WEBVTT 00:00:00.430 --> 00:00:04.250 Now Walmart doesn't sell their gaming PCs in Canada, 00:00:04.250 --> 00:00:09.140 but there's no way that that was gonna prevent us 00:00:09.140 --> 00:00:13.140 from getting our hands on the next generation 00:00:13.140 --> 00:00:16.180 of overpowered gaming PC. 00:00:16.180 --> 00:00:19.400 Now, I have heard through the grapevine 00:00:19.400 --> 00:00:23.560 that the Walmart gaming desktop PC, as they call it, 00:00:23.560 --> 00:00:26.900 might not be all that it was cracked up to be, 00:00:26.900 --> 00:00:30.540 but I have intentionally sequestered myself. 00:00:30.540 --> 00:00:35.540 I have not watched Gamers Nexus or Bitwits content on this 00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:39.620 so that I can experience it for the first time 00:00:39.620 --> 00:00:42.000 in all of its glory for myself. 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.420 Now, Ivan, you have already peaked under the hood, 00:00:45.420 --> 00:00:46.640 have you not? 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:49.080 Don't spoil it. 00:00:51.340 --> 00:00:53.220 And this video is brought to you by, 00:00:53.220 --> 00:00:56.440 huh, no, I'm just kidding, the be quiet! Silent Base 801. 00:00:56.440 --> 00:00:59.780 It offers great usability and utilizes noise dampening vents 00:00:59.780 --> 00:01:01.140 to keep your PC quiet. 00:01:01.140 --> 00:01:12.920 Check it out on Newegg at the link in the video description. 00:01:12.920 --> 00:01:16.320 Now, my first impressions of Walmart's overpowered lineup 00:01:16.320 --> 00:01:19.780 of gaming PCs was, what? 00:01:19.780 --> 00:01:22.400 Followed shortly by, dang, 00:01:22.400 --> 00:01:25.240 those are some pretty good specs for the price. 00:01:25.240 --> 00:01:28.040 Like, that's very competitive, much better than I expected. 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:31.640 Also, the configurations made a ton of sense to me. 00:01:31.640 --> 00:01:34.140 It was almost like they had gone out of their way 00:01:34.140 --> 00:01:36.480 to find someone who knows what the crap they're doing 00:01:36.480 --> 00:01:37.940 to configure their systems for them. 00:01:37.940 --> 00:01:38.840 I mean, i7-8700 processor, okay. 00:01:38.840 --> 00:01:39.820 I mean, i7-8700 processor, okay. 00:01:39.820 --> 00:01:40.660 I mean, i7-8700 processor, okay. 00:01:40.660 --> 00:01:42.580 It's not a K, it's not overclockable or whatever, 00:01:42.580 --> 00:01:43.420 but like, that's fine. 00:01:43.420 --> 00:01:44.500 It's a prebuilt. 00:01:44.500 --> 00:01:47.820 GTX 1070, 16 gigs RAM, 256 gig SSD. 00:01:47.820 --> 00:01:50.000 Like, it looks like the kind of thing 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:56.080 that I would put together for, you know, $1,500 or so. 00:01:56.080 --> 00:01:58.780 Opening up the package, we get a, 00:01:58.780 --> 00:02:02.570 actually not terrible looking quick start guide. 00:02:02.570 --> 00:02:04.010 Certainly seen worse. 00:02:04.010 --> 00:02:07.450 Connect your power, connect a HDMI 00:02:07.450 --> 00:02:09.290 or a DisplayPort on the graphics card. 00:02:09.290 --> 00:02:10.690 They specify which one to use, 00:02:10.690 --> 00:02:11.770 but they don't actually have a great, 00:02:11.770 --> 00:02:13.490 they don't have a great diagram of that. 00:02:13.490 --> 00:02:16.090 Oh boy, that's not right. 00:02:17.700 --> 00:02:19.600 Connect your PC through an Ethernet cable 00:02:19.600 --> 00:02:21.900 to hardwire your device. 00:02:21.900 --> 00:02:23.640 Not particularly descriptive. 00:02:23.640 --> 00:02:25.380 Spelling mistakes. 00:02:25.380 --> 00:02:26.700 Oh, I didn't even notice that. 00:02:26.700 --> 00:02:27.940 In terms of accessories, 00:02:27.940 --> 00:02:31.900 we've got a adequate quality looking power connector, 00:02:31.900 --> 00:02:35.620 a piece of Velcro, like double-sided Velcro stuff, 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:37.460 presumably for stashing this somewhere, 00:02:37.460 --> 00:02:39.560 and then you can grab it off with Velcro, I guess. 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:40.940 That's your RGB thing. 00:02:40.940 --> 00:02:41.780 Okay. 00:02:42.020 --> 00:02:43.980 OP posters to hang in my room, 00:02:43.980 --> 00:02:45.580 because I'm OP like that. 00:02:45.580 --> 00:02:46.400 Like, what is this? 00:02:46.400 --> 00:02:48.330 Is this, this is water. 00:02:48.330 --> 00:02:49.170 Oh, okay. 00:02:49.170 --> 00:02:50.950 So you're going to be like overwhelmed 00:02:50.950 --> 00:02:52.650 by the OP-ness of it, 00:02:52.650 --> 00:02:55.350 and you're just going to be like, oh. 00:02:55.350 --> 00:02:57.770 Did you just say overwhelmed by the penis of it? 00:02:57.770 --> 00:02:59.870 OP-ness, OP-ness, OP-ness. 00:03:01.220 --> 00:03:02.060 OP-ness. 00:03:02.060 --> 00:03:06.200 This is a pretty cookie cutter sort of vinyl decal here, 00:03:06.200 --> 00:03:08.500 but it's better than absolutely nothing, 00:03:08.500 --> 00:03:11.520 which is what a lot of system integrators do. 00:03:12.380 --> 00:03:15.340 These are more expensive than you'd think. 00:03:15.340 --> 00:03:18.840 So to make our performance test as fair as possible, 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:23.700 Ivan has actually sourced an identically configured 00:03:23.700 --> 00:03:27.860 pre-built system from those HP guys, 00:03:27.860 --> 00:03:31.580 so that we can get some idea of whether it performs 00:03:31.580 --> 00:03:33.840 as expected out of the box. 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:34.980 Let's start with that. 00:03:34.980 --> 00:03:37.000 Although one thing that does give me pause 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:42.000 before I even get that far is the non-powder coating 00:03:42.440 --> 00:03:43.280 on the back. 00:03:43.280 --> 00:03:44.100 I mean, I don't know, 00:03:44.100 --> 00:03:44.940 I don't know if you can see it, 00:03:44.940 --> 00:03:47.200 but it's a non-powder coated power supply. 00:03:47.200 --> 00:03:49.360 It's just got like a simple gray back. 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:51.660 I remember asking a power supply manufacturer 00:03:51.660 --> 00:03:54.660 how much it costs to powder coat a power supply. 00:03:54.660 --> 00:03:56.200 And I think it was somewhere in the neighborhood 00:03:56.200 --> 00:03:58.500 of like tens of cents. 00:03:58.500 --> 00:04:01.040 So it's not usually a good sign 00:04:01.040 --> 00:04:04.960 when they save that tens of cents on an aesthetic coating, 00:04:04.960 --> 00:04:06.500 even though in fairness, 00:04:06.500 --> 00:04:08.040 it doesn't contribute to performance. 00:04:08.040 --> 00:04:10.040 We're going to have to look at it a little more closely 00:04:10.040 --> 00:04:11.200 once we open it up. 00:04:11.200 --> 00:04:12.400 Actually, this is bizarre too. 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:17.400 A USB-C on a little like daughter board thing here. 00:04:17.700 --> 00:04:20.440 And why the hell would they put it way up there? 00:04:20.440 --> 00:04:21.760 Now, just to double check, 00:04:21.760 --> 00:04:24.720 this is configured the same as this? 00:04:24.720 --> 00:04:26.320 Are there any key differences? 00:04:26.320 --> 00:04:29.340 No, which is why specifically I picked this system 00:04:29.340 --> 00:04:30.180 to go head to head. 00:04:30.180 --> 00:04:33.720 And price difference is about a hundred bucks. 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:35.600 This is 1400, this is 15. 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:39.560 Okay, here we go. 00:04:39.560 --> 00:04:44.110 It's got RGB. 00:04:44.110 --> 00:04:45.750 Color changing works as expected. 00:04:45.750 --> 00:04:47.990 Oh, on the back, the back fan is RGB too. 00:04:48.030 --> 00:04:48.870 Okay. 00:04:48.870 --> 00:04:55.960 Mmm. 00:04:55.960 --> 00:04:58.300 What can happen sometimes in shipping is... 00:04:58.300 --> 00:05:03.900 Okay, well, I've never seen it like that before, like- 00:05:03.900 --> 00:05:05.160 have hides i contract. 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:06.000 Yeah, 00:05:07.700 --> 00:05:11.300 this just looks like they outright forgot to plug it in. 00:05:11.300 --> 00:05:14.860 Like, I'm trying to think of what the workflow, 00:05:14.860 --> 00:05:17.820 wow, that is the cheapest looking motherboard. 00:05:17.820 --> 00:05:20.510 Maybe not that I've ever seen, 00:05:20.510 --> 00:05:21.650 but wow. 00:05:21.650 --> 00:05:23.110 Is it ever close? 00:05:23.110 --> 00:05:24.030 You know how they say, 00:05:24.030 --> 00:05:24.910 first impressions? 00:05:24.910 --> 00:05:25.850 Last a lifetime. 00:05:27.580 --> 00:05:29.380 This is not a good first impression. 00:05:29.380 --> 00:05:31.460 Holy , I just noticed 00:05:31.460 --> 00:05:36.150 that the only onboard video output is VGA. 00:05:36.150 --> 00:05:38.390 I mean, not that it matters. 00:05:38.390 --> 00:05:41.670 We wouldn't be using the onboard video, 00:05:41.670 --> 00:05:45.240 but like, what year is it? 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:46.260 Oh, the year's right here. 00:05:46.260 --> 00:05:47.960 Manufacture date, October, 2018. 00:05:47.960 --> 00:05:49.040 No, I didn't go back in time. 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:49.880 I just thought I did, 00:05:49.880 --> 00:05:51.360 because that was a VGA connection on there. 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:52.460 All right, what game are we starting with? 00:05:52.460 --> 00:05:55.560 Or should we just start with like a CPU stress test? 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:56.400 Cinebench? 00:05:56.400 --> 00:05:57.360 Yeah, as the synthetics. 00:05:57.360 --> 00:05:58.980 Okay, Cinebench. 00:05:58.980 --> 00:06:01.540 Okay, we're in the home stretch here, 00:06:01.540 --> 00:06:03.880 and this is about as neck and neck 00:06:03.880 --> 00:06:07.260 as I think I could imagine it being. 00:06:07.260 --> 00:06:12.970 Okay, yeah, 199 for the Walmart overpowered PC, 00:06:14.840 --> 00:06:17.780 199 for our Omen. 00:06:17.780 --> 00:06:19.960 Okay, now let's try multi-core. 00:06:19.960 --> 00:06:24.190 Interestingly, our overpowered PC 00:06:24.190 --> 00:06:27.380 actually came out ahead in this one, 1312. 00:06:28.320 --> 00:06:30.140 Whoa, you want to punish it. 00:06:30.140 --> 00:06:31.180 All right, fine. 00:06:31.180 --> 00:06:32.800 I mean, it's fair. 00:06:32.800 --> 00:06:34.900 IBT is a fair test. 00:06:34.900 --> 00:06:36.580 So I'm gonna open Task Manager as well, 00:06:36.580 --> 00:06:39.780 just so we can verify that our CPU is 100% loaded. 00:06:39.780 --> 00:06:42.400 Okay, so right now I'm at 4.28 gigahertz. 00:06:42.400 --> 00:06:43.240 What are you at? 00:06:43.240 --> 00:06:44.080 4.29. 00:06:44.080 --> 00:06:45.320 4.29, okay. 00:06:45.320 --> 00:06:48.200 Keep in mind, this has a per-core monitoring as well. 00:06:48.200 --> 00:06:49.040 Okay. 00:06:49.040 --> 00:06:51.540 My system took longer to start the test. 00:06:51.540 --> 00:06:54.220 No, it's being hit now. 00:06:54.220 --> 00:06:55.140 It's all loaded into RAM. 00:06:55.140 --> 00:06:57.680 I'm at 4.1 gigahertz, so I'm running faster than you. 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:02.440 So have they configured this system 00:07:02.440 --> 00:07:07.300 to use an all-core turbo on those VRMs? 00:07:07.300 --> 00:07:10.220 Now, the thing to note is that our Omen desktop 00:07:10.220 --> 00:07:13.500 is actually adhering to Intel's spec, 00:07:13.500 --> 00:07:17.560 while this one is technically kind of overclocked 00:07:17.560 --> 00:07:20.680 in a way that some aftermarket motherboards 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:23.740 will be configured out of the box to operate. 00:07:23.740 --> 00:07:25.040 Something to note though, 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:28.300 is that while ours seems to be working fine, 00:07:29.220 --> 00:07:32.880 all cores loaded stress test, your mileage may vary. 00:07:32.880 --> 00:07:34.360 We might get a really good CPU 00:07:34.360 --> 00:07:36.720 that handles all-core turbo just fine. 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:40.720 Your system might be unstable. 00:07:40.720 --> 00:07:44.470 I mean, we can only judge what's in front of us though. 00:07:44.470 --> 00:07:47.930 And so far, this thing is managing 4.1 gigahertz, 00:07:47.930 --> 00:07:51.020 all cores loaded on its 8700. 00:07:51.020 --> 00:07:55.120 And with temps that are in the 50 degree or so range. 00:07:55.120 --> 00:07:56.260 So to put that in context, 00:07:56.260 --> 00:08:00.260 that's probably about 35 degrees above average. 00:08:00.880 --> 00:08:01.720 So that's a little bit of an ambience. 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:03.020 It is pretty chilly in here today. 00:08:03.020 --> 00:08:03.860 No! 00:08:06.390 --> 00:08:11.370 The front ports are all USB 2. 00:08:11.370 --> 00:08:15.690 That's why they have that weird USB 3.0 thing on the back. 00:08:15.690 --> 00:08:17.590 What, why would they? 00:08:17.590 --> 00:08:22.590 How can you ship a system in 2018 with USB 2.0 front ports? 00:08:22.910 --> 00:08:25.790 That's why they had the internal header free 00:08:25.790 --> 00:08:27.590 for that weird thing at the back. 00:08:27.590 --> 00:08:29.870 They don't have front USB 3.0. 00:08:29.870 --> 00:08:30.710 What is this? 00:08:30.710 --> 00:08:32.250 Why did they create four partitions? 00:08:32.250 --> 00:08:33.990 Why did they create four partitions for the hard drives? 00:08:33.990 --> 00:08:37.710 What possible purpose could that serve? 00:08:37.710 --> 00:08:40.990 They do know that partitioning a hard drive 00:08:40.990 --> 00:08:43.530 doesn't do anything, right? 00:08:43.530 --> 00:08:48.530 Like with respect to reliability, ease of organizing files. 00:08:49.710 --> 00:08:51.410 Why would you do that? 00:08:51.410 --> 00:08:53.350 Maybe make it easier for people 00:08:53.350 --> 00:08:56.370 to compartmentalize their files. 00:08:56.370 --> 00:08:57.210 Like I'm having- 00:08:57.210 --> 00:09:01.390 It's called a folder! 00:09:01.390 --> 00:09:04.090 Now we're not judging game loading times here just because, 00:09:04.090 --> 00:09:06.550 Shadow of the Tomb Raider is installed 00:09:06.550 --> 00:09:08.290 on a hard drive here and an SSD here. 00:09:08.290 --> 00:09:09.130 So let's ignore that, 00:09:09.130 --> 00:09:11.390 but that doesn't affect gaming performance. 00:09:11.390 --> 00:09:13.190 Oh, we were wrong about that. 00:09:13.190 --> 00:09:15.770 So I don't know, maybe it's to do with the fact 00:09:15.770 --> 00:09:18.670 that we're loading new scenes of the game so frequently. 00:09:18.670 --> 00:09:21.350 Anyway, the point is we've got all our games 00:09:21.350 --> 00:09:23.330 on the SSDs for both systems now. 00:09:23.330 --> 00:09:28.590 Let's click run and let's see them side by side, baby. 00:09:28.590 --> 00:09:31.070 Everything's looking pretty normal so far. 00:09:31.070 --> 00:09:34.170 This one actually seems to be maybe running a touch faster, 00:09:34.570 --> 00:09:35.760 but I don't think so. 00:09:35.760 --> 00:09:36.840 Holy crap. 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:38.820 So I went to change the color 00:09:38.820 --> 00:09:43.320 and it turns out there's like a bazillion different patterns. 00:09:43.320 --> 00:09:45.700 If you keep pressing this LED thing, 00:09:45.700 --> 00:09:49.080 like I swear I've been through 50 different patterns 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:51.060 at least already. 00:09:51.060 --> 00:09:54.170 What the crap? 00:09:54.170 --> 00:09:57.130 This is about as RGBed out as I think it gets. 00:09:57.130 --> 00:09:59.940 Like, what is this? 00:09:59.940 --> 00:10:01.620 I will give them credit. 00:10:01.620 --> 00:10:05.850 The system actually looks pretty sharp and pretty clean. 00:10:06.430 --> 00:10:08.660 I mean, for now. 00:10:08.660 --> 00:10:10.540 The only issue is that these intakes 00:10:10.540 --> 00:10:11.840 are completely unfiltered, 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:14.440 so it's gonna look like ass pretty quickly. 00:10:14.440 --> 00:10:16.640 But anyway, anyway, we got it. 00:10:16.640 --> 00:10:18.000 It comes down to the results. 00:10:18.000 --> 00:10:19.490 Let's have a look. 00:10:19.490 --> 00:10:22.130 Average FPS, 86. 00:10:26.760 --> 00:10:28.580 Mins look reasonable. 00:10:32.310 --> 00:10:36.130 And things do not get any better in Assassin's Creed Origins. 00:10:36.130 --> 00:10:38.050 This is at ultra 1080. 00:10:38.050 --> 00:10:39.790 So everything looks fine. 00:10:39.790 --> 00:10:43.390 63 FPS compared to 71. 00:10:43.390 --> 00:10:44.570 Okay, yeah, that's an improvement. 00:10:44.570 --> 00:10:48.220 But if you look a little closer, 00:10:48.220 --> 00:10:53.580 the CPU frame times are 15 milliseconds. 00:10:54.660 --> 00:10:58.040 Whereas our CPU over here is nine. 00:10:58.040 --> 00:11:00.240 So you can clearly see the GPU is the difference. 00:11:00.240 --> 00:11:02.660 So that's where our frames per second 00:11:02.660 --> 00:11:05.720 actually isn't that much higher over here. 00:11:05.720 --> 00:11:11.060 But our CPU is performing way better for some reason. 00:11:11.060 --> 00:11:12.020 Okay. 00:11:12.020 --> 00:11:14.820 So bringing us to our last one, Deus Ex. 00:11:14.820 --> 00:11:16.440 Same thing here. 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:17.480 If all we look at, 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:21.100 this is exactly why you can't just trust average frame rates. 00:11:21.100 --> 00:11:24.780 87.8 versus 88.2 over here. 00:11:24.780 --> 00:11:28.520 But the minimums are over 10 frames per second lower. 00:11:28.520 --> 00:11:32.360 That is like 15, 18%. 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.660 Probably about 15%. 00:11:34.660 --> 00:11:36.140 That is nuts. 00:11:36.140 --> 00:11:39.130 Okay, let's get the HP out of here 00:11:39.130 --> 00:11:42.130 and let's tear this thing down. 00:11:42.130 --> 00:11:42.990 So we'll take this. 00:11:42.990 --> 00:11:45.290 No, no, it's fine, we can leave it here. 00:11:47.540 --> 00:11:49.840 Now, this will be the first time 00:11:49.840 --> 00:11:52.300 that we're taking off the other side panel. 00:11:52.300 --> 00:11:55.180 So there's a few things I really don't like here. 00:11:55.180 --> 00:11:59.040 Number one, that is a single 16 gig stick of RAM. 00:11:59.040 --> 00:12:02.040 I understand the argument to be made for upgradability, 00:12:02.040 --> 00:12:04.180 but single channel memory. 00:12:04.180 --> 00:12:07.040 Oh, I wonder if that's what's killing our CPU performance. 00:12:07.040 --> 00:12:08.660 Anyway, single channel memory 00:12:08.660 --> 00:12:10.980 cuts your bandwidth effectively in half. 00:12:11.900 --> 00:12:14.080 Also, these wires, 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:18.460 I don't know what better way to describe them than as pinner. 00:12:18.460 --> 00:12:20.180 These are really thin wires. 00:12:20.180 --> 00:12:22.460 These are providing all the power for your motherboard. 00:12:22.460 --> 00:12:25.000 We do get an eight pin connector for our CPU. 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:28.260 So I guess that's probably a relatively good sign. 00:12:28.260 --> 00:12:30.490 Look again. 00:12:30.490 --> 00:12:31.330 Wait, what? 00:12:31.330 --> 00:12:32.870 Oh no, nevermind. 00:12:32.870 --> 00:12:35.710 It's an eight pin connector on a four pin on the board. 00:12:36.930 --> 00:12:39.670 Can they get something right here? 00:12:39.670 --> 00:12:43.470 Okay, that's far from the worst cable management I've seen. 00:12:43.470 --> 00:12:44.590 Like this is the weird thing about this whole thing. 00:12:44.590 --> 00:12:46.870 About this whole experience 00:12:46.870 --> 00:12:51.870 is that there's these sprinklings of competence, 00:12:52.070 --> 00:12:55.970 but then somehow they've ended up with an end result 00:12:55.970 --> 00:13:00.970 that is underperforming for the hardware that's in it 00:13:01.350 --> 00:13:04.810 by this very significant margin. 00:13:04.810 --> 00:13:09.810 And that just has these confoundingly stupid errors. 00:13:10.190 --> 00:13:12.030 The hot glued on the USB three connector. 00:13:12.030 --> 00:13:13.500 Why would they do that? 00:13:13.500 --> 00:13:14.620 That's not even a connector 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:18.240 that is generally known to come out. 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:21.540 If anything, these things can be so hard to remove 00:13:21.540 --> 00:13:23.600 that you can end up ripping the housing off the board 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:25.620 when you try to unplug them. 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:26.960 What a strange thing to do. 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:30.120 And then they didn't even hot glue this one. 00:13:30.120 --> 00:13:33.360 It's what like, there's just these weird 00:13:33.360 --> 00:13:35.560 sort of moon logic things going on here. 00:13:35.560 --> 00:13:39.750 Where like, if we see this as a concern 00:13:39.750 --> 00:13:41.930 that needs to be rectified by hot glue, 00:13:41.930 --> 00:13:42.870 why is it a concern here, but not here? 00:13:42.870 --> 00:13:43.810 Why is it a concern here, but not here? 00:13:43.810 --> 00:13:44.650 Why is it a concern here, but not here? 00:13:44.650 --> 00:13:45.490 Why is it a concern here, but not here? 00:13:45.490 --> 00:13:46.330 Why is it a concern here, but not here? 00:13:46.330 --> 00:13:49.610 It's the same connector. 00:13:49.610 --> 00:13:51.810 All right, it's not super light, 00:13:51.810 --> 00:13:53.830 but it's also a great wall unit 00:13:53.830 --> 00:13:58.830 who aren't really known for making amazing OEM power supplies. 00:13:59.270 --> 00:14:03.910 So it's a 500 watt unit of which 21 of the 45 amps 00:14:03.910 --> 00:14:09.230 on the 12 volt rail are dedicated to the CPU apparently. 00:14:09.230 --> 00:14:12.210 And then you've got 24 amps leftover for IO, 00:14:12.210 --> 00:14:13.050 whatever that means. 00:14:13.050 --> 00:14:14.510 So it's a two rail power supply, 00:14:14.510 --> 00:14:17.130 which means that you can't have any more than about, 00:14:17.250 --> 00:14:19.710 300-ish watts. 00:14:19.710 --> 00:14:21.030 Now there is one more thing 00:14:21.030 --> 00:14:23.250 that we can have a look at here. 00:14:23.250 --> 00:14:26.130 Let's see how good of a job they did 00:14:26.130 --> 00:14:31.180 of their thermal compound application. 00:14:31.180 --> 00:14:32.900 Frankly, I don't know what to expect 00:14:32.900 --> 00:14:35.020 because some stuff has been done 00:14:35.020 --> 00:14:37.120 to a reasonable degree of competence. 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.480 Like the cable management, honestly, 00:14:39.480 --> 00:14:42.000 considering that the parts for this system 00:14:42.000 --> 00:14:46.540 only come to about $60 less than this completed system. 00:14:46.540 --> 00:14:48.400 So they're only charging us 60 bucks for assembly. 00:14:48.400 --> 00:14:50.200 Like that is definitely a 60, 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:53.020 $60 assembly job for sure. 00:14:53.020 --> 00:14:55.100 I consider it quite adequate. 00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:56.040 But then there's other things 00:14:56.040 --> 00:14:57.780 like not having the graphics card plugged in 00:14:57.780 --> 00:15:00.360 that are just unbelievable. 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:01.460 Yeah, no concerns there. 00:15:01.460 --> 00:15:03.500 This was probably the pre-applied thermal compound 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.400 on this heat sink though. 00:15:04.400 --> 00:15:06.160 So it's a little bit of a heavy application, 00:15:06.160 --> 00:15:08.700 but it's quite thin where these direct contact heat pipes 00:15:08.700 --> 00:15:10.340 actually touch the integrated heat spreader. 00:15:10.340 --> 00:15:12.120 So I really, I mean, I have no concerns there 00:15:12.120 --> 00:15:14.880 and I didn't see anything about the thermal performance 00:15:14.880 --> 00:15:17.460 of the system that raised red flags. 00:15:17.460 --> 00:15:20.240 And that's the thing, is I think, 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:22.790 the bottom line here is that I just, 00:15:22.790 --> 00:15:24.950 even though they're not really making 00:15:24.950 --> 00:15:26.630 a huge amount of margin on this thing 00:15:26.630 --> 00:15:28.530 and they're not charging an unreasonable amount 00:15:28.530 --> 00:15:29.770 for what you get, 00:15:29.770 --> 00:15:34.770 there's just these gross errors in the configuration of it 00:15:34.930 --> 00:15:38.280 that make it impossible to recommend. 00:15:38.280 --> 00:15:41.860 USB two ports on the front panel. 00:15:41.860 --> 00:15:43.280 What is that? 00:15:43.280 --> 00:15:46.060 And the motherboard, it needs a significant upgrade 00:15:46.060 --> 00:15:48.560 so that you don't have to give up performance 00:15:48.560 --> 00:15:49.840 in order to get upgrade ability. 00:15:49.840 --> 00:15:52.680 You should be using a proper board with four memory slots 00:15:52.680 --> 00:15:55.400 and while you're at it, a little bit more expandability. 00:15:55.400 --> 00:15:57.780 Like what it really feels like to me 00:15:57.780 --> 00:16:00.720 is that they blew the motherboard 00:16:00.720 --> 00:16:03.320 and power supply budget on RGB lighting. 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:06.660 And I get that RGB is for gamers, 00:16:06.660 --> 00:16:09.650 but first and foremost, 00:16:09.650 --> 00:16:12.010 gamers need performance and stability. 00:16:12.010 --> 00:16:15.190 And right now this system just has too many red flags 00:16:15.190 --> 00:16:17.230 for me to possibly recommend it. 00:16:17.230 --> 00:16:18.650 And this whole thing is unfortunate 00:16:18.650 --> 00:16:19.950 because I had really wanted to be 00:16:19.950 --> 00:16:21.730 the contrarian, you know, 00:16:21.730 --> 00:16:24.990 I thought maybe Steve was being too nitpicky or something. 00:16:24.990 --> 00:16:26.830 Not that Steve would ever nitpick on it, you know, 00:16:26.830 --> 00:16:29.210 a minor technical detail, not Steve. 00:16:29.210 --> 00:16:30.770 But I thought maybe he was being nitpicky 00:16:30.770 --> 00:16:31.610 or something like that, 00:16:31.610 --> 00:16:35.680 but I'm just in a position where I'm just not comfortable 00:16:35.680 --> 00:16:37.620 telling anyone to buy this thing either. 00:16:37.620 --> 00:16:39.540 Skillshare is an online learning community 00:16:39.540 --> 00:16:41.560 with thousands of classes in design, 00:16:41.560 --> 00:16:43.680 business, technology, and more. 00:16:43.680 --> 00:16:46.520 And premium membership gives you unlimited access 00:16:46.520 --> 00:16:49.160 to high quality classes on must know topics. 00:16:49.160 --> 00:16:49.960 So you can improve your skills, 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.180 unlock new opportunities, 00:16:52.180 --> 00:16:54.220 and do the work that you love. 00:16:54.220 --> 00:16:55.580 Taren here at Linus Media Group 00:16:55.580 --> 00:16:57.500 has actually been using Skillshare a bunch. 00:16:57.500 --> 00:16:59.360 He's done courses on logo design, 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:00.920 mastering Adobe Illustrator. 00:17:00.920 --> 00:17:02.200 Skillshare is more affordable 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:03.720 than most learning platforms out there 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:05.380 with an annual subscription available 00:17:05.380 --> 00:17:06.860 for less than $10 a month. 00:17:06.860 --> 00:17:09.980 And the first 500 of you to use the promo link 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:13.320 in the description will get your first two months for free. 00:17:13.320 --> 00:17:14.960 So go check it out. 00:17:14.960 --> 00:17:16.520 So thanks for watching guys. 00:17:16.520 --> 00:17:18.900 If you dislike this video, you can hit that button. 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:19.820 But if you liked it, hit like. 00:17:19.820 --> 00:17:21.200 Get subscribed. 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:23.600 Or maybe consider checking out where to buy this. 00:17:23.600 --> 00:17:25.200 I don't know if there's anything in this video 00:17:25.200 --> 00:17:27.100 that we featured that I would necessarily recommend buying 00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:28.700 at this point in time. 00:17:28.700 --> 00:17:31.620 But maybe we'll put like something fun down there. 00:17:31.620 --> 00:17:33.160 While you're down in the video description, 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:34.280 you can also check out our merch store, 00:17:34.280 --> 00:17:35.580 which has cool shirts like this one 00:17:35.580 --> 00:17:36.840 and our community forum, 00:17:36.840 --> 00:17:39.160 which is definitely worth joining. 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:40.400 See, I was gonna be like smart 00:17:40.400 --> 00:17:43.000 and give you a hint about like city new performance. 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:45.980 What were you before you met Yvonne? 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