WEBVTT 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:07.040 the 6 and a half liter SLI equipped Core 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:10.480 i7 cylindershaped PC that MSI first 00:00:07.040 --> 00:00:12.480 showed off at CES 2016 refusing to allow 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:18.880 me to see the insides apparently for fear that I would break it which is fair 00:00:14.719 --> 00:00:21.119 I suppose is shipping now. So, after all 00:00:18.880 --> 00:00:27.199 the waiting, then I have finally got my hands on a finished unit of the MSI 00:00:23.519 --> 00:00:30.960 Vortex G65 to validate their claims that 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:33.760 it is fast, small, and quiet while 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:44.800 looking, in my eyes, pretty freaking cool. Let's get down to it. 00:00:44.800 --> 00:00:51.440 Glasswire is the intuitive, easy-touse firewall software that reveals and 00:00:49.120 --> 00:00:56.760 visualizes your network traffic in real time. Get it free now and use offer code 00:00:53.840 --> 00:01:01.359 Linus to upgrade and save 10% for added features. Things got off to a good start 00:00:59.440 --> 00:01:06.000 when I first booted Windows and was greeted by a product registration and a 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:10.479 prompt to download and install Google Chrome. A nice touch, by the way, to not 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:17.840 even pre-install your bloatware, making it truly optional. Then took a turn down 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:20.400 Poostick Avenue with a gigantic Norton 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:25.520 registration popup. Let's see what else is on here. Some of this stuff is okay. 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:31.680 After burner for overclocking the video card, their Nhemic DSP utility, and the 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:37.400 one-year expl. But battery calibration doesn't 00:01:34.880 --> 00:01:41.520 have a battery. MSI social media collection. The help desk seemed like a 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 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:51.200 own help tools. Let's move on to hardware. Things get a lot more 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:54.960 impressive here. Measuring a mere 10 1/2 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:58.399 in tall and about 7 1/2 in in diameter. 00:01:54.960 --> 00:02:02.079 The entire computer is not that much 00:01:58.399 --> 00:02:06.320 bigger than a single GTX 980 reference 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:08.720 card. And it's got two GTX 980s inside. 00:02:06.320 --> 00:02:13.080 Not to mention, it has something the 980 never had: RGB lighting. I guess that 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:18.160 explains the $4,000 asking price. In terms of IO, 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 00:02:20.480 --> 00:02:27.520 given how easy the system is to reach around to the back for a fairly easy 00:02:25.520 --> 00:02:31.520 access to most of the ample connectivity. Starting at the top is 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:36.560 optical audio. 3 and a half millimeter audio jacks for speakers and a 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:39.599 microphone. Four USB 3.0 5 GB typeA 00:02:36.560 --> 00:02:42.400 ports. Two HDMI 1.4 ports. Wouldn't have 00:02:39.599 --> 00:02:47.480 minded if those were HDMI 2.0. 2 GB LAN ports powered by killer networks. Two 00:02:44.959 --> 00:02:54.879 mini DisplayPort 1.2 ports. And finally, two reversible type-C USB ports 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:57.920 that can handle USB 3, DisplayPort 1.2, 00:02:54.879 --> 00:03:00.560 or even Thunderbolt 3 duty. Let's move 00:02:57.920 --> 00:03:05.519 inside. There are actually two different configurations on the MSIUS site at the 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:10.720 time of writing this, but the only way in which they differ is the installed 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:16.959 system memory and graphics card setup. So, they both pack an Intel Core i76700 00:03:14.040 --> 00:03:23.040 Kylake quadcore hyperthreaded CPU with a maximum 4.4 4 GHz turbo boost speed and 00:03:20.480 --> 00:03:28.640 assumed upgradability to the upcoming codeame KBL Lake architecture thanks to 00:03:25.760 --> 00:03:33.280 a socketed CPU design. They both feature a Z170 chipset motherboard that's been 00:03:30.959 --> 00:03:38.239 fully customized to fit in this unusual form factor and provide all the 00:03:35.440 --> 00:03:44.480 necessary internal connectivity. Two MXM video card slots for the GPUs. A mini 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:46.959 PCIe for the Killer N 1535 AC wireless. 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 00:03:51.200 --> 00:03:56.159 3 slots for the 2x128 gig RAID zero boot 00:03:54.239 --> 00:04:00.400 drive configuration or whatever you want to put in there after the fact. A SATA 3 00:03:58.319 --> 00:04:06.920 port for the 1 TB 2 and 1/2 in hard drive and customized power connectors 00:04:03.040 --> 00:04:09.760 for the 450W 80 plus gold chicky power 00:04:06.920 --> 00:04:14.879 supply. So then as far as differences are concerned, the lower-end model 00:04:11.760 --> 00:04:19.359 features 16 gigs of DDR4. sodium memory 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:23.040 and two 3 gig GTX 960s in SLI, while the 00:04:19.359 --> 00:04:27.440 other packs 32 gigs of RAM and two 8 gig 00:04:23.040 --> 00:04:30.080 GTX 980s in SLI. It's important to note 00:04:27.440 --> 00:04:36.960 that each of these are full desktop configuration GPUs, similar to the full 00:04:33.840 --> 00:04:38.639 fat MXM form factor GTX 980 video cards 00:04:36.960 --> 00:04:42.800 that started showing up in laptops around September 00:04:40.120 --> 00:04:47.600 2015. Neither of them comes cheap, by the way. The entry level one goes for 00:04:45.240 --> 00:04:52.800 $2,200 with the top-of-the-line ski running about 00:04:49.000 --> 00:04:56.440 $4,000 like I alluded to before. So, how 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:59.759 then does MSI justify a price tag like 00:04:56.440 --> 00:05:02.400 this? Well, when you've got a unique 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:06.639 product, I guess you pretty much dictate what it's worth, and they've got that. 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:12.320 While there is one other high-performance trash can-shaped PC on 00:05:09.120 --> 00:05:14.520 the market, the 2013 Mac Pro, that one 00:05:12.320 --> 00:05:19.280 will appeal to a very different customer. Sure, they're both round and 00:05:17.280 --> 00:05:22.960 they both feature an assisted convection cooling configuration with a large fan 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:26.479 that draws air in the bottom and exhausts it from the top of the unit, 00:05:24.880 --> 00:05:31.919 but other than that, I would argue they are really nothing alike. Thanks to 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:34.880 Apple's use of an LGA 2011 CPU socket, 00:05:31.919 --> 00:05:40.560 they can cram up to 18 CPU cores into theirs. But while both computers boast 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:44.800 dual video cards, the Workstation Fire Pro GPUs in the Mac Pro are more 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:52.400 appealing to creative professionals than they are to gamers. The Vortex G35's LG1 00:05:48.320 --> 00:05:55.600 1151 socket can, by contrast, hold only 00:05:52.400 --> 00:05:57.520 a maximum of four CPU cores, but this 00:05:55.600 --> 00:06:01.520 feels like a sensible direction given that more than four CPU cores hasn't 00:05:59.759 --> 00:06:04.800 been demonstrated to help with straight gaming. I've got a video, by the way, 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:08.880 showing what it takes to finally overwhelm an 8 core Extreme Edition. 00:06:06.560 --> 00:06:14.319 Check that out here. So, that extra power and thermal budget can be used to 00:06:11.680 --> 00:06:20.039 throw more video card horsepower at the problem. So, what does that translate to 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:22.800 then? Well, really, really good 00:06:20.039 --> 00:06:28.160 performance. As advertised, the Vortex G65 is a very strong little gaming 00:06:25.840 --> 00:06:32.400 machine capable of handling anything you can throw at it, including gaming at 00:06:30.000 --> 00:06:36.880 resolutions above 1080p, gaming with textures maxed thanks to the 8 gigs of 00:06:34.479 --> 00:06:41.039 VRAM per GPU, and thanks to the top-of-the-line consumer grade Core i7 00:06:39.199 --> 00:06:45.280 processor. But of course, all this hardware means nothing if it creates an 00:06:43.440 --> 00:06:51.280 unpleasant user experience due to acoustics or doesn't run to its full 00:06:47.759 --> 00:06:53.120 potential due to thermal issues. And I'm 00:06:51.280 --> 00:06:58.479 pleased to report that the acoustics, much like the Mac Pro, are shocking with 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:03.199 the tower emitting only an unobtrusive low hum even while gaming. And the 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:09.360 thermals are pretty darn good. On the GPUs, you'll see about 75° in our Crisis 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:12.560 3 Skybox and UniGen Heaven tests. And 00:07:09.360 --> 00:07:14.479 while under full CPU load in I to 64, 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 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:24.360 in a 19° ambient room. This result 00:07:21.919 --> 00:07:28.800 doesn't to me indicate a poorly designed computer. That kind of a sustained 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:34.000 multi-core load would only be seen in short bursts, like while rendering a 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:38.400 video, for example, on a gaming machine. So, all it means to me is that I 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:42.520 probably wouldn't find myself overclocking this system in spite of its 00:07:40.960 --> 00:07:48.240 advertised overclockability. Which leads us then to 00:07:44.560 --> 00:07:50.880 the conclusion. Is the Vortex G65 worth 00:07:48.240 --> 00:07:56.000 your money? I guess it depends what you're after. While Thunderbolt 3 and 00:07:54.160 --> 00:08:00.720 external PCI Express expansion enclosures seem to be finally reaching 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:06.479 maturity, making me feel better about giving up all of my PCI Express slots, I 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:12.479 find the core component upgradability of this device a little bit worrisome. with 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:15.440 future CPUs likely to arrive in only 00:08:12.479 --> 00:08:20.319 four core variants and no guarantee at this time that MSI will be offering 00:08:17.440 --> 00:08:25.280 Pascalbased GPU upgrade modules like they promised on their GT80 Titan. But 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 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:35.360 video cards for a super small gaming rig that packs a shocking punch, then 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:38.519 there's simply nothing else on the market like it. 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:43.279 And we're back with another offer from our friends 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:46.880 at Massdrop. If you guys aren't familiar with Massdrop, head over to their site. 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:50.560 It's linked in the video description. They've got all kinds of cool stuff. 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:54.720 Everything from Wow, my tablecloth's going away. That's okay. They don't have 00:08:52.880 --> 00:08:59.519 tablecloths as far as I know. But they do have things like knives, drones, uh 00:08:57.440 --> 00:09:04.320 audio file gear like headphones, amps, and decks, keyboards, all kinds of cool 00:09:01.839 --> 00:09:08.000 stuff, camping supplies even. 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