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WTB 6700xt and above

Smithmaster — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 12:37:25 +0800

Item(s): 6700xt, 6800, 6800xt

Package includes: - it needs to come with the box

Price: come PM me the price.

Warranty: - not required as long as it is stable

Dealing method: COD

Location: Petaling Jaya

Contact method/details:
PM

(SOLD) RX6900XT Sapphire Nitro SE+

Smithmaster — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 12:12:39 +0800

Item(s): RX6900XT

Package includes: GPU, Box and GPU Sag bracket

Price: SOLD

Warranty: None, 1 week from me.

Dealing method: COD

Location: PJ area / KL Area/ Cheras Area

Contact method/details: PM me.
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Item(s) conditions: Good, abit dusty, and still using

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Reason for sale: I no longer play with my PC that often because I am now playing with ROG ally more often. I am looking for a downgrade because I still use my PC if I am at home.

205 55R 16 Proton Preve

Smithmaster — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 15:53:55 +0800

I am looking for recommendations for tyres around rm 250 per piece.
I need to change all four tyres.

I am looking at Hankook Ventus 3 at the moment. But just wanted to know if there is any recommendations from the sifu here.

Thank you in advance.

WTB Samsung Note 9 or Samsung S9+ 6gb 128gb

Smithmaster — Sun, 31 Jan 2021 12:10:22 +0800

Item(s): Samsung Note 9 or Samsung S9+

Package includes: include with box, no need content just original box

Price: (!!!NOTICE!!!: Sellers are required to display the exact selling prices of their products. Failure to do so will result in the deletion of the topic) offer me please

Warranty: at least 1 week personal

Dealing method: COD

Location: PJ

Contact method/details: PM me
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Item(s) conditions: pristine?

WTS MX Master 3

Smithmaster — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 10:21:36 +0800

Item(s):Logitech MX Master 3

Package includes:Full box, unifying module, cable, mouse, instruction manual

Price: 380

Warranty: 1 year

Dealing method: COD

Location:Kelana Jaya, Petaling Jaya area

Contact method/details: PM (will give number to interested member)
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Item(s) conditions: I just opened it up for my birthday and use it for less than an hour.

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Reason for sale: My best friends have gotten this mouse for me as I mentioned I wanted an MX master mouse 2 years back. Felt the mouse is too heavy since I have been using a lightweight mouse.

Closed

Smithmaster — Wed, 20 May 2020 21:23:38 +0800

Looking for Samsung Note 9 128Gb
Price offer - 1200-1300 (or pm me your best price)

or

S9+ 128GB
Price offer - 1000 (Or pm me your best price)

Location: Kelana Jaya (PJ area)

Bought

Spunky Pro True Wireless Bluetooth 5.0 earbuds

Smithmaster — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 01:32:24 +0800

Tronsmart Spunky Pro Review.

TLDR: This is a great and comfortable TRUE wireless earphones at RM 199 price range.

Specs
a) Bluetooth 5.0
b) Wireless charging case + USB C
c) 6mm driver
d) 35mah Battery on earbuds + 400mah on charging case
e) Easy auto-connect
f) one button with Multi-touch control.

Box contents include
a)1 x Spunky Pro wireless earbuds with charging case
b)3 x Ear-tip pairs (Sizes: S, M, L)
c) x Charging cable
d) x Warranty card
e) x User manual

Picture of the product is here

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Device tested on:
1)Samsung Galaxy S9 Plus - Android Pie 9.0

Pairing
Pairing is quite easy, just take out the earbuds from the box and go to Bluetooth and connect it by clicking on the device. Easy enough if you want both of them to operate as stereo. Just noted, if you want to only listen on one side, the left earbud is the primary one, so you can just put the right earbuds back to the charging box.

However, if you want to pair it with the right one, you have to follow these steps.
Hold 5 seconds (left or right) to turn off,
Hold 5 seconds until you see a blue red blink on the right earbuds.
Connect it through the phone.
And DONE!!

Comfort and Control
Honestly, it fits my ear perfectly without needing to change the earbuds' silicons. It didn’t cause any irritation when wearing it for long term. I use it during gym quite often, and it did not slip out no matter what type of activity I am doing.

As for controls, the button needs time to get used to it. I often misclick when trying to put on the earbuds hence pausing the music. Double tapping and triple tapping quite smooth although I prefer to have individual buttons or gesture control because it’s hard to tap correctly when I am running or moving about, maybe it is just me nitpicking. The volume has 15 levels before reaching the max which is great. Ideally, I always listen at 11-13 volume level with the phone being just one bar before the warning notification comes in.

If you only use one side, you will definitely lose some controls over the earbuds, like for left earbuds without it, you can't change the volume. Without the right earbuds, you cant switch songs.

Call Quality

- The quality of the call overall is average at best. The dual-microphone did not function well enough. I could listen to the other party very well but the other side couldn’t hear my voice. My voice is relatively loud as well when talking so it means the mic did not pick up my voice correctly.

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Sound Quality
I often listen to Kpop genre rather than English songs. In most songs, I was able to determine individual vocal when multiple voices are singing together. The bass is good enough without adjusting the equalizer and vocal clarity is great. The mids are still clear enough but the highs sound a little weird especially in higher volume.

At this price point, they don’t support aptx for higher quality music, but they do support aac instead, a win nonetheless. No audio delay that I noticed so far, whether it is gaming or Youtubing.
For isolation, it is very solid because it fits well in me, often I will need to remove the earbuds to have a conversation because it doesn’t have any sorts of audio passthrough. Better to not have it then to have a bad quality one???

Conclusion
As a budget user, these earbuds from Tronsmart is really good for its price. I am actually amazed by the quality even though it is only using 6mm drivers and especially when it cost about RM 199. With the cost, it comes with IPX5 Rating and the charging case has USB C port and also wireless charging.

If there is one thing that I want to pick on is definitely the microphone. If the caller can’t hear my voice at all with the earbuds, effectively making it an inconvenience when answering the call as I have to remove the earbuds and speak with the phone.

For music and entertainment, it is really good. No noticeable delay and the songs and vocal sound good enough for its price range. Vocal clarity is great which is why I believe that these earbuds are really good for its price point.

If you are interested in buying click on the link below:
Lazada
Shopee

Thank you to Tronsmart Malaysia for providing me the review sample.

Armaggeddon Pixxel Elite+ 4k panel

Smithmaster — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 02:32:31 +0800

Hi there

I recently bought this monitor 1 week ago. And I am going to share you my experience owning one of this monitor.
I am gonna put a disclaimer here that I am not professional and do not have the tools to do colour calibration and everything.
It is just my opinion and me eyeballing it. I will try to edit this for more further information that I left out

Here is goes:

Gaming Spec
Ryzen 7 1700 @3.8ghz
16GB running at 2933 Corsair
RX580 at 1450
1tb of A1000 NVME SSD

If it is important to know

Monitor specs
Disclaimer: I copy and paste this but added extra info and remove those marketing ones
4K Ultra HD
Flat Screen Hard Coating
27" Screen Size
3840 x 2160 UHD 4K @ 60Hz
2560 x 1440 QHD 2K @ 144hz (Actually this have been corrected it is an 60hz panel oc to 120hz instead.)
1920 x 1080 FHD @144hz (same goes for this)
Panel: IPS
5ms Response Time
+15/ -5 Screen Tilt
15mm Frame
99% sRGB Gamut
Anti-Blue Ray
Flicker Free
NVIDIA G-SYNC
AMD FreeSync
3 HDMI (2x 1.4 | 1x 2.0)
1 Display Port
VESA Wall Mount (optional)
3 Year Warranty (On-Site Pick Up - West Malaysia only)

CONTENT
The box come in with a display port cable , HDMI cable and also the power adapter (Two pin plug). However the stand, took me a while to get the stand into the monitor and they have vesa bracket should you need one (at additional cost)

Monitor IO
1x DP port (1.4 supposingly)

2x HDMI (1.4)
1x HDMI (2.0)

5 buttons for menu, changing monitor preset contrast." Lighteffect" button (not too sure what it does)(ah this turns on and off the light behind the monitor), Resolution switching button(to switch to 4k or 1440p or 1080p and On/Off

Review
I had 2 defective model because of dead pixel. Luckily they have a zero dead pixel policy within 7 days which I am quite happy with their customer service. On site pickup for West Malaysia as well for warranty
However it means I have tested 3 monitor by July 27.

The stand, Is a pain in the butt to put it in for the first time. Because you gotta use quite a large amount of force to push it in. And you are scared to break the panel but after installing, reinstalling is much more seemless.
The easy switch to change the monitor resolution (EDIT:They have multiple EDID table) :
1) FHD at 144hz
2) QHD @ 60hz
3) QHD @ 120hz
4) UHD @ 60hz
Confirmed that this monitor is actually just a 60hz overdrive to 120hz

In order to get it running at QHD/1440p at 144hz you gotta go to advance monitor setting and change to 144hz
Although it mentioned that it has thin bezel of 15mm however it is more like 18mm in all 4 areas. (Nick picking)

Is it sharp at 4k? Yes it is "quite" sharp at 4k, you are able to switch to either to 1440p 120hz/144hz or 1440p 60hz (freesync supported), 4k 60hz(Freesync supported) or 1080p 144hz
My video sources for 4k is from Youtube so if it is sharp there, I guess it is alright since I do not have an Netflix account or other 4k content.

Since it is an IPS, the ips glow as they call it. Seriously I don't notice it when I was checking for dead pixels but in my camera(taken by s9+) it looks quite bad but that for you to decide. For me, I still cant see the glows.

Was there ever ghosting that I have notice. Well I did not notice any ghosting but I admit I am quite ignorant on this. So take it with A TRUCKLOAD of Salt.

Problem
I found one major flaw on this monitor: 144hz is a no go. On all 3 monitor I have obtained. Only tested this on DP cable that they gave me and also only on DP
Whether it is 1440p or 1080p, @144hz there is a screen tearing on the bottom side of the monitor. Only at the bottom. On the first day of me getting this monitor, I did not notice it at first (I did notice it after watching the video cuz I was STARING CLOSELY) while playing game(Apex legend,WWZ,dota2) But when I watch video, there is at horrible horizontal tearing on all 3 monitor (was watching IZ*one violeta flower edition at 60hz). I tried some of solution like hardware acceleration enable and disable, Vsync my browser. But the tearing persist, not only that, it only happen on the bottom side of the monitor consistently. However I kept the monitor running now at 120hz and i don't notice it anywhere in the bottom panel.
If there is a way for me to upload video instead of to youtube please tell me.

The problem only can be seen if you full screen the video while if you watch it in theater mode, the top 80% or with the ciinema black bar on top and bottom, is fine. But the bottom 20/10% is not.
This actually tells me that the panel cannot handle 144hz but only at 120hz at best which is a turn off for people. I am not sure if it is only unique to my case where all 3 monitors have this issue or others did not face this issue or they are not as critical about this issue.
Video Link: https://1drv.ms/v/s!AiF-mOIo-HhqhkfeQufaAdx_nwm8
If you wondering about 4k, nope 4k is fine since it is 60hz. Like I said on top Only happen in 144hz regardless of 1440p or 1080p

After additional testing (Thanks to lyn forumers)
Time skipping is apparent in this monitor.

Conclusion
For RM 1.2k, yes it is a cheap monitor but it comes with a major problem, it doesn't do well enough in 144hz. Is it a turn off? To some, yes. To me, I dunno. I am still considering if i want this monitor or not. I mean 120hz is still a high enough refresh rate and I doubt I can run 144hz at 1440p nor I would be able to tell a difference
My 4k content is mainly coming from youtube for my KPOP enjoyment and it looks damn crispy

This monitor does hit my checkbox
27inch- Check
Natively support for 4k at 60hz - check
VESA mount - Only if you buy the bracket for additiional cost of RM 69
CHEAP - Check.

So it is up to you in the end if you can stand the annoying 144hz issue but if you are happy with 120hz for gaming and 4k for video consumption, sure you can jump the gun and get it. (Let me repeat again, this is a 60hz panel overclock to 120hz hence it explained the frame skipping)

If you only want 1440p at 144hz, I suggest looking at a slightly more expensive IPS panel by acer the VG271UP by Acer. Saw the review of the 2nd batch from rting. Quite okay.

(I have already decided to return the monitor as I prefer a 1440p panel with 144hz at a budget price.)

Help on getting M2. NVME

Smithmaster — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:00:45 +0800

Hi everyone.

I am keen on getting Kingston A1000 NVME drive. Its about 390 for 480gb and 840 for 960gb.
I am using asrock AB350 Pro 4 just wondering if it is compatible if i use at the top m.2 slot and also how good the NVME for the price.. Review is really on both sides which sometimes confuses me.

Hence I need all the help i could get.

Thank you in advance.

Choosing between Intel and AMD

Smithmaster — Mon, 30 Jul 2018 12:27:58 +0800

Hi, I am recommending this two builds from each team at their respective price point.

AMD

CPU Ryzen 2600X
CPU Cooler
Motherboard Gigabyte Aorus Ultra Gaming
RAM KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY 8GB DDR4 2666MHZ
GPU GTX1070 8G
Powersupply Superflower 650W Silver
Case phanteks Elite p300

Intel

CPU Core I5 8600K
CPU Cooler
Motherboard Asrock Z370 Extreme 4
RAM KINGSTON HYPER-X FURY 8GB DDR4 2666MHZ
GPU GTX1070 8G
Powersupply Superflower 650W Silver
Case phanteks Elite p300

Just wondering if its any difference in gaming performance from this two?

Edited : Core I7 instead of core I5

Motherboard upgrade

Smithmaster — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 11:42:32 +0800

Hello all,
Been thinking if i should change mobo for my 1700 since I am using B350 atm
Been searching if there is any difference or possible to make the switch.

Wanted to change to X470 because of storemi and to have a better feature on Motherboard.

Should I actually make the change?

Casing Below RM 500

Smithmaster — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 03:45:53 +0800

Hi guys recommend me any casing from which ever brand that you think is good but lower that rm 500
The condition is that it must have support for front usb 3.0 and 2.0
I really like the cm storm trooper/ stryker however hardwarecanucks said that the top of the case cannot support more than 15 cm of radiator+ fan. I have nvr seen one before hence i need your help.
I want it to support at least a 1x 360 radiator / 2x240mm radiator for future setup.

Medium- High end gaming rig

Smithmaster — Sun, 07 Jul 2013 13:42:40 +0800

Having a budget of RM 3k-RM 4k ( NOTHING MORE)

No need GC cuz got 7970 (bios change to 7970ghz)

Go Crazy

WTB: Arctic Accelero Xtreme 7970

Smithmaster — Sun, 30 Jun 2013 15:02:52 +0800

Item(s): Arctic Accelero Xtreme 7970

Warranty: must have

Dealing method: COD in PJ or LRT station

Ram issues or ram slot?

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 07:30:00 +0800

Ram issues or ram slot?

Smithmaster — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:07:52 +0800

Hi there,

I haven been experiencing some technique difficulty with BSOD and run memtest86+
First time i got it was super duper hyper alot of error like 3000+ at the beginning of test 1
Then i remove the ram and plug it again and ran it for one round and it was fine

So i was wondering is it ram or mobo?

Ram all four is Corsair CM2X2048-8500C5D (Dominator series) DDR2
Mobo is P5Q-pro

300r window panel

Smithmaster — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 21:55:11 +0800

Yo peeps and sifu..
I want to know if 300r window side panel version available here?
Corsair Carbide Series 300R Windowed Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

i know here sell without window side panel..

Watercooling & About Crossfire 7970

Smithmaster — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:37:53 +0800

Hi there,
I have no experience on water cooling. Learn on how to installed one on NCIX youtube channel.
I was wondering should i watercool my potential future rig or should stick to air cooling.

and one more thing. I am using a 700watt bronze 80+ certified by cooler moaster.
I was wondering if i could just squeeze in? How high the risk that would be?

Maximus V Formula vs G1 Sniper 3

Smithmaster — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:33:03 +0800

Which one will you choose?
Give me some reasons
-Soundcard
-4x sli/crossfire
-colour & looks

AMD Radeon™ Discussion V7

Smithmaster — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:58:38 +0800

Hi there since there is no V7 i thought i can make one For all AMD Graphic Card User

Review of 7970 Ghz Edition

TechPowerUp

Anandtech

Guru3d

LegitReviews

Hexus

TomsHardware

How to Flash 7970 into 7970Ghz
(Note: Do it at your on risk. Make sure you have a bios switch before doing it just incase your bios corrupted.)

Do it at Your own Risk

My successful flash with a reference unit

Another Price Cut
Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition: US $499
Radeon HD 7970: US $429
Radeon HD 7950: US $349
Radeon HD 7870 GHz Edition: US $299
Radeon HD 7850: US $249

Source:TechPowerUp