WEBVTT 00:00:00.320 --> 00:00:08.240 Welcome to a new segment that we're calling from the 00:00:04.839 --> 00:00:09.920 archive where basically I don't know if 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:15.679 we'll ever do this again, but like we found a video that we made a long time 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:17.520 ago and never released. So, here it is. 00:00:15.679 --> 00:00:21.359 It's not often that I do an unboxing anymore. And the reason for that is 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:26.640 actually a good one because, you know, I think there's more value to other parts 00:00:24.400 --> 00:00:31.199 of the experience with a review or a build guide or a build log or whatever 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:34.640 else. But this product, I actually 00:00:31.199 --> 00:00:37.440 started opening it up and I realized how 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:42.320 fun the experience was and I went, "Nah, let's put the few things we've taken out 00:00:39.840 --> 00:00:47.039 back in." And let's just start over. Welcome to my unboxing of the LD 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:56.640 Cooling. They used to go by Little Devil. I think that's sort of unofficially what they still go as. PC 00:00:51.960 --> 00:00:59.039 V10 phase change cooled case. This puppy 00:00:56.640 --> 00:01:03.560 is going to hold your CPU, a 300 watt CPU, at 00:01:00.840 --> 00:01:08.540 minus30 00:01:11.000 --> 00:01:17.040 degrees. GFuel is the sugar-free alternative energy beverage to maintain 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:20.720 focus and endurance in long days and gaming sessions. Use offer code Linus at 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:25.200 the link in the video description to save some money. So, let's open it up 00:01:23.520 --> 00:01:30.159 and have a look at what comes inside first, shall we? You get a couple of 00:01:27.080 --> 00:01:32.320 boxes, each of which has, I'm assuming, 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:38.880 some kind of accessories or something like that. As soon as we take out the 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:41.759 foam on the top, we've got the top of 00:01:38.880 --> 00:01:47.280 the case that is able to house a quad 120 mm radiator. The OEM for this case 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:52.320 is Lean Lee, so you'll probably recognize a lot of the design elements 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:56.479 of their PC V10 case. Also in here, we 00:01:52.320 --> 00:01:58.479 get a a neoprene insulation boot that 00:01:56.479 --> 00:02:01.680 there's going to be instructions. Oh, I seem to have misplaced the instructions. 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:09.920 Well, there are instructions for how to put on the phase change cooler as well 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:12.800 as some looks like adhesive neoprene 00:02:09.920 --> 00:02:18.319 material for insulation. Yes, when you are cooling below ambient temperatures, 00:02:15.120 --> 00:02:20.480 you have to insulate the cold stuff in 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:24.160 order to keep condensation from forming and uh getting water on your hardware. 00:02:22.720 --> 00:02:28.000 Now, I don't think they include the needed eraser for most people, but they 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:32.160 threw that in for me. I'm actually not 100% sure about that. And then the same 00:02:30.160 --> 00:02:36.400 with the PCI covers. Uh they sent those for me. Those are actually an additional 00:02:33.760 --> 00:02:39.519 purchase. Uh this, no idea, but it's a 3 and 12 to 2 and 1/2 in drive mount. So, 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:43.519 I'm not sure if that's normally included. This all is though. This is a 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:47.200 bunch of mounting hardware for your phase change cooler. It's compatible 00:02:45.040 --> 00:02:50.720 with pretty much any socket. So, you can see they've got your AMD holes, your 00:02:49.200 --> 00:02:54.879 Intel holes, your other more different Intel holes, some different Intel holes, 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:59.840 and then this is a piece that goes on the back to keep the back plate itself 00:02:57.519 --> 00:03:03.920 from frosting up and then just dripping down the back of your motherboard. Then 00:03:01.920 --> 00:03:09.200 we've got another one of those puppies as well. Some more screws. And then this 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:14.080 looks like uh I'm not sure. I know that there's a USB module that it includes 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:18.319 that monitors the temperature so that you know you don't uh boot up before 00:03:16.480 --> 00:03:21.920 it's working and something something whatever it's in the instructions. All 00:03:19.519 --> 00:03:26.720 right, so now we got to take out these pieces of 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:28.480 foam. Honestly, it's kind of a miracle 00:03:26.720 --> 00:03:35.040 that this thing arrived in one piece because this is pretty much the worst 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:37.840 kind of foam. It only has about 2 in of 00:03:35.040 --> 00:03:43.799 it on either on every side. So, it weighs about 50 00:03:40.120 --> 00:03:47.040 lb. 50 lbs without a system in 00:03:43.799 --> 00:03:48.319 it. All right. Which means getting out 00:03:47.040 --> 00:03:54.080 of getting it out of here is going to be a challenge because I'm not actually 00:03:50.239 --> 00:03:55.680 100% sure if this applies to all uh 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:59.760 systems with a condenser and an evaporator, all phase change systems 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:03.519 like refrigerators for example. I know you shouldn't flip them on their sides 00:04:01.599 --> 00:04:07.599 if you intend to use them anytime in the next I don't know what it is, 48 hours 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:10.720 or something like that. So, I don't want to flip this baby over cuz I want to try 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:17.840 it out pretty quick. And I've had it sitting upright for a while. So, I actually have to lift this straight out. 00:04:15.079 --> 00:04:23.120 So, let's hope this goes okay. Let's clear some space. Let's put it up 00:04:20.120 --> 00:04:23.120 here. 00:04:23.160 --> 00:04:30.479 Okay. Nothing to hold on 00:04:26.840 --> 00:04:32.280 to. Oh, man. That's heavy. Yeah, I'm 00:04:30.479 --> 00:04:36.479 going to need a hand. Kill the camera. Okay, got it. 00:04:37.080 --> 00:04:43.840 So, I've clearly I'm clearly out of practice at this whole unboxing thing. 00:04:41.360 --> 00:04:50.240 My wife's like, "Why don't you just cut the box open?" Like, I I I don't know. 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:54.560 Cuz I didn't think of it. What's up, little girl? Sorry about that. Little 00:04:52.000 --> 00:04:59.199 Missy was getting fussy over there. So, uh on the side that we had actually left 00:04:56.400 --> 00:05:03.759 off on, you can see that there's a very, very large window. I think there's 00:05:00.880 --> 00:05:08.400 actually a larger window option as well, but then the bottom part is just 00:05:05.919 --> 00:05:15.120 reserved for cooling. On the back, you can see we've got 10 PCI slots, uh, 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:17.759 single 120 mm fan, power supply, and wa, 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:21.919 there's already a a power plug there. I guess we can start opening it, right? I 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:25.840 mean, that's how this works. Unboxing. There we go. We've got another plug 00:05:23.520 --> 00:05:30.080 there. That's for the Oo, there's our first glimpse of the uh phase change 00:05:28.320 --> 00:05:35.520 cooling inside. All right, let's go ahead and come around to this side where 00:05:32.320 --> 00:05:36.880 we've got all just plain white here. We 00:05:35.520 --> 00:05:42.479 should stay over on this side so we have light. Where we've got all just plain 00:05:39.280 --> 00:05:44.639 white as well as another fan vent there 00:05:42.479 --> 00:05:49.360 that looks like an exhaust. Wow, they included a Noctua industrial fan. These 00:05:47.520 --> 00:05:53.320 guys are serious about, you know, quality here. I mean, I guess if you're 00:05:51.520 --> 00:05:59.199 going to charge €1,200 for a case, it better be nothing 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:04.720 but the finest. And then finally, that brings us around to the front where 00:06:01.440 --> 00:06:09.039 we've got four 5 and 1/4 in bays, two 00:06:04.720 --> 00:06:11.240 large intakes, the USB module thing, as 00:06:09.039 --> 00:06:19.680 well as our front switches. All right, so let's unveil 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:21.840 her. Look at that. Now, it's all 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:25.919 aluminum except for the bottom plate, which is steel to hold the weight of the 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:28.919 compressor unit that is installed, pre-installed in the bottom. This is 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:34.319 made in Slovenia. Check that out. And I guess 00:06:31.840 --> 00:06:38.720 all that's left now is for us to open it up. And oh, right. No, there's one thing 00:06:36.479 --> 00:06:43.520 that we can definitely check out. So, that's the thing that we heard banging 00:06:40.400 --> 00:06:45.039 around inside the case uh before we were 00:06:43.520 --> 00:06:50.160 able to open it. So, it's bubble wrapped. And that is the evaporator unit 00:06:48.160 --> 00:06:54.479 that is going to sit directly on top of the CPU, cooling it. And then let's go 00:06:53.039 --> 00:06:59.919 ahead and get the bottom opened up as well, so you guys can check this out. 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:07.100 All right. So, this is curious. It looks like the case comes apart completely 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:10.520 with Allen keys, like like with hex 00:07:10.520 --> 00:07:16.720 heads. All right, here we go. 00:07:13.919 --> 00:07:20.759 left side panel off. So, there's our window. In spite of no protective 00:07:18.160 --> 00:07:24.599 covering, it's in pristine condition. It looks like they're using a 00:07:23.280 --> 00:07:30.479 very different It's not glass, but uh it 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:35.599 seems like a seems like a better acrylic. And then they've just got it 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:37.919 adhered with adhesive strips and then it 00:07:35.599 --> 00:07:42.479 is slightly indented so it sits just almost flush with the side panel. 00:07:40.240 --> 00:07:49.120 Actually quite nice. It's a very DIY, but like in a good way. Uh, in this 00:07:46.520 --> 00:07:53.759 case, does seem to be a crack in the corner, though, actually. Oh, there's a 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:57.680 crack in the corner. Yeah, there's definitely a crack 00:07:55.160 --> 00:08:04.319 there. So, this case is available without the the white out option. So, 00:08:01.680 --> 00:08:07.479 you can see the case is painted white and 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:13.759 then the actual Here we go. Everything but the 00:08:10.560 --> 00:08:16.400 hold down plate and the boot here is 00:08:13.759 --> 00:08:22.319 actually uh white as well. So this is the lines here are insulated underneath 00:08:19.039 --> 00:08:24.560 this white sleing. And then there's more 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:29.360 insulation here. And then this piece right here is for insulating the bottom 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:35.599 right here. So you're actually going to have to cut that to size. You can see 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:37.120 that nice shiny copper base there. 00:08:35.599 --> 00:08:42.399 Absolutely beautiful. I mean, you see a lot of DIY phase builds on forums like 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:48.080 extremesystems.org or wherever else, but I've never actually seen like a 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:54.959 commercial grade one like a like a like a professionally done one for for 00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:58.160 resale. So, that is pretty that is 00:08:54.959 --> 00:09:00.959 pretty incredible. So, we can Oh, okay. 00:08:58.160 --> 00:09:06.080 I'll take this baby. Thank you. So, what else we got in here? So, behind this 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:08.480 plate, we've got five of Lean Lee's 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:12.560 usual sort of you put rubber grommets into the drive on either side, put them 00:09:10.080 --> 00:09:17.680 down, and slide them in. 3 and 1/4 in bays. Uh 3 and 1/2 in bays, excuse me. 00:09:14.959 --> 00:09:22.480 We've got those uh four 5 and 1/4 in bays up here. I don't see any dedicated 00:09:19.680 --> 00:09:27.360 SSD mounting. Although it seems like if you got even remotely creative at all, 00:09:25.839 --> 00:09:31.920 you could drill a hole here or there, put some double-sided Velcro here or 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:37.120 there, and make SSDs happen pretty much all over the place. We got a nice big 00:09:33.760 --> 00:09:38.959 cutout for CPU coolers, like say for 00:09:37.120 --> 00:09:43.040 example, this one. Getting those mounted with the motherboard installed. Um, I've 00:09:41.440 --> 00:09:46.800 kind of, this is kind of funny, even though they sent me the five pack of PCI 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:51.600 covers, it didn't even occur to me at the time that I was ordering that I have 10 of these and I'm not putting in two 00:09:49.600 --> 00:09:55.600 graphics cards and something else. So, I'm probably going to have to figure out 00:09:53.120 --> 00:09:59.200 another solution for that. Anyway, this is an extremely roomy chassis. So, you 00:09:57.600 --> 00:10:03.440 can see that an ATX motherboard is only going to go up to here with like 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:07.360 mounting holes going like way the heck off to who knows what the heck. You can 00:10:05.360 --> 00:10:14.000 put pretty much absolutely whatever you want in here. You can mount a 140 mm fan 00:10:10.160 --> 00:10:16.560 between the basement and the um No, you 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:21.519 can't. That Oh, that's weird. So, you could Yes, you could screw through this 00:10:19.120 --> 00:10:25.200 side and mount a fan on this side blowing up at a graphics card or 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:30.640 something like that, but actually that's going to be for your power supply if you 00:10:27.360 --> 00:10:32.560 wanted to have it um have it have top 00:10:30.640 --> 00:10:35.680 intake or something for some reason. So, let's go ahead and open up the basement 00:10:33.839 --> 00:10:43.040 and get a better look at the compressor. All right, here we go. Last screw. 00:10:38.959 --> 00:10:46.800 And there it is. Oh, that Noctua. Okay, 00:10:43.040 --> 00:10:49.360 so I'm not a phase change expert by any 00:10:46.800 --> 00:10:54.000 stretch of the imagination. The closest I've ever been to anything like this was 00:10:51.920 --> 00:10:58.720 the one time I did sub-zero cooling, and that was with chilled liquids. So, I 00:10:55.920 --> 00:11:04.560 bought a window AC unit and then basically submerged the uh the 00:11:01.440 --> 00:11:06.720 evaporator in liquid and then pumped 00:11:04.560 --> 00:11:10.240 that liquid around to my CPU. and I believe my GPU at the time. No, it might 00:11:08.079 --> 00:11:15.120 have been just GPU. Anyway, the point is um this is a totally other ball of wax. 00:11:12.800 --> 00:11:19.519 So, the evap head is up here. We know this. So, this is all insulated very 00:11:17.440 --> 00:11:25.279 nicely, very professionally glued together, lippity bloop. This is the 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:31.120 condenser. So this is where the Okay, so the liquid basically boils on the CPU. 00:11:28.959 --> 00:11:36.560 Then it gets brought back around and then this is where it has to go from a 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:42.320 vapor back to a liquid. So this is the condenser. So it's a 140 mm fan on there 00:11:39.760 --> 00:11:46.720 that is a pressure optimized fan. The manufacturer does recommend cleaning out 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:51.360 the front very frequently because this is going to do all the cooling. This is 00:11:49.760 --> 00:11:55.360 what does all the cooling. So then once it turns back into a liquid, it comes 00:11:53.360 --> 00:12:00.240 back over here and then around and bippity boop, around and around we go. 00:11:57.519 --> 00:12:04.160 So this is that USB control board that I was talking about before. So this is 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:10.320 where we've got it looks like a K-type temp probe that goes presumably right up 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:13.680 to the evaporator head. So that's going to tell it how cold things are running 00:12:12.079 --> 00:12:18.560 and going to tell all these other things what to do. And then over here we've 00:12:16.160 --> 00:12:22.720 just got general ventilation for all this down here. Now, I don't know much 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:27.680 about the individual models, but I do know that Danfos is well regarded as far 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:31.360 as compact compressors go. This is what it's going to make the bulk of the noise 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:35.839 of this system. It should be noted that phase change cooling, especially a 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:40.480 compact unit like this, like I mean, I was using a window-mounted AC unit in 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:47.600 order to get similar CPU temps, actually not even as good. Whereas, this has this 00:12:44.240 --> 00:12:49.680 tiny little condenser, like 16 the size. 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:53.760 this tiny little evaporator, this tiny little compressor. So, it tries to make 00:12:51.680 --> 00:12:58.680 everything really compact. So, you're gonna have to make some compromises and 00:12:55.519 --> 00:13:02.399 noise is definitely one of 00:12:58.680 --> 00:13:04.160 them. Speaking of which, Ting, the 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:08.959 mobile carrier that's focused on customer service and satisfaction first, 00:13:07.040 --> 00:13:12.639 which shouldn't be unusual, but it really feels like it is. And the one key 00:13:11.040 --> 00:13:17.120 difference, well, not the one, but one key difference is that when you call 00:13:14.639 --> 00:13:21.760 them, you do not speak to a robot. you actually get put through directly to a 00:13:19.200 --> 00:13:25.279 person. I mean, sure, the person says, "Press one for billing. Press two for 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:29.200 sales." No, I'm just kidding. They don't say that at all. They just pick up and they're like, "Hello." 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