What's your latest tech purchase?

[cst1992]

A 2TB HDD dead in 3 years? That's really bad.

 

[plastiscɧ]

For sure na im not mad my favorite beer is from czech and not from austria where im life,
but on the other Hand Germany have a really big punch of industrial beer so whats going on with u ?

Maybe u mad cause the latest big German Brewery (Becks) goes to Heineken Group too




That what i get here from czech is Kozel and Pilsner Urquell both are now owned by Asahi Brewery (japan) not that shit Company like Heineken.

I am not mad! Beer is none of my business.


what bothers me latently, however, is that you so categorically badmouth razer.
this keyboard is simply one of the best, i'll tell you why, and most expensive you can get for the features on the market.
the keyboard has infinitely variable trigger points per key: between 1.6mm and 3.6mm. that means you can even double-assign keys within the global cooldown within games, depending on the stroke and pressure depth! the light barrier in each key makes it possible!

but if you have connected your keyboard via bluetooth , as you write - we don't talk on the same level. because you have (sorry!) unfortunately no idea what a latency is. obviously!
mussels has already mentioned the disadvantages of bluetooth in the previous article.
you just blurted one out - without knowledge and without wisdom.
but it's okay!
for you, it is probably just not good taste. qualitatively, the keyboard e.g. is just high quality and thought out to the smallest detail and worth every penny of the 300€ bucks!

and as an austrian you better drink wine... in your mountainous landscape it is much more obvious than industrial - canned - bum beer for poor viennese inhabitants.

aja. and becks is just industrial poor beer... as your wieselbrew.

I'm surprised that you, as an austrian, don't have this refined taste, because no matter what your culinary delights are, you already have a lot of very tasty things to offer.
And you are arguing here with cheap industrial goods, of all things.

Have fun, in my opinion Razer is shit for a high price i had so many things from them now i ended up with Logitech KB and Steelseries Mouse via Bluetooth.

Only one thing from Razer is good, its theyr mous grip foil

 

[seth1911]

Yeah for sure bad Bluetooth

How i can life with that poor thing maybe cause there isn´t any difference between the Logitech KB with Bluetooth and the wired one from Ducky,
but some people cant accept other means than his own and in some brains is everytime the same algorithm ( Wired = good, Wireless = bad).

 

[plastiscɧ]

Yeah for sure bad Bluetooth

How i can life with that poor thing maybe cause there isn´t any difference between the Logitech KB with Bluetooth and the wired one from Ducky,
but some people cant accept other means than his own and in some brains is everytime the same algorithm ( Wired = good, Wireless = bad).

(offtopic)
oh boy - less beer... more clear(sight)...!

 

[QuietBob]

Upgrading a friend's PC:

 

[phill]

I knew I'd forget something.... I was very lucky and I was given a few screens from my best mate who didn't 'need' them but then who ended up grabbing a 4k monitor.... Lucky sod!!



One setup on my Mrs's rig for her.. 27" 1080P screen, 60Hz. Another Iiyama screen, so the quality isn't bad at all. Hopefully I can make some use of them. The other is just hooked up on my test rig platform that I've just finally got sort out today.... I'll try to edit the post and get some pics of that up for you

EDIT - Here we go....



Finally got it tubed up this evening just before Sophia went to bed and just been having a quick test on it to try and set the fan speeds right and now comes the fun part of getting it setup for the WCG crunching I do... Not so impressed as my EK CPU block decided to loose its RGB cable (it's snapped off by the block... Guessing not such a great please to put a cable.....) so that's not working but for a test rig, we should survive without RGB for the moment....



Bit gutting but we'll soldier on!!

 

[plastiscɧ]

The Ducky Shine 7 gaming keyboard at a glance:
High-quality Cherry MX-Red key switches
Impressive RGB LED backlighting
PBT double-shot keycaps for high durability
Full anti-ghosting with N-key rollover via USB
Macro & multimedia function keys
Detachable USB-C cable with gold-plated connectors
Mechanical Cherry MX Red key switches
This version of the Ducky Shine 7 uses Cherry MX Red switches. These key switches have a very light, hardly noticeable pressure point and are characterised by a very low actuation force. This also makes them ideal for fast multiple clicks in first-person shooters, where a perceptible pressure point is not absolutely necessary, as the keys are often hit completely and quickly one after the other in the heat of the moment.
Functions & features of the Ducky Shine 7 gaming keyboard
Like the Ducky ONE and the Ducky Shine 6, the Ducky Shine 7 relies on a powerful ARM-M3 micro-controller, which controls and stores the functions and LED effects absolutely reliably. In addition, it optimises communication between the keyboard and the PC while enabling other functions, including the use of macros and profile memory.

seth u are just bad in making comparisons --- apples and plums are different fruits. i post u a link in german. read the review (if ure interested) otherwise just look at the pictures... thats enough.

GOLEM razer v2 review


your ducky is just a mechanical keyboard for jackhammering the buttons. nothing more. the huntsman is 8 times faster. ... pls read something about latency.
bluetooth is okay. for ear buds and maybe an apple watch SE. but not for gaming.
so for the good: every little animal its own pleasures.

but a coloured ducky vs. a huntsman..?! u know what happens right??

Yeah for sure bad Bluetooth

How i can life with that poor thing maybe cause there isn´t any difference between the Logitech KB with Bluetooth and the wired one from Ducky,
but some people cant accept other means than his own and in some brains is everytime the same algorithm ( Wired = good, Wireless = bad).

 

[Mussels]

Yeah for sure bad Bluetooth

How i can life with that poor thing maybe cause there isn´t any difference between the Logitech KB with Bluetooth and the wired one from Ducky,
but some people cant accept other means than his own and in some brains is everytime the same algorithm ( Wired = good, Wireless = bad).

You keep repeating that because we dislike bluetooth, we dislike wireless.


No. We just dislike bluetooth. A keyboard may show the latency issues less than anything else, but anything that requires responsiveness on BT is just not going to happen... there's good reason why every company has their own low latency 2.4GHz wireless tech, instead of using bluetooth.

Ducky are great, and have absolute parity with many of the razer keyboards - but a few of the top razer ones genuinely stand out above the rest.

 

[plastiscɧ]

You keep repeating that because we dislike bluetooth, we dislike wireless.


No. We just dislike bluetooth. A keyboard may show the latency issues less than anything else, but anything that requires responsiveness on BT is just not going to happen... there's good reason why every company has their own low latency 2.4GHz wireless tech, instead of using bluetooth.

Ducky are great, and have absolute parity with many of the razer keyboards - but a few of the top razer ones genuinely stand out above the rest.

i'm only so adamant about defending because i'm totally in love with this keyboard. i've never had the kind of precision playing that i have with this.
normally you can't use the global cooldown of skills to your advantage but with this one you can... awesome.
i always had to work with sequence-acting macros that reset after a while and start all over again when i press the key accordingly...
now i do it with soft or hard keystrokes without a macro.

the feeling while writing and the sound are total unique...

like this...

its for connoisseurs only.
connoisseurs and people who are aware of exclusivity and are not offended by the price.

 

[Caring1]

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its for connoisseurs only.
connoisseurs and people who are aware of exclusivity and are not offended by the price.

But mussels are free and not exclusive, I used to gather them for bait to save money.

 

[plastiscɧ]

But mussels are free and not exclusive, I used to gather them for bait to save money.

it would be nice - i live in areas where nothing is free... only the death, but that will cost you your life...
not even the grapes in the vineyards... they only give you stomach cramps.

this is basically MY sunshine coast..

 

[Valantar]

But mussels are free and not exclusive, I used to gather them for bait to save money.

And, depending on where you get them from, a crucial dietary source of heavy metals and environmental toxins

 

[Mussels]

It's true, i'm both heavy and toxic.

Tech... ish, i got a new filter for my air purifier. People do not realise how gross air can get, living near a major road for air pollution, and near a forest for pollen.

 

[seth1911]

You keep repeating that because we dislike bluetooth, we dislike wireless.


No. We just dislike bluetooth. A keyboard may show the latency issues less than anything else, but anything that requires responsiveness on BT is just not going to happen... there's good reason why every company has their own low latency 2.4GHz wireless tech, instead of using bluetooth.

Ah thats the point and on the same the Gamepads like DS4 and DS5 have one of the lowest latencys.

 

[Mussels]

Ah thats the point and on the same the Gamepads like DS4 and DS5 have one of the lowest latencys.

You mean ~12ms latency?
Anything over 16ms means its useless for 60FPS - they only seem good because at 30FPS, you cant tell they're lagging.

Most modern wireless equipment (mice, etc) use custom <1ms technologies because they know BT is bad. If the best BT devices are 12x slower than the competition... that's not winning your argument.

A very dull video tested the same with Xbox, showing wired, Xbox wireless, and bluetooth vs each other - his numbers are high as they include latency from the test setup,but the variation is what maters. +3.3ms for the Xbox dongle vs ~5.4ms for bluetooth.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Bit gutting but we'll soldier on!!

If you're handy with a soldering iron, that is a fixable problem..

there's good reason why every company has their own low latency 2.4GHz wireless tech

This.

 

[plastiscɧ]

Ah thats the point and on the same the Gamepads like DS4 and DS5 have one of the lowest latencys.

You mean ~12ms latency?
Anything over 16ms means its useless for 60FPS - they only seem good because at 30FPS, you cant tell they're lagging.

Most modern wireless equipment (mice, etc) use custom <1ms technologies because they know BT is bad. If the best BT devices are 12x slower than the competition... that's not winning your argument.
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A very dull video tested the same with Xbox, showing wired, Xbox wireless, and bluetooth vs each other - his numbers are high as they include latency from the test setup,but the variation is what maters. +3.3ms for the Xbox dongle vs ~5.4ms for bluetooth.

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2 minutes without a single spoken word.. aaaaaand: Mussels is right!

Where does wireless score and where do cables score?

Guido Ege, Head of Technology and Product Development at Lapp: "When mobility is important or components are physically difficult to reach, it is often wise to rely on wireless technologies. Wireless connections are ideal for connecting mobile machines, for example. Cables, on the other hand, have advantages when low latency values are required - crucial for real-time communication in industry - as well as for eavesdropping and interference immunity. In addition, it must always be considered that not only data must be transmitted, but also power: somehow electrical drives, welding tools and the like must be supplied with power. As things stand today, and presumably in the long term, this is only technically and economically feasible in very few cases. And if there is already a cable connection for power transmission, it is often expedient to also transmit data by cable, for example in a hybrid line that combines both."

 

[dorsetknob]

Perfect replacement for laptop cd drive

No it's not it doesn't work!!!!!

They come in 2 different size's
Standard is 12.5mm for older laptops
Newer (Slim Laptops ) are 9.0mm

They won't work for a boot drive, they work as storage only.

Of Course they can be used as a Boot Drive
its just a Bios Setting
Just set the Bios to boot from 2nd Sata Drive (detected in Bios of course)
Your need a OS pre loaded on to the Drive or your have to install one by enableing Boot from USB ( in boot order preference ) and installing OS from Flash Drive.

 

[Mussels]

They come in 2 different size's
Standard is 12.5mm for older laptops
Newer (Slim Laptops ) are 9.0mm

Of Course they can be used as a Boot Drive
its just a Bios Setting
Just set the Bios to boot from 2nd Sata Drive (detected in Bios of course)
Your need a OS pre loaded on to the Drive or your have to install one by enableing Boot from USB ( in boot order preference ) and installing OS from Flash Drive.

Not every laptop supports that, i had an old core something laptop with a weird stupid BIOS limitation, needed an external boot loader to boot from HDD in the optical bay.

 

[phill]

It's true, i'm both heavy and toxic.

Tech... ish, i got a new filter for my air purifier. People do not realise how gross air can get, living near a major road for air pollution, and near a forest for pollen.


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Going to get something similar for my home, get a lot of dust around the TV and PCs so I wish to try and control it if I possibly can, it's amazing how much rubbish is in the air and we don't overly worry about it, but that's for another day and thread

What has anyone else been buying of late??

 

[Caring1]

Not every laptop supports that, i had an old core something laptop with a weird stupid BIOS limitation, needed an external boot loader to boot from HDD in the optical bay.

The micro Sata connector on those drive bay adapters also affect how they are detected as they have less pins.

 

[plastiscɧ]

Well, guess who is the best NORTON customer 2021?
i bought a cheap different license and merged it... as always.

7,99€ > 89,99€ /yr

12:51
that went quickly after all

Marius B|12:51
Yes hello!

12:52
confirm the address

Marius B|12:52
Oh ok, I see you have Gamers for 1.034 days and then a new Deluxe key for 366 days.
I can just transfer the duration.

12:52
oh is that possible? that would be perfect

Marius B|12:52
Yes, please, just a moment

12:53
mega. then i have virus protection until retirement age

Marius B|12:54
Haha yes indeed!
You now have 1,400 days of runtime on the gamer key.

12:54


Marius B|12:54
Wonderful! Is there anything else I can do for you at the moment?

12:54
no thank you very much!

Marius B|12:55
Ok, yes here you go.
Then I wish you a wonderful day and stay healthy!

 

[Athlonite]

Well, guess who is the best NORTON customer 2021?
i bought a cheap different license and merged it... as always.

View attachment 224350 View attachment 224351 7,99€ > 89,99€ /yr

12:51
that went quickly after all

Marius B|12:51
Yes hello!

12:52
confirm the address

Marius B|12:52
Oh ok, I see you have Gamers for 1.034 days and then a new Deluxe key for 366 days.
I can just transfer the duration.

12:52
oh is that possible? that would be perfect

Marius B|12:52
Yes, please, just a moment

12:53
mega. then i have virus protection until retirement age

Marius B|12:54
Haha yes indeed!
You now have 1,400 days of runtime on the gamer key.

12:54


Marius B|12:54
Wonderful! Is there anything else I can do for you at the moment?

12:54
no thank you very much!

Marius B|12:55
Ok, yes here you go.
Then I wish you a wonderful day and stay healthy!

why would you waste your money

 

[plastiscɧ]

why would you waste your money

well, the licences i always buy are on special offer. but it's not a matter of course that the company will kindly combine these licences for you.
It is a legal trick based on the goodwill of the suppliers.

otherwise n360 gamer would cost 90€ per yr.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

well, the licences i always buy are on special offer. but it's not a matter of course that the company will kindly combine these licences for you.
It is a legal trick based on the goodwill of the suppliers.

otherwise n360 gamer would cost 90€ per yr.

I thought Norton was the virus