What's your latest tech purchase?

FoulOnWhite · Mar 9, 2024

Space Lynx said:
I just wish I had my old tube TV still for the proper experience. LCD just ruins old console gaming imo.

My parents had the worlds largest tube ever made, 40" big it was, playing games on it was fucking amazing. they gave it away to a local shop cause they just wanted it out of the house. I think I cried that day. it was like several hundred pounds in weight is why they wanted it gone. but damn I wish I had my own place when they got rid of it, I would have kept it for my dedicated emulation station. but such is life

It was 40" because of some limitation with cathode ray tech. What make was it? sony or mitsubishi.

Space Lynx · Mar 9, 2024

FoulOnWhite said:
It was 40" because of some limitation with cathode ray tech. What make was it? sony or mitsubishi.

I think it was a Sony, but I honestly don't remember I was only a kid then. I remember playing Majora's mask on the n64 and super Mario 64. damn those were some good times on that giant screen. nothing lasts forever though

as we see here my Deck OLED won't last forever either, Valve only offers a 1 year warranty for burn in for a reason. /shrugs it is what it is. I do kind of hope steam Deck 2 gets mini-led though. if done right, its damn good too.

Steam Deck OLED sees burn-in after 1,500-hour stress test — reducing brightness recommended to avoid damage

Or just don't worry about it.

www.tomshardware.com

de.das.dude · Mar 9, 2024

i think i still have the 19"CRT vga monitor from back in the day lololol

Space Lynx said:
I think it was a Sony, but I honestly don't remember I was only a kid then. I remember playing Majora's mask on the n64 and super Mario 64. damn those were some good times on that giant screen. nothing lasts forever though

as we see here my Deck OLED won't last forever either, Valve only offers a 1 year warranty for burn in for a reason. /shrugs it is what it is. I do kind of hope steam Deck 2 gets mini-led though. if done right, its damn good too.

Steam Deck OLED sees burn-in after 1,500-hour stress test — reducing brightness recommended to avoid damage

Or just don't worry about it.

www.tomshardware.com

some comments are just.... euuugh

from the linked article

GerKNG · Mar 9, 2024

jallenlabs · Mar 9, 2024

Studio Monitors arrived. They sound great and were 60% of retail. Im replacing smaller versions of the same Presonus brand. Im running a Presonus studio subwoofer too.

Veseleil · Mar 9, 2024

jallenlabs said:
Studio Monitors arrived. They sound great and were 60% of retail. Im replacing smaller versions of the same Presonus brand. Im running a Presonus studio subwoofer too.
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Eris Studio 5s? I was considering Studio 8s, but they were out of stock, so I got Adams instead.

P4-630 · Mar 9, 2024

gurusmi · Mar 9, 2024

Neederlands?
Source of the Parkside tools is Lidl?

P4-630 · Mar 9, 2024

gurusmi said:
Neederlands?
Source of the Parkside tools is Lidl?

Yes Lidl.

Just 22,98 EUR for the set.

Arnold S. approves..

gurusmi · Mar 9, 2024

P4-630 said:
Yes Lidl.

Just 22,98 EUR for the set.

Arnold S. approves..

In Germany Arnie is shown in that ads since weeks with different spots. It seems he needs money.

I own a temperatur measurement tool from Bosch since a longer time. I needed it for my FDM-3D-Printer. The see if the heatbed reaches the desired Temps.

P4-630 · Mar 9, 2024

gurusmi said:
In Germany Arnie is shown in that ads since weeks with different spots. It seems he needs money.

Maybe, I don't care much, I get good products at a fair price, so im good with that..

gurusmi said:
I own a temperatur measurement tool from Bosch since a longer time. I needed it for my FDM-3D-Printer. The see if the heatbed reaches the desired Temps.

The parkside measures from -50°C to +380°C

gurusmi · Mar 9, 2024

P4-630 said:
The parkside measures from -50°C to +380°C

Mine a bit more. Up to 500°C. That is good/important for FDM Printer Hotends where the plasticss melts. At my side Bosch has a kind of home advantage. Their base is arounf 100km far away. They come from Baden-Württemberg as i do.

P4-630 · Mar 9, 2024

gurusmi said:
Mine a bit more. Up to 500°C.

I know , I saw it on amazon, I don't need it to be up to 500 degrees, what's the tolerances on yours?

jallenlabs · Mar 10, 2024

Veseleil said:
Eris Studio 5s? I was considering Studio 8s, but they were out of stock, so I got Adams instead.

Yes. With a Studio 8 sub.

gurusmi · Mar 10, 2024

P4-630 said:
I know , I saw it on amazon, I don't need it to be up to 500 degrees, what's the tolerances on yours?

I had to search first. My first reflex in answering has been "enough".

But after my research the tolerance is +/- 1 °C.

P4-630 · Mar 11, 2024

gurusmi said:
But after my research the tolerance is +/- 1 °C.

The one I've ordered +/- 1,5 °C... Not bad for a 13 EUR A.S. approved device...

gurusmi · Mar 11, 2024

P4-630 said:
The one I've ordered +/- 1,5 °C... Not bad for a 13 EUR A.S. approved device...

I used mine for around 3 measures. All the other time it lays around collecting dust. As long as i'm in the wheel chair i cannot work on my FDM. And to be honest. I don't know what for i should use it else. Al my tools are higher quality. No matter if screw drivers, electric tools or for measuring. For my toolbox i did invest around 2.500€ in total. So i don't regret to have paid 55€ for the temperature mesure device.

PLAfiller · Mar 11, 2024

P4-630 said:
The one I've ordered +/- 1,5 °C... Not bad for a 13 EUR A.S. approved device...

I have the same from Lidl...it kicks butt and chews bubble gum

, but it's all out of gum. I'd probably get a second one at some point and a decibel meter perhaps...

Shrek · Mar 11, 2024

gurusmi said:
I had to search first. My first reflex in answering has been "enough". But after my research the tolerance is +/- 1 °C.

Is that possible? given that the emissivity varies.

gurusmi · Mar 11, 2024

At a heatbed (80°C) or nozzle(250°C) I don't care about +/-5°C on a FDM 3D Printer. And i don't need that high accuracy at other measures.

P4-630 · Mar 11, 2024

gurusmi said:
At a heatbed (80°C) or nozzle(250°C) I don't care about +/-5°C on a FDM 3D Printer. And i don't need that high accuracy at other measures.

I will use it for floor heating measuring among other things.

mtosev · Mar 11, 2024

I just bought a camera. Canon EOS R100 for 460€ with shipping.

kapone32 · Mar 11, 2024

I have been looking for a SFF case for my Retro dead Console Drive. I had bought a Micro ATX (Mini ITX is too expensive). The build is a 5600G with a Asus B550 Tuf Gaming Plus Wifi with 16GB of Adata 3200Mhz. I am using an old NVME that I cloned the drive to. SFF cases are also expensive but I guess Corsair have gone big and are liquidating their previous cases. This that got me was the Standard PSU support.

KrazyT · Mar 11, 2024

A little and cheap Sandisk 32 Go USB stick to put music on my car ... Someone stole my old one :mad:

How lucky am I to buy the only USB stick unrecognizable by my car ! It works on every system (PC,Hifi, wife's car).

wNotyarD · Mar 11, 2024

KrazyT said:
A little and cheap Sandisk 32 Go USB stick to put music on my car ... Someone stole my old one

How lucky am I to buy the only USB stick unrecognizable by my car ! It works on every system (PC,Hifi, wife's car).

I know some infotainment systems are finicky about both file system (NTFS, FAT32, exFAT, yadda yadda) and size.

Aren't you limited in one of these cases?

System Name	BigRed
Processor	I7 12700k
Motherboard	Asus Rog Strix z690-A WiFi D4
Cooling	Noctua D15S chromax black/MX6
Memory	TEAM GROUP 32GB DDR4 4000C16 B die
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3080 Gaming Trio X 10GB
Storage	M.2 drives WD SN850X 1TB 4x4 BOOT/WD SN850X 4TB 4x4 STEAM/USB3 4TB OTHER
Display(s)	Dell s3422dwg 34" 3440x1440p 144hz ultrawide
Case	Corsair 7000D
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z5450/KEF uniQ speakers/Bowers and Wilkins P7 Headphones
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x 80% gold
Mouse	Logitech G604 lightspeed wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL lightspeed wireless
Software	Windows 10 Pro X64
Benchmark Scores	Who cares

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend
Cooling	Frost Commander 140
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core -.75v
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black)
Audio Device(s)	Asgard 2, Modi 3, HD58X
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x Gold

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| J1nnx took Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock B650E Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280
Memory	2x16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB 6000 CL30 (A-Die)
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 Gaming X Trio
Storage	1TB Samsung 990 PRO, 4TB Corsair MP600 PRO XT, 1TB WD SN850X, 4x4TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	Alienware AW2725DF, LG 27GR93U, LG 27GN950-B
Case	Streacom BC1 V2 Black
Audio Device(s)	Bose Companion Series 2 III, Sennheiser GSP600 and HD599 SE - Creative Soundblaster X4
Power Supply	bequiet! Dark Power Pro 12 1500w Titanium
Mouse	Razer Deathadder V3
Keyboard	Razer Black Widow V3 TKL
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S
Software	~2000 Video Games

System Name	Core
Processor	Intel 12900k @ 5.4/4.1
Motherboard	MSI z690 Tomahawk
Cooling	Custom H20
Memory	GSkill 64GB 3600 cas 15 b die
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX 4070 Super OC'
Storage	Optane 900p x2, SK Hynix p41 Pro
Display(s)	ACER 250hz 1080p 25" VA display x2
Case	Phanteks p500a with all Arctic/Thermaltake fans
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite interface, Presonus Studio Monitors and Subwoofer
Power Supply	Seasonic 850w plat with cable mod cables
Mouse	Glorious Model O
Keyboard	Havic mech
Software	Win 11 Pro

What's your latest tech purchase?

FoulOnWhite

Space Lynx

Astronaut

Steam Deck OLED sees burn-in after 1,500-hour stress test — reducing brightness recommended to avoid damage

de.das.dude

Pro Indian Modder

Steam Deck OLED sees burn-in after 1,500-hour stress test — reducing brightness recommended to avoid damage

GerKNG

jallenlabs

Veseleil

P4-630

gurusmi

P4-630

gurusmi

P4-630

gurusmi

P4-630

jallenlabs

gurusmi

P4-630

gurusmi

PLAfiller

Shrek

gurusmi

P4-630

mtosev

kapone32

KrazyT

wNotyarD

System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, P14, P12, T30 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	TCL C805 50" 2160p 144Hz VA miniLED, Mi 27" 1440p 165Hz IPS, AOC 24G2U 1080p 144Hz IPS
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80, DS4 v2
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M \| Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans)
Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
Keyboard	Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110
Software	W10LTSC 21H2, PBO2, FF, MusicBee, mpv, ImageGlass, OpenRGB, FanControl, Greenshot, DS4Win, Signal

System Name	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	Naboo (2019)
Processor	AMD 3800x
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus Master V1 (X470)
Cooling	individual EKWB/Heatkiller loop
Memory	4*8 GB 3600 Corsair Vengeance
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 5700XT
Storage	SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0x4, 2 TB PCIe 3.0
Display(s)	2*WQHD
Case	Lian Li O11 Rog
Audio Device(s)	Hifiman, Topping DAC/KHV
Power Supply	Seasonic 850W Gold
Mouse	Logitech MX2, Logitech MX Ergo Trackball
Keyboard	Cherry Stream Wireless, Logitech MX Keys
Software	Linux Mint "Vera" Cinnamon

System Name	PLAHI
Processor	I5-10400
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS
Cooling	120 AIO IWONGOU
Memory	1x32GB Kingston BEAST DDR4 @ 3200Mhz
Video Card(s)	PNY QUADRO RTX A2000
Storage	Intel 670P 512GB
Display(s)	Philips 288E2A 28" 4K + 22" LG 1080p
Case	Silverstone Raven 03 (RV03)
Audio Device(s)	Creative Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Fractal Design IntegraM 650W
Mouse	Logitech Triathlon
Keyboard	REDRAGON MITRA
Software	Windows 11 Home x 64

System Name	CyberPowerPC ET8070
Processor	Intel Core i5-10400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1
Memory	2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super
Storage	Boot: Intel OPTANE SSD P1600X Series 118GB M.2 PCIE
Display(s)	Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440)
Power Supply	EVGA 500W1 (modified to have two bridge rectifiers)
Software	Windows 11 Home

System Name	Core i9 rig / Lenovo laptop
Processor	Core i9 10900X / Core i5 8350U
Motherboard	Asus Prime X299 Edition 30 / Lenovo motherboard
Cooling	Corsair H115i PRO RGB / stock cooler
Memory	Gskill 4x8GB 3600mhz / 16GB 2400mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RTX 2080 Super / UHD 620
Storage	Samsung SSD 970 PRO 1TB / Samsung OEM 256GB NVMe
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp UP3017 / Full HD IPS touch
Case	Coolermaster mastercase H500M
Audio Device(s)	Onboard sound
Power Supply	Enermax Platimax 1700 watt / Lenovo 65watt power adapter
Mouse	Logitech M500s
Keyboard	Cherry
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage	Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s)	GIGABYTE FV43U
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

Processor	Intel i7 77OOK
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus something
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S dual fan
Memory	Ballistix 32 Go
Video Card(s)	MSI 3060 Gaming X
Storage	Mixed bag of M2 SSD and SATA SSD
Display(s)	MSI 34" 3440x1440 Artimys 343CQR
Case	Old Corsair Obsidian something
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Old Antec HCG 620 still running good
Mouse	Steelseries something
Keyboard	Steelseries someting too
Benchmark Scores	bench ? no time to lose with bench ! :)

System Name	G-Station 2.0 "YGUAZU"
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 WiFi
Cooling	Freezemod: Pump, Reservoir, 360mm Radiator, Fittings / Bykski: Blocks / Barrow: Meters
Memory	Asgard Bragi DDR4-3600CL14 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire PULSE RX 7900 XTX
Storage	240GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB Asgard AN2, 2TB Hiksemi FUTURE-LITE, 320GB+1TB 7200RPM HDD
Display(s)	Samsung 34" Odyssey OLED G8
Case	Lian Li Lancool 216
Audio Device(s)	Astro A40 TR + MixAmp
Power Supply	Cougar GEX X2 1000W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite (Red)
Software	Windows 11 Pro, Garuda Linux