MOST EXPENSIVE DESK PC - Lian Li DK-04
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2018-05-06
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1,611 words · ~8 min read
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this desk case Fusion is not for the
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faint of heart it's big it's bold it's
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covered in brushed aluminum fingerprint magnet goodness and it costs a whopping
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1,500 us and for those of you who are
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about to ask no that does not include
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any actual PC Hardware so first
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thought man this desk is PC porn at its finest
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second thought H it's covered in
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fingerprints already I should have probably been wearing some of these
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before I loved
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it browse privately and securely with
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tunnel bear the simple VPN app try tunnel bear for free at the link in the
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video description so the Journey Begins then
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on a strong note unlike our DIY desk PC
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project and to a lesser degree the vector desk mini the dk4 comes
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pre-assembled so right out of the box the desk's height can be adjusted via
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the controls on the front with a height range that's adequate for anyone from
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Dennis all the way to Taran my only
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gripe with this upes leg functionality
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is the massive exposed power supply that
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is visibly positioned inside the case it
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makes the movement features feel like kind of an afterthought and for
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$1,500 a small metal piece could have
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easily been used to cover up the power supply while we're at it the two 6t
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cables that cover the short distance between the power supply and the
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motoring controller probably also could have been cut to size aside from that
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the interior of the desk is very clean
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until of course you touch it and touch
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it we will we decided on a balls tothe
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wall content creation rig that reached
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just shy of $6,000 including the desk and all the
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water cooling components and I know that might sound like a lot and that's
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because it is the brain of our system was a pretty easy choice ints core i7
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6900k might not be an extreme Edition but it's still an8 core monster and the
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$700 we saved over the 6950x allowed us
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to splurge on a 1.2 tbte 750 series ndme
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SSD for lightning fast system responsiveness as for memory G skill's
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Trident Z 64 gig kit in white was the
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Perfect Mate for our color scheme or lack of color scheme as it were and on
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that note the x99 tricks from ASUS was perfect for our build other than the
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orange lighting which we really felt had to go something we thought would be
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easy but not so much now there's nowhere
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to install an IO Shield due to the way the rear cables route so we put that
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away then it was time to work on our lighting the stricks is ARA compatible
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but with the included red green and blue dials on the front of the desk we are
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opted not to use software controls and I think all the other RGB purists will
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agree individual Channel control knobs
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are the only way to go for full hipster RGB
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satisfaction with the board in the desk the next logical step was a power supply
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Corsair's rm1000x was chosen yet again
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for its simple understated looks and perfectly Overkill capacity which allows
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us to keep the fan off even under load
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on the subject of cooling we know you guys have been craving hard line and so
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the choice was clear this tubing it's clear also it's
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Hardline EK water blocks' 12 mm clear
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petg is Affordable and designed to match
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up perfectly with the plethora of 12mm
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Hardline fittings that they provided in a sleek and sexy black finish so I'm
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glad we cleared that up speaking of clear to keep our eight processing cores
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nice and frosty there was no debating that ek's plexy toop Supremacy Evo was a
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great choice for both performance and Aesthetics not to mention it matches our
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GTX 1080 that we definitely used instead
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of a TI because the extra power doesn't make much of a difference while video
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editing and definitely not because the 1080 TI block didn't show up on time yay
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Customs our three 60 mm EK PE series
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radiator mounted on this super bizarre
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front bracket that doesn't have enough clearance for fans to fit underneath
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according to Le and Lee this was to save the exterior from the up to 16 fan
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screws that could be installed in it but in my opinion there's still no reason
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they couldn't have enlarged it for the fans and the screws that would go on
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them especially because there's a large magnetic fan filter that covers this
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area anyway with the radiator installed
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there's just enough room for our x3400
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reservoirs tube which we mounted on the 2 and 1/2 in drive base to run next to
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it and while the upper Drive mounts aren't designed for this purpose they
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ended up working quite well though back
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to the word design it's kind of a key word here Le and Le's manual talks about
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radiator mounting but makes no mention of other water cooling components on so
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we ended up securing our pump to one of the two lower SSD mounts next to a 1 TB
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Samsung 850 Evo with a ghetto washer
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that Jake made out of a cable anchor with some super professional looking
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electrical tape sleeving and we just
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found that that was while functional a
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bit frustrating for such a physically large Enthusiast grade product we think
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some more thought could have been put into the custom water cooling scene
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rather than just focusing on aios going
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back to the tubing Jake and Ivan went full Linus Tech tips at this stage and
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with the build mostly complete finally took it upon themselves to figure out
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the best way to Route the tubing in true
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LTT fashion they did pull through and
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ended up with a couple bends that look very clean with the rest of the tubes
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actually being fairly straight TM with
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the help of about $150 worth of ek's black Hardline and 90° fittings with all
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the tubing in place and tightened Jake rigged up an interesting fill Port by
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screwing a funnel into an extension
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which did leak a bit but not nearly as much as the wide open port on the bottom
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of the reservoir there was one small leak we
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discovered shortly after the filling but other than that we were golden damn is
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Hardline ever awesome when somebody else
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has to deal with it cabling was next and
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uh oh we sure messed up here cables
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definitely should have been done before filling to prevent possible bump induced
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leaks the result though was monochromatic cable mod cables that fit
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the build perfectly in what I'm calling and uh Alpine white so with everything
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installed the glass on and uh after 30
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minutes of wiping off all the fingerprints that somehow still managed
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to get on the brushed aluminum we've come back to the same conclusion we
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started with this thing is
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gorgeous and you don't even have to cover it up I mean you could put a
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monitor down on top of your build with the default stand or you can actually
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use this mounting point at the back of the desk to install a monitor ARM it
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does cause some light leakage but in my opinion it's a worthwhile trade-off
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which brings us then to the conclusion if you're a PC Enthusiast with a ton of
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that young cash burning a hole in your pocket and you were planning on spending
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a th000 plus dollars on a desk anyway well then the dk4 could be the perfect
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product for you you do need to be a little prepared for Le and Le's form
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before function approach but considering the
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alternative we are now officially out of components to put over there leading us
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to more problems particle board does not like moisture have the controller on the
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outside oh no yeah it actually looks pretty darn
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appealing we've teamed up with Zotac and HTC to bring you a truly immersive
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giveaway we're giving away one of Zac's
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VR backpacks and one HTC Vive HTC Vive
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is the virtual reality headset that features room scale technology to turn
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your room into a 3D space but you're watching this channel you probably knew
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that basically it's freaking awesome and
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the VR go allows you to enjoy VR without
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obstacles allowing you more freedom to move while you're playing your games
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it's got a core i7 processor with GTX 1070 graphics and it Sports up to 2
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hours of play time with a hot swappable battery in the Box for nearly endless
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play you can even use it as a desktop with a detachable backpack strap the
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giveaway will run for 2 weeks time and it's worldwide anyone can enter with no
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restrictions at all enter now through the link in the video
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description so thanks for watching guys if this video sucked you know what to do
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