Running an ender 5 and while my board technically works fine, the USB socket popped off and despite my best efforts the joint holders are too damaged to solder a new one.

I mean maybe it’s about time, I had lost the original config file anyways. Does anyone have an idea of what’s “good” these days? Not really looking to spend more than $200 if I can help it

  • wildbus8979English
    6·
    10 months ago

    I have a BigTreeTech SKR MINI in my Ender 3 and it’s rather good, especially for the price

    • morbidcactus@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      I did a board swap on my mk3s with one of those, other than doing a few connector changes perfect replacement and they’re really reasonably priced. Steppers run way quiter as well which is another benefit

      • yokonzo@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        The steppers run quieter? I didn’t realize this was possible from just a board change

        • SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          They come with 2209’s which tend to be quieter

          I have the skr mini e3 v3 which has worked very well.

          Easy to setup in Klipper too if that’s your thing

        • wildbus8979English
          1·
          10 months ago

          Not sure which drivers came stock on your Ender 5 board, it’s possible it already uses “quiet” drivers.

        • morbidcactus@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Oh yeah what others said, the 2209 drivers are substantially quieter than those on the rambo. Most of the noise is from fans now.

    • Pohl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      One more vote for the SKR mini e3. Best upgrade you can do for one of these printers.