What's your latest tech purchase?

[Space Lynx]

@lynx29 is Duke gonna nuke'm????

yeah haha, i hate that. i been considering some black electircal tape over the Duke glow. its kinda dumb. MSI could have done something better, like a dragon logo of theirs glowing woulda been way cooler.

here is a better pic, the pink fan on bottom is hitting the GPU. no necessary, but I like good air flow, and the stream of air is directly strongest right in the little gap of the heatsink and GPU PCB board. so its probably helping, but i dunno really

 

[Shou Miko]

@lynx29 can't u just turn off the light in MSI Afterburner? I can do that in Nvidia LED Visualizer even with this EVGA AIO on my GTX 1080 Ti.

 

[Space Lynx]

@lynx29 can't u just turn off the light in MSI Afterburner? I can do that in Nvidia LED Visualizer even with this EVGA AIO on my GTX 1080 Ti.

I didn't know MSI Afterburner had that option, MSI Mystic Light does, but it is a terrible APP that requires a new "apply" every time I boot.

 

[Disparia]

So I have my kids computer down to parts, like everything out and disassembled to reasonable degree. The mobo/gpu heatsinks had been taken off, cleaned, dried, and awaiting fresh paste... but I find an empty tube! Order up a MX-4 fat-tube (20g) and it'll be here in only a couple days. That would be today and all is good with that. But a couple days ago there were parts everywhere that couldn't just sit around... so I try a local computer repair shop and no surprise, they don't have any "retail" paste because it's not a common item. However, they can ring up "the stuff they use" if I didn't mind. Was very interested in what a repair shop uses so I ask to see it, and it's 20g of "OEM white" or maybe you know it under the familiar name of "ShenzhenBolyx Electeonics Co., Ltd Heatsink Compounds HC-131".

It's not bad in all honestly. But a years worth of dust was also cleaned out I can't accurately compare the two yet. I can say that it is one of easiest pastes I've ever used.

 

[Space Lynx]

So I have my kids computer down to parts, like everything out and disassembled to reasonable degree. The mobo/gpu heatsinks had been taken off, cleaned, dried, and awaiting fresh paste... but I find an empty tube! Order up a MX-4 fat-tube (20g) and it'll be here in only a couple days. That would be today and all is good with that. But a couple days ago there were parts everywhere that couldn't just sit around... so I try a local computer store and no surprise, they don't have any "retail" paste because it's not a common item. However, they can ring up "the stuff they use" if I didn't mind. Was very interested in what a repair shop uses so I ask to see it, and it's 20g of "OEM white" or maybe you know it under the familiar name of "ShenzhenBolyx Electeonics Co., Ltd Heatsink Compounds HC-131".

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It's not bad in all honestly. But a years worth of dust was also cleaned out I can't accurately compare the two yet. I can say that it is one of easiest pastes I've ever used.

lolol oh man... I have been into some old PC stores with guys like in their 60s and 70s running them not having a clue about anything, it amazes me. That paste reminds me of them for some reason.

what is really amazing is how they are the ones with the PC stores and not us, lol

 

[theonek]

well, was able to get another pair of Corsair's Dominator... and they don't look bad at all!

 

[Komshija]

New PSU, FSP Hydro G 650 W. Ordered it today in the morning and by 16 O'clock they already arrived. That was the fastest delivery ever!

Soon after...

... about 1 hour later, after strong mature language while trying to fit-in 24-pin ATX connector. It was a nightmare to attach it properly, but this is mainly motherboard to blame because I had a similar issue with previous PSU.

It runs smoothly so far, but what bothers me are voltages on +3.3V. They shouldn't be that high for such quality PSU. It's possible that motherboard readings are incorrect and I don't have a multimeter to measure them properly. Oh, btw, there are no +3.3V readings in BIOS. Nowhere to find them...

Here are those +3.3V readings...

 

[phill]

I finally pulled my finger out and bought myself a new PSU...

So it allowed me to test all this lot...

And then I was even more stupid and grabbed this lot

I checked the socket before I did anything with this one and it was nice and clean and funnily enough, no missing pins like the right hand one...

 

[PLAfiller]

Small upgrade in the audio department. No, it's not Blue Yeti, but it doesn't cost nearly as much. The PSU I got by accident on the Earth day and it was the cheapest phantom PSU available. I only hope it works. What I forgot was a UK to EU plug converter...I guess tomorrow when I get one I can finally plug it in.

 

[Shou Miko]

I got some new headphones home, sooo comfy only thing is the pats on top i have to get use to but soo much nicer than my old ATH-M50RD

Added a couple of more pics and my girl told me she is jelly that I have the Mirror's Edge Catalyst Collector's Edition bcs of the statue

 

[biffzinker]

Confirmed:

So you know my name big deal.

 

[Jetster]

Sounds like a made up name

 

[biffzinker]

It showed up before Monday so here it is.

Sorry the smartphone camera doesn't like the overhead artificial lighting. Stock Spire heatsink is massive compared to the Stealth.

 

[HammerON]

 

[biffzinker]

So that's where the other up close photo came from.

 

[GreiverBlade]

weeeeee...

aherm... alongside some non tech stuff in a package of 23.6kg i received :

1. a Medion Erazer X81699 keyboard, after some time with a Logitech G410 i wanted to see if Medion were as awesome as they were with the 32" 1440p screen i bought from them and going from TKL to full size again (but quite compact).

verdict .... ooohhhh yes they are ... less than 80chf, floating key, aluminum top plate, no software needed (macro possible, 100% antighosting and full RGB plus effect already in onboard memory) extra keycaps, Kailh blue switch (well between the Kailh and Omron Romer G .... no place for cherry anymore in my heart ) magnetic faux leather wristrest...

2. Sandisk USB 3.1 Type C 64gb (less than 30chf) for my Nokia 8


3. and some games .... "coup de coeur" Outcast second contact and BattleChaser Nightwar do i need to censor the back of the box???


4. plus an extra case for a Rasberry Pi (as i have an Odroid C2 ... i hope the heatsink placement will match if i remove the original heatsink.... or i will get a new RPi 3 B+ later hehe)

So you know my name big deal.

i am also a Nicolas without a H .... but not a Ranger .... uh? Ranger again?

Chuck, is that you?

 

[Solaris17]

What have I done? 2x 2TB micron 1100s

 

[biffzinker]

What have I done? 2x 2TB micron 1100s

Lemme guess, you bought those at $269 per drive? Limit of 2 per order

 

[Solaris17]

Lemme guess, you bought those at $269 per drive? Limit of 2 per order

no I got them at 309

 

[biffzinker]

no I got them at 309

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/whats-on-your-hardware-wish-list.236835/post-3843261

 

[Solaris17]

https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/whats-on-your-hardware-wish-list.236835/post-3843261

ah there was a similar deal for 289 a few weeks ago. I dont trust that site though. and have no issues spending the extra money. Iv been eying these for about 2 months now since my old HDD array died.

 

[thebluebumblebee]

I dont trust that site though.

RAKUTEN.COM? Used to be Buy.com. Been around since the 90's. Predates Amazon and Google. Was THE place to buy hardware.

 

[ap4lifetn]

I seem to have a spending problem.

Decided to upgrade 3 PCs for the family with myself keeping the 8700k!

 

[ASOT]

Always the better for u

 

[ap4lifetn]

Always the better for u

The Ryzen 7 technically scores higher in Cinebench