What's your latest tech purchase?

[Vendor]

an EVGA GTX 750 Ti, an EVGA 500B PSU, and an LG WH14NS40 (sadly SVC NS40, so firmware downgrade will probably be difficult, if not impossible) Blu-ray burner. They were priced at $50, $10, and $30 respectively, and I talked the seller down to $68 for everything.

amazing deal bro

 

[lexluthermiester]

Off cause my last shipment has to be delayed again. Now from 17 may to 6 June.

Damn man. Where do you live that shipments take so long?

 

[Tomgang]

Damn man. Where do you live that shipments take so long?

It's not the shipment on its own. It's delayed because the store waiting for the last parts to come home and that apparently takes longer than expected.

I'm from Denmark in Europe.

 

[tabascosauz]

Swapped out the sketchy-ass naked 4133 Vipers for the proper 4400 Vipers. For better or worse it's looking like I'm going to run out of Infinity Fabric before I can max out these new sticks............

 

[WhitetailAni]

Nabbed me a Crucial MX500 500GB 2.5" for $56 and a PCIe 1x-1x riser for $11.

Spoiler

SSD is for Hackintoshing, PCIe riser is for freeing up a PCIe slot because I 3D printed something.
They're supposed to come by May 6th.

 

[MrAMD]

She's a beaut

 

[Valantar]

Nabbed me a Crucial MX500 500GB 2.5" for $56 and a PCIe 1x-1x riser for $11.

Spoiler

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SSD is for Hackintoshing, PCIe riser is for freeing up a PCIe slot because I 3D printed something.
They're supposed to come by May 6th.

Hope the riser is good quality, some of those are pretty sketchily made, especially the power delivery. If the card you're connecting doesn't draw much power it'll probably be fine ofc.

 

[X71200]

 

[WhitetailAni]

Hope the riser is good quality, some of those are pretty sketchily made, especially the power delivery. If the card you're connecting doesn't draw much power it'll probably be fine ofc.

It's a 2x SATA, 1x IDE card. I got it for 25 bucks and it's been running great for 4 months now.
I don't think SATA or IDE provides power.

 

[freeagent]

So.. I got out of bed pretty early today because I got an email from Newegg saying I could get a 5800X for what I paid for my 5600X..

So I open the app put the CPU in my cart and go to apply the Promo code, and its for .com not .ca.. FFS.

I almost bought another set of Royals in retaliation.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

So.. I got out of bed pretty early today because I got an email from Newegg saying I could get a 5800X for what I paid for my 5600X..

So I open the app put the CPU in my cart and go to apply the Promo code, and its for .com not .ca.. FFS.

I almost bought another set of Royals in retaliation.

Get some of dem shiny 3600 CL14 or 4000 CL15 to show them who's boss

 

[freeagent]

I almost want to grab another pair of gold 3200c14, but the silvers are about 40 bucks cheaper.. but look like they have different lights on them..

Right now the golds are in my cart and I am swearing.

 

[oxrufiioxo]

I almost want to grab another pair of gold 3200c14, but the silvers are about 40 bucks cheaper.. but look like they have different lights on them..

Right now the golds are in my cart and I am swearing.

Unless Gskill has modified them recently they are the same. Other than one is shiny gold and the other is silver

Personally I like the silver ones better in person but then again maybe I'm just not gangsta enough for the gold.

 

[Valantar]

I almost want to grab another pair of gold 3200c14, but the silvers are about 40 bucks cheaper.. but look like they have different lights on them..

Right now the golds are in my cart and I am swearing.

Buy the silvers, you can electroplate them gold yourself for less than $40 if necessary

 

[freeagent]

Lol I know.. they will just be stuffed between the other two.. I have only pulled my gold sticks out like 2 or 3 times, they are mint lol.. my black and whites have been out at least a hundred times now.. still works fine.. just not as good as my golds.. by far.

Maybe I will get the silvers..

Unless Gskill has modified them recently they are the same. Other than one is shiny gold and the other is silver

Personally I like the silver ones better in person but then again maybe I'm just not gangsta enough for the gold.

Nah Im not a gangsta lol.. I am 43 waiting for my boys to finish eating so I can get them ready for school

I originally bought the golds as a treat to myself, congratulations for not building a pc for a decade and being a responsible parent/adult

 

[FireFox]

Bykski B-TFC-CS-X Digital Flow Meter OLED Display - Black

Filling Bottle 500Ml

 

[iBruceypoo]

Unless Gskill has modified them recently they are the same. Other than one is shiny gold and the other is silver

Personally I like the silver ones better in person but then again maybe I'm just not gangsta enough for the gold.

LOL, I'm not OG enough to spin the Royal Golds either , but I do have these Silver Elites (pic below) on my To Get List, either a 4800 or 5000 DDR4 kit later this year for the new 11600K/M13A Rocket Bench or skipping Alder Lake, I'll wait and grab these Silver Elites with Raptor Lake and DDR5.

Mo' Swank!

 

[freeagent]

If you weren't looking I would consider touching them inappropriately..

I feel silly for asking this.. do you think there is any difference in scaling between the gold and silvers? I think my golds are really good sticks.. I don't want to start throwing numbers around though.. but I just kind of want to know if you are getting their best bins when you go for stuff like this?

Also I checked for the newer Royals onnewegg.ca but just the older ones.. which is ok I don't have the IF to hit those top clocks..

 

[iBruceypoo]

If you weren't looking I would consider touching them inappropriately..

I feel silly for asking this.. do you think there is any difference in scaling between the gold and silvers? I think my golds are really good sticks.. I don't want to start throwing numbers around though.. but I just kind of want to know if you are getting their best bins when you go for stuff like this?

Also I checked for the newer Royals onnewegg.ca but just the older ones.. which is ok I don't have the IF to hit those top clocks..

The word I got from the Gskill people in their forum is they produce about 25%Gold to 75%Silver OR 35/65 or something to that effect, so depending on supply, sometimes the Silver will be $20-$40USD less, they didn't elaborate, but I'd guess to move older inventory. Only sometimes and never when a new sku is first launched, then the cost Silver - Gold should be the same.

Technically NO difference between Silver and Gold.


...let me put up a hardware pic so I don't get in trouble too much talking and not enough showing off.

I'm using a test bench as a chassis in this current build and thought Rocket Bench sounded awesome as a build name. Raptor Bench also sounds good, but Alder Bench? No man just no!

...so I'm skipping Alder Lake. lol

 

[freeagent]

Thank you sir, much appreciated!

I think someone said the same thing in the past, but if you aren't sure don't be afraid to ask..

 

[Tomgang]

Funny you people speaking of g. Skill royal. I have two kits of royal in gold and silver each 32 GB 3600 C14 ø waiting for when I get the last parts home.

LOL, I'm not OG enough to spin the Royal Golds either , but I do have these Silver Elites (pic below) on my To Get List, either a 4800 or 5000 DDR4 kit later this year for the new 11600K/M13A Rocket Bench or skipping Alder Lake, I'll wait and grab these Silver Elites with Raptor Lake and DDR5.

Mo' Swank!

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Oh dam. G.skill again take there memory a nouch up to the elite.

Well i stick to my two kits of Royal silver and gold 3600 MHz C14 kits throw. Perfect for my 5600X and 5950X, just waiting for the last parts to come home.

What's your latest tech purchase?

I couldn't resist and too the picture while driving :roll: Where is the seat belt, you should put it on for safety reason

www.techpowerup.com

 

[freeagent]

Yes indeed, my Royal 3200 C14 has been to 4200 with stock timings, 4400 16-16-16, and 3600 12-12-12..

My B+Ws don't do that

 

[Tomgang]

Yes indeed, my Royal 3200 C14 has been to 4200 with stock timings, 4400 16-16-16, and 3600 12-12-12..

My B+Ws don't do that

At what voltage?

 

[oxrufiioxo]

Yes indeed, my Royal 3200 C14 has been to 4200 with stock timings, 4400 16-16-16, and 3600 12-12-12..

My B+Ws don't do that

It's silicone lottery your royals aren't better than your non royals bin wise you just got slightly more lucky with the royals. If you grabbed 10 kits of each they'd all be slightly better or worse than each other.

 

[freeagent]

At what voltage?

About 1.65..

It's silicone lottery your royals aren't better than your non royals bin wise you just got slightly more lucky with the royals. If you grabbed 10 kits of each they'd all be slightly better or worse than each other.

Awesome, my noobishness should be showing by now That was my first set of DDR4