Corsair's Ultimate Living Room Experience - CES 2016
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Corsair at CES 2016 unveils its living room oriented PC concept, focusing on the Bulldog case and the Lapdog accessory. The host explains that Corsair designed a compact, media-centric chassis to bring high end gaming performance into the living room, aiming for quiet operation and effective cooling with a dedicated SFX power supply lineup and a custom cooler, the H5SF, which uses a water-cooled design to manage up to 150 watts of heat. The Bulldog ecosystem is presented as a barebones kit that can be assembled with an ITX motherboard, a Gigabyte Z170N WiFi, and a liquid cooled GTX 980 Ti, or configured with air cooling, with options to add multiple SSDs or HDDs. While the presenter acknowledges the technology has room to mature for true 4K living room gaming, he credits Corsair for taking concrete steps toward that goal and notes the system’s potential advantage over traditional game consoles in achieving higher fidelity. The Lapdog, a couch-friendly peripheral designed to improve ergonomics and storage, is highlighted as an evolution of prior couch-based devices, featuring a single USB connection to the PC, a four-port USB hub, a swappable mouse pad, and a keyboard slot compatible with K65 and K70 keyboards, all designed to keep cables neat and the setup tidy. The host closes by inviting viewers to check other CES coverage, thanks Squarespace for sponsorship, and encourages viewers to subscribe for more content and CES 2016 updates.
Topics · technology · consumer_electronics · gaming_pc · product_review
Questions answered
- What components comprise Corsair's Bulldog living room PC kit and what cooling solution does it use?
- The Bulldog kit uses an ITX motherboard (Gigabyte Z170N WiFi), a liquid-cooled GTX 980 Ti graphics card developed with MSI, and a dedicated SFX power supply (600W and 450W options). It employs Corsair's H5SF cooler with a blower design and water tubes, capable of cooling around 100 to 150 watts with near-silent operation.
- What is the Lapdog and how does it integrate with the Bulldog ecosystem?
- The Lapdog is a couch-friendly peripheral that provides a platform for keyboard and mouse with a four-port USB hub and a swappable mouse pad, connected to the PC via a single USB cable. It is designed to improve ergonomics when gaming from the couch and complements Corsair's Bulldog setup, while allowing modularity and cable management.