What's your latest tech purchase?

[GamerGuy]

Latest purchase, I'm now transferring data from old phone to the new one wirelessly via Smart Switch....

 

[Fouquin]

Radeon R9 285X



More info later in a more appropriate thread.

 

[GreiverBlade]

i am glad i kept my Fiio Q1 Mark II nonetheless... it make my smartphone sound amazing! (and also give awesome ear massage at max volume... 1/3rd max is just perfect )
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and kinda awkward sometime ...

SOLUTION!


a lot of packaging for such a small ... ES9281AC PRO driven USB DAC (cool i always wanted to compare a AK4452 versus that one )

Correction, DAC and amp but no volume knob and that's it ... (still better than the bog basic USB dongle bundled with "oh my god, i can't stand evolution, no 3.5mm jack on my phone!!!!" (joke~)


also C to C cable ... neat one, the "leather" strap is practical and the sleeving is not Nylon but rather Aramid

also ... 5 yrs waranty on that one

 

[P4-630]

Had some issues with 3 wismecs, not buying wismec again...

Ordered:

Geek Vape Aegis Legend 2 Mod (Silver)

Should arrive tomorrow.

 

[AM4isGOD]

 

[GamerGuy]

Although I do like the Miami keycaps on the K2, I'm kinda stuck on a more solid, single color scheme for this keyboard. So, I ordered, and got, a set of red PBT shine through keycaps to replace the Miami set (which isn't wasted, it went to my Keycool 84 MX Black).

While I was at it, I'd also ordered an active laptop cooling stand (surprisingly, made of some sort of alloy, possibly aluminum), I got this particular model as the fan placements seem to more or less align with the air intake vents on the bottom of my laptop. I figured it'd provide a good amount of cool exterior air to the vents (and thus, the coolers within the laptop)

The airflow from these two fans is more powerful than the one big fan on the CoolerMaster cooling pad (even at max), when the latter was running, I could barely feel any air being pushed to the vents, but with this new one, I can certainly feel it.

 

[Mussels]

It's the "easily cleans out radiators" mention which does it for me... i've got 3 AIOs in 2 machines and you're right air dusting cans deserve a spot in "never going back to" bin. Im curious, can you link up your model so i can compare current pricing.

I use a ryobi air compressor (with their drill battery, ofc) and an LG cordless vac. We had an entire thread on the joys of this stuff
paint brushes are amazing, get them in different sizes to loosen up what the sucky blowy whirrr stuff misses

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[xtreemchaos]

well it not really tech but then again what its in is.
can you spot it ?.

closer.

there he is Spiro the Crested Gecko.

hes a bit shy at the moment with moving from my Daughters.

 

[InVasMani]

I picked up these XVX Horizon PBT Low Profile Keycaps MX switches. To put on EVGA Z20 optical keyboard. I skipped the o-rings for now, but I did see some soft landing pads by Elite Keyboards that look like they would pretty good to try and you could probably double them at the same time to further muffle noise and cushion typing.

there he is Spiro the Crested Gecko.
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hes a bit shy at the moment with moving from my Daughters.

Does he sell car insurance by chance!!?

 

[xtreemchaos]

Does he sell car insurance by chance!!?

No hes got a sister who works for the gas board if you want a meter .

 

[r9]

New monitor, Gigabyte M32Q, the S2721DGF is the vertical screen now - the 27" to 32" jump was more than I thought it would be

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Nice keyboard.

 

[Mussels]

well it not really tech but then again what its in is.
can you spot it ?.
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closer.
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there he is Spiro the Crested Gecko.
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hes a bit shy at the moment with moving from my Daughters.

You married @R-T-B ?!?

 

[R-T-B]

You married @R-T-B ?!?

I prefer freedom.

 

[P4-630]

I prefer freedom.

 

[xtreemchaos]

freedom isnt what it crack up to be Spiro.

 

[P4-630]

My new Geekvape Aegis L200

 

[r9]

Steam Wreck


Lenovo 10e refurb from Microcenter $69
Razer Kishi refurb for $40
Ribbon cables, ribbon extender and Velcro $30
All together $140ish.
Using SteamLInk to stream the games.
Not all games work stream right I wish I had NVIDIA GPU to use Moonlight.
I've tried other apps but they were all worst than or not working compared to Steam Link.
For the games that do work with the wired Razer controller it's very responsive and pleasant to use.
I had to also set QoS on the PC and the Steam Wreck to make it work flawlessly.

 

[oobymach]

Steam Wreck
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Lenovo 10e refurb from Microcenter $69
Razer Kishi refurb for $40
Ribbon cables, ribbon extender and Velcro $30
All together $140ish.
Using SteamLInk to stream the games.
Not all games work stream right I wish I had NVIDIA GPU to use Moonlight.
I've tried other apps but they were all worst than or not working compared to Steam Link.
For the games that do work with the wired Razer controller it's very responsive and pleasant to use.
I had to also set QoS on the PC and the Steam Wreck to make it work flawlessly.

I like it but Duct/Gorilla tape is rubbish for modding, try Tuck tape or any metal tape (Aluminum etc) for a more permanent grip.

 

[r9]

I like it but Duct/Gorilla tape is rubbish for modding, try Tuck tape or any metal tape (Aluminum etc) for a more permanent grip.

it's not the Gorilla tape that's holding it it's Velcro.
The Gorilla tape is just put on the Velcro sticky side instead the white paper that comes with.

 

[InVasMani]

Steam Wreck
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Lenovo 10e refurb from Microcenter $69
Razer Kishi refurb for $40
Ribbon cables, ribbon extender and Velcro $30
All together $140ish.
Using SteamLInk to stream the games.
Not all games work stream right I wish I had NVIDIA GPU to use Moonlight.
I've tried other apps but they were all worst than or not working compared to Steam Link.
For the games that do work with the wired Razer controller it's very responsive and pleasant to use.
I had to also set QoS on the PC and the Steam Wreck to make it work flawlessly.

I'll take 2!

 

[r9]

I'll take 2!

I think it's super cool but most people don't like the idea for streaming games.
It's definitely much much better experience than cloud gaming with the low latency.
It's so low that's like it's running on the tablet.
After the fact I think 8in tablet with the usb c port in the middle of the side I think would be the best setup. I just couldn't pass on Lenovo Chromebook from $69.

 

[InVasMani]

Streaming has come a long ways on improving over the years and will only continue to get better. I can't wait for smooth more reliable wireless everything.

 

[tabascosauz]

SX8200 (not Pro, the original) suddenly began shitting the bed after barely 3 years.......time for a storage upgrade with the SN850X. I had no idea WD even went and updated the SN850. Unintentionally, all 3 drives are WD now, because Samsung apparently believes their name is always worth a $50 markup

• 1TB SN750 (new RMA from this year) as boot drive
• 2TB SN850X for games/big programs
• 1TB Blue 3D for photo editing and media

 

[AM4isGOD]

SX8200 (not Pro, the original) suddenly began shitting the bed after barely 3 years.......time for a storage upgrade with the SN850X. I had no idea WD even went and updated the SN850. Unintentionally, all 3 drives are WD now, because Samsung apparently believes their name is always worth a $50 markup

• 1TB SN750 (new RMA from this year) as boot drive
• 2TB SN850 for games/big programs
• 1TB Blue 3D for photo editing and media

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Nice, i have 2 x WD SN850 1tb, good drives, both for games only, Steam and other games.

 

[Mussels]

SX8200 (not Pro, the original) suddenly began shitting the bed after barely 3 years.......time for a storage upgrade with the SN850X. I had no idea WD even went and updated the SN850. Unintentionally, all 3 drives are WD now, because Samsung apparently believes their name is always worth a $50 markup

• 1TB SN750 (new RMA from this year) as boot drive
• 2TB SN850 for games/big programs
• 1TB Blue 3D for photo editing and media

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From what i saw it's the same drive with faster DDR memory for caching - probably a design change due to covid shortages ending

I wonder if they also simply doubled the NAND flash modules density while they were at it, since they lose the 500GB and add a 4TB