What's your latest tech purchase?

JrRacinFan · Jan 1, 2023

Switched out (no pun intended) a Netgear 1Gbe 8 port for this TRENDnet Switch. SO far so good, very beefy definitely helped overall to improve my network's performance.

TheoneandonlyMrK · Jan 1, 2023

1TB SD card, hoping to dual boot a windows OS on it with my steamdeck once it's actually supported.
I can't be bothered messing with the improv way.

Ruru · Jan 2, 2023

wolf said:
On holiday at the moment, a 4wd adventure of sorts in rural Australia, building up to it I got a 48L camping fridge for a few reasons including holidays, takes 240v and 12v so very multi purpose. Ended up also getting a decent 30ah lifepo4 battery that should power it for a good 48 hours normal use (being opened multiple times etc) as this thing really sips on power. One of the connectors I made failed so I used what I had on hand, and I have a lot of hobby gear left over from my days with model aeroplanes so I do a lot of work with XT60 connectors for my own stuff. So far the battery gets me comfortably through day outings without needing to drain the car battery at all. Might right it up in a proper dual battery setup.. Not sure yet.

At least we have the same output

you Aussies have 240V as we Finn do.

GerKNG · Jan 2, 2023

kapone32 · Jan 2, 2023

GamerGuy said:
A set of cables to spruce up the looks of my main rig....yes, I'm that shallow

A 2TB Kingston SSD for games, and only games...It's at my friend's house, gonna have a lot of stuff to collect from him when I get back...

The price on the NV2 was too tempting I see lol.

Count von Schwalbe · Jan 2, 2023

Kissamies said:
At least we have the same output you Aussies have 240V as we Finn do.

US has 240V as well, it's just that most plugs are wired to half of the voltage. It takes about 5 minutes to switch it to 240V if you really need it.

Ruru · Jan 2, 2023

Count von Schwalbe said:
US has 240V as well, it's just that most plugs are wired to half of the voltage. It takes about 5 minutes to switch it to 240V if you really need it.

But don't you Americans have 60Hz and we Europeans have 50Hz?

BlaezaLite · Jan 2, 2023

Kissamies said:
But don't you Americans have 60Hz and we Europeans have 50Hz?

I swear that used to be a 90's thing, with 60 hz Snes's.

Ruru · Jan 2, 2023

Blaeza said:
I swear that used to be a 90's thing, with 60 hz Snes's.

I mean your electricity, not TV

Count von Schwalbe · Jan 2, 2023

Kissamies said:
But don't you Americans have 60Hz and we Europeans have 50Hz?

Yup. Voltage is the same though, and most electrical stuff supports both. Some electric motors run a little faster in the US :cool:

Ruru · Jan 2, 2023

Count von Schwalbe said:
Yup. Voltage is the same though, and most electrical stuff supports both. Some electric motors run a little faster in the US

And also NTSC games run smoother than PAL ones

Count von Schwalbe · Jan 2, 2023

Kissamies said:
And also NTSC games run smoother than PAL ones

Moar hertz for the win!

Ruru · Jan 2, 2023

Count von Schwalbe said:
Moar hertz for the win!

Yet modern console games are 60Hz even here in PAL area

Shrek · Jan 2, 2023

Count von Schwalbe said:
Yup. Voltage is the same though, and most electrical stuff supports both. Some electric motors run a little faster in the US

America has 110V, much of Europe is 220V (England is 240V)

Count von Schwalbe · Jan 2, 2023

Shrek said:
America has 110V, much of Europe is 220V (England is 240V)

Nominal of course. Friend of mine measured his at 128v - the local utility ran it a little high.

He had to buy special light bulbs as the regular ones burned out in a month.

BlaezaLite · Jan 2, 2023

Shrek said:
America has 110V, much of Europe is 220V (England is 240V)

England FTW! @50 hertz in the good old days...

Ruru · Jan 2, 2023

Shrek said:
America has 110V, much of Europe is 220V (England is 240V)

Weird that Japan is 100V though it's NTSC area.

lexluthermiester · Jan 2, 2023

Shrek said:
America has 110V, much of Europe is 220V (England is 240V)

Count von Schwalbe said:
Nominal of course. Friend of mine measured his at 128v - the local utility ran it a little high.

He had to buy special light bulbs as the regular ones burned out in a month.

IIRC, it was once supposed to be 120V officially.

Ruru · Jan 2, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
IIRC, it was once supposed to be 120V officially.

That's what I remember as well :eek:

Count von Schwalbe · Jan 2, 2023

Different people use different numbers for the same voltage. An electrician will install a 240v circuit to a 230v piece of equipment, just because of different terminology.

BarbaricSoul · Jan 2, 2023

aShqrk · Jan 2, 2023

A g502 hero bc y not plus I needed a cheap wired mouse for gaming

Mussels · Jan 3, 2023

Count von Schwalbe said:
Different people use different numbers for the same voltage. An electrician will install a 240v circuit to a 230v piece of equipment, just because of different terminology.

That's because some countries use 240v and it's perfectly safe to use hardware designed for 240v at lower voltages
Europe uses 220v while Au uses 240v

There was talk of moving us slowly to 230v to be more efficient when using foreign geegaws

sam_86314 · Jan 3, 2023

TheoneandonlyMrK said:
1TB SD card, hoping to dual boot a windows OS on it with my steamdeck once it's actually supported.
I can't be bothered messing with the improv way.

In my case, I installed Windows onto an SD card. All I need to do is stick the card in the Deck and turn it on while holding down the vol- button. Then I can select the SD as the boot option.

I have two SD cards, a 400GB one for games and a 256GB one for Windows.

dcf-joe · Jan 3, 2023

Had a 3080, but had no impulse control after receiving some Christmas cash, so I went to the Dallas Microcenter and got a 4080 Strix OC 16 GB.

Of course, I didn't do measurements before hand to see if the GPU would fit, so I had to relocate my reservoir/pump to fit the GPU.

The 4080 also came with an adjustable GPU stand, which you can kind of see holding the GPU up on the right side.

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