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Would my second electric car be a "Tech Purchase"? (The first one is on lease, and will go back when this arrives)
Just pre-ordered the MG4 (MG Mulan in China). Mine will be blue though.

WHere's the MG wood work? :D
 
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gosh darn it!

my "oldie" modem/router Wifi section gone "poof" (cable thompson 2011) i could be tempted to see if the Cisco EPC3925 work (2012 for that one but since i found it in a dump ... better not :laugh: )

ok ... oh 15chf
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awwww so cute, wait ... that's not the point! still... cute o_O ahhhh still not the point... IT WORKS that's the point (and it can work as a wireless router, access point or range extender )

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interesting app... (well more convenient than opening a web interface to configure it)
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"it just works" and .... awwwww, oh, so cute!
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Planning for the end game water cooling setup. Little bit of background here.

One of the projects I worked on early in my career as a mechanical engineer involved the ASME B31.3 Process Piping specification code. The fittings required for that project came from the company Swagelok which is considered the gold standard, but also comes with a hefty price tag. I was always fascinated by the level of detail in the product lineup and the reputation of having very little to no leaks even when using helium in the leak tests (the pipe is literally crushed with two kinds of ferrules inside the fitting and can withstand up to 5800 psig [400 bar] of pressure). The G1/4 threading in electronic consumer water cooling equipment is referred to as the ISO/BSP Parallel Thread 1/4" specification.

Two different orders here from Swagelok and Aquacomputer. Everything from Swagelok is in 316 stainless steel (304L SS is used when welding is required because 304 is easier to weld than 316). I ordered two different types of washers: one with the Buna inner ring, and the other with the fluorocarbon FKM inner ring. There is not a noticeable difference from what I can tell at least in regards to consumer electronics usage. Aquacomputer was the only company I found that offered extensions that had a thread depth greater than 10 mm. The thread on the fittings coupled with a gasket were around 12 mm in length which was longer than any of the components in the computer (shipping is almost as much as the order but I couldn't find the extensions state side).

Aquacomputer also has the fill port bracket for their LEAKSHIELD component as I am starting to tire of having to manually fill the reservoir, run the pump, and refill the reservoir routine when draining and refilling from a component change or cycling out the coolant.

Eventually I'll get the stainless steel tubing for this, but the pricing on that from McMaster-Carr is around 200 USD for 2m and the bending tool for 10mm tube is roughly 250 USD.

Price for two straight fittings and two washers was 47 USD.
 

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Unplanned upgrades inbound, i've got a 12600k, Lian Li PC-TU150A and a ROG strix B660I gaming itx board coming.

Nice love the look of the XPG (A-Data) RAM and nice choice of cooler I got an identical Noctua right now cooling my i7-11700K.

I am not sure if I got a hardware addiction since this is the third RX 6800XT card since January 2021 I am owning :fear:(1. card was MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio & 2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference).

The Powercolor Radeon RX 6800 XT Red Devil got this delievered for £533/649USD which I think is a good price for a card that's 1 year old and new price is between £746-760/908-927USD

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lol damn it typo in the british pound lol :banghead:
 
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Nice love the look of the XPG (A-Data) RAM and nice choice of cooler I got an identical Noctua right now cooling my i7-11700K.

I am not sure if I got a hardware addiction since this is the third RX 6800XT card since January 2021 I am owning :fear:(1. card was MSI Radeon RX 6800 XT Gaming X Trio & 2. AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT Reference).

The Powercolor Radeon RX 6800 XT Red Devil got this delievered for £648/649USD which I think is a good price for a card that's 1 year old and new price is between £746-760/908-927USD

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nice find, well if i did not order it a day when there was a special promotion, my RX 6700 XT of the same model and brand would have had the same cost: 650.90chf and she's back at that price the RX 6800 XT is ~800chf :D
 
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nice find, well if i did not order it a day where there was a special promotion, my RX 6700 XT of the same model and brand would have had the same cost: 650.90chf and she's back at that price the RX 6800 XT is ~800chf :D

Nice, well this is my first PowerColor since the ATi days if I remember correct been a Sapphire fan for ages now but their Nitro card was too expensive new and is not for sale use often only seen one in like 2 years it's crazy.

There is a Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Toxic for sale for like £764/931USD in my city but the sell doesn't response to text, messages and so on so I left it and got this one instead hope I don't regret it since I love the RX 6800 XT cards with the great performance to power usage :)
 
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Nice, well this is my first PowerColor since the ATi days if I remember correct been a Sapphire fan for ages now but their Nitro card was too expensive new and is not for sale use often only seen one in like 2 years it's crazy.

There is a Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Toxic for sale for like £764/931USD in my city but the sell doesn't response to text, messages and so on so I left it and got this one instead hope I don't regret it since I love the RX 6800 XT cards with the great performance to power usage :)
well after a few weeks with my Red Devil card i can safely say that, this is the best AIB custom card series, she still has inherent RX 6XXX issues, mem OC is not really useful nor is core OC (not that i would need it given her performance @1620p60) or RTRT performances (which are still impressive nonetheless) but she's astonishingly silent, cool and the heatsink/shroud backplate including the lighting are really good

hilarious the etailer where i bought it, has the RX 6900 XT from them listed, the standard Red Devil 2199chf and not in stock, the Red Devil Ultimate (iirc higher factory OC than the standard package, although being 6900 XT, they both still clock lower than the 6700 XT ) is 959.90chf and in stock :laugh: (RX 6950 XT 1619.90chf )

hehehe the RX 6700 XT is out of stock now, i jumped on the offer at the right time :)


(i still have some Sapphire card in my collection, at least one X800 GT and one HD3650, among my favorite brand alongside XpertVision, Hercules and HIS back in the days )
 

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I have a semi-offer for a sponsored loop, but I'd need to come up with a parts list in advance

This will be one interesting Wishlist (That I don't want to ask for too much, and get denied)
 
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It started having issues

It started having weird DHCP server issues, as in, the router was on, but wouldn't issue IP addresses. A reboot would normally fix that, but then one day that no longer worked. Did a hard factory reset, updated to firmware (using Voxel) and it worked for a little while and then it started all over again with the DHCP server not issuing IP address. Rebooted it and that was it, couldn't access it any more. Hard reset didn't help. No idea what went wrong. It's been rock solid for six years otherwise.
Also, TFTP is disabled by default on more recent Netgear hardware and there's no user accessible option to turn it on.
It might have been overheating. If you hadn't replaced it I would suggest opening it up and attaching heatsinks to all the ICs.
 

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Ended up splashing out on a new screen, as my old Asus was starting to have ghosting issues again and it's long past its warranty. Third panel in that one, as the first one ended up with dust behind it when they swapped out the failed internal power board and the second one started having ghosting issues after less than two months.

Multiple firsts here for me. First high refresh rate, first HDR, first HDMI 2.1 and first USB-C display. Fingers crossed that this one will last at least as long as the previous one, minus the problems.

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Ended up splashing out on a new screen, as my old Asus was starting to have ghosting issues again and it's long past its warranty. Third panel in that one, as the first one ended up with dust behind it when they swapped out the failed internal power board and the second one started having ghosting issues after less than two months.

Multiple firsts here for me. First high refresh rate, first HDR, first HDMI 2.1 and first USB-C display. Fingers crossed that this one will last at least as long as the previous one, minus the problems.

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Now you only need a new GPU to make use of high fps gaming @ 4K.
 

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Now you only need a new GPU to make use of high fps gaming @ 4K.
Yeah, that might happen when the new stuff comes out. I can still do around 100 fps in the games I play, so...
It's a long term investment, as monitors tend to be.
Couldn't afford anything better, but it was cheaper than some "worse" displays.
 
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Yeah, that might happen when the new stuff comes out. I can still do around 100 fps in the games I play, so...
It's a long term investment, as monitors tend to be.
Couldn't afford anything better, but it was cheaper than some "worse" displays.
Looks good on paper. 32" models still come with silly size tax. M32U costs as much as 55" OLED locally.
 
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lenovo legion 5p 15.6", 4800h r7, 16gb, rtx 2060 6gb, 256 ssd, 144hz IPS, hope this laptop will not melt in 6 months lol
 
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Maybe 4 months :D
It's still a thin notebook...
this is my 3rd this year, can you imagine... planned obsoletion is fricken faster in 2020-2022...

Also replaced 144hz benQ (lasted 7 years straight for me) to msi 240hz (gues this will last 10-20+ years haha), not much of an improvement, but i finally eliminated ghosting of models with benQ 144hz monitor in fast FPS, can't see blur, i think, plus it's more slick, and has hdmi 2.0 :love: lol
 

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Got everything i need to get new build done now, only thing i've not upgraded is the GPU (3080 TUF) and psu (SF750).
 
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Got everything i need to get new build done now, only thing i've not upgraded is the GPU (3080 TUF) and psu (SF750).

Nice case but not much airflow...
 

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Multiple firsts here for me. First high refresh rate, first HDR, first HDMI 2.1 and first USB-C display. Fingers crossed that this one will last at least as long as the previous one, minus the problems.

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up to 0.5ms ?, don't they mean down ?.
 

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Looks good on paper. 32" models still come with silly size tax. M32U costs as much as 55" OLED locally.
This thing was about $580 after a small discount. The M28U and M32U costs around $666 here, but they're only HDR400. The M32UC is $835.
Sure this thing doesn't have any kind of FALD, but it's still better specced as I said, than a lot of the other options available locally.
Acer has a 28-inch model that's been out for a bit over a year now, similar to the M28U, that goes for $566, and that's pretty much the starting price for all 4K, high refresh rate monitors, but in that price range they are HDR400 and 144 Hz. BenQ has a model with local dimming of some kind, but that goes for $966, yet it's only $799 in the US.
LG wants $766 for their equivalent model and Asus starts at $600, but considering the issues I've had with my previous monitor, I'm not going with them again.
I bet something better will be out next week, knowing my luck.

At least the "VirtualLink" USB-C port works fine in DP Alt-mode.

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This thing was about $580 after a small discount. The M28U and M32U costs around $666 here, but they're only HDR400. The M32UC is $835.
Sure this thing doesn't have any kind of FALD, but it's still better specced as I said, than a lot of the other options available locally.
Acer has a 28-inch model that's been out for a bit over a year now, similar to the M28U, that goes for $566, and that's pretty much the starting price for all 4K, high refresh rate monitors, but in that price range they are HDR400 and 144 Hz. BenQ has a model with local dimming of some kind, but that goes for $966, yet it's only $799 in the US.
LG wants $766 for their equivalent model and Asus starts at $600, but considering the issues I've had with my previous monitor, I'm not going with them again.
I bet something better will be out next week, knowing my luck.

At least the "VirtualLink" USB-C port works fine in DP Alt-mode.

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Looks like the one you got to has a external brick too which i like.
 

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Looks like the one you got to has a external brick too which i like.
Well, so did my Asus, yet the internal power board failed...

It's insanely bright compared to my old Asus, I just set it to 25% brightness...
Full brightness in HDR mode makes my eyes water.
 
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