What's your latest tech purchase?

GerKNG · Feb 15, 2022

CallandorWoT said:
should be fine, but those fans look super ******* cheap. again they probably don't care because it cools just as good or close enough to say Noctua's or something that it doesn't matter if you use super cheap plastic. but still its always bugged me, i mean as much as we pay for gpu's even before covid, like i mean just add on an extra $50 to the price and give some really proper fans.

in person the fans look better and less cheap (pretty close to gigabyte Gaming OC Fans)
but the cooler is not that great (or the thermal paste because overclocked the Hotspot sits at over 105°C with 19°C ambient)

heky · Feb 15, 2022

Treated myself with a RTX3080Ti and Ryzen 9 5900x. Went for the MSI Suprim X model for the GPU. Its a beast...lol. :rockout:

Will upload some photos when i have time to take them...between my now almost 9 months old son and work, there is very little time left. :ohwell:

oxrufiioxo · Feb 15, 2022

heky said:
Treated myself with a RTX3080Ti and Ryzen 9 5900x. Went for the MSI Suprim X model for the GPU. Its a beast...lol.

Will upload some photos when i have time to take them...between my now almost 9 months old son and work, there is very little time left.

You're going to love it. The card is such a beast at 1440p/4k. The cpu is aight too.

kiriakost · Feb 15, 2022

GerKNG said:
wanted to try out ASRock for a while now.

I did that too ... it might be the only hardware of ASRock worth admiring from my side. (highest quality cable from another reputable Taiwanese brand too).

JrRacinFan · Feb 15, 2022

Picked up an MSI X570 Carbon Max Wifi. Will be my first MSI product in about 10yrs. Expected to be here Friday

kapone32 · Feb 15, 2022

JrRacinFan said:
Picked up an MSI X570 Carbon Max Wifi. Will be my first MSI product in about 10yrs. Expected to be here Friday

That is great board with excellent looks. You can run NVME RAID across the 2nd M2 and PCIe 16 slot. Both are connected to the chipset.

JrRacinFan · Feb 15, 2022

kapone32 said:
That is great board with excellent looks. You can run NVME RAID across the 2nd M2 and PCIe 16 slot. Both are connected to the chipset.

In my personal experience, raid is not something in really interested in now. But a couple PCIe 4.0 nvme's ..... Whew lawd

kapone32 · Feb 15, 2022

JrRacinFan said:
In my personal experience, raid is not something in really interested in now. But a couple PCIe 4.0 nvme's ..... Whew lawd

I do have a use case for RAID but you could probably do the same with 2 NMVE drives but Epic (if you are a gamer) is stupid because it makes you reinstall your Games if you update your OS. It is a joy seeing (mostly new Games) moving at over 2.9 Gb/s (Rise of the Tomb Raider). Your sentiment will be shown when you try to move Phantasy Star Online (It was a free Game) and lament the max 250 mb/s you have for a 100 GB move. Having said all of the the promise of Direct Storage (kind of implemented on the PS5 already) is one reason I still use RAID. IF only QD32 files could leverage NVME though.

QuietBob · Feb 15, 2022

GerKNG said:
in person the fans look better and less cheap (pretty close to gigabyte Gaming OC Fans)
but the cooler is not that great (or the thermal paste because overclocked the Hotspot sits at over 105°C with 19°C ambient)

You're disturbingly close to the 112c limit despite very low ambient. What are the other temperatures like (edge, memory, VRM)?

GerKNG · Feb 15, 2022

QuietBob said:
You're disturbingly close to the 112c limit despite very low ambient. What are the other temperatures like (edge, memory, VRM)?

edge sits at around 80, mem is in the low 60s and VRM is between 50-60.
but i have to note that this is overclocked and not stock. the card runs at ~220W and holds 2780Mhz stable so far.

at the stock 185W it sits at 70/85 (Edge/Hotspot)

Space Lynx · Feb 16, 2022

I wanted a bigger screen for work to watch Netflix on in background, got the galaxy tab s7 FE 12.4" 128gb 6gb ram, 6nm chipset. was on sale for $415 brand new, less than half price of galaxy s8 tab, has the same screen rez/size (just not OLED), same battery size, and this wifi model literally is only like 4-5 months old... honestly I can't justify spending $600 more just for OLED and a 2nm-less chip upgrade.

from the youtube reviews I saw, they said this is an excellent screen with deep blacks, and better than most other tft panels in this price range. honestly its probably fine. i am sad i didn't get OLED, but again, all things considered this was by far the better deal. gets Android 12 in March.

JrRacinFan · Feb 16, 2022

kapone32 said:
I do have a use case for RAID but you could probably do the same with 2 NMVE drives but Epic (if you are a gamer) is stupid because it makes you reinstall your Games if you update your OS. It is a joy seeing (mostly new Games) moving at over 2.9 Gb/s (Rise of the Tomb Raider). Your sentiment will be shown when you try to move Phantasy Star Online (It was a free Game) and lament the max 250 mb/s you have for a 100 GB move. Having said all of the the promise of Direct Storage (kind of implemented on the PS5 already) is one reason I still use RAID. IF only QD32 files could leverage NVME though.

There are ways to backup your downloaded Epic library. It involves making a copy of Epic's download to location directory to a backup drive then "installing" up to where your chosen game goes up to about 4% then copying the "installled" game's files over to the chosen "installed" library directory.

Hyderz · Feb 16, 2022

mah cpu peanut butter paste has arrived.
Time to apply new paste!

oxrufiioxo · Feb 16, 2022

Got this mostly out of curiosity but if my gpu temps go up it will be a really nice paperweight..... Drumroll!!!!! Temps were the same tested for about 2 hours at 100% load.

Hyderz · Feb 16, 2022

oxrufiioxo said:
Got this mostly out of curiosity but if my gpu temps go up it will be a really nice paperweight.....

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let me know how it goes, because i have been looking to buy the vertical bracket for mine 011D

oxrufiioxo · Feb 16, 2022

Hyderz said:
let me know how it goes, because i have been looking to buy the vertical bracket for mine 011D

If your case is the original non XL my results may not be indictive of what you would see the XL is taller and wider. I will have it installed and tested by this weekend will let you know either way what I think.

Space Lynx · Feb 16, 2022

oxrufiioxo said:
Got this mostly out of curiosity but if my gpu temps go up it will be a really nice paperweight.....

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im interested in your results as well, post them back in this thread when you get them, if mods have a problem with it, send them to me, i will battle with the mods as if it were helms gate and 10,000 uruk's were charging me... FOR I WISH TO KNOW THE NUMBERS!!!! :rockout:

Hyderz · Feb 16, 2022

oxrufiioxo said:
If your case is the original non XL my results may not be indictive of what you would see the XL is taller and wider. I will have it installed and tested by this weekend will let you know either way what I think.

i know our cases are different, but at least i can see how making the vertical affects the temp inside, it shouldnt stray too far off

lexluthermiester · Feb 16, 2022

Hyderz said:
mah cpu peanut butter paste has arrived.

That is a very fitting analogy. NT-H1 has the exact consistency of somewhat dried out creamy peanut butter.

Deleted member 24505 · Feb 16, 2022

oxrufiioxo said:
Got this mostly out of curiosity but if my gpu temps go up it will be a really nice paperweight..... Drumroll!!!!! Temps were the same tested for about 2 hours at 100% load.

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Nice. Wouls like one, but my fat boy bottom rad says no.

kiriakost · Feb 16, 2022

Close your eyes, this is advertising . . .
We do have within EU, PC hardware awards organization.
I am in to electronics professionally, I did my own research about Seasonic and their fresh technology, yes it does worth my positive vote too.

PS: I did steal the picture from Seasonic Facebook page.

Hyderz · Feb 16, 2022

Okay I got a few more fans and a second ssd for my desktop and this build will receive no more upgrades

Ahhzz · Feb 16, 2022

kiriakost said:
Close your eyes, this is advertising . . .
We do have within EU, PC hardware awards organization.
I am in to electronics professionally, I did my own research about Seasonic and their fresh technology, yes it does worth my positive vote too.

PS: I did steal the picture from Seasonic Facebook page.

So, you bought this one? I know Seasonic used to be the serious builders choice, but I thought they had fallen out of favor in recent years.

kiriakost · Feb 16, 2022

Ahhzz said:
So, you bought this one? I know Seasonic used to be the serious builders choice, but I thought they had fallen out of favor in recent years.

I am getting ready to push the trigger in a week or so. They have warehouse in the Netherlands, along tremendously hassle free to activate RMA ( on Warranty getting an replacement).

Ahhzz · Feb 16, 2022

kiriakost said:
I am getting ready to push the trigger in a week or so. They have warehouse in the Netherlands, along tremendously hassle free to activate RMA ( on Warranty getting an replacement).

nice!! good luck!!!

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