What's your latest tech purchase?

thesmokingman · Jan 5, 2020

Got a Phanteks 719 too. And man, this case is a pita to work on and it will only fit specific thickness rads, kind of a turn off.
Just look at the enormous amount of room between the two rads, lmao.

Disparia · Jan 6, 2020

After 4+ years the battery in my nVidia Shield K1 went "puff". Looked up a various posts about replacing the battery with suitable alternatives, but ultimately just went with a Samsung Tab A 10" instead. So far I'm liking the bright screen.

Durvelle27 · Jan 6, 2020

Disparia said:
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After 4+ years the battery in my nVidia Shield K1 went "puff". Looked up a various posts about replacing the battery with suitable alternatives, but ultimately just went with a Samsung Tab A 10" instead. So far I'm liking the bright screen.

Any plans for the shield

potato580+ · Jan 6, 2020

i baught this for $430, not cheap but worth a try, pretty much good performance & very good temp, never hit 70c so far

Solaris17 · Jan 6, 2020

Finally got the case for my VIM3 Pro. I use this and a super cheap Logitech webcam to do object detection with the integrated NPU.

HUSKIE · Jan 6, 2020

Bought them really cheap.

5x120mm fans
2x140mm fans
1x137mm fan
1x vertical riser Gpu

mouacyk · Jan 6, 2020

Solaris17 said:
Finally got the case for my VIM3 Pro. I use this and a super cheap Logitech webcam to do object detection with the integrated NPU.
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are you using Ubuntu on the emmc flash? or is there a separate firmware for using the npu?

theonek · Jan 6, 2020

potato580+ said:
i baught this for $430, not cheap but worth a try, pretty much good performance & very good temp, never hit 70c so far
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only one card looking like this - 1080ti....

potato580+ · Jan 6, 2020

theonek said:
only one card looking like this - 1080ti....

oh yes it is, i forgot to mention the model hehe, it was 1080ti correct, msi twin frozr vi :laugh:

GreiverBlade · Jan 6, 2020

that should be tech related enough :laugh:

i ordered a DUCATI Pro-1 Plus 299chf (well ... the other comparable e-scooter were 419chf or more ... i think it's a good deal, furthermore since the original price of that one is around 349chf when not in promotion )
range: 25km speed: 25km/h battery: 7800mAh power rating: 250W max slope: 15% (micro issue .... road approval in Switzerland is up to 20km/h and that one is 5km/h too much, although since it has 3 speed settings i wonder ... )

well i wanted a Ducati Monster ... but the lack of a driver license made me go for something else ...

still a

probably a rebadged Xiaomi M365, which has the same specs and general look (395chf for that one )

Disparia · Jan 6, 2020

Durvelle27 said:
Any plans for the shield

Going to hang onto it for awhile in case I need to pull any data from it.

Easy Rhino · Jan 6, 2020

Solaris17 said:
Finally got the case for my VIM3 Pro. I use this and a super cheap Logitech webcam to do object detection with the integrated NPU.
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Any reason why you chose the VIM3 over the Jetson Nano? I have been looking into some deep learning stuff since I do a lot of NN for cloud. The Nano looks like it has a nice community and SDK.

Solaris17 · Jan 6, 2020

Easy Rhino said:
Any reason why you chose the VIM3 over the Jetson Nano? I have been looking into some deep learning stuff since I do a lot of NN for cloud. The Nano looks like it has a nice community and SDK.

I wanted the extra connectivity. The nanos 128 shader gpu may outperform the VIM3 but I haven't really looked. I got it specifically for its dedicated NPU (5TOPS) and the extra connections. Not that slim really matters but that played a part for me as well since I take it too and from work.

For NN you might want to do a comparison since I didnt. I just do object detection with this though.

phill · Jan 6, 2020

Yay!! My RAM turned up today

I am looking forward to doing some testing with this stuff

I've put some in both of my Ryzen 1700X rigs and they have booted first time without any hicups at all, so rather pleased with that

Just going to let one crunch away for the night and then see how well it goes

I'll put a few more pictures up in my Project thread in my sig a bit later

biffzinker · Jan 7, 2020

phill said:
Yay!! My RAM turned up today

Can I share in your "Yay!!"

phill · Jan 7, 2020

biffzinker said:
Can I share in your "Yay!!"

But of course

theonek · Jan 7, 2020

phill said:
Yay!! My RAM turned up today

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I am looking forward to doing some testing with this stuff I've put some in both of my Ryzen 1700X rigs and they have booted first time without any hicups at all, so rather pleased with that Just going to let one crunch away for the night and then see how well it goes I'll put a few more pictures up in my Project thread in my sig a bit later

umm five kits x32gb of ram? is it too much? what pc will you build with so much ram?

khemist · Jan 7, 2020

New case, ill get some better pics during the daylight when i've built in it.

Ruru · Jan 7, 2020

Got the parts for HTPC upgrade, just waiting for SSD and I'll install these

phill · Jan 7, 2020

theonek said:
umm five kits x32gb of ram? is it too much? what pc will you build with so much ram?

I've a few systems and well I'm a loon, so there's always something I can use the ram with

Something crazy did happen a few days ago but arrived today...

I thought I'd use a few thumbnails for these instead of full size pics, had some preferences mentioned last time I put up a few pics

So the 2700 and 2700X I already had from a few days ago, so today was just the two boards and the 3900X.. If only they'd had the 3950X in stock, I'd have grabbed that instead but still..
Also very impressed with the RAM and the two boards, I really think they do look rather good together so, glad I've grabbed the 5 kits

Instead of gabbering on here too much, I'll put an update in my project log at some point...

Solaris17 · Jan 8, 2020

mouacyk said:
are you using Ubuntu on the emmc flash? or is there a separate firmware for using the npu?

ubuntu on the emmc. Trick is to get a camera that auto focuses. I blew through 2 single focus cheapy cameras at work (I used my BRIO at home prior) and openCV has a problem with them. It would always crap out when attempting to open the stream.

If not auto focus, make sure it is atleast 1080p since thats what it will attempt to stream first, (which makes the cam throw a fit) the only way to change the default try is to compile it yourself from the source on git. (honestly easier just to buy a cheaper cam)

E-Bear · Jan 8, 2020

Got that one brand new couple of years ago at a flea market. just remembered I still had it when I cleaned up my mess so I will use it for my portable low budget gaming rig I will build with the LGA1155 parts i have laying around.

https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16811125484

Animalpak · Jan 8, 2020

Ahead to a new journey with the new gaming system.

Next month the RAM sticks maybe new powersupply and a M.2 SSD for games.

ixi · Jan 8, 2020

potato580+ said:
oh yes it is, i forgot to mention the model hehe, it was 1080ti correct, msi twin frozr vi

Nice buy

.

Got 1 year ago 1080 ti evga brand new for 150euro. Sad part that EVGA cooling and noise is terrible... never gonna again buy this brand gpus...

phill · Jan 8, 2020

ixi said:
Nice buy .

Got 1 year ago 1080 ti evga brand new for 150euro. Sad part that EVGA cooling and noise is terrible... never gonna again buy this brand gpus...

Just curious what model of card you have from EVGA?

Processor	AMD 5900x
Motherboard	Asus x570 Strix-E
Cooling	Hardware Labs
Memory	G.Skill 4000c17 2x16gb
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090
Storage	Sabrent
Display(s)	Samsung G9
Case	Phanteks 719
Audio Device(s)	Fiio K5 Pro
Power Supply	EVGA 1000 P2
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Corsair K95

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	Black Prometheus
Processor	\|AMD Ryzen 7 1700
Motherboard	ASRock B550M Pro4\|MSI X370 Gaming PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright PA120 SE \| AMD Stock Cooler
Memory	G.Skill 64GB(2x32GB) 3200MHz \| 32GB(4x8GB) DDR4
Video Card(s)	ASUS DirectCU II R9 290 4GB
Storage	Sandisk X300 512GB + WD Black 6TB+WD Black 6TB
Display(s)	LG Nanocell85 49" 4K 120Hz + ACER AOPEN 34" 3440x1440 144Hz
Case	DeepCool Matrexx 55 V3 w/ 6x120mm Intake + 3x120mm Exhaust
Audio Device(s)	LG Dolby Atmos 5.1
Power Supply	Corsair RMX850 Fully Modular\| EVGA 750W G2
Mouse	Logitech Trackman
Keyboard	Logitech K350
Software	Windows 10 EDU x64

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:)

System Name	RogueOne
Processor	Xeon W9-3495x
Motherboard	ASUS w790E Sage SE
Cooling	SilverStone XE360-4677
Memory	128gb Gskill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 2TB WD SN850X \| 2x 8TB GAMMIX S70
Display(s)	49" Philips Evnia OLED (49M2C8900)
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 Pro Snow
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on schitt Gunnr
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-1600
Mouse	Lamzu Maya Grey
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Moondrop Luna lights
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 Pro Workstation
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

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System Name	Gentoo64 /w Cold Coffee
Processor	9900K 5.2GHz @1.312v
Motherboard	MXI APEX
Cooling	Raystorm Pro + 1260mm Super Nova
Memory	2x16GB TridentZ 4000-14-14-28-2T @1.6v
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 LiquidX Barrow 3015MHz @1.1v
Storage	660P 1TB, 860 QVO 2TB
Display(s)	LG C1 + Predator XB1 QHD
Case	Open Benchtable V2
Audio Device(s)	SB X-Fi
Power Supply	MSI A1000G
Mouse	G502
Keyboard	G815
Software	Gentoo/Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Always only ever very fast

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

System Name	main/SFFHTPCARGH!(tm)/Xiaomi Mi TV Stick/Samsung Galaxy S23/Ally
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D/i7-3770/S905X/Snapdragon 8 Gen 2/Ryzen Z1 Extreme
Motherboard	MSI MAG B550 Tomahawk/HP SFF Q77 Express/uh?/uh?/Asus
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T50 Axe aRGB /basic HP HSF /errr.../oh! liqui..wait, no:sizable vapor chamber/a nice one
Memory	64gb DDR4 3600/8gb DDR3 1600/2gbLPDDR3/8gbLPDDR5x/16gb(10 sys)LPDDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	Hellhound Spectral White RX 7900 XTX 24gb/GT 730/Mali 450MP5/Adreno 740/Radeon 780M 6gb LPDDR5
Storage	250gb870EVO/500gb860EVO/2tbSandisk/NVMe2tb+1tb/4tbextreme V2/1TB Arion/500gb/8gb/256gb/4tb SN850X
Display(s)	X58222 32" 2880x1620/32"FHDTV/273E3LHSB 27" 1920x1080/6.67"/AMOLED 2X panel FHD+120hz/7" FHD 120hz
Case	Cougar Panzer Max/Elite 8300 SFF/None/back/back-front Gorilla Glass Victus 2+ UAG Monarch Carbon
Audio Device(s)	Logi Z333/SB Audigy RX/HDMI/HDMI/Dolby Atmos/KZ x HBB PR2/Moondrop Chu II + TRN BT20S
Power Supply	Chieftec Proton BDF-1000C /HP 240w/12v 1.5A/4Smart Voltplug PD 30W/Asus USB-C 65W
Mouse	Speedlink Sovos Vertical-Asus ROG Spatha-Logi Ergo M575/Xiaomi XMRM-006/touch/touch
Keyboard	Endorfy Thock 75% <3/none/touch/virtual
VR HMD	Medion Erazer
Software	Win10 64/Win8.1 64/Android TV 8.1/Android 13/Win11 64
Benchmark Scores	bench...mark? i do leave mark on bench sometime, to remember which one is the most comfortable. :o

System Name	Desktop
Processor	i5 13600KF
Motherboard	AsRock B760M Steel Legend Wifi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U9S
Memory	4x 16 Gb Gskill S5 DDR5 @6000
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte Gaming OC 6750 XT 12GB
Storage	WD_BLACK 4TB SN850x
Display(s)	Gigabye M32U
Case	Corsair Carbide 400C
Audio Device(s)	On Board
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 650 P2
Mouse	MX Master 3s
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless Clicky
Software	The Matrix

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	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

Processor	9700k
Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AC
Cooling	NZXT kraken X53
Memory	16GB Klevv Bolt X 3600mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX 3080
Storage	SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB NVME
Display(s)	LG OLED42C24LA
Case	Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Dragonfly Black DAC/Amp + AKG Q701 + Rode NT-USB
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	Steelseries Prime wireless
Keyboard	Coolermaster Masterkeys S
Software	Win 10 64

System Name	4K-gaming / media-PC
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X / Intel Core i7-6700K
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VII Hero / Asus Z170-A
Cooling	Arctic Freezer 50 / Thermaltake Contac 21
Memory	32GB DDR4-3466 / 16GB DDR4-3000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3080 10GB / RX 6700 XT
Storage	3.3TB of SSDs / several small SSDs
Display(s)	Acer 27" 4K120 IPS + Lenovo 32" 4K60 IPS
Case	Corsair 4000D AF White / DeepCool CC560 WH
Audio Device(s)	Creative Omni BT speaker
Power Supply	EVGA G2 750W / Fractal ION Gold 550W
Mouse	Logitech MX518 / Logitech G400s
Keyboard	Roccat Vulcan 121 AIMO / NOS C450 Mini Pro
VR HMD	Oculus Rift CV1
Software	Windows 11 Pro / Windows 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	They run Crysis

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

Processor	i9 9900KS ( 5 Ghz all the time )
Motherboard	Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390
Cooling	EK Velocity + EK D5 pump + Alphacool full copper silver 360mm radiator
Memory	16GB Corsair Dominator GT ROG Edition 3333 Mhz
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti 12GB OC
Storage	M.2 Samsung NVMe 970 Evo Plus 250 GB + 1TB 970 Evo Plus
Display(s)	Asus PG279 IPS 1440p 165Hz G-sync
Case	Cooler Master H500
Power Supply	Asus ROG Thor 850W
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Chroma
Keyboard	Rapoo
Software	Win 10 64 Bit