What's your latest tech purchase?

[Mussels]

Just did a quick Amazon check, and the price is unbelievably low all DAs including the regular + the Pro wireless version

Amazon.com: Razer DeathAdder V2 Gaming Mouse: 20K DPI Optical Sensor - Fastest Gaming Mouse Switch - Chroma RGB Lighting - 8 Programmable Buttons - Rubberized Side Grips - Classic Black: Computers & Accessories

that is NOT the normal price, absolutely snag it that cheap if you want one!

 

[iBruceypoo]

Anyone on the fence concerning the Noctua brown/beige aesthetic, just wait for these (2) black version components launching later this year.

My favorite Noctua aesthetic - monochrome black!

 

[ShiBDiB]

Let us know what you think of the Watch 3, please. I've had my eye on one for some time, but they are expensive, especially where I live.

Didn't make it here by friday, so I guess I'll get it Monday or maybe Tuesday because of the holiday. I got the LTE version from an ebay reseller for a little over $300.


Also bought an RTX 3060TI from a friend on discord... Definitely did paypal G&S incase it's a dud but I'm hopeful and the markup wasn't too bad... Between the watch and the card, I'm done with tech purchases for a few months tho.

 

[Athlonite]

Yes, I was a bit confused about that when I first watched some reviews. Hopefully someone can explain it in details.

Probably from high polling rate requiring alot of IRQ time to function

 

[Anarchy0110]

Probably from high polling rate requiring alot of IRQ time to function

IRQ means interrupted request? I just Googled it. Will have a read soon. Thanks!

 

[Tomgang]

I gave my main system the Noctua treatment...

Aren't they just beautiful? I actually unironically like how Noctua fans look. They're so iconic and unique.

In total, I got three NF-A14s, two NF-A15s (one of which I'm not using yet), and an NF-F12.

They were pretty expensive, but so far, they've lived up to the hype. They're much quieter than my old Cryorig XF140s (which are now in my server) straight away and are completely silent with a fine-tuned fan curve. My CPU temps even seem a bit better.

My only complaint is that they seem to resonate at about 50% speed, which is really annoying. Of course, all I have to do is tune my fan curve to avoid that.

I'm using software literally just called "Fan Control" to fine-tune everything, which is open-source and better than SpeedFan ever was.

GitHub - Rem0o/FanControl.Releases: This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows.

This is the release repository for Fan Control, a highly customizable fan controlling software for Windows. - Rem0o/FanControl.Releases

github.com

Now I kinda want to get a couple of NF-A14s for my server and maybe even a trio of NF-A9x14s for my GPU.

So you have joined the brown site.

I have as well joined Noctua, but on there chromax.black side instead. My fan set up is a mix of noctua nh-d15 chromax.black with there IPPC industrial fans and not the stock fans and a 92 mm black swap fan on the cpu coolers in my system (it's a dual systems in one case) while case fans is Lian Li uni fan SL120 in black as well.

For those curious about how that looks. Se it in the link below.

https://imgur.com/a/PnlxCrx

 

[Steve-007UK]

My latest purchase was a system that i sort of helped build a year or so ago, It was for my friends son, but his son never used it much and kept messing it up because he is young still and don't understand things.
My mate asked me of wanted to buy it and it is like new no dust or anything and still got the peel off stuff on many parts lol.

NZXT H510 case / Asrock B450 Steel Legend mobo / AMD Ryzen 2600x / 2x8gig Corsair 3000Mhz ram oc to 3200Mhz / 2x 500gig Samsung 860 evo ssd drives / 1TB toshiba HDD / Nvidia GTX 1660TI

Managed to get all that for £350 and loving it and a lot better than me old PC with a 4690K and RX 580

 

[Anarchy0110]

My latest purchase was a pre built system that i sort of helped build a year or so ago.

NZXT H510 case / Asrock B450 Steel Legend mobo / AMD Ryzen 2600x / 2x8gig Corsair ram 3000Mhz ram oc to 3200Mhz / 2x 500gig Samsung 860 evo ssd drives / 1TB toshiba HDD / Nvidia GTX 1660TI

Managed to get all that for £350 and loving it and a lot better than me old PC with a 4690K and RX 580

Yeah, especially the 4690K. Well done

 

[Steve-007UK]

Yeah, especially the 4690K. Well done

Thank you and yeah the 4690k was holding me back in many things but i will miss it as i think it was a golden chip when it came to overclocking and i think a better mobo would push it more than i could but it sits there happy at 4.4ghz with only 1.22 volts if i remember right, but then again i did have a noctua nh-d14 on it to lol

Also has 16 gig of ram at 2400mhz with pretty low timings and is nice and stable.

I will miss my old PC but it went to a good home and will be looked after hehe

 

[toilet pepper]

Custom loop parts are arriving daily (I still get to pay one shipping cost of $2 for everyhting). With the low availability of the name brands (EK, Primochill, etc,) I'm forced to get Barrow or Bykski parts. They rarely have reviews online and I get to be the guinae pig for these. They don't even have a decent manual anywhere. Surprisingly, these are obviosuly made and imported from China but they are of decent quality.


First in the Box is a Bykski B-VGA-SC-FX (vertical orientation): around $40 USD

The Aorus B550i doesn't have a temp sensor port to check water temps. This is the best solution I can think of without the need for more fittings. It simply connects to their waterblocks which I already have. It is Molex powered and it doesn't say anywhere.

Bykski 280mm Copper 29mm Radiator: around $40USD

It's a rad so there's that. Ports didn't come sealed. It came with screws for connecting fans. The rads we're fairly clean when I flushed it and there were no specks inside.

 

[Anoniem]

Managed to get a 3080 Ti a week ago, pretty nice card but the power draw, dear god o_0 Might just get another MO-RA3 360 Pro for the CPU so my 3080 Ti can be hooked up to the MO-RA3 420 Pro. I've seen spikes of 431w and a steady draw of 420w, that's nuts! Oh and that display is hilarious although I'll rip it off ASAP for a waterblock. Every extra watt saved by disabling displays and RGB is more wattage for the core and mem The reaction to the GIF I uploaded to the card (see attachment) were great though hahaha.

 

[toilet pepper]

Managed to get a 3080 Ti a week ago, pretty nice card but the power draw, dear god o_0 Might just get another MO-RA3 360 Pro for the CPU so my 3080 Ti can be hooked up to the MO-RA3 420 Pro. I've seen spikes of 431w and a steady draw of 420w, that's nuts! Oh and that display is hilarious although I'll rip it off ASAP for a waterblock. Every extra watt saved by disabling displays and RGB is more wattage for the core and mem The reaction to the GIF I uploaded to the card (see attachment) were great though hahaha.

Yeah, that display looks bonkers but from I have seem in reddit and my experience as well - RGB fusion is trash. They make great products but the software looks like it was made by an intern on their last few days.

On another note, my anecdotal experience of removing fans from the board didn't increase the power the GPU an get. I had my 3080 deshrouded and fans connected to my motherboard and it didnt even increase the power my GPU core can take.

 

[Anoniem]

Yeah, that display looks bonkers but from I have seem in reddit and my experience as well - RGB fusion is trash. They make great products but the software looks like it was made by an intern on their last few days.

On another note, my anecdotal experience of removing fans from the board didn't increase the power the GPU an get. I had my 3080 deshrouded and fans connected to my motherboard and it didnt even increase the power my GPU core can take.

Now that is useful information! I half expected that to be honest, they've probably set limits on each rail, sucks. Great deal on the rad BTW! Now I need a block for the Gigabyte RTX 3080 Ti Aorus Master. I've had a look at the usual vendors but besides EKWB I didn't find anything useful. I haven't taken the card apart (I'm able to return the card within 30 days, don't want to void that) and I can't verify anything. EKWB half suggests that their Gigabyte RTX 3080/3090 Aorus Xtreme block might work with my card. Does anyone have nudes of this GPU? Can anyone confirm anything?

 

[scoutingwraith]

Recently won a MSI 3060 from the Newegg Shuffle for ~600 with a PSU. I ended up getting it since I actually do not have a spare GPU.
Now to try and get a 3070 or a 3080 if i can win it haha.

 

[Sebas_759]

My baby, the RTX 3070

 

[xcescxa]

Your mom.
I'm going to buy razer tiamat 7.1 analogue headphones soon. They are hard to find. I don't want the version 2 because I think older audio tech is better than new (aka putting a label on something and people buy it just because of the branding lmao.)

 

[Devon68]

Bought a R9 380 from a miner for 100$ since my sisters husband gave me the money and negotiated the deal. He already bought one R9 380 already for a 100$ a few months before from him, but he sold it for 150$. Damn buying a 40$ card for 100$ and selling it for 150$. If someone told me that years ago I would not believe it. What a crazy year.

 

[P4-630]

I just bought a Bugatti Divo Hypercar for 3.8M.

I don't need a photo - because text proves it.

What do you think of this one: Lamborghini Sián

(I don't own it though...But I do like it... )

 

[xcescxa]

What do you think of this one: Lamborghini Sián

(I don't own it though...But I do like it... )

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Lmao, don't know if you were trying to be funny but I though this was. I'm not saying Legos are bad btw.

 

[Caring1]

So when did the title of this thread change?
I guess the Mods were sick of all the reports of chatter and not enough pics.

 

[Athlonite]

Bykski 280mm Copper 29mm Radiator: around $40USD

It's a rad so there's that. Ports didn't come sealed. It came with screws for connecting fans. The rads we're fairly clean when I flushed it and there were no specks inside.

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Geez I really wish they'd just clear coat copper radiators instead painting them black

 

[Mussels]

So when did the title of this thread change?
I guess the Mods were sick of all the reports of chatter and not enough pics.

yesterday, there was a discussion about how to deal with it because the thread IS positive and just sort of evolved beyond pure pictures, and into discussions of the purchases.

We do want it to focus on the topic and not stray, but clearly a lot of users wanted the discussion aspect too

 

[WhitetailAni]

Does it count as a purchase if it was free?

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I know my photography sucks. I inherited shaky hands so it's hard to keep my S4 Mini/camera still.
ECS L7VMM2 Rev:1.0A
Athlon 64 X2 6000+
Athlon XP 2000+
Gigabyte GTS 250 1GB
Pokemon Omega Ruby

The Athlon XP and ECS board were from a free eMachines something-or-other. The Athlon 64 X2 was from a Dell Inspiron 531.
The Dell has a dead motherboard. The eMachines I thought had a dead motherboard but it turned out the clear CMOS jumper was set to Clear CMOS, and the board doesn't boot if you set it to Clear CMOS (for obvious reasons).
Tomorrow, I'll be testing it to see if it works, then eBaying it to pay for watercooling supplies for P4HT.

Omega Ruby my dad found in the game cabinet and gave it to me since I still unironically use my New 3DS XL. Fun game. I named my character Linus because of the opening text.

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That's all for now. Check back tomorrow, hopefully when I get around to taking more pictures.

 

[iBruceypoo]

yesterday, there was a discussion about how to deal with it because the thread IS positive and just sort of evolved beyond pure pictures, and into discussions of the purchases.

We do want it to focus on the topic and not stray, but clearly a lot of users wanted the discussion aspect too

I liked this thread when it was all about Computer Hardware.

...and cool sneakers.

 

[freeagent]

Just a heads up!

iPPC fans have the potential to be quite loud! Not like a regular Noctua fan.. unless under 1200 rpm

Mine actually get angry when my CPU has the nerve generate heat lol.

And Bruce.. your rig is awesome man. Its like a piece of art. Makes mine look like it just stumbled out of the trailer park