Desktop Video Card in an AIO!? - MSI AX24 AIO & Updated Gaming Dock Mini
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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1,107 words · ~5 min read
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Thank you to MSI for bringing us the Computex 2015 this year. We wouldn't be
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here without them. And thank you also to linda.com. All right, guys. Welcome back
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to the MSI booth where we are checking out the AX24, which is an AIO computer
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that is able to use a full desktop size GPU and CPU. Also, we have an update to
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their gaming dock, which is the gaming doc mini, which Lionus is probably going
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to be a lot more happy about. The AX24 can fit a, like I said, desktop CPU.
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It's not coming out yet, so it will be compatible with Skylake CPUs once
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they're available. And now, this is a set. So, you get a Skylake CPU, you get
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64 GB of RAM, that's four sticks at 16
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GB, two M.2 slots for drives, which can RAID together, a 2 and 1/2 in drive
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slot, and a Blu-ray drive. I am so sorry. So sorry. It unfortunately
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doesn't come with a Paul. Your AIO computer does not come with a Paul. But
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that graphics card does have a PCI Gen 3 16X slot, so you won't have any
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degradation in the graphics card that you have. Now, the GPU does require
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dedicated power along with the rest of the AIO. So, this will require two power
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plugs going directly to it. And right now, there's a kind of oddly janky uh
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HDMI cable using the HDMI in for that
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graphics card, but that's only required for certain operating system configurations that'll probably be
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solved later, so you won't need it. Now, HDMI in, I just mentioned IO. It has an
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HDMI in in the back, two HDMI outs, two USB 3.0's, two USB 2.0's, two audio
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jacks, and a killer gigabit LAN jack. It also has IO on the side, which is dual
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USB 3.0, one SDXC card reader, and one
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power jack. On the top of the unit, you have your power button, a slider to
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cover your webcam, which is actually pretty cool considering certain things
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that have been happening lately, and a handle for people that want to carry
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this around to lands or if they want to bring it to work or whatever the heck.
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Handles are cool. So, that's pretty badass. No more compromises for AIO. You
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have a full desktop size graphics card, which will be able to cool itself very
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easily through that meshing that's on the front. If it's a blower or uh
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nonblower style card, that'll be totally fine. And then it can exhaust out
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through the IO side of the graphics card or on all the perimeter sides of that
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cooler. There is spacing so it can expel air depending on what type of cooling
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solution that graphics card has. And you have a desktop processor. You have you
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have 64 gigs of RAM. You have pretty much everything you'd need. And it's all
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in an AIO computer. Pretty cool configuration. Next up, we have the
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Gaming Doc Mini for the GS302M Shadow, which has a ton of
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improvements over the previous Gaming Dock. You no longer need an external
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keyboard, mouse, and monitor. You can use the ones on your laptop or use
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external ones. It's kind of up to you, but I expect a lot of people are going
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to be using the ones on the laptop as that's going to be easier in many
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situations. Now, if this is a home dock, which is never ever moving, then sure,
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that's great. Get your external mouse, keyboard, monitor, all that kind of
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stuff. But if you ever want to move this dock around, you could get all the power
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of that GPU while using your laptop's monitor, your laptop's keyboard, and
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your laptop's mouse. The power supply or lack thereof as before in the previous
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version of this you needed a full desktop size power supply. With this
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one, it just has an adapter from the wall is able to support 330 Ws of power
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directly to that graphics card. In terms of IO, it's the same as before. On the
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right hand side, you have dual audio jacks, an Ethernet jack, four USB 3.0
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jacks, your power input, and a power button. And on the lefth hand side, you
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have all the IO for the graphics card. What is really different about this and
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what really makes it a lot better from the previous version is the ID or the
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general design. Before it was this big cumbersome box that you had to use all
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these accessories for was really annoying to move around and you needed a
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desktop power supply. Now it has an adapter directly to the wall instead of
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a desktop power supply. The ID is slanted so you can actually properly use
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the keyboard for the laptop on it and you don't have to use an external
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keyboard mouse or monitor which makes it a lot more usable in a lot more
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situations. All right, guys. What do you think about MSI putting desktop graphics
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cards in freaking everything? Can we even call them desktop graphics cards
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anymore? Let me know. What do you think? I think it's awesome. They should think it's awesome. Desktop graphics cards
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should be everywhere. Can I put a desktop graphics card on me? Why not?
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You could put a bunch of them on and wear them like armor. Like armor. Armor.
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Desktop graphics cards. MSI. That's your next project. Anyways, let me know in
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the comments down below or on Twitter at Luke LFR or on Twitter at Paul Hardware.
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Paul Hardware. And then tell us those things. Like, dislike, favorite,
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subscribe. Paul's filming this. Uh, thanks for watching, guys. We'll see you
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next time. Thanks to MSI for sending us here this year to Computex 2015. Oh,
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they sent me here, too. They did. Thanks for sending us here this year to
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Computex 2015. Um, they they have a link down in the description below with all
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their products that they're launching this year. And don't forget, they have
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tons of laptops with Broadwell processors. Those are in the link in the
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description down below, too. Also, thank you to linda.com.
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litter.com/computex for a free 10-day trial so you can start learning today.
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We'll see you guys next time. Thanks for watching.