What's your latest tech purchase?

[s3thra]

That's like the coolest Mom PC ever.

Haha. Yes, it's a far cry from her first computer which was an Apricot PC in the early eighties:

https://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=499

 

[Jetster]

Wait ... is that how your setup actually looks? With the mouse and keyboard on that lower tray? Or did you move them out of the way for the photo?

I just moved them to put the mat down

 

[s3thra]

Cold War or Doom Eternal?

Metro Last Light (yeah, not that new) and Hitman believe it or not. She was the one to introduce me to PC gaming in the 90s after all, so I guess she's not your typical mum haha.

 

[phill]

I felt like building a new system for my dear old mum, who is still rocking my old Phenom II/R9 270X system. She's been wanting to get into playing some more recent games, and after pondering my options, I realized that I had accumulated nearly enough spare parts to put a relatively nice total system together for her. Through various upgrades of my own system and lack of motivation to sell my older parts on eBay, the only piece of the puzzle missing was a motherboard. After doing a bit of research, I landed on the MSI B450M PRO-VDH MAX to slot in my R5 2600 and RX 570.

It's a decent board for the price and is exactly what I was after. With a couple of 4-pin fan headers in addition to the CPU fan header, it's a step up from the absolute bottom of the barrel boards priced just below this one. I forgot to take a pic of it straight out of the box, so here is the box:
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Here's a nude. I installed my unused Wraith Prism cooler from my 3700X. Glad to put it to good use. The lighting effects on these coolers are, well, cool! I spent way to much time messing with the mirage effect settings lol.
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Here's the outside of the system before I drove it up to mum's place to surprise her. I spray painted the mesh front of my Cougar MX330-G white a couple of weeks ago. I thought it came out well; I found the black mesh just a bit bland. I still need to re-fill those PCI slot covers - I think I can get some cheap from Amazon.
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Oh, and I bought this electric chainsaw as a Christmas present to myself. No more screwing around with fiddly 2-stoke engines anymore! I tested it out yesterday and it cuts through some decent sized rounds like a hot knife through butter.
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I wouldn't suggest trying to cut through the PC... That does look awesome! (The PC and not the idea of cutting through it with a chainsaw....) Just wanted to clear that up!

 

[TheLostSwede]

Finally!

 

[cst1992]

Corsairfest!

 

[Valantar]

Finally!

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Wow, those actually look pretty nice Wouldn't mind a set myself

 

[TheLostSwede]

Wow, those actually look pretty nice Wouldn't mind a set myself

The whisk isn't too impressive, but the rest seems ok. Also came with an apron and an oven glove.

Corsairfest!

It should really have been Nvidia though...

 

[Caring1]

Mrs -> the wife
Mrs' -> the wife's computer
Mrs's -> the wives' computers

Hope that's clearer...

Oh I understood what you meant the first time, I still don't see it as funny.

 

[thesmokingman]

Forgot to take a pic before installing new gpu. WTB waterblock!

 

[micropage7]

Just bought a new 4tb hdd since i run out of space

Finally!

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Why the color looks good?

 

[Deleted member 193596]

the 5800x needed a friend...

 

[FireFox]

Got a good deal.

Sold an Evga GTX 1080 FTW that i had laying around for 300€ and my Asus ROG PG278Q WQHD 2560x1440 (144Hz )
for 400€ which had a few scratches that pissed me off every time i looked at it and bought an Asus ROG Swift PG278QR WQHD 2560x1440 144Hz (Overclocked 165Hz ) for 250€ and still have 450€ left
At the end i bought a Monitor that it's almost identical to the one i owned except that it doesn't have any scratches, can be overclocked and costed less than my previous one with scratches and no overclock

 

[biffzinker]

Got a good deal.

Sold an Evga GTX 1080 FTW that i had laying around for 300€ and my Asus ROG PG278Q WQHD 2560x1440 (144Hz )
for 400€ which had a few scratches that pissed me off every time i looked at it and bought an Asus ROG Swift PG278QR WQHD 2560x1440 144Hz (Overclocked 165Hz ) for 250€ and still have 450€ left
At the end i bought a Monitor that it's almost identical to the one i owned except that it doesn't have any scratches, can be overclocked and costed less than my previous one with scratches and no overclock

Sounds like a win - win situation.

 

[xkm1948]

Got the FE 3090 picked up today. Freaking huge. Definitely heavier than the EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3. Now I am really debating save the 3090FE and sell the EVGA FTW3 Ultra

Have not taken the EVGA 3090 FTW3 Ultra old, so using the Fury X for scaling

 

[m6tzg6r]

Finally got a nvme cooler, i have had a Crucial 1TB nvme for a while with no cooler, but recently got a Samsung 970 500GB nvme which is faster and to keep it cooler i thought i would put a heatsink on it. average max temps while playing Cyberpunk came down about 10-15 celsius.

i still have the Crucial nvme, its under the GPU, i might get the EK cooler soon seeing its lower profile compared to the Silverstone (5mm vs 10mm).

 

[micropage7]

I feel i bought it but i can't find it where i keep that, then you buy the same stuff and now you have 2 identical mouse

 

[Jetster]

I've done that. More than once

 

[Lorec]

Forgot to take a pic before installing new gpu. WTB waterblock!

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loving those quick disconnects! so easy to flush!

 

[Valantar]

Forgot to take a pic before installing new gpu. WTB waterblock!

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That connection where I'm guessing there used to be a GPU after the CPU in the loop looks like the tube is about to pop off. You really should put some clamps or something on there, the tube is barely on the barb!

 

[lexluthermiester]

EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3

Keep this one. Runs better, OC's better, stays cooler while OCing.

I feel i bought it but i can't find it where i keep that, then you buy the same stuff and now you have 2 identical mouse

I've done that. More than once

Same here. Hell, I did that with a Radeon AIW card back in the early 2000's. When my wife asked for an explanation, I reminded her that she had complained about being left out of the "upgrade cycle" so I bought two, one for her PC and one for mine. I was totally playing it off, but she had no come-back for that one. Later she smiled and gave me a kiss because of how much better her craft/clip-art programs were running.

 

[FireFox]

Finally arrived

It looks like brand new, +10 to the previous owner for taking care of it, now the bad thing: today i have to play at 60Hz because no DisplayPort cable was delivered with the monitor and i had to order one on amazon, that said -10 to the previous owner

 

[lexluthermiester]

because no DisplayPort cable was delivered with the monitor

While that kinda sucks, I'm surprised that you don't have a few laying around...

 

[biffzinker]

I was totally playing it off, but she had no come-back for that one. Later she smiled and gave be a kiss because of how much better her craft/clip-art programs were running.

Well played, and she benefited from an upgrade.

 

[FireFox]

I'm surprised that you don't have a few laying around...

I swear and i am sure i have 2 but i don't find them, btw, there is one thing that worries me, G-sync isn't showing in the Nvidia control panel, i hope it is because i am using an HDMI cable