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  • - Hello, and welcome to Broke vs Pro,

  • where today we're building

  • the ultimate laptop gaming setups.

  • - Oh yeah, we are, 'cause I have a present

  • from the sponsor of today's video,

  • LG, with their new 17-inch LG gram.

  • - Did you, just, wait, wait, wait, wait.

  • When you say gaming laptops,

  • the first thing that comes to your mind is the LG gram?

  • - Well, it wasn't the first thing that came to mind,

  • but they were certainly the first message in my inbox

  • that offered money for this setup.

  • Let me just say that the 17 inch LG gram is wonderful,

  • not only because it's super light and very thin,

  • but also this is the 2020, 17-inch gram,

  • so it has the 10th Gen Core i7,

  • which most importantly, has a Thunderbolt port,

  • Thunderbolt 3 port, which will come in handy

  • for this thing.

  • - Oh, but wait, we already did a video on that.

  • - Yes, yes we did.

  • - That's the RTX 2080Ti gaming box.

  • - Yes, it is.

  • But, of course, I don't have to rely

  • on the 2080Ti gaming box to use the gram on a daily basis.

  • This thing again is super light and portable,

  • and the battery lasts forever for most tasks.

  • - [Austin] Actually, the battery life is really good.

  • - [Ken] It's great, it's an 80 watt hour battery

  • that lasts up to 17 hours.

  • It's legitimately a really,

  • really cool laptop to take on the go.

  • - When you're spending all this money on your laptop

  • and your accessories and all the other stuff

  • which I'm sure you have around the corner here,

  • I, as the broke gamer,

  • have something much more reasonable in mind.

  • This is my (horn sound)

  • And at only $330, this is all I need.

  • - [Ken] Wait, wait, wait.

  • - What?

  • What's wrong?

  • Look, this is all I need.

  • I literally don't need any of the stuff that you--

  • - [Ken] We, LG, the sponsor of this video

  • said we can't show any other brands.

  • - [Austin] But that's my laptop.

  • What else am I gonna use?

  • I mean, I need a laptop.

  • Are you serious right now? (laughs)

  • I think you're taking this a little too far, aren't you?

  • - No, no, we're not-- - [Austin] What?

  • - [Ken] Don't worry about that.

  • Don't worry about that.

  • - [Austin] That's just, do what, the processor!

  • I can't talk about my (beep) processor?

  • - Don't ruin,

  • I didn't sabotage you!

  • - [Austin] Wait, I can't even say the word (oof)?

  • - No, you can't.

  • - [Austin] Team Red, Team Red, can I say that?

  • - Yeah,

  • yeah, yeah, sure.

  • - [Austin] What kind of (beep) up challenge is this?

  • - Look, I don't write the checks, I'm just saying.

  • - [Austin] You just cash them.

  • - I mean, yeah.

  • Let's be real.

  • - So, I do have one additional thing.

  • So while my budget was broke,

  • I did get a knockoff third party PowerA controller.

  • It's not knockoff, I guess,

  • but it's a tiny third party Xbox controller.

  • I only had $15 left in my budget, but it's fine.

  • - [Ken] It is very green.

  • - Is this...?

  • Where's the rest of your stuff?

  • I know you have like,

  • you had like boxes of stuff you bringing in earlier.

  • - Yeah, so what pro setup would it be

  • without some Razer products?

  • (Austin laughs)

  • Specifically, I saw this on Twitter the other day,

  • so I put in an order for it.

  • It is the Kraken Kitty Edition

  • Razer headset. - [Austin] Ken.

  • - Yeah! - [Austin] Ken.

  • I just started playing Final Fantasy 14,

  • so I got myself an MMO mouse.

  • - [Austin] How much money did,

  • well, actually no, I can't be mad at you

  • 'cause you're spending LG's money, not mine.

  • - Wait, wait, it's okay.

  • - [Austin] How much more stuff do you have?

  • - I also got a Razer speaker.

  • The monitor was a bit of an oversight, but--

  • - [Austin] (laughs) You forgot to get a monitor?

  • - Um, we just so happen to have

  • a former sponsor of the channel,

  • another LG-branded product

  • called the LG Ultra...

  • What is this? - [Austin] UltraGear.

  • - You are right!

  • Yeah, it is the UltraGear, huh?

  • - [Austin] Ken, where are your, where's your integrity?

  • Where are your journalistic ethics?

  • - I'm not a journalist.

  • - [Austin] You're just a pro gamer?

  • - I'm a pro spender.

  • - [Austin] (laughs) That was pretty good, actually.

  • - [Ken] All right, all right.

  • So, what do you got?

  • - So, with my...

  • can I come up with a code name for it?

  • My, uh, my stealth book!

  • Okay, look, it's not great,

  • but for $300, I've got eight gigs of RAM and on top of that,

  • I'm happy to tell you that this wonderful laptop

  • from the stealth book company

  • which is also known as (robot sound)

  • has a, has, it has-- - [Ken] No!

  • - I'm gonna keep talking 'cause you can't cut me out.

  • It also has a spill-proof keyboard

  • if you're hardcore gaming.

  • - [Ken] Wait, it has a spill-proof keyboard?

  • - Yes, I will say that there was a slight oversight

  • when I was "building" my setup,

  • and then I spent the last of my money on this controller

  • and then we decided that we're playing CS:GO,

  • so, uh-- - [Ken] Yeah.

  • - Look, I'll be fine. - [Ken] Very pro.

  • - It'll be fine.

  • - This is really awesome.

  • - [Austin] Are you, like--

  • - I love that a lot.

  • - [Austin] Are you about to sell me

  • some bathwater or something?

  • - Maybe I am.

  • That side hustle, though.

  • Gamer-boy bathwater.

  • (Austin laughs)

  • Oh hell yeah, I love that!

  • That's fantastic! (both laugh)

  • Oh, the porting lights up too, hold up, wait, wait,

  • hold on, wait, wait.

  • I can see myself in the reflection.

  • Yes!

  • Oh, I love this so much! (Austin laughs)

  • So, I also got the companion stand as well.

  • - [Austin] Of course you did.

  • - Of course!

  • I've gotta color match, right?

  • Oh look at that, it has all of the buttons I need.

  • - [Austin] You need that many buttons?

  • What kind of games do you play that need that many buttons?

  • - So, I remember you saying something earlier

  • about your keyboard being,

  • like, waterproof?

  • - [Austin] Uh, I think the phrase they used was spill-proof.

  • - So, I can spill anything on--

  • - [Austin] No, you can't, you can't touch my setup.

  • What happens if it dies?

  • - That's not my problem. - [Austin] No, no, no!

  • - So you might have noticed that I have, uh--

  • - [Austin] You are not gonna do this to me right now.

  • You are not, look, look, you can't just do it.

  • You gotta surprise me with it.

  • You can't just, like, look,

  • where are the narrative stakes, Ken?

  • We all know you lack narrative stakes.

  • You can't just pour coke on my laptop.

  • You gotta, like, while I'm working on your setup,

  • you gotta sneakily do it or something.

  • This is not entertaining.

  • Look, think about what would make a good video.

  • Don't just do it right now.

  • I'm not saying this because I'm panicked

  • that you're about to kill my laptop

  • 'cause I don't have a backup plan.

  • Put that away.

  • Bring that out later and it'll be a hilarious moment

  • in the video and everyone will be like,

  • "Ha, ha, Ken is so funny."

  • - Okay. - [Austin] Excellent, yes!

  • I didn't think that was gonna work.

  • What are these speakers?

  • - Um, that is a good question.

  • - [Austin] And why do you need speakers

  • when you have a headset?

  • - Um, I like options.

  • I have the--

  • - [Austin] You like expensive options!

  • - Oh, look at that.

  • Kinda looks like a hairdryer.

  • - [Austin] What kinda hairdryer do you use?

  • - It's like a Dyson one.

  • - [Austin] How do you even get this?

  • That seems like a lot of work right there.

  • I just touched your hair, I'm sorry.

  • - It's actually not a lot of work,

  • I just kinda wake up, go and take a shower

  • and then just towel dry. - [Austin] Every year?

  • - Every year, excuse me?

  • Every quarter. (Austin laughs)

  • My hair grows really fast.

  • - [Austin] How's it coming over here?

  • - Um, it is going.

  • There might be one too many things in my setup

  • that don't play well together.

  • So, I think there's some weird handshake going on

  • with the I/O on the eGPU side,

  • because initially USB was freaking out

  • so I was getting weird inputs from my mouse,

  • like the eGPU would, like, constantly cut in and out,

  • so I'm trying to chase the problem

  • and we're kind of on a time limit.

  • I think, as much as I hate to admit it,

  • I will probably just use the headset,

  • use the mouse, and the eGPU--

  • - [Austin] Wait, so you're using,

  • oh, so the only thing you're not using is the speakers?

  • - [Ken] There's a lot of things happening right now,

  • so there's-- - No, no, no, no, no, no,

  • hold on, hold on. - [Ken] Got it, you got it?

  • - Just stick with me for a second.

  • 'Kay, so this goes to here--

  • - [Ken] Wait, wait, are you, are you, no!

  • - I'm just purely making sure that your setup is fine.

  • Shoink.

  • (upbeat techno music)

  • (soda can tab cracks)

  • - 'Kay, so I plug this in,

  • what are you, no!

  • Ken!

  • No!

  • No, there's USB everywhere!

  • What are you doing, it's all plugged in!

  • What's wrong with you? (growls)

  • It's pouring on the power cable!

  • - [Ken] You wanted to test my speakers,

  • so I wanted to test your keyboard!

  • - Where's paper towels?

  • Over everything, ah!

  • If my laptop's dead and this is the end of the video,

  • you know exactly why. (both laugh)

  • I think I reacted fast enough and, like, dumped it all out.

  • - [Ken] I mean, you would react

  • like a normal person would react

  • if a random stranger just came in

  • and threw coke all over their laptop.

  • - You're missing the part where I would beat your ass.

  • Okay, hopefully this will actually turn on now.

  • Oh, I see caps lock on.

  • - [Ken] Oh, there we go! - Screen's happening?

  • There ya go!

  • Spill-proof keyboard on a $300 laptop!

  • - [Ken] I'll say I'm pretty impressed.

  • Yeah, look!

  • Great.

  • Wait.

  • I don't think-- - [Ken] Oh.

  • Oh no. - Oh no.

  • - [Ken] Uh oh.

  • Well, it uh...

  • - I have no mouse!

  • Get all the moisture off the screen, oh, oh!

  • Ew, that's gross.

  • Residue, oh, it came back, it came back!

  • Excellent!

  • - [Ken] Well that's good, the trackpad's working now,

  • so we're fine.

  • - Yeah, there's definitely coke on my screen.

  • Oh, you can see as I wipe it, it looks like it's doing it.

  • - [Ken] Okay.

  • - [Austin] Alright, I think-- - [Ken] Oh yeah, look at that!

  • It's just fake input.

  • - [Austin] It seems to be okayish,

  • I'm just getting a lot of random inputs,

  • but as it dries out hopefully that goes away.

  • - [Ken] Oh, I think that stopped.

  • - [Austin] Oh yeah, hey, yeah, we're fine, we're fine right?

  • Oh, there's definitely,

  • definitely coke on the speakers, that's great.

  • Is there a power button or something on these?

  • I feel that there is.

  • - [Ken] There is not.

  • That was my initial problem.

  • - [Austin] So, they just don't do anything?

  • - [Ken] I think USB should show it.

  • - [Austin] No, no, no, you didn't hit,

  • you pressed the volume, and that turns them on?

  • - [Ken] Wait, it's a button?

  • - It's a button.

  • - [Ken] Oh, it's a button!

  • Oh, I thought it was just a knob.

  • - Thanks for the speakers, Ken!

  • - [Ken] I love how your $300 setup became a $450 setup

  • in, like, 10 seconds.

  • - See, that's the broke gamer way of life.

  • Take advantage of the rich idiots in the world.

  • - [Ken] That's actually pretty accurate.

  • - Woo! (claps)

  • Let's go, boys, let's go!

  • - So after some troubleshooting,

  • I finally got my setup mostly where I want it to be.

  • So, we got the Chroma going on

  • with the stand and the headphones themselves,

  • and again, the headphone stand is a USB hub

  • and I can plug it all in via one cable to the computer.

  • I was having some slight USB problems,

  • so I went from plugging it into the box

  • straight to the computer itself, just no problem at all,

  • just a little-- - [Austin] It's more reliable,

  • you obviously know the ports on the gram are fine,

  • when you run through Thunderbolt

  • I've had issues where things get a little bit flaky.

  • - Yeah, so now that I have a working setup,

  • it's totally fine, I have the mouse--

  • - [Austin] Wait, where are your speakers?

  • Oh right, they're over on my setup!

  • Look how nice that looks.

  • - [Ken] I mean, look at that framerate!

  • It is so smooth, that 144 Hz action.

  • Okay, well, it's a cursor.

  • Let me move a window, let me move a window.

  • Look at that, so smooth.

  • - [Austin] Everyone's watching this video at 24 frames

  • and cannot see a difference at all.

  • You are very, very right.

  • - No, I still think this is all really cool, though,

  • 'cause the fact that the 2080 Ti all works with the gram

  • via Thunderbolt 3 is, again,

  • a way to make this a gaming setup when I'm here at a desk.

  • When I wanna go on the go,

  • I can very easily unplug everything

  • and just take the gram with me.

  • Again, it is very light.

  • - [Austin] Okay, okay, we heard the selling points,

  • we know the gram is great.

  • Why don't we see what it actually can do

  • before you give me another 30-minute pitch

  • on why you should buy an LG gram.

  • - Well, with it's 10-gen core i7,

  • I'm sure it'll play video games fine.

  • So, I am here in Final Fantasy 14

  • and I'm getting roughly 60 frames per second

  • just by doing maximum on all the settings.

  • I can probably fine-tune it

  • and get something a little quicker

  • to take advantage of this 144 Hz display.

  • That is at 1440P, but for what I have here,

  • I'm liking it.

  • - [Austin] This look riveting.

  • I can't believe how amazing this gameplay is right now.

  • It's so exciting. - [Ken] It's very riveting.

  • Here, let me actually go

  • somewhere that action's happening at.

  • - [Austin] No, I really like watching you

  • walk around the city.

  • Really shows off the pro setup nicely.

  • - Ah, don't worry about it, it's fine.

  • Also, for those of you that are asking

  • why I am using the LG gram keyboard,

  • it is because LG probably thinks that that's a good idea.

  • - [Austin] Oh, are you just sucking up to the sponsor now?

  • - Oh, absolutely.

  • They're the ones paying for this video.

  • - [Austin] I mean, it is working pretty well,

  • I will admit, that it do looks really good.

  • - [Ken] Like, the keyboard's actually

  • not really doing too much for me.

  • If I actually had time,

  • I would set up the proper macros on this mouse,

  • but otherwise, I'm diggin' this!

  • - So, now might be a good time to mention

  • that I have not actually tested this game

  • running on my setup.

  • However, Black Mesa has finally been properly released.

  • Oh, look at this. (game audio blares)

  • - Oh, Jesus Christ!

  • - [Black Mesa Character] Looks like you're running light.

  • - [Ken] Okay, those speakers are good.

  • - 74, 85 frames per second!

  • Look how excellent my performance is on this game

  • which definitely came out this year

  • and is in no way based on something

  • that's like as old as most of our viewers.

  • (clears throat) Look how smooth it is!

  • - [Ken] Wait a minute.

  • No.

  • No-- - Yes, look.

  • I gave you Stadia in the past, but this time

  • I'm just showing you what it looks like to play GeForce NOW.

  • - [Ken] Did Stadia not cut you a big enough check

  • or is this... (chuckles)

  • - You know, the funny thing is in the past,

  • I've been sponsored by not only GeForce NOW,

  • but also Stadia. - [Ken] Yeah, very unbiased.

  • - Like, what happens when you sell out so hard

  • that there's no one left to sell out to?

  • - [Ken] Well, the audience definitely lets us know,

  • that's for sure. (both laugh)

  • - [Austin] Look how smooth this is.

  • - [Ken] It's actually really smooth.

  • And look, it's a solid, locked, 60,

  • sorry I'm walking, I'm right in front of you, that's okay.

  • - [Austin] I mean, I'm telling you,

  • like, with GeForce NOW with streaming services,

  • it's a perfect example

  • of why you should use low-end hardware, right?

  • If this is the only laptop and the only power that I've got,

  • it's a perfectly reasonable way of playing some games,

  • I spun out, but you know what?

  • This is not important because while, yes,

  • I've given you a small taste of the kind of performance,

  • the raw power you can get from a broke setup,

  • the real test is who is better?

  • Is it me with my broke gaming setup,

  • or is it Mr. Ken Bolido with his pro setup?

  • Let's find out?

  • Also, it's raining very heavily!

  • Do you hear that?

  • I feel like as I was getting into my, like,

  • my passionate explanation of gaming,

  • the heavens opened up and made me sound more dramatic.

  • We just need some thunder now.

  • - [Ken] I think that was just God crying.

  • - Pow, pow, pow!

  • All right, Team Death Match, Dust 2,

  • first to how many kills?

  • - [Ken] Um, I think just whoever wins.

  • - [Austin] Whoever wins?

  • All right.

  • - Whoever wins and gets the most kills.

  • - Wait, no, no!

  • Those are two different things.

  • Who gets the most kills.

  • - Sure.

  • - I have two options here:

  • I can either use my Xbox controller,

  • which does technically work,

  • or I can use my keyboard and my trackpad.

  • Oh, this is the worst.

  • Oh, this is so bad, dude.

  • This is so bad, no, I'm using controller.

  • Okay that's an easy choice.

  • - [Ken] Oh, that's Austin.

  • Aye. - Oh, no!

  • - [Ken] All right. This is not good!

  • I am getting destroyed right now.

  • - There we go.

  • Oh, I killed Austin, word!

  • - I can't do anything!

  • - All right, you know what?

  • I feel a little bad.

  • - [Austin] Please give me a mouse.

  • No, that's too nice.

  • So, don't show the bottom,

  • but this actually goes with your laptop.

  • It is branded--

  • - Look, I'll take anything I can get.

  • Playing with it, I feel like I've tried this in the past

  • but it is so bad.

  • - [Ken] I mean, yeah, I think it's very clear

  • the game wasn't meant-- - Never, ever was it meant

  • to be played like that, oh.

  • Okay, let's start again.

  • Let's, look, that was practice round.

  • Let's do, this time, for real, now that I have a mouse

  • and I have to use a controller

  • and let's see who can win between you and me.

  • - [Ken] Okay.

  • For the record, I got 15 kills that round.

  • - [Austin] I think I got three.

  • - You did get three. - [Austin] Yeah. (laughs)

  • - One,

  • two-- - Aw, man.

  • - Oh, that was Austin!

  • - Yeah, good job, good job.

  • We're in here.

  • - [Ken] Are you, though? - [Austin] Yeah!

  • - [Ken] Are you really in here?

  • - [Austin] I'm right behind you!

  • - [Ken] There we go.

  • Austin down, Austin down. - Aw, nicely done.

  • You got me, you got me.

  • Yeah look, my laptop screen does not look good

  • from literally almost any angle.

  • You have to accept that, but it's fine,

  • as long as you're looking at it directly head-on,

  • it's fine.

  • If you go directly over my head,

  • there we go.

  • Here, here, I'll duck down

  • so you can see my beautiful viewing angles.

  • - [Ken] One, Austin.

  • - [Austin] It's fine.

  • - Got you!

  • That was me, that was me, hello!

  • Austin Evans just killed you with a broke setup.

  • - There we go, well, I came back and killed you too,

  • so we're all good.

  • How'd you spawn right beside where you,

  • I killed you and you spawned right behind it?

  • - [Ken] The spawns are everywhere.

  • Oh boy, oh, that's not good.

  • He's gonna turn around, isn't he?

  • No, he's not. - [Austin] Are you trying

  • to get me in the back or something right now?

  • - [Austin] Oh, headshot!

  • Headshot, was that you? - I did not like that,

  • that was me.

  • - Oh, what's up?

  • - There we go, got Austin-- - Nicely done, nicely done,

  • nicely done, I've almost caught you!

  • This game's not over yet!

  • - [Ken] One.

  • That was Austin!

  • - Agh!

  • 13 seconds, come on, come on, come on!

  • I gotta catch up, I gotta catch up,

  • I gotta catch up. - [Ken] You're not gonna

  • catch up in 13 seconds, I'm over by like 10 kills.

  • (Austin sighs) - [Ken] All right.

  • - So, what have we learned today?

  • We've learned that while broke gamers

  • can truly rise up in many situations,

  • this is not one of them.

  • If you'd like to see a real winning setup,

  • you can check out the link in the description

  • for the LG gram.

  • Until next time, I'm going to go get a better setup.

  • - Thank you, LG, for sponsoring this video.

  • And for, again, sponsoring a winner.

- Hello, and welcome to Broke vs Pro,

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