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Update: At long last, my order from Computech was delivered today - 16 days after I placed the order. But one important item was missing: the motherboard, MSI Pro B650-VC WiFi II. It was listed on their printed invoice. I quickly sent them an email pointing out the shortage about 3 hours ago...

Not a word. I sent them an email cancelling my order yesterday - 15 days after I placed the order. No response to that either. Maybe they'll conduct themselves better with items they have in stock. But that's no excuse for their behaviour. As an old guy who's been in a high-tech field for over...

Water has a high thermal capacity. It absorbs a lot of heat during the day, especially in summer. It releases that trapped heat at night and in the cold season. Air absorbs very little heat directly from the sun's rays. It is cooled by evaporation from the surface of the sea in summer. In...

I spent several weeks in Bombay/Mumbai in 1993-4 and in 2007-08. Its proximity to the sea regulates the temperature to a fairly narrow range but the humidity makes it uncomfortable for those who are not used to it. And the salty air will contribute significantly to its corrosive nature. I doubt...

Thanks for the inputs, guys. Keep 'em coming. From all that's been said so far, no one seems to know of graphics cards by these low-tier companies that actually suffered a catastrophic failure.

My son is still using a 700W XFX PSU that I bought used so long ago that I'm not sure from where. It might have been from Digit. I tell my son to clean the insides now and then and I check its condition every few years. The caps are still in good condition.

I'm not a gamer and have only a broad general idea of the GPU market. I just do some research when it's time to buy one, mostly for others. I've long noticed that products by brands like Colorful and Inno3D are usually cheaper than those of the big names like EVGA, Gigabyte, Asus, MSI, Zotac...

@ciso_tech : Please check your DM box. I'm taking you up on your kind offer to help. I placed my order on the 13th May (more than 10 days ago) but they have neither shipped it nor replied to any of the several mails I sent them. Not even to my ultimatum to cancel the order if they couldn't ship...

That's right. Their Whatsapp message says "Do not Reply to this Chat i Can't Talk, I am a Bot " I've just received a WA message saying that they've dispatched my order. One more thing: I sent them an email two days ago telling them to cancel my order if they cannot ship it within the next 24...

I've also bought from most of the sites you mentioned. This time Computech had the best prices for what I wanted. Besides they were the only site that had nearly all of my requirements in one place.

Most of my online purchases of computer hardware over the past 15 years or so have been without any major hassle. But it seems the latest two are going to be different. The two shops involved are computechstore.in and mehtabrothers.in. I enquired about these two sites here at TE before ordering...

:D These are terms commonly used in digital photography. Here's a brief introduction to them. EXIF = Exchangeable Image File Format. It's a metadata file embedded in digital photos including those taken with a phone. It's a text file that provides a lot of information about the photo such as...

No, it was a casual snapshot. I was chatting with my son, leaning back in a chair on my verandah, just pointed the camera and clicked. I cropped the picture from 5472x3648 pixels to 2000x1800 and posted it here. No Photoshopping or editing in any way. The forum automatically resized it to...

Phone cameras have come a long way since the early days but they're still no threat to standalone cameras in the same class. It's the built-in software (in-camera processing) that makes their pictures look so nice, especially on a small screen. A good DSLR or mirrorless micro four-thirds camera...

I accept your statements that today's cabinets, especially the inexpensive ones, are of lower quality than those of yesteryears. Heck, only a blind man would fail to see how flimsy they are. OTOH, what do you guys do to keep breaking computer cabinets? I do have some experience with such...

This bulbul and its partner had a nest with two babies in a small bush very close to my house. This may not be unusual for those of you in the plains and you may have a chance to take photos like this every day, but it's highly unusual for my region. My people (Mizos) used to be keen hunters of...

I apologise if I offended you by presenting my POV. I'm certainly aware that not all cabinets are created equal. Not the physical dimensions, air flow, quality of materials, finishing, aesthetics, personal taste, convenience of access, etc. etc. Anyway, my question was about the air flow.

Thanks for the reply but I'm not sure what you mean by longevity of the cabinet. I assembled close to 200 PCs for my clients, mostly from 2002 - 2012, many of them with cabinets costing 0.9 to 1.5k. They all outlived the other components. The cabinet I'm using right now cost me about 1k back in...

I'm collecting the components for a new build for a close friend who has always relied on me for his hardware requirements. I've already selected these items - Ryzen 7 9700X MSI Pro B650-VC WiFi II (full ATX) RTX 4070 XPG Core Reactor 750W (80+ Gold) etc. etc. I had my eye on Ant Esports CV100...

As already said, most people don't seem to know about XPG PSUs. I'm in electronics so I'm in a position to analyze reviewers' test data instead of simply relying on their conclusions or on tier lists. ATX 2.0 is fine with me, and the 10-year warranty is nice. Now there's also the Core Reactor II...