What's your latest tech purchase?

[FireFox]

This is a great customer service by EKWB

E-mail sent last night



A few minutes later got an E-mail, i assume those sent automatically

This morning got an answer.






It was very kind from them refunding me the shipping cost for the second order even i didn't ask for it.

 

[sam_86314]

After being "lost" in the mail for three weeks, my Xeon E3-1220 V3 finally arrived.

Currently, it's replacing the i3-4130 in my test system.

It's a pretty good performer, especially for $35.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I destroyed my wireless dectphone with alkaline batteries. I should not do that but I was using it for emergency use. so I am jumping in all rechargeable battery now, I am tired of losing money from destroyed electronics from leaking alkaline. Alkaline battery destroy my old gameboy . I wanted to go all eneloop but it too expensive so I went with Tenergy as the next best. I also got a scythe amp speaker/headphone amp combo I was curious about this been wanting it for some time.

The starbuy I got is the deskmini x300! SFF fever again! This computer is really tiny it it uses a mini-stx board. It makes itx boards look huge in comparison. Just need a stopgap cpu in it until zen3 cezanne I guess I be grabbing a 3200G if I could find it for this. This gonna be my main PC, gonna put my laptop for mining duties lol. I took all this pictures with my "new" s10+ phone pictures looks good. I don't have a standard psu size now to compare this again, the deskmini is about the size of a deskstop psu.

 

[FireFox]

This is my second last purchase, last purchase should arrive in a few days then i am done for this year, i hope.

 

[basco]

plz Mr. Mirtazapine tell us how ya like the sythe amp?
thx in advance

 

[INSTG8R]

New to me. I needed something for walking around in the new Elite Dangerous Odyssey

 

[TheLostSwede]

Went from 50" to 58" for the same price.

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Was 50" too small as a tablet?

 

[BarbaricSoul]

Got my first "good" chair, a AKRacing Core Series EX. I spend enough time sitting at my desk to warrant the price and it is very comfortable.

 

[P4-630]

Got my first "good" chair, a AKRacing Core Series EX. I spend enough time sitting at my desk to warrant the price and it is very comfortable.

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Now just wait when it starts getting squeaky....

I want a new chair as well..

 

[BarbaricSoul]

Now just wait when it starts getting squeaky....

I want a new chair as well..

I keep a can of WD-40 at the house for when things start to squeak

 

[Valantar]

The strap attachment on my Garmin Forerunner 35 broke again, and this time I don't think it's fixable. Having glued it twice before it was expected, but still disappointing as the watch still works well.

Anyhow, guess that means it's time for something new. I don't want a smartwatch (not beyond getting notifications anyhow, which this already does), and battery life is important (having to charge my watch every 1-2 days is unacceptable) so there was a pretty obvious choice:

The Forerunner 45 Plus. It seems the Plus is just an exclusive gray colorway for Elgiganten/Elkjøp as I can't find any other meaningfully differentiating features comparing it to the regular 45. The circular shape makes it much smaller in practice despite similar measurements to the old 35, and the color display is nice. Also happy it has a much less finicky charging connector. Hopefully it also has more robust strap attachments than the previous one, so I can keep this in service for more than the four or so years I got out of it's predecessor.

Edit: some quick initial impressions: the strap is simultaneously thinner, lighter, better feeling, and more comfortable than on the 35. Definitely a much more noticeable difference than anticipated. The overall fit of the watch is generally far superior to the 35. The UI is much better (partly thanks to there being five rather than four buttons, meaning menus can be navigated both up and down (what an innovation! wow!)), it feels snappier in the menus (though by no means a speed demon), and the display is massively improved. It's still a relatively small transflective LCD, but the addition of color is a huge boon, and the resolution seems significantly higher allowing for more information on-screen without it feeling cramped (though if that's your thing there are some really cramped optional watchfaces). It also has a heap more functions, including some basic ones I've missed like stopwatch and timer functions. I have no idea about the GPS accuracy or heart rate tracking accuracy, but I'm going for a run later today, so I guess I'll have an indication by then.

 

[ASOT]

Gaming Intel 10gen i5

 

[R00kie]

Got my first "good" chair, a AKRacing Core Series EX. I spend enough time sitting at my desk to warrant the price and it is very comfortable.

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Good thing you went for cloth, faux leather ones start to peel too quickly, and my chair does not look like the chair I bought anymore

 

[Dinnercore]

I can recommend these if anyone is looking to go 4x16GB at a decent speed.

Part-No. BLM2K16G40C18U4B // 18-19-19-39 • DDR4-4000 • 1.35V

I got two kits for 4x16GB in Quad-Channel and they do great. XMP works out of the box.

Slightly dropped some refresh values and went 1T on stock voltage. Quick and dirty memtest passes. I know its not a full capacity test and not necessarily stable, but I reserve the full 12 hour test for my final timings.

EDIT: Just gonna add, these are Micron B-die according to SPD.

 

[BarbaricSoul]

Good thing you went for cloth, faux leather ones start to peel too quickly, and my chair does not look like the chair I bought anymore

Yeah, I've had a couple faux leather chairs before, never again. Crazy how that faux leather can get tracked though out the house so fast once it starts pealing.

 

[oobymach]

New to me. I needed something for walking around in the new Elite Dangerous Odyssey
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That is the oddest piece of hardware I've seen, how do you work the analog stick? Nvm, my brain just figured out it's for your left hand.

I've got a nice old trackball mouse I used to use to fly planes in battlefield 1942. They required you continually pull up in order not to crash so with a trackball I could just keep scrolling it to keep the plane level instead of constantly lifting and dropping the mouse. It's so old the contact info on the bottom is a fax number.

 

[R00kie]

Yeah, I've had a couple faux leather chairs before, never again. Crazy how that faux leather can get tracked though out the house so fast once it starts pealing.

I'm still scraping chunks out of my carpet

 

[Caring1]

I can recommend these if anyone is looking to go 4x16GB at a decent speed.

Part-No. BLM2K16G40C18U4B // 18-19-19-39 • DDR4-4000 • 1.35V
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I love that stealth look.

 

[Valantar]

Yeah, I've had a couple faux leather chairs before, never again. Crazy how that faux leather can get tracked though out the house so fast once it starts pealing.

Yeah, faux leather is pretty much the dumbest material you can have on a chair - all of the drawbacks of both fabric (durability, though even worse!) and leather (sweaty and uncomfortable), yet none of the benefits of either. Ugh. Hope the chair works out well for you though - for the limited adjustability and ergonomic adjustments of those "racing bucket" gaming chairs, they're pretty expensive (and according to GN's investigation, sold at massive markups). Hopefully your body doesn't end up needing adjustments that the chair doesn't have

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah, faux leather is pretty much the dumbest material you can have on a chair - all of the drawbacks of both fabric (durability, though even worse!) and leather (sweaty and uncomfortable), yet none of the benefits of either.

Can't disagree more with this. The right kind of Pleather makes for a great experience! The wrong kind can make sitting unpleasant. It depends on what type is used. It's not a black&white experience like you suggest.

 

[Valantar]

Can't disagree more with this. The right kind of Pleather makes for a great experience! The wrong kind can make sitting unpleasant. It depends on what type is used. It's not a black&white experience like you suggest.

Oh, I'm not saying it can't feel pretty good in the right context. But it will always be hotter and clammier than fabric, and always less durable than leather (and high quality furniture fabrics). The best case scenario for pleather is something that feels good overall and lasts as long as medium quality fabric. Which means that among the three choices, it's definitely towards the bottom, though cheap and shitty fabrics are probably equally bad. I used to have a pleather Ikea office chair in my teens, and I liked it, but after getting a good quality fabric/mesh chair I'm never going back. No way.

 

[FireFox]

Enibon Handheld Vacuum Cleaner, 120W 7000Pa Powerful Vacuum Cleaner, 2600mAh Rechargeable Battery Vacuum Cleaner, Wireless Wet Dry Handheld Vacuum Cleaner with Washable HEPA Filter.

Arrived a few minutes ago.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Oh, I'm not saying it can't feel pretty good in the right context. But it will always be hotter and clammier than fabric, and always less durable than leather (and high quality furniture fabrics).

Not true. The thing is, there are many different formulae for making "pleather" and many different ways to form those into the finished material. It's actually a very nuanced science, with many varying degrees of "qualities" and characteristics. For example, some forms of the material will absorb and dissipate heat very well but will not absorb moisture. Others will absorb moisture but reflect heat. Still others will resist both.

I meant no offense to you of course. Only wished to point out that making a blanket statement about simulated leather isn't an accurate way of viewing the material.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I bought a cpu relid 1151/1150 tool and a classic intel q6700 for my retro build. Its the 2nd fastest cpu my board can support. The fastest is a QX6700 but it cost 5 times more so I try this out and see if its worth the unlocked multiplier or not. Finally can get testing it on the retro mobo. I am one happy camper! Back in 2006 as a young teen boy I was eyeing the people intel core 2 quad q6600 2.4GHz with envy. I was only with my humble E6320 duo core at 1.86GHz. I tell you that 600mhz difference was big then. A 30% clockspeed difference from my duo core. Now after 15 years finally got the high end q6700 with a whopping 2.66GHz! Finally got my dream late but never. Might grab QX6700 for nostalgia.

The q6700 I got it for $13...in 2006 this is $851!?

 

[SenditMakine]

Went and bought myself another Bluetooth adapter, this time from a well-known brand (I have had another one from some random Chinese maker that I don't even know what to call because quite literally there is no company name anywhere, and it was quite shitty, to be frank).

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Nothing too state-of-the-art, but it will do for my needs.

Additionally, I also bought myself a Dual Shock 4.
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Kinda a move to a wireless controller (ignore the cable, I'm just charging the thing lol), but in reality I was more interested in the motion sensors that for some reason are still non-existent on Xbox controllers.

The dual shock 4 was the best controller I have ever used on pc, unfortunately most of the games doesn't recognize direct input by default, but this can be solved by launching the game from steam big picture. Great acquisition!