What's your latest tech purchase?

[scoutingwraith]

Decided to replace my 4 year old Corsair Strafe for a Ducky One2 SF in white with Cherry Red as I'm a fan of red key caps.
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Love the Ducky's. Use a Ducky Shine 7 Blue Switch for work and its been amazing.

 

[Valantar]

I wish they would do an all white aesthetic instead of black. I really like the clean look of all white heatsink/fans, etc.

White fans are on the roadmap at least. Planned for early 2022 IIRC. White heatsinks might be difficult - opaque white requires a lot of pigment, which likely means notably worse cooling performance.

 

[Space Lynx]

White fans are on the roadmap at least. Planned for early 2022 IIRC. White heatsinks might be difficult - opaque white requires a lot of pigment, which likely means notably worse cooling performance.

arctic has an all white e34 duo cooler. would be interesting to compare it to a regular cooler of same kind but different all metal.

 

[Athlonite]

Watches are like PC hardware in a sense. There's always something better, prettier and more expensive out there. And THIS is one nice watch. I haven't clicked the link, and I don't want to know it's price, I know I can't pay it just by seeing it hahaha. I'll just stick to my pleb watch and the Apple watch.

I see your watch and raise my own

 

[Valantar]

arctic has an all white e34 duo cooler. would be interesting to compare it to a regular cooler of same kind but different all metal.

Yeah, that's interesting. The product page says it has a turbulence-inducing "thermal coating", guess it might be some sort of (micro-textured) ceramic paint? That sounds like a 5-year research project for Noctua though They don't seem to accept off-the-shelf solutions of any kind.

The timer on this one is digital, down to the 0.01 second. Of course, if you change the grind or bean, that is meaningless. I grind a set amount of beans, so timing it to match the weight is next trick. My old grinder was broken in the move across the country, and i have been slumming it with plain beans. No more crap coffee!

My old grinder had a dial timer, and i marked it where it should be before i found the volume measurement was enough. I also ditched the plastic grind catcher for a paper cup! I made a mark on the inside of the cup to fill beans to that point, about 40 grams worth. Dump those beans in and mash the timer.

The brew in the cup is about 30 mL.

Sounds like a good grinder! Mine just has an (analog? no idea really.) dial for grind time, which also seems to be highly temperamental. Should probably take it apart and check for loose wires, cold solder joints etc. Guess I'll get there at some point. Hopefully your burrs are decent and it doesn't retain too much ground coffee each time. Mine doesn't have any type of knocker mechanism, so I give it a couple of good whacks each time it runs to loosen whatever is stuck in there - not ideal, but less of a mess to clean up, and better tasting coffee. I'm lazy enough to just keep my beans in the hopper - it fits a 250g bag pretty exactly, which we go through in about 4-5 days, so there's not enough time for them to go stale. I've learnt to time my dose pretty well by ear, but I always brew on scales anyhow. Takes all the guesswork out of it. If I missed my grind time and there are grounds left over, then ... well, my next cup will be slightly stale

Personally I've never really found a liking for the quasi-espresso style of Aeropress brewing - it works for milk drinks, but I generally don't bother with those. It's just too much work Though way back when I worked as a barista while studying I did drink so many cappuccinos, lattes, flat whites and macchiatos that I probably had my fill by my early 20s Btw, 40 grams for a single cup is also pretty shocking (an espresso machine double shot is, what, 15-17?), but I guess that's what it takes when you don't have a 9-bar boiler to push water through the grounds. I tend to brew pretty simple, straight-up black coffee, which the Aeropress thankfully shines at. 15g of coffee, water up to 300g (so 285g water) or ~19:1 - a pretty high ratio, but with good medium to light roast coffees it results in well extracted and impeccably balanced coffee with tons of flavor. Steep for ~2 minutes, swirl to get rid of the crust, let it settle, press. Essentially it's James Hoffman's aeropress technique scaled up for a bigger mug.


A bit back on topic, I'm expecting two packages later today. It's looking like I'm at the end of my current hardware buying spree Which feels good. Frankly, if I could go three years without thinking of buying hardware again, I'd be very happy at this point.

 

[WatEagle]

Not really a tech one, but in a long time I bought a deepcool gammaxx gte v2 to dissipate the heat of a 30w cob led, plus now I have a rgb fan

 

[Anarchy0110]

Decided to replace my 4 year old Corsair Strafe for a Ducky One2 SF in white with Cherry Red as I'm a fan of red key caps.
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Love the Ducky's. Use a Ducky Shine 7 Blue Switch for work and its been amazing.

Hold on a sec, is that the new Microsoft Ergo/Intellimouse?

 

[toilet pepper]

Another package arrived. I contacted the vendor about the fittings and they are sending me 10 more 16mm fittings and I get to keep what they sent me. Not a bad deal. I just have to postpone my build.

A Barrow mini res-pump! I'm kinda new to this. It says that the top part are inlets and there's only one outlet. Does that mean it only blows out water to that single outlet?

Barrow PWM control speed Mini pump and reservoir integrated kit for 17W pump SPB17-TM_巴罗散热

 

[Anoniem]

Another package arrived. I contacted the vendor about the fittings and they are sending me 10 more 16mm fittings and I get to keep what they sent me. Not a bad deal. I just have to postpone my build.

A Barrow mini res-pump! I'm kinda new to this. It says that the top part are inlets and there's only one outlet. Does that mean it only blows out water to that single outlet?

Barrow PWM control speed Mini pump and reservoir integrated kit for 17W pump SPB17-TM_巴罗散热

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Yup, most likely that one is the only out. I guess so that you can have an inlet at the top and the second port for a fill port. Makes life a bit easier, especially in an ITX enclosure.

 

[toilet pepper]

Yup, most likely that one is the only out. I guess so that you can have an inlet at the top and the second port for a fill port. Makes life a bit easier, especially in an ITX enclosure.

Thank you! There's like 3 inlets and 1 outlet. It just didn't make any sense in my head. I pretty much have all the parts now except for a few.

White Meshy's glass is not tinted.

Included HDMI cable is not a 90 degree right angle connector anymore.

Trying some test-fitting. Just looking at this makes me feel the upcoming headaches I will have. Any suggestions about the fan orientation?

 

[maxfly]

Another package arrived. I contacted the vendor about the fittings and they are sending me 10 more 16mm fittings and I get to keep what they sent me. Not a bad deal. I just have to postpone my build.

A Barrow mini res-pump! I'm kinda new to this. It says that the top part are inlets and there's only one outlet. Does that mean it only blows out water to that single outlet?

Barrow PWM control speed Mini pump and reservoir integrated kit for 17W pump SPB17-TM_巴罗散热

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Yes, its because of the way the ddc style pump is designed. They have to make the ddc pump tops with the inlets on top and the outlets on the bottom. If you look at ddc pump tops by other manufacturers they are the same way.

 

[GreiverBlade]

long time no post ... well, i might need to change some piece of my rig ...

but for now
bargain bin in a brick'n mortar shop (~15$ for both together)

Biomutant is a fun little one, hilarious, i had in wishlist since ... mmhhh iirc one of my etailer listed it pre order 1 year or so ago, and D:E do the usual "Bethesda is trying to F me up" by saying there is an issue with the code registering time to contact their customer service and ask if they have a problem with Swiss customers who buy retail box ... (at last i did not bought 2 copy like i did with FO76 )

Verbatim/Surefire GX3 2TB (50$ kinda a steal, and good enough performances ... too bad for the Micro B interface tho ) and the replacement for my 120gb OCZ Vertex 3, which still hold strong but is a little space restrictive, after 9yrs of services 8 win install from 7 to 10 and 8 different rigs from AMD and Intel ... still showing 96% integrity ... take that "OCZ is not reliable"!, the swap will wait ... more info at the end of the post



well more related to my Pizza oven (400deg Celsius capable with Cordierite stone ) but i can use it for the computer too



and for the computer ... well after hum ... quite some years ... my rig finally started to show signs ... random rebooting, Kernel Power 41 12 time in a week, PSU suspected
so, it triggered a "oh sh!t, to hell with that time to check my wishlist" and a friend "gifted" me (after a lot of beer and pizza at my house) a BNIB R5 3600 (still head and shoulder above my 6600K which does not OC anymore )

so, since mostly PSU related, based on reviews and test ... why not a RM850 ... (X version too expensive), given the gifted CPU: for mobo ... keep it cheap, mmmhh a MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk, in case i go for a 5X00X once my finances are better? ... i hope it's not the GPU can't afford even a mid range 2060 which would cost the same price as my 1070 did originally cost ahah.

 

[Splinterdog]

Time to upgrade my secondary rig, - an FX 8350 on a Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3 which I'll either sell or keep in the workshop for other tasks. At least I have a spare case in decent condition to put the bits in.
Incoming later today, a Gigabyte B450 Aorus Pro WiFi which will take the Ryzen 2600X from my main rig upgrade (now Ryzen 5600X) and the 2400Mhz memory from that machine, which will be replaced by Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3200Mhz.
I'll also be adding a WD Blue 500GB NVMe to the new build because you just get used to the speed. I also like the fact that Gigabyte have included two M.2 heatsinks, one of which I'll be putting on the NVMe in the Crosshair Hero VII.
Let the fun begin!

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I'll never waste time with corsair memory again though hope you got a good deal.

 

[INSTG8R]

Hi,
I'll never waste time with corsair memory again though hope you got a good deal.

You realize your RAM uses the same ICs as my Corsairs and the same ones Splinterdog posted?

 

[Splinterdog]

Hi,
I'll never waste time with corsair memory again though hope you got a good deal.

About $200 for 4 x 8GB 3200 Vengeance and I've been fine with the Corsair LPX 2400 since I built the rig a few years ago. I also double checked the Asus QVL, although it hasn't been updated for the Asus CH7 for quite a while.
Prices down here are pretty high, to say the very least.
Edit
And the Gigabyte motherboard is really nicely specced, with 802.11 WiFi, Bluetooth (always useful), USB Type-C, support for ARGB/RGB 5v and 12v, and the integrated I/O shield.

B450 AORUS PRO WIFI (rev. 1.x) Key Features | Motherboard - GIGABYTE Global

Lasting Quality from GIGABYTE.GIGABYTE Ultra Durable™ motherboards bring together a unique blend of features and technologies that offer users the absolute ...

www.gigabyte.com

 

[ShiBDiB]

It was a good tuesday. RTX 3060ti came (got it from a guy on discord for $800 -_- which is disgustingly a comfy amount cheaper than ebay/stockx) and a Samsung Watch3 LTE (ebay for $300)

Card just went into the computer and seems to be running fine, was BNIB (bit of a sidegrade raw power wise from a 1080 to this, but the new tech is nice). Watch also came sealed and appeared to be BNIB, used it for a gym session without my phone to test out the fitness tracking and spotify/LTE(Verizon)/bluetooth connection to my headphones and it worked great.

 

[Splinterdog]

No problems with the memory and although the benchmarks (Heaven and SOTTR) don't show any difference at all, the PC does seem a tad zippier. Could be wishful thinking of course.
Before:


After:


This is after I set profile 1 in the DOCP.

 

[Mussels]

You realize your RAM uses the same ICs as my Corsairs and the same ones Splinterdog posted?

watch out for that, corsair often change whats in the RAM as "revisions"

I bought 3 kits of ram from a physical store at the same time, all were different IC's despite being Corsair vengeance RGB pro 3200Mhz
Fortunately they were for different systems, but i learned my lesson (this was the cause of my first gen ryzen ram issues with 4x sticks)

 

[Valantar]

Thank you! There's like 3 inlets and 1 outlet. It just didn't make any sense in my head. I pretty much have all the parts now except for a few.


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White Meshy's glass is not tinted.

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Included HDMI cable is not a 90 degree right angle connector anymore.

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Trying some test-fitting. Just looking at this makes me feel the upcoming headaches I will have. Any suggestions about the fan orientation?

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That's the fan/radiator setup I'm using - fans inside in pull orientation, ports on the bottom. How thick is your rad? I'm using a 30mm Corsair XR5 280 with 28mm Arctic P14 fans, and the fit is decently roomy for an SFF case, had no issues routing cables or anything. Performance is also excellent. Had no real issues installing anything (though due to my thicker than normal fans I wasn't able to intall them outside of the rad due to the screws being too short). Putting my loop together in the Meshlicious was far easier than my previous NZXT H200 - partly due to the sandwich layout putting everything near the side panels, meaning no need to stuff your hands into various crevices to reach things.

Speaking of that build, this arrived last night:

According to the specs it's too tall for the Meshy (163mm vs. 155m max), but either PowerColor and SSUPD measure GPU height differently (with/without the PCIe slot included?) or I'm saved by my rad+fan combo not quite reaching the max spec (30+28mm, so 58mm vs. 63mm max). Either way, an entirely nonscientific "hold it as close to in place as you can without removing the current GPU and check" test tells me it will fit. Definitely close, but doable. The GPU is complete, utter and mind-boggling overkill, and I'll likely be undervolting it just to keep the heat in check. Given that my loop handles the 275W of my Fury X fine I'm not worried about thermals, but with this much performance on the table I can gladly sacrifice some for improved efficiency.

Also got my secondary monitor in, settled on an AOC 24P2C - 75Hz 1080p 24" with USB-C and a built-in KVM. Still needs some tuning to match the colors on my old U2711 (the ICC profile I've got loaded for it makes matching difficult), but it's pretty decent. Tried some gaming on it yesterday, and it's pretty blurry (expected), but 75Hz is nice, and for an office monitor I'm happy that it has overdrive modes - medium results in no artifacting that I can see and visibly improves motion clarity. Not a gaming monitor by any stretch of the imagination, but it'll hold me over for the next while until there are more 27-32" HDMI 2.1-compatible UHD120/144 monitors out. And it'll be a huge boon for my office work. Text clarity is great (far better than the U2711 despite the lower DPI), and the matte display coating is sooooo much better (less grainy/sparkly). I haven't noticed any backlight bleed or glow, but I havent' been looking that hard either.

 

[Hugis]

Missus PC needed a new SSD (put her on Windows 10 finally) so i found a Sammy in Amazon warehouse.
Turns out it was legit (no box but plastic tray and card) with a a bit of data written to it & at 99% health but was a decent price.

 

[Anoniem]

Icy Dock RAID1 SATA box just arrived, along with the official mascot for my build. Last component for the Z590 Epiphenomenal Rocket Bench, oh yeah!

Time to install the RAID1 box...

Every build needs an official mascot.

Confetti Teddy!

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Build is coming along nicely iBruceypoo! Those Icey Dock adapters, enclosures and whatnot are really good, had several customers buy several things from them and haven't heard a peep from them in years.

That's the fan/radiator setup I'm using - fans inside in pull orientation, ports on the bottom. How thick is your rad? I'm using a 30mm Corsair XR5 280 with 28mm Arctic P14 fans, and the fit is decently roomy for an SFF case, had no issues routing cables or anything. Performance is also excellent. Had no real issues installing anything (though due to my thicker than normal fans I wasn't able to intall them outside of the rad due to the screws being too short). Putting my loop together in the Meshlicious was far easier than my previous NZXT H200 - partly due to the sandwich layout putting everything near the side panels, meaning no need to stuff your hands into various crevices to reach things.

Speaking of that build, this arrived last night:

According to the specs it's too tall for the Meshy (163mm vs. 155m max), but either PowerColor and SSUPD measure GPU height differently (with/without the PCIe slot included?) or I'm saved by my rad+fan combo not quite reaching the max spec (30+28mm, so 58mm vs. 63mm max). Either way, an entirely nonscientific "hold it as close to in place as you can without removing the current GPU and check" test tells me it will fit. Definitely close, but doable. The GPU is complete, utter and mind-boggling overkill, and I'll likely be undervolting it just to keep the heat in check. Given that my loop handles the 275W of my Fury X fine I'm not worried about thermals, but with this much performance on the table I can gladly sacrifice some for improved efficiency.

Also got my secondary monitor in, settled on an AOC 24P2C - 75Hz 1080p 24" with USB-C and a built-in KVM. Still needs some tuning to match the colors on my old U2711 (the ICC profile I've got loaded for it makes matching difficult), but it's pretty decent. Tried some gaming on it yesterday, and it's pretty blurry (expected), but 75Hz is nice, and for an office monitor I'm happy that it has overdrive modes - medium results in no artifacting that I can see and visibly improves motion clarity. Not a gaming monitor by any stretch of the imagination, but it'll hold me over for the next while until there are more 27-32" HDMI 2.1-compatible UHD120/144 monitors out. And it'll be a huge boon for my office work. Text clarity is great (far better than the U2711 despite the lower DPI), and the matte display coating is sooooo much better (less grainy/sparkly). I haven't noticed any backlight bleed or glow, but I havent' been looking that hard either.

Really nice card, especially when undervolted. You really don't notice it and it saves a lot heat that would otherwise heat up everything else too. And that monitor setup really is the way to go, wish more monitors were just a tad taller as it's really noticeable when reading stuff.

Thanks to you guys I finally pulled the trigger on a MO-RA3 adapter for a Heatkiller res with a D5 mount. Ghetto rigging an EK pump/res combo doesn't look pretty and isn't practical at all. Then I got the great idea to move my stuff from the almost empty Lian Li O11 Dynamic to my Streacom BC1. It was 01:30 when I realised how stupid of an idea it was. Not enough tubing left, current tube runs were too short and switching the Noctua A20's meant remounting the pump/res combo. Long story short, don't do things that require planning without planning in the middle of the night.

 

[GreiverBlade]

alrighty tomorrow should be good.
according to reviews about it, the MSI Mag B550 Tomahawk punch way above her pricetag, managed to find one in stock at the outstanding price of 99chf which is 50 less than the average price listed and 110chf less than the mobo i will replace.

well, it has all i need (although "only" 6 USB port including the type-C is a little worrying, ah... no after checking ... i am only using 5 USB on my current mobo ... on the back IO )

PSU was a bit harder .... no RM in stock ... ended deciding on that .... thing...

iirc Sirtec oem and the reviews about it have very little cons ... well Chieftec Proton 1000w 80+ Bronze (and even managing 50% above the rating she's hum ... well .... rated for ... ) 1000w hummmm ... well it was priced like a RM850 ... why not, eh?

now let's hope the RAM will work and the GPU is not the culprit ... i will recycle everything else aside the H115i ... will be using the Wraith cooler till i get something better later, but not an AIO
(i could recycle my Thermalright IFX-14, if i had a second TR TY-147 fan... i also have a OCZ Vendetta 2 and a Scythe Katana 4 aside ... but well, unlike Intel the Wraith cooler is ... good... )

i am all giddy like a little girl getting a poney (or anything she'd love .... let's not be too "cliché"... ) after all a R5 3600 still is a strong runner and even manage to keep up with a 11600K at stock
well, a worthy upgrade compared to my 6600k and free to boot ... I never expected i would upgrade my rig this year for less than 250$... thank you "Kernel Power 41" ....

 

[MxPhenom 216]

3080TI (NOT IN PICTURE), Teamgroup Xtreem 3600 c14 ram, samsong 980 pro, 5900x ( not in picture ), and a bunch of water cooling stuff to do a cpu + gpu hardline loop

Motherboard is coming soon. Waiting for Gigabyte X570S boards to hit markets, which sounds like the Aorus Master will be available Friday.

 

[Valantar]

3080TI (NOT IN PICTURE), Teamgroup Xtreem 3600 c14 ram, samsong 980 pro, 5900x ( not in picture ), and a bunch of water cooling stuff to do a cpu + gpu hardline loop

Motherboard is coming soon. Waiting for Gigabyte X570S boards to hit markets, which sounds like the Aorus Master will be available Friday.

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Hey, I have that same cat scratcher thingy!