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[Solo]

I, like @GuilleAcoustic, got some headphones as a birthday gift.

 

[ignsvn]

One of the reasons I can't upgrade my GPU

 

[3lfk1ng]

I share your pain

 

[Revenant]

Upgraded my desktop audio a bit. This SMSL combo is very smooth, buttery, and clear. Smoother than my Aiyama T9 Hybrid Tube amp.

 

[ignsvn]

So, I'm slowly accumulating components for my 2nd rig.



Historically, CPUs in the Athlon category are power hungry. The current iteration - Athlon 3000G - is not an exception. It has 2 cores & 4 threads, running at 3.5 Ghz base clock. Not to mention the integrated Radeon Vega 3, with 3 Radeon graphic cores running at 1100 Mhz. At total combined TDP of 35 watt, the Athlon poses a serious challenge to any PSU. It will be interesting to see how the V750 will fare.

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

And I thought 400W was overkill for my 35W CPU....

 

[Arboreal]

You guys have now got me worried about the 120W brick on my Deskmini...
It seems to be coping with my overpowered Athlon 200GE, but I may regret that 3400G I've bought without getting a bigger power supply

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

An update at this post. Had an early treat for myself this Christmas.
Updated: My Shuttle DH370 i9-9900 32Gb to a Lenovo P360 Ultra i7-12700 RTXA2000 128Gb.
Added: Audiobyte Hydra.Hub Streamer/Converter, Puritan PSM156, Fiber Media Converters + LPS

Lenovo P360 Ultra specs:

 

[ignsvn]

Lenovo P360 Ultra specs:

Whoa that's a pretty powerful machine in a small package.

 

[m-i-c-k-e-y]

Just 3.9 Liters. More here: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/p/work...2s0007?orgRef=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

Just received the RTX A2000 12GB I ordered from ebay (thanks @robbee for the informations about the seller being trustable).

I'll take better pics for my workstation build thread, but here's a potatoe preview...

 

[ignsvn]

Not as extravagant as the post above me, but yesterday I purchased polishing bit for my Proxxon rotary tool. Also, my short generic wifi antennas have arrived.

Spoiler: the short antennas perform admirably for its size, but unfortunately there's a wall between my PC & my router, so the signal strength got affected pretty badly. For context, on 5Ghz band my default Gigabyte Aorus antenna got 78% signal strength while the short antennas got 48% signal strength. I still managed to load Youtube 1080p videos without waiting/buffering, but the margin is a bit tight for my taste. Also, for context, my router is rather old TP-Link Archer C7 (or C1200, can't remember).

I will still keep them though, as I believe the signal quality will improve in a more open area/room & it's really useful in tight spaces.

Edit: how I checked wifi strength on Windows 11: open command prompt, type & run "netsh wlan show interfaces"

Edit 2: it seems that on 2.4 Ghz band the short antennas fare much better. The Gigabyte antenna is already inside the box, so I compared with the MSI antennas that come with the B450i Gaming Max AC. They both get at around 82% signal strength. So yeah I guess it's true that 5Ghz band is faster but more susceptible to interference, while the 2.4 Ghz is slower but more.. robust.

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

Above is a Reviung34 (non-split) keyboard kit (gtips/reviung GitHub) :

• Black PCB with black FR4 switch plate
• Laser-cut 3mm EVA foam plate (goes between the PCB and the switch plate)
• Clear acrylic bottom plate + clear acrylic diffuser
• PRO Micro USB-C (black)
• Gateron PRO Yellow Milky switches

Note: I've ordered the kit from 42. Keebs and I highly recommend them. Petr is a lovely guy, everything was well packed in a cut to size shipping box



Above are the keycaps I'll go with. They are from the Little Pilot keycaps set (KAM profile). I have both the Alphas and the Ergo subsets. They are thick dye sublimated PBT with a glossy finish.

I'm planning to use the Seniply layout (based on a modified Colemak-DH). KAM profile being uniform means that it is easier to swap keycaps to try exotic layouts.

Next step: Smol SMD diodes and LEDs soldering .... I'm not looking forward to it

 

[ignsvn]

Happy new year folks!

Not my toy, found on the internet. Damn cool.



Or on Instagram, with some Transformers audio from the original movie

Seems that you can get yours here Flagship Optimus Prime (robosen.com) (Disclaimer, I'm not affiliated with them in any way). Interesting, programmable in some way.

 

[ignsvn]

It seems that they have a trailer kit.. darn cool Flagship OptimusPrime Trailer Kit (robosen.com)



It opens & seems to have enough space for something like a Raspberry Pi. Surely can also attach a small portable monitor somewhere.



OK SFF folks, so that's your 2023 challenge

 

[Dawelio]

As an huge Transformers and specificially Optimus Prime fan, I ain't gonna lie, that is cool!

 

[steelfractal]

OK SFF folks, so that's your 2023 challenge

do it have to work and have all the same functions and 1798 $ is a lot of money for a case

 

[steelfractal]

so things happened money was spent things were bought and it didn't even take a month from start to finish( ha you thought so no this is an endless pit of doom and despair) after talking with @TutorialIsland @GuilleAcoustic and @Kaji and huge thanks to all of them guiding me through the obstacle course of a rabbit hole that is HiFi speakers amps and headphones in the sff discord they won me over so now I am the proud owner of a pair of HIFIMAN Sundara's and a
Motu m2 audio interface and I am not done yet with some more cool audio gear getting bought when I get paid again counting on you guys to help with getting the good stuff again

 

[GuilleAcoustic]

so things happened money was spent things were bought and it didn't even take a month from start to finish( ha you thought so no this is an endless pit of doom and despair) after talking with @TutorialIsland @GuilleAcoustic and @Kaji and huge thanks to all of them guiding me through the obstacle course of a rabbit hole that is HiFi speakers amps and headphones in the sff discord they won my over so now I am now the proud owner of a pair of HIFIMAN Sundara's and a
Motu m2 audio interface and I am not done yet with some more cool audio gear getting bought when I get paid again counting on you guys to help with getting the good stuff again

You're welcome. Hope you like your new gears.

I'll repeat myself, but I can't help but call those the Hifiman Tsundere .

Nice setup by the way, very clean.

 

[Truth]

Tis but a necessary step in draining your wallet.