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Well, it appears I have not blogged on this site since February when YouTube announced the demonetization plans. I'll admit I do the majority of my writing and video editing during the dark cold months so it's only fitting that I restart with entry at the beginning of Autumn! After a long hot summer my Channel finally hit 1000 subscribers and the requisite 4000 hours of Watchtime per past 365 days. While this is by no means a windfall in the grand scheme of things, it is a good feeling.

A double wammy on the YouTube channel struck as the demonetization went lock and step with the laptop absolutely imploding. I put in a new motherboard, usb board, power button, 8 G ram stick, battery and power supply, NOTHING! the only thing left that was original is the fan but even with that unplugged I get no lights. I'll probably continue tinkering with it as I hate to give up when I'm defeated but we'll start the HP Pavilion 15 obituary soon. The more important thing is the next phase. I'll be adding some random tech entries (as if I know what the hell I'm talking about) as I build the next generation computer. Editing video shot with my new Nikon D5600 brought the laptop to a standstill reminiscent of my college days trying to render video, computer animation, and autocad files. We only had one computer in the lab for rendering and you had to sign up for a timeslot with your anticipated final files size! A stack of sticky notes was always handy to jot down your name and location (ie, coffee shop, bar, couch...) as we didn't have cell phones!

Stay tune and check out the build, I'll have some YouTube videos coming up as well and a list of parts still waiting for funding on over on my Patreon page! 

Computer build starting lineup

To replace my laptop to something with a little (just a bit) more power I've l ut together my wishlist and I'm going to roughly list them here and create a little better list if I get any feedback on the pros and cons of the components or recommendations. I don't typically game but I'd like the possibility, I don't plan to overclock right away but I want the possibility. I plan on editing UHD 4K video,  audio and render graphics in autocad and/or Revit. Soooo...... here's what I'm plannning.....

AMD Threadripper 1950x 3.4ghz 16 core

ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme EATX TR4 MoBo

ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 8GB ROG Strix

CORSAIR H100vi v2 70.7 cut liquid cooler

G skill Soon as V series 32 GB (2x16) DDR4-3000

SAMSUNG 850 EVO 1TB SSD

EVGA SUPERNOVA G3 750 w 80+ gold ATX power

CORSAIR 760T Black ATX tower

LG blue ray

Creative labs Sound Blaster rd 24 bit 192 kHz sound card

CORSAIR air series SP 120 HiPro edition (2 pack)

NZXT Sentry 3 can controller

I also added a WLAN and LAN but I think the ASUS MoBo comes with one, correct me if I am wrong

If anyone has some extra parts they want to throw my way I am more than flexible on this build!