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Yay someone actually made a good post on this. Snap dragon 820 at an affordable price point. 

I am actually okay with this. It would be nice to have the choice, but using the microSD card as internal storage is a terrible, terrible idea. Keeping the internal and external storage separate is much better. It will be faster, cleaner and safer. I can see it being a problem on phones with really low amounts of internal storage (like 4Gb or 8GB), but not on these 32GB phones.
LG and Samsung are probably doing this to protect consumers, because having them merged could end up causing a ton of issues for users who don't fully understand it. Like ejecting the microSD card when half a program is loaded on it, or users wondering why a program is so slow (parts of the program has to be loaded from a poor quality SD card).
 
What Google should have done instead, is just allow apps to be installed on external media. That way they wouldn't have to do this weird merging of drives (JOBD?), and there wouldn't be any drawback to keeping internal and external storage separated.

Sounds like real life, no?

We need LMG John to tell us if Apple legally had to decrypt the phone. 

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Try having the manufacturer replace it if it's within warranty or see how much it would cost to have it repaired by them if out of warranty. Either of these options should be cheaper than buying a new board (if you can even find them).

I commented this on the Vessel video and I'm going to repost this here:
 
This testing is flawed which impacted the results. This needs to be retested with fixed variables. 

Intel cpus all have different voltages and pretty much use the minimum voltage that is needed to operate. You won't be able to undervolt much if at all. 

I commented this on the Vessel video and I'm going to repost this here:
 
This testing is flawed which impacted the results. This needs to be retested with fixed variables. 

Well, at least for Windows, you need to have a UEFI GOP bios for your graphics card in order to even install Windows in UEFI mode to support the fast booting. 
 
 
 
 

Use the XMP option. 

I wanted to chime in here. I think a lot of people are missing the main reason behind this happening:
Unofficial third party home button fingerprint scanners. 
Now, since the fingerprint reader is tied directly to hardware level security and keychains (I believe), it is completely possible that an malicious home button could be sold on the market such that it performs man in the middle attacks in addition to having access to an secure hardware level realm in the CPU.
 
First of all, anybody who thinks compromising security to let possible malicious fingerprint readers to be used is out of their mind. Think of it like this: A few months or years from now we find out that fingerprint data along with secure information (account, payments) were compromised because of such an issue. That would result in an situation much worse than what happened here. 
 
Yes, its inconvenient that your phone becomes bricked. But in the grand scheme of things, that's better than letting an unknown device passing through fingerprint data (and possibly having that data skimmed, MIM attack, etc.)
 
Its like any security feature you see in the real world, here's something analogous: Cars have smart keys nowadays that are paired to the ignition controller and ECU. Try to replace the ignition and key, and the ECU knows not to validate and start the car because its mismatched. Same goes for some ECUs on nice cars: You can't replace it because it fails to validate with all the other components in the car. Hell, even car stereos have this feature. Try swapping stereos on newer cars, and they won't work because they validate across the CAN BUS with other components like the ECU. Your power seats, seat belts, transmission, AC all use this system to some degree.
 
Another analogy: There's only an handful of companies that deal with credit card readers/terminals. Would you trust an reader that was tampered with, replaced, or fixed by an unauthorized 3rd Party? If you don't trust sketchy credit card readers, how is it ok to trust an unknown fingerprint reader that authenticates with sensitive information? Seriously, someone explain this to me. I dont get it, or is it that we all bash Apple without thinking about the possible risks, the bigger picture, the impacts that could happen?
 
So, is it ideal that you brick your phone? No. Is it a good thing: Probably. Could it have been done an bit more elegantly? Yes.

This is why mfi type of certifications need to exist for type c. 

This is why mfi type of certifications need to exist for type c. 

How about we just go back to a default most recent post timeline.

I'd like to see higher quality videos on some videos such as your case review videos. Those in general lack a lot of detail such as cooling performance, quietness, and quirks such as front panel audio grounding issues.

It's part of the Geforce Experience..... just like the Sennheiser orpheus taking a while to open before you can use it. 

Have you tried RMAing it first? Even if your warranty is void, the repair cost won't be more than a new board. 

You know what's even more absurd? EVGA launching 6, yes SIX, variants of the GT 710.
 

 
Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/evga-announces-six-gt710-gpus,31073.html

You know what's even more absurd? EVGA launching 6, yes SIX, variants of the GT 710.
 

 
Source: http://www.tomshardware.com/news/evga-announces-six-gt710-gpus,31073.html

I think the Define S non window is the best silent case for the price. I got mine from Newegg for $60 before tax.

Budget?

Any XFX/SeaSonic/SuperFlower or those from EVGA: GQ/B2/G2/GS/P2 will do.

That's not a deal at all; they're regularly at that price or even lower.

That's not a deal at all; they're regularly at that price or even lower.

That's not a deal at all; they're regularly at that price or even lower.