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I wanted to do Dragon Age Inquisition today and that video will be coming soon so make sure you're subscribed but instead I wasted half a day trying to get my capture PC to work so we're moving this episode up in the schedule it's handy check under a hundred time again it's episode six already the coolermaster neptune 240m features an exclusive pump design and their new Silencio fans to provide impressive near silent performance click now to learn more now this is a bit of an unusual thing for handy tech but both of our first two items are from a new site that I was directed to by a viewer called mod diy.com I'll start with the one that a DS codes mods on Twitter asked me to feature you know how most PC cases have two or sometimes four front USB ports and some of them are usually USB 3 these days and yet most motherboards still support anywhere from four to eight front USB two ports off of two to four headers yeah sure Linus I follow along but it doesn't seem like much of a problem just leave the headers unpopulated who cares well hold on a second there mr. impatient you know how wireless peripherals always come with those little dongles that either take up space in the rear i/o or hang out the front of your computer just begging to be accidentally bumped so you wreck your USB port or the dongle now you see where I'm going with this this my friends is an internal header two single port adapter for USB two now if you have something you rarely need to access like a wireless USB dongle or bluetooth adapter USB encryption key or even a USB boot drive for something like FreeNAS for example but you want to keep tucked away inside the tower then as long as your reception is still good enough for wireless stuff with it in there you can plug it in and hide it away with one of these little puppies leaving your other ports tidally empty which leads us into handy tech item number two for today I was browsing their site to see if they had any other cool stuff while I was placing my order for these bad boys and came across these little guys many video cards come with little dust covers for the ports but most other stuff notably laptops doesn't and it's the kind of thing that can actually be a major concern I've broken headphone jacks before by accidentally getting debris in them no more with these handy dandy port covers you can get them for a wide variety of different types of ports and the ones we order are easy to remove if you really want to but also fit really nice and snug so they shouldn't accidentally come out and get lost not that they're terribly expensive if you do lose them and I'd suggest just ordering a whack ten at a time so you do have extras another great use for them if you build systems as a hobby or even for business is to block off the jacks that you don't want your friends or your customers to use so a great example of where this would be useful would be blocking off the output from an onboard sound or graphics card if the PC has discrete ones yay no more calls in the middle of night all like oh yeah I unplugged it and I plugged it back in it's not working anymore yay and our last handy tech item today number three is great for hobbyists and professionals alike now while we've shown off magnetics parts trays in the past in fact I have one of them right here and these are still recommended as a super cheap way to keep track of metal stuff like screws today's organization item the creatively named magnetic project mat from I fix it is a bit more of a premium option at 20 bucks but one that I think justifies its extra cost for certain use case scenarios to be clear it doesn't have the same raw magnetic well that was a bad demo there you go raw magnetic strength that our Titans do so you won't be holding any automotive nuts and bolts on it and it doesn't stick to a nearby fridge racking unit or any other vertical or even upside-down surface when it's blow up screws but the adequate magnetic strength yes you can even tip it sideways if you're kind of careful and don't put something too heavy on it the grid layout for keeping different kinds of screws separate and the dry erase marker compatible surface for labeling make it a great way to keep various types of screws organized as you go about our project it's got a foam backing on it to keep it from slipping all over the place and it comes with a nice non smearing marker with an attached racer on the back so you can really keep track of what you're doing speaking of non smearing or something our friends over at mass drop have decided to sponsor us to call out yet another drop this time for a pair of mass drop exclusive AKG K seven xx headphones a variation of their 65th anniversary edition K 702 which has been configured by the audio files at mass drop and manufactured by the audio experts at AKG now normally the way math drop works and you should definitely check them out that is the point of them sponsoring these videos is they find awesome products that get a starting price if like one person buys it a bottom price if like a wack ton of people buy it and then a bunch of prices in between then the more people glom on to the deal the lower the price goes until it gets to that bottom one so it's usually pretty hard for me to call out how much the featured deal item is actually gonna cost cuz it'll be somewhere in that range but in this case it's already hit the bottom lowest possible price of $1.99 so yeah if you already know you want some K 700s then rock on go for it there's a referral link that doesn't give us a commission but does let them know that we sent you linked in the video description if you're not too familiar with this particular headphone I've actually had a pair of K 702 s for months but haven't gotten around to reviewing them so I'll be trying to get that done before the drop is over so stay tuned for that which leads us into the last and possibly most important part of any handy tech episode the full disclosure part our first two items the port covers and the internal USB adapter were purchased by me for use at work and at home based on the suggestion of a viewer and the last one was sent to me by I fix it when I asked them which adhesive I needed to disassemble the my Mac retina they recognized who I was and sent over the adhesive and some other knickknacks including this so I didn't buy this one but if I didn't already have one and had heard of it I would be picking one up because it's only about 20 bucks and if you guys have ever gone through losing like that one screw especially when you're working on something small like a cell phone something like this could be a lifesaver and the kind of thing where when you're in that situation if you could if you could pull $20 out of your pocket just to have that screw back you might do it so there you go anyway guys thanks for watching like this video if you liked it dislike it if you disliked it leave a comment if your feelings are more 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