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In case you're reading the comments first, Linus isn't actually building Torvold's actual PC for him, he's building a PC with the same specs as Torvold's.

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Correct. Torvalds built his PC himself and his words are quoted in the ZdNet's article to which the video author refers to as he builds a "copy" for his youtube channel.

The worth of the video is seeing how huge the CPU (1) and the cooler (2) are.

1) https://youtu.be/Kua9cY8q_EI?t=267

2) https://youtu.be/Kua9cY8q_EI?t=639

Which is less surprising once one reads the specs:

https://www.amd.com/en/products/cpu/amd-ryzen-threadripper-3...

"Default TDP / TDP 280W"

I thought it was pretty interesting to see that Linus was focusing on power + silence. Made me interested in picking up some quieter fans for my PC.

> The worth of the video is seeing how huge the CPU (1) and the cooler (2) are.

Linus plays with Threadrippers and even Xeons in his videos fairly regularly, as does JayzTwoCents[0]. Though Linus is known to be... dropsy[1].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/user/Jayztwocents

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shyFnRVgvDw

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