WEBVTT 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:07.680 Linus Tech tips coverage of CES 2014 is brought to you by nc.com your source for 00:00:05.319 --> 00:00:11.719 great technology selection and service along with Corsair memory and Western 00:00:09.920 --> 00:00:14.839 Digital here in the isus suite they've got a number of cool demos running we're 00:00:13.440 --> 00:00:22.519 going to start with the components so first up is the Rog front Bas so this is 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:24.359 a dual Bay display SL knob SL front 00:00:22.519 --> 00:00:29.240 panel connectors device that allows you to control your overclock monitor fan 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:33.239 speeds control fan speeds as well as pass through your front audio it adds 00:00:30.800 --> 00:00:39.280 another USB connector to the front and it uses the same interface 00:00:36.120 --> 00:00:41.840 as right there the O panel so it's 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:46.840 compatible with the Rampage 4 Black Edition as well as any of the Z87 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:50.199 motherboards that feature that OC panel header connector the second thing in 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:56.000 here is one that I'm actually personally a little bit more excited about this is 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:58.199 Theus Poseidon GTX 780 now there will be 00:00:56.000 --> 00:01:03.280 a 780 Ti version that I've heard Rumblings about but basically guys the 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:09.080 Poseidon concept which we first saw at computex is an air cooling SL liquid 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:13.240 cooling hybrid product now isus is telling me that from an air cooling 00:01:10.960 --> 00:01:17.479 perspective the Poseidon only runs a handful of degrees warmer than a regular 00:01:16.080 --> 00:01:23.000 card that doesn't have the built-in liquid cooling and while they're not giving us an exact number with these 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:26.759 standard G1 quarter fittings and the ability to hook it up to whatever liquid 00:01:24.560 --> 00:01:30.479 cooling system you could possibly want I can assure you that if you're going from 00:01:29.000 --> 00:01:36.159 air and you're you're thinking about upgrading to liquid it's going to be uh 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:38.920 worth a look to consider the ability to 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:43.840 easily add liquid cooling to it if and if all you're sacrificing is a couple of 00:01:41.079 --> 00:01:49.000 degrees when you're running on air next up we've got what looks like a standard 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:51.159 assus Z87 Deluxe board except no this 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:56.079 one has some pretty different looking connectors on the bottom corner here 00:01:53.200 --> 00:02:01.479 this is the first time I've seen SATA Express in person now what the connector 00:01:58.840 --> 00:02:06.840 looks like is three discrete connectors all next to each other but they actually 00:02:03.360 --> 00:02:09.640 serve as one interface to a single drive 00:02:06.840 --> 00:02:15.680 so two of them look like standard SATA 3 connectors and then there is a third 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:17.800 that actually is a direct PCI Express 2x 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:23.879 link so what this enables once you connect a drive to it is transfer speeds 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:26.440 of up to 1,000 megabytes per second or 1 00:02:23.879 --> 00:02:30.360 Gigabyte per second so we're finally getting to the point where we are 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:35.640 removing the SATA 3 bottle neck that exists on many modern ssds without 00:02:33.040 --> 00:02:41.920 taking up a PCI Express slot at the back of the case by going with something like 00:02:37.720 --> 00:02:43.879 an isus Raider or other PCI SSD solution 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:50.360 rounding out our components showcase we've got the Thunderbolt ex2 now going 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:52.920 back to z77 even we've seen these TB 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:57.840 header ports on ASUS motherboards that promised the ability to add Thunderbolt 00:02:55.440 --> 00:03:03.000 one to your motherboard as an as an aftermarket upgrade option now we never 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:06.680 actually saw that productized and I maybe it was a certification issue or 00:03:04.519 --> 00:03:08.640 something like that so for me personally I was like oh that's a little 00:03:07.560 --> 00:03:13.480 disappointing because I was kind of hoping that we'd see that well guys it's 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:17.720 here now this is Thunderbolt ex2 and you can plug it into the TB header plug it 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:22.280 into a PCI Express slot and you can actually add Thunderbolt connectivity to 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:27.640 any ASUS motherboard that has that TB uncore header even the older ones so the 00:03:25.319 --> 00:03:31.680 older TB uncore header is just as compatible with Thunderbolt 2 as it was 00:03:30.159 --> 00:03:36.640 with Thunderbolt one so you can get that full 20 gbit per second connectivity now 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:41.920 speaking of 20 gbit per second connectivity ASUS is also showing off 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:47.720 their okay now this one's this one's got a bit of an odd name on it so this is 00:03:43.480 --> 00:03:51.400 their Z87 Deluxe quad which has two 00:03:47.720 --> 00:03:54.040 Thunderbolt 2 connectors so the quad 00:03:51.400 --> 00:03:57.879 rational this is four times the potential total bandwidth that you would 00:03:55.959 --> 00:04:02.920 get with a single Thunderbolt one connector now speaking of total 00:04:00.200 --> 00:04:07.840 bandwidth in order to even demo this they grabbed a couple of ASUS Raiders 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:11.680 they built a custom PCB here so you can see we've got a daisy chain coming out 00:04:09.640 --> 00:04:15.760 from the back of the board and then from one Raider to the second Raider and then 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:20.400 they're using a real-time test to show you data throughput of these two cards 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:24.680 together on Thunderbolt 2 now to be clear Thunderbolt 2 is actually capable 00:04:22.520 --> 00:04:29.080 of even higher speeds than this but it just should give you some idea of what 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:33.880 we're looking at in terms of capability of this Tech technology moving forward 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:37.479 and that is running off of Just One of the Thunderbolt two ports on this 00:04:35.919 --> 00:04:42.520 motherboard of course there are two of them which makes it the quad motherboard 00:04:40.919 --> 00:04:48.320 so thanks for checking out our isus component suite update here at CES 2014 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:52.800 remember our trip to the show is powered by nc.com your source for great 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:56.880 technology selection and Service as well as Corsair memory and Western Digital 00:04:55.400 --> 00:05:02.880 without those Partners we wouldn't be able to be here bringing you guys these 00:04:58.479 --> 00:05:02.880 videos so a huge thank to them