Best DMA Card?

[noval_]

The main names I hear being thrown around are and

I have two questions, first which of these two is better. And secondly I hear that all of these DMA sellers are just rebranded Chinese products that I can find on AliExpress for half the price, is this true? If so where do I get those and make sure they are real, or is this completely false? I am very new to DMA, please understand my confusion.

[Dev7]

Originally Posted by noval_

The main names I hear being thrown around are and

I have two questions, first which of these two is better. And secondly I hear that all of these DMA sellers are just rebranded Chinese products that I can find on AliExpress for half the price, is this true? If so where do I get those and make sure they are real, or is this completely false? I am very new to DMA, please understand my confusion.

They are all resells, every single one. doesn’t matter where you buy a DMA card. All that matters are the specifications embedded into the PCB as people Might make fakes. Fakes as in try pass it as DMA but it’s missing a MCU or transistor. So you get a DMA but it’s slow or etc. just buy from the manufacturer not some shitty over glorified reseller like captain DMA and whoever else. It’s cheaper & you actually know what you getting. If you don’t understand PCBs/DMAs just ask ChatGPT. She’ll tell ya.

Overall just do research and buy from an actual manufacturing company. You’ll save a shit tone of money. If you buy from a reseller such as captain DMA they charge you extra for their side of “business” costs.

-logo printing
-casing
-shipping to them
-shipping to you
-cables blah blah.

They will legit just pass on business expenses to you.

Buy yourself

-shipping
-DMA card

Situations vary but des how it goes normally. Issue is Ali express sellers are money orientated so possibly shit quality. Resellers are money orientated but charge a premium. So buy directly from a verified shop that as a ASN/LEI or something similar. Something that can result in legal consequences for consumer laws etc.

This just my opinions though

[noval_]

Originally Posted by Dev7

They are all resells, every single one. doesn’t matter where you buy a DMA card. All that matters are the specifications embedded into the PCB as people Might make fakes. Fakes as in try pass it as DMA but it’s missing a MCU or transistor. So you get a DMA but it’s slow or etc. just buy from the manufacturer not some ****** over glorified reseller like captain DMA and whoever else. It’s cheaper & you actually know what you getting. If you don’t understand PCBs/DMAs just ask ChatGPT. She’ll tell ya.

Overall just do research and buy from an actual manufacturing company. You’ll save a **** tone of money. If you buy from a reseller such as captain DMA they charge you extra for their side of “business” costs.

-logo printing
-casing
-shipping to them
-shipping to you
-cables blah blah.

They will legit just pass on business expenses to you.

Buy yourself

-shipping
-DMA card

Situations vary but des how it goes normally. Issue is Ali express sellers are money orientated so possibly **** quality. Resellers are money orientated but charge a premium. So buy directly from a verified shop that as a ASN/LEI or something similar. Something that can result in legal consequences for consumer laws etc.

This just my opinions though

So how do I find these shops and cheap places all these resellers are getting their products from?

[Dev7]

Originally Posted by noval_

So how do I find these shops and cheap places all these resellers are getting their products from?

Easier said than done I guess.

I’m not into DMAs because it’s all one big pyramid scheme. You gonna have to look yourself.

If I was in your shoes I would just research DMA PCBs and send a schematic to a manufacturer in China. Sounds like a lot of work, but again you’re not paying a premium and you know what you’re getting. Call me scizo but I don’t trust any of them sellers because they obviously just going straight to the manufacturer and charging mark up. Why would I pay a extra $150 when I can just spend $100.

[thuki1337]

$150 DMA bundle