What's your latest tech purchase?

[lexluthermiester]

Get a life

You first.

there's nothing written about it.

Umm...

I don't recall ordering a PSU..........??........

...hmmm...

there's nothing written about it.

You were saying?

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

Instead of doubling down when someone points out a mistake you've made, just own it and say something like "Opps! My mistake."

 

[FreedomEclipse]

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.

Do you use the cassettes?

 

[dgianstefani]

Do you use the cassettes?

Yeah they're nice.

Seem to last longer, maybe it's just quality milling, but no creaking under 800w+ either.

 

[phill]

Ditch the gamemax PSU utter trash.

Have another look sir I don't buy trash on any level and I'd agree that's probably the most useful bit that the PSU would come in... The box Because you'd obviously use it elsewhere....

 

[dgianstefani]

Have another look sir I don't buy trash on any level and I'd agree that's probably the most useful bit that the PSU would come in... The box Because you'd obviously use it elsewhere....

Had to buy one once for a rush build to replace a rig at one of my clients offices, everything else was perfect but that brand only one next day amazon delivery. Replaced it with a Corsair SFX asap.

Was in the middle of component shortages.

 

[phill]

Had to buy one once for a rush build to replace a rig at one of my clients offices, everything else was perfect but that brand only one next day amazon delivery. Replaced it with a Corsair SFX asap.

Was in the middle of component shortages.

I think personally I'd go without but I am lucky, I've a few spare here so not a problem, mostly

Still, we can move on and say I got over charged for the PSU as it turned out it was a Threadripper....

 

[jallenlabs]

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

Still testing these out... I like them one minute and then I hate them. With my Kefs handling all music was sounding pretty much the same, smooth and clean (which is why I changed to klipsch in the first place). These klipsch get shouty and downright messy in the mid/high range with lots of instruments/sounds simultaneously playing in that range. At the same time, they are exciting to listen to. Hence the dilemma. Anybody else running klipsch in at their workstation? What are your experiences? I have tried different amps and that has helped, but I either need to replace the Xovers in them or get an Eq to tame them a bit.

 

[ThrashZone]

Still testing these out... I like them one minute and then I hate them. With my Kefs handling all music was sounding pretty much the same, smooth and clean (which is why I changed to klipsch in the first place). These klipsch get shouty and downright messy in the mid/high range with lots of instruments/sounds simultaneously playing in that range. At the same time, they are exciting to listen to. Hence the dilemma. Anybody else running klipsch in at their workstation? What are your experiences? I have tried different amps and that has helped, but I either need to replace the Xovers in them or get an Eq to tame them a bit.

Hi,
All systems need equalizers.
Likely many different profiles to.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Bank blocked my card at checkouts. And i had to call the bank to unblock it but i got it in the end.

Asus will give me £85 cashback so even more of a deal.

Not the highest tier 6700XT in the world but its better than my now dead 1080Ti and close to a 3070 without much of the 3070 price.

 

[Athlonite]

Asus will give me £85 cashback so even more of a deal.

Let us know how you get on with that I've never had any luck with cash back deals ever so now I just avoid them like the plague they are

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Let us know how you get on with that I've never had any luck with cash back deals ever so now I just avoid them like the plague they are

Adding some pictures of bikini models to my invoice before I send it to them. Wish me luck

 

[sam_86314]

My $20 MacBook Pro is now a $57 MacBook Pro...

...after buying the cheapest 16GB kit of DDR3L SODIMMs I could find on Amazon.

They use SK Hynix memory, so that's something.

I've also ordered a "new" display assembly, so it'll be a $102 MBP before long. Not too bad I guess.

 

[INSTG8R]

LED stripped my desk.

 

[GerKNG]

Streacom BC1 V2 Silver

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Yeah they're nice.

Seem to last longer, maybe it's just quality milling, but no creaking under 800w+ either.

tbf its not the cassette that usually creaks but the bottom bracket and chain rings. Never heard of or personally experienced a cassette creaking.

 

[dgianstefani]

tbf its not the cassette that usually creaks but the bottom bracket and chain rings. Never heard of or personally experienced a cassette creaking.

Mainly the crank rings. Cassettes creak when they have composite design, the DA one has carbon spider and metal rings, and is well documented to have issues with that.

The product I linked is DA tier, which is why I mentioned the creaking.

 

[oobymach]

New rams for living room pc came in, heatsink was too tall (one stick is under the drive bay), so I had to customize one to make it fit.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

New rams for living room pc came in, heatsink was too tall (one stick is under the drive bay), so I had to customize one to make it fit.

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Just a passing thought....

 

[Hofnaerrchen]

Galaxy Tab S8+ instead of a current gen GPU. Those still were to expensive back then as well as far to power hungry for my taste and because I could trade in my old tablet for more than I had paid for while also getting a free of charge keyboard cover. Good choice in a world where energy is getting more expensive on a daily basis.

 

[Athlonite]

Just bought an Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 8GB/128GB in Lavender this is to replace my year old Oppo A72 with shit USB Type C port

 

[oobymach]

Just a passing thought....

The warranty stickers are intact so I'm good.

 

[lexluthermiester]

LED stripped my desk.
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I would have gone with red or white. Blue hurts my eyes if it's too strong. But your setup looks cool!

 

[johnspack]

For me it's the 2699 v3 xeon I posted in the x79 overclockers club area I just bought today. But really, when my buddy passed and I inherited his full z170a system, and the x99 system we were both working on,
and now I get to continue it, that's the best.

 

[INSTG8R]

I would have gone with red or white. Blue hurts my eyes if it's too strong. But your setup looks cool!

Cant stand red it just makes me,angry. I like nice calming blue . I’m hoping with OpemRGB I can get it working with games.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

I have found that a little green in the blue helps cut the harshness a bit. And helps with calming too.