WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:06.160 This is the world's first liquid cooling 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:11.759 compatible 8 in gaming handheld. It's the 1X Player Apex. And you might be 00:00:09.760 --> 00:00:15.519 asking, liquid cooling? That's a little bit overkill, guys. Let's just calm down 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 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:27.199 handhelds on the market that are packing the Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 aka Stricks 00:00:23.680 --> 00:00:29.039 Halo aka the most powerful gaming chip 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 00:00:31.679 --> 00:00:40.480 to deal with when thinking about how to have the Stricks Halo unified memory 00:00:37.120 --> 00:00:42.239 chip with Radeon 860S graphics. How do 00:00:40.480 --> 00:00:45.600 we put that into a handheld and extract the amount of performance that we want 00:00:43.760 --> 00:00:49.520 to get without making it burst into flames? And the answer that 1x player 00:00:47.440 --> 00:00:53.920 came up with is liquid cooling. So, there are three or four ways I guess 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:58.800 that you can use this thing. One is plugged in with the AC adapter. Number 00:00:56.079 --> 00:01:02.480 two is with the external mountable battery pack. It's 85 watt hours and it 00:01:01.120 --> 00:01:06.400 just clips right on there. It's got a built-in kickstand and everything. 00:01:04.159 --> 00:01:10.640 Number three is another 85watt hour external battery pack, but it doesn't 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 00:01:12.080 --> 00:01:18.640 or something. And the fourth way that you can use the 00:01:16.240 --> 00:01:22.479 Apex is by plugging it into 1X Player's Frostbay liquid cooling module. Now, 00:01:21.119 --> 00:01:26.720 when you're running off the external battery, that's going to give you 55 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, 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 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:38.799 be able to run this thing up to 120 watts TDP. The amount of performance, 00:01:37.119 --> 00:01:44.000 it's a little exciting. It's pretty cool. Power supply mode changed to 00:01:41.040 --> 00:01:50.320 battery power. So, this is the Frost Bay liquid cooling module. Right now, it's 00:01:46.399 --> 00:01:52.079 plugged into the Super X laptop 2in1 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:57.439 that is actually running the exact same chip, the Ryzen AI Max Plus 395 stricks 00:01:55.759 --> 00:02:01.040 Halo. Now, 1X Player doesn't have the connector for the Apex here at CES, but 00:01:59.439 --> 00:02:04.960 they do have it connected into here. So, we can see what it looks like there. 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:09.440 There's liquid going in and out. You will still need to plug in the power 00:02:07.119 --> 00:02:14.000 connector in order to get that extra juice because this thing, as I said, can 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. 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:21.120 So, if you are interested in liquid cooling, you will have to choose the 00:02:19.440 --> 00:02:24.560 version of the Apex that you buy. There will be a version that does not work 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:27.040 with the liquid cooling and then there will be another version that does. It 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 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 00:02:33.840 --> 00:02:38.480 be shipping out by the end of this month. So, other than the liquid cooling 00:02:37.120 --> 00:02:42.959 shenanigans, what does this thing feel like as like a normal gaming handheld 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, 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 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:54.959 dropping out. What's the deal? What's What do we What did we do? Luckily, 00:02:52.879 --> 00:02:59.519 Dbrand has unconditional love for us, and they're always there to pop in and 00:02:57.200 --> 00:03:02.800 sponsor our CS coverage. We love them so much. especially because they make 00:03:00.959 --> 00:03:07.200 really cool skins, cases, screen protectors, and other things. Cases for 00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:10.640 handhelds like this. You should check them out probably and send them a 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:16.239 message on Twitter saying how much you appreciate them and go to one of their 00:03:12.000 --> 00:03:18.000 fun new URLs like emergencysponsor.com. 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 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:27.920 120 hertz, 16x10 aspect ratio. Nice and 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 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. 00:03:33.920 --> 00:03:40.640 We also have two capacitive joysticks. So, that's really nice to see. A back 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:44.159 button over there, start button, D-pad. They've got a button there to call up 00:03:42.159 --> 00:03:47.599 Windows game bar. They got their one X button here. A single tap will open up 00:03:45.840 --> 00:03:52.080 their performance overlay. And a long press will open up the 1X player 00:03:49.920 --> 00:03:56.080 library. And then it's kind of like a Steam OS style, you know, library 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 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:04.239 have a have a very detectable click. 00:04:02.560 --> 00:04:07.360 >> Yeah. >> You can hear that, Andrew? 00:04:06.239 --> 00:04:11.519 >> Wow. >> technology. That's what CES is all 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:17.759 about. But on the back, it gets a little more interesting. We got customizable 00:04:13.360 --> 00:04:19.199 paddles here, as well as some toggles to 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:23.360 switch between two different travel modes for the main triggers. Right now, 00:04:20.959 --> 00:04:26.000 I'm in short travel mode. Good for FPS players. They're going to want that 00:04:24.320 --> 00:04:30.720 short travel just to get to the activation quicker or you can slide it 00:04:28.240 --> 00:04:36.000 up and have a longer travel with more of kind of like a gradual 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:40.080 ease into it, you know, take it easy. We got nice long shoulder buttons here and 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. 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 00:04:46.479 --> 00:04:54.720 3.5 mil headphone jack up here, a fingerprint sensor, power button, nice 00:04:51.360 --> 00:04:57.680 volume rocker, USB 3.2 2 a port, power 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 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:06.080 to accessories like 1x Player's external GPU dock. And while we're here, we got 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:09.759 two vents here for ventilation. And I can feel I can feel the heat coming out 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:14.080 of it. I could dry my hair with this. This thing's working hard. Stricks Halo 00:05:12.160 --> 00:05:19.440 works all day. On the bottom, we got another USBC port, this time USB 3.2, 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 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 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:33.440 newer form factor that you're seeing in some handhelds. I think BWIN is the 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 00:05:35.759 --> 00:05:42.800 factor, and that will also support up to 2 TB of storage. Now, inside there's 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 00:05:45.280 --> 00:05:51.600 with Windows installed on it by default, but 1X player told me you can install 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:56.400 Steam OS on one of these other storage options and then dual boot if that's, 00:05:53.840 --> 00:06:01.440 you know, what you're into. I'm cool with it. Down here, we also got 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:02.960 dual speakers that are Harmon certified. 00:06:01.440 --> 00:06:06.800 Oh, and not to mention that when you take the battery off, you can see the 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. 00:06:08.479 --> 00:06:14.080 Now, as you would expect for a handheld that requires, you know, either to be 00:06:11.919 --> 00:06:16.720 plugged in or have a hefty external battery on it, it's got a little bit 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 00:06:20.240 --> 00:06:25.840 not it's not ridiculously heavy. You know, I feel like it your arms might 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 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 00:06:33.840 --> 00:06:40.639 using a a handheld for giants like I normally do. So, the base model of the 00:06:38.080 --> 00:06:46.400 1X Player Apex comes equipped with 32 gigs of unified RAM across the CPU and 00:06:43.199 --> 00:06:49.039 GPU and 1 TB of onboard storage, but you 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 00:06:52.000 --> 00:06:59.919 SSD. The 1X Player Apex starts at >> $1,700 and it comes with an external 00:06:57.280 --> 00:07:04.560 battery and then it'll be another $260 for the liquid cooled version that comes 00:07:01.840 --> 00:07:09.039 with the Frostbay module itself. Now, yeah, that's a little steep, but this is 00:07:06.479 --> 00:07:13.759 the most powerful handheld on the market right now. And have you seen our other 00:07:10.960 --> 00:07:18.560 videos covering CES on ShortCircuit? You should probably check those out and 00:07:15.440 --> 00:07:18.560 you should probably subscribe.