Building the ULTIMATE IKEA Gaming Setup

We try and build the ultimate gaming setup using as many parts from Ikea as possible!

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Intro Screen Music Credit:
Title: Laszlo - Supernova

[Shadow-ighf]

That's deep fake Jake. The real Jake is still trying to find his way out of IKEA.

[chunyuen]

4:48 Paid Jake 2.5 hours to try out chairs at IKEA, paid extra for the scene recreation.

[arad-arad-arad]

4:10 is actually based on Cunningham’s Law:
"the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer."

[SvenskaIdioterna]

As someone from Sweden, it's hilarious to hear you guys pronounce the furniture names.

Honestly, the names from ikea are pretty dumb and nonsensical, mainly names and whatever else. Their names are usually just sorted into categories depending on budget and quality, the names can be whatever but a whole line of furniture or other items are named the same to give you an idea of, okay, this is better, this is worse. Makes it easy to get what you want, the cheaper comes with sacrifices, the mid is usually decent and the higher can be surprisingly good depending on item.

You know what ikea is usually used for in Sweden? Either for those on a really tight budget or those who want to outfit a whole new home but don't really care that much about quality, function or whatever. I went for a few trips there to get everything I didn't care about much, like some extra utensils for the kitchen that doesn't matter as long as they serve their functions, some food plates, glasses, shoehorns, candle holder and other crap that I just want to work and be cheap. Things like kitchen machines, furniture, quality frying pans and whatever else I got somewhere else, things where it matters if the quality is good and that you're actually going to have a lot of use for.

Stuff like furniture, tables, couch etc I just get secondhand, is crazy cheap for things that once upon a time cost extremely much, like sofas/couches, usually these can cost around 3000$ new yet secondhand, still in great shape that can be used for many years ahead that you just need to clean a little and use some furniture treatment kits on depending on material, they are often sold for everything from 5% to 20% of what it cost new depending on wear and won't really be much worse than a new one. I also tend to hunt for beds secondhand, just gotta get one that seems well taken care of and then get a new mattress. They go for really cheap because some feel disgusted with someone else having used the bed for a long time, but I honestly don't get it, just change the mattress, you won't touch the actual "bed" underneath anyway.

Well, that was a bit off topic, but no matter how much people laugh at IKEA, there's a good reason for it getting so widespread. It can provide things that look great and work good at prices way lower than the "authentic" stuff from brand name companies. I wouldn't recommend buying everything there but some things are perfectly fine to buy there and no matter how people complain about the do-it-yourself parts and how they bothersome or even of bad quality sometimes, it'll always be a great way to stock up on essentials or stuff you don't care much about and won't experience much stress from excessive use.

[joshuawigginton]

"If you want help really quickly, start doing it in like the stupidest way possible, and people will leap to your aid." -Linus (paraphrased)

[RealDafuh]

Watching Linus these days is just: "what can we spend our money on today?"
<3

[G_to_the_off]

I think you should get Simone Giertz on your channel. You could build her a storage solution or editing workstation and she could show you how not to murder the Swedish language.

[jellybwans]

Casually doing work on my computer


My Cat: 3:55

[tvenningmedia]

As a Norwegian, I'd just like to say that you as Canadians somehow are able to pronounce Swedish even worse than Americans.

[thomasames]

3:18
Thats what my friend said when he saw a horse getting excited.

[doctorlovera]

I'm starting to think that at some point we will see the title
"Building the ULTIMATE - BED BATH AND BEYOND - Gaming Setup"


.... and i can't wait.

[diogofigueiredo]

"Premium IKEA Gaming setup" 4 words i never thought were used together

[NuclearCashew]

Linus, can you do a video describing what thermal paste tastes like plz.
Thx.

[MikePNWOffical]

I swear your editors are great, I watch videos as an editor instead of as a normal watcher and they do an awesome job

[chillinjim]

Is it bad i use a $30 fold up table and have no complaints?

[septic_eye_revolution]

“LEDberg - it sounds like an RGB City” - what a great joke that was not that much appreciated by Linus

[PhyrexianHex]

I actually went out and did a similar build after seeing this video, though I did get different legs and opted for an Alex unit on one side. Nonetheless, one of the best decisions I've ever made! Looks great and it's amazing to have one continuous surface for all my stuff.

[justsomegirlwithamustache]

0:32 :oh shit here we go again
Opening incognito mode

[pontuswestberg]

Imagine if he said ”And this video is sponsored by IKEA”

[tristanjohanneskundrat]

I really like the concept of this video. It's very easy to find all the parts here in Germany (where IKEA is even one of the more "cheap" furniture stores, furniture is pretty expensive here), which can't be that easy sometimes.
Keep up the good work and stay healthy!