WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:07.120 Linus Tech Tips coverage of CES 2014 is brought to you by NCIX.com, your source 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:12.000 for great technology, selection, and service along with Corsair Memory and 00:00:09.519 --> 00:00:15.920 Western Digital. Welcome to the EVGA suite where they've got, of course, some 00:00:13.920 --> 00:00:19.760 graphics cards, but also some not graphics cards. So, we're going to start 00:00:17.680 --> 00:00:23.199 with the Torque mouse. It's available in a couple of different configurations. 00:00:21.119 --> 00:00:28.320 I'm holding the carbon fiber one, which has carbon fiber on the side versus 00:00:25.439 --> 00:00:32.079 there's a regular more like plastic one. It's got the usual gaming grade 00:00:30.240 --> 00:00:35.920 features. So, you've got RGB lighting that you can customize using their 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:40.160 software. It's got, you know, side buttons on either side. So, it's got an 00:00:37.680 --> 00:00:44.239 ambidextrous design. It uses an 8200 DPI sensor, but there's some other cool 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:48.160 stuff as well. The top has a removable plate. There's no confirmation one way 00:00:46.239 --> 00:00:51.840 or the other. It looks like at launch it won't be swappable for something else 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:56.239 for a custom look, but what it does give us access to is the weight system 00:00:54.559 --> 00:00:59.760 underneath. So, you can add and remove weights at will. 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:04.640 Not as common of a feature, but something we've seen before is ah yes, 00:01:02.359 --> 00:01:08.640 adjustability. So you can use a screw at the back and you can actually adjust the 00:01:06.560 --> 00:01:11.840 back of the mouse or the butt of it up a little bit higher or a little bit lower 00:01:10.240 --> 00:01:16.000 depending on what is most comfortable for you. There are of course slippy pads 00:01:14.320 --> 00:01:21.119 on the bottom covering almost the entire bottom of the surface. And the mouse overall is I'd say about an average 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:24.960 weight. So once you added some weight to it, you could make it quite hefty if 00:01:23.119 --> 00:01:29.119 that's what you preferred. Next up, we've got, of course, there's the GTX 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:34.000 780 Ti Classified back there, but no, no, no, no, no. The one we're going to 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:36.560 be focused on here is the GTX 780 Ti 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:41.920 Classified Kingpin Edition. So, instead of a 12-phase power design, this one has 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:48.000 a 14phase power design. In addition to its otherwise amazing sexiness, it has 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:53.280 three BIOSes, which are accessible using a BIOS switch on the top of the board. 00:01:50.320 --> 00:01:58.159 It also has two 8pin and one six pin power connector. Now, to be clear, guys, 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:01.840 this card is not like a lot of products you see where it's like, okay, yeah, 00:01:59.520 --> 00:02:05.759 it's got like two eight pin CPU connectors on a motherboard. Um, but 00:02:04.240 --> 00:02:10.640 like realistically, you could never run that kind of power through the socket. 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:12.319 This is actually designed for hardcore 00:02:10.640 --> 00:02:16.080 liquid nitrogen overclocking. Quite frankly, if you're just a regular user, 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:19.120 you aren't going to benefit from it other than the extreme bragging rights 00:02:17.840 --> 00:02:24.400 that come along with owning a product like this. It does support their EVBOT 00:02:22.160 --> 00:02:28.400 uh you their EVbot dongle so you can make adjustments to the settings of the 00:02:25.840 --> 00:02:33.040 card on the fly even when it is powered on. And up at the top you've got 00:02:30.720 --> 00:02:36.959 comprehensive voltage checkpoints that can be used to monitor voltage using a 00:02:35.040 --> 00:02:40.480 multimeter if you don't necessarily trust software or if you want something 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:45.360 that you can monitor even when you don't have your software fired up. It uses a 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:49.519 dual fan design and yes that clear shroud is the final design. So, the 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:54.640 Kingpin edition will have a very different look than the normal 780 Ti 00:02:52.239 --> 00:03:00.640 classified. And personally, I am waiting for someone to figure out a way to get 00:02:57.360 --> 00:03:03.920 some crazy custom LED lighting going on 00:03:00.640 --> 00:03:05.840 on this very unusual looking ACX cooler 00:03:03.920 --> 00:03:10.959 from EVGA. It's got the usual output, so dual DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort. And of 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:14.800 course, it is a non-standard length, non-standard height, non-standard card 00:03:12.959 --> 00:03:19.360 in every possible way. designed to squeeze the last bit of possible 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:22.879 performance out of the GTX 780 Ti GPU. Now, speaking of squeezing the last bit 00:03:21.360 --> 00:03:27.040 of possible performance, NVIDIA Greenlight has limited in many ways what 00:03:25.440 --> 00:03:31.200 board partners can do in terms of allowing their customers to overclock 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:34.400 the cards balls to the walls. And EVGA hasn't quite figured out what they're 00:03:32.239 --> 00:03:38.480 going to do yet, but they will find a way somehow to make this card 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:43.280 unfettered. So, you're not going to be limited by those pesky power limits and 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:46.799 things that just cause the card to shut down in the middle of everything. So, 00:03:44.720 --> 00:03:52.159 I'm excited to see where they're going with this. And now we're here with the 00:03:49.599 --> 00:03:55.920 Hadron Hydro. Now, we actually did a review of the Hadron Air not that long 00:03:54.159 --> 00:04:00.159 ago, and what we liked about it was it was extremely compact. It has a 500 watt 00:03:58.239 --> 00:04:06.239 power supply. It is capable of holding a GTX 780, 780 Ti, or GTX Titan in it. And 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:09.599 it is a microATX case that actually once you build in it doesn't have bad cable 00:04:08.239 --> 00:04:14.560 management. You got to be a little bit careful. You got to kind of tuck things away. But when you're working with 00:04:12.879 --> 00:04:17.199 extremely small enclosures that can house extremely powerful hardware, 00:04:16.239 --> 00:04:20.479 that's just kind of something you have to deal with. Now, the Hydro adds a 00:04:19.280 --> 00:04:24.160 little bit of extra height, but is otherwise basically the same case. That 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:29.120 extra height is being put to very good use. And instead of two 120 mm fans in 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:34.400 the top, we're getting two fans and a 240 mm radiator. Now, you can put your 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:38.080 own water cooling stuff in, but EVGA also has an option for you to buy their 00:04:35.919 --> 00:04:43.199 water kit for somewhere in the sort of $170 to $200 range. I'm not sure if it's 00:04:40.479 --> 00:04:46.400 100% finalized yet, but that kit is actually fairly reasonably priced. It 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:50.639 comes with a CPU block, one I've never seen before, but I mean it even the 00:04:49.040 --> 00:04:54.000 worst CPU block these days is probably only going to be five, six degrees 00:04:52.320 --> 00:04:57.440 better or worse than, you know, the best one. So, it comes with a CPU block. It 00:04:55.759 --> 00:05:01.600 comes with a pump and reservoir. It comes with a radiator. It comes with 00:04:59.120 --> 00:05:05.600 tubing and fittings, including these special fittings at the back that are uh 00:05:03.840 --> 00:05:08.960 that are hard fittings just be for a better aesthetic as well as less risk of 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:12.720 damage or catching them on something. And finally, it comes with enough extra 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:16.880 tubing and fittings for you to plum in your own graphics card after the fact 00:05:15.039 --> 00:05:21.520 using whatever water cooling solution you want for that. Guys, don't miss any 00:05:19.360 --> 00:05:25.280 of our CES 2014 coverage. Thank you very much for checking out this video from 00:05:23.039 --> 00:05:28.800 EVGA Suite. Remember, our sponsors here at the show are ncx.com, your source for 00:05:27.199 --> 00:05:32.400 great technology selection and service. And of course, Corsair Memory and 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:36.880 Western Digital. Without those guys, we wouldn't have been able to be here. 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