have you been itching for a computer desk upgrade but can't fit one in your
studio apartment well first things first
uh you should get that itch checked out buddy then when it turns out that it was
just some uh you know jock itch or whatever second you should watch this
video about the vector desk mini it's a
small sexy desk PC case and we're going
to show you guys how to cram a full
custom water cooling setup
it the master keys Pro keyboard lineup from Cooler Master is available in three
sizes each in white or RGB flavors check
them out at the link below when we first laid hands on the
desk panels honestly they felt disappointingly flimsy compared to the
premium expectations we we had but then
we found out the price and given the $500 price tag this can be fairly easily
forgiven instructions needed some work
even after considering the price though the early version that we got was clear
enough for us to Finish the build but for novice computer builders some more
attention to the screw threading and the positioning of the motherboard mounts
and small details like labels for the screws and documentation for the
included storage mounting could smooth out the process once the vector desk
mini actually reaches the market with
the desk assembled it's time to cram a computer inside of it now this puppy is
designed for air cooling or aiio liquid
cooling but come on we weren't just going to put your dad's Dell in here and
call it a day so we took aim at the more
accessible end of the Enthusiast Market putting together the best mult
multi-core gaming and content creation machine we could for a little over two
grand without water cooling parts these
days no budget high-end build it's kind
of a new category here is complete without an AMD ryzen 7 CPU and their
1800x 8 core 16 thread monster is the
Beating Heart of ours on an ASUS Crosshair 6 hero motherboard that gives
us solid overclocking and support for keych Technologies like SLI for multiple
graphics cards m.2 storage for lightning
fast NVMe ssds and of course systemwide
RGB lighting to keep that heart pumping at all times we added a pump and lots of
other water cooling stuff as well courtesy of our friends at EK and Alpha
cool custom Loop water cooling as we mentioned before isn't officially
supported by the vector desk mini but we couldn't resist another opportunity to
use ek's see-through Supremacy Evo CPU
block and full cover GPU block and
thanks to the unique fitting configuration on this alphao
xt45 there seemed to be enough space to
do a really clean tidy setup in here and
we wanted our desk to be as quiet as possible since it's like a foot and a
half from your face when you're using it without compromising on cooling next we
chose 32 gigs of Corsair's Vengeance lpx
ddr4 memory its low profile prevents it
from interfering with the tubing that we'll need to install later after
removing these bizarre PCI covers we
were able to mash in the sexy EK water
block equipped GTX 1080 that we had kitted out earlier now the 1080 TI might
be the king of the hill right now but the 1080 fits a little bit better into
the budget that we're Target targeting we chose Corsair's RM 1000x power supply
because while we did know that this was overkill for this project we wanted to
make sure that the fan would never spin
even while gaming ruining the Silence of the build up until this point basically
everything had gone according to the air quotes
plan but of course this is lonus Tech
tips there wasn't really a plan was there and Jake presumably because he was
busy daydreaming about whatever it is the Young's daydream about these days
eventually realized that the GPU and
radiator weren't going to work in their original positions so out came the
Dremel and off came the PCIe screw cover
then the GPU was put back into the lower
PCI E slot the 8X Lane won't affect the
performance as we demonstrated in this video here and the radiator was
replaced our Samsung 850 Evo SSD was
chosen for its clean understated looks and great price to Performance ratio and
we mounted it using the included Hardware lining the reservoir and pump
up with the SSD on the drive mounting bracket actually worked out nearly
perfectly TM one issue with this
approach was that the mounting didn't quite line up with the CPU causing the
tube going from the CPU to the pump to not be quite you know parallel and we
could have easily fixed this by drilling new holes and moving the pump over a
little bit but Jake had a hot date in his imagination and didn't feel like
redoing it so hashtag deal with it I
guess power cabling was taken care of by a cable mod who supplied us with custom
length of their sexy carbon custom cables that perfectly fit the black and
gray aesthetic of our build and for tubing we went with Primo chill's
primoflex soft tubing for its Clarity
and just general awesomeness we
installed almost $150 worth of EK fittings at this point
in an effort to make sure that our runs were as straight as possible it's not
quite Hardline Precision but we still
think it looks pretty darn good and it's quite a bit less work to execute in the
first place and to drain for maintenance in the future if such a thing should end
up being necessary bringing us to the scariest part of any water cooled build
filling it up and leak testing so paper
towels in hand we carefully filled it
watching for any leaks but fortunately
miraculously it was all assembled correctly save for the fill Port which
probably had something to do with Jake cross threading it we threw in some EK
vardar fans to handle air flow while going perfectly with our monochromatic
color scheme at which
point we were definitely ready to disguise the ugly IO cables that were
showing with some sleeving that was actually meant for a 24 pin power
connector and some electrical tape because who needs correctly sized heat
shrink anyway is that really what they did g then for the cherry on top we set
up a cable mod magnetic rgbw strip that
we use to make looking through the glass
super nice on your eyeballs speaking of
nice for your eyeballs we chose an LG Ultra wide monitor which actually came
in 4 in wider than the desk itself and
then we also used a Corsair 10 keyless keyboard since space is clearly out of
premium and to complement it a g403
mouse that is as long as you don't mind covering up your creation with a mouse
pad an MX anywhere Mark 2 would be a
great choice if you want something that tracks directly on the glass instead of
needing that uh layer in between yourself and your PC's
Beauty with all this set up now we think
and we're very objective about these sort of things that it looks pretty darn
good and it should be noted that with all the hardware installed the overall
rigidity of the desk improved to the point where it's lightweight
construction was no longer a concern but bottom line the vector desk
Mini's greatest strength also ends up being its greatest weakness its size
this desk is going to fit basically
anywhere but at the same time it doesn't
offer quite enough room for low sensitivity gaming even with a 10
keyless keyboard and a typical desk pad
ends up drooping fles ly over the sides
and forget about using a keyboard with a number pad with that said the finished
product looks and feels awesome the
price is super reasonable considering what you'd pay for just a normal
computer case with a tempered glass side panel and then just a normal desk to put
it on and if you're super strapped for
space this might just be the coolest
damn PC desk on the Block but but if you
want something that's a little bit more functional well you might want to wait a
little bit because this won't be the last desk PC we are checking
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