What's your latest tech purchase?

[R-T-B]

You got a yacht to match that 3090 Ti?

No. I hate saltwater.

I do however spend a lot of time pretending I use my computer for gaming. I need it to at least look the role.

You know how it goes, you work hard you play hard. Or don't play at all, I dunno... it's hard sometimes competing with work. But I hope I get to play some. 4K is nice.

It'll probably end up playing Kerbal Space Program if anything, who am I kidding... If that's really how it goes I'll know I need to reevaluate my life.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

I don't even know what to do with it, just looked interesting. Any pointers are welcome

Might be a useful tool if you do any network security.
https://github.com/justcallmekoko/ESP32Marauder .
Though you might need to play around in the Arduino code to support the display and buttons

This e-paper runs on the same Soc

And now everyone knows my ISP is lying to me about my ftth package

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Sweet now all I gotta do is plan it to fit the RV02 case I have and yes I could upgrade the case but the only other case that has enough HDD space is the Lian Li O11D XL

My loop in is a o11d xl

 

[lexluthermiester]

It'll probably end up playing Kerbal Space Program if anything, who am I kidding... If that's really how it goes I'll know I need to reevaluate my life.

Getting into being middle-aged? I feel you! Really do!

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

Got some "snails" to replace the fans on my Scythe Fuma heatsink and got bequiet 140mm fan for my case fan. Finally better cooling for my cpu especially with the higher static pressure from 3 snails fans on the Fuma heatsink. It sure take Scythe long to finally come out with a good fan that rival or succeed their gentle Typhoon. These snails are pretty low noise for their rpm vs their Kaze fans.

 

[damric]

Well it took about a year and a half, but I finally scored an MSRP Radeon from AMD.com. I had a queue time of over an hour but still managed somehow, with only one device logged into the queue, my phone lol. Now I need to decide what to do with my old Vega64 that I was lucky to get here on the forum marketplace. I'm thinking of letting it fold since it is still a good compute card.

 

[R-T-B]

Well it took about a year and a half, but I finally scored an MSRP Radeon from AMD.com. I had a queue time of over an hour but still managed somehow, with only one device logged into the queue, my phone lol. Now I need to decide what to do with my old Vega64 that I was lucky to get here on the forum marketplace. I'm thinking of letting it fold since it is still a good compute card.

GPUs are finally coming down to "msrp with a slight struggle" it seems. Hopefully the trend continues. Maybe we could even see that mythical thing called a sale appear once in a blue moon again... Afterall msrp is great and all, but it used to be the price to beat, not the price to hope for. lol.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

GPUs are finally coming down to "msrp with a slight struggle" it seems. Hopefully the trend continues. Maybe we could even see that mythical thing called a sale appear once in a blue moon again... Afterall msrp is great and all, but it used to be the price to beat, not the price to hope for. lol.

EVGA had just-over-launch-MSRP 1650 cards on B-stock today, so there may be something resembling a light at the end of this ridiculous tunnel.

 

[R-T-B]

EVGA had just-over-launch-MSRP 1650 cards on B-stock today, so there may be something resembling a light at the end of this ridiculous tunnel.

EVGA also has their queue system which kinda sorta works, albeit irritating...

 

[lexluthermiester]

EVGA also has their queue system which kinda sorta works, albeit irritating...

I just got an email from them indicating that stocks have arrived and are available.

https://www.evga.com/articles/01557/nvidia-restocked-reloaded/

 

[Mussels]

Here in AU stock is high for most cards, with prices dropping considerably every month
I got stupidly lucky with my GPU when i got it, i cant imagine having spent all this time in lockdown with a GPU that couldnt handle my monitors properly :/
(literally - covid hit here hard, as well as medical issues. I can barely walk so i've spent way, way more time sitting in my fancy chair at the PC than anything else the last 2 years)

 

[micropage7]

$96!!!! They sell for about 30 here in asia


I use alot of different boards like this around the farm using esphome but it becomes an obsession probably have 50+ now.

So I just grabbed a new router to add to my now growing OpenWRT mesh $60 isn't too bad considering the specs.
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Usb enclosure and nvme drive might be next purchase to connect to it

actually i usually questioning the performance of mediatek processor but this one looks promising

 

[lexluthermiester]

As discussed in another thread, I got another keyboard and mouse set, this time a Redragon K512 Shiva keyboard and another Redragon M602 Griffin mouse, this time in black as the white set was out of stock(ironically, the white set is now back in stock ).


EDIT: I should mention, they both are a joy to use and the RGB lighting is not only easily configured, but saves your settings after a power cycle(system shut-down or being unplugged). A lot of RGB KB&M sets don't save settings, so this is an important feature.

 

[ThaiTaffy]

actually i usually questioning the performance of mediatek processor but this one looks promising

Price to performance it looks great I'm just a little worried about what brand NAND i get, as from what I've seen the micron chips seem to have issues with OpenWRT and it's pot luck if you get Micron or ESMT. Another week and I'll find out, I have some Comfast outdoor AP's that should be arriving tomorrow so I can fit and play with them till the Xiaomi turns up.

 

[Athlonite]

I've got a Samsung 1TB 980 Pro NVMe SSD coming next week so that should be interesting times

 

[Mussels]

I've got a Samsung 1TB 980 Pro NVMe SSD coming next week so that should be interesting times

Having the competing SN850, they're insanely stupidly overpowered for anything.
I also love that in the future i can slap it in a 10Gb USB enclosure and have that stupid speed in portable form.

 

[AusWolf]

One of my friends surprised me with a H81 MSI mini-ITX board on my birthday, so naturally, I had to buy a Core i7-4765T (the only 35 W Core i7 for this generation) and this stupid thing to play around.

I'm still waiting on the RAM to arrive, though (I didn't have any DDR3 laying around). I'll post pictures when the system is complete and operational.

If it all works out, I might use it as a silent HTPC and sell the one I currently have. We'll see.

 

[Ruru]

If only RGB could do brown

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$12 Au each, 2 meter, USB 3.1 Gen2 10Gb, 100W capable USB C-C 90 degree cables.
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What's that "thing" coming from ur GPU block, a flow indicator?

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Having the competing SN850, they're insanely stupidly overpowered for anything.
I also love that in the future i can slap it in a 10Gb USB enclosure and have that stupid speed in portable form.

I totally run all games on my PC on SN850's now they are very good. Surprisingly the app is not too bad either. Might have to get a 2TB one though.

 

[micropage7]

As discussed in another thread, I got another keyboard and mouse set, this time a Redragon K512 Shiva keyboard and another Redragon M602 Griffin mouse, this time in black.
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any reason why you take redragon over the other brands?

 

[Athlonite]

What's that "thing" coming from ur GPU block, a flow indicator?

No it's a flow regulator it allows for a couple of solid work units per day and multiple fluid runs at night while trying to sleep

I totally run all games on my PC on SN850's now they are very good. Surprisingly the app is not too bad either. Might have to get a 2TB one though.

I did think hard about the 2TB one myself but couldn't conscience the over 600 Gougelandastani Plunket's they were asking for it

 

[lexluthermiester]

any reason why you take redragon over the other brands?

A number of reasons. Been trying out a lot of KB&M sets for my shop & at home and the Redragon branded items seem to be offering solid value for money. Feature set is excellent, easy of use and comfort are great. When the price is factored in, at this moment in time, I feel Redragon has a lot of winning products to offer for any budget. From a business perspective, I cater to a general public that needs good quality and features for reasonable prices. Redragon is ticking those boxes ATM. The reviews have been very positive and I've taken the time to read many of them. Most of them seemed genuine and sincere. I hope Redragon continues with this business model and ethic.

 

[Shrek]

Cable broke internally on a mouse, so I ordered a new one; a bit of an experiment as I will need to try to remove the strain relief part for my use.

 

[adilazimdegilx]

Got a Phanteks p360A today. It was really tiring to migrate form old case, and p360a wasnt spacious as I thought (back side) but I guess it's expected from a budget case.
I'm so glad to finally be able to see my components, always wanted a case with glass side panel.
Right now my only complaint is a little fan noise. It's not bad but I want to lower it to my likings. However my mobo only has three 4pin fan controls including CPU fan. I might need to get a little creative.

 

[Shrek]

A set of screw extractors; well worth the wait for shipping from China (they are quite expensive locally).

Hopefully the High Speed Steel will be less brittle than the high carbon steel some are made from.