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System Name | Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load) |
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Processor | Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core) |
Motherboard | Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded) |
Cooling | Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate |
Memory | 2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V) |
Video Card(s) | Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W)) |
Storage | 2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2 |
Display(s) | Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) | Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) | Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144) |
Case | Fractal Design R6 |
Audio Device(s) | Logitech G560 | Corsair Void pro RGB |Blue Yeti mic |
Power Supply | Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY) |
Mouse | Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL |
Keyboard | Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps) |
VR HMD | Oculus Rift S + Quest 2 |
Software | Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware! |
Benchmark Scores | Nyooom. |
TP link sent me an N600 USB adaptor as a freebie with a router i purchased (TL-WDR3600) (and a free pen!) so i figured with my huge ass collection of wifi adaptors, i'll do some speed tests.
TL-WDR3600
the free pen made my day, shout out to Owen Chen from TP link Australia for that one.
The chopped off cord on the vonets was an ethernet connector, since its a USB powered wifi-> ethernet bridge.
tests were done 1 room/1 wall away from the router, simply because my router is centralised in my house. distance is approx 5 meters.
To test, i'm usingPassmark Performance test LAN test lite so i can get some more reliable results (wifi is unreliable, after all). (In the end i used 'bandwidth meter pro' to watch the realtime results, and included my own 'average'. for example, if it hovered 950-980KB/s, i've rounded it to 1MB/s)
Re-testing is neccesary, i had to run tests 3-4 times and sometimes the peak and average speeds would vary wildly (10MB/s bursts with averages of 2MB/s could happen)
LAN Test lite (windows file transfer speeds). 200MB test file, to my C: drive (SSD)
All the 2.4GHz adaptors i had to test multiple times because i could see the real-time graph going a bit haywire due to external interference. speeds could vary by about 15% between runs.
Wifi Adaptor | advertised Upload speed | advertised Download Speed|Real Up|Real Download speed | Thoughts
Built In Wifi|150Mb|150Mb|7.2MB/s |9.6MB/s |
Vonets VAP11g|54Mb|54Mb|MB/s |MB/s | i get internet access, but for some reason this adaptor breaks windows file sharing. cant figure it out.
Alfa long range wifi G| 54Mb | 54Mb |1.3MB/s |0.5MB/s | well known for crap speeds, but extremely long range
KinaMax N300|150Mb|300Mb |7.6MB/s |6.2MB/s |Download speed would start at 10MB/s and drop off.
Edup 150 nano|150Mb|150Mb|9.4MB/s |9.3MB/s | the nano adaptor that could (its coming damn close to the 300Mb adaptors in throughput)
Tenda W322U|300Mb|300Mb|11.1MB/s |11.9MB/s |
TP-Link TL-WN822N|300Mb|300Mb|11.4MB/s |12.1MB/s | Slightly ahead of the tenda, despite being the cheaper adapter.
TP-Link 'N600' 2.4GHz|300Mb|300Mb|11.2MB/s |12.2MB/s | not the best speeds. matches the other 2.4GHz devices.
TP-Link 'N600' 5GHz|300Mb|300Mb|15.4MB/s |17.9MB/s | spiked upto 20MB/s at times, but couldnt sustain it. pretty damn snazzy.
Kinamax TS-9900|150Mb|150Mb|3.6MB/s |50KB/s |Yeah something went weird on the reads with this one
In summary: this router kicks ass, and 5GHz wifi is awesome. both TP link adaptors i've got keep up with everything else i've tested, despite the lack of external aerials. TP link seem to have made some decent adaptors using just internal aerials, and the throughput with this N600 pairing on 5Ghz is just fantastic.
The pen also has a smooth rubbery feel to it, which provides excellent grip for my big meaty hands.
TL-WDR3600
the free pen made my day, shout out to Owen Chen from TP link Australia for that one.
The chopped off cord on the vonets was an ethernet connector, since its a USB powered wifi-> ethernet bridge.
tests were done 1 room/1 wall away from the router, simply because my router is centralised in my house. distance is approx 5 meters.
To test, i'm using
Re-testing is neccesary, i had to run tests 3-4 times and sometimes the peak and average speeds would vary wildly (10MB/s bursts with averages of 2MB/s could happen)
LAN Test lite (windows file transfer speeds). 200MB test file, to my C: drive (SSD)
All the 2.4GHz adaptors i had to test multiple times because i could see the real-time graph going a bit haywire due to external interference. speeds could vary by about 15% between runs.
Built In Wifi|150Mb|150Mb|7.2MB/s |9.6MB/s |
Vonets VAP11g|54Mb|54Mb|MB/s |MB/s | i get internet access, but for some reason this adaptor breaks windows file sharing. cant figure it out.
Alfa long range wifi G| 54Mb | 54Mb |1.3MB/s |0.5MB/s | well known for crap speeds, but extremely long range
KinaMax N300|150Mb|300Mb |7.6MB/s |6.2MB/s |Download speed would start at 10MB/s and drop off.
Edup 150 nano|150Mb|150Mb|9.4MB/s |9.3MB/s | the nano adaptor that could (its coming damn close to the 300Mb adaptors in throughput)
Tenda W322U|300Mb|300Mb|11.1MB/s |11.9MB/s |
TP-Link TL-WN822N|300Mb|300Mb|11.4MB/s |12.1MB/s | Slightly ahead of the tenda, despite being the cheaper adapter.
TP-Link 'N600' 2.4GHz|300Mb|300Mb|11.2MB/s |12.2MB/s | not the best speeds. matches the other 2.4GHz devices.
TP-Link 'N600' 5GHz|300Mb|300Mb|15.4MB/s |17.9MB/s | spiked upto 20MB/s at times, but couldnt sustain it. pretty damn snazzy.
Kinamax TS-9900|150Mb|150Mb|3.6MB/s |50KB/s |Yeah something went weird on the reads with this one
Performance test program (unreliable?)
Wifi Adaptor | advertised Upload speed | advertised Download Speed|Real Up|Real Download speed | Thoughts
Built In Wifi|150Mb|150Mb|950KB/s-1MB/s |4.6MB/s (spikes of 6-10MB/s ???)| some file transfers go rather fast. compression?
Vonets VAP11g|54Mb|54Mb|???MB/s |??MB/s| test wouldnt run
Alfa long range wifi G|54Mb|54Mb|2MB/s |1.45MB/s| not bad considering it can do 1-2Km range
KinaMax N300|150Mb|300Mb| 5.1MB/s |3.7MB/s avg (1.8-4.2MB/s)|The upload and download are almost backwards
Edup 150 nano|150Mb|150Mb|5.3MB/s |5.3MB/s| average range, but very reliable speeds.
Tenda W322U|300Mb|300Mb|5.5MB/s |6.5MB/s|
TP-Link TL-WN822N|300Mb|300Mb|2.13MB/s |1.04MB/s| (windows file transfer 11MB/s download 2.1 up. incompatible with test??)
TP-Link 'N600' 2.4GHz|300Mb|300Mb|7.2MB/s |7.5MB/s| speed ramped up over time, longer tests may go faster?
TP-Link 'N600' 5GHz|300Mb|300Mb|6.4MB/s |8.0MB/s|
Built In Wifi|150Mb|150Mb|950KB/s-1MB/s |4.6MB/s (spikes of 6-10MB/s ???)| some file transfers go rather fast. compression?
Vonets VAP11g|54Mb|54Mb|???MB/s |??MB/s| test wouldnt run
Alfa long range wifi G|54Mb|54Mb|2MB/s |1.45MB/s| not bad considering it can do 1-2Km range
KinaMax N300|150Mb|300Mb| 5.1MB/s |3.7MB/s avg (1.8-4.2MB/s)|The upload and download are almost backwards
Edup 150 nano|150Mb|150Mb|5.3MB/s |5.3MB/s| average range, but very reliable speeds.
Tenda W322U|300Mb|300Mb|5.5MB/s |6.5MB/s|
TP-Link TL-WN822N|300Mb|300Mb|2.13MB/s |1.04MB/s| (windows file transfer 11MB/s download 2.1 up. incompatible with test??)
TP-Link 'N600' 2.4GHz|300Mb|300Mb|7.2MB/s |7.5MB/s| speed ramped up over time, longer tests may go faster?
TP-Link 'N600' 5GHz|300Mb|300Mb|6.4MB/s |8.0MB/s|
In summary: this router kicks ass, and 5GHz wifi is awesome. both TP link adaptors i've got keep up with everything else i've tested, despite the lack of external aerials. TP link seem to have made some decent adaptors using just internal aerials, and the throughput with this N600 pairing on 5Ghz is just fantastic.
The pen also has a smooth rubbery feel to it, which provides excellent grip for my big meaty hands.
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