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hans:
Well I get the impression that the people at GamersNexus has similar personnel. People that like tinkering with computers and tech, but need to learn new skills and 'the trade' on the job to push their channel forwards into new directions (like PSU testing).

Because let's be realistic.. if you're a design engineer that knows all the tricks in the book.. what incentives do you need to start working on reviews for a YT channel? People that assimilate all the details have other things to do (probably more design lol). I've only seen very very few engineers that have gone journalists (such as here on EEVblog), and even if they have done, they kind of get to the long rambly content that's not really tech-mainstream purely because it contains all those details. GamersNexus is more on that rambly side, but they are quite thorough. Other review channels like HardwareUnboxed are also quite lengthy, where it's focus is on completeness (e.g. benchmarking 25  games isn't needed to establish the mean, but it's nice to see the outliers)  rather than short summarized punch lines. I doubt LTT"s lab will ever get to the same level of detail, mainly because LTT also has a clear focus on entertaining the masses.

thm_w:

--- Quote from: TheAmmoniacal on September 17, 2022, 08:46:47 pm ---For someone who spent >$100,000 for an ATX power supply tester I wish they would get better soldering and reflow equipment.. and some low-melt solder.. I don't know if they do this on purpose for the entertainment or because they want to use "accessible" gear.

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858D is perfectly adequate tool to replace a HDMI connector once a year. But yeah at some point they should consider better equipment.
As for low melt solder, he may not know about it. Or, there is also the fact its not going to not be as strong as lead solder. So might not last as long.


--- Quote from: janoc on September 18, 2022, 11:06:48 pm ---He has (waay) more money than actual technical knowledge/skill, sadly. As said by others, it is a pure clickbaity entertainment produced professionally with a large crew and budget, aimed straight at "gamers" who don't know better and who are the target group for his sponsors. He is a very good businessman milking that particular "influencer marketing" cash cow, though.

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Why is that sad? He has tons of knowledge and skills, SMD soldering is just not one those.

grumpydoc:

--- Quote from: thm_w on September 19, 2022, 09:16:55 pm ---As for low melt solder, he may not know about it. Or, there is also the fact its not going to not be as strong as lead solder. So might not last as long.

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But you don't use it for the final join, just for desoldering. Though leaded solder is "low melt" compared with lead-free.

AVGresponding:
Seems to me a lot of his issues would have been avoided by just having the board securely held while he worked on it, and by using a bit of kapton tape to hold the socket in place while he soldered it on.

Cyberdragon:

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