What's your latest tech purchase?

sam_86314 · Oct 2, 2020

Grabbed this while it was $17...

...a Recon Sentinel. Looks like it's supposed to be some sort of network security appliance, but that's not why I got it.

I got it because it has a Rock64 SBC in it. This thing normally retails for $25, so getting it for $16 was pretty good.

Apparently it was selling for as low as $8 before I got it. It's $20 now.

Amazon.com

It had a 16GB SanDisk Ultra MicroSD card in it with the factory software.

I currently have it running Armbian Buster from a different SD card to test it out. While the HDMI output seems a bit finicky, it otherwise seems to work fine. Dunno what I'm gonna use it for. For now, it's just another toy to play with.

Here it is next to my Raspberry Pi 3B...

biffzinker · Oct 2, 2020

sam_86314 said:
I got it because it has a Rock64 SBC in it. This thing normally retails for $25, so getting it for $16 was pretty good.

ETA Prime did the same.

sam_86314 · Oct 2, 2020

biffzinker said:
ETA Prime did the same.

Yep, his video is what got me interested in it.

Animalpak · Oct 2, 2020

oxrufiioxo said:
I'm loving mine so far.

That a serious question? Only B550/X570/TRX40 are compatible.... I mean it'll work but at 3.0 speeds.

On my view is a waste of money, if you buy something to let it run slower because you dont have the right interface.

The increased speed is the only reason to buy it.

But hey, you happy with that ? All ok your stuff is yours.

Solaris17 · Oct 2, 2020

Animalpak said:
On my view is a waste of money, if you buy something to let it run slower because you dont have the right interface.

The increased speed is the only reason to buy it.

But hey, you happy with that ? All ok your stuff is yours.

Thats fine, its what he wants.

Everything here cool?

racer243l · Oct 2, 2020

xrobwx71 said:
I got one of these coming.

Mine arrived yesterday

must be one of first ones delivered to customers in Germany if not worldwide

theonek · Oct 2, 2020

sadly it won't benefit from higher transfer pci-e 4.0 speeds, anyway test it to see the difference between evo plus and this one on z390 mobo just for curiosity....

Vendor · Oct 2, 2020

two weeks ago, my brother upgraded to i5 6600k, Asus z170-a mobo and G.Skill Ripjaws 2400mhz RAM which costed him ₹12,000 (roughly 164$)
He also got some decent Corsair case from the same guy as well (forgot to take it's pic when he built it), not sure about the model but he got it for an amazing price of ₹500 (a little less than 7$)

dont whant to set it"' · Oct 2, 2020

Got this PSU for either an upgrade by adding a bigNavi card to curent PC or for a new build with the upcoming Zen3 arch.
Le: £103.48 .

kapone32 · Oct 2, 2020

dont whant to set it"' said:
Got this PSU for either an upgrade by adding a bigNavi card to curent PC or for a new build with the upcoming Zen3 arch.
Le: £103.48 .

That's not bad at all for a fully modular PSU congrats.

racer243l · Oct 2, 2020

theonek said:
sadly it won't benefit from higher transfer pci-e 4.0 speeds, anyway test it to see the difference between evo plus and this one on z390 mobo just for curiosity....

I have a X570 system which I will test her with. The Z390 rig will be replaced by a Zen 3 system which I ordered her for. Amazon was just 1 or 2 months to fast

Might do a Z390 test if I have time for it.

theonek · Oct 2, 2020

yep, if you find some free time, test it on z390 just for curiosity to see what speeds will have on pci-e 3.0, and would it be even faster than 970 evo plus on old mobos...

dont whant to set it"' · Oct 2, 2020

Whilest I mainly bought this cordless vacuum cleaner for cleaning the car , I made 1st use of it for getting rid of a droplet of condensation in the cpu socket, yes it was a damp day to install a tec1 module on the cpu it was , debug code 0d (no info in the MB manual) followed by code 14(microcode) moments after releasing tension in the screws that hold the cooler to the module and hence the cpu.

Le: back to code 0d without cpu , vga , plethora of bios resets, mb and or the cpu is/are kaputsy.
I just ordered an Asus ROG strix B550-f gaming wich should arrive tomorrow.

2nd le: anyhow, until new mb arrives I won't know if channel B2 is gone on either, could be both

Valantar · Oct 2, 2020

Vendor said:
two weeks ago, my brother upgraded to i5 6600k, Asus z170-a mobo and G.Skill Ripjaws 2400mhz RAM which costed him ₹12,000 (roughly 164$)
He also got some decent Corsair case from the same guy as well (forgot to take it's pic when he built it), not sure about the model but he got it for an amazing price of ₹500 (a little less than 7$)
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Oh damn, a SATA Express port! I had completely forgotten about those. Obvious extra points if you can actually find a use for it in the build XD

kurosagi01 · Oct 2, 2020

kurosagi01 said:
So I've bought a Redmagic 5s sonic silver 8gb/128gb model. Photos will be uploaded of the new phone when I'm back home.

Here is my Redmagic 5s, the phone comes with screen protector pre-applied and a silicone case included.

ixi · Oct 2, 2020

Vendor said:
two weeks ago, my brother upgraded to i5 6600k, Asus z170-a mobo and G.Skill Ripjaws 2400mhz RAM which costed him ₹12,000 (roughly 164$)
He also got some decent Corsair case from the same guy as well (forgot to take it's pic when he built it), not sure about the model but he got it for an amazing price of ₹500 (a little less than 7$)
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Nice one

Sold half of my pc few days ago. For 350 euro

Mobo: asus maximus viii hero
Cpu: 6700k
Cpu cooler noctua-nh14
Ram: corsair vengeance 2800MHz, 16GB (kit of 2)
Case: cooler master silencio 550

Guy was pretty happy

. Buyer upgraded from 775 socket

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phill · Oct 3, 2020

I had a nice surprise today... Well yesterday now... lol

All the way from Germany.. Very happy

Wrapped up perfectly as well, very happy with that!! Just need to find a manual now and I think this one is complete!
And this one....

Another perfectly wrapped up piece of hardware.. Very happy I picked up this one!

Looks pretty much brand new!

I don't think I have anything else turning up now :laugh:

Still just trying to track down a 3850 AGP card as that turned out to be something completely different... Still plenty of time for that

stinger608 · Oct 3, 2020

phill said:
Still just trying to track down a 3850 AGP

I've got one, but dang!!!! Overseas shipping would probably be crazy and take 2 or 3 months!

phill · Oct 3, 2020

stinger608 said:
I've got one, but dang!!!! Overseas shipping would probably be crazy and take 2 or 3 months!

My worst issue is trying to find one boxed!! Although I do have a box for one...... I wonder how my OCD would cope!! :laugh:

8BitZ80 · Oct 3, 2020

A few SD cards for random jobs. The Extreme SDXC is great as a Windows OS drive on old pre-2005 machines, and I got the Extreme Pro's for their long term reliability.

And a couple new Silent Wings 3 120mm PWM fans for the front intake on the main system.

dorsetknob · Oct 3, 2020

phill said:
I had a nice surprise today..

Nice Board Got one exactly the Same (mine still has Manual.... all safely boxed away in storage

..)

Note you cannot mix DDR and DDR2 only one or the other
You Can Run AGP and PCIx together
also Quad core CPU do not run at Rated full speed (unless overclocked)

phill · Oct 3, 2020

I know these boards where used heavily in overclocking and some of the mods you could do with them where amazing.. If I ever felt that way, I'd see if I could find a modded version... I don't see many of these for sale and when I saw a boxed one with a backplate, I just thought, what the heck

Do you use yours much @dorsetknob ?

dorsetknob · Oct 3, 2020

Bought mine new and at the time it was the Best upgrade Route for my existing hardware.
My Previous Motherboard was Asrock P4i65G (Still got that Full Retail Package working when i put it into Storage ).

ThisMayBeYou · Oct 3, 2020

So got my new laptop cpu for desktop yesterday. Managed to hit 5ghz on intels stock cooler with temps mid 80’s.

dont whant to set it"' · Oct 3, 2020

It is here and slowly "reving" up to room temperature.

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

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

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint

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

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.

What's your latest tech purchase?

sam_86314

biffzinker

sam_86314

Animalpak

Solaris17

Super Dainty Moderator

racer243l

theonek

Vendor

dont whant to set it"'

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kapone32

racer243l

theonek

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Valantar

kurosagi01

ixi

phill

Moderator

stinger608

Dedicated TPU Cruncher & Folder

phill

Moderator

8BitZ80

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

phill

Moderator

dorsetknob

"YOUR RMA REQUEST IS CON-REFUSED"

ThisMayBeYou

dont whant to set it"'

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System Name	Shiny Beast 2.0
Processor	AMD Ryzen 9 5950x
Motherboard	Gigabyte X570 Aorus Master
Cooling	Corsair H150i Elite Capillex
Memory	32GB G.Skill Trident Z RGB 3600Mhz CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX 3090 OC
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB, Samsung 970 Evo 1TB, Samsung 860 Evo 1TB, Crucial MX500 2TB, WD Black 2TB
Display(s)	Asus PG35VQ 3440x1440 200Hz GSync
Case	Corsair 500D SE RGB
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z906
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Platinum
Mouse	SteelSeries Rival 600
Keyboard	Logitech K750

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	Amazing Experience
Processor	Intel Core i5 7500
Motherboard	MSI H110M Pro-VD
Cooling	Deepcool Alta 7 (CPU) \| 2x 120mm RGB Case Fans (Rear and Front)
Memory	Hynix 16GB (2x8) 2400Mhz (13-13-13-28)
Video Card(s)	Zotac GTX 750 Ti 2GB GDDR5
Storage	Crucial BX500 120GB; Seagate Barracuda 1TB+2TB; Dell 1TB Ext. HDD
Display(s)	HP 22es
Case	Ant Esports ICE-211TG
Audio Device(s)	F&D A110 2.1 Stereo Speakers
Power Supply	Circle 500 Watts APFC
Mouse	Redragon M609
Keyboard	TVS Gold Mechanical Keyboard (MX Blue, PS/2)
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

System Name	3 "rigs"-gaming/spare pc/cruncher
Processor	R7-5800X3D/i7-7700K/R9-7950X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair VI Extreme/Asus Ranger Z170/Asus ROG Crosshair X670E-GENE
Cooling	Bitspower monoblock ,custom open loop,both passive and active/air tower cooler/air tower cooler
Memory	32GB DDR4/32GB DDR4/64GB DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RX6900XT Alphacooled/AMD RX5700XT 50th Aniv./SOC(onboard)
Storage	mix of sata ssds/m.2 ssds/mix of sata ssds+an m.2 ssd
Display(s)	Dell UltraSharp U2410 , HP 24x
Case	mb box/Silverstone Raven RV-05/CoolerMaster Q300L
Audio Device(s)	onboard/onboard/onboard
Power Supply	3 Seasonics, a DeltaElectronics, a FractalDesing
Mouse	various/various/various
Keyboard	various wired and wireless
VR HMD	-
Software	W10.someting or another,all 3

System Name	Best AMD Computer
Processor	AMD 7900X3D
Motherboard	Asus X670E E Strix
Cooling	In Win SR36
Memory	GSKILL DDR5 32GB 5200 30
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Pulse 7900XT (Watercooled)
Storage	Corsair MP 700, Seagate 530 2Tb, Adata SX8200 2TBx2, Kingston 2 TBx2, Micron 8 TB, WD AN 1500
Display(s)	GIGABYTE FV43U
Case	Corsair 7000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void Pro, Logitch Z523 5.1
Power Supply	Deepcool 1000M
Mouse	Logitech g7 gaming mouse
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Windows 11 Pro 64 Steam. GOG, Uplay, Origin
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike: 46183 Time Spy: 25121

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	Ultraman
Processor	Intel core i9 13900HK
Motherboard	Alienware/Dell inverted motherboard
Cooling	Alienware/Dell cooling solution + IETS GT500 cooling pad
Memory	Alienware/Dell 32GB 6000mhz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX4080 12GB
Storage	1TB Dell supplied NVME + Samsung Evo 1TB NVME
Display(s)	AOC Gaming CU34G3S/BK
Case	Alienware X16
Audio Device(s)	onboard/Speakers: Logitech G560
Power Supply	Alienware/Dell battery + 330W charger
Mouse	Microsoft Pro Intellimouse - White
Keyboard	Ducky One2 SF White MX cherry Red
Software	Windows 11

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!! :(

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

Processor	Intel Core i9-9980XE 4.2@1.040v
Motherboard	X299 ASUS ROG RAMPAGE EXTREME ENCORE
Cooling	NZXT Kraken X72
Memory	32GB Hyperx Fury 2933Mhz
Video Card(s)	RTX 2080 FE
Case	Lian Li PC-011 Dynamic
Audio Device(s)	SB AE-5
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus Gold 850W
Mouse	Logitech G403
Keyboard	Razer Cynosa Chroma RGB