NCIX PC Vesta 6050 Validation Process & Specifications Overview Linus Tech Tips

Linus Tech Tips ·Linus Tech Tips ·2011-05-08 · 637 words · ~3 min read
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0:00 today we're going to be showing off another PC from the NC PC laboratory so
0:06 I'm in uh well you've got three guesses as to whose office we happen to be in
0:11 here right now and uh the first two don't count so uh basically he's got a
0:15 new system that we're working on for the end of the month and this is going to be
0:19 our fastest Vesta PC ever this is the Vesta 6050 and it's actually going to be
0:24 available in a couple different configurations so the one that we have
0:27 here since this is a balls to the walls
0:30 Performance Machine is actually featuring dual GTX 580s it has a 120 gig
0:37 SSD it's got an assus Republic of Gamers Rampage 3 formula motherboard Core
0:43 i5 I5 core i7 950 processor and it also
0:49 has 12 gigs of RAM now the performance Edition comes with dedr 3600 and the
0:54 base Edition actually has some key changes so it comes with DDR 31333 it
0:59 cuts one of the graphics cards the performance one comes not only with an
1:03 SSD but also with a large storage drive and the base one does not and then the
1:08 power supply is another key one so the performance Edition comes with a tx850 W
1:12 power supply and the base Edition does not now the whole point of this video is
1:17 not just to show off the new system that we have coming out oh oh yeah they're
1:21 both liquid cooled even though you can't see it so see look the liquid cooling is
1:25 coming when we actually put it in the case which is going to be a fractal
1:28 design Define ex cell so the base one uses an H50 and the performance one
1:33 being the utter maximum system that it is uses a Corsair h70 liquid cooler but
1:39 I also wanted to show you guys the testing and validation procedure that
1:42 goes into these systems and has actually helped us catch a lot of problems before
1:47 we release them to the general public for example we encountered a RAM kit
1:52 that was uniformly incompatible with every Phenom 2 X4 and X6 processor on
1:57 the market we had no way of knowing the specs said they should work but because
2:01 of our validation procedures we were able to find out that the system was
2:04 randomly locking up and that even though the parts weren't defective they didn't
2:08 work together even though they should work together so basically we use a host
2:13 of different programs and these are all Enthusiast grade programs not your you
2:16 know Grandpa's benchmarking program so we use Linux as well as Prime 95 mem
2:21 test and then for 3D we do a test with Vantage as well as furmark and with all
2:26 of these prototype systems so far we've done at least some game play with an
2:31 intensive game like Crisis uh Mafia 2 just to make sure that besides the
2:35 synthetic benchmarks we're not going to run into any problems with a demanding
2:38 modern game engine so this system this prototype won't be ready probably for
2:43 another 4 to 5 days just because the uh
2:47 the Crazy Russian needs to do a lot more of his crazy Russian stuff on it make
2:51 sure that it passes all these tests overnight and it's just crazy stable and
2:55 then we're going to be able to go ahead and release the system around this so
2:58 thank you for checking out this little video on the validation process that
3:01 goes on behind the scenes don't forget to check out ncpc on Facebook that is
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