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over the years there have been quite a few Innovations for PC builders that

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have become very popular but can sometimes be of questionable utility so

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at the risk of talking smack about things you know and love here are our

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picks for a few different kinds of gear that while not useless you might want to

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think twice about to see if you're really getting good value for money

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remember overrated doesn't necessarily mean bad first off the modular power

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supply now the big advantage of the modular PSU is that it's supposed to

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help you keep your system tidier as you can plug in only the cables that you're

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going to be using makes sense but that doesn't mean you should automatically go

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drop extra money on one for starters that modular functionality costs the

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power supply manufacturers more to implement and that cost is passed on to

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you the consumer as Corsair or whoever else isn't exactly running a charity but

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even if money is No Object a huge number of computer cases these days have power

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supply basements which you can easily use to hide any extra cables on a

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non-modular PSU and did you even know

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that although the power connectors on various PC components are standardized

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the ports where the modular cables connect to the power supply itself

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aren't standardized meaning you have to be very careful if you're buying

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third-party cables or trying to reuse ones from a different PSU you could

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easily damage your poor components this way so unless you have a case without a

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power supply basement you you may just want to save your money and opt for a

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simpler non-modular unit instead speaking of cases let's talk about the

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acrylic side panel if you want to see-through case acrylic is marketed as

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a more affordable option to tempered glass and bonus it's more lightweight

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and doesn't have quite the risk of shattering like tempered glass does so

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why are we including it in today's episode and calling it overrated

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compared to the more expensive tempered glass unfortunately acrylic is far

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easier to scratch than tempered glass and I'm not talking easier to scratch

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with a rusty nail I mean you can scratch acrylic while cleaning it with a

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freaking paper towel and to make things worse you're going to need to clean your

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acrylic panel as it tends to attract dust more easily than tempered glass

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does the one point acrylic does have in its favor is that its lighter weight and

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shatter resistance make it better for a PC that you're hauling around often as

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long as you're careful about the scratches but if you're just leaving your PC in one place most of the time it

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might be worth it just to pay a little extra for tempered glass next we're

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going to tell you about a component that actually affects performance or maybe it

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Google images and the search results will almost exclusively show you water

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cooled systems many of which feature AIO

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closed loop coolers you can buy off the shelf indeed aios have become a bit of a

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default feature for folks building a mid to uper range PC but are they

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necessarily the best option the main benefits of aiio you typically see

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people talk about are better cooling performance lower noise and nicer

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Aesthetics but that better cooling performance may not end up being very

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consequential to you a good quality air

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cooler should allow your CPU to hit its Max frequency on stock settings as long

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as you're not running your system in some kind of abnormally hot room turns

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out the house on the side of the volcano was really cheap for a reason now if

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you're overclocking aios will generally allow you to push your system a bit

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harder but if not keep in mind that aiio can be more annoying to install due to

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having to screw the unwieldy Radiator in from the other side of your case it's

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possible for the pump to be noisier than an air cooler with a well-made fan and

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aios have more parts that can fail on you bottom line is that you shouldn't

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feel like you have to get one unless you have a specific need or you just really

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like the way they look in your case compared to an air cooler and and

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finally let's really give some hot takes about the mechanical keyboard that's

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right there seems to be an attitude out there that the more common membrane

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keyboard can cheapen an otherwise nice setup but Mechanicals aren't necessarily

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Superior to membranes in every case so

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much of the argument in favor of mechanical keyboards comes down to how

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they feel when typing and it's perfectly valid to prefer the feel of a rubber

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Dome switch on a membrane board although some mechanical keyboards can give you

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tactile and audible feedback so that you know when you've actuated a key this

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isn't ideal for everyone especially if you prefer a quiet environment or others

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around you find all your click clacking

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distracting and Doug's mad again and for gamers there are certain switches that

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actuate very shortly after you press them down which theoretically helps you

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react to game events more quickly but there's a good chance you may not notice

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this unless you're a super competitive player of specific specific genres and

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many people have complained that these speed switches have led them to make

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more errors when typing Doug can tell you all about that of course we have to

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mention that quiet mechanical key switches do exist and that mechanical

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keyboards do tend to be more durable than their membrane counterparts setting

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aside everything we just talked about but since more basic keyboards are such

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cheap commodity items it's probably a better idea to just buy whatever kind of

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keyboard feels good on your little thingies with the point being that

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mechanical does not automatically mean

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better for you and to be clear there are some nice keyboards that use membranes

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some have very good build quality and features like water resistance and there

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are even some high-end laptops like MacBooks that use membranes to protect

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the contacts from debris are there any other popular items for PC di wires you

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think are a little overrated let us know down in the comments or scream at us if

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you disagree with our takes but scream

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nicely please and it's so nice of you to get to the end of this video haven't

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watched the whole thing e wow hey like the video if you liked it dislike it if

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later bye