What's your latest tech purchase?

[QuietBob]

I got me a Fractal Torrent Compact, in Black and with the RGB fans

2x 180x38mm 154 cfm

 

[freeagent]

2x 180x38mm 154 cfm

Honestly, it feels pretty weak compared to my old setup.. but it is very quiet, my ears like that. I had 3 iPPC 3K 140s and a 3K 120 in my last setup.. it was intense and close to 65db I think if my phone is right

It’s nice.. just two case fans and a single on my heatsink.. plus I have the filters on.. the last one I ran bareback

 

[jallenlabs]

Klipsch RP500M speakers came today to replace my Kef q150s. 2hrs in and im on the fence yet...

 

[The red spirit]

Hi,
Photo-op dude plus I'm always laid back it's about comfort not ergonomics

But comfort is exactly what ergonomics are.

 

[lexluthermiester]

But comfort is exactly what ergonomics are.

It's not really about comfort as much as it's about a design that focus's on minimizing the negative effect of repeat-action body motions.

 

[sam_86314]

So I was just about to leave the thrift store without anything, but I decided to check the electronics section one more time.

I spotted this at the last moment.

An old MacBook Pro for $20? Even for a parts unit, that's a steal.

It was absolutely filthy, had a huge dent in the corner of the screen, and cracked glass. But the display panel itself looked fine.

It has a 500GB hard drive and 4GB of RAM.

I grabbed a MacBook charger and plugged it in...

...and it works perfectly! It happens to be a 2012 13" MacBook Pro with a Core i5-3210M. It had a DVD copy of "The Devil Wears Prada" in the optical drive, so that's interesting I guess.

I cleaned it up and threw Windows 10 on it since the drive had been wiped.

The HDD has some bad sectors, but I'm probably gonna throw an SSD in it anyway. I also found that replacement screen glass is pretty cheap on eBay, so that's something I might do. The biggest challenge will be getting the sticker off of the lid. But for $20 plus a few cheap upgrades/repairs, I'd say this was a good find.

 

[Solaris17]

The Devil Wears Prada

Honestly low key like this movie

 

[mouacyk]

Well frick, I've found a new obsession to spend money on: Graphing calculators. They seem very boring at first glance but actually it turns out that these are full-blown programmable 8-bit computers. The Texas Instruments TI-83 and TI-84 calculators use a Z80 processor and they have an onboard programming language called TI-BASIC (an adaptation of the BASIC language) which allows you to write and run programs directly on the calculator. No need for an external machine. That's super cool. (And they're dirt cheap.....this one I got for $10)

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Wow, 1999 is calling. My ti89 (68K) is still around here somewhere, even though I mainly use the emulator on my phone these days. Check out ticalc.org for super fast programs and games that go way beyond basic.

 

[The red spirit]

It's not really about comfort as much as it's about a design that focus's on minimizing the negative effect of repeat-action body motions.

Well, if it removes pain points, then that's basically comfort.

 

[Mussels]

According to TPU database in relative performance, its about a 45% jump on what the RX 5700 XT can do. All I want to do is max out my 1440p/144hz monitor.

You'll find some titles just wont and cant

Esports titles will be able to, but it drives me nuts when some games just wont pass 80/90/100 FPS because the engine has weirdass limits

 

[lexluthermiester]

Well, if it removes pain points, then that's basically comfort.

True!

 

[AlwaysHope]

You'll find some titles just wont and cant

Esports titles will be able to, but it drives me nuts when some games just wont pass 80/90/100 FPS because the engine has weirdass limits

True, found that out from experience with the RX 5700 XT factory OC card when I got it a couple yrs ago & even with more of a manual OC on top of it too. UE4 titles seem to be most challenging here. Complicated more by recent driver releases optimised to favour later model cards. But the user doesn't know that until they try the drivers despite AMD listing the driver releases as fully supporting the card.

 

[oobymach]

I'll bet you got that at a very good price!

I looked into getting a 5700 or 6700 like you suggested (they're 65w so should work) but they're more expensive, I got the 5500 for $20 shipped, I complained to the seller and asked for a refund but it came from France so idk.

 

[Mussels]

True, found that out from experience with the RX 5700 XT factory OC card when I got it a couple yrs ago & even with more of a manual OC on top of it too. UE4 titles seem to be most challenging here. Complicated more by recent driver releases optimised to favour later model cards. But the user doesn't know that until they try the drivers despite AMD listing the driver releases as fully supporting the card.

I'm trying to get my 99% FPS higher in games and it's a royal PITA.

165Hz display, but then titles will give you 80FPS for the 99% with spikes to wherever.
If it aint steady, it aint steady.

 

[Palladium]

$68 for a used but mint FiiO BTR5 portable headphone + BT DAC/AMP.

 

[mouacyk]

 

[lexluthermiester]

I looked into getting a 5700 or 6700 like you suggested (they're 65w so should work) but they're more expensive, I got the 5500 for $20 shipped, I complained to the seller and asked for a refund but it came from France so idk.

For a CPU with bent pins, yeah I'd ask for a refund too!

 

[CheapMeat]

I've had one of these for years; old school but solid as heck and just works. So I bought a second one since I have two more systems that need to be protected now.

 

[Mussels]

I've had one of these for years; old school but solid as heck and just works. So I bought a second one since I have two more systems that need to be protected now.

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Theres nothing like a power outage to make you really, really happy you invested in a UPS

Let me use my Xbox elite 2 controller on the switch, and let me use my switch pro controller on the PC (detects as an Xbox controller vs generic bluetooth)

 

[masterdeejay]

Used (160gb written) Samsung pm9a1 1Tb m2 ssd (980 pro dell oem pcie3.0 version) and a new akasa gecko pro heatsink.

 

[dgianstefani]

I'm kinda lost for words so I'll let the pics do the talking...

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So, erm, yep.... I had to check my previous block would fit.. Which it did...
I don't recall ordering a PSU..........??........

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Now I remember.....

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And finally the moment of truth was there... I was shaking enough at this point and when it first turned on.... Oh thank god

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They always say two is better than one, so I guess two Threadrippers are better than one too, right??

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So I thought I'd grab another Heatkiller block for it as well.. I wasn't prepared to pay EK's prices for a good Threadripper block so this was the next best thing
Now all that's left to do really is, test and crunch like never before I can't believe the level of crazy this was.....

Ditch the gamemax PSU utter trash.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Ditch the gamemax PSU utter trash.

You didn't READ the post, did you.. Try again..

 

[dgianstefani]

You didn't READ the post, did you.. Try again..

Get a life, there's nothing written about it.

On close analysis you can just about tell the threadripper is packed inside the PSU box.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Get a life, there's nothing written about it.

On close analysis you can just about tell the threadripper is packed inside the PSU box.

Packed with maybe, but he has an EVGA powering that system in the only picture he posted that they can be seen connected.

 

[dgianstefani]

Packed with maybe, but he has an EVGA powering that system in the only picture he posted that they can be seen connected.

Picture shows a sealed PSU box, who says it has to be the same PSU powering the system?

£95

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Nice, I use the DA chain myself, think it's HG901, very nice indeed. https://www.edco-wheels.co.uk/product/monoblock-cassettes/ Check out these, similar to the SRAM red monobloc cassettes, lighter and stiffer than DA.

Other advantage of monoblock is it isn't titanium, which wears down chains faster due to it's higher MOHs rating.