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    Hidden costs for Xfinity X1

    I've seen that on modems that can't hit the max speed but not ones that are capable of hitting the speed. So for example a sb6121 can only do roughly 160mbps, if you have a 200mbps plan it won't cap out at 160, you'll get a config for 100. Maybe they do that as well for certain other modems that...
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    Hidden costs for Xfinity X1

    Could be that your line is sketchy. Newer modems will use more channels so if you have a questionable line then more channels will help you out.
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    Hidden costs for Xfinity X1

    You don't need a 3.1 modem. They will hassle you on the phone and tell you older modems aren't supported or aren't reliable. You can just lie to them and tell them its a newer modem and then give them the mac/serial number and it will activate just fine. The activation system will activate...
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    Hidden costs for Xfinity X1

    I'm not sure how you would steal one and pirate tv. You have to pick up the card from comcast and then you have to call them when you get home and pair it to device you want to use the card in. If someone took the card out it wouldn't work in another device unless you called comcast and got it...
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    Hidden costs for Xfinity X1

    Which they are you referring to? Yes to both comcast and hdhomerun prime. Its the only way to get cable channels outside of a cable box. Hdhomerun prime was discontinued a while back because the chips needed for it weren't produced anymore, silicon dust found a bunch of chips so they are doing a...
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    Hidden costs for Xfinity X1

    I'd suggest you get a hdhomerun prime if you have multiple cable boxes and plan on keeping them for a while. https://shop.silicondust.com/shop/product-category/hardware/?scrollto=410844 They are making more in a limited run. I have one and we have saved tons on not having to rent boxes, and...
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    How Bad is Comcast in 2021?

    Its different in every area but in my area its cheaper to use their modem router combo to get unlimited than to get unlimited by itself. Its only $5 cheaper so if you are ok paying $5 more then I would say use your own modem. I have never had an issues with the motorola/arris modems and I would...
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    pfSense 2.5.0 upgrade results?

    I upgraded with no issues, but I noticed I'm not getting my full internet speed anymore. I have 600mbps and best I can get wired is 400mbps. I'm using some pretty old intel nics with an intel i5 6500 cpu and 8gb of memory. Might be an isp issue, I'll have to run more speed tests at random times...
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    Diehard Nexus/Pixel user goes 12 Pro Max

    I'm a long time pixel user, and I bought an iphone 12 and I liked it lot but ended up returning it because face id doesn't work great for me. If the rumors are true that they are going to put in an under display fingerprint reader then my biggest hang up is gone and I'll switch. I like google...
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    Kingwin Stryker STR-500 Power Supply Review @ [H]

    Capacitors age just sitting on a shelf, its nice to know if it still works after all this time, even better would be an in depth review. I've had inverters and psus that I have used once or twice and then they sat for years and I pulled them out again and they would die with any sort of load on...
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    Kingwin Stryker STR-500 Power Supply Review @ [H]

    Could have upgraded? I think I have 2 basically new power supplies sitting on a shelf right now. A seasonic 600w bronze unit that I upgraded to a 750w gold, and some cheapo 400w corsair that I replaced in a server with a 450w gold psu because its efficiency was better and I was going to run the...
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    Kingwin Stryker STR-500 Power Supply Review @ [H]

    Where else would a post about a kingwin stryker str-500 go? I hardly think making a new topic about pulling one out of storage is worthy of its own thread. This seems like the best place to say you pulled one out after 7 years and its still working.
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    i9 10850K vs i9 10900

    Good point I was thinking 10900k for some reason
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    i9 10850K vs i9 10900

    they are basically the same processor, if they are the same price get the 10900.
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    Your CPU progression

    Can't remember exactly what the first ones were but: Some tandy. Some mac. P2 something. P3 something. P4 1.6 something. AMD 3700+ AMD x2 4200+ AMD Phenom II X4 955 i5 or i7 sandy bridge, can't remember which. I7 3770k I7 4770k after that is all snap dragon because my phone gets more use.
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    Chromecast audio constantly renewing IP?

    Have you tried restarting it to see if it stops doing it? They aren't really supported by google anymore so wouldn't surprise me if there are still bugs.
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    How long do you trust your PSU?

    Running this exact one for 7 years now I think maybe longer.
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    AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT $429.99

    Nearest microcenter is 8 hours away and its out of stock. So it seems he was right, hard to find.
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    [DEAD] Playstation 5 $499.99 available online only on 11/25 9PM EST | Xbox Series X/S at 9PM EST only on 11/25

    It's probably more fair to the humans to tell them when to check. Bots can keep checking 24/7, people don't stand any chance if they don't know when to look.
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    [DEAD] Playstation 5 $499.99 available online only on 11/25 9PM EST | Xbox Series X/S at 9PM EST only on 11/25

    Didn't get one. Best I ever got was an order cancellation from Kohl's and they gave $180 in Kohl's cash that I could keep.
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    Newegg 2020 Black Friday Scanned Ad is out

    Family has one, I have an ecobee. I recommend the ecobee over the nest. Ecobee gives you better stats and I think the learning on the nest really isn't that great. I think the display sucks on the nest too, the viewing angles are trash. I'm a pretty heavy user of google products but they give up...
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    [DEAD] Playstation 5 $499.99 available online only on 11/25 9PM EST | Xbox Series X/S at 9PM EST only on 11/25

    They gone, got to payment, went to place order, out of stock.
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    XBox series X - Costco Pre-order Live - $549.99 (with extra controller)

    I'm pretty sure they changed the details after the fact so they could have a reason to cancel. They said my expiration date was wrong. I looked at the order again and it was wrong, but I know for a fact it was right because autofill didn't populate it and I had to pull my card out to fill it...
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    XBox series X - Costco Pre-order Live - $549.99 (with extra controller)

    I got an order and they cancelled it an hour later, said I put in bad credit card but thats a lie, charge already hit my card. They cancelled a bunch of other peoples on slick deals with the same message. Probably over sold them.
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    Buying an iphone on release vs buying one around black friday?

    Well I bought one but I'll be returning it. Car play is really buggy with my car, doesn't work half the time. I could probably live with that but face id doesn't really work for me because I'm pretty blind. I have to hold the phone to my face really close to read but it's too close for face id...
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    Buying an iphone on release vs buying one around black friday?

    Android customization is more or less dead with safety net. Any changes worth doing break safety net and bunch of apps won't work if safety net isn't working. I used to use roms but so many apps don't work now on roms that it just isn't worth it.
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    Buying an iphone on release vs buying one around black friday?

    Normally I buy Pixels but Google has a meh pixel this year, and my pixel 3's battery isn't great. With the pixel, you never buy launch because a month later google drops the price a ton (like $100) for black Friday. I don't buy iphones normally so I don't know if this same thing holds out. I'm...
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    Post your "Ghetto Mod" pics

    1. Old 80mm fan to cool the cable modem. 2. Modem placed on top of cable tuner to pull heat out of it. Don't have to have two fans now. 3. Molex connector is soldered into a usb cable and plugged in front of the computer. 4. Scotch tape holding the fan on.
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    Post Your Connection Speed

    I have both Comcast and fiber, Comcast is actually more stable for me. Goes down at most once a year. The fiber appears to be run by people who are incompetent, it goes down in the middle of the day 3 or 4 times a year, and they send out sorry our bad emails.
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    *Updated* 2.5" SATA SSDs (Various Retailers)

    If I put the Hyundai in my Hyundai do i get better gas mileage?
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    Post your "Ghetto Mod" pics

    Cable card tuner, it doesn't really put off much heat. It's fine by itself, but they don't make them anymore and my mom uses it every day so I put the cable modem on top to suck the air through it to hopefully make it last a little longer. Cable modem is hot no matter where it is. The fan is on...
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    Post your "Ghetto Mod" pics

    I have it in bridge mode as well, it gets pretty toasty. Maybe it's defective in some way because even with the fan it's really toasty on the sides.
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    Post your "Ghetto Mod" pics

    Here's a 4 for 1.
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    Rant about lack of hard disk progress

    One of them was a green drive, one was a toshiba or hitachi 2tb, can't remember. The others were all seagates mostly 3tb and 1 5tb. I got tired of spending money on drives so I just turn the server off, didn't use it really all that much to justify feeding it drives. The hitachi/toshiba I got...
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    Rant about lack of hard disk progress

    I don't really trust drives pulled from external enclosures. I had a server with 6 drives. About half were pulled from external enclosures. They all died after a year, I replaced them with more from external enclosures. Same thing happened. The 3 that weren't from external enclosures still fine...
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    XPG SX8200 Pro 2TB NVMe Gen3x4 PCIe M.2 SSD $237 Again (Amazon Prime)

    Id be concerned if they were using their own controller but they are using a really common controller and Intel/micron flash, so I don't think there is much concern other than if you need to warranty it but they have been around along time so should be fine. I just wouldn't trust smaller...
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