What's your latest tech purchase?

xkm1948 · Jan 20, 2019

cucker tarlson · Jan 21, 2019

I bought a XPG SX950U 480GB ssd and a 3.5" docking station.I'm finally gonna run all ssd in my PC and use HDDs when needed only. Will post results as soon as get it but I expect great value per price results from an adata ssd.

phill · Jan 21, 2019

jboydgolfer said:
got this little beauty today , REALLY fun.
Arrma Typhon 3s cost me
$300 for car & remote
+$30 for 5200Mah Lipo
+ $55 for balance charger/discharger
+$7 for EC5 Adapters.
just under $400 all said n done.

NEVER remove the tools from my Toolbox

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Absolutely love it

Just got the last older board for my Crosshair collection...

It's not a 100% perfect, but a few straightened out pins on the bottom right handside and we'll be away... Thing is, do I really need to get the Crosshair V Formula-Z?? I'm not so sure... Just needing the 6 and 7 now for my Ryzen CPUs and I'll be away. Then hopefully grab a pair of 8's along with some newer 3 Series Ryzen CPUs for my girl friend and daughter.. When you go mad, you have to go mad properly

stinger608 · Jan 22, 2019

phill said:
Just got the last older board for my Crosshair collection...

Oh man!!! I've always loved the Crosshair boards and at one point had 4 different ones. Wish I would have kept them and also collected them as well. Usually a rock solid board also.

Liviu Cojocaru · Jan 22, 2019

I found a very good deal on Amazon.co.uk for the RTX 2080 Gaming Trio 654£...I went for it. Put my 1080Ti for sale yesterday and sold it

) , the RTX should arrive today. I hope there will be a 10% difference in performance as my 1080Ti was not a really good OC...max 30mhz on GPU core so I was only getting around 1924mhz with the boost.

cucker tarlson · Jan 22, 2019

Liviu Cojocaru said:
I found a very good deal on Amazon.co.uk for the RTX 2080 Gaming Trio 654£...I went for it. Put my 1080Ti for sale yesterday and sold it ) , the RTX should arrive today. I hope there will be a 10% difference in performance as my 1080Ti was not a really good OC...max 30mhz on GPU core so I was only getting around 1924mhz with the boost.

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good luck but at 3440x1440 you'll find them dead equal.you'd also find it very hard to keep a steady 60 fps at this resolution with rtx,even on medium.Plus I would not recommend a 8GB card for anything over 2560x1440.IMO you made a trade off,certainly not an upgrade.Should've waited for a good deal on 2080Ti. Though trio is a much better quality card than aorus and I think you'll be able to appreciate that.

Liviu Cojocaru · Jan 22, 2019

cucker tarlson said:
good luck but at 3440x1440 you'll find them dead equal.you'd also find it very hard to keep a steady 60 fps at this resolution with rtx,even on medium.Plus I would not recommend a 8GB card for anything over 2560x1440.IMO you made a trade off,certainly not an upgrade.Should've waited for a good deal on 2080Ti. Though trio is a much better quality card than aorus and I think you'll be able to appreciate that.

Done some testing yesterday and I had the 1080Ti for a while so I will play with the 2080 today (if it gets delivered) and I will find out

phill · Jan 22, 2019

stinger608 said:
Oh man!!! I've always loved the Crosshair boards and at one point had 4 different ones. Wish I would have kept them and also collected them as well. Usually a rock solid board also.

I need to have a mass clear out at some point, I'll see if I can do a photo shoot

I really need a big sort out as well, so it wouldn't be a bad thing at all to do!

biffzinker · Jan 23, 2019

I finally did it, and I only say I finally did it because I voted on a past poll inquiring which component you would upgrade at the end of last year. I voted for a monitor upgrade, also Freesync.

The curve of the panel is throwing me off since I'm use to a flat screen otherwise no complaints for the newly added screen space that 2560x1440 offers compared to 1080P.

Athlonite · Jan 23, 2019

here's my latest purchase it takes the place of 2 x Kingston V300 120GB SSD's in RAID0 even though they weren't bad performers it was just the lack of space that was the reason for replacement but the difference is really quite noticeable for the better using the single 860 EVO vs RAID0

P4-630 · Jan 23, 2019

Fouquin · Jan 23, 2019

The haul from yesterday’s bulk purchase at the recycler. These are the functional (or mostly so, in the case of the 5950).

Row 1: Radeon 9800 Pro |GeForce GT 430 1GB (for resale) | GeForce FX 5950 Ultra
Row 2: Radeon HD 7750 | GeForce GT 640 4GB (for resale) | GeForce GT 430 PCI
Row 3: Radeon 9600 Pro | Radeon HD 8490 (for resale) | 3Dfx Voodoo 3 1000

So some duplicates from the last trip, which is great because that means I can just sell them off. No need to keep more.

Liviu Cojocaru · Jan 23, 2019

cucker tarlson said:
good luck but at 3440x1440 you'll find them dead equal.you'd also find it very hard to keep a steady 60 fps at this resolution with rtx,even on medium.Plus I would not recommend a 8GB card for anything over 2560x1440.IMO you made a trade off,certainly not an upgrade.Should've waited for a good deal on 2080Ti. Though trio is a much better quality card than aorus and I think you'll be able to appreciate that.

Mate, I got some testing out of the new card and I can definitely say it is 8 to 25 fps better than my Aorus 1080Ti in games...that it is also because I managed to get a 2100 constant Boost by adding +130mhz to the GPU core and the memory is OC to 15800 from 14000mhz. So I would say for the money I bought this (654£) it is a really good deal. RTX is nice but not usable at this moment, tried BF5

biffzinker · Jan 23, 2019

P4-630 said:
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Oh hey, another 500 GB 970 EVO NVMe user. Just bought one not to long ago.
https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...h-related-purchase-thread.225885/post-3976121

Gumby · Jan 23, 2019

New drives for server.

HUSKIE · Jan 23, 2019

Bought an full acrylic waterblock and GPU riser cable/ribbon for my 1080 GPU.

phill · Jan 23, 2019

Gumby said:
New drives for server.
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Interested in hearing about the drives when you have time to test

E-Bear · Jan 23, 2019

Why people who buy cooling blocks for cpu or gpu never use car products and buy liquid in bottles at computer stores for more expensive? Is it only for the color?

Gumby · Jan 23, 2019

phill said:
Interested in hearing about the drives when you have time to test

Will do, tomorrow after work. It is usable now but the background initializing makes it slow.
They will be for storing my UHD and Blu-Ray rips.

I wanted more room had 3Tb before. And at 75 a pop couldn't pass up.
Copying Uhd rips from my usb 3.0 hd box results in 165 to 170 MBs sustained. with background initialization being preformed. 700MBs to a ssd on a sata 2 port. Rar extraction of a 9.5gb .iso took 39 seconds. Seems good enough for me. Although they are in a Raid 10 config.

Komshija · Jan 24, 2019

Marshall earphones for only 120 €!

Just kidding, there's no way I would give anywhere close to that amount for in-ear earphones. They have Marshall-esque M logo, but are made by QKZ. Deep bass and very good sound quality for the price of ~7 €. Metal case, soft and springy silicon rubber and gold-plated 3.5 mm jack.

Edit: Model is QKZ DM7 if anyone is interested. I recommend them.

HUSKIE · Jan 24, 2019

E-Bear said:
Why people who buy cooling blocks for cpu or gpu never use car products and buy liquid in bottles at computer stores for more expensive? Is it only for the color?

Because they're different...

E-Bear · Jan 24, 2019

HUSKIE said:
Because they're different...

As a car mechanic I would totally use car coolant that can last 100 000km especially if you have hard Working 24h/7 system. But hey its only me!

cucker tarlson · Jan 24, 2019

my xpg sx950u and hdd docking station arrived today. I'm positively surprised by both. the ssd manages to keep up with my 860 evo 500gb in synthetics.

now onto the docking station. it's this one
https://www.unitek-products.com/product/usb-storage?view=product&id=230
I'm wondering why I bought it only now. the installation is quick and effortless and most importantly the drives don't seem to take any performance hit,they feel as snappy as they did when connected to sata ports. they're quieter too cause they're sitting very firmly in the dock without getting any vibrations like they did when they were inside the pc when . an absolutely great thing to have given its cost and functionality.and you can switch them off whenever you want.

EarthDog · Jan 24, 2019

cucker tarlson said:
my xpg sx950u and hdd docking station arrived today. I'm positively surprised by both. the ssd manages to keep up with my 860 evo 500gb in synthetics.

I'm curious why you would have thought otherwise? How is that docking station connected?

cucker tarlson · Jan 24, 2019

EarthDog said:
I'm curious why you would have thought otherwise? How is that docking station connected?

usb 3.0

here's the transfer speed while copying a 52GB AC Odyssey folder to the HDD.

System Name	Virtual Reality / Bioinformatics
Processor	Undead CPU
Motherboard	Undead TUF X99
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	GSkill 128GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 Ultra
Storage	Samsung 960 Pro 1TB + 860 EVO 2TB + WD Black 5TB
Display(s)	32'' 4K Dell
Case	Fractal Design R5
Audio Device(s)	BOSE 2.0
Power Supply	Seasonic 850watt
Mouse	Logitech Master MX
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Cherry MX Blue
VR HMD	HTC Vive + Oculus Quest 2
Software	Windows 10 P

System Name	Purple rain
Processor	10.5 thousand 4.2G 1.1v
Motherboard	Zee 490 Aorus Elite
Cooling	Noctua D15S
Memory	16GB 4133 CL16-16-16-31 Viper Steel
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio
Storage	SU900 128,8200Pro 1TB,850 Pro 512+256+256,860 Evo 500,XPG950 480, Skyhawk 2TB
Display(s)	Acer XB241YU+Dell S2716DG
Case	P600S Silent w. Alpenfohn wing boost 3 ARGBT+ fans
Audio Device(s)	K612 Pro w. FiiO E10k DAC,W830BT wireless
Power Supply	Superflower Leadex Gold 850W
Mouse	G903 lightspeed+powerplay,G403 wireless + Steelseries DeX + Roccat rest
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy SilverSpeed (w.HyperX wrist rest),Razer Deathstalker
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	A LOT

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!! :(

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 5800X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Asus ROG STRIX B550-F Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/32 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/EVGA GTX 1080 FTW Hybrid Gaming
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

System Name	El Calpulator
Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock X670E Pro RS
Cooling	ArcticCooling Freezer 3 360ARGB AIO
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengance 6000Mhz C30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4080 Gaming Trio X @ 2925 / 23500 mhz
Storage	5TB nvme SSD + Synology DS115j NAS with 4TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung G8 34" QD-OLED + Samsung 28" 4K 60hz UR550
Case	Montech King 95 PRO Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB X4+Logitech Z623 2.1+Astro A50 Wireless
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502X Plus LightSpeed Hero Wireless plus Logitech G POWERPLAY Wireless Charging Mouse Pad
Keyboard	Logitech G915 LightSpeed Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Just enough

What's your latest tech purchase?

xkm1948

cucker tarlson

phill

Moderator

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

Liviu Cojocaru

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cucker tarlson

Liviu Cojocaru

phill

Moderator

biffzinker

Athlonite

P4-630

Fouquin

Staff

Liviu Cojocaru

biffzinker

Gumby

HUSKIE

phill

Moderator

E-Bear

Gumby

Komshija

HUSKIE

E-Bear

cucker tarlson

EarthDog

cucker tarlson

Processor	Core i7-13700
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Gaming Plus WiFi
Cooling	Cooler Master RGB something
Memory	Corsair DDR5-6000 small OC to 6200
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster SWFT309 AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT CORE Gaming
Storage	970 EVO NVMe M.2 500GB,,WD850N 2TB
Display(s)	Samsung 28” 4K monitor
Case	Phantek Eclipse P400S
Audio Device(s)	EVGA NU Audio
Power Supply	EVGA 850 BQ
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G G413 Silver
Software	Windows 11 Professional v23H2

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ OC RX6800 16GB DDR6 2270Cclk / 2010Mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX6800 via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 23H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

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

Processor	Ryzen 9 5950X
Motherboard	Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS
Cooling	15 Enermax Squa Rgb fans Enermax Auquafusion 360 AIO
Memory	128GB G Skill Trident Z RGB F4-3600C18-32GTZR
Video Card(s)	XFX Speedster MERC310 Radeon RX 7900XT
Storage	SAMSUNG 990PRO W/heatsink (PCI-E 4.0 x4) 1TB and 2TB, 8 Seagate ST6000NM0034 6TB in Raid 6
Display(s)	SAMSUNG C27F390 X2, Samsung 55" 4k
Case	Phanteks ENTHOO PRIMO
Audio Device(s)	Integra DTR 50.4 7.1 Surround
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000x
Mouse	Microsoft wirless mouse 5000
Keyboard	Microsoft wirless keyboard 5050
VR HMD	4 LG WH16NS60 Blu-Ray burners flashed for 4k ripping. Hauppauge dual tuner tv card
Software	Windows 11 pro

System Name	HP Pavilion a6552f
Processor	Intel Core 2 Quad Q9400
Motherboard	Asus IPIBL-LB / HP Benicia-GL8E
Cooling	DeepCool Gammaxx 200
Memory	8gigs Kingston 4x2gigs DDR2-800
Video Card(s)	Zotac GT630 "Fermi" 2gb DDR3 128bits Synergy Edition
Storage	Western Digital Green 7200rpm 1tb
Display(s)	LG Flatron EW234 Super LED
Case	HP Pavilion
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Thermaltake TR2 430w
Mouse	Razer Abyssus Mirror Special Edition Blue LED
Keyboard	Thermaltake Tt eSPORTS Commander Red LED Backlighting Mechanical Keycaps Membrane Gaming Keyboard
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bits

System Name	1.21 gigawatts!
Processor	Intel Core i7 6700K
Motherboard	MSI Z170A Krait Gaming 3X
Cooling	Be Quiet! Shadow Rock Slim with Arctic MX-4
Memory	16GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 3000 MHz
Video Card(s)	Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock
Storage	Mushkin Triactor 240GB + Toshiba X300 4TB + Team L3 EVO 480GB
Display(s)	Philips 237E7QDSB/00 23" FHD AH-IPS
Case	Aerocool Aero-1000 white + 4 Arctic F12 PWM Rev.2 fans
Audio Device(s)	Onboard Audio Boost 3 with Nahimic Audio Enhancer
Power Supply	FSP Hydro G 650W
Mouse	Cougar 700M eSports white
Keyboard	E-Blue Cobra II
Software	Windows 8.1 Pro x64
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R15: 948 (stock) / 1044 (4,7 GHz) FarCry 5 1080p Ultra: min 100, avg 116, max 133 FPS