What's your latest tech purchase?

[sepheronx]

That's not it, it just doesn't come across very well in text. It also depends on mood. I'm not in a great one today..

I hope your day goes better for you. For me, it is my Christmas so I am enjoying best as I can.

Edit: to those getting the Ryzen 5000 series CPU's, are you guys paying premiums on these or are they the MSRP prices? And how long did you wait?

 

[milewski1015]

Not really motivated to switch today and kind of waiting on GB to update to the next AGES tooView attachment 182851

I'll switch it out for you. For unrelated reasons I'll bring my 2600...and put them both on the work surface IHS down...and then leave really fast

 

[INSTG8R]

I'll switch it out for you. For unrelated reasons I'll bring my 2600...and put them both on the work surface IHS down...and then leave really fast

Done it and pushing 5Ghz easily I need to figure out how to back it down

 

[FreedomEclipse]

I thought i'd hang out with some new buds

 

[tabascosauz]

Mic arrived. Excellent sound, build quality and price. A serious improvement over the Blue Snowball for not much more $, as expected from Shure. Although I can think of a few fatigued late-night scenarios where extreme recording precision is maybe not a good thing

Still patiently waiting on my 5900X backorder from November, so it's as good a time as any to improving the finer things.

 

[Valantar]

I thought i'd hang out with some new buds

Make sure you practice social distancing when doing so!

 

[Vendor]

My brother's new 600VA UPS which he bought from Nehru Place. It has 2 years warranty on both unit and battery. He got it for 2000 INR (27$)

 

[Night]

Not really motivated to switch today and kind of waiting on GB to update to the next AGES too

That's a 5800X? Looks like 5800X on the label on the top. That CPU is really good all arounder, makes most sense to me.

 

[Rahnak]

That's a 5800X? Looks like 5800X on the label on the top. That CPU is really good all arounder, makes most sense to me.

The 5 on the bottom right corner means R5. For a 5800X it would have to be a 7. So it's a 5600X as he already showed in the AIDA64 mem bench.

 

[Tomgang]

One of the motherboards from asus for my 2 systems in 1 case, has arrived. A Mini-ITX board. All ready got some parts home last year, but this is the first part i get home in 2021.
Mouse in the second picture, is just to get an idea of the motherboard size.

 

[Valantar]

One of the motherboards from asus for my 2 systems in 1 case, has arrived. A Mini-ITX board. All ready got some parts home last year, but this is the first part i get home in 2021.
Mouse in the second picture, is just to get an idea of the motherboard size.

Those are nice! While it does technically have the weakest VRM of all B550 ITX boards except for ASRock's budget one, that ultimately doesn't matter given that it can handle anything that fits in the AM4 socket at whatever clocks you push it to (and can deliver more power than pretty much any B450 ITX board, for example), and it's packed with features. Build quality and BIOS features should be great too

 

[Tomgang]

Those are nice! While it does technically have the weakest VRM of all B550 ITX boards except for ASRock's budget one, that ultimately doesn't matter given that it can handle anything that fits in the AM4 socket at whatever clocks you push it to (and can deliver more power than pretty much any B450 ITX board, for example), and it's packed with features. Build quality and BIOS features should be great too

I am a ware about VRM. That will not be a problem, this board will only being used for at 5600X or maybe a 5700X if that is coming in the near future. Because of cooling and cooler size limits, i am limited to a 65 watt TDP CPU.

Besides my local dealer had a good offer on this board, so good it whas the cheapest of all the B550 Mini-ITX boards. Even cheaper than the Gigabyte B550I AORUS PRO AX board. It whas all ways my plan to go with asus boards. So i cut not say no to this deal.

Also i had to cheap out some places to have money for the motherboard that is planned for my primary system. That will be ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII DARK HERO X570 (this is not a cheap motherboard) with a 5950X in it, if all goes to plans.

 

[freeagent]

I made a thread when I was asking peoples opinion on hardware, and it sort of turned into my new build thread where I did post a couple of pictures as things started to arrive. But I didn't post in this thread. So I got my boxes all together for a quick pic

I did have some grumblings about it at first, but it has grown on me. I think she's a keeper, even though I did have some second thoughts a few days ago. Its probably the best computer I've put together.. well.. it is actually lol. I know its far from the best, but I saved a couple hundred bucks buying everything while it was on sale. And its mine with no payments outstanding

 

[biffzinker]

Who’s thermal paste is that with the spatula in the photo?

 

[freeagent]

Who’s thermal paste is that with the spatula in the photo?

That is Thermalright TFX, a 2g tube. I ran out of TF8 and couldn't get anymore quickly, so I spend on that.. I'm glad I did because its really good stuff. It is thick though.. don't like that. But it works really well.. just gotta take your time with it. I am about to pull the fan off of my heatsink to try running it semi passively to see what happens

 

[biffzinker]

I am about to pull the fan off of my heatsink to try running it semi passively to see what happens

Let us know how that goes over in the Ryzen owners thread.

 

[freeagent]

Let us know how that goes over in the Ryzen owners thread.

You betcha buddy! Just had to tend to some domestic duties while wifey is at work heheh. I'm just about ready to dig in..

 

[Durvelle27]

More parts for the wife’s rig

 

[biffzinker]

More parts for the wife’s rig

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Those sticks should OC to 3333 MHz.

 

[Durvelle27]

Those sticks should OC to 3333 MHz.

They probably can but not with her CPU. Most I might get is 3000MHz with Zen 1. The 1500X doesn’t have a great memory controller.

 

[xBruce88x]

Picked up a Dell Inspiron 7577 gaming laptop off someone from Craigslist. I think I got a fair price for it. Its the model with an i5 7300HQ, 16GB ddr4, 256gb nvme + 1tb hdd, and a GTX 1060 max q. Seems to run fine so far. haven't really had a lot of time with it yet (only had it about 2 hrs lol). may use my desktop kb and mouse with it and get a higher refresh rate monitor to use with it later.

Paid $440 for it. Suits my needs for now.

Was going to "build" a system by buying an old office pc with an i7 4770 and 16gb ram, 500gb ssd, and throw in an gtx 1650 low profile card. but gpu prices are insane right now. Also, the laptop uses less power overall which helps with the electric bill.

Don't have any pics at the moment but here's a product link...

Inspiron 15-Inch 7577 4K Gaming Laptop | Dell United States

 

[biffzinker]

The 1500X doesn’t have a great memory controller.

I still have a Ryzen 3 1200 that managed an OC of 3400 MHz.

 

[FireFox]

She decided she wanted to get into gaming

And got her a GTX 960

 

[Durvelle27]

And got her a GTX 960

Well the RAM came from Newegg and the GPU was a closet special. I found it in a box of my old pc parts. I do want to get her a better GPU but right now budget doesn’t allow.

 

[lexluthermiester]

And got her a GTX 960

It's not a bad card. Not great, but not bad either. It'll do a solid amount gaming at 1080P.