What tech are y'all buying/upgrading this year?

[JR1911]

I'll probably do a new Ryzen/Vega build later this year and I'll probably also replace my current monitor with 4K Freesync one.

 

I'd also like to get another pair of nice headphones like Audeze LCD-2 or maybe a Stax system. Maybe also a headphone tube amp. Already replaced my failing Cambridge Audio DacMagic Plus with a Marantz HD-DAC1 a few weeks ago.

[XenosTech]

Well so far my phone's been upgraded to a lg v10 and my unintentionally upgraded to a strix 1070, now for what I plan to upgrade is my 6500 to a 6700k and building my gf a pc with said 6500 but idk what parts I'm slapping in that build besides the cpu

[IrshaadH]

Got my eye on the s8.  Holding out for a review (particularly of battery life) and a potential free upgrade from Bell.

[Mr.Meerkat]

Laptop:

Something that's a 13.3" ultrabook that weighs sub 1.3KG and is sub 15mm thick from my 2.4KG 21mm 15.6" lappy.

Desktop:

Hopefully vega and downsizing to mITX but probably isn't going to happen due to the next thing...

Non-tech related:

Hopefully an Alfa Mito in white or blue...as my first car  

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Laptop:

Something that's a 13.3" ultrabook that weighs sub 1.3KG and is sub 15mm thick from my 2.4KG 21mm 15.6" lappy.

Desktop:

Hopefully vega and downsizing to mITX but probably isn't going to happen due to the next thing...

Non-tech related:

Hopefully an Alfa Mito in white or blue...as my first car  

Nice

[Himommies]

19 hours ago, dexT said:

Mini or OG model? I had a MS-10 in the 90's.

Mini.I need a bigger house

[dexT]

15 minutes ago, Himommies said:

Mini.I need a bigger house

Yeah synths pile up fast. They're so delectable though.

[dizmo]

6 hours ago, SeraphicWings said:

Onkyo Granbeat DP-CMX1

Interesting phone! Not something I'd get as the screen is way too small for me, but it's nice to see companies branching out like that. Shame it's a Japan only model and probably doesn't support the bands needed for other areas.

5 hours ago, Mutoh said:

Thanks for the tip! Im pretty close to the border but thats about double what I want to spend on a chair so Ill probably check my local options first haha. I dont need anything fancy

They should have some of Millers lower tier chairs as well, which should be quite a bit cheaper. I have a friend who bought one and he absolutely loves them.

You live close to the border and you don't have a US shipping address? I got most of my stuff from down south. Saved thousands over the years.

4 hours ago, Ithanul said:

I am selling with everything included (EK full blocks, back plate, air cooler, and boxes).  Only asking $370 each or $700 both which includes shipping within US48.

Wow with all of that stuff it's a solid price too. Surprised no one's snapped them up!
You have them on the Reddit Hardware Swap I'm guessing?

4 hours ago, IrshaadH said:

Got my eye on the s8.  Holding out for a review (particularly of battery life) and a potential free upgrade from Bell.

Samsung is generally really good when it comes to battery life in their devices, I'm sure this will be no different. Hopefully Canada gets the Exynos models again.

3 hours ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Laptop:

Something that's a 13.3" ultrabook that weighs sub 1.3KG and is sub 15mm thick from my 2.4KG 21mm 15.6" lappy.

Desktop:

Hopefully vega and downsizing to mITX but probably isn't going to happen due to the next thing...

Non-tech related:

Hopefully an Alfa Mito in white or blue...as my first car  

Interesting car, looks super tiny. Are they expensive? Two things when I think of Alfa are expensive and unreliable.

[samcool55]

I bought one of those fake MX blue mechanical keyboard with led's from aliexpress for 27 bucks.

Should arrive next week, i'm wondering how it will be

 

[Mr.Meerkat]

Just now, dizmo said:

Interesting car, looks super tiny. Are they expensive? Two things when I think of Alfa are expensive and unreliable.

Yeah, it's pretty small  

Well I'm going for a 2009-2013 used one which goes around for £3000-6000 but a completely new one costs like 11K so...I mean... they're not actually that expensive plus Alfa has gotten their ass together and they seem to be a lot more reliable now. 

 

Just now, samcool55 said:

I bought one of those fake MX blue mechanical keyboard with led's from aliexpress for 27 bucks.

Should arrive next week, i'm wondering how it will be

 

Mechbrane or a "knock off"?  

[flibberdipper]

Soon (hopefully) my dad will be picking up a 970 to replace my 7950 before it eventually dies. Later on in the year I think I'd like to get a new phone since my current phone (Galaxy Avant) is fucking trash.

[samcool55]

Just now, Mr.Meerkat said:

Mechbrane or a "knock off"?  

It is mechanical, not membrane fakeness, they were even cheaper

I wanted a keyboard without the numpad part so mechanical is apart from some exceptions the only option.

 

It's a renault i don't know what. Why it's called a renault i don't know, but it's definitely not a car.

[dizmo]

5 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

I bought one of those fake MX blue mechanical keyboard with led's from aliexpress for 27 bucks.

Should arrive next week, i'm wondering how it will be

 

Haha, have you ever used real Cherry switches before?
If not, probably not bad, unless the overall quality is real shit.

If you have, probably not the greatest

4 minutes ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Yeah, it's pretty small  

Well I'm going for a 2009-2013 used one which goes around for £3000-6000 but a completely new one costs like 11K so...I mean... they're not actually that expensive plus Alfa has gotten their ass together and they seem to be a lot more reliable now.

Ah good to know, they're finally starting to sell cars on this side of the pond and I quite like the look of the 4 door sedan! In 5 years when they've fallen in price I'd almost consider one, though I've always been more partial to SUVs.

That's a good price, too. With the right lip and rim combination they look super nice.

[dizmo]

4 minutes ago, tmcclelland455 said:

Soon (hopefully) my dad will be picking up a 970 to replace my 7950 before it eventually dies. Later on in the year I think I'd like to get a new phone since my current phone (Galaxy Avant) is fucking trash.

They're really cheap now! Though, depending on where you're getting it (eBay for example), a 980 can be had for almost the same price.

[dizmo]

14 hours ago, Coaxialgamer said:

Yez, the 2015 axon elite with the s810. Got it new for 190$. Apart from the poor community rom support, it's a good phone. People really exaggerated the issues linked to s810 imo. 

Nice, good to know! I have no interest in aftermarket ROM support so one less thing I have to worry about

[samcool55]

Just now, dizmo said:

Haha, have you ever used real Cherry switches before?
If not, probably not bad, unless the overall quality is real shit.

If you have, probably not the greatest

I have a razer blackwidow with real MX blues and i have tried the razer green switches.

So yes, i have used them before  But honestly even if they are a bit sh*t, i can live with that. The razer green switches were so awful my expectations are low anyway.

 

It's just the fact that it was so stupidly cheap and had led's i went well f*ck it and just ordered it.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

I want to get a second graphics card so I can finally set up GPU passthrough and confine Windows to a VM.  Waiting for Vega to decide what I'll get. 

 

Oh, and I do need to do something about the SSDs in my NAS because I'm running out of space on those. 

[Guest]

S8+/note 8 (hopefully), HTC Vive would be amazing but if I'm honest with myself I can't afford it lol, maybe upgrade to ryzen..?(probably not though), and Nintendo switch games

[Lethalmonk]

one plus 4. or whatever they are gonna call it.

[Mr.Meerkat]

2 minutes ago, samcool55 said:

It is mechanical, not membrane fakeness, they were even cheaper

I wanted a keyboard without the numpad part so mechanical is apart from some exceptions the only option.

 

It's a renault i don't know what. Why it's called a renault i don't know, but it's definitely not a car.

My experience with OUTEMU blacks are very pleasant so I doubt they'll be that bad  

 

1 minute ago, dizmo said:

Ah good to know, they're finally starting to sell cars on this side of the pond and I quite like the look of the 4 door sedan! In 5 years when they've fallen in price I'd almost consider one, though I've always been more partial to SUVs.

That's a good price, too. With the right lip and rim combination they look super nice.

Alfa Giulia Quadrifoglio has become my second favourite car  (after a nice white and blue Mitsubishi Evo X...).

 

Yeah, they look pwetty and isn't too expensive...I mean I currently almost have enough saved up to buy one outright although I'd still probably need to borrow half from my mother as insurance will be around 2-3K...basically as much as what the car costs  

[kelvinhall05]

On 4/4/2017 at 9:05 PM, dizmo said:

PC

Waiting for Ryzen to mature and actually get some good ITX boards, then I'll build a very SFF build with Ryzen 5. Really hoping Vega has some ITX cards.

Monitor

Depends on Vega, but either a 29" 21:9 or a nice 24" IPS. Possibly a 38" 21:9, but we'll see how Vega performs.

 

Literally exactly what I was going to say

The only thing I will be upgrading other than this is my mouse, probably to a G502. I also MIGHT buy a G4560 and ITX motherboard combo instead.

[PacketAtlas]

Well since DDR5 is gonna be a thing soon, it might almost be time to upgrade my DDR3 RAM and CPU socket....

[Broke]

I am buying gtx 1060 since my old rx 280x gave up :(. Wanted to buy Nvidia gtx 1070 but prices of it is very high in my country starting from 520 usd.

[SeraphicWings]

4 hours ago, dizmo said:

Interesting phone! Not something I'd get as the screen is way too small for me, but it's nice to see companies branching out like that. Shame it's a Japan only model and probably doesn't support the bands needed for other areas.

Onkyo released this phone in Japan and Hong Kong, the latter should cover the bands I need 

[Ithanul]

4 hours ago, dizmo said:

You have them on the Reddit Hardware Swap I'm guessing?

Have yet to post them over on Reddit.  May have to.