What's your latest tech purchase?

[Deleted member 24505]

Rather than digress the thread too much but when I was 21, I bought Linn Hi-Fi, still have it to this day and its still working 20 years on!! CD, pre and 2 power amps

I do have some pics to post but I'll try and do that in the morning after some sleep!

Fucking love Linn stuff, nothing better across the pond

My Byski full cover block for the 1080ti from Aliexpress has shipped, last time i had to pay RM £11 when the last block got here. Lets see if they squeeze the same again this time the cheeky gits.

 

[Braegnok]

Started a new ITX build using LIAN LI A4-H20-X4 chassis,.. system will mainly be used to store and play music and movies as well as display photos.

New hardware: Intel Core i7-12700K, Asus Strix Z690-i, LIAN LI 750W SFF, RTX A2000-12GB, 2x32GB DDR5-4800, Primary Drive: Seagate FireCuda 530 4TB M.2, Storage Drive: Samsung 870 QVO SATA III SSD 8TB.

Cooling: EK-Quantum Velocity2, EK-CoolStream SE 240 Slim Dual, 2X EK-Vardar EVO 120ER Fans, EK-Quantum Kinetic FLT 80 DDC PWM Pump/RES.





Waiting on EK Micro Rotary 90 fittings ordered today for CPU block,.. the standard Quantum Torque Rotary 90's I bought are 3/16" too high.



Block with Standard Fittings.



Hopefully I'll have the micro fittings this week, run the water lines.

Plan for waterline routing was from Twitter post on LIAN LI page. I wasn't thinking about CPU block fittings clearance till I had the motherboard installed in chassis. Turns out the A4-H20-X4 chassis does have just enough room to run waterlines around Power Supply to rear mounted RES & top mounted RAD,.. but the standard 90 rotary fittings are a no-go.

LIAN LI Twitter post photo:

 

[remixedcat]

S10 plus.. liking it so far..

Not bad for 419 brand new..

 

[Corduroy2739]

Too many i lost count lately

 

[GerKNG]

 

[INSTG8R]

Duster, was on sale couldn’t resist. TypeC charging and has an LED light
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[Corduroy2739]

Started a new ITX build using LIAN LI A4-H20-X4 chassis,.. system will mainly be used to store and play music and movies as well as display photos.

New hardware: Intel Core i7-12700K, Asus Strix Z690-i, LIAN LI 750W SFF, RTX A2000-12GB, 2x32GB DDR5-4800, Primary Drive: Seagate FireCuda 530 4TB M.2, Storage Drive: Samsung 870 QVO SATA III SSD 8TB.

Cooling: EK-Quantum Velocity2, EK-CoolStream SE 240 Slim Dual, 2X EK-Vardar EVO 120ER Fans, EK-Quantum Kinetic FLT 80 DDC PWM Pump/RES.

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Waiting on EK Micro Rotary 90 fittings ordered today for CPU block,.. the standard Quantum Torque Rotary 90's I bought are 3/16" too high.

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Block with Standard Fittings.

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Hopefully I'll have the micro fittings this week, run the water lines.

Plan for waterline routing was from Twitter post on LIAN LI page. I wasn't thinking about CPU block fittings clearance till I had the motherboard installed in chassis. Turns out the A4-H20-X4 chassis does have just enough room to run waterlines around Power Supply to rear mounted RES & top mounted RAD,.. but the standard 90 rotary fittings are a no-go.

LIAN LI Twitter post photo:
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Why do you need a way over spec pc for music and movies and displaying photo!!!??s, you can use a potato pc for that

More money the Brains i guess lol

 

[lexluthermiester]

Duster, was on sale couldn’t resist. TypeC charging and has an LED light
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I bought a blower a few weeks ago as well. I think this one is a bit more powerful though.. MECO Brand.

Excellent unit!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Nice amp module for my Pi 4b. It uses a Texas BB TAS5756M DAC/ Class D amp chip.Quality looks good.

 

[INSTG8R]

I bought a blower a few weeks ago as well. I think this one is a bit more powerful though.. MECO Brand.
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Excellent unit!

It’s actually surprising powerful, enough to “twist” in your hand. So I’m impressed for an impulse buy when I have to clean my Rad(soon, and overdue) I’ll really see how well it works. Also got this today to clean my VR lenses

 

[lexluthermiester]

It’s actually surprising powerful, enough to “twist” in your hand. So I’m impressed for an impulse buy when I have to clean my Rad(soon, and overdue) I’ll really see how well it works.

Nice! I didn't mean to rain on your parade or make it a competition.

 

[INSTG8R]

Nice! I didn't mean to rain on your parade or make it a competition.

Nah I do expect yours to be considerably more powerful but was impressed by the power mine has for what it is .

 

[looniam]

time to stop being a sata luddite

EDIT:
yeah imma gonna move my OS soon - got a back up rig waiting on the little guy:

Result

www.3dmark.com

 

[Braegnok]

Why do you need a way over spec pc for music and movies and displaying photo!!!??s, you can use a potato pc for that

More money the Brains i guess lol

Sorry for the misleading description for usage, as I do plan on using this rig for lot's of other things other than music, movies and displaying photo's.

While I had system on the bench, before dropping motherboard in chassis the first CPU was Intel Pentium Gold G7400 chip.



I know it's not a workstation but I still want to be able to play around with Autodesk's latest ray-tracing renderer Arnold Render, and thus the Pentium chip was replaced with i7-12700K.



Also enjoy playing around with Premiere Pro, using mercury playback engine for effects and sounds on two video layers and one layer with title graphics.



Unfortunately the A2000 card seems to have issues running 4K intro with various effects on two layers. other than that everything seems fine.

I still have a ton of software to load for camera, photo's and various CAD and science applications.

Have a good day.

 

[sam_86314]

Got a few things in the last couple of weeks.

I returned the first Thunderbolt cable (from Apple) I got because it was too short (0.6m). I got this one from Orico which is 2m long and is overall a much nicer cable.

Also decided to finally get an MX Anywhere. I'd had my eye on these mice for a while, and I figure now that I have a nice laptop, I should get a nice mouse to go with it. I wasn't sure about the ergonomics at first, but after using it for a bit, it's fine. Being able to pair it to my main PC in addition to my laptop is a nice bonus.

And finally, I tried to get another USB NVMe enclosure for my laptop's old SSD. I ordered it on March 25th, the delivery date was originally April 1st (must've been a joke), and as of today, it's been stuck in Phoenix for almost a week. I've submitted a claim for a refund; we'll see how that goes.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

E-paper came still no sign of the touchscreen but I still have very little experience with the display rendering so it will be a while before I'm ready anyway.
Here's what I've managed so far after a few hours this morning

It has some bleeding issues due to the driver powering the screen off too quickly after rendering while running on battery which I'll have to fix but all in all a great little screen.

 

[Mussels]

New toy for the new toy: 128GB SD cards for $30

second one is going into my A21s, which is a good phone, great media player, and garbage android device (in that order)


They are currently being loaded with every episode of Bluey, i demand you all watch the episode Unicorse.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

New toy for the new toy: 128GB SD cards for $30

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second one is going into my A21s, which is a good phone, great media player, and garbage android device (in that order)


They are currently being loaded with every episode of Bluey, i demand you all watch the episode Unicorse.

Nice. i just got a 256gb sanny for my Switch. Liking the little laptop?

 

[Mussels]

Nice. i just got a 256gb sanny for my Switch. Liking the little laptop?

thats the A8 samsung tablet i posted earlier (i posted the keyboard... dont recall posting the tablet? maybe i forgot)

Ironically, the cut corners are kicking me right now: no HDMI/DP output and USB 2.0 (type C) so slow ass file transfers

 

[Deleted member 24505]

thats the A8 samsung tablet i posted earlier (i posted the keyboard... dont recall posting the tablet? maybe i forgot)

Ironically, the cut corners are kicking me right now: no HDMI/DP output and USB 2.0 (type C) so slow ass file transfers

Looks good though, guess it's pretty light so if you need to lug it it won't be too bad. Why no USB 3 C though i wonder.

 

[Athlonite]

Looks good though, guess it's pretty light so if you need to lug it it won't be too bad. Why no USB 3 C though i wonder.

Because it's cheap to do it that way and most cell phones of ~$750 and below are the exact same way the only time you get the real deal USB Type C 3.0 gen 1 oe 2 is with any of the top models so no A series for scamsung or A series for Oppo either and it fuckin disgusting if you ask me because the cost a USB 2.0 controller vs a USB3.0 one would be negligible

 

[Rithsom]

I'm going to attempt to upgrade the cooling in my ITX system. Currently, only a single 140mm radiator cools both the CPU and the graphics. It's about time that I buy a bigger radiator to replace it.

I also bought new tubing and a set of LL fans to go along with the new rad. I expect my system to perform (and look) much better with the new components.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
Wonder who is making the soft tubing it says pvc which isn't a common term used for soft tubing.

 

[Rithsom]

Hi,
Wonder who is making the soft tubing it says pvc which isn't a common term used for soft tubing.

Yeah, that is interesting. All I can say is that I've been using this Corsair-branded tubing for a couple of years now, and haven't had any issues.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yeah, that is interesting. All I can say is that I've been using this Corsair-branded tubing for a couple of years now, and haven't had any issues.

Hi,
Yeah I ran into this stuff a while back works well, by the foot instead of per 10 foot package.

ModMyMods 3/8" ID x 5/8" OD Flexible PVC Tubing - Crystal Clear (MOD-0003) - 3/8” ID x 5/8” OD Soft Tubing - Tubing ModMyMods.com - PC Watercooling Parts and Accessories