FordGT90Concept
"I go fast!1!11!1!"
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| System Name | BY-2021 |
|---|---|
| Processor | AMD Ryzen 7 5800X (65w eco profile) |
| Motherboard | MSI B550 Gaming Plus |
| Cooling | Scythe Mugen (rev 5) |
| Memory | 2 x Kingston HyperX DDR4-3200 32 GiB |
| Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT |
| Storage | Samsung 980 Pro, Seagate Exos X20 TB 7200 RPM |
| Display(s) | Nixeus NX-EDG274K (3840x2160@144 DP) + Samsung SyncMaster 906BW (1440x900@60 HDMI-DVI) |
| Case | Coolermaster HAF 932 w/ USB 3.0 5.25" bay + USB 3.2 (A+C) 3.5" bay |
| Audio Device(s) | Realtek ALC1150, Micca OriGen+ |
| Power Supply | Enermax Platimax 850w |
| Mouse | Nixeus REVEL-X |
| Keyboard | Tesoro Excalibur |
| Software | Windows 10 Home 64-bit |
| Benchmark Scores | Faster than the tortoise; slower than the hare. |
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Beelink
Gearbest
Combined: I'd have to put $100 into the device for legitimate Windows. I paid $90 for it. The device is effectively totaled (costs more to repair than it is worth). On top of that, it would cost me more to get a refund than the refund is worth. It's literally totaled twice: once from the manufacturer (Beelink) and once from the retailer (Gearbest).
Don't do business with either of these people!
Beelink
- Windows preinstalled is pirated.
- The connectors are clearly flimsy.
- If you clean install Windows:
- They don't host drivers on their website. They provide Mega.nz links if you dig for them on their forum.
- One of the installers in there errors and doesn't work. Oh, yes, it is for the Broadcom 802.11abgn SDIO wireless NIC. In other words, very important, and very not working.
- I tried my best to get stuff updated but there's probably 6-8 devices in device manager that have problems with drivers or is missing drivers and this is after trying to the stuff from Mega.nz.
- Of course Windows still isn't activated because it doesn't have a Windows COA to activate it.
- Powering it off improperly, it refused to give video signal until it was unplugged for several minutes.
- The side USB2 ports are extremely tight fitting.
- There's something loose in the box itself that rattles when shaken.
- To power off the device, have to hold the power button for 9-10 seconds which is ridiculously long.
- The BIOS are extremely minimalist. Pretty much just boot order and time.
- It loses time like mad--several minutes per hour likely.
Gearbest
- Everything is on a perpetual sale.
- Credit card didn't work. Had to place an order on my credit card via PayPal.
- Device took 28 days to arrive (shipped directly from China).
- It took about 10 days for them to get me a new Windows key when I told them the one they gave me was pirated. That "new" key was also pirated.
- They don't do full refunds unless you ship the product back to them.
- Chat support doesn't know the return address. Email support does and the damn thing looks like a paragraph.
- UPS estimated $122.27 USD to return it to them using the cheapest option. I paid less than $90 for it.
- Their default refund is in "Gearbest points" which, yeah, fuck them.
- I ultimately got a $10 refund on my PayPal account.
Combined: I'd have to put $100 into the device for legitimate Windows. I paid $90 for it. The device is effectively totaled (costs more to repair than it is worth). On top of that, it would cost me more to get a refund than the refund is worth. It's literally totaled twice: once from the manufacturer (Beelink) and once from the retailer (Gearbest).
Don't do business with either of these people!
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