What's your latest tech purchase?

[Rand]

I just bought this mechanic beauty from https://www.avxperten.dk/. I cant wait for it to get here. Especially looking forward to the Anti-ghost feature, since i've been struggeling with that on my current keyboard

 

[dorsetknob]

Laptop need's a boost

so

 

[HUSKIE]

5960x up running now @ 4,5ghz with x99-a instead of r5e. I found that bios 1 on r5e mobo has failed, no VGA, device were detected. I tried to push to 4.7-4.8ghz but the temperature is really hot. I think I need one extra radiators. Here is the set up.

 

[Disparia]

Linus Tech Tips Lambo Micro Roast whole bean. Makes a tasty cup of coffee and coolant? Haven't gotten around to draining any loops yet, but the pot brewed for human consumption has been well received.

 

[HUSKIE]

So I bought this chassis for a cheap.

 

[PLAfiller]

The cheapest RGB RAM heatspreader on the market: 7 bucks or so. Haven't installed it yet, but I quickly hooked it up to my Lamptron fan controller and it works fine. Cycles through the colours as I don't have a controller. I had to turn the knob on the Lamptron about half way though to start shinning. I guess at about 55% is where enough power is delivered for anything. Fans also start at around 55% of the knob circle. Finish is coarse, not smooth to the touch and the boxy has everything you need to install it. Even a foam pad if you only have ram chips one side of the stick (as in my case).

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

The cheapest RGB RAM heatspreader on the market: 7 bucks or so. Haven't installed it yet, but I quickly hooked it up to my Lamptron fan controller and it works fine. Cycles through the colours as I don't have a controller. I had to turn the knob on the Lamptron about half way though to start shinning. I guess at about 55% is where enough power is delivered for anything. Fans also start at around 55% of the knob circle. Finish is coarse, not smooth to the touch and the boxy has everything you need to install it. Even a foam pad if you only have ram chips one side of the stick (as in my case).

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Where you got this? It looks really nice in white. Jonsbo make great products I have their 2 of cases and also a heat sink from them. Though their items is somehow dusty when it came from the factory. I always give them a wash before using them.

 

[PLAfiller]

Where you got this? It looks really nice in white. Jonsbo make great products I have their 2 of cases and also a heat sink from them. Though their items is somehow dusty when it came from the factory. I always give them a wash before using them.

Got it from Aliexpress. Exact price was $7.52 (shipping incl.). I just quickly assembled it and threw it in the case. Pads don't fit symmetrically, but whatever

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I got new case. I downside my build even further. Somehow I think I should NOT buy this case, this thing is expensive. I got a dan a4 sfx case. I got a new low profile cooler too for it to fit. I have mixed feeling about this. Any little scratches on this case just hurts knowing the price I paid. The case came in great shape from Lian Li factory, unlike the previous case I bought it is not dusty and there is no little machining scratches or QC scratches but I did inevitably scratch it from the act of assembling this case also having my screw driver slip at one point ouch. First time building this small and I have to "mod" my way creatively to assemble this case and to have it cool enough. The cooler though for AM4 interfere with my motherboard chokes so I have to flip the mounting arms and use an m4 screw. Not ideal, I need a backplate to prevent motherboard warp still. Learning the heat constraints of small form factors now, I miss my d15 in the older case,

 

[btarunr]

Bedroom build coming along nicely.

Here's what it will have:

• Core i5-9400F (have)
• ASRock B365M Pro 4 (on its way)
• ADATA XPG Z1 DDR4-2400 2x 8GB (have)
• Galax RTX 2060 EXOC (on its way)
• Crucial MX500 500GB (have)
• Corsair HX850W (have)
• Corsair Hydro H45 (on its way)
• Corsair Carbide 100R (have)

 

[HUSKIE]

So been driving 2hrs vice versa. This is what I've got.

i7 7800x
MSI x299 gaming Pro carbon Motherboard

 

[biffzinker]

So been driving 2hrs vice versa. This is what I've got.

i7 7800x
MSI x299 gaming Pro carbon Motherboard

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Having trouble utilizing thumbnails? I'd appreciate it.

Edit: Sorry @HUSKIE, it's not just you.

 

[Bones]

Scored these recently for $27, shipped.
These were wiped clean when I got them (Good!) and Crystal Disk showed all 4 being "Good". They do have some hours on them but not a big deal and expected that to an extent.
No, not SSD's but these were cheap and useable to me.

 

[HUSKIE]

Everything is ready apart from GPU. I found cheap waterblock (freeze mod brand with temperature display on it) from my watercooling collection. The 120mm fan to cool the Ddc pump.
Fractal design s

 

[btarunr]

Fresh out of the retailer's carton:

This board has confirmed out-of-the-box support for my i5-9400F.

 

[btarunr]

I couldn't wait for the other parts, so I built away:

^That VRM heatsink really is heavy (easily 200 g). When you hold the board up on your fingertips like a cloche-plate, you can feel its weight.

Turns out, B365 is a rebadged H270 "Kaby Point," with 6th and 7th gen CPU support replaced by 8th and 9th gen.

Don't verge, assemble as much as you can before putting the board inside the case.

 

[remixedcat]

Daktek PlaidMate netbook (Running Xubuntu on it)
Lenovo X140e x2 (one for me one for hubby) (Mine has Win 8.1, hubby's is still on the way and he will put Mint Linux on it)
Dell Inspiron E1405
and another Daktek is on the way

Also 2 Logitech M185 mice and Logitech MX anywhere, and Edimax AC600 adapter (for linux)

been very busy this week!!!!

 

[Deleted member 178884]

Picked up a WD Elements 10tb for £174.55 posted off Amazon:

 

[phill]

I've been bad or mad.....

Very bad...

Extremely bad.....

Let the madness begin!!

Build logs to follow I'll be grabbing another non wi-fi board retail boxed as the one I have is a little damaged for my liking and collection, so I'm pretty sure I'll be putting this one up for sale if I can find one.... It's my OCD, can't deal with slightly damaged boxes

 

[sam_86314]

Interesting thrift store find today...

...a new-old stock Maxtor OneTouch III 300GB external hard drive. Still factory sealed 14 years later with the original price tag on it. I paid $20 for it.
As much as it pains me to do it, I unboxed it and ran a speed test on it.

Benchmark over USB 2.0 since my new motherboard doesn't have FireWire.

 

[TheLostSwede]

Well, that took some time to arrive, as it took a detour via Europe for some reason...
Let's hope it lives up to the expectations.

 

[GreiverBlade]

tech related? most likely....

a local shop had one for 3$~ instead of 14.90$~



bonus ... English version ... good, i can't stand French translation for some novel...

aaaaaaand that got me playing ME:A again for a while.

 

[blacktruckryder]

Picked all this up recently.

 

[phill]

Picked up a WD Elements 10tb for £174.55 posted off Amazon:
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I'm in amazement that you buy a 10Tb drive, and you get just over 9Tb formatted... Wow that is scary....

 

[sam_86314]

I'm in amazement that you buy a 10Tb drive, and you get just over 9Tb formatted... Wow that is scary....

Windows mislabels tebibytes as terabytes. One terabyte is 1,000,000,000,000 (1000^4) bytes, while a tebibyte is 1,099,511,627,776 (1024^4) bytes.

So if a drive has 10,000,000,000,000 bytes, Windows will show it as 9.09TB because 10,000,000,000,000 divided by 1,099,511,627,776 is 9.09.

The numbers are correct. Windows is just being Windows.

Source
(ugh too many zeroes, got my billions and trillions mixed up on my last attempt at this post)