What's your latest tech purchase?

[Deleted member 24505]

Hi,
Yeah I ran into this stuff a while back works well, by the foot instead of per 10 foot package.

ModMyMods 3/8" ID x 5/8" OD Flexible PVC Tubing - Crystal Clear (MOD-0003) - 3/8” ID x 5/8” OD Soft Tubing - Tubing ModMyMods.com - PC Watercooling Parts and Accessories

I have tried EK soft tubing, and bits power, both xero problems, both 16mm OD 10mm ID

 

[theFOoL]

Yes the right battery charger... LG V20

 

[freeagent]

Updating windows as we speak

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Updating windows as we speak

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You using it for Boot then?

I use both of mine for games. Got a silicon power 256gb gen3 x4 for boot.

 

[freeagent]

I have it as boot yes, I kind of want to partition it, mainly because I am used to 250-500GB as C

I will keep my 1TB SN750 down below.. kind of kicking myself a little for not getting an X570 board now.. ahh well.. can still buy them

Edit:

Was a brand new drive.. maybe they couldn’t initialize it?

 

[looniam]

Updating windows as we speak

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lol. getting a kick out of the read/lecture translation:

this drive can lecture 7000MB/s!!!!!!

 

[freeagent]

Yeah.. I honestly do not know much french.. I could swear a little bit, I understand some of it in text form, but if you were to start speaking french or any other language you would get this reaction

 

[looniam]

oui

spent few years in europe thanks to the navy - its all in the hands - i could "understand" italian the easiest.

 

[SpittinFax]

Case upgrade, going from an Antec Three Hundred U3 to an Antec P101 Silent. Anything bigger than a dual fan GTX 1060 wouldn't fit in my old case.

There's a lot of good cases out there on the market these days and so the obvious question is why the hell I'd choose such an obscure product from an old "outdated" brand over something more popular. Reason is that I prefer this combination of 1) Professional looks, 2) over-engineered solid construction, 3) ample expansion options and 4) silent acoustics. The P101 does all that better than anyone else at this price point. It's the perfect case for us grumpy bastards who snob RGB and tempered glass. Airflow is more of a challenge with a solid front door, but now I've seen it in person and it's got enough air inlets/outlets to sort out any thermal issues.

EDIT: Just finished the system transplant into the new case, overall pretty good. Feels like it weighs almost 18kg (40lbs) with everything installed, the case itself being almost 12kg. Just trying out the stock Antec fan configuration for right now and it seems to work quite well. Pretty much no thermal difference between having the door open or closed which is great to see. Components like my hard drive are definitely more muted.

Spoiler: Old case for reference - Antec Three Hundred U3

 

[lexluthermiester]

Old case for reference - Antec Three Hundred U3"

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That was and still is an excellent case. Excellent feature-set, plenty of configuration flexibility and great cooling. Wish they still made them with minor tweaks for modern features..

 

[SpittinFax]

That was and still is an excellent case. Excellent feature-set, plenty of configuration flexibility and great cooling. Wish they still made them with minor tweaks for modern features..

Aside from the lack of cable management spaces it's been a great case for the money. Only US$70 plus shipping which is unheard of now for a case that has good airflow and isn't flimsy. The P101 Silent was US$110 plus shipping, although granted it is bigger and has some more modern features. Still love the old Three Hundred though.

The amount of times I see manufacturers slap a solid wall on the front panel and call it a "sleek design", I shake my head. Antec has a better concept of how to do simple designs that are functional and grown up.

 

[Maissilapsi]

I ordered this development tool: Adafruit Feather HUZZAH
with ESP8266 WiFi about one hour ago.

 

[micropage7]

just bought diy grip tape

looks pretty good

 

[khemist]

A wee bit of fun.

 

[Jetster]

A wee bit of fun.

I have been looking to buy a cube for like a year now. Couple more months i will have $3500 to buy one. Maybe get one on clearance in October

How do you like It?

 

[khemist]

I have been looking to buy a cube for like a year now. Couple more months i will have $3500 to buy one. Maybe get one on clearance in October

How do you like It?

I've only just got it, i'll have to test it out first and see what range i get etc but it's great to fly up hills easily and can enjoy the scenery at the same time.

 

[tabascosauz]

Birthday present for me mum, had to use my $45 Dell credits anyway:

Computer Accessories and Peripherals

Shop Dell's computer accessories like keyboards, mice, webcams & batteries, all tailored for your home or business needs. Enjoy great deals and free shipping!

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Carrying on the tradition of my original MX Master and my dad's MX Master 3. I don't like Logitech but as far as I'm concerned they could run their entire business off selling this mouse alone, it's just about perfect.

 

[oobymach]

New fan grill to sit atop my ghetto ps4 cooler for the 1tb m2 I used for external storage, it gets mighty hot during downloads etc. but if I sit it on top of the big fan it only barely gets warm.

 

[R-T-B]

Just recieved my order of some of the last Crucial Ballistix on newegg. Specifically, these 64GB worth of these guys:

Crucial Ballistix 2666 MHz DDR4 DRAM Desktop Gaming Memory Kit 16GB (8GBx2) CL16 BL2K8G26C16U4W (WHITE) - Newegg.com

Buy Crucial Ballistix 2666 MHz DDR4 DRAM Desktop Gaming Memory Kit 16GB (8GBx2) CL16 BL2K8G26C16U4W (WHITE) with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.com

They fit my "don't give a frick" color scheme well. They are Micron E-Die, which while not the greatest, does a lot better than my old set of truly awful Samsung C-Die stuff. I'm happy.

 

[SpittinFax]

Just recieved my order of some of the last Crucial Ballistix on newegg. Specifically, these 64GB worth of these guys:

Crucial Ballistix 2666 MHz DDR4 DRAM Desktop Gaming Memory Kit 16GB (8GBx2) CL16 BL2K8G26C16U4W (WHITE) - Newegg.com

Buy Crucial Ballistix 2666 MHz DDR4 DRAM Desktop Gaming Memory Kit 16GB (8GBx2) CL16 BL2K8G26C16U4W (WHITE) with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.com

They fit by "don't give a frick" color scheme well. They are Micron E-Die, which while not the greatest, does a lot better than my old set of truly awful Samsung C-Die stuff. I'm happy.

I find that's the wisest approach to purchasing memory, I did similar when I got 64GB of 3600MHz CL18 G.Skill Ripjaws V. Mine are Hynix D-Die which sound pretty average, but they're fast enough and perfectly stable with XMP which is really all you need. Never saw any value in spending big money on low capacity kits with tight timings and exotic dies. We throw RAM away because the capacity is too small, not because of the die type or timings, so it makes more sense to buy with capacity as the highest priority.

Personally I've used Crucial Ballistix 3200MHz in a few AMD builds, never had issues with it. Seems good to me.

 

[tabascosauz]

Just recieved my order of some of the last Crucial Ballistix on newegg. Specifically, these 64GB worth of these guys:

Crucial Ballistix 2666 MHz DDR4 DRAM Desktop Gaming Memory Kit 16GB (8GBx2) CL16 BL2K8G26C16U4W (WHITE) - Newegg.com

Buy Crucial Ballistix 2666 MHz DDR4 DRAM Desktop Gaming Memory Kit 16GB (8GBx2) CL16 BL2K8G26C16U4W (WHITE) with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.com

They fit by "don't give a frick" color scheme well. They are Micron E-Die, which while not the greatest, does a lot better than my old set of truly awful Samsung C-Die stuff. I'm happy.

Rev.E is what you want anyway. You can get 16Gb Rev.B but what you get in 5000+ potential you lose big time in daily perf as they can only be single rank at 32GB kits.

I was expecting Rev.B but ended up Rev.E same as you. Nonetheless they do 4400 18-22-22 1.5V at the touch of a button and the secondaries tighten up about the same as Hynix (4/6/16 - 4/12/16 - 4/4 - 18-10-8, except tRFC 690 ish obviously).

They were a stopgap for my 4400CL19 Bdie which is on RMA atm, but the Crucials are really good and I might keep on them. The B-die still takes the cake in raw iGPU perf though, even at a step lower freq - "timings don't matter for iGPU" is horseshit.

I'm not so sure about Hynix though. My dual rank CJR kit was the sole cause of that MW19 stutter and I still haven't replicated it on any other IC.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I bought several tech stuff this few week. I post the rest the next few days. I'll start with the most important one. Finally I got a gpu to replace my ageing single slot RX460 XFX in red below. Snap up a Palit RTX 3060 Stormx as the price dropped to a reasonable level I could afford. This tiny RTX 3060 finally a proper replacement RX460. I am surprised by the huge leap of performance for something this tiny. It may not be impressive for many here with higher tier card like 3070 above for me this is like going from a bicycle to a rocket. 3 times the vram increase from 4GB and 432% increase in overall performance based on techpowerup database.

Got a new displayport cable to go with my 4K screen too. Have not posted that monitor pic yet too.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Finally landed one! There was over 10 at my (not so) local microcenter

 

[stinger608]

Finally landed one! There was over 10 at my (not so) local microcenter

Holy crap!!!!! $1650 seems insane!!!!!!!!

There is no way in hell I could ever justify paying that much for a video card.

 

[CrAsHnBuRnXp]

Holy crap!!!!! $1650 seems insane!!!!!!!!

There is no way in hell I could ever justify paying that much for a video card.

Better than the price they used to be. I don't plan on 4000 series so this will hold me over until at least 5000 series