Linus Tech Tips

Linus Tech Tips is one of the largest technology channels on YouTube. It is fronted by Linus Sebastian and made by a team of presenters, writers and video producers, who describe themselves as professionally curious about consumer technology.

The videos review new computers, phones, headsets and graphics cards, build custom PCs and test claims made by manufacturers. The tone is lively and jokey, with plenty of hands-on testing in a well-equipped lab. Some videos are more entertainment than teaching, so it helps to pick the ones about hardware and testing.

Some highlights include:

The team chooses parts and builds a high-end desktop PC, explaining the trade-offs between each component along the way.

This video looks at a new version of an AI-based graphics upscaling technology and tests whether it lives up to the promises made for it.

A detailed review of a new virtual reality headset, looking at its design, its performance and how it compares with rivals.

The channel has around 16.9 million subscribers, and new videos appear several times a week.

For someone thinking about engineering, Linus Tech Tips is a way into computer hardware and electronic engineering. Watching products being taken apart, measured and compared shows how much design and testing goes into everyday devices. It can spark an interest in computer science, electronic product design or hardware testing, all of which are real career routes.