Linus: Okay sorry, what is this called ? Scotty: "Huaqiangbei" *laughs* Linus: fantastic, alright so i'm here at Scotty: "Huaqiangbei" Linus: yeah perfect thank you, with Scotty From 'Strange Parts', so I'm "getting me some strange parts" In China Which is actually exactly what we're doing So, in this, like, gigantic tech mall-thing They have everything from components like switches To.. Computer parts, to drones, to cryptocurrency-crap Mobile phones.. Pretty much you name it, they got it here.
So I don't really have any objective, other than go shopping and see exactly what it is That I can buy with my little stack of 'Canadian Rubles' here. So, uhh.. Wish me luck. And hopefully that's not for me. Scotty: No, I think we're good. [chuckles] [Intro music: Laszlo - Supernova] Linus: This video is brought to you by Corsair's Obsidian 500D It's a mid-tower gaming case, featuring: Premium tempered glass an aluminium construction Removable top fan trays and more! Check it out at the link below https://casinoslots.sg/energy-casino. Scotty: I think this is going to be an uphill battle, To get them to even recognize what those are, let alone know the value of them. Linus: They are gonna be like "what is this $H!T?!" Yeah, no, it's okay; there's an ATM. This is the world's most helpful error message: "Transaction is cancelled for some reason" "Operation Timeout" "Thank you!" Okay.. So like this is the kind of stuff that I wish we had a shop like this. We were trying to do a piece a little while ago Where we wanted lit.. Uhh.. Buttons! Or like.. Like.. Big fun buttons we could press And if we could have just walked into a mall and bought them That would have made my Christmas. Scotty: The cool thing about here, particularly for buttons, is you can actually come in and touch them, right. So, like, the button-feel is super important Linus: Oh my god, I already found something I need. Entire bags of like, motherboard standoffs. I was trying to buy just a bag of computer screws Only place I could find for it was eBay Pricing was just totally unreasonable. Scotty: Yeah and it will be very reasonable here. Linus: Smartwatches, totally 100% real Beats. Scotty: These are probably, like, semi-real Linus: Semi-real? Scotty: Yeah, like refurb-ed type. Linus: Right, okay. Wow. This place is enormous. Scotty: It's crazy, right? This is probably one of twenty buildings Linus: Honestly, it's overwhelming. Scotty: Yeah. Linus: Okay, so here's stuff I mostly recognize. Scotty: "Right!" Linus: There's like A bunch of mining gear.. Like Antminers and.. What else do they got? Mining Power supplies ROG.. Something something Looks like Very similar SKU's Linus: I'm just looking. Linus: just looking Linus: Uhh.. Linus: No, I don't.. Necessarily wanna get lead in here. Linus: Hi! Nah, I'm just looking around, it's okay. Linus: Thank you. [Sad Music] I mean this is the kind of thing you would never find in a retail store back home This is like, dual socket, like server boards and stuff like that. Can you ask how much this 1800W power supply is [Chinese] Scotty: That's like.. 50 bucks Linus: 50 bucks?! 50 dollars for an 1800W power supply? Scotty: yeah. Linus: Doesn't feel like an 1800W power supply, oh my god. This is actually only rated for 1600W Also, this is an mining only power supply, so it only does 12V. This is just all mining $H!T Scotty: they did not used to be this way. Linus: Look at this! These are mining specific cards right here. These ones without coolers And uhh.. They actually do have a video output, but like just the one. Scotty: Wooow, look at this stuff. Linus: Yeah, so they got things like, uhh, these mining specific boards Scotty: and this is used. Linus: "Asus demo board.." Here's a brand of motherboards that I have certainly never heard of Sometimes it's just fascinating. Like you walk up to a booth and kinda go: What are you doing , You know Like if you really need the B250M-HD3 or a WD Green SSD Or a Byson fan, then you're good. Scotty: This is indicative of the markets which is just like high degree of specializations in booths. But it's also just like, a different way of doing business, There is just not a lot like vertical integration. It's "everybody does their own little thing" and has friends that do the other bits. Linus: fundamental problem for PC stuff is that, umm, Scotty: What's this? Linus: Pricing across regions has really leveled out Scotty: yeah. Linus: Uhhm.. That's a wonderful question, I am not actually sure what this is. Doesn't seem to be in any sort of hurry to tell us.. Scotty: "DTMF"? Is this uhh.. Telephone gear? Linus: I mean they still have LGA 775 motherboards here, like brand new. That's incredible Oh wow, okay. I can't even like focus my eyes on this Scotty: At one point she was burning paper with one of these, so just be.. Careful. Oh, oh, it's this one. Linus: How much is that one? Scotty: This one? Linus: Yeah. Scotty: We'll ask here. Oh, here we go. Linus: Oh my god. Scotty: watch the reflections on the glass Linus: I think my kids would end up going blind if they found it. Scotty: Yes. Yes, that's true. Linus: Yeah, I'll pass, I'll pass on this [Chinese] Linus: I'm getting a 3 dollar discount now.. Yeah, I'm okay. I'm okay. If I decide I get one, I'll come back. Scotty: my reccomendation is that if you think you want something, you should just buy it while you're there. Linus: Oh, okay. So what I figured out at this point is.. I definitely need some kind of objective Because, you could wander around here for weeks and.. Still have no idea where the hell you are and what the hell you're doing Scotty: And I have! I have.. So yeah, if you have something specific you wanna do. I'm happy to try and make that happen As best we can Linus: okay.. I want the cheapest laptop in this entire mall. Scotty: Cheapest laptop in the entire mall Linus: yeah, lets do that. Lets see how usable it is. Okay! Scotty: I'm trying to think where we would go for that.. But yeah! Okay! Lets maybe.. Jump buildings?
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