What's your latest tech purchase?

[Mussels]

If you can identify what this is and where it belongs, i'll send nood pics of me inserting it into its cavity

Sercomm FGS202 SFP GPON ONU Stick

(Images from Internet):

SPEEDTEST RESULT WITH MODULE INSTALLED ON RB760iGS

Later, I will post real photos of the product.

Oh, i have a managed switch here that looks like those would fit. Makes sense what they're for now.

 

[AAF Optimus]

Oh, i have a managed switch here that looks like those would fit. Makes sense what they're for now.

Oh, i have a managed switch here that looks like those would fit. Makes sense what they're for now.

It is an SFP module, but for the purposes of GPON networks, that is, it can replace a ONU, as long as you have adequate equipment (in my case, a Mikrotik) or even a manageable switch as you mentioned. And also if the ISP uses validation by S/N, it is necessary to contact the ISP to verify the information and even ask for authorization on the OLT through the S/N of the module's PON port (SCOMxxxxxxxx).

 

[Mussels]

It is an SFP module, but for the purposes of GPON networks, that is, it can replace a ONU, as long as you have adequate equipment (in my case, a Mikrotik) or even a manageable switch as you mentioned. And also if the ISP uses validation by Y/N, it is necessary to contact the ISP to verify the information and even ask for authorization on the OLT through the Y/N of the module's PON port (SCOMxxxxxxxx).

Okay thats a lot of words beyond my current knowledge - but i got some fiber optic cables in the bags that came with the switches, so it makes sense they were for fiber uplinks

They came from an area with gigabit internet, around here i'm stuck on 75Mb VDSL

 

[AAF Optimus]

Here are the real images

 

[Sybaris_Caesar]

Finally received my wattmeter. Pleasantly surprised with the results. The value shown is when mining ETH on GPU and XMR on CPU simultaneously. At gaming maximum consumption was 293 Watts. But usually 260 W was average. Tested while playing Witcher 3 at Ultra with unlocked framerate.

 

[1freedude]

@Mussels
Capacitive buttons?

 

[Mussels]

@Mussels
Capacitive buttons?

nah, clicky buttons

Samsung frontier S3 "dead"
The power button had broken, simple as that.

Grab, yank, tear, stick, burn, wooo

 

[C1ff0]

nah, clicky buttons

Samsung frontier S3 "dead"
The power button had broken, simple as that.

Grab, yank, tear, stick, burn, wooo

I supposed it was a ribbon cable + Buttons for a smartphone, like the volume, but the buttons where too far apart... good that it's working again.

 

[Valantar]

nah, clicky buttons

Samsung frontier S3 "dead"
The power button had broken, simple as that.

Grab, yank, tear, stick, burn, wooo

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Nice work! Soldered ribbon cables are such a nuisance.

 

[cst1992]

New phone: Moto Edge 20 Fusion

Improvements over my old phone - Moto G4 Plus:
- 6.8" 2400x1080 screen (vs 5.5" 1080p)
- 90Hz AMOLED display (vs LED)
- 5G support
- 5000mAh battery (vs 3000)
- 128GB storage upgradable to 1TB (vs 16GB upgradable to 128)
- Android 11 (vs 7)
- 108MP back and 32MP front sensor (vs 16 back, 5 front)
- 8GB RAM (vs 2)
- 30W charging (vs 15)
- USB-C charger and port

Cost me ₹21999 ($295.79, €256.37)

 

[Operandi]

If you want low profile and device switching it seems like the only widely available option, really, outside of boutique products and crazy expensive stuff from Logitech (G915) and possibly some others. DM me if you want some more experiences after I've had it for a few days

I'm more accustomed to using low profile keys but I've gotten used to regular size keys on my G413, and honestly the switching isn't really a requirement either, I could get by with just switching cables so a detachable cable at the keyboard would be totally fine (G413 is hardwired which is annoying to swap). I really like the look and design of the Hexgears X1 which is the other low profile wireless capable keyboard but reliability seems sus, and I'm bit skeptical about the idea of thats low volume and niche so who knows... I'll probably just end up getting a TKL from one of the big manufactures.

 

[plastiscɧ]

wanna tighten the air-stream inside the case. 2*140mm / 1600rpm to 2*120mm / 2200rpm

UPDATE:

the good thing about these models is that they are completely spring-loaded and rubber-mounted. vibration does not occur.
in contrast to some noctua fans, these are virtually half as loud at the same speed or better cooling performance.
so this "pretty" brown seems to be fancy for some but that is not the only decisive criterion here, unfortunately. but be quiet is not that popular in certain areas of the "users universe".

conclusion. if u need cooling without compromises the austrian vents are very good but for the price of a sound of a jackhammer.. for internal case pressure, permanently, get the german ones.
i save to comment the other companies cus my xp said u guys know them very good at all... arctic etc.

 

[AlwaysHope]

Just got around to setting this up now...


Carry over the mighty & efficient Cryorig R1 Ultimate... after I remove the AM4 bracket of course!

 

[phill]

I've had a few things that I've been meaning to share with you all.. Sadly it's about 2 months ago I had this lot but, still wanted to share
To start with these two are to go with something else that had turned up a few weeks after (postage from China...)



We'll see if they are long enough depending on the build we use them in

A mate and I were talking about some storage.... We found a deal on some and got them on order asap.....



I'd have got more but sadly there was only 9 left, so 9 it was
Sadly after about a week of testing, 3 of the 9 didn't pass the tests so they went back. The seller was amazing and was very helpful, refunded them without any issues at all.. Recommended seller I'll use a bit more detail possibly in my project log

So next up was something I'd been putting off for ages.. I'd been trying to get some 'cheap' server DDR4 for two of my Dell R730s, well I found a UK company and they offered me a price I couldn't compare to, even if I imported it, which I thought was a bonus... So needless to say, I grabbed some......



Whilst it wasn't brand new, it certainly did the trick and I was getting it tested quicker than ever to make sure it was fully working...
I had 4 16GB 2133MHz sticks in the server before. The two I had came with 2 16GB sticks in each, so whilst I was not using the second server, I pulled the RAM from it and used it to give the server at least dual channel.. So when I found these 16GB 2400MHz sticks, I was over the moon, bought 8 of them for the moment..... Timing was everything.....

I've also been trying to find some bigger storage drives for my home server.. A mate I think was trying to copy me at this point but we had a plan! We saw some amazing deals (from what I could make out) on some Seagate Exos drives, we'd found some 16TB models. Anything that sort of size in the UK was hitting about the £400 mark a drive, maybe a little more or less so when we saw these drives on Amazon for £283 with free postage, I was amazed and wished I'd bought more at the time.... I'd ordered them on a Friday and they where through on the Tuesday/Wednesday time.. Awesome turn around and turns out the drives were from the US...



So ended up with 7 drives, should have grabbed some more but since keeping an eye to the price on Amazon, they've been as low as £250 a drive so far.. I'm going to grab a few more I think (I had 4 of them, mate had 3 so I need to grab some more for the server and then some more for backup off site. I think my mate is after a couple more as well... I mean it can only go well right?!?!?

So, we had a few things that were being recycled so I thought to myself... Well, this is when having some extra kit comes in handy, as I could use it. So, checked in with a work colleague and said about grabbing some RAM to take home for my servers here... Said no problem and well, I did make sure I grabbed as much as I could in some ways...



I had a few servers I was able to upgrade with this, two R710's and two R620's. I did grab a few more sticks after the first go as I had ran out of RAM upgrading the other servers I had at home... And just when I thought I'd had got or had enough of RAM in general.....



So the 2 lots of 128GB server DDR4 in the first pic, another with the original 64GB from the two servers, then a group shot of some RAM and a few CPUs and then the money shot for the server having 256GB of RAM installed and in Windows Server 2012 R2...

Now on to something I sort of looked at and just hoped I had a good one....



It seems I have a weakness for this G Skill RAM, I think it's because it goes so well with the EVGA Classified boards I have (759, 762 and SR-2) which I've yet to try and even test which is very poor of me so I'm hoping that'll all work without any issues

However this next bit I have tested and I was amazed it hadn't been even turned on.....



Now I'd seen this online and thought I wonder what it will end up going for and I was amazed it went for as cheap as it did... It turned out it wasn't meant to be and my best mate decided he'd like it, so it went with him!!

And well I was surprised with one of these but I'd bought a couple KVMs, but little did I know my mate had the same idea and ended up getting us both one of the HDMI KVMs instead. I'd gone with just the keyboard/mouse models but my mate decided that I need to get a 4 way HDMI + keyboard and mouse KVM...
The reason for the KVMs was simply because I had multiple systems in a small area and thought I need something to help me not have so many things laying about, keyboards/mice and multiple screens... So far the just keyboard/mouse one has been fine, no issues with it but the HDMI model seems to have a few issues that I'm getting used to.... Will explain that later too



I'll leave it there considering I've ran out of picture spacing to upload (max of 30!) and as it's late again (touch wood Sophia stays asleep tonight!! ) I'll start a bit more off tomorrow and update the project thread as if anyone is wondering what I'm doing with this hardware, can pop over to that and see what craziness I'm up to if you desire

 

[lexluthermiester]

I've had a few things that I've been meaning to share with you all.. Sadly it's about 2 months ago I had this lot but, still wanted to share
To start with these two are to go with something else that had turned up a few weeks after (postage from China...)

View attachment 223933

We'll see if they are long enough depending on the build we use them in

A mate and I were talking about some storage.... We found a deal on some and got them on order asap.....

View attachment 223903View attachment 223904View attachment 223905

I'd have got more but sadly there was only 9 left, so 9 it was
Sadly after about a week of testing, 3 of the 9 didn't pass the tests so they went back. The seller was amazing and was very helpful, refunded them without any issues at all.. Recommended seller I'll use a bit more detail possibly in my project log

So next up was something I'd been putting off for ages.. I'd been trying to get some 'cheap' server DDR4 for two of my Dell R730s, well I found a UK company and they offered me a price I couldn't compare to, even if I imported it, which I thought was a bonus... So needless to say, I grabbed some......

View attachment 223906View attachment 223907View attachment 223908View attachment 223909

Whilst it wasn't brand new, it certainly did the trick and I was getting it tested quicker than ever to make sure it was fully working...
I had 4 16GB 2133MHz sticks in the server before. The two I had came with 2 16GB sticks in each, so whilst I was not using the second server, I pulled the RAM from it and used it to give the server at least dual channel.. So when I found these 16GB 2400MHz sticks, I was over the moon, bought 8 of them for the moment..... Timing was everything.....

I've also been trying to find some bigger storage drives for my home server.. A mate I think was trying to copy me at this point but we had a plan! We saw some amazing deals (from what I could make out) on some Seagate Exos drives, we'd found some 16TB models. Anything that sort of size in the UK was hitting about the £400 mark a drive, maybe a little more or less so when we saw these drives on Amazon for £283 with free postage, I was amazed and wished I'd bought more at the time.... I'd ordered them on a Friday and they where through on the Tuesday/Wednesday time.. Awesome turn around and turns out the drives were from the US...

View attachment 223910View attachment 223911

So ended up with 7 drives, should have grabbed some more but since keeping an eye to the price on Amazon, they've been as low as £250 a drive so far.. I'm going to grab a few more I think (I had 4 of them, mate had 3 so I need to grab some more for the server and then some more for backup off site. I think my mate is after a couple more as well... I mean it can only go well right?!?!?

So, we had a few things that were being recycled so I thought to myself... Well, this is when having some extra kit comes in handy, as I could use it. So, checked in with a work colleague and said about grabbing some RAM to take home for my servers here... Said no problem and well, I did make sure I grabbed as much as I could in some ways...

View attachment 223912View attachment 223913View attachment 223914View attachment 223915

I had a few servers I was able to upgrade with this, two R710's and two R620's. I did grab a few more sticks after the first go as I had ran out of RAM upgrading the other servers I had at home... And just when I thought I'd had got or had enough of RAM in general.....

View attachment 223917View attachment 223918View attachment 223919View attachment 223920View attachment 223921View attachment 223922

So the 2 lots of 128GB server DDR4 in the first pic, another with the original 64GB from the two servers, then a group shot of some RAM and a few CPUs and then the money shot for the server having 256GB of RAM installed and in Windows Server 2012 R2...

Now on to something I sort of looked at and just hoped I had a good one....

View attachment 223924

It seems I have a weakness for this G Skill RAM, I think it's because it goes so well with the EVGA Classified boards I have (759, 762 and SR-2) which I've yet to try and even test which is very poor of me so I'm hoping that'll all work without any issues

However this next bit I have tested and I was amazed it hadn't been even turned on.....

View attachment 223925View attachment 223927View attachment 223928View attachment 223929

Now I'd seen this online and thought I wonder what it will end up going for and I was amazed it went for as cheap as it did... It turned out it wasn't meant to be and my best mate decided he'd like it, so it went with him!!

And well I was surprised with one of these but I'd bought a couple KVMs, but little did I know my mate had the same idea and ended up getting us both one of the HDMI KVMs instead. I'd gone with just the keyboard/mouse models but my mate decided that I need to get a 4 way HDMI + keyboard and mouse KVM...
The reason for the KVMs was simply because I had multiple systems in a small area and thought I need something to help me not have so many things laying about, keyboards/mice and multiple screens... So far the just keyboard/mouse one has been fine, no issues with it but the HDMI model seems to have a few issues that I'm getting used to.... Will explain that later too

View attachment 223930View attachment 223940View attachment 223941View attachment 223942

I'll leave it there considering I've ran out of picture spacing to upload (max of 30!) and as it's late again (touch wood Sophia stays asleep tonight!! ) I'll start a bit more off tomorrow and update the project thread as if anyone is wondering what I'm doing with this hardware, can pop over to that and see what craziness I'm up to if you desire

Good lord! You had some fun!

 

[plastiscɧ]

I've had a few things that I've been meaning to share with you all.. Sadly it's about 2 months ago I had this lot but, still wanted to share
To start with these two are to go with something else that had turned up a few weeks after (postage from China...)

View attachment 223933

We'll see if they are long enough depending on the build we use them in

A mate and I were talking about some storage.... We found a deal on some and got them on order asap.....

View attachment 223903View attachment 223904View attachment 223905

I'd have got more but sadly there was only 9 left, so 9 it was
Sadly after about a week of testing, 3 of the 9 didn't pass the tests so they went back. The seller was amazing and was very helpful, refunded them without any issues at all.. Recommended seller I'll use a bit more detail possibly in my project log

So next up was something I'd been putting off for ages.. I'd been trying to get some 'cheap' server DDR4 for two of my Dell R730s, well I found a UK company and they offered me a price I couldn't compare to, even if I imported it, which I thought was a bonus... So needless to say, I grabbed some......

View attachment 223906View attachment 223907View attachment 223908View attachment 223909

Whilst it wasn't brand new, it certainly did the trick and I was getting it tested quicker than ever to make sure it was fully working...
I had 4 16GB 2133MHz sticks in the server before. The two I had came with 2 16GB sticks in each, so whilst I was not using the second server, I pulled the RAM from it and used it to give the server at least dual channel.. So when I found these 16GB 2400MHz sticks, I was over the moon, bought 8 of them for the moment..... Timing was everything.....

I've also been trying to find some bigger storage drives for my home server.. A mate I think was trying to copy me at this point but we had a plan! We saw some amazing deals (from what I could make out) on some Seagate Exos drives, we'd found some 16TB models. Anything that sort of size in the UK was hitting about the £400 mark a drive, maybe a little more or less so when we saw these drives on Amazon for £283 with free postage, I was amazed and wished I'd bought more at the time.... I'd ordered them on a Friday and they where through on the Tuesday/Wednesday time.. Awesome turn around and turns out the drives were from the US...

View attachment 223910View attachment 223911

So ended up with 7 drives, should have grabbed some more but since keeping an eye to the price on Amazon, they've been as low as £250 a drive so far.. I'm going to grab a few more I think (I had 4 of them, mate had 3 so I need to grab some more for the server and then some more for backup off site. I think my mate is after a couple more as well... I mean it can only go well right?!?!?

So, we had a few things that were being recycled so I thought to myself... Well, this is when having some extra kit comes in handy, as I could use it. So, checked in with a work colleague and said about grabbing some RAM to take home for my servers here... Said no problem and well, I did make sure I grabbed as much as I could in some ways...

View attachment 223912View attachment 223913View attachment 223914View attachment 223915

I had a few servers I was able to upgrade with this, two R710's and two R620's. I did grab a few more sticks after the first go as I had ran out of RAM upgrading the other servers I had at home... And just when I thought I'd had got or had enough of RAM in general.....

View attachment 223917View attachment 223918View attachment 223919View attachment 223920View attachment 223921View attachment 223922

So the 2 lots of 128GB server DDR4 in the first pic, another with the original 64GB from the two servers, then a group shot of some RAM and a few CPUs and then the money shot for the server having 256GB of RAM installed and in Windows Server 2012 R2...

Now on to something I sort of looked at and just hoped I had a good one....

View attachment 223924

It seems I have a weakness for this G Skill RAM, I think it's because it goes so well with the EVGA Classified boards I have (759, 762 and SR-2) which I've yet to try and even test which is very poor of me so I'm hoping that'll all work without any issues

However this next bit I have tested and I was amazed it hadn't been even turned on.....

View attachment 223925View attachment 223927View attachment 223928View attachment 223929

Now I'd seen this online and thought I wonder what it will end up going for and I was amazed it went for as cheap as it did... It turned out it wasn't meant to be and my best mate decided he'd like it, so it went with him!!

And well I was surprised with one of these but I'd bought a couple KVMs, but little did I know my mate had the same idea and ended up getting us both one of the HDMI KVMs instead. I'd gone with just the keyboard/mouse models but my mate decided that I need to get a 4 way HDMI + keyboard and mouse KVM...
The reason for the KVMs was simply because I had multiple systems in a small area and thought I need something to help me not have so many things laying about, keyboards/mice and multiple screens... So far the just keyboard/mouse one has been fine, no issues with it but the HDMI model seems to have a few issues that I'm getting used to.... Will explain that later too

View attachment 223930View attachment 223940View attachment 223941View attachment 223942

I'll leave it there considering I've ran out of picture spacing to upload (max of 30!) and as it's late again (touch wood Sophia stays asleep tonight!! ) I'll start a bit more off tomorrow and update the project thread as if anyone is wondering what I'm doing with this hardware, can pop over to that and see what craziness I'm up to if you desire

do we see things there that might be of interest to certain authorities...?
kek

 

[phill]

Good lord! You had some fun!

Well that's some of the fun.....

do we see things there that might be of interest to certain authorities...?
kek

Not that I'm aware of.... But there's a bit more to come yet Then I need to do a bit more in the project log so I don't bore everyone here

 

[micropage7]

just simple thing, upgrading to ssd

 

[Shou Miko]

just simple thing, upgrading to ssd
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I use these at work and they are really good, realiable and really good priced.

At the moment because can be a bit hard to get I use the TeamGroup Classic CX SSD's really good with small SSD cache.

 

[Mussels]

wanna tighten the air-stream inside the case. 2*140mm / 1600rpm to 2*120mm / 2200rpm

View attachment 223884

UPDATE:

the good thing about these models is that they are completely spring-loaded and rubber-mounted. vibration does not occur.
in contrast to some noctua fans, these are virtually half as loud at the same speed or better cooling performance.
so this "pretty" brown seems to be fancy for some but that is not the only decisive criterion here, unfortunately. but be quiet is not that popular in certain areas of the "users universe".

View attachment 224004 View attachment 224005 View attachment 224009 View attachment 224010

conclusion. if u need cooling without compromises the austrian vents are very good but for the price of a sound of a jackhammer.. for internal case pressure, permanently, get the german ones.
i save to comment the other companies cus my xp said u guys know them very good at all... arctic etc.

The noctuas are great for radiators and obstructed airflow, while the BQ's are better for noise and lower RPM for sure

 

[phill]

Back again with a few more pictures of a few more bits of kit I've been able to get my grubby little mitts on Well some for my friend as well....

So grabbed a couple of these to help with expanding or being able to expand storage options....



A couple of 8 port LSI controller cards, should work perfectly fine... Still yet to test them out which is really daft of me now since Ebay only supports up to 30 days after you've received it....

Still, I'd been chasing my mate in the US for another pair of these for a while and I think he was that busy with things going on at home I thought, I'll give him a break and grab them myself.. Saw a seller I'd previously bought from before, so I thought what the heck... Order a pair and had that delivered a few weeks alter, here goes nothing....



So here's the second pair of Xeon E5-2683 V4's I have now, hopefully I can upgrade my other R730 with the other pair I have.. It's a shame in a way because running the R730 was hitting about 430w I think under load, compare it to a 3950X or 5950X or even a 3970X I bet would be more efficient. These are 120w CPUs but with running WGC on them, they are beasts when it comes to the power draw sadly.. Not something I'd be able to have on masses of time but I hope with 64 threads times two, I should be able to push some hopefully nice numbers for WCG anytime I do use them

And I think this is it so far, this is something I was given by my mate who's been helping me spend the pennies, which I think could come in very handy....



A label maker
Comes in handy I'm sure when I need to label up network cables and all that sort of jazz... Still, I haven't bought anything else since these few bits and pieces but I'm planning on some more hard drives soon for the Synology server and my other two servers downstairs, think I'll consider some smaller drives as it would generally be just for a backup anyways and plus I can fit 6 into the server that I'd setup so we'll see

I think I'm up to speed now

 

[plastiscɧ]

The noctuas are great for radiators and obstructed airflow, while the BQ's are better for noise and lower RPM for sure

thats exactly the way i did. 2 noctua in my watercooling. the rest is be quiet

Back again with a few more pictures of a few more bits of kit I've been able to get my grubby little mitts on Well some for my friend as well....

So grabbed a couple of these to help with expanding or being able to expand storage options....

View attachment 224049

A couple of 8 port LSI controller cards, should work perfectly fine... Still yet to test them out which is really daft of me now since Ebay only supports up to 30 days after you've received it....

Still, I'd been chasing my mate in the US for another pair of these for a while and I think he was that busy with things going on at home I thought, I'll give him a break and grab them myself.. Saw a seller I'd previously bought from before, so I thought what the heck... Order a pair and had that delivered a few weeks alter, here goes nothing....

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So here's the second pair of Xeon E5-2683 V4's I have now, hopefully I can upgrade my other R730 with the other pair I have.. It's a shame in a way because running the R730 was hitting about 430w I think under load, compare it to a 3950X or 5950X or even a 3970X I bet would be more efficient. These are 120w CPUs but with running WGC on them, they are beasts when it comes to the power draw sadly.. Not something I'd be able to have on masses of time but I hope with 64 threads times two, I should be able to push some hopefully nice numbers for WCG anytime I do use them

And I think this is it so far, this is something I was given by my mate who's been helping me spend the pennies, which I think could come in very handy....

View attachment 224055View attachment 224056View attachment 224048

A label maker
Comes in handy I'm sure when I need to label up network cables and all that sort of jazz... Still, I haven't bought anything else since these few bits and pieces but I'm planning on some more hard drives soon for the Synology server and my other two servers downstairs, think I'll consider some smaller drives as it would generally be just for a backup anyways and plus I can fit 6 into the server that I'd setup so we'll see

I think I'm up to speed now

care! u def will, from now on, lable EVERYTHING.... its addictive.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Getting a new case this afternoon, a Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB Tempered Glass - Black only paying 60

https://www.corsair.com/uk/en/Categ...TX-PC-Smart-Case/p/CC-9011212-WW#tab-overview

 

[cst1992]

Getting a new case this afternoon, a Corsair iCUE 5000X RGB Tempered Glass - Black only paying 60

Ouch:

Why i'm boycotting corsair (iCue 4.x)

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[mechtech]

A WD Blue 2TB SSD to replace the failing seagate 2TB iron wolf (3 yrs old). Windows booted a few times directly to chkdsk to repair errors so I said to myself........self we better change that sooner then later.