WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.500 I remember the first time Intel showed me something kind of like this it wasn't 00:00:04.350 --> 00:00:10.710 the same as what the Nook nine extreme 00:00:07.500 --> 00:00:14.549 kit ended up being but it was sort of 00:00:10.710 --> 00:00:17.490 like a modular computing concept that I 00:00:14.549 --> 00:00:21.600 think probably led us eventually to here so this is my first hands-on with this 00:00:19.859 --> 00:00:28.230 thing they actually showed off some designs using the compute unit back at 00:00:24.930 --> 00:00:30.240 CES of this year but I didn't go and I 00:00:28.230 --> 00:00:34.829 am very excited to take a look at it assuming I can figure out how to get the 00:00:31.560 --> 00:00:37.829 bloody box open ah there's a seal these 00:00:34.829 --> 00:00:47.730 guys can be very very good at packaging 00:00:37.829 --> 00:00:50.309 when they want to be metal clips and 00:00:47.730 --> 00:00:58.500 after peeling off all those layers we are left with a full-fledged gaming 00:00:55.079 --> 00:01:01.379 machine that is not much bigger than a 00:00:58.500 --> 00:01:05.670 graphics card enclosure in fact most of the external Thunderbolt GPU enclosures 00:01:03.539 --> 00:01:09.960 that I've used are actually smaller than this truly impressive isn't it what else 00:01:09.510 --> 00:01:19.259 is in here power cable and Intel flashlights oh 00:01:14.930 --> 00:01:21.210 okay there's a backlight mode if you 00:01:19.259 --> 00:01:25.409 need to find where your cat peed or whatever now this is just the unboxing 00:01:23.909 --> 00:01:29.820 you're gonna find the full review over on the Linus tech tips channel so I have 00:01:27.659 --> 00:01:34.229 done zero research leading into it which means I'm just gonna read off the box 00:01:31.350 --> 00:01:40.799 for you it's got a core I $9.99 a thk processor it's got two memory slots so 00:01:36.659 --> 00:01:44.460 you can put ddr4 memory up to 64 gigs in 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:46.979 here it actually supports up to 3 m dot 00:01:44.460 --> 00:01:52.549 two drives so you could run a bunch of like raid zeroed high-speed SSDs in this 00:01:50.970 --> 00:01:58.920 thing if you really wanted to it's got Intel Wireless 2 Gigabit LAN ports 00:01:56.390 --> 00:02:03.240 that's interesting it's got dual Thunderbolt ports the power supply input 00:02:01.649 --> 00:02:09.300 is right down here at the bottom so it's got what looks like one of those more 00:02:04.890 --> 00:02:11.250 server type slim long power supplies and 00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:16.500 then over at the front a SD card reader and a couple more USB Taipei's so that 00:02:13.410 --> 00:02:18.810 a total of six take that MacBook Pro 00:02:16.500 --> 00:02:27.960 enough chitchat let's crack this thing open I monitor my own audio at home 00:02:22.710 --> 00:02:30.870 unbox and stuff oh okay so there's my 00:02:27.960 --> 00:02:36.030 cooling module for the top so that looks like two slightly low profile not super 00:02:34.110 --> 00:02:41.190 slim but slightly low profile eighty millimeter fans this one's got a little 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:45.630 protective grille over top of it I wonder why that oh yes 00:02:42.660 --> 00:02:50.580 okay that's because right underneath that there's a power supply connection 00:02:48.330 --> 00:02:54.450 into the graphics card so just in case it works oh I don't know come up or 00:02:52.350 --> 00:02:59.010 whatever else it might get jammed in the fans that'll keep that out of out of the 00:02:56.460 --> 00:03:02.910 way and then this is cool there's these nice little contacts over here that 00:03:01.260 --> 00:03:07.770 handle power for the fans just like a little splitter PCB right here so that 00:03:04.980 --> 00:03:11.640 way the fans get plugged in simply by sliding this cooling module forward very 00:03:11.190 --> 00:03:17.490 cool they got him oh wow this is actually a 00:03:15.510 --> 00:03:21.959 surprisingly painless disassembly process so you just pop this up that 00:03:19.260 --> 00:03:27.120 gives us access to the graphics card so I'm not sure what's in here it's an RT X 00:03:24.660 --> 00:03:30.900 of some sort based on the size of the card I'm gonna guess like a 2060 or 00:03:29.250 --> 00:03:39.540 something like that but we're gonna get that popped out anyway now let's pop up this side AE also 00:03:35.610 --> 00:03:42.500 simple and that right there is the 00:03:39.540 --> 00:03:49.110 compute module so part of the stick behind these compute module based 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:52.050 products like this gaming Newark is that 00:03:49.110 --> 00:03:58.290 with almost no tools or expertise whatsoever you could actually upgrade 00:03:54.570 --> 00:04:01.020 the graphics card or the entire like 00:03:58.290 --> 00:04:06.690 piece enos of it really cuz there's a 500 watt power supply down there and 00:04:03.180 --> 00:04:09.390 then that's it the rest of it is just a 00:04:06.690 --> 00:04:14.640 case so everything else about it that makes it a computer is actually just 00:04:11.640 --> 00:04:18.330 pre-installed on this little board here 00:04:14.640 --> 00:04:20.430 so let's see how simple it is to get up 00:04:18.330 --> 00:04:26.890 so I'm gonna release this this PCI Express Bowie connection right here and 00:04:23.850 --> 00:04:29.960 then theoretically it's just like 00:04:26.890 --> 00:04:33.410 hello-o so I will need one more tool I 00:04:29.960 --> 00:04:34.520 will need a little pokey pry eating well 00:04:33.410 --> 00:04:39.770 there we go that's out that's out okay so we can go 00:04:37.340 --> 00:04:45.320 ahead and remove the PCI Express power connector and then in theory this is 00:04:43.070 --> 00:04:49.310 just gonna slide out for me all right as you can see my USB three front panel 00:04:48.020 --> 00:04:55.550 connector got a little bit in the way there but not too too bad 00:04:51.710 --> 00:04:57.800 womp hey there we go 00:04:55.550 --> 00:05:01.910 okay that was that was pretty simple wow this is a twenty seventy it weighs next 00:04:59.450 --> 00:05:07.600 to nothing no offense to a soos but that was one cheapo feeling twenty seventy 00:05:04.910 --> 00:05:13.280 right there they cut themselves there there's my graphics card and this is the 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:16.700 compute module will do dad I'm sure there's an easier way to do this but I'm 00:05:14.870 --> 00:05:21.620 just gonna force it a bit there we go alright so there's what is probably our 00:05:18.950 --> 00:05:27.680 front panel connectors things like front audio front USB all that good stuff what 00:05:25.700 --> 00:05:34.250 actually even is that so we've got this large heat sink down at the bottom that 00:05:30.320 --> 00:05:36.380 seems to be over an MDOT two slot now 00:05:34.250 --> 00:05:43.400 the thing about MDOT - is that yes it's for SSDs but also it just happens to be 00:05:39.530 --> 00:05:46.010 just a PCI Express by 4 interface so 00:05:43.400 --> 00:05:49.040 there's no real reason why you couldn't put anything you want in it so let's see 00:05:47.840 --> 00:05:56.750 what's in there Oh SEC this is a 380 gig octane 905 P that 00:05:53.630 --> 00:05:59.330 would explain why it needs this beefy AF 00:05:56.750 --> 00:06:06.080 freaking heatsink on it because that is not your mom's SSD so then what do we 00:06:03.110 --> 00:06:13.520 got we've got a PCIe 16x interface presumably some kind of PCI Express 00:06:10.340 --> 00:06:15.710 splitting logic built into this board or 00:06:13.520 --> 00:06:20.000 something because we've got a 16 X slot for the GPU that's got to be only like 8 00:06:17.810 --> 00:06:23.930 X we've got a 4 X slot and then we've got another 4x lot for that m dot - so I 00:06:22.340 --> 00:06:28.580 would guess that that is electrically 8 X 80 plus Platinum power supply from FSP 00:06:26.600 --> 00:06:33.449 alright so let's set aside that for now and focus our attention on 00:06:31.529 --> 00:06:36.629 this guy should I take the cooler off it yeah I guess I might as well take the 00:06:34.799 --> 00:06:42.989 cooler off it right yeah let's do it okay who am I talking to nobody you're 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:47.669 just gonna come apart for me there but wow this config that they send to the 00:06:45.419 --> 00:06:51.599 reviewers is loaded for a freaking bear here so you've got a single blower 00:06:49.679 --> 00:06:55.529 cooler on this thing that's because the CPU that it's using you've actually 00:06:53.459 --> 00:07:00.779 based on one of their mobile chips now there's mobile chips these days can suck 00:06:58.169 --> 00:07:06.659 back power pretty good you've seen them well over they're rated 45 watt TDP s 00:07:03.749 --> 00:07:10.439 but they are still more efficient pound-for-pound than the desktop chips 00:07:08.669 --> 00:07:16.549 so it shouldn't be that much of a surprise but I mean here it is there's 00:07:13.169 --> 00:07:19.469 just this one blower fan and then this 00:07:16.549 --> 00:07:23.369 small what looks like a vapor chamber with an aluminum heatsink on it to 00:07:21.329 --> 00:07:26.369 handle cooling for the CPU and then you're gonna have some incidental 00:07:24.389 --> 00:07:30.599 airflow from this blower fan that's gonna provide some cooling to here's a 00:07:28.289 --> 00:07:34.469 populated m2 slop so it's a one terabyte Kingston Casey mm and then there's 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:40.860 another m2 slot right here and then we've got a couple of sodium slots that 00:07:37.499 --> 00:07:42.809 have 16 gigs of RAM each in the in the 00:07:40.860 --> 00:07:46.019 reviewers can say anyway which we are gonna take advantage of there will be a 00:07:44.489 --> 00:07:50.789 full review on the Linus tech tips channel in the next little bit but this 00:07:49.229 --> 00:07:54.599 is just kind of the unboxing and first impressions but one thing I did want to 00:07:52.619 --> 00:08:01.589 cover before I leave you guys is just how incredibly small this thing is so 00:07:57.689 --> 00:08:03.299 this is an ARS external GPU gaming box 00:08:01.589 --> 00:08:08.279 that they released I don't know must have been a year ago or something along 00:08:05.549 --> 00:08:11.549 those lines it's got a gtx 1080 in it so pretty darn impressive little machine 00:08:10.079 --> 00:08:17.039 and it connects to a laptop via Thunderbolt 3 now back when this was 00:08:14.459 --> 00:08:23.219 first released this was real impressive cramming a power supply a Thunderbolt 00:08:19.859 --> 00:08:25.259 interface with the associated chipsets 00:08:23.219 --> 00:08:29.849 that are required for that and a graphics card into a box this size but 00:08:28.139 --> 00:08:36.749 let's take a look at the outer enclosure actually here we look at the inner 00:08:31.559 --> 00:08:38.669 enclosures for the Nook and this now 00:08:36.749 --> 00:08:44.880 this is smaller but it also contains only a graphics card check this out 00:08:41.789 --> 00:08:47.450 they're actually not that dissimilar 00:08:44.880 --> 00:08:53.190 in terms of their width we can cool now thermals and acoustics that's a question 00:08:50.880 --> 00:08:57.030 for the full review bottom line the idea here is that you've got a complete 00:08:54.870 --> 00:09:00.990 computer that not only can have the graphics card quickly and easily 00:08:58.350 --> 00:09:06.240 upgraded but can even have the entire computer Ness quickly and easily 00:09:03.270 --> 00:09:11.610 upgraded on a PCI Express 16x interface so that as new GPUs come out you could 00:09:08.790 --> 00:09:14.460 replace that and as new CPUs come out or new platforms come out with new features 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:18.450 that you care about you could go ahead and replace that it's not like some 00:09:16.140 --> 00:09:21.810 fixed i/o because the front is sort of you know prefab like there's nothing you 00:09:20.070 --> 00:09:28.040 can really do to replace that but the rear is all totally modular so whatever 00:09:25.800 --> 00:09:32.070 they could put on a dual slot PCI backplate they could theoretically put 00:09:30.450 --> 00:09:36.300 in the nook hopefully you guys enjoyed this unboxing your first look make sure 00:09:33.870 --> 00:09:40.310 you subscribe to ShortCircuit and also make sure you check out Linus tech tips 00:09:37.470 --> 00:09:40.310 for the full review