Buying a New Case is a Waste of Money | Linus Tech Tips

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Every year, people spend hundreds of dollars of their computer budget on a new case. BUT you can save that money to upgrade your computer instead! Linus shows Elijah how to take his old computer case and turn it into a MASTERPIECE…well, sort of.

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:25 Finding the perfect OLD case
2:06 Solving Issue number 1 - Airflow
3:50 ATX Size History
4:42 Issue 2 - How to install backplate?
5:36 The real Case is the Friends we made along the way
5:46 Issue 3 - Modern Front IO
7:06 Issue 4 - Side panel Window and fans
11:01 Professor Adam Explains Power Supplies
11:50 Final build + More
12:38 Cooling Issues?
14:35 The GPU was broken :(
14:51 Testing Thermals
15:09 Buying a new case isn't dumb either
15:46 Conclusion
17:50 Outro