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Wow, I'm shocked you actually found one! Nice!
I live in Hungary. It was 152k Huf and it is 400 usd. I think it is an early version because the power connectors are different colors.
Asrock A380/A750/A770 is much more common here, and there will be Acer cards soon.
But the 16gb version is somewhat rare.
 

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$150 Au ($101 USD)

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Working on overclocking the bitch, but i'm having issues getting it working at DP 1.4 speeds (It supports it in the OSD, but seems locked to DP 1.2 speeds)
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Gunna cave and pay retail prices for DP cables tomorrow to be sure amazon hasn't sent me DP 1.2 cables labelled as 1.4


No idea why dark areas all messed up in photo
I give you: Steeveception
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16k would be a 4x4 grid of 4k panels. These aren't 8k.
You're right, got confused there. Thanks for the correction!
 
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I prefer stainless steel cables for long life, after my last one also snapped.

I got that for my other bike that i use for commuting.
 
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My carbon fiber "scraps" from Protech Composites is here. Oh boy did they come through. 1 large piece 2mm thick and glossy, 1 med fire retardant 4mm thick, 2 med-large piece in semi gloss and four smaller glossy pieces. I highly recommend this site. Did I mention I got all that for $12US plus shipping. NS! Check em out as they probably have the best value carbon you'll find. I just love carbon fiber and can't wait to finish up my builds now.
 

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USD 100 for a 4K panel?? :eek:
I would've gotten four of them and game at 16K 8K :roll:
Second hand from someone who didn't value it


32" flat + 32" curved visually works really well, tbh
I got new branded DP1.4 cables which didn't change much, but did let me overclock both to a matching 68Hz refresh rate
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GTX 1080 system now has 2x32" 1440p that can do 144/165 (but honestly i lock both to 120Hz for the 10 bit colour, since it's easier on the GPU)


All displays support Freesync but flicker with Gsync, and all support HDR that's terrible

Disabling HDR and freesync lets them all overclock further, and they can all do 10 bit colour (At least when not overclocked)
 
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My carbon fiber "scraps" from Protech Composites is here. Oh boy did they come through. 1 large piece 2mm thick and glossy, 1 med fire retardant 4mm thick, 2 med-large piece in semi gloss and four smaller glossy pieces. I highly recommend this site. Did I mention I got all that for $12US plus shipping. NS! Check em out as they probably have the best value carbon you'll find. I just love carbon fiber and can't wait to finish up my builds now.
just dropped a dime on a set of "scraps" , I have ideas!...thanks for posting the info on this!
 
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Since I'm pretty sure that my JSAUX dock is what killed my first Steam Deck, I went ahead and got the official one.




Hopefully, this one won't have that problem. I'll be using it exclusively with the included power supply, and if I need any more USB PD power supplies, I'll probably get the Steam Deck one from iFixit or something.
 

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IIRC, that happened with the early switch docks as well - some after market chargers and cables screwed with voltage negotiation
Fun facts on the new monitor/DP cables/overclocking

Both monitors support 60Hz 10 bit, but when overclocked lose the 10 bit option
Reducing the blanking pixels can let me OC to 69Hz on both displays (Nice)

buuuuuuuut - they get that Vsync off 'tearing' effect so much worse.

Stock 60Hz + 10 bit, Vsync off at 120FPS? zero problems. Very minimal tearing if any, at 120FPS
120, 138 or 140FPS at 69Hz? All have tearing.


Makes me wonder if the people obsessed with vsync tearing and related issues are just running monitors that trimmed the fat too much on their signal padding, and would benefit from simply dropping refresh rates (Similar to how samsungs high refresh models have scanline issues, but manually adding 200/165/144/120 solves it)



Edit: Looks like it's all bandwidth related, to an extent.
HDMI on the same display has a lot more padding/blanking pixels, and is stuck to 60Hz 8 bit - technically, 59.996hz
I get the feeling some weirdness with DP to HDMI adaptors and such is all from the fact DP uses 60Hz and HDMI uses 59.996, and some monitors flip flop between then

LG on the left, kogan on the right - both DP
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But then look at the LG's stock HDMI values, far more bandwidth used - 10% extra blanking pixels vertically
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DP has free bandwidth and can do 65Hz 10 bit on both displays, 66Hz cuts back to 8 bit. (That perfect 10% more, oh woe is me)

CVT-RB2 standard is the one that gives the smoothest result (and seems how the standard timings are resolved) - Exact reduced lets me OC more, but introduces more tearing

Both monitors let me do 65Hz 10 bit from this, and it feels extremely fluid even with Vsync off - there's no tearing (or you have to do specific things like walk sideways past objects horizontally moving the other way at high speed) to see any tearing at all. It's weird seeing 60Hz displays running as well as the 144Hz displays, just because they're older tech with slower response panels/backlights.

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Since I'm pretty sure that my JSAUX dock is what killed my first Steam Deck, I went ahead and got the official one.




Hopefully, this one won't have that problem. I'll be using it exclusively with the included power supply, and if I need any more USB PD power supplies, I'll probably get the Steam Deck one from iFixit or something.
My 8 year old saw that and said "Holy crap that's a cool modded switch!"
 
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Anyway, my latest purchase is an ASRock Z790 PG Sonic, which i kind of regret as i normally buy Gigabyte and an equivalent in the same price range wouldn't be quite so...slightly tacky in some places. And my old board was heavier (Gigabyte Z690 based) with more VRM Phases, but..the BIOS is much nicer to use and features Sonic, so...bonus? Plus changed to 32GB of Corsair Dominator 6000MT/s kit and they are happily running at DDR5-6466 with the same XMP timings of C36-38-38-76-114-2 etc.. Only had to boost the PMIC voltage to 1.35! Not bad on my now oldish 12900K eh? And i've set BCLK to 101 as this board seems to like running at 99.85 stock, now sitting at 100.75 lol

The PLASTIC part of the IO covering and the spinning holographic Ring is likely the worst part of the board though, they could have made the ring a bloody screen for that money! Killer E3100 ethernet instead of Realbleck though, poop onboard sound but i have a card anyway and the Nahimic software works on everything including bluetooth...and strangely my EVGA card which also uses Nahimic anyway! Except the "Sonic Locator" (har har) also works with...everything now. And i have to admit ASRock's Windows software is considerably less shit than Gigabyte's! Just a shame everything else is controlled by Corsair stuff and MSI makes them succ their silicon for integration.. Could be worse, we could all have MSI only hardware and it would be dead by now! :laugh:

$150 Au ($101 USD)

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Working on overclocking the bitch, but i'm having issues getting it working at DP 1.4 speeds (It supports it in the OSD, but seems locked to DP 1.2 speeds)
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Gunna cave and pay retail prices for DP cables tomorrow to be sure amazon hasn't sent me DP 1.2 cables labelled as 1.4


No idea why dark areas all messed up in photo
I give you: Steeveception
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With that older screen you'll likely be stuck at DP1.2, mine is stuck with DP1.3 and doesn't do overclocking but it was a cheap 27" 4K screen brand new for £198 5 years ago and hasn't let me down once. Good old Acer, though admittedly they don't have the best picture they sure live a long time, usually! My other two Acer screens, only 24" 1080P 75Hz ones, cost me £80 brand new each something like 6 years ago, switched on daily for over 12 hours every day...all is well!

GPU block showed up yesterday. $128 shipped, took 23 days to get to Ohio from China with standard shipping (not to bad, w/4 week estimate). Byski Ice Dragon, Asrock 6800/6900xt block with back-plate and a bunch of extras. Fan controller/rgb controller with remote (weird) lil screw driver, hehe so cute. Good thing I've done this a few thousand times cuz there's no directions GASP haha. I kid, I knew they'd do the, use the QR code to get the installation directions thing. Now I just need the Heatkiller IV back-plate and socket 1700 adapter kit (coming from Germany) and my mb to come back from Newegg so I can finally finish muh build!


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That seems like a bit of a rip-off considering how little actual metal/copper there is to remove heat, though i hope they actually interface with the VRMs of your AMD (eww) card? Or you may get similar hotspot issues to the 7xxx series lol (not the CPUs)
 
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I bought the same... hate it.

Felt fine righty but when I switched to lefty, which I do constantly and seamlessly with my other mouse, I couldn't use it.

Switched back to a Logitech G300s for now since it's nearly perfect for both handed users like me, just a little small for my hands.

Going to try it a few more times to see if I can get used to it
Yeah, they are only good for right-hand. But other than that, I expect them to be excellent.
 
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That seems like a bit of a rip-off considering how little actual metal/copper there is to remove heat, though i hope they actually interface with the VRMs of your AMD (eww) card? Or you may get similar hotspot issues to the 7xxx series lol (not the CPUs)
I can only assume you don't have much experience with full coverage blocks?
In actuality this block is half what other blocks cost ;) and will perform as well as its $250 counterparts. The only parts of the GPU that will be in contact with the block are the core, mem and vrms (and a few other small components). Which is why all GPU blocks are built/configured this way. The rest is built for stability and looks. Unlike a heatsink, efficiency is top notch. The nickel plated copper will keep temps below 50-60c while benching and gaming will be lower yet. Its also likely much heavier than you would think by looking at it. Hot spot temps? What's that? Hahaha, they don't exist with water.
 

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yep, me too ...

aherm well it's tech ... but it was not the main buy ...

120dB bike alarm? mixed review ... don't care, it was... 1chf/$ i added it to the cart to reach the free shipping threshold
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might or might not use it ... will see. (hear?)

tested, goddamn that thing is loud!!!! (which is a good thing) i can see it as a huge deterrent, i just need to swap the Torx screw with something more ... annoying and less common, like "apple'ish" Pentalob or Trilob or even tri-point shape, wait no, not the last one as it can be unscrewed by a flat head... and i would be "screwed" in that case, although the alarm is so freaking loud that even during the unscrew process i have no doubt any "would be thief" would get "screwed" instead of me... :roll:

Bike gear and accessories
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iXS Trigger AM helmet, 29chf (quite a discount form the 159.90chf price on their main website ) a neat one from a bike and motorbike gears Swiss brand (only learned that recently :laugh: )
the visor can be lifted in case i wear goggles and want to put them up

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an ... Ass Guard, well my mud guard work well but since i took them short, that one will be usefull in case of really wet condition, plus i dig the cutout package , very ecofriendly

and obviously
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something to take care of my abused chain (and the rest of the bike) since well, winter mean wet and salt thus corrosion is my worst enemy! BEGONE!
 
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