What's your latest tech purchase?

Hardcore Games · Feb 28, 2024

Double-Click · Feb 28, 2024

This wasn't fully on my radar, but couldn't resist given the price (comes w/ Frozen Wilds too).

lexluthermiester · Feb 28, 2024

Double-Click said:
This wasn't fully on my radar, but couldn't resist given the price (comes w/ Frozen Wilds too).

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That is a good price!

Yukikaze · Feb 28, 2024

Waldorf said:
@Yukikaze
nice, still hope you will tape up those areas in rear/top,
especially around the fans, so your not just pulling hot air right back in thru circulation.

The system runs so cool that it really isn't needed. So I'm going to call it done for now. I already have a new (and weird!) project that I am putting together from more spare parts and ebay finds...

One thing I realized is that my NAS box (running a 3570S) has a better CPU cooler than this crappy one. So I swapped them. Now this machine has a Thermalright AXP90-X47 and the crappy cooler is in the NAS box. The latter doesn't care because it sees barely any CPU load, and the 3500X is much happier.

Chomiq · Feb 28, 2024

Double-Click said:
This wasn't fully on my radar, but couldn't resist given the price (comes w/ Frozen Wilds too).

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I have it for PS, never finished it, just couldn't really get into it. It was just another fetch quest bonanza to me.

FreedomEclipse · Feb 28, 2024

:EDIT:

Amazon sending it out quicker than Wi-fi.

KrazyT · Feb 28, 2024

FreedomEclipse said:
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What ? 59.99£ ? Here it's 145.55 € on 'Mazon.fr :eek:

P4-630 · Feb 28, 2024

KrazyT said:
What ? 59.99£ ? Here it's 145.55 € on 'Mazon.fr

€117,95 here on amazon.nl

Shrek · Feb 28, 2024

$149.99 on Amazon US

FreedomEclipse · Feb 28, 2024

KrazyT said:
What ? 59.99£ ? Here it's 145.55 € on 'Mazon.fr

I cheated

I had an unexpected £40 voucher from my cell provider for signing up to their network a while back that arrived a day ago. Didnt think I was ever going to get it so I was super surprised when it arrived.

Otherwise this is the current price:

I could have bought it yesterday but at that time they were charging £122 which was bit of a hell naw from me. Checked this morning and amazon had a deal going and the cheapest its been is £93-94 in the past. I'm willing to forego the pain of not having a beer and a half just to get on this deal.

Initially I was thinking about going for the AX53 or 55 to save a hefty wad of cash as nobody in this house has a wifi 6 device and most likely wont in the near future. But the general consensus of this house was that I might aswell pay the extra for wifi 6 for futureproofing. That and this old R7000 only supports 20 and 40hz frequencies while the AX72 also has 160hz which is theoretically better penetrating walls than 20 and 40?? (I think - its what i read. Im not completely clued up on wifi stuff) Also more antennas = better and AX72 seems to get more hype than the AX73 which is weird (73 is faster but not by a whole lot)

:EDITED:

Almost fukin doxxed myself hahaha

de.das.dude · Feb 28, 2024

about 89EUR here

FreedomEclipse · Feb 28, 2024

de.das.dude said:
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about 89EUR here

Thats the same price they are going for in Hong Kong when I checked. I currently have a family member out there who is returning very soon so I was curious if it was worth importing. HK has no VAT rate whereas you guys have 28%??

Some things are always cheaper in Asia anyway..... Not always but quite a lot of the time.

RUSerious · Feb 28, 2024

I mostly lurk around here, but after beating my brains out trying to find a new monitor to replace my Dell Ultrasharp u2719d (passed on to the Mrs) I grabbed an Alienware AW3423DWF. I really didn't want to spend more than $600, but, alas the cheaper one I bought disappointed. This will be more enjoyable gaming, but I'll miss the super crisp text of the Ultrasharp. Obligatory image:

nomdeplume · Feb 28, 2024

Only a small amount of double guessing went into choosing this over ATX 3.0 design. Mostly on the brain inside newer designs offering something worthwhile. Or maybe there is some other reason these are less popular than models built on a Seasonic base. It is considerably larger than Seasonic S12III 550w it replaced and even most of the enthusiast level 750w on the market.

Super Flower Leadex III 750w

wNotyarD · Feb 28, 2024

It'll take a while for me to recover from this purchase (nah, just kidding - been saving EXCLUSIVELY for a big PC upgrade for a while, and it reached black friday-level price). Roughly USD1500, normal price ranges from 1700 to 2000 depending on the shop.

RUSerious · Feb 28, 2024

wNotyarD said:
It'll take a while for me to recover from this purchase (nah, just kidding - been saving EXCLUSIVELY for a big PC upgrade for a while, and it reached black friday-level price). Roughly USD1500, normal price ranges from 1700 to 2000 depending on the shop.
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Enjoy!! Hoping your wallet has a speedy recovery

wNotyarD · Feb 28, 2024

RUSerious said:
Enjoy!! Hoping your wallet has a speedy recovery

As I said, I just broke the piggy bank :laugh:

Veseleil · Feb 29, 2024

nomdeplume said:
Only a small amount of double guessing went into choosing this over ATX 3.0 design. Mostly on the brain inside newer designs offering something worthwhile. Or maybe there is some other reason these are less popular than models built on a Seasonic base. It is considerably larger than Seasonic S12III 550w it replaced and even most of the enthusiast level 750w on the market.

Super Flower Leadex III 750w

My Capstone 1000M is still going strong in my main rig. Super Flower Golden Green platform. Yup, the one before Leadex became a thing. Bought it second hand from a cryptominer. Decision made after reading this review. So far it's proven to be reliable and resilient to spikes of the 6900XTXH OC'ed to max (w/o MPT).

Hardcore Games · Feb 29, 2024

A 1 TB SATA for $59.99 with free shipping in Canada, about US $44. M.2 variants are also much less costly.

nomdeplume · Feb 29, 2024

Veseleil said:
My Capstone 1000M is still going strong in my main rig. Super Flower Golden Green platform. Yup, the one before Leadex became a thing. Bought it second hand from a cryptominer. Decision made after reading this review. So far it's proven to be reliable and resilient to spikes of the 6900XTXH OC'ed to max (w/o MPT).

I'm guessing SF built this for Rosewill.

About the only research I did was browsing TPU review of RGB version. ATX12v 2.32 choice came off sounding much like it favored your experience with touching a system up a bit on the performance end.

neatfeatguy · Feb 29, 2024

Upgraded my server. Got a 5600X3D from microcenter, it was marked as open box and was only priced at $160. It was their very last 5600X3D at my location. The normal 5600x is $140. I figured I'd take the X3D version to play with it just because.

On a side note the Be Quiet heatsink, the TIM on it had a bunch of black flakes of something all over it. I cleaned it off an applied my own. I emailed Be Quite about it and in a form of an apology they're sending me a tube of thermal paste they use for their high end coolers (such as Dark Rock Pro 4).

faye · Feb 29, 2024

Bought a cheap little 3 port HDMI switch. Sadly, the TV I'm using as a monitor cuts out for a second or two seemingly at random when run through it. Going to try with a couple different cables and see if that fixes it, and if not it's going back. Oh well.

nomdeplume said:
I'm guessing SF built this for Rosewill.

About the only research I did was browsing TPU review of RGB version. ATX12v 2.32 choice came off sounding much like it favored your experience with touching a system up a bit on the performance end.

Yes, it's a Super Flower build - I've got one too. Was something of an open secret back when it released.

lexluthermiester · Feb 29, 2024

Hardcore Games said:
A 1 TB SATA for $59.99 with free shipping in Canada, about US $44. M.2 variants are also much less costly.

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KingSpec is decent brand. I've bought a bunch for my shop over the years and have only had a few come back. They have good performance and make for great budget friendly drives. Like any other brand, lean toward the TLC drives.

de.das.dude · Feb 29, 2024

FreedomEclipse said:
Thats the same price they are going for in Hong Kong when I checked. I currently have a family member out there who is returning very soon so I was curious if it was worth importing. HK has no VAT rate whereas you guys have 28%??

Some things are always cheaper in Asia anyway..... Not always but quite a lot of the time.

this price is inclusive of all taxes and delivery fee.

And yeah, shipping a 1000miles is cheaper than 5 times that

Veseleil · Feb 29, 2024

Postman delivered this today:

Replacement fan for one of the 3 from Amazon that have a cracked blade.
Phanteks International support team kept their promise.

System Name	Stugots V
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk
Cooling	Thermalright PA-120 Black
Memory	2 x 16GB G.Skill 3600Mhz CL16
Video Card(s)	ASUS Dual RTX 4070
Storage	500GB WD SN750 \| 2TB WD SN750 \| 6TB WD Red +
Display(s)	Dell S2716DG (1440p / 144Hz)
Case	Fractal Meshify 2 Compact
Audio Device(s)	JDS Labs Element \| Audioengine HD3 + A8 \| Beyerdynamic DT-990 Pro (250)
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus 850W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Leopold FC750R
Software	Win 10 Pro x64

System Name	Dire Wolf IV
Processor	Intel Core i9 14900K
Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z790-I GAMING WIFI
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
Memory	2x24GB Corsair DDR5 6667
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA RTX4080 FE
Storage	AORUS Gen4 7300 1TB + Western Digital SN750 500GB
Display(s)	Alienware AW3423DWF (QD-OLED, 3440x1440, 165hz)
Case	Corsair Airflow 2000D
Power Supply	Corsair SF1000L
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Essential
Keyboard	Chuangquan CQ84
Software	Windows 11 Professional

Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Elite
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE
Memory	2x16 GB Crucial Ballistix 3600 CL16 Rev E @ 3800 CL16
Video Card(s)	RTX3080 Ti FE
Storage	SX8200 Pro 1 TB, Plextor M6Pro 256 GB, WD Blue 2TB
Display(s)	LG 34GN850P-B
Case	SilverStone Primera PM01 RGB
Audio Device(s)	SoundBlaster G6 \| Fidelio X2 \| Sennheiser 6XX
Power Supply	SeaSonic Focus Plus Gold 750W
Mouse	Endgame Gear XM1R
Keyboard	Wooting Two HE

System Name	Codename: Icarus Mk.VI
Processor	Intel 8600k@Stock -- pending tuning
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strixx Z370-F
Cooling	CPU: BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Memory	32GB XPG Gammix D10 {2x16GB}
Video Card(s)	ASUS Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 512GB SSD (Boot)\|WD SN770 (Gaming)\|2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300\|2x 2TB Crucial BX500
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White)
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Corsair AX760
Mouse	Logitech G900
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

Processor	Intel i7 77OOK
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus something
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S dual fan
Memory	Ballistix 32 Go
Video Card(s)	MSI 3060 Gaming X
Storage	Mixed bag of M2 SSD and SATA SSD
Display(s)	MSI 34" 3440x1440 Artimys 343CQR
Case	Old Corsair Obsidian something
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Old Antec HCG 620 still running good
Mouse	Steelseries something
Keyboard	Steelseries someting too
Benchmark Scores	bench ? no time to lose with bench ! :)

What's your latest tech purchase?

Hardcore Games

Double-Click

lexluthermiester

Yukikaze

Chomiq

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

KrazyT

P4-630

Shrek

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

de.das.dude

Pro Indian Modder

FreedomEclipse

~Technological Technocrat~

RUSerious

New Member

nomdeplume

wNotyarD

RUSerious

New Member

wNotyarD

Veseleil

Hardcore Games

nomdeplume

neatfeatguy

faye

lexluthermiester

de.das.dude

Pro Indian Modder

Veseleil

System Name	AlderLake / Laptop
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz / Intel i3 7100U
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master / HP 83A3 (U3E1)
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans / Fan
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36 / 8GB DDR4 HyperX CL13
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio / Intel HD620
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2 / Samsung 256GB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p / 14" 1080p IPS Glossy
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window / HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Panasonic SA-PMX94 / Realtek onboard + B&O speaker system / Harman Kardon Go + Play / Logitech G533
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Plus Gold 750W / Powerbrick
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless / Logitech M330 wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless / HP backlit
Software	Windows 11 / Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	CyberPowerPC ET8070
Processor	Intel Core i5-10400F
Motherboard	Gigabyte B460M DS3H AC-Y1
Memory	2 x Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	MSI Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Super
Storage	500GB SN550 WD Blue NVMe M.2
Display(s)	Dell P2416D (2560 x 1440)
Power Supply	Apevia 600W Gold 80 Plus
Software	Windows 11 Home

System Name	Monke \| Work Thinkpad\| Old Monke
Processor	Ryzen 5600X \| Ryzen 5500U \| FX8320
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Extreme4 \| ? \| Asrock 990FX Extreme 4
Cooling	240mm Rad \| Not needed \| hyper 212 EVO
Memory	2x16GB DDR4 3600 Corsair RGB \| 16 GB DDR4 3600 \| 16GB DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX6700XT 12GB \| Vega 8 \| Sapphire Pulse RX580 8GB
Storage	Samsung 980 nvme (Primary) \| some samsung SSD
Display(s)	Dell 2723DS \| Some 14" 1080p 98%sRGB IPS \| Dell 2240L
Case	Ant Esports Tempered case \| Thinkpad \| Antec
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 \| Jabra corpo stuff
Power Supply	Corsair RM750e \| not needed \| Corsair GS 600
Mouse	Logitech G400 \| nipple
Keyboard	Logitech G213 \| stock kb is awesome \| Logitech K230
VR HMD	;_;
Software	Windows 10 Professional x3
Benchmark Scores	There are no marks on my bench

Processor	Intel i5 8400
Motherboard	Asus Prime H370M-Plus/CSM
Cooling	Scythe Big Shuriken & Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM chromax.black.swap
Memory	8GB Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4-2400
Video Card(s)	ROG-STRIX-GTX1060-O6G-GAMING
Storage	1TB 980 Pro
Display(s)	Samsung UN55KU6300F
Case	Cooler Master MasterCase Pro 3
Power Supply	Super Flower Leadex III 750w
Software	W11 Pro

System Name	G-Station 1.17 FINAL
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X470 Aorus Gaming 7 Wi-Fi
Cooling	DeepCool AK620 Digital
Memory	Asgard Bragi DDR4-3600CL14 2x16GB
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse RX 7900 XTX
Storage	240GB Samsung 840 Evo, 1TB Asgard AN2, 2TB Hiksemi FUTURE-LITE, 320GB+1TB 7200RPM HDD
Display(s)	Samsung 34" Odyssey OLED G8
Case	Thermaltake Level 20 MT
Audio Device(s)	Astro A40 TR + MixAmp
Power Supply	Cougar GEX X2 1000W
Mouse	Razer Viper Ultimate
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman Elite (Red)
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Purple Haze \| Vacuum Box
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D (-30 CO) \| Intel® Xeon® E3-1241 v3
Motherboard	MSI B450 Tomahawk Max \| Gigabyte GA-Z87X-UD5H
Cooling	Dark Rock 4 Pro, P14, P12, T30 case fans \| 212 Evo & P12 PWM PST x2, Arctic P14 & P12 case fans
Memory	32GB Ballistix (Micron E 19nm) CL16 @3733MHz \| 32GB HyperX Beast 2400MHz (XMP)
Video Card(s)	AMD 6900XTXH ASRock OC Formula & Phanteks T30x3 \| AMD 5700XT Sapphire Nitro+ & Arctic P12x2
Storage	ADATA SX8200 Pro 1TB, Toshiba P300 3TB x2 \| Kingston A400 120GB, Fanxiang S500 Pro 256GB
Display(s)	Mi 2K Gaming Monitor 27", AOC 24G2U
Case	Modded MS Industrial Titan II Pro RGB \| Heavily Modded Cooler Master Q500L
Audio Device(s)	Audient iD14 MKII, Adam Audio T8Vs, Bloody M550, HiFiMan HE400se, Tascam TM-80
Power Supply	Rosewill Capstone 1000M \| Enermax Revolution X't 730W (both with P14 fans)
Mouse	Logitech G305, Bloody A91, Amazon basics, Logitech M187
Keyboard	Redragon K530, Bloody B930, Epomaker TH80 SE, BTC 9110
Software	W10 LTSC 21H2

System Name	Personal / HTPC
Processor	Ryzen 5900x / Ryzen 5600X3D
Motherboard	Asrock x570 Phantom Gaming 4 /ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming
Cooling	Corsair H100i / bequiet! Pure Rock Slim 2
Memory	32GB DDR4 3200 / 16GB DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA XC3 Ultra RTX 3080Ti / EVGA RTX 3060 XC
Storage	500GB Pro 970, 250 GB SSD, 1TB & 500GB Western Digital / lots
Display(s)	Dell - S3220DGF & S3222DGM 32"
Case	CoolerMaster HAF XB Evo / CM HAF XB Evo
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G35 headset
Power Supply	850W SeaSonic X Series / 750W SeaSonic X Series
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Black Microsoft Natural Elite Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 / Windows 10 Pro 64

System Name	Desktop/HTPC
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 I Aorus Pro WiFi ITX
Cooling	ID Cooling DashFlow 240mm AIO
Memory	64GB (2x32) G.Skill Trident Z RGB DDR4-3600 CL18
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB
Storage	4TB WD SN850X NVMe, 2TB WD SN850X NVMe
Display(s)	LG OLED65B9PUA 65" 4K OLED TV
Case	Lian Li x Dan A4-H20
Audio Device(s)	USB to MiniDSP DDRC24 DAC, RCA to SUMO Andromeda amp, wired to Wharfedale SP88 speakers
Power Supply	Silverstone SX1000R SFX-L Platinum ATX 3.0
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite
Keyboard	Corsair K65 RGB Mini
VR HMD	Oculus Rift / PSVR / PSVR2 / Lenovo Explorer
Software	Windows 11 Pro