I Bought Out This Bankrupt Computer Store's Inventory
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Visit squarespace.com and use offer code LTT for 10% off Try Pulseway for free and start remotely monitoring and managing your server or PC at lmg.gg Wanna come along for a trip into PC history? We're digging through the crates of EXPC, a PC store that went out of business nearly a decade ago to see what they had on their shelves way back when. Buy Thermaltake CL-R0023 Cyclo RAM Cooler On eBay: geni.us Buy 3.5-Inch Front Bay Memory Card Reader On Amazon: geni.us On eBay: geni.us On Newegg: geni.us Buy Thermaltake TMG ND4 On eBay: geni.us Buy NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT On eBay: geni.us Purchases made through some store links may provide some compensation to Linus Media Group. Discuss on the forum: **LINK TO DISCUSSION THREAD** ►GET MERCH: lttstore.com ►SUPPORT US ON FLOATPLANE: floatplane.com ►LTX EXPO: ltxexpo.com AFFILIATES & REFERRALS --------------------------------------------------- ►Affiliates, Sponsors & Referrals: lmg.gg ►Our WAN Show & Podcast Gear: lmg.gg ►Private Internet Access VPN: lmg.gg ►Our Official Charging Partner Anker: lmg.gg ►Secretlabs Gaming Chairs: lmg.gg ►MK Keyboards: lmg.gg ►Nerd or Die Stream Overlays: lmg.gg ►Green Man Gaming lmg.gg ►Amazon Prime: lmg.gg ►Audible Free Trial: lmg.gg ►Our Gear on Amazon: geni.us FOLLOW US ELSEWHERE --------------------------------------------------- Twitter: twitter.com Facebook: @LinusTech Instagram: @linustech Twitch: twitch.tv FOLLOW OUR OTHER CHANNELS --------------------------------------------------- Mac Address: lmg.gg Techquickie: lmg.gg TechLinked: lmg.gg ShortCircuit: lmg.gg LMG Clips: lmg.gg Channel Super Fun: lmg.gg They're Just Movies: lmg.gg MUSIC CREDIT --------------------------------------------------- Title: Laszlo - Supernova Video Link: youtube.com iTunes Download Link: itunes.apple.com Artist Link: soundcloud.com Outro Screen Music Credit: Approaching Nirvana - Sugar High youtube.com Intro animation by MBarek Abdelwassaa @mbarek_abdel Monitor And Keyboard by vadimmihalkevich / CC BY 4.0 geni.us Mechanical RGB Keyboard by BigBrotherECE / CC BY 4.0 geni.us Mouse Gamer free Model By Oscar Creativo / CC BY 4.0 geni.us CHAPTERS --------------------------------------------------- 0:00 Intro 1:09 Yeah I 'member 1:30 After this there is no turning back, Neo. 1:55 Ram Fan 2:29 Small parts 3:42 IDE is king 4:27 Zalman Amp + small bits 6:07 GPU cooler history lesson 8:00 Hard Disk Cooler 9:32 Thermaltake ND4 L.C.S Cooler 11:30 B.T.E oddity 14:04 Electroboom moment 14:45 Water block delidded
The video takes viewers on a nostalgic trip into the history of PC hardware as Linus and the team explore the remaining inventory of a bankrupt computer store, EXPC. The opening segments establish the premise: a warehouse full of dusty, decade-old tech that has been sitting idle for years, and the team eagerly digs through crates to uncover forgotten gadgets and peripherals. The hosts gesture to the value of era-defining items, such as old GPU coolers, memory cooling solutions, and USB to parallel adapters, while highlighting how far technology has advanced since those days. Throughout, they annotate each item with memories from the era, discussing how certain designs aimed to improve performance, reduce noise, or expand connectivity, even when many products seem absurd by modern standards. This segment blends humor with genuine curiosity, setting up a broader examination of the evolution of PC cooling, storage, and expansion hardware. The tone remains light and exploratory, balancing critique with appreciation for the creativity and sometimes questionable practicality of vintage gear. By the close of the first major segment, the team hints at piecing together a larger narrative about how nostalgia and engineering constraints shaped early 2000s PC culture.
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- What was EXPC and why did Linus buy the inventory?
- EXPC was a bankrupt PC store; Linus bought the remaining inventory to explore and showcase the hardware that had been sitting in a warehouse for years.
- What kinds of items are highlighted in the video?
- The video highlights vintage cooling solutions, expansion cards, USB and FireWire adapters, old storage enclosures, ATI and Nvidia cooling solutions, and other era-specific PC components.
- Do the hosts repair or test the hardware they discuss?
- Yes, they perform demonstrations and open and examine several items, sometimes attempting to power them or test their functionality, while also discussing design flaws.
- Is there any sponsorship mentioned in the video?
- Yes, Pulseway is mentioned as a sponsor early in the video, and Squarespace is credited in the mid-roll as part of the sponsorship segments.