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00:00Okay, so this is a video about my gaming desktop. I don't desktop very often, but when I do,
00:09it's in this thing. It's the Loki Ghost S1. I featured this case before in a video or
00:14two. It's my favorite case. It's the smallest like ITX case that you can get out there that
00:19still has a nice shape. It's got an 8.2 liter volume. That's like the, some people often
00:25question what, why use volume for my cases. Like it's just the size of it, how big it
00:29is. 8.2 liters is the volume, but smaller cases than this, I mean there are smaller
00:35cases than this, often have like ugly shapes and stuff. I really like the design and shape
00:39of this thing, so this is the one that I use. Now, the reason why I even made this video
00:44was because NVIDIA launched some new cards, particularly the RTX 2080 Super. I was contemplating
00:50running the Super instead of the 2080 Ti. I know that the Ti is more powerful, it's
00:55what I've been running in this thing for the past few months, but I thought I would try
00:59the Super because I was assuming this would use less power than the 2080 Ti. And this
01:04is an issue I've had in this particular case, because it's so small and because it's so
01:08cramped, I was hoping that the 2080 Super would be a better option for this particular
01:13build. Turns out, it isn't. The 2080 Ti has almost identical thermals, in terms of like
01:19case thermals, to the 2080 Super, which is a little bit unfortunate. It's strange though,
01:24right? Like the Super uses a 6-pin and an 8-pin power connector, but the 2080 Ti uses
01:29two 8-pins. You would assume that there's just like less power draw, but surprisingly
01:34very similar between the two. Okay, in this case, we have the video card up front, 2080
01:38Ti, or kind of on the side. And on the other side, I will reveal... I mean, this case is
01:44one of my favorite cases because of how easy it is to build into for a super tiny case.
01:50Okay, we have the Noctua L12 heatsink. It almost feels like they built this case around
01:56the use of this heatsink. It's like custom fit to this whole shape and size. Like there's
02:01like a millimeter of space between the heatsink and the grill on the side. But I've changed
02:07the fan in there. It used to run a Noctua fan that came with the heatsink. I've swapped
02:10it out for something that's a little bit louder, but much more powerful. It's the Cooler Master
02:14fan. I think it's the Blade Master. It's not as quiet as the stock fan, but because I'm
02:18cooling a pretty powerful CPU in here, I had to use it. Okay, so the CPU in here is the
02:239900K from Intel. It is an 8-core CPU, and I'm able to overclock this thing to around
02:284.8 GHz on all cores, but the system does get pretty hot. It's running 32 gigs of RAM
02:33made by G.Skill, and it's running a 600-watt power supply from Corsair. It's the SF600.
02:39Now, back to the GPU. So, this system is running the 2080 Ti, like I said like 400 times this
02:45video already. I really wanted this card to work. It's just that the performance that
02:49the Super was giving was not nearly as high as I was hoping. For the games that I play,
02:54I was getting like a 7% bump in performance compared to the regular 2080, which is still
02:57really far away from what the 2080 Ti was pushing out. Plus, the thermal performance
03:03was identical to the Ti, which is unfortunate. I still think that this card has a place.
03:08Like, a lot of people rip on the Super for like, why does it exist? It's a terrible card.
03:12It isn't. Like, if you were out in the market looking for an RTX 2080 anyways, this is just
03:18like a bonus upgrade in terms of performance. I still think Nvidia could and should have
03:23bumped this thing a little bit better than what it is, but that's what we have.
03:26Okay, I'm running two drives in here. They're both NVMEs. One's a Samsung 970, the other
03:31is a Toshiba, and everything's mounted onto an Asus i370 ITX motherboard. So, that's that.
03:38If you're interested in building a case like this, two kind of issues. Number one, this
03:43case is quite difficult to get right now. I know they ran off a Kickstarter, but it's
03:48difficult to buy this case right now. Secondly, because of the orientation of the motherboard,
03:53I had to extend the cables from the power switch. It's just a little bit of an annoyance,
03:57but this case overall, I absolutely love it. I've tried so many small ITX cases. I know
04:02some people don't care about case sizes, but I'm a big fan of small cases. I've tried the
04:06N-Case M1, the Dan Case A4. This is my favorite one, Loki Ghost S1. It holds everything I
04:13need quite nicely, and it still has very respectable thermals for a case of this size.
04:18Okay, moving on to other components that I have in my setup. The keyboard that I use
04:23right now. I showed this a bunch of times. It's the Massdrop Control Keyboard. This is
04:29a keyboard that I liked right away when I first used it, and it's grown on me even more
04:32over time. I love the design aesthetic of it. I love the lighting. I really like the
04:36switches. Like, you can swap out the switches without any kind of soldering. If you want
04:40to, you can just replace all the switches. It's not cheap, obviously, but it can be done
04:44without too much hassle, and it's just a really nice keyboard. I did a video on this thing
04:48called the Perfect Gaming Keyboard or something like that, and I really think that holds true.
04:52Like, it's my favorite keyboard right now. There is another keyboard on the market that
04:57should be coming out soon made by Razer. It's like the Mercury White Black Widow Lite, and
05:01I think that keyboard could look really good with this setup if this thing wasn't opened
05:05up like this, but I think that keyboard does look nice. I would consider swapping this
05:09thing out for that just on aesthetics alone. Assuming the switches feel nice on it.
05:13Okay, the mouse. This is the last thing. Actually, no, there's a display, but the mouse that
05:18I use, I've showed this before, is the G Pro from Logitech. It's wireless. It has an excellent
05:23sensor. It's got good battery life. It's got a clean design aesthetic. I do wish it came
05:27in other colors other than black, like a gray or even a white. Maybe not white. That would
05:32get pretty dank quickly, but a gray would be hype. Now, if you've ever wondered, does
05:36a wireless mouse have the same performance as a wired mouse? It totally does, if you
05:40have a good quality wireless mouse, and the G Pro is on point. Okay, the last piece of
05:45this whole setup is the display. I'm running the 4K X27 from Acer. It is a very nice looking
05:52display. I've had it for about 10 months at this point. 4K, 144Hz, excellent color accuracy.
05:57My only issue with it, and it's such a small one, but I feel like if you're interested
06:01in that device, you should know about this. It has an internal fan that gets reasonably
06:05loud if you play for an extended period of time. For me, it kicks in around the 30, maybe
06:0940 minute mark. It's quiet and completely silent before that, but when it kicks in,
06:14it is audible. And for audio, I use these. It's not a gaming headset, sort of disappoint.
06:19These are the H7 from B&O. These are wireless headphones. It does have a mic, so you can
06:24use it for chat and stuff like that. These work wonderfully for wireless connections
06:28with gaming. I mean, there's obviously gaming dedicated headsets that would probably be
06:32better, but I like the look of them. Keeps the setup clean, minimal wires. There you have it.
06:37Okay, that is my gaming setup that I use when I have a desktop. This is it. Okay,
06:43hope you guys enjoyed this video. Thumbs if you liked it, subs if you loved it. See you guys next time.