WEBVTT 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:06.640 Linus Tech tips coverage of computex 2013 is powered by Western Digital our 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:11.080 trusted gaming gear partner is Corsair Vengeance and our trusted retail partner 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:11.080 is 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:19.279 nc.com guys here we are the computex 2013 coverage just keeps coming this 00:00:17.240 --> 00:00:24.680 time we've got the carbide series air 540 from Corsair this is as you may or 00:00:22.720 --> 00:00:28.760 may not have figured out at this point already an air cooling optimized case 00:00:27.240 --> 00:00:34.280 and my joke to these guys was well well then you went and put a liquid cooler in it so just because it's optimal for air 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:38.280 cooling doesn't mean that you can't also liquid cool the thing so check this out 00:00:36.280 --> 00:00:42.559 the main difference between the air 540 and pretty much any other case out there 00:00:40.320 --> 00:00:46.640 is this direct path that airflow is going to have from the front of the case 00:00:44.559 --> 00:00:51.000 so there's like a few inches there to the graphics cards themselves there are 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:55.239 no hard drive cages there are no other random obstacles nothing like that so 00:00:53.239 --> 00:00:59.480 you can put up to four graphics cards in this case because it does have eight PCI 00:00:57.440 --> 00:01:04.519 expansion slots so that's a standard ATX chassis also they include pretty darn 00:01:02.480 --> 00:01:08.360 good fans so you've seen their airflow series fans they include an oem version 00:01:06.880 --> 00:01:13.240 of the air flow series fans much like what we see included with the h100i 00:01:10.479 --> 00:01:16.880 where it's sort of a no rubber grommet version so these rubber grommets here as 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:21.280 well as the interchangeable color rings they're missing those but other than 00:01:18.479 --> 00:01:25.799 that they are very similar to af-1 140s so you get three of those with the case 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:29.479 two in the front and one in the back now hard drive cages you've only got a 00:01:27.520 --> 00:01:35.119 couple they're down here at the bottom but it makes up for it in let's go ahead 00:01:32.159 --> 00:01:39.119 and switch sides here here that is not awkward at all there we go but you make 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:43.360 up for it with SSD mounts so you can mount up to four ssds in this toolfree 00:01:41.360 --> 00:01:47.280 cage right here above the power supply you can mount two 5 and a/4 inch Bays 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:51.799 over here and you see all this cable mess that's the other thing that makes 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:55.680 this case very unique is that almost well really nothing other than the bare 00:01:54.159 --> 00:01:59.119 minimum Essentials that you have to run over to the other side is going to be 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:04.560 interfering with the air flow of the case I mean at the power supply the drives is all in a completely separate 00:02:02.360 --> 00:02:07.640 compartment other than those hard drives which really aren't going to be a 00:02:05.600 --> 00:02:11.440 problem because they're down way down at the bottom now you can mount two 5 and 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:15.519 1/4 inch devices right here so you can see how those come through at the front 00:02:12.920 --> 00:02:19.319 you've also got super speed USB 3 as well as headphone and microphone ports 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:22.200 power and reset switches and I mentioned before that just because it's air 00:02:20.840 --> 00:02:25.640 cooling optimized doesn't mean you can't liquid cool the thing so check this out 00:02:24.000 --> 00:02:30.400 you pull off the top by the way that is a very very loose mesh optimal for as 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:34.200 you may or may not have guessed air flow and up here on the top you can see where 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:40.400 they've got an h100i mounted you could also mount an h110 so it accepts up to a 00:02:36.920 --> 00:02:41.959 240 mm radiator but wait there's more 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:45.920 even with long graphics cards so there's GTX 670s in there now this front piece 00:02:44.519 --> 00:02:50.239 can be taken off as well this is a magnetic fan filter which hopefully I 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:56.120 can figure out how to get off here but ah there we go okay magnetic fan filter 00:02:53.200 --> 00:03:02.040 so you can do either the two 140 mm fans that come with the case or three 120 mm 00:02:59.239 --> 00:03:07.440 fans and you can mount either of them at the same time in push pull meaning that 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:12.200 this is one liquid cooling friendly case in spite of the fact that it is air 00:03:09.519 --> 00:03:16.040 cooling optimized now I realized I must have bumped the power cord or something 00:03:13.799 --> 00:03:20.840 cuz the system wasn't on showing off all of its sexy Corsair Glory before so if I 00:03:18.920 --> 00:03:26.000 can just find that power switch there we go so now you can see the illuminated 00:03:22.680 --> 00:03:28.599 h100i the color matching uh SP series 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:32.360 fans as well as their uh add-on individually sleeved power Supply cables 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:37.000 the illuminated Dominator Platinum RAM and of course these led strips are 00:03:35.120 --> 00:03:41.159 powered by Corsair link so remember guys Corsair components not only make your PC 00:03:39.200 --> 00:03:46.439 perform better they make it look better too and uh Corsair did not actually pay 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:49.920 me to say that um dude not 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:58.439 now and this case might not really look familiar to you this is the carbide 00:03:55.519 --> 00:04:02.319 series 330r but once we open it up inside it will will probably look 00:04:00.640 --> 00:04:06.159 familiar because it's based on the same design as the 300r so let's start with 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:10.000 what's different from the outside it has a power switch which is a new innovation 00:04:08.079 --> 00:04:14.000 in Corsair cases they've never done this before they always relied on the user to 00:04:12.439 --> 00:04:18.519 actually have lightning strike their house and Power on their computer by 00:04:16.040 --> 00:04:22.040 pure chance so this is just a a huge step forward in convenience and 00:04:20.280 --> 00:04:27.199 Innovation I love this that's another dollar by the way guys that's $2 right 00:04:24.840 --> 00:04:32.280 there so on the inside you can see this is a more noise dampened silent 00:04:30.080 --> 00:04:36.639 optimized case so we've got a silent panel right here we've got the same dual 00:04:35.039 --> 00:04:40.600 fan intakes right here but check this out this little duct Corsair actually 00:04:39.080 --> 00:04:44.639 found by adding this little piece of plastic it helped these two front fans 00:04:43.080 --> 00:04:48.560 fight with each other less over the air flow allowed them to draw more fresh air 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:52.919 from the outside and in their testing they found that it improved graphics 00:04:49.960 --> 00:04:56.440 card temperatures by 2 to 3° so it's amazing how those little tweaks can make 00:04:54.600 --> 00:05:01.280 all the difference in the world now up here at the top we find flexibility so 00:04:59.320 --> 00:05:06.479 check this out you remove this noise dampened material right there but if you 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:09.199 do not necessarily want the utmost in noise dampening and you would instead 00:05:08.039 --> 00:05:17.000 prefer to have a little bit more performance out of your case you can remove it and you can install two 120 mm 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:19.759 or two 140 mm fans including room for 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:24.039 radiators so it can accept an h100i or an h110 without any difficulty 00:05:21.960 --> 00:05:27.880 whatsoever the side panel is your usual fair for silence optimized cases with 00:05:25.919 --> 00:05:32.039 noise dampening material on the inside gives it a nice heft to it as well and 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:35.199 other than that the internals haven't really changed much so what's this for 00:05:34.199 --> 00:05:39.720 it's for someone who wants the flexibility of high air flow or silence 00:05:38.000 --> 00:05:44.759 and someone who doesn't necessarily want a pony up for the obsidian 00:05:41.880 --> 00:05:49.400 550d and as a traditionally memory company of course cor s has a memory 00:05:47.199 --> 00:05:54.120 product to announce this is the Vengeance Pro Series optimized for 00:05:51.960 --> 00:05:58.960 Intel's fourth generation core i5 and core i7 processors code named Haswell 00:05:56.840 --> 00:06:03.280 these memory modules are also optimized much like other Vengeance products to 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:06.880 look good so they are launching in four different colors there's gold which you 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:10.199 can see rotating on the little pedestal in there as well as blue red and silver 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:16.479 so these are going to go with your motherboard pretty much no matter which brand you go with so this gold one was 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:22.639 specifically developed for ASUS's new gold motherboards now Vengeance Pro is 00:06:19.479 --> 00:06:24.680 not just for looks check this out over 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:34.160 here they've got the highest speed production memory kit running here right 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:36.160 now this is a DDR it runs at 3.2 GHz cl1 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:41.319 so check this out right there they've got it running right now so remember 00:06:38.440 --> 00:06:46.840 guys dram frequency is half of the actual frequency dual oh you can't see 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:47.880 it oh should we try that one more time 00:06:46.840 --> 00:06:53.000 are you going to be able to see it or should I just they should just take my word for it just take word oh okay let's 00:06:51.800 --> 00:06:59.560 try one more time sure 00:06:55.280 --> 00:06:59.560 really yeah that's fine 00:07:02.440 --> 00:07:07.400 and of course there's a memory product to announce as well this 00:07:09.120 --> 00:07:15.240 is and of course there's a memory product to announce as well this is the 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:19.039 Vengeance Pro Series which is actually one a couple of awards already including 00:07:17.039 --> 00:07:23.000 the best PC memory brand silver award for Corsair from VR Zone and what 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:27.440 they've done here is they've updated their Vengeance line for Intel's fourth 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:31.479 generation core series processors code named Haswell so these are going to 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:35.319 offer perfect compatibility with Haswell not only in terms of actually 00:07:33.240 --> 00:07:39.919 functioning but also in terms of looks even ASUS's new Gold Series Z87 00:07:38.440 --> 00:07:46.199 motherboards are going to have a perfect Corsair memory module to go with them 00:07:42.000 --> 00:07:48.879 they come in Gold blue red and silver 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:54.159 and they are not just about looks guys so we've got a demo system over here 00:07:51.039 --> 00:07:56.159 that has another me another memory award 00:07:54.159 --> 00:08:03.840 that they've won here from tweak toown and this system is running 00:07:58.440 --> 00:08:06.440 DDR3 3.2 GHz cl11 this is running at the 00:08:03.840 --> 00:08:10.840 stock speed of this module making it the fastest production memory kit out there 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:14.960 so compared to something like Dominator platinums which is traditionally the the 00:08:13.080 --> 00:08:19.199 super high-end Corsair memory what's the point of this well it's a simpler module 00:08:17.360 --> 00:08:22.159 optimized for overclocking you can expect when you buy something like a 00:08:20.479 --> 00:08:25.720 Vengeance Pro memory kit you're not only getting exactly what you see on the box 00:08:24.000 --> 00:08:31.400 but probably a little performance Headroom there as well next up we've got 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:33.640 the k70 so this keyboard this keyboard 00:08:31.400 --> 00:08:37.919 and this keyboard are all the same except very different they're very 00:08:35.320 --> 00:08:42.519 similar to the k60 except for a couple of changes so number one is you've got 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:46.959 these individually backlit keys that you can also set up to have whichever ones 00:08:44.959 --> 00:08:53.040 on or off that you want much like the k95 next is these are mechanical Keys 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:58.320 now so on the k60 one of the complaints was that these keys were using rubber 00:08:55.600 --> 00:09:03.959 Dome switches no longer last but not least these look a lot cooler than the 00:09:01.040 --> 00:09:08.640 Red Rubber uh contoured keys that were on the k60 so remember guys the point of 00:09:06.560 --> 00:09:13.480 the shaped Contour here is that it allows you to easily find your way back 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:15.720 to WD and easily differentiate your keys 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:19.560 numbers 1 to six but not only that corser has expanded the options not only 00:09:17.839 --> 00:09:24.880 in terms of color so there's silver black and gunmetal but also they have 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:32.000 expanded the options in terms of color so you've got red key switches as well 00:09:27.640 --> 00:09:33.760 as blue key switches oh yes so Corsair 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:38.680 still very firmly believes that the red switch is optimal for responsiveness in 00:09:36.120 --> 00:09:42.560 gaming applications but there are people out there like me who like gaming 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:47.560 keyboards but also actually do a lot more typing than gaming so if you're one 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:49.600 of those guys a blue switch keyboard or 00:09:47.560 --> 00:09:54.600 ah yes a brown switch keyboard my personal favorite might be a fantastic 00:09:52.880 --> 00:09:58.800 option last but not least there's the k95 which isn't a new Announcement by 00:09:56.880 --> 00:10:02.959 any stretch of the imagination but what we can say about it is that you should 00:10:00.880 --> 00:10:07.680 be able to actually buy one unlike when we covered this at CES so just as a 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:12.480 reminder this is a fully mechanical keyboard that also has the individually 00:10:10.120 --> 00:10:17.560 back lit feature so you can decide on whatever pattern you want for the keys 00:10:14.560 --> 00:10:19.320 and this one is still in Cherry MX red 00:10:17.560 --> 00:10:23.720 we're going to wrap up the Corsair Suite here with a couple of mouse products so 00:10:21.120 --> 00:10:28.680 the M40 I'm already very familiar with this is very similar to the M65 except 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:33.160 for a couple of changes that I really feel like 00:10:30.560 --> 00:10:37.519 don't make this mouse any worse than the M65 in spite of it being a lower-end 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:42.200 product in the product stack so number one is now that logo at the back is 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:45.720 illuminated okay score one for M40 number two is that it doesn't have a 00:10:44.000 --> 00:10:49.720 sniper button I've never used a sniper button in my life then again I'm not a 00:10:47.279 --> 00:10:53.279 sniper so if those snipers out there could tell me that I'm totally wrong 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:56.480 then cool that's fine too um but we still have back and forward buttons that 00:10:54.720 --> 00:11:00.040 are perfectly positioned for people like me if you like a little bit of a claw 00:10:57.760 --> 00:11:03.160 grip the materials are still excellent so you've got that high mass scroll 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:07.320 wheel as well as fully programmable buttons on the Fly DPI adjustments check 00:11:05.440 --> 00:11:11.720 this out so they've removed the aluminum chassis that aluminum uh bottom that 00:11:09.399 --> 00:11:14.720 makes up the mouse this um this really doesn't feel like a problem for me 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:19.480 because it gives you the option of an even lighter weight when you remove all 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:24.880 the yes they still have adjustable weights on this mouse so it's got your 00:11:21.680 --> 00:11:27.079 large slippy pads it's got a 4,000 DPI 00:11:24.880 --> 00:11:30.800 sensor now which is an optical sensor which a lot of gamers are finding they 00:11:28.560 --> 00:11:34.480 prefer these days compared to laser and I actually can't find something wrong 00:11:32.920 --> 00:11:39.760 with this such that I wouldn't wholeheartedly recommend the M40 very 00:11:36.880 --> 00:11:44.240 impressive product next up is the m30 which borrows the same chassis as the 00:11:41.959 --> 00:11:48.760 lm3 so this was part of the Raptor gaming uh takeover now you can see the 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:52.839 changes that they've made here are mostly in terms of improving performance 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:59.079 so they've gone with from a 2400 DPI sensor to a 4,000 DPI sensor as well as 00:11:56.240 --> 00:12:02.519 a couple of cosmetic and ergonomic I'd say say evolutionary changes nothing 00:12:01.000 --> 00:12:06.800 revolutionary here so the shape is the same but they've changed this side grip 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:12.240 from a ribbed texture to something that's more of a uh I don't know what 00:12:09.959 --> 00:12:15.360 octagon texture hexagon texture sure whatever you want to call that so one 00:12:14.040 --> 00:12:20.760 way or another it's functional for picking up the mouse they've also changed the finish of it I personally 00:12:18.240 --> 00:12:24.760 find glossy mice drive me crazy maybe it's just me who doesn't wash his hands 00:12:22.600 --> 00:12:27.639 but you get grease all over your mouse and then other people use it and then 00:12:26.240 --> 00:12:31.760 they get sick because you have all kinds of diseases it's a real problem so 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:35.360 they've upgraded that to a soft touched finish they've also added an illuminated 00:12:33.320 --> 00:12:39.639 Corsair logo which looks way better than I mean come on is that a logo Raptor 00:12:37.519 --> 00:12:43.680 gaming.com it's a good thing Corsair's taking care of this now uh still got the 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:47.839 illuminated scroll wheel as well as a nice accented little red finish piece 00:12:45.760 --> 00:12:51.519 here so guys don't miss any of our computex 2013 coverage I hope you've 00:12:49.680 --> 00:12:55.639 enjoyed our tour of the Corsair Suite remember our trip to the show is powered 00:12:53.399 --> 00:13:00.959 by Western Digital as well as Corsair Vengeance gaming peripherals and nc.com 00:12:59.279 --> 00:13:07.880 and as always guys don't forget to subscribe I said that right right can I 00:13:03.480 --> 00:13:07.880 have another dollar thank you