Our next installment in our engineering interview series we've been doing this year! These have been crazy educational - can't wait to do more! I have no idea how this video will perform since it's tough to title with all the topics, but it's such a great technical discussion that we're hoping people see it. If this interests you, you'd definitely like our engineering interview with Noctua previously! kzread.info/dash/bejne/amaAvM2gnLHPgZM.html We self-fund all our travel for these events to retain full control over the reporting process! To help support our next engineering interviews, grab a GN Modmat, Soldering Mat, or shirt here! store.gamersnexus.net/ Or watch our video cutting the RTX 4090 cooler in half previously, also ft. Malcolm! kzread.info/dash/bejne/mWigqsmMfaXMaJM.html

@ericb7937

2 ай бұрын

Does temperature effect acoustic properties/performance of the fan ? This is so interesting. Thank you so much!

@henrythegreatamerican8136

2 ай бұрын

Do we really need engineering knowledge to understand a fan sucks in the warm air from the computer and blows it outward?

@MaesterAnon

2 ай бұрын

You need to get an EU store / HQ / Warehouse , so people are paying 100$ for a 50$ product as an example, import fees from American stores are huge. And before anyone comments, BUT murica, yes you're a small country compared to all of Europe where we match Murica by 2½ times the population and have way more spending capital, so any american company that wants to super thrive needs to have a EU warehouse.

@ShadySKWASHA

2 ай бұрын

These are awesome! Makes me glad to help out on Patreon and buying shirts! I've learned a lot and I wish as a recent mechanical engineering grad whos into thermal related stuff, that I could get a job as cool as Malcolm

@blackrifle6736

2 ай бұрын

@@MaesterAnon *Agreed. I hope Steve sees this and seriously considers your suggestion.*

I really like the "find nerd, get them to infodump" format. Especially helpful that you've found people who can really articulate what's going on at a level us mere plebs can understand.

@Nostalgia_Realm

2 ай бұрын

They should really call this series: Nerd Infodumps 🤓

@PanderingSlats

2 ай бұрын

I think you made a great observation- like they said in the preamble, he did not dumb it down, but with technical discussions there are ways to explain complex topics more eloquently/easy to digest than others, and GN has a really good eye for experts who know how to tow that line.

@grievesy83

2 ай бұрын

@@PanderingSlats It's considered a demonstration of how well someone understands the topic - the better you understand a thing, the easier it is to explain to someone with no understanding. Malcolm does this very, very well.

@RepChris

2 ай бұрын

@@grievesy83 the only exception is monads, as soon as you understand them you loose all ability to explain them to anybody else, to paraphrase douglas crockford. - There are two types of ways people usually try to explain it, something along the lines of saying its like a burrito (which is entirely useless beyond saying it "wraps" something), or the classic "a monad is a monoid in the category of endofunctors" (which is only useful if you know what each of those words means, at which point you already know what a monad is. imho the classic "a tensor is something that transforms like a tensor" is more helpful than that for a person unfamiliar with the topic)

He seems really passionate about his work which is always nice to see.

@trickm0nkey

2 ай бұрын

His passion really helps me learn. Sounds silly but somehow he makes me excited about fan pressure comparisons

@metallurgico

2 ай бұрын

everyone is passionate about getting paid

@stauntssantana

2 ай бұрын

​@@metallurgicoThere's an obvious difference between someone genuinely passionate and someone who does it only for money. Please contain your autism.

@ChrispyNut

2 ай бұрын

This isn't his work though. He said it at the end, I really enjoy talking about this stuff. I would expect his actual work to be really quite tedious and boring. I'm sure he doesn't mind that too much, because it's within a field he is interested in and passionate about engineering, whilst also having times that are great. Am I being pedantic, sure, but I think the distinction is important. He has the makings of a great university professor though, passionate when speaking about stuff, probably enjoys teaching and has potential to be a great communicator.

@ZinoAmare

2 ай бұрын

@@metallurgico There are a lot of people hating their work though, he is full of energy just to talk about this.

These deep technical discussions are the best type of content.

@Connor-ff2ge

2 ай бұрын

Agreed!

We appreciate the deep dives in engineering education. Even Greg.

@GamersNexus

2 ай бұрын

Ah, yes. Classic Greg comment on the CPUs. Immortalized.

@50shadesofmycow

2 ай бұрын

@@GamersNexuswait what, could someone please clue me in? 😂

@kuronosan

2 ай бұрын

@@50shadesofmycow Greg likes to make bets

@FirestormX9

2 ай бұрын

​@@50shadesofmycowGreg is the most powerful CPU ever.

@mc88dx

2 ай бұрын

@@50shadesofmycow Watch this GN video and Greg is mentioned in the 1st minute. ""NOT ENOUGH SAMPLES" - Benchmark of CPU Sample Size ft. 68 CPUs, HUB, & Der8auer"

i appreciate the "not dumbing it down" more that you know. thanks.

@saltee_crcker2363

2 ай бұрын

*than ..r/irony

@gopnikolai7483

2 ай бұрын

@@saltee_crcker2363 Everyone bow down before the Big Shot himself. Guy typed a single typo and you scramble to get on your high horse lmao

@v3xx3r

2 ай бұрын

@@saltee_crcker2363 you got me I'm never gonna recover from this.

@MegaUltraMario

2 ай бұрын

@@saltee_crcker2363 Your Reddit gold, good sir

@JourneysADRIFT

2 ай бұрын

​​@@saltee_crcker2363😂🤓🤡

Man, Gamers Nexus is quite literally The Greatest Tech Channel That's Ever Lived. I can't imagine the effort involved in these deep-dives, and I truly appreciate what Steve and crew do for this community. Seriously admirable.

@TigonIII

2 ай бұрын

I would have liked to know more about how swamp gooch affects fan performance and noise. 😉😂

@klauserwin9860

2 ай бұрын

Those are some truly honorable words from the Greatest Technician That's Ever Lived!

Damn the thermal engineer is so good on camera

@GamersNexus

2 ай бұрын

It's been great that these companies are finally trusting their engineers to do camera-facing interviews!

@brucepreston3927

2 ай бұрын

I have been very suprised by how much the engineers from several of the big companies have been able to go on camera lately! It really is great to see...​@@GamersNexus

@AidanNaut0

2 ай бұрын

that little bit of soft-skills and media training can go a long way

@TheChzoronzon

2 ай бұрын

Nice chap, but I think he assumes to much knowledge on the viewer, Steve had to slow down him a bunch of times... the nerd curse

@brucepreston3927

2 ай бұрын

@@TheChzoronzon I think he did a pretty good job considering the amount of time he had, but I may feel that way because I already had some cursory knowledge on the topic...

You know you're talking to the right guy, when they are ear-to-ear grinning the entire time with excitement. Shout out to Malcolm, dude. I understand the individual references he's making when explaining things, but I know that what he's saying has 3-8 deeper layers internally. And that just makes me enjoy this entire thing even more. Malcolm is "That" dude.

@mastermind6000

2 ай бұрын

when you hyper-nerd about something and you get a chance to tell someone else ALL the shit you know it's a rare opportunity!

Steve once again educating us through the power of science and friendship.

@stefanschuchardt5734

2 ай бұрын

...and love ❤ and beauty 🧚‍♀️and kittens 🐈and bunny's 🐇

@alexk.7250

2 ай бұрын

What about the doggie? I mean the acoustic highly specialized technician

@HanSolo__

2 ай бұрын

This entire team works on making cards cheaper to manufacture with as little loss in standards as possible. Its not about making things better.

@Humanaut.

2 ай бұрын

​@@HanSolo__making things cheaper without loss of quality IS making things better. Effectively that means you can get better cards at your price point.

So interesting. If you roll down only one window in a car, you can hear the modulation caused from the backflow of pressure, which can be painful when driving at high speeds. If you roll down another window, it creates a pass through, which reduces the backflow of pressure and the modulation.

@Wootguy238

2 ай бұрын

I do be hurting my ear holes

more videos/series like this PLEASE

Malcolm is back... with lazers & puppies 😊 im in...

He sounds very knowledgeable with zero arrogance. He knows how to speak.

Thank you for raising the tone, quality and audience respect on KZread when so many channels head in the opposite direction.

@jihadalsweed

2 ай бұрын

so true

@craigprall9636

2 ай бұрын

I see what you did there.

My younger self wouldn't have imagined my future self being so interested in a 38-minute video about fan noise, I guess I'm officially a nerd now!

Malcolm’s back, not trying to discount the other peeps, but as a SDE I it’s great to see a more rank-and-file engineer instead of the principals

This guy is clearly extremely knowledgeable in his field and appears to be quite young. Hopefully nvidia realizes how valuable someone like this is to have on their team. Good job Malcolm.

I love when the sound engineer says "you can SEE, it's a lot less echo in here."

@fabrb26

2 ай бұрын

Here we say, open your eyes and listen how good it smell

@SnakebitSTI

2 ай бұрын

"See" can mean "observe", "infer", and several other things not specific to sight. Language is weird like that.

@martinkrauser4029

2 ай бұрын

hah. Good one. I hear what you are saying.

@wertyuiopasd6281

Ай бұрын

Senses function with each other, no brainer language would "show" this as well.

I love that the industry is becoming more open to the media like this. It certainly makes me more inclined to buy products from companies that allow content like this to be made.

@Frigobar_Ranamelonico

2 ай бұрын

Agreed, that's the marketing I want. Also, like in most of the products we buy, it helps to realise how much work and complexity are behind them

My dude Malcolm. Good to see him back.

@Guru_1092

2 ай бұрын

Nvidia still hasn't caught him! 😁

@maniau

2 ай бұрын

Lois hasn't caught him!*

@PrefoX

2 ай бұрын

Gutenberg is awesome (pretty famous german name, the guy who invented the Book print) what a nice guy, hope we gonna see more when the rtx 50 series comes out

@Equatis

2 ай бұрын

Malcom? My bad I thought Linus finally went through puberty.

@cwill2127

28 күн бұрын

@@Equatisdon’t insult him like that Jesus

Good that Gamers Nexus is becoming so prominent. Most techtubers are as deep as a puddle, so seeing you guys succeed makes me happy. Btw: the special technician is adorable. Does it hate coil whine too?

@hossosplitternacken7819

2 ай бұрын

Most people don't know, coil whine is actually the screaming of poor souls straight out of the pits of hell, which Nvidia swallowed with its 4000 and 3000 series of overpriced trashscam graphics cards

@alphacentaurivenus8037

2 ай бұрын

@@hossosplitternacken7819 3070 and 4090 both used them, they don't have coil whine

As an audiophile and someone who obsesses over finding the perfect thermal solutions for every device I’ve put my hands on, this was truly one of if not the most fascinating and entertaining video I’ve seen in a long time. That guys an INCREDIBLE speaker and teacher. I was hooked in the entire time. All of it was so informative and easy to understand. This guy broke down everything perfectly! Thanks for covering this and sharing it. You guys are absolute legends ❤

Malcolm is awesome. He's got a great combination of knowledge and enthusiasm. The perfect combination for explaining/teaching.

I love listening to these guys talk We need more tech talk with engineers Thanks Steve (and everyone involved)

Few things I enjoy more than someone who is clearly passionate about what they do excitedly sharing their knowledge.

"Does it hurt you when someone manually adjusts their fan RPM?" @26:53 HAHAHA!! I loved that question Steve! It made me laugh too! Given all the years of education, engineered design, lab tests, iterations on product, and the goal to provide an optimal experience. Then, the end user just wipes their butt with that and goes full throttle because I'm uber uber leet and I need the fan noise picked up on my mic to tell everyone that I got mad skillz!

@RunedGolem1

2 ай бұрын

As far as his response goes, he mentioned the stock curve being the best for the user listening experience. But, if sound isn't a factor for you (let's say if you have your computer in a different room than where you game) then you can just crank the fans up to max. Yes, you'd use slightly more power and probably decrease your fans' life span but you'd get better cooling.

@Wootguy238

2 ай бұрын

What are you on about?

Do we remember this engineer? We LOVE this guy. Malcolm is absolutely intelligent and a joy to hear speak.

(Hannibal from A-Team voice) I love it when a plan converges in a confluence

got recommended this and i love learning from videos such as these :) the actual psycho-acoustics for human perception of sound is so interesting to hear in situations such as these where there needs to be optimizations for everything

Feels so weird seeing your friends/former coworkers on a KZread channel you watch. Glad to see you having fun Malcolm!

AMAZING KNOWLEDGE ACHIEVEMENT ACQUIRED. Thanks Malcolm and GN.

Awesome stuff, you don't see deep dives like this on many other tech channels. Malcolm is a great presenter too

Great content. Joined to see more.

Malcolm! Great to see you on GN again! The information you provide, combined with your passion for your work, is a real joy to watch. 💚 (Also - I love your smile!) This was really interesting to me - especially the stuff about fan blades. It's awesome to learn how my video card is cooled, and why it is so quiet. But to be honest, I'm gonna have to watch that Stall Region segment again, because it kinda went over my head. Haha... And to GN: I love this type of content! More more more, please! :-D You manage to get really awesome guests. Malcom, TAP, Bill, and Amit are starting too feel like members of the GN family at this point.

I just know that this interview is a major highlight for Malcolm. Look at how happy he is to talk about this stuff that he is entrenched in, and clearly passionate about. I think it was as good for him as it was for us 😂

So refreshing to see content like this - Malcolm is clearly very happy to talk with someone as interested as he is in his craft.

I love this sort of engineering technical deep dive, and Malcolm's explanations of it all are wonderful. If I could like this video a thousand times, I would. Also really love the parallels with aircraft wings and stall characteristics, that's definitely a part of this that I'm personally very familiar with.

These videos are really cool. Learning about how these products are built is awesome. And I love that the actual engineers from these companies come out to talk about their work. Really appreciate that.

This has got to be the best kind of content for the PC and Engineer nerds. More please

This is what gets me excited about technology. Videos like this are a special commodity. Thanks to Steve and the team for content like this and especially to Malcolm for not holding back! His knowledge and enthusiasm for his work is always a delight.

I love how much fun he has explaining all this, this is a guy who enjoys what he's doing!

While talking about aerofoils, the width from the leading edge to the trailing edge of a wing is called chord. Talking about things with their given terms usually eliminates confusion that some might experience.

Genuinely love seeing someone know a lot about their field of work, I can really appreciate a person like that

These engineering discussions are masterclasses of content. Educational, entertaining, and must watches for me.

I'm really impressed by the range of topics this guy can talk about in detail off the top of his head! So many areas of engineering involved in this discussion.

@StuPhee

2 ай бұрын

Thermodynamics is basically how you hear but with fuck loads of mathematics.

As someone who just put together a new computer and is trying to make it as acoustically pleasant as possible, this is a really cool and well timed video. Thanks Steve!!

Thank you for this interview. It is awesome to hear two excited engineers talking about complex stuff and somehow make it understandable and very interesting!

Excellent video. Really loved hearing everything in so much detail without being dumbed down. It's a pleasure to watch when your guest is as knowledgeable as Malcolm. I hope to see more of this type of content regularly. Maybe with a RAM manufacturer like Corsair, Gskill etc and what they do with the memory chips after and before assembly.

Everything else about the ear was very insightful and approximately correct. However around 32:22 the inner ear doesn't act as an amplifier. There is only one active device in the ear and it's a muscle in the middle ear to act as an automatic gain control/mute for when the system is exposed to excessive sound pressure levels. It has the ability to add attenuation. - Signed Evan Foss engineer with +15 years in hearing research & electronics design.

@martinkrauser4029

2 ай бұрын

ok hot shot but tell us. have you ever stretched out a cochlea

@ElectricEvan

2 ай бұрын

​@@martinkrauser4029 no because you can't. The walls are not something you can separate like that. However I have helped people section them in a machine called a microtome. I was also the designer of an electronics package that let scientists measure sound pressure levels in the cochlea using fiber optics. The design for this is visible on GitHub if you doubt me.

@ElectricEvan

2 ай бұрын

The primary function of the middle ear is to match the impedance from air to water. In fish there is no middle ear, their hair cells are exposed in a structure called the latteral line on the sides of the animals body.

@garethjones787

19 күн бұрын

The inner ear certainly does act as an amplifier, and an exceptionally good one at that. The active energy feedback from the outer hair cells in the cochlea is what makes mammalian hearing so sensitive (down to displacements of 0.3 nm) and frequency selective (0.3% of an octave) across a huge dynamic range (120 dB). We still don't fully understand the mechanics of how a salty blob of various gelatinous membranes is as effective as it is, but the "cochlear amplifier" is critical. For anyone interested in learning more search for "The remarkable cochlear amplifier" in Google scholar for a good starting point.

really enjoyed the explanation of the fan blades and malcolm's excitement. Really cool to see the physics employed in fan design.

I really like Malcolm, he seems very happy and competent at his job...This was a very intersting video! I have been loving these types of videos on the channel and I can't wait to see what's next!

0:30 I asked for a freaking shark with a lazer strapped to its head... and this is what you brought me? Is the animal vicious at least? Is his owner evil?

this was the quickest 40mins I've experienced in a while 😁 thanks for the deep-dive, Steve!

Fantastic! great to see Malcolm again!

Damn Malcolm is a smart cookie! It's refreshing to see someone so young being passionate about something as complex as this. Good for him on achieving such a good career path and working for such a prominent company, I'm sure it wasn't easy, but well worth it in the long run! We welcome Malcolm back anytime!

This is so incredibly interesting and informative! The last video you did actually changed what type of engineering I am looking to go into. I could watch Malcolm talk for hours about this stuff. These kinds of videos makes me glad to have bought the GN coasters when they came out.

Fascinating educational discussion - thanks for keeping science and intelligence relevant and accessible. So inspiring to see Malcolm/Steve's passion for their work.

Well done video, team. I liked the editing on this one.

Yes, thank you for these deep dives. Keep producing this style of videos.

I may not like Nvidia as a company, but the actual engineers behind it like Malcom and the rest of the team who actually DO the work the CEOs take credit for are awesome, I always love to hear from them instead of PR and shit

@Robbie-mw5uu

2 ай бұрын

Every company has people like him.

@elgonzo7239

2 ай бұрын

Ah yeah, i fondly remember all them CEOs getting on stage, holding up the company's product(s) and proudly claim "I did this! I am the genius who did this!" Man, do i love KZread's comment section, it's never lacking in infantile BS potshots, lmao...

@BigMan7o0

2 ай бұрын

@@elgonzo7239 Imagine having a boot so far down your throat you take issue with someone stating a fact about CEOs lmfao

@crazylego98

2 ай бұрын

Wait you don't like rich people with fat egos??

@BigMan7o0

2 ай бұрын

@@elgonzo7239 A rich mega corp CEO isn't going to come swoop you off your feet and take you away to a life of luxury, why defend the indefensible

Really enjoyed this discussion. Made me understand the intricacies of fans a lot more. I like these videos that are on a level that don’t lose too much information by beeing simplified.

@Wootguy238

2 ай бұрын

Losing*

@crabapple1974

2 ай бұрын

@@Wootguy238 You are correct! :D Changing the eyesore.

Malcolm is a gem~! Love to see someone so passionate doing what they love~!

These are some of your best videos!!! Malcolm is fantastic!

G'day Steve & Malcom, Todays Lesson was FANtastic

Very interesting. Thank you for doing these discussions and deep dives!

Malcolm is amazing. That is all -thanks for the upload!

Another banger! Thanks for continuing to bring us amazing content like this.

I work in an ENT office (and also have a bachelor's degree in psychology from a different time in my life) and deal with some of these topics on a routine basis. Can confirm much of what was said by the engineer, and i love the people (including malcom) and the content of this video! Great work as always GN!

Amazing how much consideration and science goes into this process

One of a shortest 40 minutes in my life. Amazing interview!

Malcolm's knowledge and passion is inspiring to say the least.

i love it when someone talks about their profession with such passion. you dont see that anymore

This man really made such a complicated topic easy to follow 😮

I appreciate how nice the audio is in this video, at least in the chamber. It's like podcast status.

Fantastic content! Thank you Steve, thank you Malcolm!

Super cool video. This needs way more views. Keep up the great journalism.

Love Malcom's enthusiasm, you can tell he loves his job and is good at it.

From the depths of my core, Thank You. I love this type of stuff.

Amamzing , love this type of technical education right form the source and people who actualy doing it , developing , pure gold ! more please :)

That was so god damn good, thank you for this. No one else is doing it, A++ content.

This seems like a good place to use "venjent - laser grave" as a backing track

Love listening to people that know their sh_t, are passionate about it, AND can explain it. Keep these coming, GN!

So glad to hear and learn from him again

Love this one. I'm an aerospace engineer, was great to hear him get really into the nitty-gritty with the fans.

I was slacking on your channel…. Wow. This is legit man. Love it.

I love this video... One of my all time favs from you guys! Thank you!

These videos are great, and Malcolm is an excellent speaker.

Truly remarkable guest. Wonderful video, learned a lot

Another great video with engineers. It’s interesting and entertaining. Hopefully you enjoy filming it.

Brilliant video, didn’t understand half of it but enjoyed the learning experience!!

Malcolm is wicked smart for such a young man. Amazing.

Fantastic content, Superbly entertaining and informative. Love it, cant wait for the next instalment

Oh, this is fantastic love the in depth details, top-notch content as always

morning coffee and getting the optimal operation point of a fan explained, with the maximum coefficient of lift after stall, is my personal week highlight. thanks for that

I'm so nerding out at this video, thanks GN & Nvidia for dropping it! Big like.

I'd love to get a patreon video of what was left out of the video. I'd imagine you spent hours talking with Malcolm and this is a really interesting topic that i would love to learn more about. Once again, an amazing engineering discussion video. Great job GN team!

Malcolm did great in this, really explained very complex systems well :D.

Incredibly cool and fascinating stuff! There's just something about fan designing that's always held a lot of interest to me.

Amazing video! Thank you for this engineering lesson!