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[CrowTheRobot]

Upgraded my monitor finally and couldn’t be happier.  I had an Acer VG240Y 24” LCD since the early days of my build, and thought the 75hz was acceptable, but it was honestly sooooo worth the money to get something not only bigger and curved, but also capable of pushing to 165hz.  Debating now on getting an arm mount...

[CerealExperimentsLain]

On 5/14/2021 at 3:26 PM, CerealExperimentsLain said:

An i7 4790 for CAD$130, flat, no taxes, no shipping, via eBay.  It's for the PC in my signature that currently has an i5 4590.  That's a B85 board so no need for a K model.  I'm just doing a 'final upgrade' for it before I leave it alone for some years.  It's mostly for gaming and youtube in my bedroom on a 720p TV, so it's way overkill for that purpose.  I just wanted to max out the socket before leaving it.  I'll sell off the i5 4590 to make up some of the expense.  The PC in question more or less rivals an Xbox One X so I'll be content with it on a 720p TV.

I just realized that this would be a good thing to do a thread on and some benchmarks.  'Is it worth upgrading an old PC to the fastest CPU for it's socket???' kinda deal.

[Sweet Pea]

This sparks joy (All are new except the data and picard!)

 

The one you can't see is Guinan, which looks the following.

 

I still need to get a Worf, Beverly and Wesley print

[Spindel]

I needed a utility folding knife so I got one. 

[kokakolia]

The ULTIMATE kettle for snobs. It doesn't boil water faster but it looks NOICE!

 

Made in Italy

 

And yes, there's a whistling birdie at the end of the spout to signal that the water is boiling. 

[greenhorn]

16 minutes ago, kokakolia said:

The ULTIMATE kettle for snobs. It doesn't boil water faster but it looks NOICE!

 

Made in Italy

 

And yes, there's a whistling birdie at the end of the spout to signal that the water is boiling. 

[snip]

Alternatively, you can use the ultimate water boiling system for utterly reckless people: Just use a pair of razor blades, a couple of matches and a cable with a plug on one end and live and neutral wires on the other. It can be quite stunning (literally)...

Obviously, I don't condone doing that at all, it is very unsafe.

[kokakolia]

16 minutes ago, greenhorn said:

Alternatively, you can use the ultimate water boiling system for utterly reckless people: Just use a pair of razor blades, a couple of matches and a cable with a plug on one end and live and neutral wires on the other. It can be quite stunning (literally)...

Obviously, I don't condone doing that at all, it is very unsafe.

I'm not that badass

 

Alternatively, I'm amazed how fast water boils on induction stovetops, and all you need is a steel pot.

 

It's silly that people still buy electric kettles

[greenhorn]

1 minute ago, kokakolia said:

Alternatively, I'm amazed how fast water boils on induction stovetops, and all you need is a steel pot.

 

It's silly that people still buy electric kettles

High power together with high efficiency can do "wonders"

I still like electric kettles, they are still useful. Steel pots on the other hand also have the advantage that they can be used on any type of stove (and even outdoors on a camp fire).

[Murasaki]

Some wired earbuds for the PSP since I gave my previous to a relative.

Spoiler

 

[da na]

yep

[AndreiArgeanu]

This beauty just arrived today. I wanted one since the day it launched. Can't wait to start programming it.

 

[FmPhenom]

[Tan3l6]

New headphones. Old 30€ iSK HF2010 were great and all, just wanted to hear the price difference.

I present to you ... the Hifiman HE400se  (133€) 

On the back it's an unused mousepad.

[Inelastic]

6 hours ago, kokakolia said:

I'm not that badass

 

Alternatively, I'm amazed how fast water boils on induction stovetops, and all you need is a steel pot.

 

It's silly that people still buy electric kettles

Not really. My electric kettle has many temperature settings so that way I can get the temp just right for making my teas. Boiling water will overbrew green/white teas, making them bitter. If the water is too cool, then it won't brew fast enough and will also taste bad. It's much easier/convient to use this kettle than to try to get the right temp with the stove and a thermometer. It heats the water up really fast, something like 6 mins to boil with it full (1L). It has a keep temp setting so it'll keep the water at the same temp for like 30 mins. It's also insulated so even after a few hours the water is still warm so it takes less time to heat up again.

 

For my latest purchase, I just got this in today.

[sub68]

4 hours ago, Murasaki said:

Some wired earbuds for the PSP since I gave my previous to a relative.

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those are great for the price!

I own right now moondrop SSR and proably gonna get a pair of moondrop Spaceships

[Triggeravus]

 

I have at least one giant groundhog living under my house (burrowing).  I'm so desperate to get rid of it I may gas myself to death.

[soldier_ph]

Noctua T-Shirts:

[Moonzy]

Gonna #Blame@Eschew if this ended up no good /s

 

[Eschew]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

Gonna #Blame@Eschew if this ended up no good /s

 

-Mountain Dootdootdoodlydoo-

16 hours ago, Eschew said:

You can blame it all on me. 

[spartaman64]

i got focal clears

[Donut417]

 

Fathers day is coming up and dad specifically stated he wanted one. He wanted a one controller solution. Interested to see how it works. 

[mon1ka]

been using my new deskpad for a few days. beats my old one by a mile and a half: looks and feels so much nicer IMO

 

edit: before you ask: my mouse is normally not that close to my XLR cable. im moving the interface back RN.

[atxcyclist]

On 5/17/2021 at 9:44 AM, CerealExperimentsLain said:

I just realized that this would be a good thing to do a thread on and some benchmarks.  'Is it worth upgrading an old PC to the fastest CPU for it's socket???' kinda deal.

People overlook Haswel stuff these days, but honestly the 4790 is a good chip. I have an HTPC with an E3-1231 V3 in it, roughly equivalent, and it's still plenty good. I also use a 4790K (at stock speed, H97 board) in my office workstation for CAD and building modelling work, perfectly good even now. 

[CerealExperimentsLain]

52 minutes ago, atxcyclist said:

People overlook Haswel stuff these days, but honestly the 4790 is a good chip. I have an HTPC with an E3-1231 V3 in it, roughly equivalent, and it's still plenty good. I also use a 4790K (at stock speed, H97 board) in my office workstation for CAD and building modelling work, perfectly good even now. 

If you look at my signature you see my other machines.  What I tend to do is hand-me-down my main desktop PC to couch gaming PCs and the bedroom TV PC.  I got 3 years out of the 1080 before it was hand-me-downed to my living room couch gaming PC due to the purchase of my 3080.  And, er, that 3080 might go 4 years for me, it's pretty over kill with a 1440p main monitor on my desk.  So 'hand-me-downs' are gonna slow for... Years.  That said, this Haswell machine is in the bedroom plugged into a 768p TV.  Well, 1360x768 is at least not that demanding and the R9 390X trumps an Xbox One X in raw graphic power even but it has no HEVC decoding.  So I wanted to both max out the 1150 socket in the 85 mobo as it might run another 4 years in that state (Or longer, the 3900X in my living room couch gaming PC will... Probably be there a long time.  That's a heck of a 'casual couch PC gaming' CPU) but also get some better performance for HEVC decoding being done in software.

All in I'm pleased and I can get some money back by ebaying the i5 4590 I had retired too.

[SeriouslyMikey]