What's your latest tech purchase?

[Deleted member 178884]

Forgot to make a post on the new addition to my CPU + Motherboard collection:

Bought the little 8600K for only £134 in a bid I won on eBay and the z390i phantom for £178 off eBuyer (ouch!)
Sadly, the z390i phantom I had scored off eBay for £115 was badly broken with a damaged CPU socket, damaged board traces and only ended up reading one RAM module, fortunately I obtained a refund (still processing) and managed to sort it out with the seller that covered postal fees (phew!)

 

[ASOT]

Nice upgrade @ASOT by why oh why a the ref model?

Cheap and cheap and cheap again,about 1200 lei-247 Euro,with warranty,used about 2 months.

For EU-Romania is great deal/price.

 

[Shou Miko]

Cheap and cheap and cheap again,about 1200 lei-247 Euro,with warranty,used about 2 months.

For EU-Romania is great deal/price.

Okay reviews show just it's horrible loud underload even the 50year anniversary edition even worse.

But it's a nice card the ref from AMD doesn't have a bad PCB actually but was it me I would had go with a custom cooler design or swapped the cooler like on my GTX 1080 Ti FE it became a Hybrid and I couldn't be happier with temps and it's still a blower style card

 

[Skywalker12345]

A little birthday upgrade first it was just storage and a video card... Then i realized i couldnt power my new card as i needed two 8 PIN PCIE power adapters. Oh well now ill be good for a while, full specs in my profile.

 

[EarthDog]

Nice haul.. you have 2 gpus that you need a 850w psu? A 650w with the right connectors could have saved you some cash from the overbuy.

 

[Skywalker12345]

Thanks! Yeah prob could have gone with a 650W however i like to future-proof along with the platinum rating and modular cables... and Newegg had a good deal

 

[biffzinker]

Yesterdays purchase a 32GB 7th gen iPad. Quite a difference compared to the iPad 2 I still have, stopped using it a long time ago.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Yesterdays purchase a 32GB 7th gen iPad. Quite a difference compared to the iPad 2 I still have, stopped using it a long time ago.

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i wanted to find the "puke" button in the like options (yeah i am a notorious Apple "hater" i do not hate their product ... but their company) ... i couldn't settle for angry or sad so i settle for a "like" in the aspect of me liking you buying new stuff...

 

[Skywalker12345]

 

[biffzinker]

(yeah i am a notorious Apple "hater" i do not hate their product ... but their company)

Out of all the tablet options to choose from the iPad still stands out. Would of preferred Android but Google seems to have given up getting Android tablet friendly/usable.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Out of all the tablet options to choose from the iPad still stands out. Would of preferred Android but Google seems to have given up getting Android tablet friendly/usable.

well ... given that the only real concurrent for my Huawei Mediapad M5 8.4" is an iPad mini ... i can understand although lucky me there was an alternative and if i wanted a bigger size, they have it in 10.1"

my parents have each an iPad mini, they would gladly swap, if they didn't have all their apps and account linked to Apple closed ecosystem (some app are cross platform but that's a minority for them )
-aluminum unibody? check
-stereo speaker tuned by Harman Kardon and driven by a dedicated AK4376 DAC? check
-2.5K screen with no marketing Gimmick in 16/9 ratio? check
-decent spec enough to run anything modern on it? check (although still on Android 9.0 at the moment but still, update mania is not the only way, as long a sit work: don't try to fix it ... and the OS is perfectly -fine on tablet, but that's thanks to Huawei, not Google, although some apps could need rework, but that's developers fault not Google or Huawei )
-fast charging and more than decent autonomy? check
-pricing? a little less than 300chf, check (for a 32gb with expansion possibility rated up to 1 uSD 128gb max .... using a uSD 256gb since i got her without issues )

also i noticed there is the M6 out, sporting a Kirin 980 instead of the 960 (which is what i have in my View 20, which is under Android 10.0 atm, and it's still a monster of a SOC ) the 960 have some limitation and was one of the only cons reviewer could find in the M5 (although minor, and the other were: "mediocre camera performances", well it's a tablet ... not caring at all, for me at last and "no headphone jack" but still packed an USB C adapter.) pricing at the moment is a little under 400chf ... might be my next option, but i am fine for now

Huawei MediaPad M5 8.4 review

A very good Android alternative to the iPad Mini

www.techradar.com

one review mentioned "no waterproofing" as a cons ... but Waterproofing is a plague ... for one that work as a pool lifeguard ... all these idiot taking selfies ( it's fine when you are alone but not in a freaking pool surrounded by strangers that do not want to be on their selfies) giving the phone to the kids so they can browse FB or play games in the pool (oohhhh, come on... seriously?) et caetera...

i am not dissing your purchase ofc

 

[theonek]

Thanks! Yeah prob could have gone with a 650W however i like to future-proof along with the platinum rating and modular cables... and Newegg had a good deal

HX is a very good choice for high class psu, I have same class on all my pc's, you are not went wrong with it!

 

[Skywalker12345]

HX is a very good choice for high class psu, I have same class on all my pc's, you are not went wrong with it!

Thanks ive always used Corsair with zero issues.

 

[GreiverBlade]

Thanks ive always used Corsair with zero issues.

for me it would depend who's the OEM, because the only PSU i had from Corsair was also the only one with some issues (minor) and the OEM behind was Great Wall (i should have known ... with a name like that ... ), if it's Seasonic or Superflower or FSP or even CWT, most HX have CWT as OEM (fine with the DSAIII and DSG series) and a few have Seasonic (S12/S12II and G series ) the HX 850w some are CWT DSG series

now that i look back ... the one i had was a CX 550 ... if i took the 600 or 650 instead the OEM would have been CWT with the DSAIII series

now i either take from the brand i mentioned above or check if the OEM behind is one of them...

my Seasonic M12II Evo 750w bronze is perfect for now (and served in 3 consecutives build)

 

[ASOT]

Okay reviews show just it's horrible loud underload even the 50year anniversary edition even worse.

But it's a nice card the ref from AMD doesn't have a bad PCB actually but was it me I would had go with a custom cooler design or swapped the cooler like on my GTX 1080 Ti FE it became a Hybrid and I couldn't be happier with temps and it's still a blower style card

Yes i knew this,i had gpus blower..i dont mind about noise,pc is downfloor and is not like a jet actually.

 

[8BitZ80]

I already have five of these things, yet I still feel the need to buy two more because they're only a couple of bucks each
This Ebay seller I go through has been great, they test the processors and always send a matched pair with the latest stepping.

 

[Skywalker12345]

I already have five of these things, yet I still feel the need to buy two more because they're only a couple of bucks each
This Ebay seller I go through has been great, they test the processors and always send a matched pair with the latest stepping.

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Reminds me of my LanParty setup with my core 2 duo

PS - can i buy a few of the Core 2 Duos off of you?

 

[8BitZ80]

Reminds me of my LanParty setup with my core 2 duo

PS - can i buy a few of the Core 2 Duos off of you?

I'm on the other side of the Pacific and have basically never sold anything, but I'd imagine the local deals over there are better anyway. I've found that lately people have been practically giving away their LGA775 gear.

 

[AlienIsGOD]

pulled the trigger on an affordable Freesync 144hz screen

 

[AlienIsGOD]

It's an Acer ed273 abidpx 27" 144hz 1080p freesync screen, bought refurb 259.99 CAD plus tax

 

[Liviu Cojocaru]

As I am working from home I needed a second monitor and I got this one:

AOC 27G2U5/BK 27" Widescreen IPS LED for £165.38 on Amazon

Also my Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum keyboard died I got this:

HyperX HX-KB2RD2-UK Alloy Elite RGB Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, Cherry MX Red for £99.99 on Amazon

 

[Regeneration]

Electrician in the field

 

[AlienIsGOD]

Monitor set up and in use

 

[Ruru]

I guess a NES game is a tech related purchase

 

[HammerON]

I have been wanting to build a AMD cruncher since I sold my i9 7980XE cruncher last year. The wife has been pretty adamant about me not spending money on another computer. Luckily my 50 birthday is this month and she agreed to let me build a new cruncher. Would have preferred the 3950X but I just couldn't muster the price. I have a couple MCP655 pumps, but one is going out so I also bought a new one. Also went with 3 EK-Vardar Evo fans for the radiator.