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what's up guys this is how this vlog is going to start with me in Hong Kong at my hotel on the way to a press event celebrating the 10-year anniversary of our friends over at ZOTAC they called me out over here to Hong Kong because it's their birthday that's their tenth birthday there's still there's still a little babies but they are going to be showing off some really cool stuff in celebration of their birthday including some new products that you guys might find interesting so we're gonna get go ahead over there oh and on top of that they're also hosting the World Cup for csgo so they pulled a lot of the pro gamers from around the world there's Japan Korea US Europe and all of them we're going to be competing for I would guess some kind of cash prize or maybe just bragging rights which is also very nice so that's going on as well so after the press conference the embargo of a lift and I'll be able to tell you all the nice things that zou Tech is coming out with either later this year or early next year I believe so why don't we go ahead and take a look at their showroom because I know there's a lot of demos and cool hardware going on over there all right so just getting things started with the big guns right here this is the geforce gtx 1080 as a stamp extreme yes it is the amp extreme look at how massive this is this is the biggest video card i've seen in a long time check out the finn stack on this bad boy sweet mother of god so you get dual eight pins PCIe so a better stability for overclocking might actually even land you a few extra megahertz on the GPU four o'clock triple fan fans err got a pretty cool design again with the carbon fiber that so tech has been known for in recent years get some RGB LEDs with our spectrum lighting software very nice wrap around get a wraparound backplate again with this freaking heatsink it's a it's pretty beefy I think I counted about six six millimeter copper heat pipes there let's see what the specs are here so again GT X 1080 sorry I'm an autofocus 2560 CUDA cores of course base block of seventeen hundred and seventy one two a boost of nineteen hundred and eleven megahertz pretty sure this bad boy can hit 2.1 gigahertz no problem but I'd probably try that out to verify first let's see what else you've got here the ek and ice cream cooling system all that good stuff I pretty much cover the rest of course the the fans the fans will freeze go to zero rpm if it's the GPU is under sixty degrees so that's nice working our way down the Shelf here we've got two gtx 1060 s that were checking out here there's one over here which looks a little bit more in the basic side kind of a no-frills design it's got a single fan that's blown down on a heatsink you get 1 6 pin PCI connector which is a reference reference style no backplate or anything like that this is a 6 gig model however so you will get that extra vram that gddr5 over here we've got another gtx 1060 however this is what's a little bit nicer I would say it's got better better cooling setup it looks like it's got two fans instead of one it's also got just kind of a nicer looking design looks like a little bit higher quality again you do get the same 6 pin PCI connector very nice looking from the front it's pretty color neutral so it matched a lot of cases black PCB as well that's nice get your heatsink open-air shroud looks like a couple couple copper heat pipes in there as well video outs are pretty much standard that's also reference let's take a look at the clock speeds here so again this is a 6 gig version as well with a base clock of 1556 megahertz boost of 1771 versus 1700 and 8 on the boost on on this on this other card here so definitely this is probably the slightly faster slightly more expensive version but looks pretty sweet so this is perhaps the newest addition to the zotac line of graphics cards this is their GTX 1050 Ti I like how many it is it's pretty much the the cooler extends the exact dimensions of the PCB itself so it's not going to be any more than six or so inches which is gonna be really great for small form-factor we could go great with in something like the note 202 or or similar it's got a single fan which is actually fairly large it looks like that might be a 100 or he sets of 100 millimeter fans no PCIe connector here so this is going to be more of the the basic reference style design in terms of the cooling and power delivery which is a gonna mean you're going to be able to get all your juice straight through the motherboard PCIe slot 75 watts to be exact not too shabby actually got a nice like a plastic enclosure here it's a fairly nice design and hopefully hopefully it runs pretty quiet as well far as Mexico you've got a bass clock a thirteen hundred and ninety two megahertz with a boost of 1500 and six seven hundred and sixty eight food of course of course everything else pretty much standard you get the same four gigs of gddr5 at seven gigahertz on a 128-bit bus with a display for 1.4 HDMI 2.0 P and dual link DVI so also these video outs are pretty much the same as they would be on the reference design as well from Nvidia which which is which is pretty which is pretty okay with me I don't think many people are going to be connecting more than three displays at a time to this card although the display engine does support additional panels but that's going to be have to be something in the future that we see from a board partner like ZOTAC alright so you guys might recognize this little PC here because I've actually talked about it before at Computex earlier this year they had a demo of this but it was a fully transparent chassis so you could look inside and the first thing that you would realize is that it was completely custom water-cooled everything from the CPU and the GPU all done from the ground up by ZOTAC was freaking water cold so this is the Magnus Ian 980 so it's got a GTX 980 it's all Maxwell and old and stuff however so tech is going to be releasing some very promising news about an update to this particular particular model that you guys might find interesting so stay tuned for that alright guys so so tech has just concluded their press conference here at the hotel and they've announced three big new products that I think you guys are probably going to get a kick out of so why don't we go ahead and take a look at those three options and see what they have in store for us mini pretzel alright so here it is guys this is the Magnus en 1080 and this is new product number one as you as a name might suggest you could probably infer that this has a GTX 1080 and at full desktop GPU inside of a very slim or I should say small form-factor kind of cubish in shape and design but it does have a really nice look to it it's all black it's got some nice ventilation at the top and look at this you've got LEDs on the front on the side kind of got some nice 10-year anniversary branding there these are RGB LEDs I believe there's configurable in the spectra software which is kind of nice I'm sure you can also disable them as well so it's not too distracting look at this on the front panel you get HDMI autofocus HDMI for a VR HMDs which is super cool also USB 3.1 front panel both type a and type C connectors and an SD card reader moving around to the back sexy more ventilation look at all the outputs you get four USB three they also get two DisplayPort 1.3 and two hdmi outs dual gigabit ethernet lan Wi-Fi and bluetooth this is new products number dos you can see it's got a GPU water block on it courtesy of Thermaltake they've slept a custom one on here for the ten-year anniversary it's got RGB LEDs of course all around the edges again you can configure that in the spectra software you do get dual a pin connectors right here for added power very nice backplate on the back as well on top of this you're also getting a 16 phase power design so it's going to help you better regulate any kind of power delivery that you might have at higher clock speeds which is always nice to see additionally here look at these Gina quarter-inch fittings there and you can put whatever fittings of course you like on there I believe you can swap it to either side so you can have your pick on how exactly you want to configure your inlets and outlets here also dual BIOS on this thing and the cool thing about this dual BIOS is that you can actually switch it either hardware or software based so you there's I believe there's a switch on the board itself or you can hop into the firestorm program and configure it and switch it off that way so you have kind of a gaming mode maybe a backup bios for whatever settings overclock settings or tweaks that you want to put on it so the cool thing about this graphics card is that it will come included with a very special limited edition sli high bandwidth bridge from zou tech it actually looks really nice I personally like the minimalistic design that they're going with here but on top of that if you did want to pick one of these up they will probably be available in December but you're gonna have to pick them up quick because these are only available in limited quantities it's probably also going to cost you nominally just an and winding down the new products that so tech has announced at their 10-year anniversary event is the VR go backpack now we actually I got to demo this back in Computex earlier this year and it's changed significantly since then you can see it's no longer just a simple like fabric and mesh design it's it's completely enclosed in like a hard shell case which is I think fully I believe is made of plastic which helps helps it be a little bit lighter and also more durable as well I was kind of one of my concerns with the with the fabric was that how how is that going to hold up wear and tear over long over the long periods of time but I kind of like what they've done here of course that is gonna add a little bit of weight to the equation so I believe it's weighing in at around 10 pounds so based on I don't know just how how much tolerance you have for for back strain and what game you're playing I think that could severely impact whether or not that's an issue for any of you look at that holsters now that was not there in in Computex as well you get two holsters on each side I think so you could have one vibe controller on on either side and I believe she she is holding the the hmd there but there's also a hook that you can suspend it on when you're not actually actively gaming which is kind of handy also there's a video outputs on the top and I believe on the side so you get either configuration whatever is more convenient to you you can have your hmd coming out either or there's also lots of ventilation again going back to the back of the case here which is going to be better for airflow and temperatures and things like that now there's also I believe that's a battery life indicator LED that I can't imagine what else that would be if you look over there to the left of on the left side of the case is a hot swappable battery so I believe they said it takes about two hours to charge it and then you get two hours of playtime so if you have two or three of these battery you can pretty much just play uninterrupted continuously without ever having to really stop your gameplay which is really really cool that's not something that they had completely ironed out yet at Computex so it's nice to see these additional changes and finally I don't know if we can get a good b-roll shot of it later but oh there it is that you can see some some cabling some excess cabling so while this does provide a very nice untethered experience for you and your hmd there's still a lot of excess cable that can be lying around that you might have to find a place to talk tuck up or is if tie together velcro strap it so there's actually a little little area on your utility belt here that allows you to stash all that excess cabling so that's that's really nice - all right so this is the final freaking round of the entire world cup here csgo we got BG cyber Zen from China versus splice splice needs one more round if they win this round they win the entire tournament so uh the crowds pretty on edge at the moment TV oh God TPS to put one guy left attendee Oh speaker big toys disco suit right Wow that's it fly swings flies for the win Congrats guys alright time for dinner look at this meeting PC it's actually a cake someone messed it up already very sad we're on a shuttle now everyone at the event is on their way to China we're going to cross the Hong Kong Chinese border got our visas ready we're going to the donut factory tour rizzo attack of course where we get to see how GPUs are made we're going to get to see all the ins and outs of where ZOTAC makes most if not all of their hardware like graphics cards and that probably would include like the mini pcs and stuff so does your boot cool alright so we have just got off the bus and we've stopped for lunch before we actually head to the factory we're at this a fancy hotel a I don't know the name of it we just kind of ended up here but it's Japanese Japanese restaurant check this out yeah that's real mother of God there's one like every two feet I don't know I don't know which one do I do which one do I eat both why can't it be both did I mention it's buffet style ah come on come on you got to be you got to be kidding me right you'd really good oh come on oh stop it come on come on really oh my oh oh cheesy Oh what what is that yeah I'm so full I'm never eating never English again we're here now at the factory Kesey partner is the name of the adding boards supplier for companies like zou tech and a bunch of others so pretty pretty big name around these parts in mainland China oh I think I think we're getting lab coats or those are some anti-static coats the latest is the latest trying to look so hip I'm gonna start building my pcs in these coats know you feel really good so fly right now what your pointy cute where'd you get those right there right here on here oh my god I'm scared oh my god oh sorry all right other one not yet all right here we go again oh my god that's amazing this is the coolest thing I've ever seen low-key we look pretty fly though here's some factory workers hard at work watching the machines closely making sure that they don't become self-aware and take over the world this guy's job is the exact opposite of mine he's a professional boxer and there they are the finished package can I have one of those just just maybe one or two no okay all right so the GPUs are pretty much all built they got their shrouds and coolers on them looks pretty good now that's a time for testing there's got to test them out if it shows up with a signal of some sort some kind of video output like that one over there was just doing then I believe that's a pass and if not then they I don't know throw them in the garbage or something ooh this one this one made it to the BIOS I'm pretty sure that one's good so apparently this is where all the best jobs at so tech are in this room here where you get to actually test the cards by playing games it's about a four-hour run to determine whether or not a GPU has passed or failed so these guys just a game they get the game all day playing overwatch on big screen TVs and stuff you know and get paid doing it that's pretty awesome this is the fan testing room everybody this couldn't tell so this is the dust testing room where they actually simulate a worst-case scenario and they introduce a lot of dust into the room and see you know if the component fails or not pretty much I probably shouldn't open the door that they probably shouldn't do that yeah my testing room pretty epic pretty cool though there's a double door here insulated we're going into the anechoic chamber where they do the acoustics test this is gonna make me really jealous because uh all the acoustics tests I do at home pretty much over overridden by bike traffic outside my window this is really weird I can barely like yeah it is it's incredibly quiet in here almost too quiet it is really weird like it's almost kind of kind of year any plane right yeah no I thought like I wasn't hearing for the factory tour is over and we are now hitting the streets at night in Hong Kong we're back in Hong Kong we made it back safely from China we didn't go to prison it's awesome now we've been led by one of the locals to this place called Delaney's which looks like an irish pub okay it can't get much more Chinese than that all right so a rule of thumb for me when I'm traveling abroad is always go to at least one really nice restaurant just to experience some of the fine dining in culture you're not familiar with so we've found our way here to Ming's Court which is actually got a Michelin star under its belt I haven't been to too many of these types of restaurants but so far the food has been amazing this just rolled out BBQ pork this is one of their signature dishes and I'm about to eat it so I'm gonna stop going now all right so the zotac event as far as we know is over and they've kind of led us on our own we're just running wild here in Hong Kong so we had to switch hotels because there was no way we were paying for that nice s place for an additional two days here so we got a hostel this is the first hostel I've ever stayed at it actually it's the first hostel that any of us have ever stayed at and this is our room we're in room number five but this is the room there's there's a bunk bed and there's that's where the room ends this is it there's there's two bunk beds luckily the bottom one's a little bit bigger for for me and wifey sauce now gets the top bunk and in a bathroom it'll tell you this bathroom the bathroom is actually integrated with the shower itself the shower faucet is right there that is efficiency innovation that is space maximization it's it's pretty impressive I'm excited I can tell how I was excited try to try to contain your excitement a little bit honey you know you're gonna love that shower you know it's a little bit off you're gonna wipe the out of the shower but this was in our budget and hey at least there's a see there's a nice a/c unit it feels pretty good we got everything we need just this is the life let me tell you this is this is the the hallway to our hostel it looks like from the movie hostel poor horse saw this is pretty look at the walls here could use a paint job maybe just a bit it is another bright beautiful sunny and humid as hell day here in Hong Kong we have found our way to the Kowloon Park which is a pretty massive property here that's right across the street from our hotel it's like a three-second walk and my wife spotted this aviary sign she's a huge huge huge bird fan for some reason so she immediately ran up the stairs as soon as she saw this so let's go ahead and check it out what do we have here look at that look at the bed $10 to the white man I think I picked that one food for the supper we eat you for breakfast I'm continuing hungry hey don't turn your back on me I make it come pouch chicken out of your eye here would you like to come with me another man I know a man who who would love to love to meet you his name order the Colonel Sanders show me your faith show me your faith why you coward why you carry show me your feet I bet that bigot a stray or nine now we go to Beijing poem Tang do this energy drink slow cow it's like Red Bull but instead of a bull it's a it's a lazy cow how awesome is that mind cool a honey get down from there get down from there right now you're gonna hurt yourself it's dim-sum time we are eating all the things homes so far everything's really really really really good this place is called dim dimming some this is the best thing I've ever eaten in my life all right so we just took a stroll through that park over there kind of embedded in the midst of all these buildings and we're headed somewhere over there you can see some white tents all popping up that's a Food and Wine Festival it's the wine and dine festival it's an annual thing that happens in Hong Kong as the name suggests food and wine we're gonna we're gonna check it out even though we just ate dim sum this is all we're doing on this trip is eating eating way too much apparently this is one of the largest if not the largest festivals in Hong Kong that happens annually according to someone who works here so I have in fact checked that at all but it's a pretty massive event we've walked for like I think it probably takes you an hour to walk around the entire thing once if you weren't stopping at any of the booths so there's plenty of stuff to try out here regardless of what you're into you'll probably find something that you really enjoy it's really cool because they've got Europe here too it's not just Hong Kong stuff they got Europe Austria land I had an Australian beer I had some Riesling which was a really nice German wine a lot of good stuff here I think the last thing I'm going to spend my token on is probably some good old scotch I can find some nice Irish whiskey and that will probably seal the deal here I think at that point we're probably gonna go look for some dinner maybe some some a hotpot Szechuan sounds pretty tasty so yeah pretty fun last day if I do say so myself so Kyle got stopped for an interview and I was like whoa I'm gonna go vlog I'm out of here and then Heather sat down next to him and she got approached with some with another interview and I'm just I'm just standing here laughing my ass off Heather's like I'm sorry this is this is all in Chinese I don't I don't really know what this character means all that it means you sell your soul to Chinese prison you come work for us for free for for all eternity I just sign your name right you make sure to sign in blood and in what color today we go get a beer while those suckers answer questions come on pose you'll pair strike a pose air beautiful beautiful now we're at Dan Dan soul food from Sichuan I like that I like the cartoon going on here he's gonna be good as going spicy okay I like my spicy food I wonder spicy one I went to it did it burn my asshole did you burn my asshole I did it I need a shitty Bravo I should rather like the molten robber it's how I know it's very good it is the good one look at look at how happy happen how very happy dude the couple is eating eating the hot food and shooting earlier asshole burning hot lava this is chili oil go on to dumplings that was pre mom yeah rebound it's so good so much and you know it's pretty bomb this this looks the best is the best one just look at it just lets me pluck at it the elixir of life take it away cow yes thank you sir I'm not Cheers alright guys that is going to wrap it up for the Hong Kong vlog of 2016 thank you so much to ZOTAC for making this trip possible both for myself 2.0 and white pea sauce we all had an excellent time checking out your guys's new products that are coming very soon as well as checking out the the factory tour that was super cool as well so thank you guys for watching this vlog be sure to like it if you enjoyed it subscribe for more stuff coming at you really soon and I'll be seeing you guys in the next video peace out