1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:06,160 This is the world's first liquid cooling 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:11,759 compatible 8 in gaming handheld. It's the 1X Player Apex. And you might be 3 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:15,519 asking, liquid cooling? That's a little bit overkill, guys. Let's just calm down 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:19,359 a little bit. But it's for good reason because this is one of the very few 5 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:27,199 handhelds on the market that are packing the Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 aka Stricks 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:29,039 Halo aka the most powerful gaming chip 7 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:34,160 you can get in a handheld that's available right now. One of the challenges that handheld makers have had 8 00:00:31,679 --> 00:00:40,480 to deal with when thinking about how to have the Stricks Halo unified memory 9 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:42,239 chip with Radeon 860S graphics. How do 10 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:45,600 we put that into a handheld and extract the amount of performance that we want 11 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:49,520 to get without making it burst into flames? And the answer that 1x player 12 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:53,920 came up with is liquid cooling. So, there are three or four ways I guess 13 00:00:52,079 --> 00:00:58,800 that you can use this thing. One is plugged in with the AC adapter. Number 14 00:00:56,079 --> 00:01:02,480 two is with the external mountable battery pack. It's 85 watt hours and it 15 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:06,400 just clips right on there. It's got a built-in kickstand and everything. 16 00:01:04,159 --> 00:01:10,640 Number three is another 85watt hour external battery pack, but it doesn't 17 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:14,320 clip right on. It connects via cable, so you can just have it sitting on a desk 18 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:18,640 or something. And the fourth way that you can use the 19 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:22,479 Apex is by plugging it into 1X Player's Frostbay liquid cooling module. Now, 20 00:01:21,119 --> 00:01:26,720 when you're running off the external battery, that's going to give you 55 21 00:01:24,240 --> 00:01:31,200 watt TDP. When you plug it in via the dedicated plug or by the USBC 4 port, 22 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:34,640 you can run it at 80 watts TDP. When you plug it into Frost Bay, you're going to 23 00:01:32,799 --> 00:01:38,799 be able to run this thing up to 120 watts TDP. The amount of performance, 24 00:01:37,119 --> 00:01:44,000 it's a little exciting. It's pretty cool. Power supply mode changed to 25 00:01:41,040 --> 00:01:50,320 battery power. So, this is the Frost Bay liquid cooling module. Right now, it's 26 00:01:46,399 --> 00:01:52,079 plugged into the Super X laptop 2in1 27 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:57,439 that is actually running the exact same chip, the Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 stricks 28 00:01:55,759 --> 00:02:01,040 Halo. Now, 1X Player doesn't have the connector for the Apex here at CES, but 29 00:01:59,439 --> 00:02:04,960 they do have it connected into here. So, we can see what it looks like there. 30 00:02:02,719 --> 00:02:09,440 There's liquid going in and out. You will still need to plug in the power 31 00:02:07,119 --> 00:02:14,000 connector in order to get that extra juice because this thing, as I said, can 32 00:02:11,680 --> 00:02:17,520 go up to 120 watts. As you can see, this thing is running at that DDP right now. 33 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:21,120 So, if you are interested in liquid cooling, you will have to choose the 34 00:02:19,440 --> 00:02:24,560 version of the Apex that you buy. There will be a version that does not work 35 00:02:22,879 --> 00:02:27,040 with the liquid cooling and then there will be another version that does. It 36 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:30,879 makes sense that you would need a different version if you're going to inject liquid in there. Some handhelds 37 00:02:29,599 --> 00:02:35,200 just aren't ready for that. OneX player says that if you order the liquid cooling version of the Apex, it should 38 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:38,480 be shipping out by the end of this month. So, other than the liquid cooling 39 00:02:37,120 --> 00:02:42,959 shenanigans, what does this thing feel like as like a normal gaming handheld 40 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:45,840 when it wants to try and act like a normie? Well, we're going to find out, 41 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:50,720 trust me, after this message from Dbrand, our sponsor. I don't know if you guys heard, but our CS sponsors keep 42 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:54,959 dropping out. What's the deal? What's What do we What did we do? Luckily, 43 00:02:52,879 --> 00:02:59,519 Dbrand has unconditional love for us, and they're always there to pop in and 44 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:02,800 sponsor our CS coverage. We love them so much. especially because they make 45 00:03:00,959 --> 00:03:07,200 really cool skins, cases, screen protectors, and other things. Cases for 46 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:10,640 handhelds like this. You should check them out probably and send them a 47 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:16,239 message on Twitter saying how much you appreciate them and go to one of their 48 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:18,000 fun new URLs like emergencysponsor.com. 49 00:03:16,239 --> 00:03:25,440 You get it? So, we're dealing with an 8 in display, 1920 x 1200 resolution at 50 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:27,920 120 hertz, 16x10 aspect ratio. Nice and 51 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:32,400 big. It feels nice and big. I could get lost in here. Colors look good. Doesn't 52 00:03:30,319 --> 00:03:36,560 look washed out. Nice and sharp. I'm I'm in trouble. They're going to arrest me. 53 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:40,640 We also have two capacitive joysticks. So, that's really nice to see. A back 54 00:03:38,319 --> 00:03:44,159 button over there, start button, D-pad. They've got a button there to call up 55 00:03:42,159 --> 00:03:47,599 Windows game bar. They got their one X button here. A single tap will open up 56 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:52,080 their performance overlay. And a long press will open up the 1X player 57 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:56,080 library. And then it's kind of like a Steam OS style, you know, library 58 00:03:54,480 --> 00:04:02,560 aggregator. So, you can see get to all your games in one place. And then you got your face buttons here which are 59 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:04,239 have a have a very detectable click. 60 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:07,360 >> Yeah. >> You can hear that, Andrew? 61 00:04:06,239 --> 00:04:11,519 >> Wow. >> technology. That's what CES is all 62 00:04:09,599 --> 00:04:17,759 about. But on the back, it gets a little more interesting. We got customizable 63 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:19,199 paddles here, as well as some toggles to 64 00:04:17,759 --> 00:04:23,360 switch between two different travel modes for the main triggers. Right now, 65 00:04:20,959 --> 00:04:26,000 I'm in short travel mode. Good for FPS players. They're going to want that 66 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:30,720 short travel just to get to the activation quicker or you can slide it 67 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:36,000 up and have a longer travel with more of kind of like a gradual 68 00:04:33,199 --> 00:04:40,080 ease into it, you know, take it easy. We got nice long shoulder buttons here and 69 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:44,720 they had that on the website and I was kind of like, okay. But they are long. 70 00:04:42,479 --> 00:04:48,720 Look at that. Perfect for my fingers. And we can't forget the IO. So, we got a 71 00:04:46,479 --> 00:04:54,720 3.5 mil headphone jack up here, a fingerprint sensor, power button, nice 72 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:57,680 volume rocker, USB 3.2 2 a port, power 73 00:04:54,720 --> 00:05:01,919 plug, and a USB 4 port, which can also be used to charge it, as well as connect 74 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:06,080 to accessories like 1x Player's external GPU dock. And while we're here, we got 75 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:09,759 two vents here for ventilation. And I can feel I can feel the heat coming out 76 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:14,080 of it. I could dry my hair with this. This thing's working hard. Stricks Halo 77 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:19,440 works all day. On the bottom, we got another USBC port, this time USB 3.2, 78 00:05:16,639 --> 00:05:23,840 two, as well as a micro SD card slot that does support up to 2 terb of 79 00:05:21,919 --> 00:05:29,280 additional storage. And then over here, we got a mini SSD uh slot. So, that's a 80 00:05:27,360 --> 00:05:33,440 newer form factor that you're seeing in some handhelds. I think BWIN is the 81 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:37,520 company that's kind of pushing that forward, but it's a it's a new SSD form 82 00:05:35,759 --> 00:05:42,800 factor, and that will also support up to 2 TB of storage. Now, inside there's 83 00:05:40,240 --> 00:05:47,440 also an M.2 SSD. You can get it with 1 TB or 2 TB of storage and that comes 84 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:51,600 with Windows installed on it by default, but 1X player told me you can install 85 00:05:49,199 --> 00:05:56,400 Steam OS on one of these other storage options and then dual boot if that's, 86 00:05:53,840 --> 00:06:01,440 you know, what you're into. I'm cool with it. Down here, we also got 87 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:02,960 dual speakers that are Harmon certified. 88 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:06,800 Oh, and not to mention that when you take the battery off, you can see the 89 00:06:04,639 --> 00:06:10,080 dual fans in the back. It's sucking in air there and shooting it out the top. 90 00:06:08,479 --> 00:06:14,080 Now, as you would expect for a handheld that requires, you know, either to be 91 00:06:11,919 --> 00:06:16,720 plugged in or have a hefty external battery on it, it's got a little bit 92 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:22,240 more weight to it than some other handhelds on the market that have a built-in battery, but, you know, it's 93 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:25,840 not it's not ridiculously heavy. You know, I feel like it your arms might 94 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:31,840 start to complain if you were like holding it at a kind of an angle like this for a while, but overall it's 95 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:36,240 comfy. My my hand kind of curls around it nicely. I don't feel like I'm uh 96 00:06:33,840 --> 00:06:40,639 using a a handheld for giants like I normally do. So, the base model of the 97 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:46,400 1X Player Apex comes equipped with 32 gigs of unified RAM across the CPU and 98 00:06:43,199 --> 00:06:49,039 GPU and 1 TB of onboard storage, but you 99 00:06:46,400 --> 00:06:54,720 can get up to 128 gigs of unified memory and 2 TB of onboard storage on that M.2 100 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:59,919 SSD. The 1X Player Apex starts at >> $1,700 and it comes with an external 101 00:06:57,280 --> 00:07:04,560 battery and then it'll be another $260 for the liquid cooled version that comes 102 00:07:01,840 --> 00:07:09,039 with the Frostbay module itself. Now, yeah, that's a little steep, but this is 103 00:07:06,479 --> 00:07:13,759 the most powerful handheld on the market right now. And have you seen our other 104 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:18,560 videos covering CES on ShortCircuit? 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