What's your latest tech purchase?

ThaiTaffy · Nov 25, 2021

Pfsense/home-assistant server due some love.

And 16gb of

Also some extra homemade sensors though no idea what I will make yet.

cst1992 · Nov 25, 2021

That's a dual-gigabit NIC. So your server will now have 3 gigabit LAN ports?

ThaiTaffy · Nov 25, 2021

cst1992 said:
That's a dual-gigabit NIC. So your server will now have 3 gigabit LAN ports?

4 I only needed one extra really my server has 2 ports ,input output for pfsense and a port for home assistant/proxmox I could have set it up in vlans but I couldn't get into the pfsense cli once I installed it on proxmox. This is the lazy cheap way to do it think it cost about $8 and home-assistant/ pfsense only needs Gbe with my current 600/600 fibre package.

Splinterdog · Nov 25, 2021

Most of what I buy nowadays is for other people's builds

and this is what I built yesterday based on Ryzen 5600G, 16Gb DDR4 2600Mhz and a very nice Aorus Elite B550M.
The heatsink clearance is very tight though and the customer is going to need a GPU for CAD, but financial restraints and crazy prices...you know the rest.
The Kingston Fury Beast RGB were all they had in stock, but they look pretty.

AusWolf · Nov 25, 2021

Splinterdog said:
Most of what I buy nowadays is for other people's builds and this is what I built yesterday based on Ryzen 5600G, 16Gb DDR4 2600Mhz and a very nice Aorus Elite B550M.
The heatsink clearance is very tight though and the customer is going to need a GPU for CAD, but financial restraints and crazy prices...you know the rest.
The Kingston Fury Beast RGB were all they had in stock, but they look pretty.
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How the hell did Gigabyte put that VRM heatsink so close to the CPU socket? :wtf:

Also, the first RAM slot... Jesus! Nice otherwise.

Splinterdog · Nov 25, 2021

AusWolf said:
How the hell did Gigabyte put that VRM heatsink so close to the CPU socket? Also, the first RAM slot... Jesus! Nice otherwise.

It's tight like a couple of mm, but fortunately they don't touch.

Deleted member 215115 · Nov 25, 2021

Splinterdog said:
It's tight like a couple of mm, but fortunately they don't touch.

You might want to move the RAM to the correct slots (2-4).

Valantar · Nov 25, 2021

Splinterdog said:
Most of what I buy nowadays is for other people's builds and this is what I built yesterday based on Ryzen 5600G, 16Gb DDR4 2600Mhz and a very nice Aorus Elite B550M.
The heatsink clearance is very tight though and the customer is going to need a GPU for CAD, but financial restraints and crazy prices...you know the rest.
The Kingston Fury Beast RGB were all they had in stock, but they look pretty.
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So:
Step 1: Unscrew the fan and shroud from the heatsink.
Step 2: Rotate this assembly 45 degrees clockwise.
Step 3: Screw it back into place.

Should solve your clearance issues, at least on the VRM side. Also, if need be, you can entirely remove that outer layer of the shroud by just unclipping it from underneath. It won't look as good, but it has no impact on functionality.

Splinterdog · Nov 25, 2021

rares495 said:
You might want to move the RAM to the correct slots (2-4).

Good point, fixed.

AusWolf · Nov 25, 2021

rares495 said:
You might want to move the RAM to the correct slots (2-4).

Does it matter which RAM slots you use? I mean, motherboard manuals recommend slots 2-4, and I always do that, but does it actually make any difference?

tabascosauz · Nov 25, 2021

AusWolf said:
Does it matter which RAM slots you use? I mean, motherboard manuals recommend slots 2-4, and I always do that, but does it actually make any difference?

Yes daisy chain (which most boards are) will perform much worse if not fail to boot higher speeds entirely on the other two slots. They sit on the same "chain" of traces that lead to the ideal A2/B2 slots. Probably doesn't matter for 2666 but why keep it wrong if doing it right gives you a bit more cooler clearance too?

Splinterdog · Nov 25, 2021

AusWolf said:
Does it matter which RAM slots you use? I mean, motherboard manuals recommend slots 2-4, and I always do that, but does it actually make any difference?

I often wondered that and this is what the manual shows, but I don't know why.

Mussels · Nov 25, 2021

AusWolf said:
Does it matter which RAM slots you use? I mean, motherboard manuals recommend slots 2-4, and I always do that, but does it actually make any difference?

With ryzen it helps, yes.

I've had boards that stopped on a POST screen and told me to move then, and my 2x32GB wouldn't boot on a few boards in 1-3 at 3600, but did at 2400

Anarchy0110 · Nov 26, 2021

Upgraded to the bigger brother, for a damn good price (with some tradeins too)
Might have some time getting used to the regular shape. It's been a while for me.

Athlonite · Nov 26, 2021

cst1992 said:
For the 24G2? I got my C24G1 for $203 incl tax.

How do I find out? Mine does seem to be more than 250, considering my old Dell IPS was also rated for 250 max.

By the way, I was able to take the edge off by reducing the color values by 10% each.

Don't know if it's a placebo or even spot-on color reproduction(a bit washed-out), but at least it's a bit milder now.

Red: 49 -> 44
Green: 37 -> 33
Blue: 36 -> 32

this's the config that Hardware unboxed put out for this monitor 24G2

Brightness: 42
Contrast: 50
Gamma: Gamma 1
Colour Temp: R:45 G:50 B:42
Overdrive: Strong or Medium

Leave everything else at it Default setting

I loaded that in and it seems like a nice choice of settings not to bright or dark and colours look good too

but for yours you may need to just have a fiddle with it till you get it how you like it

bobbybluz · Nov 26, 2021

I'm too tired and lazy to post pictures after the long round trip to the closest Micro Center. I Left with an i7 12700K ($369), a Seasonic 850 watt Focus Gold Plus ($114) and a Samsung 980 Pro 1TB ($159). I hope Newegg gets more ASRock Z690 Steel Legend WiFi's in stock soon.

Space Lynx · Nov 26, 2021

bobbybluz said:
I'm too tired and lazy to post pictures after the long round trip to the closest Micro Center. I Left with an i7 12700K ($369), a Seasonic 850 watt Focus Gold Plus ($114) and a Samsung 980 Pro 1TB ($159). I hope Newegg gets more ASRock Z690 Steel Legend WiFi's in stock soon.

did they have any gpu's in stock at MSRP? jayz2cents went to a microcenter a couple weeks ago and they had 3080 ti's for $1199... my mouth started drooling... wish i lived near one.

bobbybluz · Nov 26, 2021

lynx29 said:
did they have any gpu's in stock at MSRP? jayz2cents went to a microcenter a couple weeks ago and they had 3080 ti's for $1199... my mouth started drooling... wish i lived near one.

I didn't look for GPU's but as they opened the door to let us in (I was there with the early crowd) a manager told everybody they didn't have any 3000 seriies GPU's in stock. I talked directly with ASRock a couple of weeks ago and was told they'd shipped a batch of the Z690 Steel Legend series boards to Micro Center's main distribution center but they didn't have any ASRock Z690 boards in stock at either of the two Chicago area stores. I have to wait for Arctic to send me the LGA 1700 mounting hardware for my Liquid Freezer II 360 I plan on using with the 12700K. Arctic demands you send proof of purchase of the CPU to get the hardware for free. Hopefully the mobos are back in stock by the time the mounting hardware arrives.

Anoniem · Nov 26, 2021

I really, really love the Streacom BC1 which houses my current PC. But... having nothing for benching besides the basic K1ngp1n ATLAS bench stand sucks. So decided to buy another Streacom BC1 for the benching

Benching season is starting, ambient is dropping and the gloves are off, time for DICE binning and LN2 runs! The E8400 in the pics below will boot and verify 4,65GHz on an AIO so I'm quite curious about sub ambient results. Managed to scavenge another 8800 card so that's going to be murdered as well :toast:

Mussels said:
With ryzen it helps, yes.

I've had boards that stopped on a POST screen and told me to move then, and my 2x32GB wouldn't boot on a few boards in 1-3 at 3600, but did at 2400

I've had motherboards fail to post 2133 DIMM's installed in the wrong slots :roll:

Ryzen is REALLY finicky when it comes to RAM and slots.

tabascosauz · Nov 27, 2021

Iceman pump-res showed up. Had to take it apart to clean the ghastly oily fingerprints all over the inside, but now it's ready and just waiting for its DDC. Also, low profile PCIe slot covers for my Lone L5 finally decided to show up after 5 months stuck in a black hole, I guess either Canada Post or CBSA suddenly "found" it in the back of the warehouse

ThaiTaffy · Nov 27, 2021

Some goodies arrived today, forgot to order a photocell but my outdoor weather sensor is almost done. I threw in a switch for a spotlight on the main gate for good measure.
Waiting for the other two sticks of ECC which should come tomorrow but the NIC is holding me up as there's no point in putting in the ram till that turns up.

And yes I'm making use of my cat cable offcuts.

Solaris17 · Nov 27, 2021

Bumped up from 2630v3s in my server.

lexluthermiester · Nov 27, 2021

Solaris17 said:
Bumped up from 2630v3s in my server.

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Nice! 24c/48t of POWER!! What do you do with that rig?

Solaris17 · Nov 27, 2021

lexluthermiester said:
Nice! 24c/48t of POWER!! What do you do with that rig?

This is my production server, it runs a bunch of VMs like my site, documentation, DB, router, monitoring system etc.

This leaves me free to play with my cluster, which is 3 servers. I play with new tech on that, disaster recovery, security, and other stuff.

Liviu Cojocaru · Nov 27, 2021

Got an iPhone 13 Pro, I like it so far.

System Name	Shoebox
Processor	3600x
Motherboard	Msi b550m Mortar +WiFi
Cooling	Cryorig m9
Memory	Crucial Ballistix c16 B-die 2x8gb
Video Card(s)	Powercolor rx570 4gb
Storage	WD black sn750 256gb (OS), crucial mx500 1tb(storage),Hitatchi ?? 7200rpm 500gb(Temp files)
Display(s)	Samsung 65" TU7100
Case	Zzaw b3
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha rx-v363
Power Supply	Corsair sf750
Mouse	Logitech g300s
Keyboard	Custom Skyloong sk64s
Software	Windows 11Pro

System Name	The Sparing-No-Expense Build
Processor	Ryzen 5 5600X
Motherboard	Asus ROG Strix X570-E Gaming Wifi II
Cooling	Noctua NH-U12S chromax.black
Memory	32GB: 2x16GB Patriot Viper Steel 3600MHz C18
Video Card(s)	NVIDIA RTX 3060Ti Founder's Edition
Storage	500GB 970 Evo Plus NVMe, 2TB Crucial MX500
Display(s)	AOC C24G1 144Hz 24" 1080p Monitor
Case	Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO White
Power Supply	Seasonic X-650 Gold PSU (SS-650KM3)
Software	Windows 11 Home 64-bit

System Name	Shoebox
Processor	3600x
Motherboard	Msi b550m Mortar +WiFi
Cooling	Cryorig m9
Memory	Crucial Ballistix c16 B-die 2x8gb
Video Card(s)	Powercolor rx570 4gb
Storage	WD black sn750 256gb (OS), crucial mx500 1tb(storage),Hitatchi ?? 7200rpm 500gb(Temp files)
Display(s)	Samsung 65" TU7100
Case	Zzaw b3
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha rx-v363
Power Supply	Corsair sf750
Mouse	Logitech g300s
Keyboard	Custom Skyloong sk64s
Software	Windows 11Pro

System Name	Ryzen Monster
Processor	Ryzen 7 5700X3D
Motherboard	Asus ROG Crosshair Hero VII WiFi
Cooling	Corsair H100i RGB Platinum
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 32GB (4x8GB) 3200Mhz CMW16GX4M2C3200C16
Video Card(s)	Asus ROG Strix RX5700XT OC 8Gb
Storage	WD Black 500GB NVMe 250Gb Samsung SSD, OCZ 500Gb SSD WD M.2 500Gb, plus three spinners up to 1.5Tb
Display(s)	LG 32GK650F-B 32" UltraGear™ QHD
Case	Cooler Master Storm Trooper
Audio Device(s)	Supreme FX on board
Power Supply	Corsair RM850X full modular
Mouse	Corsair Ironclaw wireless
Keyboard	Logitech G213
VR HMD	Headphones Logitech G533 wireless
Software	Windows 11 Start 11
Benchmark Scores	3DMark Time Spy 4532 (9258 March 2021, 9399 July 2021)

Processor	Various Intel and AMD CPUs
Motherboard	Micro-ATX and mini-ITX
Cooling	Yes
Memory	Overclocking is overrated
Video Card(s)	Various Nvidia and AMD GPUs
Storage	A lot
Display(s)	Monitors and TVs
Case	The smaller the better
Audio Device(s)	Speakers and headphones
Power Supply	300 to 750 W, bronze to gold
Mouse	Wireless
Keyboard	Mechanic
VR HMD	Not yet
Software	Linux gaming master race

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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	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

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.

Processor	AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D Hex-Core Raphael AM5 4.1 GHz
Motherboard	Gigabyte B650M Aorus Elite AX Ice
Cooling	Jonsbo CR-1000 EVO
Memory	32GB DDR5 6000MHz Dual Channel Team Group T-Create
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual RTX 4060 Ti OC V2
Storage	1TB Samsung PM9A1 + 500GB Crucial P3 + 2TB Crucial BX500 + 2TB WD Black P10
Display(s)	Samsung Odyssey G40B Gaming Monitor IPS 240Hz Full HD (LS27BG400EEXXV)
Case	Aigo C218M
Audio Device(s)	Razer Blackshark V2 Pro \| Razer Hammerhead V2 Pro
Power Supply	FSP HYN 550
Mouse	Razer Viper V3 Pro \| Razer DeathAdder V3 Hyperspeed \| VXE ATK F1 Extreme Leviatan CE
Keyboard	VXE ATK68 Gateron HE Gaming Keyboard
Software	W11 24H2

System Name	Cumquat 2021
Processor	AMD RyZen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	Asus Strix X670E - E Gaming WIFI
Cooling	Deep Cool LT720 + CM MasterGel Pro TP + Lian Li Uni Fan V2
Memory	32GB GSkill Trident Z5 Neo 6000
Video Card(s)	PowerColor HellHound RX7800XT 2550cclk/2450mclk
Storage	1x Adata SX8200PRO NVMe 1TB gen3 x4 1X Samsung 980 Pro NVMe Gen 4 x4 1TB, 12TB of HDD Storage
Display(s)	AOC 24G2 IPS 144Hz FreeSync Premium 1920x1080p
Case	Lian Li O11D XL ROG edition
Audio Device(s)	RX7800XT via HDMI + Pioneer VSX-531 amp Technics 100W 5.1 Speaker set
Power Supply	EVGA 1000W G5 Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502 Proteus Core Wired
Keyboard	Logitech G915 Wireless
Software	Windows 11 X64 PRO (build 24H2)
Benchmark Scores	it sucks even more less now ;)

System Name	"The black one in the dining room" / "The Latest One"
Processor	Intel Xeon E5 2699 V4 22c/44t / i7 14700K @5.8GHz
Motherboard	Asus X99 Deluxe / ASRock Z790 Taichi
Cooling	Arctic Liquid Freezer II 240 w/4 Silverstone FM121 fans / Arctic LF II 280 w Silverstone FHP141's
Memory	64GB G.Skill Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 (8x8) / 96GB G.Skill Trident Z5 DDR5 6400
Video Card(s)	EVGA RTX 1080 Ti FTW3 / Asus Tuff OC 4090 24GB
Storage	Samsung 970 Evo Plus, 1TB Samsung 860, 4 Western Digital 2TB / 2TB Solidigm P44 Pro & more.
Display(s)	43" Samsung 8000 series 4K / 65" Hisense U8N 4K
Case	Modded Corsair Carbide 500R / Modded Corsair Graphite 780 T
Audio Device(s)	Asus Xonar Essence STX/ Asus Xonar Essence STX II
Power Supply	Corsair AX1200i / Seasonic Prime GX-1300
Mouse	Logitech Performance MX, Microsoft Intellimouse Optical 3.0
Keyboard	Logitech K750 Solar, Logitech K800
Software	Win 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 IoT / Win 11 Enterprise IoT LTSC 24H2
Benchmark Scores	https://www.passmark.com/baselines/V11/display.php?id=202122048229

Processor	7800X3D -25 all core
Motherboard	B650 Steel Legend
Cooling	Frost Commander 140
Video Card(s)	Merc 310 7900 XT @3100 core -.75v
Display(s)	Agon 27" QD-OLED Glossy 240hz 1440p
Case	NZXT H710 (Red/Black)
Audio Device(s)	Asgard 2, Modi 3, HD58X
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x Gold

System Name	C₂H₅OH
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D 5,45GHz Alphacool Core 1 Black
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E GENE
Cooling	Custom loop - MO-RA3 420 & 360 Pro - Heatkiller 200 & 150 D5 pump/res combo
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB F5-8000J4048F24GX2 8GHz 36-44-44
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4090 Suprim X Alphacool block
Storage	Samsung 980 Pro 1TB - Intel 660 Pro 2TB
Display(s)	Asus PG27AQDM 240Hz OLED
Case	Streacom BC1 Silver
Audio Device(s)	Topping DX7Pro - Topping A90 - Hifiman Ananda - Focal Elear - Focal Radiance - Adam A5X & Adam Sub 7
Power Supply	Corsair HX1200
Mouse	Logitech G Pro Wireless
Keyboard	Ducky One 2 SF White MX Speed Silver / Logitech MX Mechanical
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	RogueOne
Processor	Xeon W9-3495x
Motherboard	ASUS w790E Sage SE
Cooling	SilverStone XE360-4677
Memory	128gb Gskill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 2TB WD SN850X \| 2x 8TB GAMMIX S70
Display(s)	49" Philips Evnia OLED (49M2C8900)
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 Pro Snow
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on schitt Gunnr
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-1600
Mouse	Razer Viper mini signature edition (mercury white)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Moondrop Luna lights
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 Pro Workstation
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

System Name	El Calpulator
Processor	AMD Ryzen R7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASRock X670E Pro RS
Cooling	ArcticCooling Freezer 3 360ARGB AIO
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengance 6000Mhz C30
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4080 Gaming Trio X @ 2925 / 23500 mhz
Storage	5TB nvme SSD + Synology DS115j NAS with 4TB HDD
Display(s)	Samsung G8 34" QD-OLED + Samsung 28" 4K 60hz UR550
Case	Montech King 95 PRO Blue
Audio Device(s)	SB X4+Logitech Z623 2.1+Astro A50 Wireless
Power Supply	be quiet! Pure Power 12 M 1000W ATX 3.0 80+ Gold
Mouse	Logitech G502X Plus LightSpeed Hero Wireless plus Logitech G POWERPLAY Wireless Charging Mouse Pad
Keyboard	Logitech G915 LightSpeed Wireless
Software	Win 11 Pro
Benchmark Scores	Just enough