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what's going on guys - Travers consume right and we got a bit of a different video today we shot this a little differently than the normal videos that you guys see on the channel so let me know what you guys think but let's move on to this retro set now when it's already shot I wanted me to try out this Dell XPS tower with Intel's octane memory I got to say when I started it kind of reminded me of those towers that we had back when we were growing up but this one is way more powerful and for you spec heads out there this thing is running Intel's eighth generation i7 chip with six cores and it's also got 32 gigs of RAM 16 ddr4 and 16 with octane memory it's even packing an nvidia gtx 1080 so if you want to do some gaming this is gonna be possible here but what really makes a tower like this unique is intel's obtain memory now I've seen octane memory and laptops before but I feel like it makes the most sense in a tower and for those of you not familiar with obtain memory it basically adapts and remembers what you do most often on your computer and then accelerates and launches those applications allowing you to have a really personalized experience so if you happen to be a creator and you use a lot of Photoshop and After Effects like we do over time octane memory will allow your applications to launch faster compared to the ones you don't really use which really does make a difference if you're working on a project and you're on a deadline you got a time crunch like I usually am trust me it helps and if you're a gamer Intel's optimum memory can assist in decreasing the time spent waiting for the game to load since it adapts and accelerates to your most played games and that's cool and all but the reason why I think optimum memory works really well in a tower is because with the tower you want to add some hard drives to the system you want to get as much space as possible but when you're adding those hard drives you know they're not as fast as SSDs without any memory it pairs well with the processor to make sure that you launch those applications just as quickly as working with an SSD so you can get those really high storage capacities in those towers and still use a regular hard drive while still getting really really fast speeds in terms of launching your applications but like I mentioned before ops memory is also in laptops so you don't have to get a full-blown tower to take advantage of it what specs like that you can kind of see that's the theme of this whole set up classic clean and a low key powerful now let's talk a bit about the audio I went with these retro looking desktop speakers and like the whole theme here on the outside we've got that classic more timeless look but on the inside we've got some really cool 2018 features this is the Edifier our 1700 bt bluetooth speakers and these are some cool bookshelf speakers it's they of course pair with your pc but one thing that's really nice about these is that it's not limited to just working with your pc here it's got bluetooth so you can connect it to any device like your phone tablet whatever it may be as long as it's got bluetooth it actually has two aux input so you can connect two devices at once here so if you want to have your tower connected and maybe something else you don't have to worry about unplugging anything just plug them in both at once and you got access to both and of course it sounds great it's got a decent amount of bass and you can actually control that with the knobs here on the right side and you can also control the treble as well as the volume alright from the speaker itself and this thing even comes with a remote so you can do that from your bed or even your couch but I really like these because it fits with the whole thing here it's got that nice classic look but it's got a lot of versatility and features as well and for our display we got the Dell ultra-thin 27-inch monitor now this I would have loved to have back in the day instead of those big clunky monitors with the massive bezels you know what I'm talking about but this thing is nice and thin with it being five point five millimeters at a thinnest point which is just insane and it's got super small bezels with a nice quad HD IPS display that gets really bright and this thing has 600 nits and brightness which is pretty surprising for something so thin it also has dual HDMI so if you want to look up more than one device you've got the ability to do that and it's also got the ports right here on the back to allow for some quick easy access but now let's talk about those accessories and peripherals now have a little fun picking out the accessories here that really help the theme come to life first we've got this really interesting Bluetooth speaker that pretty much turns your Smartphone into a desk phone I was pretty shocked when I even saw this thing existed you pretty much dock your phone inand it connects automatically through bluetooth allowing you to make calls and answer calls right from the desk phone that is insane and it's crazy because you really use this thing just like a desk phone you pick up the phone and you dial the numbers you want you hit the little button and boom you're making a call and when you want to hang up you just put the phone down and it hangs up automatically honestly it almost feels like it was made for this setup you can even store some speed dial numbers if you're into that but honestly this thing is just straight-up cool being able to use your phone as a regular phone I don't know could be nice especially if you work from home and you want to have that official feel this definitely does that now as for the mouse that we've got here we've got the classic microsoft intellimouse and it looks like just a regular straight-up mouse but it's a little bit more special than what we used to use back in the day I've got three customizable buttons here four preset shortcuts for desktop navigation it's actually really lightweight and ergonomic and while it feels and looks like what we used to use back in the day it of course has a much better sensor and it's got this nice cool white LED strip in the back so it kind of helps it to have this more up-to-date vibe and the keyboard that we're using here actually came with the tower I didn't change it out because it's got that simple and classic look which works really well for your theme and it actually types pretty nicely we've also added this classic looking lamp it's simple but a nice modern design that fits the theme without being over-the-top but there you have it guys this is my take on a retro setup in 2018 it has its classic look but it's powerful and packed with a bunch of cool features but that about wraps it up for this video guys hopefully you enjoyed it if you liked the whole vile of this video definitely hit that thumbs up button you know be that cool guy or girl I'll catch you guys in the next one till then it's your average consumer peace you