What's your latest tech purchase?

[lexluthermiester]

It's 2022 and I still don't understand what's the point of electric toothbrushes.

Because they're very effective at cleaning teeth. A normal toothbrush is good and effective, but the mechanical action of electric toothbrushes gives an extra level of cleaning effectiveness. Be a rebel, try one.

 

[GerKNG]

Because they're very effective at cleaning teeth. A normal toothbrush is good and effective, but the mechanical action of electric toothbrushes gives an extra level of cleaning effectiveness. Be a rebel, try one.

have to agree, they clean a lot better.

 

[lexluthermiester]

have to agree, they clean a lot better.

And because they're more effective, it takes less time to brush. Also, if you're one of those people who also brush their tongue(and everyone should), electric is amazing at cleaning that too!

 

[wheresmycar]

It's 2022 and I still don't understand what's the point of electric toothbrushes. Sorry for being a caveman here, but somehow my "mechanical" one is perfectly fine.

I've got an electric one... does the job nicely. Essentially greater number of brushes or brush-to-tooth passes achieved effortlessly (mostly in the form of vibration). A little story to go with it... I had my first as a gift but never got around to using it for months-on. Seemed like a gimmick at first until one day i thought id give it a shot and since been sold on it.

 

[The red spirit]

Because they're very effective at cleaning teeth. A normal toothbrush is good and effective, but the mechanical action of electric toothbrushes gives an extra level of cleaning effectiveness. Be a rebel, try one.

If I wanted to be a rebel I would use tooth powder or baking soda for that. I heard they are so good, that they effectively work like small grit sandpaper.

 

[agent_x007]

It's 2022 and I still don't understand what's the point of electric toothbrushes. Sorry for being a caveman here, but somehow my "mechanical" one is perfectly fine.

I thought sonic ones were better than electric/mechanic ?

 

[plastiscɧ]

I am not sure if 5°C difference are a big deal but the new heatsink is an improvement. And it's stylish
13,99€ thanks to @freeagent.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
That's a nice sammy led display you have there too

 

[plastiscɧ]

Hi,
That's a nice sammy led display you have there too

yes, since all my hard drives, five out of eight, are from samsung the program is quite informative.

 

[Pictus]

I was thinking into getting a new wired Pen Tablet with less LAG, no wobbliness at lower drawing speeds
and good sensitivity at lower pressure levels. By looking at reviews seems like the XP-Pen Deco Pro would
be a good candidate, but only 200 RPS(Report Rate Speed) and not good sensitivity at lower pressure
levels, so they launched new models with X3 Smart Chip to fix the deficiencies.

X3 Smart Chip for Stylus Pen | XPPen

Quickly and professionally edit photos and create digital artwork with natural pen control of X3 Smart Chip. New pen tip sensor technology lowers initial activation force of 3 grams and captures every nuance of pen pressure. 0.6 mm retraction distance and 2-fold increase in its lifetime.

www.xp-pen.com

Very promising, but looks like the X3 Smart Chip needs more polishing as it is a bit wobbly and
still lower RPS(200/233), at least in the models I checked.
You can check the X3 chip wobbliness in here and here.

Than Huion launched 3 new(2021) models with 300 RPS.

Inspiroy RTM-500

Solar orange and cosmo black perfectly match the design of RTM-500. With up to 300PPS report rate, the pen tablet ensures smooth and responsive input without any latency.

www.huion.com

I found no complain about wobbly lines at lower drawing speeds
and the RTM-500 is also available locally(Brazil) at very good price.
Well, got one...
I am not a specialist and just got the RTM-500, what I can say...
The driver/console is well behaved(Win11) and not bloated.
300 RPS is good, no LAG or wobbly at lower drawing speeds, the sensitivity
at lower pressure levels seems +- ok, but by using with the great Lazy Nezumi Pro.
WoW! Now we are talking!! I am very satisfied!!!

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

Moondrop Chu IEMs for summer gaming

 

[lexluthermiester]

Moondrop Chu IEMs for summer gaming

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So what do they look like?

 

[Veseleil]

Like for the cat.

 

[sam_86314]

My latest mistake has arrived.

To my surprise, and despite the seller specifically saying otherwise, it came in its original retail box.

This card is an absolute unit. It's freaking huge and freaking heavy.

Fortunately, it fits in my system just fine. I was slightly worried that my 10GbE NIC would interfere with it, but as you can see, that isn't a problem at all.

I ran a second PCIe power cable from my PSU because I know this is a power-hungry card. Probably isn't necessary, but whatever.

It performs almost twice as well as my 5700 XT in benchmarks. It seems to stay in the high 60s under normal loads and gets into the 70s when pushed. I'm using the "quiet" BIOS.

I only have two real complaints about it. As far as I can tell, the lights can't be turned off. Also, this card has insane coil whine when being pushed to its limit.

I might actually be able to play Cyberpunk 2077 now at a reasonable framerate...

 

[AlwaysHope]

500w being the typical whole system power draw during gaming in near future with the likes of next gen mid to high end gpus from AMD & Nvidia ... I've already seen averages in some parts of a game of 550w on my current system due to poor in game optimization with a certain UE4 title. So in anticipation, got me a new Corsair 1000w RMX V2 unit today along with plans for next gen LGA1700 socket upgrade when rapid lake is available for retail in my part of the world. These Cryorig conversion kits were tricky to come by for my particular cpu cooler, so grabbed one as soon as one of my fav retailers had them in stock! Love the idea of saving $ when one can carry over older builds CPU HS cooler.

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

So what do they look like?

 

[micropage7]

2nd hand acer aspire 4736 for $50 i know i can't expect too much for that price
and what i found out, weird wifi card, half dead keyboard, board with fixed smd resistor, the monitor is good but has one little white spot and for something that blast from 2009, the condition is not too bad

yeah, i cover the keyboard with sticker since it's pretty annoying seeing glossy wear out keyboard plastic

 

[SN2716057]

Technically my work paid for it. (The Dyson, not the R/C's)

 

[P4-630]

Technically my work paid for it. (The Dyson, not the R/C's)

I prefer the RC cars though..

 

[bobbybluz]

These cost me a few dollars (so far) in gas money to go pick them up. Asus Rampage V Edition 10 and Asus Rampage V Extreme Edition. They both need CPU socket repairs (several bent pins and at least one totally broken off pin in each mobo). I'm calling Asus tomorrow to find out about about the possibility of having them repaired. The bent pins on these are beyond my skill level (I've done a few successfully before that weren't as bad as these). For free I couldn't say no.

 

[DeathtoGnomes]

Well I got pissed at this G910 I currently use: double key presses, not recognizing keystrokes, failed LEDs, worn key caps without a source for replacement. Its now out of warranty. This is the 2nd keyboard, my first one only had LED failures and Logitech sent me replacement.

Time for a change from Logitech< I already replace my G604 with a Razer Basilisk, so my new purchase Corsair K100 with the optical-mechanical key switches. It will be here Monday.

 

[QuietBob]

As far as I can tell, the lights can't be turned off.

Have you tried their DevilZone FAN RGB control utility?

 

[SpittinFax]

It must be keyboard-buying season.

I'm glad to see that functional wired mechanical keyboards with good build quality are easier to find these days. This time I got an Akko 3108 V2 for US$65 and I'm keen to try out the linear switches. And the dye-sublimated keycaps look like they're going to be very good.

Also planning a build for my first custom mechanical keyboard. I've budgeted US$70 for total cost of parts and I think a decent build I'd be happy with is achievable.

 

[ThrashZone]

These cost me a few dollars (so far) in gas money to go pick them up. Asus Rampage V Edition 10 and Asus Rampage V Extreme Edition. They both need CPU socket repairs (several bent pins and at least one totally broken off pin in each mobo). I'm calling Asus tomorrow to find out about about the possibility of having them repaired. The bent pins on these are beyond my skill level (I've done a few successfully before that weren't as bad as these). For free I couldn't say no.

Hi,
Looks like one actually had a gpu catch fire or something did

 

[micropage7]

Technically my work paid for it. (The Dyson, not the R/C's)

But i have to say you have great taste picking FJ, tiger and leopard there