What's your latest tech purchase?

[X71200]

You don't know OLED like he does

I KNOW OLED. No, who am I kidding...

I'll wait till they are not stupidly priced and don't include always on fan due to the damn gsync module.

There's an upcoming Samsung version of the panel used in the AW. It's a Freesyncer, and availability should be better (think Samsung store). Still expensive but I wouldn't say stupid expensive compared to an LCD counterpart ultrawide.

 

[tabascosauz]

Last piece of the puzzle back from RMA. batch Feb 2022 Suzhou

 

[lexluthermiester]

Last piece of the puzzle back from RMA. batch Feb 2022 Suzhou

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Nice photo!

 

[theFOoL]

10k mAH LINK

Just don't fast Charge any of these batteries. Please use a created USB port charger for any phone. May be slow and but... It's a good thing

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(For LG, Samsung Etc)
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[Mussels]

I KNOW OLED. No, who am I kidding...



There's an upcoming Samsung version of the panel used in the AW. It's a Freesyncer, and availability should be better (think Samsung store). Still expensive but I wouldn't say stupid expensive compared to an LCD counterpart ultrawide.

My dad is OLED

(No wait, OLD. close enough)


Kinda annoyed, i want a new PSU (since mines squeaks at times) and a new monitor (just want, not need) and i cant find anything that's an actual upgrade, for either.

 

[Ruru]

Didn't buy this, won in a giveaway.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Didn't buy this, won in a giveaway.

You just posted that to make @Mussels jealous, didn't you...

 

[Ruru]

You just posted that to make @Mussels jealous, didn't you...

I'll admit that the timing was perfect.

 

[SpittinFax]

Kinda annoyed, i want a new PSU (since mines squeaks at times) and a new monitor (just want, not need) and i cant find anything that's an actual upgrade, for either.

Corsair PSU's look good on paper but my big problem with them is that they are designed to a 10 year lifespan. That's plenty for a lot of users but they could easily go further with a high-quality fan running at 100% duty cycle to increase the life of electrical components. I tend to think that Be Quiet do a lot better in that regard.

 

[Valantar]

You just posted that to make @Mussels jealous, didn't you...

I'll admit that the timing was perfect.

While a nice unit, I dobut that would handle a 3090 particularly well. Though maybe at the UV/UC profile they mention in their specs

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Corsair PSU's look good on paper but my big problem with them is that they are designed to a 10 year lifespan. That's plenty for a lot of users but they could easily go further with a high-quality fan running at 100% duty cycle to increase the life of electrical components. I tend to think that Be Quiet do a lot better in that regard.

Most user imo would use a PSU till it breaks, why would you just buy a new one if there is seemingly no need to.

Are you saying Corsair PSU's break down after ten years? I think 10 years out of any PSU is pretty good for the cost of it.

 

[Shrek]

Corsair PSU's look good on paper but my big problem with them is that they are designed to a 10 year lifespan. That's plenty for a lot of users but they could easily go further with a high-quality fan running at 100% duty cycle to increase the life of electrical components. I tend to think that Be Quiet do a lot better in that regard.

I preemptively take old supplies, recap them with the best low ESR capacitors available and oil the fan, then anticipate more than 10 years further life out of them; but the main reason I do this is so they can endure the Summer heat without the cost of air conditioning.

Be careful about running the fan at 100% as it may itself wear out.

 

[Ruru]

While a nice unit, I dobut that would handle a 3090 particularly well. Though maybe at the UV/UC profile they mention in their specs

Need to test how well it manages with an overclocked 1080 Ti with +20% power target (=300W). This is a tame card when compared to 3080/3090 ones though.

Testing later though, now I need to take a nap.

 

[freeagent]

My asshole cat knocked over a full, tall glass of water all over my beloved G15. Now none of the letter keys works except the S, and if you push it you have to unplug the cable to get it to stop. I took it outside with my datavac and spent about 40 minutes trying to dry it out. Of course the computer was running, I think something went bad inside. I went to BB and bought the cheapest KB from Logitech that they had.. damn cat. It’s a G213 I think..

 

[lmille16]

My asshole cat knocked over a full, tall glass of water all over my beloved G15. Now none of the letter keys works except the S, and if you push it you have to unplug the cable to get it to stop. I took it outside with my datavac and spent about 40 minutes trying to dry it out. Of course the computer was running, I think something went bad inside. I went to BB and bought the cheapest KB from Logitech that they had.. damn cat. It’s a G213 I think..

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Cats are great aren't they? My cats did the same except to a Retina MacBook Pro. It happened in the middle of the night so it sat in water the whole time

 

[80-watt Hamster]

I preemptively take old supplies, recap them with the best low ESR capacitors available and oil the fan, then anticipate more than 10 years further life out of them; but the main reason I do this is so they can endure the Summer heat without the cost of air conditioning.

Be careful about running the fan at 100% as it may itself wear out.

Pretty 100% duty cycle as in "always running" was meant as opposed to 100% RPM. The former was (and is) standard PSU design since forever. The latter would be ridiculous. Unless full speed was 800 RPM or something.

 

[Valantar]

My asshole cat knocked over a full, tall glass of water all over my beloved G15. Now none of the letter keys works except the S, and if you push it you have to unplug the cable to get it to stop. I took it outside with my datavac and spent about 40 minutes trying to dry it out. Of course the computer was running, I think something went bad inside. I went to BB and bought the cheapest KB from Logitech that they had.. damn cat. It’s a G213 I think..

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Hm, might be worth disassembling that G15 to see if there's any moisture left inside - drying out a layered construction like that without disassembly is near impossible, so it was most likely still wet when you tested it. Clean off any corrosion with some isopropyl alcohol or similar and most likely you'll be good.

 

[freeagent]

Yessir she will be back.. but I like this new one.. it’s like half the keystroke compared to my old one

 

[lexluthermiester]

My asshole cat knocked over a full, tall glass of water all over my beloved G15. Now none of the letter keys works except the S, and if you push it you have to unplug the cable to get it to stop. I took it outside with my datavac and spent about 40 minutes trying to dry it out. Of course the computer was running, I think something went bad inside. I went to BB and bought the cheapest KB from Logitech that they had.. damn cat. It’s a G213 I think..

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Take it apart, clean it, dry it out. Keyboard PCB's are not high voltage devices. Chances are if you clean it and dry it out, it'll be fine. I speak from experience.

Yessir she will be back.. but I like this new one.. it’s like half the keystroke compared to my old one

Still, you'll have a spare. After all, what do you have to lose?

 

[freeagent]

Take it apart, clean it, dry it out. Keyboard PCB's are not high voltage devices. Chances are if you clean it and dry it out, it'll be fine. I speak from experience.

Still, you'll have a spare. After all, what do you have to lose?

I used to wash it in the sink when my kids were toddlers heheh. I would just let it dry out and it was fine. I later bought a G510 or something and it got formula and juice spilled on it while I was at work and it was permanently damaged with the loss of 4 letters. So yup, I will let it dry for a few days and see what happens

I threw away that keyboard, I just didn’t have time to take it apart, and we were in a small apartment so space was tight with the four of us.. I don’t miss it though, it was very big.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I threw away that keyboard, I just didn’t have time to take it apart, and we were in a small apartment so space was tight with the four of us.. I don’t miss it though, it was very big.

The tinkering economist in me winced when I read that.. But that just me. It's all good.

 

[freeagent]

The tinkering economist in me winced when I read that.. But that just me. It's all good.

I know I love to tinker, I have the time now.. I had a hard time admitting that because I still feel bad

 

[Ruru]

Spilling drinks on keyboard is something that just happens (even without lovely furballs). I remember had like five times beer spillen on my old Razer Blackwidow, every time that happened I disassembled it and gave it a healty bath of isopropyl alcohol.

 

[oobymach]

Spilling drinks on keyboard is something that just happens (even without lovely furballs). I remember had like five times beer spillen on my old Razer Blackwidow, every time that happened I disassembled it and gave it a healty bath of isopropyl alcohol.

Too much like work, my corsairs have all been the victim of a dumped drink or two, the solution is to unplug as quick as possible and run the whole keyboard under hot water from the tub faucet for 30-60 seconds, just need to wait a couple days while it dries. If you don't thoroughly douse it you can end up with sticky keys.

 

[Valantar]

Got two 8TB WD Elements external drives, and...

I don't know what happened, but they just sort of fell to pieces in my hands?


All joking aside, shucking these drives was ridiculously easy once I figured out exactly where the clips are. The outer shell sits on rails, held in place with four clips along the back, the drive and controller pcb are screwed together and held in place in the casing with four rubber blocks. Literally had the second one entirely disassembled in two minutes. This iFixit guide was great help. And with plastic pry tools, at least one of the casings has zero visible disassembly markings, meaning I could RMA the drive in the future should it fail prematurely. And, of course, I got two decent-looking SATA-to-USB controller boards and two 12V power bricks for my trouble as well.