{"video_id":"0n0gfL4gvC8","title":"SMALLEST SLI GAMING RIG – ONE OF A KIND!","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2018-05-06T14:53:29Z","duration_s":517,"segments":[{"start_s":0.16,"end_s":8.2,"text":"PC system manufacturers like MSI and Gigabyte have released some fantastic","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":5.759,"end_s":13.4,"text":"small form factor gaming machines in the last couple of years but they all have","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":11.759,"end_s":21.48,"text":"the same disadvantage nonstandard and in many","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":16.56,"end_s":24.439,"text":"cases non upgradable components no you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":21.48,"end_s":31.599,"text":"have to leave it to the hardcore enthusiasts Pioneers like Lucas diacon","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":28.24,"end_s":34.68,"text":"to break free from what has become 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orthis named for the mythological Greek two-headed dog is not for sale yet this one was actually built by our friends at Proto case they do great work the rack mount gaming case they built for me is still going strong so it's no surprise then that Lucas went to them with his incredible design and they got to work every component was laser cut inhouse the front panel details and rear IO not to mention the badass front logo were milled out the radiator holder was routered out the mother motherboard tray and SSD holder were bent they pressed in all the rivets standoffs and threaded nuts routered the side panel and put the whole thing together with a beautiful coat of their Proto Legacy black powder coating a couple revisions of that and this is what landed on our doorstep still some assembly required though am I right we actually needed two care packages to assemble our case the one from protoc case that was unidentifiable as a case other than the main chassis frame and one from Lucas himself that included among other things a server power supply with custom rerouted 12volt rails to support our dual graphics cards and custom shorter cables I mean this thing is already way too cool we haven't even assembled it yet yours would of course come in a much more finished State though so we're going to fast forward to System Assembly front IO was pretty straightforward dual USB 2 and dual USB 3 with HDMI pass through for VR and a dope ass capacitive power button are nice extras then it was time to move on to core components we chose an Intel Core i7 6900k for maximum PCIe bandwidth for the two PCI Express 16x slots on our ASUS x99m WS motherboard and I'm pretty sure the Ws stands for West SED cuz this thing is awesome we added a sprinkling of Corsair Vengeance RGB memory on the side for maximum FPS and our 20040 mm AIO goes in next but due to width limitations there is a mere 55 mm of height available for the CPU block which is why we ended up using using an older generation Corsair h100i all right we're getting close now let's pop the graphics cards in the design comes with brackets to fit a pair of 2 and 1/2 in drives on the motherboard side and a 3 and 1/2 in drive plus another 2 and 1/2 in to piggyback on top in the second graphics card tray if you're not using it but we are using it for twin GTX 1080 TI Founders editions so there will be no junk in the backside for us these shielded PCI Express risers go in now note that one of them is actually more narrow than the other in order for the SLI Bridges to fit then we install the cards themselves it is a bit tricky as the bottom card needs to be installed first then have its custom spliced and extended SLI Bridges connected wrapped behind the tray and then powered up the extra length of the SLI cables actually enables them to be hidden behind the cards so you can show them off in their full SLI Glory now that the key components are together it's time to Spruce the machine up with mucho RGB and tidier cabling H looks like a fun task in such a tiny case let's uh summon the comrade ah well that looked pretty easy now let's check her out all tidied up and in her maximum RGB Glory ladies and gents project orthis revision 3 so from an idea to a 3D model to the lowest displacement chassis to be able to run GTX 1080 TI SLI I don't think anything could have prepared me for something this breathtakingly nerdalicious and the performance is shocking it's really not that far off having these components on an open test bench and is basically identical to having them in a fullsize chassis in fact for the card that would normally be suffocating in the top PCIe slot it's even better there is still some more work to be done our Aussie friend cannot hand wire and paint every power supply for orthus buyers and I think if we were to do another project with this case we'd probably reverse the front fans to keep from recycling hot air and uh maybe make use of the included Reservoir Mount for a custom water loop but uh we'll save that for another time for now for all intents and purposes mission accomplished you could even say that uh now that's not a gaming rig that's a gaming rig so a huge shout out to Lucas and protocase for allowing us to be the first to make a video on this amazing case and also for sending us another one when we lost the first one you can follow this Project's future development at the link in the video description or on Twitter at luk dornc do you suffer from the incredibly first world problem of having far too many computers to keep track of which keyboard and mouse goes with which well actually I'm being factious because that can be a real problem maybe you have a development station and a gaming station or a PC and a Mac well Synergy allows you to share one Mouse and one keyboard between all of them so you will no longer get confused and it all happens amazingly seamlessly they offer a basic and a pro option with a onetime payment for Lifetime access and features include aside from from just being able to move the mouse across screens like you wouldn't even believe clipboard sharing dragging and dropping files the ability to set up hot keys and more use our Link in the video description to get 50% off of synergy today so thanks for watching guys if you dislike this video you can hit that button but if you liked it hit the like button get subscribed maybe consider checking out where to buy this well the internal components are available for purchase where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video description also down there is our merch store which has cool shirts like this one and our community Forum which you should totally join"}