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Is Custom Building a Forbidden Router in 2025 a Good Idea? Featuring Editor Grant

Posted by wendell on Mon, 12/08/2025 - 13:11

You might remember our forbidden router series from a few years ago, but is it really a good idea to build your own router? Wendell and Grant investigate!

ASUS Router (not forbidden): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DGZZJ996/?tag=level1techs-20

Minisforum N5 Pro: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQV7FD2T/?tag=level1techs-20

Mikrotik Switch: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0723DT6MN/?tag=level1techs-20

Mini PC (doesn't have to be this exact one): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C3QHDVYL/?tag=level1techs-20

Check out the forum here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/grants-forbidden-router-adventure-wip/2…

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Building a Monster Threadripper System in the All New Fractal Epoch XL

Posted by wendell on Thu, 12/04/2025 - 10:43

Check out the forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/fractal-epoch-xl-threadripper-build-wit…

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Nvidia is actually having a SALE!

Posted by wendell on Mon, 12/01/2025 - 15:59

Check them out here:
https://x.com/NVIDIARobotics/status/1994410867178307689?s=20
or
https://marketplace.nvidia.com/en-us/enterprise/robotics-edge/jetson-de…

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Attempting to Troubleshoot the ASRock Motherboards of Death!

Posted by wendell on Wed, 11/26/2025 - 14:57

Whenever Wendell sees a problem that involves computers, there is nothing he won't do to figure out the what, why and how! But sometimes, that process takes forever and there are no good solutions. At least not yet...

Check out the forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/attempting-to-troubleshoot-the-asrock-m…

0:00 Intro
1:16 Wendell is Troubled
1:56 Workbench
3:54 Troubleshooting to get to the trouble
5:05 ASRock Steel Legend
6:33 Phantom Gaming B850i Lightning
8:22 Failures Due to the Customer
9:14 What about These 3 Boards?
9:52 X870 Taichi Creator
10:14 X870 LiveMixer
10:33 X870 Phantom Gaming Nova
11:16 Conclusion

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The MSI EdgeXpert is FASTER than the Nvidia Spark? Let's Check it Out!

Posted by wendell on Tue, 11/25/2025 - 19:46

The Nvidia DGX Spark is a crazy piece of kit, but has MSI beat them at their own game? Let's take a look!

0:00 - Intro
1:08 - Overview
7:43 - Who is this for?
14:49 - Benchmarks
25:20 - Can you use two of these things at the same time?
27:12 - Outro

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WRX90 Madness! Building a Fire Breathing Threadripper Pro System!

Posted by wendell on Thu, 11/20/2025 - 15:35

We recently built a sensible TRX50 system, but what's the fun in that when you can throw caution to the wind and build something truly crazy?

Check out the forum thread here: https://forum.level1techs.com/t/the-ultimate-guide-to-building-a-thread…

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Building a Decent Intel Workstation for Relatively Cheap

Posted by wendell on Wed, 11/19/2025 - 14:14

The office is in need of some new minor workstations, so Wendell went out to Micro Center and got his hands on some Intel Core Ultras 7s!

Intel CPU:
Newegg: https://newegg.io/nca021db7c
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DFK2WHF8/level1techs-20

Motherboard:
Newegg: https://newegg.io/ncbc901080
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FKV1RZV9/level1techs-20

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Sapphire Makes Motherboards? Sapphire Nitro+ B850A Wifi7 Review

Posted by wendell on Mon, 11/17/2025 - 14:41

That's right, the GPU guys make Motherboards too!
But where can you buy it? Only place we could find was ebay: https://ebay.us/7lExHD

0:00 Intro
0:18 Overview and Layout
2:47 Bench Time and Memory Time
4:19 BIOS Tour
6:40 Conclusions

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What's the Buzz on the Beelink GTI15?

Posted by wendell on Sat, 11/15/2025 - 12:35

Mini PCs, mini PCs, mini PCs! Here's another one from Beelink!

Check it out here: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FM7SBXH7/?tag=level1techs-20

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DIY vs Prebuilt - Testing the MSI DP400

Posted by wendell on Thu, 11/13/2025 - 13:04

Wendell asked to borrow this thing for some testing, so he decided to make a video about it too. Prebuilds aren't just for gamers! Lets take a look at this high end build and see what it's made of!

Currently not available, but soon™
https://us.msi.com/Business-Productivity-PC/Pro-DP400-AI/shopnow

0:00 Intro
0:29 Unboxing and Overview Breakdown
4:56 Testing Setup
5:56 Testing Results
6:08 HardwareInfo64
7:56 First Set of Benchmarks
9:05 Thermal Limit
9:23 Expansion
9:45 Two GPUs?
10:50 CPUs
11:34 Second Set of Benchmarks
15:40 AI
17:47 Conclusions

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