What's your latest tech purchase?

[Valantar]

This is the very thread to show off the purchase and your setup, go for it!

(Use indirect daylight, it's the magic key to helping weaker cameras out)

+1. That, and removing the glass to avoid reflections.

 

[Yraggul666]

Yeah the way my room is positioned doesn't do my photos any favours, plus i suck at taking pics; anyway!
Here goes...

 

[Space Lynx]

@R-T-B @nguyen It's not your LG OLED, but my night shift job allows me to watch movies and netflix at work, guess what just hit store shelves? 14" OLED 90hz panels, 100% dci-p3, TrueBlack HDR 600 - $749

guess who just joined the OLED crowd? sure I can't game on it (I'm hoping I can figure out a way to use it as an external monitor though, not sure if I can or not with this)

its on its way, but here is stock photo for now: its 11th gen intel with iris graphics, i might be able to get away with some indie gaming and card games, but thats it... here is to hoping I can get it to work as an external monitor for a gaming setup though... cause 90hz OLED on a budget and portable would be epic... the funny thing about having two jobs, I find myself buying more things. and I need to stop, this is probably my last big purchase for quite some time. hope its as pretty to look at as LG OLED tv's... but I can't carry an OLED tv to work, so RIP

 

[nguyen]

@R-T-B @nguyen It's not your LG OLED, but my night shift job allows me to watch movies and netflix at work, guess what just hit store shelves? 14" OLED 90hz panels, 100% dci-p3, TrueBlack HDR 600 - $749

guess who just joined the OLED crowd? sure I can't game on it (I'm hoping I can figure out a way to use it as an external monitor though, not sure if I can or not with this)

its on its way, but here is stock photo for now: its 11th gen intel with iris graphics, i might be able to get away with some indie gaming and card games, but thats it... here is to hoping I can get it to work as an external monitor for a gaming setup though... cause 90hz OLED on a budget and portable would be epic... the funny thing about having two jobs, I find myself buying more things. and I need to stop, this is probably my last big purchase for quite some time. hope its as pretty to look at as LG OLED tv's... but I can't carry an OLED tv to work, so RIP

How about an eGPU down the line since that laptop has thunderbolt 4 after all.

 

[Space Lynx]

How about an eGPU down the line since that laptop has thunderbolt 4 after all.

I didn't realize I could do that!!! thanks for mentioning this... hmmm, very interesting indeed! i may do that... 90hz OLED portable... OH SWEET MAMA THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED!!!!

 

[Valantar]

I didn't realize I could do that!!! thanks for mentioning this... hmmm, very interesting indeed! i may do that... 90hz OLED portable... OH SWEET MAMA THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED!!!!

There are often decent deals to be had on used eGPU chassis these days, so having a look on ebay or whatever used market is relevant to you is probably a good idea. Just remember that high end GPUs don't make sense for eGPU use due to interface bottlenecks. Not that GPUs are available for purchase these days anyway

 

[Space Lynx]

There are often decent deals to be had on used eGPU chassis these days, so having a look on ebay or whatever used market is relevant to you is probably a good idea. Just remember that high end GPUs don't make sense for eGPU use due to interface bottlenecks. Not that GPUs are available for purchase these days anyway

I already decided I am waiting for the Intel ARC gpu's, maybe I will get lucky with something there at MSRP. I'm fine with using this just for movies/youtube and light indie gaming for now. I'm in no rush.

 

[toilet pepper]

Traded my Rift S for a Quest 2 recently and went ham with the accessories. Stock Quest 2 strap sucks so bad compared the the Rift S. So I decided to kit it out and it is miles better than stock and feels like a Rift S now with no cables. Airlink works wonderful even though I am in a different room from my computer.


Accessories are:

BoboVR Halo Strap
Kiwi facial interface
Kiwi grips with hot-swap for batteries
Kiwi Blue Lens filter (helps with the glare and made the display clearer)
Generic silicone padded power bank holder - works amazing you cant even feel you have a power bank strapped to your head.
Aukey slim type 10000mAh power bank.

 

[Valantar]

I already decided I am waiting for the Intel ARC gpu's, maybe I will get lucky with something there at MSRP. I'm fine with using this just for movies/youtube and light indie gaming for now. I'm in no rush.

Sounds good. That also gives you plenty of time to look for a good deal on an eGPU chassis.

 

[Space Lynx]

Traded my Rift S for a Quest 2 recently and went ham with the accessories. Stock Quest 2 strap sucks so bad compared the the Rift S. So I decided to kit it out and it is miles better than stock and feels like a Rift S now with no cables. Airlink works wonderful even though I am in a different room from my computer.


Accessories are:

BoboVR Halo Strap
Kiwi facial interface
Kiwi grips with hot-swap for batteries
Kiwi Blue Lens filter (helps with the glare and made the display clearer)
Generic silicone padded power bank holder - works amazing you cant even feel you have a power bank strapped to your head.
Aukey slim type 10000mAh power bank.





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have fun with VR, I am looking forward to that someday.

 

[sepheronx]

have fun with VR, I am looking forward to that someday.

Since I got my quest 2, it's been sitting in a box collecting dust.

Anyway, picked up this LG 32" 165hz 1440p monitor

Edit sorry, 31.5"

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Excited for this one - PreOrderd in August and just got contacted from Design Dept.

 

[Space Lynx]

Excited for this one - PreOrderd in August and just got contacted from Design Dept. View attachment 225528

that looks fun to drive, what is the range that yours will have? I really wanted an electric car, but they are all out of my price range... really hoping toyota comes to market late 2022 or 2023 with a budget EV for commuters

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

that looks fun to drive, what is the range that yours will have? I really wanted an electric car, but they are all out of my price range... really hoping toyota comes to market late 2022 or 2023 with a budget EV for commuters

Getting the 400+ mile battery. It has supposedly exceeded the EPA rating for 400 miles.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yeah the way my room is positioned doesn't do my photos any favours, plus i suck at taking pics; anyway!
Here goes...

Nice! You need a slightly bigger desk though..

 

[sepheronx]

that looks fun to drive, what is the range that yours will have? I really wanted an electric car, but they are all out of my price range... really hoping toyota comes to market late 2022 or 2023 with a budget EV for commuters

Companies do exist that can convert an existing car to an electric. I know my parents are doing that with their MGB.

I am planning to eventually do that (if electricity distribution charges drop considerably here where I pay more in distribution than use) to a ford of mine.

Much cheaper too.

Although from comments from people I met with Tesla's up here, during winter, they are only good for inner city driving at best.

 

[ZenZimZaliben]

Nice! You need a slightly bigger desk though..

IDK I would consider this a tech purchase...right?

 

[Anoniem]

Some adapter stickers for Coffee lake in Gigabyte 1151 V1 boards. Took a while to find these.

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That's pretty damn neat, old board, newer CPU. Love it.

Decided I wasn't happy with the cobbled together tubing on my MO-RA3 420 after I finished the MO-RA3 360. Since I'm still in quarantine I ordered a crap load of fittings and all the other goodies. The four Noctua A20's were replaced by 9 Arctic P14 PWM PST's, Arctic has really outdone themselves with their latest fans. It's not Noctua but they are just €35,95 for five, yes FIVE fans and high quality ones too! I can't even get two NF-A12x25 PWM fans for that price!

 

[seth1911]

For my new project in Nov. a second hand cooler, Zerotherm BTF95
A8 5600K @ 4,6 GHz
Gigabyte A88X ...
32GB RAM
R9 380

 

[AusWolf]

Excited for this one - PreOrderd in August and just got contacted from Design Dept. View attachment 225528

It looks like something out of Cyberpunk 2077. Ugly, but cool.

 

[stinger608]

Since I got my quest 2, it's been sitting in a box collecting dust.

Well, you should probably send it to me to test and make sure it still works.

 

[Space Lynx]

Companies do exist that can convert an existing car to an electric. I know my parents are doing that with their MGB.

I am planning to eventually do that (if electricity distribution charges drop considerably here where I pay more in distribution than use) to a ford of mine.

Much cheaper too.

Although from comments from people I met with Tesla's up here, during winter, they are only good for inner city driving at best.

I'm considering buying the Aptera solar car, they are taking reservations now, 25 grand and it charges itself on solar around 40 miles a day it can do on solar. If I add in my own solar panel and generator backups, I could theoretically drive for 20 years without paying a single fuel cost to utilities or gas companies. hehe

 

[R-T-B]

I'm considering buying the Aptera solar car, they are taking reservations now, 25 grand and it charges itself on solar around 40 miles a day it can do on solar. If I add in my own solar panel and generator backups, I could theoretically drive for 20 years without paying a single fuel cost to utilities or gas companies. hehe

Sounds like a grand idea as long as you don't mind the occasional "postponed charge" due to rainy weather, etc. If you're patient and just use the solar could pay for itself easy.

 

[Yraggul666]

Nice! You need a slightly bigger desk though..

Tell me about it...
A slightly bigger room would be even better , but yes, i totally agree, but for now, unfortunately, things have to stay this way.

IDK I would consider this a tech purchase...right?

Welp the desk would have tech stuff on it so i guess it would be a tech-related purchase...

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Excited for this one - PreOrderd in August and just got contacted from Design Dept. View attachment 225528

I really wanted one of these but import duties here add 300%onto the price so I'll have to wait till they either manufacture them here or someone makes a similar model. The idea that it can also provide power back to the house in the event of a power cut is very appealing so zenzim officially has a ford UPS now.