What is the most underwhelming/unimpressive piece of tech you own?

[Mew]

This may surprise many of you. My recently purchased 4690k. The stock base clock being so high means that to get any noticeable, real world performance improvement after overclocking it means that I need to hit 4.5ghz+ to get a roughly 20% improvement, not much of an overclocking headroom. The i5 750 that I had previously easily did 25%. Luckily, due to gift cards that I got for free, the upgrade didn't cost me much, but I wouldn't recommend anyone to upgrade to haswell/Devils canyon because if you intend to keep it for a couple generations/years, overclocking it won't be enough. I hope Intel massively lowers the base clock for next generation to the likes of penryn and lynnfield where a simple 1ghz increase that is easy to get yields a massive performance increase.

[Gilbert]

My hearing aids for my hard of hearing.

[Darel]

Zotac ID41, with intel atom d525, probably the worst cpu ever made in mankind history :mellow:

[Guest]

My i3

[VirtuaLaughing]

PB248Q Asus monitor..... the blacks are gloving like hell or with ASCR you can not see a thing in dark and the browsers blinding brightness are terrible.....
A middle class ET5 Panasonic TV is waaaaay better to vatch a movie or to play games....
The only thing i like about the Asus is the portrait 1920x1200!

[Axel Sypkens Smit]

My philips hue lights are not worth it at all.

 

Yea, I think the concept is really awesome and hue is well done but man. They are freaking expensive

[sendekyo]

My computer that was built in 2005 is definitely not impressive... but the peripherals are fine.

[VyperEye89]

I have an AGP version of the HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo, which is the best AGP video card in existence. But it doesn't work, computer will not POST when it is inserted lol

Sucks because unlike most video cards, these are getting more expensive on ebay the older they get.  

[Sid123]

This may surprise many of you. My recently purchased 4690k. The stock base clock being so high means that to get any noticeable, real world performance improvement after overclocking it means that I need to hit 4.5ghz+ to get a roughly 20% improvement, not much of an overclocking headroom. The i5 750 that I had previously easily did 25%. Luckily, due to gift cards that I got for free, the upgrade didn't cost me much, but I wouldn't recommend anyone to upgrade to haswell/Devils canyon because if you intend to keep it for a couple generations/years, overclocking it won't be enough. I hope Intel massively lowers the base clock for next generation to the likes of penryn and lynnfield where a simple 1ghz increase that is easy to get yields a massive performance increase.

The logic........ Sooo flawed

If a cpu has a higher Base clock dosent mean it has a lower oc headroom?!

Intel is just making the job easier for overclockers as they know most ppl are going to oc over 4ghz+

I think you will be super futerproof with that cpu I mean just look at 2500k vs 4670k...Its sad

To the topic it has to be my xbox 360 Slim and any games I bought on it

[Mew]

The logic........ Sooo flawed

If a cpu has a higher Base clock dosent mean it has a lower oc headroom?!

 

Ok, what is the typical overclock for Haswells? Roughly around 4.2-4.5ghz on air cooling. 4.5ghz compared to the 3.7ghz 4 core turbo of the 4690k is 21.6% improvement. If I enable what most manufacturers are doing by boosting 4 core turbos to 39, that's a 15% improvement. The i5 750 on the other hand, most people had it overclocked between 3.6-4ghz, 3.6 being more common. I had it at 167xturbo, yielding 3.5ghz 4 cores, 4ghz 1 core- a 25% improvement in performance over stock turbo clocks. 

 

 

Intel is just making the job easier for overclockers as they know most ppl are going to oc over 4ghz+

 

Higher frequency is just a number, what's more important is the performance delta you'll be able to obtained from overclocking. 

[Nico123473]

Macbook air 11 inch

[pit5000]

microsoft wireless keyboard and mouse combo

range wasn't that good, lost connection sometimes, flimsy design

[jateruy]

I should say iPhone 6. It's the same phone as 5S except for little bit bigger, and in Canada I can't even use the damn Apple Pay so whats the point?

[asdfgh00]

A gt 630 and a crt monitor and nokia 3310 (looks awesome tho.. except the gt 630)

[TDP_Equinox]

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

I have three of those as externals.... 

As for my most underwhelming tech, i would say both of my graphics card. 

They artifact like a beotch, they don't scale well with xfire, microstutter, loud as balls. and sag like an old man because no backplate. 

[Adreyu]

I own an xbox 360

[asim1999]

I have three of those as externals.... 

As for my most underwhelming tech, i would say both of my graphics card. 

They artifact like a beotch, they don't scale well with xfire, microstutter, loud as balls. and sag like an old man because no backplate. 

I feel ur pain (i nearly puked when i saw a 260X with ur i7) 

[asim1999]

I have a 1280x1024 monitor as my one and only PC display, and i dont have a mechanical keyboard 

[darklighthim]

My AOC monitor, 20" 1080p LED. I got it as a birthday gift as I needed a new monitor and whilst not a bad monitor it's not that great plus it's not what i'd have picked myself but does the job for me till I can get around to replacing it

 

For a start it's VGA only which is a bummer and, whilst the screen  portion is very slim most of the circuity is on the base which is in turn non-removable and also needs folded up as the vesa mounts are on it. It has touch sensitive buttons that can sometimes required 3 or 4 presses top respond i.e the power button.

[mazdarati2]

My MSI case. Oh god it has no airflow and has no room for cables.

[TDP_Equinox]

I feel ur pain (i nearly puked when i saw a 260X with ur i7) 

Yeah. I'm saving for a 980. or two. 

I started out with a core two quad. Only then did the 260X make even a little bit of sense. 

[Analog]

My back-up graphics card - GT 210. It's shit, but enought o drive my two monitors in case my main card fails and I need to file an RMA. 

[Sr_Zarate]

my cheap 2 dollar microphone is just a cable LOL

[juretrn]

Underwhelming? Any printer. And the oh-so-lauded camera on the HTC One M7.

[kachel94]

My H220 from swiftech, the pump died in a couple of weeks use.

It was going to cost me the same price i bought it at to replace it.

I cut out the radiator and am using it in my current rig...