What's your latest tech purchase?

Capitan Harlock · Apr 13, 2018

I just got my self a good Arcade stick Madcatz Street Fighter 4 Tournament Edition Round 2 .

It's the Ps3 versions but works all right with Steam controller config and X input files :rockout:

AsRock · Apr 15, 2018

scevism said:
WOW i have the same pre amp been running great for the last 20 years

It has a friend now too lol, would of been nice to been able to get it's big brother but not as if i need it anyways. Sadly it was full of dust although cleaned most of it out.

Teaser pics.

HammerON · Apr 15, 2018

This is what the Rosewell case looks like now:

witkazy · Apr 15, 2018

Been usin' them babies for a while now ,and yet failed to show them off somehow..
well ,here they go:

P4-630 · Apr 15, 2018

I just leave this here....

phill · Apr 15, 2018

Whilst this hasn't been bought new or bought recently, I have managed to get it up and running with a now spare PSU.. Oh I do love a bit of hardware

Much love still here for the X58 setups and I hope that this one doesn't disappoint too much

AsRock · Apr 15, 2018

witkazy said:
Been usin' them babies for a while now ,and yet failed to show them off somehow..
well ,here they go:

They have one the VSX-3900 in our local, been there a while now they would probably let it got for $10 as some one decided to break a button on it :|.

I still have a Pioneer VSX 56TXi heavy as hell.

witkazy · Apr 15, 2018

AsRock said:
They have one the VSX-3900 in our local, been there a while now they would probably let it got for $10 as some one decided to break a button on it :|.

I still have a Pioneer VSX 56TXi heavy as hell.

Mine vsx5400 is not exactly portable either

spankin' 10kg ,made in 1989 alive and kicking in 2018 :rockout:

Looks like they were build to last or something

Space Lynx · Apr 15, 2018

FreedomEclipse said:
Still waiting for a few other bits and peice to arrive. smaller items were much cheaper on amazon.

I pray to the many jesuses that this 8600k is a good overclocker

I got a golden chip I think. I am 24.7 365 5.2ghz at 1.425vcore avx 0 and LLC mode 4 on MSI bios, and set it to Override mode. everything else I left default. liquid metal on IHS and top of CPU. im not breaking 65 celsius in extreme stress tests... so I doubt I break 60 celsius in gaming. i am actually glad I went this way over 8700k at 4.8 or 4.9ghz. seems like its easier to handle a OC when no HT is involved, and 99% of games i play won't even really benefit from the extra threads.

I was watching a leaked video of the AMD 2700x recently, in world of warcraft it was only using 1-2 cores, 95% usage a lot of times on one core and no other core being used. So i loaded up WoW did the same flight pattern, my CPu usage on 1 core never broke 65%. strong core = king. 6 strong cores? Sparta. 8 weak cores + 8 weaker threads? Persians.

AsRock · Apr 15, 2018

witkazy said:
Mine vsx5400 is not exactly portable either spankin' 10kg ,made in 1989 alive and kicking in 2018 Looks like they were build to last or something

Well except the solder joints

.

AsRock · Apr 16, 2018

Well here's my old(28years) new amp i picked up and some thing else that from the 70's which needs a clean and testing yet but some seemed to like the Sansui i posted a while back so.

AsRock · Apr 18, 2018

Here's a inside shot, little dusty, but if you look carefully you will see a date too. Sadly their is not output from the amp or preamp although there is from the headphone socket, all so noticed that there is 3 bolts missing too which holds the casing on ( so some ones been in). when i picked it up i noticed it was plugged in and some one left it facing away and hoping some one did not flip the switch on the back ( power Mode ) when it was turned on or soon after being turned off as this typically kills the power transistors.

Anyways,

adulaamin · Apr 20, 2018

These have been sitting in my room for about a month and a half now. I was hoping I could go on holiday early but my solicitor and the immigration office here in Australia are giving me conflicting information regarding my visa. Long story short, I'll have to wait until June 16 to use them coz my PC is back home in the Philippines. I had hoped to be back home early April but oh well.

theonek · Apr 20, 2018

adulaamin said:
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These have been sitting in my room for about a month and a half now. I was hoping I could go on holiday early but my solicitor and the immigration office here in Australia are giving me conflicting information regarding my visa. Long story short, I'll have to wait until June 16 to use them coz my PC is back home in the Philippines. I had hoped to be back home early April but oh well.

Well, if you won't need them, sell them. I could buy both...

adulaamin · Apr 20, 2018

theonek said:
Well, if you won't need them, sell them. I could buy both...

I might sell them if my holiday gets delayed again. It's been delayed twice already. I've had to rebook flights twice as well.

Disparia · Apr 20, 2018

R-Pi 3 B+. Just the board as I'm waiting on the PoE hat to become available for PXE boot (no power adapter or SD card).

Sasqui · Apr 20, 2018

AsRock said:
Here's a inside shot, little dusty, but if you look carefully you will see a date too. Sadly their is not output from the amp or preamp although there is from the headphone socket, all so noticed that there is 3 bolts missing too which holds the casing on ( so some ones been in). when i picked it up i noticed it was plugged in and some one left it facing away and hoping some one did not flip the switch on the back ( power Mode ) when it was turned on or soon after being turned off as this typically kills the power transistors.

Anyways,

Bummer, I was drooling over that Marantz ... what does the power mode selector on the back supposed to do? Also, seeing a remote control plug is pretty amazing.

adulaamin said:
These have been sitting in my room for about a month and a half now. I was hoping I could go on holiday early but my solicitor and the immigration office here in Australia are giving me conflicting information regarding my visa. Long story short, I'll have to wait until June 16 to use them coz my PC is back home in the Philippines. I had hoped to be back home early April but oh well.

Absolute torture. Cruel and unusual punishment!

AsRock · Apr 20, 2018

Sasqui said:
Bummer, I was drooling over that Marantz ... what does the power mode selector on the back supposed to do? Also, seeing a remote control plug is pretty amazing.

Absolute torture. Cruel and unusual punishment!

TBH i do not like the look of it, but then i removed the wooden case and all that changed haha. Found out that there is no output from the preamp or amp how ever there is from the headphone sockets. As much as i would hate to do it i might have to break it up and sell it for parts but thats un decided and as far as i can tell the output transisters are working so might be a odd resistor or a bunch of caps that need replacing which is expected. O yeah need to find a replacement string for the tuner too but that's a none issue really.

The switch is for Quad output, they use a module on the under side, here's a few pics of the module and a few others.

Shou Miko · Apr 21, 2018

I been wanting this EVGA Hybrid cooler for a while bcs my Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition got up to around 89c while gaming.

with this aio I just quickly tested Far Cry 5 and it only got up to 52c that's a improvement :peace:

on top of that it looks alright maybe I will pay a AIO for my i7-6700k so it can be all water :laugh:

*EDIT* I forgot to add that the screws for the rad from EVGA has been the most pleasant I have ever used to install a rad with because the once from like Corsair ain't really good even for first install.

Ahhzz · Apr 23, 2018

I'm a bad, bad, boy... she's gonna shoot me...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1902169420/magic-office-chair-caster-wheels-protect-your-floo

I can't help it... it glows in the dark.... I have a fixation...

Jetster · Apr 25, 2018

Two more just arrived, have two others being used in my Synology so 7 total for my NAS when i switch it over

phill · Apr 25, 2018

Any reason you went for the WD over the Seagate Iron series drives at all?

I'd love to update my Synology box as well but I would like to grab enough drives to fill the case I have up when I do.. Trouble for that is there's 8 drives needed and then I have another 4 standard alone drives for off premise backup (just in case...) 12 drives just aren't cheap!!

Jetster · Apr 25, 2018

phill said:
Any reason you went for the WD over the Seagate Iron series drives at all? I'd love to update my Synology box as well but I would like to grab enough drives to fill the case I have up when I do.. Trouble for that is there's 8 drives needed and then I have another 4 standard alone drives for off premise backup (just in case...) 12 drives just aren't cheap!!

I went for what was on sale to mix it up some. 3 HGST NAS, 3 Toshiba N300, one Red WD. The Ironwolf's just don't go on sale much

I think I'm goin withh 5 drives in a RAID6. With two in a synology as a back up. But still not sure

R00kie · Apr 25, 2018

Ahhzz said:
I'm a bad, bad, boy... she's gonna shoot me...
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1902169420/magic-office-chair-caster-wheels-protect-your-floo

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I can't help it... it glows in the dark.... I have a fixation...

I always wondered how you can get these off a chair, it never worked for me...

Ahhzz · Apr 25, 2018

gdallsk said:
I always wondered how you can get these off a chair, it never worked for me...

It's just pressure. Last ones I pulled off, I levered in between the wheels and base with an open end wrench, and pried down. I also seem to recall using two flat blade screwdrivers on one at my old workplace, but that procedure had two of us doing it. If I don't have buyer's remorse and cancel my order, I'll let you know in a couple of months

System Name	Xeon build X58 / Main Rig Ryzen X370/X79 on pause
Processor	Intel Xeon x5650 @ 4.2Ghz with HT / Xeon E5 1680 v2 @4.5Ghz/Ryzen 7 3800x with PBO
Motherboard	Asus Rampage II Extreme socket 1366 / Asus P9X79 Pro socket 2011/Asus X370 Prime Pro Am4
Cooling	Thermalright Archon +Ty 140mm\|Fans : 2 front-1top-1rear-1bottom/ Gelid Phantom Twin Tower
Memory	16gb DDR3 1600mhz Kingstone Hyper x Qc / 16gb DDR3 1600MHZ Patriot Viper 3/Crucial B 3200 16gb DDR4
Video Card(s)	Sapphire hd 7950 3gb Boost edition dual fan X / ZOTAC 1080 Ti Blower Edition
Storage	INTENSO ssd sata 3 240gb+Seagate B 2Tb+WD g 1tb+WD g 3tb+WD r 3tb+Seagate B 4tb+Lexar 2Tb NVMe
Display(s)	AOC E2460S 24" 1080p 60hz 1ms / LG 32UK550B 32" UHD 4K HDR 10 with Freesync
Case	Enermax Phoenix / Silverstone Raven rv01/Fractal on hold
Audio Device(s)	SoundMaxHD+5.1 BHT1100 BLUESKY,Fiio E10 Olympus+SuperluxHD668b+KZ HBB pr2,Superlux E205.
Power Supply	Sharkoon WPM Gold Zero 650W semi modular / Corsair RM 850 Fully Modular
Mouse	Generic Mice / Corsair M90
Keyboard	Generic Keyboard / Microsoft WK600
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 /Windows 10 Pro 64

System Name	Aki
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-A
Cooling	MSI MAG CoreLiquid E360
Memory	Patriot Viper Elite 5 32GB 6200
Video Card(s)	PNY RTX 4090 XLR8
Storage	Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB + WD Black SN850 1TB
Display(s)	Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF)
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	On-board
Power Supply	EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse	Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard	ASUS ROG Strix Scope II Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Always changing~

System Name	serenity now/Faithul Eight
Processor	Amd 2400g/Amd 3800x
Motherboard	Asrock ab350m Pro 4/Asrock x570 Taichi
Cooling	CM Masterair G100M/Wraith
Memory	G.skill 2x4gb 3200/2x16 gb 3600 G.skill
Video Card(s)	igpu vega 11/3070 oc Palit
Storage	Apacer pcie ssd 240 gb/Adata 512gb nvme
Display(s)	50" LG 4k hdr
Case	scratch build
Power Supply	inter tech 650w 80+bronze/850 phantex pro
Software	Ubuntu bionic beaver 18.04 lts/W10

System Name	AlderLake
Processor	Intel i7 12700K P-Cores @ 5Ghz
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A 2 fans + Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme + 5 case fans
Memory	32GB DDR5 Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB 6000MT/s CL36
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB + 970 Evo 500GB + 850 Pro 512GB + 860 Evo 1TB x2
Display(s)	23.8" Dell S2417DG 165Hz G-Sync 1440p
Case	Be quiet! Silent Base 600 - Window
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
Mouse	Logitech MX Anywhere 2 Laser wireless
Keyboard	RAPOO E9270P Black 5GHz wireless
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 (Single Core) 1936 @ stock Cinebench R23 (Multi Core) 23006 @ stock

System Name	Not so complete or overkill - There are others!! Just no room to put! :D
Processor	Ryzen Threadripper 3970X
Motherboard	Asus Zenith 2 Extreme Alpha
Cooling	Lots!! Dual GTX 560 rads with D5 pumps for each rad. One rad for each component
Memory	Viper Steel 4 x 16GB DDR4 3600MHz not sure on the timings... Probably still at 2667!! :(
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix 3090 with front and rear active full cover water blocks
Storage	I'm bound to forget something here - 250GB OS, 2 x 1TB NVME, 2 x 1TB SSD, 4TB SSD, 2 x 8TB HD etc...
Display(s)	3 x Dell 27" S2721DGFA @ 7680 x 1440P @ 144Hz or 165Hz - working on it!!
Case	The big Thermaltake that looks like a Case Mods
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1600W T2
Mouse	Corsair thingy
Keyboard	Razer something or other....
VR HMD	No headset yet
Software	Windows 11 OS... Not a fan!!
Benchmark Scores	I've actually never benched it!! Too busy with WCG and FAH and not gaming! :( :( Not OC'd it!! :(

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend
Cooling	Frost Commander 140
Memory	32gb ddr5 (2x16) cl 30 6000
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black)
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x Gold

System Name	hmmm... / lappy (ASUS Scar III)
Processor	Intel Core i7-8086K / Intel Core i7-9750H
Motherboard	ASUS Maximus XI Formula / ASUS G531GW
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15s w/ 2 x Noctua NF-F12 PWM Chromax and 1 x Noctua NF-A15 HS-PWM Chromax Fans / Stock
Memory	4x16gb G.Skill Trident Z DDR4 3600mhz / 2x16gb Kingston Hyper X Impact DDR4 2666mhz C15
Video Card(s)	2 x EVGA GTX 1080 TI FTW3 / Nvidia RTX 2070 8gb
Storage	2 x Samsung 960 EVO Plus 1tb NVME/ 1tb Intel SSDPEKNW010T8 NVME + 2tb Samsung 860 EVO SSD
Display(s)	Acer Predator X34P / ASUS 15.6" Screen
Case	Fractal Design Meshify S2 White-TG + Noctua Chromax Fans / ASUS Scar III Case
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + Logitech Z623 / Onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Ultra Titanium 1000W + PROLINK PRO903WS / ASUS ADP-230GB B Power Brick
Mouse	Corsair Vengeance M65 PRO RGB / Logitech MX Anywhere 2S
Keyboard	Corsair K70 LUX RGB / ASUS Scar III Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Professional x64 / Windows 10 Professional x64

System Name	Gaming PC/ EDU PC/ HFS PC
Processor	Intel i9-9900KF/ Dual Ryzen 7 2700X
Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate/ Dual Asrock X370 Proffesional Gaming
Cooling	Noctua NH-C14S/ Arctic Xtreme Freezer/ Ryzen Wraith Prysm RGB
Memory	64GB Corsair Vengeance PRO RGB 3200/ 32GB Corsair Dominator 3000/ 16GB Corsair Vengeance Pro 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3080 FTW3 Ultra / MSI RTX 2080Ti Ventus / EVGA GTX 1060 SC Gaming
Storage	Dual 970 EVO Plus 1TB + 6Tb 860 EVO/ 960 EVO 500GB + 18Tb R0/ 840EVO 250Gb + 16Tb R0
Display(s)	Samsung 32" U32R590 Curved 3480x2160 / Samsung 32" LC32H711 Curved 2560x1440 Freesync
Case	Cooler Master Stacker 830 NV Edition/ Dual Cooler Master 690 Advance II
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Surround 5.1 SBX/ Creative X-Fi Titanium Pci-E/ On-board Realtek
Power Supply	Triple Corsair Platinum HX850i
Mouse	Logitech G7 WL / Logitech G903 Lightspeed / MS BT 8000
Keyboard	Dual Logitech G19s
Software	Win10 Pro

Processor	Intel i5-6600
Motherboard	ASRock H170M-ITX
Cooling	Cooler Master Geminii S524
Memory	G.Skill DDR4-2133 16GB (8GB x 2)
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte R9-380X 4GB
Storage	Samsung 950 EVO 250GB (mSATA)
Display(s)	LG 29UM69G-B 2560x1080 IPS
Case	Lian Li PC-Q25
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC892
Power Supply	Seasonic SS-460FL2
Mouse	Logitech G700s
Keyboard	Logitech G110
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Senile
Processor	I7-4790K@4.8 GHz 24/7
Motherboard	MSI Z97-G45 Gaming
Cooling	Be Quiet Pure Rock Air
Memory	16GB 4x4 G.Skill CAS9 2133 Sniper
Video Card(s)	GIGABYTE Vega 64
Storage	Samsung EVO 500GB / 8 Different WDs / QNAP TS-253 8GB NAS with 2x10Tb WD Blue
Display(s)	34" LG 34CB88-P 21:9 Curved UltraWide QHD (34401440) FREE_SYNC*
Case	Rosewill
Audio Device(s)	Onboard + HD HDMI
Power Supply	Corsair HX750
Mouse	Logitech G5
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe RGB & G610 Orion Red
Software	Win 10

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael (Waiting on 9800X3D) \ i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake-U
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 3.10 AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a \ Lenowo BDPLANAR Bios 1.68
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC (Waiting on RX 8800 XT) \| Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
Display(s)	KTC M27T20S 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 IoT Enterprise 24H2 UK \| Win11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 UK / Arch (Fan)
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

System Name	OrangeHaze / Silence
Processor	i7-13700KF / i5-10400 /
Motherboard	ROG STRIX Z690-E / MSI Z490 A-Pro Motherboard
Cooling	Corsair H75 / TT ToughAir 510
Memory	64Gb GSkill Trident Z5 / 32GB Team Dark Za 3600
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2070 / Sapphire R9 290 Vapor-X 4Gb
Storage	Hynix Plat P41 2Tb\Samsung MZVL21 1Tb / Samsung 980 Pro 1Tb
Display(s)	22" Dell Wide/24" Asus
Case	Lian Li PC-101 ATX custom mod / Antec Lanboy Air Black & Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB Audigy 7.1
Power Supply	Corsair Enthusiast TX750
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed Wireless / Logitech G502 Proteus Spectrum
Keyboard	K68 RGB — CHERRY® MX Red
Software	Win10 Pro \ RIP:Win 7 Ult 64 bit

System Name	Juliette // My HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// ASUS RTX 4060 OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	G903 and a Master Mouse MM710/No mouse, MS game copntroller
Keyboard	EVGA / Logitech K400
Software	Windows 11 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Main / HTPC
Processor	Ryzen 7 7800X3D / Ryzen 7 2700
Motherboard	Aorus B650M Elite AX/ B450i Aorus Pro Wifi
Cooling	Lian-Li Galahad 360 / Wraith Spire
Memory	Corsair Vengeance 2x16 6000MHz CL30 / HyperX Predator 2x8GB 3200MHz
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 FE / ARC A380
Storage	WD Black SN770 1TB / Sabrent Rocket 256GB
Display(s)	Aorus FO32U2P / 39" Panasonic HDTV
Case	Fractal Arc XL / Cougar QBX
Audio Device(s)	Denon AVR-X2800H / Realtek ALC1220
Power Supply	Corsair RM850 / BeQuiet SFX Power 2 450W
Mouse	Logitech G903
Keyboard	Drop Sense75 with WQ Studio Morandi's
VR HMD	Rift S
Software	Win 11 Pro 64Bit

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