What's your latest tech purchase?

P4-630 · May 6, 2023

avidgamer121 said:
my brother bought these philips speakers for a steal deal of 1000 INR (original price is 10k) on amazon flash sale

So amazon wanted to get rid of it fast, possibly new philips speaker sets coming up...

avidgamer121 · May 7, 2023

P4-630 said:
So amazon wanted to get rid of it fast, possibly new philips speaker sets coming up...

it got cancelled by the seller, guess they were just bragging

gffermari · May 7, 2023

It's pretty disappointing but my ASUS X570 Impact found to be dead unexpectedly.
Suddenly the PC didn't boot by pressing any button (case, three on mobo), I checked the PSU etc. but the mobo seemed to have died for no reason.

Anyway, I purchased a cheap B550 mATX, I put all my stuff on it and now looks to be ok.
I'll move to ATX case/mobo for my next build, so after nearly 10 years in the ITX/DTX format, this is the end.

avidgamer121 · May 8, 2023

gffermari said:
It's pretty disappointing but my ASUS X570 Impact found to be dead unexpectedly.
Suddenly the PC didn't boot by pressing any button (case, three on mobo), I checked the PSU etc. but the mobo seemed to have died for no reason.

Anyway, I purchased a cheap B550 mATX, I put all my stuff on it and now looks to be ok.
I'll move to ATX case/mobo for my next build, so after nearly 10 years in the ITX/DTX format, this is the end.

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looks nice
but i wonder how can a wifi 6 motherboard be cheap? can you tell the price?

Space Lynx · May 8, 2023

just got a steam dock for my steam deck. :lovetpu:

got a great deal on it. :rockout:

Hyderz · May 8, 2023

Psychoholic said:
Picked up a Vertical stack monitor stand for my 38" and 27" Monitors.
My 27" was off to the left, but due to the width of the 38" it seems much better mounted above.

Monitor Mount: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082845XM8?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details&th=1

Kinda nice when gaming on the 38, have a video, discord, monitoring, etc on the 27 up above.

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was gonna say what size is that tv behind your monitor... my eyes are degrading..

Keullo-e · May 8, 2023

Ordered an active DP-DL DVI adapter, a 2m DVI-D cable & a wrist rest. I'll post a pic when they arrive

Need that adapter to get 144Hz from my 2nd screen, it supports that refresh rate only via DVI and my 6700 XT doesn't have DVI. Running it at 1080p60 with a DP-DVI cable currently.

gffermari · May 8, 2023

avidgamer121 said:
looks nice
but i wonder how can a wifi 6 motherboard be cheap? can you tell the price?

No it doesn't look nice. At least for me.
It cost about half (basically less than half) than a X570 board. It doesn't make any difference if it has WiFi or not.

The thing is that there are no good X570 boards in mATX form factor.
And the ATX X570 are more expensive now than they were when released. That's crazy.
So, the solution was a cheap B550 so I can sell the whole package with the case sometime later.
130 pounds if I remember correctly.

Psychoholic · May 8, 2023

Hyderz said:
was gonna say what size is that tv behind your monitor... my eyes are degrading..

lol
well, actually, you can see part of a 65" TV on the right side of that picture

I get what you mean though.

Keullo-e · May 8, 2023

Damn, one dude on Discord told me about a cheap keyboard so why the hell not...

Sorry, it's in Finnish, but it practically says "kiitos! tilauksesi on vastaanotettu - thanks! we've received your order" "kiitos tilauksestasi - thank you from your order"

Chomiq · May 8, 2023

Kissamies said:
Damn, one dude on Discord told me about a cheap keyboard so why the hell not...

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Sorry, it's in Finnish, but it practically says "kiitos! tilauksesi on vastaanotettu - thanks! we've received your order" "kiitos tilauksestasi - thank you from your order"

email

Keullo-e · May 8, 2023

Chomiq said:
email

Nothing to hide about my name, realized that but I left that uncensored for another forum as well

lexluthermiester · May 8, 2023

I've made a few recent purchases.

Got a new tablet, with physical keyboard and a digital multimeter. Concerning the tablet, I thought that given the Mediatek SOC and an unlockable bootloader that setting up root would be easy.... not so much. Kinda pissing me off actually. It's a decent tablet, but without root, it's usefulness for me is limited.

Also needed a few new microSD cards and BestBuy was having a sale. $14 for the 128GB and $26 for the 256GB. Hell yeah!

Space Lynx · May 9, 2023

lexluthermiester said:
I've made a few recent purchases.
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Got a new tablet, with physical keyboard and a digital multimeter. Concerning the tablet, I thought that given the Mediatek SOC and an unlockable bootloader that setting up root would be easy.... not so much. Kinda pissing me off actually. It's a decent tablet, but without root, it's usefulness for me is limited.

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Also need a few new microSD cards and BestBuy was having a sale. $14 for the 128GB and $26 for the 256GB. Hell yeah!

good deals on microsd cards, but prob should refund that tablet if you can't get lineage OS on it. why not just go to lineage OS download page and find the tablets that are supported and go from there?

lexluthermiester · May 9, 2023

Space Lynx said:
but prob should refund that tablet if you can't get lineage OS on it.

That is a good point, but...

Space Lynx said:
why not just go to lineage OS download page and find the tablets that are supported and go from there?

...none of the supported tablets for LineageOS have physical keyboards. I don't do bluetooth.

EDIT: To be fair though, I am looking at the Galaxy Tab5E.

Icon Charlie · May 9, 2023

Bought 4 of these. Logictech BCC950. Reason besides conference calling, I'm a not only a hardcore board gamer, I'm a professional hardcore gamer before there was such a thing as E-Sports. I worked @ Virtual Worlds Unlimited where the BattleTech arcade pods were used. I was hired to be a Ringer. The bad guy everyone wanted to beat so as a Ringer I had to lose a few games, just enough to get people into playing then got on a short winning streak before losing a few games.

This ensured that there will always be a grind of people racing towards the top and top rewards at the site. It was one hell of a gig, but that is not all. Board gaming was one of the few luxury things I refused to let go when times were rough as back then.

Back then as I do now, strongly believe that of board games helps social and intellectual interactions with other like minded people. I even fully believe that LAN parties (in the 90's) were also a good thing as there was a great deal of personal interaction while gaming. It forces you to think. I forces you to use math and strategy. Things that I used well with my businesses back than and currently now.

With this setup I can play against someone across the country games such as Panzer Leader with another set up using a Linux version of Zoom, as it is a numbered hexed based board game. I can play other physical games as well. Chess is one thing,
But Napoleonitics, miniatures, and RPG's promotes different aspects of thinking that also involves real social interaction.

IMHO this is for me the closest thing to physically game, converse with with like minded people across different time zones, in different part of the world.

BTY,.. The 1080p camera ball on top of the shaft rotates left to right and up and down, so yes it's a rather cool little gadget to have. And of course it has a decent speakerphone as well.

tabascosauz · May 9, 2023

Finally gonna make the step up and ditch my old E10K (microUSB is incredibly stupid) for a FIIO K7. Initially was about to pull the trigger on the K5 ESS until I saw the K7 for $200......no-brainer. @VSG 's own review and various others sealed the deal.

Both JDS stack and Schiit stack would cost more for me, which was a little sad as I wanted to see what the whole stack thing was about. But I guess I have a soft spot for Fiio (E10K and BTR3K).

(not my picture, that will come later)

Keullo-e · May 9, 2023

tabascosauz said:
Finally gonna make the step up and ditch my old E10K (microUSB is incredibly stupid) for a FIIO K7. Initially was about to pull the trigger on the K5 ESS until I saw the K7 for $200......no-brainer. @VSG 's own review and various others sealed the deal.

Both JDS stack and Schiit stack would cost more for me, which was a little sad as I wanted to see what the whole stack thing was about. But I guess I have a soft spot for Fiio (E10K and BTR3K).

(not my picture, that will come later)

A DAC? I'm not so familiar with audio things..

Veseleil · May 9, 2023

Kissamies said:
A DAC? I'm not so familiar with audio things..

Nowadays simply called "audio interface". Usually combining things like DAC, headphone and mic preamps.

dylricho · May 9, 2023

For my primary machine, a 32 GiB kit of Kingston FURY Renegade 3,600 MT/s C16, because I've found myself reaching the 16 GiB limit more often recently with some of my newer design/dev work.

And for my LGA775 test setup, I bought a like-new physical copy of Unreal Tournament 2004 from eBay for £2, because I'm not spending £40 on a digital key...

Klemc · May 9, 2023

Klemc said:
I didn't know, if ever i cancel the cancel when they ask me for confirmation i will have the Asus by 22 may, as it loooks like we don't and perhaps won't have choice for OLED in 27" 1440p, i should keep the idea to buy the Asus tho

My birthday is the day Asus PG27AQDM OLED 27" shipped !.. today.

VSG · May 9, 2023

Veseleil said:
Nowadays simply called "audio interface". Usually combining things like DAC, headphone and mic preamps.

The FiiO K7 isn't an interface, it only offers audio out and not mic in.

Keullo-e · May 9, 2023

Veseleil said:
Nowadays simply called "audio interface". Usually combining things like DAC, headphone and mic preamps.

Ah, okay. But a same thing anyway?

Veseleil · May 9, 2023

VSG said:
The FiiO K7 isn't an interface, it only offers audio out and not mic in.

But it has a headphone amp & preamp, right?

tabascosauz · May 9, 2023

Veseleil said:
Nowadays simply called "audio interface". Usually combining things like DAC, headphone and mic preamps.

Kissamies said:
Ah, okay. But a same thing anyway?

Interfaces generally blur the line these days but the popular ones I know at the $100-200 mark definitely miss the mark when it comes to having a decent headphone amp to drive higher impedance cans. I have a Scarlett Solo gen3 for my mic, the DAC is said to be quite good, but some combination of bad/no amp + rotting garbage Focusrite driver + some unknown voodoo stops me from using it for headphones. For its intended purpose it does a great job driving my PGA181, no complaints, as any interface should be.

E10K was getting long in the tooth and I noticed that in certain aspects the Scarlett did sound better, and combined with the fact that the microUSB port is about to tap out meant it was time to upgrade.

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Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D -30 uv
Motherboard	AsRock Steel Legend B650
Cooling	MSI C360 AIO
Memory	T-Create 32gb 6000 CL 30
Video Card(s)	MERC310 7900 XT -60 uv +150 core
Display(s)	NZXT Canvas IPS 1440p 165hz 27"
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black)
Audio Device(s)	Logitech THX 2.1 + Modi 3 DAC
Power Supply	Corsair RM850W

What's your latest tech purchase?

P4-630

avidgamer121

gffermari

avidgamer121

Space Lynx

Astronaut

Hyderz

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

gffermari

Psychoholic

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

Chomiq

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

lexluthermiester

Space Lynx

Astronaut

lexluthermiester

Icon Charlie

tabascosauz

Moderator

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

Veseleil

dylricho

Klemc

VSG

Editor, Reviews & News

Keullo-e

S.T.A.R.S.

Veseleil

tabascosauz

Moderator

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