What's your latest tech purchase?

[Space Lynx]

not sure if this counts, but I just financed this 2022 toyota corolla. we going to the moon boys! I'm taking her to 500k miles, wait and see. she gonna get liquids changed every 3k miles, and 45k miles for the transmission. its overkill I know, but I am taking her to 500k, wait and see boys wait and see

21k MSRP, no mark up. shortages can eat **** boys, I am good to go

 

[plastiscɧ]

not sure if this counts, but I just financed this 2022 toyota corolla. we going to the moon boys! I'm taking her to 500k miles, wait and see. she gonna get liquids changed every 3k miles, and 45k miles for the transmission. its overkill I know, but I am taking her to 500k, wait and see boys wait and see

21k MSRP, no mark up. shortages can eat **** boys, I am good to go

it counts as long it is minimum a hybrid

 

[toilet pepper]

Both, facebook PCMR groups get asked "why does Xbox controller lag so bad" every 15 minutes (several times a week, but feels like 15 minutes) and you'll get a dozen replies in the first 5 minutes (not exaggerating) saying to just get the dongle





Time to practise your frank welker and Peter Cullen voices

Sadly the LG puricare mic wont let you change your voice. Would have been cool to sound like Vader or Bane. Atleast, you would sound like the Mandalorian. This is the way!

 

[AlwaysHope]

Is this how to Metaverse?

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One of the best purchase I've done recently the LG Puricare with VoiceOn mask. Its a smart mask that follow your pattern of breathing and filters incoming and outgoing air. It also has a voice amplifier with a push of a button.

So I guess THIS is how you Metaverse, right?

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This is pretty hard to get unlike the LG so I waited for the drop and got one in the December drop. The Razer Zephyr while being more expensive than the LG Puricare feels cheap. The fan is noisy and just have 2 speed settings - drone or biplane. The air circulation is not smart. It just sucks air in all the time but also has double filtration. The light showing your mouth is great only hindered by the fact that no one can hear you when you wear this.

With all that said. It has RGB so its an IGN 10/10.

Wow! that's interesting. I'll have to let the boss know at my work, might be able to get a discount on a bulk purchase!

 

[onemanhitsquad]

hahahaha!...what do those do for you?

 

[Chomiq]

not sure if this counts, but I just financed this 2022 toyota corolla. we going to the moon boys! I'm taking her to 500k miles, wait and see. she gonna get liquids changed every 3k miles, and 45k miles for the transmission. its overkill I know, but I am taking her to 500k, wait and see boys wait and see

21k MSRP, no mark up. shortages can eat **** boys, I am good to go

Looking forward to paying for key fob remote engine start?

 

[Space Lynx]

Looking forward to paying for key fob remote engine start?

I was never going to do a remote starter to begin with so it doesn't effect me.

also, toyota is changing its tune on that I think:

Toyota May Not Require Subscription For Remote Start After All: Report

A report claims Toyota is reconsidering its requirement on some newer vehicles for a paid subscription to use remote start on a key fob.

www.motor1.com

Toyota 'Reviewing' Key Fob Remote Start Subscription Plan After Massive Blowback

A spokesperson told The Drive that making the key fob remote start part of a subscription plan was an "unintentional" move.

www.thedrive.com

 

[plastiscɧ]

It arrived one day earlier!
13 pro max 256GB

 

[AsRock]

Well LG not being any help with my monitor, so get the parts for my self . Thankfully it's not the screen i need and the screen is showing that it can display still so with a board swap should be all good.

But i am totally done with LG second time they failed to help.

 

[seth1911]

i cant buy all time old or new HW. I need one system with many PCIe Slots and the consumer sockets are really really bad and expensive.
I save now a few months my € then ill go with that.

Intel Xeon Silver 4210, 10C/20T, 2.20-3.20GHz, boxed ohne Kühler ab € 729,83 (2024) | Preisvergleich Geizhals Österreich

✔ Preisvergleich für Intel Xeon Silver 4210, 10C/20T, 2.20-3.20GHz, boxed ohne Kühler ✔ Produktinfo ⇒ Kerne: 10 (10C) • Threads: 20 • Turbotakt: 3.20GHz (Turbo Boost 2.0) • Basistakt: 2.20GHz… ✔ Intel ✔ Testberichte ✔ Günstig kaufen

geizhals.at

ASRock Rack EPC621D8A ab € 476,20 (2024) | Preisvergleich Geizhals Österreich

✔ Preisvergleich für ASRock Rack EPC621D8A ✔ Produktinfo ⇒ Formfaktor: ATX • Sockel: Intel 3647 (Narrow-ILM) • Chipsatz: Intel C621 • RAM: 8x DDR4 DIMM, hexa PC4-23… ✔ Intel Xeon ✔ Testberichte ✔ Günstig kaufen

geizhals.at

 

[Remeca]

I resisted pre-ordering, I resisted buying at launch, but for 34% off retail plus a $14 off coupon I couldn't help it. Don't entirely regret it. I remember how bad BF4 was at launch and all the hate it got at the time (some of which was warranted, some which was not). I think if they don't give up on it it will be a really solid BF game in time. Even as is it's possible to have a pretty good time. Just not with friends very easily.

 

[jormungand]

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I resisted pre-ordering, I resisted buying at launch, but for 34% off retail plus a $14 off coupon I couldn't help it. Don't entirely regret it. I remember how bad BF4 was at launch and all the hate it got at the time (some of which was warranted, some which was not). I think if they don't give up on it it will be a really solid BF game in time. Even as is it's possible to have a pretty good time. Just not with friends very easily.

Rank S007 over here, i wont have great expectations if i were you. I preordered, and started playing the early access with friends...saying that they havent fix the 2 big things gamers have been asking,
the friend list ( like adding friends, party more than 4 players and letting friends join your match, its missing) the Scoreboard is missing, Server browser is missing. the aim assist on console is like magnetism and ttk or hit reg on them (PS or Xbox) is delayed or a complete joke. Guns like the DMR- SVK or the assault AC42 are really precise shots but the hitbox on the console is the size of a watermelon. They need to focus more on updating what the community wants. The addition of the specialists killed the teamwork, almost everyone wants to use the Squirrel ( Gliding suit girl) or the Russian guy with a turret with and LMG - PKP lying on a corner, something that helps nobody. Who thought that adding a metal plate was a good idea?? BF is BF dont bring BR stuff and break the weapon gameplay that we had for years.
dont get me wrong ive put a tons of hours and still playing with friends but after 2 months its really hard not to quit after 2-3 hours and look for another game.
my point is ....big IF!!! IF they dont fix what the community really wants, Battlefield is gonna be in problems, more than the ones it has already.
MY opinion is not hate, getting to rank 100 ( S00) shows i really played and still playing the game, its mediocre thats the word.
sorry for my answer in the wrong thread guys.

 

[oobymach]

Finally got the heatsinks in for my usb nvme drive, clamped it for 2 hours to squeeze out as much goop as possible and baked for an hour and a half at 250 degrees to set the heatsink glue,
I present usb drive V3.0

Click to enlarge.

 

[toilet pepper]

Wow! that's interesting. I'll have to let the boss know at my work, might be able to get a discount on a bulk purchase!

One thing to add. The filters would have to be replaced every now and then especially when you use it daily. It ramps up the cost of use by a lot.

 

[tabascosauz]

Cooped up inside these past few days thanks to getting snowed in every other day. After I built my U80-A I rebuilt my X60 R with some spare parts I had lying around. Old MX Silent Reds lubed with GHv4, and the usual treatment for the stabs. Nothing special... aside from the 5mm brass plate.

It's more than 3 times as thick as the average 1.5mm alu/SS/brass plate, and alone probably weighs as much some entire 60% keyboards. Like the 5mm Noxary polycarbonate plate I have for another board (but infinitesimally heavier), the thickness of the plate completely fills the gap between the switch top and the PCB. Makes for a nice inaudible and inoffensive office board......I don't have a scale handy but it's probably tipping the scales at 4 lb or so

The only drawback is that as with all Noxary products, the brass is uncoated and naturally tarnishes over time. Compare the brand new plate vs. the oxidized brass weight on the bottom:

 

[dont whant to set it"']

I somehow managed to shake off the upgrade itch when Alder lake launched, was going for a z690ddr4+i7 12700k, only to double down what that would of cost on graphics card almost 2 months later.

It's the regular xt version and not the xtxh(xthx?).
Disappointed by:
a) the lack of a switch on the board to turn off the rgb thingy , so I may have to take the card apart and disconnect rgb disco themed light source thingy from the header.
b) the confusing power slider in the tuning menu when set to negative 10, witch is the lowest settable setting , yelding something like -50% compared the the previous gen in this respect, dropping the tdp of the GPU to ~146W from ~300W rated.
Le: attachment issues.

 

[Chomiq]

A set of four. It was a freaking steal for $7 a piece.

 

[INSTG8R]

I somehow managed to shake off the upgrade itch when Alder lake launched, was going for a z690ddr4+i7 12700k, only to double down what that would of cost on graphics card almost 2 months later.

It's the regular xt version and not the xtxh(xthx?).
Disappointed by:
a) the lack of a switch on the board to turn off the rgb thingy , so I may have to take the card apart and disconnect rgb disco themed light source thingy from the header.
b) the confusing power slider in the tuning menu when set to negative 10, witch is the lowest settable setting , yelding something like -50% compared the the previous gen in this respect, dropping the tdp of the GPU to ~146W from ~300W rated.
Le: attachment issues.

Should be able to turn off the RGB using GBs RGB Fusion. It can be run standalone so you can probably install it, run it, turn off the RGB and uninstall it. I only keep it installed for my MoBo for BIOS updates that reset my coulour. Same deal tho, open it once, colour is already set, close again.

 

[dont whant to set it"']

@INSTG8R I'd rather not install any such software , tough , would it still work after the program uninstall?

 

[INSTG8R]

@INSTG8R I'd rather not install any such software , tough , would it still work after the program uninstall?

I know with my Sapphire 6700XT I only needed to run TriXX once to deal with RGB on it and again with RGB Fusion it doesn’t have to run at all, just have to run it once if I need to redo my RGB. So I’d say it would be no different for GPUs run once and be done with it.

 

[QuietBob]

I'd rather not install any such software , tough , would it still work after the program uninstall?

I've done exactly that to turn off RGB on a Sapphire card and an Asrock one. Install their proprietary app, turn off the light, uninstall. I would expect Gigabyte software to act the same way.

 

[INSTG8R]

I've done exactly that to turn off RGB on a Sapphire card and an Asrock one. Install their proprietary app, turn off the light, uninstall. I would expect Gigabyte software to act the same way.

I’m gonna concur. I just keep it installed because I usually grab Beta BIOSs when available so need to run it once after a flash.

 

[plastiscɧ]

Finally got the heatsinks in for my usb nvme drive, clamped it for 2 hours to squeeze out as much goop as possible and baked for an hour and a half at 250 degrees to set the heatsink glue,
I present usb drive V3.0

Click to enlarge.

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nice work! regarding i am the father of this..... idea.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Got a slightly better boot drive, instead of a WD blue 256gb NVME that was sata. this is much faster

 

[Psychoholic]

Got a slightly better boot drive, instead of a WD blue 256gb NVME that was sata. this is much faster

I read that description in the picture as 100MB/s for a minute, lol