SMALLEST SLI GAMING RIG – ONE OF A KIND!
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
·
1,252 words · ~6 min read
0:00
PC system manufacturers like MSI and Gigabyte have released some fantastic
0:05
small form factor gaming machines in the last couple of years but they all have
0:11
the same disadvantage nonstandard and in many
0:16
cases non upgradable components no you
0:21
have to leave it to the hardcore enthusiasts Pioneers like Lucas diacon
0:28
to break free from what has become the
0:31
way to build a small form factor gaming
0:34
rig ITX motherboards with a single
0:37
graphics card are out natx motherboards
0:42
with dual graphics cards are in oh and
0:46
did I mention that this thing is liquid cooled and under 15 L making it only
0:52
slightly bigger than the corser one so
0:55
strap on my friends cuz this going to be
0:58
good
1:08
Synergy allows you to share your mouse and keyboard between multiple computers
1:14
at once check it out now at the link in the video
1:17
description I feel like we should start with one small problem project orthis
1:23
named for the mythological Greek two-headed dog is not for sale yet this
1:29
one was actually built by our friends at Proto case they do great work the rack
1:34
mount gaming case they built for me is still going strong so it's no surprise
1:39
then that Lucas went to them with his
1:42
incredible design and they got to work
1:46
every component was laser cut inhouse
1:49
the front panel details and rear IO not to mention the badass front logo were
1:55
milled out the radiator holder was routered out the mother motherboard tray
2:00
and SSD holder were bent they pressed in
2:04
all the rivets standoffs and threaded nuts routered the side panel and put the
2:10
whole thing together with a beautiful coat of their Proto Legacy black powder
2:15
coating a couple revisions of that and
2:18
this is what landed on our doorstep
2:22
still some assembly required though am I right we actually needed two care
2:27
packages to assemble our case the one from protoc case that was unidentifiable
2:33
as a case other than the main chassis frame and one from Lucas himself that
2:39
included among other things a server power supply with custom rerouted 12volt
2:46
rails to support our dual graphics cards
2:49
and custom shorter cables I mean this thing is already way too cool we haven't
2:53
even assembled it yet yours would of course come in a much more finished
2:58
State though so we're going to fast forward to System Assembly front IO was
3:04
pretty straightforward dual USB 2 and
3:07
dual USB 3 with HDMI pass through for VR
3:11
and a dope ass capacitive power button
3:15
are nice extras then it was time to move
3:18
on to core components we chose an Intel
3:21
Core i7 6900k for maximum PCIe bandwidth for the
3:27
two PCI Express 16x slots on our ASUS
3:30
x99m WS motherboard and I'm pretty sure
3:33
the Ws stands for West SED cuz this thing is awesome we added a sprinkling
3:38
of Corsair Vengeance RGB memory on the side for maximum FPS and our 20040 mm
3:47
AIO goes in next but due to width
3:51
limitations there is a mere 55 mm of
3:55
height available for the CPU block which
3:58
is why we ended up using using an older generation Corsair
4:03
h100i all right we're getting close now let's pop the graphics cards in the
4:07
design comes with brackets to fit a pair of 2 and 1/2 in drives on the
4:12
motherboard side and a 3 and 1/2 in drive plus another 2 and 1/2 in to
4:17
piggyback on top in the second graphics card tray if you're not using it but we
4:23
are using it for twin GTX 1080 TI
4:27
Founders editions so there will be no junk in the backside for us these
4:33
shielded PCI Express risers go in now
4:37
note that one of them is actually more narrow than the other in order for the
4:42
SLI Bridges to fit then we install the
4:46
cards themselves it is a bit tricky as
4:49
the bottom card needs to be installed first then have its custom spliced and
4:56
extended SLI Bridges connected wrapped behind the tray and then powered up the
5:03
extra length of the SLI cables actually enables them to be hidden behind the
5:07
cards so you can show them off in their full SLI Glory now that the key
5:13
components are together it's time to Spruce the machine up with mucho RGB and
5:18
tidier cabling H looks like a fun task
5:23
in such a tiny case let's uh summon the
5:27
comrade ah well that looked pretty easy
5:31
now let's check her out all tidied up and in her maximum RGB Glory ladies and
5:37
gents project orthis revision
5:41
3 so from an idea to a 3D model to the
5:46
lowest displacement chassis to be able to run GTX 1080 TI
5:52
SLI I don't think anything could have prepared me for something this
5:57
breathtakingly nerdalicious and the performance is shocking it's
6:03
really not that far off having these components on an open test bench and is
6:09
basically identical to having them in a
6:12
fullsize chassis in fact for the card
6:15
that would normally be suffocating in the top PCIe slot it's even better there
6:22
is still some more work to be done our Aussie friend cannot hand wire and paint
6:29
every power supply for orthus buyers and
6:33
I think if we were to do another project with this case we'd probably reverse the
6:38
front fans to keep from recycling hot air and uh maybe make use of the
6:44
included Reservoir Mount for a custom water loop but uh we'll save that for
6:50
another time for now for all intents and purposes mission accomplished you could
6:55
even say that uh now that's not a gaming
6:58
rig that's a gaming rig so a huge shout out to Lucas and
7:05
protocase for allowing us to be the first to make a video on this amazing
7:10
case and also for sending us another one
7:13
when we lost the first one you can follow this Project's future development
7:17
at the link in the video description or on Twitter at luk
7:23
dornc do you suffer from the incredibly first world problem of having far too
7:28
many computers to keep track of which keyboard and mouse goes with which well
7:34
actually I'm being factious because that can be a real problem maybe you have a
7:38
development station and a gaming station or a PC and a Mac well Synergy allows
7:43
you to share one Mouse and one keyboard between all of them so you will no
7:48
longer get confused and it all happens amazingly seamlessly they offer a basic
7:53
and a pro option with a onetime payment for Lifetime access and features include
7:58
aside from from just being able to move the mouse across screens like you
8:02
wouldn't even believe clipboard sharing dragging and dropping files the ability
8:06
to set up hot keys and more use our Link
8:10
in the video description to get 50% off of synergy
8:15
today so thanks for watching guys if you dislike this video you can hit that
8:18
button but if you liked it hit the like button get subscribed maybe consider checking out where to buy this well the
8:24
internal components are available for purchase where to buy the stuff we featured at the link in the video
8:28
description also down there is our merch store which has cool shirts like this
8:31
one and our community Forum which you should totally
8:35
join