What's your latest tech purchase?

[BlackSun59]

Brand new KIngston DC500M 480GB data center SATA SSD has arrived to take the place of my 1TB WD Gold HDD.

 

[lexluthermiester]

It certainly was a challenge to find a GPU that could fit the 300mm space available.

Seems like you found a good one too!

 

[Mussels]

I just replaced a Palit GTX 1650 4GB with a PNY 3080 12GB. A 5x jump in performance as a result.

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small changes, barely worth it for solitaire

 

[R-T-B]

small changes, barely worth it for solitaire

What about Minesweeper though? Can I die even faster?

 

[Mussels]

What about Minesweeper though? Can I die even faster?

No it's vsync locked

 

[GerKNG]

25€ just 3-5°C warmer than my NH D15 after 30 minutes R23

 

[Valantar]

No it's vsync locked

Yeah, if it wasn't then the physics would go haywire. I hate it when developers do that!

 

[Chomiq]

It's tech related:

Old one gave up after years of service, decided to give one manufactured in Poland a try.

 

[cornemuse]

Nokia C100 fone

Have not set it up, , , yet

 

[lexluthermiester]

Nokia C100 fone
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Have not set it up, , , yet

Let us know how you like it.

 

[wheresmycar]

Purchased a Mono laser printer - HL-L2375DW

Purpose behind our first laser printer (if interested): https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...tion-for-300-600-sheet-prints-per-day.299740/

2/so weeks in... working flawlessly! More importantly a massive paper saver with fast duplex printing and super affordable ink toner packages which was a key factor in picking this model. Just purchased a second one today... and now considering a third as a backup.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Purchased a Mono laser printer - HL-L2375DW

Purpose behind our first laser printer (if interested): https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...tion-for-300-600-sheet-prints-per-day.299740/

2/so weeks in... working flawlessly! More importantly a massive paper saver with fast duplex printing and super affordable ink toner packages which was a key factor in picking this model. Just purchased a second one today... and now considering a third as a backup.

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Of the unholy mess that is printers, Brother is probably the least troublesome. Congratulations!

 

[lexluthermiester]

Of the unholy mess that is printers, Brother is probably the least troublesome. Congratulations!

Their driver and software suite is a shear delight compared to other companies.

 

[Valantar]

Purchased a Mono laser printer - HL-L2375DW

Purpose behind our first laser printer (if interested): https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...tion-for-300-600-sheet-prints-per-day.299740/

2/so weeks in... working flawlessly! More importantly a massive paper saver with fast duplex printing and super affordable ink toner packages which was a key factor in picking this model. Just purchased a second one today... and now considering a third as a backup.

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I've had that exact same model for two years! It's excellent, never had a single problem with it. WiFi connection is rock solid, print quality is good, speed (including duplex prints) is great for the cost and size, and third party high capacity toner is dirt cheap and lasts for thousands of pages. Never came close to the print volumes you're decribing though, but a few hundred pages a month at least. You've made a good choice!

Edit: damn autocorrect!

 

[wheresmycar]

I've had that exact same model for two years! It's excellent, never had a single problem with it. WiFi connection is rock solid, print quality is good, speed (including duplex prints) is great for the cost and size, and third party high capacity toner is dirt cheap and lasts for thousands of pages. Never came close to the print volumes you're deceiving though, but a few hundred pages a month at least. You've made a good choice!

I'm so glad to hear some positive feedback from a same model user. I was blown away at the price point for both the printer and ink toners but was a little concerned the intended weight of bulk printing might be susceptible to an earlier repair/retirement hang-up. Seeing the ink is super affordable i just took a punt and grabbed a second unit as insurance... now considering a third for some peace of mind.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Sandisk Cruzer Fit 128gb going into write protected ... uh oh...
oh well ... let's double the size (luckily not the price) a Cruzer Fit 256gb ~29chf, that Samsung in promotion 19.90chf, transfered the near 116gb of the Sandisk in ~12minutes

a friend made me laugh when i received that ... me: "i doubled the size of my USB stick" him: "oh the small one from Sandisk?" me: "yep" *show the two side by side* him: "that's not double size ... at best it's 5% more!" me: *facepalm* "storage..." him: "oh... ahahahhahaaah"

also he got me something, well for my collection it fit in it, did not had them

oh, if i recall correctly they did have a lifetime warranty also

 

[TheLostSwede]

Of the unholy mess that is printers, Brother is probably the least troublesome. Congratulations!

Kyocera was/is the best, as you at least didn't have to replace the priting drum on them, but they cost accordingly and I'm not sure that's still the case.

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Got a Burst Assassin 120 for a friends system, was surprisingly quiet and easy to install.

 

[GreiverBlade]

25€ just 3-5°C warmer than my NH D15 after 30 minutes R23View attachment 269398

that's actually more impressive given it's a single tower single fan, to me Noctua are like Apple, good quality and material, but unjustified overpricing.

erk, a Noctua NH-D15 Chromax is 107chf for me, i have a 65chf promo right now but my ~29chf (48chf out of promotion) Enermax ETS-T50 AXE aRGB perform (according to TPU review) stock no OC just ~3°C higher and OC 6°C higher during wPRIME test ... (and was available in white ... )

 

[Calenhad]

I just bought a Logitech MX Vertical. Hopefully my arm will thank me for it

 

[GreiverBlade]

I just bought a Logitech MX Vertical. Hopefully my arm will thank me for it

i had/have a Speedlink Sovos Vertical for that ... well not the arm but rather the wrist will thank you for that ...

although i still have it, i am less used to it (it's a gaming variant) than to normal mouse for gaming ... thus i use a MX Ergo trackball for gaming (@ 20° angle) and the Sovos for other things when i need it, no more wirst pain (and i am still baffled that i can play a lot of FP games with a 2048 dpi trackball )

 

[BlaezaLite]

Got about 2 weeks ago a LG 32bn600-b. That's me happy with 1440p.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

Kyocera was/is the best, as you at least didn't have to replace the priting drum on them, but they cost accordingly and I'm not sure that's still the case

I was mostly talking about the maddening software side, but yes.

 

[Ahhzz]

I was mostly talking about the maddening software side, but yes.

*grumble* stupid HP Smart.
Bought a new Samsung A8 10.5 tablet for Mrs. Ahhzz, finally got it rooted this morning

 

[TheLostSwede]

I was mostly talking about the maddening software side, but yes.

Yeah, that can be awful.
I'm glad I have an "old" Samsung colour laser all-in-one type of thing (no fax), as the software isn't utterly horrible.
I've had all sorts of printers over the year and I believe the last inkjet I had was a Canon that suffered from maddening the user, as it made me hit it one day and I cracked the glass on the scanner... My fault obviously, but damn, when printers refuse to do what they're supposed to do for the 50-11th time and there's nothing obviously wrong...
In fairness, it's only one of two hardware products I've broken in such a manner...

Got fed up using the same charger for my phone and laptop, so ended up getting a very small 30W USB PD charger, that surprisingly goes all the way up to 20V 1.5A.

 

[Valantar]

I was mostly talking about the maddening software side, but yes.

Yeah, that can be awful.
I'm glad I have an "old" Samsung colour laser all-in-one type of thing (no fax), as the software isn't utterly horrible.

That's one of the better parts of that Brother mono laser IMO - it's such a simple device overall that it has very basic software. Or, there are like four different software packages (a management software, a firmware/software update software, a driver, and something else I think), but all you really need is the driver. And the driver does what it needs to do without much fuss or hassle.

My only previous experience that I can actually remember is an older HP AIO inkjet, which has gone through like three software suites (good on HP for still supporting it I guess, as it's like a decade old at this point), but each of them has been crappy in their own way - not detecting the printer, nagging me to buy first party inks, refusing to scan properly or to allow scan previews or all kinds of other nagging issues.