WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.480 I have got to send a picture of this thing to my old boss check it out the NC 00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:12.840 sign PC is off the story piece of cardboard and on the wall and guys look 00:00:10.440 --> 00:00:17.279 at this thing I mean what a way to celebrate those formative years of my 00:00:14.679 --> 00:00:23.640 career at the computer store and it's even super 00:00:19.760 --> 00:00:25.400 fast hey keep it down future lus do you 00:00:23.640 --> 00:00:31.759 ever want to get that thing we got a lot of work to do over here Justin did a 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:36.719 great job with this MDF backboard fun fact uh he couldn't just use an NC logo 00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:40.480 to design it since their signs and graphical assets were all slightly 00:00:38.680 --> 00:00:45.480 different from each other so it had to be painstakingly custom modeled and cut 00:00:43.520 --> 00:00:51.320 but now that the paint's dry we are ready for final assembly oh my God 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--> 00:01:38.119 than what we used to use for our workstations but that was back when we 00:01:35.520 --> 00:01:44.079 were shooting at 8K this should be enough for our modern 4K workflow and if 00:01:40.880 --> 00:01:47.159 it's not these handy m.2 network cards 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:49.520 are a great way to add 10 gig to an ITX 00:01:47.159 --> 00:01:57.360 board then for our CPU we went with the ryzen 7 7800 x3d it might lag behind the 00:01:54.000 --> 00:02:00.280 13700 K or even the 7700 X for 00:01:57.360 --> 00:02:05.840 non-gaming tasks but it's still a wicked fast 8 core CPU and it's very power 00:02:03.280 --> 00:02:10.520 efficient thanks to its lower rated TDP which is critical for a small form 00:02:07.600 --> 00:02:13.840 factor build which okay it's kind of a large computer but it's going to be in a 00:02:12.160 --> 00:02:17.840 confined space and that's going to matter also we have about eight of these 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:21.720 left over from the recent video where we bought a whack of them to evaluate the 00:02:19.959 --> 00:02:26.599 variation in performance from Chip to chip um so I grabbed one by the way 00:02:25.640 --> 00:02:32.720 that's a super cool video and you're going to want to check it out on the subject of cool figuring out how to cool 00:02:30.519 --> 00:02:37.440 this machine was a big challenge we wanted all the major components mounted 00:02:35.000 --> 00:02:43.480 inside the letters otherwise how is it even a sign PC it would just be a PC 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:49.879 next to a sign but we also wanted the finished install to be as clean as 00:02:46.519 --> 00:02:52.519 possible so no gaping holes in the sides 00:02:49.879 --> 00:02:58.920 of our letters for intake fans so we settled on a two-pronged approach water 00:02:55.120 --> 00:03:00.480 cooling and hope water to carry away 00:02:58.920 --> 00:03:06.319 most of the Heat from the major components like the CPU and the GPU and 00:03:03.200 --> 00:03:09.400 then Faith along with some teeny tiny 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:10.920 fence to remove the rest not a huge fan 00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:17.519 of the mounting on these velocity squared blocks but you can't fault the 00:03:13.760 --> 00:03:20.319 look man are they sexy for storage while 00:03:17.519 --> 00:03:25.360 this motherboard does support PCIe Gen 5 drives which theoretically are double 00:03:22.519 --> 00:03:31.519 the speed of Gen 4 in practice that offers no perceivable benefit for daily 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:34.040 use so I settled on a crucial P5 plus 00:03:31.519 --> 00:03:38.599 since all I need is a decent Drive I don't even really need a DRM cache that 00:03:36.239 --> 00:03:41.840 isn't going to immediately die almost everything that I work on is going to be 00:03:39.920 --> 00:03:46.120 stored in the cloud or on one of our servers which is why networking speed is 00:03:44.280 --> 00:03:50.680 much more important to me than the speed of my SSD another area where speed 00:03:48.640 --> 00:03:57.920 matters is memory and we've gone with this Manta X prism ddr5 6400 cl32 kit 00:03:55.200 --> 00:04:02.040 6,000 to 6,400 megat transfers per second is still The Sweet Spot for AMD 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:08.920 when it comes to price to Performance and this kit is in that range I don't know much 00:04:06.640 --> 00:04:17.120 else about it hopefully Works time to mount this boy and how would I describe 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:20.239 this build so far Exquisite exceptional 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:24.120 extraordinary but unless I plan on 00:04:20.239 --> 00:04:27.440 running an IG GPU I still have more itms 00:04:24.120 --> 00:04:30.000 to install perhaps in the next letter 00:04:27.440 --> 00:04:34.199 over the width of this letter was a big challenge for us to overcome when we 00:04:31.440 --> 00:04:38.880 went looking for a GPU even with water cooling most modern cards are so tall 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:43.919 that they won't fit in here once you account for the foam for the mounting 00:04:41.280 --> 00:04:48.160 even before you factor in that most GPU water blocks have the fittings attaching 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:52.440 up here so we needed something where the fittings go on the back now as a 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:55.560 business machine for business this GPU isn't going to be doing a ton of heavy 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:59.759 lifting but we needed to be able to handle playback of raw 4K footage 00:04:57.840 --> 00:05:04.560 without issue high quality screen screen capture and I do occasionally fire up a 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:09.039 game or two just in case I need to you know quickly check something out for 00:05:07.080 --> 00:05:15.320 business reasons of course so we settled on this NVIDIA RTX 3070 collab card 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:19.160 between ASUS and EK water blocks now 00:05:15.320 --> 00:05:22.600 let's see where should we put the power 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:25.120 supply you see where I'm going with this 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:30.639 right our original plan was to use a Silverstone sfx power supply that we had 00:05:27.840 --> 00:05:34.919 fulllength cables for but unfortunately during a test build that ended up 00:05:32.280 --> 00:05:37.960 exploding in a most underwhelming way which probably had nothing to do with 00:05:36.600 --> 00:05:42.680 the amount of metal shavings around the workshop thankfully we had other options 00:05:40.400 --> 00:05:47.039 and this white unit from Cooler Master actually might help us reflect more 00:05:45.039 --> 00:05:50.800 light from the RGB strips that we're going to be putting in later as well 00:05:48.880 --> 00:05:56.680 it's a bit of a change from the seic focus PX 850s that we usually use in our 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:58.880 workstations but it's a suitable sfx 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:03.199 alternative and with the correct number of wash brers should install just fine 00:06:01.880 --> 00:06:07.440 if you plan on getting one of these by the way keep an eye out for the badge on 00:06:05.080 --> 00:06:13.000 the front of the box that says 100% Japanese capacitors version one lacks 00:06:10.599 --> 00:06:16.840 that badge but more importantly lacks proper fan control and can get kind of 00:06:14.800 --> 00:06:21.160 loud thankfully for us we've got the nansai Ichibon version and we can attach 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:25.440 it to our back plate with the screws I showed you before and actually this cool 00:06:23.520 --> 00:06:28.080 3D printed Mount that I didn't show you before but if you want to check it out 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:34.160 more closely we're going to have it linked down below if you ever need to 00:06:30.840 --> 00:06:37.080 mount a power supply to a back plate for 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:44.360 some reason finally we need the place to put the remainder of our liquid cooling 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:46.199 parts okay that one was not very good 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:53.479 realistically we could have gone for any size of ek's quantum kinetic flat D5 so 00:06:50.199 --> 00:06:56.479 we went with the 240 mm version it comes 00:06:53.479 --> 00:06:59.479 with a reliable D5 pump and gives us 00:06:56.479 --> 00:07:01.599 lots of room to Route tubing first to 00:06:59.479 --> 00:07:06.639 our radiator here on the other side speaking of before we put this in we 00:07:03.440 --> 00:07:09.400 went with the EK Quantum surface s360 it 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:14.240 uses copper fins and a balanced fin density for solid performance regardless 00:07:11.639 --> 00:07:19.160 of your fan speed which matters a lot more to us than usual because even 00:07:16.560 --> 00:07:23.520 though these Noca spin at a decent speed they are low profile fans so they have 00:07:21.280 --> 00:07:27.440 lower static pressure than usual and we wanted to use these to accommodate the 00:07:25.479 --> 00:07:35.800 fact that the N letter is going to be sitting right over top of it and where 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:37.440 is the intake for these rather the 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:40.720 exhaust we're going to do something a little bit different on this one just 00:07:38.960 --> 00:07:44.520 because of the lack of space constraint here uh we're actually going to take one 00:07:42.639 --> 00:07:51.520 of these fans and we're going to use it as an exhaust instead of having all 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:53.599 intake oh I see okay that is an option 00:07:51.520 --> 00:07:57.800 another option would be to just put some speed holes in here as well and then 00:07:55.560 --> 00:08:02.759 just have it passively exhaust out the rest of the end can we do the speed 00:08:00.599 --> 00:08:09.759 holes recirculating the air that you just heated up not that effective man 00:08:06.199 --> 00:08:12.599 this is looking awesome also Tanner did 00:08:09.759 --> 00:08:17.000 you realize how big this thing was this is going to take up the whole wall in my 00:08:14.720 --> 00:08:24.080 office yeah it's going to take up the whole wall like it would at the front of 00:08:19.039 --> 00:08:26.840 a store right which makes perfect sense 00:08:24.080 --> 00:08:31.960 yes here if you want a smaller ncx sign here take that where'd you get this the 00:08:29.280 --> 00:08:35.560 bottle opener flashlight keychain combo unit I got it from 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:42.240 ncx are we about to make a 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:50.920 fire here we go and I know I know 00:08:47.240 --> 00:08:53.320 softline yuck right but come on guys 00:08:50.920 --> 00:08:56.680 it's a lot easier to work with we're not going to see the thing anyway and it 00:08:54.880 --> 00:09:00.560 gives us a great excuse to show you guys our magnetic Cable Management clamps 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:04.720 that are coming very soon CD store.com I think that's it and if we 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:09.600 were smart especially because this is made out of MDF which gets completely 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:14.360 destroyed by water we would check to see if it leaks before we go ahead and fire 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:19.640 it out properly so I think we can fill it up what is this Canadian 00:09:17.040 --> 00:09:26.480 water cooling fluid comes in a bag now yes sir like our milk yep 00:09:23.079 --> 00:09:28.120 sure hey there we go there we go that's 00:09:26.480 --> 00:09:32.200 more like now we're moving some water 00:09:30.839 --> 00:09:37.320 this seems like a good time to talk about our RGB fan controller here oh but 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:43.800 before we put that on I should talk about our PCIe risers we could have used 00:09:40.920 --> 00:09:51.000 a single Gen 4 600 mm Riser but you noticed instead we used a 600 mm and 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:53.320 then we used another 100 mm one what the 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:57.640 heck is up with that the problem is that we couldn't find a single Riser at that 00:09:55.800 --> 00:10:00.480 length that had a right angle connector on it and we really needed a right angle 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:05.399 Le connector so we had to use an extension that means it might run at 00:10:02.560 --> 00:10:10.560 PCIe gen 3 speeds but with this generation of gpus that's not going to 00:10:07.240 --> 00:10:14.240 affect performance anyway so 00:10:10.560 --> 00:10:15.800 hey Riser connector no problem we hope 00:10:14.240 --> 00:10:21.440 come to think of it there's no reason to stay under there while I talk about the RGB lighting we can just talk about it 00:10:19.160 --> 00:10:26.640 here and then put it down thereafter each of our letters already has some 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:28.839 addressable RGB strips going all around 00:10:26.640 --> 00:10:34.959 the outside you know nothing fancy just a casual 10 m of RGB lighting and then 00:10:33.360 --> 00:10:40.920 each letter plugs into the next one using these cool jsts SM connectors or 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:46.079 as I like to call them nice clippies you'll sometimes find these on larger 00:10:42.880 --> 00:10:49.000 string lights and unlike okay that looks 00:10:46.079 --> 00:10:53.680 amazing sorry um unlike those awful standard RGB header connectors that plug 00:10:51.279 --> 00:10:59.200 into your motherboard these things do a fantastic job of staying attached the 00:10:57.160 --> 00:11:02.320 only reason that we subbed out Corsair own RGB strips was because we wanted 00:11:01.040 --> 00:11:09.360 something that we could a little bit more easily cut and then route as needed 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:11.480 this did present some challenges um 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:16.720 we're using our commander Pro to handle the logic but these lights are a 00:11:13.720 --> 00:11:18.839 mishmash of the RGB and AR argb 00:11:16.720 --> 00:11:25.160 standards so they're three pins like AR argb voltage data and ground but instead 00:11:21.519 --> 00:11:28.440 of the usual 5vt power it's got classic 00:11:25.160 --> 00:11:30.120 old RGB's 12vt requirement um this is 00:11:28.440 --> 00:11:34.959 for good reason because it helps with efficiency and getting more consistent 00:11:32.160 --> 00:11:39.360 brightness out of the first and last LEDs in the strip but it means we can 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:45.839 only use the data lines from our commander and we need to draw 12v power 00:11:42.760 --> 00:11:48.279 from somewhere oh so we just used a 00:11:45.839 --> 00:11:54.040 Molex connector which is probably say what's the power draw on these 1.5 amps 00:11:50.880 --> 00:11:55.800 1.5 amps that'll be fine just fine we're 00:11:54.040 --> 00:12:00.040 not ready to put these on are we are we done we should probably do a test boot 00:11:58.959 --> 00:12:05.200 and make sure everything actually functions I see other than that it looks 00:12:02.920 --> 00:12:11.079 like everything is pretty much ready to go it was all just a setup yeah for the 00:12:08.680 --> 00:12:14.639 joke it's yeah yes we should do a quick test we got to hook up the fans too I 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:21.199 see how we're going to hook everything up for our test boot here but have we 00:12:16.560 --> 00:12:24.399 given any thought to IO this all the io 00:12:21.199 --> 00:12:27.680 is external it's all external 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:29.760 yes oh like with a hub or something yeah 00:12:27.680 --> 00:12:33.839 you're going to have one of these ah yes okay thanks for our sponsor ug green who 00:12:32.160 --> 00:12:40.040 didn't sponsor this video but they do sponsor things occasionally uh power 00:12:36.720 --> 00:12:41.959 button your keys right now oh good there 00:12:40.040 --> 00:12:45.680 there will be one there will be one we'll get it figured 00:12:47.360 --> 00:12:53.880 out we got letters is the pump running though oh 00:12:52.959 --> 00:13:00.079 wow yeah know it just has all the bubbles out of it wow fantastic oh 00:12:57.839 --> 00:13:08.370 hey nice oh that's good to 00:13:02.760 --> 00:13:16.920 see yes y all right how about 00:13:16.920 --> 00:13:23.839 Expo it's really big oh this is a good opportunity for 00:13:21.880 --> 00:13:28.440 you guys to check out the back we cable managed some stuff here Justin we can 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:32.440 put it down for a sec oh yeah oh yeah it's heavy this is also my first look at 00:13:30.920 --> 00:13:36.160 how we're handling Cable Management networking is going to be coming out 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:42.680 of here neat neat uh where'd that USBC 00:13:40.279 --> 00:13:47.680 connector go oh look at that it's right there oh cool and if you look we've used 00:13:45.120 --> 00:13:52.519 this gap which is about 3 in Off the Wall not just for bottom mounted IO but 00:13:50.720 --> 00:14:01.120 also to have some room for our intake fans wow this is not going to be easy um 00:13:57.360 --> 00:14:02.800 it's really heavy yes speaking of heavy 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:05.959 you guys probably noticed these handy dandy handles that's how we're going to 00:14:04.600 --> 00:14:11.759 mount it we're going to lift up the ceiling tile and then we're going to hang it over this partition here the 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:16.480 original plan had been to screw it into the wall but what we realized is these 00:14:13.959 --> 00:14:21.040 modular panels are just a piece of sheet metal some kind of something in between 00:14:19.160 --> 00:14:25.600 basically air and another piece of sheet metal so if we just drilled into this it 00:14:22.959 --> 00:14:28.759 would either sag or completely come out and come crashing down onto my desk we 00:14:27.279 --> 00:14:32.160 did come up with one idea where we had a backing on the other side and we screwed 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:37.279 all the way through into that but I was told that's not aesthetically pleasing 00:14:35.839 --> 00:14:42.759 what's that brick that's your power button it sits on your 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:44.320 desk I see I tried to get one of those 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:47.680 like remote clicker ones but we don't have any PCI slots feel like maybe I 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:53.959 should have specified what I had intended with the power button but you know what we're doing great no Colin you 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:59.160 know what that's it's a really good idea but can we try it this way first Justin 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:04.959 how you doing oh I'm fine okay I've got this Colin if you want to help him 00:15:00.480 --> 00:15:09.040 that's probably better okay all right so 00:15:04.959 --> 00:15:12.320 that's on and now I am stuck yes um wait 00:15:09.040 --> 00:15:12.320 wait wait hold on don't lift it 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:22.279 yet nice that is freaking 00:15:18.680 --> 00:15:23.959 awesome all right oh yeah I told man I 00:15:22.279 --> 00:15:32.440 didn't need the cable ties at all kind of clean uh okay let's um 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:35.240 oh good thing that didn't break my 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:41.279 Cleveland Browns lava lump did I just say lump 00:15:38.040 --> 00:15:41.279 okay big 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:52.720 moment that looks so freaking 00:15:50.759 --> 00:15:59.360 awesome no way oh hey oh really you 00:15:57.600 --> 00:16:07.480 guys it was like that when I got got it 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:11.160 uhhuh keep changes nice you know what 00:16:07.480 --> 00:16:13.399 screw it we're turning HDR on oh good it 00:16:11.160 --> 00:16:17.759 looks forget it let's not turn HDR on for office work what we do want to know 00:16:15.959 --> 00:16:23.560 even for office work though is whether our cooling system works it's 00:16:20.199 --> 00:16:25.000 quiet but does it perform to find out 00:16:23.560 --> 00:16:30.240 I'll be running a stress test on both the GPU and CPU for 30 minutes to see if 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:33.279 it can handle the heat all right we've been benchmarking this for a little 00:16:31.399 --> 00:16:38.560 while now and the GPU looks like it's good but the CPU is running Mighty hot 00:16:36.319 --> 00:16:42.519 and that is very confusing until you take the X off and look at this block 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:47.880 you might not be able to see it right away but some of you might be more 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:50.079 eagley and notice that this Edge is much 00:16:47.880 --> 00:16:54.000 farther off than this Edge to the motherboard uh if you look at it through 00:16:52.199 --> 00:16:58.959 the thermal camera this thing is just shooting off heat and boy you can really 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:05.760 kind of feel it over here it's uh it's not a happy camper our GPU is fine 00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:08.319 though and that my friends is why we run 00:17:05.760 --> 00:17:12.520 stress tests it turned out that the fans on the radiator were hooked up to the 00:17:09.880 --> 00:17:17.120 commander Pro which was not getting an input from the CPU for its temperatures 00:17:15.039 --> 00:17:23.600 so the fans were staying running at minimum RPM and after about 15 minutes 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:29.160 we thermal throttled going from about 80 watts of power consumption on the CPU to 00:17:26.120 --> 00:17:30.840 just 30 fortunately fixing it was as 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:35.960 simple as getting those fans plugged into the pwm header that is on the 00:17:32.960 --> 00:17:38.960 motherboard itself and we're back up to 00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:41.240 78 Watts which okay it's still a little 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:45.760 on the warm side in a perfect world I might throw full thick fans on there 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:49.720 instead of the low profile ones but I will never be running such a long load 00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:53.880 on this system and I think I'm just going to leave it alone unless I were to 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:57.799 upgrade the rest of the system like even putting in a more powerful GPU could 00:17:55.600 --> 00:18:00.840 dump more heat into the loop then we'd need to take another another look at the 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:05.760 cooling but that's a problem for the future a future where you'll already 00:18:02.679 --> 00:18:07.600 know about our sponsor War Thunder what 00:18:05.760 --> 00:18:11.559 could be more satisfying than 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