Picked up a used Gigabyte HD 4850 with Zalman aftermarket cooler for $10. The Zalman cooler kept temps at just 53°C — massive difference from my previous HD 3850 that hit 106°C! Tested on a Core 2 Duo rig with GTA SA, CoD4, Crysis and more. Full video here: https://youtu.be/0ORqQPk7kjs
I had one of these :-)
Edit: I liked the video! I love old hardware :-)
I agree on the music with the other comment - either make it stand out/vary it or remove it, it gets monotonous after a while. Narration would be nice, but it's not required.
I found myself fast forwarding quite a bit - i appreciated the level of detail you went with cleaning the card for example, but one gets the gist after seeing how the die and the first part of the pcb got cleaned, no need to show the whole process in full length/normal speed + the cooler, and show the reassembly after already seeing the disassembly when there isn't anything to watch out for when doing it in reverse.
Thanks for the feedback! When I made these first videos I wanted to show the full process step by step — in case someone wants to do it themselves and needs a reference. But I agree it gets tiring after a point. After the HD 5000 series the videos will be faster with fewer scenes. On the music I'm still searching — YouTube's copyright system is very restrictive. Really appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!
If there's something you want to show in detail, I would suggest making a separate video specifically for that, and then saying, there's a longer video to show you exactly what I did over here if you're interested, otherwise, just keep watching.
This is also very helpful if it ends up being something that's very similar to something else that happens in the future, because then you can reuse the one DIY how-to video as a reference point for all of the future videos.
That's actually a really smart approach — a separate dedicated how-to video for the maintenance process and then reference it in future videos. Saves time in the main video and makes it more reusable. I'll definitely consider this for future videos, thanks!