What's your latest tech purchase?

r.h.p · Jun 25, 2021

iBruceypoo said:
Had the AMD WX4100 workstation tiny HHHL (half height half length) gpu since 2017, so wanting to update it but AMD - just won't.

https://www.amd.com/en/graphics/workstation-series

AMD keeps launching very large and expensive workstation gpus and they won't update the HHHL cards. It's still POLARIS, can you believe that.

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what kind of work do you use the wx 4100 for ?

iBruceypoo · Jun 25, 2021

r.h.p said:
what kind of work do you use the wx 4100 for ?

If I told you - you would laugh out loud. The WX4100 generates extremely sharp lines and very sharp text. OK, go ahead and laugh! :laugh:

And it was only $299. Also, the AMD workstation software is brilliant - color temperature settings so easy on the eyes while writing for long hours.

Considering a larger more powerful AMD workstation card, in the $399 to $799 range, but not certain what I would gain. If AMD doesn't update the HHHL cards very soon, I'll try some of the more expensive cards and "return window" if truly no benefit is noticeable for my simple work.

OK there I said it, now you can laugh amongst yourselves.

"Why don't you just use a $400 DELL or a laptop for office workloads?" Where would be the fun in that?

lexluthermiester · Jun 25, 2021

iBruceypoo said:
If I told you - you would laugh out loud. The WX4100 generates extremely sharp lines and very sharp text. OK, go ahead and laugh!

That's a fair reason, no laughing there. But that card is a wimp of a card otherwise. Get yourself a proper workstation card to go with your super bling setup! That dinky, wimpy card looks sad plugged into that awesome rig!..

Valantar · Jun 25, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
That's a fair reason, no laughing there. But that card is a wimp of a card otherwise. Get yourself a proper workstation card to go with your super bling setup! That dinky, wimpy card looks sad plugged into that awesome rig!..

To me, that is part of the charm. It's such an oddly specific combination that it just elevates the whole build to a new level. Every part is exactly what should be!

iBruceypoo said:
"Why don't you just use a $400 DELL or a laptop for office workloads?" Where would be the fun in that?

I mean, the main use for my custom water cooled pc is still office use (reading and writing for my dissertation, hardly demanding stuff) and web browsing, with gaming coming in a clear third in terms of time spent. That's just how things work IMO.

iBruceypoo · Jun 25, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
That's a fair reason, no laughing there. But that card is a wimp of a card otherwise. Get yourself a proper workstation card to go with your super bling setup! That dinky, wimpy card looks sad plugged into that awesome rig!..

Hey it plays Black Mesa at 2560x1440 really smoove. :laugh:

Also matches the HHHL form factor of the older Optane 900P SSD (pic below), always thought they both looked pretty cool together.

But you are right, now with this EXTRA-LARGE Noctua heatsink, the AMD video card looks fairly silly. :ohwell:

I'll research these two cards below

jboydgolfer · Jun 25, 2021

TheLostSwede said:
Personally I can't stand the all metal wheel, as I kept slipping or it wouldn't rotate properly on the G502 SE white (it was cheap) I used last year.
Maybe it's because I use the freewheel feature a lot when I scroll around?
Glad to see I'm not the only one that seems to collect a lot of gunk on the G502 though. It's much harder to keep clean compared to their older models.

they are oil & filth nets, its unavoidable, unless you clean them regularly & im not doing that.

you can buy a set of brushes on amazon, which has a tiny brush in the set & its great for cleaning mice quickly & easily.

the circled one makes cleaning mice easy & fast. the set is like $5, & the others make dusting PC's a breeze.

lexluthermiester · Jun 25, 2021

iBruceypoo said:
Hey it plays Black Mesa at 2560x1440 really smoove.

Ok, fair enough.

iBruceypoo said:
But you are right, now with this EXTRA-LARGE Noctua heatsink, the AMD video card looks fairly silly.

Right?

iBruceypoo said:
I'll research these two cards below

You don't have to stay with Radeon Pro. The NVidia Quadro's are a solid option(I have two myself). ~~And the prices for them are decent right now.~~ I take that back, just took a look and prices are crap for Radeon Pro WX card right now. However, with the continuing decline of cryptocoin it might be wise to wait a month or two to see what the GPU market does. Prices are currently falling...

freeagent · Jun 25, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
That dinky, wimpy card looks sad plugged into that awesome rig!.

It's not sad, its just blue!

:fear:

MentalAcetylide · Jun 25, 2021

jboydgolfer said:
they are oil & filth nets, its unavoidable, unless you clean them regularly & im not doing that.

you can buy a set of brushes on amazon, which has a tiny brush in the set & its great for cleaning mice quickly & easily.

the circled one makes cleaning mice easy & fast. the set is like $5, & the others make dusting PC's a breeze.

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Hmm... toilet wands! Nothing like a little bathroom wizardry to clean things up a bit. I have a Rod of Bowl Tidiness and a Wand of Many Scours myself.

lexluthermiester · Jun 25, 2021

jboydgolfer said:
they are oil & filth nets, its unavoidable, unless you clean them regularly & im not doing that.

you can buy a set of brushes on amazon, which has a tiny brush in the set & its great for cleaning mice quickly & easily.

the circled one makes cleaning mice easy & fast. the set is like $5, & the others make dusting PC's a breeze.

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Hate to say this, but these are not tech related... Just saying...

Deleted member 24505 · Jun 25, 2021

jxd s7800

iBruceypoo · Jun 25, 2021

freeagent said:
It's not sad, its just blue!

If NVidia moves their brand new black/gold workstation/quadro aesthetic to their smaller/cheaper workstation cards, I'll easily give up the AMD blue, kinda getting sick of it after 5.5years lol :ohwell:

$799 is still my upper limit for a workstation card for MS Word. :roll:

lexluthermiester · Jun 25, 2021

Gruffalo.Soldier said:
jxd s7800
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I had one of those. It was excellent! JXD made some kickass tablets BITD. Dropped it and killed it unfortunately. Replaced it with the GPD Q9+.

Mussels · Jun 26, 2021

jboydgolfer said:
they are oil & filth nets, its unavoidable, unless you clean them regularly & im not doing that.

you can buy a set of brushes on amazon, which has a tiny brush in the set & its great for cleaning mice quickly & easily.

the circled one makes cleaning mice easy & fast. the set is like $5, & the others make dusting PC's a breeze.

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Just a fun heads up, i have used each and every one of these to wipe my bum

iBruceypoo · Jun 26, 2021

Mussels said:
Just a fun heads up, i have used each and every one of these to wipe my bum

Hey, you can't say that man, I said penis in a well prepared and sophisticated medical "haha" for everyone to laugh joke and got a MOD warning - no fair. :oops:

Now I got a record. :ohwell:

Mods can say the F-word and the S-word and I gets in trouble for a medical term.

Mussels · Jun 26, 2021

iBruceypoo said:
Hey, you can't say that man, I said penis in a well prepared and sophisticated medical "haha" for everyone to laugh joke and got a MOD warning - no fair.

Now I got a record.

Your forum name literally has poo in it, what i use to clean my homeless friend is toootally safer.

edit: and poo, since i can see edits and deleted posts: it all comes down to how the words are used. If naughty words are aimed at people, it's bad.

iBruceypoo · Jun 26, 2021

Mussels said:
Your forum name literally has poo in it, what i use to clean my homeless friend is toootally safer.

That's a term of endearment! Like Pooh bear. What disgusting neighborhood do you live in that you would actually have those thoughts?

Caring1 · Jun 26, 2021

iBruceypoo said:
Mods can say the F-word and the S-word and I gets in trouble for a medical term.

Just remember, the penis mightier than the sword.

lexluthermiester · Jun 26, 2021

Good God did we get off-topic...

@iBruceypoo
You should enjoy this;

Get yourself another one and a proper GPU to cool with it! You'd have to ghetto mod it, but it would be excellent!

Valantar · Jun 26, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Hate to say this, but these are not tech related... Just saying...

Sorry, but they very clearly are. Our are you saying they grow on trees? Not all technology is electronic

Mussels · Jun 26, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Good God did we get off-topic...

@iBruceypoo
You should enjoy this;

Get yourself another one and a proper GPU to cool with it! You'd have to ghetto mod it, but it would be excellent!

i found that video and was trying to find the thread on here where someone was ghetto cooling their laptop, was that this thread?

Caring1 · Jun 26, 2021

Mussels said:
i found that video and was trying to find the thread on here where someone was ghetto cooling their laptop, was that this thread?

Arctic Passive Cooling Laptop Modification

so. I am getting awfully sick and tired of seeing my cpu and gtx 1070 reach 95 celsius in gaming (it needs re-pasted I think, but I can't do a re-paste cause the screws are stripped too bad, but even with re-paste it would still be doing 80ish) I was thinking. these new fanless coolers from...

www.techpowerup.com

khemist · Jun 26, 2021

lexluthermiester · Jun 26, 2021

khemist said:

Nice, you got one!

sam_86314 · Jun 27, 2021

So with my new job, I finally have positive cash flow.

Time to fix that...

Did an ill-advised CPU upgrade, switching my trusty 2600X out for a 5800X.

Amazon had it for under MSRP ($398), so I went to Best Buy and had them price match it so I could get it the same day.

Did some benchmarks, and it is just barely twice as fast for multi-core, and significantly faster for single-core. Haven't really done any real-world tests yet.

Hope this thing ends up being worth it. I intend to use PCIe Gen 4.0 in the future.

My 2600X has been installed in my old MSI motherboard with my old Crucial memory, and it'll be replacing my Haswell Xeon-based secondary PC.

System Name	schweinestalle
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 3700 X
Motherboard	Asus Prime - Pro X 570 + Asus PCI -E AC68 Dual Band Wi-Fi Adapter
Cooling	Standard Air
Memory	Kingston HyperX 2 x 16 gb DDR 4 3200mhz
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon 5700 XT 8 GB Strix
Storage	Intel SSD 240 gb Speed Demon & WD 240 SSD Blue & WD 250 SSD & WD Green 500gb SSD & Seagate 1 TB Sata
Display(s)	Asus XG 32 V ROG
Case	Corsair AIR ATX
Audio Device(s)	Realtech standard
Power Supply	Corsair 850 Modular
Mouse	CM Havoc
Keyboard	Corsair Cherry Mechanical
Software	Win 10
Benchmark Scores	Unigine_Superposition 4K ultra 7582

System Name	Z590 Epiphenomenal Rocket Bench
Processor	Intel 11600K i5 binned by Silicon Lottery at 5.0/5.1 - 5.5Ghz ST Benchmark capable - 5.3Ghz Daily OC
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus XIII Apex
Cooling	Noctua NH-P1 Passive/Active Cooler with Noctua 140mm Industrial PWM fan tuned at 750rpm
Memory	F4-4800C17D-16GTRS @ 5066MHz 17 17 37 1T Daily / F4-5333C22D-16GTES @ 5600Mhz 20 32 52 1T Daily
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX A2000 workstation card (Coming Soon)
Storage	Intel Optane PCIe Add In Card 280GB SSD / WD_Black SN850 500GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD / (2) 860 Pro SATA
Display(s)	LG 32in 2560x1440 32QN650-B
Case	Primochill WetBench SX Pro test bench
Audio Device(s)	Creative Pebble V2
Power Supply	Seasonic TX-700 fanless titanium
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3 graphite / ROG Gladius II Origin
Keyboard	HHKB Hybrid Type-S black
Software	Work and statistical apps
Benchmark Scores	5.5Ghz Single Thread Cinebench R15 - 268 CPUZ ST – 704

System Name	Hotbox
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X, 110/95/110, PBO +150Mhz, CO -7,-7,-20(x6),
Motherboard	ASRock Phantom Gaming B550 ITX/ax
Cooling	LOBO + Laing DDC 1T Plus PWM + Corsair XR5 280mm + 2x Arctic P14
Memory	32GB G.Skill FlareX 3200c14 @3800c15
Video Card(s)	PowerColor Radeon 6900XT Liquid Devil Ultimate, UC@2250MHz max @~200W
Storage	2TB Adata SX8200 Pro
Display(s)	Dell U2711 main, AOC 24P2C secondary
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Optoma Nuforce μDAC 3
Power Supply	Corsair SF750 Platinum
Mouse	Logitech G603
Keyboard	Keychron K3/Cooler Master MasterKeys Pro M w/DSA profile caps
Software	Windows 10 Pro

System Name	Z590 Epiphenomenal Rocket Bench
Processor	Intel 11600K i5 binned by Silicon Lottery at 5.0/5.1 - 5.5Ghz ST Benchmark capable - 5.3Ghz Daily OC
Motherboard	Asus ROG Maximus XIII Apex
Cooling	Noctua NH-P1 Passive/Active Cooler with Noctua 140mm Industrial PWM fan tuned at 750rpm
Memory	F4-4800C17D-16GTRS @ 5066MHz 17 17 37 1T Daily / F4-5333C22D-16GTES @ 5600Mhz 20 32 52 1T Daily
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX A2000 workstation card (Coming Soon)
Storage	Intel Optane PCIe Add In Card 280GB SSD / WD_Black SN850 500GB PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD / (2) 860 Pro SATA
Display(s)	LG 32in 2560x1440 32QN650-B
Case	Primochill WetBench SX Pro test bench
Audio Device(s)	Creative Pebble V2
Power Supply	Seasonic TX-700 fanless titanium
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3 graphite / ROG Gladius II Origin
Keyboard	HHKB Hybrid Type-S black
Software	Work and statistical apps
Benchmark Scores	5.5Ghz Single Thread Cinebench R15 - 268 CPUZ ST – 704

System Name	Americas cure is the death of Social Justice & Political Correctness
Processor	i7-11700K
Motherboard	Asrock Z590 Extreme wifi 6E
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12A
Memory	32GB Corsair RGB fancy boi 5000
Video Card(s)	RTX 3090 Reference
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo 1Tb + Samsung 970 Evo 500Gb
Display(s)	Dell - 27" LED QHD G-SYNC x2
Case	Fractal Design Meshify-C
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus+ Gold 1000 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502 spectrum
Keyboard	AZIO MGK-1 RGB (Kaith Blue)
Software	Win 10 Professional 64 bit
Benchmark Scores	the MLGeesiest

What's your latest tech purchase?

r.h.p

iBruceypoo

lexluthermiester

Valantar

iBruceypoo

jboydgolfer

lexluthermiester

freeagent

Moderator

MentalAcetylide

lexluthermiester

Deleted member 24505

Guest

iBruceypoo

lexluthermiester

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

iBruceypoo

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

iBruceypoo

Caring1

lexluthermiester

Valantar

Mussels

Freshwater Moderator

Caring1

Arctic Passive Cooling Laptop Modification

khemist

lexluthermiester

sam_86314

Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair VIII Dark Hero
Cooling	Thermalright Frozen Edge 360, 3x TL-B12 V2, 2x TL-B12 V1
Memory	2x8 G.Skill Trident Z Royal 3200C14, 2x8GB G.Skill Trident Z Black and White 3200 C14
Video Card(s)	Zotac 4070 Ti Trinity OC
Storage	WD SN850 1TB, SN850X 2TB, SN770 1TB
Display(s)	LG 50UP7100
Case	Fractal Torrent Compact
Audio Device(s)	JBL Bar 700
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1000, Monster HDP1800
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Oculus 3
Software	Yes
Benchmark Scores	Yes

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	H7 Flow 2024
Processor	AMD 5800X3D
Motherboard	Asus X570 Tough Gaming
Cooling	Custom liquid
Memory	32 GB DDR4
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A750
Storage	Crucial P5 Plus 2TB.
Display(s)	AOC 24" Freesync 1m.s. 75Hz
Mouse	Lenovo
Keyboard	Eweadn Mechanical
Software	W11 Pro 64 bit

Processor	9700k
Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Phantom Gaming-ITX/AC
Cooling	NZXT kraken X53
Memory	16GB Klevv Bolt X 3600mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus TUF RTX 3080
Storage	SanDisk Extreme Pro 1TB NVME
Display(s)	LG OLED42C24LA
Case	Meshlicious
Audio Device(s)	Dragonfly Black DAC/Amp + AKG Q701 + Rode NT-USB
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	Steelseries Prime wireless
Keyboard	Coolermaster Masterkeys S
Software	Win 10 64

System Name	Space Heater MKIV
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
Motherboard	ASRock B550 Taichi
Cooling	Noctua NH-U14S, 3x Noctua NF-A14s
Memory	2x32GB Teamgroup T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4-3600 C18 1.35V
Video Card(s)	PowerColor RX 6800 XT Red Devil (2150MHz, 240W PL)
Storage	2TB WD SN850X, 4x1TB Crucial MX500 (striped array), LG WH16NS40 BD-RE
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG (34" 3440x1440 144Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo Pro M
Audio Device(s)	Edifier R1700BT, Samson SR850
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x, CyberPower CST135XLU
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 3
Keyboard	Glorious GMMK 2 96%
Software	Windows 10 LTSC 2021, Linux Mint