Many superheroes have a sidekick. Often, the sidekick is the true brains behind the operation, but the sidekick's job is to make the superhero look good.
That's my job! To make you look good when it comes to technology!
Technology is too hard! I get that. You can't know everything, but I can do my best to teach you about technology.
So, just relax and let me, Nerd Sidekick, show you exactly how to do tech stuff so YOU get to be the Technology Hero!
Thank you. I am trying to get an alternative lending business, to fund small businesses that get declined by the banks, going. I am almost as old as your mom. I am 81 & technology challenged. I was told I had to copy & paste & you made it clear for me. I appreciate your help. My contact at ROK Financial was getting frustrated with me. I could feel it, but he was trying to be nice. I would like to stay in contact with you if you are willing,
Most likely it will work. The USB C port has to support DisplayPort (not all USB C ports do). Thunderbolt ports should support DisplayPort, and there are inexpensive converters that work with those if this docking station does not, for some reason.
@@NerdSidekick thanks. I think one of the fears of building a pc is buying all the parts then doing something wrong. but, I won't even try until i feel completely confident. Still have to finish watching this video, was pretty excited with the first 5 minutes.
This is a course, not just any YT video tutorials. Anyone completing this one would easily be able to assemble a PC. There are so many videos on YT on PC building. However, it is the only one you need to watch.
Thank you for the very thorough video. Could you confirm for me, before I spend money, that this solution would work with a built in display adapter as opposed to an expensive graphics card. My Dell workstation only has an Intel UHD Graphics 630 display adapter. Documentation says it can only support 3 monitors. I have 2 DisplayPorts and 2 USB 3 ports available but would like to use 4 monitors. Will the display adapter even be able to output video through the USB 3 port?
To output video through the USB ports, you will need something like the USB to HDMI adapter I demonstrate in the video. amzn.to/4c1hsNI So, with two DisplayPort ports on the computer, plus the two USB ports, you can probably output to four monitors.
What a pleasure watching a PC build video that’s actually instructional, has no annoying background music and no annoying video cuts every 2 seconds. Hands down this is the best PC build video, not only on RU-vid but on the entire internet! Bravo sir! Excellent job.
I find it interesting the video does not cover (and no comment I can find) regarding daisy-chaining the Display Port monitors which is a feature of the DP standard. Would be nice to see an additional video on that.
Your channel is a true gem. Thank you so much i watched the whole thing, im not a tech beginner but i just used this to get my memory refreshed on the whole process, best video ever made on PC building. Love the channel, the style and the charisma. Keep it up!
I don't think that will help, at least in my case. The version of DisplayPort that my laptop supports is not fully compatible with this docking station. To get the max resolution when using this docking station, your laptop must support DisplayPort 1.4 via the USB C port. My laptop, being older (2019), did not support this version, so I believe that is the reason it would not work at the higher resolutions.
@@NerdSidekick thanks for getting back to me, imma try it out on my laptop thanks again I love this video informative and I learn heaps. Please keep those tips and tricks coming thanks again
This is one of the most comprehensive Videos on a computer build. The video editing too is superb. Very calm and I can spend hours listening to you. I will give you 20 out of 10 for not including pesky, distracting and irritating music. Cheers!!!
Simply put...you explained this very well. I just got a duel monitor system plus my laptop so all I need is three screens. I'll come back for information as needed. Thank you!
Absolutely FABULOUS tutorial, I have been searching for two weeks on utube to find out how to build a computer. You show every step clear, concise, SLOWLY, most other donot show all of the mouse clicks and dropdown menus like you do. YOU are truly for a beginner as I am, THANK YOU SO MUCH. You have given me the confidence I need to try this on my own. The only thing is on asus website they talk about renaming the downloaded bios file on their tutorial page as a step to perform, but either way you are great.
Thanks for your nice comments! For normal BIOS updates (like I show in the video), you do NOT need to rename the file. The only time you have to rename the file is if you can't get into your BIOS and you have to use the ASUS FlashBack feature. For example, if you lost power during a BIOS update, this might happen. In that case, you can plugin a USB flash drive into a special FlashBack port on the motherboard, press a button on the motherboard, and a new BIOS file will be installed. For this to work, the motherboard will look for a file with a specific name. The BIOSRenamer program will take care of renaming the file correctly so the FlashBack feature can work. This page explains how to do this: www.asus.com/us/support/faq/1038568/
feel good about watching this video after reading your comment. So many other pc building videos seem like their more for people already with pc building skills, or to try and make the video look more professional they skip over too more.
My approach to this video was to teach as if someone had little to no experience building computers. Building one is actually easy when you break it down and take it "slow and easy." Good luck!
There were a combination of things I was looking for. I was not trying to build an "over the top" computer with the best of everything. This computer was meant to be used in future videos where I can demonstrate a variety of things. So I considered cost. This was a reasonably-priced board. It supported 13th and 14th gen chips from Intel. The problem with those chips had not been realized fully at the time I made the purchase. If I was buying a motherboard now, I might reconsider which CPU I would purchase, which would change the motherboard requirement entirely. But this motherboard has multiple slots for installing multiple NVMe drives, which I tend to use heavily. It supports PCIe 4 and 5 gen devices that I might attach to the motherboard. It uses DDR5 RAM, which is current and fast. All those factors and more were considered when I made the motherboard selection.
You should have mentioned the Lazy Susan in your list of helpful tools. It makes working on opposite sides of the case so much easier. No more lifting, I just spin it around.
Good point. It's not something I normally use when building a computer. I used it to make showing different parts of the computer easier in the video, but it could definitely help make building a computer easier if you use a lazy Susan. Here's a link to the one I show in the video (affiliate link): amzn.to/3LVHJBz
@@NerdSidekick Very much appreciated for your dedication to helping people like me , BTW , i am 78 years old and i have just assembled my own PC successfully thanks to your tutorial !!! You are a perfect teacher .
