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I ordered a RPi 4 as they came back in stock. I already have 3 RPi 3s and a Zero W. Yeah, they're a lot of fun to tinker with.
have fun with your buy, tinkering with SBC for various purpose is always fun and interesting :D


i went thru Rpi to Rpi 3 and then abandoned them when i saw that the Odroid C2 was a better choice for my use, funny the Rpi4 finally bring them to that level, almost... RAM wise ok it's double (4 vs 2gb) CPU power is slightly higher (but nothing dramatic just what you expect from a Quad 1.5ghz A72 over a Quad 1.5ghz A53 ) GPU capability is a bit lower (albeit the S905 of the C2 bearing a GPU from 2012 ... ) basically they are on the level of a SBC from 2016 (which is the middle ground of the Odroid offer) plus the Rpi4 is not compatible with the old enclosure (while the Odroid C2 is fully compatible with a little quirk: it has a DC-in jack instead of the 3.5mm audio jack ) and price wise ... Rpi are baffling in my country ... 56chf for a Rpi4 atm (1gb, the 4gb is 70chf and the 2gb equivalent of the C2 is 60chf), 35$? what's that? ... well that's the price of a Odroid C2 + Odroid HiFi Shield+ (which is funnier since the C2 is 45$ on hardkernel official website )

although i am a little tempted to take a Rpi Zero W for making a portable retro console for fun ...
 
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have fun with your buy, tinkering with SBC for various purpose is always fun and interesting :D


i went thru Rpi to Rpi 3 and then abandoned them when i saw that the Odroid C2 was a better choice for my use, funny the Rpi4 finally bring them to that level, almost... RAM wise ok it's double (4 vs 2gb) CPU power is slightly higher (but nothing dramatic just what you expect from a Quad 1.5ghz A72 over a Quad 1.5ghz A53 ) GPU capability is a bit lower (albeit the S905 of the C2 bearing a GPU from 2012 ... ) basically they are on the level of a SBC from 2016 (which is the middle ground of the Odroid offer) plus the Rpi4 is not compatible with the old enclosure (while the Odroid C2 is fully compatible with a little quirk: it has a DC-in jack instead of the 3.5mm audio jack ) and price wise ... Rpi are baffling in my country ... 56chf for a Rpi4 atm (1gb, the 4gb is 70chf and the 2gb equivalent of the C2 is 60chf), 35$? what's that? ... well that's the price of a Odroid C2 + Odroid HiFi Shield+ (which is funnier since the C2 is 45$ on hardkernel official website )

although i am a little tempted to take a Rpi Zero W for making a portable retro console for fun ...
Thanks for the tip, I might order an Odroid later (ie next salary at the earliest lol)!
 
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Thanks for the tip, I might order an Odroid later (ie next salary at the earliest lol)!
well ... for my use it's perfect but again ... i only use it as a Kodi Box ... whereas the Rpi lacked some refinement which are corrected with the 4th model ;)
 
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Found a deal at my local Target that I couldn't pass up...



A 4TB external hard drive from Seagate for $55! This drive is $95 on Amazon. It was a better deal than the $140 8TB drive I got for my Plex server.




Not the fastest thing, but it'll still be useful. This is the drive it has inside it.


I pretty much got it for half off. Not bad.

Not sure if I'll use it the way it's intended, or if I'll shuck it and use it as an internal drive in my laptop or something.
 
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Decided to get this as another part of my bit by bit build. But couldn't resit and the case and cooler are now housing my sandybridge system until such times I get the rest:rolleyes::laugh:
 

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JRIVER FULL MEDIA CENTER MASTER RACE! Finally bought it. Sick of shitty linux media players and shitty windows media servers that are broken The media server is stupid easy got it setup allready and so far liking the DLNA stuffs.

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......also got 16gigs of corsair low profile DDR4 2400 memory for $35.
 

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I decided against the Intel 660p SSD in the end and ordered a Patriot Viper VPN100 SSD. Sadly, it turns out to have a rather big gap between the SSD controller and the thermal pad/heatsink...
Kind of negates that rather beefy heatsink they put on their SSDs...

Contacted their support, so let's see what their response is.

Not bad price at the equivalent of $300 for 2TB though. Locally it's the cheapest 2TB SSD with the exception of the Intel 600p and a Pioneer (yes, that Pioneer, most likely licensed branding though) oddball drive that seems to have zero support, much like the HP drives.

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Bunch of "stuff" for a new PC build that've had sitting around for a few weeks now (still in progress due to 3900x's being AWOL)
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I got this as a Bday gift a couple days ago.

I have to say I am impressed with the overall build quality and comfort.
Secret labs seems to make some really good stuff.
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I stopped by Micro Center this afternoon and did not escape without a lighter wallet. :laugh: Prices were lower than sticker.
1 TB NVMe 4.0 M.2 drive also due to be delivered tomorrow. Noctua NH-D15S should arrive in a week. Time to get a new Windows key!

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Got a friend in the US to get me one of these on Prime Day. Much nicer than I expected. Super slick to use and the remote feels really nice. Voice search even works really well, which surprised me. Now if only Prime Video would work on it... :p
Much better user interface than my Samsung "smart" TV and it supports much more software.
For those with a bunch of their own content, check out Emby, imho it's a much nicer media server than Plex. It works perfectly on the Fire TV sticks, but isn't available in most regions on Samsungs "smart" TV's...

Just a heads up to those not living in the US, if you get a Fire TV Stick that's not the "basic" model, Prime Video won't actually work on it...
Everything else works fine though, including Netflix etc. Just a rather bizarre decision by Amazon, since Prime Video is available where I live.

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Benchmark Scores bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o
no more AA/AAA batteries issues, well i already had a pair of Energizer Recharge 2000mAh but they are joined in their crusade against standard batteries by a quatuor of Panasonic Eneloop Pro 2500mAh plus their Panasonic BQ-CC55 fast charger and 2 Varta AAA 800mAh accu (soooo my remote control is no more ... a deadweight until i get some expensives AAA energizer lithium standard batteries, which i will not get anymore ... ok they did last ~1 year to their defense ) the Energizer already serve well in the Xbox one recon tech pad ... the Eneloop Pro will be for the motion controller of the VR headset (and for some other uses when i need em ... )
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wall charger... since i gave the other dual i had to my mother (which has one QC3.0 and one standard USB A port) and both my Pocophone F1 and Fiio X5 III can handle QC3.0 i decided to get a Aukey PA-T16 dual
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doesn't heat that much even when charging both devices ... for 29chf not a bad deal
 
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Bunch of "stuff" for a new PC build that've had sitting around for a few weeks now (still in progress due to 3900x's being AWOL)
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Finally added a mobo to the collection, got bored waiting for the 3900x before buying a board. No date on the CPU yet.. ><

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no more AA/AAA batteries issues, well i already had a pair of Energizer Recharge 2000mAh but they are joined in their crusade against standard batteries by a quatuor of Panasonic Eneloop Pro 2500mAh plus their Panasonic BQ-CC55 fast charger and 2 Varta AAA 800mAh accu (soooo my remote control is no more ... a deadweight until i get some expensives AAA energizer lithium standard batteries, which i will not get anymore ... ok they did last ~1 year to their defense ) the Energizer already serve well in the Xbox one recon tech pad ...

I always use duracell batteries for my wireless xbox360 controller, I buy them cheap in a 12 pack for 5,95 EUR.
 
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I always use duracell batteries for my wireless xbox360 controller, I buy them cheap in a 12 pack for 5,95 EUR.
nice price ... unfortunately for me a 4pack of basic duracell is around 6-7 EUR :laugh:

well i could get cheap 12 pack of AA when i am on holiday in Spain but the Energizer where 9 CHF for 2 and hold long enough between charge to be worth it
 
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Bluetooth earphones and mp3 player.
interested in what brand that MP3 is? Back when I only bought from COWON which those are $$ but now hard to find unless you'd what current which are meh

Edit: it would appear it's "unbranded ' but from the images I looked up is a K1 model. The UI looks like old Linux like but tell me if the Battery Life is actually 60HRs :wtf:

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I always use duracell batteries for my wireless xbox360 controller, I buy them cheap in a 12 pack for 5,95 EUR.
4 pack of regular eneloops costs less than 10 euro, lasts about 2000 cycles. Pro's have higher capacity, charge faster but last only 500 cycles. Charger with quick charge costs around 30 euros.

And that doesn't include the amount of waste generated by using regular batteries.
 
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I decided against the Intel 660p SSD in the end and ordered a Patriot Viper VPN100 SSD. Sadly, it turns out to have a rather big gap between the SSD controller and the thermal pad/heatsink...
Kind of negates that rather beefy heatsink they put on their SSDs...

Contacted their support, so let's see what their response is.

Not bad price at the equivalent of $300 for 2TB though. Locally it's the cheapest 2TB SSD with the exception of the Intel 600p and a Pioneer (yes, that Pioneer, most likely licensed branding though) oddball drive that seems to have zero support, much like the HP drives.

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Well, Patriot's support came through and sent me a new drive which doesn't have that lovely gap between the controller and thermal pad.
Runs quite hot still, but it seems to be ok, albeit not quite up to their rated numbers.
In contrast, the first drive wouldn't even finish CDM...

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