What's your latest tech purchase?

[Athlonite]

well this is looking like it's going to be my next purchase what yo all think of it

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series Black 16GB DDR4 Desktop Memory 4000Mhz (2 x 8GB) 16GB RAM CL18 1.35v F4-4000C18D-16GVK 18-22-22-42 $199.00NZD​

or these

G.SKILL Trident Z Royal RGB F4-4000C18D-16GTRG 16GB RAM (2 x 8GB) DDR4 4000MHz, CL18 1.35v Desktop Memory ,18-22-22-42, Gold $299.00NZD​

 

[Deleted member 202104]

well this is looking like it's going to be my next purchase what yo all think of it

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series Black 16GB DDR4 Desktop Memory 4000Mhz (2 x 8GB) 16GB RAM CL18 1.35v F4-4000C18D-16GVK 18-22-22-42 $199.00NZD​

or these

G.SKILL Trident Z Royal RGB F4-4000C18D-16GTRG 16GB RAM (2 x 8GB) DDR4 4000MHz, CL18 1.35v Desktop Memory ,18-22-22-42, Gold $299.00NZD​

I believe they're actually the same binned RAM under the heatsinks, so for me, I wouldn't spend the extra 100 Kiwi slices for the bling. But some people like shiny. I like plain.

 

[Caring1]

I've got a MSI Krait E3 Motherboard new in the box still, waiting for a CPU and I just bought one of these.
Now I just have to wait for delivery.

It will only be used for WCG crunching hence the low power chip.

 

[cst1992]

well this is looking like it's going to be my next purchase what yo all think of it

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series Black 16GB DDR4 Desktop Memory 4000Mhz (2 x 8GB) 16GB RAM CL18 1.35v F4-4000C18D-16GVK 18-22-22-42 $199.00NZD

or these

G.SKILL Trident Z Royal RGB F4-4000C18D-16GTRG 16GB RAM (2 x 8GB) DDR4 4000MHz, CL18 1.35v Desktop Memory ,18-22-22-42, Gold $299.00NZD

If you're even giving us the option which means you could consider either one, obviously I'd say save the $100 and get the non-RGB one. That's a 33% saving!

 

[maxfly]

well this is looking like it's going to be my next purchase what yo all think of it

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series Black 16GB DDR4 Desktop Memory 4000Mhz (2 x 8GB) 16GB RAM CL18 1.35v F4-4000C18D-16GVK 18-22-22-42 $199.00NZD​

or these

G.SKILL Trident Z Royal RGB F4-4000C18D-16GTRG 16GB RAM (2 x 8GB) DDR4 4000MHz, CL18 1.35v Desktop Memory ,18-22-22-42, Gold $299.00NZD​

You rig, your loot. Buy which ever gives you the warm fuzzies inside when you imagine it in your rig

 

[cst1992]

which ever gives you the warm fuzzies inside when you imagine it in your rig

That too.

 

[Athlonite]

Hmm to RGB or not to RGB that is the question

I've kinda come to like the TridentZ RGB ones I have in my PC at the moment not that I let them spew unicorn farts all over the place I usually set them to a single colour and be done with it

so I think I'll go with the bling bling

So thanks for the answers fellow TPU'ers pic when the get here

 

[SN2716057]

When the Dremel won't do..

Also bought some safety glasses and ear protection.

 

[seth1911]

i got a R9 270 (HD 7870) for 85€, in this times its really cheap.

 

[Ibizadr]

Got a new pair of ram. Change my tforce delta RGB 3200 cl16, now at 3333 cl16 for a g skill f4-3600c16d-16gtzkw 3600mhz CL 16, I will try to reach 4000mhz with this kit

 

[P4-630]

i got a R9 270 (HD 7870) for 85€, in this times its really cheap.

Got a new pair of ram. Change my tforce delta RGB 3200 cl16, now at 3333 cl16 for a g skill f4-3600c16d-16gtzkw 3600mhz CL 16, I will try to reach 4000mhz with this kit

We need pics!! Show off your new hardware!

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Good times...

 

[silentbogo]

One more nerdy trinket:

Got me another Supermicro, and this time it was by far a score of the year!
Only paid around $160 for the whole thing, and it's built around x11SSL-F board (Skylake)! This on it's own ended up cheaper than even my low-budget Sandy/Ivy builds, and as a bonus it came with RAID-1 of Samsung 850 EVOs(owner only mentioned one) which will go to my workshop tomorrow to be reused in other rigs or laptops.

Right now spec is as follows: Pentium G4400 / Supermicro X11SSL-F / 1x8GB DDR4 ECC / 500GB NVME(boot) / 2x3TB WD Red (NAS).
For now it's more than enough for NAS, but I have plans to make it into a proper server. I'm eyeing E3-1260L v5 so I can get rid of that pesky turbine and replace it with 2x40mm noctua fans w/ shroud, and get some more RAM. Worst case scenario - I'll move it to my 2U chassis, get a beefier 80W Xeon v5, and sell this 1U rocketship to my ISP friend.
Already installed Windows Server 2016 and set up NIC teaming in independent mode, but once I re-configure my Edgerouter 10X, I should be able to befriend it via LACP. 10G SFP+ NIC is not an option, since PCIe slot is already occupied by NVME SSD and I don't have any other devices that urgently need 10 gigs of bandwidth. Though, I do have a couple of spare SFP+ NICs laying around.

 

[Ibizadr]

We need pics!! Show off your new hardware!

Only arrives Wednesday. When I got it I will post some pics

 

[seth1911]

We need pics!! Show off your new hardware!

Just a Graphics Card without Gamor Skill RGB



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[Oasis]

well this is looking like it's going to be my next purchase what yo all think of it

G.SKILL Ripjaws V Series Black 16GB DDR4 Desktop Memory 4000Mhz (2 x 8GB) 16GB RAM CL18 1.35v F4-4000C18D-16GVK 18-22-22-42 $199.00NZD​

or these

G.SKILL Trident Z Royal RGB F4-4000C18D-16GTRG 16GB RAM (2 x 8GB) DDR4 4000MHz, CL18 1.35v Desktop Memory ,18-22-22-42, Gold $299.00NZD​

First.

Or just get 32gb 3600MHz C18 (Dual rank Samsung D-Die (v4.33) Corsair LPX for around $250 on amazon (NZD shipped) (Overclocks to 3800MHz C17 @1.41v)

 

[1freedude]

Guess... it's not an R/C motor
Hint: 10.8v Li-Ion battery. The assembled unit is discontinued, but the company from Racine, WI still sells many different updates to this popular tool.

 

[P4-630]

Guess...View attachment 223288

A motor for your RC car...

 

[stinger608]

Guess... it's not an R/C motor

I know, it's a snow cone machine

 

[1freedude]

Guess... it's not an R/C motor
Hint: 10.8v Li-Ion battery. The assembled unit is discontinued, but the company from Racine, WI still sells many different updates to this popular tool.
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My 13 year old Dremel has decided it is brushless now! So, a new motor assembly will get tossed in tomorrow.

I used to be the Dremel repair tech at an old job. I would switch out motors, repair batteries, and keep about a hundred batteries charged up.

 

[Caring1]

Bit late but my guess was a Dremel.

 

[cst1992]

I know, it's a snow cone machine

A water heater?

 

[ThaiTaffy]

thick one, for old laptop

definition of brick size charger, this is the biggest charger i ever had
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They won't work for a boot drive, they work as storage only.

My laptops all had these for years, awesome things


Thats a laptop BIOS issue, but a bootloader on the internal drive, point at external

It's not for an old laptop it's for my server trying to squeeze every last SATA port out of it.
No idea what the adapter does but a drive on the same SATA data cable different 5wire SATA power cable works fine as boot this adapter messed with the guid or I would think and the bios won't recognise the drive.

 

[silentbogo]

No idea what the adapter does but a drive on the same SATA data cable different 5wire SATA power cable works fine as boot this adapter messed with the guid or I would think and the bios won't recognise the drive.

Look on the back side. Some HDD caddies have a switch for different laptop makes, and it should be in a "generic" position (central position). If there's no switch - just RMA it. I'm using these in my workshop all the time, and I had quite a few non-working or semi-functional units.

 

[Athlon2K15]

A bit of a mess right now but my latest...