Steiger Dynamics Maven and Couch Master Pro - CES 2014
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2014-05-07
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Western Digital. Hey guys, we're here in the Venetian ballroom checking out Stagger Dynamics. I know you guys have
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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
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also familiar with the crazy price point. So, there's two really cool
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things that they've brought here to CES. The first one is the Maven. It's a
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cheaper version of the Elite that used to be around. It's a little bit uh
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costed down, but it's also a little bit featured down. But I think a lot of you will really appreciate that because you
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can still get the build quality and really really nice finish and quality
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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
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easier for people to get at. It's it's still a premium product and it still has
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a premium price tag, just not quite as expensive it used to be. So, it's
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actually quite interesting. Also, they now have other options for platforms.
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So, if you're into AMD, they have configurable options for you to be able
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to get AMD platforms in there and you can still change everything else and
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that's really interesting to see. I know a lot of you guys are really interested in Steam Machine and really excited for
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Steam OS to become fully released and not beta anymore, but this is something
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you can look into. We see a lot of stuff around CES and before CES about
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different companies releasing Steam machines. This isn't necessarily a Steam
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machine, but if you're into it, I would look into this because a lot of the other Steam machines, you might as well
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just build them yourselves. With a Ster Dynamics system, you're getting that
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amazingly beautifully finished case that you can't really get anywhere else. So,
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I see more value in this than another system that I would rather just build
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myself. Next, at Ster Dynamics, we have the Couchmaster Pro. As for features and
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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,
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which will reduce weight for shipping costs and will just reduce weight in
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general because that wooden top did actually weigh quite a bit. Other than that, there hasn't been a ton of
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changes. There's some minor cable routing stuff that's changed, and that's about it. But there's another really
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cool announcement here is that Ster Dynamics is distributing it. So you can
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get it from an American distributor now instead of trying to get it shipped in from Germany all the time, which was
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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
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Stiger Dynamics and Couchmaster. If you want to see all of our CES 2014 content,
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