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The shopping continues...
Ryzen 7 5700X3D at £178, a Drift Ghost XLPro action cam for my bike helmet, a new Galaxy A35 for my wife and some other shiny things, so we may need another suitcase.
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A few bits to tidy my latest build.
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PowerColor Radeon R7 370 (4 GB)

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About $35 and looks pristine; always nice to have a spare (for that price)

Also frees up the GeForce GTX 1660 Super I have should I want to move it (my CPU has no inbuilt video)
 
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Waiting for the buyers remorse to kick in (usually does it about 30 seconds after I buy even a loaf of bread)
 
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Caring1 said:
A few bits to tidy my latest build.
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Goin sideways I see :D I got a few bits myself, but older version without the plastic covers.

Next build......->backside connectors? rear motherboard connectors? back connect motherboards? hidden connectors? connectors on the back (is there even an official reference name?) :p
 
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My good ol' Epsilon 700 W has finally passed.

I subbed it with a DeepCool DQ550ST. Also got an ASUS STRIX B350-F GAMING motherboard with blasted PCH for essentially free.
 
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A few tatsy treats for my QNAP TVS471 NAS. Sorry for out of focus pic, but it's a i7-4770s replacing the i3
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PLAfiller said:
Goin sideways I see :D I got a few bits myself, but older version without the plastic covers.

Next build......->backside connectors? rear motherboard connectors? back connect motherboards? hidden connectors? connectors on the back (is there even an official reference name?) :p
Click to expand...
Depends on the Motherboard, I'll look for 90 Degree connectors native or BTF .
 
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For my retro pc. I hope this will work.
 
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Done.

Was a pita to strip to change the CPU but did not take as long as i thought it would. Certainly seems snappier now too.

Have 2x4tb raid 0 for general store and 2x500gb raid 0 for backups.
 
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PLAfiller said:
Goin sideways I see :D I got a few bits myself, but older version without the plastic covers.

Next build......->backside connectors? rear motherboard connectors? back connect motherboards? hidden connectors? connectors on the back (is there even an official reference name?) :p
Click to expand...
Asus - BTF
MSI - Project Zero
Gigabyte - Stealth
 
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Upgrade to the primary capacitor in my power supplies while trying to avoid the many fakes out here.

primary.jpg


Don't mess with primary capacitors; they can kill when charged.
 
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Shrek said:
Upgrade to the primary capacitor in my power supplies while trying to avoid the many fakes out here.

View attachment 362697
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Mouser and Digikey, look like the only ones left, if you want to buy caps without an extreme risk of getting counterfeit caps.

The whites and bronzes love to pull a fast one with cheaping out on caps! With the white-rated and bronze-rated PSUs, it's like going back to the '00s, with having to very nervously check the caps every year to see if they suddenly bulged! Especially the secondary caps!
 
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Got them from

West Florida Components | Electronic Components Supplier

Your online source for electronic parts & supplies including rubber feet, board level components, semiconductors
www.westfloridacomponents.com www.westfloridacomponents.com

Mouser and DigiKey sell them in lots of 200, so that is not an option for me.

Have also noticed that fakes don't seem to actually exist on the manufacturers list for the right size.
This may be intentional, for example, these NCC 16V 2200μF KZE 10x25mm capacitors
fakes.jpg

don't exist on KZE-Series.pdf (chemi-con.com)
 
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Shrek said:
Got them from
Contact West Florida Components

Mouse and DigiKey sell them in groups of 200, so that is not an option for me.

Have also noticed that fakes don't seem to actually exist on the manufacturers list for the right size.
This may be intentional, for example, these NCC 16V 2200μF KZE 10x25mm capacitors don't exist on
KZE-Series.pdf (chemi-con.com)
Click to expand...
I guess there's more hope, now. I wonder what Topcat would think, when he sees that store.
 
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I bought a pair of edifier 2000DB speakers on sale to replace my 17 year old Logitech THX speakers. They will be here tommorrow I figured a new build requires new everything as I,ll be retiring in 2 years So now's the time.
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Grey for Bender! And for other models too.
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