What's your latest tech purchase?

[SpittinFax]

TI-84 Plus calculator for US$9 shipped. The seller sold it as "not working" but a fresh set of batteries and some button mashing brought it to life. Easier fix than I expected!

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Not sure why they include a mini ruler??

Had a couple issues installing it, a long card that's for sure... so much so it literally blocked the system fan header no.4 on my MSI Z590 Unify board, also the 1st DP output ( closest to the back panel ) produced a flicker on the screen upon 1st boot. Some quick basic hardware diagnostics ended up concluding that using the 2nd one along diminished this problem. It seems the PC case is cutting it too fine with clearance for the DP cable to be plugged in properly without interruption to the signal. For a moment there, I was thinking is this a faulty card when

Maybe they should have included a bigger ruler?

 

[oobymach]

Another half price deal, this time a monitor. Open box but everything inside was still wrapped like new, all the stickers holding the plastic were intact. Click to enlarge.



Also got two 4pin fan splitters as the FM2 pc only has 2 fan plugs on the mobo.



The ghetto homemade one it's replacing.

 

[P4-630]

Another half price deal, this time a monitor.

Just that year 2005 bezel though....

 

[QuietBob]

Not sure why they include a mini ruler??

For the little dictator in you

 

[A Computer Guy]

A few months ago I had a pair of slim fans from a 5 pack I ordered on amazon. Put it in my NR200 to prevent vibration from standard 120mm fan mount falling against heatsink because the NR200 top fan mounts don't use screws and eventually gravity and case vibration cause them to loosen up and droop down. The cavity between the top cover and the top case grill is small so I used a zip tie fragment to create a stopper. This way the zip tie doesn't create a divot in the top case grill.

 

[oobymach]

Another day another order.

 

[The red spirit]

Edit: Ahah! It's my LED lighting (roof strips, cant replace/modify) causing photos to be grainy. Finally realized when the sun goes down, photos go to shit.




Had to buy a T5 torx for new housemates laptop
$9 for a so-called phone repair kit with all the small sizes i need

I got to Hammerbarn too late for the snag with dead horse, went to aisle 300, left at the fake grass and right before the flamingo:
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It uhhh...

Yeah, thanks dell. Bought late 2020, thermal paste already trashed.

Could not handle 720p twitch or youtube without stuttering
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I did my magic
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4K youtube + 1080p twitch and she's at 60C with the fan off

*shrug* guess it's all good then (Used some EK paste that came with my 3090s block)

That's cute. I bought refurbished Fujitsu U747 and checked paste. CPU has some rubbery powder and GPU got literally nothing. Also fan was basically blocked by dust, so it spun a lot slower than it should have. And the cherry on top was that stock it came with 2x4GB RAM, but refurb came with single stick of 16GB.

Just that year 2005 bezel though....

lol, when I bought my own monitor, I actually wanted something that looks more rugged and is made from saint Thinkpadium. That was 2019.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

I have added 2x 2TB Samsung 980 Pro Heatsink nvme in my PC
Also bought a new 2.1 sound system, Logitech Z623 85£ on prime days

 

[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

Not had the money transferred to my account yet though. They might be quick on the approvals but slow sending out the cash. In any case £370 for a card that is close to a 3070Ti when it works

 

[GamerGuy]

The Laptop I'd wanted to go with the pair of Creative Pebble v2 speakers I'd gotten for my gaming fix while I'm overseas has arrived. It's not the latest, and it's far from the greatest, but I'm quite happy with it. Decided to bite the bullet and upgrade OS to Windows 11 while I'm at it. Oh yeah, it's a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro:
AMD R7 5800H
2x 8GB DDR4 3200MHz
RTX 3070 (140W TGP)
2560x1600 WQXGA screen with Gsync (I think, the Gsync part that is)

Ticks all the right boxes for me, I was originally looking at an all AMD laptop, but the price was too high. Regardless, this lappy would gimme a chance to try out DLSS and see what the hoopla's all about. I'll be back with a couple of pics, another winning point for me is, no RGB Like the Legion 7! I find myself preferring a more subtle looking lappy without all the bling bling. Guess my age is rearing its ugly head....

 

[Courier 6]

Do washing machine parts count as tech? at least it has a microcontroler on it

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and an actuator too

 

[GamerGuy]

Below is a pic of the Legion 5 Pro, pairing it with my KBParadise V60 Mini and I like it, but still leaning toward a wireless KB + mouse combo for less cable clutter.

 

[xu^]

Not exactly a "tech" purcahse but changed my desks today, so trying to get it how i want it, is slow going

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Got a new desk to build (The traditional 2x Ikea Alex plus a length of kitchen worktop) and couldn't find my electric screwdriver, so picked this up from the local branch of Lidl.
Torque head, offset head, right-angle head & "electric scissors". The surprise is that there is no charger in the box, just a USB-C cable!

 

[Mussels]

Got a new desk to build (The traditional 2x Ikea Alex plus a length of kitchen worktop) and couldn't find my electric screwdriver, so picked this up from the local branch of Lidl.
Torque head, offset head, right-angle head & "electric scissors". The surprise is that there is no charger in the box, just a USB-C cable!

the new 'usb c everything' trend is actually great in situations like this

yeah theres some shenanigans with fussy devices, but being able to slow charge anything from a nintendo switch to your drilldo, is great



Seems like i got some new coolant coming so i'm considering things I can do to spruce up the build - better angled fittings, etc

 

[TheLostSwede]

My six year old Netgear R7800 died, so I had to get something ASAP. Picked something Merlin compatible, without spending a fortune. Far from the best thing out there, but I figured I'd wait for a WiFi 7 router before splashing out big money, as they should have significantly better hardware overall.

 

[Shrek]

My six year old Netgear R7800 died, so I had to get something ASAP. Picked something Merlin compatible, without spending a fortune. Far from the best thing out there, but I figured I'd wait for a WiFi 7 router before splashing out big money, as they should have significantly better hardware overall.

How did it die? I got a Netgear R7000 from Goodwill that would not even boot; a little work with TFTP and it's been fine ever since.
How do I upload firmware to my NETGEAR router using a TFTP client on Microsoft Windows? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
and I keep changing its firmware.

 

[TheLostSwede]

It started having issues

How did it die? I got a Netgear R7000 from Goodwill that would not even boot; a little work with TFTP and it's been fine ever since.
How do I upload firmware to my NETGEAR router using a TFTP client on Microsoft Windows? | Answer | NETGEAR Support
and I keep changing its firmware.

It started having weird DHCP server issues, as in, the router was on, but wouldn't issue IP addresses. A reboot would normally fix that, but then one day that no longer worked. Did a hard factory reset, updated to firmware (using Voxel) and it worked for a little while and then it started all over again with the DHCP server not issuing IP address. Rebooted it and that was it, couldn't access it any more. Hard reset didn't help. No idea what went wrong. It's been rock solid for six years otherwise.
Also, TFTP is disabled by default on more recent Netgear hardware and there's no user accessible option to turn it on.

 

[itsakjt]

The show must go on:
Got the Samsung UA43AU9070 4K smart TV (VRR, ALLM, 120 Hz at 1080p and 60 Hz at 4K) on June).

And got the 2060 Super upgraded to the Zotac RTX 3070 Twin Edge yesterday.

The OC variant was costing 2500 INR more than the non OC variant and I decided to save that money since there is literally no difference among the two except for a 30 MHz OC on the core. Got lucky on the memory side as well with Samsung GDDR6 this time (+1400 MHz easy OC on the memory).

 

[Mussels]

Looks like i may have some alphacool glow in the dark coolant coming thanks to a rep here on TPU
I'll likely splurge on some of those upgrades i've been tempted about, like a pump mount/res combo


Ironically enough it looks like my current-giving-me-issues pumpblock and res are actually alphacool.... with missing parts. Explains that.
Theres some circular plate with holes in it (preventing bubbles?) and a vertical little pipe that I'm missing

(I got three of them in a second hand bundle, with no instructions as to what parts went with which res - and then one res broke anyway - taking some of these parts with it, when it snapped)

Looking at the newer version i cant imagine that'd be helpful trying to drain the loop (Is it meant for intake only?), but you can see the parts i mean:

 

[SpittinFax]

Finally got my hands on a Raspberry Pi Pico, actually a couple of them for US$4 each. The amount of stuff you can do with such a tiny device is outrageous. The datasheet documentation for it is 634 pages long. Right now I'm using a Microsoft BASIC compatible interpreter called PicoMite and writing code on it directly through a terminal emulator which is really cool.

 

[WonkoTheSaneUK]

Would my second electric car be a "Tech Purchase"? (The first one is on lease, and will go back when this arrives)
Just pre-ordered the MG4 (MG Mulan in China). Mine will be blue though.

 

[khemist]

Unplanned upgrades inbound, i've got a 12600k, Lian Li PC-TU150A and a ROG strix B660I gaming itx board coming.

 

[Shrek]

Since I couldn't take advantage of the free offer (too far to drive)
Free 256GB SSD | New Customer Exclusive | Micro Center
I got one on ebay for $25