By now, everyone knows that you can impulse buy some pretty weird stuff off
of AliExpress. And we are certainly not
immune to that. Which is why your task, my fellow writers, is to choose one of
the two cards that I am going to give you. And you are going to sell the group
on why that card is the best one. I'm
pretty sure they actually haven't seen any of these before, which is why I'm going to give them 10 minutes to do
their research. >> And they got to do their best cuz they can win this awesome mystery prize. Oh
man, I'm left with these two. What even is this?
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You got 10 minutes starting now. >> A Windows XP. What year did we buy this?
What the uh I've got two cards. I'm
going with this guy. Okay. What do I even have here? This says it has a low
profile bracket. That is not a low profile bracket. So, I already got scammed. Yippee. Uh, if I'm trying to
pitch this to people and they go, "Yeah, that's a thing that exists." What? I
don't know if the fact that these are really not that weird is going to hurt or help me.
>> Mine are so different yet exactly the same. How do I freaking pick?
>> Time's up. >> I clearly got the coolest cards, so I'll
go first. Uh, have you ever wanted to own a PC remote switch card? Timer
switch card for turn on off computer PC starting up card software. Support 2.4G
4G PCIe 1x interface PC timer switch
card PCES WBT01.
>> Affirmative. >> I've always wanted exactly that.
>> And it could be yours for only 2278. And in layman's terms, uh, this is basically
a remote for your computer. >> Oh, so you can heat it up before you get
inside. >> That's right. That's right. I know it
is. So that if you want to, you just plug this card in.
>> Robot a power button. You pop it into a 1X slot because it only needs one X. Um,
now that it's powered, you can see the red light is turned on. That means that the card is functional.
>> My favorite uh ability is strong wall penetration. >> Hell yeah, it is.
>> So, that means it can penetrate walls, which I actually have a wireless PC
remote starter at home, and I thought it was going to be the most garbage product
I've ever bought. It is incredible. I have my PC like wall mounted, so I don't
want to like touch it. So, I just have a little like missile command thing. Where
is your start button? >> Yeah. Where's the part that turns this on? >> Allegedly, it's in the app on the iPhone
that Jordan told me is over there. >> Rest in peace. How is it connecting?
>> Once I picked the card, uh, Bluetooth >> where this guy is using that, but no
antenna. >> I don't know. >> Yeah, you can remote start it from a
foot and a half away. >> It's going to be walls.
>> Yeah, maybe deeply penetrates walls. So, that means it's good. >> That's just a 5G.
>> No, no, no. That just means it's good. Um, so we'll get the app and then we'll
try to turn on our computer. Don't worry about those instructions. I don't need them. >> Okay,
>> I got Adam. >> Yeah, it says ask Adam. >> There you go. That's all you need to do.
>> He's always 100% correct. And sexy.
Competent lover. >> Competent only. Competent. Interesting.
>> I think that's probably that's probably a translation error. >> Competent probably means something
really positive in Chinese. >> Methods one. Easy mode.
>> Preparation. Devices connected with electricity. Long press reset button for
5 seconds until indicator light. The indicator light's working. >> There's a button. There's this reset
button right here. >> Yeah. And that makes the light flash, which means it's in like pairing mode
essentially. >> All right, let me download the app. >> So, does Wi-Fi or Bluetooth?
>> The fact that you don't have your own like hard dedicated switch to this to me
is the biggest downer on this thing. Using your phone is going to suck and
it's going to work 10% of the time. >> But when it does work, think of how sick
it's going to be when you're like walking up to your house and you're like, "Yeah, turn computer on from your
phone." >> I will never do that. >> I'll do it all the time. That's amazing.
>> The app really reminds me of my air
conditioner app. It also reminds me of that lawn mower app that we did for the
Luba lawn mower. It has a very similar app layout. I think there must just be
like a basic template cuz this is so much nicer than anything else here.
Found it like instantly. So, I've got a computer smart switch.
>> Turn it on, baby. >> Unlock full device functionality. We
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>> Oh my god. God wants our Wi-Fi password. It is what it is.
>> The hackening number two. >> Listen, listen. There's a reason why we
have an IT department. >> I would not in a million years let this
thing onto my network. >> Really? >> Not a chance in hell.
>> That's crazy. >> This account, why would I give them access to anything?
>> I mean, >> what benefit do I get? >> Cuz you turn a computer on.
>> I can do that with a dedicated device, man.
>> I literally I had that at home. It's a It's a freaking missile launch box.
Don't you would love the convenience of having to unlock your phone, go to the
app, and then press the button, and then wait for it to connect, wait to find the
device, press the button, then go back. Guys, let him turn it on. You guys are
being so mean. >> I'm going to hit the power button. >> Oh. Oh, I see.
>> I see post lights. >> And all that was was the click of a
button. And you know what? >> And 20 minutes. I bet you I bet you it's
always going to work really well because metal and electronics the turn on off
computer is made of metal and electronics which is strong.
>> So strong and for long and for longterm use my device not only worked but it's
it's pretty sick. >> Can you do a force shutdown for me?
>> Force shutdown. >> So that's going to act like it's holding down the power button and we should just
see it like Yeah. >> Bada bing. >> Can yours do that?
>> Bada boom. >> Okay. I want to test one more thing. Go
to the other side of the warehouse. >> Okay. It's Wi-Fi. Can you yell when
you're pressing it?
>> Oh. >> Oh, it turned on. >> I didn't have to yell because it worked.
>> It's on. Huh?
>> What an incredible device. And only for 20 something 78. 2278.
>> You know what? I'm going to shut I'm going to shut it off again just cuz I
can for shutdown. >> That's a nice color. >> There it goes.
>> All right, >> I think we mean need to move on to the next one.
>> I'm glad your device of dubious utility worked. What?
>> But mine is going to freaking blow your socks off. It is PC multiio controller
card. All right. >> And it supports Windows 98 2000 XP
anymore DOSs. But none of those systems would have
PCIe slots. >> So this is a SIG 3 port PCIe Express USB
3.0 adapt card plus gigabit Ethernet LAN standard and low profile Windows.
>> And he also scammed you. That's not low profile. >> It's not. It's low disc profile.
This profile is very low. >> Is there any computers with PC slots
that don't have Ethernet jacks?
>> They might not have gigabit. >> Oh, that's fair. >> Right. This this allows you gigabit
through your PC. You might only have like a >> I mean back in the day with 98. Sure.
>> Exactly. Exactly. Now, here's the cool thing about this. You see these three
USB ports? >> Yes. >> USB. What a what a dream. And USB
drives. >> Kind of sh right, you know.
>> Well, here's the thing. This lets you use USB drives in a way that has your
computer identify them as normal uh
drives in your system, like it's an actual SATA drive or an NVMe, not a
expandable option. So, you're saying I should install Windows to that USB
drive? >> Yeah, you could install core utilities
to this and it would be perceived like, is it a good idea? No. I listen, man.
>> I'm not going to judge you. >> Should I run my USB sticks in RAID 5?
>> Oh, yeah. We should have left the card in so we could turn on the computer.
Incredibly useful this card is.
>> Why'd you turn it off? >> Hold on. Jordan turned it off. Okay. Not me. Just cuz I can. For shutdown.
>> That's a nice color. >> I know. Oh, I was just getting mad at him. This is the whole thing. Why would
you turn anything off? >> Computer is shut down. Hold on. Let me
just plug some in. Power. >> Woo.
>> You know what? Pretty impressive. >> The system works. >> It might be coming around. >> Did it work?
>> Yeah. No, it works great. You can see all of your USB drives. We're getting Ethernet through it.
>> Um, you know, it's >> all of your USB drives. I see two there
and I see three here. >> Yeah, that's cuz this one's broken.
>> Or is your card broken? >> Plug this into the computer.
>> That was one of the working ones. That one's not showing up. That one's not showing up.
>> So, if you're really hurting for one gig LAN and three extra USB 3,
>> I just want to you pay $50. I'd like to point that out. This was $50. My card
was half that price. >> We need to move on to the next one. >> It's not boring.
>> There's a new problem with motherboards nowadays. They get rid of the audio
ports, right? Some motherboards don't even have them. >> Um,
>> okay. This is a bad example. This is a bad example.
You know, the computer that we are imagining in our head doesn't have the
things that are PC IE cards. >> Yeah, the computer I imagine in my head
didn't have any USB ports, David. It's not No, it's about reality. It's about
reality. >> Mine didn't have an onoff switch.
>> Anyway, sorry. >> This is a genius invention. I hadn't
seen one of these. You can add 5.1 back
to your computer. >> Wait, so this is just like the world's sloppiest sound card?
>> What do you mean? >> Actually, yeah. Yeah. Why would >> this is a totally common thing. Usually
you would get a sound card for a sound card for really high fidelity audio
because onboard audio is surrounded by all these components. What you did is
got an unshielded garbage cart with the
closestly put How are you going to put all your plugs in there? They're so
close. >> No, guys. Guys, this is a brand new invention. 5.1 audio. Okay. I did get
scammed because the listing says low profile bracket. I also got scammed like
you, Adam. This is not low profile. >> That device would be so cool if there
wasn't already a single cable solution that could carry both display and high
quality audio. >> That's a good point. >> What is it?
>> HDMI. >> Damn it. However, >> so fast, you might not have an inter uh
speakers that use HDMI and you don't want to have to get an additional
interface, right? >> You just got an additional interface. >> No, but I'm saying this is probably a
lot cheaper than say like an HDMI >> worse. This thing sucks. I would rather
There's probably external boxes that are so much better quality. >> How much was it? How much was it? How
much? >> $19.
>> I mean, that's pretty cheap. >> That's the appropriate price. >> A sound card is going to be like $150
bucks, >> I think. Yeah, but then you I think you'd want to at least get a good sound
card. >> I don't disagree with you, Adam. >> I'm just saying $20 >> if you I could see in the scenario where
you inherited your dad's old like Logitech surround PC speakers and you
wanted to make it work, >> fine. >> But there's also downsides to having to
get like an HDMI. >> They're slow because you have to deal
with >> going to let them go. you have to deal with like latency. You have to deal with
uh buying a highquality HDMI pass through, right? Like it does add up if
you want to be able to use your 175 Hz monitor and HDMI audio.
>> 100%. I think if you want the best solution, it'll cost you more money when
than this is. So, this is practical in its own way. It's just not going to
provide you the experience that I really want. >> I agree. And you know what's crazy? This
was the better of my two cards. >> The other one was even more useless than
this. But does yours support 10 band equalizer
with 12 preset modes and 27 global environment effects?
>> My computer can have that. >> So this has stop.
>> Please disable the motherboard's own sound card. But could I get like more if
I kept them both >> with that plugged in? You could get like up you could get up to Atmos by using an
HDMI cable.
>> Editor, make this play in surround sound. Yes,
>> I think you've all done a wonderful job. I think you should give each other a
nice round of applause. >> No, you're just bringing in a
>> That was so pathetic. >> At the center of our world is connectivity. And there is no better way
to get connected than wireless connectivity. And sometimes you might
build a PC that doesn't have wireless because you're trying to save a buck,
but later you're going to regret that. You're you're going to want not just Wi-Fi, but Bluetooth. Sure. Bluetooth
and Wi-Fi are core experiences to how we
experience technology. >> What version? So, you're saying that we
have >> And that's why I brought this card. I brought a Wi-Fi card. >> Yeah. But what Wi-Fi?
>> Here's the thing. They actually underell
themselves on the listing. >> What's beautiful about this Wi-Fi card
is that it's kind of a little bit modular. It's a PCIe adapter for your
little Wi-Fi card. >> Oh, you can actually swap the Wi-Fi card out.
>> Oh, that is >> It comes with extra antennas cuz I've actually lost these on on like
motherboards that I've had. So these alone
>> pretty and replacements for those are like 10 15. So they're really
>> pretty useful and these seem like they're pretty decent quality. >> Uh you can swap this out although you
wouldn't because this one's like a real anchel.
>> Okay. Yeah, that makes way more sense.
>> Um this is a real Anatel. Anel
>> I've totally heard of them before. >> They are real. They're in like Dell laptops.
>> Uh, it's Wi-Fi 6E. >> What? No way.
>> 5.2. I looked up online what this is. This is an pretty damn up-to-ate chip.
>> That's legit. There's only >> This is actually very useful. >> It comes in at the useful price of uh
$60ome. But >> for Bluetooth 5.2 and Wi-Fi 6, that's
not terrible. >> A good Wi-Fi antenna is not a cheap component. >> 100%. And like I said, this is useful
because you could upgrade another computer with this Wi-Fi or upgrade this
card with better Wi-Fi in the future as that happens. Have you plugged this in
to verify that it is Wi-Fi 6? >> It has tape on it. >> Why would we plug it in?
>> We need to speed test it. >> Yeah, we need to check. >> I I even turned the computer off for
you. >> I'll turn it on for you, too. >> Well, not yet. Wait, wait till you
speaking of wireless connectivity >> cuz there I won't lie. Although I looked
up this chip and it has those features is the there's a real possibility it's
not actually this chip label.
>> If there's any technical issues, I blame the APs, not my card. My card is
perfect. >> Uh it's never done anything wrong in it life.
>> It's never done anything. It's the first time it's been powered on theoretically.
>> No, it passed it past QC. >> No, that's yours.
>> You're right. That's my card. Wins again. Yeah.
>> Look at those bars all the way, baby. We were trying to use the motherboard
Wi-Fi. Why we getting like one bar, two bar? >> It's cuz the motherboard wasn't plugged in.
>> There was one bar, two bars, and then now all the way, baby girl. Oh my.
>> Speed test. Speed test. Speed test. Speed test.
>> Yeah. >> Woo.
>> Oh, that's like 400. Unless they are lying, which is still possible. The
device manager says 60. >> Does it really? >> Yeah. Well, that's good enough for me.
It's probably real. >> Oh, you're only getting 140 down or like
upload, dude. I think that's probably an internet speed thing. >> Yeah, it could be. >> Wow. I thought we But we have like 10
gig of >> maybe. But I mean with the down >> Sounds like excuses to me.
>> Oh, what a dick.
>> What's the downside? >> One of the downsides of this specific one is that because your card doesn't
have a heat sink on it, >> it could start overheating if you're
using it a lot. >> Technically, yes. >> Yeah. Something to note. It would just
have to throttle. It wouldn't like >> you wouldn't say a lot of use before
Wi-Fi chips start to overheat that bad. >> Ow. >> Shut up. Uh, well, should we vote?
>> You get two votes. Can't vote for yourself. Imagine you're going to like a
tech themed Christmas party. Which one are you bringing? >> I'm bringing a bottle of wine.
>> First up, the Wi-Fi onoff switch. >> I'll give it a vote.
>> Hell yeah. >> Pretty good. >> If I'm going to a tech Christmas party, that's the one that I think a lot of
people be like, "That's pretty cool." >> They might actually use. >> Yeah.
>> It makes your USB into an SSD.
I'm It's slightly more useful >> than the No way.
>> Wow. >> To be fair, I don't think it should be me, but not that.
>> Not that. >> We get two votes. >> Two votes. We get two votes.
>> Yeah. >> My 5.1 sound card.
>> What do you mean, guys? Please
>> give me one useless >> one vote. Okay. Uh, and then the pretty
high-end Wi-Fi 6E card. >> That gets my >> So, it's a tie between the tie.
>> It's better than the other one. >> No. >> All right, I'll break the tie.
>> Okay. >> Who's going to win this? >> What? >> Yes.
>> Good game. >> There's no question. >> For the for the criteria,
>> I'll allow it. >> Mine passed QC. >> Before we reveal the prize redemption
round, what was the card you didn't pick?
>> Let me let me show you. Mine was an M.2
2 to MVME USB expansion card. Yeah, he
has some bad options. >> I've got a PCIe to PS2 expansion card.
>> That's way cool. >> Or if your mouse or keyboard is older
than your computer, >> you would have won with that one, too. This is great. >> All right. You got poles. You got good
poles. >> You can show your own peripherals. >> Got the mythic rare. I had a 2.5 gig
Ethernet card. I chose the Wi-Fi because I think it's more universal. People can
use that. Whereas the upgrade from gigabit to this is
>> pretty cool if it's the right card. >> You chose the right card. Yeah.
>> I have a PCI to uh SATA 6port expansion
that has three modes. No boot, boot, and
mysterious middle option. >> I'll take the middle option.
>> Elijah still loses. Blue. >> Yes. The box.
>> Oh,
I'm so jealous. I'm actually so I'm so jealous, too.
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