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Reviews indicate possible high death rate...

Not sure if this is a great deal, as Costco has a similarly specced CyberPower unit for $10 more on regular sale, but I figured since it's APC, it may be worth a bit more... It's been a while since I've seen any UPS deals, so here we go...

Is there any way to set up multiple LAN lines from this router to a switch to increase the bandwidth ? The WAN port is 2.5Gb, but LAN ports are 1Gb. I have a 2.5Gb switch, have not been able to see any manuals for the router, that would be a good feature to have, but don't know if this is doable...

I just noticed one bad thing about this switch - it only carries a 1 year warranty. I had an issue with a refurb 8-port TrendNet 2.5G switch before, and TrendNet would not RMA it, even though the switch carries a lifetime warranty, but the refurb only 90 days. I did some more debugging on it...

Came today, so far so good, much smaller than the TrendNet 2.5G it replaces. Now I'm ready for the 10G wireless router :D But seriously, that 10G port may actually be important in the future, we'll see. For now, I actually DOWNgraded my xfinity connection to 200Mbps to save some money, even...

Whoa, I see $150/160(w/heatsink) now (MC), looks like I missed it, darn.

The 9-port version (8 2.5G + 1 10G port) is $99.99, with a 15% off as well, don't forget about this one :) This is the one I got. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0C64X3625/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

Looking at the specs, the first one would hardly beat a 3060Ti, am I missing something? The 6800XT seems a lot faster, but open box, 3 large fans, that's one big card, hmm (and now OOS anyway)

I think this is what happened to all my MSDOS floppies from the 80's LOL, they are pretty much unreadable now.

Yeah, nvme's are still more expensive, but if you have PCIE4, you get like 15X the speed of SSD, hard to pass up, and definitely noticeable. Even PCIE3 will give you 10X the speed. Problem with SATA is that it seems like there are no plans to upgrade the technology in terms of speed, maybe...

Ha ha, I'm glad I'm not the only one that had trouble with PNY. I got screwed over on a warranty of a video card (looong time ago, was like an AGP GF4 Ti4400, around 2003-4), AND a 128GB or 256GB USB thumb drive a few years back, when they were much more expensive (now I have more thumb drives...

Wow, not bad, I almost consider SSDs obsolete with nvme's available, but the size is hard to ignore. A likewise aggressively priced 8TB unit would make me seriously think about getting one, but I'm glad the prices are trending in the right direction. I'm still rocking a 6TB Iron Wolf for media...

Just removed the back cover. So the W800S drive is a 2280 m.2 removable with B+M notches, likely just a SATA drive, not sure if a PCIE version could go in there and work. Both the filled in and expansion slots are just with the M notch, but it could still be just SATA interface only, I may try...

Yep, just saw the picture of the gift card, NE only for sure.... These cards sure get thicker and thicker, 3 slots killed, wow. I kind of drew the line at 2 slots, 2 fans, and refuse to buy anything beyond that (this also helps to put a constraint on spending, LOL). My fastest card is a 3070...

Are the promo cards they give out only valid at NE, or are they generic VISA or something that can be used anywhere?