What's your latest tech purchase?

P4-630 · Dec 25, 2019

HUSKIE said:
Bought this 10" led 1080p display with remote and all wires. Planning to stick inside my case as second monitor.

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Ah West Coast Customs..

Deleted member 178884 · Dec 25, 2019

Merry Christmas to myself

P4-630 · Dec 25, 2019

Xx Tek Tip xX said:
Merry Christmas to myself
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Need a better photo...

Deleted member 178884 · Dec 25, 2019

P4-630 said:
Need a better photo...

Didn't take the picture with the new phone as I still have to set it up.

Splinterdog · Dec 25, 2019

My ROG software hardly ever survives reboots, especially AURA, which is a complete mess. I had to roll it back to a much older version for it to even find my Strix GPU and I have no intention of installing Armory Crap.
In fact, I removed the GPU and the mobo battery just to get AURA to see the card. Now all I do is refresh the AURA app almost on every boot and it finds it, so I'm now leaving other ASUS software well alone.

E-curbi · Dec 25, 2019

Xx Tek Tip xX said:
Didn't take the picture with the new phone as I still have to set it up.

lol, definitely hope you got some camera pixels for Christmas. No one wants a blurry 2020...

Got a new HHKB Hybrid Type S in black on the way, a gift from our little Sophie, no idea (it's a secret) just how they got it, since availability of the new keyboard series only since December 10th and only from Japan and a single source.

Do 3.5yr olds have friends in corporate Japan nowadays? Gosh, I hope not :cry:

gf helped her order it.

...and a smokey darkly-tinted keyboard roof, cuz ya gotta have one of those. lol :rolleyes:

not really, but completes the package. First 3000 sold and the roof is FREE.

Have a feeling they used a Japanese proxy buyer and a gift card ... and probably no shipping insurance, oh geez :ohwell:

Moving my input setup from white keyboard white mouse and white mat to black keyboard mouse and mat.

White keyboard is 3years old, Christmas gift 2016, it looks tired. :oops:

HUSKIE said:
Bought this 10" led 1080p display with remote and all wires. Planning to stick inside my case as second monitor.

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That's cool man.

HUSKIE · Dec 25, 2019

Updated, used double sided 3M tape and now she's sitting on psu shroud, flipped the screen up side down. Side panel on second picture

cucker tarlson · Dec 25, 2019

new and old serving on the same desk

feels nice to keep the deathstalker for typing,it's massively quieter than the new mechanical one.

E-Bear · Dec 25, 2019

Vintage keyboard. New never used.

cucker tarlson · Dec 25, 2019

E-Bear said:
Vintage keyboard. New never used.

okay,so there's @E-curbi with a bear avatar and @E-Bear

E-Bear · Dec 25, 2019

cucker tarlson said:
okay,so there's @E-curbi with a bear avatar and @E-Bear

Ok but not same person. E for Eric and Bear as my aboriginal totem animal.

E-curbi · Dec 25, 2019

cucker tarlson said:
okay,so there's @E-curbi with a bear avatar and @E-Bear

Our 3.5yr old's favorite bear when she began walking. It doesn't look this good any longer after being dragged around on it's head. lol

No Christmas updates for the Batman PC. :oops:

Nothing came out, what's an enthusiast to do? Same old Optane SSD and AMD video card, Noctua heat sink, Seasonic didn't even make available the 700watt fanless PSU announced at Computex 2019 last June. :oops:

Still waiting for all four parts to launch. Oh well, there's always next year.

E-Bear said:
Ok but not same person. E for Eric and Bear as my aboriginal totem animal.

E-curbi is only iBruce spelled backwards, lol I'm incognito so I don't get double banned - just kidding. :laugh:

Whoops, just let the cat out of the bag, now they're on to me. :roll:

(Oh wait, that was a different forum)

Deleted member 178884 · Dec 25, 2019

E-curbi said:
lol, definitely hope you got some camera pixels for Christmas. No one wants a blurry 2020...

Indeed, my current phone is the LG K4 2017 and I had got a K20 recently, although I decided to just make the jump for once and move to a decent phone, the xiaomi note 10 pretty much ticked all the boxes so I jumped on it, camera quality is looking really neat even in the 27mp mode (https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/your-pc-atm.65012/page-1204)
Last time I bought a phone all new was with my iPhone 4 :roll:

E-curbi · Dec 25, 2019

Xx Tek Tip xX said:
Indeed, my current phone is the LG K4 2017 and I had got a K20 recently, although I decided to just make the jump for once and move to a decent phone, the xiaomi note 10 pretty much ticked all the boxes so I jumped on it, camera quality is looking really neat even in the 27mp mode (https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/your-pc-atm.65012/page-1204)
Last time I bought a phone all new was with my iPhone 4

LOL, I'm still running a very old iPhone 6 from December 2014, handles calls and email just fine, maybe it's time I upgraded.

gf keeps up with the latest phones and tablets (and TVs :rolleyes:

), I just got other things on my mind, I guess. :ohwell:

Valantar · Dec 25, 2019

HUSKIE said:
Updated, used double sided 3M tape and now she's sitting on psu shroud, flipped the screen up side down. Side panel on second pictureView attachment 140386 View attachment 140387

That placement looks a lot better, the previous pics made it look like it would impede airflow from your GPU's fin stack quite significantly. Lower down like this looks good

E-curbi · Dec 25, 2019

Valantar said:
That placement looks a lot better, the previous pics made it look like it would impede airflow from your GPU's fin stack quite significantly. Lower down like this looks good

Yup, HUSKIE performed a great mounting, that display is an extremely cool idea.

I've used Gorilla double-sided tape similar to HUSKIE's tape in black for a few projects, the James Bond just under the front of the computer desk external storage drives USB hub switch mod - is still working well defying gravity, lol.

Sorry for the dim photography, this photo (below) upside down yet still shows the USB 3.0 switched hub attached with double-sided Gorilla tape up under the PC desk, very cool gets all the cable clutter off the desktop and out of the way - powering (3) external drives (2nd photo) - the switch on the hub allows to power up only when needed.

... there's double-sided tape just underneath this switch box in the photo.

Athlonite · Dec 26, 2019

Just bought an Asus Strix X470 F Gaming mobo to replace the absolute shite TUF X470Puss Groaning that I have at the moment will put up pics when it gets here (it's second hand but only $280 vs $579 brand new)

Bones · Dec 26, 2019

I may have been a good boy this year - I dunno but this appeared.

Disparia · Dec 26, 2019

New batteries (bottom) just arrived. They're replacing the originals (top) in my CyberPower UPS, which I bought back in mid-2015.

phill · Dec 26, 2019

Some lovely gifts from over Christmas...

I had a few vouchers that needed using up so I decided to grab an Xbox One X and Switch for the downstairs and with the deals they had on over the last week with the Ryzen CPUs, I decided whilst they had the extra 15% off, I went for it

Now I just need to find some cheap but decent X470 boards, RAM and I should be away with some new crunchers and retiring some Intel i7 CPUs.... I look forward to it

For Christmas tho, I did have this given to me by a friend which I think might be rather awesome when I can get 5 minutes to try it out.... Anyone else heard of it??

Arcade machine magic... I do look forward to finding out what this is like!! The joystick looks pretty solid and alright.. Can't wait to try it out

I'll put up a picture or two

Athlonite · Dec 27, 2019

As Promised above it arrived today 1 Asus ROG Strix x470-F Gaming mobo

freeagent · Dec 27, 2019

I got a Metro DataVac ED500 for Christmas.. Its awesome. Quit wasting money on those cans of air. 500w of holy shit this thing works good :love:

You know how with a can of air you spray your desk off, maybe your speakers.. right?? Any way's if you have papers on a shelf and are into making a mess, go ahead and point right at it. That same power you wield to clean can be easily turned against you if you aren't careful. Its great.

Bones · Dec 27, 2019

Picked up a freebie yesterday, ATM just going through it for making sure it's ready for testing.
Removed the CPU cooler to identify the CPU (3570K) and have a little better access to the area around the socket.
No GPU but does have onboard, there was a card in it but had been removed when retired from use.

Clean it up, set it up and see if it even works, then onto what it may do.
Would make a nice daily machine, no doubt about it.

potato580+ · Dec 27, 2019

i specific ordering pulse with elpida memory to matching my old one, all in set now, x5 fans case, x2 small power x1 8pin pulse, im ready for my 1st crossfire, hope isnt gonna blow mine potato rig :roll:

EarthDog · Dec 27, 2019

potato580+ said:
i specific ordering pulse with elpida memory to matching my old one, all in set now, x5 fans case, x2 small power x1 8pin pulse, im ready for my 1st crossfire, hope isnt gonna blow mine potato rig
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Crossfire on an APU, lol....that's cute (and neutered at 1080p).

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	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	Ryzen Monster
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi
Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb
Storage	WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD
Case	Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX on board
Power Supply	Corsair RM850X full modular
Mouse	Corsair Ironclaw wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Headphones Logitech G533 wireless
Software	Windows 11 Start 11
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021)

System Name	Batman's CaseLabs Mercury S8 Work Computer
Processor	8086K 5.3Ghz binned delidded by Siliconlottery.com 5.5Ghz 6c12t 5.6Ghz 6c6t on ambient air
Motherboard	EVGA Z390 DARK
Cooling	Noctua C14S for all overclocking so far Noctua Industrial PWM fan 2000rpm rated (700rpm inaudible)
Memory	Gskill Trident Z Royal Silver F4-4600C18D-16GTRS running at 4500Mhz 17-17-17-37 (new mem OC) : )
Video Card(s)	AMD WX 4100 Workstation Card (AMD W5400 7nm workstation card coming soon)
Storage	Intel Optane 900P 280GB PCIe card as Primary OS drive / (4) Samsung 860Pro 256GB SATA internal
Display(s)	Planar 27in 2560x1440 Glossy LG panel with glass bonded to panel for increased clarity
Case	CaseLabs Mercury S8 open bench chassis two-tone black front cover with gunmetal frame
Audio Device(s)	Creative $25 2.1 speakers lol
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime Titanium 700watt fanless
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3 graphite / Glorious Model D matte black / Razer Invicta mousing mat gunmetal
Keyboard	HHKB Hybrid Type-S black printed keycaps
Software	Work Apps text and statistical
Benchmark Scores	Single Thread scores at 5.6Ghz: Cinebench R15 ST - 249 CPU-Z ST - 676 PassMark CPU ST - 3389

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

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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	Hotbox
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard	ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling	LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory	32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage	2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software	Windows 10 Pro

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 ;)

Processor	Ryzen 2600
Motherboard	X470 Tachi Ultimate
Cooling	AM3+ Wraith CPU cooler
Memory	C.R.S.
Video Card(s)	GTX 970
Software	Linux Peppermint 10
Benchmark Scores	Never high enough

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	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	AMD R7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Frozen Edge 360, 3x TL-B12 V2, 2x TL-B12 V1
Memory	2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage	WD SN850 1TB, SN850X 2TB, SN770 1TB
Display(s)	LG 50UP7100
Case	Fractal Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	JBL Bar 700
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1000, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Oculus 3
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	just ordinary potato system, but dont understimate potato..
Processor	ryzen raven ridge 2200g, ryzen 2600 upgrade:)
Motherboard	msi b350 pc mate, biostars a320, asrock ab350m micro
Cooling	x2 cheap china handmade, i got plenty aigo/fantech rgb fans now heh
Memory	klevv dual channel 8gb 3000mhz, trident 16gb 3600mhz, random ddr2 stick
Video Card(s)	back to square, using vega 56 now:D
Storage	wd green ssd 240gb, 3tb seagate expnasion, random laptop hdd x4, 1tb 3.5
Display(s)	acer vgo 22inch fullhd 75hz
Case	cheap segotep/dazumba mid atx, alcatroz mini atx
Audio Device(s)	genius retro wood style, harman kardon stick iii
Power Supply	be quite system power9, powerlogic standar, voltron 300fx, thermaltake smart 1200w
Mouse	rexus, genius ps/2, powerlogic ps/2 ball tracking
Keyboard	rexus, random china product x3
Software	talking abt best software, autodesk/unity3d/notepad yes notepad!!
Benchmark Scores	theres nothing to brag abt potato, but it can run decent 30fps fullhd with good setting:)