WEBVTT 00:00:00.399 --> 00:00:07.040 welcome to Linus Tech tips at CES 2013 our trip to the show this year is 00:00:04.640 --> 00:00:11.360 powered by Corsair maker of quality PC components and peripherals our trusted 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:15.080 storage partner is Seagate technology and our trusted networking partner is 00:00:16.880 --> 00:00:22.600 linkis the quickfire is already cooler Master's most popular mechanical 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:26.679 keyboard but that doesn't mean they're going to stop changing things about it 00:00:24.720 --> 00:00:30.199 and I don't mean changing things like randomly changing things that aren't 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:34.280 necessarily good things I meaning changes that have been asked for so you 00:00:31.840 --> 00:00:39.520 see this is an older version this has sort of CM Storm branding here it has CM 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:42.840 Storm branding sort of over here on the right by the arrow keys it's got some CM 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:47.600 Storm branding on the top of the keyboard the feedback from Gamers that 00:00:45.160 --> 00:00:51.160 Cooler Master received was look we like these premium mechanical keyboards 00:00:49.559 --> 00:00:56.120 they're awesome we love the quickfire but what we don't like is having branding all over it we want a cleaner 00:00:54.120 --> 00:01:02.519 look so they introduced sort of the newer revision which has a very very a 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.159 very very plain very clean look as well 00:01:02.519 --> 00:01:10.040 as just a small CM Storm logo up here at the top now this is an existing product 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:14.119 so this is this is nothing that new the quickfire stealth on the other hand 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:18.640 changes the quickfire making it again even cleaner so moving the writing to 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:22.600 the side of the key like this does a couple of things number one is it makes 00:01:20.479 --> 00:01:26.600 the keyboard look extremely stealthy and very cool from the top and number two is 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:30.720 it actually increases the durability of the keys themselves so even though 00:01:28.360 --> 00:01:35.200 they're laser etched there is is still the the eventual chance that the writing 00:01:33.479 --> 00:01:38.799 can wear down or it can become less visible but because of the way that 00:01:37.159 --> 00:01:42.200 they've done this it is AB actually absolutely impossible so no matter how 00:01:40.479 --> 00:01:46.320 greasy or oily or Cheeto stained your fingers are you are not going to be able 00:01:44.240 --> 00:01:51.680 to affect the way the typing appears on the keyboard now this guy over here is 00:01:48.680 --> 00:01:53.880 new this is basically a longer version 00:01:51.680 --> 00:01:58.479 of the quickfire this is the XT which stands for extension or extended or 00:01:56.600 --> 00:02:02.960 extreme tactile or whatever you want it to stand for basically this is full 104 00:02:00.960 --> 00:02:05.960 key layout so you get the number pad in addition to everything you already like 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:10.679 about the quickfire one thing that's missing from the quickfire is the cable 00:02:08.239 --> 00:02:15.760 routing here at the bottom so the reason for that is that they've actually 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:20.120 decreased there you go they've decreased the profile of keyboard it is 28 millim 00:02:17.959 --> 00:02:24.560 at its thickest and 18 mm at its thinnest making it the thinnest 00:02:22.599 --> 00:02:28.319 mechanical keyboard using Cherry MX switches on the market they've also 00:02:26.519 --> 00:02:32.480 added and I believe oh shoot I think I missed something over here 00:02:30.920 --> 00:02:36.959 ah yes okay I missed something on both of these so they've added an 8X pulling 00:02:34.760 --> 00:02:41.959 rate option to both the stealth and the XT that makes it the fastest input 00:02:39.480 --> 00:02:45.480 available for a mechanical keyboard which is uh if you're looking for every 00:02:43.720 --> 00:02:49.920 little Competitive Edge obviously a factor for you so right instead of the 00:02:48.400 --> 00:02:53.640 cable routing on the bottom they've just gone with a full-size USB port although 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:57.120 they are going to implement it a little bit differently I think on the final 00:02:55.840 --> 00:03:01.000 model where it'll be kind of coming out at an angle so it's a little bit easier 00:02:59.040 --> 00:03:04.400 to route while the four types of cherrymx 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:09.040 switches that we're most familiar with are Blues Browns Reds and blacks there 00:03:07.360 --> 00:03:13.239 are actually other kinds of switches from Cherry now some of the reasons that 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:16.959 we haven't seen these as often is maybe they aren't as ideal so you know maybe 00:03:15.159 --> 00:03:20.200 people don't like them as much or maybe they're more expensive and companies 00:03:18.840 --> 00:03:25.200 haven't wanted to implement them now Cooler Master is taking almost every model they have and throwing a whole 00:03:23.680 --> 00:03:29.439 bunch of different switch types had it because their idea is that look we're 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:32.959 not going to say okay you're a typist you want Blues you're a gamer you want 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:40.360 Reds we're going to say you're a whoever you are and you want whatever you want and go for it so this is the trigger 00:03:36.840 --> 00:03:42.519 green this is the first fully MX green 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:48.319 keyboard that I have ever encountered and both slick and I are in perfect 00:03:44.640 --> 00:03:50.439 agreement that it is without a doubt 00:03:48.319 --> 00:03:55.239 pretty much as good as it gets it feels like a heavier blue so it has an 80 g 00:03:52.799 --> 00:03:59.159 spring in it and what that means is as you push down two things it eliminates a 00:03:57.720 --> 00:04:04.120 bit of the double tap issue that you have with Blues where the actuation point is actually a little bit before 00:04:02.000 --> 00:04:08.040 the click so you don't have that that audible feedback for the actuation point 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:13.560 on a blue here they line up much more closely and it also gives you more well 00:04:11.079 --> 00:04:17.600 more resistance and more push back so it feels more like a buckling spring if 00:04:15.519 --> 00:04:22.440 you've ever used a model M this is as close as it gets with a Cherry MX key 00:04:19.799 --> 00:04:26.800 switch um without you having to sort of find an old model M on eBay or something 00:04:24.880 --> 00:04:30.400 along those lines now it's got some of the customizability that we've seen with 00:04:28.400 --> 00:04:34.080 other Cooler Master keyboards so you can change the mode of the keys you got 00:04:32.039 --> 00:04:37.560 breathing you've got a gaming mode that lights up your arrow keys you can adjust 00:04:35.960 --> 00:04:41.240 the brightness you can turn the LEDs off out right but what I think is the 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:45.960 coolest feature about it is the fact that you can fully program any key so if 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:49.320 you decide okay I want a Windows key over here I don't want a storm key you 00:04:47.479 --> 00:04:54.440 reprogram that to a Windows key it has a few macro profiles as well profile keys 00:04:51.800 --> 00:04:58.240 and if you decide okay I want my delete key here then you can do that the only 00:04:56.720 --> 00:05:02.160 key on the keyboard that cannot be reprogrammed is the one right here I 00:05:00.520 --> 00:05:07.240 also really like the implementation of the wrist rest here I know that large 00:05:04.280 --> 00:05:10.639 wrist rests sometimes don't look as sexy as a very small compact wrist rest but I 00:05:09.320 --> 00:05:14.560 can tell you guys right now that for some people my wife being one of them 00:05:12.520 --> 00:05:17.639 she refuses to type on anything that doesn't have a wrist rest a belt this 00:05:16.080 --> 00:05:21.280 big so the only keyboard out there for her is a steel series 7g as soon as I 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:25.919 get my hands on one of these I'm going to get her to try and see what she thinks because she's a much faster type 00:05:23.880 --> 00:05:30.600 of than me she does about 145 words per minute and uh she's kind of one of my 00:05:27.960 --> 00:05:34.120 one of my go-to people but slick is the only one I have here you'll you'll have 00:05:32.039 --> 00:05:39.039 to do for today's slick and he says sounds great I love it too these 00:05:37.000 --> 00:05:43.840 products don't actually exist yet there code name Lux or something like that and 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:48.880 they're sort of referred to as The Cooler Master CM Storm aluminum series 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:52.720 or something what they are is they're kind of a concept that they're working 00:05:50.319 --> 00:05:57.319 on right now for customizable keyboards now you might have seen back in the day 00:05:55.440 --> 00:06:00.319 uh I think there was I forget who it was but they were custom painting Logitech 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:05.680 G50 I can tell you guys right now the Finish you're going to get painting something 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:09.199 like made of plastic is never going to be as good as you can do with something 00:06:07.080 --> 00:06:12.880 metal also the fact that you can't take them apart makes it much more difficult 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:17.160 to do you have to have more specialized equipment and it's just it's never going 00:06:15.080 --> 00:06:22.440 to look as good so what they've done is they've integrated aluminum metal 00:06:19.919 --> 00:06:27.039 aspects into a full range of gaming Pur here so we've got a headset that has two 00:06:24.639 --> 00:06:31.080 removable plates one on each side that allow you to take it off you can paint 00:06:28.599 --> 00:06:34.560 it you can color it you can take it off completely if you want it to look kind 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:39.599 of goofy but that's totally up to you is sort of the point there's also a 00:06:36.199 --> 00:06:41.160 keyboard that has the entire top plate 00:06:39.599 --> 00:06:44.520 removable so you want to put your favorite game graphic let's say you're 00:06:43.080 --> 00:06:48.639 let's say you're a partner of cooler Masters you want to release uh you know 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:52.039 a game branded keyboard or even you want to do like a cool giveaway so you grab a 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:57.160 few of these you send them to a sweet paint shop you get some really cool airbrushing done on them boom you're 00:06:55.080 --> 00:07:01.080 done so it's the pretty much the meant to be a template for the easiest to 00:06:59.039 --> 00:07:04.759 customize peripherals there's also a mouse and a mouse pad so you can see 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:07.919 here's the aluminum plate on this guy this is full aluminum and while I 00:07:06.360 --> 00:07:11.840 probably don't think I'd recommend painting a mouse pad I guess you'd have 00:07:10.000 --> 00:07:16.039 the option if you really want to the last thing I missed here before was the 00:07:14.039 --> 00:07:21.360 control RX and what's cool about this guy is it's uh sorry polyurethane back 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:25.319 correct polyurethane back and it's very very thick so this is great for land 00:07:23.240 --> 00:07:28.840 parties where you don't always get your own table and sometimes you're stuck on 00:07:27.440 --> 00:07:33.800 sort of the butt crack between the tables so what you could do is you take 00:07:30.960 --> 00:07:37.759 this and at least as long as you don't have a huge lip you're going to have a 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:41.759 reasonably smooth surface bridging that Gap because it's so thick and because 00:07:39.639 --> 00:07:46.840 the back is so stiff it's also extremely sticky probably the most grippy back 00:07:44.919 --> 00:07:49.800 I've ever felt on a mouse pad and I think that pretty much wraps it up for 00:07:48.360 --> 00:07:54.039 CM Storm so they've got a lot of exciting stuff going on don't miss any 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:58.840 of our CES 2013 coverage by making sure you're subscribed to lonus Tech tips not 00:07:56.759 --> 00:08:03.639 content to just make PC cases anymore Cooler Master has on display at CES a 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:08.680 fairly wide range of Apple accessories so I want to start with the rock 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:10.680 basically it's a sort of No Frills nice 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:14.280 heavy I mean the name is appropriate cuz it feels and looks about like a rock 00:08:12.400 --> 00:08:18.520 except like a more of a glossy elegant Rock and the idea is you take your iPad 00:08:16.919 --> 00:08:21.639 or I don't know presumably you could even check an iPhone there if you felt 00:08:20.039 --> 00:08:26.599 like it there you go you could do that or you take your MacBook you put it in 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:30.120 there it slides in pretty nicely it's got a nice rubberized finish on the 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:34.120 inside so it's not going to slip out or go anywhere you put that next to your 00:08:31.520 --> 00:08:38.159 computer if you use an external display and it's sort of a stand it's just a 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:43.399 stand speaking of just a stand this is the Jazz Pro which does not stand for 00:08:40.880 --> 00:08:48.480 just a stand Pro but what this guy does is it allows you to put your Mac next to 00:08:46.200 --> 00:08:52.040 an external display it's probably not that practical from a sitting there 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:57.600 using the computer perspective and I just hit the power button I'm very sorry about that but if you're going to put it 00:08:55.640 --> 00:09:00.320 next to a display then and use actually an external keyboard and mouse then 00:08:59.240 --> 00:09:05.600 something something like that could work very well for you moving right along 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:09.519 over here we have the ren so this guy is 00:09:05.600 --> 00:09:11.160 an iPad iPad Mini holder and I actually 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:14.040 didn't get briefed on how it oh look there's a button there you go I didn't 00:09:12.720 --> 00:09:17.920 get briefed on how it works but what it does is it locks into several different 00:09:16.079 --> 00:09:22.800 positions depending on whether you want to be in portrait mode with a full-size 00:09:19.880 --> 00:09:27.640 iPad landscape mode with a fullsize iPad or in portrait mode with an iPad Mini it 00:09:25.760 --> 00:09:31.480 rotates like this so it allows you to kind of take your tablet and prop it up 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:34.920 like this take your tablet prop it up like this it also comes with a couple of 00:09:32.920 --> 00:09:38.320 accessories so this guy allows you to hang it off of sort of a horizontal 00:09:36.760 --> 00:09:42.480 surface this is a very thick table so that's not going to work for me but if you're going to hang it off a bookshelf 00:09:40.760 --> 00:09:48.079 or something like that then you just slot this into the back 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:51.040 here there you go hang it off something sort of rotate it wherever you want it 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:55.200 to go and then it also comes with another optional one right here which 00:09:52.880 --> 00:10:00.200 allows you to clip it to a vertical surface so then you could sort of rotate 00:09:57.839 --> 00:10:03.480 it out and around this way and sort of I I figured my my pitch to them was you 00:10:01.920 --> 00:10:07.760 should can you should sell them as a 10 pack so that the customers can actually 00:10:05.800 --> 00:10:10.880 put them all over their house and then just carry the tablet around with them 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:15.160 and have it kind of you know like hanging up here above the shower and 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:18.920 sort of in the kitchen and wherever else it happens to be this right here is not 00:10:17.480 --> 00:10:22.560 actually available yet this is The Cooler Master MacBook Air they are going 00:10:20.880 --> 00:10:26.200 directly up against apple with this no I'm just kidding um it's actually the 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:32.240 stand underneath of it so this is an evolutionary step forward from the Jazz 00:10:29.839 --> 00:10:35.880 Pro where not only can you adjust the height but you can actually also adjust 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:38.920 the angle so I don't know you're a DJ you're someone who wants to use their 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:43.519 computer and have it sit on a nice solid aluminum stand with a rubberized base 00:10:41.560 --> 00:10:46.519 and rubberized grips it has a very very nice feel to it I mean look how thick 00:10:44.680 --> 00:10:50.639 the aluminum is here this most of this stuff is available on the Apple Store so 00:10:48.160 --> 00:10:54.120 it's all Apple approved Apple authorized accessories so if you're into Apple then 00:10:52.160 --> 00:10:58.880 you might care about that sort of thing last but not least we have the duo so 00:10:56.399 --> 00:11:02.920 this guy right here slides together like this so you can use it as an iPad Mini 00:11:00.839 --> 00:11:06.360 stand or presumably a full-size iPad stand although I haven't tested that 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:08.920 personally on the bottom you see a couple of different things so you have a 00:11:07.560 --> 00:11:12.639 pass through for headphones you have a pass through for I don't know what the 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:19.959 difference between battery and battery is here I guess they allow you to run two cables into it um either way when 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:21.519 you pop it out here you can see you can 00:11:19.959 --> 00:11:24.800 there we go you can actually plug because of the iPhone 5 has the 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:28.040 headphone jack on the bottom you can plug your audio cable in there and you 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:32.120 can just kind of have it sitting in the dock next to this one you can kind of 00:11:30.079 --> 00:11:35.800 hide it a little bit inside this one you can put it completely inside this one 00:11:33.959 --> 00:11:39.240 and it's got like a nice rubberized feel to it and this is a solid piece of 00:11:37.160 --> 00:11:44.000 aluminum all down here so that pretty much wraps up the Apple accessories 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:48.399 don't miss any of our CES 2013 coverage and don't forget to subscribe to lus 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:51.440 Tech tips there are bucket loads of new desktop products at The Cooler Master 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:57.680 Suite we're going to start with the Centurion 6 this brings back sort of the 00:11:54.920 --> 00:12:02.839 uh the metal accent and the that that that feel of sort of metal quality that 00:12:00.800 --> 00:12:05.920 I think has been missing a little bit from the $ 69.99 price point because 00:12:05.040 --> 00:12:10.040 that's where they're going to be positioned this strip down here on both 00:12:08.399 --> 00:12:14.600 the silver accented version and the black accented version is aluminum and 00:12:12.760 --> 00:12:19.160 check this out guys these are not plastic meshes we are done with plastic 00:12:16.880 --> 00:12:23.480 meshes on $70 cases these are actually metal meshes which gives I I hope you 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:27.560 can see this in the video but in person it gives it a better look and it gives 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:31.079 it a better overall feel to the chassis other than that it's a pretty something 00:12:29.519 --> 00:12:35.920 we're pretty used to seeing on the inside so it has support for dual 120 mm 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:39.680 RADS in the top and it has a removable cage here so you can put in as long a 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:44.639 graphics card as you could possibly want to have this guy right here is a little 00:12:42.079 --> 00:12:49.959 bit unique this is the elite 241 it's a very very small chassis and the idea is 00:12:47.480 --> 00:12:55.079 it fits an ATX motherboard and it's at a very very low cost and it's small and 00:12:52.320 --> 00:13:00.399 narrow so there you go next up here this is kind of a 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:06.440 concept ch right now this actually repositions the water cooling radiator 00:13:02.839 --> 00:13:08.480 to the side so check this out dual 120 00:13:06.440 --> 00:13:13.079 mm rat on the side what this allows you to do is save on the height of the case 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:17.199 so if you had for example a little all clove you wanted to chuck your water 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:21.519 cooled system into this would allow you to save at least a couple inches on the 00:13:19.680 --> 00:13:26.959 top of the case in order to make that fit so the radiator is it's slipping the 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:31.519 radiator is right here which gives you not as ideal of an air flow situation as 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:34.560 if you had it in the top of the case but it allows this case to come in at a 00:13:32.839 --> 00:13:39.839 lower price point because it has a top power supply and it doesn't have to have 00:13:37.240 --> 00:13:43.360 that extra height last but not least we've got the n200 and this is sort of 00:13:41.920 --> 00:13:48.000 Representative of what will be a bit of a new look for some Cooler Master cases 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:51.920 so it's got this is a plastic mesh again but it's just sort of a a cleaner look 00:13:50.040 --> 00:13:55.040 so the half line has been has done really well and that aesthetic has been 00:13:53.519 --> 00:13:58.440 great and it's going to continue but they're also experimenting with a few 00:13:56.600 --> 00:14:02.279 different things as well so the idea behind this guy 00:13:59.680 --> 00:14:07.480 is that you can have check this out a a dual 120 mm rad and up to another 120 mm 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:10.600 rad in the back can throw a couple hard drives in there and there's lots of 00:14:08.720 --> 00:14:14.560 space so it's an idea the idea is it's an matx chassis that gives you options 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:18.399 so you're not going to be able to put in a ton of hard drives and a long graphics 00:14:16.639 --> 00:14:24.199 card and a bunch of water cooling but you can do kind of any two of the three 00:14:20.920 --> 00:14:25.959 without sacrificing very much at all 00:14:24.199 --> 00:14:29.519 this is the Scout 2 ghost white so they've got a couple different colors on 00:14:27.560 --> 00:14:34.040 display you can check out the inside it's just basically showcasing all the 00:14:32.160 --> 00:14:37.240 really cool stuff that Cooler Master has going on in terms of their technology so 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:40.800 they've got their Iceberg cooler in there you got your removable cages 00:14:39.160 --> 00:14:44.360 you've got your support for liquid cooling I really love the handles on the 00:14:42.920 --> 00:14:48.560 top of this case they're extremely robust they're extremely strong this is 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:53.240 the case that I actually took in my video where I unboxed it lifted it up by 00:14:51.079 --> 00:14:57.360 the by the handle alone on the top over my head shook it around and it didn't 00:14:55.240 --> 00:15:02.000 have any Flex to it whatsoever thank you for checking out 00:14:59.759 --> 00:15:07.399 our coverage of The Cooler Master desktop products at CES 20103 don't miss 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:11.800 any of our CES 20103 videos and don't forget to subscribe to lus Tech tips