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Yep, one end is C, the other is A. One of the reasons I got this one exactly.

aghh damn it! Why didn't i think of that. Not long ago I bought another C stick to add to the collection of C's and when needed occasionally runs with a separate tiny ~A adapter or couple of multiple-port Hubs. Would have appreciated a 2-in-1 solution for convenience. I bet they've been around for some time and i've been too lazy to uncover them.
 
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Got this rare SFF mATX case from ebay $32.

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(edit) Did some more digging and found some info here and here. I guess not as rare as I hoped. ( nostalgia adjusted -2 points , :( oh well )
 
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Got this rare SFF mATX case from ebay $32.

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$32 sounds like a treat! Build quality? Material? Did it come with feet or is it a flat sitting bottom intake choker?

I've got a similar one tagged for some time on Aliexpress for a "hopefully one day portable build" although i'd fancy a smaller ITX in a similar fashioned case (then again i've got a ton of stuff tagged which i never end up buying - a window shopper at best!) https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001878905070.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.9.6ea9DTW7DTW7gv&algo_pvid=e59c2588-6bdb-4911-a5d7-2e6b593bef88&algo_exp_id=e59c2588-6bdb-4911-a5d7-2e6b593bef88-4&pdp_npi=4@dis!GBP!89.48!89.48!!!814.18!814.18!@210384b917207274547543638ec9de!12000039794067137!sea!GB!0!AB&curPageLogUid=8eutaw9NGvJO&utparam-url=scene:search|query_from:
 
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$32 sounds like a treat! Build quality? Material? Did it come with feet or is it a flat sitting bottom intake choker?

I've got a similar one tagged for some time on Aliexpress for a "hopefully one day portable build" although i'd fancy a smaller ITX in a similar fashioned case (then again i've got a ton of stuff tagged which i never end up buying - a window shopper at best!) https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001878905070.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.9.6ea9DTW7DTW7gv&algo_pvid=e59c2588-6bdb-4911-a5d7-2e6b593bef88&algo_exp_id=e59c2588-6bdb-4911-a5d7-2e6b593bef88-4&pdp_npi=4@dis!GBP!89.48!89.48!!!814.18!814.18!@210384b917207274547543638ec9de!12000039794067137!sea!GB!0!AB&curPageLogUid=8eutaw9NGvJO&utparam-url=scene:search|query_from:

I was window shopping for a very compact mATX (on my continuing quest to downsize my home server) case since the Thermaltake Core G3 is no longer available and I missed my opportunity to snag one from amazon last year. I was looking at this alternative but I have the smaller ITX sibling and wasn't too happy with the noise from using a 1U PSU.

This Abit i8 case came with the feet I just haven't assembled anything yet. Feels like steel. One of the screws has a bit of corrosion. I had a hard time finding any info on the case. Came in what looks like an original box but it could possibly be a knockoff and they slapped on a defunct logo of the dead company? :slap: The quality seems good though. Surprisingly the front panel USBC is actually from USB3 header - never saw that before. (Abit died in 2009 according to wiki and USB-C came out some years after that.) Found something similar here but it's also not available. This looked like it fits a full size ATX PSU will try it soon to verify. If not it should fit my HDPlex 500w-GAN which needs a home.

(edit) Did some more digging and found some info here and here. I guess not as rare as I hoped. ( nostalgia -2 points , oh well )
 
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Will be replacing my Buds Pro which are excellent. They'll go to my mum after I fit new silicon buds to them.

Watch is for my Dad as he is a surfer and has a health condition. If its good I'll probably get one for myself eventually.

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Quite impressed they fit an 86 decibel siren in the watch, along with LTE and some kind of dual GPS.

The SoC is quite good too on 3nm.

Apparently up to 100 hrs battery but more like two days I'd imagine unless used sparingly. 10 ATM water resistance is nice, as is sapphire/titanium materials.

Anyway I'm pleased that my dad will be able to call emergency services from his wrist, no need for a phone.
 

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check out the JBL Live Pro or the new live beam ones.

i liked them better than the samsung ones when i was looking for a pair of buds. Im still using the live pro 2.
I am aware there're other awesome buds but I specifically chose the Buds 3 Pro for the AI functionality, like 'Live' Interpreter. And as I'd mentioned, that is has a dynamic + planar drivers is intriguing to me.
 
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Got this rare SFF mATX case from ebay $32.
(edit) Did some more digging and found some info here and here. I guess not as rare as I hoped. ( nostalgia adjusted -2 points , :( oh well )
Did you get the handle too?? Looks amazing and it's up to date. MOAR PICS, pls.

On a side note, I have a rare case you might be intersted in :p I really should post it in the for sale thread.
 

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I am aware there're other awesome buds but I specifically chose the Buds 3 Pro for the AI functionality, like 'Live' Interpreter. And as I'd mentioned, that is has a dynamic + planar drivers is intriguing to me.
nice. i do like the blade design more than the other one. I didnt go for buds primarily because they dont fit well into my motorcycle helmet (it has cut outs/space for headphones inside already)

The JBL ones do so nicely
 
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Like late guest mighty G2 Standard arrived to complete my almost two years old rig. To be honest I have this cooler for a week, but in the meantime happened to break one fan's blade when testing it outside the case. Sad thing with 40$ fan or to be precise offset speed one they sell only in 2-packs costing 80$ :] Not a reason to cry for me and innattention deserves punishment, but I told my case Noctua and asked if they could sell me just one. They replied they will send me replacement free of charge, so there's another story of legendary Noctua's customer service (EDIT: To be clear the fan is in fact already here, came well packed yesterday and works flawlessly, all from the start took five business days). G2 itself is simply great at whatever you could look at, can't have complaints, but of course it's price makes it just for ones willing to pay for this complete superiority. Blue-green-yellow-black wires intentionally in your face - this is how you do things in non-windowed case for your convenience or to avoid potential acoustic anomalies from cable obstructing fan airflow. Not that I'm one of those disgusting people not keeping their cable management at least not PITA and functional:


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Like late guest mighty G2 Standard arrived to complete my almost two years old rig. To be honest I have this cooler for a week, but in the meantime happened to break one fan's blade when testing it outside the case. Sad thing with 40$ fan or to be precise offset speed one they sell only in 2-packs costing 80$ :] Not a reason to cry for me and innattention deserves punishment, but I told my case Noctua and asked if they could sell me just one. They replied they will send me replacement free of charge, so there's another story of legendary Noctua's customer service. G2 itself is simply great at whatever you could look at, can't have complaints, but of course it's price makes it just for ones willing to pay for this complete superiority. Blue-green-yellow-black wires intentionally in your face - this is how you do things in non-windowed case for your convenience or to avoid potential acoustic anomalies from cable obstructing fan airflow. Not that I'm one of those disgusting people not keeping their cable management at least not PITA and functional:


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Time to replace the rest of those fans with G2 :D

Also might want to give that case a clean lots of dust.
 

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Time to replace the rest of those fans with G2 :D

Also might want to give that case a clean lots of dust.

I'll wait for square ones and then of course confront them with my trio of Kaze Flex 140 (KF1425FD12S-P). KF cool well and - what's here most important - sound nicely, so I can't complain. But I tried Noctuas from G2 outside the case, unobstructed, and they are promising: sound nicely across whole speed range; you just can't hear bearing or motor without sticking your ear and there're no anomalies (like e.g. Arctic P whistling). All three are my conditions making fans worth trying in the case or sending away from me. And there's Aris with his performance review on HWBusters. We can be pretty sure KF can't win, but to me it's always pleasant acoustics first and cases with their restrictions happen here surprising.

About dust, imo not that bad and last time I cleaned here for Christmas, but recently decided I should move my annual pc cleaning to summer. It just makes more sense for few reasons. Honestly it looks the same after quarter or a year - there are no even pieces of dust, not even mentioning layer, but smallest particles man can see, so it's totally safe for components and far from it accumulating inside heatsinks or affecting performance. My take is it's fine until compressed air is able to handle anything. I clean front and bottom filter once a month, though. Only these side inlets look nasty, but it's mostly matter of the photo and I hoover them maybe once a quarter.
 
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I'm not really a sim racer but gave in to a long-cherished wish and got myself a Logitech G29 (Boys will be boys, no matter how old they are ;))


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In a long gone era I once had an 'el cheapo' steering wheel without force feedback and connected to the desk with suction cups which 'sucked', in the meaning of always coming loose in the heat of a game :laugh:.
After that demotivating experience I gave up on steering wheels for quite some years. But the itch never disappeared and last week when I started a session of DiRT Rally I thought, why the hell not lets's give it another chance. After some ample research I decided for the Logitech G29 which came out a lot of reviews as a good beginners option with a high score on value for money (purchase price atm € 245).

Installed the G29 today and gave it a go with Need for speed, DiRT Rally and Assetto Corsa. Wow, soo much better than driving with a keyboard :cool:.
Looking forward to some nice hours of sim racing after tweaking all the settings to my liking.
 
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Motherboard ASRock B650 LiveMixer (BIOS/UEFI version P3.08, AGESA 1.2.0.2)
Cooling EK-Quantum Velocity, EK-Quantum Reflection PC-O11, D5 PWM, EK-CoolStream PE 360, XSPC TX360
Memory Micron DDR4-5600 ECC Unbuffered Memory (2 sticks, 64GB, MTC20C2085S1EC56BD1) + JONSBO NF-1
Video Card(s) XFX Radeon RX 5700 & EK-Quantum Vector Radeon RX 5700 +XT & Backplate
Storage Samsung 4TB 980 PRO, 2 x Optane 905p 1.5TB (striped), AMD Radeon RAMDisk
Display(s) 2 x 4K LG 27UL600-W (and HUANUO Dual Monitor Mount)
Case Lian Li PC-O11 Dynamic Black (original model)
Audio Device(s) Corsair Commander Pro for Fans, RGB, & Temp Sensors (x4)
Power Supply Corsair RM750x
Mouse Logitech M575
Keyboard Corsair Strafe RGB MK.2
Software Windows 10 Professional (64bit)
Benchmark Scores RIP Ryzen 9 5950x, ASRock X570 Taichi (v1.06), 128GB Micron DDR4-3200 ECC UDIMM (18ASF4G72AZ-3G2F1)
This Corsair product was a fail (fan and mounting) and is being replaced with

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this much improved mounting but now I've got to get a USBC extender because the case USBC cable is too fat right next to the standoff. Air based ram cooling done right.

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Memory Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s) NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
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Case Icute Super 18
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Power Supply Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse Logitech G502
Keyboard Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
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nothing that too fancy, just replacing my old laptop with ssd
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Motherboard Gigabyte X570 Aorus Xtreme/Gigabyte X570S Aorus Elite AX
Cooling Thermaltake Water 3.0 360 AIO/Thermalright PA 120 SE
Memory 2x 16GB Corsair Vengeance RGB RT DDR4 3600C16/2x 16GB Patriot Elite II DDR4 4000MHz
Video Card(s) XFX MERC 310 RX 7900 XTX 24GB/Sapphire Nitro+ RX 6900 XT 16GB
Storage 500GB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe PCIe 4x4 + 4TB Lexar NM790 NVMe PCIe 4x4 + TG Cardea Zero Z NVMe PCIe 4x4
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Mouse Logitech G303 Shroud Ed/Logitech G603 WL
Keyboard Logitech G915/Keychron K2
Software Win11 Pro/Win11 Pro
Bought a headband cover for my Creative SXFI Theater, I've not used it for a pretty long time due to the crappy pleather flaked to hell, it was basically disintegrating before my eyes. It was a tight squeeze, but I managed to stretch the headband cover to wrap nicely around the headband.

In this pic below, I'd gotten a pair of sheepskin earpads to replace the original earpads, which was disintegrating in little flake like pieces as well. I'd ordered the earpads for the wrong model, the earpads were of the wrong shape, but fortunately it fit as well, with a little effort on my part...


The pic below is with the right earpads, a pair of velour ones, note the shape compared to the top ones, fits perfectly....am keeping the the sheepskin ones as well since they fit the SXFI Theater as well
 
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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
My plate for my new desk came. Now i try to move it. Great thing. I'm sitting in a wheel chair and the weight of the plate is around 60kg/132,27lbs. Also the plate is really small. 2m/6,56ft long, 75cm/2,46ft wide and a height of 2 Inches. I really don't know which donkey rode me. But hey one can dance on the plate and it doesn't bend.
 
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Memory 32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s) Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
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Benchmark Scores it sucks even more less now ;)

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System Name Monke | Work Thinkpad| J1nnx took Old Monke
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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
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Power Supply Corsair RM750e | not needed | Corsair GS 600
Mouse Logitech G400 | nipple
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VR HMD ;_;
Software Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores There are no marks on my bench
Keep an eye on the temps was having a play with my cousins one and man did it get hot even just sitting there idle it was very warm to the touch
i too have had the same issue with my sandisk drive. Thats why i switched to a HP one for use on my car for the mp3 and FLAC files.

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its tiny and barely visible, it just slips into the slot. for my Sony XAV AX5500. write speeds arent great but eh. its for music only so....
 
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i too have had the same issue with my sandisk drive. Thats why i switched to a HP one for use on my car for the mp3 and FLAC files.

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its tiny and barely visible, it just slips into the slot. for my Sony XAV AX5500. write speeds arent great but eh. its for music only so....
i ever had it, just because it's tiny i can't find it, maybe i dropped it somewhere, it just MIA
 
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