What's your latest tech purchase?

sam_86314 · Apr 6, 2019

Ordered another Fenvi FV102 M.2 wireless NIC adapter for my i3 4130 system (I'll get around to posting about that computer eventually) for $14.

I originally ordered one all the way back in October 2017 to add WiFi to my main PC. That original adapter (I currently have an Intel AC 7265 module in it) is still going strong in my main rig, so I decided to get another one.

I put the module I originally had when I got the first adapter (an Intel AC 3160 pulled from a dead laptop) in this new one. Installed it in the system and it worked right away.

Haven't had any problems with the original adapter over the last year and a half, so if you have any M.2 wireless NICs sitting around doing nothing, and you need wireless on your rig, I'd definitely recommend it. They also have one that supports mini PCIe.

Russ64 · Apr 6, 2019

EVGA RTX 2080 XC Gaming 8GB

Komshija · Apr 6, 2019

phill said:
I see (as an example) that the newer Samsung S10's there's two versions, one for the US (Snapdragon) and the rest of the world has another model which is slower.. Not really so fair me thinks.... still, my phone contract is coming up soon, I'm not sure what I'd like to go to next.. 64Gb with the OS, a few add on programs and such and then you can be at 40Gb free... Since everything is going nuts with mega pixels, a few 8k videos and such like it soon will be eaten.. Camera would be very important to me, carrying around a DSLR everywhere isn't an option when something that's a bit bigger than a credit card in length, that can fit in your pocket.. Much easier

Be nice to hear how you get on with the phone in like 6 months time, just to find out if it's gone well or not.....

So far Samsung's Exynmos CPU was (and still is) a lot faster than comparable Snapdragon in single core and a little faster or about the same in multi-core benchmarks.
Snapdragon's Adreno graphics are more powerful than ARM's Mali. That doesn't mean than ARM Mali within Samsung Exyons SOC is weak, but Adreno is the most powerful GPU for smartphones and it held that position for a while. Hence US version pulls better scores.

Considering cameras, Meizu 16th with Sony IMX 380 (rear) and IMX 376 (front) sensors packs a hefty punch. I would honestly give them 8/10. Its cameras are better than, for example Xiaomi Mi8's, and are in the same range with iPhone 8 and Galaxy S8. In the low light it makes far better pictures than overwhelming smartphones on the market. So, there are a few better, but there are also a lot, lot more smartphones with worse cameras - even the phones that cost more than twice as much.
Im my opinion, Huawei Mate 20 / Mate 20 Pro / Mate 20X and P30 / P30 Pro have the best cameras on the market. They are also almost 2,5 times the pricetag of Meizu 16th.

sam_86314 · Apr 7, 2019

Coming soon...

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I especially like how Amazon gave me the option for "one day shipping", and after selecting it, it says it'll arrive in three days. I guess one equals three now...

NoJuan999 · Apr 7, 2019

Russ64 said:
EVGA RTX 2080 XC Gaming 8GB

I'm definitely a bit jealous.
I wish I could justify the cost of a beast of a GPU like yours, I recently upgraded from a GTX 1060 to a GTX 1660 Ti.

micropage7 · Apr 7, 2019

just bought avexir SSD E100 120 Gb and i found i7-3520M for a good price so why not

not a huge leap but from i5-3230M it looks pretty good

E-Bear · Apr 7, 2019

sam_86314 said:
Ordered another Fenvi FV102 M.2 wireless NIC adapter for my i3 4130 system (I'll get around to posting about that computer eventually) for $14.

I originally ordered one all the way back in October 2017 to add WiFi to my main PC. That original adapter (I currently have an Intel AC 7265 module in it) is still going strong in my main rig, so I decided to get another one.

I put the module I originally had when I got the first adapter (an Intel AC 3160 pulled from a dead laptop) in this new one. Installed it in the system and it worked right away.

Haven't had any problems with the original adapter over the last year and a half, so if you have any M.2 wireless NICs sitting around doing nothing, and you need wireless on your rig, I'd definitely recommend it. They also have one that supports mini PCIe.

Didn't know it even existed. Sweet I will do it in my rig!

Bones · Apr 7, 2019

Aftermath of my new daily.
Letting them do some folding to break them in and check them out overall - Doing fine as of this post.

Shou Miko · Apr 7, 2019

E-Bear said:
Didn't know it even existed. Sweet I will do it in my rig!

I was in the same situation a couple of years ago when I wanted to use Intel Wireless Display but boards with wifi was mostly ITX and I was using ATX and buying a Intel WiFi card and adapter for PCI-E was expensive so I ended up purchasing this kit from Gigabyte: https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GC-WB867D-I-rev-20#ov

I still have it around even I do not use it anymore since I got onboard. The new rev 4.0 is using M.2. so it can be easily changed.

Shou Miko · Apr 8, 2019

It's not really tech by it's related because it's designed for taking tech products apart, repair and put together.

A online shop was having a sale and I could save about $15/€13,40/£11,51 and it's my first iFixit toolkit ever

GreiverBlade · Apr 8, 2019

puma99dk| said:
It's not really tech by it's related because it's designed for taking tech products apart, repair and put together.

A online shop was having a sale and I could save about $15/€13,40/£11,51 and it's my first iFixit toolkit ever

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AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA well ... i will be ordering the exact same kit by the end of the week xD what was your price including the discount?

Shou Miko · Apr 8, 2019

GreiverBlade said:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA well ... i will be ordering the exact same kit by the end of the week xD what was your price including the discount?

$61,40/€54,66/£46,97 including shipping to me

GreiverBlade · Apr 8, 2019

puma99dk| said:
$61,40/€54,66/£46,97 including shipping to me

well for me it's 79chf/70.20€/79.06$/60.63£ (no discount pure retail price and shipping include )

but i kinda really need it for a job for a colleague

i ordered a screen+digitizer for a Nokia 3 (12$ ~ ) that came with a toolkit (bleh, the screwdriver, the "guitar" pick and the prying tool are not too bad but the suction cup ... sucks... literally, but it also include the adhesive needed to re assemble the phone ) no oleophobic coating (but with a rigid type "Panzerglass" bundled with )

first thing i noticed was the screen didn't had the "Nokia" branding top right ... and after peeling the protecting film i noticed in fact the seller did put a black tape above the logo (probably for custom

still need a heatgun tho ... will order one alongside the iFixit toolkit.

and since ... well ...

a little thinner and less covering shell for my Pocophone F1 (still going 1mm above the phone screen and 2mm for the camera, so it still protect a bit) for when i have small pockets :laugh:

roughly 2$

sam_86314 · Apr 9, 2019

After waiting three days for one day shipping, my new LG WH16NS40 Blu-ray drive arrived... in a small yellow envelope with very little padding. I was really worried about it when I saw the packaging. A bubble wrap lined paper envelope didn't seem like it would be adequate for a trip from Texas to Arizona.

No dents or scuffs on the drive, that's a good sign...

Stuck it in my computer, and it works! Unfortunately it has firmware version 1.03, so no UHD Blu-rays for me. Might try rolling back the firmware, but I probably won't worry about it. The good news is that it seems to have survived shipping and it works.

Shou Miko · Apr 9, 2019

@sam_86314 Good luck trying to flash a older firmware on your Blu-ray I read there was one guy on the optical blu-ray scene that could do this but he stopped last year or the year before that sadly I was in the same situation last year.

sam_86314 · Apr 9, 2019

puma99dk| said:
@sam_86314 Good luck trying to flash a older firmware on your Blu-ray I read there was one guy on the optical blu-ray scene that could do this but he stopped last year or the year before that sadly I was in the same situation last year.

UPDATE: While looking around, I stumbled across this guide. Followed the instructions, and I successfully downgraded the drive to 1.02!

I believe the ROM is modified to allow downgrading, which I think is why the firmware date is weird.

biffzinker · Apr 10, 2019

sam_86314 said:
UPDATE: While looking around, I stumbled across this guide. Followed the instructions, and I successfully downgraded the drive to 1.02!

I believe the ROM is modified to allow downgrading, which I think is why the firmware date is weird.

Nice job on the photos above.

Deleted member 178884 · Apr 11, 2019

An Easter gift (to myself of course) :
Rat pro x (3)
Lynx 9 controllers (3)
All bought "new" and open box for just £185 posted, all 3 rats have the 8200 dpi sensor and there's one spare 8200 sensor and a 5000 sensor too! (others are just empty)

GreiverBlade · Apr 12, 2019

ready to fix it ...

the heatgun is a bit on the low side ... but should work as needed.

the old one ... (a bit limited but did help a lot )

and a little extra ...

kinda useful ... and yeah i know ... there is a old MMCM in the mix and the 1gb on the left is just for show, too bad they didn't had one with 12 uSD slot instead of 4 SD 4 uSD :laugh:

silentbogo · Apr 12, 2019

Finally pulled the trigger on the platform upgrade.
Got Ryzen 5 1600X, Gigabyte AORUS x470 Gaming Ultra, Xigmatek Scylla 240 AIO and a new Chieftec chassis. The rest is reused from my previous Skylake rig.
Managed to overclock my shitty Kingston HyperX set to 2666CL16 at an adequate 1.35V (it's the first gen of DDR4, from x99 times). GTX1060 is also running much cooler comparing to my previous ITX rig.
No bling, no LEDs. Even disabled backlight on the new motherboard. Just the way I like it.

Ruru · Apr 12, 2019

GPU upgrades to both systems.

E-Bear · Apr 13, 2019

GreiverBlade said:
ready to fix it ...
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the heatgun is a bit on the low side ... but should work as needed.

the old one ... (a bit limited but did help a lot )
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and a little extra ...
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kinda useful ... and yeah i know ... there is a old MMCM in the mix and the 1gb on the left is just for show, too bad they didn't had one with 12 uSD slot instead of 4 SD 4 uSD

Please send me the link to the SD card wallet in private please.

dorsetknob · Apr 13, 2019

just bought these

HUSKIE · Apr 13, 2019

I bought this aio pc for £20 just missing HDD and one key on keyboard with box. Seller said touchscreen not working yes it does not work I just disabled it and very useful for daily driver no need touch on the screen.

P4-630 · Apr 18, 2019

Will be using this as second front-intake fan:

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

System Name	Custom Water-cooled Server / Desktop
Processor	Dual Intel Xeon E5465 / i5-11400
Motherboard	Asus Z8NA-D6 / Prime H570-plus
Cooling	Custom built: DangerDen MC-TDX / H100i
Memory	24GB DDR3 / 16GB DDR4-3200
Video Card(s)	GTX470 / RTX2080
Storage	SSD + 1TB HDD / P5-Plus + BX500
Display(s)	BenQ GW2765 1440p
Case	CoolerMaster Full Tower / Cosmos
Power Supply	PC Power & Cooling 750w (both)
Software	Ubuntu / Windows 11

System Name	1.21 gigawatts!
Processor	Intel Core i7 6700K
Motherboard	MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X
Cooling	Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim with Arctic MX-4
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock
Storage	Mushkin Triactor 240GB + Toshiba X300 4TB + Team L3 EVO 480GB
Display(s)	Philips 237E7QDSB/00 23" FHD AH-IPS
Case	Aerocool Aero-1000 white + 4 Arctic F12 PWM Rev.2 fans
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Audio Enhancer
Power Supply	FSP Hydro G 650W
Mouse	Cougar 700M eSports white
Keyboard	E-Blue Cobra II
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15: 948 (stock) / 1044 (4,7 GHz) FarCry 5 1080p Ultra: min 100, avg 116, max 133 FPS

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700x
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X470-F Gaming
Cooling	Scythe Ninja 5
Memory	G.Skill Ripjaws V 16GB (2 x 8GB) (F4-3600C16D-16GVKC) @ 3733 MHz 16-19-19-19-36-56
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2060 Super Armor OC 8GB
Storage	1x Samsung 970 EVO 500GB / 3x Crucial MX500 / 4 HDDs
Display(s)	Dell 23" LCD S2316M
Case	Rosewill Rise Glow
Power Supply	CORSAIR RM650
Mouse	Cooler Master MS120
Keyboard	Cooler Master MS120
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

What's your latest tech purchase?

sam_86314

Russ64

Komshija

sam_86314

NoJuan999

micropage7

E-Bear

Bones

Shou Miko

Shou Miko

GreiverBlade

Shou Miko

GreiverBlade

sam_86314

Shou Miko

sam_86314

biffzinker

Deleted member 178884

Guest

GreiverBlade

silentbogo

Moderator

Ruru

S.T.A.R.S.

E-Bear

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

HUSKIE

P4-630

System Name	HP Pavilion a6552f
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Motherboard	Asus IPIBL-LB / HP Benicia-GL8E
Cooling	DeepCool Gammaxx 200
Memory	8gigs Kingston 4x2gigs DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Zotac GT630 "Fermi" 2gb DDR3 128bits Synergy Edition
Storage	Western Digital Green 7200rpm 1tb
Display(s)	LG Flatron EW234 Super LED
Case	HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake TR2 430w
Mouse	Razer Abyssus Mirror Special Edition Blue LED
Keyboard	Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Commander Red LED Backlighting Mechanical Keycaps Membrane Gaming Keyboard
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits

Processor	Ryzen 2600
Motherboard	X470 Tachi Ultimate
Cooling	AM3+ Wraith CPU cooler
Memory	C.R.S.
Video Card(s)	GTX 970
Software	Linux Peppermint 10
Benchmark Scores	Never high enough

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael (Waiting on 9800X3D) \ i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake-U
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 3.10 AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a \ Lenowo BDPLANAR Bios 1.68
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC (Waiting on RX 8800 XT) \| Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
Display(s)	KTC M27T20S 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 IoT Enterprise 24H2 UK \| Win11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 UK / Arch (Fan)
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

Processor	Core i7-13700
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Gaming Plus WiFi
Cooling	Cooler Master RGB something
Memory	Corsair DDR5-6000 small OC to 6200
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB,,WD850N 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 11 Professional v23H2

System Name	WS#1337
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	ASUS X570-PLUS TUF Gaming
Cooling	Xigmatek Scylla 240mm AIO
Memory	4x8GB Samsung DDR4 ECC UDIMM
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
Storage	ADATA Legend 2TB + ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung U24E590D (4K/UHD)
Case	ghetto CM Cosmos RC-1000
Audio Device(s)	ALC1220
Power Supply	SeaSonic SSR-550FX (80+ GOLD)
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Modecom Volcano Blade (Kailh choc LP)
VR HMD	Google dreamview headset(aka fancy cardboard)
Software	Windows 11, Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

System Name	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock