I Bought The Best Selling Pre-Built Gaming PC On Amazon.com...
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- I bought the best-selling gaming Pre-built pc on Amazon to see what crap you all spend your money on.
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The missing mouse pad and lack of foam on the inside makes me suspect it's a return.
that would explain the damage on the box since it would have to endure shipping not once but twice
edit: actually 3 times shipping, not 2
Gamer Nexus did a review on a new iBuypower prebuilt and it was also shipped without the foam inside the computer.
it looked like it had been opened already.
That was my exact thought. The no packing foam is a dead giveaway.
That is an interesting point. It still had all its plastic on the glass panels though.
The "Tested Components" sticker is an FCC certification that none of the components will cause any radio interference. It has nothing to do with the actual operation of the system.
Agreed. To wit, the graphics drivers would not be up to date if they had not turned it on.
@@SpencerPetaluma That's not really an indication of it being turned on. SIs use customized Windows installations that have all relevant drivers and software baked into the install. The image is simply copied onto the drive. This can all be done before the drive is even installed in the case. Another comment mentioned this potentially being a returned unit, due to the missing mouse pad and packing foam. If that is the case, it could explain the fully updated drivers. It's entirely possible this is not how the system came from iBuyPower.
@@SpencerPetaluma I didn't know that. Thanks! That's very interesting.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Yeah. A lot of industries require that certification like Emergency Services. Any place that is UL or CE certified will only use equipment that has that certification. Especially if they deal with radio equipment like we do in Emergency Dispatch. Most prebuilts by Dell carry that certification.
It always confuses me when prebuit manufacturers don't use the stock fan and instead replace it with some fan that looks miles worse
They probably buy the cpus in oem tray packaging without the stock cooler for a huge discount and use an even cheaper cooler
they prolly buy the cpus in bulk without original packaging to save money and use the cheapest fan they can find
That "500W" PSU looks very cheap too
@@Gakki_Aniki I think you mean that 500W "PSU" looks cheap
It's like a 400$ system priced at almost 700$, what do you think they're about lmao
For the record, CWT is a well known PSU OEM who makes some of the PSUs for companies like Corsair and Antec.
Your prebuilt addiction seems a liiiitle unhealthy, but it makes for great content!!!
😔
Eh don't worry it's just a phase
Especially financially
What kind of std's can we find by digging deep into the amazon
@@jakobe_bryantgaming5580 depression when you find out you payed $1000 for a gt 710
I like the „assembled from tested Components“ Sticker... Imagine a car Company would do that ;)
That's just the FCC testing sticker...
@@NathanKull what?
@@startedtech It means that all components comply to FCC standards (like limits and resistance to electromagnetic emissions), but that the complete system wasn't tested to that standard. Technically that thing could be illegal to operate in the US if it was somehow worse than the sum of its parts. (It's one reason why those transparent side panels are a bit ass, they don't shield against EM at all, but I assume that components have become better at not being noisy AF and can also take a bit of an EMP to the face.)
the airbag was tested before assembly :D
thankfully its a gaming pc and not a $30000 3000 pound death machine rolling at 60 miles per hour.
Dawid: "nothing exploded there, that's good"
Gigabyte: *Sweats nervously.*
🤣😅
I really love your videos dude! It's like you're doing the job that I want, but without me having to spend so much money on pre-builts
3:52 “We can’t actually see the components in here because of the packing foam we need to remove first”
lmao
So much packing material in that PC. 😁
@@DawidDoesTechStuff we all know air is the best packing :)
@@benjamin_luscombe stop flexing dude not everyone can afford air
@@rdblocks5490 yea I know right 😒
After he said that I was like "there's nothing in there.. Am I blind??"
"This is the prebuilt all you guys are buying"
Might have to sue for libel.
would love to see like, cheap upgrades you would make to this and how "worth" each one would be! sounds like a really great followup video!
ram, motherboard, storage and gpu
@@Twongz_does_anything cpu too right?
@@frinreda7182 just get a new computer at that point lmao
Hun
"This isn't a good enough Battlefield V experience."
*cries in stock ps4
Upgrade to ssd
@@FS--ew3se the ssd barely helps performance
upgrade ram
@@Smackyzbro think it's upgradable 💀
@@b7deocamporonelio897 why are u replying to something so old 😭
This just shows that the majority of people dont know what the heck they’re buying
Last year around this time you could buy exactly same computer (CPU, RAM, SSD) with 1650 for like $550-600. It's shows how much we are screwed . Rx500 is worse than even Rx460 that came out 5 years ago. Biden years will be remembered as 7 lean cows.
even if they do it's not like most people have any choice anyway (well unless you save up a little bit more ofc)
@@aleksazunjic9672 not 1650 a 1650 super
ofc that's why they're buying a prebuilt in the first place.
Most people who don’t know about pcs just look at wich one looks the best. And that is so bad for you buck I would recommend if you build under like 900 dollars don’t look at rgb
"Hopefully it's not malware"
It's malware.
How do u know explain what’s the instructions
Windows is malware for your privacy
@Mango Man Why would I
@@djispro4272 because we dont want you to brag about linux having more freedom
Channelwell (CWT) has made good power supplies in the past. They are OEM suppliers for many brands such as Corsair and others. If I recall the Corsair 650W CXM as well as some of their TX series were built by CWT. As you know, Corsair actually does not make any of their power supplies but contracts other manufacturers to make them (same with other "brands" except Seasonic). The actual PSU manufacturing companies include Fortron Source (FSP), Channelwell (CWT), Seasonic, SuperFlower and Enermax to name a few. So it seems Ibuypower skipped the middleman company and went straight to the actual manufacturer to help reduce cost, which may be a smart move.
“The cooler looks like something you’d be embarrassed to pull out on a first date”. That’s almost as good as the dell cooler that was “like thumbing in a softy” 😂 😂 😂
RGB & a tempered glass side panel? Must be good.
As long as its not built by a drunk employee. *Legal Disclaimer*: To my knowledge, iBuyPower employees do not consume liquor.
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Here before this gets hearted
@@shaneeslick haha we are too predictable 😜
@@nomadic1816 ❤
You know it gets real when I hear “single stick of ram” complaints from “dawid”
Hey my GTX 560 running on an AM2+ board with PCIe 2.0 and DDR2 800 in 2021, just want to say thank you for all the years of service
@@generfeld wtf...
do you play roblox/mc?
single stick of Mars instead fo Twix.... damn! :)
Are u every graphics card?
Glad to see you on so many good channels.
I checked Amazon Canada, it's so crazy that rx550s are going for over 300 dollars.
I remember when they were $80 (USD) cards.
Don't buy in Amazon
9:03 In the future could you maybe also include testing fortnite on the "performance mode" setting? A lot of people use it now over the standard dx11 or dx12 so you can get much better FPS. Love the videos as always! :)
Channelwell OEMs for consumer facing brands, I know for sure corsair uses them
Yep, almost every single Corsair is made by CWT( Channel Well Technology). Also other brands like Thermaltake,Antec,Zalman,Silverstone and a lot of other brands use them as their OEM.
bump
yeah, I was surprised he didn't know
great piece of info there, thanks mate!
Not just Corsair, a bunch of other brands have CWT based high end PSUs. They have some really good platforms, as well as cheap garbo...
Single stick of 8 gigs of ram? Uh oh Dawid's the Triggering coming in!!
I'm agree and wondering why he did'nt test it with two modules in dual channel.
@Vladimir Putin ok you kind of get away with it on more custom-ish pcs like this but the bigger prebuilts like dell have no excuse since i think the type of people they're aiming for are not gonna be upgrading any time soon
Yeah, and cheapest crap of RAM you can find.
@@equintar I've done that test soooo many times. Besides, the system is so GPU bound that the RAM situation my not help that much.
@@DawidDoesTechStuff I wonder if something like BF V might see an improvement to at least the low dips?
I bought a cyberpower pc prebuilt about a year and a half ago and it ran pretty good. Cable management was a little off and the AIO Cooler fans actually were destroying the radiator but otherwise it was fine, they even put in 2 sticks of ram which I didn’t think they would do honestly.
This one is ibuypower not cyberpower
@@FireShadeZ doesn't matter, they all fuck up.
@5:03 that is a piece of twist-tie that they cut and bent in to place to bridge a bad connection. That is legendary.
CWT is a ginormous OEM. Most Corsair stuff (VS, CX, TX, HX, RM series), Thermaltake, Chieftec, Silverstone, Deepcool, Bitfenix, Cooler Master and many other PSUs are CWT-made. Once a worrying OEM, now they are generally decent (as other OEM they have entry level to pretty much okay stuff).
All I need is a pc that can handle apex legends, asseto corsa, and be able to play with my xbox homies. What pc should I buy
@@goodafternoonworld4456 gtx 1050 and a 9th gen intel cpu or ryzen equivalent
@@hjrgf that's a stupid combo and a gtx 1050 today is horribly underpowered.
@@ryze9153 then get a 1650 or 1660 those are still very good
@@hjrgf bruh, im getting a 3080 lol.
What's happened to you Dawid ... buying a PC with no waifu stickers, 0/10! 😋 lol.
omggg u have so many subscribers!!!!
Samsung took all the waifu stickers for it's new AI!
The waifu Graphics card has a big (6700xt) sister now, so maybe she'll make an appearance soon
iComment Truth already r34 of her.
Those were supposed to be on the mousepad I reckon
I can confirm that the 2021 HP Pavilion prebuilt you showed at 11:15 works great for the price i managed to get it stable on 4.4Ghz in testing with the stock cooler. Honestly i dont think i would of been as happy with any other prebuilt in the price range i could find on amazon.
Does it run good on games like Fortnite and gta??
Love these videos, great fun! Thank you!
The power supply should be a fine unit. CWT is a known manufacturer of PSUs in the industry. You could have use their products in the past, just rebranded by brands like Cooler Master and such
The only company with "power" in its name i ever trusted was power wheels
Power Computing Corp made very decent Power MacIntosh clones before Steve Jobs stopped that.
Eh iBuypower isn’t horrible, cyberpower is dogshit
@@technugget873 cyber power has a lot of good pcs
@@technugget873 I've heard the opposite. IBP is horrible and over priced while CyberPower is pretty decent
Informative AND entertaining - you are a rare breed Dawid 👍
This video reminded me that it took getting THREE "Tower 900" cases from Amazon to get enough not broken parts to make a whole case.
CWT = a very decent PSU .... they're the OEM for Corsair among other fyi.
I was going to post the same, though I haven't their own units in ages.
Among us
I love ur prebuilt vids, it keeps me coming back every time!
I love your commentary on these VD pre-builts, but what do you do with all ones you have? Lan parties or do you give them away? Keep up the good work and I enjoy your videos! Take care
I have had my eye on this pc thank you for reviewing it
With the free gift the only way to get it is by leaving them a 5 star review that is why it is the most bought pc on amazon as its so highly rated and so many people buy it because of that
Dang, now I’m not buying it 😂😂
It’s a smart idea ngl
What about the "Cable Tie bridging the PCI express to a Capacitor" part? Did you remove it? Does it increase RPM? Got more horse power? Does it get me a girlfriend?
5:23 this is why companies spend stacks of money on advertising. You assumed the PSU was bad because it was a brand you had never heard of. But little did you know that Corsair and Thermaltake PSUs are actually manufactured by Channel Well. Had the PSU been a brand you recognized your reaction would have been much different. Advertising works people.
Can I get some sources showing that Channel Well makes Corsair power supplies?
I am interested to see how well minimum fps numbers would improve if another 8GB stick of RAM was installed, so that we could get a feel for the improvement/$ equation of that memory upgrade.
It would be min 30+ more fps
single channel to dual channel will automatically boost your fps minimum 10% to max around 30% depending on the ram you added on and the speed
Nah, just need to crank up the RGB till you're blind.
Always gotta watch out for that invisible packing foam inside your case, makes the temps at least ten degrees warmer. Being a very basic esports type Pc for the tweens is why it's so popular. Mummy and Daddy buy them one to shut them up.
OMG Dawid finally unboxed a PC like a pro! Way to go! :)
Hahaha!! Thank you.
2:42 the "Element Mini Pro" refers to the name of the case from what I can tell.
Looks to be bloat free, guess it's good for a kid or younger sibling who wouldn't know better I suppose.
This GPU crisis is an absolute nightmare for anyone looking for a gaming computer.
i got a 3050 with i3 12100 for 6600 kuna so i guess i got lucky
Hey Dawid, make sure to do a follow up video where you take the machine apart and rebuild it your own way, simulating what a skilled user would do to upgrade this rig - add better RAM in dual channel, fix the issues inside the machine, put a real cooler on, set up XMP, CPU, and GPU overclocking, and see how the rig performs after all the tweaking.
I suspect this puppy has more to give, though the big glass covering the front intake isn't encourging. I'd rather they ship machines in the Cougar MX330-G because at least that one has front airflow mesh intake...
The RGB gives you a playable experience in every game
Oh,the suffering!!!!
Oh,the ending is hilarious!!!!!
The most important thing when buying a new PC is to know your components, CPU, GPU, Motherboard, RAM & SSD. Also a Case with good ventilation and or Fans. You should start by Researching the 10 best of each component and making a list for referencing before you buy. You have to prepare beforehand.
I remember when that HP was $599, before they raised prices
Great video as always. I would be interested to see if a second 8GB stick or even two 4's alleviates that frame stutter in CS GO or BFV, or is it just the RX550 topped out.
I hope he does a follow up video on how long it lasted before it had a stroke and died
I got really invested in the cable tie and we never got any resolution to it.
Yeah, what about the twist tie???
The fact that they have to put a sticker on the rear
I/O panel covering the HDMI port and pointing to the GPU outputs telling you to use those instead, shows precisely who their target market is: people who have absolutely zero clue about PC hardware, so even if they took the side panel off and looked inside to find an absolute dumpster fire they’d have no idea what they’re looking at. That’s why these companies have no vested interest in making their prebuilts better. Anyone who does isn’t going to buy this anyway, except to laugh at it in a review.
I agree why should they try harder when they don't have to
CWT (Channel Well Tech) is actually pretty big and old power supply manufacturer who made OEM power supplies for various well known companies (Corsair, OCZ, Thermaltake...).
Dawid seeing a CWT psu: "I've never heard of psu oem's before"
Cwt isnt the best if I recall but they have made a lot of units for entry level and its far better than DEER or huntkey
Channel Well is one of the major power supply OEMs, they manufacture the Corsair RM, RMi and RMx series PSUs, they are capable of making very good products
Not knowing CWT as a "tech" youtuber is kinda sad.....
Yeah! I'm glad to hear it's not the worst. 👍
@@DuyLeNguyen DAMN okay, and I've seen a Great Wall PSU being amazing too, so I guess they can build great stuff when they mean to.
@@matasa7463 Great Wall currently has the best SFX platform on the market which is what the SF750 Platinum uses. The branding and manufacturing when it comes to PSUs along with the individual quality is a pretty big rabbit hole.
I like how he buys stuff that we just keep browsing on Amazon.
Hahaha!! Oooh, so that's what happened. :P
i'm curious to see if you can get better performances with dual channel ram, even tho i doubt it will make too much of a difference cause the gpu is mostly the limiting factor, also get the cable-tie out!
That pc is actually worth 530 dollars and for that price to performs it's actually pretty solid
The ram is my biggest issue but I guess putting a 2x8gb kit is pretty easy.
Not even close to being worth 530 dollars, not close at all. Around 400 at most.
@@MrPablosek dude when I said it’s worth 530 dollars I mean thats the price the company put it at but the price went up so I said what the original price was
@@Carlos-cz6eb That's not what "worth" means. It's the original price, and the original price can still be more than something is worth.
Wrong use of the word.
@@MrPablosek ok ***the original price the pc was listed at was 530 dollars***
Those CWT power supplies are actually pretty good units. They are an OEM (like FSP and Superflower) for other brands.
god watching someone say that those frames are bad on a game that cant even run on my pc feels bad bruh
I have the oldest xbox known to man i feel you
As someone who works at UPS I can tell you that’s not bad damage. We will throw or slide your shit across the belt to get it closer to the truck it needs to be loaded in, then potentially throw an unknown amount of weight on top of the package. This is after it’s probably been tossed out of a trailer and slide around it n countless belts smashing into other packages along the way.
5:40 Channel well actually used to make Corsair HX 80plus gold PSU's so I'm pretty sure they're quite reliable.
EDIT: OK they still make the Corsair RMx, RMi and HXi series PSUs. They also make most of thermaltake's PSUs, some coolermaster and antec PSUs so they're _really_ reliable.
I came here to hear Dawid say "amazn"
CWT/channel well makes a lot of medium / high Corsair PSU's.
My first time commenting on your channel Dawid, and I’ll be subscribing....
I did something I didn’t think I’d do. I bought a prebuilt from Walmart simply because I couldn’t get a graphics card anywhere...
For the price and what I got I was pleasantly surprised....
It only had two red flags... the infamous one stick of 8 gigs of Ram, but I already had a 2 x 8 gigs of 3000 MHz crucial balistix and the psu ... so I grabbed a basic 600 watt evga 80+ on sale for $39.99 for that... I basically wanted something newer to get me by for the next year at 1080p gaming for a year
I got a MSI Ageis at Walmart for $799 USD
Had a single stick of 8 gig memory, a 256 WD green ssd, 1 tb WD blue HDD, a basic MSI intel motherboard, 10th Gen f series intel i5 and a MSI Ventus OC 1660 Super gpu...
On Amazon I couldn’t find that gpu for under $900 because of the “shortage”
My temps have been fine...
For $799 USD I don’t think it was to bad
Hey, very entertaining video, quick question: which program are you using to see GPU/CPU temps and load?
Yeah, so far the Leg Ion is the best of the bunch and probably the one I'm ordering. I can't justify building a system when it's going to cost the same as fourth months worth of my mortgage
If this had a b450 mobo it would actually be an alright deal right now. I would let you upgrade all the way to ryzen 5000, giving a good upgrade path for everything in the system. That a320 chipset kills it though.
hell even a a520 board would be better. No oc but it still could porbably handle a 5600x
@@gamagama69 Something like a MSI A520M Vector WIFI maybe? There only around £75 here in the UK.
@Brandonnn69 for roblox and discord this is overkill so id say get it
Dude idk what you said. But I just need a pc that can handle apex legends, asseto corsa, and play with my xbox friends. What pc do I buy
Channel Well Technology are one of the largest PSU companies in the world (along with Delta, Flextronics, FSP, etc) with many of your popular brands rebranding CWT units. Would love to see this back with an extra stick of RAM!
I think when making these kind of videos, we all have the keep in lind of the current price hike of components so a fair comparison might be with a similar priced system. Because maybe higher priced system offer better value for money as well
Don't worry about the power supply, it's cheap. But CWT builds power supplies for Corsair, be quiet and many other brands. That is even a good sign that they have not built in a China bomb.
The thing with Corsairs and other brands that order their powersupplies from these china factories is they specify exactly which components go into it.. where as one that is just a factory product usually gets the cheapest components to maximize profits.
@@Oxytropis1 This is partly true, but the power supplies are cheap but quite usable. Smaller retailers on amazon/ebay use much worse ones, which can literally blow up in your face.
Generally, you can not talk about worse components, it really depends on the price, model, etc. They are also designed for shorter warranty periods. By the way, I have already seen for example in a FSP power supply on the secondary side Ruybcon capacitors, there were the same branded PSUs were equipped with Teapos. This Japanese capacitors topic, is also largely hyped by marketing.
Dawid has uploaded i just screamed without the s
The Assembled from tested components sticker is an FCC sticker. The FCC is an American regulatory agency that oversees many things including radio wave communications. The sticker is claiming that all components inside the PC have been evaluated individually to FCC requirements (i.e. won't make a satellite crash or mess with police radios). The assembly of the components has not been evaluated (but it is most certainly acceptable). Basically, they were too cheap to pay the ~$10K USD to get the system evaluated to FCC standards.
Pretty good stuff here. I was wo during if you could link me to the music you used around the part where you first turned on the PC. If you could, that'd be great
Feels so good to watch a video that says 5 minutes ago under it
I was waiting to hear what you'd say when you tried to run Tarkov. 🤣
I gamed on an RX550 paired with an AMD X4 for longer than I care to admit. Like you said, it's OK I guess and I paid $80 total for that system which was the RX550 + a bunch of old junk I was given once. You got used to the lower frame rate and having to play with settings, but it got the job done. My kid uses that same RX550 now for Minecraft and digital art and it's pretty happy with it.
Yo can you make a video on the best prebuilt you can buy at decent price? Would be nice to see a build with a positive review
I customed an ibuypower PC and it came with everything I needed and more. It also had amazing packing and came in the allotted time I asked for. I really feel you got jipped on the mousepad because you bought something "prebuilt" that came from Amazon. Which mean it could have been a third party or a return.
Do you not understand that this is a horrible machine, and you shouldnt buy prebuilds, esp if your clueless about what components are inside ?
@@AdaaDK dude we get it,Pre build bad ooga booga
Not quite what prebuilt means.
You should do a $100 revisit to the system. a new CPU cooler and a RAM upgrade. see if it does anything to further the performance
it was heavily gpu bottlenecked. it wont really do anythingvto upgrade the ram
2:58 That slot is the built in free gift. The gaming pc with a piggie bank built in
I bought that same motherboard and used it in my backup pc with a Ryzen 2600x. The max the CPU can pull is around 40 watts with boosting enabled. when I had that chip in my main pc before I upgraded it was pulling 120 watts, but it only loses around 300-700 cinebench points comparatively which is shocking with the power draw difference (around a 5-10% loss)
does dawid always use screw drivers on thumbscrews? I love how screws in general seem to be his kryptonite.. along with 1x8gb ram
better keep the distance... who knows who screwed it
@@finco7726 It's probably safer for Dawid to use a screwdriver. We're not sure how well the assembler "screwed with confidence," or if he used a proper Swiss Army knife with (hopefully) a Phillips screwdriver.
I've lost skin to thumb screws before. Whether you're buying a case or a pre-built, those thumb screws always tend to be super tight to prevent the screws from coming loose during shipping. I always use a screw drivers the first time I loosen up a thumb screw.
7:04 The drivers on those parts are probably just not updated much.
The last new driver was in March. That makes a good but of sense. 😁
I'm getting one today too! Soo excited
I think that same PC is now like $750 through best buy. For a little more money, you can definitely come out miles ahead of this thing.
Is there a gaming pre-build that you DO recommend? It seems all your videos are mocking cheapest or crappy builds. What pre-build have you been impressed with without having to rob a bank?
This "free gift" is another one of these (illegal) gift card for review things
I was literally thinking of getting that pc, but instead I got that legion PC you just reviewed, kicks ass
Really wanted to see some Dual Channel testing
There is one of the ibuypower one with ryzen 5 3600 and radeon rx 5600 xt. It was $750 but now it jumped over $1200
Still a very good deal
@@shane250 for $1200. Thats Hella overpriced
@@DOHA104p3
In today's market, anything over rx580\1060 for less than $1500 is an okay deal. I would never pay that if I had a choice, but if you really need a PC... It's an okay option.
@@shane250 true but the price jump tho.
There's the same pc on best buy that cost $950 but out of stock
I guess it's pretty good deal to some people
I paid 999$ for a i7 10700f with gtx 1660 ti with16gb ram and 240ssd. Msi b460 board. I'm happy with it
Hey man U just made my day with the hype u don’t know how big it is but thank u
yes me to
More like this please! Since our only option these days for gaming systems has become buying a prebuilt (Unless you’re made of money and can pay scalper prices) doing a review and tear down of more relevant computers is super helpful. So many rebuilds out there and its tough to figure out whats a decent bang for your buck without getting garbage. Thanks!
my local pc shop makes good prebuilts very cheap so i am lucky i dont have to use amazon or aliexpress
Channel Well Technologies is literally one of the largest power supply OEMs in the world. They make PSUs for many companies including Corsair, Thermaltake, and be quiet! The Corsair RMx power supplies are made by Channel Well. I'm honestly quite surprised you didn't know this already.
It's not an easy call sometimes. For some people, "wait and save up an extra $200" is a perfectly viable alternative. But for many, if their current budget has them considering a $620 system, then that kind of increase is literally a 32% increase in spending which may be quite significant. Perhaps a recommendation of an alternative in the sub-$700 price range, which is within 13%, would be more reasonable.
If 600$ is stetch buy a Xbox series x. Pc gaming is not cheap. Consoles are best bargain for money.
I've literally been emailed by a company I bought a product for saying I'll get 20usd for giving them a 5 star review. Later they sent me a list of products I'd get full refunds for after buying them and leaving 5 star reviews, lmao.
I bought a 2.1 capable HDMI cable off Amazon that had really good reviews. In the package was a card saying that if I left a good review they'd give me a $10 Amazon gift card, which is what the cable cost in the first place. Thankfully, the cable actually works and has the bandwidth for 2.1 support, but still....Scummy as shit for companies to do this.
Great vid mate as always : ) x
“About as trustworthy as a mine where the Canary birds keep dying” bruh this mans almost committed murder on me when i heard that 😂😂😂😂👌👌
"Hopefully it's not malware" LOL
Channelwell is actually a pretty common OEM, they manufacture PSUs for a bunch of different companies
Dawid's absurdly large repitoore of synonyms for "a bad thing/situation" never ceases to simultaneously amaze and concern me
They've been producing those same GPT500S units for ages. They're pretty decent for a cheapo OEM unit, but unsurprisingly group regulated (obvious when you see the +12V rated output is only 456/500W)
Oh okay. That's good to hear. So it's not a terrible unit. 👍
@@DawidDoesTechStuff Yeah, they're honestly just fine. My old prebuilt from Cyberpower that got me into PC gaming came with one and I didn't have any issues in the ~3 years that I had that system with it. Only downside is the lack of additional PCIe connectors; if you wanted to go to anything more than a 1660 Super or whatever, you'd need a new PSU.
Adding on further info:
I dug out this old unit to see what sort of capacitors it used. It looks to be primarily ChengX with some Junfu sprinkled in and a single Capxon and United each. Nothing I'd say is concerning.
Fan is a Yate Loon D12SM-12; 1650 RPM, ~70 CFM, sleeve bearing, easy to find replacements on eBay.
@@paintbrushpanda9802 Awesome! Thank you. Very usefull info. 👍