What's your latest tech purchase?

[PLAfiller]

Mainly for plastics and wood I guess?

It'll probably choke in aluminium though....

Nevertheless , nice stuff!

Thanks!

Yeah, educational and mainly wood. I think it can manage some aluminum, but I am long way from Texas there.

Planning to get a board with external drivers and add closed-loop stepper motors for better accuracy. Have my eyes on this....once I get some experience with it though.

 

[FoulOnWhite]

Alright wolf children, ready for some action? Feast your eyes!:

3018 desktop CNC...liniear rails, 500W, ER11 spindle, integrated drivers for the stepper motors, jockey wheels, 10W laser head....etc...

-.....but, BUTT "your first desktop CNC is not Genmitsu?!?" - No, it's not. They are really cool, and I mean it, but I made a different choice. I picked LYUNEE ULTRA.
- ....but, BUTT (OK I'll stop now )....it's not Nomad or Othermill pro nor Carvera...noupe aaand I didn't pay $2800-$6000.....I paid $551 (shipping/VAT included)
- and no, I have no prior experience with CNC, never, not a single cut....call it leap of faith if you will.
- Software choices: CAD-> Freecad, CAM->Don't have one yet, possibly CAMBAM, G-code-> UGS (universal G-code sender); Laser-> LightBurn (G-code license is $60 or so)

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I also got a spindle brush, air pump for the laser and a spoilboard, but the last one doesn't fit, so......I guess I will have to make my own.

En route is a drag chain and I need a collet set and some bits.
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Very nice, i have lusted after a small CNC machine myself.

 

[paulwarden]

just purchased a second hand
OnePlus 10 Pro - 5G - 128GB - Volcanic Black - Good Condition
as my main phone an honor 90 lite has started to play up when being charged

 

[GreiverBlade]

less than 7chf on Ali

8 key mechanical macro keyboard 1000hz poling rate

Fashion? personality? cool? game? well yeah ... i qualify for all


spare switches and extractor, Yusya red ??? well they work i will not complain ... plus their hot swappable, what's not to like

sticky stable base, 3 piece acrylic sandwich and OEM profile keycaps (red button is on/off)


not RGB, plus the north facing leds ther is also a host of leds under the PCB, but can light red and that's all i ask, compatible 5 pin

Spoiler: now i can use all my 8 "cute sneezing girls" keycaps :D

shortcuts setup : 1: ctrl-c 2: ctrl-v 3 3: ctrl-a 4: lock windows 5: show desktop (aka: panic mode ) 6: browser 7: close window (aka: panic mode 2 ) 8: play/pause


next custom board will involve 5 acrylic sandwich, 12 Cherry MX silver, a small OLED screen and a RP2040 (aka: Rpi Pico)
hint SOCD
but it will take time to for the order to be completed


edit: you can't call yourself a mobile gamer without these ...


joke... i bought 10 packs to gift to my friends and colleagues

 

[Marcus L]

Bought this mini semi-DIY AMP to drive my speakers, it's really quite good for the size and price paid £11.99 much better than the previous cheap chinese one I had been using but has seen better days, it has aux in, headphones, Bluetooth USB in and L/R speaker inputs, doesn't seem to drive my AKG 702 headphones very well which I'm pissed about as it was one of the reasons I bought it, I don't think there is an amplification going on through the AUX out sound from the speakers though is very good so I can't complain on that front.

 

[SSGBryan]

Step one on the experiment. Pulled the trigger on this - I should have it by Apr 12.

 

[Lew Zealand]

Step one on the experiment. Pulled the trigger on this - I should have it by Apr 12.

I hope the fan control on yours is better than my Soyo AliExpress special 2060 Super. The rest of the card is great but the fans are just awful. I could deal with them merely being loud but on occasion they decide to spin down for a second, then over-recover spinning way up and then quickly settle down again. Workaround is to OC/UV and run at 70-80% power and it's reasonably well behaved while running cooler.

 

[SSGBryan]

I have that SOYO card myself (I purchased it as a back up GPU). I didn't notice about the fans, but the ambient volume in my location appears to be a lot higher than what everyone else is used to.

 

[A Computer Guy]

A Sabrent sata-to-usb for use with 2.5" ssd's. Although it doesn't seem to work with hdd's but I still have the (bulky) docking station for that.
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I have this one (unfortunately it doesn't support TRIM.).
For me it works with laptop HDD's like WD Scorpio Blue 500GB WD5000BEVT (uses 0.55 amps).
I've also used it with SandDisk SSD (1.5 amps, not friendly with some USB ports) and Intel SSD's (1.0 amps, no issues so far)

 

[Lew Zealand]

I don't mind background noise either, even from a 'loud fan' GPU, as I've never had a quiet office or house. But it's the fans spinning down then up again for no reason when under a constant load is what bugs me as they really shouldn't be doing that. Since the GPU was quite affordable and direct from China, I accepted this flaw and will at some point replace the current cooler with some case fans.

But have you had a look at these coolers? Everything is screwed in layers to everything else so I think the whole heatsink and maybe backplate needs to come off just to remove the fans. Why would you design it this way, it looks harder to manufacture and build than a simpler design??

 

[Shrek]

Ordered a USB C to A cable with resistor as the previous ones were not working with the hubs I have; one cable does work with the hubs, so I know the issue is with the other cables.

 

[nomdeplume]

shortcuts setup : 1: ctrl-c 2: ctrl-v 3 3: ctrl-a 4: lock windows 5: show desktop (aka: panic mode ) 6: browser 7: close window (aka: panic mode 2 ) 8: play/pause

Hilarious how well this all came together. I might consider this for the utility on a single screen.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Hilarious how well this all came together. I might consider this for the utility on a single screen.

it's custom, the soft is not bad and only need to run when configuring, the initial bind was ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 strangely

 

[Exxor]

Talking most recent tech purchases...

The AMD Ryzen 7 5700X with some Arctic MX-6 thermal paste. Needed to be able to install it. lol Had no thermal paste beforehand.

 

[Klemc]

G502 X.

Souris de jeu G502 X | Logitech G

Acheter la souris G502 X filaire. Avec la technologie hybride optique-mécanique LIGHTFORCE, un exosquelette de 89 grammes, une roulette de défilement allégée, un capteur HERO 25K, et bien plus encore.

www.logitechg.com

The Hero (black/white) i had will be for my Deskmini (web).

Logitech G502 HERO vs Logitech G502 X Side-by-Side Mouse Comparison

The Logitech G502 X is the updated version of the Logitech G502 HERO. The G502 X features upgraded switches in the L/R buttons, a significant weight reduction, and better feet. While the overall shape of both mice is very similar, the G502 X has a less aggressive gamer aesthetic, and the side...

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[FreedomEclipse]

Liked the Lenovo M10 Plus so much. Im getting a second lenovo tablet.

It will replace my old and very graceful Huawei Mate 9 to do basic tasks. Youtube, listening to podcasts while im around the house and light web browsing

Screen resolution on it is a bit of a downgrade compared to the Mate 9 but there isnt a better option for around the same money and i dont want to be squinting at a 6" screen all day.


(I mean you could say it was destiny... Mate 9 - M9... M(ate)9. heh) weather conditions are currently terrible so there is no picking it up till tomorrow.

 

[de.das.dude]

Liked the Lenovo M10 Plus so much. Im getting a second lenovo tablet.

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It will replace my old and very graceful Huawei Mate 9 to do basic tasks. Youtube, listening to podcasts while im around the house and light web browsing

Screen resolution on it is a bit of a downgrade compared to the Mate 9 but there isnt a better option for around the same money and i dont want to be squinting at a 6" screen all day.


(I mean you could say it was destiny... Mate 9 - M9... M(ate)9. heh) weather conditions are currently terrible so there is no picking it up till tomorrow.

lenovo stuff here in india has real bad quality issues. its a shame cuz they are priced very well compared to others (maybe for a reason lol)

me and all my mates who had lenovo/lenovorola devices had pre mature deaths.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

The only lenovo stuff I would by is ye olde IBM Thinkpad line. Still some of the best value for Home/Office use laptops out there, and practically indestructible.

 

[dgianstefani]

The only lenovo stuff I would by is ye olde IBM Thinkpad line. Still some of the best value for Home/Office use laptops out there, and practically indestructible.

I currently use a prototype Lenovo E14 with an AMD CPU as my laptop, my parents have used a T490 with a 8565u for the past five years, no issues beyond it overheating sometimes when they were in Australia. They have good keyboards and when configured correctly (avoid the ideapad) last pretty long. The T490 has a dual battery system which is quite useful, as you can hotswap one battery while the PC is on.

 

[FreedomEclipse]

lenovo stuff here in india has real bad quality issues. its a shame cuz they are priced very well compared to others (maybe for a reason lol)

me and all my mates who had lenovo/lenovorola devices had pre mature deaths.

I used to shit on lenovo stuff all the time. I had one of their older tablets which was rubbish and had all sorts of problems. The OS they were running being one of the problems and built in memory card reader just loving to corrupt/destroy all the data that was stored on the cards that were plugged in and I stayed well away from them after that.

Cant speak for longevity or long term reliability but my Motorola and M10 Plus have been working really well since i got them. Maybe India is just so hot and humid that tech there just degrades faster when in that sort of environment.

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I wish they did an M9 pus with a better res and maybe a more modern snapdragon chipset. I would have paid a little more for that.

 

[Count von Schwalbe]

I currently use a prototype Lenovo E14 with an AMD CPU as my laptop, my parents have used a T490 with a 8565u for the past five years, no issues beyond it overheating sometimes when they were in Australia. They have good keyboards and when configured correctly (avoid the ideapad) last pretty long. The T490 has a dual battery system which is quite useful, as you can hotswap one battery while the PC is on.

At work we are using a T550 (IIRC) with some sort of 4th gen Intel to run an office screen (dashboard for everyone to see) and it is going strong still.

 

[de.das.dude]

The only lenovo stuff I would by is ye olde IBM Thinkpad line. Still some of the best value for Home/Office use laptops out there, and practically indestructible.

eh, i use a thinkpad E4 for my work. the power button has already hit its limit after 1 year of slight usage (i use my desktop for the most work, laptop when travelling)

 

[masterdeejay]

CMP 100-210 or Tesla Volta mining edition. It was just 160 USD on ebay.
Not for gaming. (but there is a driver mod to use 3D accelleraton)
Volta 5120 cores, 16Gb vram HBM2, tensor cores.... so it is for Cuda and AI.


Cooling is a little gettho, a blower fan from a cheap dell SFF pc.




It works i wddm mode .

 

[Marcus L]

Liked the Lenovo M10 Plus so much. Im getting a second lenovo tablet.

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It will replace my old and very graceful Huawei Mate 9 to do basic tasks. Youtube, listening to podcasts while im around the house and light web browsing

Screen resolution on it is a bit of a downgrade compared to the Mate 9 but there isnt a better option for around the same money and i dont want to be squinting at a 6" screen all day.


(I mean you could say it was destiny... Mate 9 - M9... M(ate)9. heh) weather conditions are currently terrible so there is no picking it up till tomorrow.

Had a couple of Lenovo tablets for my youngest, she is 8 next week and due an upgrade as her latest one has screen cracks, tbf it still works pretty good, have been eyeing up some Teclast ones on Amazon, they have decent ram, storage and screen for the £ the only downside is the SOC is not the strongest, this is the one I'm looking at buying her, 1080p, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage as well as a SIM tray for 4g/5g as she uses WhatsApp, not bad for £80

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CB3VRJHK

 

[FreedomEclipse]

Had a couple of Lenovo tablets for my youngest, she is 8 next week and due an upgrade as her latest one has screen cracks, tbf it still works pretty good, have been eyeing up some Teclast ones on Amazon, they have decent ram, storage and screen for the £ the only downside is the SOC is not the strongest, this is the one I'm looking at buying her, 1080p, 8GB RAM, 128GB storage as well as a SIM tray for 4g/5g as she uses WhatsApp, not bad for £80

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CB3VRJHK

You could also grab a cheap Amazon fire tab HD and convert it to run android. Won't void warranty either

I considered doing this but it the specs arent reall up to my requirements

The fire tab HD 8 Plus tab would have been my pic otherwise