What's your latest tech purchase?

[FireFox]

 

[FireFox]

 

[P4-630]

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Electricity getting more expensive so you're making a downgrade....

 

[FireFox]

Electricity getting more expensive so you're making a downgrade....

I bought it just for the sake of spend some money

I don't understand myself

 

[P4-630]

I bought it just for the sake of spend some money

I don't understand myself

Well you could buy a 1440p monitor for me if you don't mind!

 

[FireFox]

Well you could buy a 1440p monitor for me if you don't mind!

104€ for a brand new 960 it's not a bad deal, i hope so.

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

Getting ready for Ryzen...72£ on Amazon

 

[flmatter]

I bought it just for the sake of spend some money

I can send you my amazon wishlist if you just want to spend money

seems like a good deal on that 960 there is one here local used for $125usd so yours looks cheaper.

 

[Tardan]

Recently got myself a new subwoofer to accompany the speakers I got! This earthquake maker is huge, and I love it, but my neighbors sure don't!

 

[AsRock]

 

[silentbogo]

Oh no.... not the [insertyourname] 858D....
Sold mine after it started to crumble. Had to replace both buttons, pot, and rewire the wand.
Also, at the lowest airflow setting it smells like burnt plastic and is still way too fast... Impossible to solder anything smaller than 1206-size components (blows them off the board).

My BAKU 702L is also a complete garbage (had to fix it myself after dealing with RMA), so the next one on my chinese tools list is this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CA-YIHUA-99...ION-WITH-SOLDERING-IRO-NEW-220V-/361675426776

Expensive, but it does have proper calibration for both Iron and Wand. There is also a compressor-based version, which I've seen in action. Pretty impressive for relatively non-expensive rework station.

 

[P4-630]

Just arrived today from china, just took 1 week!! (normally 2 weeks or a little longer from china)

Wismec Reuleaux RX 2/3 testing it with 2 batteries now.
3 batteries also possible with the additional battery cover, up to 200Watts.
With a nice OLED display!

Thought it was plastic but it's heavy quality and all metal!!

Bought it from gearbest.com for 42 Euros incl. shipping.

In my own country it costs 65 Euros excluded shipping.......

 

[Beertintedgoggles]

Just bought a "new" computer case. Stands about 3 feet tall and will hopefully not blend in with the living room. Will be hooking up the power LED output from the motherboard to a solid state relay and place a light behind the tuner face so it'll light up when powered on. For anyone wondering, it's a Philco radio from 1948. I can't remember the exact model right now.

 

[P4-630]

Just bought a "new" computer case. Stands about 3 feet tall and will hopefully not blend in with the living room. Will be hooking up the power LED output from the motherboard to a solid state relay and place a light behind the tuner face so it'll light up when powered on.
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You got a lot of work to do!
You could create a thread in the "Cases, Modding & Electronics" section and show us your progress!

 

[Beertintedgoggles]

You got a lot of work to do!
You could create a thread in the "Cases, Modding & Electronics" section and show us your progress!

You're right, I really should have taken some pics to show the stages of its development. This set has a built-in turntable so that front grill section that looks off is actually like that on the one I have in my hands (well.... arms). The most time spent on it so far was giving it a very deep cleaning then going back over it with some furniture wax. I have the turntable and speaker removed already. I did think about keeping them in tact and going through the tube amp and tuner and making the entire thing functional but life gets in the way and I figured I have enough projects as it is. So for now, turntable removed and replaced with a platform for the DVD drive (it's a HTPC) so we can pull out the grill and pop in a movie. I cut up an old Antec server case with an angle grinder for the motherboard tray and add-in cards support. Cut up another platform that goes in the very bottom that will hold the MB, PSU, SSD, EMI filtered power inlet, solid state relay for the power lights, and some fans. Still unsure if I will close up the back to cut down on sound and improve airflow or just leave it open like a test bench. Either way, I'm going to make a cardboard box that is lined with aluminum foil to place the lights in behind the tuner face to minimize any light bleeding out the case. If you can't tell, I'm a little excited about it.

 

[FireFox]

Purchased a few minutes ago.

Purchased this morning at work

Boeing 747-8

JOKE

 

[CAPSLOCKSTUCK]

You're right, I really should have taken some pics to show the stages of its development. This set has a built-in turntable so that front grill section that looks off is actually like that on the one I have in my hands (well.... arms). The most time spent on it so far was giving it a very deep cleaning then going back over it with some furniture wax. I have the turntable and speaker removed already. I did think about keeping them in tact and going through the tube amp and tuner and making the entire thing functional but life gets in the way and I figured I have enough projects as it is. So for now, turntable removed and replaced with a platform for the DVD drive (it's a HTPC) so we can pull out the grill and pop in a movie. I cut up an old Antec server case with an angle grinder for the motherboard tray and add-in cards support. Cut up another platform that goes in the very bottom that will hold the MB, PSU, SSD, EMI filtered power inlet, solid state relay for the power lights, and some fans. Still unsure if I will close up the back to cut down on sound and improve airflow or just leave it open like a test bench. Either way, I'm going to make a cardboard box that is lined with aluminum foil to place the lights in behind the tuner face to minimize any light bleeding out the case. If you can't tell, I'm a little excited about it.

please find the time to take some pics of the inside and back.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Received this morning ... work like a charm, launched several of my favorites mobiles games on it (and watched some movies ) well mobiles games at 1080i 60hz on a 32" TV ... is .... gorgeous

35$ after promo instead of 129$ which make it at the same price level of these chinese "no name" android boxes ... but with a better support and customer service (if i ever need customer service ... that is ...)



IR remote is neat but i have a all in one keyboard (with separated left click button for when you keep your keyboard in your hands and use the touchepad with the right thumb ) so i might not use it too often

i got a "EEHHH??? are you stupid? you didn take the U9-H it's way better ..." well duh .... obviously a Amlogic S912 is better than a S905.... or not ... might be octa instead of quad but the GPU side is not that much powerful, since Amlogic got the idea to put the Mali-T820MP3 in it ... instead of a 860 or something more ... punchy ... so, even the Mali-450MP5 in the S905 can equale it (save for 3D using OGL ES 3.1 which is also a trade off ), i'd rather take any 450/T760MPx over a T820MPx (ok ... GL ES 3.1 is technically cruicial for Android 7.0 support ... but ... that box is under 5.1.1 and perform quite well ... unlike a smartphone you don't need to have the latest version, thanks Apple for that trend )
funnier CPU task related the S905 is faster in most situation than the S912 ... yep it's a Octa but a bigLITTLE arch which mean 4x1.536ghz + 4x1ghz instead of 4x1.536ghz (2ghz is the kernel value) hence the "it's almost the same result albeit being newer and Octa instead of Quad"

soooo yep the U9-H does better at one thing in the end (if i except GL ES 3.1 compatibility): being pricier for nearly the same performances

hackable to RemixOS is also a plus

edit ... yep ... not worth the overprice ... even for GL ES 3.1

i think i can sell my RPi2 and 3 ... (maybe not the SenseHat tho ...) i use the Neo U1 for media and casual couch gaming, and for tinkering ... well i have now


ASUS did a little f**k up tho, the TinkerOS is not stable, they didn't try to build a community before launch (like what the RPi did ) and they've chosen a disliked SOC: Rockchip 3288 (albeit being not bad at all ...)
spec wise it's a killer (deal) 4x1.8ghz Cortex A17 (the A17 are better than a A53 even if 32bit only ) Mali-T760MP4 and 2gb DDR3 (instead of 1gb DDR ) gb lan (instead of mb), dedicated wifi (with upgradeable antenna) and the SDIO is 3.0 (instead of 2.0)

board marking are clearer GPIO pin are color coded (and 100% compatible with RPi model B GPIO layout (i got my SenseHat working on it ) 100% same formfactor and a little heatsink bundled with, for the Rpi 1/2/Zero i understand why you don't need one but for the 3rd iteration ... i do not (hence the Farnell heatsink on my RPi 2 and 3, for the 2 because it was OC for playback smoothness for the 3 ... well it was clocked higher so ... i had a second )

not even too much pricier than a RPi3 ... in fact it's even cheaper, for once, in Switzerland than Europe

 

[JrRacinFan]

@P4-630 try this firmware out see if you like it.
https://github.com/ClockSelect/myevic/tree/master/bin

Download the bin and use the Wismec updater. I also have an RX2/3 and a mech unregged mod I built.

 

[silentbogo]

Finally got my BGA stencils and a shitty rework clamp ($13 w/ small vial of 0.45mm solder balls):


Now it is time to put some new GDDR5 on those broken cards of mine.

 

[P4-630]

Finally got my BGA stencils and a shitty rework clamp ($13 w/ small vial of 0.45mm solder balls):
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Now it is time to put some new GDDR5 on those broken cards of mine.

Can you post a photo later-on when you work on it?

 

[silentbogo]

Can you post a photo later-on when you work on it?

Definitely.
I'll start with an experiment on GT730 before I f@#$ up something expensive. It only has two Samsung GDDR5 chips, so it should be easy. 2nd revision BTW (Kepler, 384CU, LP).

 

[P4-630]

@P4-630 try this firmware out see if you like it.
https://github.com/ClockSelect/myevic/tree/master/bin

Download the bin and use the Wismec updater. I also have an RX2/3 and a mech unregged mod I built.

Well I have been using it for a day now, drains just 2 batteries in 1 day while keeping the wattage at 30!!
I'm amazed, this works so much better than the Aspire CF MOD (simple battery holder) I was using before.

For me there is no need to update the firmware yet, it works as it should, thanks though!

 

[JrRacinFan]

Well I have been using it for a day now, drains just 2 batteries in 1 day while keeping the wattage at 30!!
I'm amazed, this works so much better than the Aspire CF MOD (simple battery holder) I was using before.

For me there is no need to update the firmware yet, it works as it should, thanks though!

Something to try when you get bored. Has a few extra options in it. 30W? You running TC?

 

[P4-630]

Something to try when you get bored. Has a few extra options in it. 30W? You running TC?

I have a Aspire Atlantis with 0.5ohm coils, they are rated for 20-30Watts, I have to set it at VW

I might upgrade clearomizer in the future but not yet since I still have a lot of coils to burn through first.
I was interested in the Aspire Cleito but found a lot of negative comments about it of leaking liquid, so I won't buy that one for sure, also I'm using very thin Hangsen liquid.