What's your latest tech purchase?

[Deleted member 24505]

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

Nice, nearly 100%, i have had 107% on a e6300 though

Whats the board?

 

[phill]

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 ).

Very nice mate I'll keep my eye out for the manual, I mean it's not the end of the world for sure and not a deal breaker as you can get them online but just if you get one, it's a nice touch

When you say storage, do you have a place for your kit at home or do you have an actual storage unit? Just intrigued as I'm wondering how many people are like me have a few bits and pieces of hardware

 

[Caring1]

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

What CPU is that?
It shows as an ES in CPU-z.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

What CPU is that?
It shows as an ES in CPU-z.

I9/8950HK/9880H/9980HK

 

[dorsetknob]

When you say storage, do you have a place for your kit at home

just a small Storage space in my Flat
when i lived in a 4 bed house with my dad before he passed i had 2 bedrooms and a shed full + lots of attic space sadly now all gone apart from a few items.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

I bought a lot of things this couple of months with the biggest spending being storage. Got some "books" below. Two WD 14TB and one 12TB WD. I did get a Toshiba 14tb enterprise drive too my first ever enterprise drive but it rather too loud for my liking and I sold it quickly. I kinda regretting that it a fast drive but it louder than my fans of laptop. Got a 512GB sd card to migrate my phone to another phone my smartphone is only with 1GB space left. Sd card not in picture as it's in phone. Wanted a new phone but I see how if it is possible to move apps to sd on another phone. Amazon packaging for the 14tb sucks, they simply paste a label and shipped that way to my door step and left it at my front door. Just terrible, at least it working fine testing writing zero for the entire drive all good.

 

[ThisMayBeYou]

Nice, nearly 100%, i have had 107% on a e6300 though

Whats the board?

Its a ASUS Strix Z270i Gaming. What i really like is that board handles this processor. VRM gets warm but not hot.

 

[xrobwx71]

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.

Public service announcement!!!! Everybody, please check with Animalpack before purchasing anything!

 

[Animalpak]

Public service announcement!!!! Everybody, please check with Animalpack before purchasing anything!

We need more kiddos, joining in february 9 2020 spitting true from Florida. United states of mmmmmurricahhh !

 

[xrobwx71]

We need more kiddos, joining in february 9 2020 spitting true from Florida. United states of mmmmmurricahhh !

Hey man, lighten up, it was a joke. You've been here so long you missed the topic.

It's The show off your tech related purchases thread. Not the question everyone's purchases thread. Let people be happy with their purchases, chill with the doom and gloom.

I got a laugh out of kiddo.

Carry on.



https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...our-tech-related-purchase-thread.225885/reply

 

[INSTG8R]

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Gettin' old and gettin' lazy.
Got me a PS3 Bluray Remote, so that I don't have to get off the couch to rewind YT vids or movies anymore. The only problem is that most software sucks, even though it's only job is to translate keycodes.
Currently using PS3BluMote, but I might need to do some digging and write my own, something similar to the good ole GlivePie, so that I can do some scripting and automation (used to be fun back in a day w/ Wiimote).

The official PS3 one was amazing I miss it so much. For PS4 they farmed it out and basically rubber stamped it as their official one.
PS3 official

The one they put their stamp on for PS4...

 

[Animalpak]

Hey man, lighten up, it was a joke. You've been here so long you missed the topic.

It's The show off your tech related purchases thread. Not the question everyone's purchases thread. Let people be happy with their purchases, chill with the doom and gloom.

I got a laugh out of kiddo.

Carry on.



https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...our-tech-related-purchase-thread.225885/reply

I do not accept jokes when what i write is generally correct.

I specified that it is my personal opinion

The guy buys an M.2 SSD that has the read and write capacity of about 7000MB/s now I don't know exactly... But he will use it only to get it going at 3700 MB/s because his motherboard do not support the new 4.0 PCI interface required to run that M.2 SSD at 7000 and above...

I write that is a bad move, nothing else !

If you think what he's doing is right I'm happy for you because it's idiocy for me.

Also i written that is perfectly fine if that is what he wants !!!


What you think you prove I don't know!

 

[Toothless]

Got the NR600 yesterday, and I really do like everything about it except for how shallow the back panel is for cables. Ain't my fault the 24 pin power is thiccc.

Did have to swap out the front CPU fan since it stuck out too far for the side panel but oh well, I had one last unused fan to stick in.

So much airflow!

 

[TxGrin]

 

[xrobwx71]

Now for the bench.

Samsung 970 Pro on PCIe 3.0

Samsung 980 pro on PCIe 3.0

A small increase but still an increase. That was the goal.

 

[INSTG8R]

Now for the bench.

Samsung 970 Pro on PCIe 3.0

Samsung 980 pro on PCIe 3.0

A small increase but still an increase. That was the goal.

Not bad I have a 970 Evo plus on a 4.0 port gets the same numbers as your 980

 

[xBruce88x]

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

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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....

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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 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

I had a very similar board. The AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA. I found a modded bios that allowed me to install 2x2gb ddr2 ram modules, though limited to 3.5gb usable...better than 2 at least! final form of sorts for it was:

Pentium e5300 OC to 3.2ghz
Masscool 90mm tower cooler
MSI 9600GT 512mb
ati aiw 7000 agp
2x voodooII in sli pci
SB Audigy PCI
2x 160gb sata in raid 0
2x2gb supertalent ddr2
400w antec power supply
it was a glorious sight seeing all those cads working together lol

Very nice mate I'll keep my eye out for the manual, I mean it's not the end of the world for sure and not a deal breaker as you can get them online but just if you get one, it's a nice touch

When you say storage, do you have a place for your kit at home or do you have an actual storage unit? Just intrigued as I'm wondering how many people are like me have a few bits and pieces of hardware

You should see my shed lol

And now for my most recent purchase...

keyboard for the "new media pc" which is just a dell laptop that had no battery lol

finally got a somewhat better psu

this voltage distribution is more suited for legacy builds... but there's enough on the 12v for now.

24pin could be a bit longer... maybe i'll get a cheapo extension later. also, my wifi "card" to the right. n300 i think.

while routing cables... i noticed this old case actually as an SSD mount! its also got a couple of gpu support brackets that slide out... though my gpu is a bit too low for them.

about where the ps1 is, you can see the location where the slide out gpu supports are. next add-ons will be rear and front usb 2.0 ports, a pcie 3.0 card, a pcie wifi card, and a pci sound card with optical out to go with my astro headset. pci slot plates and I need to find a panel of some sort. maybe upgrade to 8gb ram, find a phenom ii x6, and a 1060ti or similar power gpu. the other 2 cd-roms are just fillers lol

a quick update... Handles Black Mesa at 1360x768 (tv's native res) on mostly potato settings (nothing off) except for models on High and Textures on Ultra. vsync off. AA on, AF 4x. I get between 38-90 fps. cpu seems to have plenty of headroom. that gpu cooler though... it handles this card amazingly.

 

[Melvis]

Just bought a MSI GTX 1080 Ti for $450 Aus dollars or $320 USA Dollars.

The guy used to have two of these and replaced them with 2x GTX 3090's at 3grand a pop!

 

[Toothless]

Just bought a MSI GTX 1080 Ti for $450 Aus dollars or $320 USA Dollars.

The guy used to have two of these and replaced them with 2x GTX 3090's at 3grand a pop!

He probably can't handle the truth of how bad SLI is nowadays.

 

[Melvis]

He probably can't handle the truth of how bad SLI is nowadays.

Haha yeah well he said he accidentally bought 2 and has the second one up for sale.....

Im just happy to score the 1080 Ti honestly lol

 

[phill]

just a small Storage space in my Flat
when i lived in a 4 bed house with my dad before he passed i had 2 bedrooms and a shed full + lots of attic space sadly now all gone apart from a few items.

This gives me a thread idea I'll save derailing the thread and put up a post in the Club section

I had a very similar board. The AsRock 4CoreDual-VSTA. I found a modded bios that allowed me to install 2x2gb ddr2 ram modules, though limited to 3.5gb usable...better than 2 at least! final form of sorts for it was:

Pentium e5300 OC to 3.2ghz
Masscool 90mm tower cooler
MSI 9600GT 512mb
ati aiw 7000 agp
2x voodooII in sli pci
SB Audigy PCI
2x 160gb sata in raid 0
2x2gb supertalent ddr2
400w antec power supply
it was a glorious sight seeing all those cads working together lol



You should see my shed lol

And now for my most recent purchase...
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keyboard for the "new media pc" which is just a dell laptop that had no battery lol

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finally got a somewhat better psu

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this voltage distribution is more suited for legacy builds... but there's enough on the 12v for now.

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24pin could be a bit longer... maybe i'll get a cheapo extension later. also, my wifi "card" to the right. n300 i think.

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while routing cables... i noticed this old case actually as an SSD mount! its also got a couple of gpu support brackets that slide out... though my gpu is a bit too low for them.

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about where the ps1 is, you can see the location where the slide out gpu supports are. next add-ons will be rear and front usb 2.0 ports, a pcie 3.0 card, a pcie wifi card, and a pci sound card with optical out to go with my astro headset. pci slot plates and I need to find a panel of some sort. maybe upgrade to 8gb ram, find a phenom ii x6, and a 1060ti or similar power gpu. the other 2 cd-roms are just fillers lolView attachment 170858

a quick update... Handles Black Mesa at 1360x768 (tv's native res) on mostly potato settings (nothing off) except for models on High and Textures on Ultra. vsync off. AA on, AF 4x. I get between 38-90 fps. cpu seems to have plenty of headroom. that gpu cooler though... it handles this card amazingly.

Love to hear more about it all!! Post over in the Collection thread in the club forum if you'd like to share!

 

[xkm1948]

Just finished a BIG project

Thanks to @VSG for getting me started on building this GPU AIO setup. Would not have ventured down this road if I did not see his review haha

 

[jallenlabs]

Noctua 140mm fan. Three more (120s) on the way.

 

[GamerGuy]

That does look very nice indeed. How are you getting along with it? I only ask because of the problems users had with the previous version.
I'm toying with (read- probably will) getting a Note 20 Ultra or a Note 10+.

I'm getting along fine with it, thought using Nova Launcher doesn't quite work with the Z Fold 2 as I can get multiscreen mode to work, guess I'll have to get rid of Nova Launcher + HD Orbicon and go back to stock Samsung launcher. Also, a inor niggle with the phone is, for a premium handphone, the screen protector for the inner screen sux, it's a fingerprint magnet! I'm so tempted to have it changed, but removing the SP and replacing it with a 3rd party one voids the warranty (for the screen). The SP for the inner screen can only be removed by Samsung themselves....

Actually, I was a Fold user and had gotten so used to the form factor that I could not consider any other phone for an upgrade this year, other than the Z Fold 2. I think I'd prolly move on to a Fold 3 next year because I'm so loving the size and functionalities of the form factor.

 

[Splinterdog]

Shame about Nova Launcher which I use also and there were some gesture support issues with Android 10, but I haven't had any problems with Nova on the N20 Ultra.
Oddly enough the N20 comes factory fitted with a screen protector which was a nice surprise, but not very clever at registering fingerprints. I'm not removing it so just use my mugshot instead
Also, I like to keep things minimal with no clutter and a dark home screen to save power.