**Project Christine: A Revolutionary Modular PC Concept**

Hey guys, this is Austin and today I'm here at CES 2014 at the Razer Booth with what I think is probably the coolest thing of the show - Project Christine.

As you guys know, I've been building PCs for a while, and while they're great, we've seen a few advancements especially with smaller PCs. However, for the most part, a PC is a giant tower that's really not changed too much in quite a while. This has maybe not is a totally perfect concept, but it's very, very cool.

So, the way it works is very simple: all you need to do is buy these add-on cards and they will just slide in. This central tower behind me is the full motherboard - so it's actually going vertical - and everything else just plugs into it with a card.

Let's say you want to add a graphics card; throw it in. You want to change your CPU? Take out the old one, put in a new one. You need an SSD? Want hard drives? Uh, you want a better sound card? All these kind of things are totally customizable.

So what we did was integrate liquid cooling into this modular design. That's kind of really cool because we used um a central bay where the cooling liquid is stored, and then all the different cartridges have dual uh self-closing valves on them. So as soon as you connect them, the liquid cooling would actually run through the cartridge itself, and then as soon as to disconnect um, the self-sealing valves would uh just not spill any cooling liquid at all.

Obviously, you've been building PCs for a while, so you know that it's not really anything crazy new. What is new is the fact that it's absolutely simple - could not be easier - you just pull it out, put it in. They say that you can actually take any card to put in any other slot you have like a CPU and graphics card, graphics card, and you can swap them around uh.

So we'll see how the internet connect is I'm not entirely sure how a CPU and a graphics card can be plugged into the same spot and everything's going to work fine, but hey, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Our goal is to introduce this um now and then gauge response from our fans and from people who hear about it um, and if that's uh, if there's enough positive demand for a thing like this, we would go into to an actual development for a final product which we might see maybe one year or maybe even two years down the road.

Obviously, from here to a final product, it's going to be a long way, and a lot of engineering hurdles to be overcome. But um, I think that's uh always been what Razer is all about, and we kind of want to see or want to prove that there's still innovation even in the space uh as as uh traditional as the desktop.

Unfortunately, it's just a prototype at the moment, so maybe here in a year or two we'll actually be able to have a final version that actually works. But I'm really excited to take a look and see what Project Christine is going to be all about when we have a final version.

Anyway, before we get out of here, I've got to give a big shout out to Squarespace for powering my CES 2014 coverage. Squarespace is the all-in-one platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio. It's an awesome way to build yourself a site, then create yourself a blog or pretty much anything else you want, and it's super easy to use.

There are lots of great-looking templates to choose from so you don't need to know code or anything like that - it really is simple. It starts at just $8 a month, however, for a free trial and 10% off go to Squarespace.com and use offer code Austin one - that's Squarespace.com and offer code austin1.

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WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys this is Austin and today I'm here at CES 2014 at the Razer Booth with what I think is probably the coolest thing of the show project Christine so as you guys know I've been building PCS for a while and while they're great and we've seen a few advancements especially with smaller PCS but for the most part a PC is a giant Tower that's really not changed too much in quite a while however this has maybe not is a totally perfect concept but it's very very very cool so the way it works is very simple all you need to do is buy these add-on cards and they will just slide in so this central tower behind me is the full motherboard so it's actually going vertical and everything else just plugs into it with a card so let's say you want to add a graphics card throw it in you want to change your CPU take out the old one put in a new one you need an SSD you want hard drives uh you want a better sound card all these kind of things are totally customizable so what we did was we integrated liquid cooling uh into this modular design so that's kind of really cool because we used um a central bay where the cooling liquid is stored and then all the different cartridges have dual uh self-closing valves on them so as soon as you connect them the liquid cooling would actually run through the cartridge itself and then as soon as to disconnect um the self-sealing valves would uh just uh not spill any cooling liquid at all now obviously you've been building PCS for a while you know that it's not really anything crazy new what is new is the fact that it's absolutely simple could not be easier you just pull it out put it in so they say that you can actually take any card to put in any other slot you have like a CPU and graphics card graphics card and you can swap them around uh so we'll see how the Internet connect is I'm not entirely sure how a CPU and a graphics card can be plugged into the same spot and everything's going to work fine but hey I'll give them the benefit of the doubt our goal is to introduce this um now and then uh gauge response from our fans and from people who hear about it um and if that's uh if there's enough positive demand for a thing like this we would go into to an actual development for a final product which we might see maybe one year or maybe even two years down the road obviously from here to a final product it's going to be a long way and a lot of engineering hurdles to be overcome but um I think that's uh always been what razor is all about and we kind of want to see or want to prove that there's still Innovation even in the space uh as as uh traditional as the desktop VC unfortunately it's just a prototype at the moment so maybe here in a year or two we'll actually be able to have a final version that actually works but I'm really excited to take a look and see what project Christine is going to be all about when we have a final version anyway before we get out of here I've got to give a big shout out to Squarespace for powering my CES 2014 coverage Squarespace is the all inone platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio it's an awesome way to build yourself a site then create yourself a blog or pretty much anything else you want and it's super easy to use there are lots of great looking templates to choose from so you don't need to know code or anything like that it really is simple it starts at just $8 a month however for for a free trial and 10% off go to squarespace.com and use offer code Austin one that's squarespace.com and offer code austin1 anyway guys thank you so much for watching if you enjoy definitely be sure to subscribe to the channel and I will catch you guys next timehey guys this is Austin and today I'm here at CES 2014 at the Razer Booth with what I think is probably the coolest thing of the show project Christine so as you guys know I've been building PCS for a while and while they're great and we've seen a few advancements especially with smaller PCS but for the most part a PC is a giant Tower that's really not changed too much in quite a while however this has maybe not is a totally perfect concept but it's very very very cool so the way it works is very simple all you need to do is buy these add-on cards and they will just slide in so this central tower behind me is the full motherboard so it's actually going vertical and everything else just plugs into it with a card so let's say you want to add a graphics card throw it in you want to change your CPU take out the old one put in a new one you need an SSD you want hard drives uh you want a better sound card all these kind of things are totally customizable so what we did was we integrated liquid cooling uh into this modular design so that's kind of really cool because we used um a central bay where the cooling liquid is stored and then all the different cartridges have dual uh self-closing valves on them so as soon as you connect them the liquid cooling would actually run through the cartridge itself and then as soon as to disconnect um the self-sealing valves would uh just uh not spill any cooling liquid at all now obviously you've been building PCS for a while you know that it's not really anything crazy new what is new is the fact that it's absolutely simple could not be easier you just pull it out put it in so they say that you can actually take any card to put in any other slot you have like a CPU and graphics card graphics card and you can swap them around uh so we'll see how the Internet connect is I'm not entirely sure how a CPU and a graphics card can be plugged into the same spot and everything's going to work fine but hey I'll give them the benefit of the doubt our goal is to introduce this um now and then uh gauge response from our fans and from people who hear about it um and if that's uh if there's enough positive demand for a thing like this we would go into to an actual development for a final product which we might see maybe one year or maybe even two years down the road obviously from here to a final product it's going to be a long way and a lot of engineering hurdles to be overcome but um I think that's uh always been what razor is all about and we kind of want to see or want to prove that there's still Innovation even in the space uh as as uh traditional as the desktop VC unfortunately it's just a prototype at the moment so maybe here in a year or two we'll actually be able to have a final version that actually works but I'm really excited to take a look and see what project Christine is going to be all about when we have a final version anyway before we get out of here I've got to give a big shout out to Squarespace for powering my CES 2014 coverage Squarespace is the all inone platform that makes it fast and easy to create your own professional website or online portfolio it's an awesome way to build yourself a site then create yourself a blog or pretty much anything else you want and it's super easy to use there are lots of great looking templates to choose from so you don't need to know code or anything like that it really is simple it starts at just $8 a month however for for a free trial and 10% off go to squarespace.com and use offer code Austin one that's squarespace.com and offer code austin1 anyway guys thank you so much for watching if you enjoy definitely be sure to subscribe to the channel and I will catch you guys next time