1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:07,040 the 6 and a half liter SLI equipped Core 2 00:00:03,640 --> 00:00:10,480 i7 cylindershaped PC that MSI first 3 00:00:07,040 --> 00:00:12,480 showed off at CES 2016 refusing to allow 4 00:00:10,480 --> 00:00:18,880 me to see the insides apparently for fear that I would break it which is fair 5 00:00:14,719 --> 00:00:21,119 I suppose is shipping now. So, after all 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:27,199 the waiting, then I have finally got my hands on a finished unit of the MSI 7 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:30,960 Vortex G65 to validate their claims that 8 00:00:27,199 --> 00:00:33,760 it is fast, small, and quiet while 9 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:44,800 looking, in my eyes, pretty freaking cool. Let's get down to it. 10 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:51,440 Glasswire is the intuitive, easy-touse firewall software that reveals and 11 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:56,760 visualizes your network traffic in real time. Get it free now and use offer code 12 00:00:53,840 --> 00:01:01,359 Linus to upgrade and save 10% for added features. Things got off to a good start 13 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:06,000 when I first booted Windows and was greeted by a product registration and a 14 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:10,479 prompt to download and install Google Chrome. A nice touch, by the way, to not 15 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:17,840 even pre-install your bloatware, making it truly optional. Then took a turn down 16 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:20,400 Poostick Avenue with a gigantic Norton 17 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:25,520 registration popup. Let's see what else is on here. Some of this stuff is okay. 18 00:01:23,439 --> 00:01:31,680 After burner for overclocking the video card, their Nhemic DSP utility, and the 19 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:37,400 one-year expl. But battery calibration doesn't 20 00:01:34,880 --> 00:01:41,520 have a battery. MSI social media collection. The help desk seemed like a 21 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:46,000 good idea, but most of what's in here feels even less useful than in Windows's 22 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:51,200 own help tools. Let's move on to hardware. Things get a lot more 23 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:54,960 impressive here. Measuring a mere 10 1/2 24 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:58,399 in tall and about 7 1/2 in in diameter. 25 00:01:54,960 --> 00:02:02,079 The entire computer is not that much 26 00:01:58,399 --> 00:02:06,320 bigger than a single GTX 980 reference 27 00:02:02,079 --> 00:02:08,720 card. And it's got two GTX 980s inside. 28 00:02:06,320 --> 00:02:13,080 Not to mention, it has something the 980 never had: RGB lighting. I guess that 29 00:02:11,599 --> 00:02:18,160 explains the $4,000 asking price. In terms of IO, 30 00:02:16,400 --> 00:02:23,440 there's nothing at the front but a power button, but I don't really mind that 31 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:27,520 given how easy the system is to reach around to the back for a fairly easy 32 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:31,520 access to most of the ample connectivity. Starting at the top is 33 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:36,560 optical audio. 3 and a half millimeter audio jacks for speakers and a 34 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:39,599 microphone. Four USB 3.0 5 GB typeA 35 00:02:36,560 --> 00:02:42,400 ports. Two HDMI 1.4 ports. Wouldn't have 36 00:02:39,599 --> 00:02:47,480 minded if those were HDMI 2.0. 2 GB LAN ports powered by killer networks. Two 37 00:02:44,959 --> 00:02:54,879 mini DisplayPort 1.2 ports. And finally, two reversible type-C USB ports 38 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:57,920 that can handle USB 3, DisplayPort 1.2, 39 00:02:54,879 --> 00:03:00,560 or even Thunderbolt 3 duty. Let's move 40 00:02:57,920 --> 00:03:05,519 inside. There are actually two different configurations on the MSIUS site at the 41 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:10,720 time of writing this, but the only way in which they differ is the installed 42 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:16,959 system memory and graphics card setup. So, they both pack an Intel Core i76700 43 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:23,040 Kylake quadcore hyperthreaded CPU with a maximum 4.4 4 GHz turbo boost speed and 44 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:28,640 assumed upgradability to the upcoming codeame KBL Lake architecture thanks to 45 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:33,280 a socketed CPU design. They both feature a Z170 chipset motherboard that's been 46 00:03:30,959 --> 00:03:38,239 fully customized to fit in this unusual form factor and provide all the 47 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:44,480 necessary internal connectivity. Two MXM video card slots for the GPUs. A mini 48 00:03:40,560 --> 00:03:46,959 PCIe for the Killer N 1535 AC wireless. 49 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:54,239 This is an MU MIMO capable Wave 2 device, by the way. Two M.2 PCIe X4 Gen 50 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:56,159 3 slots for the 2x128 gig RAID zero boot 51 00:03:54,239 --> 00:04:00,400 drive configuration or whatever you want to put in there after the fact. A SATA 3 52 00:03:58,319 --> 00:04:06,920 port for the 1 TB 2 and 1/2 in hard drive and customized power connectors 53 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:09,760 for the 450W 80 plus gold chicky power 54 00:04:06,920 --> 00:04:14,879 supply. So then as far as differences are concerned, the lower-end model 55 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:19,359 features 16 gigs of DDR4. sodium memory 56 00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:23,040 and two 3 gig GTX 960s in SLI, while the 57 00:04:19,359 --> 00:04:27,440 other packs 32 gigs of RAM and two 8 gig 58 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:30,080 GTX 980s in SLI. It's important to note 59 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:36,960 that each of these are full desktop configuration GPUs, similar to the full 60 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:38,639 fat MXM form factor GTX 980 video cards 61 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:42,800 that started showing up in laptops around September 62 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:47,600 2015. Neither of them comes cheap, by the way. The entry level one goes for 63 00:04:45,240 --> 00:04:52,800 $2,200 with the top-of-the-line ski running about 64 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:56,440 $4,000 like I alluded to before. So, how 65 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:59,759 then does MSI justify a price tag like 66 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:02,400 this? Well, when you've got a unique 67 00:04:59,759 --> 00:05:06,639 product, I guess you pretty much dictate what it's worth, and they've got that. 68 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:12,320 While there is one other high-performance trash can-shaped PC on 69 00:05:09,120 --> 00:05:14,520 the market, the 2013 Mac Pro, that one 70 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:19,280 will appeal to a very different customer. Sure, they're both round and 71 00:05:17,280 --> 00:05:22,960 they both feature an assisted convection cooling configuration with a large fan 72 00:05:21,199 --> 00:05:26,479 that draws air in the bottom and exhausts it from the top of the unit, 73 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:31,919 but other than that, I would argue they are really nothing alike. Thanks to 74 00:05:28,800 --> 00:05:34,880 Apple's use of an LGA 2011 CPU socket, 75 00:05:31,919 --> 00:05:40,560 they can cram up to 18 CPU cores into theirs. But while both computers boast 76 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:44,800 dual video cards, the Workstation Fire Pro GPUs in the Mac Pro are more 77 00:05:42,800 --> 00:05:52,400 appealing to creative professionals than they are to gamers. The Vortex G35's LG1 78 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:55,600 1151 socket can, by contrast, hold only 79 00:05:52,400 --> 00:05:57,520 a maximum of four CPU cores, but this 80 00:05:55,600 --> 00:06:01,520 feels like a sensible direction given that more than four CPU cores hasn't 81 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:04,800 been demonstrated to help with straight gaming. I've got a video, by the way, 82 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:08,880 showing what it takes to finally overwhelm an 8 core Extreme Edition. 83 00:06:06,560 --> 00:06:14,319 Check that out here. So, that extra power and thermal budget can be used to 84 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:20,039 throw more video card horsepower at the problem. So, what does that translate to 85 00:06:16,639 --> 00:06:22,800 then? Well, really, really good 86 00:06:20,039 --> 00:06:28,160 performance. As advertised, the Vortex G65 is a very strong little gaming 87 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:32,400 machine capable of handling anything you can throw at it, including gaming at 88 00:06:30,000 --> 00:06:36,880 resolutions above 1080p, gaming with textures maxed thanks to the 8 gigs of 89 00:06:34,479 --> 00:06:41,039 VRAM per GPU, and thanks to the top-of-the-line consumer grade Core i7 90 00:06:39,199 --> 00:06:45,280 processor. But of course, all this hardware means nothing if it creates an 91 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:51,280 unpleasant user experience due to acoustics or doesn't run to its full 92 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:53,120 potential due to thermal issues. And I'm 93 00:06:51,280 --> 00:06:58,479 pleased to report that the acoustics, much like the Mac Pro, are shocking with 94 00:06:56,160 --> 00:07:03,199 the tower emitting only an unobtrusive low hum even while gaming. And the 95 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:09,360 thermals are pretty darn good. On the GPUs, you'll see about 75° in our Crisis 96 00:07:06,240 --> 00:07:12,560 3 Skybox and UniGen Heaven tests. And 97 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:14,479 while under full CPU load in I to 64, 98 00:07:12,560 --> 00:07:21,919 that's without the GPUs doing anything. By the way, the CPU did sit in the low8s 99 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:24,360 in a 19° ambient room. This result 100 00:07:21,919 --> 00:07:28,800 doesn't to me indicate a poorly designed computer. That kind of a sustained 101 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:34,000 multi-core load would only be seen in short bursts, like while rendering a 102 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:38,400 video, for example, on a gaming machine. So, all it means to me is that I 103 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:42,520 probably wouldn't find myself overclocking this system in spite of its 104 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:48,240 advertised overclockability. Which leads us then to 105 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:50,880 the conclusion. Is the Vortex G65 worth 106 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:56,000 your money? I guess it depends what you're after. While Thunderbolt 3 and 107 00:07:54,160 --> 00:08:00,720 external PCI Express expansion enclosures seem to be finally reaching 108 00:07:58,720 --> 00:08:06,479 maturity, making me feel better about giving up all of my PCI Express slots, I 109 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:12,479 find the core component upgradability of this device a little bit worrisome. with 110 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:15,440 future CPUs likely to arrive in only 111 00:08:12,479 --> 00:08:20,319 four core variants and no guarantee at this time that MSI will be offering 112 00:08:17,440 --> 00:08:25,280 Pascalbased GPU upgrade modules like they promised on their GT80 Titan. But 113 00:08:23,280 --> 00:08:31,199 with that said, if you're willing to pay NVIDIA's premium for those MXM GTX 980 114 00:08:28,319 --> 00:08:35,360 video cards for a super small gaming rig that packs a shocking punch, then 115 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:38,519 there's simply nothing else on the market like it. 116 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:43,279 And we're back with another offer from our friends 117 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:46,880 at Massdrop. If you guys aren't familiar with Massdrop, head over to their site. 118 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:50,560 It's linked in the video description. They've got all kinds of cool stuff. 119 00:08:48,720 --> 00:08:54,720 Everything from Wow, my tablecloth's going away. That's okay. They don't have 120 00:08:52,880 --> 00:08:59,519 tablecloths as far as I know. 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