Which silicone heater? and Board?

[iamthebest22]

Ah okay so Aardvark, this one will work with my 24V power supply then for sure? https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https...IQpeihoM5p08x_

[curious aardvark]

Ah okay so Aardvark, this one will work with my 24V power supply then for sure? https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https...IQpeihoM5p08x_

IT's 24volt - so yep.

Pretty sure Mks also do arm boards with stepper motor sockets.

Now I went for the onboard ones for 2 reasons.
1) it's a cheaper board and I'm all about not spneding money I don't have :-)

2) given how amazingly my he3d delta prints - both hi-res and low res, slow and fast. And I haven't changed any firmware, stepper settings or driver modules. I'm of the opinion that 90% of all this messing with drivers, firmware etc just isn't necessary or going to result in faster or better prints. There does seem to be an awful lot of time and money wasted on changing firmware and drivers, when what's more important is fine tuning your slicer to work with your printer and local environs.
Alexa has fairly basic stepper motor drivers, yet can turn out prints as good as anything I've seen online.
Look at this way: I have a car for taking me and my junk where I want to go. It can go faster than the legal maximum speed limit, it can carry up to 6 passengers, or 4 and my crap in the boot. It's not a new or expensive car, but it can do everything necessary in a car.
It won't accelerate to 60mph in 3 seconds or hit 150mph max top speed. But then I am NEVER going to use or need that.
I think this messing about with stuff that won't make any practical difference is in the same league. Instead of actually learning how to use their printers properly, people think that throwing money at it is a viable alternative and will magically improve their prints. It won't, at some point you will still have to put the work in learning how to tune your slicer for your printer and environment and materials.

Spending £150 + for a board that is going to run a fairly basic printer is ludicrous.
If on the other hand you are making a large printer with 6 extruders and a mixing nozzle (like duet have) - then, yes it's a good idea.
But for a fairly ordinary 3d printer it's like me repalcing my car's 1.6l engine with a 3 litre turbo charge 500 hp monster. All that will happen is that I'm far more likely to get caught speeding and I'll spend 3 times as much money on fuel :-)