What's your latest tech purchase?

[Chomiq]

Been getting into DCS lately; got a VKB Gladiator NXT stick to start me off, currently waiting on a Winwing Orion throttle. For $150 the NXT blows every other entry level stick out of the water and is a pleasure to use. Loving the Kosmosima grip so much, might even upgrade it with a Gunfighter base later and keep the grip.

Wasn't originally set on the Orion throttle. But the TWCS is overpriced right now and needs slider mod, the X56 sucks ass (returned due to ghost inputs), and the TECS is probably going to coincide with Half Life 3 releasing, so Orion it is.

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Agreed. From 76C @ 180W, down to 45C at 205W+......I'm never complaining about the hassle of a loop. On air I see people brag about high OCs on TU106 all the time, but only on water can you really sustain the in-game clocks you think you're getting - HWInfo's GPU Effective Clock metric is great at gauging the difference.

Not nearly as much difference on the CPU outside of benching; too thermally dense to see much difference on ST, but can still be up to 5-10C cooler in Warzone/BFV/DCS where torturing a single core or two up to 80C+ on air.

Looks nice, a friend of mine is really into DCS and I'm always tempted to get into it.

 

[SN2716057]

Finally back in stock. This is the last one (I have 5 now), 4 for room scale (think H3VR, Arizona Sunshine, Alyx etc), and 1 for my sig rig (DCS, MSFS2000, Project Cars, etc)
Still waiting if valve will send me a replacement power adapter for the headset.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Went on a small spending spree after Christmas for consumables, flux, cheap thermal paste and pads for electronics, crimps and many other little bits and got some tech while I was at it.
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First bit of tech I'd like to try USB PD on my soldering iron so picked these two bits up.
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And lastly picked this up to integrate my solar charger into my smart home system.
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Turns out the usb charging hub had false advertising, main reason I got it was usb-c PD only thing it's missing ....usb-c PD

 

[Litzner]

I like K7xx, its a pretty good can, nice choice! I'm thinking about selling my HD58x and a couple other cans soon, just to downsize my collection. I don't really do the hobby much these days, but I would like to sell most of it, then get one really nice setup. Been a long time since I been in the hobby though, not sure what the new cans are like. I remember really liking K7xx though.

From what I have heard, for the money, its hard to find a better set of headphones for gaming then the K7XX, the other simiar headphones by AKG are also very good due to the the imaging and soundstage. The HD800S are better, but also $1,600...

 

[R-T-B]

Oh, you're about to have fun..

Good fun or bad fun?

From what I have heard, for the money, its hard to find a better set of headphones for gaming then the K7XX, the other simiar headphones by AKG are also very good due to the the imaging and soundstage. The HD800S are better, but also $1,600...

I can agree with this. The soundstage on the K7 line is hard to beat, and the confort level great. The value on the K7XX is absurd.

I run a K712 Pro which is pretty much just a Slovakian made K7XX. Great headphones.

 

[Space Lynx]

Good fun or bad fun?


I can agree with this. The soundstage on the K7 line is hard to beat, and the confort level great. The value on the K7XX is absurd.

I run a K712 Pro which is pretty much just a Slovakian made K7XX. Great headphones.

ya the k7xx especially has some very unique earpads. it feels like a little puff cloud on the head. I have never had another headphone feel the way the day on the head, very unique design

 

[toilet pepper]

I pre-ordered Johnny Silverhand Nendoroid and I recently received it. Haven't opened it yet but it looks awesome. Also bought some Bionix P14s which should have more RPMs than the regular P14s I have. I haven't tested if they are as quiet and effective as the regular ones though. Still waiting for a few more parts to arrive to re-do the loop.

 

[Space Lynx]

I pre-ordered Johnny Silverhand Nendoroid and I recently received it. Haven't opened it yet but it looks awesome. Also bought some Bionix P14s which should have more RPMs than the regular P14s I have. I haven't tested if they are as quiet and effective as the regular ones though. Still waiting for a few more parts to arrive to re-do the loop.

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enjoy my steam sticker

 

[lexluthermiester]

Good fun or bad fun?

Bad. Irritation.

 

[R-T-B]

Bad. Irritation.

Why? Something I should know?

 

[lexluthermiester]

Why? Something I should know?

Re-installation of Windows on a government workstation is an involved process, even if you're using a preconfigured image.

 

[R-T-B]

Re-installation of Windows on a government workstation is an involved process, even if you're using a preconfigured image.

It's not technically a "government workstation" but it does have compliance rules. I am a private firm that often deals with private government records. Accepting those records means checklists and audits, so yeah, a tad involved but not THAT bad.

Glad that's all. I was worried you might know something nasty about the SSDs lol.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It's not technically a "government workstation" but it does have compliance rules. I am a private firm that often deals with private government records. Accepting those records means checklists and audits, so yeah, a tad involved but not THAT bad.

Ah, fair enough.

Glad that's all. I was worried you might know something nasty about the SSDs lol.

No, not at all. I have experience with workstations that require specific configurations for government use.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

This will make my cables look better.

 

[Chomiq]

This will make my cables look better.
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Just make sure the extension cables won't melt like the ones @Mussels used once.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Just make sure the extension cables won't melt like the ones @Mussels used once.

Hopefully will be ok, they're cheap so if they seem iffy( i will look at the wire gauge) I'll buy some better quality ones. Just sick of looking at the crappy stock corsair ones when the rest is nice looking.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Hopefully will be ok, they're cheap so if they seem iffy( i will look at the wire gauge) I'll buy some better quality ones. Just sick of looking at the crappy stock corsair ones when the rest is nice looking.

I just threw them out of my build due to poor connection efficacy causing BSDs , was ok for a year then turned shitty plus sooooo much cable to hide on 24pin.
I would go fitted for your PSU one off cables next time instead of these.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Hopefully will be ok, they're cheap so if they seem iffy( i will look at the wire gauge) I'll buy some better quality ones. Just sick of looking at the crappy stock corsair ones when the rest is nice looking.

Why did you buy just extensions? And are they that cheap? Last set of fully custom sleeved Corsair cables I bought were like $60 last set of extensions I bought here in Asia and they were like under $10.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Why did you buy just extensions? And are they that cheap? Last set of fully custom sleeved Corsair cables I bought were like $60 last set of extensions I bought here in Asia and they were like under $10.

Think the 24 pin atx on my PSU is captive, so might as well get extensions(for now)

 

[ThaiTaffy]

Think the 24 pin atx on my PSU is captive, so might as well get extensions(for now)

I know the pro kit is £80 for everything but for £30 more than u paid you could have got one of the starter kits with all the in line caps and a warranty

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I know the pro kit is £80 for everything but for £30 more than u paid you could have got one of the starter kits with all the in line caps and a warranty
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No good if my PSU has a captive ATX 24 pin though

 

[kurosagi01]

The temp monitor that has better build quality than my Odyssey G5 34". Although going from curved to IPS/flat screen is going to take a bit of time getting used too.


The white Iiyama monitor I bought for the GF.

 

[PLAfiller]

This one wasn't planned, but I got a deal I couldn't resist. It's a ThinkCentre Tiny with a Coffee Lake i3-9100T, 8Gb and 256mb SSD:

It'sooo tiny, they are not joking. I see people do Plex mods, Firewall mods...etc. Plan is to up it to 16 or 32GB RAM.

I got in the kit the Vesa mount for it + for the charger and not the upright holder (as in some other kits).



The even better thing I saw is, that you can get an adapter like this one and throw in a single-slot GT1030 as well...ohh yeahh (in the voice of Victor from Despicable Me ).

If you excuse me now, I ughh need my screwdriver, gloves and get this dissection going

 

[SN2716057]

This one wasn't planned, but I got a deal I couldn't resist. It's a ThinkCentre Tiny with a Coffee Lake i3-9100T, 8Gb and 256mb SSD

that's really not much

 

[Space Lynx]

Bad. Irritation.

I think you are supposed to go to an SSD clinic when that happens.



see what I did there?