it feels like every part of the average desk is stuck in its own Universe with
little thought put into how it all goes together I mean look myself and many of
you spend more time than we'd like to admit at a desk using a computer yet the
chair and desk with a monitor has been basically exactly the same for decades
that is until I saw this and admittedly other similar products The Cooler Master
orvex is a fifteen thousand dollar 700
pound computer desk egg cockpit thing
that's on a mission to perfect and enhance the computer user experience and
I kind of like it the tagline for the orbex is where luxury meets technology
and on first glance I kind of think they nailed that this thing looks like a
captain's chair in a freaking spaceship now I mean that in a good way just look
at all this addressable RGB I got the remote here because I'm ready
but right now this is in its closed form but with the push of a button
the motorized shuttle Dome as they're calling it opens right up
and we can get inside as soon as you sit down and get the seat adjusted more on
that later it feels very immersive but
not like in a claustrophobic way I mean it's tight but it's also very open air
and kind of comfortable at the same time you know you got a breeze going through
it feels pretty good and I don't feel like I'm trapped in this thing despite a
large percentage of my field of view being occupied by both the top the
monitor the desk everything I still feel like I could I could jump out if I had
to and as somebody with ADHD the way that it does take up so much of your
field of view and kind of prevents you from looking at what's behind you in an
office space or even at home when I was gaming I feel like if I put noise
canceling headphones on I would get lost in this thing in its current
configuration here at CES 2023 they have a 34 inch high refresh rate Cooler
Master Ultra wide but you can also configure it with three 27-inch monitors
and Surround if you want and while they don't officially list it as supported I
talk to the people here and they set a 49 inch super ultra wide like the
Samsung to see can mount up to it it's just maybe a little too close for that
at least when you have the discrete monitors you can kind of put them at an
angle right above the monitors you can see the stereo part of the 2.1 Channel
spatial audio setup they have in here they're they're kind of up here angled
to bounce off and kind of surround you in audio it's not like technically true
surround sound there's also a sub underneath the seat so the small drivers
in here have a little bit of help giving you that extra oomph and bass and let's
hear how they sound with their everybody's favorite crab rave
it's truly the Pinnacle of audio testing
okay don't get me wrong it's not the Pinnacle of audio listening experience
it's not the best speakers you can have on a PC but the spatial effect really
does make it feel like it belongs in this setup they're definitely good
enough I'm not wanting more specifically with the speakers there's three modes
there's a gaming mode a theater mode which is like for movies and a music
mode most of the sound difference I noticed between them is more to do with
like how much bass there is so you're probably just gonna pick one you like
and stick to it but you know maybe some people like choosing but there's also a
lot of other buttons over here we should check out in terms of audio control
there's an on and off button for the speakers the mode selector for those
three different modes I talked about earlier a volume switch and a toggle that switches between Optical and
Bluetooth audio so if you had your phone and you wanted to connect it to this thing and have your computer connected
with Optical you can totally do that or even have your computer on Bluetooth if you're crazy and like latency the last
button other than the power button is a memory feature so when you get your
chair exactly how you like it you hold
the memory button I didn't hold it long enough and now it's going back to the default
whatever you get the point just like in a car where you can save your seat's
position you can do it on this thing I would like to see maybe the option to
have like three saved modes especially if they're pitching this as like a business device you might have multiple
people that use the desk and only being able to save one position seems a bit
short-sighted speaking of the seat there are a few things we can talk about there
the headrest is adjustable manually as
well as the lumbar support down here which goes again up and down in terms of
the rest of the seat the back moves forward and back with the fancy little
remote here try that
oh there we go these seat slides forward and back
there we go pressing the wrong buttons don't mind me
they did mention to me on this one they think the foot rest is a little bit
short especially for tall people I would concur but they already are aware of
that and are thinking about fixing it and in terms of comfort honestly aside
from the footrest being a bit short it's a pretty comfy chair it's very firmly
padded but that's actually a good thing because people are going to be sitting in something like this for a long time
and you don't want to be sitting in a chair and after an hour you start to
feel the plywood under I don't think that's going to be a problem in this
thing I would maybe like to see adjustable armrests but it's hard to say
how they would do that when you have a big desk that slides back and forth
might kind of get in the way but realistically you're using this as a
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the cup holder unfortunately a water bottle like this doesn't work just yet
but with a cup in there look at that fits like a glove speaking of desk let's
talk about it now right off the bat it's a great size there's tons of room for
peripherals and plenty of mousing real estate even enough that you can slide
your keyboard all the way out of the way and kind of read a book or write
something on paper it's covered by a nice custom mouse pad that feels pretty
good but it is a specific size so if you wanted to replace it a couple years down
the road you would need to Source it from Cooler Master directly they said
they they will have replacement parts available but your mileage may vary you
never know how long companies support things like this it even has a wireless charger for your phone which when we're
talking about trying to build an integrated device like this is the
perfect thing to include everybody has their phone on their desk why can't you
just charge it in the desk now there is one little caveat I thought because the
entire desk is on an adjustable ARM that rests in a few different spots you can
see there's like a little ball bearing here now I thought initially that
this movement was going to be a problem but actually when you're using it the
pressure of your arms holds it in place and it does a pretty
good job of that so much so that I think honestly after using it for about 20
minutes I kind of forgot that the desk moved so I guess it's doing its job I
would say that part of me still wants some sort of locking mechanism I don't
know how they would do it maybe I'm not an engineer but I feel like there's got
to be a way on the other side of the desk there is a few other things that
are cool most notably a reading light which actually makes perfect sense if
you're using your desk for you gotta sign a document or whatever works
perfect for that there's also an integrated USB hub one of the ports even
does 60 watt USB power delivery which is actually plenty enough to charge a
laptop which is what I imagine most people would use it for and there's a
headphone mic combo Port so if you want to wear headphones instead of using the speakers you can totally do that like I
was you might be wondering where's the bloody computer it's not sitting right
here it's not behind it but it's actually stored inside the orb X aha
here it is look at that the lights they got a little contacts on there that's so
cool now despite the price tag I mean it
is an expensive thing think of it it's kind of like luxury Furniture it doesn't
come with a computer you do have to provide your own or you can actually ask
Cooler Master and they'll provide you a quote with one this is their q300l case
fits in there pretty nicely it's not the smallest compartment ever but it also
isn't going to fit a big case so you kind of have to keep that in mind the
cables for the display are pre-run that would be part of the delivery service
and there is as you'd guess from Cooler Master
there's coolant there's three it looks like 120 mil fans on the bottom here and
they blow a lot of air I actually I
didn't notice it when I was in the front I didn't feel like that's this loud fan
behind me I didn't hear the computer but there's lots of cooling down here there
is also a vent at the top so some heat will come out of the top but most of it
kind of is sucked out the bottom here so you shouldn't really feel any heat this
system is equipped with a 4080 and a 13 700k and I didn't feel any heat in the
front so I think that works pretty well this is a great way to do this a lot of
solutions like this they think oh you just throw the computer behind the thing
that's great it's supposed to be an integrated solution this is an
integrated solution now there are some power restrictions because the power
plugs in directly to the system down here along with the Ethernet you're only
going to be able to run 1200 watts on the computer and 750 watts on the
monitor those are the two limitations that I saw on the website I imagine
there's probably some power use used by the machine so that's kind of the
limitation you're at there but other than that 1200 watts for computers
I'm gonna be honest when I first saw this thing and some of the other similar
style computer immersion things I've always thought who would buy that thing
it's so huge it's so much money but now
I kind of want one like I want this in my house this is like everything I want
in a computer desk and I didn't know I wanted it until I tried it which is
pretty cool all of this might leave you with the question of why Cooler Master a
company known for PC Hardware cases keyboards and mice is venturing into a
fairly Boutique Market of luxury Furniture slash office equipment I guess
well it's part of a bigger move to turn Cooler Master into more of a tech
lifestyle company and less of a PC Hardware vendor and it does also have me
wondering who would shell out for something like this you know I want it
doesn't mean I would pay fifteen thousand dollars for something like this well I could definitely see employers
who are trying to entice you know long-term work from home people back into the office or maybe it's just for a
trust fund baby's gaming room but regardless I still want one can we have
one all right if you like this video you
might also like the time we looked at a similar concept from Acer back at CES
2019 that was four years ago and also the last time I was at CES