1 00:00:00,399 --> 00:00:05,920 sea sonic sponsored this video and we're looking at the follow-up to the seasonic 2 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:11,840 connect something that we already checked out over on the Linus tech tips channel the idea 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:17,279 for the synchro connect so this is the dpc 850 4 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:20,080 it's an 850 watt power supply the idea 5 00:00:17,279 --> 00:00:23,600 is basically the same so you've got your conventional 6 00:00:21,039 --> 00:00:30,240 looking power supply here a little something like 7 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:34,079 that oh okay 8 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:36,239 why is this so tight instead of having 9 00:00:34,079 --> 00:00:41,600 all of the cables and connectors coming off of it like this 10 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:45,120 you've just got one so to my knowledge 11 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:47,840 this only carries 12 volt power then 12 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:51,440 you've actually got a secondary unit and in this case it looks like the secondary 13 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:56,800 unit has actually gotten considerably bigger so the power supply 14 00:00:54,640 --> 00:01:01,280 connection comes in here right there and then off of it you've 15 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:09,200 got dual eight pins for your CPU you've got oh interesting fan connector 16 00:01:05,280 --> 00:01:12,799 is that an RGB header very interesting 17 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:16,240 uh a few SATA and molex connectors 18 00:01:12,799 --> 00:01:19,360 a sync connector and then more fans 19 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:20,640 more RGB whoa a lot more fans and a lot 20 00:01:19,360 --> 00:01:24,400 more RGB and then SATA and molex well wait what 21 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:32,720 about your graphics card how are you supposed to connect your graphics card see sonic 22 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:36,960 they overlook that oh 23 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:38,000 ah there they are GPU's here and the 24 24 00:01:36,960 --> 00:01:42,799 pin cable is here so the idea here is to address 25 00:01:40,880 --> 00:01:46,320 one of the main complaints that i brought up with the last generation 26 00:01:44,399 --> 00:01:50,479 product and that was that like okay this is really cool but what case 27 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:55,840 does it go in along with the synchro connect see sonic 28 00:01:53,439 --> 00:01:55,840 is launching 29 00:01:58,719 --> 00:02:05,600 the q7 series 30 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:09,039 synchro case it's an aluminum 31 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:13,040 steel tempered glass case that includes 32 00:02:09,039 --> 00:02:15,840 nydec fans and apparently looks good 33 00:02:13,040 --> 00:02:19,040 so they say but i haven't actually seen any evidence of it yet because i have 34 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:23,840 not yet opened this box so let's go ahead and crack it open 35 00:02:21,360 --> 00:02:23,840 oh boy 36 00:02:26,879 --> 00:02:33,200 got the accessory box for starters user manual 37 00:02:30,480 --> 00:02:33,200 gloves 38 00:02:33,519 --> 00:02:39,599 hopefully they're asian sized they are 39 00:02:37,599 --> 00:02:43,200 my tiny hands won't be a disadvantage today ladies and gentlemen 40 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:46,480 uh i've got all the screws in a helpfully 41 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:49,040 segmented little box here but then they don't actually like 42 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:55,760 divide them up that would be a nice touch for next time see sonic 43 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:57,680 fantex does it a little cleaning cloth 44 00:02:55,760 --> 00:03:01,440 user manual yeah we probably won't need that i mean how different could it be 45 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:10,000 now it's pretty heavy 46 00:03:06,959 --> 00:03:18,640 especially for an aluminum case 47 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:20,800 oh shoot 48 00:03:18,640 --> 00:03:25,040 very solid packaging really like to see that this is a 49 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:28,239 really firm thick foam 50 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:32,239 but not rigid that is 51 00:03:28,239 --> 00:03:36,319 a plus foam right there love it 52 00:03:32,239 --> 00:03:40,319 all right all right oh let's 53 00:03:36,319 --> 00:03:42,319 now let's unveil it ah here we go 54 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:47,440 well you guys got the butt end they're interesting 55 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:50,560 they've gone with an inverted atx layout 56 00:03:47,440 --> 00:03:52,159 brushed aluminum front panel ah the rest 57 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:57,280 of the case is steel that explains why it felt heavy for an aluminum case 58 00:03:54,239 --> 00:04:01,519 so what am i looking at here is that 59 00:03:57,280 --> 00:04:04,080 an integrated synchro thing 60 00:04:01,519 --> 00:04:09,599 it kind of looks like it like it looks like that's right there so 61 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:12,239 wait these ventilation holes 62 00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:15,680 along the outside here are presumably so that 63 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:20,079 this thing can do the 12 volt to 5 volt and 3.3 volt conversion 64 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:22,960 in here instead of in the power supply itself actually i can check that really 65 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:28,800 easily yes that is correct and then it actually 66 00:04:26,479 --> 00:04:31,680 needs some some ventilation so i guess that's why this is open 67 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:34,400 and then it's got these honeycombs on the back here too 68 00:04:34,479 --> 00:04:41,040 what do you think of the front very very 69 00:04:37,840 --> 00:04:42,880 black very black nicole everyone 70 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:47,520 this is her first time uh shooting a ShortCircuit with me i think she didn't 71 00:04:44,240 --> 00:04:49,040 realize i was going to ask her opinion 72 00:04:47,520 --> 00:04:52,880 now a lot of the time with a solid front panel you might be concerned that you're not going to get any airflow in there 73 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:56,639 but actually if you look over here this side 74 00:04:55,199 --> 00:05:01,600 is open and they've got a solid well probably just about an inch 75 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:04,639 of space so like two centimeters and change in here i 76 00:05:04,240 --> 00:05:14,000 don't expect it to be a concern is that a removable filter 77 00:05:11,440 --> 00:05:20,400 there it is i didn't have to pull the front off at all 78 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:20,400 is that magnetic it is look at that 79 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:25,360 cool all right i guess i could put that back on now or no we could just have a 80 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,680 look here so three 81 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:35,280 three included 120 millimeter fans on the front looks like you could mount 82 00:05:32,479 --> 00:05:39,280 three 140 mils if you really wanted to and all the front i o is done top i o 83 00:05:38,000 --> 00:05:44,160 style so you've got two type a's a type c and your audio 84 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:48,160 ports as well as your power and reset switches looks like this is another removable 85 00:05:46,560 --> 00:05:54,080 filter yep also magnetic very nice 86 00:05:51,759 --> 00:05:58,240 seven pci slots bottom mounted power supply 87 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:59,039 and another 120 slash 140 millimeter 88 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:06,000 mount that's pre-populated with a 120 millimeter fan 89 00:06:02,639 --> 00:06:08,880 interestingly seasonic includes an RGB 90 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:11,600 connection for every one of the fans so all 91 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:16,639 six of them but it appears that the synchro case doesn't ship 92 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:21,120 with RGB fans transportation lock 93 00:06:16,639 --> 00:06:23,039 remove first oh interesting 94 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:25,840 so you unscrew this piece and then you can decide if you want it to just swing 95 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:35,840 open all the time yeah for easy access or if you want to put this on to lock it 96 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:35,840 if i can put this front panel back on 97 00:06:36,880 --> 00:06:42,800 don't actually recommend removing that okay it just pops off like that it's got 98 00:06:41,280 --> 00:06:47,680 a little uh rubber thing on the inside so it doesn't scratch your glass and now i would expect this to just 99 00:06:45,600 --> 00:06:52,720 swing open kind of hard to kind of hard to get in 100 00:06:49,599 --> 00:06:54,639 there oh unless it 101 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:57,120 ah there we go it's attached to this front piece 102 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:03,120 okay so it pops off the hinge that's pretty normal 103 00:07:01,199 --> 00:07:06,880 you know opening this up it's kind of crazy how little 104 00:07:04,639 --> 00:07:10,479 the interior layout of a case actually matters anymore these days 105 00:07:08,720 --> 00:07:15,759 because it used to be that you had to really you know examine like oh 106 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:18,720 how thoughtfully are the drive cages laid out and how's all the cable 107 00:07:17,440 --> 00:07:23,919 management going to work there's like almost no cables in a case anymore you just have 108 00:07:22,319 --> 00:07:27,360 to wire up your fans usually on a brand new machine you're 109 00:07:25,599 --> 00:07:31,440 running an NVMe drive so you just gotta run power to your motherboard and GPU 110 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:36,479 so let's pull whatever this placeholder is in here out and let's throw in the 111 00:07:33,919 --> 00:07:36,479 synchro 112 00:07:37,759 --> 00:07:41,680 oh looks like we've got a bottom filter 113 00:07:40,880 --> 00:07:46,080 as well nice that that pulls out from the front instead of from the back so you don't 114 00:07:44,639 --> 00:07:51,360 have to pull your computer away from the wall in order to clean it actually all the filters really easily 115 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:55,680 accessible in this thing really like that only two three and a 116 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:59,599 half inch hard drive mounts but there's another three two and a half 117 00:07:57,759 --> 00:08:03,440 inch drive mounts on the back so that should cover the vast majority of people 118 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:06,879 there's a bay for another two hard drives down here 119 00:08:05,599 --> 00:08:11,039 although given that seasonic has a very very 120 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:13,919 short history of making cases i wouldn't say it's necessarily a 121 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:18,800 guarantee that you're going to see the kind of long-term support and spare parts 122 00:08:17,280 --> 00:08:21,919 availability that you would from a more established case maker 123 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:27,440 so i wouldn't i wouldn't count on that i'd say it's got 124 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,800 two three and a half inch drive mounts 125 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:33,360 all right i'm losing the gloves i don't have enough grip on my shaft 126 00:08:30,879 --> 00:08:36,560 here always make sure you've got proper shaft grip 127 00:08:34,159 --> 00:08:36,560 critical 128 00:08:37,279 --> 00:08:42,399 my panel connectors okay and how does 129 00:08:40,719 --> 00:08:47,279 this attach oh i see screws in from the back so i 130 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:52,839 actually did not need to do that at all what i just did i got to remove 131 00:08:50,240 --> 00:08:57,279 these screws at the back instead 132 00:08:54,399 --> 00:09:01,680 i forget nicole are you a pc or a mac i'm a pc 133 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:03,440 you're a pc i got 134 00:09:01,680 --> 00:09:06,959 magnets everywhere on this thing this is like totally unnecessary oh 135 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:12,240 that's kind of cool if you don't have a 136 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:16,160 synchro power supply this like placeholder thing that takes 137 00:09:14,880 --> 00:09:19,680 the spot of it you can actually it's got magnets on it 138 00:09:18,399 --> 00:09:22,720 so you can just kind of chuck it on there and without 139 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:27,120 screwing it in and it'll just cover up your cables so 140 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:30,240 that's why it has these uh paths in the sides so you can run things 141 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:37,839 through it okay all right that's pretty neat 142 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:45,839 so all the connectors that you need for your graphics cards 143 00:09:42,399 --> 00:09:51,839 and for your motherboard here are just 144 00:09:45,839 --> 00:09:51,839 right there kind of built into the panel 145 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:06,160 that's kind of nice to make cable management a bit easier see sonic includes a 146 00:10:03,760 --> 00:10:08,640 triple pwm adapter for the front three fans so you just plug all three of those 147 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:13,680 into one spot plug the rear fan into another spot and 148 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:17,519 dippidy bop it either off to the races and then this is it this is all the 149 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:21,519 wiring that you do from the power supply to the sea sonic connect 150 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:27,200 it's actually a similar concept to what Intel is doing with their atx 12 volt 151 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:29,120 only standard except instead of running 152 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:31,600 the 12 volt up to the motherboard and then having everything branch off of the 153 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:36,880 motherboard seasonic is taking what looks like a more realistic approach 154 00:10:35,040 --> 00:10:40,720 and having everything branch off of this distribution piece 155 00:10:38,640 --> 00:10:47,839 and go to a more traditional connector on the motherboard and drives etc etc 156 00:10:43,279 --> 00:10:47,839 that's tidy 157 00:10:48,079 --> 00:10:54,399 theoretically then the included cables should be really short aha 158 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:57,839 look it's a little baby 24 pin are these fans RGB and they just 159 00:10:55,920 --> 00:11:01,839 really don't look like why is there so much RGB 160 00:10:58,959 --> 00:11:06,160 thought put into this and no included RGB 161 00:11:02,800 --> 00:11:07,360 yeah these look like fan extensions but 162 00:11:06,160 --> 00:11:10,480 to what i'm checking the manual 163 00:11:10,640 --> 00:11:19,680 nope no explanation provided for the 164 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:22,800 fan and RGB extension jigs 165 00:11:19,680 --> 00:11:25,600 oh wow so they've even 166 00:11:22,800 --> 00:11:30,079 gotten as specific as this is a triple SATA connector 167 00:11:26,959 --> 00:11:32,240 you plug it in here and you run it to 168 00:11:30,079 --> 00:11:38,000 these three drives yep one two three 169 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:41,120 the whole thing just tucks right there most motherboards consistently have the 170 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:44,560 eight pin connectors here so that's where these go they've even 171 00:11:43,040 --> 00:11:48,560 got little cable management loops right there and there so we'll just go in like that flipping 172 00:11:47,279 --> 00:11:56,720 around to the other side there's no way to do it wrong because it says connect module here and 173 00:11:52,000 --> 00:12:01,040 then motherboard here 174 00:11:56,720 --> 00:12:02,320 oop that just goes in there like that 175 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:06,639 and we got a couple of these little short baby six plus two pins 176 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:10,639 got it two of these are longer and two of them are shorter so if you've got 177 00:12:08,079 --> 00:12:14,639 gpus in different slots or gpus that are different lengths or 178 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:19,760 heights or whatever else you're definitely going to be able to plug in at least two of them no matter 179 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:22,880 where you're trying to stretch it to now i'm not saying that a configuration 180 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:27,279 like this could never run into issues for example if you 181 00:12:25,920 --> 00:12:31,360 were to use an Intel cryo cooler you would need a six pin 182 00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:38,160 that goes over to your CPU socket and actually no that would reach um 183 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:40,079 okay it's looking pretty good actually 184 00:12:38,160 --> 00:12:43,839 one thing i would like to see see sonic do actually 185 00:12:41,279 --> 00:12:46,560 is include like a reservoir mount or something like that 186 00:12:44,959 --> 00:12:49,600 um some kind of give some thought to reservoir and pump mounting there's 187 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:53,120 obvious spots for it you've got a nice plain panel right here 188 00:12:51,760 --> 00:12:57,680 that you could just drill pump mounting holes into and same for the res right here but if 189 00:12:56,000 --> 00:13:01,279 they if they pre-drilled some of those holes well then they'd give up some of the 190 00:12:59,680 --> 00:13:07,120 clean aesthetic okay i don't know you can let me know in the comments if you'd like see sonic to give some thought to 191 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:11,680 to pre-mounted water cooling components but other than that this is like 192 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:16,000 surprisingly thoughtful for our first attempt is this sea sonic's first case 193 00:13:13,839 --> 00:13:18,399 got another 120 millimeter mount down here if you want to get some more air 194 00:13:17,279 --> 00:13:23,920 flow going to the basement and the power supply area i don't think it's really strictly 195 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:27,360 speaking necessary especially because our power supply is drawing fresh air in 196 00:13:25,760 --> 00:13:33,360 from the bottom but man this is kind of looking like the way 197 00:13:31,120 --> 00:13:37,920 to have completely clean cable management 198 00:13:35,279 --> 00:13:42,000 not bad seasonic not bad i'm shocked that you guys had the stones to go out 199 00:13:40,079 --> 00:13:47,519 and develop a case to go with this concept but overall i think it works way better 200 00:13:45,920 --> 00:13:52,240 now that you have it instead of just trying to create something that 201 00:13:49,199 --> 00:13:53,680 like should fit in third-party cases 202 00:13:52,240 --> 00:13:57,440 let me know what you guys think in the video thanks for watching and thanks to 203 00:13:55,440 --> 00:14:00,000 seasonic for sponsoring this video we're probably going to do a follow-up 204 00:13:58,639 --> 00:14:04,720 where we do a full build in the case over online as tech tips so make sure you're subscribed to both channels