What's your latest tech purchase?

[wNotyarD]

Orange told me i could have these for 10cents a month over 2 years(total 2.40 euros) , so i said why not
Obviously im now locked in for 2 years but im very happy with my fiber and mobile plan !

win win

Oh and im hopefully off to Canada later this year so these will come in very handy
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My missus has the Buds2, she loves them.
I have just got myself the Buds2 Pro which came bundled with the S23U, and I find them much more comfortable than the previous Buds Pro.

 

[toastem2004]

New tv and a new cable to power my new tv. Sony X85K (doesn't look good on camera it's much much better in person) 120hz @ 4k is very nice (click to enlarge).

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I've been eyeing this model in 43" to replace my LG 55" that will not fit in my apartment. Have you tried its composite input? How is it with SD signals?

Separately, I recently ordered a steelseries sensi ten mouse and arctis nova 1 headset in white to go along with my asus g14 2022 amd laptop. I also have on a anker usb-c to displayport adapter to drive a 24" freesync monitor coming in later today

 

[maxfly]

Res showed up today...
Titan Rig was so so generous, they went so far as to spend a whole dime on shipping materials! With their padded envelope, in a lovely dirty white.

Fortunately, the res was intact.

While performance-pcs on the other hand shows TR how proper shipping is done! With our $10 box of tubing.
I can say with confidence that my large purchases will continue to go ppcs way haha!

 

[d1nky]

Res showed up today...
Titan Rig was so so generous, they went so far as to spend a whole dime on shipping.......

What's the Barrow watercooling stuff like??

It's been 8-9 years since I've seen any computer stuff. It used to be just EK and XSPC mainly on the market. Because I'm toying with the idea of custom loop again.

 

[Kovoet]

Just ordered a Asus RTX 4070 Ti. Wanted a 4080 but would've had to buy a new case which I refuse to do as I love my 680x. Was considering a 7900XT but because the power draw and among other thing I got the 4070 Ti but will be my last card for a good couple of years.

 

[Space Lynx]

Steam Deck is all I need, so I decided to say fuck it on the PC upgrade until 8000 series. Canceled my 7900 XTX order and didn't even try to get 7800x3d.



Honestly, I am blown away by Steam Deck, blacks are deeper than I expected, I got lucky and got the good fan on mine so don't even have to replace the fan.

Even at 400 nits max brightness the Steam Deck has fantastic black levels and colors, I can sit outside and game on many of the hundreds of indie games I have been meaning to get too. Bonus points that Epic Games Store and all the hundreds of free games on I got on there is easily playable on Deck as well.

Speakers are absolutely 10/10 for such a small device. Honestly Gabe and Valve knocked this one out of the park. I was in bed last night playing Technobablyon, looked and sounded amazing. I honestly have no need for a high end system when I can enjoy steam deck this much.

Steam Deck is the best thing since sliced bread

In two years or three years when the OLED and updated model come out I will def get that one as well and give this one to my gf

Speaking of which, just ordered this for my Steam Deck 64gb, its a good investment, cause as another user mentioned awhile ago, I most likely will be able to take this and put in the new steam deck 2-3 years from now. $360 + $160 = still cheaper than the 512gb version steam deck, which has a worse screen than the base model. base model screen makes the colors pop better and contrast is better on 64gb model as well, the anti glare coating ruins the pop imo.

 

[maxfly]

What's the Barrow watercooling stuff like??

It's been 8-9 years since I've seen any computer stuff. It used to be just EK and XSPC mainly on the market. Because I'm toying with the idea of custom loop again.

It's really solid gear. I've used their fittings, hard tubing and reservoirs so far with no complaints at all.

 

[wNotyarD]

Well, the buying bug bit me once again and I bought a Razer Viper Ultimate which was on a kinda good deal (went for BRL 570 (USD 115) when its usual price floats around 950 (USD 190), local pricing). Will share pics when it arrives.
My recently fixed G502 Hero? I'll take it to work.

 

[lexluthermiester]

the battery was disclosed as worn-out.

Those batteries shouldn't be difficult to replace.

 

[Dragam1337]

Last tech purchase that i recieved were these

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Last tech purchase that i recieved were these

My wallet shrunk in sympathy

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Last tech purchase that i recieved were these

Testing them all to try and get one without coil whine?

 

[Dragam1337]

Testing them all to try and get one without coil whine?

Actually that's exactly what i did... xD

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Actually that's exactly what i did... xD

I got lucky the first option I had available from bestbuy has no perceptible coil whine... Gigabyte Gaming OC.

I would have returned it otherwise. Although I've been pretty lucky my last 3 cards didn't have it either. I wonder if using prime tx units helps.

 

[Dragam1337]

I got lucky the first option I had available from bestbuy has no perceptible coil whine... Gigabyte Gaming OC.

That's the one i ended up putting in my rig aswell my brother wanted the strix, eventhough it has obnoxious amounts coilwhine

 

[oxrufiioxo]

That's the one i ended up putting in my rig aswell my brother wanted the strix, eventhough it has obnoxious amounts coilwhine

From just a looks perspective I like the Tuf and the air cooled suprim but it seems that on average they have bad coil whine.

 

[Dragam1337]

From just a looks perspective I like the Tuf and the air cooled suprim but it seems that on average they have bad coil whine.

Both asus cards has really bad coilwhine, and from what i can tell from other 4090 buyers (that doesn't have hearing damage) is that all the asus cards do. The windforce has a little bit, but nothing major. The gaming oc has no coilwhine. And that was nr 1 priority for me - my entire rig is built around being super quiet, as i can't wear headphones.

 

[LabRat 891]

Those batteries shouldn't be difficult to replace.

Aye.
A. they're not that spendy to 1:1 replace. $18-20 off fleabay.
B. They look like a Cordless Telephone battery in a plastic sleeve. (I could have the perception of dimensions off, but... for like 3 years, I was the only one @ my store (near retirement communities) that could help the old ladies find replacements for their cordless phones. I've seen a few, prolly too many )

My first "plan" is to solder a female header onto the BAT1 solder pads. I'm not 100% on how the (assumed*) thermal sensor works-in, or if anything other than +/- is actually needed. That way, I can use a replacement batt. on the board, or 18650(s) via header. *could be a balance lead for a 2P paralleled pack
Judging by BAT1, It looks like the PCB was intended to offer a higher-capacity external battery for extended data-retention. Or, Gb merely never revised the PCB after deciding on an integrated battery holder vs. external.
Unless, I'm missing something, I don't think it'd be safe to use both the header and on-board battery in parallel w/o some kind of cell-balancing/BMS tom-foolery.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Both asus cards has really bad coilwhine, and from what i can tell from other 4090 buyers (that doesn't have hearing damage) is that all the asus cards do. The windforce has a little bit, but nothing major. The gaming oc has no coilwhine. And that was nr 1 priority for me - my entire rig is built around being super quiet, as i can't wear headphones.

The only thing I've heard negative about the Gaming OC was bad fans likely damaged in transit would be my guess. Considering in reviews it's supposed to be one the louder models mines pretty quiet even in the OC bios.

 

[Mussels]

Coil whine varies a lot, it's a major issue these days

I'm yet to find any brand immune to it, changing PSU's can definitely help - but it also comes down to how someone uses the PC, a solid case will block coil whine while a modern mesh case with an open top wont do anything

same thing with high FPS gamers vs low FPS, Vsync on/off, a CPU powerful enough to drive the GPU into those high FPS values...

 

[Dragam1337]

Coil whine varies a lot, it's a major issue these days

I'm yet to find any brand immune to it, changing PSU's can definitely help - but it also comes down to how someone uses the PC, a solid case will block coil whine while a modern mesh case with an open top wont do anything

same thing with high FPS gamers vs low FPS, Vsync on/off, a CPU powerful enough to drive the GPU into those high FPS values...

Yeah, i thought it might have been influenced by psu (kinda hoped, as i really wanted to keep the strix), so i tried out with a couple of different psu's, including an ax1600i... sadly made no difference.

The only thing I've heard negative about the Gaming OC was bad fans likely damaged in transit would be my guess. Considering in reviews it's supposed to be one the louder models mines pretty quiet even in the OC bios.

I run it in quiet bios, but even there i find the stock fanprofile obnoxious... constantly switching between off and 70% fanspeed. So i made a custom fanprofile, where it starts at 50c with 45% fanspeed, and then slowly increases speed as it passes 60c. Whisper quiet

 

[Klemc]

7800X3D AND B650E-E Strix

Tuesday's the arrival !!

 

[Mussels]

Yeah, i thought it might have been influenced by psu (kinda hoped, as i really wanted to keep the strix), so i tried out with a couple of different psu's, including an ax1600i... sadly made no difference.



I run it in quiet bios, but even there i find the stock fanprofile obnoxious... constantly switching between off and 70% fanspeed. So i made a custom fanprofile, where it starts at 50c with 45% fanspeed, and then slowly increases speed as it passes 60c. Whisper quiet

My whine about halved moving from a corsair PSU to a fractal, because half the whine came FROM the PSU
Then the undervolting i do on the GPU removes it completely - even when I run it at an overclocked profile running 2GHz all the time at basically stock wattage (~360W vs 375W) it's gone.

Extensions added more whine for me, and i've learned more about electrical signals dealing with improving my VDSL cabling - even something as simple as sharp bends in a cable can cause feedback and whine, you can visualise it like a laser firing down a reflective tube - when it hits a kink, part of the 'signal' can get shaved off causing heat from friction and ricochet around in either direction, you can imagine how in a device that uses PWM power thats based on pulsing the flow, anything arriving slightly slower than the rest would make components work harder to smooth it out

This is what common mode chokes helped with, and used to be common as power filters for a while in PC builds before PSU's improved drastically


Holy crap i just googled this and found out someone else has already done this, the same tricks i did to boost my internet speeds worked for them to reduce coil while.
Try adding a choke to your PSU Cable

Three Dollar Ferrite Core May Be One Way for Reduced Noise During 3-D Gaming | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org


Resistors can be used with this too, by resisting the unwanted frequencies and are included in-line in some PSU cables, but not all of them - no idea if its a modern practice still
^ From a corsair PSU

A common mode choke is designed primarily with wrapped wires but helps to a reduced extent with straight ones, at the sharp bends the signal that bleeds out gets absorbed into the ferrite choke and converted into weak magnetism instead. This is done on the outside of the wire and not electrically connected, so its less effective but a ton easier to implement.

This is how you do it for a VDSL installation if you want things to really get better, with as many wraps as possible

My creation vs NBN co's recommendation - every wrap can add 3x to 6x noise reduction, which aint gunna work on GPU cables but you can always add more clip on chokes, one at the PSU end and one at the GPU end

Buy some snap on chokes that fit over your PCI-E cables and see how you go?

 

[Dragam1337]

My whine about halved moving from a corsair PSU to a fractal, because half the whine came FROM the PSU
Then the undervolting i do on the GPU removes it completely - even when I run it at an overclocked profile running 2GHz all the time at basically stock wattage (~360W vs 375W) it's gone.

Extensions added more whine for me, and i've learned more about electrical signals dealing with improving my VDSL cabling - even something as simple as sharp bends in a cable can cause feedback and whine, you can visualise it like a laser firing down a reflective tube - when it hits a kink, part of the 'signal' can get shaved off causing heat from friction and ricochet around in either direction, you can imagine how in a device that uses PWM power thats based on pulsing the flow, anything arriving slightly slower than the rest would make components work harder to smooth it out

This is what common mode chokes helped with, and used to be common as power filters for a while in PC builds before PSU's improved drastically


Holy crap i just googled this and found out someone else has already done this, the same tricks i did to boost my internet speeds worked for them to reduce coil while.
Try adding a choke to your PSU Cable

Three Dollar Ferrite Core May Be One Way for Reduced Noise During 3-D Gaming | Headphone Reviews and Discussion - Head-Fi.org


Resistors can be used with this too, by resisting the unwanted frequencies and are included in-line in some PSU cables, but not all of them - no idea if its a modern practice still
^ From a corsair PSU
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A common mode choke is designed primarily with wrapped wires but helps to a reduced extent with straight ones, at the sharp bends the signal that bleeds out gets absorbed into the ferrite choke and converted into weak magnetism instead. This is done on the outside of the wire and not electrically connected, so its less effective but a ton easier to implement.

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This is how you do it for a VDSL installation if you want things to really get better, with as many wraps as possible

My creation vs NBN co's recommendation - every wrap can add 3x to 6x noise reduction, which aint gunna work on GPU cables but you can always add more clip on chokes, one at the PSU end and one at the GPU end
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Buy some snap on chokes that fit over your PCI-E cables and see how you go?

Amazing that it worked for you

I got no coilwhine with the gigabyte 4090s though - only the as(u)s cards are screaming pigs

 

[P4-630]

I decided to buy a blower, there were on batteries as well but decided with powercord would be better and longer lasting.
Should arrive tomorrow.