What's your latest tech purchase?

freeagent · Jun 29, 2021

Gonna slap these bad boys on now..

Feels kinda weird putting Noctua fans on a Thermalright cooler. Seems kinda blasphemous.. Someone is probably rolling in their grave :laugh:

tabascosauz · Jun 29, 2021

freeagent said:
Gonna slap these bad boys on now..

Feels kinda weird putting Noctua fans on a Thermalright cooler. Seems kinda blasphemous.. Someone is probably rolling in their grave

I love my NF-A14 2000rpm on my C14S (and I'm certain that @iBruceypoo loves his too

). As long as you keep those speeds under control (and perhaps use some closed-back headphones lol), all will be good. I like to have mine living in the 1000-1100rpm range at all times, can't hear it through my ZMF lambskin DT770s, and loses only about 1-2C in multi-core compared to 2000rpm. Effortlessly does the job of a case fan and CPU fan at the same time like it's nobody's business. But the noise at 2000rpm :fear:

But that F12 man......F12s are quite the howler even at 2000rpm lol. Damn powerful for a 120mm tho.

Don't think of them as Noctuas, think of them as industrial Noctuas, because you're in this boujee club now :laugh:

freeagent · Jun 29, 2021

Dude.. these fans are so nice! They sound so smooth compared to the shrill whine of my ty-143. So I am running occt right now and they do have a bit of volume over 2300rpm lol. I love them. Jeeebus they move some air.. it sure is nice having two fans on the same cooler moving at the same speed. They sound angry that my cpu has the nerve to generate heat lol.

AusWolf · Jun 29, 2021

freeagent said:
Gonna slap these bad boys on now..

Feels kinda weird putting Noctua fans on a Thermalright cooler. Seems kinda blasphemous.. Someone is probably rolling in their grave

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It's not blasphemy to put Noctua on anything. It's called "elevating the value and cooling performance".

freeagent · Jun 29, 2021

AusWolf said:
It's not blasphemy to put Noctua on anything. It's called "elevating the value and cooling performance".

I have been a massive Thermalright fanboy for the last few years lol.. now I am eating some more of that humble pie left over from the hyper 212 thread

I still think they make good coolers, but their fans need some work.. I mean who makes a fan that dies in the middle of the night while I’m sleeping and the cpu is pinned and it’s not gonna stop till I tell it to.. I mean wtf mang. Who does that..

AusWolf · Jun 29, 2021

freeagent said:
I have been a massive Thermalright fanboy for the last few years lol.. now I am eating some more of that humble pie left over from the hyper 212 thread

I still think they make good coolers, but their fans need some work.. I mean who makes a fan that dies in the middle of the night while I’m sleeping and the cpu is pinned and it’s not gonna stop till I tell it to.. I mean wtf mang. Who does that..

I've never had anything from Thermalright, but a fan dying without any prior sign sounds bad. :rolleyes:

To be honest, I've never had anything from Noctua either, but I must acknowledge all the praise the brand gets.

There's nothing wrong with the good old 212.

It's only that one's choice of cooling is much wider now than it was back when it came out.

tabascosauz · Jun 29, 2021

freeagent said:
Noctua fan(s)

freeagent said:
Thermalright fanboy

Seriously, the sleek Thermalright fin stack plus Noctua industrials (and maybe even some white Chromax corner pads) - mmmmmmm

lexluthermiester · Jun 29, 2021

freeagent said:
Gonna slap these bad boys on now..

Feels kinda weird putting Noctua fans on a Thermalright cooler. Seems kinda blasphemous.. Someone is probably rolling in their grave

Not at all. Take pictures!

freeagent · Jun 29, 2021

Ok!

lexluthermiester · Jun 29, 2021

freeagent said:
Ok!
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Ah, the dark Noctua's! They look very smart indeed! Not at all out of place.

Mussels · Jun 29, 2021

I genuinely like the brown and black look a lot more than the brown and beigey

freeagent · Jun 29, 2021

I agree it does look quite smart. They boogie

The last Noctua fans I had are the ones that came with my D14.. I honestly wasn't impressed.. but to be fair at that time I had just finished running a pair of my Panaflo's in pp on my Ultra 120 Extreme.. circa 2007 so it had the mega dense fin pack.. The third time I handled the middle fan a blade snapped off.. it was very brittle. A bitter taste was left behind.. but not as bitter as a fan failure with no warning. That is BS. You normally get a death rattle, grind, something.. the thing feels brand new still, so it had to be a control board failure.

Caring1 · Jun 29, 2021

The grey industrial Noctuas would be better suited, but I love the look you have now too.

Shou Miko · Jun 29, 2021

Something different for me.

Didn't have luck selling off one of my RX 6800 XT peoples had a 110 excuses for everything when they wrote so I traded both my RX 6800 XT for one RTX 3090 :confused:

toilet pepper · Jun 29, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Perfect ESC key! I want one myself..

There are some forms of bling that are worth it. This is worth it!

EDIT:
This one is still in stock and fit's my keyboard...

Sanctuary Gate – MX – K3KC Shop

www.k3kc.com

I just checked what artisan keycaps are available here and there's a lot of them. I did find something similar to what you have and they're around $30 (converted)

That RTX Enter key though.

freeagent · Jun 29, 2021

Caring1 said:
The grey industrial Noctuas would be better suited, but I love the look you have now too.

The fans I replaced were brand new fans that were grey. I probably could have kept using them but after the loss of my TY-143 which to me was an awesome fan.. the trust was gone. I have been using my Panaflo's every day since 2006 or 7 and they are still fine.. I lost 2 TR fans in 1 year, they were bought at the same time so 3 years old.. cant have that. The included fans have a life of 40k hours which is low to me.. These ones here are rated for 150k hours I think? Something like that.. My TY-147A had a spun bearing. TY-147B is still kicking... I think.. I should check on it some time

iBruceypoo · Jun 29, 2021

freeagent said:
Ok!
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The Noctua gray or white anti-vibration pads would look nice as @tabascosauz has mentioned. Got (16) of the black for $6.95 years ago, enough for 2fans, and the price is still the same.

Got the black for a monochrome look, and since I'm The King of Boring. Two colors on the same component, at the same moment in time, too difficult for me to comprehend. :laugh:

@freeagent, all your beautiful components enclosed in a case locked behind a door, claustrophobic - Let Them Out! Let Them Run Free!

...on a test bench.

oobymach · Jun 29, 2021

Or you could throw your Noctua fan away and bolt on one (or two) without vibration, that's what I did with my Noctua cooler.

FHP141 on the front, Xigmatek XAF-F1451 in the middle, FHP141 exhaust, 15 total fans in my case (including 3 on the gpu), and it's so low noise all I hear is a bit of air moving.

neatfeatguy · Jun 30, 2021

Got my RTX 3060 in a day sooner than I thought. Here's a few pics and a comparison shot of my 980Ti AMP! Omega card with it......

Mussels · Jun 30, 2021

neatfeatguy said:
Got my RTX 3060 in a day sooner than I thought. Here's a few screen shots and a comparison shot of my 980Ti AMP! Omega card with it......

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You vs the guy she says she's "just friends" with

lexluthermiester · Jun 30, 2021

Mussels said:
You vs the guy she says she's "just friends" with

GPU envy much? :laugh:

EDIT: Wait, you've got a 3090.. What's that about?

Mussels · Jun 30, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
GPU envy much?

EDIT: Wait, you've got a 3090.. What's that about?

It's a short 3090, but it's about the framerates baby, not the heatsink length

Jetster · Jun 30, 2021

Definitely like the G903 better. The MX 3 is just too heavy and tall for my palm and I need my thumb on the pad
Yes I bought both, Logitech makes some fine mice

Plus with the 903 you don't have to install the software to adjust the DPI on the fly which I need. But the charger cable is the old type. The
MX 3 is USB C
Now they both are a bit heavy for gaming

freeagent · Jun 30, 2021

Those white pads are pretty sweet! Gonna order some

Oh but Bruce.. this is not your average Meshify C.. this is the best wind tunnel I have created to date! Right now I have my 3x 120x38s up front and are rated for 110CFM each, on top I have my TL_D14X and TL-C14 rated at 180CFM of the pair, and for exhaust I have A 24v DC Centaur 120x38 @ 12v.. not sure of the rating, but its quiet and excellent, and a whole bunch of holes

I have a 92x38 DC Koala III 3900rpm ripper that I want to wedge between my GPU and PSU tunnel. I will tell you one thing.. I have the fan profile set to Turbo, and am running f@h and this thing is loud AF. I don't hear my 120x38s at all.. but its boosting to 4650 or so.. better than the 4500 from the other day :laugh:

The silent profile limits them to 2K

The noise doesn't bother me too much but its nice when the load is off, don't really hear it much..

As for dust? Its kind of a vacuum with no bag :laugh:

micropage7 · Jun 30, 2021

just buy add on sata since my motherboard just have 4 sata ports

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	ab┃ob
Processor	7800X3D┃5800X3D
Motherboard	B650E PG-ITX┃X570 Impact
Cooling	NH-U12A + T30┃AXP120-x67
Memory	64GB 6400CL32┃32GB 3600CL14
Video Card(s)	RTX 4070 Ti Eagle┃RTX A2000
Storage	8TB of SSDs┃1TB SN550
Case	Caselabs S3┃Lazer3D HT5

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	Nebulon B
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSi PRO B650M-A WiFi
Cooling	be quiet! Dark Rock 4
Memory	2x 24 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5-4800
Video Card(s)	AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT 12 GB
Storage	2 TB Corsair MP600 GS, 2 TB Corsair MP600 R2
Display(s)	Dell S3422DWG, 7" Waveshare touchscreen
Case	Kolink Citadel Mesh black
Audio Device(s)	Logitech Z333 2.1 speakers, AKG Y50 headphones
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime GX-750
Mouse	Logitech MX Master 2S
Keyboard	Logitech G413 SE
Software	Bazzite (Fedora Linux) KDE

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

What's your latest tech purchase?

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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

System Name	Lynni PS \ Lenowo TwinkPad L14 G2
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7700 Raphael (Waiting on 9800X3D) \ i5-1135G7 Tiger Lake-U
Motherboard	ASRock B650M PG Riptide Bios v. 3.10 AMD AGESA 1.2.0.2a \ Lenowo BDPLANAR Bios 1.68
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15 Chromax.Black (Only middle fan) \ Lenowo C-267C-2
Memory	G.Skill Flare X5 2x16GB DDR5 6000MHZ CL36-36-36-96 AMD EXPO \ Willk Elektronik 2x16GB 2666MHZ CL17
Video Card(s)	Asus GeForce RTX™ 4070 Dual OC (Waiting on RX 8800 XT) \| Intel® Iris® Xe Graphics
Storage	Gigabyte M30 1TB\|Sabrent Rocket 2TB\| HDD: 10TB\|1TB \ WD RED SN700 1TB
Display(s)	KTC M27T20S 1440p@165Hz \| LG 48CX OLED 4K HDR \| Innolux 14" 1080p
Case	Asus Prime AP201 White Mesh \| Lenowo L14 G2 chassis
Audio Device(s)	Steelseries Arctis Pro Wireless
Power Supply	Be Quiet! Pure Power 12 M 750W Goldie \| 65W
Mouse	Logitech G305 Lightspeedy Wireless \| Lenowo TouchPad & Logitech G305
Keyboard	Ducky One 3 Daybreak Fullsize \| L14 G2 UK Lumi
Software	Win11 IoT Enterprise 24H2 UK \| Win11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 UK / Arch (Fan)
Benchmark Scores	3DMARK: https://www.3dmark.com/3dm/89434432? GPU-Z: https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/details/v3zbr

Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 5800x
Motherboard	B550i Aorus Pro AX
Cooling	Custom Cooling
Memory	32Gb Patriot Viper 3600 RGB
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 3080 Ventus Trio OC
Storage	Samsung 960 EVO
Display(s)	Specterpro 34uw100
Case	SSUPD Meshlicious
Power Supply	Cooler Master V750 Gold SFX
Mouse	Glorious Model D Wireless
Keyboard	Ducky One 2
VR HMD	Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 64bit

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	New compy
Processor	AMD Ryzen 5800x3D
Motherboard	MSI MPG x570S EDGE MAX WiFi
Cooling	Noctua NH-D15S w. FHP141 + Xigmatek AOS XAF-F1451
Memory	32gb G.Skill Ripjaws V Samsung B-Die Dual Rank F4-4000C16D-32GVKA
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF GAMING RTX 4070ti
Storage	17tb (8+4tb WD Black HDD's, 2+2+0.5+0.5tb M.2 SSD Drives) + 16tb WD Red Pro backup drive
Display(s)	Alienware AW2518H 24" 240hz, Sony X85K 43" 4k 120hz HDR TV
Case	Thermaltake Core v71
Audio Device(s)	iFi Nano Idsd Le, Creative T20 + T50, Sennheiser HD6Mix
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova G2 1000w
Mouse	Logitech G502 Hero custom w. G900 scroll wheel mod, Rival 3 + Rival 3 wireless, JLab Epic Mouse
Keyboard	Corsair K68 RGB + K70 RGB + K57 RGB Wireless + Logitech G613
Software	Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	https://valid.x86.fr/s2y7ny

System Name	Personal / HTPC
Processor	Ryzen 5900x / Ryzen 5600X3D
Motherboard	Asrock x570 Phantom Gaming 4 /ASRock B550 Phantom Gaming
Cooling	Corsair H100i / bequiet! Pure Rock Slim 2
Memory	32GB DDR4 3200 / 16GB DDR4 3200
Video Card(s)	EVGA XC3 Ultra RTX 3080Ti / EVGA RTX 3060 XC
Storage	500GB Pro 970, 250 GB SSD, 1TB & 500GB Western Digital / lots
Display(s)	Dell - S3220DGF & S3222DGM 32"
Case	CoolerMaster HAF XB Evo / CM HAF XB Evo
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G35 headset
Power Supply	850W SeaSonic X Series / 750W SeaSonic X Series
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Black Microsoft Natural Elite Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 / Windows 10 Pro 64

System Name	Juliette // My HTPC
Processor	Intel i7 9700K // AMD Ryzen 5 5600G
Motherboard	ASUS Prime Z390X-A // ASRock B550 ITX-AC
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12 Black // Stock
Memory	Corsair DDR4 3600 32gb //G.SKILL Trident Z Royal Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) 3600
Video Card(s)	ASUS RTX4070 OC// ASUS RTX 4060 OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO NVMe 1Tb, Intel 665p Series M.2 2280 1TB // Samsung 1Tb SSD
Display(s)	ASUS VP348QGL 34" Quad HD 3440 x 1440 // 55" LG 4K SK8000 Series
Case	Seasonic SYNCRO Q7// Silverstone Granada GD05
Audio Device(s)	Focusrite Scarlett 4i4 // HDMI to Samsung HW-R650 sound bar
Power Supply	Seasonic SYNCRO 750 W // CORSAIR Vengeance 650M
Mouse	G903 and a Master Mouse MM710/No mouse, MS game copntroller
Keyboard	EVGA / Logitech K400
Software	Windows 11 Pro // Windows 10 Pro

System Name	micropage7
Processor	Intel Xeon X3470
Motherboard	Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. P55A-UD3R (Socket 1156)
Cooling	Enermax ETS-T40F
Memory	Samsung 8.00GB Dual-Channel DDR3
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800
Storage	V-GEN03AS18EU120GB, Seagate 2 x 1TB and Seagate 4TB
Display(s)	Samsung 21 inch LCD Wide Screen
Case	Icute Super 18
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte
Power Supply	Silverstone 600 Watt
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Sades Excalibur + Taihao keycaps
Software	Win 7 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	Classified