What's your latest tech purchase?

FreedomEclipse · Jul 24, 2024

It was on sale.

Also waiting for a pair of Moondrop Chu II's to drop to £16 before I buy.

de.das.dude · Jul 25, 2024

FreedomEclipse said:
It was on sale.

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Also waiting for a pair of Moondrop Chu II's to drop to £16 before I buy.

haha Chu is a slang in Hindi

ordered a pair of blade wipers for my car. Its monsoon season here and its raining buckets.

FreedomEclipse · Jul 25, 2024

Arrived earlier than expected

And I already made my first mistake...

Ive already body slammed them into some Xanthochroid, Vulvodynia and Inferi.... :ohwell:

Thankfully it wasnt at high volume.

Even without burning in, these are very warm sounding when it comes to classic rock.

Ruru · Jul 26, 2024

Bought a tool for hardtube bending, 25EUR incl postage.

Edit: does this count as I subbed for Oct to PS+ Premium, no billing next month

PLAfiller · Jul 26, 2024

FreedomEclipse said:
It was on sale.

Also waiting for a pair of Moondrop Chu II's to drop to £16 before I buy.

I mean 20 quid or so, I almost can't believe these are any good. I see they have thousands of reviews, but I just can't imagine what kind of sound-stage you can get out of them. Are they really that good for the money? Obviously I don't mean compare them to 10 times more expensive one's, but in their budget range.

Ruru · Jul 26, 2024

PLAfiller said:
I mean 20 quid or so, I almost can't believe these are any good. I see they have thousands of reviews, but I just can't imagine what kind of sound-stage you can get out of them. Are they really that good for the money? Obviously I don't mean compare them to 10 times more expensive one's, but in their budget range.

Why u Britons call Pounds as quids?

Noci · Jul 26, 2024

My Trust Trust Asta GTX 865 didn't like coffee (as much as I do ) and now some keys refuse to do what they are supposed to, as well as some LED's went dark.
I disassembled it to see if it was a reasonable easy fix, but that is not the case as it is a low budget mechanical keyboard

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So I just ordered a Sharkoon Skiller SGK60 as replacement.

Also low budget, for a mechanical keyboards that is, but @ less than € 50 and according to the reviews good value for money when it was even more expensive at the time of the reviews.

FreedomEclipse · Jul 26, 2024

PLAfiller said:
I mean 20 quid or so, I almost can't believe these are any good. I see they have thousands of reviews, but I just can't imagine what kind of sound-stage you can get out of them. Are they really that good for the money? Obviously I don't mean compare them to 10 times more expensive one's, but in their budget range.

When you compare what else you can get on amazon for around that price. i.e Betrons or the more mainstream lower end Sony, JVC, Panasonic and philips headphones that are selling based off their brand name alone (basically garbage...) The manufacturer of these Zero 2s had some big youtube audiophile and reviewer partner up with them to tune the headphones to make a good set of budget headphones.

I mean even if you dont watch all the reviews - Even Crinacles own review because bias. This is probably the only video you need to watch to give you a good idea about them.

if youre not looking for a throw away set of headphones, dont want to pay over the moon for one but would still want something that sounds good. Cant go wrong with Zero 2. Even Chu II for that matter. Those have had great reviews. (corners have been cut obviously... plastic shell and cheap but serviceable cables. All the budget went into the driver)

Ruru · Jul 26, 2024

Noci said:
My Trust Trust Asta GTX 865 didn't like coffee (as much as I do ) and now some keys refuse to do what they are supposed to, as well as some LED's went dark.
I disassembled it to see if it was a reasonable easy fix, but that is not the case as it is a low budget mechanical keyboard .

So I just ordered a Sharkoon Skiller SGK60 as replacement.

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Also low budget, for a mechanical keyboards that is, but @ less than € 50 and according to the reviews good value for money when it was even more expensive at the time of the reviews.

My old og Razer Blackwidow gave up afrer 5 beer baths

witkazy · Jul 26, 2024

Little usefull tool that goes long way from ios to android.

C and USB in one.runs tad hot but works.
64gb San disc flash, 400mb transfer.

harm9963 · Jul 26, 2024

Order two more Noctua a14 3000rpm fans , but getting 2 fer 1

nomdeplume · Jul 26, 2024

Ruru said:
My old og Razer Blackwidow gave up afrer 5 beer baths

Stick to clear alcohols. Much cleaner and safer.

Nereus · Jul 26, 2024

Samsung T9 portable SSD 1TB.

Deleted member 229121 · Jul 26, 2024

Pulled the trigger as soon as I saw it (1215 piece Mario & Yoshi set).

Super Mario World™: Mario & Yoshi 71438 | LEGO® Super Mario™ | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US

Nostalgic Super Mario™ gift for adult fans

www.lego.com

regeesfu · Jul 26, 2024

Double-Click said:
Pulled the trigger as soon as I saw it (1215 piece Mario & Yoshi set).

Super Mario World™: Mario & Yoshi 71438 | LEGO® Super Mario™ | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US

Nostalgic Super Mario™ gift for adult fans

www.lego.com

you got great taste! great shot and great trophy!

FreedomEclipse · Jul 27, 2024

Ruru said:
Why u Britons call Pounds as quids?

Its regional slang

dont whant to set it"' · Jul 27, 2024

A beast of the past\blast from the past/beast of a unit chassis . I planned to hope to retire my am4 in it some day, along with the drives of the past build, unless I get a girlfriend first or win the lottery, whichever comes first of course.

A dell lappie, judge me!. Ryzen 8840u, I almost went for a handheld console, but cant really play Diablo2R on it and be proficient / print/ office stuff on a console. I have uninstalled most if not all dell app bullcrap and ms related too . Shame it came with W11, free w key that is, is still w key for a obnoxious os.

Ruru · Jul 27, 2024

FreedomEclipse said:
Its regional slang

I know, but where that comes from?

FreedomEclipse · Jul 27, 2024

Ruru said:
I know, but where that comes from?

Take a guess.

Ruru · Jul 27, 2024

FreedomEclipse said:
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Take a guess.

So old term? Damn!

Ehm paid with Pounds on ebay yesterday..

dragontamer5788 · Jul 28, 2024

I'm sure every electrical engineering hobbyist who makes their own wires owns a collection of these...

EDIT: Shrinking picture, earlier pic was just my phone unedited.

Crimpers are one of those tools that just fills up your toolbox because each good set of crimpers only works with a small number of terminals.

This here is a Panduit CT-100B.

The most expensive part of my recent projects is this freaking crimper.

Palladium · Jul 28, 2024

My new toys:

FreedomEclipse said:
When you compare what else you can get on amazon for around that price. i.e Betrons or the more mainstream lower end Sony, JVC, Panasonic and philips headphones that are selling based off their brand name alone (basically garbage...) The manufacturer of these Zero 2s had some big youtube audiophile and reviewer partner up with them to tune the headphones to make a good set of budget headphones.

I mean even if you dont watch all the reviews - Even Crinacles own review because bias. This is probably the only video you need to watch to give you a good idea about them.

if youre not looking for a throw away set of headphones, dont want to pay over the moon for one but would still want something that sounds good. Cant go wrong with Zero 2. Even Chu II for that matter. Those have had great reviews. (corners have been cut obviously... plastic shell and cheap but serviceable cables. All the budget went into the driver)

Yeah. Dirt cheap IEMs, dongles and even some TWS had become so good there's really no point spending big $$$ anymore on audio playback besides speakers.

dragontamer5788 said:
The most expensive part of my recent projects is this freaking crimper.

I do electrical crimping regularly at work. I have the same kind of crimper but paid $10 IIRC and it actually works better than much more expensive pro tools. Since I only deal with <24VDC its more than sufficient.

dragontamer5788 · Jul 28, 2024

Palladium said:
I do electrical crimping regularly at work. I have the same kind of crimper but paid $10 IIRC and it actually works better than much more expensive pro tools. Since I only deal with <24VDC its more than sufficient.

There's a bunch of 26AWG wires that I use, which is barely within the scope of the 22AWG buttsplice / 22 AWG uninsulated setting on this Panduit crimper. (https://www.panduit.com/en/products...s-split-bolts-accessories/splices/bs22-m.html).

In my experience, the 10AWG to 22AWG market works excellently for a large number of household level electronics. Where crap gets expensive are these smaller 26AWG or even 22AWG (which is on the far-end of typical $10 to $20 crimpers).

Well, I guess I should go make a test crimp now. But given how much I spent this test-crimp BETTER work out... (I'll edit it in after I test crimp).

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So yeah. Very good, very small crimps. The kind that's needed for electronics but isn't really covered by the house-level $20 common crimpers.

Passes the tug test. And crimping is faster + safer + more reliable than soldering so crimping is the preference for any wire.

Mac the Geek · Jul 28, 2024

The crimper I have is geared toward signal wiring, as it crimps both RJ11 and RJ45 connectors. That price tag looks crazy, until I realize that you're going to do a lot more with it than just terminate phone wires and Cat6.

dragontamer5788 · Jul 28, 2024

Mac the Geek said:
The crimper I have is geared toward signal wiring, as it crimps both RJ11 and RJ45 connectors. That price tag looks crazy, until I realize that you're going to do a lot more with it than just terminate phone wires and Cat6.

You know what's really crazy? The CT-100B is the cheap option.

69363 | DigiKey Electronics

Order today, ships today. 69363 – Hand Crimper Tool Splices and Terminals from TE Application Tooling. Pricing and Availability on millions of electronic components from Digi-Key Electronics.

www.digikey.com

The thing about "crimpers" is that we got NASA-grade / Military-grade crimpers floating around the market with stupidly high costs.

Yes. Even for the humble 26AWG butt splice. I'm sure the NASA-grade / Milspec TE 69363 is worth it to military or NASA or other situations where reliability is king. But ummmm.... I'll just stick with the one I got.

System Name	DarnGosh Edition
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright AM5 Contact Frame + Phantom Spirit 120SE
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32-38-38-96
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	WD SN770 1TB (Boot)\| 2x 2TB WD SN770 (Gaming)\| 2x 2TB Crucial BX500\| 2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White) {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 80+ GOLD
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 11 Home
Benchmark Scores	ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| J1nnx took Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

System Name	DarnGosh Edition
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright AM5 Contact Frame + Phantom Spirit 120SE
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32-38-38-96
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	WD SN770 1TB (Boot)\| 2x 2TB WD SN770 (Gaming)\| 2x 2TB Crucial BX500\| 2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White) {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 80+ GOLD
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 11 Home
Benchmark Scores	ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ

System Name	4K-gaming
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X @ PBO +200 -20CO
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50, EKWB Vector TUF
Memory	32GB Kingston HyperX Fury DDR4-3466
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX 3080 TUF OC 10GB
Storage	A pack of SSDs totaling 3.2TB + 3TB HDDs
Display(s)	27" 4K120 IPS + 32" 4K60 IPS + 24" 1080p60
Case	Corsair 4000D Airflow White
Audio Device(s)	Asus TUF H3 Wireless / Corsair HS35
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 + Asus ROG Strix Edge Nordic
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	It runs Crysis

System Name	PLAHI
Processor	I5-10400
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS
Cooling	120 AIO
Memory	32GB Corsair LPX 2400 Mhz DDR4 CL14
Video Card(s)	PNY QUADRO RTX A2000
Storage	Intel 670P 512GB
Display(s)	Philips 288E2A 28" 4K + 22" LG 1080p
Case	Thermaltake URBAN R31
Audio Device(s)	Creative Soundblaster Z SE
Power Supply	Fractal Design IntegraM 650W
Mouse	Logitech Triathlon
Keyboard	REDRAGON MITRA
Software	Windows 11 Home x 64

System Name	The Dark side of the room
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X
Motherboard	MSI MEG X570 Unify
Cooling	Custom loop watercooling (Bykski CPU-XPR-POM-M-V2, Alphacool Eisblock GPX, Freezemod PU-PWM5B18W)
Memory	GSkill Ripjaws V DDR4 3600 CL16 (4 x 16GB)
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster QICK 319 Radeon RX 6700 XT
Storage	1 x Kingston KC3000 1024GB (boot drive) + 2 x Kingston NV2 2TB (games & storage)
Display(s)	LG 34WP65C Ultrawide 3440x1440 @ 160Hz freesync premium
Case	Thermaltake Core P90 TG (slightly modded)
Audio Device(s)	onboard Realtek® ALC1220 with Logitech Z906
Power Supply	MSI MAG A850GF 80 Plus Gold
Mouse	Generic
Keyboard	Sharkoon Skiller SGK60 (with brown Kalih switches)
Software	Windows 11 pro
Benchmark Scores	It's a form of exhibitionism...;-), but fun in a way But showing off is triggering.............

System Name	serenity now/Faithul Eight
Processor	Amd 2400g/Amd 3800x
Motherboard	Asrock ab350m Pro 4/Asrock x570 Taichi
Cooling	CM Masterair G100M/Wraith
Memory	G.skill 2x4gb 3200/2x16 gb 3600 G.skill
Video Card(s)	igpu vega 11/3070 oc Palit
Storage	Apacer pcie ssd 240 gb/Adata 512gb nvme
Display(s)	50" LG 4k hdr
Case	scratch build
Power Supply	inter tech 650w 80+bronze/850 phantex pro
Software	Ubuntu bionic beaver 18.04 lts/W10

System Name	Harm's Rig's
Processor	5950X /2700x / AMD 8370e 4500
Motherboard	ASUS DARK HERO / ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming 4
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420 Push/Pull -6 Noctua NF-A14 i and 6 Noctua NF-A14 i Meshify 2 XL
Memory	Patriot Viper Steel DDR4 16GB (4x 8GB) 4000M TRIDENT Z F-43600V15D-16GTZ /G.SKILL DDR4
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC AMP EXTREME AIRO 4090 / 1080 Ti /290X CFX
Storage	SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1TB/ WD DARK 770 2TB , Sabrent NVMe 512GB / 1 SSD 250GB / 1 HHD 3 TB
Display(s)	Thermal Grizzly WireView / TCL 646 55 TV / 50 Xfinity Hisense A6 XUMO TV
Case	Meshify 2 XL- TT 37 VIEW 200MM'S-ARTIC P14MAX
Audio Device(s)	Sharp Aquos
Power Supply	FSP Hydro PTM PRO 1200W ATX 3.0 PCI-E GEN-5 80 Plus Platinum - EVGA 1300G2/Corsair w750
Mouse	G502
Keyboard	G413

Processor	Intel i5 8400
Motherboard	Asus Prime H370M-Plus/CSM
Cooling	Scythe Big Shuriken & Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM chromax.black.swap
Memory	8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-2400
Video Card(s)	ROG-STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING
Storage	1TB 980 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung UN55KU6300F
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Software	W11 Pro

Processor	Intel i9-13900K
Motherboard	EVGA Z790 Dark K\|ngP\|n
Cooling	EK Velocity 2 (CPU), EK Vector 2 (GPU)
Memory	Corsair Dominator Platinum 2x16GB @ 7200Mhz CL34
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FTW3 Ultra
Storage	1TB Samsung 990 Pro m.2 (primary drive)
Display(s)	Alienware AW2725DF 27" 360Hz QD-OLED (1440p)
Case	Corsair 7000X RGB
Audio Device(s)	on board + EPOS \| Sennheiser GAME ONE headset
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNova 1600 T2 (overkill, but it was free)
Mouse	Glorious Model O minus (wired)
Keyboard	GMMK full size

System Name	eMule
Processor	i7 13700kf
Motherboard	Asus Z790 strix
Cooling	Noctua DH12
Memory	2x16 ddr5 g.skill royal 7200mhz
Video Card(s)	Rtx 4070
Storage	2tb 770 WD
Display(s)	Gigabite F24f
Case	Corsair 3000d
Power Supply	Bequiet 1000w dark mighty power
Mouse	Logitech g502
Keyboard	Mx Red

System Name	3 "rigs"-gaming/spare pc/cruncher
Processor	R7-5800X3D/i7-7700K/R9-7950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VI Extreme/Asus Ranger Z170/Asus ROG Crosshair X670E-GENE
Cooling	Bitspower monoblock ,custom open loop,both passive and active/air tower cooler/air tower cooler
Memory	32GB DDR4/32GB DDR4/64GB DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX6900XT Alphacooled/AMD RX5700XT 50th Aniv./SOC(onboard)
Storage	mix of sata ssds/m.2 ssds/mix of sata ssds+an m.2 ssd
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2410 , HP 24x
Case	mb box/Silverstone Raven RV-05/CoolerMaster Q300L
Audio Device(s)	onboard/onboard/onboard
Power Supply	3 Seasonics, a DeltaElectronics, a FractalDesing
Mouse	various/various/various
Keyboard	various wired and wireless
VR HMD	-
Software	W10.someting or another,all 3

System Name	Garbage / Trash
Processor	Ryzen 5600X / 5600
Motherboard	MSI B450M Mortar Ti / GB B550M Aorus Pro-P
Cooling	Deepcool GTE / ID Cooling SE224XT
Memory	Micron 32GB DDR4-3200 E-die @ 3600C16 / Ballistix Elite 16GB 3600C16
Video Card(s)	MSI 2060 Super Armor OC / Zotac 3070 Twin Edge
Storage	HP EX920 1TB Micron 1100 2TB, Crucial M550 1TB, Hynix P31 1TB
Display(s)	Acer XB271HU @ 150Hz x2
Audio Device(s)	JBL LSR305 + Topping D50S / iLoud MM + SMSL DO100
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus 850W / G-series 650W
Mouse	Logitech G304 x2

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