WEBVTT 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:13.120 bu and unlocked Intel fourth gen core i7 or core i5 processor and get a free copy 00:00:10.840 --> 00:00:21.000 of Rome 2 Total War click now to learn more welcome to my unboxing and overview 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:22.840 of the ASRock M8 their tagline for it is 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:26.880 Unstoppable and while I might have agreed with that if they had made it out 00:00:24.439 --> 00:00:31.320 of something other than aluminum alloy I think you could stop an mitx system made 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:34.520 out of aluminum alloy it just might be uncomfortable particularly if it hits 00:00:33.040 --> 00:00:43.239 you in the head all right let's have a look at the packaging so the first thing we find is a very healthy feeling 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:47.120 accessory box followed by ah yes awesome 00:00:43.239 --> 00:00:50.199 closed cell foam ASRock expects this 00:00:47.120 --> 00:00:52.199 unlike most computer cases to be shipped 00:00:50.199 --> 00:00:55.719 with a fair amount of weight to it because not only is it a very well-built 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:59.280 chassis and lonus how are you saying all this stuff before you even opened it 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:03.000 well I've seen it before so not only is it a very well built chassis it also has 00:01:01.440 --> 00:01:08.520 a pretty significant amount of Hardware in it and it can hold a significant 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:14.159 amount more so the first thing we find opening it up is the usual do not eat of 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:18.759 course please do not eat this put it away put it in the garbage keep it away 00:01:15.960 --> 00:01:24.720 from babies all of that good stuff and then we find the chassis itself this is 00:01:22.240 --> 00:01:30.840 the M8 it was designed in collaboration I have it upside down with BMW design 00:01:27.320 --> 00:01:32.479 Works USA it uses oh man it's just 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:35.560 absolutely gorgeous I mean we'll do some b-roll of this but I'll still try and 00:01:33.920 --> 00:01:40.159 show it to you guys a little bit so it can be configured either to stand up 00:01:37.680 --> 00:01:45.119 like this or you can lay it down on its side it actually has a a g sensor a 00:01:42.720 --> 00:01:49.759 Gravity Sensor for the front OLED display that also has a little 00:01:46.960 --> 00:01:53.159 rubberized or soft touch knob around it so you can use that for a variety of 00:01:51.360 --> 00:01:57.360 different functionality you can use the knob to control things like uh volume as 00:01:55.680 --> 00:02:01.520 well as power management it has a display that can show you a clock CPU 00:01:59.280 --> 00:02:06.560 usage clock speed all kinds of cool stuff like that they have a little 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:09.560 application a command yes a command so 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:11.800 to me this baby really is about Form and 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:16.440 Function so while I will spend a lot of time sort of getting all dyed over the 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:19.640 gorgeousness of the exterior as well as the industrial design here I would like 00:02:18.200 --> 00:02:25.599 to take a moment to show this to you guys it is also extremely robust you can 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:29.239 actually use these cross braces here around the outside as handles for the 00:02:27.720 --> 00:02:34.160 unit you can move it around that way and you're not going to risk damaging it in 00:02:31.599 --> 00:02:40.000 any way so here in the front we have a Slimline DVD rewriter that is actually 00:02:36.720 --> 00:02:41.640 included for USB 3.0 ports as well as a 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:47.400 nice little stealthy I love this nice touch boom front headphone and 00:02:44.360 --> 00:02:50.200 microphone jacks as well as an SD card 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:57.080 reader so this is hooked up via USB inside we also find just I really quite 00:02:53.440 --> 00:02:59.400 like this a stylized sort of maze likee 00:02:57.080 --> 00:03:03.760 pattern over uh over the ventilation holes so you can actually see there are 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:07.080 two 60 mm fans in here the fans are arranged in a bit of an unusual 00:03:05.440 --> 00:03:12.400 configuration by default but what you're going to want to do is have a look at the kind of system you're installing and 00:03:10.440 --> 00:03:16.840 optimize it yourself for the best possible air flow you have more sort of 00:03:14.640 --> 00:03:21.599 air flow here you've also ah yes this is a Bare Bones folks so it actually has a 00:03:19.480 --> 00:03:24.720 motherboard included and a rock has done a great job of including a motherboard 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:29.439 that isn't a piece of junk that you're going to have to remove and they have 00:03:27.040 --> 00:03:32.760 included a standard Mini ITX board which means that when it becomes time to 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:36.920 upgrade it you will actually be able to throw a standard component in there and 00:03:35.080 --> 00:03:40.680 upgrade the system fully big thumbs up to azrock for that one so you've also 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:44.080 got a power in here so there's going to be an internal cable presumably 00:03:42.519 --> 00:03:48.599 somewhere inside running to a power supply then we move around to the bottom 00:03:46.000 --> 00:03:52.400 of the unit where we find two more fans so a couple more 60mm fans so this one's 00:03:50.680 --> 00:03:56.400 intake that one's exhaust it's a very very strange configuration as well as a 00:03:54.680 --> 00:04:00.200 couple of rubber feet right here that keep it from slipping and sliding around 00:03:58.280 --> 00:04:03.840 all over the place depending on how you're using it on the left hand side 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:07.760 where traditionally we would see all of the internal components we have some of 00:04:05.879 --> 00:04:11.799 the most gorgeous Cable Management that I've ever seen in a pre-done system I 00:04:09.640 --> 00:04:16.680 mean this is fantastic this is the kind of thing that uh Apple's philosophy I 00:04:14.079 --> 00:04:20.600 think really um reminds me of and that is that things should look beautiful 00:04:18.799 --> 00:04:24.240 whether you can see them or not and if you're proud of it I guess you might as 00:04:22.120 --> 00:04:28.199 well show it off and put a window on it I I like it and there's another sort of 00:04:26.080 --> 00:04:31.440 stylized window on the other side here that allows you to actually see the 00:04:29.720 --> 00:04:35.759 components inside so this is where we can see the motherboard the PCI Express 00:04:33.639 --> 00:04:38.960 Riser the power supply as well as some other stuff now I want to show you guys 00:04:37.479 --> 00:04:42.560 the accessories that are included very briefly here you've got six SATA cables 00:04:41.039 --> 00:04:46.720 why would you need six SATA cables you might ask well I might answer because 00:04:44.479 --> 00:04:50.720 you can actually install six SATA devices inside so there's the optical 00:04:48.440 --> 00:04:54.639 drive there's a 2 and 1 12 in SSD drive and then there's a 3 and 1/2 in Drive 00:04:52.880 --> 00:04:59.680 Bay that can also be converted to four ssds should you so desire you have some 00:04:57.160 --> 00:05:03.800 included screws an included power cable included keys and included pen and 00:05:01.320 --> 00:05:09.240 included screwdriver so that's for that's like a hex screwdriver as well as 00:05:07.400 --> 00:05:12.360 uh little feet for mounting it horizontally so that you don't damage it 00:05:10.919 --> 00:05:16.039 so you can actually see there are little indentations here so you can put it down 00:05:14.440 --> 00:05:20.759 whichever way you want they're on both sides and then this key right here which 00:05:18.400 --> 00:05:25.479 is going to allow us presumably to open up the chassis so these guys are held on 00:05:23.360 --> 00:05:29.960 magnetically so there are actually no screws it is completely toolless magnets 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:32.840 are basically magic I'm a big fan of I think that everything should be magnetic 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:36.759 actually the side panels feel quite robust you can see the the gauge of the 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:40.000 aluminum is actually quite thick there so normally with an aluminum chassis 00:05:38.520 --> 00:05:43.720 it's going to have a bit more Flex than a steel one but if you use thick enough 00:05:41.880 --> 00:05:47.160 aluminum then it's not an issue at all so we're going to start on that side 00:05:45.440 --> 00:05:52.440 that had the cable management on it again this is just absolutely beautiful 00:05:49.560 --> 00:05:56.400 aluminum no plastic so this is all red anodized aluminum this piece right here 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:59.800 is plastic but that's about it other than that we've just got nice sleeved 00:05:58.280 --> 00:06:05.639 power supply cables running from where they need to go to where they came from 00:06:03.400 --> 00:06:09.000 all right let's shift her around to the other side and have a look at the layout 00:06:07.120 --> 00:06:13.520 of the internals so first of all there is our DVD CD rewritable drive over 00:06:11.759 --> 00:06:17.560 there so that could be removed and replaced with a different Slimline slot 00:06:15.360 --> 00:06:21.360 loading opticle should you so desire here is our standard sfx power supply 00:06:19.960 --> 00:06:26.800 that is a 450 watt power supply so that will be 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:32.400 able to handle even something like a 4770k and something like a GTX 780 to go 00:06:29.840 --> 00:06:36.280 along with it however that will be quite tight it's not going to you're not going 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:40.160 to be able to run much more than that we can also have a look at the custom 00:06:38.000 --> 00:06:44.599 motherboard that ack does include once again okay I don't mean Custom Custom uh 00:06:42.520 --> 00:06:48.599 form factor I mean custom it's designed for this machine but of course you could 00:06:46.080 --> 00:06:54.160 put a different M ITX board in here so this is the Z87 M8 and it includes AC 00:06:51.960 --> 00:06:57.960 Wireless as well as Bluetooth 4.0 it includes sound core 3D audio which is 00:06:56.440 --> 00:07:03.479 something unique about this is the fact that it can handle head phones that have 00:07:00.919 --> 00:07:09.319 up to 250 ohm impedance so it actually has a decent headphone amp on the front 00:07:06.800 --> 00:07:14.280 panel audio that's very unusual often even good onboard Audio Solutions skimp 00:07:11.800 --> 00:07:19.080 on the front panel audio implementation it has a PCI Express 16x slot that leads 00:07:16.919 --> 00:07:23.280 up to this Riser right here so the graphics card actually goes I grabbed a 00:07:20.960 --> 00:07:26.800 graphics card this is a GTX Titan so the graphics card actually goes a little bit 00:07:25.080 --> 00:07:32.599 under there you can see that a 10 and 1/2 in card like that is going to fit 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:34.599 just just nicely just barely one unusual 00:07:32.599 --> 00:07:37.560 thing is that it does use sodium slots you can see what azrock was doing here 00:07:36.280 --> 00:07:42.680 though is they wanted to give you the options to install all six of the SATA 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:46.879 devices that you can potentially have in here so they include all the SATA cables 00:07:45.039 --> 00:07:49.759 you need all the SATA ports you need and in order to do that well they have to 00:07:48.440 --> 00:07:53.280 use sodiums the good news is that sodiums really don't cost anymore 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:58.120 anymore they cost about the same as a standard dim uh We've also got Intel 00:07:56.520 --> 00:08:03.319 gigabit land so that's a really nice thing to see I don't think we went over the in detail here so on the back 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:08.840 there's four USB 2.0 ports EAD a DisplayPort HDMI Intel gigabit L 4 USB 3.0 00:08:06.919 --> 00:08:15.479 ports that's a total of eight of those as well as that 7.1 audio out including 00:08:11.720 --> 00:08:19.440 optical audio out so here's a look at 00:08:15.479 --> 00:08:20.680 the giser card which is all like gisen 00:08:19.440 --> 00:08:25.680 something I don't know what I'm talking about anyway so that's just a straight 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:30.039 Pinto pin PCI Express Riser card so that came out of the slot right here then the 00:08:27.639 --> 00:08:35.839 next thing you have to do is move those giant hex screws up here and 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:41.159 then you can pull off the top of the unit so you can actually see how they're using a fan splitter to power those two 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:44.959 fans and you can actually see as well that you can unscrew those fans you can 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:48.800 undo this cage and you can swap around the orientation as needed which is 00:08:46.760 --> 00:08:53.240 important because the stock orientation is a little bit funny with this as an 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:58.959 exhaust and this as an intake which um will work that is just bizarre that's 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:02.640 just not a very good idea because the graphics card even a blower design 00:09:01.040 --> 00:09:06.160 graphics card is going to then go in like this so you would want the fresh 00:09:04.600 --> 00:09:09.560 air coming in this way and the exhaust coming out away from this so like no 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:12.720 matter how you slice that that just that's not the greatest thing ever but 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:20.040 the good the good news is once we get around behind here we find the 3 and 1/2 00:09:15.399 --> 00:09:21.760 in or 4X 2 and 1/2 in hard drive sled as 00:09:20.040 --> 00:09:25.200 well as the way to actually get the graphics card in there so you just go 00:09:23.399 --> 00:09:28.640 ahead and remove this piece right here undo the two screws and install the 00:09:26.760 --> 00:09:34.399 graphics card the way that you normally would so what I would probably do is go 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:37.440 uh two intakes here um get some positive air pressure going on in here I'd 00:09:35.880 --> 00:09:40.920 probably go intakes at the bottom as well just because there's so much 00:09:39.120 --> 00:09:46.519 General ventilation on this case that the air is not really going to have anywhere to go except out the back for 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:51.640 the most part so I think that pretty much wraps it up guys if you're looking 00:09:48.680 --> 00:09:55.720 for something that is mostly pre-done for you although a little bit tricky to 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:59.040 uh a little bit tricky to put together if you're not willing to look at a 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:04.079 manual you will definitely need the instr manual which fortunately is quite 00:10:01.760 --> 00:10:07.760 clear and outlines each of the steps in Exquisite detail um so if you're looking 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:12.800 for something that's a little bit I don't know I can't call it easier for a 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:15.800 first di DIY computer or anything like that but at least the hardware selection 00:10:14.200 --> 00:10:20.200 is easier because it comes with pretty much everything you need so you're going to want to add storage you can put in 00:10:18.839 --> 00:10:23.600 pretty much whatever you want there I'd probably just throw in an SSD and a hard 00:10:21.880 --> 00:10:28.760 drive and call it a day you're going to need a CPU so any LGA 1150 CPU is going 00:10:26.920 --> 00:10:32.880 to do you just fine you'll use the stock cooler or a very low profile cooler from 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:37.680 the likes of Silverstone or Noctua would be quite appropriate you'll need sodum 00:10:34.839 --> 00:10:40.800 RAM so just DDR 3600 anything like that along those lines and you are pretty 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:44.040 much ready to rock once you get an operating system installed and you throw 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:47.519 an optional graphics card and you don't have to run it with a graphics card 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:50.760 because you do have those HDMI and DisplayPort ports on the back thank you 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:55.040 for checking out this unboxing and overview of the azrock M8 don't forget to subscribe fance tchs from unboxings 00:10:53.880 --> 00:11:01.200 reviews and other computer videos like the video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it and leave a comment and 00:10:57.760 --> 00:11:02.920 let me know would you you go barebones 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:08.079 at this point if it meant that you could have a very compact well-engineered case 00:11:06.040 --> 00:11:13.570 that's designed to fit together versus diying something that might not be quite 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:36.880 as space efficient