What's your latest tech purchase?

[kurosagi01]

From my recent thread,decided to go the single 34" route and bought the Samsung odyssey G5.
Also bought another set of the Corsair fans to replace the Silverstone fans I had, installed the noctua as the exhaust.
No more RGB,going for just red LEDs and then bought another SSD for game storage.

 

[phill]

I couldn't resist. They arrived yesterday.

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I bet you're glad you never waited....

So much nicer when they are half the price !!

 

[Ruru]

I'll probably grab just a Kingston A2000 1TB for my next drive as they're around 100EUR here and it'll just be an another game storage drive.. for the system drive, my good ol' 840 Pro 256GB does its job fine

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I'll probably grab just a Kingston A2000 1TB for my next drive as they're around 100EUR here and it'll just be an another game storage drive.. for the system drive, my good ol' 840 Pro 256GB does its job fine

I'm using a crucial 500gb sata SSD as boot, and as my steam folder is so big, a 4tb WD blue for games, not the fastest but "shrug" Still have 2* M2 slots on my board though, gonna wait and see if any bargain 3TB+ come along

 

[AusWolf]

I bet you're glad you never waited....

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So much nicer when they are half the price !!

Wow! This sale didn't last long at all.

I'm using a crucial 500gb sata SSD as boot, and as my steam folder is so big, a 4tb WD blue for games, not the fastest but "shrug" Still have 2* M2 slots on my board though, gonna wait and see if any bargain 3TB+ come along

I think I'll use my SATA drive for boot with my next install as well. It isn't noticeably slower in everyday use, but the good old MLC chips should age a lot slower than modern TLC (let alone QLC) ones.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Wow! This sale didn't last long at all.


I think I'll use my SATA drive for boot with my next install as well. It isn't noticeably slower in everyday use, but the good old MLC chips should age a lot slower than modern TLC (let alone QLC) ones.

Tbh boot is pretty quick, and i never notice it being slow at all.

 

[Rahnak]

Decisions were made. I'm aiming to grab a 1440p monitor next week as well, most likely a Gigabyte M27Q.

Not really looking forward to reinstalling Windows. Is a driver uninstall enough when you switch brands these days?

 

[HammerON]

Just use DDU to remove the AMD drivers and install the Nvidia drivers.

 

[tabascosauz]

Ordered one of these SS135 coolers, hopefully it actually shows up this time instead of disappearing into the shadow realm. It's a 120mm dual tower, but a very short height-restricted cooler so basically a 120mm counterpart to the NH-D9L - [hopefully] performance of the higher class of coolers (120mm towers) in a package closer to smaller coolers (92mm towers).

I'm hoping it can match the iPPC NH-C14S. If it can, and the Vengeance RAM cooler can still keep the B-die relatively cool compared to the monster RAM airflow provided by the C14S, then I can use the windowed panel on the Cerberus X to show everything off.

U9S: 125mm (for comparison as a standard 92mm cooler)
SS135: 135mm
C14S: 142mm
Fuma Rev.B: 149mm (not usable with windowed side panel)
U12S: 158mm (for comparison as a standard 120mm cooler)

For Thermalright, it's the less-dangerous equivalent of the their Silver Arrow 130. The SA130 is too gaudy and the heatsink easily cuts fingers. Similar heatsink mass, more standard fan size.

 

[AusWolf]

Ordered one of these SS135 coolers, hopefully it actually shows up this time instead of disappearing into the shadow realm. It's a 120mm dual tower, but a very short height-restricted cooler so basically a 120mm counterpart to the NH-D9L - [hopefully] performance of the higher class of coolers (120mm towers) in a package closer to smaller coolers (92mm towers).

I'm hoping it can match the iPPC NH-C14S. If it can, and the Vengeance RAM cooler can still keep the B-die relatively cool compared to the monster RAM airflow provided by the C14S, then I can use the windowed panel on the Cerberus X to show everything off.

U9S: 125mm (for comparison as a standard 92mm cooler)
SS135: 135mm
C14S: 142mm
Fuma Rev.B: 149mm (not usable with windowed side panel)
U12S: 158mm (for comparison as a standard 120mm cooler)

For Thermalright, it's the less-dangerous equivalent of the their Silver Arrow 130. The SA130 is too gaudy and the heatsink easily cuts fingers. Similar heatsink mass, more standard fan size.


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When a manufacturer puts a cap on the heatpipe ends, it always gives a cooler a kind of quality look. Just not a fan of the flimsy folded wire fan mount. I have the same on my be quiet! Shadow Rock LP. It leaves the fan some room to wiggle, making it look like it wants to fall off. Shame, as the rest of the cooler is top quality.

 

[maxfly]

Anyone else notice the 3 mounting holes on the fan? I wonder why? Hmmm
Edit-nvm they're for the corner pads.

 

[tabascosauz]

When a manufacturer puts a cap on the heatpipe ends, it always gives a cooler a kind of quality look. Just not a fan of the flimsy folded wire fan mount. I have the same on my be quiet! Shadow Rock LP. It leaves the fan some room to wiggle, making it look like it wants to fall off. Shame, as the rest of the cooler is top quality.

Indeed. I'm not a fan of the exposed look usually and also not a fan of the Noctua covers or other smooth covers. It's a heatsink, make it look nice but still make it recognizable as a heatsink.

I've not used Thermalright yet, but Noctua clips have always been very tight and secure. Both the clips and the new-style retention mechanism are very similar to Noctua, which should be a great thing.

Anyone else notice the 3 mounting holes on the fan? I wonder why? Hmmm

It's because of the rubber pads, Noctua does the same thing so you'll see three holes if you take the pads off the corners. Two of them are to secure the pads.

I don't like the fact that the 120mm has 92mm mounting holes though. Not sure if I'd have to stretch the stock clips for a real 120mm. Or maybe try using the special 120mm clips that they sent me for the C14S.

 

[toilet pepper]

Dont be like me! I got the Model O Wireless a week ago and while it is very light from what I am used to there was some friction when I moved it. I thought that it was just my desk pad so I cleaned it and it still had some scratchy feel. So I then ordered the G-floats in the hopes it would make the experience better. As I was removing the stock skates, the blue part of the feet was peeling off and I realized that it was the protective film. I just removed the stock skates and installed the G-Floats.

I have no idea now how the G-floats compare to the stock ones but it now feels smooth and controllable.

 

[Mussels]

A friend pointed out what my mic setup looks like when i close it in

Hello? is someone there? PEW PEW PEW

 

[FireFox]

I don't know if this is an Amazon.de or Amazon.uk mistake


65,13€ for a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB is a good deal.

I couldn't resist and ordered 1

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I don't know if this is an Amazon.de or Amazon.uk mistake
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65,13€ for a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB is a good deal.

I couldn't resist and ordered 1

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[FireFox]

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That's the one i got.
I ordered it by Amazon.de but it's sold by Amazon.uk

 

[GerKNG]

Collection complete

 

[lexluthermiester]

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Let's hope it doesn't go bad on you anytime soon. Gigabyte's RMA division is getting hammered right now..

 

[GerKNG]

Let's hope it doesn't go bad on you anytime soon. Gigabyte's RMA division is getting hammered right now..

i have a 4 year warranty and in my country i just go (in the first two years) to the retailer where i bought it and give it back (exchange, repair, refund)

 

[lexluthermiester]

i have a 4 year warranty and in my country i just go (in the first two years) to the retailer where i bought it and give it back (exchange, repair, refund)

Wish we had that stateside..

 

[Valantar]

Wish we had that stateside..

And those of us with that usually wish for the opposite, as store RMAs are inevitably slower (except for the very few cases where they have service technicians in store or close by who can run initial tests for fast processing). Heck, I've had many an in-store RMA take several weeks, and saw many take more than a month in the stores I've worked at. The more hands it has to pass through the longer it takes.

 

[Sithaer]

i have a 4 year warranty and in my country i just go (in the first two years) to the retailer where i bought it and give it back (exchange, repair, refund)

Same where I live but I belive thats like common in EU.
The first time I heard about how it works in the US that I would have to deal with the RMA myself/contact ppl and whatnot I was like uh, what really?

Luckily not many hardware died on me but back in the days my 8800 GT died on me after 2 and half years and it had 3 years warranty.
Brought it back to the retailer and it took them ~1 month to deal with it and at the end I got back a GTS 450 which was a slight upgrade so eh it was all good. 'meanwhile I borrowed a card from a friend'

Last time I had to deal with such was earlier this year when my barely 2 years old PSU started developing issues and I narrowed it down to the PSU for sure.
Contacted the retailer 'same retailer as the 8800 GT times' and they told me to send it back which was free cause I paid a few $ for that service when I bought it just to be safe.

Since everything was slowed down due to covid at the time they offered me a full refound and an option to pick another PSU on their site and I only had to pay the price difference.'Thats how I got my current PSU for like 15$'
This time the whole process took them less than 1 week.

To be honest I much prefer to have RMA this way, I really don't like to deal with such things and this way its kept to a minimal effort on my side.

 

[Valantar]

Same where I live but I belive thats like common in EU.
The first time I heard about how it works in the US that I would have to deal with the RMA myself/contact ppl and whatnot I was like uh, what really?

Luckily not many hardware died on me but back in the days my 8800 GT died on me after 2 and half years and it had 3 years warranty.
Brought it back to the retailer and it took them ~1 month to deal with it and at the end I got back a GTS 450 which was a slight upgrade so eh it was all good. 'meanwhile I borrowed a card from a friend'

Last time I had to deal with such was earlier this year when my barely 2 years old PSU started developing issues and I narrowed it down to the PSU for sure.
Contacted the retailer 'same retailer as the 8800 GT times' and they told me to send it back which was free cause I paid a few $ for that service when I bought it just to be safe.

Since everything was slowed down due to covid at the time they offered me a full refound and an option to pick another PSU on their site and I only had to pay the price difference.'Thats how I got my current PSU for like 15$'
This time the whole process took them less than 1 week.

To be honest I much prefer to have RMA this way, I really don't like to deal with such things and this way its kept to a minimal effort on my side.

Yeah, that's the major advantage of store-handled RMA - they know who to contact and how to get things done, and ideally have well established routines on handling everything. The downside is that these systems are often slow and cumbersome, or just understaffed.

I don't know about the EU, but in Norway the law mandates stores provide an 'equivalent' loaner product if an RMA takes more than a week to process. In reality the handling of this is highly variable (some insist you have to come back after a week to get it even if they know from the start the RMA will take a long time, some don't have loaner units on hand and have to request them from somewhere, etc.). My experience working in retail was that this was a great, but expensive system - And people handing in a recent iPhone for repair aren't too happy when the only loaners are either cheap android devices or really old Apple ones. Still, IMO this is a really great law - I mean, what would you do if you had to go a month without your phone?

 

[AusWolf]

Yeah, that's the major advantage of store-handled RMA - they know who to contact and how to get things done, and ideally have well established routines on handling everything. The downside is that these systems are often slow and cumbersome, or just understaffed.

I don't know about the EU, but in Norway the law mandates stores provide an 'equivalent' loaner product if an RMA takes more than a week to process. In reality the handling of this is highly variable (some insist you have to come back after a week to get it even if they know from the start the RMA will take a long time, some don't have loaner units on hand and have to request them from somewhere, etc.). My experience working in retail was that this was a great, but expensive system - And people handing in a recent iPhone for repair aren't too happy when the only loaners are either cheap android devices or really old Apple ones. Still, IMO this is a really great law - I mean, what would you do if you had to go a month without your phone?

There's also the case when the store doesn't want to deal with a situation that the manufacturer potentially would.

My MSi GT 1030 died on me a couple months ago. Coincidentally, I installed its low profile bracket before then. MSi has a terrible construction on its passive low profile cards - even though the LP bracket is included, you have to remove the GPU heatsink to have access to the screw that holds it into place. The store told me that by removing the heatsink, I voided the warranty. So essentially, even though MSi includes the LP bracket, you're not allowed to install it, because you'd have to tamper with the heatsink.