What's your latest tech purchase?

[plastiscɧ]

My new Router! Amazon Warehouse Deal. 180€ instead 239€.
packaging heavily damaged. goods flawless. i often order something like this and then look at it.
If it does not fit it goes back. In the case once again made a safe deal.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I see I'm not the only one to take notes on paper in games...

I have bits sometimes all over my desk lol

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My new Router! Amazon Warehouse Deal. 180€ instead 239€.
packaging heavily damaged. goods flawless. i often order something like this and then look at it.
If it does not fit it goes back. In the case once again made a safe deal.

Fritz is that not a bit iffy to a German, wasn't it an English slang term for Germans during WWII

 

[Ruru]

First impressions of the keyboard are okay. Just need to get used to this as this is sooooo tiny!

 

[plastiscɧ]

Fritz is that not a bit iffy to a German, wasn't it an English slang term for Germans during WWII

its an old german name and very ordinary. like Kevin e.g.
you mean maybe Friedrich II. oder Friedrich der Große (* 24. Januar 1712 in Berlin; † 17. August 1786 in Potsdam) The old Fritz..

but this router is a Berlin manufacturer and total premium, yes. I looked for a long time after this router but 240€ is very expensive. now i ordered immediately when i saw the warehouse deal.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

its an old german name and very ordinary. like Kevin e.g.
you mean maybe Friedrich II. oder Friedrich der Große (* 24. Januar 1712 in Berlin; † 17. August 1786 in Potsdam) The old Fritz..

but this router is a Berlin manufacturer and total premium, yes. I looked for a long time after this router but 240€ is very expensive. now i ordered immediately when i saw the warehouse deal.

Fritz. British soldiers employed a variety of epithets for the Germans. Fritz, a German pet form of Friedrich, was popular in both World War I and World War II, with Jerry, short for "German", but also modeled on the English name, favoured in the latter.

 

[neopolaris]

First impressions of the keyboard are okay. Just need to get used to this as this is sooooo tiny!

Are you used to having the number pad? I apparently used one with the keys for too long. I tried to like a Redragon KUMARA, but couldn't get over not having those number keys there.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Are you used to having the number pad? I apparently used one with the keys for too long. I tried to like a Redragon KUMARA, but couldn't get over not having those number keys there.

I never used the num pad when i had one, so don't miss it. For me it was mainly down to space on my desk, have not got space for a massive full sized KB

 

[neopolaris]

I never used the num pad when i had one, so don't miss it. For me it was mainly down to space on my desk, have not got space for a massive full sized KB

You probably wouldn't like this KB/mousepad then hahaha. ...or maybe it would be the motivation to get a larger desk?? (which I'm in the market for). Got this pad a week ago.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

You probably wouldn't like this KB/mousepad then hahaha. ...or maybe it would be the motivation to get a larger desk?? (which I'm in the market for). Got this pad a week ago.

I just never reall used the NUM pad. Maybe a TKL would be ok for me but this Anne Pro II was cheap.

 

[plastiscɧ]

You probably wouldn't like this KB/mousepad then hahaha. ...or maybe it would be the motivation to get a larger desk?? (which I'm in the market for). Got this pad a week ago.

there is no controversy about taste.

 

[grool]

My latest purchase would be my new router - Mikrotik hap ac3.

 

[Ruru]

The keyboard is sooooo small :3


Tho I'm lost with the hotkeys

 

[tabascosauz]

DHL is always good to me, always surprises me a few days early. The U80 teased me for 15 months - now it's my turn to be a tease

 

[freeagent]

My GF wanted to buy me a nice new clicky Logitech KB for Xmas, but told her I am still ok with my 2006ish G15 lol.. I keep it clean.. and its about 2hunny cheaper. I have run it under hot water many times and it feels kinda freaky every time I do.. the excitement never gets old when it dries out and everything still works lol.. I did replace this board with a G something something once. Was nicer than this one.. had drains too.. first time my kid spilled his milk bottle on it, she was kaput. Lost V, B, and something else. E-waste now.. still a bit miffed. Hot water made it much, much worse lol..

I am shopping for a mobo right now.. my eldest son will get this one.. I will be getting the new AM4 12 core when it drops with its mighty cache. I am gambling on stronger memory performance..

 

[Mussels]

I never used the num pad when i had one, so don't miss it. For me it was mainly down to space on my desk, have not got space for a massive full sized KB

This was what i discovered as well, when i went TKL for my gaming/VR system (and kept it on my main, instead)

If you dont do a lot of number typing, you just dont use them... and my god is it more comfortable and easier on your arms to game without the forced extra spacing.
I've got wide as heck shoulders cause i'm not one of the smaller british models of shellfish, and if i find it more comfortable to have that width i cant understand how smaller people dont dislocate their elbows with these ultrawide keyboards that add more on both sides

My GF wanted to buy me a nice new clicky Logitech KB for Xmas, but told her I am still ok with my 2006ish G15 lol.. I keep it clean.. and its about 2hunny cheaper. I have run it under hot water many times and it feels kinda freaky every time I do.. the excitement never gets old when it dries out and everything still works lol.. I did replace this board with a G something something once. Was nicer than this one.. had drains too.. first time my kid spilled his milk bottle on it, she was kaput. Lost V, B, and something else. E-waste now.. still a bit miffed. Hot water made it much, much worse lol..

I am shopping for a mobo right now.. my eldest son will get this one.. I will be getting the new AM4 12 core when it drops with its mighty cache. I am gambling on stronger memory performance..

I got offered a job (depending on completing training) late Jan... if i get it, first luxury purchase will be the same deal with a dual CCX 12 core Vcache sexiness
(I love the 5800x, but the VR rig could use the performance and i would prefer lower temps for my OCD)

 

[freeagent]

This was what i discovered as well, when i went TKL for my gaming/VR system (and kept it on my main, instead)

If you dont do a lot of number typing, you just dont use them... and my god is it more comfortable and easier on your arms to game without the forced extra spacing.
I've got wide as heck shoulders cause i'm not one of the smaller british models of shellfish, and if i find it more comfortable to have that width i cant understand how smaller people dont dislocate their elbows with these ultrawide keyboards that add more on both sides


I got offered a job (depending on completing training) late Jan... if i get it, first luxury purchase will be the same deal with a dual CCX 12 core Vcache sexiness
(I love the 5800x, but the VR rig could use the performance and i would prefer lower temps for my OCD)

Awesome man, congratulations! You will be awesome at your new job

Unfortunately you may have to deal with people again. I was home for 10 months and was quite content just talking to you guys and my family. Now I have to deal with people, and pressure, time is always a factor again lol.. bonus points given because I didnt get my initial 3 month review,. but they told me to get measured up for a uniform so they cover that. Looked and my funds in the bank today and noticed they gave me a decent raise.. quite thankful for that. I was the new guy training new guys lol.. felt a bit strange, but not the first employer to do that. Almost makes me feel like I know what I am talking about lol..

But I still crashed the machine that one time, and made a little bit of scrap that other time.. but it seems all is forgotten.. I am going to be 44 on the 12th, and I am in better shape than most of the young guys there.. But just to be clear.. I am 44 on the outside, inside I am in my late 20s early 30s.

 

[Caring1]

I am going to be 44 on the 12th, and I am in better shape than most of the young guys there.. But just to be clear.. I am 44 on the outside, inside I am in my late 20s early 30s.

Pretty sure that doesn't change as you age, i'm approaching the big 6 0 and still feel 30, problem is my body doesn't agree.

 

[Mussels]

Awesome man, congratulations! You will be awesome at your new job

Unfortunately you may have to deal with people again. I was home for 10 months and was quite content just talking to you guys and my family. Now I have to deal with people, and pressure, time is always a factor again lol.. bonus points given because I didnt get my initial 3 month review,. but they told me to get measured up for a uniform so they cover that. Looked and my funds in the bank today and noticed they gave me a decent raise.. quite thankful for that. I was the new guy training new guys lol.. felt a bit strange, but not the first employer to do that. Almost makes me feel like I know what I am talking about lol..

But I still crashed the machine that one time, and made a little bit of scrap that other time.. but it seems all is forgotten.. I am going to be 44 on the 12th, and I am in better shape than most of the young guys there.. But just to be clear.. I am 44 on the outside, inside I am in my late 20s early 30s.

Actually its a work-from-home job while my kids at school, as phone support for the same government agency that gives me the disability support i'm getting
Makes a lot of sense, they have the full details on what i can and cannot do, and i'm familiar with the system after applying for it myself - and from their perspective, i stop being a black hole of money eating, and contribute back

 

[phill]

Well it's been a little while and I've not been able to control one's self so, I've been buying a few things of late, so here we go with a few boring pictures and me hopefully keeping quiet long enough.....

For starters some actual EXOS 16TB drives... A little more pricey than the ones via Amazon (which I have thankfully received a refund for....) but at least they are the right ones... No dead ones either, so worked out rather well



Then, I think I might have gone a little SATA/RAID card crazy......




So a little explaination (I will try to keep it short and sweet as possible.....)
Basically my 'Synology' custom build is in a Fractal Design 804 case, so I had a MATX board which had 6 SATA ports. the Synology setup I have allows me to have up to 12 drives of whatever which is always great for expansion.... But the lack of ports on the motherboard, not good. So, I bought a 6, 8 and 10 port SATA card from Amazon (tried looking on Ebay, nothing decent and cheap, so thought meh, Amazon and ordered away.) Grabbed some cables as well as I was hoping to make things as tidy as possible...
So, when testing the 6 SATA card model and noticed there was no slow down, I was very impressed, as you can see from the screen grab, nothing massively slowing me down over 1Gb network... I tried the 8 and the 10 port versions and the 8 only 6 worked due to there being two controller chips on the card and then the 10 one, well, that was definitely not as strong as the one 6 port card even though, as a plus, they were all recognisable from the card and no drivers to be installed.
So I just ended up with the 6 port card. I didn't see the point in keeping either of the other cards, as they weren't as fast or as easy to install (aside from the 10 port card - but pointless since the Synology box only allowed 12 total drives.)




Drives installed into the case... I think that second pic they really could have made the case another 5 to even 10mm taller and that would have given just enough space to get power cables and data cables between the backs of the drives and the PSU safely... In my opinion, the only thing that really lets the PC down... Oh and it will only fit a max of 10 drives, if I rest two on the floor in the other side (will show more in my project log when I get 5 minutes to update that... hopefully.....) so I'm currently having a rethink about what to do and what might be done with it....

Which leads me on to the last purchase......



Well simply put, I needed some coolers for a cruncher or two of mine and well, these where the 280mm rad models and they're pretty quiet and work well, temps are ok as far as AIO's go and for £80 each, I figured what the heck...
Little disappointed in that I can't get these coolers that I believe @PaulieG and @stinger608 where chatting about but as always the height of RAM sticks and big coolers do seem to have some limitations shall we say, so a main reason I picked the AIO's over an air cooler. Hopefully they'll work well and as I'm looking to buy a few more PSUs, hopefully they'll both last well.... I've asked a mate in the US to see if he could grab one of those air coolers so I can test... Be interesting to see if they are as good as I hear

 

[Jacky_BEL]

I always had a soft spot for maps and clocks and related things like GPS.
And I always wanted a Geochron eversince I knew about it's existence , but these don't come cheap.

Geochron Mechanical clocks

Until they made available this small computer, which output can display a map on a monitor or TV-screen.

Geochron Digital clock

Their latest model displays at 4k resolution.

 

[GamerGuy]

Pretty sure that doesn't change as you age, i'm approaching the big 6 0 and still feel 30, problem is my body doesn't agree.

Same, I'm your basic young-at-heart sorta guy, but my body vehemently disagrees with that assessment.

All these keyboards I see, takes me back to when I was insanely into keyboards, at one stage, I had >20 keyboards.....even now though the number has dwindled down somewhat, I have easily >15 keyboards. So liking what I see here, the keyboard love and enthusiasm. Presently, I'm using my Ducky Shine 4 Fire 69 and so loving the feel of the various Cherry MX switches on it. I used to think Cherry MX Brown was a good compromise between a tactile feel and noise (as compared to Cherry MX Blue), but now, Brown just feels so mushy and yucky.

I believe I'd gotten rid of my keyboards with Browns with just one remaining board with MX Brown, only kept it as it's a special edition Ducky. Anyone here into Topre? I love mine, I have 7 I think, and the 55G Topre RealForce is just perfect for me, the weight and the feel when I type is like finger sex.....the good kind, NOT the nasty type!

 

[tabascosauz]

I believe I'd gotten rid of my keyboards with Browns with just one remaining board with MX Brown, only kept it as it's a special edition Ducky. Anyone here into Topre? I love mine, I have 7 I think, and the 55G Topre RealForce is just perfect for me, the weight and the feel when I type is like finger sex.....the good kind, NOT the nasty type!

I had a HHKB Pro 2 for a short while, didn't like Topre at all, but if I wasn't a linears-only guy I would probably find it very hard to go back to anything else after a Realforce.

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When I cracked open the box and laid eyes on the Soya I KNEW that the Desko set would be a 100% perfect match. The alphas are literally the same colour. All my other usual beige sets are slightly off (vintage Cherry G80 set too yellowed, Classic Retro and 9009R2 too light).

It's a shame SEQ2 doesn't come with the internal weight and dampener, but I guess it gives me more flexibility to make a custom foam solution.

 

[Chomiq]

I had a HHKB Pro 2 for a short while, didn't like Topre at all, but if I wasn't a linears-only guy I would probably find it very hard to go back to anything else after a Realforce.

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When I cracked open the box and laid eyes on the Soya I KNEW that the Desko set would be a 100% perfect match. The alphas are literally the same colour. All my other usual beige sets are slightly off (vintage Cherry G80 set too yellowed, Classic Retro and 9009R2 too light).

It's a shame SEQ2 doesn't come with the internal weight and dampener, but I guess it gives me more flexibility to make a custom foam solution.

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SA set would pair great with it.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I never used the num pad when i had one, so don't miss it.

Not everyone uses the numpad. But a lot of people do. I use it all the time.

 

[tabascosauz]

Alright, no more teasing.

• RAMA U80-A SEQ2 - SOYA e-white - Ax PCB
• 65g Turquoise Tealios (Krytox 205g0 + 0.15mm switch films + stock springs w/ Krytox 105)
• GMK screw-in stabs (bandaid mod + Superlube 92003 + 24awg heatshrink)
• Hammerworks CRP Desko PBT + GMK TA90 accents

A little less ergonomic than my X60 R (has same 6 degree angle but a lower front height), but otherwise a flawless daily.