What's your latest tech purchase?

[jallenlabs]

MOAR Optane. I just cant get enough of these things. LOL.

 

[cst1992]

How much(both things obviously)?

 

[seth1911]

2x 2GB

 

[AusWolf]

It's been coming for months... I've been eyeing this cooler ever since I got my Silent Wings 3 case fans. I'm just in love with the silence and aesthetic design of be quiet! products.

First impressions:

• The ARGB connector is extremely dodgy. It doesn't sit properly and even the smallest movement bends the motherboard pins very easily. If I move the PC a little bit, the thing disconnects and I have to take the side panel off to reconnect it. I know it's not be quiet's fault as they're just following the standard, but the standard itself is crap. We need a new connector!
• The Silent Loop 2 uses the same mounting mechanism as my old Shadow Rock LP, so I decided not to take the motherboard out, and use the SR LP's mounting parts (which aren't painted black like the SL2's bits are). The metal bits contrast the grey top of the pump unit nicely, imo (picture further down).
• As much as I love Arctic's MX-4, the MX-5 paste (or at least my tube) is utter shite. At first try, some transparent, watery thing came out, so I had to clean my CPU again and waste half of the tube on a piece of paper towel to get to the proper stuff. It's like mustard that's been sitting in your fridge for months. Considering that the paste just recently came out, and is rated for 8 years, this shouldn't happen. Even the paste itself is worse than the MX-4. Not in terms of cooling performance, but with it's application. It's extremely gluey and sticky which makes it hard to make a proper blob on the middle of the CPU without smearing the thing all over the socket. All in all: not recommended. If you need new paste, get the MX-4 instead. It's easier to apply, easier to clean, and just better overall.
• The Silent Loop 2 works brilliantly. 91 °C max in Prime95 under a 200 W load on my 11700 is just nice. It reached 100 °C and throttled with the Corsair H100i.
• It seems that Corsair lied to me in their 280X product sheet: while it fits 2x 140 mm fans in the front, it does not fit a 280 radiator. A top mount is the only way.

• Also, the first RAM module doesn't fit because of the AIO's tubing. Now I have to use only 2 modules (16 GB) until I get some new RAM. I'm wondering whether I should get the Fury Beast or the Fury Beast RGB. Lighting effects would be nice, but I'm a bit scared that I'd have to install proprietary software to use it - even though the product page says that it works with motherboard software too.

And the final system (as of now):

Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm using my Silent Wings 3 Low Speed fans on the radiator instead of the supplied High Speed ones. As they both run from the CPU fan header with a splitter, I didn't want to put two 0.5 Amp fans on a 1 A rated header. The Low Speed ones only need 0.3 Amps each, so even under full load, they should be fine.

 

[Mussels]

Generic ARGB extensions are often the key to success with loose ARGB fittings, and duct tape.

They really did goof up the connector as a standard... and AIO's need the hoses on the top.

 

[Anoniem]

Got an iPhone 13 Pro, I like it so far.

High five same iPhone colour bro

Man the Streacom BC1 is such a nice benching case. Rigid, lots of options and the rods used to secure GPU's can be used to mount fans if you're creative Managed to snag some nice resistor kits for a few euro's that fixed my troubles with a GPU mem volt mod. I know this isn't entirely relevant, please excuse my off-topicness oh mighty mods.

 

[RJARRRPCGP]

High five same iPhone colour bro

Man the Streacom BC1 is such a nice benching case. Rigid, lots of options and the rods used to secure GPU's can be used to mount fans if you're creative Managed to snag some nice resistor kits for a few euro's that fixed my troubles with a GPU mem volt mod. I know this isn't entirely relevant, please excuse my off-topicness oh mighty mods.

It that a 65nm Core 2 Quad?

 

[plastiscɧ]

It's been coming for months... I've been eyeing this cooler ever since I got my Silent Wings 3 case fans. I'm just in love with the silence and aesthetic design of be quiet! products.

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First impressions:

• The ARGB connector is extremely dodgy. It doesn't sit properly and even the smallest movement bends the motherboard pins very easily. If I move the PC a little bit, the thing disconnects and I have to take the side panel off to reconnect it. I know it's not be quiet's fault as they're just following the standard, but the standard itself is crap. We need a new connector!
• The Silent Loop 2 uses the same mounting mechanism as my old Shadow Rock LP, so I decided not to take the motherboard out, and use the SR LP's mounting parts (which aren't painted black like the SL2's bits are). The metal bits contrast the grey top of the pump unit nicely, imo (picture further down).
• As much as I love Arctic's MX-4, the MX-5 paste (or at least my tube) is utter shite. At first try, some transparent, watery thing came out, so I had to clean my CPU again and waste half of the tube on a piece of paper towel to get to the proper stuff. It's like mustard that's been sitting in your fridge for months. Considering that the paste just recently came out, and is rated for 8 years, this shouldn't happen. Even the paste itself is worse than the MX-4. Not in terms of cooling performance, but with it's application. It's extremely gluey and sticky which makes it hard to make a proper blob on the middle of the CPU without smearing the thing all over the socket. All in all: not recommended. If you need new paste, get the MX-4 instead. It's easier to apply, easier to clean, and just better overall.
• The Silent Loop 2 works brilliantly. 91 °C max in Prime95 under a 200 W load on my 11700 is just nice. It reached 100 °C and throttled with the Corsair H100i.
• It seems that Corsair lied to me in their 280X product sheet: while it fits 2x 140 mm fans in the front, it does not fit a 280 radiator. A top mount is the only way.

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• Also, the first RAM module doesn't fit because of the AIO's tubing. Now I have to use only 2 modules (16 GB) until I get some new RAM. I'm wondering whether I should get the Fury Beast or the Fury Beast RGB. Lighting effects would be nice, but I'm a bit scared that I'd have to install proprietary software to use it - even though the product page says that it works with motherboard software too.

And the final system (as of now):
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Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm using my Silent Wings 3 Low Speed fans on the radiator instead of the supplied High Speed ones. As they both run from the CPU fan header with a splitter, I didn't want to put two 0.5 Amp fans on a 1 A rated header. The Low Speed ones only need 0.3 Amps each, so even under full load, they should be fine.

CONGRATS MAN! good choice!

Today i finished the work on my new case;

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it's so huge --- even the statue of liberty has its own place now.

 

[lexluthermiester]

High five same iPhone colour bro

Man the Streacom BC1 is such a nice benching case. Rigid, lots of options and the rods used to secure GPU's can be used to mount fans if you're creative Managed to snag some nice resistor kits for a few euro's that fixed my troubles with a GPU mem volt mod. I know this isn't entirely relevant, please excuse my off-topicness oh mighty mods.

Holy frosty Batman!

 

[AusWolf]

Generic ARGB extensions are often the key to success with loose ARGB fittings, and duct tape.

I've got a splitter cable lying around somewhere - maybe I'll try if it's any more secure later.

and AIO's need the hoses on the top.

As it turned out, my case only fits 280 mm radiators on the top (despite the product description), so that's not a concern anymore. Good to know anyway.

CONGRATS MAN! good choice!

Today i finished the work on my new case;

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it's so huge --- even the statue of liberty has its own place now.

Cheers. I was planning to buy it from December's salary, and I wish I didn't need new RAM, but oh well.

Nice build! It's not every day that you see the statue of liberty inside a PC case.

 

[Mussels]

Oh my god guys. Amazon are doing even WORSE now.

They didnt honour the price match, so that cost me $800

The rep on the phone has told me three times i get the refund AND get to keep the item, but has also said i need to return the item so uhh.... yeah. I'm getting instructions via email, so i can avoid whatever the hell was going on with that rep's confusion.

Edit: email clarified, seller has until the 1st december to sort something out, if they dont THEN i keep it and get a refund

 

[tabascosauz]

everyone: don't forget to flush it a few times with diluted vinegar and water
everyone else: flush it 4 times with vinegar diluted in hot water and another 3 with distilled water
me: has to flush the 280mm XT45v2 a total of 11 goddamn times before it's truly clean

now I can't feel my arms anymore

but it's pretty, I guess

 

[WhitetailAni]

iPhone 7 256GB, upgrading from an iPhone 6S 16GB.

Very excited as I won’t have to worry about running out of space for at least a year, and it’s not running iOS 15!

EDIT:
Why a 7?
Jailbreaking.
Anything A7-A11 (so 5S-X) has a permanent exploit for jailbreaking, which comes in the form of checkra1n. The 5S and 6 were capped at iOS 12, but the 6S onward can run up to iOS 15.
Currently iOS 15 has no public jailbreaks, as if you tamper with the root files the phone doesn't boot. Theoretically you could boot the phone then mess with root files but if your phone turns off before disabling the root changes your phone's screwed and you have to factory reset it.
iOS 14, on the other hand, is fully checkra1nable.
Now I could get an X. But I like having a home button.
So we move to the 8. But with iOS 14 and A11, you have to disable all security to jailbreak with checkra1n. So no passcode, no Touch ID, no Face ID, etc.
And thus we arrive at the 7.
I got the 256GB version because I will stick 100GB (at least) of music on there and I don't want to hit a wall with 128GB. The 256GB ended up being cheaper too since I got it for $96.67 instead of the ~$140 that the 128GB models go for.
Now my dream phone is the iPhone 7S - iPhone 7 housing, headphone jack, iPhone 12 Mini camera setup, 1080p display, jailbroken iOS installs. But it doesn't exist so what can ya do.
Maybe if my Raptoreum ends up making me super rich I'll commission Apple to make it or something.
Probably not.

 

[oobymach]

Splurged on the Asus nvme enclosure, took some grinding on the screw with the dremel to get the lid to close. They manufactured it to fit the screw minus the ssd, with the ssd the screw prevents the lid from closing, every review says the same so if you buy one be aware you need a replacement screw or to grind down the included one.




Transfer speeds are retarded over usb-c. One 8gb file transfer back and forth.

 

[Mussels]

Splurged on the Asus nvme enclosure, took some grinding on the screw with the dremel to get the lid to close. They manufactured it to fit the screw minus the ssd, with the ssd the screw prevents the lid from closing, every review says the same so if you buy one be aware you need a replacement screw or to grind down the included one.

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Transfer speeds are retarded over usb-c. One 8gb file transfer back and forth.

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2.57GB?

Isn't that just a 10Gb enclosure? That may be a cached speed

 

[lexluthermiester]

2.57GB?

Isn't that just a 10Gb enclosure? That may be a cached speed

This. Those transfer rates are likely the copy buffer doing it's job before offloading the file to the drive. Tring a file of 50GB or 60GB and the true copy speed should be shown.

 

[oobymach]

2.57GB?

Isn't that just a 10Gb enclosure? That may be a cached speed

Yeah I think it is a 10gigabit max speed but I got the same fast copy with a renamed 5gb file.

I copied 15gb from my movies folder and it went a bit slower.

 

[r9]

Tester68 kb, Jwick white switches and Hitime pbt keycaps.
Tape mod, cut and lubed stubs and coin weight mod.
Total cost $75.

 

[tabascosauz]

I wanted the Aquacomputer Dr. Drop because it was like 30% cheaper..........but of course it's out of stock when I need it. So the EK leak tester will have to do.

Finished putting together the loop and doing a quick air leak test before I fill. 30 minutes and the needle hasn't moved a micron - phew

 

[Yraggul666]

This baby came in a few days ago, didn't have the time to post.
NO more canned air for me, oh no no no

And yeah, i wanted the V.2 550W Black one but in this piss poor excuse of a country that i live in they don't have it;
got the Original 500W White one from a neighbouring country etailer.

 

[AusWolf]

This baby came in a few days ago, didn't have the time to post.
NO more canned air for me, oh no no no

And yeah, i wanted the V.2 550W Black one but in this piss poor excuse of a country that i live in they don't have it;
got the Original 500W White one from a neighbouring country etailer.

Please don't remind me of the things I have to buy. I've spent enough money until Christmas already.

 

[Yraggul666]

Please don't remind me of the things I have to buy. I've spent enough money until Christmas already.

If it makes you feel any better i'm not done buying all the things i need either...

 

[ThaiTaffy]

I splurged out again today

No more clunky soldering station for me, sadly the pinecil isn't available here so I went for the old trusty.
Need to pimp out the firmware when I get it and I have a stack of thermostats to macgyver for central control over the air conditioning from my server when it comes.

 

[Valantar]

This baby came in a few days ago, didn't have the time to post.
NO more canned air for me, oh no no no

And yeah, i wanted the V.2 550W Black one but in this piss poor excuse of a country that i live in they don't have it;
got the Original 500W White one from a neighbouring country etailer.

I have that exact unit, and I've been very happy with it. Loud AF, but that's expected. Does what it says on the box! Only minor annoyance is that the shape is rather impractical for storage.

 

[Braegnok]

I've snapped off at least one GPU water block standoff over the years building custom loops, it's a sickening feeling going for that last little bit,.. than snap!

Decided to take the guess work out of tightening my water-cooling hardware screws.

Bought the new EK-Loop Torque Screwdriver-0.6Nm. https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-loop-torque-screwdriver-0-6nm