What's your latest tech purchase?

[natr0n]

Fun system once you know how to utilize it.

 

[phill]

Fun system once you know how to utilize it.
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Will you be putting up a guide??

 

[natr0n]

Will you be putting up a guide??

https://modmyclassic.com/?page_id=1229


There is a big update coming this week to simplify everything as well.

 

[micropage7]

Fun system once you know how to utilize it.
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you need to buy 2?

 

[natr0n]

you need to buy 2?

No just need a single system and a usb stick. My brother bought 2 since the price was reduced.

 

[phill]

Very cool!! Thanks!!

 

[biffzinker]

Picked this up today locally for $104.99, and the Playstation Classic was marked down to $59.99.


CrystalDiskMark Speed - Post #65

 

[phill]

I've finally managed to get two minutes and open up the box my mate sent from the USA and take a few pics of the presents I've had from the girl friend for Christmas... So slacking it's unreal!! Anyways, here's some pics




The PSUs and motherboard I had because the price was too good to be true, so easy win.. The memory, drives and the Abit boards were from Ebay.. The CPU tray and the 3 Kingston 60Gb SSDs were for laptop/PC cloning (Clonezilla??) so start out small and can expand the discs etc... The CPU tray, well, trying to tidy up before the baby is due so, I'd like to see if I can find a tray or cases for Xeon's (2011 etc) or Socket A/939 CPUs.... Tried Ebay but they seem very pricey....
The Asus blu ray drive and charger and batteries were given to me by a mate from work and my girl friend bought me the remote control car for Christmas I've a few more bits coming so I'll hold fire there and wait

 

[remixedcat]

2TB WD black. My seagate had a lot of reallocated sectors...

 

[GreiverBlade]

Fun system once you know how to utilize it.
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well i hope you got them at a huge discount price ... because at their launch price : not worth it

No just need a single system and a usb stick. My brother bought 2 since the price was reduced.

ah .... good good

i think i will wait on some sale before giving it a chance (thanks to your link you posted)


on my side ... well my Nokia 8 had a little accident (forgot to remove it from my pocket, tho nothing a sack of rice can't handle ... i hope)


just for the joke of buying a "rugged gaming phone" ... well it's rugged ... it runs games quite fine tho the incentive was other ...
1. huge battery + 24w fast charge+10w Qi compatibility
2. ok ... rugged : IP68+IP69K+Mil-Std-810G (well now if i jump in the water to retrieve a kid almost drowning ... it will not end like my Nokia 8)
3. 3gb LPDDR4X more than the N8 same storage capacity (64gb)
4. surprisingly enough FaceID is fast ... once correctly set up
5. well the Mediatek Helio P23 is still good enough for anything i do
6. pricing wise ... that one is surprising ok it has some mid range specs but some other aren't so mid range ... and for 280$ it's a steal
7. errr iirc Doogee, albeit having a weird name, is a Spanish brand

tho i can't get around why a 16mp selfie snapper while the back main is a 12mp ... sh!tty selfie fascination...

and 2 ridiculous RL shots ... (if only my N8 was working ... i wouldn't use selfie behaviour to do that )

 

[natr0n]

well i hope you got them at a huge discount price ... because at their launch price : not worth it

Yeah, 54.99 I believe. From 99.99.
They just added PSP support today works well too.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Yeah, 54.99 I believe. From 99.99.
They just added PSP support today works well too.

argh .... for me they are more 129$ atm ... discounted : 69$ ~ muh ... i guess my discount is higher, i should try it later my etailer still has 358 piece of it

PSP support? ohhhh cool (tho i mainly use my phone with PPSSPP and a Moga Mini Pocket for that )

but that could replace my RetroPi setup (while i would keep the Odroid C2 for Kodi) with a dash of nostalgia added for the look of the device

 

[Bones]

That's a nice grab Natron!
Had thought about getting one myself but since I already have two original PSX machines with a good deal of add-ons and periphials (Some being quite rare nowadays) it's not worth it to me.

Enjoy those machines!

 

[biffzinker]

well the Mediatek Helio P23 is still good enough for anything i do

The Cortex-A53 cores can be surprisingly fast IF the clockspeed is in the range of 2.4-3.0 GHz. I'd get the phone more for the battery density myself, more time away from charging is a big plus for me.

 

[GreiverBlade]

The Cortex-A53 cores can be surprisingly fast IF the clockspeed is in the range of 2.4-3.0 GHz. I'd get the phone more for the battery density myself, more time away from charging is a big plus for me.

they are rated at 2.34ghz on some site... 2.5 on some other (2.34 is also the official frequency reported by CPU-Z monitoring ) my Odroid C2 sport a S905 quad A53 (1.5ghz tho) and is also a snappy one for anything i do with (tho on the GPU side it's a bit sadder ... Mali 450MP5 but as long as it works flawlessly as a Kodi box ... i am fine )

as for the battery being the main argument ... well the rest is quite impressive as well ... i think people that tend to spit on, not talking about you ofc, SOC like the Helio P23 because they have no knowledge about it nor did they test them, while being fed with "SD845 is teh best, 2560x1440 and 4k is teh best everything under that are pure horsesh!t" ... (drat my Nokia 8 had a Snapdragon 835 and a 5.3" 1440p ... ARGGH DOWNGRADE! since the P23 is at SD625 level, did i see it? nope not really ... i guess the doubled RAM and the 2160x1080p res help too) well battery it is? 5'500mAh i have also a 20'000mAh powerbank in my "connected bag" the device handle 12v/2A also ... on the Qi 10w 9v/1.695A it charge quite fast (9/12v/2A it's 1hrs 30min to full ) is indeed something unusual for a handset that cheap (the Nokia 8 usually lasted me 2 day of normal usage with a 3'090mAh i think the S70 will be quite good on that side )

also the S70 was an Indiegogo campaign from Doogee which ended at 484% of the original funding asked

overall really satisfied with it


ah interesting ... screen manufacturer (IPS type) : LG, back camera : Sony, front camera : Samsung kinda a patchwork phone hehehe ... (but now i get why the screen looks nice )

 

[cucker tarlson]

I just saw @FordGT90Concept in the rx590 thread talking about his new card and noticed you got yourself a 12tb exos drive.Hot damn! Post some hdtune benchmarks.

 

[phill]

Well I had a few things turn up today...



I've gone with thumbnails just for the amount of pics I've uploaded.. I hope this is easier on peoples fingers when scrolling past lol

Oh and here's a few games that I suppose aren't so much tech, but you can use them to go on the tech



So happy finally found both Dirt 4 and Dirt Rally and Dirt Rally being the Legend Edition which means I get the Colin McRae rally legend feature documentary film in with it too, worth the extra cash already I think now all I'm after is Doom 2 big box version on CD (not so sure about the disk version) and I think for games I'm pretty much complete for my collection, for the moment...

Hopefully something tomorrow will turn up but I'm unsure.... Depends if the girl friend stays in when it's delivered lol I hope the pics are worthy

 

[HUSKIE]

Bought for 35 quid brand new!

 

[Deleted member 178884]

Bought for 35 quid brand new!

Where are you getting things imfao

 

[HUSKIE]

Where are you getting things imfao

Curry's shop costumer returned, all films are still on.

 

[Dinnercore]

I´m in love with the nForce 780i chipset. Had to get some spare parts for my special quad-SLI build (2x GTX 295), in the inevitable case I blow something up. CPU came with it, don´t really need it but it is nice to have one, an E8500 Core 2 Duo.
The RAM is DDR2 800 CL-4 from Geil in 2x2GB. Also spare, I´ll most likely fry some RAM next.

 

[GreiverBlade]

oh well, @natr0n

Allocacoc PowerCube Remote S+ (4x, T13) (will be useful using it as a power switch for the Kodi box and the screen attached to it ... + probably 1 LED light behind the screen )
shipped
Warranty until 18.01.2021
1x29.–

Sony Playstation Classic (did bite the bullet sooner than expected but the stock were melting like snow under the sun )
shipped
Dead-on-arrival service until 01.02.2019, Warranty until 18.01.2021
1x69.–

Delock USB Y-Kabel (A - A, 0.30m, 3.0) (that one is for my Kodi box to power up a ext HDD... if not working i will take a powered hub next time )
shipped
Dead-on-arrival service until 17.02.2019, Warranty until 18.01.2021
1x11.–

 

[HUSKIE]

After I sold the case labs and bought the view 71 case. And this is the result.

 

[jboydgolfer]

got this little beauty today , REALLY fun.
Arrma Typhon 3s cost me
$300 for car & remote
+$30 for 5200Mah Lipo
+ $55 for balance charger/discharger
+$7 for EC5 Adapters.
just under $400 all said n done.

NEVER remove the tools from my Toolbox

 

[sam_86314]

Two interesting finds today...

Found an EVGA 600 W1 at Best Buy for $35. I know it isn't a high end PSU, but I had a 500 W1 for a while and it was a great PSU. Couldn't resist at that price.

Also found an NEC LT20 DLP projector at the thrift store originally selling for $13, but my student discount brought it down to around $10. Resolution is only 1024 x 768, but the refresh rate is 85Hz and it is insanely bright. It seems to work perfectly.

EDIT: Resolution on the projector goes up to 1280 by 1024 at 75Hz. My laptop defaulted to 1024 by 768 at 85Hz when I connected it for some reason.

EDIT 2:
Took a picture of it working. I have it projecting onto the wall opposite the one my desk is against, which is a distance of just under ten feet from the projector. The image is about 75" diagonally. Phone cameras suck in low light.