What's your latest tech purchase?

[lmille16]

Seems like you've got some performance issues.
Same model SSD.

I think I had something installing in the background when I ran it the first time. Just re-ran:

 

[Space Lynx]

I think I had something installing in the background when I ran it the first time. Just re-ran:

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those scores look good to me, the 4k is above average for a ssd

 

[Arctucas]

Since the AX1600i was a fail ... purchased a Seasonic Prime PX-1300.

System booted right up, although for some reason, I lost all my saved BIOS profiles.

 

[stinger608]

although for some reason, I lost all my saved BIOS profiles.

Hmm, that would seem the CMOS battery is bad?

 

[Mussels]

Nice fast gen 4 drive
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oooneee offff ussssssss

I used my recent purchases (Ryobi drill + new batteries) with my older Ryobi air compressor, as well as... very tech oriented double strength vinegar? to clean. the. loving. shit. out of my clogging up water loop, and remount the res/pump buy drilling holes into the case

Odd top hose is a fill hose, so it wont remain there
This time around i reversed the loop direction so the pump has to go through all three rads "up" before gravity feeds to CPU, GPU, and back up again to the top of the res. Why? So that gravity catches those bastard particles (scientific name) that keep clogging things up. Note the filter on the right, since crap has to go UP through that, it simply cant.

Part of this design is that things sit in front of other things in a stealthy way, so viewed from the front you could have 3-4 fittings that are hidden behind one visible one at the front

Up next: i also bought some blood-red coolant...

 

[Arctucas]

Hmm, that would seem the CMOS battery is bad?

Good possibility, I will put a fresh one in tomorrow, just to be sure.

 

[TheLostSwede]

I think I had something installing in the background when I ran it the first time. Just re-ran:

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Much better, so nothing wrong in other words.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

Much better, so nothing wrong in other words.

If that is a 2.5" ssd, here is mine as a comparison, they are pretty close.

 

[Chomiq]

One of us
One of us

oooneee offff ussssssss

I used my recent purchases (Ryobi drill + new batteries) with my older Ryobi air compressor, as well as... very tech oriented double strength vinegar? to clean. the. loving. shit. out of my clogging up water loop, and remount the res/pump buy drilling holes into the case

Odd top hose is a fill hose, so it wont remain there
This time around i reversed the loop direction so the pump has to go through all three rads "up" before gravity feeds to CPU, GPU, and back up again to the top of the res. Why? So that gravity catches those bastard particles (scientific name) that keep clogging things up. Note the filter on the right, since crap has to go UP through that, it simply cant.

Part of this design is that things sit in front of other things in a stealthy way, so viewed from the front you could have 3-4 fittings that are hidden behind one visible one at the front

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Up next: i also bought some blood-red coolant...

That stickers always gets me

 

[ratirt]

SSD 500GB Samsung 870 Evo

 

[phill]

The parts just arrived for a new customer build and it's the first Intel gaming machine I've built in years, so it makes a pleasant change. The lad chose all the parts himself and just asked me to build it for him, which I will do with pleasure.
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Turned out very nice in the end with an interesting effect for the case front. Groovy!
A very enjoyable build and the customer will be collecting it shortly
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I was just wondering if you could have had the customer do some of the work with you there for guidance? Dunno, just wondered as I thought it might have been a nice touch

 

[ThaiTaffy]

So I've been messing about making a solar powered sprinkler system and bought

It got me into thinking can I make a solar powered ups anyway here's the sprinkler system.

 

[MachineLearning]

Snagged a FirePro S7000 off of Amazon, listed as "new" and way cheaper than any of the W7000's you can find on eBay. So of course I had to bite...
Haven't yet tested it, but the card is extremely clean and the antistatic bag was sealed, with a sticker on it that matches the card, so I do have high hopes. I'm planning on doing some bios modding as well as getting a V7900 cooler to give me a clean looking solution with a fan. Plus I just like Volterra VRMs, they're funky and not common on consumer products anymore as far as I'm aware.

 

[toilet pepper]

The QDC and extra 280 rad arrived. I'm going to use this as a temporary external rad for my loop.

These Bykski fittings are quite heavy and I've tested it and there's just a few sweat of liquid when disconnecting them. Downside is it really looks like it will restrict the flow.

It has that machine oil smell to it though. I'm not sure if I should clean it or if it is the lubricant of the ball bearings.

 

[lexluthermiester]

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Snagged a FirePro S7000 off of Amazon, listed as "new" and way cheaper than any of the W7000's you can find on eBay. So of course I had to bite...
Haven't yet tested it, but the card is extremely clean and the antistatic bag was sealed, with a sticker on it that matches the card, so I do have high hopes. I'm planning on doing some bios modding as well as getting a V7900 cooler to give me a clean looking solution with a fan. Plus I just like Volterra VRMs, they're funky and not common on consumer products anymore as far as I'm aware.

Fair warning, that card is intended for installation into a system that provides active cooling. For use in a desktop, you'll need a cooler for it.

 

[MachineLearning]

Fair warning, that card is intended for installation into a system that provides active cooling. For use in a desktop, you'll need a cooler for it.

Yup! I think this is part of why it was so cheap relative to the W7000, which appears to be identical save for an active cooler. Most people don't mod tech at all, let alone a 10 year old GPU, and this cooler obviously needs help to not crater the thing outside of a server environment.

To solve this I pulled the trigger on this V7900 cooler, which I think should either fit perfectly or I can make it work. Worst case scenario, I can always buy a blower fan of the correct size and make a custom shroud, although that would be more effort and I'd rather attempt that last.

Also since the back has no active cooling, aluminum thermal-adhesive heatsinks should hopefully do the job for the VRAM there. Although, according to Reddit, which is of course infinitely reliable, mem OC shouldn't be that good for these cards because of reasons:

I have a w7000 as well. You won’t be able to get a good memory overclock as it’s operating in ddr clamshell mode with tight timings to get the 4gb in capacity in 2012.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Yup! I think this is part of why it was so cheap relative to the W7000, which appears to be identical save for an active cooler. Most people don't mod tech at all, let alone a 10 year old GPU, and this cooler obviously needs help to not crater the thing outside of a server environment.

To solve this I pulled the trigger on this V7900 cooler, which I think should either fit perfectly or I can make it work. Worst case scenario, I can always buy a blower fan of the correct size and make a custom shroud, although that would be more effort and I'd rather attempt that last.

Also since the back has no active cooling, aluminum thermal-adhesive heatsinks should hopefully do the job for the VRAM there. Although, according to Reddit, which is of course infinitely reliable, mem OC shouldn't be that good for these cards because of reasons:

Oh, ok. So you knew what you were getting into then.

 

[looniam]

now the G2 can be the backup and the old backup used for a i7/H61 box.

 

[Splinterdog]

I was just wondering if you could have had the customer do some of the work with you there for guidance? Dunno, just wondered as I thought it might have been a nice touch

A nice touch in theory, but frankly I'd rather the customers didn't know how to build PCs at all. I'd rather keep it as a black art and indeed, for that reason they keep coming back. The ones who learn too much don't come back and I lose custom and hence my income.

 

[Deleted member 24505]

A nice touch in theory, but frankly I'd rather the customers didn't know how to build PCs at all. I'd rather keep it as a black art and indeed, for that reason they keep coming back. The ones who learn too much don't come back and I lose custom and hence my income.

If they ask, say it cost you thousands to learn the knowledge, so you cannot give it away for free.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

If they ask, say it cost you thousands to learn the knowledge, so you cannot give it away for free.

To be fair to him I find a little knowledge can lead to chaos and help calls, and they happen enough already IE no sound etc.
If they really bite and get into it, I oblige and show them how to do stuff.

 

[Mussels]

The QDC and extra 280 rad arrived. I'm going to use this as a temporary external rad for my loop.

These Bykski fittings are quite heavy and I've tested it and there's just a few sweat of liquid when disconnecting them. Downside is it really looks like it will restrict the flow.

It has that machine oil smell to it though. I'm not sure if I should clean it or if it is the lubricant of the ball bearings.


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Please gimme some detailed reviews on those, after farking up the QDC's i got i've been to careful of wasting money on more
(Second hand WC bundle, he forgot to mention he used different sized fittings...)

 

[Apocalypsee]

Bought 4TB WD Red Plus for bulk storage, replacing 2TB Seagate Surveillance. Despite its 5400RPM speed its quite speedy, good enough for loading games. Its very light too, I think its only two platter but I have no idea how to check for it. Bought it because its guaranteed CMR, don't want to dived to CMR/SMR fiasco.

 

[AlwaysHope]

Finally got my hands on this unique board, that is unique in the sense at least of it needing a dedicated PCIe 6 pin plug into a socket on the motherboard itself or it would not boot! Yep, that's right... nothing but an S3 error from the LED decode bug device on the board if you don't do this. Did a search on the MSI forums but according to a so called "super moderator" it is only needed if running extreme high end cards, probably like RX 6900 XT or thereabouts. But with my 'old' RX 5700 XT, the board would not play ball! The mobo manual indicates to use this socket among other connections needed for booting but doesn't explicitly indicate it is a MUST or else no boot, at first I thought it was a typo to leave out the warning but no...
Anyway, got it all up & running now in the case, never seen or heard of a board needing that before.

 

[Chomiq]

Finally got my hands on this unique board, that is unique in the sense at least of it needing a dedicated PCIe 6 pin plug into a socket on the motherboard itself or it would not boot! Yep, that's right... nothing but an S3 error from the LED decode bug device on the board if you don't do this. Did a search on the MSI forums but according to a so called "super moderator" it is only needed if running extreme high end cards, probably like RX 6900 XT or thereabouts. But with my 'old' RX 5700 XT, the board would not play ball! The mobo manual indicates to use this socket among other connections needed for booting but doesn't explicitly indicate it is a MUST or else no boot, at first I thought it was a typo to leave out the warning but no...
Anyway, got it all up & running now in the case, never seen or heard of a board needing that before.
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It's super weird that they don't even describe what's the point of having this connector on the board itself.