WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:05.680 My name is David Pancrretz and I am the technical production assistant here at 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:10.320 Linus Media Group. I use test benches regularly. Everything from cardboard 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:15.759 boxes to something a little bit more sophisticated. That is why I am really 00:00:12.719 --> 00:00:17.760 excited to show you this 00:00:15.759 --> 00:00:22.240 the Durbench table. This is a product that was developed by Thermal Grizzly 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:27.760 and Derbower in conjunction with Elmer Labs to bring the bench table into 2026 00:00:25.279 --> 00:00:32.719 to modernize the platform. Let's take a look. The thing that excites me most is 00:00:30.640 --> 00:00:36.960 the potential versatility of this platform and what you can do with it 00:00:34.960 --> 00:00:41.360 versus other benches. Taking a look at this, this top piece is already so 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:45.440 different from what you would typically see in a bench. I've got another one 00:00:43.040 --> 00:00:50.160 here that's just a regular aluminum plate. You've got all of your standoffs 00:00:47.120 --> 00:00:51.840 and everything, but it's nothing 00:00:50.160 --> 00:00:58.000 like what you've got here. We've got spots for some SATA drives. We've got 00:00:54.879 --> 00:01:00.480 fan headers, SD card readers, [music] 00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:08.080 we've got more fan control over here, and of course, there's RGB that goes 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:10.560 around the whole thing. We have these 00:01:08.080 --> 00:01:17.200 brackets here that look like they're for mounting an AIO onto the back of the 00:01:12.960 --> 00:01:20.080 bench. And we have this box. Nice little 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:27.680 Thermal Grizzly logo on it with screws. These look to be 00:01:25.759 --> 00:01:32.400 different types of screws, but there's no labeling on them. That may be a 00:01:30.320 --> 00:01:37.600 challenge for some people if you don't know what you're looking at. 00:01:35.200 --> 00:01:44.720 It is nice to see, however, that they include some Allen keys. And here, I 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:49.600 believe we have the main feet for the bench itself and a few more accessory 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:54.880 pieces. These guys are your PSU mounts. And this guy is an AIB securing bracket. 00:01:52.560 --> 00:01:59.439 Oh, these are little plastic pieces for the 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:02.960 bottom of your feet so that you don't have just metal. And in case you didn't 00:02:01.119 --> 00:02:05.759 catch it before, we've got this bag full of cables to hook it up to whatever 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:11.120 platform you're going to be testing with. Nice. They include some Velcro strapping for you, too. It can get 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:14.080 pretty messy when you've got a whole bunch of power supply wires running all 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:18.560 over the place with these open test benches. All right, time to put this 00:02:16.319 --> 00:02:23.599 thing together. But first, a word from our sponsor, >> Massa. Looking for an alternative snack 00:02:21.360 --> 00:02:27.599 than your usual pantry go-tos? Most of the chips that you are used to eating 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:31.920 are cooked in seed oils. Massa wanted to do something different, so they opted to 00:02:29.440 --> 00:02:35.599 make their chips in beef tallow. Their goal is to create a crunchier, more 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:40.000 satisfying chip than your standard off-the-shelf options. It's that perfect 00:02:37.920 --> 00:02:44.239 pairing for that bowl of salsa you have. Plus, they come in some amazing flavors 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:49.120 like lime, churo, or just plain old delicious salted. 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While they do include these handy Allen 00:03:29.760 --> 00:03:35.120 keys, I'm going to use one of our precision screwdrivers because it's a 00:03:33.440 --> 00:03:41.680 little easier to get around with. It's all coming together again. I mean, I'm 00:03:38.159 --> 00:03:43.440 like two steps into this and having 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:48.080 labels on bags would have been really nice. This is starting to look more like 00:03:45.040 --> 00:03:49.840 a bench now. Now, where is my PSU 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:53.680 bracket? This one I am going to have to use the Allen key for because there's 00:03:51.519 --> 00:03:57.280 not enough clearance to get in here with the screwdriver. I'm trying to figure 00:03:55.599 --> 00:04:03.519 out what I did wrong because I've got holes that don't line up. If you look at 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:06.239 the schematics very closely, it is 00:04:03.519 --> 00:04:12.239 clear. This is my bed. [music] have some holes and they are supposed to be on 00:04:09.280 --> 00:04:16.720 that side of the board because this guy does a little zigzag. It's on the 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:20.079 correct side here, but we need to flip everything around. Now that we've got 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:26.400 things flipped around, we're back on track and this is lining up. There are 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:31.040 so many spots on here where it feels like they have doubled up the amount of 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:36.400 screws that you would normally see on something like this. On each corner, 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:41.520 you've got two screws holding the feet in. Why? Because one would let you pivot 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:45.120 it, but once you've got the other side in, that's not a problem. More than what 00:04:43.280 --> 00:04:49.520 I would have typically done. Now that I'm this far into the instructions, I 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:53.360 see that they have a uh compact configuration as well, [music] where 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:57.360 instead of having these large metal legs on the bottom, you can actually just 00:04:55.199 --> 00:05:01.360 attach the feet straight to the bottom of the board here, but you don't have a 00:04:59.440 --> 00:05:06.160 spot to mount your power supply. This is pretty cool. All of these little cutouts 00:05:03.440 --> 00:05:11.840 that they have on the board are for you to thread the Velcro strap through and 00:05:09.039 --> 00:05:15.680 then build your own kind of cable management through these holes. For 00:05:13.919 --> 00:05:20.639 today, I don't think that we need to put that in there, but it's something super 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:23.199 handy. Now is the point where if you are going to load this thing up with a 00:05:21.840 --> 00:05:26.800 drive, you're going to want to get it installed because your motherboard is 00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:29.800 going to cover up those spots in just a moment. 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:38.160 It's just that easy. I actually had a PC case that had some SATA ports exposed 00:05:36.320 --> 00:05:42.560 kind of like this right at the very top of the case to be able to just load 00:05:40.320 --> 00:05:46.240 drives in and out. It was super super handy for the time. Now would be a great 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:49.680 time to get a look at some of the sidemounted ports that we have all the 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:54.560 way around the board here. We have a bank of three fan headers right here 00:05:52.639 --> 00:05:59.759 that you can control either with this switch or you can just have it connected 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:05.520 directly to the board and have the board control the fans for you. We have a USB 00:06:03.039 --> 00:06:10.080 header to go to your motherboard for a bunch of the other bits that we're going 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:13.039 to look at here. A reset switch, a power 00:06:10.080 --> 00:06:19.280 switch, the two ports so that you can get those to the board. We have our SD 00:06:15.520 --> 00:06:21.919 cards over here, our SATA ports for our 00:06:19.280 --> 00:06:28.080 two drive bays over here. We have two USB typeA ports here, and two more over 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:33.120 here, as well as a couple of USBC ports over here. One thing that's worth noting 00:06:29.919 --> 00:06:37.120 is that all of these USB ports are USB 00:06:33.120 --> 00:06:40.160 2.0 only. Having something with USB 3 00:06:37.120 --> 00:06:42.560 support would be a nice addition. Uh, 00:06:40.160 --> 00:06:46.720 two is pretty slow for a lot of devices these days. We have another set of fan 00:06:44.639 --> 00:06:53.360 headers over here as well as a spot that they call the pump zone. The pump zone 00:06:49.759 --> 00:06:54.880 has more amperage per header so that you 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:59.039 don't have to worry about your pump overdrawing and burning circuits out. 00:06:57.039 --> 00:07:02.479 Again, we can control all of these with switches or you can just set it to 00:07:00.960 --> 00:07:07.280 external and have your motherboard control those. We've got a PCI Express 6 00:07:04.880 --> 00:07:12.160 pin to deliver power to all of the things that we just talked about as well 00:07:09.440 --> 00:07:16.560 as a bit more in terms of your fans. Here is your external fan hookup that 00:07:14.479 --> 00:07:23.199 goes to your motherboard and the allimportant RGB. Now, we're going to 00:07:19.599 --> 00:07:26.400 grab a board and stick it on top. 00:07:23.199 --> 00:07:28.960 This is just the board that I use at my 00:07:26.400 --> 00:07:34.319 desk for doing a bunch of testing as I need it. So, it is nothing special, but 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:39.039 it is a fulls size ATX board and it fits. It's worth noting that the bench 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:43.280 does come preset up to use a fullsize ATX board, but you can move those 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:48.639 standoffs around as you see fit. So, if you've got an MATX board or an ITX 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:52.080 board, they will fit here, too. Now, if you're just keeping your bench at your 00:07:50.080 --> 00:07:56.240 desk, this next step may not be necessary. But if you're going to move 00:07:53.520 --> 00:08:01.840 it around, they do include these little barrel guys that go on top of the 00:07:59.919 --> 00:08:06.800 standoffs so that you don't have to worry about your board falling out. A 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:11.520 downside to these barrel nuts that they've chosen to use is this is not a 00:08:09.680 --> 00:08:15.039 super common fastener. So, if you lose these, you're going to be having a hard 00:08:13.440 --> 00:08:18.479 time trying to find some replacements. So, now that we got those guys on there, 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:23.280 our motherboard's not going anywhere, let's throw a power supply in here. This 00:08:21.840 --> 00:08:26.800 is just the power supply that I use on my test bench. So, I've got a bunch of 00:08:25.039 --> 00:08:33.279 cables pre-installed for whatever I would need. I must say that I don't like 00:08:30.160 --> 00:08:36.399 loading this one in as much as some of 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:39.599 the other benches I've used, but 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:42.240 it does work. It does get the job done. 00:08:39.599 --> 00:08:47.120 Guess what? Yet another type of screw. While I'm connecting this RGB cable, I 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:51.200 am noticing that the one they include is fairly short, which is nice when you 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:55.040 have the header right at the very top of the board like this one. I have seen 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:59.279 some boards where they don't have the RGB connector there, though, and it's 00:08:56.800 --> 00:09:02.480 somewhere down at the bottom here where this is not going to be long enough. 00:09:00.800 --> 00:09:06.320 USB, on the other hand, I'm not nearly as concerned about. Pretty much every 00:09:04.240 --> 00:09:10.000 board has some USB 2 headers right on the bottom. With how the rest of this 00:09:08.000 --> 00:09:14.160 product was designed, I'm almost surprised that these little jumper 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:18.160 cables they have for power and reset don't have power and reset labeled on 00:09:16.000 --> 00:09:22.399 them. You wouldn't want to use the wrong one. Just kidding. There is no wrong 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:27.680 one. I'm not going to go through and mount the entire AIO on here, but you 00:09:25.360 --> 00:09:31.279 can see this is where it would go. And there you have it. Our assembled test 00:09:29.279 --> 00:09:34.959 bench with all of our hardware in place. Now we get to turn it on and see what 00:09:32.640 --> 00:09:38.720 that RGB looks like. It definitely lights up. I think what's 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:42.399 happening with the rainbow effect is you're getting weird bleed through 00:09:40.800 --> 00:09:46.240 different parts of the diffusion. If you had this set up as just one color, it 00:09:44.399 --> 00:09:49.440 would probably look a lot better. Right now, this rainbow is not doing it, 00:09:47.760 --> 00:09:54.480 though. Having all of these integrated features are pretty cool. They are a bit 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:58.640 niche in terms of how you would be using them. You'd have to be going and 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:05.519 swapping out kind of your main hardware up top fairly frequently for you to get 00:10:01.920 --> 00:10:08.080 the benefits out of them. and the things 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:13.519 like the dedicated fan control would be useful for some people's testing. I was 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:17.040 more excited about the product before going through the process of building 00:10:15.040 --> 00:10:22.399 it. One of the things that was frustrating was the sheer amount of 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:27.360 different types of screws that we had to use throughout the process. And on top 00:10:25.279 --> 00:10:30.720 of that, there's no place to put some of the screws that you would need when 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:35.600 you're swapping hardware in and out, such as these barrel nuts on the 00:10:32.640 --> 00:10:39.200 motherboard or these screws right here. I guess you could have them seated in 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:44.079 here while you're not using them. For comparison, here's the Streetcom BC1. 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:47.680 This is the one that I use on a daily basis at my desk. The things that I was 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:52.640 calling out in terms of the screw storage, you can see that they just have 00:10:50.079 --> 00:10:59.200 all of the screws in spots along the board itself. It fits super nicely just 00:10:57.040 --> 00:11:02.320 all integrated so that you don't end up losing these things and having to go 00:11:00.560 --> 00:11:09.600 track them down. The motherboard standoffs on this one as well, you get 00:11:04.160 --> 00:11:11.519 the option for these kind of sprung ones 00:11:09.600 --> 00:11:14.560 where you have a little bit of tension holding the board in place if you're 00:11:12.880 --> 00:11:21.839 just letting it sit there. Or you can pull out one of these other guys 00:11:18.560 --> 00:11:23.839 that sit flush at the same height and 00:11:21.839 --> 00:11:30.640 you can put a screw into the top there. All of the screws that they have are 00:11:25.920 --> 00:11:33.600 nice and chunky thumb screws as well. 00:11:30.640 --> 00:11:39.440 These are improvements I could see integrating into 00:11:35.839 --> 00:11:41.200 the Durbench table because you've got a 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:45.600 lot of space that you could be storing things all the way down the legs just 00:11:42.880 --> 00:11:51.760 like the Streetcom one does. And having thumb screws would be great so you don't 00:11:48.160 --> 00:11:53.120 have to be using an Allen key or a 00:11:51.760 --> 00:11:58.079 screwdriver to be getting a bunch of these parts in and out. Day-to-day, I 00:11:55.040 --> 00:12:01.519 think I would gravitate towards 00:11:58.079 --> 00:12:04.079 this guy more. Even though from a techie 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:10.079 perspective, this one's really cool. One thing that I will say I do like more on 00:12:06.639 --> 00:12:14.720 this bench from a purely mechanical 00:12:10.079 --> 00:12:18.639 design standpoint is the AIO mount here. 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:22.079 The AIO mounts for this guy sit just off 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:23.760 of the top like that. And it can be a 00:12:22.079 --> 00:12:28.480 little finicky to get things where you want them to be. This is kind of nice in 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:32.720 the fact that you've got a nice big arm that you can work off of. Let's talk 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:41.600 about price. Price for the Durbench table is just under $300 US, whereas the 00:12:37.680 --> 00:12:43.920 Streetcom is coming in at $200 US. 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:49.360 Neither of these are cheap. I can see where the extra money went into for the 00:12:46.160 --> 00:12:51.680 de Branch table. It's hard to say 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:56.880 whether I would use all of the features and say that the extra expense is worth 00:12:54.160 --> 00:13:01.279 it or not. I'd have to kind of use it over a period of time and see how much I 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:06.560 would make use of the extra features. From a mechanical standpoint, I still 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:09.360 think that the Streetcom one is my 00:13:06.560 --> 00:13:13.600 preferred go-to. Realistically, when it comes down to it though, the original 00:13:11.040 --> 00:13:17.279 bench table comes with your motherboard. There's nothing wrong with that. If 00:13:15.040 --> 00:13:21.120 you're using hardware professionally and you swap it 00:13:18.880 --> 00:13:27.120 in and out all the time, something like this or like the Derbench table could 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:30.959 save you time and really justify the cost. Thank you guys for watching. 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:37.600 Should we cover some more hardware like this? It's definitely a unique piece. Uh 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:37.600 let us know in the comments.