Building a Ridiculous Pointy Pyramid PC 

Attach a webcam on top and it'll be complete with an "All Seeing Eye".

"How did he die?" "he tripped and fell on his pc"

This would look perfectly in place in a 1999 movie about what the year 2020 would look like.

This would have been the _most_ expensive option in a Sims game, that's why LGR bought it.

This PC looks like what people in the 80's thought normal computers would look like in the future

I see that Clint is now creating his own Oddware.

I love how he hides the thermal paste application in every video so he doesn't get comments about how he's doing it wrong

I never thought "impaled by a computer" was something that could happen. Now I know that it is. Cool.

The fact that the fan wasn't called "The Unidentified Fanning Object" is a marketing failure.

Lol Im sure this has already been said, but I thought you were LTT's crazy client for a second. Lol

When you *really* don’t want your cat to sit on your PC tower... 😂

This would be PERFECT to stop the damn cats from sitting on my case, and throwing up into it.

What a beautiful mix of ancient and futuristic. The classic pyramid made from glass and steel with rgb lights, the ufo cooler, the modern board with old slots, down to the modern os built for emulation. Absolutely incredible.

Who can even compete with LGR's level of 'going on ebay drunk'? "I think I bought a glass pyramid..." 19:00 -- Portnography. Wasn't expecting that.

that case looks incredibly impractical, I want it

I love the fact that you laugh when things slow down and things become even worse. Kind of reminds me of myself or my nephew when we have had trouble instead of other tech pages. Paul would probably get angry, and Jay definitely would, and Linus would just drop the most expensive component and think its no big deal even if it were a hard drive worth 40 grand....

My dad worked for the furniture company steelcase as a programmer in the 90s. In 1989 they built a 7 story tall pyramid as office space and such. I think it's currently a data center for Switch. This would be perfect for that building. A large pyramid data center filled with pyramid servers and such. I'm giggling as I think about it.

Watching such a space age pyramid struggle with solitaire was a weird experience indeed.

Perfect for my TempleOS machine!

I remember reading the LGR twitter feed and seeing the photos of these cases and LGRs brain gears moving

Watching this gem again as it has recently left Clint's collection.....

When pc gaming couldn’t get more ridiculous. At least this thing has a point

I just love how Clint has a fitting graphics card sealed and new in box just lying around.

I am tempted to buy one. Do some modifications to the case, add some paint, and put in lots of red pulsating lighting. Turn it into a Sith Holocron.

Now imagine adding red LEDs, and you've got a perfectly good Sith Holocron.

The pyramid focuses internet energies for better e-thrift deals.

1. The UFO CPU cooler absolutely makes the build. I've seen other videos where the topside case fan is also RGB, maybe that's something to consider. 2. Must play XCOM on this rig, and either live-stream it or upload VOD to 2nd channel...

Honestly, I didn't expect this to become a Linux video, awesome! Though the most impressive thing is how that Intel chip managed to run all those games.

Three things: 1) Tony Stark wants his ARC reactor back. 2) That case reminds me of a time machine in the Doctor Who episode "The Two Doctors" from 1985. 3) They probably want you to convince others to buy that case. It's a pyramid scheme.

I wouldn’t mind another eThrifting episode just browsing funky looking PC cases

This reminded me of the mid 00's, back when the e-sports scene was kicking off and huge lan/demo/gaming events, like Assembly, were the place to show off your obnoxiously lit computer case setup. Good times! E-sports are a huge thing in China, and these wild case designs are part of that scene, which is probably why they've been popping up so much lately.

If you do not have an XP USB installer, you should create one, it can include most updates even ones past SP3 and even integrate drivers for newer systems and brings install times from over an hour (depending on hardware) down to minutes.

It's like it came from an alternate dimension where 2020 has been an amazing year

That is perfect to run TempleOS!

I think a perfect gpu for this crazy build would be a Geforce PCX. You remember the rare PCI-e FX 5000 cards with an onboard AGP to PCI-e bridge chip. It should give you the feeling of having an AGP card in that system. =D

The “looks like a bass pro shop” comment got me. Thank you Clint. You could turn this into the machine that reads your arcade cards? I dunno how much work that would take but the pyramid of power would make an excellent arcade card box

Damn at first I thought you were LTT's insane secret client for their pointy pyramid case

I believe i owe a big thanks to this video also sparking some love for older hardware in a newer case, but also just my love for PC stuff too.

Whoa, this is cool. Kind of looks like that thing LTT is building for a client, but not quite.

This was the most chaotic build I have ever seen and I love every bit of it.

I love the weirdness of this video and the crazy contraption of a PC you assembled. Now if only Windows had worked. The machine could’ve been the Windows XPyramid. Sigh…

This is a perfect PC for me to run my MLM-business from home with.

"I bought the stupid pyramid" HAHAHHA AHAHAH

2020: "You must construct additional pylons!" Clint: "Hold my woodgrain beer."

This is what people in the 1950’s thought computers would look like in the future.

It's actually refreshing to see a build on RU-vid that isn't on the bleeding edge of new tech.

28:05 HOLY SHIT RE-VOLT

[I edited this post like 21 times. I just forgot stuff. Last Edit Added SYSTEM.CB] Not knowing everything you tried installing Windows 98SE, I offer the following. To be clear, you can install Windows 98SE from the hard drive, but you probably know that already. During my install, I had to change the SYSTEM.INI file and resume installation due to having too much ram. Resuming the install only affected the layout of the Start Menu. Being familiar with the Start Menu, it was easy to correct after the install. I had to put in the option to skip the scandisk as well, but I do not remember why. Assumptions (You have a good bootsector, and you can boot from the hard disk into Windows 98 DOS mode) Suggestion: Maybe limit the partition to 32GB for a proof of concept install. Here are my recommendations for each file. Ignore the horizontal lines. I just used them to separate the files for this post. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFIG.SYS (aspi4dos.sys might be optional if you still have memory problems) dos=high,umb device=himem.sys /testmem:off devicehigh=aspi4dos.sys devicehigh=setver.exe files=60 lastdrive=z ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUTOEXEC.BAT REM Leave File Empty ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEM.INI (Available upon reboot during install. This should give you 1022MB OF RAM in WIN98SE.) [386Enh] MaxPhysPage=40000 [vcache] MaxFileCache=261120 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSTEM.CB (Safe Mode Version of SYSTEM.INI. This should give you 1022MB OF RAM in WIN98SE.) [386Enh] MaxPhysPage=40000 [vcache] MaxFileCache=261120 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MSDOS.SYS (Marked Hidden & Read Only In Root Directory You have to use ATTRIB -R -S -H MSDOS.SYS. Once changes are done, you can probably do this ATTRIB +S MSDOS.SYS , but I do not think its required. Here is the Suggested Contents starting from the top line and being a full replacement) ;FORMAT [Paths] WinDir=C:\WINDOWS WinBootDir=C:\WINDOWS HostWinBootDrv=C [Options] BootMenu=1 BootMenuDefault=1 BootMenuDelay=15 Logo=0 BootMulti=0 BootWin=1 BootGUI=1 BootKeys=1 AutoScan=1 WinVer=4.10.2222 ; ;The following lines are required for compatibility with other programs. ;Do not remove them (MSDOS.SYS needs to be >1024 bytes). ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxa ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxb ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxc ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxd ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxe ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxg ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxh ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxi ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxj ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxk ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxl ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxm ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxn ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxo ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxp ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxq ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxr ;xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxs ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- That is all that I have. Hopefully, the new hardware supports Upper Memory Block. If you do manage to install WIN98SE, I bet the next problem will involve Finding A Free Memory Region Using MSD.EXE For EMM386 + SB Live MIDI + Soundfonts for DOS Games like Doom & Duke3D. BTW: Probably the hardest conventional memory dos game to run is Falcon 3.0. You can get some bonus points from me, if you manage it on new hardware.

Bonus: it's shaped like a christmas tree so you know what to do around that time

this dude is living in the 2000's with that monitor, keyboard and speaker

Odd I watched you unbox all this hardware but didnt see you smelling any of it...... Who are you and what have you done with the real LGR?

This is honestly much more entertaining than typical build videos from "dedicated" "techtubers" like linux tech talks, jay's two centz, the guy with the buzzcut and a soul patch who used to work at Newegg, his friend lyle, gaming nexus, etc. Nice way to kick off a Saturday. Thanks man.

I would love to setup a server/media center computer in that case for my living room! with all of the modern rgb, you could really make it an epic piece of art!

15:52 WinXP Pro was the move. I had a WinXP Pro disc I snagged from work. Served me well for years.

LGR: I found a pyramid. I'm making it into a computer. All of us: ok.

gotta have some kind of bumper for the top of this if you get it. you trip over something near this and that's it, your skull is obliterated

“A transformer having knocked up a Gundam” funny shit I’ve heard on this channel

I love it. I also liked quite a few of those mad Chinese cases that you showed

Try not to get stabbed by the pyramid.

I imagine that people who are not initiated in the PC master race illumintai lingo, look at your videos like i was looking at Star Trek engineers when they were talking about isolinear chips and plasma conduits. XD Me, i just come here to listen to you because you are an absolute adorable wholesome nerd talking about gaming culture. My kind of dish! GG man!

I was refreshing RU-vid until I found something to watch then BAM new LGR. NOICE.

This looks like a pyramid scheme to me

I did something similar with an intel Core 2 Quad. I also have Nvidia Quadro 400 GPU. If you want to go for that old Windows 9X look up the Chicago95 XFCE (desktop environment of Xubuntu) theme. Really gives the complete look and feel. Even themes the bash terminal to look like the typical MSDOS-Prompt. I also chose to do a dual HDD setup with the first running Xubuntu and the second running OpenIndiana (OpenSolaris continuation).

My Dad went through a pyramid stage in the mid-70s. He built a pyramid in the back yard out of particleboard and then conducted some experiments in it. None of them worked.

I love this! The Linux install just sweetens the video.

I just so happened to buy this motherboard for the same reasons you did, it's going in a Gateway 400c from 1999. I've got it built up and all! Tried booting it with a Diamond Stealth 64 968 4MB video card, got it to boot but obviously no driver was found! I'm going to post a video of my own soon. Cool video!

So, the first thing that came to mind for me seeing this case was “Home Theatre PC”. Something about the idea of a pyramid sitting next to a TV appeals to me.

Wow, and I thought Intel's iGPU is already bad, and you put a 32MB PCI card from the days gone by! THis build is crazy and I love it more than I should, thank you LGR!

Illuminati: I need a PC LGR: Yes

Way late to the party on this one, but this was just too entertaining not to comment. This was a fun process to watch. I too had seen this case years ago and had wondered on it's potential. Loved your choice of old-meets-new for the project!

OMFG I want one of those! That's the coolest looking PC case I think I've ever seen! Wow! Such a pity that the thing is SO ridiculously expensive. I guess I'll need to get back in the workshop and build my own...

"Teal'c? Is that your Goa'uld computer?" "Indeed."

"The Pyramid is Calling me" make my day fun >

That's a nice penguin and Pentium powered pyramid PC, pal!

3000 years later... - Who built this computer? - Aliens!

i love the the little Cooler Master CPU Cooler looks like a tiny UFO 25:55

I am so happy this video showed me a "business motherboard" the one i chose uses 10th gen intel but as shown here has a lot of legacy support. Specifically the 2 serial ports and parallel port proved useful this year being a computer engineer student having to use RS-232 serial for projects at home because of current situations. The singular PCI slot in my case also allowed for me to play with old hardware along with new hardware. The motherboard is a freak and i love it. (Un?)fortunately i was barely able to build it due to the whole component shortage, ive kept the ram i used in my cart (so i can expand with the exact same ram in the future) in amazon and have just been watching price go up just as an example

Oh, thank you! I was legitimately starting to get worried about you after you didn't post a video yesterday. Maybe sounds silly, but with 2020 you never know, let's face it...

Well I learned something new today that these motherboard existed

OMGs One Must Fall 2099... I love that game so much... I played so much of that. I honestly building the character and your bot was my RPG gateway.

As a man who's always drunk and tends to stumble, I wouldn't trust myself with this

the reflections make it look like there's a couple of UFOs at funky angles

Reminds me of something you'd see on the 1960s Starship Enterprise.

Welcome to the LGR pyramid scheme -thing!

It was great to see you delve into Linux a bit! I would definitely be up for more of that!

One of the most honest/cozy LGR videos to date. Awesome looking pc, the Linux distros you've tested were awesome (imho) surprises and I'm expecting a revisit on this beast of a pc soon.

Me: watching some vids about Silent Hills 2 Pyramid Head RU-vid: that guy reaaally has to be into pyramids, let's recommend him a vid about a pyramid shaped PC....

Him installing the cooler before the ram was some of the most tirggering film material ever captured.

Chicago95 is a great theme for Linux desktops to make them look like Windows 95! I usually keep a virtual machine with that theme installed around, it's fun to mess with. There's an XFCE version, I do believe

1:05 You mentioned Johnny 5... that's being a man of high culture

The Johnny Five reference: Golden!

As I saw a comment on another video regarding this case say, it's a good design to prevent your cat from sleeping on it lmao.

Back in 97 I had a diamond voodoo card that was PCI. I wish I still had that. Those PCI voodoo cards are impossible to find these days.

Windows with old hardware: Often impossible Linux with old hardware: HOW THE HECK IS THIS RECOGNIZED AND SUPPORTED IMMEDIATELY?! And Lutris is truly boss. What won't work over VirtualBox or Wine or Proton will work via Lutris 99% of the time.

LGR - you usually have to grab the offical ATI linux driver and install it. The version that comes with linux is usually not capable of true 3d accleration

Not gonna lie, that case actually doesn’t look horrible

yay beamng

The classic Linux experience: hardware not working for no reason and using WINE to run Windows software anyway.

11:05 Unless! the cables are snakes. . . hmm, but then you'd probably need to rig up a case open rolling boulder boobytrap reservoir diorama, and then you'd definately need a hidden auger to feed the sand falling through the case. . .

"PC Pyramid isn't real, it can't hurt you" PC Pyramid: