What's your latest tech purchase?

R-T-B · Jul 2, 2021

My mining side project funded an upgrade to the main rig:

That's right boys, I'm going Ryzen again:

As my stuff goes down the hand-me-down tree, I will be retiring a z270 i7 7700k board + cpu. Watch for it in the marketplace soon. Old 9900k will be going into my server system.

jallenlabs · Jul 3, 2021

Won the newegg shuffle, finally! I already had a 3060, but I really wanted a 3060ti, so here she is! The 3060 went into my workstation and my 2060 went to someone local for retail price, passing on the good fortune.

1freedude · Jul 3, 2021

Most techies are fueled by something, so I guess this counts: Baratza Sette 30.
I tried true espresso, but the cleanup annoyed me, so Aeropress and moka pot are methods I use.

Valantar · Jul 3, 2021

1freedude said:
Most techies are fueled by something, so I guess this counts: Baratza Sette 30.
I tried true espresso, but the cleanup annoyed me, so Aeropress and moka pot are methods I use.
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Aeropress ftw. Espresso is far too much hassle, and far too easy to screw up and make sour, bitter, or both. I don't have 15 minutes and 100g+ of coffee to waste just to fine-tune my grind settings every morning just to get my coffee fix, thank you. And I've never tasted good espresso from an automated machine. Aeropress+a good grinder (and good coffee, obviously) gives great results 10/10 times in just a couple of minutes. Love it. Looks like a good grinder, hope its output is decent! I've got the Wilfa Svart Aroma, which is an excellent semi-budget grinder in terms of grind quality, but its timer setting is rather annoying (it's completely unpredictable). Still very happy with it though.

plastiscɧ · Jul 3, 2021

I just turned everything with batteries into solar or at least rechargeable accu.
this 25 year old calculator i bought recently at a garage sale for 2€.

1freedude · Jul 3, 2021

Valantar said:
Aeropress ftw. Espresso is far too much hassle, and far too easy to screw up and make sour, bitter, or both. I don't have 15 minutes and 100g+ of coffee to waste just to fine-tune my grind settings every morning just to get my coffee fix, thank you. And I've never tasted good espresso from an automated machine. Aeropress+a good grinder (and good coffee, obviously) gives great results 10/10 times in just a couple of minutes. Love it. Looks like a good grinder, hope its output is decent! I've got the Wilfa Svart Aroma, which is an excellent semi-budget grinder in terms of grind quality, but its timer setting is rather annoying (it's completely unpredictable). Still very happy with it though.

The timer on this one is digital, down to the 0.01 second. Of course, if you change the grind or bean, that is meaningless. I grind a set amount of beans, so timing it to match the weight is next trick. My old grinder was broken in the move across the country, and i have been slumming it with plain beans. No more crap coffee!

My old grinder had a dial timer, and i marked it where it should be before i found the volume measurement was enough. I also ditched the plastic grind catcher for a paper cup! I made a mark on the inside of the cup to fill beans to that point, about 40 grams worth. Dump those beans in and mash the timer.

The brew in the cup is about 30 mL.

iBruceypoo · Jul 3, 2021

ORDERED!

Got that RAID1 box, just landed in North America. Surprised at the cost, bageeezez! :eek:

Thought it would be in the $120 range, oh well last component and this build is ready for work. Only one SATA cable to the motherboard and no fan needed.

Be here Wednesday! Woooo. :peace:

plastiscɧ · Jul 3, 2021

iBruceypoo said:
ORDERED!

Got that RAID1 box, just landed in North America. Surprised at the cost, bageeezez!

Thought it would be in the $120 range, oh well last component and this build is ready for work. Only one SATA cable to the motherboard and no fan needed.

Be here Wednesday! Woooo.

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eehh and u are using it for what exactly? how much space u have on it then?

jallenlabs said:
Won the newegg shuffle, finally! I already had a 3060, but I really wanted a 3060ti, so here she is! The 3060 went into my workstation and my 2060 went to someone local for retail price, passing on the good fortune.

congrats man
i am just jelly af
:eek:

plastiscɧ · Jul 3, 2021

iBruceypoo said:
It's a lazy way to backup primary work files, I'm perfectly aware of that. lolol.

I just find the RAID1 box so interesting, and it's gonna look so good mounted below the flight deck lol in my test bench.

Didn't want to do a bios RAID or software RAID, I've had RAID volumes unrecoverable in the past - this time "hardware RAID" on a separate chipset backplane.

Those (4) SATA cables in the photo below will be reduced to only (1).

This is the test bench's StarWars flight deck. PSU and 5.25in drives hang from it.

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nais!
why not.
i like your tech style. it is special

toilet pepper · Jul 4, 2021

The parts I ordered for my first custom loop are arriving one at a time. There's no EK ZMT where I am and all I can find is a pre-cut and fitted one by Bykski.For the life of me, I've tried removing the fittings from the tube but can't get it out. Any ideas?

Solaris17 · Jul 4, 2021

those tubes look like they are mounted via compression.

The tube connects to a shallow nipple under that inner collar and passes over a lip, the inner collar is then pressed over the lip and has a lip of its own. this compresses the rubber hose which seals the inner assembly and the lip of the collar prevents backoff.

Unfortunately if this /IS/ how its configured (I have a hunch) these are not meant to disassemble and even if you did the integrity would be destroyed.

Caring1 · Jul 4, 2021

toilet pepper said:
The parts I ordered for my first custom loop are arriving one at a time. There's no EK ZMT where I am and all I can find is a pre-cut and fitted one by Bykski.For the life of me, I've tried removing the fittings from the tube but can't get it out. Any ideas?

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I'd say they are screwed together, not compression fittings.
But I'm only guessing too.

toilet pepper · Jul 4, 2021

Solaris17 said:
those tubes look like they are mounted via compression.

The tube connects to a shallow nipple under that inner collar and passes over a lip, the inner collar is then pressed over the lip and has a lip of its own. this compresses the rubber hose which seals the inner assembly and the lip of the collar prevents backoff.

Unfortunately if this /IS/ how its configured (I have a hunch) these are not meant to disassemble and even if you did the integrity would be destroyed.

They are really locked tight. There's not even an allen socket inside the tube. I'm still waiting for the meshlicious and see where I can connect these. Its not like they are entirely useless.

I'll open a new thread for my custom loop help to make sure this thread aint derailed.

Athlonite · Jul 4, 2021

toilet pepper said:
They are really locked tight. There's not even an allen socket inside the tube. I'm still waiting for the meshlicious and see where I can connect these. Its not like they are entirely useless.

I'll open a new thread for my custom loop help to make sure this thread aint derailed.

If they're really tight try two sets of water pump pliers and if you don't want to mark up the fittings use a couple of wraps of electrical tape to cover them first I reckon they're like the garden hose type fitting so you should be able to unscrew them

R-T-B · Jul 4, 2021

Someone yell at UPS for me:

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My Ryzen vanished in Tacoma. Was due for delivery today, still is supposedly, but yeah right, driver already visited...

Guess I have to just blow things up on the 4th like everyone else.

Space Lynx · Jul 4, 2021

R-T-B said:
Someone yell at UPS for me:

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My Ryzen vanished in Tacoma. Was due for delivery today, still is supposedly, but yeah right, driver already visited...

Guess I have to just blow things up on the 4th like everyone else.

I almost had a PS5 yesterday...

as soon as I land me one I am going to get a LG 48" CX OLED, they are only $1249 now... not much more than the pay bonus I got earlier this year that I was not expecting to get at all. really hope I can get a PS5 soon while the OLED price is still good. but if I can't get one soon I might as well wait for black friday, as the C1 48" will prob be on sale by then

good luck on your 5800x build, they run hot!!! but im sure your noctua can handle it, if it were... i'd set a slightly more aggressive fan curve than stock, since its a 5800x... but thats just me.

Anarchy0110 · Jul 4, 2021

This thing is freaking awesome, I was scared that the Mini size is a bit hard to hold on - but it does work!
Maybe I'll still get the regular V2 later on though.

Athlonite · Jul 4, 2021

R-T-B said:
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My Ryzen vanished in Tacoma. Was due for delivery today, still is supposedly, but yeah right, driver already visited...

Guess I have to just blow things up on the 4th like everyone else.

Well that's just ratshit

Space Lynx · Jul 4, 2021

Faith[ROG].Anarchy said:
This thing is freaking awesome, I was scared that the Mini size is a bit hard to hold on - but it does work!
Maybe I'll still get the regular V2 later on though.

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Yeah the Mini seems like an interesting mouse. I got the 2021 Razer Naga X a few months ago, I absolutely love it. Huge step up over the razer naga 2014. I can't game without my naga... I am an expert with my thumb memory muscle on the 12 sider numbers... so many years of using it

Only mouse that interests me now is the Razer Viper 8k with its 8000hz polling rate, but I am going to hold off, hopefully in a few years they will update the Naga again with a 8000hz polling rate.

Anarchy0110 · Jul 4, 2021

lynx29 said:
Yeah the Mini seems like an interesting mouse. I got the 2021 Razer Naga X a few months ago, I absolutely love it. Huge step up over the razer naga 2014. I can't game without my naga... I am an expert with my thumb memory muscle on the 12 sider numbers... so many years of using it

Only mouse that interests me now is the Razer Viper 8k with its 8000hz polling rate, but I am going to hold off, hopefully in a few years they will update the Naga again with a 8000hz polling rate.

Well you can't really fully use the 8000 Hz anyway, I remember that only a few games support that polling rate.
And true, that new Naga is a huge step forward - pretty sure that you can use one Naga for all game types with how Razer design the side-button component.

Space Lynx · Jul 4, 2021

Faith[ROG].Anarchy said:
Well you can't really fully use the 8000 Hz anyway, I remember that only a few games support that polling rate.
And true, that new Naga is a huge step forward - pretty sure that you can use one Naga for all game types with how Razer design the side-button component.

yep you can. I don't even use the razer software. its default numpad numbers... so basically I just reassign any keys I want in-game. I even do it for FPS games if there are a lot of weapon cycles or something. Instead of using scroll wheel.

Athlonite · Jul 4, 2021

Faith[ROG].Anarchy said:
Well you can't really fully use the 8000 Hz anyway, I remember that only a few games support that polling rate.
And true, that new Naga is a huge step forward - pretty sure that you can use one Naga for all game types with how Razer design the side-button component.

from Razors website
Upgraded with a HIGH-SPEED USB microcontroller

Oh really Razor so what version of USB does it use Oh you're not going to actually say so it could actually just be running at USB2.0 instead of the usual USB1.1 speeds then

Anarchy0110 · Jul 4, 2021

Athlonite said:
are we mixing up DPI and Hz I think you may find it's 8000DPI not Hz. Hz is for the polling rate of the USB connection or BT or 2.4GHz RF not the rate at which the mouse's sensor picks up movement which is DPI

The full name of that mouse is Viper 8KHz

Razer Viper 8K Hz Review: 8,000 Hz Polling Rate Arrives | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

Athlonite · Jul 4, 2021

Faith[ROG].Anarchy said:
The full name of that mouse is Viper 8KHz

Razer Viper 8K Hz Review: 8,000 Hz Polling Rate Arrives | Tom's Hardware (tomshardware.com)

Even in that review thay still fail to say which USB version it really is but at the end of the day your brain can't tell the difference between .0001 and .000125 and if it can then you need a job as a stopwatch

Anarchy0110 · Jul 4, 2021

Athlonite said:
Even in that review thay still fail to say which USB version it really is but at the end of the day your brain can't tell the difference between .0001 and .000125 and if it can then you need a job as a stopwatch

Good point, like I said earlier only a few games support that high polling rate - and it does take some CPU performance as well. It's going to be a while to see that polling rate being effective.

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What's your latest tech purchase?

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Mouse	Glorious Model D Wireless
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Cooling	SilverStone XE360-4677
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Mouse	Razer Viper mini signature edition (mercury white)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Moondrop Luna lights
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