Gaming PC Parts discussion thread.

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Downloaded this new firmware for the the ol' JMS583-chipped ssd enclosure, seeeems to work gud now.

Althhghhghghgouhgggg,  Fastcopy can still crash it, despite only it being able to hit dat max theoretical 980MB/s

Windows copy can only do 730MB/s sustained, but no crashing.

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Why are they so stingy with the usbc ports?

How much can these chips possibly cost?

This is pretty accurate from what I've seen. I was shopping between motherboard models and features earlier this year and you'll realize they're really giving you the bare minimum even on $200-$300 boards. I hear that motherboards are more robust than in the past but really there hasn't been any explosive advance in features that you get at a given pricepoint, vs for keyboards for example a $100 keyboard now has the features of a $400 keyboard 5-10 years ago. I wanted a motherboard that was ITX, had good connectivity and had display connectors that allow for GPU passthrough that support 4k 120hz and up, and that narrowed it down to like 2-3 models and they were all $300 or more.

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One can understand why gpu passthrough would be expensive, if they have to all be 80gbps ports. But surely you can give people 2 of the damn things. and the REST be 40gbps.

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SSD price fixing.

This has got to stop.  We should be at roughly half the current price.   Hopefully Heroic-Y|\|\TC comes through for the world and destroys the Evil Nand Cabal.

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Pcie gen 6 ssds, might not be affordable to average consumers.

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Throughly tested the new jms583 firmware, gotta hand it to startech, they make stuff work. Even on stuff you don't buy from them. LOL.

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Batteries are alot cheaper thanks to aliexpress.

Remember when they used to be over $200. 

They still sell them for $130 oem (who knows if they're even oem), $50-90 on amazon (non oem), $30 on Aliexpress.