What's your latest tech purchase?

[kapone32]

Well sometime this week I will be getting a 6800XT. I have wanted Multi Lane Pcie 4.0 support (Not 16x4) ever since I saw that my MSI X570 Pro supports lane splitting. I searched all day yesterday for a board that had 8x8 Pcie support. I did not want to pay more than what I paid for my X399 Taichi so boards like the Godlike, Crosshair, Extreme or even the Taichi did not qualify and Amazon has some ridiculous pricing. I could have gotten the Prime Pro from Asus for $300 (CAD) but I don't trust the Prime line. I could have gotten the Asus Strix B550E for $329 (on sale) but I wanted the full chipset. I have not been on Newegg in a while but I decided to take a look and lo and behold.

MSI MEG X570 UNIFY AM4 ATX AMD Motherboard - Newegg.com

Buy MSI MEG X570 UNIFY AM4 AMD X570 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX AMD Motherboard with fast shipping and top-rated customer service. Once you know, you Newegg!

www.newegg.ca

I seriously hope this board supports lane splitting because potentially I can have 2 RAID 0 NVME arrays from the chipset and the CPU as the 3rd Pcie 16 slot is actually wired as an 8 slot. The board only has 4 SATA ports. I know I have a Pciex1 SATA card sitting around somewhere. Sometimes these boards limit you in terms of different ports sharing lanes. The only thing I read was that the Pcie1 headers share lanes so you can only use one. Even though this board has 3 M2 slots it still has one of the best Pcie implementations I have seen on X570. I kind of reminds me of the Asus X470 Crosshair in that regard.

I cannot wait to get into some heavy PC activities with this board as the base of my best Gaming PC.

In terms of the RAID I want to be able to fully be ready to take advantage of Direct Storage when it drops. You can also call me crazy but I saw that the 6000 series GPUs support crossfire so maybe just maybe there may be a watercooled 6800XT in my future. Before you jump all over me my favourite Game to play is TWWH and that Game provides 80 to 90% scaling. I have actually made it so that just about every Game that supports Crossfire is in my library as well. Outside of that is that I have always run Crossfire setups anyway.

Well it has arrived I found my SATA PCie card so here we go!!! The board is as heavy as an X399 board.

 

[khemist]

Cheapo tyre pressure monitor for motorbike.

 

[harm9963]

This is why I shop at Micro Center, return my ASUS ROG E , for a DARK HERO and its glorious , OC switching is DARK magic !

 

[kapone32]

This is why I shop at Micro Center, return my ASUS ROG E , for a DARK HERO and its glorious , OC switching is DARK magic !

The only comparison we have in Canada is Canada Computers but it can be a pain dealing with them. Your rig looks nice though

 

[P4-630]

Ordered myself some extra storage while still affordable.

 

[SN2716057]

For an upcoming build..

 

[stinger608]

And, if you have any questions regarding this new power supply @SN2716057 you can refer to be-quiet!'s new rep over here

 

[tabascosauz]

Getting the cooling sorted to prepare for downsizing my HTPC from the M1 (12.8L) into the Lazer3D HT5 (5.3L). That means U9S and A12x25s are out in favour of the L12S and NF-A8s. The L12S is far from the smallest Noctua cooler in my collection (that still goes to three L9 brethren), but this is my first time working with Noctua's tiny fans.

 

[cst1992]

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For an upcoming build..

And, if you have any questions regarding this new power supply @SN2716057 you can refer to be-quiet!'s new rep over here

Funnily enough, it's the exact same power supply as @be quiet! - Shannon's!

Getting the cooling sorted to prepare for downsizing my HTPC from the M1 (12.8L) into the Lazer3D HT5 (5.3L). That means U9S and A12x25s are out in favour of the L12S and NF-A8s. The L12S is far from the smallest Noctua cooler in my collection (that still goes to three L9 brethren), but this is my first time working with Noctua's tiny fans.

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The L12S doesn't look as powerful as the U12S. Will it be enough to cool your CPU?

 

[SN2716057]

Bought my friends old(er) board.

 

[tabascosauz]

The L12S doesn't look as powerful as the U12S. Will it be enough to cool your CPU?

I don't have a U12S, the L12S is replacing the U9S on my 4650G. Performs slightly worse. I'm pretty sure the U12S cooler itself barely even fits in the internal volume of the HT5 lol

 

[harm9963]

For 1st m.2 , for OS , second m.2 gets old 500GB , plus storage 3TB HHD.

 

[Praystation]

My latest thing. My new 4k 144hz 1 ms 27GN950-B LG Ultragear monitor to complement my rig.

 

[trickson]

Does anyone else notice the flamboyant use of the word gaming on just about every tech item now? It's like the advertising department is stuck and have no where to go.
Everything has gaming on it now like that's all there in the computer industry folks Porn and Games.

 

[SN2716057]

The board booted fine but this has me worried..

Some friend..

 

[R-T-B]

The board booted fine but this has me worried..

Some friend..

eww. As ugly as that is and looks, it does just look like what could be corrosion from maybe a leaky AIO liquid cooler. Provided the board works fine, I'd just scrub it gently with some electronics cleaner and call it a day. Your friend likely did not even know it was there, and if that's all it is, you may not even have any damage at all.

 

[SN2716057]

eww. As ugly as that is and looks, it does just look like what could be corrosion from maybe a leaky AIO liquid cooler. Provided the board works fine, I'd just scrub it gently with some electronics cleaner and call it a day. Your friend likely did not even know it was there, and if that's all it is, you may not even have any damage at all.

Thanks. It looks like nothing under it was damaged, so just some surface gunk, I guess.
I figured if it was damaged it would let out the secret smoke all mobo's have

 

[tabascosauz]

Fiddling with the fitment of the L12S - one corner of the fan clip contacts the plastic I/O shroud, but just barely. Still thinking about how to optimize the airflow to keep my naked B-dies cooled. The 2 x NF-A8s probably going to end up as intake right next to the top side of the board, next to the 8-pin.

 

[INSTG8R]

My X52 Pro is still working but I finally found one and jumped on it.

 

[kapone32]

My X52 Pro is still working but I finally found one and jumped on it. View attachment 187575

Take a look at Everspace 2.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

The last of the new toys are in. Now to see if my gamble on a refurbished board paid off.

Update: It has (so far)! Preliminary OC on the new (used) 8600K of 4.2 via MB auto-OC, ~55C all-core on CPU-Z stress test under a Hyper 212+ in push-pull, ~30C idle. I'd wager there's more in it, depending on how much a Z370-A Pro has to give.

 

[dorsetknob]

Freebe + another freebe (paid £5 to Donner for Delivery tho he did'nt want any money but i insisted ...)

 

[QuietBob]

@INSTG8R Some unorthodox wrist rest you've got!

 

[INSTG8R]

@INSTG8R Some unorthodox wrist rest you've got!

Old slide out wood keyboard shelf. Keeps everything in one place.

 

[ThrashZone]

Freebe + another freebe (paid £5 to Donner for Delivery tho he did'nt want any money but i insisted ...)

Hi,
Make sure it doesn't have crap in it or you'll need a lot of free time getting rid of it.