{"video_id":"vzTBdkQjRIY","title":"NCIX PC Vesta 3050 V2 Complete System Showcase Linus Tech Tips","channel":"Linus Tech Tips","show":"Linus Tech Tips","published_at":"2011-05-08T14:53:29Z","duration_s":381,"segments":[{"start_s":0.64,"end_s":7.759,"text":"All right, so we've got the Vesta 3050 V2. This is the upgraded configuration","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":6.0,"end_s":11.759,"text":"featuring Sandy Bridge. It is pre-overclocked. So, I want to show you","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":9.84,"end_s":17.6,"text":"guys what it looks like when it's off of the Highspeed PC Techstation test","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":14.88,"end_s":22.8,"text":"platform and into the Fractal Design Define R3 white, Arctic White rather,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":20.96,"end_s":26.4,"text":"case. So, here there's one thing I missed in my unboxing of the Arctic","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":24.4,"end_s":31.679,"text":"White Define R3, and that's that the LED here has been changed from blue to red.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":30.0,"end_s":35.68,"text":"So, there's uh something to show you guys here. I have still an empty fan","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":34.0,"end_s":39.04,"text":"spot. You can populate that in your system if you want, but then I have one","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":37.44,"end_s":44.239,"text":"fan that's spinning in there. We've got a uh DVD multi in the front. We've got a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":42.879,"end_s":51.12,"text":"whole bunch of stuff running over here, which I'll get to in just a moment, but I just want to show you guys how all of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":47.6,"end_s":55.84,"text":"the hardware packs into this case for","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":51.12,"end_s":60.64,"text":"optimal hardware packing. So, here we've","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":55.84,"end_s":62.96,"text":"got the MSI P67A GD53","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":60.64,"end_s":68.64,"text":"at the core of our system. So, that supports Sandybridge processor, supports","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":65.199,"end_s":72.96,"text":"up to 16 gigs of DDR3 dual channel","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":68.64,"end_s":76.72,"text":"memory. So here we've got a kit of DDR33","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":72.96,"end_s":78.88,"text":"from GSkill. All right, we've got a GTX","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":76.72,"end_s":82.72,"text":"560 graphics card. So this is the performance package, which means that","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":80.799,"end_s":87.759,"text":"Oh, this is the performance package. So I think yeah, the 1600 had already been","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":85.2,"end_s":94.479,"text":"tested and I believe the 1600 skew was pulled out in order to validate the DDR3","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":90.88,"end_s":96.32,"text":"1333 skew with the auto overclocking","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":94.479,"end_s":101.2,"text":"feature of the MSI motherboard. 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It's never going to ramp up in terms of","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":196.319,"end_s":204.08,"text":"fan speed. Always going to run nice and cool and quiet. So, we've got an OCZ","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":201.04,"end_s":206.319,"text":"Vertex 220 gig SSD for our boot drive","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":204.08,"end_s":213.68,"text":"here. And then for our storage drive, we have a 1 TBTE drive from I believe it's","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":210.56,"end_s":216.0,"text":"Western Digital Green Series Drive. Uh","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":213.68,"end_s":220.4,"text":"you can add as many as, you know, eight SSDs or storage drives should you so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":218.0,"end_s":224.48,"text":"desire. And that would be a pretty extreme configuration. 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And that is while running 3D benchmarks as well as CPU benchmarks.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":279.04,"end_s":284.0,"text":"Oh, what's this? Why did he move it? Oh,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":282.72,"end_s":288.88,"text":"okay. It looks like the highest we've seen is about 75. Still not bad. still","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":287.28,"end_s":293.6,"text":"within reason, especially considering that in a real world load environment,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":291.52,"end_s":299.12,"text":"you are never going to stress your CPU as much as eight threads of Prime 95 at","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":296.8,"end_s":302.16,"text":"the same time, plus a bunch of heat from the graphics card causing it to be","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":300.8,"end_s":306.96,"text":"warmer inside and all that stuff. So, you can see our CPU usage is pinned at","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":303.919,"end_s":309.36,"text":"100%. We've done our full overnight test","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":306.96,"end_s":313.039,"text":"with the DDR3600 modules, which I've borrowed on another","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":311.12,"end_s":316.56,"text":"platform to test something else. And then it's going to run again overnight","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":314.4,"end_s":321.44,"text":"on the 1333 modules and then we are ready to launch this system and it will","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":319.28,"end_s":325.759,"text":"be available to the public because it will be fully validated. Don't forget","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":323.68,"end_s":332.24,"text":"you can also buy the basic platform which has a 2500 K a GTX 460 a lower-end","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":329.68,"end_s":336.72,"text":"power supply and it does not have an SSD for the boot drive and it has the 1333","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":335.44,"end_s":341.68,"text":"RAM and I think those are all the changes and that one is available for a","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":339.12,"end_s":344.88,"text":"lower price as well. Actually, Crazy Russian wanted me to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":343.36,"end_s":349.12,"text":"show you one more thing. So, I'm just going to Okay, here. Uh, come around to","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":347.44,"end_s":353.36,"text":"the back so you can hear how how loud the system is under load.","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":351.6,"end_s":356.72,"text":"So, still not very loud, especially with the silent chassis and the fact that we","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":354.96,"end_s":363.24,"text":"have the mic positioned directly behind the case, which your ears will never be,","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":358.96,"end_s":363.24,"text":"but I'm going to turn off Prime 95","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":364.72,"end_s":372.4,"text":"and you're going to hear that ramp right down. So, when you are not taxing the","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":368.88,"end_s":374.479,"text":"system to the max, this thing is so","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":372.4,"end_s":378.16,"text":"quiet. Very, very impressive. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0},{"start_s":376.24,"end_s":382.319,"text":"for more tech videos, reviews, unboxings, and other well tech","speaker":null,"is_sponsor":0}],"full_text":"All right, so we've got the Vesta 3050 V2. This is the upgraded configuration featuring Sandy Bridge. It is pre-overclocked. So, I want to show you guys what it looks like when it's off of the Highspeed PC Techstation test platform and into the Fractal Design Define R3 white, Arctic White rather, case. So, here there's one thing I missed in my unboxing of the Arctic White Define R3, and that's that the LED here has been changed from blue to red. So, there's uh something to show you guys here. I have still an empty fan spot. You can populate that in your system if you want, but then I have one fan that's spinning in there. We've got a uh DVD multi in the front. We've got a whole bunch of stuff running over here, which I'll get to in just a moment, but I just want to show you guys how all of the hardware packs into this case for optimal hardware packing. So, here we've got the MSI P67A GD53 at the core of our system. So, that supports Sandybridge processor, supports up to 16 gigs of DDR3 dual channel memory. So here we've got a kit of DDR33 from GSkill. All right, we've got a GTX 560 graphics card. So this is the performance package, which means that Oh, this is the performance package. So I think yeah, the 1600 had already been tested and I believe the 1600 skew was pulled out in order to validate the DDR3 1333 skew with the auto overclocking feature of the MSI motherboard. So you can see here that OC Genie is enabled and so that means that our CPU is actually not running at the default clock speed of 3.4 GHz I believe it is and it is instead running at 4.2 GHz and cooled by the Coolit Eco ALC water cooling system. So right here the Eco actually has rotating uh fittings here. So no matter what, your system is going to not have any undo stress on the water cooling hosing. You do not ever have to maintain the Cool It Eco because it's pre-sealed, preconfigured, pre- everything. And uh so you don't have to worry about any of that. One of the things I want to show you guys is we do have the Eco set up for exhaust. So, you could actually potentially get even better temperatures by configuring your Vesta 3050 with dual exhaust fans in the top and then an intake fan at the back instead of an exhaust cuz that way you could be using fresh air instead of heated air in order to cool your CPU. Now, one of the other things we've got here is a CIC 620 W 80 plus bronze power supply. Although, as you'll see, uh, with our power meter here, the absolute max power draw we were able to achieve with this system was 363 watts from the wall. So, really, that's about 320 watts, probably less than that. Probably about 315 watts being pulled from the power supply. And that was running small FFTs on the CPU for maximum power draw on the CPU as well as 3D Mark1 on the graphics card simultaneously. So, the 620 W power supply is totally overkill. It's never going to ramp up in terms of fan speed. Always going to run nice and cool and quiet. So, we've got an OCZ Vertex 220 gig SSD for our boot drive here. And then for our storage drive, we have a 1 TBTE drive from I believe it's Western Digital Green Series Drive. Uh you can add as many as, you know, eight SSDs or storage drives should you so desire. And that would be a pretty extreme configuration. So let's turn our attention to the screen here where we are running our Prime 95 test on all eight virtual cores of the 2600K processor. You can see here our 2600K is clocked at 4.19 GHz using OC Genie and that also enables uh any XMP profiles that are present on the memory. So in this case we're running the 1333 memory right now. So, there are no XMPP profiles, but if you did configure it with XMPP profiled memory, it would enable that and you'd get the the tighter XMPP timings. So, I think that's pretty much everything to say about that. Oh, here's our temps, right? So, CPU temps, the maximum we've seen is about 70°. So, that is pretty darn impressive, especially considering that this is a silence optimized chassis and not necessarily an airflow optimized chassis. And that is while running 3D benchmarks as well as CPU benchmarks. Oh, what's this? Why did he move it? Oh, okay. It looks like the highest we've seen is about 75. Still not bad. still within reason, especially considering that in a real world load environment, you are never going to stress your CPU as much as eight threads of Prime 95 at the same time, plus a bunch of heat from the graphics card causing it to be warmer inside and all that stuff. So, you can see our CPU usage is pinned at 100%. We've done our full overnight test with the DDR3600 modules, which I've borrowed on another platform to test something else. And then it's going to run again overnight on the 1333 modules and then we are ready to launch this system and it will be available to the public because it will be fully validated. Don't forget you can also buy the basic platform which has a 2500 K a GTX 460 a lower-end power supply and it does not have an SSD for the boot drive and it has the 1333 RAM and I think those are all the changes and that one is available for a lower price as well. Actually, Crazy Russian wanted me to show you one more thing. So, I'm just going to Okay, here. Uh, come around to the back so you can hear how how loud the system is under load. So, still not very loud, especially with the silent chassis and the fact that we have the mic positioned directly behind the case, which your ears will never be, but I'm going to turn off Prime 95 and you're going to hear that ramp right down. So, when you are not taxing the system to the max, this thing is so quiet. Very, very impressive. Don't forget to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips for more tech videos, reviews, unboxings, and other well tech"}