Vector Desk Mini Review

[nicklmg]

Buy Vector Desk (full-size, the mini isn't publicly available yet): http://geni.us/otLWb7

 

Desk PCs are pretty darn cool - but is the Vector Desk Mini too small to be functional?

 

 

[Skiiwee29]

this should be good.... 

[Daniel644]

your supposed to post here before public listing on youtube

 

Happy Easter

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Daniel644 said:

your supposed to post here before public listing on youtube

 

Happy Easter

He must be sleeping again

On 4/12/2017 at 2:55 AM, nicklmg said:

Well I was sleeping when the video came out, then I woke up briefly to post it to FPC, then went back to sleep because I was on like 3 hrs and had to be presentable to clients all day... Then I went to work and dealt with clients all day and forgot to post this thread until Anthony reminded me at like 12:30.

 

TL;DR I'm dumb and I forgot. The end.

 

[nicklmg]

2 minutes ago, Daniel644 said:

your supposed to post here before public listing on youtube

 

Happy Easter

Posting from the road since it's Easter and have family gatherings to be at. I posted it to YT as soon as the upload was ready for me. Thanks though.

 

Happy Easter

Just now, deXxterlab97 said:

He must be sleeping again

 

No just have real-life commitments sometimes on weekends  

[Space Reptile]

oh its flimsy metal , but cheap
oh its 500$

 

i would pay 200$ at best 

 

but overall id rate it a perfect 5/7 

[FlightRisk]

Maybe LMG are sick of desk PC's now but it would be cool to see a collaboration with UpDesk on a adjustable PC desk. Perhaps a limited/niche product? or maybe an aftermarket solution?

[gonvres]

Cool, but is $500 meant to be cheap?

You could buy a small desk for <$100 and just sit the PC on the floor next to it.

[mcraftax]

1 hour ago, nicklmg said:

Posting from the road since it's Easter and have family gatherings to be at. I posted it to YT as soon as the upload was ready for me. Thanks though.

 

Happy Easter

No just have real-life commitments sometimes on weekends  

How do you run the content flow? In one wan show I think Linus said for most videos there is a week buffer for (was vessel) FPC and then another week for youtube. (with timely evens going on both at the same time in most cases and projects taking longer time before they hit the buffer.)

(Especially for weekends/when OOO) I thought youtube had a release schedule feature/thing with the video have been uploaded/+processed earlier? Also would be good for you if there was a similar thing on the forums.

Just some thoughts.

[dantesan]

It fails as a PC desk. I mean... you don't buy a pc desk for portability. They could have made fold out flap/leaves to function better as a desk. It fails at being small and fails at being large. Is there any way it doesn't fail?

 

If it had retractable legs or something maybe it could be worth it.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

1 hour ago, gonvres said:

Cool, but is $500 meant to be cheap?

You could buy a small desk for <$100 and just sit the PC on the floor next to it.

But that PC would go in a case, though. PC cases reach ridiculous prices this days, and arguably, as a case, this is better than most.

Of course, you could get a $20 case and cheap desk, and forget about custom loops and glasses etc, but at that point you are no longer comparing the prices of similar things.

As the combination of a reasonably priced desk and an overpriced case (which seems to have become the norm), maybe 500 is not that far off.

 

My main problem with PC desks is leg room. I could survive with a cut-out like Linus has in the office, although I prefer more mobility overall (but then it wouldn't be a desk-PC ) But this... Yes, it has that angle, but I doubt it's enough for comfort.

 

Other comments:

- I re-watched the relevant segment 3 times, and i still don't understand what the GPU-radiator problem was nor why anything needed to be dremeled-out.

-Not enough space for low sensitivity gaming? There's plenty of room to push your $10 keyboard under the monitor while you game on your mouse + G13... or did you buy one of those "gaming keyboards"?  

[Yoshikuni]

What keyboard is it? Corsair 10 kilos?

[tl-james]

Hey guys, what specific ram speed did you go with for this build? 

[Syntaxvgm]

18 hours ago, Space Reptile said:

oh its flimsy metal , but cheap
oh its 500$

 

i would pay 200$ at best 

 

but overall id rate it a perfect 5/7 

I honestly think it's  fair price. Worth it to you, or me for that matter? Nah, probably not. But it's probably the cheapest PC desk option out there, and matches the price of large niche cases like that. 

I honestly think a PC desk that's that small looks kinda dumb, but that's me. Someone is itching to buy this 

[xnamkcor]

What metric was used to determine that the size of the desk would negatively affect the size of the case? Even a "full" tower laid on its side would make a student sized desk and would fit two whole ATX M/B based PCs.

[Bakerking31]

23 hours ago, SpaceGhostC2C said:

- I re-watched the relevant segment 3 times, and i still don't understand what the GPU-radiator problem was nor why anything needed to be dremeled-out.

I am pretty sure he was just talking about the aesthetics.  From the pump(?) to the block was not 90 degrees, more like 100 degrees so not a perfect right angle.  It would look a little off from above.  They could have dremeled the mounting holes for the pump a bit further forward which would have made a nicer 90 degree angle to the block.

[nicklmg]

On 4/16/2017 at 6:25 PM, SpaceGhostC2C said:

- I re-watched the relevant segment 3 times, and i still don't understand what the GPU-radiator problem was nor why anything needed to be dremeled-out.

I think he originally had the card in the top slot, where it interfered with the in/out on the rad, but they showed the card in the 2nd slot during b-roll. Can definitely see how it was confusing given the visual reference.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

3 hours ago, nicklmg said:

I think he originally had the card in the top slot, where it interfered with the in/out on the rad, but they showed the card in the 2nd slot during b-roll. Can definitely see how it was confusing given the visual reference.

Thanks, it certainly makes more sense in that case.

[NicholeMattera]

I know there was some people in the comments talking about 16x slots vs 8x slots for video cards. I just wanted to post this brand new video from Gamer Nexus still showing that a 1080 on 16x or 8x slot still doesn't make a bit of a difference.

 

 

[nicklmg]

6 hours ago, StevenMattera said:

-snip-

 

"Wow GamersNexus made a video about PCIe lanes, Linus Tech Tips did that years ago, GamersNexus is #outofideas"

Jk obviously... GamersNexus is  nicest dudes.

Thanks for sharing that vid!!

[xnamkcor]

7 hours ago, StevenMattera said:

I know there was some people in the comments talking about 16x slots vs 8x slots for video cards. I just wanted to post this brand new video from Gamer Nexus still showing that a 1080 on 16x or 8x slot still doesn't make a bit of a difference.

 

 

 

Even though, in a practical test, there seems to be no difference, I still would not use a 8x slot for a GPU. Especially in a scenario where the GPU was the only PCI-e device.

[FelixC]

Can I get a complete parts list of the different computer parts without the desk. Thinking of coping it or improving it.

[SeanROM54]

what is the model of the angle grinder he uses in this video. interested in purchasing on amazon if available

[13blackg]

for those really on a budget just use my solution/ Linus' solution. build your own desk pc. mine was quite a bit simpler than Linus' and took 1 4*8 sheet of plywood ( I used 1/2 in but for future build would go with the 3/4) and 2 2*2 with a precut piece of glass from home depot. plus instead of mapping out all the standoff point I just drilled out all the rivets in an old case and just put the motherboard tray inside the desk. other build notes, salvaged front I/O from the old case and used a saw and file to fit them to front of desk with the rear I/O coming out underneath the desk behind the knee area with a cable cutout in the rear corner. power supply is mounted inside the build its exhaust as well as several other fans brings air in and out very effectively (dry ice test approved) all in all I couldn't be happier and the solid wood construction leaves it very quiet not even my ceiling fan on low is quieter and supper comfortable to sit at

[Sfekke]

23 minutes ago, 13blackg said:

for those really on a budget just use my solution/ Linus' solution. build your own desk pc. mine was quite a bit simpler than Linus' and took 1 4*8 sheet of plywood ( I used 1/2 in but for future build would go with the 3/4) and 2 2*2 with a precut piece of glass from home depot. plus instead of mapping out all the standoff point I just drilled out all the rivets in an old case and just put the motherboard tray inside the desk. other build notes, salvaged front I/O from the old case and used a saw and file to fit them to front of desk with the rear I/O coming out underneath the desk behind the knee area with a cable cutout in the rear corner. power supply is mounted inside the build its exhaust as well as several other fans brings air in and out very effectively (dry ice test approved) all in all I couldn't be happier and the solid wood construction leaves it very quiet not even my ceiling fan on low is quieter and supper comfortable to sit at

Seems like a great self-built desk!

Kinda making me want to do that someday