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  Clear on 07/12/2019 - 23:46

  I'm surprised he didn't mention the storage. It seems he was lucky and got the Lexar SSD. I've seen their own "Allied branded" SSD and it's speed are terrible… like more terrible than a lot of AliExpress brands. Partly because of the old flash, lack of cache used and basically a blank Alibaba rebadge.

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    dcep on 07/12/2019 - 23:52

    i guess not noticeable on desktop usage / games loading ?

    i mean wd green 120gb are pretty terribad too

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      Clear on 08/12/2019 - 00:00

      Potentially as the SSD is a lot slower than other SSDs, has no DRAM cache and will probably degrade further once full. It has decent seq R/W but the 4KiB Q8T8/Q32T1 speeds were all <180 MB/s. I get more than double with my AliExpress branded SSDs… even the fellow DRAMless ones.

      On a plus side they're using genuine flash from companies like sk Hynix. Rather than Reeino's budget line that use SpecTek's rejected flash that didn't pass QC or Colorful who have previously used flash memory from discarded phones.

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        arkie0 on 08/12/2019 - 00:25

        Most people can't tell the difference anyway. Same concept as the gfx throttling due to heat and single stick low speed memory.

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  dcep on 08/12/2019 - 00:03

  you get what you've paid for and it's still good value regardless

  techfast has been upfront with what you're getting (apart from surprise upgrade lottery / others getting better parts randomly, which is not a reason to feel unfair of)

  single stick ram is nothing to complain about, as you knew you're getting single stick as advertised
  you can build your own ryzen system with 2 sticks rams at same budget but you'll end up with lower tier gpu/cpu which performs far worse than single stick ram
  the good thing about single stick 8gb is you can add another stick later (ram compatibility is overated)
  if you're complaining 2666 cl 19, you can go build yourself ryzen system with 3600 cl 14 ram for the same budget but you'll end up with lower tier gpu/cpu which performs far worse than tech fast build

  and so far, no house has been burned down , so haters can keep chanting techfast psu burn down house.

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    arkie0 on 08/12/2019 - 00:36

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    I think you might be confusing cheap crap with quality and value.

    Techfast is cheap crap mostly, value only on the cpu/gpu.

    As an overall system, I think it leans more to cheap. Still a deal and I still upvote them but need to be objective.

    A few things I don't cheap out on, bed, shoes, chair, since I'm on the pc all the time, pc.

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      dcep on 08/12/2019 - 01:02

      +1

      i'm talking value performance

      as for cheap and quality , they almost never come together

      again, i repeat, you get what you paid for, so don't expect gold for cheap

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      [Deactivated] on 08/12/2019 - 15:59

      Can you recommend anyone? Looking to upgrade my 10 year old computer for my 5 year old to play gta5.

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        trex on 08/12/2019 - 18:05

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        5 year old playing GTA 5? Isn’t the game rated M?

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  Skramit on 08/12/2019 - 09:30

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  It’s an interesting eview but the negativity to the PSU is unwarranted IMO. Yes it’s no name and yes it’s using molex to pcie, but it does the job. That’s all anyone can ask for in a budget build. Tech fast have options for named brand PSU if the buyer so desires. But in a low budget build a no baker is perfectly reasonable.

  I wholly agree with him regarding single stick of ram though. That’s pretty bad for a ryzen build.

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    HighAndDry on 08/12/2019 - 20:30

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    Have to disagree. The PSU will do its job, but the difference between a good PSU and a bad one isn't capability, but quality of the components and the outputted power signal. The first will affect the longevity of the PSU itself (and whatever components its failure takes out), the second affects the longevity of the connected components directly.

    It won't make a difference within the warranty period (especially for a budget system), and likely doesn't make a difference to anyone who refreshes systems every 3-5 years.

    But for a mum and dad user who would happily use the same system until it dies, a reliable PSU could mean double or triple the lifespan.

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      Skramit on 08/12/2019 - 20:39

      Yeah but for $600 bucks it’s fine for 3-5 years.

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        HighAndDry on 08/12/2019 - 21:06

        Oh yeah the value proposition is still there, I've always liked the techfast builds. But for people who don't care about having the latest performance, spending an extra $50 on a better PSU could stretch that 3-5yrs to 10+ yrs.