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What's your latest tech purchase?

Finally arrived.
6 liters of Innovatek coolant.

Innovatek surprised me this time with the freaking fast Shipping. :laugh:

The bottles/coolant are pretty cold due the temps outside, unfortunately they wont stay like that :oops:

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Last couple of weeks were fruitful in terms of "Tech-related Purchases".
That's just what I got today:

1) THE Case! THE Legend!
Got it second-hand from the guy who already started some modding on it, but had to abandon it.
Chassis is friggin' huge, possibilities are endless!
I think I have a dozen mod ideas bouncing around my mushy brain right now.
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2) Another upgrade for my PC. Getting 3800X made me think about future-proofing my rig with some more memory, and stubmbled upon this kit of Samsung B-die goodness:
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32GB should be more than enough for a few years.

Also getting a 24U rack in less than an hour. I'll post some pics once assembled.
 
but the orange ares heatspreaders are from ddr3 ??
looks very good
would be perfect for the giga soc force mobo´s
 
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basco said:
but the orange ares heatspreaders are from ddr3 ??
looks very good
would be perfect for the giga soc force mobo´s
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That's one of oddball kits.
P/N is F4-3200C14Q-32GAO.
* F4 stands for DDR4
* 3200MHz
* CL14
* Quad-channel kit
* 32G is the kit size
* AO is Ares series
So, at least stickers make sense.

These may be OEM only or a batch for prebuilt WS, cause it's not on the official site, and never appeared in online stores, but I see these kits frequently on local fleebay for used/refurbished PC/server parts brought in bulk from EU (16GAO, 32GAO). Bought it off one of my regular suppliers, so it's definitely not a knockoff. It was cheap, but if it can at least match my shitty 3000MHz Team Vulkan kit (which is a low bar to hit), I'll be more than happy. AFAIK, these have 50/50 chance of either being super-good at manual overclocking, or sucking balls at it (e.g. XMP on the sticker is max). In my case it doesn't matter, overclocking is not in my plans anyways.

EDIT: Just looked it up - it's definitely an OEM kit.
 
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stinger608 said:
Oh man!!!!!!! I've always wanted a Cosmos!!!!!!!!!!
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This one ended up around $30 shipped.
Had a few options in my bookmarks, one being a decent Cosmos S, and another one a mint Cosmos with HDD cages and accessories for $130.
Figured, I'd want to do some mods either way, so I'll just go with the shittiest option, so if I mess it up - it won't be too much of a loss :D
The seller was cool, even dumped some bonus trinkets, like brand new 3.5" adapter for SSD. Upon arrival I almost dropped my jaw. I thought it was gonna be covered in scratches and dents, but beyond typical dust and fingerprints it was almost perfect.
But yeah, that's a dream come true. I've wanted RC-1000 ever since it came out. Only took 14 years to get here...
...and a little trip from post office with ~17kg of pure awesomeness in my hands.

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I don't know if this fits, but this was my last tech related purchase. Ender 3 V2 and just installed all Noctua Fan mods for Print Head, PSU, CPU.
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windwhirl said:
Pretty sure 3D printer fits tech-related.

And pretty awesome too, if you ask me! :D
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Thank you! Yeah it is a fun and pretty inexpensive hobby/skill. Just as much fun printing as it is playing around with the 3d modeling software.
 
Second B550M Aorus Elite, I won't fuck this up.

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Finally got around to pulling a wire between the middle and top floor of the house.

Found some interesting Ethernet jacks that didn't require the usual punch tool. Not exactly easier to use, but worked fine.

It made quite a difference too, went from 60Mbps using an old RE450 as a Wi-Fi range extender of 5GHz, to maxing out my connection at a little bit over 200Mbps.
The difference a cable can make, even for WiFi.

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Took delivery of some customer parts today, as well as some new Build Parts :D

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i have a 3090, i bought the motherboard for my build, if any of those cards were going in my build, it would be the 3080
 
Got the call to come pick this guy up.

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Been trying to get one of these since launch for my wife's Bday.... One day late I guess still counts lol

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sepheronx said:
if you dont mind me asking, how did you get it? A back order or did you just came into it while shopping?
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Amazon got 47000 yesterday.... That's what my tracker said anyways
 
oxrufiioxo said:
Amazon got 47000 yesterday.... That's what my tracker said anyways
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Ah, I see.

I hope you and your wife enjoys it. I know my wife laughs at me calling me a child for liking games. I just told her she is jealous that the only fun she had as a little girl in her village in India was kicking stones and throwing sticks and that she never knew the power of blast processing on a Sega Genesis. She just doesn't understand.
 
sepheronx said:
Ah, I see.

I hope you and your wife enjoys it. I know my wife laughs at me calling me a child for liking games. I just told her she is jealous that the only fun she had as a little girl in her village in India was kicking stones and throwing sticks and that she never knew the power of blast processing on a Sega Genesis. She just doesn't understand.
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My wife loved Sega Genesis.....
 
A graphics card for my 2nd PC. Paid 10EUR including shipping so it was basically a freebie. :)

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ZenZimZaliben said:
playing around with the 3d modeling software.
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I used to make 3d models in SolidWorks but I no longer have access to this software.:(

What software are you using? Free? Costs?
 
@P4-630 Have a look at FreeCAD, it's a bit tedious to work with but it has good functionality. Recently I've also been trying out the student version of Siemens NX which has been great to use. I don't think there is any "trial period" or major removal of features. Both are free to use.

I used Solidworks for a few years professionally and I had the same issue. It took me a long time to find free CAD software like this that doesn't feel like a novelty. I'm happy with these ones though.
 
Chloe Price said:
A graphics card for my 2nd PC. Paid 10EUR including shipping so it was basically a freebie. :)

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How!? Image was loading dial-up style, so I was musing to myself: "Bet it's a 5450." Then: a 7850 for a tenner? That's almost an order of magnitude less than you can find them for in the States.
 
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