The MP600 Pro: A High-Performance NVMe Drive with Beefy Heat Sinks

The reviewer is excited to showcase the MP600 Pro, a high-performance NVMe drive that comes with beefy heat sinks. "So, I think I wanna keep these on," he says, referring to the heat sinks, which are designed to help keep the drive cool during operation. However, this means they won't be able to take advantage of the heat spreaders on the motherboard, which could lead to clearance issues with other components in the system.

To test the fitment of the MP600 Pro, the reviewer removes the top heat shield and attaches a thermal pad to the back side of the drive. He then screws it into its slot on the motherboard, hoping that it will fit without any issues. "Oh, it's like not catching anything," he says as he tries to secure the drive in place.

After installing the MP600 Pro, the reviewer moves on to install a Corsair Vengeance DDR5 module in one of the system's RAM slots. He carefully removes the back plate from the motherboard and prepares it for assembly into the case. "We're gonna align the rear IO with the cutout in the back," he says, as he begins to assemble the platform.

As the reviewer works on assembling the system, he can't help but make humorous comments about his situation. "Daddy, look, I have money," he says, holding up a wad of cash. His father asks him how he got the money, and the reviewer explains that it's a long story. Meanwhile, Will is gathering some B-roll footage to complement the main content.

Once the platform is assembled, the reviewer moves on to installing the AIO (all-in-one) liquid cooling system. He carefully positions the radiator over the CPU block and secures it with screws. "We'll get front IO wired up, and then we will get the AIO in here," he says, as he begins to assemble the power supply.

The reviewer then installs the RTX 4080 graphics card, which is a bit of a challenge due to its size and the fact that there aren't enough slots on the motherboard for it. "We're basically reversing everything we just did," he says, as he carefully removes some components from their mounts to make room for the graphics card.

After installing all of the necessary components, the reviewer moves on to testing the system's auto-focus feature. He holds up his camera and checks that it is working properly, saying "Oh, it's terrific" when he sees the image on the screen. The system now has all of its components installed and is ready for final testing.

The reviewer decides to install a thermal pad under the RTX 4080 graphics card to help keep it cool during operation. He then attaches a fan to the radiator and positions it above the CPU block, securing it with screws. "Time to get these fans situated over the radiator," he says, as he begins to assemble the system's power supply.

Finally, the reviewer tightens down the screws on the motherboard and turns on the system. The fans begin to spin, and the system comes online. The reviewer is pleased with how everything has turned out and feels that the system is looking pretty darn good.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: en- Hey there, it's timefor another PC buildand this one is gonna be goinglive right around Christmas.So if you're looking fora last-minute PC build,that's gonna be pretty beefy,and you might wanna followalong with this one.We're gonna have all theparts link below as usual.This build is actually goingto a friend of mine sothat he can give it to,is it your brother-in-law?So he's already married, right?To your sister, gotcha.So this is gonna be apretty sweet gift for him.As you can see, yeah,it's gonna pack a heck of a punch.- Julian in here.(static crackling)- Hey guys, I'm here that Computex 2017.We're checking out the internet of things.(static crackling)- Hey, it's Will.if you guys are OGs to thechannel, you know Will.So yeah, this is going to Willto get to his brother-in-law,and he paid for like half the stuff here.I had some stuff to contributebut I didn't have a 4080 to give him.I didn't have anotherone of these motherboardsto get in in time.But yeah, so walkthrough throughthe parts real quick here.We've got a C1000 power supply.We've got a 4000D airflow from Corsair.We've got an Asus TUF RTX 4080.We've got two MP600 Pro XTs.We've got 32 gigs of Vengeance DDR5.We've got that Z790-EMotherboard from Asus.And then, we have a Pure Loop 240 mil AIO.I ideally wanted to go with a 360 milbecause a CPU, which I justrealized is not on this table,is going to be a prettyhefty one at 12900K.But, (chuckles) we're gonnahave some size constraint.Oh, I'm just breaking everything.We're gonna have some size constraintsbecause this graphics card literally runsfrom like the slots up toabout an inch or so infront of this front fan.And of course, we don't just have fansto worry about up front.Will's like walking all through the light.I appreciate you.We've got the radiatorto fit up front as well,and it's just not gonna fit.So we have to mount up top.There is a lot of from up top.This is a fairly widemid tower, which I like.But yeah, 240's all it's gonna fit.A 280 might fit but then we might havesome other clearance issueswith the motherboard and the RAM.So, it is what it is.It will be a very powerful system.I think it's gonna look pretty coolat the end of this one as well.And at the end of this one,I'm gonna show you how to installand activate Windows which obviouslyWill and his brother-in-law aregonna need to get the systemto actually do anything at all.He's actually gonna useit for a flight sim,so you're gonna need Windows for that.and we'll show you how to do it.Thanks to our sponsor in this video.Are you ready, Will?Oh, sorry. It's upside down.Why is it not, there it goes.Stay with us.If you're tired of staringat the same Activate Windowswatermark over and over,then be sure to check out VIPSCD key.They're running a Christmas saleof 30% on Windows 10 OEM keys,which work nearly the sameas their retail counterparts,but for a fraction of the price.Activating Windows will give you accessto free Windows 11 upgrades as well,custom wallpapers, anda few other benefits.To get started, click the link belowand hop on over to the product page.Be sure to select the versionof Windows you're currentlyrunning, by the way.Then click, Buy Now.Then be sure to use ourChristmas sale offer code GSVIP.Don't forget this one.That's GSVIP for a special30% discount at checkoutand bringing your totalto around 15 US dollars.It's literally that simple.Your product key should bedelivered within a few seconds.At which point, you canactivate your copy of Windows,but we'll detail how to dothis later in the video.Find other great dealsas well at VIPSCD keyincluding Microsoft Officevia the links below.By the way, here's thatCPU I mentioned earlier.I don't know why I forgotto put this on the desk,but yeah, 12900K.It's not obviously a 13900K,but she's still pretty dang powerful,and it's something I had on handwe could get a quickturnaround for Will here.This here is the motherboardand Will really went overthe top with this one.So we're gonna have two Gen-4 Nvmesof course connected to this,and, well, this boardis definitely gonna suitthat just fine.This will support 13th-Genas well, obviously,so if they wanna upgradelater, on they can.But this will have plenty of supportfor all those extradrives we wanna connect.It's gonna have USB type C, USB 3.Gonna get tons of ports at the back.Does it have, yeah, 2.5 Gig?So that's cool.Is that like a thing, Will?- Yeah.- Do you like that?- I love it.- Oh. (laughing)- One take, Jeremy (*Editor).- Perfect, yeah,this is all one take.This is gonna be a rough onebut I think our viewers can handle it.They might appreciate it, who knows?It's just what happens when you tryto film things in one take.So we're gonna drop theCPU right into socket,nice and gently.All the pins look to be intact.Should be the case.It's a brand new motherboardand here comes the cringe part.Yep, this comes flying off.And we're gonna lower that retention clip.There you go, that easy to install a CPU.Ew, and I forgot, we'vegot some plastic to peel,mm, mm, mm, that is juicywith a small little piece over here.Oh man, that was short-lived,but still enjoyable.Here we go with this big old one.Oh yeah, we've got another one right here.I gotta say, thank you Asusfor giving us this enjoyable experience.This is so nice.I look. Yep, there's one here.Oh, there's two here.We got one here.Oh my gosh, okay.This is maybe a bit much here.Okay, it's enough slices.How many more plastic peels do we have?This one? Okay,we've got that.Look at that, we've gotthe rear IO shield as well.Another big plastic peel.Okay, I think we're good to go.You guys okay?Did you make it out alive?I think this plastic, there we go.That's better.You were filming that, weren't you?So for the M.2s, I'mthinking we're just gonna gowith these top two slots.Well, I will triple check with the manual,behind the scenes,just to make sure thatI'm installing thesein the correct ports.But we should be Gucci here.So these two large metalslabs are gonna come off,and I think, (huffs)you know, the Corsair.Where do we put those?These things, yeah.These MP600 pros come withthese really beefy heat sinks.How's your camera work, Will,is it looking all right?Okay, cool.So, I think I wanna keep these on,but if we do that, then wedon't get the pretty heat sinksfrom the motherboard.So it's like a, I don'tknow, what do we do?- Let me get a real close up.- Is that how we doing?See, look how pretty this is.That's such a beefy slab ofmetal on top of this M.2.I'm just gonna do a quick test fit here.Make sure that it wants to sit correctly.Yeah, and see it doesn't want tobecause this whole shell aroundthe drive is a bit too beefywhich means we have to remove this now.This is what I get fornot reading the manual.Who reads manuals?Not this guy.So this is what each ofthose MP600 drives looks likewith the heat spreaders off.You can see how densely packed they are.But we are, yeah, gonnahave to go this route,because I don't think we'regonna have enough clearancewith these beefy heat spreadersin the lower M.2 slots alongwith our very fat RTX 4080which seems to be a recurringtheme with a Lovelace cards.So we're basically reversingeverything we just did.Okay, so that's the first drive.All right, we gotta take offone more heat shield hereor heat spreader, whatever this is called.Why is this not coming off easily?(heat shield clicks)There it goes.There it goes.(heat shield thuds)Then you gotta kinda shimmy it outof this little metal casingwithout breaking anything.Oh, we gotta peel this, throw a pad off.Now this one is gonna go right here.How's the auto focus doing, Will?- Oh, it's terrific.- It's terrific.All right, you heard it here first.Nice, there's our secondone, and we've gota little thermal pad on the back sideof this piece of metal.Gonna go right about there.Yeah, I'm just screwing this infinitely,and it's like not catching anything,and I'm hoping that itdoes, at some point.- Jeremy (*Editor).- Still not catching.Ooh, and I forgot there'sone more plastic peel.Just when I thought we were finished.Corsair Vengeance DDR5 is on deck.I'm trying not to lose these modules.Okay, and we're gonna installthese in slots A2 and B2.(card clacks)There's one and there is number two.All right, I love the black scheme here.These blend in nicely withthe theme of the board.Get the back platesituated here for our AIO.Do our best to assemble as much of thisas we can outside of the motherboard.See, will, things areon the up and up now,starting to smooth out a bit.- Yup and up.Here's some more pointless footagefor you, Jeremy (*Editor).- You're welcome.All right, and now it's timeto merge the platform with-- Daddy, look, I have money.- Aw, you got money?- Yeah.- Who gave you money?How'd you get money?Okay, back to platformassembly into the case.I've got this one fancable I wanna get outof the way first.Just make sure you're notsnagging anything as we do this.We're gonna align the rear IOwith the cutout in the back.All right, looks pretty darn good.And just gonna tighten things down here.Now, Will's just gathering some B-roll.Never hurts to have more footage, right?- Especially when you can't focus.- Especially when you can't focus.I've gotta say, lookingpretty darn good so far.Not too surprised.Just the way that themotherboard and the case blend.With the black accents, looks really nice.We'll get front IO wired up,and then we will get the AIO in here,followed by the power supply.And lastly, the beefyRTX 4080 coming along.Will's just trying to giveJeremy (*Editor) more workso he's filming thingsthat I normally wouldn'tinclude in the video,like moving fans.You guys know what's happening.Time to get these fanssituated over the radiator.Again, just going for the240, I think we'll be okay.It's not optimal for a 12900K,but we can make some tweaks in the BIOS,possibly even undervolt tokeep those temps in check.Situated in here,and really like that we'vegot a lot of clearanceto mount up top withoutinterference with our motherboard.Get a few screws in.Tighten this down.- Jeremy (*Editor)'slike, \"I have 20 minutesof you screwing and screwing.\"- Yeah, yeah. (chuckling)He'll just look at the audio.So when he sees us talking like this,he'll think it's actual important footage.- Yeah, super important footage.- He'll be watchingthis and thinking,\"Yeah, just wastinghis time a little bit.\"Time for some thermal paste and, yes,I'm gonna show you this stepbecause whenever I don't show it,I get tons of accusationsthat I forgot it.Come on, folks.It ain't like I've ever doneanything that stupid before.(Greg chuckling)That's a joke, I've done stupider.So that right there, we'll stick her downand then tighten it witha Phillips screwdriver,and we'll get the logo back in here.This time in the upright position.Lookin' good.Next up, we're gonnainstall our power supply.This is C1000 from NZXT.We've used another videos in the past.This is fully modular,it is not very largeso it'll fit in smaller,more compact cases.Also, I do wanna notethat a thousand wattsis a bit more than you'll probably needfor a system like this.Yes, even with a 4080 in itand even with bothcomponents, overclocked.This will however, give 'ema bit more breathing roomfor upgrades down the line.Oh yeah, look at theseBBCs, big black cables.What did you think I meant?We'll connect just what weneed, which should only bethe 24 pin, two 8 pin EPSs for the CPU,and then three PCIes.That's it, we don't needany SATA power cablesor Molex cables.That's pretty rare, not bad.We're gonna get our 24 pin connected.We're gonna have two 8 pin APSs,even though we don't technically need two.Then we're also gonnaconnect three individualPCIE power cables for the4080 and I think that's it.That's all we're gonna need.We're not gonna need SATApower or Molex power.In she goes, you can evenkeep the hard drive cagein this case, eventhough we're not using itin case he wants to add more storage laterwith this power supply becauseit is shorter, front to back.We're gonna wiggle it in.Oh, it's a tight fit, but she'll do.And we'll just tightenthings down from the rear.- You like that?Here's a clip of audio, so itsounds like it's important.- Dang, get wreck, Son.And now it's time to cable manage.We will be right back.Jeremy (*Editor)'s gonnathrow up another oneof those super interesting transitionsthat he's totally getting paid for.Make this worth it, Jeremy (*Editor).Phew. All right.And 20 minutes later, Will,show 'em the good work.I think it is pretty healthy looking.We obviously still have toconnect our PCIE cables,but that is the extent of what remains,so very easy to cable managein the 400 or 4,000D airflow, excuse me.And yeah, so now, we just need to installthat graphics card, andonce that card is installed,we'll be able to turn thesystem on for the first time,crossing our fingers,hope that everything works as intended.We'll hop into the BIOS,tweak a few things,and then we'll install Windows.'Cause again, you're gonna need Windows.It's like the final step of any build,and you don't wanna miss out on it.Last on the agenda, it's RTX 4080.and this thing's, it's a beef cake.Let's go ahead and get it outta the box,and I will show you the sheer sizethat we are working with.Man, oh, man, this is alot of card, I will say.Oh my, look how chunky she is.This thing is a cinder block.I don't know what elseI can use to describehow big this thing is.It's super heavy.The cooling looks awesome,but you'll notice, if I canget that on camera, Will,the PCB actually stops about right here.The remainder of thiscard is just sheer cooler.So yeah, (laughs) it's gonna fit.We checked ahead of time, butit's just barely gonna fit.Mm, I think Asus has mynumber with this one.There's so much plasticto peel in this video,and I'm doing a horrible job at it.It's just ripping andshredding all over the place.(sticker rasping)Oh boy, Whoo-wee.But let's just get one more shot hereof this shcmucksy card.My, oh my, do these look good?Alrighty, Will.Yep, you're gonna have to take a step backfor this one. (laughs)We're gonna slide her on inand look at that precise fit.Holy cow. (laughs)I kinda hate how big these cards are,but I've gotta say, when theyfit into some of these cases,they just look like they belong.Look at that clearance.Like that's not even half an inch.That's like a centimeter and a half.What a nice fit.Wow, I didn't expect this little sag thingto fit perfectly in this case.But that'll keep our cardfrom sagging right there.The card is too beefyfor the anti sag toolthat you get in the motherboard box.Good thing is though,yeah, this one fits fine,but can't really do much with this.I dunno, maybe you could likescrew this down somewhere.Not sure, magnetic thoughso I feel like it should just sit there.But unfortunately, we still have to dealwith this stupid power adapter.I'm really not a fan ofthese, but it's all we've got.We don't have custom cablesthat are gonna run directly into this.It's, yeah, not theprettiest thing in the worldbut we have no choice.Sure it's all the way inserted.We don't wanna start any fire.And this is just gonna bend around,we'll connect our threesupplemental PCIe cables underneath.Oh, wiggle these cables on through here.All right, and I finallygot this cable situated.It's a bit cluttered under here,but it'll do, shouldn't snag on any fans.And yeah, now we can go aheadand power the system on.Will, how are we doing?- We're gonna needsome B-roll for that one.- Gonna need some B roll for that,that's what I thought. (chuckling)(static crackling)Why are you rewinding thevideo, Jeremy (*Editor)?(imitates video rewinding)Rewind, yeah.(Greg mumbling)All right. All right.And here we are.So just before we turn it on,wanna show you what things looklike, how we cable managed.Looks really clean.We've got the 24 pin there tucked awayalong with the USB-C and at 3.0 cables.We've hidden all of our case fans.The pump fan cable or thepump cable, I should say.All of that is hiddenas best we could here.And it really wasn'tdifficult to do in the 4,000Dwhich obviously the case isn't the,it's not really thecenterpiece of the build,but it does really helpsmooth things along.So, really happy withthe way it turned out.Now it's time to turn it all.All right.And the moment of truth, let'sfirst see if she powers on.Will is watching and sweating profusely.I don't think he trusts me.I think he's in good hands.Okay, we're off to a good start.Fans aren't clipping, sound's healthy,the pump is working.Just looking for a post.(fingers rattling)Huh? Whoop.Thing's settled down, come on. (gasps)(Greg gasps)Ey, there's our post.And now, we can hop intothe BIOS for the first time,configure a few things,enable X and P and whatnot.And then, we will install Windows.Now the Windows installation processwill be detailed in the videothat we'll link in the video descriptionso be sure to check that outif you need a walkthrough.But after we get Windows on here,I'll show you how you can activate Windowsand get rid of that peskyactivation watermark.Thanks again to our sponsor, VIPSCD keys.By the way, can you hear this thing?Exactly, you can't.It's like Ted quiet.And again, we haven't reallycustomized too much yet.So, it's very quiet.I mean the fact that we'regoing with a be quiet AIOis definitely gonna help there.But we have great airflow in the 4,000 Dwhich means our fans up front don't needto work very hard to pull in air.And we don't have a rear exhaust fan.We do have two top exhaust,and it's gonna exhaust all that hot airfrom the radiator out thetop of the case as well.But I don't wanna add a third exhaustjust because I want the balance,the air pressure in the caseto remain somewhat neutral,maybe even slightly positive.That'll keep dust out in the long term.Meh, that's my hope anyway.So this should be booting intoour USB drive any second now.And there we are.Windows is installed without a hitch.We also had to install a WIFI driverjust so that he had a means to installthe other drivers on the computer.And yeah, I'll just lethim sync up the RGB.However he wants to do it,we'll just let him knowand he'll be pretty much set.There's not much more we need to doto this system except activate Windows.And that's the last part of this videothat I wanna end with.Show you how easy it it's to do thatfor around 10 or 15 bucks.First, open up your Settings Windowand click Updates and Security.You'll see an Activate Windows tab,and it's here where you'll want to enterthat OEM key you just purchased.Just click the change oradd product key buttonand select Activate.This process may take a few minutesbut should be successfulif the correct versionof Windows was selected at checkout.And that's all there is to it.Literally, that's simple.Bye-bye watermark.And it's super affordablethanks to VIPSCD key.Just remember that OEM key's lockedto the hardware in question.So you may need to reactivate,should you swap motherboardsor other major hardware down the line.Also remember to use our uniqueChristmas sale offer code,GSVIP, by the way, to save big timeon your favorite software.Click those links belowto get started today.So that's better for this one.Thank you so much for watching.I know this was a kind of a bit rough,a bit sloppy, but you guyshave seen the refined stuffso many times already onthis channel and othersthat we just wanted to giveyou a kind of a hot take,just a quick one take of a PC buildand some of the issues you might run into,especially if you're building a newer rig.If you, again, want tobuild an exact system,an exact match to thisone or even, I don't know,derivation of this.If you wanna switch things up,you can find all these relevant linksin the video descriptionalong with, again,our video sponsor's link.You should check out at the very top.If you're running Windowsand it is not activated,there's no reason why youshouldn't activate it today.You can pay a lot less than retail,have that OEM key locked tothe hardware in questions.So if you swap motherboards or something,yes, that code might need to be updated.But, I mean, you're paying a fractionof what you would payfor the retail's example.So to me, that's thebest way to go about it.Assuming you're not okaywith seeing the watermark andnot changing your wallpaper,a few other things you don'tget if it's not activated.So yeah, let us know inthe comment section belowwhat you think about this build.And if you're watchingthis before Christmas,and you do celebrate Christmas,I hope you have a merry oneand Happy New Year as well.We will be uploading content throughoutthe remainder of the year,and yeah, still going strongwith the \"Fix or Flop\" seriesand whatever else we have plannedthat I might not bedivulging anytime soon.It'd be a surprise, you'll see.So, thanks for watching.Thumbs up, subscribe and I'llcatch you in the next one.My name is Greg.Thanks for learning with me.(upbeat ambient music)(Greg chuckling)\n"