What's your latest tech purchase?

[Mussels]

Not quite.... So as I was getting rather annoyed at this point and thought, I have an idea with the original brackets.
I have managed to get the two cards that have the fan's on them and not the silver heatsink, that one needed a little more modification... I'll carry this one on in my project thread and I must give out a special mention for @Mussels and his amazing thread in the project forum.... Inspiration to us all!!

Hopefully now, no more spending !!

Which one? I make enough crazy things work that I lose track
I can't believe my "dumb ideas only" PC still works to this day (even if the PSU did eventually explode)

 

[Animalpak]

Bought brand new monday at 1189 swiss francs current change with dollars 1216.62.



I expect that in other countries the price will drop further, but not in rich Switzerland where generally these products but also cars are paid at a price 3 times higher than the one set by the factory.

I can consider it an acceptable price for this card.

A card that I plan to mount a water block soon.

 

[boomheadshot8]

Just found a z490 msi unify + i9-10900KF + 1080 (msi) at 400€ nice deal I think
and also a couple of noctua nf-p14 for 20€
I manage to sold my old 1070 for 100€ , mobo msi z290+i7-7700+ rad for 220€ and soon my corsair rm750 for 60€

 

[erocker]

I can't believe how decent these sound compared to something similar from the 80's/90's. Kinda hard to find but you can find them on ebay for about 30 bucks.

 

[SpittinFax]

Very interesting to try out the Redragon K552 Kumara (Techpowerup review) as my first custom mechanical keyboard project. Definitely would recommend this as a starting point for anyone looking to get some experience with modifying keyboards because there's a bunch of cheap mods you can do to improve it.

The stock keyboard is pretty rubbish to type on because the Outemu Red switches have a lot of spring ping, i.e. the keyboard makes a ringing sound as you type. The great news is the switches can easily be pulled out (many reviews incorrectly say the switches are soldered.....they are confirmed hot-swappable) and replaced with something better. Add some foam padding to dampen vibration and stabilizer tweaks, it actually becomes quite a nice keyboard to type on even with the included keycaps. Apparently modding these keyboards is so common that Redragon include both a keycap puller and switch puller. So for US$35 for the keyboard and another US$30 for 90 x Akko switches and lube, it's a very affordable project.

 

[Mussels]

I need to find a new PSU
Mines got serious whine now if i disable the GPU undervolt, which didn't happen a year or so ago - and the whine sneaks in sometimes even with the undervolt - possibly the fan doing its rare spin-up, but if so the fans faulty too.

I hate coughing up money for a new PSU when the new ATX standards are just beginning - anyone got recommendations for PSU's that use modern designs that'll just have cables sent by the manufacturer as they come out, like they did with the Nvidia FE cards?

I found a new PSU

$100-$300 cheaper than competitors with current Au pricing
140mm vs 170-180mm on competitors (seriously - my current PSU hits my bottom radiator and cables hang over it)
fan off til 350W, super quiet even at full load (only be-quiet comes close to this, and they're double the price)
860W, but officially handles 960W peak bursts


*Cries RGB australian money*

(i plan to detach the extensions and use them as ARGB covers for the stock wiring)

 

[boomheadshot8]

Take a seasonic PSU or corsair they are better than fractal design

 

[Mussels]

Take a seasonic PSU or corsair they are better than fractal design

You say that like my current PSU isn't a corsair, and I act like I didn't cover that already

I'm not getting another 180mm PSU - cable management and routing just gets stupid

 

[micropage7]

Redragon griffin

 

[lexluthermiester]

Redragon griffin
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I have two of these. One black, like yours, and a white one. They are excellent mice, especially for the price! How do you like the feel?

 

[micropage7]

I have two of these. One black, like yours, and a white one. They are excellent mice, especially for the price! How do you like the feel?

so far it's pretty good especially i use palm grip and the shape support that, the buttons is light enough for daily

 

[lexluthermiester]

so far it's pretty good especially i use palm grip and the shape support that, the buttons is light enough for daily

How does the weight feel? I ask because it seemed a bit heavy. Ended up taking the weights out of both of them. Then again, I'm a bit eccentric.

 

[micropage7]

How does the weight feel? I ask because it seemed a bit heavy. Ended up taking the weights out of both of them. Then again, I'm a bit eccentric.

the mouse itself is light, i mean although it looks kinda bulky but not heavy, but the cable is little bit stiff so it affects the movement as it dragged
btw i use it for daily task and some photoshop not gaming

 

[dgianstefani]

Upgraded from first gen VIper Ultimate, to 4th gen Viper Pro v2 in mercury white.

 

[1freedude]

Mr.Suave

 

[The red spirit]

Take a seasonic PSU or corsair they are better than fractal design

Cheap PSUs are also good

 

[tabascosauz]

Picked up some new cans, the DT 770s are 6 years old and been thru a lot - the new mini-XLR connection is a nice touch

 

[R-T-B]

I don't have a receipt, but I just got a EVGA X570 FTW wifi board. Should be interesting!

Why? Because at retail, this board is an awful deal and no one in their right mind would purchase it for $500. It was MUCH more palatable when I bought it as "stock they couldn't move" from a local retailer for $250.00. (Though I notice newegg is selling it for $350.00 as of this moment so maybe no one can move it at $500 lol).

We'll see what's what soon. I don't plan photos until the install, which'll probably be next weekend, but I'm excited. It should be a pretty good VRM and well built board even if it's usually really really overpriced.

 

[Canned Noodles]

I recently bought a laptop from Micro Center for 60 bucks. It's got some neat features, like a very expansive BIOS, a Windows 10 Pro Education installation, and an LTE card that can be replaced with a B key 2242 m.2 SSD.

Evolve III Maestro E-Book 11.6" Laptop Computer - Dark Grey; Intel Celeron N3450 1.1GHz Processor; 4GB LPDDR4-2133 - Micro Center

 

[micropage7]

I recently bought a laptop from Micro Center for 60 bucks. It's got some neat features, like a very expansive BIOS, a Windows 10 Pro Education installation, and an LTE card that can be replaced with a B key 2242 m.2 SSD.

Evolve III Maestro E-Book 11.6" Laptop Computer - Dark Grey; Intel Celeron N3450 1.1GHz Processor; 4GB LPDDR4-2133 - Micro Center

Wait, 64 internal? You will go nowhere with that space.

 

[Courier 6]

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I can't believe how decent these sound compared to something similar from the 80's/90's. Kinda hard to find but you can find them on ebay for about 30 bucks.

I have a pair of Panasonic that sound very nice too

 

[lexluthermiester]

Wait, 64 internal? You will go nowhere with that space.

That depends on how you use such a system. General computing tasks would be well served by 64GB.

 

[micropage7]

That depends on how you use such a system. General computing tasks would be well served by 64GB.

yeah, all you can do is stock apps, edge and office, nothing more

 

[dgianstefani]

Upgraded from first gen VIper Ultimate, to 4th gen Viper Pro v2 in mercury white.

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These gen 3 switches are sexy. Also the weight reduction is very noticable.

 

[lexluthermiester]

yeah, all you can do is stock apps, edge and office, nothing more

Not true. Such a system is fine for light gaming, emulation, videos and music and even as a streaming device(as long as you game on a separate system). I have an Android tablet that only has 16GB of storage + 32GB MicroSD and it does much of what I just mentioned. Likewise I have a Dell Vostro from 2011 with a dual core i3 and it runs Windows 11 just fine. Such systems are far more versatile than people give them credit for. The N3450 is not a crap CPU. It is by no means high end but it's not garbage. 64GB is an ok amount of storage and it can be expanded easily. That system has a MicroSD slot. Put in a 128GB card and it has an instant storage upgrade. Used the right way, such a little system can do a lot. And for $60? Hell yes please! For that price I want one! Of course I'm ordering one to put AndroidX86 on it and I already have a bunch of MicroSD cards ready.