What's your latest tech purchase?

[tabascosauz]

Preparing for my smallest build yet in the Lone L5, this time I decided to pair the same 200W HDPlex DC-ATX with an external brick, a new gen 240W from Dell. I'd imagine this and the 330W version are what they pair with the new Alienwares.

It's a big boi alright, but not too hefty and it's in keeping with Dell's other extra sleek adapter designs (my 45W USB-C charger for my XPS 9370 on the right). Overall not as space-efficient as HDPlex's internal 200W brick in my HT5, but sacrifices have to be made to get under 5L volume (4.5L).

Good things coming soon.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

It´s finnally official folks. Project 2 PC´s in 1 case is now good to go and this is also what will replace my beloved X58 system as my daily driver (X58 will be given the task to work as my new retro gamer). I have now all parts home i need and wanted accept for the GPU´s (well you know how the GPU market is)
I´ll reccomend before going throw the image, be sure you have time for it. There is a good amount of image. Also sorry, some image got blurry cause of light was beginning to be low and image is taken with a cheap ass smartphone. With Danish taxes, there are hardware here all in all for around 50000 - 54000 Dkr. or 8000-8500 USD and this is just with cheap GPU´s. So you can maybe understand why i have given this system the nickname: Wallet Ripper. The Theme of this system is black/dark. Join the darkside, we have naked hardware

i´ll either post 1 image directly here or post a Imgur link for that hardware that have more than 1 image. It´s to prevent this post to be to long and trust me, it would be if i put all image in here. Well it´s 2 systems and a good amount of ekstra stuff to take image of.

So first a teaser of it all, for those that dosent want to go throw all image.

http://imgur.com/a/TXlgPZB

No new system with out a new desk. Just a cheap desk from IKEA.
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The motherboards. Asus B550-I mini ITX and ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII DARK HERO X570

http://imgur.com/a/k4WtQFe

The brains or CPU. 5600X and 5950X

http://imgur.com/a/TSTi6FH

The one thing that really saddens me about this system, is i only got these weak ass GPU´s. But this it what i manage to get in this GPU apocalypse. GTX 1050 TI and GTX 1660 SUPER from Asus and Palit.
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Good sound is also needed with out overpaying. So i got a set of Logitech Z906 5.1 system
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The case it all goes in to is Phanteks Enthoo 719 black (also known as Luxe 2).

http://imgur.com/a/qZli4W1

Keyboard and Mouse is Logitech G910 ORION SPECTRUM and G903 Lightspeed.

http://imgur.com/a/JaEK6NK

Cooling is all air cooling. But while i stick to air, i tryed to get the best possible air cooling setup. So thermal paste is Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut Extreme. 5600X will be cooled by a low profile Noctua nh-l9x65 se-am4, but i will replace that brown fan with one of there identical black swap fans. I am joining the darkside, not the brownside... Either way back to topic. 5950X will be cooled by a Noctua nh-d15 chromax.black and stock fans replaced by one 140 MM and one 120 MM Noctua IPPC industrial 3000 RPM fans. All case fans will be lian li uni fan sl120. All fans controlled by two Aquacomputer quadro 6 xt controllers and not by the motherboards. One controller for each system. Look up in case link, there i have mounted one of the controller in the case for demonstration perpose.

https://imgur.com/a/nlvnDxk

PSU is a phanteks revolt x 1200 watt unit.

https://imgur.com/a/i7Za9yd

Memory is two kits of G.skill Trident Z Royal in silver and gold. The kits are 4 x 8 GB and 2 x 16 GB so bofh are 32 GB in total. spec are: 3600 MHz CL14-15-15-35 at 1.45 volts. Bofh kits shut run dual rank when all stick are in use.

https://imgur.com/a/9kpHI1t

Storage will be 2 x Samsung 980 PRO 1 TB and 1 x Samsung 980 PRO 2 TB. Crucial MX500 sata 2 TB SSD. 2 x WD GOLD data center 14 TB HDD´s.
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Monitor will be Asus 27" TUF VG27AQL1A screen. I´ll reuse my old monitor as a secong screen until i can afford a new one for that perpose.
https://imgur.com/a/RVNR9Pr

Else there are some Vertical GPU mounts, some RGB strips and few other things. It can all be seen in the first teaser images.

Well there you have it, this will be my new battle station where all the gaming, workstain use and working from home will happen from now on. A sweet replacement for X58. With time i hope i can replace GPU´s with RTX 3060 TI and RTX 3080 or maybe RTX 3080 TI. Now it´s time to begin building this thing

Wow! This is like christmas Tom! Even minus the gpu all I see is "rare" computer stuff in the current climate. You have two 14TB WD GOLD!? :O Datahoarder me is jealous! Damn mining don't allow me to buy high capacity drive anymore T_T! Also those SSD are good! I am surprised in seeing an MX300 those are not sold anymore.

Don't worry about the gpu, the only gpu i can get in my place is a GT1030 lol. Curious how you dual system would work.

 

[lexluthermiester]

You have two 14TB WD GOLD!?

Right? That's about $900 worth of HDD's alone.

 

[MIRTAZAPINE]

Right? That's about $900 worth of HDD's alone.

Current newegg price for the WD gold is $549 usd per drive. Data hoarding is an expensive hobby now. I got my 18TB ultrastar enterprise even cheaper than that a few months back. Even basic external with slower speed now more than that too....

 

[Tomgang]

Wow! This is like christmas Tom! Even minus the gpu all I see is "rare" computer stuff in the current climate. You have two 14TB WD GOLD!? :O Datahoarder me is jealous! Damn mining don't allow me to buy high capacity drive anymore T_T! Also those SSD are good! I am surprised in seeing an MX300 those are not sold anymore.

Don't worry about the gpu, the only gpu i can get in my place is a GT1030 lol. Curious how you dual system would work.

Those WD GOLD drives. I got them before pricing sky rocket, so i only paid normal MSRP for those. I started getting hardware home, half a year ago. November last year, is when i started this project.

MX300? Do you mean MX500? if yes, all stores in my country have them in stock. They are deffently still sold.

Well it still annoying me about GPU´s. It´s the only part i cant get, else i have all the parts i wanted.

Edit: you are right. It´s an MX300. Forgot all a bout that. But yeah it was a last one in stock and the store just wanted to get rid of it. So i got it at a good price last year and as a game SSD, it´s fine.

 

[toilet pepper]

I got the Redragon Diti for cheap but it came Outemu Blue clicky switches. The wife was not having ANY of it and replaced the switches that came with it with whatever cheap alternative I can find. I replaced the frequently used keys with Outemu Reds and the others with Brown Switches. I also replaced the keycaps from whatever was left from the pudding keycaps I ordered for my full size one.


I bought several magnetic USB C plugs and I can simply use one cable to switch between devices even the PS5 controller. It ain't as pretty as those spiraled aviator cables but it is more functional.

 

[Chomiq]

Finally some air:

No, there's no AC in here so this is the next best thing.

 

[AAF Optimus]

Liquid Cooler DeepCool Gammaxx L120T. Finally a watercooler for the computer.

 

[freeagent]

Got that TIM in that I ordered the other day

 

[lexluthermiester]

Got that TIM in that I ordered the other day

If you have some MX-5 or MX-4 and plan to do some testing, feel free to join the discussion at the thread below;

[EOL] Arctic MX-5 is here!!Tests incoming! Completed. Now its MX-6 testing time!

https://www.amazon.com/ARCTIC-MX-5-incl-Spatula-Non-Conductive/dp/B08T621LGC I'm bit surprised it comes with a spatula, I have always just used the large pea method and never had issues. Maybe I will try spatula and get it even I don't know. $6.99 (Nice ~ "LinusTechTips") just ordered mine...

www.techpowerup.com

 

[HQi88]

I've bought a rather interesting motherboard recently...

Spoiler: Pictures!

I wonder if any of you know what this is!

 

[oobymach]

It looks like a motherboard but that socket, box says intel/amd cpu support but that socket just looks wrong. I don't know whether to worship it for being magic or set it on fire and run.

 

[lexluthermiester]

I've bought a rather interesting motherboard recently...

Spoiler: Pictures!

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I wonder if any of you know what this is!

Desktop board for a mobile CPU. My guess is Socket 988, which is not bad. What are you putting in it?

 

[tabascosauz]

I've bought a rather interesting motherboard recently...

Spoiler: Pictures!

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I wonder if any of you know what this is!

Some sort of Socket G1 or G2? Some decent PGA Sandy and Ivy quads you could put in there if it's the latter.

Box seems kind of sketchy, only Socket 5 and Socket 7 supported both Intel and AMD, and this is neither of those things.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Box seems kind of sketchy, only Socket 5 and Socket 7 supported both Intel and AMD, and this is neither of those things.

It's a generic box... Not uncommon from budget brands.

 

[freeagent]

So that TIM is pretty decent. Yesterday I wasn't sure.. My temps were tighter packed off the hop for sure, but I was seeing similar max temps as before. I ran a few alternating cycles of a half hour using OCCT for a medium- high load, and Linpack Xtreme for the heavy load. I spent a few hours doing that. More than 4, less than 7 give or take.. I felt I put a bit too much on. My first attempt was with the spatula. It was drying before I was done and getting sticky, so I gave up on that and just pasted it like it was a really big Intel lol. This morning I got up and read the forums and figured I should start planning my day and I wanted to see if I had to incorporate a TIM change. Looks like she settled nicely.. My room temp is 20c right now, might be 21 now the sun is getting higher.. In the end it looks like I knocked off 3-5c from that program.. and have a nice tight grouping as compared to before. I still might pull the cooler and re paste.

 

[iBruceypoo]

So that TIM is pretty decent. Yesterday I wasn't sure.. My temps were tighter packed off the hop for sure, but I was seeing similar max temps as before. I ran a few alternating cycles of a half hour using OCCT for a medium- high load, and Linpack Xtreme for the heavy load. I spent a few hours doing that. More than 4, less than 7 give or take.. I felt I put a bit too much on. My first attempt was with the spatula. It was drying before I was done and getting sticky, so I gave up on that and just pasted it like it was a really big Intel lol. This morning I got up and read the forums and figured I should start planning my day and I wanted to see if I had to incorporate a TIM change. Looks like she settled nicely.. My room temp is 20c right now, might be 21 now the sun is getting higher.. In the end it looks like I knocked off 3-5c from that program.. and have a nice tight grouping as compared to before. I still might pull the cooler and re paste.

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22C ambient? I dream of such a glorious environment to live in.

I'm at 25.5C ambient with the Air Conditioning running, waaaa waaaa, moving up north very soon, my last hot summer in awful Florida, yuk...

Thinking of grabbing this Gskill 4800/17 DDR4 kit from Newegg today. Believe it might be b-die, and if so it's probably going to be the fasted/tightest DDR4 b-die Gskill offers up - like ever dude.

F4-4800C17D-16GTRS-(EOL) - Overview - G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd.

Trident Z Royal is the latest addition to the Trident Z flagship family and features a crown jewel design. Meticulously crafted to display just the right amount of light refraction, the patented crystalline light bar scatters the RGB colors in a magnificent display of LED lighting. Mirroring the...

gskill.com

I know - I know, DDR4 is almost DEAD! Yea, but I'm having so much fun finally learning more about memory overclocking with this ROG board, and getting pretty OK results with my older 4600/18 kit from 2019, buuut I'd really like to push this Z590 Rocket Bench build to it's full potential, will be keeping it for 18months as my primary work computer, then another 18months as 2ndary office computer, so will remain in use about the next 3years.

Ya see, I'm trying to justify spending $349 on a soon-to-be outdated technology, and it's working.

OR

Should I get this Hynix 5333Mhz 22CL kit and hope for the best? I dunno what to do.

F4-5333C22D-16GTES-(EOL) - Overview - G.SKILL International Enterprise Co., Ltd.

The Trident Z Royal Elite series is the upper echelon of DDR4 DRAM performance and design, featuring a meticulously sculpted crystalline pattern across the polished surface of the aluminum heatspreader, a patented full-length crystalline light bar, and customizable 8-zone RGB lighting. Created...

gskill.com

With lighting turned off, looking pretty sweet in the morning!

 

[freeagent]

Yes, I would still touch it inappropriately when you weren’t looking

I just had a look at that ram.. then I saw the price and was like nope lol. I do want an Intel setup specifically for testing just my royals lol.. they are savage sticks. I have had them to 4400 15-15-15 on my 5600x.

My step daughter moved to Merritt Island last year.. she missed snow at Christmas, but not the polar vortex

 

[iBruceypoo]

I'd do anything to live in western Canada, British Columbia up in the mountains, just give me a stream to bathe in lol - oh man! And the gf loves kissing bears!

Merritt Island a nice area just south of where SPACEX launches their rockets!

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Yea, last (2) components for this build and I'll consider it mostly complete (for now) lol.

1) GSkill Trident Z Royal Silver kit 5333/22 or 4800/17
2) Noctua NH-P1 heatsink

"Oh the waiting is the hardest part"

Hey, look at all those fan mounting points on the new Noctua PASSIVE cooler. lolol..

Come On Noctua - LAUNCH IT!!!

 

[khemist]

3070, had to deshroud it to fit in my case.

 

[iBruceypoo]

3070, had to deshroud it to fit in my case.

Nice Job!

You must be an alkhemist. lol

Alchemy - the art of and ability to - transform matter.

 

[lexluthermiester]

3070, had to deshroud it to fit in my case.

Show it to us without the shroud!

 

[khemist]

Show it to us without the shroud!

I'll get a pic later, was pretty easy to do, so it's still using the stock heatsink but has 3 x Noctua NFA12 fans cooling it.

 

[jboydgolfer]

you can profit if you can sell it for $7324.99

i have morals

 

[tabascosauz]

Even Telus' newly adopted AC router sucks balls; originally planned on picking up an AX58U but it turned out to be open box (yikes). I think networking snobs everywhere would better approve of this AC86U instead

It's a shame I won't be able to stretch the AX legs on both my desktops.

Same wired performance (940Mbps, maxed out) and close 5GHz performance (~500Mbps), but much improved 5GHz performance upstairs without extenders (200-300Mbps, compared to barely 100Mbps before and even with booster). Guess they weren't lying about the AC86U's range.