What's your latest tech purchase?

[Space Lynx]

I use classic books. In Business with index markers etc. In private with a page marker. I have a hell of books in epub and pdf format, but i miss there the "erotics" of changing a page. Books are a cultural property. And exactly that cultural is missed, when using it electronically.

to each their own my man, i love eink, i have had a e-ink device for 12+ years now

 

[SN2716057]

A cheap mouse at work to replace the cheap one before.
This time it's the Speedlink Piavo mouse to replace the Trust Verto.
5 dpi settings, nice rubber-esk finish (which most likely won't last long) and no-nonsense look (aka rgb barf).

 

[FoulOnWhite]

to each their own my man, i love eink, i have had a e-ink device for 12+ years now

With e inks you have one device and a little memory stick on your book shelves, i have lots of actual books. Guess which looks better?

 

[P4-630]

rubber-esk finish

I've got sticky mice before....
Some manufacturers not always use the good materials and they haven't always tested them over years.

 

[SN2716057]

I've got sticky mice before....
Some manufacturers not always use the good materials and they haven't always tested them over years.

Oh, it's not a bad finish, very similar to the Logitech MX Ergo. And let's not compare the price between the two aforementioned
Ninja edit: The Speedlink has a much thinner surface.

 

[P4-630]

MX Ergo

I just read this one can get sticky buttons.

I'm always wary when buying electronics which have some sort of soft rubber-ish finish...

 

[SN2716057]

I just read this one can get sticky buttons.

I'm always wary when buying electronics which have some sort of soft rubber-ish finish...

Sticky ball too

But with my MX Ergo version the battery crapped out, the replacement battery didn't last long either. I still have it in storage for a future project..
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As for the Verto the wheel stop functioning, I hope I can repair it so I have a spare one.

 

[faye]

Sticky ball too

But with my MX Ergo version the battery crapped out, the replacement battery didn't last long either. I still have it in storage for a future project..
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As for the Verto the wheel stop functioning, I hope I can repair it so I have a spare one.

Logitech really does make trash these days - wild to see how far they've fallen when it comes to build quality. Used to swear by them, now there are so many better options. It's oddly sad.

 

[P4-630]

Logitech really does make trash these days - wild to see how far they've fallen when it comes to build quality. Used to swear by them, now there are so many better options. It's oddly sad.

Haven't noticed any issues with my Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless though.

I'm a logitech wireless user since the MX 1000 from 2004.

 

[wNotyarD]

Logitech really does make trash these days - wild to see how far they've fallen when it comes to build quality. Used to swear by them, now there are so many better options. It's oddly sad.

Logitech G builds some lovely devices which last ridiculously short. Two examples I have:
G502 Hero: great mouse, but the rubber on its sides is crap and the main switches start having issues easily. If you swap the switches and cover its sides with ANY aftermarket grip, the mouse is AMAZING.
G810 Orion: to this day I miss using this keyboard, the typing and gaming was phenomenal. However, the RGB fails some leds fast, keycaps stems break without notice and Romer-G's are chatter-prone and you can't just clean/lube them like MX-style switches. I may someday replace every switch on mine, but that's a project without schedule.

Logitech office stuff, though, is near indestructible. The simpler, the tougher.

 

[PLAfiller]

Haven't noticed any issues with my Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless though.

I'm a logitech wireless user since the MX 1000 from 2004.

Been a fan as well. Have a G602 still running, my absolute favourite is the Marathon M705 (had 2-3 of those), have two of its successors -> Triathlon. MX-series is just outside my budget, but would love to get my hands on "DA MASTER" .

 

[faye]

Logitech G builds some lovely devices which last ridiculously short. Two examples I have:
G502 Hero: great mouse, but the rubber on its sides is crap and the main switches start having issues easily. If you swap the switches and cover its sides with ANY aftermarket grip, the mouse is AMAZING.
G810 Orion: to this day I miss using this keyboard, the typing and gaming was phenomenal. However, the RGB fails some leds fast, keycaps stems break without notice and Romer-G's are chatter-prone and you can't just clean/lube them like MX-style switches. I may someday replace every switch on mine, but that's a project without schedule.

Logitech office stuff, though, is near indestructible. The simpler, the tougher.

For me, the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back was the Astro C40 Tr. Went through 3 thumbstick modules in less than a year, to the tune of $25+ each and waiting well over a week every time. Contacting Logitech went nowhere - they own Astro and sell their products directly now, but wouldn't acknowledge the very well documented design defects that lead to these constant failures. On a $200 "pro" controller.

So yeah, that was my last Logitech product.

 

[wNotyarD]

For me, the straw that broke the proverbial camel's back was the Astro C40 Tr. Went through 3 thumbstick modules in less than a year, to the tune of $25+ each and waiting well over a week every time. Contacting Logitech went nowhere - they own Astro and sell their products directly now, but wouldn't acknowledge the very well documented design defects that lead to these constant failures. On a $200 "pro" controller.

So yeah, that was my last Logitech product.

Can't say much on the non-M&K products. I only have an Astro A40 TR with MixAmp that is amazing and built like a tank (but that's before Logi acquired Astro), and the G29 wheel which just works like it should.

 

[faye]

Can't say much on the non-M&K products. I only have an Astro A40 TR with MixAmp that is amazing and built like a tank (but that's before Logi acquired Astro), and the G29 wheel which just works like it should.

The C40 was also a pre-Logitech acquisition product, it's just terrible and they continue to sell it without fixing it. So I'm done with them.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

The C40 was also a pre-Logitech acquisition product, it's just terrible and they continue to sell it without fixing it. So I'm done with them.

I've had good luck with their M/K but honestly every controller maker leaves a lot to be desired even the Elite controller from Microsoft which is honestly the only one I like I think I'm on my 5/6th one and even Razer, Scuf, Sony, Nintendo all have issues with QC.

I just make sure to purchase the replacement warranty through bestbuy and get a new controller every 12-18 months. Although I eat the warranty cost every time but that's better than 200 ish.

 

[nomdeplume]

8BitDo just upgraded all of their controllers with Hall Effect sensors, even the budget models, so that will be way I go. I have a $20 budget 8bitdo controller I really like from last year, so I am going to order same version with hall effect sensors orange color only $35, comes out next month.

Interesting, thanks for the heads up.

 

[faye]

I've had good luck with their M/K but honestly every controller maker leaves a lot to be desired even the Elite controller from Microsoft which is honestly the only one I like I think I'm on my 5/6th one and even Razer, Scuf, Sony, Nintendo all have issues with QC.

I just make sure to purchase the replacement warranty through bestbuy and get a new controller every 12-18 months. Although I eat the warranty cost every time but that's better than 200 ish.

Get a GuliKit KK3 Max. It's effectively the Elite with Hall Effect everything and Switch compatibility. My only complaint is that the battery could last longer. I just try to have a charging cable around, but it hasn't put me in a bad place yet. $80 feels steep when you're ordering an "off-brand" controller, but it makes sense once you get your hands on the thing.

Alternately, if you're okay with wired and only two back buttons instead of the 4 paddles, the Gamesir G7 SE is an excellent option at about half the price.

I've owned all the big names, and they really are garbage - went through 3 Elite Series 2 that were defective out of the box before I found a "good" one and that only lasted about 9 months of light use before the left stick failed. The Victrix Gambit was an unergonomic, sharp edged, poorly thought out joke. The Astro C40 Tr thumb sticks all fail and Logitech won't do anything. Scuff is overpriced hypebeast supported bullshit. Also tried a bunch of stuff from PowerA, which isn't usually bad for the price but tends to have odd little issues and just doesn't feel as good in hand as more expensive options. It's frustrating.

 

[wNotyarD]

Get a GuliKit KK3 Max. It's effectively the Elite with Hall Effect everything and Switch compatibility. My only complaint is that the battery could last longer. I just try to have a charging cable around, but it hasn't put me in a bad place yet. $80 feels steep when you're ordering an "off-brand" controller, but it makes sense once you get your hands on the thing.

Alternately, if you're okay with wired and only two back buttons instead of the 4 paddles, the Gamesir G7 SE is an excellent option at about half the price.

I've owned all the big names, and they really are garbage - went through 3 Elite Series 2 that were defective out of the box before I found a "good" one and that only lasted about 9 months of light use before the left stick failed. The Victrix Gambit was an unergonomic, sharp edged, poorly thought out joke. The Astro C40 Tr thumb sticks all fail and Logitech won't do anything. Scuff is overpriced hypebeast supported bullshit. Also tried a bunch of stuff from PowerA, which isn't usually bad for the price but tends to have odd little issues and just doesn't feel as good in hand as more expensive options. It's frustrating.

I guess I could recommend you to look at the 8BitDo Ultimate BT with its charging dock. Hall effect sticks and triggers, Bluetooth connection to the Switch (if you have one) and 2.4G to its receiver (which slots into the dock), USB-C if you for any reason must use it wired, two configurable back buttons, customizable profiles, and for as long as I have mine I've never run into issues with its battery (but it stays at its dock most of the time I'm not gaming with it). All for some $50.

 

[Tomgang]

RTX 4060 in it self, is not that great of a card. But it does have one redeming feature. It´s low power demand allows for low profile cooler size cards.

I have two of these things below. The gigabyte card i all ready had for some time, but the asus card is brand new. There is a Card from Galax as well. But i have no intention on gettings that card.
So if you ask what card is best if you are in the market for a LP GPU? In short: Get the Asus card, it is simply the better card. Below i will give some more detailed reasons for why.

So why do i have two rtx 4060? simple i wanted to replace the rtx A2000 i have in my home threater/gaming system in my living room and the best of these cards will stay in my pc main pc. So asus will be staying in my main pc while the gigabyte will be throw in the home threater pc.

So here are more detailed reasons for why the asus cards is better.

Cooling on the asus card is better. With fans on bofh cards locked to the same RPM, asus card runs 6 to 8 degreess celcius (not fahrenheit) cooler than gigabyte. The gigabyte cooler is only just enough and nothing more than that. Tested rpm was 4500 rpm and max fans speed for gigabyte and around 75 % fan speed for Asus card.

When bofh cards runs at there rated stock wattage of 115 watt, the gigabyte card runs around 75-76 C with sidepanel of and as in my case pretty bad airflow with sidepanel on it runs more like 80 C to 82 C and fans speed at 100 %
While the Asus card with out sidepanel on runs 69C to 70 C and with sidepanel on around 74 C. First with raised power target to max this cards come close to the gigabyte cards temp. then it can go to 77-79 C but that is with power target over stock. With out side plane on it hits around 75 Cthe same temp the gigabyte card hit all ready stock with out sidepanel on.

For those that like to tweak and overclock a GPU
The asus card is also a better choise. Gigabyte card is locked to the stock 115 watt while asus allows you to raise power target from 115 watt to 127 watt. That should also tell you that asus has the better cooling solution and with the higher power target there for better oc capacity, also the fastest of the two cards. For those that might want to tweak for lower power consumption do to example a small psu. Power target can be lowered to 90 watt as the lowest value. That the same for both cards. I would have Liked if they could go as low as 70 or even 50 watt. Not all games or applications demand so much.

Also in case of bad airflow in the case the card will be used in. The asus card is also better. Not only because of a better cooling desing, but the fans can spin faster and that might be good where airflow is bad. I can say asus card better handles bad airflow than gigabyte. Gigabyte fans max out at 4400-4500 RPM when hitting 100 % fan speed, while asus card max out at 6000 rpm when hitting 100 % fan speed.
That dosent mean more noise for those afraid of that, cause do to the better cooler desing., At stock the asus cards stick to pretty much dame rpm as gigabyte card while running cooler as well. I hit pretty easy gigabyets card max fans speed while the asus card even with overclock and power target raised to 127 watt. I have not seen fan speed go over 5500 rpm and that is with sidepanel on and bad airflow. So if you have desent airflow, the card will run cooler and with less fan rpm. Also when it comes to ilde fan speed, none of these cards has 0 db mode or fan stop. Fans ilde at 30 % fan speed or in the 1500-1600 rpm range.

Gigabyte card uses a additional 8 pin power connector while asus only uses a 6 pin power connector. So none of these two cards can run on PCIe slot power alone. They are both fully working rtx 4060 with the power demand of such a card.

While bofh cards are longer than your standart LP cards like RX 6400/GTX 1650 and RTX A2000/A4000 ADA cards, the asus cards is a bit longer than the gigabyte card. So if the space i very cramped in your case, the gigabyte card might be your answer. But it´s only by 5 milimeters the asus card is longer than the gigabyte throw.

It seems the asus card is a bit more enspensive, but do to better cooling and more overclock headroom. I think the asus card is worth the little premium over gigabyte. You will be more happy with the asus card in my opinion. unless you just want to save as much money as possible and cant find the last 5 milimeters the asus card is longer than the gigabyte card of cause.

So yeah i my opinion the asus card is the clear winner.

Additional information: bofh cards comes with two brackets. Normal and a low profile bracket. So they fit in both normal size cases as well as sff cases.

I am sharing this information, because i could not find any reviews of the asus card, besides a chinese review with well chinese signs.

 

[wNotyarD]

Here comes the non-runner running shoes tech aficionado, with the latest purchase coming through the door:
A pair of Mizuno Wave Sky 7's, which I finally got on a deal for the colorway I fell in love with.

 

[freeagent]

New fans are here, just about ready to mess with people’s OCD

 

[Space Lynx]

If any of you ever want to experience the THOCK THOCK THOCK of a mech keyboard, but are working with a budget, this keyboard has that THOCK THOCK feel and sound that even some of my higher end mech boards don't have. I'd wait until black friday though, I bought this a year or two ago for like 23 bucks, but just now getting around to comparing it with my other mech boards. I am genuinely impressed. Going to be my daily driver for a bit, then I will probably switch back to the mech board I built with Akko Fairy and Yellow Cream Pro switches.

 

[Han44]

New (I received the first one after returning it and sent it back, it did not have the foil on the backplate) GPU 7900xtx Taichi from Asrock, quiet fans, no coil noise, successful purchase, I just need to check the new driver, gaming and benchmark temperature in the photo.

 

[ViperXTR]

new rodent

 

[faye]

I guess I could recommend you to look at the 8BitDo Ultimate BT with its charging dock. Hall effect sticks and triggers, Bluetooth connection to the Switch (if you have one) and 2.4G to its receiver (which slots into the dock), USB-C if you for any reason must use it wired, two configurable back buttons, customizable profiles, and for as long as I have mine I've never run into issues with its battery (but it stays at its dock most of the time I'm not gaming with it). All for some $50.

Feel in the hand is better on the Gulikit - I also own the old pre Hall Effect 8BitDo Ultimate.

Biggest issue for me there is only two back buttons - that's enough most of the time, but completely defeats the purpose of having them when it isn't.

At some point I'll just open my Elite Series 2, swap the sticks for aftermarket Hall Effect - never used the adjustable tension thing anyway, neat an idea as it is - and use that forever. It's still just that little bit better than the Gulikit, and I prefer using software to configure and having multiple saved profiles to switch through vs. having to do everything on the controller itself.

Nobody has been able to match the feel of the Elite, it's just a shame it's so poorly built. That said, 8BitDo, Gamesir, and Gulikit are getting really close at anywhere from half to a third the price. The "big names" really need to step up, or there won't be any reason to go with them in a year or two.