What's your latest tech purchase?

[faye]

Postman delivered this today:

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Replacement fan for one of the 3 from Amazon that have a cracked blade.
Phanteks International support team kept their promise.

Phanteks has some good people in my experience. A guy once spent like 30 minutes on the phone with me (or at least that's what it felt like) figuring out which of their heat sinks I had from my very awkward and probably not at all accurate description to send me replacement mounting hardware for like 10 bucks. They seem willing to stand behind their stuff.

 

[de.das.dude]

Postman delivered this today:

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Replacement fan for one of the 3 from Amazon that have a cracked blade.
Phanteks International support team kept their promise.

looks like you have become a big phan

 

[avidgamer121]

got a used 1050 ti for 3k INR (36$)
it's the same model as my previous one (zotac mini)
forgot to take pics, so just leaving this here for reference
i also reapplied the thermal paste and clean the back with isopropyl alcohol

 

[lexluthermiester]

Postman delivered this today:

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Replacement fan for one of the 3 from Amazon that have a cracked blade.
Phanteks International support team kept their promise.

Very cool!

 

[mechtech]

You know what i mean

Just got this bag of bits to put together.
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Neat, where you get that? I should get my son something like that!!

 

[Shrek]

Powered USB hub so I can keep using all my USB A stuff on a new iMac

 

[A Computer Guy]

2 Pack Upgraded Watt Meter Power Meter

Amazon.com

I was interested in seeing how much power draw my PC's were taking. These seem to be working great. In fact I wonder if something is wrong with one of my motherboards because despite being powered off it's eating 2w for some reason so further investigation needed.

Inwin Chopin Max

https://www.amazon.com/IN-WIN-IW-CS-CHOPINMAXGRE-PS200W-Chopin-MAX/dp/B0BGH9R7KT/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top

Unfortunately I broke it. More specifically the the 200w 80Plus Gold PSU. I was exploring the feasibility of downsizing my home server to run a headless ITX with 5950x.
After successfully testing it with two ITX boards (one with 4750G and other 5950x) running it though some benches and finally deciding on using the 4750G ITX it never powered anything again.

With the 5950x in 65w TDP (only 120w max power draw) and 105w TDP (only 160w max power draw) must have proven too much for this little unit. At first I didn't realize the safety tripped on my watt meter after swapping motherboards back to the 4750G and thought my board died but it turned out the PSU won't power on any board now. Maybe I can put an HDPlex in there but it's next to impossible to buy right now. Might have to wait a few months for it to come back into stock.

 

[mechtech]

Everyone should be using one Rossmann of flux per solder joint.

If I can’t solder with a torch……I don’t wanna solder.

do, tech geek earring cound as tech?
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Make a nice keychain

 

[Fokker]

You vs the guy she said not to worry about. (I like Asus routers, don't judge.)

 

[GreiverBlade]

Make a nice keychain

the BMP180 even the one from Adafruit are not big enough for a keychain, about the size of a nail

 

[Veseleil]

You vs the guy she said not to worry about. (I like Asus routers, don't judge.)
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Sorry, I couldn't resist. It reminds me of this:

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Also this:

 

[Fokker]

Sorry, I couldn't resist. It reminds me of this:

Spoiler

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Also this:
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You're just upset that you're not going to look this cool tonight like I am. I love my RGB head crab.

 

[lexluthermiester]

You're just upset that you're not going to look this cool tonight like I am. I love my RGB head crab.

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FarScape was SOOOO campy, but hilarious too!

 

[Veseleil]

Been hunting these yesterday locally on the web market, found 2 guys with 2 identical kits. Coincidence? No such thing in my book.


So today I went to pick them up. One kit came with an extra Hynix OEM 2GB module, but one of the OCZ modules is missing a heatspreader on one side. I guess it's not a big deal, still left to see if the Rampage Formula boots with four of them anyway.

 

[mechtech]

label maker...........................hopefully the wife uses it!

 

[Fokker]

Been hunting these yesterday locally on the web market, found 2 guys with 2 identical kits. Coincidence? No such thing in my book.
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So today I went to pick them up. One kit came with an extra Hynix OEM 2GB module, but one of the OCZ modules is missing a heatspreader on one side. I guess it's not a big deal, still left to see if the Rampage Formula boots with four of them anyway.

I used to rock OCZ in my computers all the time. Those spreaders are a familiar sight.

 

[adilazimdegilx]

Been hunting these yesterday locally on the web market, found 2 guys with 2 identical kits. Coincidence? No such thing in my book.
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So today I went to pick them up. One kit came with an extra Hynix OEM 2GB module, but one of the OCZ modules is missing a heatspreader on one side. I guess it's not a big deal, still left to see if the Rampage Formula boots with four of them anyway.

Seeing that heatspreader is nostalgic. I remember when I was building my LGA775 pc I was in between those OCZs and Geil's orange one (I like orange the color , they were otherwise pretty similar) But I went with Geil's


with these specific Geil's infact (Bottom one still has the plastic on brand after 17 years... )

 

[Veseleil]

2 identical kits.

Well, so far I see that the PCB isn't the same. Hoping the RAM chips are identical. I'm not taking off the heatspreaders before obtaining that 2 sided tape though. The rig is meant for the OC'ing and benchmarks mostly, so 2x2GB is just fine.

I used to rock OCZ in my computers all the time. Those spreaders are a familiar sight.

Seeing that heatspreader is nostalgic.

Yes, they have that great oldschool look. They'll be a perfect match for my motherboard, even though they are more silver than gold RN. After polishing probably more like platinum. Loving the DDR2 enthusiast RAM heatspreaders generally. Just a subtle style difference from the ECC server kits. Low profile as they should be, simple yet beautiful.

 

[P4-630]

with these specific Geil's infact

Got 4 of these sticks in my dads 775 system, never any issues and they also overclock to almost 1000Mhz.
960 I had them years ago iirc...

 

[paulwarden]

i had to buy a new b550 motherboard last week only just gotten it installed today and it is working great i used to have a gigabyte b550 and now have an asus b550-f wifi now i just need to get it to run properly with the ram at the required speed lol still it is a great board for the £110 i paid for it

 

[PLAfiller]

label maker...........................hopefully the wife uses it!

I have the previous model with the separate buttons and it's better IMO, cause at work we have the one you bought and I find the full rubber keyboard a bit clunckier. That aside, every house should have one of these.....I love em. I buy my consumables from Aliexrpess as Brother charges arm and leg for a cassette and also these cheap models leave A LOT of empty space regardless what settings you use.
EDIT: you will use it too...trust me ))) oh...and it eats batteries even when it's not on. Get a supply of AAA for this one or an adapter, but it looses mobility if you do.

 

[thesmokingman]

Just bought another Samsung G9 2024 for a new station as they're on sale now.

Oh btw Amazon has the 2023 G9 OLED for $1100, which is pretty crazy. The 2024 model is 2300.

 

[Veseleil]

I have the previous model with the separate buttons and it's better IMO, cause at work we have the one you bought and I find the full rubber keyboard a bit clunckier. That aside, every house should have one of these.....I love em. I buy my consumables from Aliexrpess as Brother charges arm and leg for a cassette and also these cheap models leave A LOT of empty space regardless what settings you use.
EDIT: you will use it too...trust me ))) oh...and it eats batteries even when it's not on. Get a supply of AAA for this one or an adapter, but it looses mobility if you do.

Used the same model from his photo at work, mostly for labeling fire alarm systems. It's a pain... All that you said and even worse, not user friendly at all. I won't miss it for sure. I hope he'll have a better experience.

 

[freeagent]

I just plugged in my new G502 Hero. Good bye to my Zowie EC2 EVO. What a massive step up lol, and all I did was move it around and scroll at light speed

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[lexluthermiester]

Been hunting these yesterday locally on the web market, found 2 guys with 2 identical kits. Coincidence? No such thing in my book.
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So today I went to pick them up. One kit came with an extra Hynix OEM 2GB module, but one of the OCZ modules is missing a heatspreader on one side. I guess it's not a big deal, still left to see if the Rampage Formula boots with four of them anyway.

I had a 4GB(4x1GB) kit like those with 4-4-4-12 timings. Damn good RAM kits!