What's your latest tech purchase?

[lexluthermiester]

Looking at the local online retailer today I came across something that piqued my interest, do I need a usb warmer?View attachment 222042

Aww, but think of the children... they need their warmers..

I love that it's not even a USB part, that's an HDMI elbow.

That's what makes it funny! What I find even more funny is the picture of the Acer PC with the words "DIY Desktop" underneath. Who in there right mind would see an Acer PC and think DIY?!?

OK, back to topic please guys. we have a forum for "funny pictures". thanks!!

Oops. Sorry Ahhzz, hadn't gotten that far down the page before replying.. I'll shut up...

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Imagine this is what I actually do all my tech purchases on trying to find vertical server rack rails has been impossible it must have them, it has everything, but what they would name them is anyone's guess.

 

[Athlonite]

TP-Link are masters of putting whatever they can get their hands on inside their routers and as such they have a mix of Intel/Lantiq/MaxLinear, Mediatek, Realtek, Broadcom and Qualcomm hardware and they can even switch chipset in the same model when they make a new revision, so you really have no idea what you're buying.

don't forget Marvel in that mix

 

[TheLostSwede]

don't forget Marvel in that mix

Marvel exited the Wi-Fi and router business some time ago.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Marvel exited the Wi-Fi and router business some time ago.

Which is sad as they made rock solid products.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

although they are look the same it just not the same
athough the case looks pretty similar the internal quality is different, the left side is the better one

but the low quality has better finishing than the other one

That is some slim control board. Are you using only a hdd on these? I find certain 2.5 casing don't seems to like my ssd in them.

 

[Valantar]

don't forget Marvel in that mix

TP-link cinematic universe?

 

[R0H1T]

Last year's Air ~ yes finally joined the cult

 

[cst1992]

although they are look the same it just not the same
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I'm guessing the one on the right is the better one?

 

[R-T-B]

TP-link cinematic universe?

Goes well with imitation Spiderman/Spoderman:

 

[micropage7]

That is some slim control board. Are you using only a hdd on these? I find certain 2.5 casing don't seems to like my ssd in them.

I have ssd and on external, i just find some has lazy load on ssd but looks like normal on hdd

I'm guessing the one on the right is the better one?

The black one is the better one, although not very well known brand, at least from soldering quality it much better.

The new lens finally came! The thing is pretty big, but it doesn't weigh a lot. I need to find a furry woodland creature to take a picture of.
It's almost twice as long as my 24-105mm kit lens, but that's what happens when you go to 100-400mm.
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As a side note, this lens was just recently released, so it's a new one for the RF lineup.

RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM

Compact, lightweight and high-image quality RF tele zoom lens, with a versatile zoom range of 100-400mmOptical Image Stabilizer with up to 5.5 Stops* of shake correctionHigh speed, smooth and quiet autofocus with Canon’s Nano USM9-blade circular aperture for beautiful bokehControl Ring for...

www.usa.canon.com

Alrighty folks. I found myself some furry woodland creatures. It was a little dark out by the time I was done with work, so the high ISO noise sort of hurts the quality of the pictures, but you can get a pretty good idea for how much 8x magnification gets you.

12800 ISO, 400mm, ƒ/8, 0ev, 1/200s
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12800 ISO, 400mm, ƒ/8, 0ev, 1/160s (Had to drop the jpeg quality, TPU doesn't like images >10Mb.)
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12800 ISO, 400mm, ƒ/8, 0ev, 1/320s
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Looks good, but with handheld you will have some exercise then

 

[Aquinus]

Looks good, but with handheld you will have some exercise then

I hiked a 700ft hill today, then went down to a local pond with trails maintained by the local audubon. Definitely a workout, but it was well worth it.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I hiked a 700ft hill today, then went down to a local pond with trails maintained by the local audubon. Definitely an workout, but it was well worth it.
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Cute little chipmunk!

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Ram should be with me in a day or two

AOC Hdmi a few days after. No sign of them even packaging my server but maybe they don't work weekends will find out more tomorrow. What's a best saller? alot of stores claim that they are the best here.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Needed more Powah!!!! I figured out a very specific way to trip OCP with a 3080 ti on 4 850w psu and 2 750w psu with power limits set to 450w..... Tales of Arise second boss fight game set to 5k via DSR the whole battle sits around 50-60% power then it blast past 110% at the final part and trips OCP on a RMX-850, 2 Prime TR-850, EVGA G2-850, RM750, Focus GX750. Tested them all to make sure I wasn't crazy. Running a constant 100% load in any game doesn't do it at least any I've tried it was only with massive fluctuations in load/power draw.

This fixed it.... Although I first tried a Prime GX-1000 that also had no issues with it I had to barrow.




I plan on doing some testing with a Vanilla 3080 FTW same model just one tier down whenever I get around to it to see if it does the same thing. I probably won't make a post about that though.

 

[plastiscɧ]

And don't you dare to tell me that isn't tech related.

It has RGB

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Oh i love senseless stalking - Vegan rubber boots made in italy. The little girl was certainly very happy. ABOUT THE BOYS BOOTS... However, this light is very useful in the dark season! Good Daddy!

 

[FireFox]

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Oh i love senseless stalking - Vegan rubber boots made in italy. The little girl was certainly very happy. ABOUT THE BOYS BOOTS... However, this light is very useful in the dark season! Good Daddy!

She turned 3 yesterday and next week going to the kindergarten.
I guess too much RGB at home that when we went shopping and she saw the boots lighting she grabbed right away

 

[neatfeatguy]

Birthday present for myself.

Came in yesterday.

Then I'll be looking to transition my 3060ti to a new build for the kids for Christmas since they've been showing interest in playing some games on PC. I'm looking to probably picking up a z590 MB that's being offered for a good deal and probably stick something like a 10700k in it since they're decent and not horribly priced.

 

[cst1992]

Dual USB OTG(on-the-go) cables - one micro-USB and the other USB-C.
My sister has a fairly new phone so has issues charging it whenever she comes over, so got these.
$3 for both of them.

(And yes, they transmit data as well as power).

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

Well, it looks like my HD6950 is dead. I BIOS flashed it back in the day to a 6970. It did not like that, so I flipped its bios switch back to stock. It lasted a bit longer but eventually showed anomolies before crashing hard and showing all sorts of pac-man like errors during POST. oh well, going to try to find a 7750 or 7770 to put in it.

And, it looks like you possibly have a bulging cap on the upper left of the motherboard that it looks like you have your Deneb on. I can't tell exactly with the photo, because of a focus issue.

The new lens finally came! The thing is pretty big, but it doesn't weigh a lot. I need to find a furry woodland creature to take a picture of.
It's almost twice as long as my 24-105mm kit lens, but that's what happens when you go to 100-400mm.
View attachment 221763

As a side note, this lens was just recently released, so it's a new one for the RF lineup.

RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM

Compact, lightweight and high-image quality RF tele zoom lens, with a versatile zoom range of 100-400mmOptical Image Stabilizer with up to 5.5 Stops* of shake correctionHigh speed, smooth and quiet autofocus with Canon’s Nano USM9-blade circular aperture for beautiful bokehControl Ring for...

www.usa.canon.com

Alrighty folks. I found myself some furry woodland creatures. It was a little dark out by the time I was done with work, so the high ISO noise sort of hurts the quality of the pictures, but you can get a pretty good idea for how much 8x magnification gets you.

12800 ISO, 400mm, ƒ/8, 0ev, 1/200s
View attachment 221789

12800 ISO, 400mm, ƒ/8, 0ev, 1/160s (Had to drop the jpeg quality, TPU doesn't like images >10Mb.)
View attachment 221790

12800 ISO, 400mm, ƒ/8, 0ev, 1/320s
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Previously, I would be all over DSLRs without a doubt, but before I was given that Samsung Galaxy S5, back in very-late-July of 2016, I saw the prices and they are like a lot of video cards today.

Now, it looks like the high-end phones will have Canon panicking! Years ago, I went with Canon point-and-shooters and didn't regret it.

OTOH, Nikon's CoolPix S6300 had good specs, but seems very-hit-and-miss, in fact, I wonder if the one I have now, failed on me. I got them second hand and the first one failed unexpectedly. And the second one has janky focusing. To stop that blurry non-sense, I have to go forward and then tap backwards or vice-versa.

 

[cst1992]

It's a Ducky (Cherry MX Black), with white PBT dye sub keycaps, and yes, a set of Spongebob PBT keycaps for the heck of it. Sometimes, I just wanna lighten things up....

If I were you, I'd replace the B, E, G, N, O, P, S keys of that keyboard(you kinda get why).

 

[Valantar]

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Dual USB OTG(on-the-go) cables - one micro-USB and the other USB-C.
My sister has a fairly new phone so has issues charging it whenever she comes over, so got these.
$3 for both of them.

(And yes, they transmit data as well as power).

I thought USB OTG meant using a mobile device as a USB host, i.e. USB-C/micro B to an USB-A receptacle? These look like ordinary USB A-C/A-micro B cables to me.

 

[cst1992]

You mean a female type-A? Maybe, then yes, these aren't OTG.

 

[R0H1T]

I hiked a 700ft hill today, then went down to a local pond with trails maintained by the local audubon. Definitely a workout, but it was well worth it.
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He's probably telling you ~ back off shorty

 

[P4-630]

Birthday present for myself.

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Came in yesterday.

Then I'll be looking to transition my 3060ti to a new build for the kids for Christmas since they've been showing interest in playing some games on PC. I'm looking to probably picking up a z590 MB that's being offered for a good deal and probably stick something like a 10700k in it since they're decent and not horribly priced.

I wanted one, this one or the OC version...

I just don't buy one with current prices...
I decided to buy a 58" 4K TV first.. (previous 32" 1080p)
So there went my money for a new TV for now.

I will keep using my 2070 Super until hopefully the prices are back normal... IF...
One can only hope..