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I see your point. However, if the hardware was an unknown quantity, I’d agree with you fully. But at a heavily discounted price and with the the fact that BiWin is also using the same product/hardware in other trusted more known/expensive brands via Sabrent etc, I’d be comfortable taking a punt...

Meh. I happens all the time. Power Supplies for example made by Superflower/FSP/Seasonic for EVGA, Corsair etc/ AIO coolers made by Asetek/CoolIT for Corsair, NZXT, Fractal etc. There are only a few original manufacturers, yet the quality/value can still be great if made by a good company. If...

Pretty much. At least, I think anyway.

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Yeah, it seems to be better for the price now. Against the WD SN850X and Samsung drives at $250, its value seemed off to me given the competition in that price bracket. I think it'd make a good drive for a lower price, not the best, but very practical.

As the title says. Looks good for the capacity. Specs seem ok too.

Not upgrading the my 4090 for the foreseeable future. I tend to upgrade when I feel an actual need. For instance, I was happily running things on my old Dell 1600p @ 60hz with my 3080 FE. Then bought a 4k 120hz LG OLED TV as a monitor. GPU needed a bump, hence a 4090. I tend to find that an...

Hopefully! It was the lowest its been in a while, at least on amazon.

Looks like they are sold out most places.

Makes sense. I was getting tired of having to delete games from the drive all the time. An annoyance more than anything. I stopped myself from picking up the 990 Pro 4TB simply because of the price of this WD again. Other than that, nothing much in it. The only thing I can think of is that...

Same deal as last year I believe. Bought another one and going to move the 2TB 990 Pro Sammy I have to the PS5. Nooice.

First "GPU" I ever bought, the GeForce 256. Around the time of my first personal build. Jammed it in a ready built Gateway 2000 PC with a AMD Athlon K7. Loved it. Wish I'd kept it. Next would definitely be the ATI 9700 Pro. The mad box-art needs to come back!!

I wouldn't want satan behind me =p

yup that's the one. It's going for 345 right now. I prefer to buy storage brand new, but thanks for the reddit offer though. Appreciate it.

Yup, that was a very good deal also. Can't go wrong with either drives. Good stuff. Now I just need the 8TB Samsung sata ssd to go lower =)

As in title. Good deal methinks. Gonna pick one up.

Just an update. Bought the ASUS bug. Solved for my use case. All is well in network land….for now.

I’m definitely going a single device solution for now. I considered the netgear, but it has features like parental control behind a subscription. Not right to me. I think I’ll skip WiFi 6e for now. Not much call for it given the premium. I don’t have any devices for it anyway. Seems to be a...

I just want to say I appreciate all the suggestion/advice so far. Keep em coming :)

I want to try the dream router, just wish it was more performant. I dunno. Might give it a go, return if acts slow I suppose.

I’d like to mess around with pfsense, just don’t have the time to do so unfortunately. All that will have to happen once/if I can finally buy a bloody house. Looks like the ASUS “bug/spider” with Merlin is the way to go for now. Will just have to look for a good deal.

I think this is what I’ll do. Does the Merlin firmware get rid of the horrible rog skinned interface?

I tried units from netgear, tp link and trend net (all latest releases I think). All had decent enough performance, just constant instability. I know the units were fine because I tested them at my family home to verify and make it want user error. The only coax/comms ingress to the place is in...

I like overkill! But definitely over budget. Can’t make any wire runs in this place, not worth the effort.

I did try powerline adapters, but the the wiring is just too crappy and fluctuates :/

Hello all. So its time to replace my aging ASUS RT AC87U router. But with what is the question. I kind of want a brute force behemoth, like the ASUS ROG Rapture GT-AX11000. I am partial to Asus routers, but I don't particularly like the "gamer" aesthetic to the UI of the ROG line. That's...

Pick your poison. Google or Amazon. This just ticks alot of boxes for me over throwaway fire sticks, Rokus or chrome casts. Meh. Just choose whatever takes your fancy.

It does. The newer one has a more powerful GPU, lower temps etc. It also has the AI upscaling feature. Not sure if its present on the older 2015 models.

It's handled everything I've thrown at it so far via my Plex server (from my PC). I'm sure it can handle it directly too if I run a plex server on the device itself. The newer Roku's def have updated hardware compared to my old one, but It's nowhere neat as flexible as the Shield, especially...

Here you go. Can't recommend this device enough. Love it.

$229......oh boy

As in title. Got mine for $299. Might pick up another one.....

Just ordered. Thanks OP!

Still waiting for the pickup from my local BB. Apparently, nvidia is being sluggish in getting the order out from the warehouse (according to customer service). However, my order is mine/reserved and I am "assured" that I will be able to pick it up by this Monday. We'll see. If not, I'll have...

Available at Best Buy online if anyone is interested. Just got my FE ordered for pickup. 5/16/2023. Happy hunting.

I’m personally skipping the first gen CPU’s on AM5. The real performance bump will come with zen5/5c. However, the single core IPC increase with zen 4 might be worth it if you’re feeling sluggish with a 5800x3d. If the 4090 is very cpu bound right now, a years wait might be worth it to feed it...

Nope. Not that I've noticed.

So far so good with these cans. I like the versatility and retractable mic. Feels solid and looks subtle. However, it must be said, wireless will never sound as good as ‘ol wired ones. But hey, I can always use the cord lol If I ever want a pair just for my phone using Bluetooth etc, I’ll get...

If you are willing to wait, I'm sure it will drop again. However, I need it now =/

Here you go. Works with Xbox, PC and PS5. Will see how it goes.