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  • - Hey guys, this is Austin

  • and today, Ken and I are going head to head.

  • He has purchased some of the most expensive

  • gaming gear on Amazon.

  • Whereas I have chosen to go with a different route;

  • I have bought the cheapest gaming gear that I could

  • find available with Amazon as well with Prime shipping.

  • Today, I am challenging Ken to a battle.

  • All he does is talk about how great his expensive

  • mouse is, or how great his ancient keyboard is.

  • What I wanna do is show him that you don't need to spend

  • a fortune to have a great gaming setup.

  • And the cool thing is that I'm still going to beat him

  • in his favorite game because he's a weeb.

  • - That's a really interesting challenge

  • What happens if I win?

  • - [Matt] What do you think should happen if you win?

  • - Because I have a pretty good idea.

  • - A dumb mystery tech budget?

  • $5,000

  • - [Matt] You think a $5000 mystery tech budget?

  • - Yeah, $5,000

  • - [Matt] if you win.

  • - Look we couldn't get the $3,000 one,

  • might as well just expedite it.

  • Let's do $5,000.

  • let's just skip $3,000.

  • - [Matt] But what if Austin wins?

  • - We delete the channel.

  • - [Austin] So I've taken a look at a lot of cheap Amazon

  • keyboards over the years but I don't think

  • I've ever actually done one that's this cheap.

  • In fact, it's so cheap,

  • I'm actually not entirely sure what this is.

  • Okay that's definitely a membrane keyboard.

  • The superior type of keyboard.

  • Prepare yourself for aural bliss.

  • (keyboard clacking)

  • - [Ken] What?

  • - [Matt] Aural

  • (Laughter)

  • - [Matt] Aural, with an "A".

  • - Aural bliss, man get your head out of the gutter.

  • - So while Austin tries to browse dictionary.com

  • to get his words in check,

  • we actually got a better keyboard.

  • This is the Massdrop CTRL,

  • and it is about as jerk off as you can get

  • for a keyboard, with your money.

  • - [Austin] Language man, Jesus.

  • - Get your head out of the gutter.

  • - [Austin] What is jerk off?

  • How else can you interpret the word jerk off?

  • - [Matt] That is so much better than, "oral bliss".

  • (Laughter)

  • - So, the really cool thing about this keyboard

  • is that it not only is $200 and has RGB,

  • - [Austin] What?

  • Wait, it is $200.

  • Did you just break...

  • Wait wait wait wait wait

  • Don't try to hide that.

  • Your $200 keyboard is already broken.

  • Let me see this.

  • Alright, all is forgiven

  • - I put it the wrong way.

  • (laughter)

  • You can actually swap out the key caps.

  • They're hot-swappable.

  • So, if you, say, want to have a different feel

  • for like your W-A-S-D or your arrow keys,

  • you can get that.

  • You have options.

  • That is what $200 gets you.

  • - Yeah, but, I mean look.

  • My keyboard is black, and everyone knows

  • only gamer gear is black.

  • Who wants silver gamer gear?

  • Like, that's ridiculous.

  • - Gamers with style.

  • Gamers that...

  • What?

  • Hey, look man.

  • I'm out here today.

  • I got the style.

  • - [Austin] I'm not gonna lie,

  • those actually are pretty fresh.

  • - Not as fresh as these.

  • - [Ken] What the hell are we doing?

  • This used to be a tech channel, you know.

  • - So when it comes to mice,

  • honestly, I actually don't think

  • it's a good idea to spend a lot.

  • Which is why I picked this guy.

  • Again, another $17 amazon pickup with Prime shipping.

  • And, again, this had a whopping 10 percent discount.

  • Which means that I saved a total of $3.40

  • with my mouse-keyboard combination.

  • With 7200 DPI, and what is, admittedly,

  • a little bit of a light mouse,

  • but it's got a nice feel if your hands

  • are shaped a specific way.

  • - [Ken] Can you lift your...

  • That looks like Logitech and Deathadder had a child.

  • - [Austin] Nah, it's Red Dragon.

  • - All right, so while Austin spent $15 on his mouse,

  • I spent 10 times as much on this:

  • The Logitech G502

  • - [Austin] You don't even know

  • the name of your mouse, man.

  • - Wait a sec

  • - [Austin] This is a wireless mouse?

  • - [Ken] It, in fact, is.

  • - [Austin] What kind of gamer are you

  • with a wireless mouse?

  • - [Ken] Hey, Mr. I-watch-Linus-Tech-Tips-Religiously.

  • He did a video on this.

  • - [Austin] Matt, I thought that was private.

  • I thought these interviews were never gonna be shared.

  • - I watch Linus Tech Tips religiously.

  • And I've learned that skill is optional.

  • - So, apparently, this also has like

  • 11 programmable buttons on it.

  • Oh wow.

  • Ooooohhh

  • Logitech is doing great with the packaging.

  • - So, to show Ken exactly how much you

  • don't need to spend on a gaming headset,

  • I got this.

  • Now what do I strive to do in life?

  • I strive to be excellent.

  • So this is a headset of many purposes.

  • So if you want to plug it into

  • say, a console, then you can get it to work

  • straight out of the box.

  • Or, if you're using a PC,

  • you can use this handy little splitter cable

  • to get not only a headphone, but also

  • microphone input or output?

  • Input, whatever.

  • So, some people might tear me up on this,

  • but I got a classic for you all.

  • This is the Astro A40

  • - [Austin] Is it 2009?

  • - Yes, actually.

  • Because, they worked so well in 2009.

  • They work well now.

  • - [Austin] How much was this?

  • - [Ken] $250.

  • This box is really elaborate.

  • You might not be able to see it on camera,

  • but it's there.

  • It says "tuned for gaming".

  • - [Austin] But are you going to be excellent?

  • - Probably.

  • That's really close.

  • - So, I know that Ken has spent

  • an insane amount of money on a monitor.

  • I like to keep it simple.

  • Which is where this comes in.

  • This is the Sceptre 22 inch, 1080p.

  • Now, if I'll kinda direct you to the back,

  • you'll see this has a 75 Hertz refresher

  • with 2 HDMI ports.

  • - [Austin] What is that?

  • Ken, what is that?

  • - [Ken] This, my friends, is the

  • Predator

  • X27

  • gaming monitor.

  • - [Austin] What is all this?

  • X27, DCI-P3, 144 Hertz?

  • - [Ken] 144 Hertz and it's 4k and G-sync HDR.

  • - [Austin] How much was this?

  • - $1600 dollars.

  • - [off-Camera] Bruh

  • - [Austin] Do you mean to say

  • that you spent $1600 on this?

  • - [Button] Nut, nut.

  • - [Ken] Yes, I did.

  • - [Button] Nut

  • Nut

  • - [Austin] I've gotta say, this is actually pretty good.

  • So, the bottom of the mouse has a DPI switch,

  • so I've got it on that...

  • I don't know what mode this is.

  • It's one of the more sensitive modes.

  • But it actually feels really responsive.

  • Keyboard's a touch mushy.

  • - [Ken] You mean the membrane keyboard

  • that you specifically chose to

  • - I died, what was that?

  • What, did I miss something?

  • - [Ken] (sarcastically) Nothing. Don't worry about it.

  • - Cool.

  • - [Ken] I will say the RGB on the mouse is really nice.

  • I wasn't expecting it to be nice.

  • It's not bright, especially when you,

  • I'm gonna spoiler, when you put it next to the keyboard.

  • It's definitely not bright, but it's how much? $17?

  • - [Austin] $17 minus 10 percent.

  • Lowkey, the best part of this setup,

  • real talk, is this monitor.

  • So right now, I'm running, actually,

  • at a fairly low brightness

  • because I don't want to blow it out on camera,

  • but it actually is really nice.

  • 75 Hertz.

  • It does support FreeSync maybe?

  • Don't quote me on that.

  • - [Ken] For how much, again?

  • - [Austin] $80.

  • - [Ken] It's almost a dollar a Hert.

  • - That's a great point.

  • One dollar per Hert.

  • Is Hert the correct singular of Hertz?

  • 1 Hertz?

  • 1 Hertz.

  • I think is the correct one.

  • Not 1 Hert.

  • Well, you know what?

  • My wallet isn't Hertz.

  • - [Crowd] Ohhhhhhh

  • - [Ken] So, as we talked about earlier

  • this is the ideal setup.

  • Now, I will gloss over the fact that

  • Austin gave himself the better PC.

  • - [Austin] What? That's old boy.

  • Look at this.

  • How is that the better PC?

  • It's clearly...

  • - [Ken] Do you want to open it up?

  • - [Austin] No, it's fine.

  • - [Ken] Okay.

  • This is just an Acer Predator laptop

  • that we did another video on.

  • - [Austin] That's your personal laptop.

  • - [Ken] That is my personal laptop that

  • I may or may not have taken from work.

  • But it has a 2060 max... p? q?

  • - [Austin] I don't remember.

  • - P

  • - [Austin] Sure.

  • - One of those things.

  • But, it's enough to run Nvidia, G sync.

  • The other thing, too, is that this monitor

  • actually gets particularly bright, so...

  • - [Austin] Oh no, don't do that.

  • - Oh, I'm gonna hurt the lens, my friend.

  • Right now it's set to 172 nits of brightness.

  • It just keeps going.

  • We're not done yet.

  • Now we're there.

  • 500 nits of brightness.

  • - [Austin] I'm just gonna adjust the camera for a second.

  • Don't mind me, I'm just gonna

  • - [Ken] And I will stand next to it for context.

  • This is how bright my face is now.

  • - [Austin] I like this, actually.

  • This should be how bright your face is all the time.

  • Sorry, wait, hang on let me just.

  • There we go.

  • That's about how bright your face should be.

  • I like that.

  • - [Ken] Oh, look at that.

  • Look at that.

  • 144, yeah.

  • We're at the monitor.

  • - [Austin] That, actually, is pretty smooth.

  • I mean, granted, this is medium.

  • But, I mean, whatever, right?

  • - [Ken] It's also 4k, isn't it?

  • - [Austin] It's 4k, yeah.

  • - [Ken] Okay, that's pretty good.

  • - [Austin] Yeah, with G sync, too.

  • - [Ken] I also see you have a headset here.

  • Well, so mine, unfortunately, doesn't light up.

  • - [Austin] Bro, your $250 headset doesn't light up

  • and my $20 one does.

  • - This isn't a toy, though.

  • The surround sound's really insane on this.

  • I hear stuff happening behind me.

  • The directionality is fantastic

  • (snapping)

  • Okay, if you're snapping behind me,

  • I can obviously hear that.

  • - So now it's time to see whose setup really is best.

  • It's a 1 v 1.

  • Is it 1 v 1?

  • - No, it's not.

  • We're going to go into the same lobby as a team,

  • but we have to see who gets the most kills.

  • Even though that's not the main objective.

  • Wait, so our giant comparison is that we're teammates?

  • Can you hear me right now?

  • - Woah, how did you do that?

  • - Press the tilde

  • - [Ken] Ay, can you hear me?

  • - No.

  • - [Ken] No?

  • - No.

  • - [Ken] What?

  • Testing. Testing.

  • One. Test. No, wait. Testing.

  • Why isn't this working?

  • I'm actually really upset.

  • - Anyway, let's just play a game now that

  • your setup is confirmed trash.

  • So, wait, how much was your headset, again?

  • - Don't worry about it.

  • - It was, what was it?

  • Double my entire setup?

  • That was what it was, right? $250?

  • - [Ken] Don't worry about it.

  • - I'm glad he really got his money's worth.

  • I'm really glad that it's super functional.

  • - [Ken] I can raise the volume now,

  • so I can't hear him.

  • (talking over each other)

  • - [Ken] Can you hear me now?

  • (shocked and disturbed sound)

  • Oh it works!

  • - [Austin] It was just glitchy.

  • It was like (obnoxious noise)

  • - There it is! I'm back.

  • - Oh my god!

  • Turn that down.

  • (Ken laughing)

  • - [Ken] (echoed through headset) Hey,

  • what's going on y'all?

  • This is Ken.

  • And, we're here playing Overwatch.

  • I sound like a twitch streamer.

  • (loud screaming)

  • - I'm gonna play soldier 76.

  • - [Ken] Alright, I'm gonna play D. Va.

  • Oh, my mouse is so sensitive right now.

  • I should change that.

  • - [Austin] Five minutes. Let's do this.

  • - [Ken] Bastion! Ah, got him.

  • - Okay, I got him, I got him, I got him.

  • Up top, up top.

  • - [Ken] Got him.

  • (devious laughter)

  • - Five player kill streak, my friend.

  • - I can't get as many kills as Austin because

  • I'm literally playing the objective.

  • - [Austin] You're playing the excuse game.

  • - [Ken] Hey, look at that, we won.

  • - Who got the most kills, I wonder?

  • I wonder who it could possibly be?

  • - [Ken] I got a 23 kill streak.

  • - [Austin] What? You got 23 eliminations?

  • I had 17.

  • - [Ken] I have 23 eliminations, 6 objective kills,

  • because I was on the objective the whole time.

  • - [Austin] I got 12 objective kills.

  • - [Ken] That don't sound right.

  • (laughing) You were barely next to the objective!

  • - [Austin] I was around.

  • So whoever gets the most amount of eliminations,

  • straight up, is the only thing that matters here.

  • - [Ken] Alright. So, luckily we're defending,

  • so it shouldn't really matter.

  • In fact, eliminations will probably

  • play to our benefit, anyway, so let's do it.

  • Oh god, (screams)

  • Five player kill streak.

  • - [Austin] I'm feeling pretty good right now.

  • - [Ken] Are you?

  • - Yeah, I'm feeling great.

  • Excellent, in fact, would be a better way of putting it.

  • (Ken singing)

  • - [Ken] Ope, alright.

  • - [Austin] 15 player kill streak, Where are you at?

  • - [Ken] I have no idea how much I have, actually.

  • - [Austin] Not 15, I'm guessing.

  • - [Ken] Oh, Jesus Christ! Oh, God! Hey!

  • - [Austin] Now he's mine. He's mine.

  • - [Ken] Dammit!

  • - [Austin] 20 players!

  • - [Ken] You just took my kill.

  • God, son of a...

  • - [Austin] Alright. We have less than 2 minutes left.

  • - [Ken] Oh, wait they're back there.

  • Oh, oh wait, oh wait.

  • - [Austin] Alright, I think that's it.

  • - [Ken] Ope. Okay, hold on, hold on.

  • We gotta get back there.

  • - What was your score?

  • (bangs on desk)

  • - [Austin] I got 27 eliminations.

  • - [Ken] 27? I got 22.

  • - Going into this, I knew that Ken was wrong.

  • I knew it deep down in my heart,

  • but actually to have the realization

  • that you don't need to spend

  • $3000 on a gaming setup feels good, man.

  • Feels good for the people.

  • - So Austin's probably really smug right now.

  • He's probably super smug that he won.

  • He thinks that his cheap setup was, you know, hot (beep).

  • - I get the expensive peripherals are nice.

  • I get that RGB is cool.

  • I get that lots of frames and

  • mechanical keyboards are great,

  • but you know what's more important?

  • Winning.

  • - [Josh] That's a good point.

  • Winning is nice.

  • - Of all the products that I chose for my setup,

  • man, I really liked that monitor.

  • No one in their right mind should buy it at that price.

  • Unless you're super serious about what you're doing,

  • you need to have, you know, 4K res,

  • and 144 Hertz refresh rate. If you need all that,

  • for what ever reason, by all means.

  • But, otherwise, you shouldn't get it,

  • but, it looks so good.

  • - I was legitimately impressed

  • with what I was able to pick up.

  • The monitor, in particular, was really solid, right?

  • I mean, yeah, it's a little bit on the small side,

  • but it's 1080p, 75 Hertz, fairly bight,

  • decent viewing angles.

  • The keyboard was probably my biggest downside.

  • It's fine and, yeah, you've got

  • a little bit of colored lighting,

  • but, there's a huge gap between using

  • a membrane keyboard and a mechanical keyboard.

  • And, the thing is, you can get

  • a low-end mechanical keyboard for not that much more.

  • So that's definitely something I would have avoided,

  • but I'm really happy with that monitor.

  • - [Ken] For the Astro headset, I thought it would

  • work way better than it did.

  • The mic, I could hear from his headset, sounded trash.

  • Like, absolute trash.

  • - Yeah, it's nice to have the high-end peripherals,

  • but also, I'd like to have a bunch of cash in my pocket.

  • That's pretty underrated.

  • Spend that money on a better computer

  • And, a trip to Hawaii,

  • Ken.

- Hey guys, this is Austin

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