Custom PC - UK (2020-03)

VODESONWIRELESS

KEYFINDER/£22.61incVAT

SUPPLIERamazon.co.uk

Custom kit

Phil Hartup checks out the latest gadgets, gizmos and geek toys

REVIEWS / CUSTOM KIT

DISWOE WIRELESS CONTROLLER

FORNINTENDOSWITCH/ £27.99 inc VAT

SUPPLIER amazon.co.uk

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120mmPWMfans,anARGBlightingcontroller,

andenoughcables,screws,powercablesand

partstoenableyoutoinstallthethreefanswith

relativeease.

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directlycontrolledbycompatiblemotherboards,usingthesoftware

fromAsus,Gigabyte,MSIandASRock.Alternatively,thesupplied

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motherboardtocontroltheirspeed.Thefansarequietandpowerful,

withninebladesandrubberisedmountstoreducenoise.

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THERMALTAKE PURE ARGBKIT

/ £41.53inc VAT

SUPPLIER amazon.co.uk

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The Diswoe is a strange fish: a Bluetooth Nintendo Switch gamepad that
also doubles as a PC controller. On a PC, you can connect it via USB as well as
Bluetooth. The USB connection also charges the device with its on-board battery
pack, giving it six hours of use. The pad is lightweight but doesn’t feel flimsy with
enough weight to give its rumble motors something to work with, and the control
sticks and buttons are comfy and precise. That being said, this is a Switch pad first
and foremost, so although it shares a lot of visual similarities with an Xbox pad,
it doesn’t have analogue shoulder triggers. If you’re expecting the pad to handle
your PC and Switch needs all in one, this lack of analogue triggers is a big deal, but
if you’re after something with an eye on Switch emulation, this will hit the spot.

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The Vodeson Keyfinder is a fairly low-tech solution to the lost object
problem. It’s not very low-tech; you’re not tying your keys to your foot
or anything, but there’s no phone app, device pairing or GPS. You just
get a couple of colour-coded lozenges, plus a keychain controller that
makes them beep quite loudly.
The trackers can hook onto keyrings with a loop, or there’s a couple
of supplied sticky pads. The range is limited to around 20m and the
flashing light isn’t dazzling, but the 80dB beeping is hard to miss. In
terms of a scenario in which they might be useful, think ‘misplaced in
house’ or ‘dropped in pub’, rather than ‘fell out of hot air balloon’.

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