Update on Luke's PC! We filmed most of this a few months ago and he's had his PC for a while now, so we checked in with him recently. He said it's all working great and he hasn't had any problems, which is awesome! I don't think we noted it in this video (it got cut for time), but we did end up replacing the power supply. NZXT sent one over to match his case! He's also in a more permanent residence now and his situation has improved greatly, which is uplifting to hear. Watch our video about the PC we repaired from a hurricane: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/atJ0hsd90LOnXWw.html WE WILL RUN OUT OF DISAPPOINTMENT T-SHIRT ALLOCATION BY THIS WEEK! Grab a 100% cotton shirt here: store.gamersnexus.net/products/disappointment-pc-t-shirt-2022-100-cotton-black And lightweight tri-blend here: store.gamersnexus.net/products/disappointment-pc-t-shirt-2022-triblend-black

Luke here: I'm writing this from the PC in the video. It took about 1 full year to get our house repaired from the fire. Endless conversations with insurance agents and contractors, getting permits from the city, living out of a hotel for 2 months, and then a rental home for 10 more. It was a nightmare. I'm incredibly lucky that the firefighters responded so quickly, and that we had insurance to cover everything. My advice to everyone: always have insurance, document your belongings (simple photos of your rooms and closets may be good enough, receipts are best), and have smoke detectors. Nobody was home when this fire started, but I luckily live in a large suburban area. If my neighbors didn't hear the alarms going off and then calling 911, we could've lost our whole house. I've been told that a fire can double in size every 30 seconds. It took firefighters 4 minutes to get to my house after they received the call. Although the fire was contained to my room, everything in the house was covered in soot and had to be replaced. EVERYTHING. Every wall had to be repainted, all carpet was trashed, the entire HVAC system replaced (you'll never get the soot out), wood floors, furniture, beds, clothes, everything. It doesn't matter if it was in another room with the door shut or across the house. Small amounts of soot gets everywhere. Since basically everything in houses is made of plastic, that soot is toxic and also usually carcinogenic. I reached out to Steve because I maybe thought it my be a good video idea, and that this is a unique opportunity where they may be able to learn something interesting and possibly help the community (which turned out to be true). This video was and is amazing. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I CANNOT express how downright respectful, thoughtful, caring, generous, and inspirational the GN team is. They did all of this and asked for NOTHING in return. I didn't expect them to send anything back let alone MY PARTS. They even offered to pay for shipping. After such a stressful time of my life, having GN (people I've looked up to and admired for a while now) provide such a wholesome experience made my whole situation just that much better. I could go on and on, but I hope it's abundantly apparent how thankful I am to Gamers Nexus and all of their efforts. The PC they sent back to me has had zero issues for what's now been a few months. Truly incredible all around.

The irony of NZXT sending a case and power supply to the victim of a house fire is not lost on me.

As someone who lost everything to a house fire, thank you for doing this for him. The (not so) little things like this actually make a big difference. I cried when someone gave us a small coffee maker.

This one is special to see as my parents lost everything to a fire last year including their 1yr old dog. It's really comforting to see what can be salvaged/restored from any horrible situation. Love what you guys did here. I'm sure it meant so much to the subscriber.

Just FYI, there's something called Soot Eraser Sponges that work absolute wonders at removing fire soot. I worked in fire restoration for a year and a half or so and they're really awesome little things. No water, no liquid, no nasty chemicals and works a treat. Obviously I hope you don't have to do this again, but for anyone else watching and happens to see this comment figured I'd throw it out there.

GN surgery content is some of the unexpectedly best content on the channel. Good job, Dr. Mike and Dr. Patrick. Note: would be awesome to see blue lab coats in the GN store.

Seriously, huge thanks for helping someone out there ❤️ Or as they say, Thanks Steve! Jk. Thanks to everyone that helped on this case! Also ordered some things from the GN Store earlier this year, super excited to have it show up here. Love to support you guys ^^

My house burned down and lost everything, I know your pain and happy to hear everyone is safe , even friends giving me clothes was overwhelming

Thanks for giving so much to the community. Really appreciate it. Roman did something similar after the floods here in Germany. Love from Munich.

I always love seeing stuff like this. I don't want to see anyone else end up in the same situation as this guy, but if they do, I hope you guys, and/or other channels are willing to help out.

This was amazing! I’m shocked that you saved the whole core and put it back together! Great content and it makes me feel all extra warm and fuzzy to support y’all.

GN still has a way to make their modern videos feel a bit like what they were doing a few years back in the house. Much respect to what you guys still continue to do

The old, stained case has a real look of an abandoned Aperture Science computer, you can't get weathering like that easily. Would be fun to see a build based on that idea.

Thanks, guys... thank you. In these trying times, it's beyond describing how much we need a feel-good story like this.

This story really touched my heart. I love how Steve and the GN Team is always helping out others in need. ❤

The case actually looked kinda cool after cleaning and tells a story.

Mike is such a great and entertaining personality. Loved his commentary during disassembly and re- assembly lol

You are such a kind soul to help people like this when life crushes you sometimes.

Great video, loved it! and thanks for helping someone in need, it's the uplifting video I was hoping for. Massive respect.

Steve in all seriousness, you guys over there are the greatest. I grabbed food and drink and watched this like I would a Hollywood movie. What your team did for this young man was nothing short of incredible and I would also like to thank NZXT for sending over the parts. I found myself rooting for the motherboard hoping that it was going to boot. This is what a PC Community looks like at a time of a crisis!!!

It's mind blowing how durable these parts are to survive a literal fire. Also props for all you guys and your efforts cleaning up all the parts to that level of pristine conditions!

Great to see another video by yall helping more people with their damaged setups. Love my setup now, and am forever grateful for GNs help.

This is amazing, thanks for doing this! It’s super cool that the parts weren’t too damaged, really shows how robust PC components are!

Its kinda amazing how many components survived. Great job GN crew!

Both Mike and Patrick were great in front of the camera! Steve, in my opinion, you can easily rely on more people from GN to host videos. Also, thank you for this great video, it was amazing to see how much hardware survived the fire. And I'm happy to read in your pinned comment that his living situation has greatly improved.

Thanks for doing content like this. GN as a brand really shows off the best side of the PC enthusiast community. I think these kinds of community pieces, the real crunchy "how do things work" pieces like the factory tours and the benchmarking methodology, and your hard hitting investigative journalism pieces really set the bar.

Very cool! Super glad Luke is settled into new digs, and a ton of fun watching you recover the system. Look forward to more of these (sans the dangerous fires, of course). Thanks GN!

Insane how well this worked out. Props to you guys.

Outstanding guys, as a firefighter I applaud you reaching out to help.

Very cool to see all the staff doing their own part! Great on screen performances

Great job guys! Turned out awesome and GN is truly looking out for ALL gamers. Love to see this kind of giving!

Same exact thing happened to me 2 months ago lost everything I had, my computer that I spent do much time building and even got 1st degree burns but am still here trying to come back to where I was.

This is freaky awesome. You guys rock! Wish I had that equipment, knowledge and time to do all that.

You all are awesome and it shows how much you care about people when you do something like this. Wish there were more like you all in the world.

Kudos to you guys for supporting your viewers through hard times! Thank you. So glad it came out well. I have a workhorse NZXT case from 2008 that is a workhorse missing two legs! Thank to NZXT, great cases!

I have such an intense fear of housefires. Watching this is giving me an anxiety attack, but I can't look away. You folks are heroes for doing this for a fan!

I love that you were able to salvage all those components, and I love the new case, but would have loved to see the old case bead blasted and a custom paint job with flames on it!

I absolutely love that so much of the original components were salvageable. Looking into that build, and seeing the fire scarred motherboard, what a memory. A constant reminder that even from a bad situation, good things can still come back to lift you up. I hope all ends up working out for the best for Luke, a house fire is no joke and could have been much more serious. Glad no one was hurt in the event. Great job with the salvage and rebuild GN, always love seeing content like this for sure. Cheers.

Respects for helping out a viewer. This is awesome. Amazing how all the components survived.

Ultrasonic cleaners are so cool. The first time I saw one was in one of those EVGA visits, where Kingpin used it to clean a motherboard. I've wanted one ever since. Another great video and another great deed. I love this channel.

Thank you guys at GN for what you do with your journalism and for all the positivity you provide to your local and not so local community. Keep being awesome

Cool to see that you guys actually managed to salvage most of the parts!!! Especially considering that they were pretty awesome parts to begin with. Big kudos!

Love when the crew can get together on a project that clearly means something to them. Having them all in the same place (at least in shot) is a rare occasion, and I'm a sucker every time. Keep it up GN, we love y'all

Steve - Your team are incredible for what you do! Great Journalism Pieces and Awesome bits for the community! You and your team truly are a benefit for the community and industry!!

It’s incredible how far Patrick has come on camera. Just a few short years ago he was very shy and reserved. Would mumble a lot. Now he’s very well spoken, presents well and is great to watch. More Patrick on cam would be great! Awesome video and awesome work guys. Love how much you do for this community and those in need. Extremely wholesome. Keep up the good work lads.

Wow amazing work guys. I'm genuinely impressed and surprised how much of the original build you were able to salvage! Love these kind of vids. This act of kindness I'm sure went a long way to helping Luke get back on his feet, one less thing to worry about.

I love when Steve and the Gamer Nexus team does this stuff. I's awesome when he give back to people like this and some of my favorite videos he makes to watch from time to time. I hope they keep this up for as long as they make content. :)

So proud of you guys, what a heartfelt positive reply to a subscriber. These are never fun to begin with, luckily there were no personal injuries and Luke and family are going to be okay from what I gather. I'd say the patina on that motherboard is worth a story!

House fires are devastating. So cool that you guys offered to help this guy out

Wow! Super cool video! Another one hit out of the park! 2023 is starting great! Thanks Steve and the team!

Make this an ongoing monthly series. Seriously great work Steve and team.

I was really rooting to see that Gaming Carbon come back to life. It is a nice board to look at, and seeing it come back to life with just a few scars was for some reason heart warming.

Love to see stuff like this, I wss absolutely heartbroken when I lost everything in the Australian bush fires. Shame I couldn't afford one of your aus bushfire shirts at the time. Love everything you guys do

Awesome video. Love that you did not just go the easy way, bought all new parts and gifted them. Live the cleanup and testing

I'm in awe seeing so many parts still working after all this. Amazing job GN team!

So I figured the CPU would be OK because you know if it gets to hot it will just Thermal Throttle...LOL! As for the Motherboard I find it ironic that it was the MSI Gaming"Carbon" Board! No wonder it still works! LOL! Great job guys!!

Glad to see you were willing to help Luke out! Also glad to see that most of the parts were salvageable! This was a great video and I learned a few things along the way.

That's super cool you guys doing that for that guy. Sure he appreciates the hell out of it. Doing great things GN, keep it up!

Hey, i would love to buy that case of you, stains and everything! that thing is battle hardened and i see a lot of life left in it!

Steve is living up to his title of Tech Jesus. Now he's even healing the sick PCs! 🙏💙

Awesome gesture and inspirational video. Thank you, GN team!

Love to see a system like this be brought back to life. It was absolutely satisfying to see almost all the parts get cleaned up and working again! Great job GN.

You guys are too wholesome. The charities, part recyclers, animal shelters and various other entities you donate to not to mention occasionally helping the run of the mill folk out there is inspiring to say the least. Stay frosty.

You guys are awesome! And major props for NZXT for sending a new case. Smart move, good PR. What a great story with a happy ending. More of that please 😊

Love these kinds of videos. Beautiful work and so good to see that the most important components survived!

So I gave the video a like.... Not bc I like house fires or destroyed PCs or the subscriber's misfortune, but bc I like GN videos in general. I know I don't owe an explanation for Liking a video but for this, I wanted to make it clear. I think plenty of others feel the same.

Very satisfying to see you help out someone who had some bad luck. You have a lot of class.

Thank you for doing this. I didn't realize the trauma experienced by my own fire until I saw this. It took me over six years just to recover again. This may seem like a small thing. But it makes a huge difference. So much loss

You guys... Just wow. That was so much fun to watch, and what a great cause. Nice of Nzxt too to send the case

This was super cool! That is definitely a ONE OF A KIND build!

Great gesture, really appreciate you guys being able to do this sorta thing! My situation was definitely not as bad but I had my pc (also a H440 case) fall down the stairs while moving. Miraculously everything but the powersupply fan and the case is fine. But just goes to show how a little thing can just have a big impact on your life and for you guys to reconcile the happenings of life a little bit is awesome.

Great work guys! Only recently started watching your channel and have been majorly impressed so far! Love the straight to the point ethos 👌

That was very cool of you guys to help him out. ❤❤❤

I'm really impressed that most of the important parts actually survived the fire! I was even more surprised with the GPU and I'm glad your team took the time in repainting it as well!

Awesome, awesome job & this is a huge reason I love this channel so much. Thanks for helping a viewer in need & glad to hear Luke (plus family) are doing better after such a horrific situation. I wonder if you could use his old case for a themed build of some kind? Maybe something futuristic/cyberpunk related?

I have at times been amazed at what some electronic can withstand. Great job guys! Thanks NZXT!

this was very cool.... good job by the crew and was crazy to see that most of the hardware was salvagable!!

This is so amazing to see, I can't believe that everything except the AIO and case was salvageable. The case as well with a lot more work than it's worth unless you can strip and respray it. Thank you for the second-hand oxytocin GN. More like this please

This was an awesome watch, and was a great thing you did for someone going through something tragic awesome work guys I'm sure Luke is over the moon with this

Big W for you guys!! Glad Luke was able to get his PC mostly salvageable. GN came in clutch.

Fantastic wholesome content. Glad you could help this person out.

Steve, this is why you're such an amazing group, I can only hope to be able to hep people that have had disasters regain some semblance of what they lost one day~

We must protect this man at all costs so him and his team can do more awesome things like this.

This legit was so much more entertaining than just getting new stuff , i love this video format

Now this is the stuff I like to see! Actually fixed a few PCs from a fire myself, and you would surprised with the outcome. Great stuff GN!

These kind of projects are what keep me watching, blessed job GN!

Great Job GN. Glad to see almost all of the old parts were able to be kept out of the landfill.

It's awesome that you guys managed to salvage some of the parts for the new build.

Dude that was completely amazing. Just took a little bit of time and you managed to put it back together and working again. That computer is Battle Scared now "Achievement Unlocked". Hope everything going well and Luke is able to get back into his house soon. God Bless my friend have a good one.

Very impressive work. Great approach. Really enjoyed it.

I love seeing you guys help people . Keep it up

GN, this is a really awesome, generous thing to have done

This is awesome you guys. The fact that the PSU, AIO, and case was all that required replacement is astounding... That board did look pretty cool after it was cleaned up. I actually have electronics insurance build into my renters insurance for instances like this. So if a fire happens to me, I'm not worried about it too much...

This is one of the coolest videos you guys have done thanks for being the good guys in the tech industry!

Fantastic work, guys. What a salvage :D

Its cool that so much original parts where used again,like this sort of content!

Great video. A nice change of pace from the typical product reviews (which you guys are best at)

I am sorry to hear about luke and his situation. So much pain and suffering happening to people across our nation. It is nice that we help each other out. We need to help each other. Thank you for being an example in helping those that need that help so that others will do the same.

This was really interesting and at the same time you have helped someone, well done :).