What's your latest tech purchase?

[phill]

Some shiny copper.





I waited so long for this, and it felt like I was getting my first gameboy for christmas again. Could not sleep the night before it arrived and can´t sleep now due to all the excitement.

Did you get this through EVGA Forums??

 

[TheLostSwede]

Grabbed a second kit mostly out of boredom/curiosity. My Board/Chip combo seems to handle 4 dimms without issue. Admittedly the timings are pretty tame for Bdie.


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Looks like we both god decent IMCs, as not everyone can do that at those speeds.

 

[Splinterdog]

I've been wanting to fit a 120mm water cooler in a PC for some time and my stepson's gaming machine (FX8320/GTX970) has always run a bit warm, so I fitted a CM Masterliquid Lite, which was simplicity itself. I did, however, have to make room for the 4TB WD by drilling some holes in the front part of the chassis, where I also moved the rear fan to.
Very handy now that the infernal Argentine summer is upon us.

 

[Dinnercore]

Did you get this through EVGA Forums??

Nah, I bought it from http://www.liquidextasy.de/ .

 

[phill]

Thanks @Dinnercore I know they have a guy that makes his own, it looks very impressive

 

[potato580+]

shipment is here, i pay for random stuff under 1cent, yes isnt wrong, i mentioning cent, i think the seller do some warehouse clean or whatever is, let see what i got heh brb

lol a mouse, i wont expecting much from the cost so yeah not bad, grateful will keep this

 

[Lorec]

Ah, what it would be like to have some money to spend on some PC hardware lol

We all know You have too much hardware already!

 

[phill]

We all know You have too much hardware already!

All of the server hardware I have at home was free, so I'm definitely not complaining there But there's still a list as long as my leg, that I'd like to get to get other systems I have here up and running I can send you a PM for it but I'd rather not bore you stupid

 

[Shou Miko]

This is properly the most borring tech I have ever purchased just a new spinner drive because my old WD Gold 1TB has seen better days and I do not wanna spend like £100 on a enterprice spinner when I can get 1TB SSD's like the 860 EVO for like that price.

 

[Kapone33]

Just doing my regular Friday browsing. I have been thinking of doing an all white build for some time now and have the RAM, cooler and MB. All I needed was a case with a white PSU shroud. This one is on clearance for $49.88. I t currently is listed on Newegg for $144.99

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[sam_86314]

Took a gamble on eBay and didn't win as much as I had hoped (excuse my messy desk)...

...an ASUS G20CB motherboard with a Hyper 212 Evo, a delidded i7-6700, and 16GB of memory for $125. The seller listed it as "for parts or not working", and they suspected the motherboard was dead. I figured I could pull the CPU and memory out and stick them in my laptop.

The board booted into the BIOS.

Stuck the i7 and memory in my laptop...

...and it'll go into the BIOS, but booting into Windows caused a BSOD (as the seller described).

I suspect something went wrong while the seller was delidding it. I'll probably try delidding it again to see if I can fix it.

Not a complete loss though. I got a matching set of 8GB DDR4 SODIMMs (which seem to work just fine in my laptop), a 180W ASUS power adapter (which should work with my laptop), a 330W Dell power adapter, and a Hyper 212 EVO out of it. Haven't tested the motherboard, but since the CPU is dead, it probably works.

 

[Mussels]

that is the weirdest looking motherboard i have ever seen

 

[Lorec]

Picked her up for $130 used, right fan seems to be busted.
Either accelero it or just get new fan off ali.
Worth AF

 

[potato580+]

Picked her up for $130 used, right fan seems to be busted.
Either accelero it or just get new fan off ali.
Worth AF
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dont much care abt the card model, but one think you just beat me, the only cheapest i could get is $140+ & it was palit brand, im jelly, gotdamned, will beat you next time, just wait

 

[Shou Miko]

Picked her up for $130 used, right fan seems to be busted.
Either accelero it or just get new fan off ali.
Worth AF
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It's a solid pcb but the cooler ain't anything to write home about that's what every review days because it's made for a lower tdp card.

But nice price

 

[Lorec]

It's a solid pcb but the cooler ain't anything to write home about that's what every review days because it's made for a lower tdp card.

But nice price

I thought the same! its a gaming x pcb right, but the cooler is balls...
i rechecked reviews and it turns out that no one complains about armor no more!

dont much care abt the card model, but one think you just beat me, the only cheapest i could get is $140+ & it was palit brand, im jelly, gotdamned, will beat you next time, just wait

There is a huge amount of used stuff shops here.
Not all of them have a "computer parts specialist", thats where great hustles come from.

 

[sam_86314]

Today's half-price Goodwill day find...

...a set of Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 computer speakers for $30 (originally marked $20 for the satellites and $40 for the sub). These things currently go for around $124 new. I've been wanting either a set of these or some Logitech Z623's for a few years now.

They're in really good condition (just a bit dirty), they sound great, and the sub rattles my room when I listen to music loud enough.

 

[NoJuan999]

Here are the pics of my Updated 3700x Rig:

https://imgur.com/a/OB68lxq

 

[potato580+]

its here alr, quite dissapointed, well nevermind, pay for this again, $87

 

[Rahnak]

Bought a new wireless xbox one controller to replace my old wired 360 one only to find out the onboard bluetooth on the b450 carbon is utterly useless. So until I buy a stupid dongle, I remain wired. The controller itself is a nice improvement though, which is nice.

 

[Kovoet]

Got so sick and tired of synapse that I bought a second hand G13. Will never own a Razer product again

 

[btarunr]

ASUS ROG Strix B450-E in da house.

Random notes: Quality of the board is a definite step up from MSI B450 Gaming Pro Carbon. Appears to be using a 6-layer PCB. I was afraid the integrated I/O shield and rear I/O shroud will be a bitch during installation. Turns out, they're surprisingly easy to install, snap in place, and the board's mount holes align with your case's standoffs very very easily.

ASUS BIOS is candy land for tweakers. There are SOOOOO many more options than MSI BIOS (which deteriorated in quality after AGESA Combo 1.0.0.3 with that barebones ClickBIOS Lite setup program).

I miss MSI's "Memory Try It!" feature (set of memory clock/timing presets from MSI). MSI BIOS is more bulletproof during memory tweaking despite fewer things to tweak. It has better memory failure recovery than ASUS. ASUS BIOS on the other hand has a working PBO implementation. It will take me a while (and a lot of correspondence with 1usmus) to figure even 10% of this stuff out.

ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming is a serious board (first impressions). Will play with it over the week to see CPU and memory OC capabilities.

 

[Komshija]

Last week I finally sold my Sapphire R9 390 w/backplate from my main PC. My budget for a new GPU was 3000 kn (about 405 €) but Powercolor RX 5700 Red Dragon is priced at ~480 € with delivery costs included. MSI RX 5700 Gaming X is around 500 €. RTX 2070 is well above 500 € and there's no way I'm going for RTX 2060.
So I picked up used Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock in excellent condition with valid warranty for ~365 € total (delivery costs included).

It will be more than enough for 1080p 60 Hz IPS monitor.

 

[potato580+]

Last week I finally sold my Sapphire R9 390 w/backplate from my main PC. My budget for a new GPU was 3000 kn (about 405 €) but Powercolor RX 5700 Red Dragon is priced at ~480 € with delivery costs included. MSI RX 5700 Gaming X is around 500 €. RTX 2070 is well above 500 € and there's no way I'm going for RTX 2060.
So I picked up used Palit GTX 1080 Game Rock in excellent condition with valid warranty for ~365 € total (delivery costs included).

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It will be more than enough for 1080p 60 Hz IPS monitor.

nic one you got there!! thats quite limited model here, not much can be find

 

[Komshija]

nic one you got there!! thats quite limited model here, not much can be find

Yes, it's rare in Croatia as well. I was aiming for GTX 1080 Ti (Palit Game Rock or Gainward Phoenix), but couldn't lower the prices to the acceptable level. One guy over here is selling 6 Palit GTX 1080 Ti Game Rock's for 3000 kn (405 €) each, but these are mining GPU's so I stayed away from them. Another seller asked 520 € + delivery costs for the same GPU with expired warranty - I managed to lower the asking price to approx. 495€ + delivery costs, but that was still too high for my taste. Than some guy with Gainward Phoenix GTX 1080 Ti GLH asking ~485 € + delivery costs - I couldn't lower the price not even for a single €... I always try to lower the prices and hardly ever settle for the asking price, even if it is among the lowest for a certain group/type of a product.