A major concern Gamers Nexus highlighted was Linus Tech Tips's June 24th, 2023, review of a product prototype by Billet Labs[2] in which they used an incompatible piece of technology despite Billet Labs reportedly having been clear about the specifications the product needs to work accurately (seen below).

Moreover, the prototype worth thousands of dollars was purportedly given to Linus on loan with the expectation of it being returned. However, Linus supposedly did not return the prototype to Billet Labs. Instead, he auctioned it off to the highest bidder, which could have been a direct competitor to Billet Labs.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Does it take into account all the changed that happened at LTT, or is it out-dated?

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Not sure about that! Did LTT get the prototype back to the Lab it was borrowed from?

[–] heydo@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No, they admitted the mistake to Billet Labs and asked them to send a bill to compensate them for the loss. LTT paid that bill.

[–] psycocan@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

Nope, they ignored them until Steve pointed it out, then they gaslit them

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Personally, it's the repeated instances of his company using things wrong, saying the thing is bad because it doesn't work, and then doubling down if it's pointed out that it only didn't work because they fucked it up

[–] 4grams@awful.systems 2 points 1 day ago

Bingo! Many years back I stopped watching them when they killed their storage system. It was a Rube Goldberg that was destined to fail and I suddenly realized the channel was actively making me stupider if I followed their advice.

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

yeah it's just a content farm at this point, they clearly don't give much shits about the quality of the content

honestly I don't think Linus himself has bad intentions but he's clearly become complacent/arrogant. He hides it well though

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You know that feeling where someone seems to know what they're doing in an area you don't know a lot about, so you trust what they say, and then they cover an area you do know a lot about and you realize they never knew what they were doing, they just knew more than you and how to make it look good?

I had that disconnect in 2019 when LTT, primarily Linus himself, did a Velkase Velka 3 video and did so much wrong that his gaming results were worse than my personal build, which is an accomplishment because we used the same CPU (R7 3700X), he had a 2060 and I was using a 1650 Super, and my system was running quieter and 10°C cooler on both CPU and GPU temps. I heard about the rest later, but looking at when that video was posted, I stopped trusting that Linus/LTT did any research at all in October 2019, because when you buy a bad CPU cooler, bad PSU, bad exhaust fans that you can't even set properly, and test the system at default settings, it's very clear you didn't even try.

Linus messing up building the case because he didn't read the instructions? Entirely justifiable, makes for very funny camera things, there's the entertainment part of your infotainment. It's a wacky case made explicitly for an extreme niche of an extreme niche of a (fairly) niche hobby, and Linus is funny when he's winging it on the aesthetics part. Concluding that something is too hot and too loud for use unless your parents are divorced and you need to take your pc to the other house every week, when you caused it to be hot and loud by putting 0 effort into something because you didn't just like, ask someone who knows what they're doing? Wild

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You know that feeling where someone seems to know what they're doing in an area you don't know a lot about, so you trust what they say, and then they cover an area you do know a lot about and you realize they never knew what they were doing, they just knew more than you and how to make it look good?

This is so true, I have a few strong interests in random things that aren't very applicable to real life, but they tend to reveal these people really clearly.

wouldn't the thermals in your case being lower be a culprit of the 1650s having a lower TDP than the 2060 though?

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

On the GPU side, yes and no, since the CPU and GPU are partitioned from each other and the temp of one doesn't have any effect on the other, but we were getting the same frame rate with mine at ~75 and his 2060 running to around 84. I know someone else who had the case with a 1080 in it (180W vs the 2060's 160W, or my 1650S's 130W overclock) running at similar temps to mine while destroying both. It really comes down to using good exhaust fans, which he was not (and one of his just wasn't spinning and he never stopped to find out why or fix it)

Edit for clarification: I'm saying the exhaust fans (a choice he made) are the limiting factor because his 2060 is running against the built in "something is wrong" limit where the GPU starts to downclock itself, because the same case with proper exhaust fans can handle a higher wattage card and allow OC room to a lower wattage card

[–] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

bruh he had a fan not running? how do you not realise that

that makes sense ig

[–] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Worse, he pointed out on cam that the fan wasn't spinning for some reason, then didn't fix it or investigate and tested it as is