What's your latest tech purchase?

[AsRock]

Having a go at repairing a Marantz Model 4300, already tested most of the parts like the main transistors and worked really well. Ended up ordering 100 @ $6+$5 shipping ( 13 week lead time), can always match and sell online if need be.

 

[Disparia]

This 75w/125VA network-centric UPS has been around for awhile, but never at a price that I found acceptable. Was recently in a Newegg Flash for $20.

 

[Athlonite]

My setup looks better now with white wire on the 24pins

I know trying to apply the Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut ain't the best u might have seen I hope it's good enough

That's a shocking spread did you try warming it up first

on the other hand the rest of that build looks mint mate

 

[Fangio1951]

Purchased a new case and this is it.....

Plus a little geto mod to my M2 boot drive.....

 

[remixedcat]

bought a cheap 17 in widescreen monitor for 25 off ebay.... let's see how that shiznit works out lol. need a cheap spare.

This 75w/125VA network-centric UPS has been around for awhile, but never at a price that I found acceptable. Was recently in a Newegg Flash for $20.

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One major problem... no 3rd prong and a lot of enterprise hardware and even some prosumer stuff like luxul uses 3 prong...

APC should have put 3 prong in there.

I would have gotten it as well but that issue....

 

[jboydgolfer]

Got this new PC in late Feb. It's the one in my spec. Loving this mITX build

While this case is pretty awesome overall, that graphics card holder can't deal with the 2+ slot size of the Gigabyte card. So that feature is useless lol.

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It's a lot of fun isn't it? Challenging yourself with building "sleeper" HEDT's in deceptively small cases. I've done a couple in the recent past, and really enjoyed them. Now I just need to do one for myself. One of the best parts is when someone see's the PC, and doesnt think much of it, since many people will relate the size with the performance, and (atleast in the PC world) size doesnt correlate to effectiveness/strength.

 

[INSTG8R]

Got my “unicorn” today. Just a little teaser I need to resize the photos.

 

[remixedcat]

It's a lot of fun isn't it? Challenging yourself with building "sleeper" HEDT's in deceptively small cases. I've done a couple in the recent past, and really enjoyed them. Now I just need to do one for myself. One of the best parts is when someone see's the PC, and doesnt think much of it, since many people will relate the size with the performance, and (atleast in the PC world) size doesnt correlate to effectiveness/strength.

One of the mods I wanna do sometime when I'm not so drained from summer is putting one of those in an a/v reciever case (not just an HTPC case that's not good enough lmao) I also wanna get an LCD to put in it that would sorta match as well.

 

[Flanker]

It's a lot of fun isn't it? Challenging yourself with building "sleeper" HEDT's in deceptively small cases. I've done a couple in the recent past, and really enjoyed them. Now I just need to do one for myself. One of the best parts is when someone see's the PC, and doesnt think much of it, since many people will relate the size with the performance, and (atleast in the PC world) size doesnt correlate to effectiveness/strength.

To be honest I'm motivated by a really small flat and moving frequently, I would probably get a FT05 otherwise. But yes, a compact powerhouse is super awesome. RVZ02 is a bit tough with CPU cooling options though, but I do almost all my work with GPU, so I guess it won't be a problem any time soon.

 

[INSTG8R]

Sapphire Nitro+ Vega 64

My old Tri-X Fury for reference

 

[Tomgang]

New Corsair ML series fans and 3 NZXT SENTRY 3 fan controllers has replaced all the old fans in my pc case and alowed for a bit higher oc as well.

Old dusty fans and fan controller.

New fans and controllers

Fans and controllers installed in my pc.

Thanks to the new cooling i can go higher on CPU OC from 4.25 GHz to now 4.42 GHz. Temp is still high but same temp as before just with higher OC now.

 

[sam_86314]

First two components for my next project. The rest will arrive throughout the week.

 

[sam_86314]

This makes it painfully obvious what I'm doing

Last piece of the puzzle arrives on Friday.

 

[Ahhzz]

got a pixel 2 XL coming for the Mrs.

 

[remixedcat]

Anker wireless charging pad, a 17 inch widescreen monitor for the spare downstairs/guest pc, a Tylt wireless charging stand, and I got a mystery gift coming that the giver said I need and it will be tech related and a lot of help. Wonder what it is!!!!

 

[Caring1]

I got a mystery gift coming that the giver said I need and it will be tech related and a lot of help. Wonder what it is!!!!

Rosie the robot?

 

[remixedcat]

LOL if it's that I will

 

[Disparia]

One major problem... no 3rd prong and a lot of enterprise hardware and even some prosumer stuff like luxul uses 3 prong...

APC should have put 3 prong in there.

I would have gotten it as well but that issue....

Quite true -- it doesn't even support my (3-prong) Ubiquity Edge Router.

I'm moving some of my home equipment around. This UPS will only have to support my ISP gateway and an LED light, should we have a blackout. Though, aside from hurricanes, we rarely have black-outs. What we do get at least a dozen times a year are less-than-a-second drops of power.

 

[Trekkie4]

Interesting thread... Think I'll re-post some of the stuff from TPU Nostalgic Hardware Club


I recently bought a pair of these ... Sony SS-H771. Quite impressive pair of speakers for the price of 32$! And yes - they both got their dust cover(s), but they've been removed for take sake of taking the picture


Then, there's this Shure cart here, bought it for 16$... M75B, Type 2 from around mid 70s. Made in USA, the idea is to buy rest of the set (SME headshell, phono leads, mounting screws & M75 ED/T2 stylus) making it the ultimate vintage phono head! Well OK, perhaps not the ultimate, but I absolutely love it. In fact, I just placed an order for Technics-type SME black headshell, which should arrive within 4-5 days!


Speaking of cartridges, I also picked up cheap (brand new) Audio Technica, for approx. 8$ on AliExpress. Model number is AT 3600L, with genuine stylus. Had one on my old Akai table years ago & quite frankly, it sounded better than twice as expensive AT 95E! And it seems I'm not the only one to feel that way, as there's a whole bunch of folks out there buying these & they are all happy with it. My recommendation to anyone, looking for a cheap MM cartridge ... you can't go wrong at this price!

 

[Deleted member 178884]

Got some cool stuff here, I've got some cool stuff arriving soon I'll have to take pictures but I need to sell my old x5650 rig first.

 

[P4-630]

No more sore/red eyes! I should have bought this sooner....
At first I was somewhat sceptical but they do really help.

Highly recommended!

 

[Deleted member 178884]

@P4-630 Looks awesome, At least you've given me something to ask for at Christmas/My birthday whilst looking cool at the pc. Guess i need these judging by a very long time at the computer screen.

 

[Shou Miko]

Congratz @P4-630 I am just lucky my normal glasses filter out the blue light from monitors and screens in general this is what I love the most about them and the vintage style xD

 

[HammerON]

Going to replace the current EK water block on the i9 7980XE with this monoblock to help cool the VRM.

 

[sam_86314]

My new project is finally complete. It's an Eluktronics W650KK1 barebones laptop. Cost me a mere $574 for the laptop itself and the components needed to make it work.

I'd definitely recommend this if you're an enthusiast looking for a cheap and reasonably powerful gaming laptop.