What's your latest tech purchase?

Shou Miko · Jun 14, 2020

Caring1 said:
You know those anti-static bags are only static free on the inside right?
You risk zapping your parts by placing them on the outside.

Usually I never had a problem with that but if I need to test something I usually put the motherboard on the cardbord box it arrives in to test outside a case.

Liviu Cojocaru · Jun 14, 2020

Caring1 said:
You know those anti-static bags are only static free on the inside right?
You risk zapping your parts by placing them on the outside.

In the past 15 years that I've built computers (for myself, others and work) never had an issue with static energy. I did not do the assembly on the bag, it was just for the photo.

Decryptor009 · Jun 14, 2020

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E-curbi · Jun 14, 2020

After 10days of really trying hard, just wasn't feelin' it with that sparkly finish on the silver - metallic grey test bench, so grabbed the simple black.

"Them dayum sparkly sparkles man - they're tearing me apart!" :cry:

Gonna do a 100% Total Black-Out Bench build, with some black Vandal switches with white leds, instead of the stock silver with blue led, and Plasti-Dip or electrical tape the mobo stand-offs also to black, already grabbed the deep black thumbscrew kit so there won't be a single sparkly sparkle or shimmer or glimmer - anywhere in sight.

Yea but, what about that shiny logo sticker on the new black bench? :ohwell:

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Why didn't you just Plasti-Dip the silver bench to black? Got a buyer for the silver bench, losing about $40. Oh well, live and learn. :ohwell:

Before:

After:

Two hours later...the black feels much more comfortable in this office space.

SN2716057 · Jun 14, 2020

The black version also looks good, tbh, E-curbi.

Finally the last cable came in for my Streacom BC1.

PLAfiller · Jun 14, 2020

SN2716057 said:
Finally the last cable came in for my Streacom BC1.

That's some WiFi power you got there. Rarely I see WiFi add-on cards in systems.

SN2716057 · Jun 14, 2020

lZKoce said:
That's some WiFi power you got there. Rarely I see WiFi add-on cards in systems.

If the mobo doesn't have any it's always handy to have.

cucker tarlson · Jun 14, 2020

Caring1 said:
You know those anti-static bags are only static free on the inside right?
You risk zapping your parts by placing them on the outside.

I did it one the ouside like a thousand times.

INSTG8R · Jun 14, 2020

Good things are coming...

cucker tarlson · Jun 14, 2020

INSTG8R said:
Good things are coming...
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finally retiring that ancient lc system ? :laugh:

I'm thinking about water myself,but might start with an aio.
custom loop is way too time consuming for me.
I can't even be bothered to blow the dust off my d15s
liquid freezer 2 is banging value

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that's like 50 pln more than I paid for my d15s.I can probably cover nearly half of that by selling my air cooler.

edit :eek:

rdered!

gonna be a tight squeeze cause p600s has 65mm clearance for top clc and this is 38+25.should fit tho.I'm glad I didn't get the define 7 cause I've seen ppl having problems with liquid freezer II

tabascosauz · Jun 14, 2020

Not quite new, but now that I've got time again, I finally got around to removing the pesky red tops on the Trident Z heatspreaders. The resulting pure two-tone is one of the best looking DIMMs, behind perhaps GeiL White Dragon, Royals, and Dominator Platinum SE.

Unfortunately, I'm still looking for a way to put these E-die sticks to use again. In the Samsung lineup, they're supposed to be second only to B-die.

INSTG8R · Jun 15, 2020

cucker tarlson said:
finally retiring that ancient lc system ?

Nope just changing the block. My pump runs as well as day 1 and have a full copper 360 rad. Works fine.

Shou Miko · Jun 15, 2020

tabascosauz said:
Not quite new, but now that I've got time again, I finally got around to removing the pesky red tops on the Trident Z heatspreaders. The resulting pure two-tone is one of the best looking DIMMs, behind perhaps GeiL White Dragon, Royals, and Dominator Platinum SE.

Unfortunately, I'm still looking for a way to put these E-die sticks to use again. In the Samsung lineup, they're supposed to be second only to B-die.

Personally I am not giving up the 5 Geil Dragon RAM sticks I have :roll:

E-curbi · Jun 15, 2020

SN2716057 said:
The black version also looks good, tbh, E-curbi.

Finally the last cable came in for my Streacom BC1.
View attachment 159031

Congratulations on that final cable bro, looks nice, I LOVE the idea and functionality of test benches repurposed as permanent open air chassis, thermals are always vastly improved.

Went with the Dimastech instead of the Streacom since it's overall form factor reminded me of classic tube amplifiers, horizontal base and you build your components on top with a short front (control) panel that can be filled in with more gear if you wish.

Got (2) black Vandal switches on the way, a Dimastech ring for PWR and a Lamptron dot for Reset, grabbed some CaseLabs Vandal cables out of my older S8 test bench since I really don't like those "ketchup and mustard" stock Dimastech red and yellow switch cables and the CaseLabs are all black, look very nice.

Going to black-out the USB 3.0 hub with Plasti-Dip and install, and get a Supermicro 2.5inch SSD dual bay device for the now empty front panel, should look ok as the space fills in.

The Streacom BC-1 is much more portable and breaks down nicer, and it looks much lighter aluminum vs steel - than the Dimastech, but I don't have any plans on moving or transporting my bench - using it as more of an open air permanent chassis than a test bench - won't be swapping parts out very often, just a nice 2ndary inaudible office build to compliment the Batman primary rig.

And boy, do they look great together. :clap:

Yea, this bench build is still a work in progress, very empty at the moment - parts on the way to fill in the front panel, and I'll mount that Aquaero 6 with some Velcro. :toast:

Caring1 · Jun 15, 2020

@E-curbi that Radeon Pro GPU is crying out for a can of black spray paint.

E-curbi · Jun 15, 2020

Caring1 said:
@E-curbi that Radeon Pro GPU is crying out for a can of black spray paint.

lol,

The blue cover plate is going to get a nice black coating of Plasti-Dip, might leave the Radeon "R" on the fan spindle blue, masking off the fan and electrical contacts. lol

That's a super-inexpensive AMD Radeon Pro 2100 card, only like $94 from Newegg, using an only slightly nicer Radeon Pro 4100 in the primary office rig, both GPU fans controlled by MSI Afterburner software - which actually recognizes workstation graphics cards, who woulda thunk it?

One day I'll break down and actually buy a REAL Gaming Card - although the Radeon Pro 2100 plays the original Half-Life and Black Mesa just fine... :laugh:

PerfectWave · Jun 15, 2020

bought a wacom intuos M and look at the nesty blemish on the surface LOL (sending back). WACOM quality. I have a cheap HUION and works just

fine....

how do you insert image without attaching it on a post?

TheLostSwede · Jun 15, 2020

puma99dk| said:
Personally I am not giving up the 5 Geil Dragon RAM sticks I have

Five? What happened to the sixth? :confused:

Shou Miko · Jun 15, 2020

TheLostSwede said:
Five? What happened to the sixth?

Ask the German company that had only one stick for sale

tabascosauz · Jun 15, 2020

PerfectWave said:
bought a wacom intuos M and look at the nesty blemish on the surface LOL (sending back). WACOM quality. I have a cheap HUION and works just

fine....

how do you insert image without attaching it on a post?

If you insert it inline as a thumb or full image I don't think the attachment shows up in the post. Nevertheless I always use imgur for full quality pictures, so it's just a link and doesn't rely on TPU filehosting.

heinztvoert · Jun 16, 2020

So just got my 3800x today.. Opened the packaged. chip looks nice but...included Wraith Prism? Good thin I am not going to use it.

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stinger608 · Jun 16, 2020

heinztvoert said:
Opened the packaged. chip looks nice but...included Wraith Prism? Good thin I am not going to use it.

I think I would get an exchange as you don't know what actually happened to that cooler. Could have shocked the hell out of the chip as well man.

heinztvoert · Jun 16, 2020

stinger608 said:
I think I would get an exchange as you don't know what actually happened to that cooler. Could have shocked the hell out of the chip as well man.

I did contact online retailer, couple hours later got message with tracking number - sending me a new ryzen.

r.h.p · Jun 16, 2020

SN2716057 said:
The black version also looks good, tbh, E-curbi.

Finally the last cable came in for my Streacom BC1.
View attachment 159031

Hey man did you buy the stand for your components, or make it ?

heinztvoert said:
So just got my 3800x today.. Opened the packaged. chip looks nice but...included Wraith Prism? Good thin I am not going to use it. View attachment 159173

ive got 2 of them , and think they are good coolers. If u use it Scrape off the paste ,it goes hard like dry plaster after heat use and apply something like arctic silver and it dropped the temp 5c with a 3700x

SN2716057 · Jun 16, 2020

r.h.p said:
Hey man did you buy the stand for your components, or make it ?

You mean the bench? It's the Streacom BC1., which I bought

E-curbi said:
Congratulations on that final cable bro, looks nice, I LOVE the idea and functionality of test benches repurposed as permanent open air chassis, thermals are always vastly improved.

Thanks! I only had to wait a month

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I bought the Huawei FreeLace cause it got good reviews. They work great with my laptop, and phone of course. They are closed headphones so no other noise will be heard which is great except when cycling, but then I just set it to low volume. The sound quality doesn't compare to my old Sennheiser (wired) headphones but are still good (enough).

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Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
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Display(s)	KTC M27T20S 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 IoT Enterprise 24H2 UK \| Win11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 UK / Arch (Fan)
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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

System Name	BloodRage
Processor	R5 2600X PBO enabled
Motherboard	Gigabyte Aorus B450 Elite
Cooling	Arctic Esports Duo
Memory	16GB Corsair Vengeance 3000
Video Card(s)	MSI VENTUS OC 2060 Super
Storage	120GB PNY SATA + 1TB WD Blue M.2
Display(s)	Samsung CRG5 144hz QD
Case	CiT cheap chassis
Audio Device(s)	Creative Audigy FX
Power Supply	Superflower Leadex III Gold 650w
Mouse	Razer Basilisk
Keyboard	Red Dragon Kumara
Software	Win 10

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	Merc v8
Processor	Ryzen 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670 Gaming X AX
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15
Memory	2x 16GB-6000
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Storage	Solidigm P44 1TB, Crucial MX500 2TB
Display(s)	ASUS ROG Swift PG27UQR
Case	Caselabs Mercury S8
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Magni & Modi, Edifier S351DB, DT 770 PRO
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex PX-850
Mouse	Logitech G600
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK Pro custom
Software	W11Pro

What's your latest tech purchase?

Shou Miko

Liviu Cojocaru

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WINSINN 40mm Fan 24V Hydraulic Bearing Brushless 4010 40x10mm - High Speed (Pack of 5Pcs) : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories

Rankie HDMI Extension Cable, High Speed Male to Female Cable with Ethernet, 0.9 m : Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

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System Name	PLAHI
Processor	I5-10400
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z490 GAMING PLUS
Cooling	120 AIO IWONGOU
Memory	1x32GB Kingston BEAST DDR4 @ 3200Mhz
Video Card(s)	PNY QUADRO RTX A2000
Storage	Intel 670P 512GB
Display(s)	Philips 288E2A 28" 4K + 22" LG 1080p
Case	Silverstone Raven 03 (RV03)
Audio Device(s)	Creative Soundblaster Z
Power Supply	Fractal Design IntegraM 650W
Mouse	Logitech Triathlon
Keyboard	REDRAGON MITRA
Software	Windows 11 Home x 64

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	Hellbox 5.1(same case new guts)
Processor	Ryzen 7 5800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X570S MAG Torpedo Max
Cooling	TT Kandalf L.C.S.(Water/Air)EK Velocity CPU Block/Noctua EK Quantum DDC Pump/Res
Memory	2x16GB Gskill Trident Neo Z 3600 CL16
Video Card(s)	Powercolor Hellhound 7900XTX
Storage	970 Evo Plus 500GB 2xSamsung 850 Evo 500GB RAID 0 1TB WD Blue Corsair MP600 Core 2TB
Display(s)	Alienware QD-OLED 34” 3440x1440 144hz 10Bit VESA HDR 400
Case	TT Kandalf L.C.S.
Audio Device(s)	Soundblaster ZX/Logitech Z906 5.1
Power Supply	Seasonic TX~’850 Platinum
Mouse	G502 Hero
Keyboard	G19s
VR HMD	Oculus Quest 3
Software	Win 11 Pro x64

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Processor	7800X3D┃5800X3D
Motherboard	B650E PG-ITX┃X570 Impact
Cooling	NH-U12A + T30┃AXP120-x67
Memory	64GB 6400CL32┃32GB 3600CL14
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000
Storage	8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550
Case	Caselabs S3┃Lazer3D HT5

System Name	H7 Flow 2024
Processor	AMD 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus X570 Tough Gaming
Cooling	Custom liquid
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A750
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB.
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Eweadn Mechanical
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

System Name	Gaming PC / I7 XEON
Processor	I7 4790K @stock / XEON W3680 @ stock
Motherboard	Asus Z97 MAXIMUS VII FORMULA / GIGABYTE X58 UD7
Cooling	X61 Kraken / X61 Kraken
Memory	32gb Vengeance 2133 Mhz / 24b Corsair XMS3 1600 Mhz
Video Card(s)	Gainward GLH 1080 / MSI Gaming X Radeon RX480 8 GB
Storage	Samsung EVO 850 500gb ,3 tb seagate, 2 samsung 1tb in raid 0 / Kingdian 240 gb, megaraid SAS 9341-8
Display(s)	2 BENQ 27" GL2706PQ / Dell UP2716D LCD Monitor 27 "
Case	Corsair Graphite Series 780T / Corsair Obsidian 750 D
Audio Device(s)	ON BOARD / ON BOARD
Power Supply	Sapphire Pure 950w / Corsair RMI 750w
Mouse	Steelseries Sesnsei / Steelseries Sensei raw
Keyboard	Razer BlackWidow Chroma / Razer BlackWidow Chroma
Software	Windows 1064bit PRO / Windows 1064bit PRO

System Name	Overlord Mk MLI
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Gigabyte X670E Aorus Master
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 SE with offsets
Memory	32GB Team T-Create Expert DDR5 6000 MHz @ CL30-34-34-68
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phantom GS
Storage	1TB Solidigm P44 Pro, 2 TB Corsair MP600 Pro, 2TB Kingston KC3000
Display(s)	Acer XV272K LVbmiipruzx 4K@160Hz
Case	Fractal Design Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Virtuoso SE
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 850 W
Mouse	Logitech G502 Lightspeed
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Max
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://valid.x86.fr/yfsd9w

System Name	Arctic Ryzen
Processor	AMD 7-3800X
Motherboard	MSI Tomahawk X570 WiFI
Cooling	Deepcool Captain 240EX
Memory	XPG Gammix 32gb 3200mhz CL16
Video Card(s)	Nvidia Geforce GTX1650
Storage	4 - 4 TB Internal hd, Samsung 1tb SSD, External 5 tb (add 1 tb XPG NVME)
Display(s)	ACER 32
Case	Coolermaster 932 HAF
Audio Device(s)	internal
Power Supply	Corsair 850W
Mouse	Logitech Trackman
Keyboard	MS wireless
Software	Home 10
Benchmark Scores	[url=https://valid.x86.fr/2ypqj4][img]https://valid.x86.fr/cache/banner/2ypqj4-6.png[/img][/url]

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	schweinestalle
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700 X
Motherboard	Asus Prime - Pro X 570 + Asus PCI -E AC68 Dual Band Wi-Fi Adapter
Cooling	Standard Air
Memory	Kingston HyperX 2 x 16 gb DDR 4 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT 16GB Pulse
Storage	Crucial 1TB M.2 SSD
Display(s)	Asus XG 32 V ROG
Case	Corsair AIR ATX
Audio Device(s)	Realtech standard
Power Supply	Corsair 850 Modular
Mouse	CM Havoc
Keyboard	Corsair Cherry Mechanical
Software	Win 10
Benchmark Scores	Soon !