoners have to have. Now, if I had to critique the product, I would say it's a little impractical, and the packaging could definitely be better, but come on guys, let's be real. This is more of an art piece than it is a regular computer case anyway. And Jordan from Sinister does say that they're working on the packaging, so let's get to building, or rather unbuilding. You see, the reason that we told you guys that we didn't want any hardware suggestions was that we plan to actually deploy this thing, so it needs

to use our validated hardware, meaning, uh, it's time to prep Mr. Tong's PC for surgery. This is a great opportunity then to talk about what we use on a daily basis, starting with our CPU, the Intel Core i5-12600K. Yeah, it's a couple of generations old, but it's got six P cores and four EOR, making it totally overkill for email, spreadsheets, whatever it is the CEO does. So, this days, but the cooler has got to go. Why, you might ask? I mean, that's a fair question. The Noctua NH-U14S is chrom is already, but the Ice Block XPX Pro Aurora from Alphacool is far humbler. Sorry, excuse me, far chromer. Everything else on our ASUS ProArt Z690 Creator board is staying the same, including, including our 32 gigs of Trident Z5 DDR5 and our 1 TB Crucial P5 Plus drive. Honestly, I would actually downgrade that SSD if there wasn't a performance penalty because it has been company policy for a very long time that

all data gets backed up to our redundant network storage. Since local storage is how data gets misplaced or lost, now it's time to actually assemble our case. Using these things, we can mount our GPU, our radiator, and more to the back of the back plate on our case, which has 42 different mounting holes, allowing us to arrange our PC in a variety of cool different exploded configurations. Now, 7075 aluminum is a lightweight, strong material that's been used in the Aerospace industry and in military applications. That allows us to mount heavy components on these tiny little arms. It also happens to attract fingerprints like an absolute, so we need to give it a thorough wipe down before we give it to the big boss. We don't want him mad. You wouldn't like him when he's angry. That's why NC is under. No, I'm just joking. Stop laughing. My question now is, how does this thing actually go together, because it's not obvious. No, thankfully, Sinister on their website has instructions for each individual part, as well as the case as a whole, the case as

a whole I thought it was a frame. Well just follow the instructions. It's only like 100 pages long. What I actually don't know how long it is, but with all of the parts combined, there's definitely 100 pages. Every single surface of what I assume is a foot has its own individual peel on it. This case is Sinister. Oh my God, you better carry around a glove and a baseball with you if you're going to have this thing in the back of your car. You want to take a look at that one. Damn, I can't wait till we hire a second tan Tong, and we need to get a second one of these. How many people are named Taran in the world? Yeah, not many. Not that. Oh, really, I feel like it's common name. Jesus is a common name. Taran is definitely not. Would you say that more people in the world are named Jesus than Taran? Yeah, yes, really. You mean would I say isn't like they're only one. Wait, oh, oh, dude, really precise laser engraving. That's not a laser. Oh, that is.

no way, they, that's an engraving bit in the mill. Oh well, that explains why it looks so good. The precision of that fit, though. Do I even need screws? Look at this, that's pretty crazy. That's how much wiggle there is. You could barely even make out the scene. Wait, I need a step two. Is the other leg all right? And you need these plugs. Yeah, so what's in that bag? Nothing but plugs. And this goes on top there. Ah, yeah, okay, I see it. And then we do two more of those screws again. Really, what? Oh, sorry, I forgot to screw you there. You go. Step three, motherboard mount. Yes. Oh, so this goes on only one way, correct. Screw me any day. Oh my god, do you think I could hang from this case? Oh, don't do it. Don't do it. I'm doing it. Oh. The next step says it's the GPU, but we don't have to do that because that's where these arms come in. And we can put it anywhere along. So we could mount the motherboard next. Okay, them some tall

standoff boys also only eight you can't have the center one oh well that worked out uh okay never mind it's see it happens to be exactly the same size as the socket for the screwdriver and for a limited time you can get 20% off your own ratcheting screwdriver in this fun Retro Gaming colorway all you've got to do is purchase through the YouTube shopping tag here on this video there's a limited number of these discounts available though so don't wait that looks gorgeous oh wow we went Push Pull considering The Pedestrian Hardware he's running that's uh pretty overkilled next step is the power button and that's where any one of these holes can come in where do you want to mount the power button uh I mean it could be here sure or it could be here sure where does this go I guess we should plan our Loop order uh we could just have fun with it sure Alex could mount it wherever he likes where would you like it I'm so down so because of these arms

they have the I don't even know like 12 14 different mini holes around the main hole. You use these tiny little pins that Alex is putting in, and that's how you can actually adjust it. So you can have like several different angles while still keeping locked in position. That is crazy for the power supply. This case takes a similar approach to some Mini ITX cases, putting it behind the motherboard. So the octopus of cables coming out of it is relatively hidden. And for our build, we'll be using the px850 from seic, who is our sponsor for the video today. These have been super reliable in our deployments, and they come with a 10-year warranty. And thanks to the modular interface, we can pair it with custom length silver cables like these ones from cable mod, which is a pretty necessary step here since this case clearly lacks anywhere to hide the cables that do have to wrap around to the front. A consideration I saw you guys kind of sizing up this side for the reservoir. Yes, um she's a little imba right.

now what are the odds you want to put that over there. Sure, it's just an idea. It's a good idea. Yeah, now normally one of the cables we'd need is a 12-volt high-power connector for our super-fast GPU, except, uh, our standardized machines use RTX 3050s, which not only don't need a high-power connector, they don't even need liquid cooling. But I mean, come on, leaving this air-cooled would just be embarrassing. That's why we took to AliExpress to find, was this the one 3050 block on the market. This is from Bixy, who apparently wasn't bothered by the fact that you'd be far better off just spending this money on a better GPU. What a freaking waste. Hopefully, Teran doesn't have to go all tech industry layoffs on us to cover the cost before I get the block on this thing. What are we thinking in terms of location, just freaking like, I know, know out here or what. I think it's going to be wherever we can hide the Riser.

nicest. Oh, we're not going to be able to hide it. Where are you going? Come on over here. Oh my God, that looks so bad. No, put it in the top one. Oh my, then it's going to cover all of this. See, I think that one looks pretty good. And realistically, do we need all x16 PCI Lanes? It's a 3050. Where do you want that? I kind of want it right where the power button is. Oh, did anyone ever actually verify that this fits on here? This is a 360 block. I told them to. Or oh, moment please. There you go. Oh, you just don't know how to put a block on it. Actually, it's sitting really far above the die though. Maybe it just needs to be mashed on. Yeah, it's time for our PTM 7950 phase change thermal pad available at LTT store.com. This stuff is super cool. It's a thermal pad that performs outstanding even compared to pastes. And probably the best thing about it is its endurance. This is more of a commercial grade.

product from Honeywell that's designed for very very long-term applications. Hey guys, what's up? Remember how I said that this does fit after all? Yeah, yeah, there's one surface mount component here that is just a quarter of a millimeter off. See that? Y, I have a solution. Oh, you just want to cut up the block? Yeah, yeah, I mean that's not the sealed part, sure, yeah, it's fine. Okay, you won't see it. [Music] Done worse, yeah buddy. Okay, what kind of angle Vibe are you feeling here going to have to go in the front there? Oh, yep, okay, so kind of like that, right? Yeah, heck yeah, that looks amazing. How the are we going to get these tubes done? Uh, with a a whole whole bunch of these guys. Oh, we're going to cheat just heaps of those. Oh, I love it, maybe it lines up now, look at that, it only took four adapters. Don't tell the people, they won't notice. While they work on that, I'll be fixing Elijah's ugly Cable Management. It's fine.

it's not fine. It's you'll get fined. What? It's fine. Wait, are you allowed to use power tools? Yeah, you've let me use power tools before. Is he allowed to use power tools? Oh my God. [Applause] [Music] My hand is very vibr. How forever is this build? Uh, theoretically forever. Okay, why do you ask? Because I'm about to do some stuff. Oh my God. 90° just already in the tube. Awesome. This has been really fast. Yeah, is that a thing in plastic tubes as well? I think so. You can buy pre-bent ones. We've just never done it 'cause we were like, Oh, that's for cowards. Man, I've had my nose so close to it that I haven't been able to appreciate how it's shaping up. This is awesome. This is very pretty. Wouldn't pay that much for it, but as a gift, certainly makes a statement. Please don't fire me. That's the statement, right? Why would you glue this piece? It's like $70.

us this one little arm is $70 something like that. Yeah, and this plate is like $200 for the machine time involved. That's not even outlandish, yeah. Yes, it's expensive, no, it's not overpriced. We've had this conversation before. LTT store.com got him also by the way. Elijah, your YouTube wasn't in on either end. What? Yeah, it was. There's two O-rings. You need to be in the second one too. Can we cut that editor? Am I missing something here, boys? Something's leaking. They missed a stop and the rad. You doing okay over there, bud? Just looking for a C13. It's only an 850 watt. I don't need a C9. It's a good 850 WT though. Oh, yeah, Seic. Holy, oh yeah. We haven't really shouted out Seic much. Seic good. You think we want to recable manage this when some power supply dies? No, that's why we choose Seic. This is the weirdest way to plug in a display. I've

ever it's like it's it's like you're plugging into the monitor. Yeah, monitor experience. Holy man, I can't wait for him to see this and the chair H. I think it was $1,000. Oh, we got $100 off though. We sweet talked them. All right, parro. Oh my God, I freaking. This looks so sick. Love it. That flow rate not super high. It's a lot of tubes, a lot of bends, a lot of elevation change. Hey, all right. Okay, let's go. Can't take that for granted, guys. I can't wait to see the look on his face. This is sick. Oh my God. Why is there people in here? Wait, who put the yeah, who? Why do it say Pope? I want to do a few little upgrades to it to surprise both Taran, but also Elijah, who's the writer of this video. Am I going to get like a like a in Barber? Well, no, it's your gold throne for a CEO. It's worthy of a CEO. It's a throne. We spent $1,000 of company money on.

it, why don't you have a seat. It's in really good condition. Oh, did you just put a fingerprint that was painstakingly polished by your servant? Does this turn? It weighs 150 lb, comfortable. Oh my God, it has a built-in footrest. Oh, it's wibles. I swear to God, this is not a barber chair. It is a barber chair, a barber chair. You know, with the complexity of your haircut that you probably do yourself, um, we felt it was appropriate. Excuse me, if my wife doesn't, you talking about my wife? No, no, no. Um, I've never met her. Oh, she's great. You got your Chrome keyboard, yeah. There are fingerprints all over it. Yeah, I tried wiping it, it's not coming off. Also, man, are these are not actually made of these. Yes, they are. Oh my God, they are not. Yes, they are. They're not. It says on their website, this is not made of copper. It says on their website, wa. It's really heavy. Yes, these 16 key caps were like $200. You haven't even looked at the

computer yet oh so you can see there's engravings. Oh wow oh it's a LTT. Yeah yeah but hold on you got to look at the other side you got to look at the other side. Is it me on the wall hold on uh thankfully no oh one one that's super sweet did we do the house or do we even like Eng everything. Sinister cases did it for us need to thank those guys awesome can you figure out how to turn it on you got it here here you can stand up here hold on sorry oh my God it's so heavy if we cut a hold this we can put this in the washroom so so we have a no. I guarantee you there's something that you haven't noticed about this yet that is metal tubing uhhuh because the theme of the build is chrome and gold chrome and gold yeah that was what Reddit felt was CEO themed very Mad Max yeah yes which is timely yeah angry Teran is what not Mad Max are you going to try and find the power button.

that's a PCI Riser. It's been a while since he's worked in the computer review industry. Ice to PC Riser. The io breakouts are here so it has to be TI here. I see bubbles in the loop who uh. I blame Elijah. Okay. Try It Out. Try It Out. Take it for a test drive. Oh, we should probably help him move the chair again. That's all right. No, no, we can no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. That CEOs don't move the their own chair. Not clear. Oh, there we go. Anything for our CEO. This is awesome. That it has none of the things I need for. Oh, none of the things I need for work. But it has they got you linked in here. You want to boot up a game. We got rocket League Doom cyber Punk. Yeah, you can play cyber punk. I can play cyk. This doesn't run really well on my computer. Um, no, it doesn't. And this is the exact same Hardware you had before. It's just pretty H okay. Game crashed. Do you think this is a bad example our CEO gaming at

work probably. How many likes do we need to get on this video to sell that as a poster? We should, we should stock this as I store.com. Yeah, like how, how many likes? 100,000 likes? Sure, let's do it. We should, we should do this kind of photo for all our hosts or dark or dark boards of our capture both the haters and the lovers. Elijah, we never told them the price. I don't know the exact because each piece we used is slightly different price depending on what you get. I'll add the to here and let's react to it. Whoa, you work at a YouTube company now. You got to react a PC worthy of a CEO. Truly worthy.

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Building a Luxury PC for the CEO of Lus Media

Reddit's assistance is sought in building a high-end PC for the CEO of Lus Media, featuring a Focus PX850 power supply from Seasonic and a one-of-a-kind 7075 aluminum case from Sinister Cases.

The PC is equipped with an Intel Core i5-12600K CPU, Trident Z5 DDR5, and a 1TB Crucial P5 Plus drive, all mounted on an ASUS ProArt Z690 Creator board, creating a luxurious and powerful system.

The build is a blend of art and cutting-edge technology, with a focus on using validated hardware for the CEO's daily work.

Assembling the Sinister PC Case with 7075 Aluminum

Data is backed up to redundant network storage to prevent loss.

The Sinister PC case, made of 7075 aluminum, allows for mounting heavy components and offers precise laser engraving.

The assembly instructions provided by Sinister's website guide the process, including mounting the motherboard and GPU in various configurations.

Custom PC Building: A Fun and Over-the-Top Process

The video promotes a ratcheting screwdriver in a retro gaming colorway with a 20% discount.

The build process involves planning the loop order, hiding cables, and using a unique power supply placement.

The team opts for a high-power connector and liquid cooling for an RTX 3050, despite its lower power needs, and discusses the location for the build.

Discussion on PC Building and Thermal Pads

The conversation involves a PC build, specifically discussing the placement of components and the use of thermal pads.

There is a mention of a new PTM 7950 phase change thermal pad and its performance.

The team also talks about cutting a block and using multiple adapters for the tubing, as well as addressing cable management issues.

Discussion About Expensive Purchases and Upgrades

The conversation involves the expensive purchases of various items, including a chair and keyboard.

There is a surprise upgrade being planned to impress Taran and Elijah.

The discussion also touches on the material and cost of the keyboard's key caps.

Reviewing a Unique Computer Build for a CEO

The computer build features a chrome and gold theme, with a focus on aesthetics.

The CEO tries out gaming on the computer, raising questions about productivity.

The team plans to stock the computer for sale and is considering a YouTube reaction video.