I was torn about the monitoring screens, but this one really appeals to me. The fact that there is no modding to do to make it look nice, the fact that it does not use an HDMI port, the native support for AIDA64. It's really well thought out
You can probably deal with the fingerprint issue by buying a matte/paperlike screen protector and cutting it down to size. This thing looks pretty great, wasn't expecting it from GSkill
Cool product. I'm currently using an old phone for monitoring my system. Aida64 also have a web server that can be used as a LCD. So all you need is an old phone with web browser and that's how you can have a cheap HW monitoring.
sounds likea better idea then this. The built quality of this looks poorly designed. Phones/tablets in general are much better to clean and in build quality.
For anyone wandering in Aida64 under LCD it has a "Remote Sensor" setting. Open a web browser on any device or any kind and type in the IP for the system that is running Aida64 on and it will display. Phone/Tab/Mac/Pc ANYTHING that can display html.
I've been waiting for ages for someone to come out with a monitoring screen that just uses a USB-C cable instead of having to dedicate an hdmi port to it. The only problem I see right now, besides the fact that it doesn't come with a license or rebate for AIDA64, is that I can't find it anywhere for sale :) Thanks Roman for the preview. Happy holidays!
I did try using an old tablet but the software isn't quite there yet. Of course if this thing comes out in Canada close to $200 it will also be a non starter if it's this slow to manipulate...
@@vesolcableIs the SHIFT key stuck? Do you know that a tablet or phone isn't the solution either? Firstly, it fails due to the right software and secondly, it's not a clean solution either.
These extra screens taking up an HDMI port has always been a deal breaker for me for those same reasons, but also because I'm always running out of ports anyway. That said, with monitors getting bigger and better, and keyboards more versatile, I don't really feel the need for these devices as much anymore. But there are still use cases for them, so it's nice to see them evolve in the right direction.
There is a bug in Aida64 that prevents it from reporting CPU usage properly on 10th gen Intel. They implemented a workaround, but it broke the sensor panel graphs and isn't guaranteed to be accurate anyway.
I like the fact this is an external usb device and not connected by hdmi/dp and recognized as a separate display. I’m definitely interested in picking one up. I think for single monitor display set ups this could be helpful for sure.
At $130, that's a hard sell vs a Streamdeck which has many more options for customization through their plugin marketplace. The only real thing you gain here is having a non-segmented screen which admittedly does help a lot for that Aida64 integration.
This is a different use case than a Streamdeck. If you need the Streamdeck, you need the Streamdeck. I wouldn't cross-shop the two things. But I would definitely buy both.
@@spdcrzy Why's that? It's just a customizable screen with buttons. Just because it's marketed towards streamers doesn't really mean there aren't other uses for it. There's even an HWinfo addon available (not one for AIDA though.)
I've been a long time GOverlay user. Something similar to this. But as you mentioned, setting it is very time consuming,it does come with presets and other users post their setups which you can import.
Looks like a good solution, currently running a third LCD screen with Aida64 and as noted some games (especially older ones) get wacky with the resolution and it's a bit of a pain. Having USB C is very nice and the touch screen is just an add on over that.
I think the main draws vs a simple Stream Deck are A. You can use buttons that are bigger than 1x1 and display bigger/denser images B. You can do that with only a USB C. I can't speak to which software is more customizable. This reminds me that I'm still waiting on haptic feedback to become mainstream.
This is pretty cool, I could see using this for streaming, music, movies loading up things for the stream etc. 130 bucks isn't to bad for that and it does give you alot of functions and possibilities. Aida 64 support is just icing on the cake.
Wow! Super cool, I currently use a second screen to monitor the system, and this panel will fit like a glove for my setup, I hope it doesn't take too long to arrive in Brazil. 👑
Seriously this is almost exactly what I have wanted, a good info display that doesn't require an video signal and works with USB. The price is a bit high for what you get but I hope we see more competitors to this.
Like a larger, touchscreen version of a Stream Deck. You can do a lot more than stream-related functions with a Stream Deck.. basically everything you mentioned except the AIDA stuff.
It's ridiculously overpriced, I use a 7" Rasberry screen that costs $50 and resize/retint MSI Afterburner for a permanent sensor screen that matches my rig colors.
I ended up buying the corsair nexus to use as my panel and so far it shows basic enough info that I wanted to see so I'm good. It was also only $50 so I'm pleased enough with it.
this is damn near perfect. if they can add a function where i can have the screen act as a youtube player as a feature, ill be sooo happy. i've been waiting for something like this for a awhile. i also hated the other screens that take up a port on my video card and causing issues with drivers and games.
Perfect! I never wanted to use those HDMi displays for the identical reasons! I’d love to see what it looks like with only CPU GPU and GPU hotspot shown on the display… and can I see those at 10 foot or so away :P very particular but I game sitting on a couch with a TV. Currently use the Radeon overlay but if they can be visible at that distance for only those three values then it’s an instant buy for me.
Same here, couch, TV and my gaming rig is hiding in a closet to keep the noise down (my wife is ultra sensitive to coil whine) so this would be perfect.
Nice flex showing 5.6gHz on the display 2:20 into it.. thanks edit: Jay did a video a while ago (maybe you did I don't know) about doing his own version of this, but here in the States it's $127 on Amazon Business.. that's NOT bad at all considering if you had to buy all the stuff to make one and the time to do it, man that's really a great price in my opinion! Nice review.
Most likely a few years late for this, but I wish there was a system monitor designed to mount in 2x 5.25 drive bays. I'm currently cobbling together such a solution with a 5 inch USB screen and a dual bay internal drive cooler frame.
There was a CRT version of that. Also I'm pretty sure I read thermal take or someone like that had a LCD that went into the optical drive slots. This was back in the mid or late 2000s.
This is exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you for the review. I trust your judgement. The other solutions I've come across either use and HDMI port along with the USB for power and are a second monitor in Windows which creates all sorts of additional issues. The others that work like the WigiDash and only use a USB connection rely on software you have to download from rather suspicious sources or at least unverified sources. I'm reluctant to do that and they don't necessarily rely on AIDA64 or HWINFO. This might seem like a benefit, but you have to rely on whatever sensor technology they are using to monitor. All in all, this is a great solution. Now if they would make a panel you could use internally to the PC, maybe just for a sensor panel and not touch screen or remote functions, that would be a perfect option for those who just wnat a plug and play sensor panel.
It is nice. Fully configured with Ada64 the price compares to Aquacomputer Aquaero. It too works with Ada64 and HWINFO, but it has it's own system integration with Aquasuite. I have the touch screen version of aquaero w/remote. I primarily use the remote if I want to access something on the screen. Otherwise my 2nd monitor displays aquasuite full screen. The remote also can control pc functions if you choose to use that function as well. Thanks for this I hope you test other devices and fan controllers in the future, makes a great video series.
Ok, that's pretty dang neat. I will definitely be looking into this deeper. What version of USB is the minimum requirement, 2.0, ... 3.2x2 ? I know it's a type-C. How heavy _Does It_ tax system resources?
this is what we want, even better if we can mount it inside our PC, doesn't need to install "another monitor" inside the case and configure what to show on secondary monitor.
Wouldn't that kill most of the functionality of it being that it is a touch screen? Or do you mean mount it to the exterior of the case so you can still access it?
@@--_DJ_-- yeah, we lose touch screen function but it doesn't have to, because we only need to configure once and few tweaks sometime later. unless you really need spotify and twitch menu, it better be an external display.
It's quite a bit like the Corsair iCue Nexus companion screen: USB. Detachable. Touchscreen. Multi screens. HWinfo integration for sensors. But much larger interface.
@Der8auer - Great vid and info. I have been running a WigiDash for about 3 weeks now. I just like the ability to monitor the gear. I was wondering how much performance "loss" you saw while running this full time. Just curious, or maybe no one really cares. But id love to see/know.
Because it’s not a dedicated video output from the GPU makes that way more temping like you had brought up. Considering how much displays cost is basically the same and in all respects has more functionality honestly sells me on it more considering the fact it’s usb with touch capacity versus having a hardware monitor running off my GPU.
It would be nice if you could use it on the fly to adjust fan speeds so you could lower the gpu fan which often pulls harder before case fans increase. Im sure that's been done before, but it'd be nice to select a silent, summer, winter, gaming fan profiles. Interesting product with intuitive software.
Aida64 is one of the best investments I've ever made in the last few decades of pc building and tinkering. I picked this up the other day and am very happy with it so far. I've put the stream deck up, but if you're an actual streamer and need the buttons I agree it would be better in that case.
This is super nice. I had a 5" screen in my desk PC using AIDA64, but didn't like having to run multiple cables to it and having it use an HDMI port. In short it was more hassle than it was worth, so I eventually removed it. This would be a nicer solution.
this seems damn near perfect for my use case. Any word on whether you can integrate HWinfo into this? Id imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to do, but I haven't seen anyone explicitly confirm a working integration with HWinfo yet
My thoughts as well but since I only run casual games under Proton (for the heavy stuff I use Windows) I can make it work. An SDK is a brilliant idea though.
Good to hear you are still playing PUBG. I'm still playing it daily. Got 3300 hrs on it. If you're down to play with my squad sometime, hit me up! Got a fair share of Germans too ;)
Just ordered this, unfortunately I was unable to go through your affiliate route. Been waiting for something like this for a while. I love running metrics but I also use an OLED screen which I do my best to not have burn in.
like “der8auer” said, I’m always use Aida64 integration to see My CPU, GPU usage, Temps and Fan speed when I do rendering & also to check my FPS while I’m playing games. Separate screen lot more helpful in this situation.
I've been using WaveShare's LED/OLED screens with or without touch screen with a SBC like a raspberry pi connected to the PC via bluetooth, wifi, etc sending aida64 data from the main computer. this way it doesn't use the PC's video out & it can stay on when PC is off showing weather, text messages, home security cameras, etc.
I was gonna look into using a small touchscreen from my old 3d printer to display system info after new years, but I’m going to look into this because it’s turn key … can spend the time configuring rather than DiYing!
If you just want basic system information, another consideration is the $60 USD Corsair iCUE NEXUS Companion Touch Screen. Personally, I don't like anything that's going to introduce stutter into my game.
I've wanted a "stat screen" for quite a while, but for the same reason (showing up as an actual monitor) I never bought one. I had already been down that road of headaches when I integrated a surround sound receiver into my setup. With this G.Skill screen being an USB device, it's already sold for me.
I can't imagine myself controlling volume or music on a touch screen [and being happy about it]. I actually use the PgUp and PgDn to volume on my TKL keyboard, cuz it doesn't have multimedia dedicated buttons for it, and using FN + FX is a mess. F7 is pause and F8 is next. Don't use them anyway. Powertoys made them usefull, but probably I would change that for a proper board to control this and some knob for the volume. But never a touchscreen. Can you imagine? Terrible ideia. I actually would love some old school looking device, with limitations but like a good one. You know, it could be a bluetooth one with e-ink screen or a matrix LCD, with some kind of RGB to turn on in the dark. E-ink would be more limitless but a matrix LCD would be just like some retro PCs used to have. The aesthetic of a product like this one showed makes Windows 8 Tiles look pretty.
It is a good idea but : - The price ot device + AIDA64 of 200 € is a bit too high : may a partnership between Gskill and the AIDA64 developer be possible to lower the invoice ? 130 € for the device, and an included AIDA64 licence would be more interesting. - Will this device be supported in a few years ? It is a niche product and my fear is that Gskill drops the support if the sales are bad.
I find it so interesting the fact that when Valve came up with their handheld with the name Steam Deck I was sure it wasn't a good name because of the Stream Deck that everyone knew about, but when you said Stream Deck my first thought was about the Valve's console and took me a moment to get it was the Elgato gadget you were talking about. They pratically stole other brand's cool name and and nobody can really really say they actually did that, because they kinda didn't anyway. I can't even remind of Apple being this bold and confident naming a product.
This may be useful where my PC is not doing what it should. I recently had it running 100W extra at my moonlight integration didn't completely close, found out a few days later when the office was hot
Would be nice to have the option to use it as an external monitor too (with a switch that enables USB C DP or a HDMI port) so that you could use it for monitoring a camera or watching a livestream. Other than that, looks really cool!
And ordered, exact thing I wanted. Have 3 screens on a 3090 atm, if you have a 4th screen plugged in (even as HDMI audio) the GPU won't clock down from its base clock anymore and uses a heap of extra power.
Is that something Nvidia said or your observation? Because my 3080 does clock down with 4 monitors plugged in. Sometimes (usually after dirty updates) the driver glitches out and maintains the base clock, and you just need to reinstall the latest driver after uninstalling it with DDU.
@@bugostare Personally tested after noticing a significant increase in my power bills. I had gone from using 3 screens plus my DAC to send audio to my reciever (stereo) to 3 screens plus the reciever as a cloned output (7.1) of 1 of the screens. Noticed after 2 months that my power use was way up and that the room was generally hotter. Eventually noticed that the 3090 would maintain its base clock all the time and never drop down into the 300 ish range on desktop. Finally got it to drop down with a screen unplugged. Some googling around pointed to 4 screens being a thing. Swapped 1 sceen to HDMI to reciever, then passthough to one of the screens so the PC only has 3 outputs, fixed. Could have been a driver thing or a 3090 thing, unsure but it was nice getting my power bill back down a little since electricity is stupid expensive in South Australia :(
@Greenytica try a clean install of the driver and see if that helps. I've had different Nvidia GPUs not lower clock to idle on many different setups, regardless of refresh rates and/or number of monitors. A clean driver reinstall always fixed it.
@@bugostare Did that and it still did it. Running a couple release old driver atm though because I picked up a new baffling problem with a driver release in the last 2 months. PC was having a thing where the CPU (5950X) would trigger a PPT/TDC/EDC protection mode and drop max core clock on all cores to 469 MHz. Stock CPU settings, stock ram, pbo on, off, overclock on, underclock, didn't matter it would just trigger at some point. Ended up swapping back to my old Windows 10 install and it wasn't happening. Ok, clean install 11 again, update everything, happened again. As a last ditch thing before giving up and building a 7950X3D system, older Nvidia driver by like 2 revisions. Fixed, no idea how but somehow that was triggering CPU protection. Been less keen on grabbing the latest driver in case that comes back and my terrible luck makes me not able to fix it :'(
@@Greenytica In my experience when it seems there are inexplicable random problems like that, there probably is some seemingly unrelated device causing instability. Could be network driver, could be unstable CPU or RAM settings, bad harddrive, bad cable and who knows what else... Even a display cable can cause weird issues - I once had a DP cable that seemed to work fine at max refresh rate and resolution, with full color and no artifacts, but would prevent the PC from shutting down, and would make startup take much longer. With how complex everything is today, it might be something you never think about. I also had a bad onboard network driver issue, both causing BSOD and then completely breaking the Windows boot sector somehow. Try to pay attention to any issue you encounter, maybe check Windows Event Logger for system errors and check device manager for unrecognized/improper devices.
I had a 7in EK Lumen screen mounted in my o11 Dynamic Evo, which I intended to use with Mo-Bro. But when I was building the new PC, I realized MoBro had gone subscription (I'm not paying $11/ mo). Aida64 Sensor Panel functionality is pretty good; just know that the fancy skins only work when you're using a locally connected LCD (ie. HDMI, DP). For something like this (or an LCD connected to an RPI), looks like you're using the LCD / 'remote sensor panel' functionality. So no fancy gauges and skins b/c I guess Aida64 uses a different renderer for that. STILL, I'd rather go this route as a decent compromise. I can live without the fancy gauges. At least now a) I'm not dealing with Windows weirdness w/ a physically connected monitor or b) having to autoload a browser window in Raspberry OS remotely and perhaps have to deal w/ fonts that aren't on that system that I selected on my local system. In a perfect world, if Aida64 could pull in information from HWINFO that it seems to be missing that would be great. Without even considering all the other stuff the Wigidash appears to be able to do, this looks like a well thought out device. I've ordered one and I'm looking forward to messing with it.
looks like it is already sold out? this looks exactly like what I was looking for. I could do with out the touch screen, but this being usb c device vs hdmi is great
Looks cool with the AIDA64 screens, depends on how much it retails for I guess. I have a screen mounted in my case already, a Field monitor, native 1080p. Those can be found for under AUD$200 for a lilliput model. It doesn't have touch though, and also no auto power off.
Thanks for the review. I'm searching for a display for car installation, that should be able to present the most important information, and include functions that replace my stereo unit for music play. This seems highly applicable, I could hide the bigger display & mouse & keyboard to glove compartment, and control music & handsfree with this. That is, if you can use this to display any programs that you use on your computer, including Phone Link software for smartphone linking to the pc?
Wonder how open source it is, wouldn't mind being able to use something like this on Linux. Not cheap at $130 but it also seems to have sold out pretty quickly on amazon, hopefully there will be more videos about what you can do with it.
Bro, down in Miami guys at lan parties had custom panels exactly like this thumbnail into the case.. and that was before this whole place existed and we used Pentium processors 😅 Flecom knows
I want this but without needing to use aida64 to get the sensor information, with no touch screen, and an internal USB header. The problem is the only companies making them are no-name brands with proprietary software I am not sure I can trust. A lot of companies opt for HDMI because of this but I don't want that either. This is something i would consider it just isn't exactly what i want.
Case Manufacturers Need to Make a Case with a Touch Screen Panel right on the front. It would be awesome if you had a touch screen where you could turn the PC on/off, reboot, and have it function as a fan controller and LED controller. In addition, have the Aida64 support. Eliminate the physical buttons. If anything add a backup power on/reser button on the side if there is a problem with the screen or you choose not to use it for some reason. If a Case Manufacturer makes something like that I have yet to see it.
They used to make them, YEARS ago. But bringing this back would be a hard sell since so many cases these days are full mesh front panels. With that said, though, I could potentially see how this could be built into a case and still maintain proper airflow paths if it was designed with that purpose in mind from day one.
@@spdcrzy I had no Idea they even made them... Thanks.. With one of my builds (daily driver) just 2 years ago I needed a case with lots of front 5.25" slots and 3.5" slots. What a limited selection there is.
The other thing is I like a lot of Front I/O. Why can't they put more USB ports on the Front of a Desktop PC standard? I still prefer function over fashion when it comes to a case. Tired of LED lights already. I like having a fan controller, a few USB A/C on the front and one of my favorite things is a front 5.25 Storage Drawer for things like thumb drives and SD cards. Best thing I ever added is a 5.25" 'Media Deck' which adds 6x USB Slots (2x3.0/4x2.0), 1x SATA, 1x eSATA and also has the Molex connector for Power built-in plus it has SD card readers...That thing is handy. (search 5.25" front SATA) they sell for about $40USD ...Plug anything into that from SD cards to anything SATA Since CD/DVD/BluRay drives are no longer really a thing it seems like they hate putting 5.25" and 3.5" slots in a case. I still like to backup certain files to Blu-ray/DVD the disc quality has come along way since I first started burning CDs so they last a very long time kept in a case. Cant have it all I guess!!!
No API though, shame... it seems the marketing team has no idea about double dipping in different markets, the Sim Racing scene is waiting for one of these. Sim Racing proper, utilizes a lot of HDMI. USB and infinite buttons + screen size is a godsend.
They lost me with aida64 integration. HWinfo64 is superior. Oh nice it looks like it supports both. I'm down for that. And the worst part is I recently lost my Z10 keyboard from EVGA and I absolutely loved having the date and time right there on the keyboard so I am actively looking for something to replace that LCD.
I was torn about the monitoring screens, but this one really appeals to me. The fact that there is no modding to do to make it look nice, the fact that it does not use an HDMI port, the native support for AIDA64. It's really well thought out
You can probably deal with the fingerprint issue by buying a matte/paperlike screen protector and cutting it down to size. This thing looks pretty great, wasn't expecting it from GSkill
Cool product. I'm currently using an old phone for monitoring my system. Aida64 also have a web server that can be used as a LCD. So all you need is an old phone with web browser and that's how you can have a cheap HW monitoring.
are there any tutorials for this?
sounds likea better idea then this. The built quality of this looks poorly designed. Phones/tablets in general are much better to clean and in build quality.
Tactical dot to see what awesome tutorial you come up with 1😊
For anyone wandering in Aida64 under LCD it has a "Remote Sensor" setting. Open a web browser on any device or any kind and type in the IP for the system that is running Aida64 on and it will display. Phone/Tab/Mac/Pc ANYTHING that can display html.
I've been waiting for ages for someone to come out with a monitoring screen that just uses a USB-C cable instead of having to dedicate an hdmi port to it.
The only problem I see right now, besides the fact that it doesn't come with a license or rebate for AIDA64, is that I can't find it anywhere for sale :)
Thanks Roman for the preview.
Happy holidays!
I clicked on the link it's sold out!
YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN USE OLD TABLET OR PHONE FOR HARDWARE MONITORING. AND ITS OVER USB MINI OR USB C
I did try using an old tablet but the software isn't quite there yet. Of course if this thing comes out in Canada close to $200 it will also be a non starter if it's this slow to manipulate...
@@vesolcableIs the SHIFT key stuck? Do you know that a tablet or phone isn't the solution either? Firstly, it fails due to the right software and secondly, it's not a clean solution either.
bro aida64 is like $3 or less on g2a
These extra screens taking up an HDMI port has always been a deal breaker for me for those same reasons, but also because I'm always running out of ports anyway. That said, with monitors getting bigger and better, and keyboards more versatile, I don't really feel the need for these devices as much anymore. But there are still use cases for them, so it's nice to see them evolve in the right direction.
There is a bug in Aida64 that prevents it from reporting CPU usage properly on 10th gen Intel. They implemented a workaround, but it broke the sensor panel graphs and isn't guaranteed to be accurate anyway.
I like the fact this is an external usb device and not connected by hdmi/dp and recognized as a separate display. I’m definitely interested in picking one up. I think for single monitor display set ups this could be helpful for sure.
At $130, that's a hard sell vs a Streamdeck which has many more options for customization through their plugin marketplace. The only real thing you gain here is having a non-segmented screen which admittedly does help a lot for that Aida64 integration.
This is a different use case than a Streamdeck. If you need the Streamdeck, you need the Streamdeck. I wouldn't cross-shop the two things. But I would definitely buy both.
@@spdcrzy Why's that? It's just a customizable screen with buttons. Just because it's marketed towards streamers doesn't really mean there aren't other uses for it. There's even an HWinfo addon available (not one for AIDA though.)
If you only need a USB panel supported by AIDA64, there are alternative options available such as BeadaPanel which is less expensive than WigiDash
I've spent like 3 months trying to remember this damn thing! G.SKILL!! Thank you so much!
I've been looking for an affordable USB only screen to use as a sensor panel for a couple of years now. I think this one might be it. 👍
I've been a long time GOverlay user. Something similar to this. But as you mentioned, setting it is very time consuming,it does come with presets and other users post their setups which you can import.
Looks like a good solution, currently running a third LCD screen with Aida64 and as noted some games (especially older ones) get wacky with the resolution and it's a bit of a pain. Having USB C is very nice and the touch screen is just an add on over that.
I think the main draws vs a simple Stream Deck are A. You can use buttons that are bigger than 1x1 and display bigger/denser images B. You can do that with only a USB C. I can't speak to which software is more customizable.
This reminds me that I'm still waiting on haptic feedback to become mainstream.
This is pretty cool, I could see using this for streaming, music, movies loading up things for the stream etc. 130 bucks isn't to bad for that and it does give you alot of functions and possibilities. Aida 64 support is just icing on the cake.
Wow! Super cool, I currently use a second screen to monitor the system, and this panel will fit like a glove for my setup, I hope it doesn't take too long to arrive in Brazil. 👑
Been living in germany for 3 years now, and watch your videos since while also learning Deutsch! Love your reviews!!
Seriously this is almost exactly what I have wanted, a good info display that doesn't require an video signal and works with USB. The price is a bit high for what you get but I hope we see more competitors to this.
Like a larger, touchscreen version of a Stream Deck. You can do a lot more than stream-related functions with a Stream Deck.. basically everything you mentioned except the AIDA stuff.
Seems like a real cool product, I like the idea more than using a small 2nd monitor for monitoring purposes.
If it wasn't for the price, I would have bought one already, glad that it is actually a brand that I know and not weird stuff on Amazon
It's ridiculously overpriced, I use a 7" Rasberry screen that costs $50 and resize/retint MSI Afterburner for a permanent sensor screen that matches my rig colors.
I ended up buying the corsair nexus to use as my panel and so far it shows basic enough info that I wanted to see so I'm good. It was also only $50 so I'm pleased enough with it.
this is damn near perfect. if they can add a function where i can have the screen act as a youtube player as a feature, ill be sooo happy.
i've been waiting for something like this for a awhile. i also hated the other screens that take up a port on my video card and causing issues with drivers and games.
for those who have too much money and time on their hands
i dont even overclock anymore, i like silent, stable and cool pc gaming sessions
Perfect! I never wanted to use those HDMi displays for the identical reasons! I’d love to see what it looks like with only CPU GPU and GPU hotspot shown on the display… and can I see those at 10 foot or so away :P very particular but I game sitting on a couch with a TV. Currently use the Radeon overlay but if they can be visible at that distance for only those three values then it’s an instant buy for me.
Same here, couch, TV and my gaming rig is hiding in a closet to keep the noise down (my wife is ultra sensitive to coil whine) so this would be perfect.
@@MoultrieGeek So you could say the PC is in the closet because you're ultra sensitive to "wife" whine?
@@Midz350i Nah, we've been married 13 years so I've learned to filter out wife whine.
So....a StreamDeck for your Hardware Stats?! Got it!
I used Asus Front Panel years ago. It could be built in your pc case, as panel was dvd rom format. This panel in video today is new level. I like it.
Nice flex showing 5.6gHz on the display 2:20 into it.. thanks
edit: Jay did a video a while ago (maybe you did I don't know) about doing his own version of this, but here in the States it's $127 on Amazon Business.. that's NOT bad at all considering if you had to buy all the stuff to make one and the time to do it, man that's really a great price in my opinion! Nice review.
Most likely a few years late for this, but I wish there was a system monitor designed to mount in 2x 5.25 drive bays. I'm currently cobbling together such a solution with a 5 inch USB screen and a dual bay internal drive cooler frame.
There was a CRT version of that. Also I'm pretty sure I read thermal take or someone like that had a LCD that went into the optical drive slots. This was back in the mid or late 2000s.
This is exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you for the review. I trust your judgement. The other solutions I've come across either use and HDMI port along with the USB for power and are a second monitor in Windows which creates all sorts of additional issues. The others that work like the WigiDash and only use a USB connection rely on software you have to download from rather suspicious sources or at least unverified sources. I'm reluctant to do that and they don't necessarily rely on AIDA64 or HWINFO. This might seem like a benefit, but you have to rely on whatever sensor technology they are using to monitor. All in all, this is a great solution. Now if they would make a panel you could use internally to the PC, maybe just for a sensor panel and not touch screen or remote functions, that would be a perfect option for those who just wnat a plug and play sensor panel.
It is nice. Fully configured with Ada64 the price compares to Aquacomputer Aquaero. It too works with Ada64 and HWINFO, but it has it's own system integration with Aquasuite. I have the touch screen version of aquaero w/remote. I primarily use the remote if I want to access something on the screen. Otherwise my 2nd monitor displays aquasuite full screen. The remote also can control pc functions if you choose to use that function as well. Thanks for this I hope you test other devices and fan controllers in the future, makes a great video series.
This is like the Stream deck for sensors, but infinitely more niche.
Ok, that's pretty dang neat. I will definitely be looking into this deeper.
What version of USB is the minimum requirement, 2.0, ... 3.2x2 ? I know it's a type-C.
How heavy _Does It_ tax system resources?
Not much. AIDA64 would eat a little bit of performance but it wouldn't be noticeable
this is what we want, even better if we can mount it inside our PC, doesn't need to install "another monitor" inside the case and configure what to show on secondary monitor.
Wouldn't that kill most of the functionality of it being that it is a touch screen? Or do you mean mount it to the exterior of the case so you can still access it?
@@--_DJ_-- yeah, we lose touch screen function but it doesn't have to, because we only need to configure once and few tweaks sometime later.
unless you really need spotify and twitch menu, it better be an external display.
@@ErnestJay88 That seems like it would be a huge waste to me.
Looks like an awesome product! 😃👍
Will definately look at that when my next custom loop PC is finished! 😊
It's quite a bit like the Corsair iCue Nexus companion screen: USB. Detachable. Touchscreen. Multi screens. HWinfo integration for sensors. But much larger interface.
@Der8auer - Great vid and info. I have been running a WigiDash for about 3 weeks now. I just like the ability to monitor the gear. I was wondering how much performance "loss" you saw while running this full time. Just curious, or maybe no one really cares. But id love to see/know.
Because it’s not a dedicated video output from the GPU makes that way more temping like you had brought up. Considering how much displays cost is basically the same and in all respects has more functionality honestly sells me on it more considering the fact it’s usb with touch capacity versus having a hardware monitor running off my GPU.
It would be nice if you could use it on the fly to adjust fan speeds so you could lower the gpu fan which often pulls harder before case fans increase. Im sure that's been done before, but it'd be nice to select a silent, summer, winter, gaming fan profiles. Interesting product with intuitive software.
From a UI/UX perspective, it needs to be reworked! The colours and icons are soar to the eye.
built in AIDA64 AND autohotkey support!!!
I might actually buy this thing just for that
Wow, never seen Roman without a clean shave for the years I've watched his content; was so thrown off clicking the video.
Where can I get the AIDA 64 Template/Profile shown ?
Aida64 is one of the best investments I've ever made in the last few decades of pc building and tinkering. I picked this up the other day and am very happy with it so far. I've put the stream deck up, but if you're an actual streamer and need the buttons I agree it would be better in that case.
This is super nice. I had a 5" screen in my desk PC using AIDA64, but didn't like having to run multiple cables to it and having it use an HDMI port. In short it was more hassle than it was worth, so I eventually removed it. This would be a nicer solution.
Something like this used to be built into high end keyboards over 10 years ago.
Yes, I owned a Logitech G15 with a little monochrome display I used for HWinfo and Foobar2000. Good days.
this is the type of sensor panel I have been waiting for. I just ordered one. I hope it works as good as intended.
OMG jay2cent gonna love it
this seems damn near perfect for my use case. Any word on whether you can integrate HWinfo into this? Id imagine it wouldn't be too difficult to do, but I haven't seen anyone explicitly confirm a working integration with HWinfo yet
Yes! Finally not blocking a HDMI. This is what i was waiting for also.
i was literally just looking for something like this..and then this video pops up....
It would be great if there was a basic driver for Linux and then an SDK to add our own stuff. Either for workstations or even for server monitoring!
My thoughts as well but since I only run casual games under Proton (for the heavy stuff I use Windows) I can make it work. An SDK is a brilliant idea though.
I like this concept a lot, and the Aida integration is nice, I'ma hafta gets me one
Looks nice and very capable. Is there no support for in-game functions??
Good to hear you are still playing PUBG. I'm still playing it daily. Got 3300 hrs on it. If you're down to play with my squad sometime, hit me up! Got a fair share of Germans too ;)
130 is a bit high, around 60-80 would be an instant buy for me.
You make it then
@@MatrixJockey 😂
A lot of the new panels use USB and not HDMI. Which has been a great upgrade to them.
This is exactly what I've been looking for! Thanks Roman!
Can you include a link for the aida64 template you are using. PS I JUST bought one because of your video!!
Well I see my next purchase ;) affiliate link engaged ;)
Just ordered this, unfortunately I was unable to go through your affiliate route. Been waiting for something like this for a while. I love running metrics but I also use an OLED screen which I do my best to not have burn in.
Looks great, Although i wonder what the availability and cost will be like. Cant seem to be able to buy one atm.
This actually super cool. Will be keeping an eye on it to come back in stock. Completely unavailable for me at the moment.
like “der8auer” said, I’m always use Aida64 integration to see My CPU, GPU usage, Temps and Fan speed when I do rendering & also to check my FPS while I’m playing games. Separate screen lot more helpful in this situation.
I've been using WaveShare's LED/OLED screens with or without touch screen with a SBC like a raspberry pi connected to the PC via bluetooth, wifi, etc sending aida64 data from the main computer. this way it doesn't use the PC's video out & it can stay on when PC is off showing weather, text messages, home security cameras, etc.
after seeing this video, im old school, reminds me of the old ABIT Uguru motherboards, 3rd eye. funny how it went and came back :)
I was gonna look into using a small touchscreen from my old 3d printer to display system info after new years, but I’m going to look into this because it’s turn key … can spend the time configuring rather than DiYing!
Love to buy one, but not available in the US? Can't even get a listing other than the link you provide and there is no buy option?
Looks great, will be an instant buy for me. Just wish there was a similar (don't need touch) product for my Haltech XD
This is a STUPID amount of configurability :DDD
Whoever designed the software seems to have done their job right.
If you just want basic system information, another consideration is the $60 USD Corsair iCUE NEXUS Companion Touch Screen. Personally, I don't like anything that's going to introduce stutter into my game.
Corsair icue is trash software. THAT's a hell NO.
@@michaelcarson8375 .. LMFAO if you think anything from G.Skil isn't 20X worse. 🤣
really interesting, ive been using hdmi monitors for my builds but this is more practical
I've wanted a "stat screen" for quite a while, but for the same reason (showing up as an actual monitor) I never bought one. I had already been down that road of headaches when I integrated a surround sound receiver into my setup. With this G.Skill screen being an USB device, it's already sold for me.
I can't imagine myself controlling volume or music on a touch screen [and being happy about it]. I actually use the PgUp and PgDn to volume on my TKL keyboard, cuz it doesn't have multimedia dedicated buttons for it, and using FN + FX is a mess. F7 is pause and F8 is next. Don't use them anyway. Powertoys made them usefull, but probably I would change that for a proper board to control this and some knob for the volume. But never a touchscreen. Can you imagine? Terrible ideia. I actually would love some old school looking device, with limitations but like a good one. You know, it could be a bluetooth one with e-ink screen or a matrix LCD, with some kind of RGB to turn on in the dark. E-ink would be more limitless but a matrix LCD would be just like some retro PCs used to have. The aesthetic of a product like this one showed makes Windows 8 Tiles look pretty.
7:04 I buy keyboards that have the audio functions. The buttons also operate things like Prime Video, Power DVD, and Jriver.
Wow I make my own sensor panels but it is also great when someone else can do it for anyone
It is a good idea but :
- The price ot device + AIDA64 of 200 € is a bit too high : may a partnership between Gskill and the AIDA64 developer be possible to lower the invoice ? 130 € for the device, and an included AIDA64 licence would be more interesting.
- Will this device be supported in a few years ? It is a niche product and my fear is that Gskill drops the support if the sales are bad.
That would be a nice deal yes
I find it so interesting the fact that when Valve came up with their handheld with the name Steam Deck I was sure it wasn't a good name because of the Stream Deck that everyone knew about, but when you said Stream Deck my first thought was about the Valve's console and took me a moment to get it was the Elgato gadget you were talking about. They pratically stole other brand's cool name and and nobody can really really say they actually did that, because they kinda didn't anyway. I can't even remind of Apple being this bold and confident naming a product.
Those bezels are insane lmao
This may be useful where my PC is not doing what it should. I recently had it running 100W extra at my moonlight integration didn't completely close, found out a few days later when the office was hot
Would be nice to have the option to use it as an external monitor too (with a switch that enables USB C DP or a HDMI port) so that you could use it for monitoring a camera or watching a livestream. Other than that, looks really cool!
Just buy a cheap monitor and put hwi64 on it
@@Razzbow My point was rather that you've got a nice portable monitor in this product, why not enable it?
And ordered, exact thing I wanted. Have 3 screens on a 3090 atm, if you have a 4th screen plugged in (even as HDMI audio) the GPU won't clock down from its base clock anymore and uses a heap of extra power.
Is that something Nvidia said or your observation? Because my 3080 does clock down with 4 monitors plugged in.
Sometimes (usually after dirty updates) the driver glitches out and maintains the base clock, and you just need to reinstall the latest driver after uninstalling it with DDU.
@@bugostare Personally tested after noticing a significant increase in my power bills.
I had gone from using 3 screens plus my DAC to send audio to my reciever (stereo) to 3 screens plus the reciever as a cloned output (7.1) of 1 of the screens. Noticed after 2 months that my power use was way up and that the room was generally hotter. Eventually noticed that the 3090 would maintain its base clock all the time and never drop down into the 300 ish range on desktop. Finally got it to drop down with a screen unplugged. Some googling around pointed to 4 screens being a thing. Swapped 1 sceen to HDMI to reciever, then passthough to one of the screens so the PC only has 3 outputs, fixed.
Could have been a driver thing or a 3090 thing, unsure but it was nice getting my power bill back down a little since electricity is stupid expensive in South Australia :(
@Greenytica try a clean install of the driver and see if that helps. I've had different Nvidia GPUs not lower clock to idle on many different setups, regardless of refresh rates and/or number of monitors. A clean driver reinstall always fixed it.
@@bugostare Did that and it still did it. Running a couple release old driver atm though because I picked up a new baffling problem with a driver release in the last 2 months.
PC was having a thing where the CPU (5950X) would trigger a PPT/TDC/EDC protection mode and drop max core clock on all cores to 469 MHz. Stock CPU settings, stock ram, pbo on, off, overclock on, underclock, didn't matter it would just trigger at some point. Ended up swapping back to my old Windows 10 install and it wasn't happening. Ok, clean install 11 again, update everything, happened again. As a last ditch thing before giving up and building a 7950X3D system, older Nvidia driver by like 2 revisions. Fixed, no idea how but somehow that was triggering CPU protection.
Been less keen on grabbing the latest driver in case that comes back and my terrible luck makes me not able to fix it :'(
@@Greenytica In my experience when it seems there are inexplicable random problems like that, there probably is some seemingly unrelated device causing instability. Could be network driver, could be unstable CPU or RAM settings, bad harddrive, bad cable and who knows what else...
Even a display cable can cause weird issues - I once had a DP cable that seemed to work fine at max refresh rate and resolution, with full color and no artifacts, but would prevent the PC from shutting down, and would make startup take much longer.
With how complex everything is today, it might be something you never think about.
I also had a bad onboard network driver issue, both causing BSOD and then completely breaking the Windows boot sector somehow.
Try to pay attention to any issue you encounter, maybe check Windows Event Logger for system errors and check device manager for unrecognized/improper devices.
ive always had the idea of trying to convertan old android tablet to a device like this. A small touch screen moniotoring / control pad for the PC
Aida64 has a hard time reading sensors when Corsair IQ is running. Fanspeeds and temp sensors become unavailable for Aida64 to display.
Any idea of the release date in europe ?
I had a 7in EK Lumen screen mounted in my o11 Dynamic Evo, which I intended to use with Mo-Bro. But when I was building the new PC, I realized MoBro had gone subscription (I'm not paying $11/ mo). Aida64 Sensor Panel functionality is pretty good; just know that the fancy skins only work when you're using a locally connected LCD (ie. HDMI, DP). For something like this (or an LCD connected to an RPI), looks like you're using the LCD / 'remote sensor panel' functionality. So no fancy gauges and skins b/c I guess Aida64 uses a different renderer for that. STILL, I'd rather go this route as a decent compromise. I can live without the fancy gauges. At least now a) I'm not dealing with Windows weirdness w/ a physically connected monitor or b) having to autoload a browser window in Raspberry OS remotely and perhaps have to deal w/ fonts that aren't on that system that I selected on my local system. In a perfect world, if Aida64 could pull in information from HWINFO that it seems to be missing that would be great. Without even considering all the other stuff the Wigidash appears to be able to do, this looks like a well thought out device. I've ordered one and I'm looking forward to messing with it.
looks like it is already sold out? this looks exactly like what I was looking for. I could do with out the touch screen, but this being usb c device vs hdmi is great
Looks cool with the AIDA64 screens, depends on how much it retails for I guess. I have a screen mounted in my case already, a Field monitor, native 1080p. Those can be found for under AUD$200 for a lilliput model. It doesn't have touch though, and also no auto power off.
I like it and I want one now. SOLD!
love the video. do i still need to instal AIDA64 on the pc first ? does it have most of the plugins that the elgato streem deck have ??
I use remote system monitor and works REALLY WELL..
Thanks for the review. I'm searching for a display for car installation, that should be able to present the most important information, and include functions that replace my stereo unit for music play. This seems highly applicable, I could hide the bigger display & mouse & keyboard to glove compartment, and control music & handsfree with this. That is, if you can use this to display any programs that you use on your computer, including Phone Link software for smartphone linking to the pc?
Wonder how open source it is, wouldn't mind being able to use something like this on Linux. Not cheap at $130 but it also seems to have sold out pretty quickly on amazon, hopefully there will be more videos about what you can do with it.
Likewise
Bro, down in Miami guys at lan parties had custom panels exactly like this thumbnail into the case.. and that was before this whole place existed and we used Pentium processors 😅 Flecom knows
I want this but without needing to use aida64 to get the sensor information, with no touch screen, and an internal USB header. The problem is the only companies making them are no-name brands with proprietary software I am not sure I can trust. A lot of companies opt for HDMI because of this but I don't want that either. This is something i would consider it just isn't exactly what i want.
Case Manufacturers Need to Make a Case with a Touch Screen Panel right on the front. It would be awesome if you had a touch screen where you could turn the PC on/off, reboot, and have it function as a fan controller and LED controller. In addition, have the Aida64 support. Eliminate the physical buttons. If anything add a backup power on/reser button on the side if there is a problem with the screen or you choose not to use it for some reason.
If a Case Manufacturer makes something like that I have yet to see it.
They used to make them, YEARS ago. But bringing this back would be a hard sell since so many cases these days are full mesh front panels. With that said, though, I could potentially see how this could be built into a case and still maintain proper airflow paths if it was designed with that purpose in mind from day one.
@@spdcrzy I had no Idea they even made them... Thanks..
With one of my builds (daily driver) just 2 years ago I needed a case with lots of front 5.25" slots and 3.5" slots. What a limited selection there is.
The other thing is I like a lot of Front I/O. Why can't they put more USB ports on the Front of a Desktop PC standard?
I still prefer function over fashion when it comes to a case. Tired of LED lights already.
I like having a fan controller, a few USB A/C on the front and one of my favorite things is a front 5.25 Storage Drawer for things like thumb drives and SD cards.
Best thing I ever added is a 5.25" 'Media Deck' which adds 6x USB Slots (2x3.0/4x2.0), 1x SATA, 1x eSATA and also has the Molex connector for Power built-in plus it has SD card readers...That thing is handy. (search 5.25" front SATA) they sell for about $40USD ...Plug anything into that from SD cards to anything SATA
Since CD/DVD/BluRay drives are no longer really a thing it seems like they hate putting 5.25" and 3.5" slots in a case. I still like to backup certain files to Blu-ray/DVD the disc quality has come along way since I first started burning CDs so they last a very long time kept in a case.
Cant have it all I guess!!!
can you provide the elmors lab discord link for the layout for temps like you have
www.elmorlabs.com/forum/topic/discord/
Seems good. No word on Linux support?
it would be more awesome if it had Home Assistant or smth integrated. I would use this as a domotica panel in my house :-D
No API though, shame... it seems the marketing team has no idea about double dipping in different markets, the Sim Racing scene is waiting for one of these. Sim Racing proper, utilizes a lot of HDMI. USB and infinite buttons + screen size is a godsend.
They lost me with aida64 integration. HWinfo64 is superior. Oh nice it looks like it supports both. I'm down for that. And the worst part is I recently lost my Z10 keyboard from EVGA and I absolutely loved having the date and time right there on the keyboard so I am actively looking for something to replace that LCD.
oh man that's more expensive than simply getting a 1080p60 monitor that's 24 inches.