1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:07,120 Linus Tech Tips coverage of CES 2014 is brought to you by ncx.com, your source 2 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:11,120 for great technology, selection, and service along with Corsair Memory and 3 00:00:09,519 --> 00:00:14,880 Western Digital. Hey guys, we're here in the Venetian ballroom checking out Stagger Dynamics. I know you guys have 4 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,960 seen them before. They've been in some of our contests before. I know a lot of you are familiar with them, but you're 5 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:22,560 also familiar with the crazy price point. So, there's two really cool 6 00:00:20,720 --> 00:00:26,320 things that they've brought here to CES. The first one is the Maven. It's a 7 00:00:24,560 --> 00:00:29,279 cheaper version of the Elite that used to be around. It's a little bit uh 8 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:33,600 costed down, but it's also a little bit featured down. But I think a lot of you will really appreciate that because you 9 00:00:31,920 --> 00:00:36,960 can still get the build quality and really really nice finish and quality 10 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:42,160 components that you could in the Elite, but it's just a little bit costed down. So, it's a lot more uh affordable and 11 00:00:40,480 --> 00:00:45,200 easier for people to get at. It's it's still a premium product and it still has 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:48,399 a premium price tag, just not quite as expensive it used to be. So, it's 13 00:00:46,559 --> 00:00:51,760 actually quite interesting. Also, they now have other options for platforms. 14 00:00:50,079 --> 00:00:55,440 So, if you're into AMD, they have configurable options for you to be able 15 00:00:53,199 --> 00:00:58,079 to get AMD platforms in there and you can still change everything else and 16 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:02,719 that's really interesting to see. I know a lot of you guys are really interested in Steam Machine and really excited for 17 00:01:00,559 --> 00:01:06,400 Steam OS to become fully released and not beta anymore, but this is something 18 00:01:04,799 --> 00:01:10,240 you can look into. We see a lot of stuff around CES and before CES about 19 00:01:08,479 --> 00:01:13,840 different companies releasing Steam machines. This isn't necessarily a Steam 20 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:18,960 machine, but if you're into it, I would look into this because a lot of the other Steam machines, you might as well 21 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:22,640 just build them yourselves. With a Ster Dynamics system, you're getting that 22 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:26,000 amazingly beautifully finished case that you can't really get anywhere else. So, 23 00:01:24,159 --> 00:01:29,119 I see more value in this than another system that I would rather just build 24 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:32,880 myself. Next, at Ster Dynamics, we have the Couchmaster Pro. As for features and 25 00:01:31,759 --> 00:01:37,520 build and all that kind of stuff, there isn't a ton of changes. They've moved from a wooden top to a plastic top, 26 00:01:36,079 --> 00:01:41,600 which will reduce weight for shipping costs and will just reduce weight in 27 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:45,119 general because that wooden top did actually weigh quite a bit. Other than that, there hasn't been a ton of 28 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:49,119 changes. There's some minor cable routing stuff that's changed, and that's about it. But there's another really 29 00:01:47,759 --> 00:01:52,479 cool announcement here is that Ster Dynamics is distributing it. So you can 30 00:01:50,799 --> 00:01:56,320 get it from an American distributor now instead of trying to get it shipped in from Germany all the time, which was 31 00:01:55,119 --> 00:02:01,119 really expensive back in the day. So it's a lot easier for you to get it get it now. Thanks for watching our video on 32 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:04,479 Stiger Dynamics and Couchmaster. If you want to see all of our CES 2014 content, 33 00:02:02,960 --> 00:02:09,920 be sure to subscribe to Linus Tech Tips. And as always, thank you to our sponsors, NCX, WD, and Corsair.