What's your latest tech purchase?

nguyen · Feb 15, 2024

Baseus simple 2in1 18W wireless charger looks pretty nice

Shou Miko · Feb 15, 2024

GreiverBlade said:
Rpi Zero 2 W in a Retroflag GPi Case ... if the Rpi Zero 2 W was not compatible with the GPi case (it was made for the Zero/Zero W classic ) i would have gone the Odroid way (i got a C2 in a Interscale case M )

alright, it's N[e]V[er]Me[nough]
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always wanted one like that ...

This looks like a show piece, you gonna buy any fancy to put in there?

Chomiq · Feb 15, 2024

Sennheiser Profile stream kit, plus a tiny USB-C to USB-A adapter for plugging it in.

GreiverBlade · Feb 15, 2024

Shou Miko said:
This looks like a show piece, you gonna buy any fancy to put in there?

a SN850X 2tb

Originally planned to use an Adata legend 960 2tb but I think it will go in the build for my sis's son in law

Better deal and upgrade over the initial Barracuda 2tb hdd

GerKNG · Feb 15, 2024

120mm tower 6 Heatpipe version (imo the better product compared to the Peerless Assassin)

kapone32 · Feb 15, 2024

GerKNG said:
120mm tower 6 Heatpipe version (imo the better product compared to the Peerless Assassin)
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Another convert

GreiverBlade · Feb 16, 2024

eh... it was an impulse buy, after seeing a lot of Ad from website ending in .ch (Switzerland) selling them for "AWESOME LIMITED OFFER HEAVY DISCOUNT JUST FOR YA!" at 59.90chf instead of 89.90chf ... with 1 paper roll and sell the 3x white paper roll recharge at "WOOHOO!!! MORE AWESOME DISCOUNT!!!!!" of 19.90chf instead of 29.90chf

decided to check Temu, because, we all know these kind of website and discount are hidding something

don't we?

13.98chf for it with 1 paper roll and 10 more rolls for 4.48chf, oh my ... did i just pay 18.46chf for that, aka: cheaper than a recharge of 3 paper roll?

well that's just a regular pocket thermal printer but it works perfectly the DPI is enough for pictures and it can also act as a printer for receipt ...

will definitely order some sticker roll to make labels also :laugh:

edit: and yes, it's USB-C (for charging )

yeah i know .... the skyrim print is a bit LoFi ... i guess any kind of antialiasing was too taxing .... :laugh:

SSGBryan · Feb 16, 2024

This arrived today. I hope it works if not, I'm out $6.

avidgamer121 · Feb 16, 2024

SSGBryan said:
This arrived today. I hope it works if not, I'm out $6.

only 6 dollars? that's extremely cheap

wheresmycar · Feb 16, 2024

GreiverBlade said:
eh... it was an impulse buy, after seeing a lot of Ad from website ending in .ch (Switzerland) selling them for "AWESOME LIMITED OFFER HEAVY DISCOUNT JUST FOR YA!" at 59.90chf instead of 89.90chf ... with 1 paper roll and sell the 3x white paper roll recharge at "WOOHOO!!! MORE AWESOME DISCOUNT!!!!!" of 19.90chf instead of 29.90chf

decided to check Temu, because, we all know these kind of website and discount are hidding something don't we?
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13.98chf for it with 1 paper roll and 10 more rolls for 4.48chf, oh my ... did i just pay 18.46chf for that, aka: cheaper than a recharge of 3 paper roll?

well that's just a regular pocket thermal printer but it works perfectly the DPI is enough for pictures and it can also act as a printer for receipt ...
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Nice!! Can you share some prints to see how well it performs.

Also does it support adhesive paper rolls?

mtosev · Feb 16, 2024

Windows 11 Pro

avidgamer121 · Feb 17, 2024

mtosev said:
Windows 11 Pro

wow, people still buy DVDs? iirc optical drive were dead a long time ago.
I had no idea that MS even make DVDs for their Windows OS.

SSGBryan · Feb 17, 2024

avidgamer121 said:
wow, people still buy DVDs? iirc optical drive were dead a long time ago.
I had no idea that MS even make DVDs for their Windows OS.

I have a Windows DVD - all of my computers have blu-ray players

I believe in physical media for all of my movies, TV shows, and music.

AFA the nic, I was overcharged - another seller had them for $1.97. We'll see how it goes once everything else gets here.

gurusmi · Feb 17, 2024

avidgamer121 said:
wow, people still buy DVDs? iirc optical drive were dead a long time ago.

Professionally optical drives are not dead at all. That's a dream. There are branches that rely on DVD/BluRay and will do it also in the next years. Every branch that needs to store data by law will use'em for years.

BTW: A couple of weeks afo i bought SSD Watercooling-Blocks from Alphacool. They are cheapest China-Crap.Wasted money. The cooling plate is held by 4 screws. those should be flat mounted. But they aren't. They are at least 0,7mm higher that the surrounding cooling plate. If one want's to close the gap by a themal pad he will have to apply at least 1,5mm high ones. At the original board cooler there are 1mm high ones applied. So the Waterblock by Alphacool transports less heat than the original Asus ProArt cooler.

GreiverBlade · Feb 17, 2024

wheresmycar said:
Nice!! Can you share some prints to see how well it performs.

Also does it support adhesive paper rolls?

it turns out nicer than expected even for portrait (made 3 print from colleagues foto, they loved it :laugh:

)

not bad at all for a greyscale thermal printer

could even print a whole minimanga :laugh:

it would probably be readable enough

yes, it support sticker rolls as i mentioned

... later

also received the SN850X but not the Graugear dock, nonetheless i think i will put it in place of the Gammix S11 1tb (swapping the P3 Plus so the SN850X is in a Gen4 slot and the P3 Plus in the Gen3)
funny in reading speed, the 980 Pro is 7000 the SN850X is 7300 and the Legend 960 is 7400 ... i basically will be "gifting" the fastest one with the next build? :laugh:

ain't i generous :laugh:

but .... it look so nice (and it has a "HDD-Busy" led on the side) that i ... don't really care about limiting it to 1000 on USB3.0

hilarious, SSD price are to go up ... and i bought 6tb in SSDs (980 Pro, Legend 850/960 and that SN850X) :laugh:

(taking a 4tb and a 2tb would cost around the same : ~500)

Fokker · Feb 17, 2024

Working on a dash replacement, so bought a Pi4B, 7" screen, and a NAS case with an M.2 USB card (not pictured in the video). This is a stop-gap for someone else's vehicle. I'll be working on a light weight Linux install next to drive a different app directly without Android.

FoulOnWhite · Feb 17, 2024

Just got a 45,000mAH/166.5wh portable battery. Does 110/220v/180w out too, + PD65w, useful.

khemist · Feb 17, 2024

GreiverBlade · Feb 17, 2024

not bad not bad ... indeed a nice showpiece, well worth putting that SN850X at 1/7,3 of its max speed :laugh:

Shrek · Feb 17, 2024

All my Yubikeys are black, so I don't know which is the primary key and which the backups; Yubico sell skins for $5 each plus postage, so instead I managed to get a cricut sampler pack of vinyl self adhestive sheets and made skins from them as well as using colored lanyards.

lexluthermiester · Feb 18, 2024

SSGBryan said:
I have a Windows DVD - all of my computers have blu-ray players

I believe in physical media for all of my movies, TV shows, and music.

Right there with you good sir!

Hyderz · Feb 18, 2024

So errr this happened

VulkanBros · Feb 18, 2024

Lian Li Lancool 216 v2

Quite a good airflow in this thing - and than for the price (114 $)

wNotyarD · Feb 18, 2024

VulkanBros said:
Lian Li Lancool 216 v2

Quite a good airflow in this thing - and than for the price (114 $)

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I lost count of how many mock builds I made for myself based on the 216. Then I shifted the goal up by dreaming of building a custom loop (and I even devised a name for it), so the mocks are now based on the Lancool III.

FoulOnWhite · Feb 18, 2024

VulkanBros said:
Lian Li Lancool 216 v2

Quite a good airflow in this thing - and than for the price (114 $)

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Nice but why the 1.5KW PSU?

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Processor	9800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X870E Aorus Master
Cooling	DeepCool AK620
Memory	2x32GB G.SKill 6400MT Cas32
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX4090 TUF
Storage	4TB Samsung 990 Pro
Display(s)	48" LG OLED C4
Case	Corsair 5000D Air
Audio Device(s)	KEF LSX II LT speakers + KEF KC62 Subwoofer
Power Supply	Corsair HX850
Mouse	Razor Death Adder v3
Keyboard	Razor Huntsman V3 Pro TKL
Software	win11

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Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 chassis
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Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 IoT Enterprise 24H2 UK \| Win11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 UK / Arch (Fan)
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Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE
Memory	2x16 GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16 Rev E @ 3800 CL16
Video Card(s)	RTX3080 Ti FE
Storage	SX8200 Pro 1 TB, Plextor M6Pro 256 GB, WD Blue 2TB
Display(s)	LG 34GN850P-B
Case	SilverStone Primera PM01 RGB
Audio Device(s)	SoundBlaster G6 \| Fidelio X2 \| Sennheiser 6XX
Power Supply	SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Endgame Gear XM1R
Keyboard	Wooting Two HE

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 6000 CL30 (A-Die)
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio
Storage	1TB Samsung 990 PRO, 4TB Corsair MP600 PRO XT, 1TB WD SN850X, 4x4TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Alienware AW2725DF, LG 27GR93U, LG 27GN950-B
Case	Streacom BC1 V2 Black
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion Series 2 III, Sennheiser GSP600 and HD599 SE - Creative Soundblaster X4
Power Supply	bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500w Titanium
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow V3 TKL
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S
Software	~2000 Video Games

What's your latest tech purchase?

nguyen

Shou Miko

Chomiq

GreiverBlade

GerKNG

kapone32

GreiverBlade

SSGBryan

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avidgamer121

wheresmycar

mtosev

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Hyderz

VulkanBros

wNotyarD

FoulOnWhite

System Name	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage	Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s)	GIGABYTE FV43U
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

System Name	Xpectra
Processor	Intel Core i3 10105F
Motherboard	Asrock H470M-HDV
Cooling	Cooler Master H410R RGB
Memory	Hynix 16GB (2x8) 2666Mhz DDR4 RAM
Video Card(s)	Zotac GTX 1050 Ti Mini
Storage	Crucial BX500 120GB+480GB, 1TB+2TB Seagate Barracuda 7200RPM
Display(s)	HP 22es
Case	Chiptronex C100
Audio Device(s)	F&D F190X
Power Supply	Corsair CX550
Mouse	Zebronics Zeb-Comfort
Keyboard	TVS EGold Bharat
Software	Windows 11 24H2

System Name	❶ Oooh (2024) ❷ Aaaah (2021) ❸ Ahemm (2017)
Processor	❶ 5800X3D ❷ i7-9700K ❸ i7-7700K
Motherboard	❶ X570-F ❷ Z390-E ❸ Z270-E
Cooling	❶ ALFIII 360 ❷ X62 + X72 (GPU mod) ❸ X62
Memory	❶ 32-3600/16 ❷ 32-3200/16 ❸ 16-3200/16
Video Card(s)	❶ 3080 X Trio ❷ 2080TI (AIOmod) ❸ 1080TI
Storage	❶ NVME/SSD/HDD ❷ <SAME ❸ SSD/HDD
Display(s)	❶ 1440/165/IPS ❷ 1440/144/IPS ❸ 1080/144/IPS
Case	❶ BQ Silent 601 ❷ Cors 465X ❸ Frac Mesh C
Audio Device(s)	❶ HyperX C2 ❷ HyperX C2 ❸ Logi G432
Power Supply	❶ HX1200 Plat ❷ RM750X ❸ EVGA 650W G2
Mouse	❶ Logi G Pro ❷ Razer Bas V3 ❸ Logi G502
Keyboard	❶ Logi G915 TKL ❷ Anne P2 ❸ Logi G610
Software	❶ Win 11 ❷ 10 ❸ 10
Benchmark Scores	I have wrestled bandwidths, Tussled with voltages, Handcuffed Overclocks, Thrown Gigahertz in Jail

System Name	Core i9 rig / Lenovo laptop
Processor	Core i9 10900X / Core i5 8350U
Motherboard	Asus Prime X299 Edition 30 / Lenovo motherboard
Cooling	Corsair H115i PRO RGB / stock cooler
Memory	Gskill 4x8GB 3600mhz / 16GB 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super / UHD 620
Storage	Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB / Samsung OEM 256GB NVMe
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp UP3017 / Full HD IPS touch
Case	Coolermaster mastercase H500M
Audio Device(s)	Onboard sound
Power Supply	Enermax Platimax 1700 watt / Lenovo 65watt power adapter
Mouse	Logitech M500s
Keyboard	Cherry
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Naboo (2019)
Processor	AMD 3800x
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus Master V1 (X470)
Cooling	individual EKWB/Heatkiller loop
Memory	4*8 GB 3600 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 5700XT
Storage	SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0x4, 2 TB PCIe 3.0
Display(s)	2*WQHD
Case	Lian Li O11 Rog
Audio Device(s)	Hifiman, Topping DAC/KHV
Power Supply	Seasonic 850W Gold
Mouse	Logitech MX2, Logitech MX Ergo Trackball
Keyboard	Cherry Stream Wireless, Logitech MX Keys
Software	Linux Mint "Vera" Cinnamon

System Name	Computer
Processor	Intel 12700K
Motherboard	Asus Prime Z690-A
Cooling	Twin radiator open loop
Memory	Corsair Dominator 32GB DDR5
Video Card(s)	eVGA 3080 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 2 TB
Display(s)	Asus PG348Q and two Asus VN279Q monitors
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Sennheiser GSX 1000 with Sennheiser HD599 SE
Power Supply	Asus Thor 1200P
Mouse	Corsair Scimitar Elite RGB Wireless
Keyboard	Keychron Q3 Max
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	BigRed
Processor	I7 12700k
Motherboard	Asus Rog Strix z690-A WiFi D4
Cooling	Noctua D15S chromax black/MX6
Memory	TEAM GROUP 32GB DDR4 4000C16 B die
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3080 Gaming Trio X 10GB
Storage	M.2 drives WD SN850X 1TB 4x4 BOOT/WD SN850X 4TB 4x4 STEAM/USB3 4TB OTHER
Display(s)	Dell s3422dwg 34" 3440x1440p 144hz ultrawide
Case	Corsair 7000D
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z5450/KEF uniQ speakers/Bowers and Wilkins P7 Headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x 80% gold
Mouse	Logitech G604 lightspeed wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL lightspeed wireless
Software	Windows 10 Pro X64
Benchmark Scores	Who cares

Processor	9700k
Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AC
Cooling	NZXT kraken X53
Memory	16GB Klevv Bolt X 3600mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX 3080
Storage	SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB NVME
Display(s)	LG OLED42C24LA
Case	Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Dragonfly Black DAC/Amp + AKG Q701 + Rode NT-USB
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	Steelseries Prime wireless
Keyboard	Coolermaster Masterkeys S
Software	Win 10 64

System Name	CyberPowerPC ET8070
Processor	Intel Core i5-10400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1
Memory	2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super
Storage	Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE
Display(s)	Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440)
Power Supply	EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers)
Software	Windows 11 Home

System Name	Custom
Processor	i9 9900k
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 arous master
Cooling	corsair h150i
Memory	4x8 3200mhz corsair
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 EX Gamer White OC
Storage	500gb Samsung 970 Evo PLus
Display(s)	MSi MAG341CQ
Case	Lian Li Pc-011 Dynamic
Audio Device(s)	Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	850w Seasonic Focus Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G403
Keyboard	Logitech G110

System Name	Commercial towing vehicle "Nostromo"
Processor	5800X3D
Motherboard	X570 Unify
Cooling	EK-AIO 360
Memory	32 GB Fury 3666 MHz
Video Card(s)	4070 Ti Eagle
Storage	SN850 NVMe 1TB + Renegade NVMe 2TB + 870 EVO 4TB
Display(s)	25" Legion Y25g-30 360Hz
Case	Lian Li LanCool 216 v2
Audio Device(s)	Razer Blackshark v2 Hyperspeed / Bowers & Wilkins Px7 S2e
Power Supply	HX1500i
Mouse	Harpe Ace Aim Lab Edition
Keyboard	Scope II 96 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 23H2 / Fedora w. KDE

System Name	G-Station 1.17 FINAL
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi
Cooling	DeepCool AK620 Digital
Memory	Asgard Bragi DDR4-3600CL14 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire PULSE RX 7900 XTX
Storage	240GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB Asgard AN2, 2TB Hiksemi FUTURE-LITE, 320GB+1TB 7200RPM HDD
Display(s)	Samsung 34" Odyssey OLED G8
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 MT
Audio Device(s)	Astro A40 TR + MixAmp
Power Supply	Cougar GEX X2 1000W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite (Red)
Software	Windows 11 Pro