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So, looking to stir up some conversation, what is the most underwhelming or unimpressive piece of tech that you own? Not the worst, not the shittiest. I'm not looking for something that should not have left the factory floor (ie: low quality PSU, etc.), but I am looking for stuff that maybe wasn't worth the amount of money spent on it.

 

For me, it would have to be my dad's MacBook Air. It's the current-gen 11" model. Why do I look at it as unimpressive? Because for nearly $1000, it has a poor TN panel, 1440x900 resolution, lifeless speakers, underwhelming hardware specifications, a focus on the design rather than the feature set (no HDMI and crap speakers) and non-upgradeable or proprietary hardware (soldered down CPU, soldered down RAM, proprietary Apple SSD). I could also make a case for the GTX 770 (especially my own). It has prominent fan rattle and noise at full load, the card coil whines like a pig, it cost me $400 USD at the time, it is starting to show it's weakness in 1080p Ultra gaming and I can't stand the fact that my card is such a poor overclocker.

 

How about you guys and gals?

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I have a 1600x900 monitor as my third display :P Works fine to display skype messages :)!

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Honestly I would have to say my mouse I paid 80$ for it and its had nothing but issues for almost 3 years now.

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I don't know if I really have one, not to sound posh or anything.   I could say my cooler because I really like it, but it's so massive and covers up half my motherboard.  I've been thinking about picking up an h220 to replace it so that I can actually see my build lol.

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I have a 1280x1024 monitor as my second display. Not that I really have the room for another widescreen monitor anyway.

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Does a 8800 GT count?
 
 


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Samsung S20D300 monitor. Didn't see it in-store, just bought it right away, decent monitor. That's what I get for 100$. 

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I have a 1600x900 monitor as my third display :P Works fine to display skype messages :)!

I'm in this boat, except my third display is an AOC i2367f with color issues. Works fine for Skype and Teamspeak though ;p

 

My GT610 is "underwhelming."

Just got a GT640 the other day ago from my cousin for rebuilding his PC, it's not too bad I guess. It can handle 720p low fine for the most part, and at the least that gets a gamer through the gate.

 

My comcast router. 

Comcast

 

*nuff said*

 

Honestly I would have to say my mouse I paid 80$ for it and its had nothing but issues for almost 3 years now.

What kind of mouse? Definitely not a Naga 2014 MMO :P

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I don't know if I really have one, not to sound posh or anything.   I could say my cooler because I really like it, but it's so massive and covers up half my motherboard.  I've been thinking about picking up an h220 to replace it so that I can actually see my build lol.

If you do, I'd definitely be interested in the R1 Ultimate :D

 

My Logitech Dual Action controller thing.

I had one. I remember it for being what got me to PC gaming with my old Gateway laptop and GTA:SA. It was awful IMO, happier that there are better controllers now.

 

I have a 1280x1024 monitor as my second display. Not that I really have the room for another widescreen monitor anyway.

Funny story, I used a 1280x1024 monitor as my sole monitor when I built my first PC in 2012.

 

Does a 8800 GT count?

 

 

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Yeah, why not. I had a 8800GTX. It died, so I ripped out the core and am contemplating making a keychain.

 

Samsung S20D300 monitor. Didn't see it in-store, just bought it right away, decent monitor. That's what I get for 100$. 

I'm guessing it's TN then? Yeah, I do enough research when it comes to monitors to avoid that :P I have an Acer VE198 as my secondary. For TN, it's not bad.

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What kind of mouse? Definitely not a Naga 2014 MMO :P

Its my Naga 2014 MMO its had sensors issues the 3rd month of owning, but I'm to cheap to replace it. To bad its had issues I love the feel of it in my hand.

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If you do, I'd definitely be interested in the R1 Ultimate :D

 

I had one. I remember it for being what got me to PC gaming with my old Gateway laptop and GTA:SA. It was awful IMO, happier that there are better controllers now.

 

Funny story, I used a 1280x1024 monitor as my sole monitor when I built my first PC in 2012.

 

Yeah, why not. I had a 8800GTX. It died, so I ripped out the core and am contemplating making a keychain.

 

I'm guessing it's TN then? Yeah, I do enough research when it comes to monitors to avoid that :P I have an Acer VE198 as my secondary. For TN, it's not bad.

My secondary monitor is some 17" piece of shit Acer AL1716 I've had for a while. Looking to retire it, use the Samsung as secondary and just go all out and get myself a 122hz monitor and this time, actually look at it in store

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That hurts my monitor's feelings...

i guess having a 4K monitor balances it out :P

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AMD HD 3450

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One makes you broke, the other you can get more of and have a midnight snack from the fridge when hungry again. Once you go Nvidia, you go broked, turn into an Elitist, or get the incorrect amount of VRAM.


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My WD Live HD

I should have bought a Roku

 

This thing randomly drops connection, wired or wireless. Not connection to storage, complete internet connection, making it basically a USB to HDMI port for my TV. Static IP's and firmware upgrades/downgrades don't fix it.

 

Thing is shit useless, nobody buy one.

I got sick of it and will probably jerryrig an XBMC PC out of some old legacy parts and a P4 chip.

 

@Captain_WD and WD friends, what's up with that?

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My dad has a gt 9800 with 1 GB of ddr3 ram on a PCI-E gen 2 slot...

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When I was younger I bought a pair of Skullcandy headphones for $80. Broke two days later on an airplane and I couldnt return them because I was 500 miles from the store. Sounded like crap too. Still banging myself on the head for spending that much on a crappy impulse buy. 

 

I also bought a $30 iFixit precision screwdriver set off Amazon a while back. Bunch of garbage. Got 4 duplicate bits, and 1 triplicate (yes, that is now officially a word). The sticker was on crooked, and the writing smudged and faded after I touched it once. And this was the legit one sold by Amazon. Returned it ASAP and got a $9 set instead. Couldn't be happier

 

I also spend close to $50 on flash drive back when they were hella expensive. Plus they were the super low capacity ones (2 or 4gb) that you see at the check out of grocery stores. But they were Star Wars figures so I bought like 4 of them. Sad that you can now buy a 128gb flash drive for less than I bough four 4gb ones a few years ago

 

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I have a Unifi AP. 

It's either not that good or I have lead walls. 

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Creative Muvo 1GB (Nomad ver.)...

 

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It plays mp3s, eats up AAA batteries and gradually kills earphones... It still works...

 

I stash some of my 'stuff' on it...

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When I was younger I bought a pair of Skullcandy headphones for $80. Broke two days later on an airplane and I couldnt return them because I was 500 miles from the store. Sounded like crap too.

I also bought a $30 iFixit precision screwdriver set off Amazon a while back. Bunch of garbage. Got 4 duplicate bits, and 1 triplicate (yes, that is now officially a word). The sticker was on crooked, and the writing smudged and faded after I touched it once. And this was the legit one sold by Amazon. Returned it ASAP and got a $9 set instead. Couldn't be happier

Are you sure it was legit? I'm sure the people who tear apart computers and phones would have better quality assurance...

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