Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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In this video, we rebuild two gaming PCs that we found on reddit -- both victims of (unrelated) housefires. The cause of one of the two fires was purely electrical, with a rodent that had chewed through electrical wiring in the attic. Unfortunately, both users lost most of their belongings in the fires (though no people were harmed), and that included gaming PCs. We just rebuilt them, upgrading both users' CPUs and flying in Rob Teller, formerly of Hyte, to give us stories of the industry while assisting in the rebuild process. Having your replacement PC built by the designer of the very case it's in is a rarity. During the process, we dissect the fire damage.
Watch the time we rebuilt a user's PC that was destroyed in a hurricane: youtube.com/watch?v=4lDSdLkMC-8
And the prior time we replaced a housefire PC: youtube.com/watch?v=byxzkRYUHpc
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Charred Remains of a Gaming PC
03:40 - Inspecting the Remains
06:37 - The Second Housefire
10:21 - Case Design Insight
10:51 - Damage Report
12:38 - Burial
13:46 - Mike's Dremel Time
14:55 - Patrick's Microscope Time
17:04 - Time to Build
17:39 - Case Development Lifecycle and Specs
20:10 - Case Design Challenges
23:00 - Successful Cases Then and Now
23:53 - Thermal Paste Arguments
25:49 - WE NEED A MONTAGE
27:28 - Conclusion
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Steve Burke: Host
Rob Teller: Guest
Patrick Lathan: Microscope Work
Mike Gaglione: Dremel and Build Support
Vitalii Makhnovets: Editing
Tim Phetdara: Camera
Andrew Coleman: Camera
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In this video, we rebuild two gaming PCs that we found on reddit -- both victims of (unrelated) housefires. The cause of one of the two fires was purely electrical, with a rodent that had chewed through electrical wiring in the attic. Unfortunately, both users lost most of their belongings in the fires (though no people were harmed), and that included gaming PCs. We just rebuilt them, upgrading both users' CPUs and flying in Rob Teller, formerly of Hyte, to give us stories of the industry while assisting in the rebuild process. Having your replacement PC built by the designer of the very case it's in is a rarity. During the process, we dissect the fire damage.
Watch the time we rebuilt a user's PC that was destroyed in a hurricane: youtube.com/watch?v=4lDSdLkMC-8
And the prior time we replaced a housefire PC: youtube.com/watch?v=byxzkRYUHpc
The best way to support our work is through our store: store.gamersnexus.net
Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: patreon.com/gamersnexus
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Charred Remains of a Gaming PC
03:40 - Inspecting the Remains
06:37 - The Second Housefire
10:21 - Case Design Insight
10:51 - Damage Report
12:38 - Burial
13:46 - Mike's Dremel Time
14:55 - Patrick's Microscope Time
17:04 - Time to Build
17:39 - Case Development Lifecycle and Specs
20:10 - Case Design Challenges
23:00 - Successful Cases Then and Now
23:53 - Thermal Paste Arguments
25:49 - WE NEED A MONTAGE
27:28 - Conclusion
** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! **
Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage.
Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates:
t: twitter.com/gamersnexus
f: facebook.com/gamersnexus
w: gamersnexus.net
Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements
Steve Burke: Host
Rob Teller: Guest
Patrick Lathan: Microscope Work
Mike Gaglione: Dremel and Build Support
Vitalii Makhnovets: Editing
Tim Phetdara: Camera
Andrew Coleman: Camera
