What's your latest tech purchase?

[Mussels]

That little SFF rig is doing its work
single channel ram locked to 3.4GHz, 50W power draw
can do 1440p 60Hz output, making it actually useful as a desktop for me

Edit: found a "stock" bench online of 2780 for a full desktop, so hell yeah for SFF build!

Oh and both my switches (mine/sons) are unpatched, and i ran the homebrew stuff on mine - had no idle mode so battery went flat if it wasnt perma-charging, so i've disabled it for now but like that i can always do it later as it matures
Mine are old enough (original grey controller models) that regardless of software, they cant be secured

 

[Deleted member 24505]

After asking the question I did have a quick Google to find out, ironically I did have a look for seeing how much they are to buy (similar to a new Switch) and wondered the amount of use mine gets with my eldest, is very rare so not really worth another £250 say to get one, but I can see the attraction.

Didn't know when I bought mine, so its not the biggest loss but I suppose if you wished to play Switch games like that, you can always use an emulator I guess?... I did watch a few further videos about the whole Nintendo thing, I'm just surprised they go to the trouble and expense to try and block all that stuff from happening. Someone will always find away around it, but I'm going off base here
Any plans for your @Tigger ?

There is no way to make it work "yet" on a patched switch, so un patched ones are still sought after.

 

[Mussels]

I use a few of these myself, sadly the specs aren't brilliant but they work for basic usage
Any plans for the one you have kept?

Game server, mostly
3570K, 16GB 1600Mhz dual channel ram + 240GB WD green = faster than most laptops.

ARK, 7 days to die, Valheim etc - whatever my gaming group is into at the time.
Did run them off my ITX 2700x rig, but this can achieve it with 1/3 the power usage

I did also torrent to the 2700x, but with primocache to save the SSD wear i've began torrenting to my main system (anime, or region locked stuff. WTF cant i legally get octonauts and thomas episodes here?!?)

Been seeing a 20% reduction in total writes to the C: drive by primocache even without torrents and their excessive writing, which is absolutely huge

 

[phill]

There is no way to make it work "yet" on a patched switch, so un patched ones are still sought after.

Noticed that also, there's a lot for sell on Ebay, so not a bad thing if I ever wished to go that way. I guess it might be helpful but not sure I'd even get close to actually using it lol

Game server, mostly
3570K, 16GB 1600Mhz dual channel ram + 240GB WD green = faster than most laptops.

ARK, 7 days to die, Valheim etc - whatever my gaming group is into at the time.
Did run them off my ITX 2700x rig, but this can achieve it with 1/3 the power usage

I did also torrent to the 2700x, but with primocache to save the SSD wear i've began torrenting to my main system (anime, or region locked stuff. WTF cant i legally get octonauts and thomas episodes here?!?)

Been seeing a 20% reduction in total writes to the C: drive by primocache even without torrents and their excessive writing, which is absolutely huge

They work well, been looking into with a mate about getting a newer Ryzen model, I'm sure we can find something that sips the power and does everything we need The one I'm using now is currently drawing about 12w but I've seen as low as 6w even when in use. Highest, been about the 34w mark I think but I digress...
It's lovely to find other ways to do things that will help with the power consumption. Comparing the mini PC to my desktop (5950X + 3090 water cooled blah blah) that idles about the 160 to 180w mark... In comparison about 4 to 4.5 maybe 5 hours I use a unit of a electric. It took the mini PC 4 days straight to use the same power lol Gotta love it

With regards to the torrenting, would a decent HD be better for it rather than wearing it out on a SSD? Or was there a need for the SSD? Been ages since I've ever done any torrenting, think the last thing I downloaded via one was Linux Mint OS's.....

 

[Mussels]

Noticed that also, there's a lot for sell on Ebay, so not a bad thing if I ever wished to go that way. I guess it might be helpful but not sure I'd even get close to actually using it lol



They work well, been looking into with a mate about getting a newer Ryzen model, I'm sure we can find something that sips the power and does everything we need The one I'm using now is currently drawing about 12w but I've seen as low as 6w even when in use. Highest, been about the 34w mark I think but I digress...
It's lovely to find other ways to do things that will help with the power consumption. Comparing the mini PC to my desktop (5950X + 3090 water cooled blah blah) that idles about the 160 to 180w mark... In comparison about 4 to 4.5 maybe 5 hours I use a unit of a electric. It took the mini PC 4 days straight to use the same power lol Gotta love it

With regards to the torrenting, would a decent HD be better for it rather than wearing it out on a SSD? Or was there a need for the SSD? Been ages since I've ever done any torrenting, think the last thing I downloaded via one was Linux Mint OS's.....

I'm measuring at the wall, not software readings - for obvious reasons an SFF system uses less power, because it simply has less electronics.
That 15W-50W is total for the whole system idle to R23 load, vs the ryzen being 60W+ (max load aint fair to comapre, 16 threads vs 4 and IGP vs 1070ti)

 

[phill]

I'm measuring at the wall, not software readings - for obvious reasons an SFF system uses less power, because it simply has less electronics.
That 15W-50W is total for the whole system idle to R23 load, vs the ryzen being 60W+ (max load aint fair to comapre, 16 threads vs 4 and IGP vs 1070ti)

Also with a watt meter here, I think its the only way Comparisons in that way are a little harder but you can appreciate the hardware for whatever it is The mini stuff certainly has its place

 

[Deleted member 24505]

GBA and snes emulators on the switch with about 500 roms each. Got CFW on it now. No switch roms though.

 

[Mussels]

That little PC has a mini PCI-E slot, originally for wifi but my one has a USB 2.0 expansion card (woweee) and a little bracket


I saw this. I'm having thoughts. bad thoughts.

All i need to do is splice that into the existing power for the 2.5" slots SATA cable...

 

[toilet pepper]

GBA and snes emulators on the switch with about 500 roms each. Got CFW on it now. No switch roms though.

I was hoping to atleast run Moonlight on mine but unfortunately I have a patched Switch. Would have been great stop gap until the Steam deck becomes mainstream.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I was hoping to atleast run Moonlight on mine but unfortunately I have a patched Switch. Would have been great stop gap until the Steam deck becomes mainstream.

Took me a while of checking switches to find this. Asking people who have them for sale to tell me the serial number. checking ones in cex, and other second hand shops. Been trying to get one for over a year.

Just tried moonlight, did not work, some crash. i'll try and figure it out.

this might help, had it on my phone to refer too

 

[phill]

That little PC has a mini PCI-E slot, originally for wifi but my one has a USB 2.0 expansion card (woweee) and a little bracket


I saw this. I'm having thoughts. bad thoughts.

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All i need to do is splice that into the existing power for the 2.5" slots SATA cable...

I can only begin to have a funny feeling we are going to have another Mussels special thread coming up........

Took me a while of checking switches to find this. Asking people who have them for sale to tell me the serial number. checking ones in cex, and other second hand shops. Been trying to get one for over a year.

Just tried moonlight, did not work, some crash. i'll try and figure it out.
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this might help, had it on my phone to refer too
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I checked with mine last night after a few videos, been patched Bought it in December 2019 so already patched sadly If I feel like buying another I'll try and get a modded one if I can... Makes sense

 

[Deleted member 24505]

I can only begin to have a funny feeling we are going to have another Mussels special thread coming up........


I checked with mine last night after a few videos, been patched Bought it in December 2019 so already patched sadly If I feel like buying another I'll try and get a modded one if I can... Makes sense

Try and find a unpatched one that has not been messed with, a clean one so to speak. use the piccie above to check the serial number.

 

[phill]

Try and find a unpatched one that has not been messed with, a clean one so to speak. use the piccie above to check the serial number.

Loads on the Bay, so if and when I feel like it, I might consider it Got a bit of a car bill to sort out soon and a few things I've bought, so next months credit card bill is going to need to major attention!

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Loads on the Bay, so if and when I feel like it, I might consider it Got a bit of a car bill to sort out soon and a few things I've bought, so next months credit card bill is going to need to major attention!

It's a nice bit of tech to piss about with. Just gotta make sure you back up the nand, then cannot be bricked.

Got a real nice toshiba tablet, for a fiver, but it has a supervisor password on it. would switching out the bios chip remove it?

https://ie.dynabook.com/discontinued-products/portege-z10t-a-10h/

Just got another 1TB WD black SN850.

Could i Raid them as they are both the same? does it still work with m2's?

 

[80-watt Hamster]

It's a nice bit of tech to piss about with. Just gotta make sure you back up the nand, then cannot be bricked.

Got a real nice toshiba tablet, for a fiver, but it has a supervisor password on it. would switching out the bios chip remove it?

https://ie.dynabook.com/discontinued-products/portege-z10t-a-10h/

Just got another 1TB WD black SN850.

Could i Raid them as they are both the same? does it still work with m2's?
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As long as the RAID controller recognizes them. But general practice is to not bother with RAID on an SSD. I know that when I tried SATA RAID-0, it performed only marginally better than a single drive, perhaps due to bus limitation. Never dug too far into it.

 

[R-T-B]

As long as the RAID controller recognizes them. But general practice is to not bother with RAID on an SSD. I know that when I tried SATA RAID-0, it performed only marginally better than a single drive, perhaps due to bus limitation. Never dug too far into it.

It's mainly that at SSD speeds the cpu overhead for striping becomes more large than the marginal speed benefit is worth.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

As long as the RAID controller recognizes them. But general practice is to not bother with RAID on an SSD. I know that when I tried SATA RAID-0, it performed only marginally better than a single drive, perhaps due to bus limitation. Never dug too far into it.

here is someone elses 2x sn850 raid 0, serious speed.

 

[Space Lynx]

here is someone elses 2x sn850 raid 0, serious speed.
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Do you think gen5 nvme will finally improve the RND4K Q1T1 speed? thats the most important one isnt it? 75 is still low really, i mean its not that much more than say the 970 evo

 

[Chomiq]

A handy set for €5 at a local supermarket:

 

[Keullo-e]

A handy set for €5 at a local supermarket:
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Not bad, a great set for cable management are those black things shrinkwraps?

 

[Chomiq]

Not bad, a great set for cable management are those black things shrinkwraps?

Yup.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Just got a Galaxy S20+ 5G 128gb today, goodbye iphone 8+

 

[theFOoL]

LG V20 Battery Charger (yes I bent the track length to not track back "It was annoying")



I plan on getting a actual battery charger like I had for the G4 soon

And Apparently the Powerout last night broke the charger as it no Longer charges. O well​

 

[lexluthermiester]

A handy set for €5 at a local supermarket:
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Now that's some utility for a great price! Nice!

are those black things shrinkwraps?

Yup, those are heat-shrink tubes.

 

[phill]

here is someone elses 2x sn850 raid 0, serious speed.
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The question on my mind is, did Windows or Office load any faster?? (I'm avoiding the main one.......)