1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:07,839 Would it really be packs if we didn't do like top five gaming desktops at the 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:10,000 Intel booth? The answer is yes. Yes, it 3 00:00:07,839 --> 00:00:14,480 would. But this is good, too. So, we're going to start with a system that was 4 00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:19,119 done up by our buds over at BS Mods. You always got to include those guys cuz 5 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:21,199 their systems are always so gorgeous. 6 00:00:19,119 --> 00:00:26,160 So, in this case, get it Case. They started with a Case Labs SM8. They got 7 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:30,880 the just primed version so that they could put their trademark automotive 8 00:00:28,800 --> 00:00:34,880 grade finish on this puppy. I mean, what do they not put a beautiful automotive 9 00:00:32,559 --> 00:00:40,000 grade finish on? In terms of specs, it has some beautiful hardware. So, we got 10 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:44,960 a Core i7 5960X. That's of course supporting quad channel DDR4, which we 11 00:00:42,239 --> 00:00:48,879 had 32 gigs of from Corsair. Those are Dominator Platinums, but they've done a 12 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:52,719 lot of little subtle customizations here. those black strips on the top of 13 00:00:50,559 --> 00:00:57,360 the Dominator Platinums, the removal of the white shroud on the X99 Deluxe 14 00:00:54,719 --> 00:01:01,920 motherboard to make this look absolutely gorgeous in a monochrome black and white 15 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:06,880 and gray color scheme. We've got dual GTX 980s, water cooled by EK Water 16 00:01:04,799 --> 00:01:10,880 Blocks along with the CPU with that sick looking Maym fluid inside. But this 17 00:01:08,799 --> 00:01:15,520 machine is really all about the SSDs, and there are a lot of SSDs in here. 18 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:20,159 We've got two 750 series SSDs plugged directly into PCI Express slots down 19 00:01:17,439 --> 00:01:23,759 there. We have a third plugged into ASUS's hyper kit coming off the 20 00:01:22,320 --> 00:01:27,759 motherboard there and plugging in with the cable and then mounted on like a 21 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:33,040 showcase pedestal stand. And then as if that wasn't enough, the entire front of 22 00:01:29,520 --> 00:01:35,119 the case is full of four more SATA 3 23 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:40,240 SSDs. I mean, I guess that's, you know, the 730 series has been, you know, 24 00:01:37,759 --> 00:01:46,159 panded off the mass storage duties now, as if the, you know, 1 point whatever 25 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:50,720 that is, 2 terb of PCI Express SSD wasn't enough. What an overkill build, 26 00:01:47,759 --> 00:01:56,320 but absolutely gorgeous. Number two, you know that song that you 27 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:59,360 know I'm always singing. I like little 28 00:01:56,320 --> 00:02:01,520 builds. They make me feel so good. Well, 29 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:06,240 this one is a little tiny machine that makes me feel pretty good. I'm calling 30 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:07,360 it the like fantastic fiber or 31 00:02:06,240 --> 00:02:12,160 something. It doesn't have a real name, but Exotic PC did it up for the show. 32 00:02:09,440 --> 00:02:15,680 They're actually triing a new finish for the outside of the case. You'd hardly 33 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:20,080 even recognize that this is a Corsair Air240 because they went and they put 34 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:26,400 like automotive blue paint on it, then like some hydro something dip to bring 35 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:27,840 out this sort of faux carbon fiber blue 36 00:02:26,400 --> 00:02:31,920 and silver finish, and then they clear coated it to give it shine and 37 00:02:29,520 --> 00:02:34,640 durability. Looks absolutely fantastic. But of course, none of that would be 38 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:39,680 meaningful if it didn't have the horses under the hood. And it does. We've got a 39 00:02:36,879 --> 00:02:44,400 Maximus 8G motherboard. That's an MATX board in there with a Core i76700 40 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:48,879 K processor. Of course, that supports DDR4 memory. So, we got 32 gigs. Of 41 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:54,480 course, they're Dominator Platinum DDR4. And these GPUs, they fit in there just 42 00:02:52,480 --> 00:02:59,840 barely. You can actually see if you look closely, the window is Boeing from the 43 00:02:57,519 --> 00:03:03,599 manifold thing sitting over top of both graphics cards that puts parallel water 44 00:03:01,519 --> 00:03:07,040 flow through them. So, they did get them in there, even if it was a bit of a 45 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:11,440 tight fit. And of course, this is always a nice finishing touch for I mean, 46 00:03:08,879 --> 00:03:18,000 mounting your SSD in a drive sled is so like, you know, 2000s. It's 2015. 47 00:03:15,760 --> 00:03:25,360 Mounted to the window. Loving it. Nice touch. Number three, we've got the Main 48 00:03:20,640 --> 00:03:27,120 Gear Force. And this is about as like, 49 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:33,200 you know, cosmic bowling as I think you can pretty 50 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:35,760 much get with a computer. Although, as a 51 00:03:33,200 --> 00:03:39,920 fan of the UV lighting effects myself, I have to say they've taken a pretty novel 52 00:03:38,159 --> 00:03:46,400 approach here. So, they've actually mixed LED lighting for the green with 53 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:50,080 blue LEDs. So, they've got green LEDs around the fans with these thermal fans 54 00:03:48,239 --> 00:03:54,640 as well as illuminating the front panel. And then they've got blue LED strips on 55 00:03:52,239 --> 00:03:59,360 the inside to illuminate the UV reactive green fluid. So you don't really see the 56 00:03:57,040 --> 00:04:03,439 blue as more than just kind of like an underglow to the foreground popping out 57 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:08,480 green lighting effect. I think it looks absolutely fantastic. As you can clearly 58 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:11,760 tell, it's custom water cooled in a really, really neat way. So they've got 59 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:15,920 two pumps in the bottom that split the flow between the CPU and the GPUs and 60 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:19,919 then bring it all back together right at the reservoir that screws right onto the 61 00:04:17,840 --> 00:04:24,960 top of the dual pump unit. And as always, it's got the horses under the 62 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:30,320 hood. So, that's a Z170 Deluxe from ASUS with a Core i76700 63 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:32,720 K. We've got dual GTX 980 Ti. It's got 64 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:37,440 an AX1200i power supply. You might hardly recognize it, but this is a 65 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:39,759 Corsair 900D case. And then this is one 66 00:04:37,440 --> 00:04:46,800 of the few machines at the show that features uh Yes, there it is. The Intel 67 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:49,520 750 series SSD, but in the 1.2 terbte 68 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:53,199 variety. I mean, I guess that's kind of cool. I got one in my rig, so you know, 69 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:57,280 whatever. I'm not that impressed, but they've definitely blown me away with 70 00:04:54,880 --> 00:05:02,080 the looks of this machine because as much as it might be that like, you know, 71 00:04:59,919 --> 00:05:07,680 gamer over-the-top bling, some of us are into that sort of thing. So, yeah. So, 72 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:12,240 it's time for system number four. And this one is an absolute beauty. It's 73 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:16,639 actually in the Intel booth because it's running an early build of Karma 74 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:20,080 Incarnation 1, like a moral choice point-and-click adventure game. But, 75 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:24,800 we're here for the hardware anyway, so we're going to focus on this puppy. 76 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:27,600 Cybertron has put this beast of a 77 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:31,759 machine in a just gorgeous aluminum and glass enclosure from InWin that has all 78 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:36,800 the fix in the me. Check this out. It's got front USB type-C. I love that. And 79 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:39,680 it's got a touch sensitive button that I accidentally touched and turned off the 80 00:05:38,560 --> 00:05:43,440 game before when I was trying to reposition it to shoot this video. And 81 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:48,720 of course, it's got the goods inside. So, we've got a Core i76700 K water 82 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:55,120 cooled by EK water blocks. And then we've also got dual GTX Titan blacks. 83 00:05:51,840 --> 00:05:58,000 We've got 32 gigs of DDR4 memory from 84 00:05:55,120 --> 00:06:02,240 Crucial. We've got an EVGA power supply of some sort. It's like buried in there 85 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:07,520 in this very uniquely laidout interior that has like a triple 120 mm radiator 86 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:12,080 in the back. And then it's got like another fan here. And then all the water 87 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:15,440 cooling tubing, which is hard pipe by the way, looks beautiful, is like 88 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:20,160 stealthily run up here and run between all the components. Another dual 120 mm 89 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:25,199 radiator in the front. It's got two more intakes in the bottom. I mean, the thing 90 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:27,360 is cooled to the absolute nines. And of 91 00:06:25,199 --> 00:06:34,240 course, it's got, yes, there it is. An Intel 750 series 400 gig PCI Express SSD 92 00:06:31,199 --> 00:06:35,840 down there. All on an ASUS Maximus 8 93 00:06:34,240 --> 00:06:43,680 Ranger. Man, I love this like just slightly lit 94 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:45,600 but very dark like contrasty almost like 95 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:49,840 comicbooky looking color scheme they got going on here. Just beautiful. System 96 00:06:48,319 --> 00:06:53,759 number five is something you don't see from us very often. This is a tier one 97 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:57,680 pre-built machine. I mean those suck right now. This one looks pretty darn 98 00:06:56,080 --> 00:07:01,520 interesting to me. This is the Acer Predator. And while the look might be 99 00:06:59,919 --> 00:07:04,880 quite polarizing. Nick calls it the armadillo, but I think it looks more 100 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:07,680 like a the front of a tank tread or something. They've done a few things 101 00:07:06,319 --> 00:07:12,639 that are kind of cool here. So, in your front with your front IO, you got your SD card reader, your headphone, 102 00:07:10,720 --> 00:07:16,800 microphone jacks, two USB 3, and boom. What's that? Headphone holder. Yeah, 103 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:22,080 that's right. Headphone holder right in the front of the case. Uh, okay, fine. That's kind of bizarre. Uh, you've got 104 00:07:20,319 --> 00:07:25,759 your optical drive just in case you still have one of those. This is pretty 105 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:30,720 cool. Pop this baby down. You got a hot swap either 3 and 1/2 in or 2 and 1/2 in 106 00:07:29,039 --> 00:07:34,319 sled. So, you can go ahead and do a hard drive upgrade pretty easily should you 107 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:39,599 so desire. We're just going to leave that. Now, this is where things get really interesting on this one. It is 108 00:07:37,599 --> 00:07:43,680 almost impossible to get open without instructions, but of course, I managed 109 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:46,560 it. Uh, in fact, one of the people showing people around at the Intel booth 110 00:07:45,199 --> 00:07:51,919 was like, "Yep, I straight up don't know how to get that out." Because it is kind 111 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:57,120 of weird in terms of its construction. It's like a normal Acer case inside. 112 00:07:54,800 --> 00:08:01,840 See, just like very normal case construction. And then it's actually got 113 00:07:58,960 --> 00:08:05,599 like a gigantic body kit on it or something. Uh the hardware inside is 114 00:08:03,759 --> 00:08:11,280 looking pretty good though. So we've got a Core i76700 115 00:08:07,680 --> 00:08:14,000 K. We've got a custom Z170 microATX 116 00:08:11,280 --> 00:08:20,720 motherboard. So it's a Acer Acer special in there. We've got a GTX 970. It's a 117 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:22,800 very short looks like OEM only skew with 118 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:28,960 a blower design which is very nice for cooling. We've got I don't know 16 or 32 119 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:31,120 gigs of DDR4 memory. And we've got a 120 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:36,719 very strange hard drive configuration. 4 terbte Seagate drive and a 3 TB WD 121 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:38,240 green. So, I guess the 4 TB Seagate is 122 00:08:36,719 --> 00:08:43,680 the boot drive. Well, whatever. You'll be able to get it in a variety of different configurations. I would 123 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:44,880 recommend one with an SSD and then get a 124 00:08:43,680 --> 00:08:50,080 storage drive as well. Those are good, but boot off your SSD. And uh it's very 125 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:55,279 interesting to see Acer's take on the gaming desktop up close and in person. 126 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:58,720 So, I think that's pretty much it, guys. Thanks for checking out our top five 127 00:08:57,120 --> 00:09:03,040 gaming desktops at the Intel booth here at PAX Prime 2015. Don't miss any of our 128 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:07,120 PAX Prime coverage because it's all freaking awesome. I haven't actually 129 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:11,040 watched any of it yet cuz like Luke did it and I haven't watched it yet, but I'm 130 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:17,680 sure it's awesome. He does a good job. Oh, and one thing I missed, it's got a 131 00:09:13,680 --> 00:09:19,440 turbo button. Bringing back the 486 132 00:09:17,680 --> 00:09:23,279 days. Yeah. as you.