ChaosNicro

Thanks for the replies. I guess my assumption was that because GaN-chargers on average take less components than a silica-equivalent, there would be space for more ports. But most offers just have smaller blocks instead, I guess it doesn't scale that way. Other than that, I was just salty to need more than one type of cable. But my PC is just older. Having 2 front-panel slots would solve that. As for the comment about UGREEN, I 100% agree, it's still just a repackaged Aliexpress-seller most of the time in my experience, but there just aren't many companies to name here.

Hey y'all, Recently I thought about getting a PD-capable charging block to swap my Laptops Wall-brick with an adapter. I had looked at them originally when GaN blocks became a thing, but both then and now, two things held me back. - A lot of 4+ port models opt for power cords instead of directly embedded plugs. USB-C is slightly smaller than A, so size shouldn't matter and you are going to connect cables anyway so why not have the block in the outlet? - While the chargers need USB-C for high-power charging, PCs still mainly favor A, since a lot of peripherals still use it. This means you need male USB-C to X cables for charging, but USB-A to X cables for data transfer. Which is a devide, I thought we had settled. My PC is ~5 years old and has one back-panel C slot. But current cases seem to have 1-2 front-panel slots max. Am I off-base here? And on a sidenote, are there more manufacturers to look at other than Anker and UGREEN for quality chargers? Thanks

I was literally watching the WAN show covering this when I made the topic and submitted before it got to that part. The mining bubble really is messing with gamers. Thanks for the summary.

Hello everyone, With my current PC still working but in the "when you press the buttons at just the right angle" kind of way with a damaged graphics PCB, messy cable management and a suboptimal case for expansion, I wanted to do a completely new build. I had Nvidia in mind for graphics since AMD drivers caused some problems with my Linux OS and I was looking at a GTX 1070 for price-performance ratio. Now with all the rumors going on around Volta and the "refresh" 2000 series I was wondering if I should wait for the release? I know that you would always be waiting on some new component to be released with that mentality and I know that some of the rumors hold more water than others. I'm mostly interested in the increased stats and not the better price of the new cards but I could not find any reliable data on how big of a difference there is going to be. Thus I'd like to ask for your opinion on this. Thanks in advance